The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, January 19, 1894, Image 4
HHl NFW FwaT.Awn wrDAPrr
u^<uuunv imitavuiJi
Railroad rnuiskrr rei.ates
i nim kxpkkibnce.
henoRDr.nrci, story told dt feed r. rosr
n>b*o HIS HOTHER-IW-LAW TO A RBc*'l>
TTER or TRC BOSTON RKRiLD?
?b?U,OXH ABE ftEBTOBED AFTER
^ (lP YEAR* or AOONY.
W fFrom the Boston Heritld.l
vast health-giving results already nt',lD*JIj^tfed
by the newspapers throughout this
v .' country and Canada to Dr. Williams' 'Tinlr
Wf Pills for Pale People" havo beon recently
H supplemented by the eases of two confirmed
V Invalids in one household in a New England
town. Tho names of these people are Fred
W O. Vose, his wife and his mother-in law, Mrs.
/ Oliver C. Holt, of Peterboro, m?mb?rsof the
same household.
To the Herald reporter who was sent to
investigate his remarkable euro Mr. Vose
said : "1 am thirty-seven years old. and have
been railroading for the Fltehburg for lift cod
years. Blnce boyhood I have been troubled
with a weak stomach. For the past sever
/ years I have suffered terribly and constantly.
My stomach would not retain food ; my head
ached constantly and was so dLzy I could
scarcely stand ; my eyes were blurred . I had a
bad heartburn,and :uy breath was offensive. I
had physicians, but they failed to help me.
My appetite gave out, and four years ago 1
deve!op?irt^p(?lpltatloii of tho heart, which
seriously afTeelwl my breathing. Had terri?lo
pains in my back ami had to make
' water many times a day. ! finally developed
rheumatic signs and couldn't sleep nignts
If I lay down my heart would go pit a
tint nt R crrnnt r?itn i?n#t ......ir ?? ' ?? ? *? 1
uoi close my eyes at nil. I was l>rokec
down in body and discouraged in spirit when,
some time in February Inst, I got a couple
of boxes of Dr. Williams'Pink Pills. Before
I hnd finished the llrst box I noticed
that the palpitation of my heart, which had
bothered mo so that I couldn't breathe at
times. began to improve. I saw that in going
to my home on the hill from the depot,
which was previously an awful task, my
heart did not beat so violently nnd 1 had
more breath when I reached the house.
After the second and third boxee I grew better
in every other respect. My stomach
became stronger, the gas belching was not
so bail, my appetite and digestion improved,
and my sleep became nearly natural nnd undisturbed.
|I have continued taking the pills
three times a day ever since last March, and
to-dav I am feeling bettor than at any time
during the Inst eight years. I can confidently
and conscientiously say that they
ha^e done me more good, and their good eifeett
are more permanent, than nny medicine
I have ever taken. My rheumatic pains
in Iqzs nnd bands are nil gone. The pains
_ In tW^snrmll of my bnok, which were so bad
at tuue?tWt~I\'OUl.'n't stand op -'--'pb*
* ??? mi vanisueu. i?ud 1 rind my kidneys
nre well regulated by them. This is an
effect not claimed for the pills in the circular.
but in my case they brought it about. 1
am feeling 100 per cent, better in every shape
ami manner.
The reporter next saw Mrs. Holt, who said
"I nra 57 years old. and for It years past I
have had an intermittent heart trouble.
Three years ago I had nervous prostration,
by which my heart trouble was Increased so
hadlv that 1 had to lie down most of the time.
My stomach also gave out, and I had continual
and intense pain from th" hack of my
neck to the cud of my backbone. In It
weeks I spent f300 for do. tor billsand medicines,
but my health continued so miserable
that I gave up doctoring In despair. I began
to take Dr. Williams' Pink Tills last winter
and the first box made mo feel ever so much
better, I have taken the pills since February,
with there?ult of stopping entirely the pain
in the spine and in tlic region of the liver.
My stomach is again normal, arid the palpitation
of the heart has troubled me but three
times since I commenced the pills."
An analysis of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
that t? .->p^itain in a condensed form,
ail the elements noeessnf.?#W>-,%ivC- JMf^TTTe"
and richness to the hloo-1 and restore .shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing specific
for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis. Hf. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neural
gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the alter
effect of la grippe, palpitation ..f tho heart
pale and sallow complexions, all forms o|
weakness eit her in nitric or female, and a"
diseases resulting fiom vitiated humors in
the blood. Pink Pills arcold by nil dealers,
or will he sent post p tid on receipt of pi e <
(50 cents a box. >-r six ho\ I.?r rJ.ait they
are never sold in bulk >r t v t he 1001 ' v ad
dressing l*r. Williams' Iruiu* Co., S' Iwuectaiiy.
N. V., or Bro kulle, Out.
Tin* Itatlle nl I lie* Waves.
Of nil tlit" Swiss lakes the Lake of
Lucerne litis the tn?<st irregular shape,
its ninny hays running north to south,
east to west. Owing to these windings
it is often exposed to violent
storms, hut while in one hny the waters
may be lushed into perfect fury, in tin
adjoining hny not u ripple will disturb
^ surface.
hits when n strong south wind hlows
vn the Way ot I'ri, the very -nine
^^Erid turned from its coin-so by tin1
k ^^Buntniiis, conies from the west from
L I Bay (? f Hllitells.
A There is ii point, pist <ipj?.tsite Itriiii
A non. where the t wo setsof wave * meet,
| and then ? terrific emit.--t ensues for
M| mnatery. \i such a movement tin
spray is driv. n into tin nir in vast
sheets to u height ??f fifty feet or more.
IP M llih tin buttle til -i s tle-r mm be
arm under the^-helter ot tin- promoiiK
tory ntTreib several of tin lake steam
MH fin 1 n nt-ol (' I !i ami
K smnll limits waiting t--r tti< tt-in|>.- t to
pnss. So \ lolfiit i- 111 motion that
HB even nn In! (,' steamers eases o? "sen"
j sickim'ph are not unusual,
i, Tin- oxperii noes piimal in fnei up
a, such ilnnffcrs Inivr mmle tin- 1 n??ittti<*n
S^^k) 11 of the Inkc fn in oil * ftoni Hie tiniest
^ tirne?r? New V>?rk .Join mil.
TV- largest self l'ir-hlt? ':m-n lij
?ny Anierienu collide is the St in necks
chnhirf hi|< nt Princeton. It is iiwnnl-,l
I... ..v....II........ n??t I !.??!
ml amounts to ?1."?00 nmiunllj*.
fio 1 hii! i111s ft Knglninl nvnlti"
I tt J) i?.
Mr8. LUza fjogrre
W i Morl? . K. I.
... " SORE EYES
kand hfWlachc ma le rnc Wtnd. 1 11 i I overy 1
thinyr I m nrrt of.an I w n* ?i ifn- I;l> <! Mnnd
HoHiiitnl, hut found no relu-f Ii i-n<! od>-Ued
Ilood'a Sarxa|?urii::i. 1 navo now hi-< <>n>o
a? well as ever. Ml' t-yin have |wrf-?'tlv li-ailp<l
an I the headarfie i toured. tin hI'm Surwoarllla
Iuim doiio it all " Mtf. K.
HOOD'S ClIRl H
Ilood'a I'iIIk bpi-oinp On* favorite cnth.irih; wltli
t?fy one who thenn % oenu j*t tio*.
SS^j . j
THE CENTURY'S SONCt
Bead at St. Andrew's 8oolety dinner, In Mew
York December I, 1893.)
One note from out the centuries vast,
Which he who lists to-day may hear;
One word on Judah's waters cast,
With widening circle year by year ;
One song that thrills the patriot van?
The crowning brotherhood of man.
'Twas this the peasant poet sung.
By bonnle Doon and winding Ayr,
To that dear harp by Coila strung,
Whose music flonts the noblest prayer,
A choral link from shore to shore?
' Of mnn to man the world o'er."
No grander utterance ; "Man to man lM
Behold the century's living voice I
Those simple words the ages span ;
The Nations listen and rejoice ;
The plowman hard of Scottish blood
Proclaims the song of brotherhood.
Our fathers struggled to bo free ;
We have the freedom that they wrought,
For lofty faith and liberty
Brave martyrs died and heroes fought?
"N'etno liupuno" sternly sealed
On ninny a fierce and bloody field.
We know by heart each hallowed name ;
We trace the turf by valor trod,
The Bannockburns baptized to fame
By men who spurne I the tyrant's rod.
Who scorned to wear a conqueror's chain.
Who knew their rights and dared malntatp.
As men who climb a mountain height
By tortuous ways and pathless steep.
O'erfnken by the darkllnc nlaht
Ann riving blasts that round them sweep,
Await with joy the morning ray
To guide theni on their arduous way.
So up the slope, through raok ami mist,
I'roud Scotland holds her steadfast way
To granite peaks by sunlight kissed.
While drifting clouds below her lay;
No pioneer more hold nnd true
Beneath the heaven's nrehlng blue.
1111 now irom heights securely reached,
With frt'oilom sown in every soil.
And wasteful war's red banner bleached
On sunlit lle|(|s <>f honest toil.
Hark to the strain ' All war shall oeas?.'
St. Andrew's soug of love and peace.
The charity that knows no boun i
Is freedom's gift to very land ;
The richest gold in quarry found.
Or fairest pearl on o*ean strand
Is naught to Saxon freedom now ?
The noblest 'Town on b>??
And Saxon brotherhoo I to-day
Means brotherhood all round the worl 1 ,
No restless realm would dare gainsay
The ediet of yon Hays unfurled ,
A million soldiers useless then
Amid the parliament of men.
Through yonder clou Is behold th? rift.
The hour is ripe, the morn is nigh,
I'lte darkness fades, the Nations lift
Their foreheads to a fairer sky ;
Above the Twentieth Century's door?
"The Nations shall learn war no more."
O, fairest Queen ' whose smiles entrance,
Columbia ! horn of noble sires.
With youthful vigor in thy glance.
And hope that every land inspires,
Thy mountain haius and rivers free
Proclaim thy power from sea to sea.
Thine Vie thnf newer ??-> minf.l or..!
I - - "u,? u,v ?"5
The millions vast who toil and wait,
JiiL?MHi^no longer shall oppress.
Rut Justice rule at every gateOne
law. one love, one crowning good?
The century's song of brotherhood.
- Wallace Bruce.
UNDER SUSPICION.
ESSIE," said Anton
Mosby, the forester,
to his daughter.
"why do you
persist in your
friendship for our
hoarder, Hayes,
when you know I
don't liko him?
I've warned you
; s _ I |g-- i often enough.
<\ / When a man is
ashamed to tell his |
\rv g \ tfgs I business it doesn't
VYj ViT^R .'| take much discern ,.t
\y. '/uu |T- went t?? see that
% A'' |f something i a
\li vtrong. Ho hat
tf'v**/ I I.' been in our house
1 u ? w about live
(ii\ \ W0?kH, and during
1 I mV w^?^? '*rnw 'ie
* "* ^ has not hinted a
word an to the manning of his trips
into the wo >ds. Yesterday I saw him
prowling about tho old quarry, but
when 1 naked htm what he was after he
said he was looking for game. \ likely
place, indeed, to find anything to
shoot.'
' Father," said the daughter, "Mr.
Hayes has always treated me like e
:< iitIonian, and, as there is no other
company here, I don't see what harm
can eotne front talking with hint."
"I know that it is lonesome here,
Jessie, with no one but me for company,
and when we can aft'ord it wo
dial) go where you can have better advantages.
but that f< How Hayes is not
Me right Kinu iuiii i tion t wnnt you to
hove anything ?t all to do with him.
i've left word with 1 >i?*k to hnve his
horse ready when he gets back, for he
!ias pot to leave thin place to-day. Of
course. I've got no proof that he is a
had one, hut it is easy enough to see.
Look at his hraee of pistols. i tell
you a rife is good enough here against
anything hut the Sheriff's posse. l$nt
I ovist go*, remember what I sav and
lou t look for me hack before night.H
mi l Moshy turned away.
Anton Voshy'H occupation was to
protect a large section of pine timber
owned by an Lastern company from
encroachments by rival firms and ne
cessitated long t ramps along t h boundaries
of the great forest estate. Hi4
Ik>ih*> was located in 11 small oloaring
not large Piiongli to escape, tli? shadows
of the trees for more than half the day.
The nearest village .was a lumbering
town about fifteen milesdistant. From
this village ran a narrow, scraggy road
out into the forest, past Moshv's house,
I and then at tle> distance of a mile or I
,,> (tivi.leil oe>- branch turning south
and leading somewhere in the direction
of civilization, the other running
several miles northward and ending in
an old quarry which was dug in the
side of a rocky ledge.
After Moshv's departure -lessie went
on with her .\ork indoors with a heavy
heart. Her father's suspicion t&at tho
man Hayes, who had been sojonrr ,i>:
with them, was only a refugee ' .in?
justice, pained her. He had always
beeu very obliging about tho house,
had books in his saddle bag* and tometimes
idwidJttf haft, which HM
matter of real entertainment, and,
while she did not care for him, she
felt extremoly eorry for the treatment
lio received at her father's hands. She
had to confess, however, on thinking
it over, that it was a queer place for a
man to come whose only occupation
was pleasure. The hunting was poor,
the woods damp and gloomy, and the
icdgo in the distance inhabited mostly
by snakes.
Hayes was an ordinary-looking man
of about five feet ton, liair brown,
oyes blue, and rather quick and nervous
in his speech. Tt was a suspicion
of embarrassment ID till* Irtttor l'AAitPot
vlien questioned as to his business
!hat first led Mosby to observe his actions,
and his preference for the old
juarry road, which was rough and
iwampy and led through a tangled
growth of underbrush, seemed evidence
enough that he belonged to
those who prefer darkness rather than
light.
These suspicions made Mosby, naturally
a hospitable man, cold and satirical,
and many an arrow of sarcasm
was plumed for his victim's breast,
but Hayes usually seemed perfectly
oblivious of their meaning, a fael
which only further determined Mosby
in the belief that he was a bad one.
Tho season had lieen exceedingly
dry ; for nearly a month not a drop <>1
rain had fallen. The sand lay in drifts
in the middle cf the road and blew
away from tho roots of the troou.
During the previous weeks a grenl
tire li > /"l l\ooti 4 / \ 4 V* n,,?>4li it>u i>.l
iinu uuuii in^iu^ iu lur iiui tu^ni
several towns being razed to thi
ground and a wida stretch of timber
ruined. The ledge of rocks referred
to ran in a crescent and acted as a bar
rier to the tlames, so that the country
over which Mosby presided was left
unharmed, but the smoke spread its
mantle of gloom over many miles ot
contiguous territory.
This great northern section, however,
where the tiro had been so destructive,
was inhabited by wolves,
which now, goaded by tire and hunger,
sought safety to the southward. Mosby
saw them frequently, and their baying
could be heard at night while prowling
through the woods in search of
food, but they were a cowardly lot
that ran at the sight of a man, and no
one experienced any uneasiness.
Meshy went on cue tramp he
invariably took his rifle, with him,
hoping to obtain enough pelts during
the season for a robe.
"Wolves," he used to sAy to Hayes,
"are abont all the game you will find
about these quarters, but if you want
to kill any you'd better throw away
your six-shooters and get u rifle, for
all the things are good for is to kill
men, and I reckon the people around
here are a peaceable lot.
"Of course it might, be a good thing
if one wanted to escape from a constable,
but we are presuming that you
want to kill animals." But his arguments
as to the relative merits and
llgPH fkf titO ttVM WVmiwillu liild I lit In of.
'
feet on Hayes, who still continued to
carry the pistols and make excursions
not into the woods where Mosby
tured, "there might be stray deer il
one happened to it," but toward
the quarry the hills.
W.hetheJt- Mosby wanted to keep
watch of his strange boarder'R action*
that day, or whether his business led
in that direction, we cannot say, but
he spent the afternoon exploring the
timber abutting the highlands. His
observations were quite minute, and
the sun was beginning to redden the
clouds in the west when ho started for
home, and by the time he reached the
road it had become quite dark. He
had about eight miles to cover, but
the way was so rough that he made
slow progress.
Here and there a moonbeam glistened
on a sandy opening, but for the
greater part of the time the foliage of
the trees entirely obscured the light,
so he slumped wearily along, musing
upon the events of the previous weeks
n,i.,.-~ ui,?,i
??uu ? wimri iii^ " I1UI u Jitaj vn unit ywnr
to spend tho night.
A worm breeze swayed tho tops of
tho huge pines; this and tho sticks
which crackled under his feet were all
that hroko the silence of the night ?
all until from the distance came suddenly
to his ears the hoarse baying of
a wolf. From time to time it was repeated
until, from nnother direction,
arose an answering howl, prolonged
and mournful.
Mosby plodded along, giving little
heed except wishing that he could get
a sight on one of the "varmints" in a
bright spot of moonlight. The
howling of the wolves gradually be
came more frequent and began to
sound nearer and nearer. Mosby
cam*- to a halt and examined the condition
of his gun, and then, although
feeling that the ritle insured his
safety, began to hasten his steps. By
tlin f 1 mo lio lioil n/ivoi(A/l otwil lior lw> I f
mile he know that thorn vvns danger
behind, for the woinl sounds had increased
into a din and an uproar.
They were evidently on his trail and
rapidly approaching, dozens of them,
perhaps, courageous, at last, from tho
strength of numbers.
Ho realized that there would be
scant time for reloading a gun after
onee firing, nnd looked about for a
tree which he could climb and pick
them off one at a time, but where there
were trees the darkness was so deep
that the project had to be abandoned
as impracticable, and he could not
endure the thought, of remaining a
prisoner all night in thouneomfortable
branches of a pine tree on account of
a few wolves. This decision was
scarcely reached when he would gladly
have changed it. for a moment later
mo wolves roRCiieu tup run'i ix-hitm
hirn and wore coming along m1 long
leaps, tilling the air with th''ir mournful
screams.
Mosby, still cool ami collected,
raised his ritle to his shoulder. A
gray form flashed in the light a little
distance away and he tire.l. The
howling of the i tick suddenly ceased
as one of their number rolled in the
sand, ami Mosby, after reloading,
startod on a trot toward a small openinc.
Before lie reached it tliev were
lti pursuit again, it seemed as if in
greater fury than ever, notwithstanding
they had first feast" I on the tlesh
' "t a Oomrade.
Mosby fired again, hut missed his
aim. For a mom lit they hesitated,
their eyes shining in the darkness,
and then, gnashing their fangs, rushed
forward into the light. Mosby's heavy
rifle whirled around Ilia le ad and descended
on the skull o' the foremost
wolf, but the beasts, crazed with
, ,
hunger, had l^st *11 fear, and Mosby
saw tAcCTts^ud met his fate. A ware
of sorrow fdr p??or Jessie, left all alone
in such a couirrv, welled up in his
heart and the^^ritting his teeth in
anger,he grat^Bhis guu stock tighter
and struck This Mow was his
last, for tho oB^instant he was borne
to the grouoj.
Bang, baug, bang, suddenly rung
through the htfejk A wolf with his
fange"[btiriiA^1oo?by't* aim released
his h6ld ; another tearing furiously at
his breast fell dead. The air resounded
with quick reports nud Mosbv,
weak and almost dying, saw the suspicious
boarder rush into the fray, ft
ropoater in each baud.
When lie next opeucd his eyes he
was at home and Jessie by his side.
"Where is Haves?" he murmured.
"Here, father," she answered, and
Hayes stepped forward from the
shadow whera he lmd been eittinaThe
old man would have given him
his hand, but his arms wereilimp and
lifeless.
"You saved my life," he murmured
gratefully, "and T reckon your kind
of weapons are the best, after nil.,
among w ?lves. Yon must stay with
us the whole season and Jessie ruu J
will do our best to entertain you."
Hayes smiled. "It was a,lucky thing
that, you sent me away, Mr. Mos^y, for
otherwiso I would aotlhave be(fn on the
quarry roan and savei von ;
aiuieubu
in.v work, here yesterday, and eo when
Dick told me that I moat go I started
for the quarry to get somo things.
JeRsio has told me what you feared I
was and I do not blame you. It did
look suspicious, Rnd I often felt
ashamed that I had to keep,'so quiet,
hut my time lias been spenti prospecting
for iron and negotiating/purchases
of land. "f am the junior partner In
a firm which expects to establish a
mine iu this vicinity and came here enjoined
to absolute secrecy. The business
is now where this is no longer
necessary, for we have contracted for
nil the land we want except one corner,
probably the richest in ore, howewer,
of ail."
Hayes then opened his papers 'and
showed a plan of the grounds.
"Why," cried Mosby. "that corner
belongs to me. and is the most
Ic..., picco oi ground on tno footstool.
I've always'" bCeli ashamed \ to claim
ownership."
uT\ _ .* L i .. __ll * A \ TlIf . _
"uo you wmn 10 sen 11, j iux. niosVy?"
nske?.l Hayes.
"Sell it?" returned Mostly. "Tnke
it for nothing. Bring iuq lilie paper
and I will sign tlio deed." *
llayes ncted with alacrity ;lhe found
a form, tilled in some figuremand held
it in front of the old man.
"For and in consideration of 820,000!"
gasped Mosby. What does it
mean ?*'
"It means," replied Hayes, "that I
consider it a reasonable bargain for our
firm at that price."
The old man recovered entirely during
the course of a few months. Mr.
Hayes the followingyear was frequently
a board** \pit{i Jessie and hor father,
but one Augu4/day there tvas a wedding
and Jess^ went to board with
him. ?Chicago News.
?iwL jvoitns.
The road to flhrtuno does wot pass
by every man's door.
Hove of hum should prompt you to
make it a home'of love.
The most certain sign of wisdom is
a continual cheerfulness.
Hejoiee with them that do rejoice;
and ween with them that weep.
Tho weigh of tho transgressor ii
hard if it be suspension from a gibbet.
Be kindly affeotiouod one to anolhor
with brotherly love; in honor preferring
one another.
Let love lie without dissimulation.
Abhor that which is evil: cleave to
that which is good.
Mankind in tho gross is a gaping
monster that loves to be deceived and
has seldom been disappointed.
Narrowness of mind is often tho
cause of obstinacy ; wo do not easily
believe bi\yorrrl what we can see.
If you waul knowledge, you must
toil for it; if food, you must toil for
it; and if pleasure, you must toil for
it; toil is the law.
Exact justice in commonly more
merciful in tho long run than pity;
for it tends to foster in men those
stronger qualities which make th.'.ii
good citizens.
Every want, tin' a low kind, physical
as well as moral, which the human
breast feels, and which brutes do not
feel, and cannot feel, raises man by so
ni?eii in the scale of existence, mi l ?
n rh'?ir proof pud u divwt of
the favor of God- toward Ifis so much
favored human ollspring.
"Enlurgo not thv destiny ; ondenvnt
not t > do moro tli.>n is given thee mi
charge." The oin piuilcne'! in iiIV- m
concent nation. You must elect your
shall take \vli:?'. your brain
( antau^fftoj: all iii'' vest. Onli so
cnii that, amount of vital force novo in n?
late which cm make tho stop liouo
knowing to doiug,
English Law to Accidoit*.
The term "accident" would appeal
to bp easily defined, tint the late Iiord
Chief Justice Cockburn thought not.
and on several occasions insurance
companies have sought a definition ir:
the courts of law. It has been decid
< (1 that nsunstroke is not an acoident,
but that injury to the spine by lifting
a hoavv weight is one. Even if phv si
ml ailments contribute to an accident
it is covered by tho policy. Tho relatives
of n mnii who, while bathing in
ahnllow water, whs seized with h fit
and suffocated sustained their claim,as
did tho.so of ? rn?n who, when similar
Iv seized, fell under h train nr.d wn?
killed. Again, n person having fallen
and dislocftted his shoulder whs pn to
| IiwNot carefully nursed, but in iesf
than ft month ho died of pneumonia.
The connection between that complaint
and ft dislocated shoulder is not nt
oneo visible, but on tho ground that
tho restl'/ssness and susceptibility to
eob'-rvfodueed by the nceident led to
the^iseaso which killed him, the rein
tiv?V= were held to entitled to claim
"The influence of intoxicating liquor '
ha* been authoritively defined as "in
fAience which disturbs the balance of a
id no's mind or tho intelligent exercise
of hia faculties," and injuries received
while in that condition are not covered
by an insurance policy.?Uhaiobara'a
v
* * ? ? ' y
select sittings.
The property of Germany is assessed
at $32,500,000.
France is worth, all property considered,
$40,000,000.
Washington, daring his first term
as President, signed 196 hills.
Over 12,000,000 bushels of buokwheat
were in 1892 manufactured into
cakes.
The world's sugar plantations produced
every year 6,000,000 tons of
sugar.
Flax is first mentioned in connec
tion witn Hebrews at tne exodus. U.
O. 1491.
Russia raises 1260 pounds of grain
and fifty-one pounds of meat to each
inhabitant.
The first oratorio mentioned in
medieval chronicles was presented in
the twelfth century.
Ir. the year 760 A. D. Pope Paul I.
sent tho only clock in the known world
as a present to Pepin, King of France.
In Corfu sheets of paper pass foi
money ; one sheet buys one quart ol
rice, or twenty sheets a piece of hojnp
cloth.
Russian women and Japanese mer
are pronounced by those competent t?
judge the best of the world's workers
with the needlo.
The furthest southorn point, in
Florida at which snow lias ever been
known to fall is at Punta Rosa, one
hundred miles north of Key West.
Some of the healthiest children in
the world are found in Ihe Scottish
highlands, where shoes are seldom
worn at an earlier ago than twelve and
thirteen.
The Western Pacific is a great place
for islands that emerge from wavei
unexpectedly and as suddenly disap
pear. Sometimes they come up and
stay, but more often they have an existence
merely temporary.
V ...U 1-_:
jlimiiik nn'ii nuu wwio vxpiunng nu
immense cavern in Hardin County,
Kentucky, a few days ago, fpund in
one room five human skeletons and in
another place a decayed hox containing
two diamond rings, krcc pic*"!"
a lot of earrings and bracelets.
With the skeletons were two watches
marked respectively "It. C. A." and
"S. J. McK."
In Ashanteo parricides are tied hand
and foot to stakes driveu in the ground
near a large ant hill. The ants arc
then irritated by sticks thrust into the
entrance of their dwellings, a guard i*
set at a respectful distance to prevent
rescue, and the prisoner is left to be
eaten alive. In forty-eight hours
nothing is left of the criminal but n
neatly cleaned skeleton.
A Topeka (Kan.) merchant received
a postal card the other day on half ol
which was written an order for a bill
of goods for his store; on the lowei
half was an order for moro goods ol
another kind from a merchant in the
next bloek to whom the first merchant
was requested to deliver the card.
The Topeka man rang for a messenger
and had tho postal delivered, and
charged the customer a quarter on ihe
bill.
v.k Beat* All.
SptViy.* <ff ancient ships and shipbuildiA^,
Professor J. Harvev Pi lea
H.lill I int tliminli Ttrilnin unit
Anjucrcn had made such parent strides
i ii shipbuilding, none of tlieir wood on
shipsapproachedtho dimensions of tho
Ark. which was -lot) feet long, seventylive
feel liroiul, and forty-live feet
loop. He calculated that thi.s was
he size of this vessel from tho Hilda
measurements, taking the cubit to ha
eighteen inches. This, ho thought,
was the cor root measurement. Tha
largest wooden ship afloat now was tho
Shenandoah, and her dimensions were
299 feet hy forty nine feet broad and
twenty-nine feet. deep. Even lbs
Campania was in v. eh smaller than the
Ark, except in length, and thodimcusiotis
of tho Ark had only been exceeded
in the case of the Great Eastern.
In 185') it prize was offered for
the ho?t model of a ship made by any
one in the United Kingdom, and the
models were on view at the Uoynl fastitntion.
The prize was awarded to
a model six times the beam to the
length, and ten times the depth to the
length, these being the same proportions
as those of the Ark. ? Scientific
aiij *: lunu,
Channel ol Commerce Shilling.
The decadence of the steamboat
business along the Mississippi River,
occasioned b\ tlx- rnpid development
of the railroad system, has imturnllv
resulted in the decline of ninny river
towns which in their tiny were centers
of commercial iniportnneo. Rut
inland towns have had more than a
corresponding growth, ami the channels
of commerce are perpetually
shifting to Hiiit themselves. The
freight car has largely supplanted the
river barge and the eatial boat ; but
the latter may have restoration through
the aid of the trolley, and invention
may yet crowd with tratlic all our internal
watercourses as they were
crowded during the good old steamboating
days.? Philadelphia Record.
* " Stlo&PAM'ft KNIFE
plves you n fecliny of horror and
dread. There Is no lonyor necessity for
\M Ha nso in many diseases formerly rellll
yinlud fin inciirahlc without cutting.
| The Triumph of Conservative Surgery
i| j is well illiiatrated >> tho fact that
I RIIPTIIRP <>r Breach, ia now rudt,/
nUrlUnt callii cured without tho
m knifennd without pain. Clumsy, ehnf%
/ iiiK truaaca can Ik> thrown nwuy I They
ft I never euro but often induce IntlamJU
mation, strangulation and death,
r 1 TUMORS Ovarian, Fibroid (Uterine)
I uiviuno and niany othcra, are now
j removed without tho perils of cutting
operations.
PILE TUMORS, IKVL'U 'TO
other diseases of the in?cr bowel, ?rd
! permaneniiy cured without pain or
I resort to the knife.
II <*TONF ,n tho '"odder, no matter
j O l uiiL. ?jnw iargc. Is eruahed, pulj|
verized, washed out and perfectly roll
moved without cutting.
J ^TRIftTIIRF of "rlnarv Passage la
j O I nil/ I UllC also removed without
j|l cutting in hundreds of eases. For
[' pamphlet, references and all partieuI
a Inrs. send in cents (in stamps) to
I fj World's Dispensary Medical Assocla\jjy
tion, 0>i Miuu bt., lluffalo, N. Y.
Alt * III A N DIN TH F. NT. 'iff" I'lI.EH, worst
.si's fit tl 'ii 'it i ' 'ir ii I iiy nirill !n Vic. A
f cli.vilars H s vi t ?; i ra<n, W. Ta.
H^^^~cURi^wHiR( JirTisnAiir^Tn^
Beat ( ough Hyrup. Tastes Wood. Use IBI
In time. Hold by druggists Hi
r - i
> V
f
/
?
Highest of all In Leavening Pow
RoM
*. ^ jisassgssj
ABSOLtTI
Natural CmiosltleL1.' U
Curious resemblances m Nc?nr
start with the cocoanut, in many ro 13
Bpects like the hitman skull and almost d
a facsimile of the monkey's. The ol
meat of the English walnut is almost a si
copy of the human brain ; plums and d<
black cherries like the human eyq, ti
almonds liko the human nose, and nk
unopened oyster and shall a perfeci tl
likeness of the human ear. The sliai; j st
of a man's body may be traced in tlA ni
mammoth squash, the open hand ijl a)
growing scrub willows auct celery, the k
human heart in tlerraan turnips and In
egg plant, and dozens of the mocha^- j|f?
ical inventions of the present day^piehi
ruHomo fnmichoa try Nhviho.
the hog suggested the plow, the but'
terfly the door hinge, the frog stooi
the umbrella, the duck the ship, and If
the fungus growth on trees the B'
bracket.
Game ,h
Missouri, although the forest
decreasing every year. Panthers
common in the counties bordering the^H
Mississippi, and a large black heaj^^B
was seen not fr.r above Cairo recentlv^^B
ate of Ohio, City of Toledo, ? ^BH
Lucas County. ? ^b^b
Frank.I. 1'nENr.v makes oath that he la^b^h
senior partner of the tlrmof F. .1. Chknk^^^^H
Co., doing business In the City of
County and State aforesaid,and that. sai<^^^B^B
will pay the sum of OMR IIUNDItKD^^^^^H
LARS ror each and every case of C
cannot be cured by the use of H all's
I'nir. t.Cifl
Sworn to before me and suhscrihe<^^^H^^B
presence- this 6th day of llecembr'r.
A. W. Glea^^^B^^V
{ SFAt. ,
Hall's Cat *rm i ni re Istaken interuaj^^^^^S^H|
directly on the blood and raucnu*^H|^^^^H^H
the system. Send for testimoniaj^^^^^^^^^H
J. Cheney a
pT'Sold by PriiKttists, 7.r>o.
Tests in the army out j^|R
to bo fnr Inferior to th^^^RE^^^^^^^R
Blood,
rla. Neuralgia. Indiuestion^^HH^^H^^^^^R
take Iron Hitters
feel A
persons t
grammar
Disk
hiaiare
I
nn/y
of ^
For Dyspepsia, I
the A
debilitated
tern^,J*uf |
Chic'Aoo'b $1,500,000 Y. M. C. A. building
ha1" boon dodloatod.
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live better
than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to ncalth of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleasant
to the taste, the refreshing and truly | i
beneficial properties of a perfect lax- \
ative; effectually cleansing the system, i
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers j
and permanently curing constipation. i
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical (
profession, because it acts on the Kid- i
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak- \
eniug them and it is perfectly free from i
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists
in 50c and f 1 bottles, but it is man- (
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if oflcred.
ii k nn To ,n"'',hr p**1*1 iintii
n Anil TIiiim nn Inrniprx we
iniiu ? HI so|| ,, direct forcAsti
Tl Rfl C 0 K"'"l KerI Hirers nl the fol
I IVI L O ItHltiK lowest wholesale
rtDTIJ I7C DC I'rrnllatern for corn, ent
rtn I ILIlL hu ''>ii und pen. ut* m 91 :|,30.
r prltll'/oi * for t nr-k tiiv
Srnil irn Vj-crtii < rn| k Hml pointer, hi Hi |.
)vo?lii?e i t n to p* lot I'Vi l III'/.ei < for toinnoro
rllrtllnr. lent* ft finll iitHI .1 per Inn.
tV 1 I'mi.'l! X i .. I ci Illlzer Mfr? . lt?!t liner. M.I
i ^ une bo l lie ior Iiltcc
S Twelve bottles for 01
r r i p
I
f ;, ^ , hji jh??
? Kipartj^1, bules are th
c ipe eS'ii'. 'escribed b
< clisoif''1 the stom;
r f ir.y dra(;i(j?t any
< TIIK K ?iM!CAU COMI
\
J
1
>
er.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report*
Baking
Powder
fEiy PURE
e Swam With Dispatches to Bazafne.
Donzello, chief lighthouse keeper at
onifacio, in Corsica, who has just
ied, was one of the heroes of the war
f 1870. While Marshal Bazaine was
nit up in Metz, the Corsican swam
own the Moselle with sealed instruc* H H
ons for him one night.
Donzelln had to run the gantlet of
/-? ? 1_ ?
itermini uuipusis, rum?uui n hit?
nnding the darkness, he whs pursued
id frequently tired upon. He ninnjed,
however, to dodge the bullets by
?eping his hend ns much ns possible
nder writer, only coming: to the surce
every now mid then like n pornise
in order here n A Tier
iving hnnded over the dispatches to
Hzaine, he returned tojh^i camp by
same dangerous
orsican,
fin
I BLOOD POISONI
A CDCPItl TV I pellicular* end InvectlHOrCLIRLII.
cratoour reltab llty. Oar
rnin' Ul backing
|: 00.000. iVhen ijirrcorr,
I<x1l<le potaaslom, numnp irllln or H-t Springs fall, we
piarantrr a run -and our Ma lo i yphllcne I* the only vH|
thing that will cure permanently. p.rltlve proof aanO
Maleda free. Cook Khiiu Co., Chicago, 111.
sis
*no RANfeEb
The Best for Either Fleming or Ooekinr.
Excel in Style, Oomfo-t aud Durability.
KINDS AND S'/.K-< KVKIIYONK
UJI IV A It It AN rh I) vitlNin DEFICIT}.
ASK YOUR STOVE DEALER
To show ji'it SHKI'FAHD'.f I AIEST CATALOGUE.
If no ilrkler near you ?vr le lo
ISAAC A. SMEPPARD A. CO.,
L Ana EST N >> tEACTUntli* 'V 7 HE SOUTH.
EVERY MAN HIS OWN DOiTlQR;
RyHamilton Ayr*, A. M., M P. A
This l." n nt'iii Valiiatilo Hook
r->r tin* I'me-olioM. leai h'HK as St g
'! oh the - It > <11 a Inn iiihIkvI' -S
Kytnp'iiint of illlli'tt-nl I> Hoasf.-J I
ho Cause awl Moan* of Pro- I 4
rt-tltliiK noli IMo.ax'r. nurt She 1 /*-? ."fYsimple
I Komritlo* whloh will al- _1
lovlnte or cure 1
r>W I'nKOH I rofusoly Illustrated. "r '
1 ho ll?Mik Is written In plain Ui, ,
ovory day Kimiisli. anil is free w, A <_
from the toohnlool tonus M lilch *0 if\r \T*
reinler ni'wl liiclor Hooks ho I IV' A
VnlUolORSt to lite KlMll'IMllI y of 1 jj I l '
roivlrm. 'I'll Im Hook In In- I ^ //if II
ii'inloil folio oi kcrviff In I?/ *- //
I It ? I'lllllilVt HlOl Is i-O WOflfil l-Ci >' / '
as lobe romllly uixlerniooil liy nil ifvLo J\ \
OM.V till rlM. I'OST I* A11>. \ 7 I
PohIiikp Slnntps Tnkon. i' M* I J I ' j\
Not onlv ilnos nils I'nok oon- ' I 1 * |
lnIn no iiiin li inforniHtioii Kola- |i\ i\ I I
llvo to l>l?onso. Ion very limp r- Vfjf IA a\J I l
ly plvos n I'oinjiloto Analysis of 'S*. ) \ |^ V ' I
everything iiorlnlulnu toi'ioin- J
alilp. Mnrrmiio innl I no I'rmliie- ?(v* flBflE
t oil nml IteartiiK of llonliliy I
Knmllles.loRpllier wlili Vnliinhln I t
Itoi Ipos mill rrosorl|illonn, k*- I
iilnnntliuiHiit llotnnionl I'raolloo, I y^Pl
Correct nsoof nrillnnry Herbs,Ao I J
c'oMn ktk I.Niiy*. ^ 1^
IIOOK PI II. IIOI'SR. r-p- ?5^
I 31 l.ooiinril St., N. Y. I'll y clonic "
ii
VinFyKlrrT.
S N M ;; i
wummmmsmmm l
ffaimntul vfKHnhlr hi*il* intlir wo?|7T. Wh"at. Oat ft .
y. (IrawMv . rolnlrxK. m rn.u ? ??>?!?? ?|??a*v lit it Ioh. 1,000. \
p. corlfort Vrifrlo1?!r N'mIm, riini'tfh forr. pardon, post ^
Voprtnldopoed . t*H\ Snv. ?hii Uival Northern Oat* f
Ii. nouiif P!f1 ymiover lir.'irt lie liko? Pk? nfthlaOMO i
pjpt of Ho in Mump:*. lAPYimi Seed >ninplrn. lOo. with j
?'iifn1o|gin*. H'> I'ffi/rH, for f?'- poMnpo Write today.
I
11 cents, ) * . .1 5
i u ^ oy mail. 5
ic dollar, j J <
A-N'-S | j j
e most effective reo
y a physician for any |! f
ach, liver or bowels. j! flj
wherr, or send pric lo J
'ANY, 10 Struck Si., Nnw York. / |h