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T0 EUROPEIH A BALLOON
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Prof. King will try the Voyage If Funds
ar8 Raised.
PlulivdolpMii Times.
r? r c i t rt: . i i
l roi. o:\miiHi t\. i\ing, uio wen
known aeronat, lias expressed his
willfulness to attornpt a voyuge
across the ocean in a balloon, provided
the necessary funds are raised.
Prof. King has made 204 successful
voyages sinco 1851 and feels confidant
that ho can cross to Europe. In
speaking of the project, Prof. King
said' yesterday:
"My prime reason for wishing to
attempt this trip across the ocean is
to demonstrate the usefulness of the
balloon. The balloon has been misunderstood
from tho first. Instead
of being intended for atrial navigation,
it is really an immense meteorological
instrument by which we
shall be enabled to learn all that
can ho learned of tho atmosphere.
Besides that, it is prohablv tho one
means of reaching the inaccessible
parts of tho earth at some future
period after tho full development
of its powers. We have had any
quantity of experience in ballooning
in a small way, and tho main thing
which lias kept it alive is tho gratification
the public has experienced in
witnessing ascensions. Viewing the
matter from the standpoint, something
more should bo done, something
on a grander scale, and that
which lies nearest within reach seems
to bo an ocean vovago."
pkokttssok kino's tiik.opy.
"I think the voyago can be sue*
cessfully accomplished. Prof. Wise
said that ho thought the trip could
bo made in throe or four days, and
gave as his roasoti the theory that
throe miles above tho water there
were two constant, rapid currents of
air, one going west and one going
east. His plan was to get in the
east current and then tho only difliculty
would be to keep tho balloon
in the air a sufficient length of time.
Now, there is nothing to support
this theory and I do not base my offer
upon it. The general direction
of the wind on the ocean is east
and I feel confident that the balloon
would reach its final destination when
once started on its way and for a
certainty it would not again cotne in
view of the American coast.
"This ocean voyago will require
more than ordinary skill and judgement
and a balloon of largo proportions
fitted up with unusual appliances.
It will have to bo capable of
floating in the air a number of woeks.
It will start upon an errand the true
I ]nature of which we have previous
n practical knowledge. Wo would
Hj ^ probably encounter a storm the effect
HL? of which wo can only imagine. We
Wf would have constant waste of water
p beneath us which we may be driven
m by unforeseen circumstances. We
tft, may bo blown north or south out of
m our course and so bo delayed in
reaching our destination, liut not
P withstanding all this I think it can
^ be safely accomplished, and that the
* accomplishment of this feat will bo
> a fruitful of discoveries of tho greatest
value to science as related to me.
7:t te ore logy.
* T " THE SUM NK?I>K1).
J: "ft has been suggested that the
r North Pole might bo reached by a
balloon: This may become evident
when once the ocean is crossed, and
may possibly follow, but until something
of this nature has happened
there is no hope of any sane person
attempting to find the North Pole
by this moans.
"From 13,000 to 14,000 will be
necessary to defray the oxponsos of
an ocean voyage. If it is asked what
i are ?vo to learn by tho voyage it
L may be difficult to answer. It will
?r /li\m/incf ruf a f lia mairnm 4
y UUIilUIIQVl O l/V HIU IIH.ITUIIIUIIU
of storms across the ocean, the general
drift of the atmosphere, as well
as a vast amount of meteorological
?|v phenomenon to bo gathered in no
other way. The United! States Sigfl.
nal Service Bureau would take great
J) interest in such a voyage, and would
i > be represented by one or moro obn
seivers. The principal obstacle to
\ overcome in starting out on such
f a voyage is the great expense which
\ muw necessarily bo incurred in pro%
Aiiei f ItA rv>/\af # Un A
gtttttttt liiu iinnt icot wu un v tnut
X prudence could suggest. But this
JLpr ; might be overcome when once the
Ir^i; possibility And benefit accruing is
brought before those possessing sufk
\ ficient means to insure success. An
V effort will be made fco raise funds
necessary and if it is successful preparations
will bef* begun at onoe.
PROVIDING TOR KMKRQKNCIKK.
"No balloon has hitherto been
afloat twenty-four consecutive
>^,*^[COpt Gilford's great captive
butVJitoh was loept in the air
Exposition lasted.
; balloon was
fca great
one height
'triL waste of
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I
?in
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lower atmosphere, about two thousand
feet hijrh. This will be acootu*
plisped by a <1 r?ropo or a similar
contri valine, and I propose to If ice
untiling by wastage.
"Another advantage we have in
the ocean balloon is that wo chii use i
heavy material for the envelope, ilms
reducing the loss by percolation to a
minimum. In ordinary ballooning it ;
is considered preferable to use light- j
or material and suffer the loss by (
percolation. To make the voyage,
a balloon with capacity of about 300,-J
000 cubic feet will be necessary. It
will be filled with pure hydrogen
gas, tho lightest known.
"Under all circumstances we would
be provided for emergencies. If we,
should happen to be swamped we'
would have appliances which would ;
render us capable of rising again.
If wo were compelled to leave the
balloon we would always have some?i?i.
1.1 <i...?4*
tiling i Hill/ >HHIIU 11 Will, nu lliut III
case failure did como it need not
nocessarily be followed bv loss of
life."
Women of the West.
Tho woman born and reared in
the West is a grand and goodly type
of womanhood. She is strong and
keen and comprehensive; sho is full
of life and grace and freedom; she is
quite eoual to being her own aven
gor.
Her eye is keen, and her tongue is
sharp; but her heart is warm, and her
hand is open. She is always ready
with her sympathy and prompt with
her help.
Her business ability and executive
talent are of a very high order, as a
proof of which is the fact that some
some of the finest cattle-ranches and ;
most extensivo and most prosperous
sheep runs are owned and managed
by woman.
I have now in my mind the case of
a woman, born in ()hio, who, ten
years ago, in this city of Now York,
was earning five or six dollars a
week, with which sum she supported
)ii*p mwflwti* tim] liof
....wo l'IUI.MU.,1
a semi-invalid old man.
At the time 1 speak of, when this
woman was about nineteen years
of af^e, sho obtained, aftor much difficulty
and delay, a grant of a cjuartor
section of government land to which
her dead father had become entitled
through his services in the Rebellion.
This land was located in Oregon.
She sent her old uncle out to take up
the land, and she pinched and saved,
and sont to him from tune to time,
almost dollar by dollar, money with
which to hire help to clear a space it)
the timber and to put up a log-house.
As soon as this poor shelter was
provided for them,she took her mother
and went out and lived on her
land. As sho could from time to
time, she bought stock, ami so sho
urijpL tin svop i>y siup, until now sue i
has a good homo and ham, and last
year she cleared from the sale of
stock she had raised, and from the
sale of her crops, several thousand
dollars.
And what tins woman has done
hundred of women are doing overy
yoar.
And if many of these women have
not got much education, their sons
and daughters will have. And it is
well with a land that breeds such
women, and it is well with the men
of the land who have such mothers.?
Rosa Ky tinge in BelforiVs Magazine
for November.
About Doctors.
Abbeville Medium
About two weeks ago our little
daughter had a case of diphtheria.
Noarly every man and woman we
! met some had remody that would
cure the case without fail. While
we have some confidence in what is
gonorally known as "'old woman's
remidios," out of abundant caution,
we' socured the services of Physicians
and the little girl is well,
if wo had given every remedy suggested
the child no doubt would have
boon dead in a day or two. A bushel
basket would not have held thomedi
I villus.
This incident gives us cause to mdulgo
iti a few reflections. Wo frequently
hoar men and womon of our
I age too constantly complaining of
numberless aches and pains, dyspepsia
' and'catarrh. These diseases arc almost
as common as in 1808 when our
men were trying to keep out of the
army.
Many of these diseases e imagi*
nary and others arise from a want of
oare. (Jur people buy some such
cheap book as Every Man His Own
Doctor. They find entertaining
reading. They study its pages and
every little ache arid pain tney think
is the beginning of some terrible
affliction they have read about in the
book for which they havo paid dou.
ble price. They drench themselves
with bottles of patent- medicine and
combine the hydropathic, allopathic
homeopathic and all other systems of
medical treatment. The wonder to
qads that more people do not die
%^?n^uch abuse of their stomachs
T%ny cases there i? no neceaJiH
i
'HE TRI E TO VOI R WORl
)NWAY, S. 'C., a
ty for any medicine at all. There is
nothing better for dyspepsia than oxerciso
in the open air. Work with the ?
plow will cure almost any man. Cultivating
the flower yard or vegetable
garden is a good reiftedy for the
woman. They can take easy tasks
at tirst ami groiiuauy increase their i
labors. In a very short time they
will bo all right without dosing thorn- fi
solves with all manner of dicoctions d
manufactured for tho money that is h
in them. This howovor is not a |iro- '1
fossional opinion but wo have no s
doubt most physicians will agree v
with us. # t
If a man undertakes to managn his t
own law business he will pretty sure- v
ly lose all his property If lie de- I
ponds upon those modical books ho v
will lose his life. One who hear no s
knowledge of tlio human system is f
courting death when ho undertakes a
to be his own physician. fi
Phe Oldest Female Thief in v
A't erica.
Nkw York, Nov. 17?The oldest r
female professional thief in tho conntry
was a prisoner in the Toombs poi:^w
i % i ?
nut) t;ihi11 ytisiuroav. one is .Mary I
Fitzgerald, 80 years old. She lives
at 110 Oak street. Her picture in the
liognes' Gallery is No. 1,200. She
apparently has spent the greater portion
of tin* last 00 years in prison.
I lor last term expired five months
ago.
Mrs. Kit/irorald was arrested Monday
l>y Detective Sergeant Wool- j
dridge, for picking pockets. Mrs. j
Beatrice Me/./ano of US Baxter street,
attended an auction sale in Catherine
street on that day. Detective Wool- (
dridge was there, too. So was Mrs.
Fitzgeral whom the detective was
watching. When she left the place
Wooldridge followed her. As he
approached, Mrs. Fitzgerald threw
away a pooketbook. When Wooldridge
attempted to arrest her, Thomas
Whalen, who lives at 100 Cherry
street, and is said to be the woman's
accomplice, attacked the detective,
and Mrs. Fitzgerald made an effort
to escape. But a policeman came
along, and both Whalen and the
woman were arrested.
It the evening Mrs. Mezzanno
called at police heanqnarters and re
ported that she had berni rohbwd in
the auction room. She recognized f(
the pocketbook that Mrs. Fitzgerald v
had thrown away as hers. Mrs. f<
Fitzgerald and Whalen aro at tfie v
Toombs. q
The Queerness of Things.
This is a sort of topsy-turvy world. !
No one seems to be satisfied. One
. . .11
man is struggling to get justice, ami
another is flying from it. One man
is saving up to buy a bouse, and another
is trying to sell bis dwelling,
for less than it cost, to got rid of it.
One man is spending all tho money
he can earn in taking a girl to tbe ^
theatre and sending her flowers, in
the hope that he may eventually make
her his wife, and his neighbor is %
spending all the gold he has saved to ^
get a separation. One mail is ordered
to oat eggs because they aro nut- N
ritious, and another is cautioned to ,
leave them alone because thay pro- j
duce bile. One man keops a pistol .'
to protect himself against burglurs, ''
while his neighbor doesnH keep one }
for fear of shooting some member of '
the family Uy mistake. One rich s
man wears poor clothes because he is *
rich and can do anything, while a y
poor man wears fine clothes becauso
lie is poor and wants to produce the ,
impression that ho is not. One man ^
escapes all the diseases fleph is heir to,
and is killed on a railway; another |J
man goes through half-a-dozen wars
without a scratch and then dies of s
whooping cough.
The bureau of statistics has been j
engngod for a considerable timo past
in the effort to ascertain the nnmber |
of divorces that have been granted in 1
tho United States during the twenty
1 o/l/l ^ 1 nfirt rf 11 v
^imrs uciwoon I Odd and lOOd. I 110
compilation is very nearly completed. '*
The statistics bearing upon the f
snbject have been derived from the
records of the twenty thousand courts !'
of law having jurisdiction in the mat- 11
ter. Tne report, it is said, will con- (.]
tain a vast amount of information of
great value from a national poiiit of ^
view, and particularly as a basis of
futuro legislation. There is no coun- ^
try in the civilized world where marriage
is so easy as in the United
States, and where divorcos are so
common.
"I was paired five times last sea- f
siptij" said the Senator. "Good |
gracious!" exclaimed Miss Fairan- s
thirty, "and I haven't been paired t
once yet. What is the fare to Wash- V
ton.
John Wanamaker, who gave $50,*
000 to the Radical corruption fund,
is to have a Cabinet appointment, is '
the rumor in Washington. Quay fi
says he shall .ask for such a place for l
his faithful 44hn. Southern Demo- r
crats should Buy their clothing and a
goods of somi + her house. John is i
rather too oil Sunday c
School ^
j? m j mm V v * ;jJF i PH ,4 s v': ?< i
> AND 101)11 WORK AND
11U K SPA Y N
A HUMAN FIEND ~<
I
nother of the Bloody Hatfield Gang Cap- {
tured
i'? , \\r v.. v in ?
v. 11 i\ iv14r?r> i v^4> f u , % n.y i>UV, IV ? *
Another of tho murderous Hatfield <
amg luis been dragged in manacles i
rotn the rough mountains, whore the
lesporadoos have so long defied the f
aw and slaughtered as they ehoso. I
'ho bloody border war that has *
trown tho shores of tho Tug River I
kith graves is rapidly being brought
o a close by tho iron nerved detOo- '
ives who tiro prowling tho great '
wilderness to which law has so l(,||g '
?eon a stranger. It takes a man i
with a lions heart to go into the <
trongholds of tho llatfields now. <
Cvery trail over the mountains or
long tho creeks leading to tho Ilaticld
settlement is picketed by am- (
uished murderers, who would kill 1
without mercy any man they suspect- i
d. These detectives are [going
hrough experiences such)'*as one
cads of in dime novels. It seems
iar? 1 for a mail who hears their'tales
i) believe that such things can hap
on in a oivili/.td land.
Kllison Hatfield, alias Mounts, tho j
iP11 f ?> tvlw\ vunu n<ii\hii'/??l I
- vv ?. iiw 1MIO v Uj'un ^Vl (II igi i I urn*
loruto struggle in iho mountains
/it(1 Detectives Gibson an;l Cun- (
iugliam about three weeks ago,
undo a full confession. Iloimplicued
Alexander Messer as one of the i
layers of the McCoy btyrs, who were |
hot to death in August 5 years aero by j
merciless ' tribunal of ? tho * woods |
iceded by "Devil Alice" llatliold.
lesser is known as one of tlie most
lesperato rullians on the border, and |
vas a ^conspicuous figure in the
ireathitt county trouble in Kentucky (
, few vears a<ro. It is said that he
/ M # t
;illed live or six men in that county i
nd boasted that he had killed twon- |
y six men since tho war. i
So frightful weio the deeds of this
inn that he was feared even amoiijr i
he llattields, to whom tiie shedding (
f blood is commonplace. Governor
iuekner, of Kentucky, offered a re- \
.ard of for MosserV. body, and ,
iibson and Cunningham have boon
ii inn uuua over miic ! iooy cft;)
ured Ellison Ilatfield. As ho had
eft tho Iiatliol J settlement soon nf- ;
or tho inurdor of the McCoy boys,
curing tho vongoanco that Kentucky
rould wreak, tho two detectives
ound it harl fo locato rhirn. It is :
Forth a man's lifo to ask too many
questions or to j)ry around too'much
ii me region vrnero inoy Had to go.
Finally tlioy struck tlio clesporu
lo's trail and learned that ho was
iving in a log hut, on Ugly Creek,
11 Lincoln county. On last Wodicsdav
thoy mot a man[at Chapman's
tore in that neighborhood who anworod
to Messer's description. Fearng
to make a mistake, the detective
nancjeuvred. After a short talk with
hem the man invited them in his
abin. Tho detectives accompanied
lim, and when in his homo ho menioned
his name. Gibson at once ,
rhipped out his revolver and cover- i
<1 the assassin.~2In another moment :
deader was handcuffed. llis fury i
?as beyond description.
Tho captured murderer was
> rough t to this city and taken from
lero to Catlettshurg, Ky., whore he
s now in jail. He is about fifty-ono
ears old and has a wife and six chilIren.
lie was formerly a deputy
liorifE in Perry county, Ky. Me*}er
declares that ho would never
mve surrendered and would not have
>een captured only that the dotecives
got between him and his gun.
le admits having lived with tho
bitfields at tho time of tho murder
>f tho McCoy boys, but denies that
io killed either of them. Ho is the
otolith of the Hatfield-McCoy murlorers
arrested by tho detectives. 1
Gibson, who made the arrest, is
ho youngest member of tho force, 1
?ut one of tho most fearless detecives
in tho United ^tates. Single '
innded ho went into the McCoy setlenient
and captured two of the \Lc;?y
gang, brought thorn to this Stato
nd received the reward offered for 1
horn. In company with other d<?* |
OCtivOS llhout two weeks mm tin I'
uade a raid on tho Hatlields, capturng
one and shooting tho foro finder (
>ff 'Pom Chambers' hand, also shoot- '
him through tho side. On that 1
rip Gibson lay in tho woods throo 1
lays without anything to oat except
that chestnuts he could find among
ho leaves. 1
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The Future of Medicine
Tho practitionor of medicine in tho
nture will bo the High priest of Pro- ,
ihylaxis: his duties will confino him to {
tudy tho prevention, rather than seek
o be only the ouror, of any form or
;ind of disease. ,
Specialism, as now understand, i
vi 11 be discarded.
Why?
Because a well-educated doctor
rill then occupy a position analo- ,
fous to a counsellor at law of the
iresent, as to medical student will
lave learned to free himself from the
iuthority of his.books, and to assure
nstead the masterful reasonings of
:ommon settle from*
The uncertainties forever brooding
Ill II I 1*1 ??
YOVR COUNTRY."
()V EM 15 KII, 2*
>vor the lifo of every man dominate
lis actions entirely too much; and not
laving logically studied his duties to
limsolf, he naturally seeks a doctor
>vho will assure his burdens of real
>r'anticipated disease. Having placid
his health in the care of an eniin
int specialist, he feels content in ben#
relieved of his responsibilities
Should ho unfortunately die, his
friends console themselves because tie
liad been attended by so eminent and
ioientitio a physical!, paricularly if
lie bo a specialist.
Would any sano man in the world
mrrendor his bank account to an
aminent financial specialist? Would
lio turn over his views on law or politics
to the eminent special jurisprudent
or magnetic loader who now
dazzles our horizons with ponderous
law or brilliant political coruscations?
1 answer, No. Vet this is constantly
done when human health is concerned,
and the result is the usual marble
shaft in the tenantloss habitations of
the (ireat Mystery.? MontroH' A.
Pallen, M. I)., in He/for r/\? Maya
iizuiajor i> ovemocr.
Friend of the SoldierWilmington
Messongor.
If.Julian (Jiur keeps on fooling1
with the Confederate soldiers, they
in id their friends will ho removing
him from the private station.
IIo has just been caught in an act
that reflects the highest credit upon
him, and we propose to proclaim it
ihroad in the hope that others may
he found doing likewise, when occasion
offers.
There is in Cleveland county a
blind veteran of tho Confederate war,
whose homo was under mortgage
und about to bo sold over his head.
Mr. W. H. Miller, of the Shelba Aurora,
took the matter in hand and
made an appeal for tho poor man
through his paper. Tho responses
wore not as ready or as liboral as
might have been oxooctod. Tho An
rora says:
"Those who were most ablo did
not tlio most. The liberal and t_ronorous
moo are not often found in the
ranks of tho rich. Material wealth
wealth has a dwarfing ofTect, upon
tho soul, and increase of monoy oreates
a desire for more money and diminishes
the love of humanity.
"One noble exception is Mr. Julian
S. Carr, of Durham, N. C., who
saw tho appeal for help, and the
blind man s homo for sale, and gladly
came to his rescue, lie wrote us
to attend the sale and buy in the
homo for tho blind Confederate soldier,
and draw on him for tho deficit.
In his letter to Mr. Miller, Mr.
Carr said: "While I have money,
no blind Confederate soldier's house
shall bo sold from him."
The sentence just quoted deserves
to be cut in imperishable marble.
Wo have no doubt it will bo an inscription
on the monument of tho
man who penned it, It will be engraven
on the heart of every Confederate
soldier. It will challenge tho
riuminiinm or every man ot soldierly
qualities, wherever read or heard.
Looking Ahead*
0
Columbia Record,
Assuming, what now seem scrollable,
that the Republicans will control
the House, and, thorofore, control
Congress, with the President
fully in sympaty with them, there
havo been many predictions touching
the policy which shall result
from thoTeturn of the party to full
power in the administration of the
national goverment. From the best
information now obtainable, it soems
that the purposes of the part^ will include
the following:
1. To postpone the consideration
of the subject of the reduction of the
revenue, and all tariff legislation,
until tho Republicans shall be in full
possession or the government.
2. To enact laws to admit at the
earliest practicable moment two
States in Dakota, and Montana,
Washington, and possibly Wyoming.
8.To convono Congress, possibly in
avtm aocc! AM nn \ T n ?/?l. A 1 ? ? -
v?n niniuu *t| uruer m
3iganize the House, and to give effect
to the administration policy as early
Fts practicable.
4. To consider, and, if possible
to pass the lilair Educational Hill,
incl any otlicr measures which receive
the support of Northern Republicans,
us to which the Southern Democrats
are divided.
5. To attempt generally to enact
laws which will receive tho support
of a considerable portion of tho South,
and to sook to enlist that portion of
trio Southern Democracy which is
assumed to favor protection, subued-es,
and educational measures, and
encouragement to enterprises which
a "paternal government can give,
in movements wich, it is expected,
will tend to render the South less
solid.
0. The admission* of Oklahoma
as a Territory, and its subsequent
admission as a State, if it shall appear
that the population is likely to pe
Republican.? ' -i
7, The exdnotioic of polygamy in
Utah, ^nd^ nben that shall have been
S' v' 5* *
ill
) ,1888.'
accomplished, tho admission of C'tal
as a State.
8. The passage of tho Tonnag<
I Jill of tho present Congress, or o
some bill which will encourage sub
sides and shipbuilding.
0. To devise, if practicable, furtho
measures which shall give tho Kodora
GoVorinent a bettor supervision of na
tional elections within tho States, ant
especially in tho Southern States
Tho held covered by those proposi
tions is an extensive ono, but tho Iio
publicans don't mind big under
takings.
HORRIBLE CANfBALISM JPERREIRATEOIf
- AFRICA
The Victims' Blood Drunk by Children
Conoon, Nov 1(.) A report hai
jnst been rocoived at the war oflict
from tho cuusu I who investigated tin
outbreak and tho revolting cannibal
ism that followed, at Okrika, an is
land situated about fifty miles vij
tho Bonuv river in tho British protec
torato.
It appears that recently a soctioi
of the. Ogoni tribe, onco a powerfu
people, but now split up into fae
tions through internecine feuds, ap
11, . ? 1 - -
I>tmiou u> mo King ami einois oi < >k
rika to intorveno in a dispute between
thcinsolvos and another faction. Tin
Okrikans sided with the appellants
and warned their opponents that ii
the event of hostilities tlioy wouh
assist them and put a stop to the fond
i The warning was, however, withou
j elTect, and the hostile Ononis attack
led the allies of the Okrikans wluh
thoy wore returning front the mar
kots, killing a chiof and taking i
number of prisoners and a quantity
I of property. ?
The Okrikans, on being infonnei
of this raid, planned with their friend
a diabolical scheme of revenge, whirl
thoy proceeded at once to carry int<
ofTect. Under the pretext of an invi
tation to a friondly palaver for t)i<
purpose of settling tin differences bo
tween the parties, tin; Ogonis con
corned in the attack referred to, ac
Conipnnied by eighty of their cliiofs
woro treacherous!) lured into a traj
captured and taken to ()krika, wher
thoy were barbnrously butchered am
eaten.
The victims included women am
children, and to^such a height ha<
the taste for blood risen that the Ok
?>ii^.i ?i.:i.i ?
111\ u 11 o v/\/hi |k;i iiiru VJ III nil *" 11 l1
drink the blood of their victims on
of calabashes. The condition of th
town during the tragedy was itrtlo
scribably horrible. Mangled ro
mains and remnants of human being
wore atrown in all directions, wluh
mutilated bodies were observed float
ing down the Bonny river. Afte
the capture of the party invited ti
the palaver, a raid was made upOl
the virtually undefended village
whence they came, and the rosul
was further atocitios.
It is difficult to estimate the num
her of killed and eaten, but the mos
reliable reports put the number, a
tho.lowost, at* 150. \
Tno consul gravely informs th
government that in punishment fc
these astrocities bo imposed a lino c
100 puncheons of palm oil upon th
Okrakaus.
A |?lf?iBlid?" Extracted After Scventee
"MiiithV Burial in a Man's Arm.
Wilmington Messenger.
Mr. H. F. High, of Clarkton, Bh
don county, had an encounter with
llnviKirttln nlnipiiotnr uainn u<nmii)nA
months ngo, in which lie received
knifo thrust in tho left iirm botwee
the shoulder mid elbow. Tho blad
was broken off and has been in hi
arm since until extracted a few day
since by physio&ns in this city. Yet
torday Mr. High brought tho blad
into tho Jlfesacnfft-r ollice, his ari
hanging in a sling and swollen th
size of an ordinary mail's body. Th
blade had buried itself in the bone i
the arm, and had given Mr. High th
most excruciating pain for man
months. The blade is that of an 01
dinary Rogers pocket-knife, iifchc
in lehgth and a half inch in widtl
Notwithstanding the prosenco <
this ugly bit of steel and tho fact c
it eating its way into the bono, Mi
jHigh has borne up with heroic forti
j tudo under his suffering and gon
about his daily vocations; has plow
od and chopped wood and perform?
other physical labors that are ama>
ing under the circumstances. Be
his suffering becoming too great t
bear he determined upon having th
blade removed, and came to Wi
mington for that purpose.
"I don't say marriage is a failure,
said Adam, candidly, as he sat dow
011 a log just outside the Gardhn c
Eden, and looked hungrily at th
jjuit on the other side o? the wall,
qut if I had remained single th
wouhletTi have happened."
Child (looking at ugly tnsn)1
"Who made man, mama?" "God, in
d??ur." "Did God make him?" "*Ye
dear." A marked pause, and thei
I "I guess God was tickled when he g<
i him finished.0
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NO 20. 1
>>| MISQUOTATIONS
f Familiar Lines Commonly Ascribed to tbe
the Wrong Authors.
r Philadelphia Times,
I It is a peculiar faculty of human
memory tomisipioto proverbs and pol
otry, nrul almost invariably to place
. tho credit whore it doos not bo
long.
Nine men out of ton think that
- uThe Lord tempers tho wind to the
shorn lamb" is from tho Bible, whereas
Lawrence Sterne is tho author.
J i "Pouring oil upon tho trembled wa1
tors" is also ascribed to to tho scared
volume, whorens it is not there; fact,
no one knows its orgin.
Again. wo hoar people; "The
proof of the pudding is in chewing
s the string." This is arrant non'
j sense, and the proverb says; "The
' proof of the pudding is in tho eating
* thereof, and not in chewing the
' string."
Nothing is moro common than to
A man convinced against his will
> Is of the Htunc opinion still.
1 This is an impossible condition of
. t ho mind, for no one can bo convinc.
od of an opinion and at the same
. ti 1110 hold nn opposite one. What
i Butler wrote waseminently sensible:
, lb* that complies against his will
Is of his own opinion still
A famous passage of Scripture is
I often misquoted thus: uIIo that is
without sin among you, let him cast
' tho first stono." It should be, "Let
him first cast a stone."
Sometimes wo are told, "Behold
how irreat a (ire a little matter kinn
dleth whereas St. .lames said, "Be1
hold how ereat a matter a little fire
if 1
kindloth," which is quito a different
j tiling.
Wo alays hear that "a miss is as
^ good as a mile," which is not as scu1
siblo or forcible as the true proverb,
' "A miss of an inch is as good us a
mile."
I "Look before von leap" should bo,
"And look before you ere you leap."
Pobe is generally credited with
having written;
InmioilHt words admit of no dofencc,
For want of decency Is want of sense.
0 though U wouiu puz/.lo uny duo to
il find tho verso in liis writings. Thoy
worn written l>y tho Karl of Uorcomd
nion, who died before Pope was
1 born.
Franklin said, '-Honesty is tho best
*
o policy," but tho maxim is of Spanish
t origin, and may bo found in Don
o Quizoto.
Hon. Jaa. Hunt's Murder.
H
(3 \
Atlanta, Nov. 1(1 ? Moore, tho
r slayor of Koprsontativo Hunt has so'
cured Gen. L. .1. Gartroll to de[X
[ fond him on his trial. 11 is father and
s mother arrived lato at night, anil
t stayed with him in tho jail, whore ho
<pis incarcerated,
The story of tho affair as told by
t Hunt,s friend'is as follows;
t Hunt and Moore, up to tho time
of tho Wiling, woro considered frieuds,
and no ono ever dreamed of tho
friendship terminating thus. Hunt.
)f Moore, Shaw, "for.es, Fiucker and
Thurman were in the room, and in
? some' way Moore ?ud Shaw began
tusseling, and finally Mr. Hunt took
- a hand, all which was in a friendly
if and good-natured way.
Mooro did not like the way in
I which ho wys handled and so exj
pressed himself, whereupoa Hunt
t ! apologized, and everything was ad'
a justed satisfactorily to all concerned
n Mooro, however, was not satisfied,
I but wont to a closet, opened his
n i trunk, and in a short time told Mr.
Hunt that ho would be a dead man
jH in about 15 mieuteo. All parties
s left tho room and reached tho first
floor, when Moore stepped in front of
0 Hunt and dealt him a blow, Hunt ox?
claimed: "He has stabbed me!" and
ii ...i i. ~ a
0 ami*. u? niu iiwui", vr iit;iw no oa^iiou
e in a short tiino. Hunt was an attor,f
ney, ft married man and tlie futher of
0 three children.
-1 "The Madonna it thi Til,"
s! of whom Miss Phelps writes, was a
genuine specimen of health and
'J strength. She dbubtless heeded the
' warnings of her predecessois, and understood
and appreciated the match1
less qualities ot Dr. Pierce s Favorite
Prescription, which relieves and cures
t * i * .. ,
, so many ailments peculiar to the sex.
As a powerful, invigorating tonic,* it
|t imparts strength to the whole system
o and to the womb and its appendages,
o in particular. For overworked, "worn
j out," "run down" debilitated teachers,
milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses,
"shop girls," housekeepers, nursing
n mothers, and feeble women gonerally,
"Favorite Prescription" is the great"
est earthly boon, being unequaled as
" an appeti/.ing cordial and restorative
10 tonic.*
" For Constipation, Sick, q>r Billious
18 Headache, use Dr. PioroeV Pellets,
or Anti-billioua Granules: Pureljr,^-Vx
Vegetable. One a done. > ? |jffl