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An Overworked Word. We wake up and make up, We rake up and shake up, And use the word "up" when we can; We drink up and think up, We kink up and shrink up, And do up a shirt like a man. We slack up and back up, We stack up and whack up, And hold up a man or an ace; We beer up and cheer up, We steer up and clear up, And work ourselves up on a case. We walk up and talk up, We stalk up and chalk up, And everywhere "up" ' to be heard; We wet up and set up, But hanged if we let up On "up", the imuch overworked word. THE ORPHEUS OF THE WOODS. The Southern Mocking Bird---His Haunts. Song and Wanton Destruction. :(From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.) Up to emancipation times, or rathei the close of the war, mocking birds were plentiful everywhere in Georgia. During the years Ithat followed freedonm armed a race to whomi guns had been forbidden. The negro became at enthusiastic hunter, but lie was un skilled and could gratit his craze for destroying only upon birds that were nearest at hand. "ocking birds, car. dinals, joreels, catbirds and thrushes went down as easy conquests before a class that had never been taught bettei and bad neither sentiment nor con science. The negro hunters of to-day with possibly a fe.w exceptions, are not wing ,so, and thev till their bag, ,vith bird. that can be killed in Th trees. It goes without saying tha these -are the birds- that shoui be spared to the fields and to society. M observation has bta-: that few very few, negroe- will plss, gun in h.d, an% thuig that as feathers ana is large eoonghI to cook; and this a borne out by the itk t that the bluejay the woodpecker and the eatbird an disappeari'g from the fields and wood: almost as fast as the mocking bir< proper. The destruction of the mocking bird has been more rapid bc'-ause hi ne has been .sytematically robbed bv nsqties of both colors for private gai or gratification. A yea or two since wc noted one shipment of these bird from Savannah which contained 60K or 700. Upon the streets of this au< all other cities they are openly solb every bummer. When it is remeinered that ever' bug or worm thus cut off may repre sent thousands, the value or Tte bird' services can be understood. True, !, takes figs and berries, but lie earn them. Most Southern people are familia with the habits of these birds, but i will be news to many to be told, as it the' "Encyclomedia Britannica," tha they go to'New England in the summe to breed and return in the iall. Aud'u bon's statement was that sone of then "go North," end this term applied t( the migration of birds means with bin northward. in Miaryland and Vir ngiia the bird can be found in summer uthe comes southward in the autumn I am inclined to tink that some Pas us and go to Florida in very col weather. I have seen them late in th autumn fiving southward high in th air and northward early in the spriing Audubon says that the stay-at-hor rds~j.(8-f the family fight these migra tory fellows upon their return. Mocking birds can be taught almnos anything in the way of tunes. Maco: .sed to boast of a bird that whistlel "Dixie," and years ago a Frenchmal traveledabout the country playing air upon his piano which his bird woulo follow accurately. At the Pulask House in Savannah, a negro used ti keep a bird that would whistle a gooi alto to tunes his master whistled. One of the most popular errors con -cerning the mocking bird is the belie that he has no song of his own: tha he -adopts and blends only the notes o other birds into a song. This is purel: -nonsense. The young mocking bird reared in the garrets of great cities and bevond the reach of the songe others,~sing as do the natives in thei freedom, though not as strongly, sinc they lack the inspiration of mates, thb mellow sunlight and liberty. Thei *song is, in fact, a number of songs, btu entirely original. No man ever heart4 the divisions of the mocking bird' song in any forest. That he inter sperses them with cat call, the hawk' -screech, the wvhirr of the bull bat anm the chicken's melancholy "peep" an< *notes from other -birds is true, bu these are only characters in his recit tive ballad,fe-atuires in the romance of hi summers. That he sings his part backward and forwar-d and combine thetm anew is also true. The mockins bird'S sonig is to th~e ear what ih kaleidoscope is to the o. e, and t:a combmiationis of his soi.gs arec a enisa the giaa wrmsi in the toy but the song rotes are thoe same. This bird is probab' the most coin tinuous siniger in the won id, b'ut uteri are two weeks out of tiny-twso wheai nothing can temptu him to s-ig, am Lhaa, is when he is inoltng. At .tha tinie he may be lonna m op1rg it; seeinded spot, I -s: mi r-a less metan .choly.. lHe looks then hot and sick ain theaoniy note he utters is a tow, shor whistle, not unlike that which the to * -iakes as hie removes uir, hat and miop~ hisbrow. Perhaps during this seasoi the bird lays aside mockery, repent ~and makes good resolutions. Georgia tias 1no law to protect he wild singe-rs, whose soi:gs (delight ain astonish the world. Some of on Southern cities have laws to protec buzzards and er force them rigidlj The negro. whio by pulling a tnigge may baniia more melody fromn th woi-ld than human iips can sound, ma: do it with impjunity, but it costs hiul $5 to bit a buzzard with a clod of diirt Why the Case~ was Dismnissed. A young mianl hid been arrested fo kissing a pretty gir-i and 5he was 0: the witness-stand. "You say," said 'the attor-ney for thi defendant,'"that the young man kisses you against your will?" "Yes, he did, and he did it a doze: times, too." "Well, now, is it not true that yol also kissed hini during~ the affrayl" Objected to; objection overru-led. "Now answer my qi estion,- conl tinued thie attorney . "Did you lne kiss the defendant'a1so?" "Yes, I did," replied the witness indignantly, "but it was in seli defense." - Case dismissed. -One who knows says that nearly ever man who goes fishing takes a big hottle c "snake medicine" with lhm. On his ro turn the medicine is missing,. b-ut no sniak bite is mentioned. It is presumed that h testemedicine to be on the safe side. TC OLD BOY AND THEN-EW BOY. Their Points of Difference Compared--A Qnestion a. to Which is the Better. (From the S~t. Lwmis Rkplivo.) There is a vasi lifference between the boys of to-day and those of fifty years ago, more e;specially as regards the things which minister to comfort and pleaAure. The new boy, even if his parent: are only moderately blessed with this world's goods, hia; a ward robe which would have astonished the old bov. Instead of the unlined cowhide boots--oftener shoes-rough woolen or rougher fur cap, coarse cot ton shirt, coat and pantaloons cut down from the cast-ofl' paternal gar ments, rarely an overcoat and still more rarely any underwear, except the aforesaid shirt and home-made socks-the new boy has his button -shoes, rubber boots, handsome cap of sealskin or cloth, neat linen, substan tial underclothing, knickerbockers, coat and vest of fashionable cut, with overcoat to match, all bought for him at first hands, and frequently a watch and cliain. Think of an old boy with a watch and chain ! le would have been a greater curiosity among his companions than a trick elephant. From the time the new boy is out of his cradle he has a full as-ortmen't of "store toys;" and as he gets older money provides him with marbles, tops, kites, balls, bats, knives, wagons, sleds, skates, bycicles and nearly everything else in the shape of play things that can be imagined. The old boy, in his infancy, was lucky if he got a silver dollar to cut his teeth on, an improvised rattle and a rag baby. Toys of larger growth ke nanuiactured hinself, "swaibped" tor, zot soniehow by "hook or crook," or borrowed or did with out: they were aeldom or never bonght for hii, id Christmias and Santa Claus never favored him with their visitatiris-while New Year was pro verbial v stitgy and Thanksgiving nly stutfed i:iz stomach. Now and then he had a few coppers in his pocket, but silver was qui:e beyond his reach. A warm sleiDng apartient ni winter he never eniuved, unless on the sick !ist. In a old room, usually no bigger than a clozet, he crawled be tween ice-cold sheets, and with chat tering teeth saw his breath go out in white vapor. In the morning he often broke the ice for wa;4hinz-water, half dressed himselt with numb finigers and tinished his toilette by the kitchen stove. The new boy has an infinite variety of literature, prepared espe cially 'for him; that of the old boy was of the ancient SundaY-school sort, of which'no more need be said to those who have tried it. Thte new boy goes to the theatr, circus or at ieazt to the dire liuseumt but these places of amusement and recreation were hardly known in the old boy's time- -certainly not for lMim. The new boy begins with kinderzarten and ends with col lege or at least high school. The old boy was fortunate if he obtained his "tirec IZs" fromt some rural pedagogue )r at best was ground th'rough a much )-orer educational mill than negroes L. ;e nowadays. Wheni out of the mill lie was setto work and thought himself well paid with indifferent board and clothes. The genteel idleness of the average I new boy, w\hich so often degenerates in vagabonflism, was not tolerated fifty crs ago, and, unlike the aver'age ne W boy, the old boy had no money to spend until he made it. He had no dad's ca-It bank to draw upon ; only the revenue ot his own toil and thrift. tPerhaps it is only an old boy's par tiality- for old ways, but it seems to us that "the hard ex:pericee of the old boys did more foir them in many ways than the. softer and easier lot of the new boys does for them. The former werc quite as happy with the. little they had as the latter are with their much, anid they were taught-what the others are not-economy, industry, ingenuity, self-denial, self-reliance, the fvalue of money, the necessity of labor, and, most oft all, the line in the primer fwhich declares that Satait fimds some mischief still, For idle :ands to (1o. Prob~ably the newv method of training ;-snmakes more geintlemen, btit the old met hod made nire men; aiid the world needs men more thani it does entlemen. We cannot, of course, evive the old conditions, but caii we not gr'aft some of the old pirinciples and practices upon the new conditious? It would be worth while tryving the experiment, if only for- a chiange-anid it might make a decided impr'ovement in the pr'esent status and future pros. pects of the rising generation, whose chief ambition seems to be to begin where their' fathers leave oil Chicago's Weatthiest Preacher. The only rich domtiinie in Chicago is te Rev. Dr. Ryder, the eloquent Uiver s-:ict divine, wh-lo only a few years5 "o retiredi fr'om the pulpit. *.iii m.aCdeal hiis money~ outtsidle of id proessi>n. In at set of rich men lvig on the Souith Sid~e, in the vicin itv of his. ol'i ebarinch, D~r Ryder has afways hen a great favorite, and they~ s howed their pir~eeence inl a practical wr When on investmwent could be mLde profitabiy in the city railway .toet the eloquent U..niver'alist was pul~t into the stuck. Local brokers all ay that the doctor' has a headi for' inan ciering hiimself. HeI has been one of te mno-t active tiraders in local securi ties and real estate atrd one of the most stressfull. ie is believed to be worth S-K>0,00n', part of it being invested in Wa:bash avenmue reatl estflte, but most of it in street-eatrstock. There was one Irecent invyestment by him whi;:h was dsatroos. When John ih. Iloxie twas numl!'ading his Consumers' (Gas stock tIl Revy. Dr. Ryder' w~as oneO of te gent lemten to wihom he gave :he nointers to buy--and to buy- quick. The'doctor' bought 1,000U shares and sak $30,00 ~in it. A Dastardty Attempx. 3I r. (Charles Bar] :rv was bef!ore Tria! .Justiet WVoodrutf last 31onday orv n'ing ian swore ouit a warran~it aga.tinsit Wiilianm Arnod. :iharging him wvith haiving mnade an ass-un upon .Mrs. Barbary with a fl ite-t. A enold, we understand. has lift the countr\ M r parts unkuown. It seems that the devil isturnied loose in is helliih di retion'. Manyi~ men seemi lto orge-t that the ladies of this iomd( have any\ v~irtue. Junge~ SLynch seems to exe-rcise 'u - limtect tear ;ver such d.astardly- rascal- 11 r '. v.i Hail 5torms,-(ro" Desroed The heaviest rain of thce ean i in iL5 section fell Satuma- aftrunoon. 't '\: - c opllanid by- h:d]i'in the - ei -n of 3r. .Job Wessing~er and in Sw it zr N eck. Th hail stones were as large as guinea eggs :nro completely deatroyed MIr. W essmnger -rops. I -ayes were threshed from the tres. 3ir. R. W. Shull informa us the hail "-as piled up in drifts over knee high. Messrs. W-ade and Sim Corley's ciops were bhidiy in jured and in places destroyed. eTheir fr'uit was all thrashed from the trees. _rn~ingtun Tispate. KILLING A GRIZZLY. Close Ouarters With a Big near---Narrow Escape of a Hunter. ( -n.:a Oi r T/i'f. Feld aud erm.) "We were taking a band of wether once--we had 10,000 in ~the band from Umatilla county, Oregon, to Cheyenlne," said a shepherd to a cor respondent, "and had three men beside myself, each man with a dog. We haa several horses, guns and campaign outfit1, of course. "One hot day about noon the sheep anchored en us and while they were lvings in the shade we went down to the wvater to cook dinner. This was in the I'lue Mountains, on the middle fork ot the John Day river, at a sort of hore-sloe hieibed about a quarter of a mile -round. It did not look like a white had ever been there before. "Some of the boys went in swim ming and went across the river on the inside of the bend. They found thou sands of tracks of all kinds of game in the sand-deer, elk, coon, bear mid goose tracks. "'Them goose tracks,' interposed a voice, 'was beaver tracks. A beaver's hind foot is webbed and makes a track like a noose's.' "That's so. I found that out after ward. The river wa, full of mussel shells, with mussels in them at that. You could have scooped upl) a wagon load of then in little or no time. "They saw a right fresh track of a bear anid a cub where they had been after those mussels and gone into the brush. "I tried to get thetm not to go into the bri-h after the bear, but no, they were bound to go. "'They stationed inc oi a point that cam d down between the cogs of the hiorse-shoc and commanded the under lyin lat completely. "Then the'v took the dogs and their gans antcd went irmo the brush. A man could just. crawl through the brush ani.. that wva- all. "Th' bear was there, you bet, and the dovs baved her before they had gone a hundred yards. The ment could it tell from the barking where -he wvas. They kept as near together as pos:ihle, Bill Sloane in advance. Preszently Bill shot and the bear made a lunge and was on top of' him and got hint down. The other man raised his gun to shoot, but was so close that the bear struck his gun from his hand and knocked it clear out of his reach. lie got away from her and she went back aid stepped around on top of Bill, who was about half dead. The third nian opened on her and she would drol down every time he hit her and he hit her every shot. He called fir help and I hurried there as fast as I could. I had a little collie bitch that was as timid as a hare arout vol, but for lighting game I nevcr saw anl animal so big that she was afraid to tackle it. She went to the bear a- lvintg. The other dogs were simply barking around it. Dixie sized otn to the bar from behind and made it so lively for her that she left Bill and was wo)rried by the dogs until she died fron the etl'ccts o the wounds She had received. "We "ot Bill out, packed him ott a horse to the nearest tow n, which was 100 miles away, attd it was three months before lie was able to be up and out again." AvQ3UAN's UARBA RBAROUS DFS. The Milliners Protest They Should Not Dear All the Utlame. (Fieoe the Mili. ry Tr''4-e'i.) The effort now beinig made by cer tatititumatnitariants to discourage the wearintg of birds or their plumnage by ladies i'n their hats is all very good ill its way andt ie potnte o such perons to yo-e as re'fur niers, but why they shouati visit their wordy wrath uilont the poior mtillitters, as some have dond, is as mysterious as it is inconlsistent. The milliner does not kill thle birds, nor (1o they reach her until they have passed through the hands of' several dealers or middlemen, and she would not sell them were they not demanded by her customers. The Cosunmer of ant article is the person responsible for its being ofl'erett as merchaendise. So we advise our beevolent brothers and sisters to "go for" the c'onsutmers. And while ther arc about it let them not stop at plumes ont hats; let them recollect thte beatutiful tortoise shell comb Miss Fashion wears in her hair wa; origitnally taken from a poor innocent creature who used this mate riai for its ottly defense. The kid gloves shte has on her hands wer'e stripped from a babe whose p)arents had honed that its maturity would be spenit itt the harmless amusement of bontdintg aboutt otn suburban rocks and foraiging freely ott fence-board ci'cs-toster's The satchel she carries ont her arm bit ai short timne ago formted part of at apibtoust animtal w hose-ottly crime :otisited in ba-kingt itt thle sunshminei oni the :ntd its of the St. Johnt's Rivr, F':oiida, occasiontally firolicking in its wv:t ers en r~i wacling fur ant ini c:ulou, black picantinnye ont whtom to make a mteal. The silk e's she trobes hcereelf int wa n!aie tr lm the' wicnding thrteadl that for::t.! pro :eioni for thotusandcs oi imture'- b~e':ud inii eric'onte, wvho wee cruelly sealed within their sendedl retr'eats lest they might cat their way out andt sp~oil the continuity of the valuable ie. Tihe satcque th it htelds her fair form fomi tihe trude winttry blasts once helped to 1)rotec~tt a beutif'ul animal, whose itrtive hiomte is amid the icy regint otf Ahi ka w~'here he is ruth lee-Ily sacriiced totr a spec'ies of skin gae: ate aneinnal -useettib 'Coh domtes 'ietini anid capale o a. hjigh d'gr'ee of' culturce, viein wit thedc av~e:age [taliana in: inuical abtdit v. a~s was d emonstirated by c see:l that have been exhibited a t aiOus muttseumsi, w here th ey Iliandle thie barrel orgati whith marked sktll. The p:ortenomonai" -he so daintily carrties i'n her hattd a:d te card case that ace c mpais het' en her calls of ceemtotny were ee' pa~rts Ot beautiful taks Itiat excited thce cupidity of A iato Africani hunters who mur deed at pos-ible .Jumnbo t.o secure them G ' orne's circular cllng a metetingc. of the t iia Paty forecc to-dhay. invites 'all nu-mherc i of the parmty whoc, while r'e't'mmt fut cfreedt in all paticulars respecting t Irish, Govrnment bitl 'ire desironts to * toesabl ith a t- leisttive beody in Dubtc :' t manage aftrr specifically andl ex that ( Cinnbecrlaict will not atteld Thcer e is reason for the be~lef tha t ex A erman chnelci has wittent a longi let' to In'tlpec ".V rnie' dilging ~ all he~ k-nows ef the fracth ' bibrt-; ccd bibed.( -t'atg tiac he subitcs to the iecevciteand will serve his timte pat ietly, lit that lie pro poses that the brier<ce' and bribed shall not make him ai scatpegoat, and that they shall enjoy the eijtal privilege with himself for niet. contemplation. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Facts of Interest Gathered from Various Quarters. The President's bride-elect has just sailed for home in the Chicago. Edgefield papers contain the announce ments of fifteen candidates already. The Turco-Greek fight has ended and both armies are preparing to retire. At Guaymas, Mexico. 18 cases of small pox cases have been reported, 6 fatal. Col. Edward F. Stokes, of Greenville. has been declared insane. Thunder storms have been raging in Ger many for three days, many persons and hundreds of cattle killed. The monument to the dead of the Wash ington Light Infantry in Charleston is to lie rebuilt. The recent heavy rains have done great damage to the crops in the upper part of Sumter County. Gen. Frederick N. Ogden, famous as a White League leader, died at New Orleans Thursday, aged 49. Mayor Courtenay arrived in Washing ton Tuesday night en route to New York, where he will take the steamer for Europe. The Edison machine works. in New York, began work again Thursday, after many weeks' idleness, with twelve men. Secretary Manning's recovery is so slow that he will not return to the Treasury De partment before autumn. There was a heavy hail storm in Lau rens County on the 24th. which did consid erable damage to crops. William Brown, aged fourteen, and Miss Anna Cooper, aged thirteen, were married on the 16th instart at Durbin Church, Laurens County. Miss Bessie Church, of Union City, Pa., drowned herself in a cistern while suffer ing from mental aberration, caused from over-study. Mr. M. 11. Coleman, of New Market, near Greenwood, lost by an accidental fire his residence ant everything in it. Hisloss is considerablv above a small insurance. Mr. Stanmore Kirkland, who resided about five miles from Aiken, in Shaw town ship, fell dead on Sunday morning while attending to the feeding of his farm stock. There was a destructive fire in Wausau, Wis., on the 24, burning great quantities of lumbers, machinery, mills. etc. Loss esimated at $215,000, Major Bacon told General Gordon in Lexington that he had stood many a night cold and ragged on picket guard while the General slept warmly in the commander's tent. The Savannah rice market has declined, forced down by Sandwich Island rice, which has been suffered to come in duty free. Georgia's rice crop last year was 74.000 baarrels. Evolution has been discountenanced by the Presbyterians, and the Augusta Assem bly has adopted the majority report, which holds that Adam was created from organic dust. Sunday morning Wayne Anderson, a wealthy and respected farmer of Mountain Grove Missouri, was found murdered shot in the throat and breast. His two sons confessed to the crime. The Rev. Mr. Fulton, of New York, who has been spending some time in Aiken with the Rev. Lucius Cuthbert, has accept ed a call from the Camden Baptist Church of Kershaw County. Senator Butler has replied to the circular of the Free Trade Association of South Carolina in a manner which must be spe cially gratifying to the Association and the en and Uourwr. The Methodist church at Parksville, Edgefield County, of the Rev. G. 11. Wad dell's pastorate. was blown down by the re cent heavy winds. This is, we believe, the second church blown down at Parksville. Gadstone\ p'- : ''.ed at the Liberal conference. sh -..:: is ready to leave the home rule 'i til another ses sion after it rt 6: c assed a second reading. Hi< em"- *v.ns meet with the approval of the i: Ients. The runaway r :-ist in N:- e York r slting in th! deat z oif Mrs. P'endleton, again enforce the often :old war.ing that in cse of a rui'y't . s::f.-i to temaia in the vechiclek- di tske th echant'ts. The French Government have olicially disaowed the speech of the French Minis ter at Lisbon, congratulating the King and Queen upon the marriage of. their son to Princess Amelia, daughter of the Count of Paris. The Augusta artesian well has been bored to a depth of 872 feet. On Saturday a layer of hard rock was pierced, and for some minates water poured over the top of the well, and at intervals since it has been run nng over. A young white lad named Perry, aged about 16 years, was plowing in a field near Hancock~Landing, 30 miles from Augusta, last Thursday. when a flash of lightning struck the young man, killing him and the mule he was working. On last Friday evening a negro man liv ing about two miles from Prosperity had a quarre1~l with his wife about another man. ~e left her threatening suicide, and he was found in a forest yesterday morning hang ing to a limb tied by a hamestring. The remains of Mr. Henry Sparnick, who died at Denver, Colorado, on the 29th of November last, reached Charleston Wednesday night on the 9.30 train from Augusta. in charge of Mi-s. Newell, the sis of the deceased. Trhe reniains were entered in Magrolia cemetery. The Crotch pond, near Trenton, in Edge iel County, was drawn off on Friday last, and eght liuudried pound of fish were ob tine-o says our townsman. Scout Gray -a varied assortment, consisting of trout, ercl, bream, jack, eels and cats. Gladstone has decided to dissolve Parlia nent. TheQueen has signified her consent. The motive of the Premier is stipposed to ba dsire to conciliate Chamberlain. The lext session will be devoted exclusively to the iscussion of the home rule bill. On Thursday morning a largo oak, near I. M. M. Bogg's residence, on Little River, n oce County. was torn to pieces by ightning. Two of Mr. Bogg's children ad two colored men were struck down. Little Sloan Boggs was buried under the flling timber arnd fatally injured. The floods of last week, following so losely on the cyclone of Saturday, did i-unae to the Syarminburg Opera House amounting to '$600 or $800. The fine fres en pantn on the ceiling, costing several und-ed dollars, has been damaged beyond epatir. A hutndred chairs have been ruined ~nd the roof is cone. A sot dumpy man, who hatd come all th : wav [from TIe::as to secure a smiall post tiire fiamu the Presidtent. was roarmng his disppitment in a Washington saloon the thet day. "How can a little stump of a fellow like you expect odlice of Cleveland ow." saiit bystatiter; "don't you know e has taken a fancy for Hymen?'~ General Gordon did not imitate Mr. tphns list wveek by taking his toddy sraight and open before the crowd. It was n Liton. in 182, that the Great Comi moner Garinn up to his work in a cam pi'n speech, Wvhipped his tlask acrtoss his lips nd declared in conclusion, "this, fel lo-itiens, is true .Mo'1ersonman D~emoe The hieaviest wreck that has ever oc ctrrt on the Western North Carolina Road toook place t wecnty miles East tf Ashe ville, on the Blue Ridge Mountains, on the 2thi inst. A freight train of nineteen cars was descending~ the mountain, when the engine jumped the track just as it passed a trestle which spans a creek. The whole trestle gave way and plunged the nineteen ear o the bottom of the grorge. Swimnung the Hudmon. John Robinson, who claims to be the champion amateur swimmner of the Mersey. Wales, and the Isle of Man, England. swam across the Hudson River, on the 23d inst., from Nyack to Tarrytown, fora purse of $500 against time, the het being that hf could not cover the ditanc', about three and a half miles. in one hour aiiI forty-five minutes. The swirmner is 25 years of age and weighs 150 pounds stripped for the water. This was his first professional race. At about 1.30 o'clock the steamer Black Bird arrived at the steamboat dock it Tar rytown with a company of sporting men on board, and took on board many others who desired to see the swim from the start to the finish. When the Nyack side was reached Robinson got into a small boat, manned by two oarsmen, and pulled nearly ashore. On his way he divested himself of his clothing, Ile swaim in a pair of trunks. At the given signal. at 2.27 o'eloek. he made a dive from the stern of the boat and1 began his work, swimming hand over hand. in George Fern's style. The water was smooth and the tide at the flood. Robn son proceeded' nearly all the way on his right side, occasionally turning over on his left to rest himself. le kept up a steady stroke and was surrounded by a small Ileet of boats tilled with spectators. During the trip two young ptigilists on the steamer put on boxing gloves and en tertained the spectators with a sparring match. By the time :this exhibition was over the swimmer was nearing the Tarry town shore, and several more boats cane out to meet him. It was just 4.0'3 o'clock when he touched Bird's Dock, with nine minutes to spare. French Lean. Charles Banks, colored, of Edgetield. who was sentenced by the United States Court at Greenville, in February, for retail ing liquor, to three mouths andl $100 tine, would have been discharged to-day but for the fact that a warrant had been lodged with Sheriff Rowan upon the affidavit of B. P. Cover, Deputy Sheriff of Edgetield. charging Banks with the murder of John Lagrone, which took place several years ago, which induced Bamnks to take French leave about 5.30 A. M. When called to do work about the jail this morning, in which institution he was what is known as a "trusty," he skipped over the back fence. * Banks stated to Sheriff Rowan and Dep uty Maguire that he would cheerfully go with either of them, or lie would go alone and surrender. but lie did not want to go with Deputy Covar. Hon. Clinton Ward wrote to Sheriff Rowan some time ago, highly endorsing Banks, and stating that his personal inqui ries had failed to develop any around for the charge of murder against the prisouer. Mr. Reedy. on whose placed Banks lived. sent money to pay the prisoner's fare home as soon as be should be discharged. The prisoner seems to have di readed to go under the charge of Covar, which was his reason for escaping. A Fable. A burglar who had ransacked a house without profit entered the bedroom of the owner and indignantly inquired : "What sort of a man are you that your silver is the cheapest plate, your watch out of order and your wallet is entirely empty: Do you imagine that my time is of no ae count, that I must fool it away im this man ner?". "Alas!" replied the householder, "the fault is not my own. The holder of a chattel mortgage just cleaned me out to day." % "Ah! I beg a thousand pardons. No man should have had his house robbed twice in twenty-four hours. My breth;ren should have notified me by telephone." Moral : Give the burglar the preference in such matters.-E.r. A late dispatch from W\iieox. Ariz~ona. says: As the Indian., have h-'en forced into a small sectioni of the counti y North of the railroad, and the troops are after each of the bands, and eve-ry way of escapec is guarded, it is o:ly a guestion of a very short time when they wil! be surrounded and captured. They' ara .l headi for the San Carlos reservation, w mre they will meet wvithi quite a ;;%rent r"ec- n fo0 '' former times, as the..-....-- .'i::'.ien t kill all hostile., o-htflrhing the r -rv; ion, which is well guarded by troops una friendly Iudians. Ge'n. Mikle will make his headquarters at Wilcox for some 'me. HeI has enlisted a comp~any of Mexicans and another of Americ'ans. who startedl last night for the mountains, Ini addition to their pay the General has offered a reward of $50 for each Indian or head of an Indian brought in, and $2,000 for Geronimo or' his head. Meaneet sneak in Towin. Malarial gases siieaked tip through the poorly construc(te'd drains and made baby very sick with malarial fever. Baby would have died but for timely use of Browvn's Iron Bitters. There is nothing meaner in itsvsy of coming, nor worse in its effects. than this malaria from the underground regions. Mrs. MeIonald, of New Haven, Con., says, "For six y-ears I suffered from the effects of malaria, but Brown's Iron Bitters cured me entirely."- Try it when malaria steals in and 'undermines your constitution. It will give relief. A man is obliged to (lie before his will amounts to anything, but that of a woman is alway's in force. You can tell who a man works for, indi vidal. corporation or nmniipahty, bgy the w~ay he handles a shovel, slings a pick or swings a sledge. A blind pauper inmplo'red a tr::mp forn the gift of a pair of old p:mnt. " Great S-ott! exclaimed the see-dy wvanderecr, "doIC :s I do: get your drawers dyed." In the land of history: They do say thai the first question asked by a deaconm visitingr Egypt was, "Now", what were the real facts of the Potiphar scandal" A Western editor tells w~hat lie would do if le were a jackass. A rival journalist re marks that what ple~tl desire to know is w~hat be would do if he wasn't onme. "No, sir," said the man, "y'ou needn't tell me a woman ever had her dress pocket picked. I don't believe a thief can discover it. I know I've tried for two hours to find the pcket of one of my wife's dIresses and bad to give it up." Head Waiter-'-James, see wvhat those two men want at table number seven." .James (returning)- "They say they're not particular what they have." lead Waiter-"Well, give them the regular (lin ncr, then"-Tid Bitsu. It is absurd for a yong man to deliber' ately become a drunkard with the uhmimmte purpose of reforming and becoming an evangelist, ie mnay drink himself todeath before he becomes degraded enough to ex (-ite general interest in his case': and yet it seems that a voting man who ha~s been good all his life is iiot respected by sensaLtionali Christians. Many a Lady is beautiful, all but her skin; and 'nobody has ever told her how easy it is to put beauty on the skin. Beauty on the skin is Magnolia, alm. OH! MY BACK' Every strain or cold attacks that weak back and nearly proitrates you. LL R BEST TONIC Srngthen SteSadies the Nervee, Enriche, the Blood, Gives New Vigor. Bron n eras the beetin medicine I i pecal beeil in nervou orphysica exhitus in. an n all debilitating ailments that bear so he'avily on the system.Use it freely in my own family." -. nnine hatrd k nrk and rose red lines on BRIOWN CH EMICAL CO., BALTIMORE, MD. tein list of prize fr rcpsinforativeahc e x. etc.. ri eo byal ceasipt medcine, or FOR COUCHS AND CROUP USA TA.Y33L' ET TONI t wen tgu ans erom r of the samena aaing s n the sutnate, Eontachs siuangeecotpiclethat loo sensesew lgr hoIng on WeoBited i h the hea i n med. tious nceil in t auein plant o had pe-ro heopln. on eh and coust npm on and se pioatble.a chxi ie plaR t ade I.Ak aou d rurst r I rie, 25c,-:&Pr. d no. W2erA. 3A1rae +la, Gb, Dse h. aD InGERS O.CLRBERL EDR L ro) Dimszrha.- Boseate7 and Chl anTtcing. cnnal-b vdruggista. AURAK*3 il5 Mlostof thn diseases which afflict inrecnd are origin allycaused yaddredconr dition of the .IVER. For all complaints of this kind. euch a Torpidity of the Liver. Bilions,.ets. Nervous Dyupepsia, Indigee tion, Irregularity of the Bowels. Constipation. Flato lency. Eructations and Burning of the Stomach (sometimes called Heartburn). Miasma. Malaria, Bloody Flux. Chills and Fevor, Breakbone Fewer, Exhanstion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diar rhea. Loss of AppetIte. Headache, Foul Breath, Irregularities incidental to Females. Bearing-down ace. tc a.;SA IE' AURAff.~ ~~f!Nil is invaluable. It is not apanacea for alldiasoeses, bU R all diseases of the LIVER It changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow tai n g to a ruody, healthy color. it entirely removes low, gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and Is A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER'S AURANTII For sale by all Druggists. Price S.0O perbottle. C. F. FSTADICER, Proprietor, 140 50. FRONT ST. Philadelphia, Pa AH SI Simplest, Most Durable, Economical, and Perfect in se-wastes no grain; cleans it ready for market. THRESHING ENGINES a HOR Baw Mlls, and Standard Implements gen erally. Send for illustrated catalogue. Aa. B. F AR QU H AR, Pnslvanla Agrienltural Worke. TOEE. Pa. AISHLJEY )OLI The SolubleG uano; is a highly concentrate rade Fertilizer for all crop)S. ASH LEY COTTON AND COR~N COMPs to erophs and)1 also largely used by the Truel ASU1LE Y A SLI ELE.MEN T.-A very ches tilizer for Cotton, Corn ant1 Smlall Grain Cr< lnes, etc. A SHL EY D)ISSOLVED) 130NE; ASIILE' tades-for um~ al iland in C!ompost heap. Fur Terms, DIn~ etions, Testimlonials, and: mblications of the Complanyt, address THE ASHLEY PHOSI Nov25 Lly 10 S e- CUIRES -Diphtheria, Croup. Asthma. Bronchitis, oarseess. r.ltuenla eakin Coulrhoin Co Thsea pilw n c drrul disovery.at n othr cSol eve rywhreorsent by mail fr 25ec in stan pue ndhihl cn entrtd. One once yother kid. It is everywee or 2 5 cents in stam: Men Think' they know all about Mustang Lin iment. Few do. Not to know is not to have. "MOT H E R'S FRIEND." MAKES CHILD-BIRTH EASY. The time has come at last when the terrible agonv ineident to this very critical period in a woman's life can be avoided. A distinguided physician, who passed the -reatest urtion of his life (foity-four years) in this branch of practice. left to childbearing woman this price less leg-acv and life-saving ap pliance, 'TIIE MOTHERS' FRIEND," and to-day there are thousands of the best wo men in our land who, having used this wonderful remedy before confinement. rise up and call his name blesed. We receive letters from every section of the conilltry thank ing us for placing this prepara ti) in the reach of suffering Vom11. Ono lady from North Carolina writes us that she w(ou!( like to timk the pro prietors, on1 1er knees for bring ing1 it to her lnotic, as in pie vimus ciOtinemnent she had two doctois, and1 they were coni pelieI to use chlioform, instru mients, etc., and she suffered almost deati: but this time she used "MOTlf ERS' FRIEND," and her labor was short, quick afid almost like magic. Now why should a woian suffer when she can avoid it? We can prove all we claim by living iritnesses, and anyone interest ed can call, or have their hus bands do so, at our office, and see the oi iginal letters, which we cannot publish. This reiedy is one about which we can not publisi certificates, but it is a most wonderful liniment to be used after the first two or three months. Send for our treatise on the Health and Happiness of Woman, mailed free, which ives all particulars. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. Box 28, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by all druggists. TRADE MARK. 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