The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, September 08, 1893, Image 4
HOW TO l.IVE,
Fo should wo live that every hour,
Jfny illo as die* the natural flower.
A solf-revlvlng thing of power.
TThai every thought, aud overy deed,
Mny hold within itself the seed,
Of future good niiri future meed.
AN INTERRUPTED VERDICT.
>
2 HE lightu were
/ 'Si turned low in
I tho courtroom*
B RU(* them
ft Jsl elowly circled
the foul, heavy
R*rt adding to
^ 'm n e ss*
%? J Judge Greeny^7iTli'
goods had gone
^t-pSEF?->iL,to his dinner,
w\ j I ] J||^|P' having a nH]
nollnced his in
S&ZggZ? tontiou to reijtffh**
turn at 9 o'clock
^ unless minimonod
sooner l>y the agreement of the
}nry. The District Attorney hail
(tacked away the (tapers that had seen
their day in his green hag, and, arm
in arm with his assistant, had strolled
away, pausing now and then to whisper
a caution to a bailiff, anil to receive
in return more or less authentic
information.
The prisoner had been led over the
covered corridor?another Bridge of
SSighs?into the jail, to await liis fato
in the coll where murderers were always
kept, as the great iron ring in the
centre of the floor, for their better securing,
tit tested. Ilia counsel had,
accompanied him to the stairway, and
then had turned into the oftico to have
A smoko and a chat as to prospects
with hie friend the Sheriff.
' "Dubious," said that functionary,
munching on his cigar. "The Judge
was ugin him from the fust, and the
jury seed it."
' The reporters had hurried away
with their notes, first arranging for
telephone calls when a verdict was
reached.
\ *Iigh above the Judge's bench ran a
gallery. At the end nearest the windows
was a door. Before this door sat
a court officer, and behind it were the
jury, discussing, and so vigorously,
too, that again and anon a muffled
sound would descend to those who
waited.
These were few in number?the janitor
of the building, the clerk, who
lived out of town and had brought a
lunch with him ; three or four attendants,
the blind erier, dozing in his
chair, and, in the further corner of
the spectators' s? ats, an old woman
and a young girl. The former of
these two was st iff' and motionless, her
features set sternly, and her eyea burning
with a tierce desire. The latter
was slight and yielding; she swayed
from the weakness that terror had
brought, ami would haw rested her
land on her companion's arm laid iw.f
an unrecognized antipathy prevented.
Th ere and thus they had sat throughout
the day, the matron a stone and
the maiden a reed. Finally this young
girl spoke. "Grandma," she said,
/'why does that man sit without that
door?"
"He is on guard, my child, to seo
that the jury are secure and unmolested.
"
"But why should they he locked
up?"
"In order that they may render % a
verdict and thus imnish the wicked."
"But surely each one must have
known what he believed when the ease
was finished, and confining thorn won't
cause them to change."
"Wo, but discussion may.*
"Then that would he yielding to
other influences than that of the evidence,
and that would he contrary to
the oath thoy each ono took."
"Somo are strong and sensible, and
others are weak and foolish. It is
proper that the will of the former
should prevail."
"But that wouldn't bo their unanimous
judgment then, and who can say
but that the weak and foolish may not
sometimes bo right? Besides they
must be hungry and tired and cross.
'And when peoplo aro cross they aro
nnfalr. Oh, what a clreadtul thing is
the law!"
"What a dreadful thing rather is
murder. Think of your only brother
dono to death by the Barlings. I only
wish the old days of druwiug and quartering
had returned."
"Oil, do you really believe?"
"Behove! Don't I know? Hain't
the Kuowlcses and the Barlings been
at odds this fifty years? Didn't tho
boys quarrel at the tavern? Haven't
wo heered tlio detectives' stories and
4 Vi ia la/1'ci n/lmioflmn9 Whftf if fHct
others did get away? Ho was there,
und he done it as much as them. And
the jury will say 'Swing,' you mnrk
me."
"But thoro were two who seemed to
believo his story."
"Them poor critters in tho back
row? They dassent trust their own
feelings in tho faeo of tho others. Do
you mind that racket? That will settlo
their doubts in short ordor. Now
you shut up, Patty. If I thought
that ono of my kin wouldn't rojoico in
the death of an oncmy, I'd turn her
into tho street without a shawl to hor
back or a shoo to hor feet."
"Poor, poor Tommy!" sobbod tho
girl, as she trembled before tho indistinct
sounds of wrangling that camo
from above.
Patty Knowles shrank still further
away from tho stony bosom and the
threatening arm, aim xrieci to luina,
as if thoughts could bring oomfort. It
was nil too awful to bo roftl; sho must
be dreaming; yet why could who not
awako? Was it tructhat she, with hor
grandmother, was awaiting in court
the verdict which should shamefully
'destroy their enemy, and that enomy
hor old comrade, Tommy Barling?
Ah, thero wero substances, not shadows,
about her; her mind in its peacosul
alumbcra had never imagined anything
ao cruel I Yet ho would bo actfnittod,
how could ahe doubt, when
tho jurymen as woll\s sho had hoard i
his frank, simple story and had seen
the candor of his beautiful faco? Had
she not watched them and detected
expressions of sympathy,of oonfklouee,
on at least two of their countenances?
'And if these men had once trusted
would they dare to oondemn? Then,
indeed, were not they the murderers
who would slay for relief from custody,
from fatigue, or from fear of
their associates? Oh, a dreadful
thing was this law which beclouded
tho truth when it was so evident 1
Hadn't Tommy explained that he was
removing the obstruction from tho
track when the "wildcat" so unexpectedly
came around tho curve and struck
it, and was derailed?
Couldn't they Understand why he
had remained silent when asked how
he happened to bo there? Surely, any
one could see that he had discovered
his hrotliors' plot and had striven to
thwart it, but was now too loyal to imElicate
them, Tho idea that Tommy,
or gentle, true-hearted Tommy, would
Connive to slay tho only brother of the
girl ho loved! And vot, when he .Nut
refused to answer, tho Judge, who
surely should bo impartial in action as
well as word, had Bwung around im*
patiently in his eliair, and the District
Attorney had smiled, oh, so ironically, ,
and shrugged liis shoulders and said :
"You sec, gentlemen. See?"
The case which had occupied tho
Aberdeen Oyer and Terminer for tbc
past week, was, as the District Attorney
had said in his opening, "awful ill the |
simplicity and directness of its proof." i
At tho further end of tho county, amid i
the arid sand plains, the Barlings and (
tho Knowlcscs had occupied adjacent ,
farms for many years. The railway i
ran in front ol their dwellings, and tho j
young men had grown up half farmers, j
half liucmcn, gloauiug from tho two |
occupations livelihood and recreation. t
There had been a constant feud he- t
tween the two families, sprung from
some forgotten trivial cause, but cu- .
hauccd into bitterness through paucity ^
of daily interest. t
There were three Barling boys, of j
whom Thomas, the defendant, was ]n youngest,
and one Knowles, the brother .
'of Patty. This latter had oncouutcrod (
?onp evening the two elder Barlings at ,
tho village tavern, and a quarrel and a j
scuffle had ensued. Tt was the follow- ,
iusr dav that a "wildcat" train, of ,
which young Knowles was engineer,
was derailed and he thrown from the j
cab and killed. Thomas Barling was ?
seen running away from the place t
where this accident occurred. His \
brothers disappeared, but the detectives,
incited by liberal rewards, caused I
the arrest of the lad, claiming that it 1
was he who had set the obstruction on ithe
track. r
His presence, his flight, his terror, H
certain incoherent words which ho had
uttered on his apprehension, consti- *
tilted the main points of the case against L
him. His defense had been necessarily "
brief, consisting of his youth, good v
character, aud his own story slightly ]
corroborated?that he had been ongaged
in removing the obstructions, ?
when the "wildcat," of whose existence c
ho had not been aware, came around j
the curve and struck. But on the K
question of how ho happened to bo ,i
there at just this time he had remained n
silent. ,
Solemnly the great clock in the ^
courtroom beat out the dragging moments.
The bailiffs droned stories and ^
yawned. The clerk scribbled on the
h:;2k cVH. The crier slept the j
sleep of childhood and smiled over it*
reviving scenes. The old woman sat ^
erect, motionless, intent like another
Sphynx, awaiting the culmination of |
burning desires. Perhaps she alone c
COltld exoluili that Ruoiupl r.??..i.
haps when that bosom had been ten- c
dor and that arm softly responsive to
caresses, an inujry to her beauty had j
been the dragon's tooth of this futuro. f
Perhaps the past now returned to her: r
for expectancy hath its panorama of
spent, but not dead, emotions. Cer- j
taiuly little Patty, as she saw the grim (face
growing grimmer, grew l'aint with t
dread, for in its lines she read vengeance
upon Tommy and woe for her- ,
self.
There was a sharp, demanding rap i
it i e ii.? : Ti_
till iiiu (luur oi iiiu jury room. ?i-?
drowsy i^ntirilinn nprnn^ to liin fret ami "
unlocked it. There were whispers, and c
then once more the door closed, the 11
holt was shot, the sentinel sat at his 1
post. Oneo more, but with a differ- 1
ence. The man no longer lolled. Ho '
was big with the consciousness that 11
every eye was upon him, big in the .
possession of a secret which ho had no 1
tight to know. '
The great clock ticked warningly, *
for the hours of excitement are mo- '
meats. It was Hearing the time for 1
tho Judge's return. The clerk set 1
dockets and pen and paper in order. 1
Tho bailiffs shut windows and opened i
iloors, and turned up lights and took 1
their stations. There was one whoso t
post was by the door at the end of tho i
gallery leading to tho jury room,
which opened upon tho main stairway 1
of tho building. Tho guardian of tho j
jury room was his friend, and, as ho j
passed, whispered a single word. Tho i
bailiff stopped to his place and beyond. 1
He leaned over the rail and gazed ?
down into tho gloomy corridor. The'
front door swung open, a dignified '
form entered. Ho recognized it, and
in an instant was leaping down tho (
stairs. And in another instant Judge '
Greongoods knew at what verdict tho 1
jury had arrived, know that tho solemn
words which ho had moutally arranged <
during his walk thither had not been <
marshaled in vain. i
Many sharp eyes had noticed the 1
passing of that single word from officer 1
to officer, aud ere tho crier had begun
his sonorous proclamation, bailiffs and 1
attomoysj and HherifT and prisoner 1
knew that the verdict was "guilty.,1
I'atty know it, too, for she had watched
that guardian at the door as if ho hold
tho portals of her happiness. Patty
know it, and a great sob swollod in hor
heart and hardened into a resolution.
In this moment of extremity, when
humnu and Divine powers had
coalesced against him, she would bo by
hor old playmate's siilo to comfort, to
sustain, to bless I She looked at her
grnudmothor. That expootnnt gazo
had not yot changed into trinmph.
"I will go a littlo closor, so that I can
And out," sho Haid, and tho old lady
nodded au oager approval.
Down tho narrow iron stairway along
tho wall camo the jury?swaggering,
hesitating, stuttoring. Patty loaned
against the littlo door of tho railing
which divided tlio courtroom, thus
separating tho goats of spectators from
tho ohocp of tho bar, and stndiod the
faces oh thoy j Hissed. Htolid, immovable
for tho most part; but thero
wero two that scorned worried and
dubious, and tlioy wore tho faces of tho
two men in whom sho had put hor
trust. Oh, cowards! Why had thoy
not prcsorvod tho courage of thoir
convictions or why had thoy put theij^ |
selves in a position wliero fain
heartodnons is a crime?
The jury took their scats, these two
mou in tho placos which thoy had
occupied during flio trial, Nob. 7 and 8
in tho rear row, dircotly bchiud tho
foreman. From tho anteroom camo
Tommy, and sat by his lawyer alongside
of tho tablo in front of the Judge's
bench. How palo ho was, but how
quiet, how otorn I Was it possible
that thoso hps which had ovor curled
in smiles could be so flrmf Why one
might be afraid of him, that is, ono
who didn't love him as sho did! Patty
brushed a tear from hor cheek as she
gazed ; it sceuiod as if lie we*C already
dead, and that it was his Cold gray
shado that now appearedi
"Call tho roll, Mr. Clerk," sold
Judge Oreeugoods, and, as that functionary
oboyed, each juryman answered
"Present"?complacently so, too, excepting
Nob. 7 and 8, who looked as if
they wished very much they wore elsewhere.
Nd. 7 was a tall, blonder, bent
youug man, awkward and bashful, who
was perpetually blushing, either because
people were looking at him or
because ho imagined they were. He
also stammered. No. 8 was a short,
thick-sot, aggressive-appearing old
gentleman, very deliberate in action,
slightly deaf, but ovor ready to slay
any one who imputed such a defect to
iiim. Consequently, No. 7 dropped
into a pool of stuttering, whoro ho
lopelessly floundered, and No. 7
shouted "Her6" some time after the
:lerk had noted tho attendance.
"Stand up," said the clerk to the
>risoner. And Tommy arose and stood
vith folded arms, a fragilo yet iuropid
Ajnx defying tho lightning,
dlltj^odl^. was AarV ?Y>Otlt nltll { if
l^lromight be but a single ray of sympathy,
then he could endure. Tho
onrt officer nt tho little gate was natirally
more interested in the proceedings
thau in his duty. Ho moved forvnr.l,
and Patty slipped within tho
nil.
"Cot the prisoner look upon tlie
ury let the jury look upon tho pvismov,"
continued the clerk. "Genloinou
of the jury, have you ngreod
lpoi, y uir verdict?"
Tho foroniau dropped his liat and
'ol>U".l his overcoat aid struggled to
?is !'o >t. In that silent instant of
aisp.cn ' > there was a fluttering sound,
m Putty flow to licr old playmate's
side. She threw one arm about his
ioe\, and stood with the other ex lido
i toward the jury hox like a
;u ir lion angel per forming her mission.
>ho ir.rosed her face glowing with
vith light of love, and Tommy bent
lis head and kissed her tremulous lips.
"We have," answered tho foreman.
'We find the prisoner"?luit here arose
lonfusion. From the touching tableau
4os. 7 and 8 sprang forward on either
iile, both noisy, incoherent, and inligiiaut.
From tho spectators' space
ii it11111?111 mrv wiin niuzing eyes ana
witching lingers was menacingly advancing.
"Silence! Order!" cried Judge
IreengoodH, rapping sharply, and the
srier reiterated his command. The
militia rushed to their posts, One
aught the grandmother at the little
rate and forced her hack; another
jcnlly placed 1'atty in a ehnir, but she
caned against the prisoner and
d suspense prevailed.
"We Dud him guilty, your Honor,"
ilurted the foreman. "Or at least I
bought wo did, but these two geutleaen
seem to object."
Thou again there was confusion. The
district Attoruoy, his assistant, the
lefendant's counsel were on their feet,
ogether and talking at once.
"Sit down !" thundered JudgeClreenjoods.
"Mr. Clerk, poll that jury."
"Guilty," answered the foreman in
espouse to liis namo, and "guilty"
mswered tho succeeding live. Then
a me No. 7'sturn. He sprang forward,
apoplectic with determination to express
himself and for once unconscious
>f liis own personality. "Not guilty,"
le screamed, "and I've been trying to
ay so ever since we retired."
Tlien No. H deliberately set each foot
n place and arose. "Your Honor,"
10 said, "I uni thoroughly convinced of
ho defendant's innocence, and I uulerstood
that we all were. I am u
nan, sir, not apt to bo mistaken, and
hero must be some chicanery at work
lore. I solemnly protest against tho
rcrdict as given by the foreman, and I
leg to say that I am prepared to main;nin
my judgment for tho rest of my
latural life."
"It is evident, your Honor,"said the
irlfioner's counsel, "that thero has
:>een a mistrial. I would ask that the
ury bo dismissed and tho defendant
released on his own recognizance, unless,
indeed, my learned brother will
igrco to an order of nolle prosequi?"
"Never." exclaimed the Distriot
Utorney with on oratorical swing.
'Never. I have a duty, sir, a sacrod
hity that I owo to tho people of this
surest commonwealth which sustains
me."
"Thore, tboro I" interrupted Jndgo
Oreongoods, "of course, of course. T
dismiss tho jury and continuo tho case
unto tho noxt term. Tho prisonor is
romandod without hail. Adjourn
ffourt, Mr. Orier," and with avory dismtisficd
expression contorting liis reg
mar features "inn nonor naaioneu
nwav to liiH club.
TLo flhoriff led hia prisoner away.
Tho lights wero turned ont and the
groat building was left to the ghosts
of sorrows and tho echoes of sobs.
And Httlo Patty driving home with her
wrathful grandmother dared Hinile
through her toars.
But before tho next torni newa enmo
of the violent death of the elder Thirling
boys in a foreign land and ofthoir
prior confession and assertion ot thoir
brothor'a innooonce. Tho grim jail
yielded up its captive, and tho coll
where murderers had beon chained
knew bin guileloaa nature no moro.
Impotent rage increased tho woight of
yeari until they erunhod the grandmothor
into her grave. Tho feud botweon
tho two families waa burled with
her, and over their joint farms Patty
Barling now presides as a happy mistress.?Now
York Times.
Is Lightning Paused bjr Kaln T
It is popidnrly supposed that th?
sudden downpour which usually follows
a bright Hash of lightning is ir
some way caused by the flash. Meteo
rologists havo proven that, this is not
tho case, and that, exactly to the conJkmiry,
it is not only possitde but high
1y probably that the sudden increase?i
precipitation is the real cuuso of th<
flash. ?St. Louis Republic,
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BEES WITH NO STINGS.
BUST IilTTUB HONET GETTERS OF
HONDURAS.
This Cllnot? Too Cold For Them?
The Pigmies Among Bees?"Why
Bttnglass Bees Are Id Demand
"T" ~J~ ONDURAS' Governor has
written to the Department
I I bf Agriculttird offering to
Ct hedd to this country some of
the stidgless bees which are native to
Central AlrtoriCa. If it wore possible
to domesticate them herej says tho
Washington Star, Uiero would bo
great advantage iu doing so, innsmuch
as the sting of the bee is tho
chief obstacle td boo culture in the
Cdited States; The idea bf producing
without nfinmi hv in
breeding has often been suggested,
but it in not considered practicable by
scientiflo apiarists. Tho tropical insects
referred to aro cousins to tho
truo honey bees, being grouped zoologically
between tho latter and tho
bumblo bees. They make excellent
honoy, which, though less sweet than
that sold in Northern markets, lias au
aromatic perfume and a delicious flavor
of its own. Some of it is said to bo
poisonous, but it is not so ordinarily.
Of these bees, which are very small,
there are twenty-six species in Central
and South Amerioa, where tlioy have
been kept in hives for eenturies.
They belong to tho gouus "Meliponae."
Tl ^Rgh laokiiig stings tlmy
possess ui&f/mieans of defence. Thoy
not on?" **X58ithcr sharply with their
jaws, like antf, but they do their best
to crawl into tfhe ears and nostrils of
anybody who attacks them. Somo
species aro very spiteful, but others
aro comparatively amiable?notably
tho 1'Scutellaria," which is tho one
most commonly domesticated in Brazil.
Tho hives employed are usually
hung from roofs and verandas. Sometimes
they ore of earthenware, but
more often thoy are mado of hollow
logs two or three feet long, closed at
the ends with circular plugs of woods.
When a hivo is judged by its weight
to bo full, the plugs ore withdrawn
and tho honoy is removed. These
bees havo been kept since prehistorio
times by tho natives.
Their honey is contained not iu
hexagonal cells, but iu wax bags as big
as pigeons' eggs. Theso aro hung
around the iuterior walls of tho hive i
and aro usually about half full, hold- .
ing at much as the strength of the
sacks will bear. On one sido of the
tree or log occupied by the boes is a
hole just big enough to admit tho members
of tho colony one at a time. At
this hole a single bee alwa.w stands
sentinel, drawing back out of the way
every time that a housemate enters or
loaves tho domicile. By marking the
Bcutincl it has been ascertained that
the same individual does sentry duty
for a whole day. Tho hole in the side
of the hive le the entrance to ? long
winding tube, which is built of tho boo
glue obtained from the buds of plants.
For any hostile insect or othor foo to
make its way through this narrow and
eagerly defendod passage is so perilous
Wb1vilulftt?Jt.ia<r.ihatv^ii??pBirds
and lizards are tho greatest
enemieH of these bees, tho reptilian
robbers more particularly attacking
certain species which build their hives
underground. All that has beon said
as to tho habits of the "Meliponao"
applies in the main to their noar relatives,
tho "Trigonae." Tho latter
aro not peculiar to tho Now World, as
are their cousins just described, but
are found also in the Fast Indies and
in Australia. They are much smaller,
being in fact the pigmies among bees.
Their name, which means "throo-cornered,"
comes from the circumstance
that their abdomens are triangular iu
shape. They have no stings, but arc
strong ami very nctivo in gathering
pollen ami honey, carrying remarkably
heavy loads. The workers nro black,
but the queen is dark yellow and
has a huge abdomen, her wing being
not strong enough to lift her into the
air when she is filled with eggs. The
honey cells, which are as big as goodsized
peas, arc grouped in bunches.
One tiling which the Governor of
Honduras desired to know was whether
there was any duty on boes imported
into the United States. There ia none,
because they como in under the head
of "animals for breeding purposes."
But the fatal objeotion to these honeymaking
tropical insects is that they
will not stand this climate. They cannot
livo in a temperature below fifty
degrees Fahrenheit. In 187$ Edward
Drory, of Bordeaux, brought to
Franco forty hives of "Meliponao"
and "Trigonao." He kept them over
one winter by housing them in a
heated room, bnt eventually they died.
A fow years ago T. F. Bingham shipped
a hive of "Meliponao" to Michigan,
but he could not winter them. In
short, these little nectar-getters cannot
be domestioatod in this country.
It has been suggested that they might
bo crossed with our own honey been
advantageously, to get rid of the sting,
but it is almost certain that they
would not breed together, inasmuch at
they belong to different generu.
On the other hand, the truo honey
boes have been imported from Europe
into Central and South America,
where they flourish. Thoy are determined
and indefatigablo immigrants.
As is well known, these vuluahlo inHocts
did not exist in tho now world
when Oolnmbus landod. They were
brought hither by the whito man.
Only one hundred years ago tlioir
hum had never been heard west of tho
Allogheny Mountains. A violent hurricane
having oarried aovoral Hwarina
over that lofty ridge, they found there
a oonntry singularly favorable to thoir
propogation, where they havo multiplied
until the bouudloaa forests and
savannahs are -well populated with
them. It is worth mentioning that
the combs which contain tho brood
colls of the stingless tropical bees described
are not built perpendicularly,
like those of tho truo honoy bees, bul
horizontally. They are protected,
furthermore, by labyrinthino walls,
through which any small foo wouk
find difficulty in making its way.
Ooust, tho smallest separate and indepl^dent
territory in tho world, i*
sit in ..c in the lower Pyrenees, about
tea .uiles from Oleron, between tho
boundaries of France and Hpain. The
people speak a language of their own,
a cross between French and Spanish.
, -
This Frog Weighed a Ton.
The labyrinthodon, a huge orcatnre
ts resembling a toad or a frog, and which a<
lived in tho earlier periods of our k
,n planet's history, has recontly boon h
it found in a surprising stato of preser- 01
vation in tho marl beds of Huozolweitz, N
re Hungary. All speoios of this gigantio T
of frog are now oxtinot, and are known t(
id to the naturalists only through the in* e*
restigations of tho geologists, who havo in
lt often found parts or ontiro fossils of p<
^ tho monster in strata of tho triassio O
a portion of tho mesozoio period. South* ei
wick mentions in a three-line entry iu p<
his "Qnizzism and Key," under tho al
in head "A Frog as Largo as an Ox," and st
in Barnctt's "Geological Epochs" it id bi
Considered in a chapter on "Hugo fe
8- Frog-Like Creatures Of the MesozoiO bi
ie Age." Tho specimen unearthed in thd T
ir Hungarian marl bod is entire with tho v<
I, oxception of tho left fore-arm and the fi
h loworjaw. Tho skull measures eighteen cj
inches between the eye-sockets, and
>B weighs, oxclusive of tho missing underjaw,
312 pounds. Tho bonos which
j. havo been discovered up to date (and J11
J there is still hopes of iinding the miss- \
ing parts) with tho adhering matrix,
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SELECT SITTINGS.
A blind hardware drummer vis!
Philadelphia blacksmiths.
Bismarck is said to be an expert c
cheese, the age of which he tells i
taste.
Tho wine cups of tho Assyrians wei
Shaped likp our saucors and were <
agate, other semi-precious stones, gol
and silver.
A curious tree-growth is noted nei
Ellcflville, N. Y., whore a hemlock an
an oak have bocomo firmly joined at
height of about ted feet.
Old English silverware is muoh i
demand in the Unitod States just no*
and genuine pieces, especially thoi
bf historic interest, fetch high price
Men of marked ability in anv lit
have usually one deep, perpenaicule
wrinkle in the middle of the forohesc
with one or two parallel to it on eac
side.
Until 1650 the art of makingneedh
was kept a secret It was then taugt
to tho English by Christopher Oreei
ing, and English neodles are now sol
all ovor tho world.
M. Ernest Chantre finds that iron i
found in tombs of Lower Chaldc
which aro contemporaneous with tl
third and fourth dynasties of Egypi
or about 2500 B. C.
In the early days of Virginia a la
was made punishing with death tl
man who killed a hog, goat or sheep
This was done to provide for the ir
crease of these animals.
The real discoverer of the America
continent is said to be neither Coluna
bus nor Lief Ericson, but undoubted!
Bjarni, a Norwegian. Ho visited tb
coast of Nova Scotia in A. D. 995.
When tho French crown jewels wer
inventoried in 1791 there wore 954
diamonds, 500 pearls, 230 rnbt^tolS
sapphires, 150 emoralds, sevonty^n
topazes, threo amethysts and a numbe
of unclassified stones.
Scorpions are so numerous in Du
: rango, Mexico, that there is a bouut
j of sixty cents a hundred for thorn
[ Tho persons who aro legalized to hun
' for them aro authorized to enter an
! search private houses.
Tho "Spectre of tho Brockon" Is
mirage visiblo only on the higb
est peak of tho Hartz Mountains, i
Hungary. Just before sunset a gigar
tio shadow of tho spectator is cast upo
a very dense atmosphere in the vallo
east of the mountain.
One of tho curious things in th
Catholio educational exhibit at th
World's Foir is a picturo, in . hair, o
the landing of Columbus. It is said t
contain some of tho hair from theheai
of nearly overy Catholio Arohbisho]
and Bishop in this country.
Tho aunual consumption of meat ii
Australia is 27fi pounds per inhabitant
In Argentina, 160; in the Unite<
States, 150; in Great Britain, 118; ii
France, seventy-seven in Germany
sixty-four; in Austria, sixty-one; i
Russia, fifty-one; in Italy, twenty
six.
The ancestors of the Finns, accord
ing to John Abercromby, of Edin
burgh, Scotland, went in for mapi
Siberia. The first Historical mentioi
of tho Finns whioh the present da;
possesses locates thorn about 190'
years ago ss living in Poland.
A New York madame makes woino
beautiful for $500.^
Itmvnre of Ointment* tor (!m?rrh Th?
Contain Mercury.
as mercury will surely destroy the Renso?i
smell ami completely dorange the whole syste
when entering It through the mucous surface
Kuch articles should never be used except <
prescriptions (mm reputable physicians, as tl
damage they will do Is ten fold to the good yc
can possibly derive from them. Hall's
<'ure manufactured by F. J. Cheney A w
Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is t*k<
internally, acting directly upon the blood at
mucous surfaces of the system. In burli
Hull's Catarrh Cure bo sure to get the genuin
It Is taken internally, and Is tuade in Toled
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials fre
pjcfioid by Druggists, prlco 75o. per bottle.
It Is estimated~ t hut l>y Impropt
methods in the Pennsylvania miut
thirty to forty per cent, of tho authri
cito coal was formerly lost.
Th True I.fixative l'rlnclpl*
Of tho plants used in manufacturing the plea
ant remedy, Syrnp of Figs, has a permanent!
ln-nctlcial effect on tlie human system, whi
the etienp vegetable extracts and mineral soli
lions, usually sold as medicines, are permi
neni ly injurious. Being well informed, yt
will use the true remedy only. Manufacturt
by the California Fig .Syrup Co.
The player-mane ger has not been a sign
success this year.
Many persons aro"oroken down from ov?
work or nousehold cares. Brown's Iron H
ters rebuilds tho system, aids digestion, i
moves excess of bile, and cures malaria,
splendid tonic for women and children.
Brouthkrs, of Brooklyn, has been lald<
temporarily on aocount of general po
work.
We Care K apt are.
No matter of how long standing. Wr
pr free, treatise, testimonials, etc., to 8.
pollaneworth A Co., Owego. Tioga Co., N.
l-rtce SI; by mall. ?I.\jk
The tariff war between Germany and Rt
sia continues and grows more bitter.
It Is a great thing for a young man to get 01
a little and como in contact with other peop
anil see how tliey live. It. F. Johnson A Ck
Richmond. Vs., are giving man young men
ehaneo to do this, and at tho same time to pi
money in Iwuik rapidly. I ry them and see.
Cholera still soems to bo spreadliig
Europe.
Beecham's Bills euro Indigestion and cona
pat Ion. lieecham's no others. 26 eta. a bo
Russia is said to bo after the Hawaiian I
an da.
.. . . ..... ? I. u.
nrown S jron miwrn nin^ i/jmimimn, .' ?
rl?, Blllousneas and Oonoral Debility. Or
HtrenKth, aids Dlwslion, tonoi the nerve
creatoH appetite. Tho lieet tonic tor Nursl
Mothers, weak women ami children.
A IiAhoi amount of bonds is aocumulatl
In tho United States Treasury.
If afflicted with aoro eyes nso Dr.Isaac Thon
son'a Rye-water. Druggists sell at 2fio.per hot
THE TESTIMONIAL
^ We publish are not p
chased, nor written np
/ A our office, nor from c
K M *-% ?? IvkVi employee. Tbey are fat
II proving that M?o*
II 1^0 i^H) Vttre-m. "For over twi
\\ttjiA vC-1 jHi ty years I have snffoi
(jwwK "* /^B/Wwith neuralgia, rheun
and dysnep?
Many times I could i
vk86j^> turn in bed. Hon
Maraaparilla has df
Mrs. Burt. me a vaat amount
good. 1 am 72 years old and enjoy good heal
I which i attribute to Hood's Marsaparlll
t Mk*. R. M. lit)n r. W. Kendall, N. Y.
Bestir to get HOOD'S
Hood's "P" Cure j
f)? od's pills cure sick headache, 2S cents
wRiguu loou pounds, tumour a iou.? ,
)ft St. Louis Republic. j
to ~ ' v?
t? The piny of color in tlio opal is duo
to minute fissures in the stone,
w la
ie A diamond for cutting glass lasts *
i. about threo months. t'
i. 1 w
m Russia "produces 111,0-43 barrels of tt
n petroleum daily. ai
16 ?
? 1 Don't Blamt
4 jg
e
>r ? If a baking powder is no
)g\ so that the same quantity \v
y (? work, no one can know lie
^ ^ formly good, liglit food cann
(l ? All baking powders ex
. Sjj improperly compounded ai
i- w materials, lose their strcngt!
? is opened for use. At subs
n & will be noticed a falling off i
y an is heavy, and the flour, egg
e (Sy It is always the case tha
f ^ hi pocket, if not in health, 1
o stitute for the Royal Bakiiq
p ? is the embodiment of all tli
possible to attain in an ab:
1 It is always strictly reliable
a economical because of its
'? rK whl retain its full leaveni
? Sj other poweler will, until 11
wholesome food.
(Sermanl
: Syrup" j
Mr. Albert Hartley of Hudson, | w
m N. C., was taken with Pneumonia, j W
* His brother had just died from it. p
'io When he found his doctor could not p
rally him he took one bottle of Ger- j 5
man Syrup and came out sound and 5
[J well. Mr. S. B. Gardiner, Clerk j 3
ur with Druggist J. E. Barr, Aurora, ' 3
? Texas, prevented a had attack of 3
* pneumonia by taking German Syrup ?
in time. He was iu the business q
r aud knew the danger. He used the q
great remedy?Boschee's German C
Syrup?for lung diseases. (S> , C
A7C AA TAfMtewk* B*d? monlbl;
!fc / -1111 working for B. T. Johnson k. Co.. <
f W Wo.?South 1 lib St.,Richmond, Va ,
iy Ingleside X^etreat.
le For Blseasca of Women. Scientific treatment nnd
cures guaranteed. Elegant apartment* for ladlea l>o- j
fore and during eonflnement. Address The lleslt
dent 1'h.valelan, '<1-72 Baxter Court, Nashville, Tonn.
>d rjlT'TD1EA IlTVmTly' '"m'edTc"ThiT
For Indigestion, lilll outness,
Headache, Constipation, Had t
C'nntplexlon, Offensive Breath,
Ihl and all disorders of the Btomach,
Liror and Bowels,
i RIPAN8 TABULES l - >*?7 1
aet (jenllj yet promptly. Perfect MKftflVw'
>r- digestion fellows Ihelr use. Ikiid^^Hy^ I
It- by druggists or sent l>y mall. Box
.? (J rials),76c. Packaged boxes), $a.
ror tree samples address |
K"'A5S * "r-MIOA1' c? t WswTsrh.
* Unlike the Dutch Process
QTi No Alkalies
t* 3gy Other Chemicals
v ar? used In the
preparation of
^ W* BAKER & C0',S
? J wreakfastCocoa
le H which it nbinfutrly
>., 1 laVl pure and totuble.
? Hf fji, f Eti! If has more than three timet
ED 1 i.?V! I ft the ttrenuth of Cocoa mixed
^WL^UPMfjlwith Htnrch, Arrowroot or
. Sugar, and Is far more eoonomical,
coiting less than one cent a cup.
It la delicious, nourishing, aud eabilt
DIOMTin.
tl- gold by Grocers everywhere.
11 W. BAKER ft CO., Dorchester. Man,
" MEN3 V3UR OWN HARNESS
I* U*" WITH
? HI THOMSON'S MM
f J SLOTTED
"" CLINCH RIVETS.
... Ho tools repaired. Only a haairaar naadod to drlra
tad cdaeh th'S* easily and quickly, leering the eilneb
118 ibeoiatcty smooth. A-qulrlng no hoio to be made la
h* leather nor burr for tho Rlret*. Tbsy arc stroac.
Soagb and durable. Million* now In use. AS
enitba. uniform or a na?rta<1, put up In boss*. ,
Ask yaar dealer for (bona, or sand / -A" do
ur- .umpa for a box of 100, ataoriau .lies. Man'fdL'/vTUt?
;',r JUDSON L. THOMSON MFQ. CO.,
tA. WAITHAM. HASS,
?'
enred
m- 1 a m
it*.
iMSBHUa I fl
II.1 H
of
? MiwlJmAJi|
D? Vet B?
h with Fasten, BaaaasU a*?d rebate wblob stata Ibo I
a haadajalere tbelreo and bam rod.
P TbeWns Baa Itora Pol lab to BrflMeat, Odor- I
?* leas, Durable, sad tbo ooaoaiasr pays for mm tta I
or dtodi paskago with orasy pmmBm. |
ill
?- i
The Birth of Lake Tahoe.
In geographical timos, not longf
jo, as speaks the scientist, but very
>ng ago, as speaks tho chronicler of
uman follies, there was a deep valley
a the eastern slope of tho Sierra * 4
ovadas at tho headwaters of tho
ruckeo River. About this valley
>wered granite mountains. But
trthquakos came, rents were opened
t tho rocks, and from tho fissured ,J
oured monstrous streams of lava?l \
ne of theso fissuros crossed the Iowot JtM
id of tho valloy, aud through
oured floods of molten rocks. Stream \ ?'
[tor stream issued, to cool in solid * [
leets and blocks, until a Wall was . i\
liilt across tho valley 2000 or 0000.
set in height, and above it was a deep
isin 500 or 000 squiro miles in area.
he storms that fell on the granit ? aud
oleauie mountains rolled in rivers to
11 tho basin and Lake Tahoe watf
reated. ?Chicago Herald.
Tomatoes ore fruit as well as melon*
ad cucumbers. Tho distinction hereon
a vegetable aud a fruit is pacing
at timos. A technical difference
that o fruit incloses the seeds of the
laut and matures above ground, while
lant growth matured under ground is
jgetablo.
In St. John's College, Oxford, Engnd,
is preserved a portrait of Charles
, in which tho engraver's lines, as ^
icv seem to be, are r??lljmiorueuoplO
riting, the face alone containing all
le book of Psalms, with tho oreeds,
ad several forms of prayers.
i the Cook I
t uniform in strength, ?
ill always do the same @
>w to use it, and uni- ?
ot he produced with it.
ccpt Royal, because
nd made from inferior ^
l quickly when the can ?
?cquent bakings there ? Jgfl
in strontrth.- Tho fnnrl
s and butter wasted.
t the consumer suffers (ja
by accepting any sub- jl? j?
r Powder. The Royal (I
ic excellence that it is jj c
solutely pure powder. (, j)
i. It is not only more
greater strength, but
ng power, which no
ised, and make more jj \
?
.PfWPATINU thin* for uriu Is our PHOTO ,
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Do You Sleep Peacefv'.ty? 3
' Sloop, tlHtu repose of all things; sleep, thong
gently*' of the deities; thou |**oe of tho mindP
front which cure tllox; who doat J
SOOTHE?
THE HEARTS?
OF MENd .
Wearied with toll* of the day, and refluent tbemH
for InlMir." j
]F*ilgrim |
jSpring jj
jBed g
JHceures " Inviting sleep And Its soft forgetful-g
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jlmltatlous, for "they are not wbut they appear. "E
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This Is a most Valuable Book A
for tho Household, tenehlug a* It IB I ^
doe* the eaMly-dl-o Ingulalicd KM
Symptoms of dintYent D aeOMO, I II
iho Cause, and Means of Pre- 1 Bj __ a
venting such Diseases, and the I O/ .eh
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levlate or cure. 1 11 .
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every-dny Kngllsh, and la froo I ^^rvV ''j
from Iho technical terms which I .*> Jfl' V*
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ly give* n Complete Annlyaluof rSf* I 'l l I
exerylhlug perlnluhiK to Court- jUjlM j
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plniintlonnof ilot.inlcnl Practice, I JH .
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IOoneampttvee and people^H
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ma.ehoulduM Pieo'e On re for )
Connumptlon. It haa iiml W wj,*
thoaawads. ft baa not Injur- ? -?
ed one. It le not bad to take. H /> ^
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