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riv ? ?UU?? ? nc Experience of a Virgin] -? Norfolk, Va.^une l^.yOn the old Dominion boat IfamUtoa which arriv ed today from New York was a yo-iug man from thia vicinity who went to the oanal zone about five months ago as foreman of a force o! carpenters engaged in erecting quarters at Cule bra, In response to questions, he gave some interesting information re garding conditions in thc canal zone up to June 4th, tho date on which he sailed. Ho talked freely but asked that his name be not used. "I stood a civil service examina tion at Norfolk last January," said my informant, "sailed for New York the government furnishing transpor tation^ the isthmus1 and pay st the rate of fifty-seven cents to sixty-five cents an hour-eight hours a day,] with tim? and a half for overtime, Sundays and holidays-beginning when he left New York. We reached Colon in the afternoon, siter a voyage of oe von days, and I went to Culebra next morning. Oar regular hours were from 7 to ll and. from 1 to 5S two hours being taken in the middle of the dsy. Shortly^ after going to work I was made foreman of a gang of carpenters, my pay being increased so seventy-five cents an hoar. ?t this rate, counting over time, I aver aged about #16*2 a month, but this ie net near as mush as it ?eems| for ex? penses are high. The most ordinary sort of board costs 630 a month-in tact U was the worst grub ? ever ate laundry from 60 to 48, and this is not all. The negro women who do the washing pat the clothe? on rooks be side o ctrcata and bent them with n Stick. It is a good shirt that will survive ?wore than three snob wash? inga-- most of them are worn bat after one. or two experiences. A 10 cent pie co of tobacco here coat fifty canis in Panama. Iee is sold at tea . cents a pound-by dealers j but oana! employes can secure it from th,e com missary at two cents. Tbs commis sary also furnishes roany other things , at reasonable rates, but when one goes to trade with tho merohants, the. greater part of whom are Chinese, .-everything ia high-prioed." ' ^'What has been\ done there in the way of aetu'aly digging the essa! was asked, '\ "Very: little, said', the foreman. "Ninosteam shovels and a good* BJ zed fores of men are at work in the out, moving a good deal of the dirt? but it ma^ea but little showing; over what; the F?onoh had- AC?Jompliehod. S?id?? bra out, which if ?brough the moun4 tain of that J name, .will, be 500 feet deep, about eighty feet wide at the bottom and a mi^ wido at the top. Tho out proper esiende for -seven or eight oailcc, or will when completed. ^'At?pre~sent.:;tno 200: feet de^ep for a'distance of?twpJ n?leB. - The soU ie wtt^U?^^}^ through the ''mbaat^'jp'^d,/ ?nneh blasting is necessary--lt sounds like cannonading sometimes4 when they sefc off a lot #shofc aVonce,"; :j ; "How aboni accidents-dd many r :???gei^rl^ .: ' *I think ibo^ tweoty fiw men have beca Arn />r TT T^T"vv* * AT CuLCBKA. ia Carpenter in Panama. thoroughly wot from heavy devy, eveo though he lives in a good house. Ia a short time it hecomes very warm and but for the constant breeze white mea coald not live there. At night a double blanket is generally necessary for comfort. I spent eleven dayB in the hospital while I was on the isth mus, and it was neoessary to take medicine all the time. There is a hospital ca? attached to tho passenger trains on tho Panama railroad, and it is fillt?? with Bick on nearly every trip. I never heard how m?ny died, aa nothing of the kind was allowed to get out, as it might tend to frighten the men ?t work. The most of the deaths aro among the Jamaican ne groes who are strioken. with Chagres ?fever. It of ten kills them in a few hours. Tho doo tor b say it comes from filth rind the food the . negroes eat, and white men seldom fall ill with it. These negroes receive ten cents an hour for their work and save most of it. They cat a kind of native root and ingar cane mostly. They are cot at all fond of work, being less in dustrious dian the Norfolk negroes. Hundreds of them are constantly ar riving, but for every 300 that, come in 200 saturn to Jemaioa^tfeere: is no dependence to Qe'ptit in' them? ''There are mora clerks thia any thing else in the canal ZO&?. On some of the work there is-ono clerk for ever/ laborer, ead at Jt favr pointa it is said that clerke merely keep tab on each other, A lot cf young civil en gineers .who went down with the idea that they were ta do 'impartant work are holding *noh jobs as pit foreman dir eo ti og a gang of negro en how to move dirt from a steam shovel, etc." "What does it cost to make a trip j from New York to Colon?" "A . first-olais passage costa 490 ssoh way; . second-class $70. ' The government pays the way of employes going down, hat not returning. Iff however, one aas been ' there eight months he caa get a rate of $20 eaoh .way to New.,York. .,,Tho mea who oome down the Pacific coast, landing at' Panama, must sign a contract to work two years because of the ex pense in transporting them. A man from California has twenty-seven days' wages due him when he arrives, having been on the road that length of time. From New York down is only .?.y?? ur nine days." ?t?S?': ''What about drinking end gambling c= t?:? isthwas." " ,' ; . "Well, in the towns of,Colon aad Panama, over which the ?fmt?d'Stat?? has BO control, eveiy thing goes wide open-Sundays aa well as week days, Gambling is conducted in a public? manner and in these towns there, are -a* great many bar-rooms. %h? license -???*i a $S? a year?, The bar-rooms ia that be was disappointed. ??th condi tions as he found them; that he wouid hot have gone in the first place had ho known what he knows now. In the first place, the climate did no .. agree with him and tho pay, while seemingly good, would not iiei him more than he could make at home. At present, he said, tho rainy season wai on, and suoh rain we never sew in this coun try, for it simply foll in sheets. AB to the manner of conducting the oaoal rork, he said there was a gtost. d;cl of red-tepe. For that reason bf. said he preferred to work with his tr-ck at fifty-seven couta an hour U Soing foreman. "If anything waB found not according to specifications," said he, "tho chici engineer woo'/d report it to the chief of the buv'cau of con struction, he would call on the super intendent and ho in turn would refer tho matter to me as foreman and I would have to explain how it oe curred. Then there was the ohiof architect and he was as mean as could be about the rough frame houses that we were building." There arG a few boa constrictors on the canal zone, and while from eight feet upward io length? they will not bite. There is, however, a little ooral snake of beautiful color whoso bite is generally fatal; However, neither is so plentiful ss to prove a menace. The canal Voue, said my informant, ie strictly polioed-in fact, it is over done, and in some caaes the canal employee recent the eotion of the sone polios*' A let of marinea re cently landed a. Colon and ?amped not far away to remain until after tho forthcoming; election. "A native, Ipoliceman Ja as seared aa death of one rj these United States marinea/' I waa told.-J. 0. H., tn Charlotte Ob server. M . ? x Cottea SpecaJat?en. Without in anywise minimising the evil inflaennes of other forms of gam bling, we /wish to amphaiise tho statement, that dealing in cotton fu tura?, as it is now carried on hythe average operator is the moat pernicious ovil in tho south today. This is par* j tieuUrly true of \ th? so-eeHed "Back et Shops/-where the man of small mea cs caa risk his stakes and tsks his chances on eaeh turn of the big wheo! manipulated at headquarters in New-iorki New Orleans and Llv?r pool. The buoket shop Ss a serious metiaco to tho future welfare of the country. All form? ?;? gambling are hazardous aud detrimental to the morals of the communityand the fu ture of th? cation. Thv> Bouth has lost millions of hard earned, dollars this winter through the medium of buoket shops, private wire houses and tho big cotton exchanges. It is bet ter to have a roulette vheel on every street ?omer where thc man of gam bling proclivities fas fisk ii io doli ar in tho open than to permit the eris* t^hen of a single byeks? ?hep, whers behind o? o a o? doors our young men can be induced to risk their salaries at> A game where all, tfcf < ards are s tao ked and dealt cut ngXiotit them. We have GO word o? -cri tisis m against ja|: exohange wher^' men legiti ty engaged in the cotton business eau place their pure&ssca -av ?s?es for futurs^irfo??|?t:, or .y^?fevj^?V'? 9* tua! commodity. Under existing con ditions the bayer and the Miler are farced ' to operate. in the futuro to a grtut extent, but the people who buy or; dell; A 'lealing alene in/ pajper : or chalk mia ks, riflktog their money on a purely ; gabbling proposition should be Gtopped 'ty th? laws.oftho <coun evil <sf gambiirg io cotton fa- ? ture s ,h ss been moat severely ? eon' ??ninerd by the Judges of ?M superior . and supreme courts and this system I ;?>(' gambling Bai been ooastrued fey t?tWtfaftft. -<as the greatest, ?vii of modern times? and the aest psrsi If it Ss to be checked, it must bo doae \ through the development of a pabilo sentiment which will be so strong as to ?afores effective legislation by tho represeotativos of the people in the j various"general assemblies of the dif f?rent) 5tates?---Cottbn The Frog and , tte .Weather Prophet. ?^so^^el8e>re1^ *f . was discussing, & rather on * i ind cf farming says the ....Jilt?ocrn'a?.:;. "It is' shout ss profitable and logi ?*!/. .lt?, sata;-. tn* weather read ing of A Connecticut farm bend I used ifpjl?fe'ioQ i ''The farm hand claimed that ho'r ^MmM"tiw-weather infallibly. *r*lk with m: oa?^ aftsrn^'a ; ;\'v&(l;fc0.#aWJ^::;>>: * w?U ha*a clew wether for 1 6W\fHity-ivi?i - : ff**?*v?? .: -,FT??H; :{%.;..frog \ bs p?>#?^ np, *-,?-w*{;w*re l^)f^er.t^:?te '?STott're a fine weather propl a? ^'^^??k^^M??m " ?Oh, well/' salf the farm ?Hfco fro* Ked, its to blamo^^ tJtist, rwponsT^^ t^t particular frog?' FIRST C?SE Or LYNCH LAW. Tho Hanging of a Murderer by Hlo Father In Ireland. SQ many different versions and explanations of the tenn lynch law have at various times bees given and occasionally arc even yet added to that it 60C1U3 fitting to recount tho tragic incident which has since given a name to so many calamitous occurrences not only in our lund, but on occasion also in that of oth ers. Tho very name of "Lynch" gives thc direct clew to the lund of its origin-Ireland. Thackeray in his "Irish Sketch Book" in Chapter 1, which treats of Galway, thus spunks of an occurrence within its precincts which in 1812 boro tho grewsomo "memento" so grimly described in the words following: "Then tliore is Lombard street, otherwise culled Dead Man's lune," with a raw li^ad anO crossbones ami memento mori over tho door where the dreadful tragedy of tho Lynches was r.ctcd in 1493. If Gal way is the Homo of Connaught, James Fitzs ^ephen Lynch, tho may or, may be considered as tho Lucius Junius Brutus thereof. Lynch had a son who went to Spain, as master of one of his father's ships and, be ing of a wild, extravagant turn, there contracted debts, drew bills and alarmed his father's corre spondent, who sont a clerk and nephew of bis own back in young Lynch's ohip to Galway to settle ac counts. On the fifteenth day young Lynch threw the Spaniard over board. Coming back to his own country, he reformed his lifo a little and was on,tile point of marrying one of the Blakes, Burkes or Bod kins or others when a seaman who had sailed with him, being on the point of death? confessed the mur der in which he had heen a partici pator. "Hereon the fattier, who was chief magistrate of the town* tried his eon and sentenced him to death, ana when the dan Lynch rose in a body to rescue the young man and divert such a disgrace from the fam ily it is aaid that Fitzatephen Lynch hanged the culprit with his own hands. A tragedy called The Warden of Galway* has been written on the oubject and was acted a few nights before my arrival." .- New .York Times. Ona Thing at a Time. The last king of Hanover, before that state was incorporated into the Prussian kingdom, was for many ^ears blind. There was living at the court an English lady, Mrs. Dun can Stewart, >who, with her wit and learning, ' entertained his majesty. The blind king delighted in her. con versation, and for many years she would save np every interesting story the heard so as' to tell it to him. It is remembered thai one day she wnp telling him a story as they were . out driving, together. Suddenly the horses started and the. I carriage seemed about to ups?*t. "Why do you not go on with your stqty ?" soid the king./ '\B?ca?se, sir, the carriage is just going to upset." "That is tho . coachman's affair," said the. king. "Do you go on with your story." ?Mi ? > ' Convenient. ' Jeweler-^You Bay you want some name engraved on this ring? : ? wV'Sg Ar*S?--iCT, i. s"ant me words "George to his dearest Alice" engraved on the inside of the ring. "Is the young lady your sister?' "No, she is ^the young lady to whom I am engaged." \ "Well, if I were you, ? would not have 'George to his dearest Alice' ?mg'aved on the rmg. If Alice goes back on you you can't use the ring fcgain." . : "What would you suggest ?" "I would suggest that the words be 'George io Iiis, first and only Jove/ You see. with that inscrip-J iron you can tue>the ring half al] ?oxen tithes. I have had experi ence in such, matters myself." Pearson's Weekly; . v ; ; . , ?". i-, M.. Whom tho Gods Love. . "Whom the -gods love- die young" is an adage which has come down to us from the stoics, who believed that lengthening years invariably meant increase of . sorrow and misery. ?Thero is a story told of a mother in I Athens who, -having 'rendered tho gods some service, was assured that ! any petition she offered would bo I heard an? answered. She prayed for her three sons the best gift tho gods could bestow. The next morn ing they were all found dead. ('.?'.? -..,"> , . . ' -..' .. ;\H'.Y^ ; Dlseovery .o? Glasa ?tohing. . The art of etching f rom gras3 w&S discovered1 by va Nuremberg glass .entier. By accident r. few drop? ?| aqua fortis fell upon nia spectacles. HO noticed that they became corrod ed and Boftened where tho acid k 1 touched. That was hint enough. ihbjx cut away thfi glass around the :.^wi#gy. WW* tho ? varnish M removed, the %ures appeared raised UJJ?? a dark ground. mm ,AU0 T : If so WlWam'e . _JU eure^d-i 'Sample; ..jmrntmsstm Oe.; ^prls^r? Clovelaae% Ohio. v Some people pstoh up tboir old reis until they are almost ss good ? IKE SHOCK OF 1663. When Canada, New York and Penneyl vania Were Shaken Up. Canada, New York and Pennsyl vania experienced a terrible shock on Jan. 20, 27 and 2$, 1GG3. A quaint description of thc occur rence, published at the time, says: "The heavens being serene, there was suddenly heard a roar like the noise of a great lire. Immediately the buildings were shaken with great violence. Doors opened and shut ol' themselves with a fearful cluttering. The bells rang without their ropes being touched. Cracks appeared in the walls of buildings and iloors separated and in some cases came down. Chasms appeared in the fields, and the hills seemed to be in motion. The fright efl' tho inhabitants was shared by the beasts and birds, who sent forth fearful eries, howlings and bcllowiiigs. "Tlif duration of this earthquake was very uncommon. The iirst shock continued half P*I hour before it was over, but it 'jcgi lo abate a quarter of an hour aft - it started. Three other shocks oc:\rred tho same day. The secon . day there was a moro violent ohock, which lasted a long time, and that night some counted no less than thirty two shocks, of which many were vio lent. The tremblings of tho earth did not cease till July. Many trees were torn up and tho profiles of the mountains seemed to bo much changed. Springs and small streams were dried'up. Waters once sweet became sulphurous and the chen no1 j in which rivers formerly ran were so altered aa to be unrecogniz I abje. "Halfway between Tadousac and i Quebec two hills were thrown down and formed a point of land which extended an eighth of a mile into the St, Lawrence river. The island of Aux Coudres became larger than it was beforo.and the channel of the river was greatly changed" How Ha Thought Kings Should Dis. Cramer was Voltaire's Geneva publisher. At a rehearsal of one of Voltaire's tragedies M. Cramer was finishing his role, which was to end with some dying sentences. Vol taire, objecting to the manner in which that death scene was played, cried out in accents of scathing scorn, "Cramer, you lived like a prince during tho four preceding acts, but at the fifth you die like a bookseller," Tronchin, being pres ent, could not help in kindness in terfering. "M. voltaire/' said he deprecatingly, "can yon expect tb have gentlemen to be at the expense of dresses and fatigue of getting up such long parts if you thus upbraid them? ?n the contrary, I think they all deserve tho greatest encour agement at 3'our hands, and as to my friend Cramer, I declare that, so far as T nm a judge, ho dies with the sam? dignity he lived." Voltaire raised his head and -glanced defiantly at Tronchin. "Doctor," he cried, "when you have ?*kings to kill kill them your own wav. Tjp.t mo kill mixe ss I please." -if otes and Queries. Whare She Had Soen Him. Dr. Hook, a celebrated Yorkshire vicar, afterward dean of Chichester, was not a handsome man. An old acquaintance suyo of him: "The bovj Walter Farquhar Hook, might almost have been described ns otto of those on whom, nature is said to have tried her 'prentice hand." He was very fond of com menting on his own ugliness and re peated with great amusement some of the "left handed compliments" he hod received. On one occasion the good vicar saw a little girl looking attentively into his face. "Well, my dear," said he, "I don't think you've se?n me before." "Oh, yea, I havel" "Where?" ' . V ^1 saw yon the other day climbing np a pole and I gave you a bun." Pearson's Weekly. Convict l o na. What most people call "deep and earnest convictions" on political and social topics are generally mud dle headed medleys of knowledge of fact and opinion. They know that auch and such a thing is an evil and they opine that they see a way to amend it, and if wiser people poinj; out to them that the evil would not be so. amended or that greater evils would accrue from the attempt they only feel that their "convictions" are affronted and opposed by cold blooded calculations. This kind of opinion is often os confident aa ac tual knowledge.-London Graphic. R??dy;, Retort. L An Irishman once met an Eng lishman who had an artificial leg. Being o? a sympathetic nature, Pat inquired the cause of the loss ox tra limb', . thereupon tho Englishman! said: "A short timo ago I discov ered thatr ta ere sa some Irish blood. In my body and that it had settled in thia leg, so I had it out off" f 'Tis a pity it didn't settle in your head/' came the quick retort. Troy Tissas. ? ' ? _ . ?? g ?; v, OJLBV?llXA. j -The Hst of the serious May ac cidento on Amerioao steam railroads includes fifteen collisions and sixteen derailments, - in.six of- the acoitfenta twenty-nine persona lost ' their Hws and 104 received injuries, i In the 4weoty-ono JKy accidents on the elec tric rotdu, tea persons los?'their Jives and It?isere injured. - This Establishment has been Belling IN ANDERSON for moro than forty years. Daring all that time competitor,.; have como and gono, but wo have remained right herc Wo have always sol? Cheaper than any others, and during those long year? we have not had one dio satisfied customer. Mistakes will sometimes occur, and if at any timo wo found that a customer was aissatisfied wo did not rest until we had made his: satisfied. This policy, rigidly adhered to, has made us friends, true and last ing, and wo can say with pride, but without boasting, that we have the oont donoo of tho peoplo of this section. Wc have a larger Stock of Goods thie soason than wo have over had, and we pledge you our word that we have never: sold Furniture at as close a margin of profit as wc are doing now. This io ?iroven by the fact that wo aro selling Furniture not only all over Andersot Jounty but in every Town in the Piedmont section. Como and sec us. Youc parents saved money by buying from us, and you and your, children -.an save money by buying I -r? too. We carry EVERYTHING in tho Furniture lino ?5, F. TCI.LY & SON, Depot Street The Old Reliable Furniture Dealers MASTIC MIXED PAINT. We Want to Sell You Your Paint,. 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