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No" "WAKE UP, JONAH!" By JOAQUIN MILLER. [Copyright. 19St7. by tho Author.] Jonah was and is even now to be soon hero snugly housed in one end of his hugo old whaleboat by one of our Oak land wharfs, an old Yankeo sailor, tall, lean, lank, once as full of old seal stories as an old pincushiol is full of oid needles. Nearly all of theso stories are made up of dreadful shipwrecks, in every one of which ho bore a conspicu ous part and was each time tho worst sipwrookod sailor of the wholo crow, and I think this is why the Califor nians, long, long ago, when1 it was tho habit to call men by queer namiiiies, called this wan Jonah. Anyhow the name was firmly fasteled on hit when a few years ago he was set to watch a certain place by the shoro and give alarm in ease of fire. Well, in a few days the place took fire, and everything, including (11(1 Jo nah, as it was thought, was lurned to ashes. But as these aliforniians always rebuild very quickly the workmen, while clearing away for a new founida tion, heard a voice nway down htelow, and, opening the motIi of the well that had been covered by falling tin bers, there they found poor old Jon:hl, up to his neck in the water, whero lit' had fallen while running in great haste to give the alarm of lire. This and other less inipoirtant inii dents in the saine line gavt, tie htnest old sailor such a retmtation for l'd luck that few fishertte Ir I leasturt pi:n ties were willing to tibark wit I ,lonah if other boats were to h' had at hand. But on the 28th of Novemilnt r. '"t;. the day on which the California A 'r day was established, the ,Ild man aitl his big boat tilled wit ii a 1 right noil lovely a little( crowtd of conntr"y l't v and girls as could havi' htuI fondii fter miles around, antI this was N'!tanst' r' cry other boat had litti t n:g.idrI to a, to Yuba lhltena islantd. in ttn' : ii:i i of the great and intist g: rious 1 i1 t f : in Francisco, where the ct rem:0n:Cos wtro to take place. This great. big nl u - i:antd in this broad and met- t I a 1. bay on the globe, if we t xct t t ti t-y of Na pies pe"rhaps, is a l ii it al ont rocky place. It btlongs t+ t ihe g v't r1tnmt i t andi has it pretty lighthoust <n it. Iht to are four other islands in t his grt at bay of San Francisto, hut thy iel not %o bar ren and ugly. One of th im is a huga fort, with Itert than 5,M ann"n and many soldiers it it. Aniqthr title is a great place for buiin: -hili And so, as thi l'Irrn iri1t1til lies fa most in the itibi. f iagilltioni bay and is ntarily 1,'.v. 'I iaklaid uat San Francis,e, whit r ,t:: lass -v t',1i tinuously, it a15, d '.I.it it wouL be a gond thmgi.t t,. :" l n ii '. it' rnia Arbor di bs pit .'; i y V and barrii island Wi:a r, -. . (itllra; 11, v:: t.;d , . n. i:, n:wd oln hero if ;,-rtvsi,iiuir. a Li hu' bloody tit-Ild If Lattl,na o u m of our a;rlmi-s aint atriit litt ti this coast at th titu,, u h hul,d thei work by g;ivins; all t sh is til all lte sailors and all the stiliit rs t+ c'arry th1, peolet to the ishmdit and hlpl ptlant treet.s, and1( st oni. Mr. ,Sutro, thle grnat tug ito er w It made the SultiO tunntel intot th itv meountatins iof Nevadta, gavt' uIs :'i(0. trees to plhmit oni th-- i>.-dnd. aint] :ih was to phlanit the, ijrsit t . anwl a' I. N eral Howard was ailso tt lpam a tr a aind ats the gtovern rs and . I nat is if California antd Nt-vw.la wirt ai.t' plaint trees, and as ite fatien' otitr, John J. Irish, wa:s ti jnk, a s; ''hI. why, you see., nearly ' i v ryiy wantied t'hej bat of San~. Frnic was . r wd'i ito o thel" seric -an 'ad, I:t;-h guards. But po.or told ,Jna i nd t I 1s g oN whaleboat wir- Ift t th . v.-rv' l.1t. H.' had painiited h,' r upi-v aint.' h, rti r.' and whit'.-ii a n '. II had -rt a it'i of littl" 5 ce nt Itags a> ttg. '-tther gen. wale and a L.ig 1lag at -ow nri stern tt r give a gay appt.arnane to' his boat atitl attract attention, but fir all that p,I 1i would pass by whlenl they' saw that it was Joinath's boat. 'The* sun was high and hot, antI vir coul see thousandls and thousanids W1 chilren inl red andji white itnd blut clainbering til the stony steelp oif tht islandr away out in the iniddle of tI I bay before the old inan Jonah could fini a custome(r. And then suddtenly there came I crowd--a crowd that hadl miissed tht last boalt by the least part of a mtinute -a crowd tf strangers-strangers t. one0 another moty.Te had comeIi down from the counitry1 on the cars by twos and thr.e's and1( fours, and1( when the p1lank (if the last boat was pulled in this little band of younlg folks from tho country melIted in togother and wandered along the shore till they found Jonah. They tumbled into his boat with a shout. They were so glad. Nearly every one hadj a brother, sister, cousin om something of that sort along. True there were two or three young me: who did not have their own sistert but they had seome other young men sisters and so did not complain. Thei was one pale and plain little girl wi seemed quite alone. She was very plal ly clad too. Her dress was black. Am thero was a blond young man, who w all alone. The pale little girl looked to him and Roomed to like him. But was clearly in love with himself, a which Jonah assigned him by the aid of the solitary little girl in black. But still, as everybody elso was happy, he too, must nako merry, and as the grca boat, with its fluttering flags and livint passongers, pushed off and swung abou with its head toward the island th blond young inan shouted out: "I say, old duffer, what's youx name?" "Jonah. '' And the word eauo up lik. the growl of a grizzly bear its tho ol( man leaned heavily to his oars. The naio and the naier, too, of the old muan seethed to danpon the spir its of the handsomo blond boy who sal by the sido of the plain little girl i:1 black, and lie said no more, but sittinp himself over to one side ho drew out ii bunch of nasty cigarettes, and, without even asking anybody's leavo, lighted one and puffed away, as if ho had been smoking over since his mother had left off his long clothes. 'Tho old man pulled hard and steadily. The pretty girls from up in the Sierra Nevada mnountains glanced out from under their bonnets and all took in the sunlight and the sea and were silent with joy and admiration. The young men counted the many huge ttattleships that, bore the flag of England, and they iarveled at the size of the mighty iron r:nn that had almost destroyed tile navy of Peru and had made ('hilo tho great cst naval power inl the Pacitlo. 'l'wenty-four hands of martnial music lea'tl the delicious air with inelody It w:t a Stirring scene. Bult long before the elumSy big whale tieat, with its one pair of oars in feeble ol11 h:ntids, coul m ake the lanidiig the ladder was drawn up and the cere inonies were well under way. In this state of affairs all that could be done was to piass on around toward the Golden GOto and get asy near to the muasio and the speakers as pu csibIt' This the old mnitii did, and, casting All celr, was soon nodding in his seat, for the siu was hot, and(], then, his work had been long and hard for on so old and wvorit. 'l'he big boat sw\iig about, poilitinp toward the (lolden (latte, which open1 into the Pacitio oceau some ive mile distant. This brought the rope by whicl1 the anchor hung close under the arm of the blond young man with tho ciga" rettes, where it cre'aked and squeuake( continuio1sly. T1he Imusie ceasedl, andi then the speak:ing began, blt the a11rt\ in the beat could net hea- what wat said, and somle of the less thought t' be"gan to grow restless anld nischieves. A frecklo faed boy with vinatl1 eve and a sunhurned nose tiied1 to tickle lit slrolting olti don:ahl on tie n,'ck with a wood(en loothpltick, but could anot quil( reatch. This insp ired thi .lond( youn man, an(d, stioking his burning cigaret11 11n th(. point of his lu'nknift, he h'ane( ov\r. and in th inidst of giggles frtin the w\"hole par1t y, w\-ith on exceptionl, ttrhalps. h t h1 it close tuier the (ilt m .0 t 1 Inos ii icc ;uI I-C"l-:nla tT1\ it dlid not Inal hi n, and, c "t: cr:mIg - ighatly from thl ikt h .', i; J.:i hl I I n tdoule up like ap tu, ii~ 1th cr:." 'n sound iislee, :1 t f rt . liut th.i ; ;rI t I: n iscinef wa':s nun ati i' :&'l, un:i t. .:e lond hity, with his 1 : n han, turnetd his at tt'nt: b t" i l; cr(::i in , sqlu'akogiu r }e tiot 1 t:.. al:'lhlrr. A t tic-;t, b - 1'.y ut t t Th- :c.. , e '. 1 u;thte-r, hu sr : ll aul f ta. , as the old :nan !.. n i, I i.. t. :111l ii wv under andl i h:uil, frt in ftrcu, of haiuit, 'I he ar' tih'e ruu'ic agailn, butt it seinsII ' ai g<: : w'ay toff," sauid the' eldest ui the looeking it tihe ll( d ireton in which the - Giolden:I GaIt( is clttse hy AndI the grealI ocean It Look I livre is the openl oceanU W1,ake up, .l'nabhl Wake up, donath I" lanched faces and silence I No urn ulotvedi orI spolie. li1t douwn fron Ove' the side (of thte heat a little whlite ciga rutt slid;. mtl fu!ling into the w'ate' wvith1 a scarcely 11( auible ''r4i:Z'uu" wst soo I efttb[eh)11ind) ata lest sight of. Thet ol< sai lur ( puned h is eye's sltowvly as hi lnamen was calledt. Slowvly hut looke<t 1frilmutne terrified fae to the outher, ant A. ol bt curltainly took in the situit lit- H didu noit sayu (one word or 1 r :t or left. He' only held( tightly t( uI <ars andl keplt in the midst of thet U w nt arm x currenit, straight for tin L 1. nI a x ::.-.ow the Golden Gate', thr, iu ' I:11I,man tonis of gold uat a t set letatin times'~ swuift yr a liu. i I at f all. You must pass~ A. i l It Om'lreasun: A great river tflows iI' thi iy and( fhld it full as' th td -t in, '-o thuat wuhen the tideu sw ilftnes thro uIgh thn o narrow, reck buound ti ilt biu (aInt. Indt ri .so swift and swirl inig are tIe wat.uI rs hurt' at su-h timets thaut the Ojpani'-h .-t rfI s have'u lung bhll that the trahdi I nlu mat'lstr1om ofuf Noirwa'y has mount, v.holil imont'd thuis thu Golden Gate twuo yuears b. fire gutld was dliscouverted Iln vets of our navy- wino j.-rishedu htere withl t,ei bOat tan 1l 1-ft 11ot eve V so) muchti ais at plan1k to t'll t their late, and se thiiuir nat ues for yetars anid y'a rs were carriedl ftorward. 'JITeyWl w i' ite puro mtetd ini their ordert-. But thuey weure niever hearud from0 any', luort. yout anid?' gaIsped- thu ldl boy atl last us thei raine g and( ududy ing watu'tn of thet G'oldlen ('ate btegan to 1) lapian leap into the beat. "Shut up, or' i'll lanud you over thu hull" wa i'is alil that Old Jontah said( be. tween his set teeth. Up andu downt, dowin and up atc away. Oh, but that old boat was saucy Shle seeme(d to utnill the rattling salt: wtrwithout tihe Gt.Tile snapan athe sparkle and the cluash and tile colo of the awful deep d elighted bor. An even old Jonuah was v, ido awake now wide awake as ho haul not beeii since h had rentired fromi the sea anid eked or yathtas ai lanldsman. There was a glh ein his old eyes, a gleami of gladnesi aeven wi1th all this misery anid helples atd ness at his feet inU the boat, for,ti * young folks wore nearly all sick now fearfully sick. The handsome blond boy had wilted, faded as iades a sunflower when it Is out down. That last remark from old Jonah had out himt up terribly. His head loaned out over the boat. The lit tlo girl in blaok at his side hold on to him as if she were afraid he would fall out, and ho did not resent her kind ness this time, but seomed to rather like it. She drow hium back closer to her, after he had disposed of his vanity and his bile together, and his comely head gradually settled over on to her little black and bony shoulder. "Poor, dear young man It's the cigarettes. Help hold his poor head, please. " This is what the little girl in black whispered back over her shoulder to another quiet little girl who sat close by. And so the two together held the wilted blond head between them. Firm as the rocks that lock the walls of the Golden Uato was old Jonah all this tune. The suni was setting low and fast. Full and large and luminous as a world of flamo lay the sun on a sea of blood for a second only, and then it was night on the surging, heaving bosom of the sea of seaas. Bear in mind that it was thousands of miles from the spot where Ualboa and Cortes first saw this great ocean and naned it "the Pacttle," but it. is not pacific hero. It is t roaring lion. It is a terriblo ocean for an open boat, from here oven to Alaska. The stars eamo as the sun went out, as often happens in this life of Change and events, and it was not dark, but it was cold-oh, so cold I You see, the winds blow down from Alaska with great force all the season here, and out in the open ocean here you should be clad in furs. Indeed, I often see ladies wearing sealskin cloaks in San Fran cisco all through .luly and August. The girls that lay erouched in the boat, were but thinly clad. 'hey were wet antd crying with pain from the cold. The boys were no bettor. In fact, they shivered harder and miade at good deal more complaint than the girls. The big blond one, however, had inanaged to get in between the two quiet little girls before spoken of and was comparatively dry and comfortable, but the two little girls were so wet anl were shivering so badly that old .lonah began to fear for their lives. More than once be lifted "18 you0r 1(ther ao(l,hd y?" ea.),cl Jonah. bis head and glance d sharply back over his shoulder to see if by seie chance the party or, his boat had not been muiss. ed and their friends or the government sent a steamer in search, fbut no sign of help. At last in despair he gasped out: "'Do any of you folk have friends? I mean, do any of you amount to anythiing?"' T[hey dlid not seem to qjuite under stand, and after a painful silence and feeling that hie had not lput the p)roposi tioni qito as mii1ll ias he miiight he again began, after (oncCe re glancing back towvardl the Gol<d-n Gate: "'I mean, Is your fauther aniybody-anybody in part icular, I mieani, miss?'" The old imazn spoke with effort and desperation. The cold was piercing his old bones to the marrow, and he knew lie could niot ho0ld theO oars (Jr steady the beat much longer. could ho1( ld u her head as lie spoke, onily looked at him bl ankly and thon said ''No'' ini a husky whuisper. Thien all wvas still fur a long timue, and you could emily h(ear the rattle of the hieavy rsait water on the side of the great boat ns she slid up anid down the deep hol "Boye! Big blond boy over therolI Is your faithier anybody? Who is your father, I say? And where is lie?'' "' Yes, yes, '' gasped thme blond head from between the girls, without rising up' '"yes, my father is it great uman. IIe is sheriff of Sta nislaus." "Well, let hiimi stay in Stanislaus," mluttered1 the 01(1 mani between hischat tering old teethI. H14 agaiun glanced back over his shiouldler, l ighithouises anid stars, stars and Ilighthouses, anid a great, gleaming wall of white beyond. But that was all. "My little girl-, may qJuiet little girl In black, where is your father?'' The old iiani's voJice wias quilto broken now. It tremibled so that he could hiardl fy speik. Elis left hand had slipped fromt tie oar. The rowlock rattled heaily.~ but the hand lay helpless. 'Litthb- girl, where is your fat.her?"' he gasped( againa. flr two litt le brown hands clasped toge.ther clumsily, hardly able to 1hold together from tihe cold and wet, but holdling them, so sho raised her pitifuil face to hieaveon. I1er cinm quivered and her lips trembled, but hio could not speaik. TIhe oild manm und(erstoodl. With his one remaining hand lie lifted lis ha t and laid it reverently down as ho said in a whisper so soft andt low that may be only lie heard it: ''Then we: must look there for hel-p."' And au long timoi lhe looked steail y uipward, amid thie tremnbl ing lips anid the qutive'ring little chin were lifted also. The two rowlocks rattled and1( raspedl aind rasped and rattled. The boat was her own muaster now. She hiad turnetd about. IIer howv was to thie Golden Gate. T1ho tideo had turned. It is strange that sonie ono oii some ono of the many ships hand naot seeni this party and its peril, strange that s0111 watcher from s-omi ono of the light ,houses had not seen this lone craft in 1ts peril, but It is a fact that this boat r passedl out of the Golden Ghate, spent nimuch of the night in the opeon oceian and was fiially borne back wvith all its e precious cargco saved anid wvith 110 other ,t help than the help of hinm to w~hiom all t will cry out for help at least once this ~, sido the river of rest. - THE END. n FURMAN'S NEW PRESIDENT. The Unanimous Election of )r. An- & drew P. Montague at the Mooting of a the Trustees in Colunbia. Ureenville Mountaineer. a Furman University has the prospect ti of welcoming a new and splendid pre- u sident in the early part of the coming I session. The trustees have sought r diligently to find the right man for the position, and it is the general belief that he has been found in the per- Y son of Dr. Andrew P. Montague, of u; Washington, D. C., who has oxperienco, 1. capacity and well-tempered zeal in the Ii cause of education. The board of ri trustees have held three meetings ni since the vacancy occurred in June, m and have made unusual sacrillces in the ti very hottest season of tho year to make a a wiso choice among the m.tny names U suggested for the position. Con- in mittous have been at work and ox- ye tonsivo correspondence has been con- V ducted to ascertain all the available w facts in regard to gentlemen who were ul proposed at one time or another. The cc choice finally centred upon Dr. lon- of tague, and it is gratifying to know bi that there is the greatest unanimity among the trustees in extending this ti call for him to become the president of ci i'urmuan University. S '1'he board held a special meeting In ci the city of Columbia on Wednesday bt afternoon, Sept. 8th, for the purpose W of receiving and acting upon the report u) of the committee to nominate a pre- $1 sident. The following members were ct 1resent: Judge .1. H. Hudson, levs. p C. C. Brown, 11. It. Moseley, .J. 13. w Parrott, A. .1. S. Thomas, 1). W. Key, p and Mttsrs. A. B. Woodrulf, Jtas. A. g lloyt, 11. P. McGeo and C. K. ilender- ti son. .r 1)r. ). W1'. Key submitted the report o of the committee, w hich was a un animous recommendation for the o election of D)r. Montague, and a call of. g the i-ell resulted in the entire vote a being cast for him. Nine other mem- t Pers of -the board who wore unable to b) be present sent their proxies in favor nC of Montague, while still others ex- t pretsed their concurrence in such I action, and it was practically unani- 11 mous an'.ong the trustees that he was e their choico for the high ollico. a Andrew P. Montague is a native of y Virginia, and his mother now resides in I:sx Cou.ty, Va., about forty miles east of 1Hichmnond, where he and his it family are spending the summer vaca- v tion. le belongs to one of the oldest r a,l most noted families of the Old 0 Dominion, and his mother is a sister of i the distinguished )r. Andrew Broad- s dus, of Caroline Co., \'a., which makes 5 him a tit-st cousin of the late Luther l3roaddus, so long pastor of the New- v berry lBapt.it, Church, and who was it greatly beloved in our State. Dr. t .\lontague is a g,ad uate of the Unli. ' versity of Virginia, and a l'h.1). of the s Columbian Ul'. lie received the de- a gree of L.l. 1). last year from Itiuh- i mond (ol ge. lie has been a profc.sor t in the Coiumbian 1'niverrity for a c number of ear., although he is only t -.1 years of age, and is now dean of the college facu.ty. lie occupies the chair ti of Latin. and h'. text hooks have been 3 adopteu by the l'niversity of Vir ginia, I which is a very high conipliment paid by his alma mater. He is i scholarly d man of tine personal appearance, an t orator of rare powers, and possesses t administrative abilities of the highest p order. lie is a deacon of the First c Baptist Church in Washington, whose d pastor is Rev. Chas. A. Stakeley, it formerly of Charleston. Dr. Montague 3 is not a preacLer, but a very earnest a and faithful C ristian. he as the r faculty of gaining the contidence of a young mn and .retaining a hold upon t them. 3 The new prcsident was highly re- S commenCfd(.d by distinguished Baptists C in the South, who were asked for their C opinions as to hia qualifications and $ attainments. Among these were Dr. Chats. A. Stakeley, Dr. J. L. M1. Curry, Hon. J1. J. Darlington, a former South Carolinian, and Dr. B. L. Whitman, president of Columnbian University, Washington. D. C.; P'rof. Wm . g P'eters, Latin professor in the Univer- d sity of Virginia, who is easily the lead- t ing man in that great institution : D)r. g Wim. ',. Hl stcher, the weli known p)astor in Htichbmt nd, Va : Gv. W. J. Northen, c of Georgia, andl lion. .Jonathan Haral--p *--n,--f .lontgom.er'y, Ala., the prcsi dent of the Southern Baytist Conven- v Lion. The concurr'ent testimony was that Furman would be most fortunate a to secure Dri. Mlontague as its pr'esi- e dent. It was a hlapp)y coincidence that as the trustees were gathering in Colum bia on Wedntsday to dlecide upon his election, Dr. Montague had arrived in 1 Greenville upioni the invitation of Dr-. C. ii. Judm(sonl, chairman of the faculty, n to pay him a visit, lie remaLined until ( Thureday afternoon, and while heire c receivedl the news of his election. Quite a number' of our citize.ns had tihe plieasuire (f mceti ng him, and they unite in tihe wvarmest expressions of ap- I pr'oval as to the choice made by the a trustees. is cap)tivating manners, & pleasing appearancee, easy addres and . evident earnestness In educational work will not fail to wake a strong imp)ressi(in u on the State. It is not p)ositively known thlat Dr'. Montag?ue will accept the posit,ion, but the chances are that he will cast his lot with us, and Greenville will extcnd him a im<st hearty welcome to his new 4 d uiicoe and great responsi bilities as the recogni.ed head of our University. 110W TO GECT OOD IROAD)S. Cheap Work and ThIn Layers of; ICock Will Pr'ove Unisatisfactory. Prof. 11. Means Da&vis writes as fol lows in Trhe State : Capt. David D)uB. Galllar'd of thme : United States corps5 of engineers has ; fur seime time been in charge of the - water supply of Washington cIty. - Superimposed upon the conduit that 0 leads 'the water from the Potomac '* r iver is a macadamizedl road about 12 a miles in length, most of which has 1 been repatiredi by Capt. Gaillar-d, andl C all of which Is umeir is care. it is oniC of the most pop)ular d1rives about Wash- c ington and( Is a favorite resort for bicyclisits. Thme (daily tiriillic is prob ably about eqlual to that on Main street c in Columbia. TIhe road is 24 feet in i1 width, 12 feet being of natural soil aind c 12 of mlacadaim. In the beginning the l latter portion was Injurious to the legs a and( hloofs of hlorses, but in time tihe horses will become accustomed to the bi macadam, amid loaded wagons find the r (liraught much easier t,han on the clay. IEm ty vehicles generally prefer the n~ clay road. Tile construction was as follows: Tile roadway being already carefully a graded, crownedi and thloroughly drained, the soil was removed to the necessairy dlepth and a layer of biokon a quar'tz eor lint averaging 1 inch in di aiieter wvas laid to the width of 12iceet, and thle depth oif 8 inches in the center, shelving to 4 inches on the edges. Upon tis a top dressing of the fInest particles was laid and compacted with a road roller. In making repairs, however, no road )llor Is available, the ordinary " road ietal" is spread uniformly over the braded surface and Ia left to be coin acted by the passing vehicles. It is asontial to drain the road thoroughly nd wherever necossary to "crown 4 10 bed. The water must be conducted ndor the bed in stone culverts. It al >wed to run over the surface of the )ad the top dressing will soon be ashod away and the road destroyed. The experiment of several hundred ears in Europo teaches that it Is uch better to repair a roac constant than to work it by gangs at long itervals. On the Washington conduit )ad, when the travel is heavy, one an is employed for about every four iles. As soon as the least Imperfec on is discovered he digs out the place id puts In a fresh supply of stone. ndor the American system of work ig the ordinary dirt roads twice a mr they arc never in good order. rhon not worked they are in ruts,and hon a large supply of dirt is thrown on them they are in a still worse ndition for a while. The correction an imperfection wher it Is slight is )th cheap and easy. In Washington to crush and spread to broken rock on the road with the ist of labor about double that in uth Carolina, the cost was about 05 )tits per cubic yard. The average tul was about one mile, the engineer ho ran the engine and crusher was iid $75 per month, and the laborers 25 por day of eight hours. A crush with a capacity of 50 cubic yards 3r. day costs about $500. The stone as supplied to the crusher free. The >wer required to crush stone is very reat and a cheap crusher will be con nually breaking. Even with the best ichine 'repairs are frequently nec isary. One of the best roads in the 1)ibtrict I Columbia is made of pebbles and ravel from the Potomac river. Others ro made of crushed stone supplied by i city. Ordinarily the stone is roken by machines, but there are so iany old negroes in Washington that i authorities allow them to make a ving by crushing the rock with a ammor, One of these old men will rush half a cubic yard to a cubic yard day, receiving 7 cents per cubic ard. The stono to be used must be such as 'ill crush or wear into sand, so as to o easily removed. An experiment 'as made on a portion of the conduit ad with a kind of gnoiss which wore IT into a pasty pulp) when wet, and npalpablo dust when dry. This was >annoying that other rock was sub t.ited. The cost of a road depends upon ,idth, amount of travel and cost of iatet ials. It is not advisable to have uO narrow a roadbed, for' when all chicles run In the same tracks they oon wear away the road into grooves ud injure it greatly. About 14 !ect a a good width as it allows choice of rack and enables vehicles to pass a,ily. An Sfoot road might be liable o wear into ruts. A cubic yard of rushed rock will cover 54 square feet inches deep, so that about I,370 cubic ards are ecquired for a mile of road I feet wide. The cost of cleaning out parallel itches, the culverts and making con nuous repairs to the conduit road, as ie traflie is very heavy, is about $100 er year. If the road is not built prop rly it should not be built at all, as a efective road is so disappointing that would delay for many a day the con :ruction of a good one. Better make short piece at a time thoroughly, A 'ad that has but 2 or 1 inches of rock nd a clay bed will soon go to pieces, e stone will be pressed into the clay nd every wheel will throw out small W,ons with the clay in wet y cather. If course whero the traille is light the ast of rep)airs will be much less than 100 a year'. -An Augusta lawyer told me the ther day of a wittic'sm uttered by lenry W. Paine. He was prosecuting t,torney in a criminal case. The evi ence plainly showed that the respon out was guilty and the defense admit 3d It. The respondent's counscl askecd >r a verdict, as not guilty on the round that the defendant wvas non mpos ment,is. Greatly to the sur r'ise of Paine, and every body else for lat matter, the jury came In with a erdict of not guilty. Paine, on the istant, turned to the p)residing judge nd said: "Your honor, the p)risoner vidently has been tried by a jury of is peers.' The rapidly increasing demand ior tice's Goose Grease Liniment proves ,to he the greatest remedy known for 11 Ach s and Pains, Croup, Coughs, ~olds, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Old Sores. tc., in man or beast. -Trhe tact that days are six months >ng in the land of the midnight sun ecounta for the fact that wages are 50 a day. NO ~~9 If itnen would only realize that ill - healthi robe themn not only - of life, but of their fortune as well, there would -- be fewer penni-. less widows and -orphlaiis to dIrag out cheerless * - lives. When a nart holds a dol - lar close upi to his eyes, it shuts utt the light of good judgtnent and looks igger than life or death, or wife or chtild. 'he facts arc that ill-health v'ery soon puts stop to a lnan's ntey-inaking powers rid tutrus themn into toney-losing dis bilities. When a mian's digestion is ouit of order nd( his liver sluiggish, his brain gets dull is tuuscles sluggish, his blood isnpure and very organ in the body-brain, lungs, cart, stomach, liver and k idneys-becoines rlipledl. A tiuan with a crippledl lung, ver, heart, brain or kidney, is a worse rip)ple ten timnes over, than a tutan who is tinuis a leg or an arnt. Theli inian who is ripledlL( ontsidle nmay live a long life but the inn whio is cripleld inaside is taking a short it to the grave. Dr. Ieree's Golden Med al D)iscovcry cures inidigestioii, tuakes the ppletite keen, the liver active, the blood ure, and every organ healthy amid vigorousa. tiakes blood( and butilds flesh uip to the ealthy standard. IIonest dealers dlon't ~comnnend suibstittutes. "I wish to saty to those wvho stiffer froin klrdney rid bladder tronhtle -take Dr. A'. V. /Verce's olden, Merdral Dis.r'ey," writes D)r. Andrerson, r Carthange, Jasper Co., Mo. " A ptatient of sineti iys It Is wvorth $5o ver bottle to anty onte whto Is Ill icet as he wvas. 'tree bottles cnred hihn en rely. P'erfectly' n,Iserab,le lhe was, before takitg te *tDiscovery atnd now Is one of the hapiest icin it this County. Proi Chireine wonld glaudly igt, this if he were int townt. IIe regnested tue >write a test intonhal and( itnake it as strong as e lingtish ia nguage could snmake it." A $t.5o home doctor-book FREE. For a aper-covered cop>y of D)r. Pierce's Commtioni ense Medical Adviser scnd 2r onie-ett tamptls,Oto cover cost of intainitg only, 'lothi hiniditng to cents extra. Address Dr. L V. Piece n3tta N. v..... Needs No Explanatlon MADISON, N. O. Aug. 4, '97. Goose Grease Liniment Oo., Greens boro, N. UsO~Ore5 Dear Sire;-Please ship us at once ?ne gross Goose Grease Liniment. We are entirely out. Don't fall to ship at once. Please give us jobbers' prices. [t is the boat ting we have ever seen. Yours truly, W. C. JONES & Co. SOUTHERN RAILWAYs ssdeused dehedule in U110 NOV. 16, 1600. 'ATION. u ................ a umrt...... ......... a . ed .... . ...... 1 .. d..... . . . .. .... .... .l.e ......... .. -.....~... ". 1 8 t . ers .. ..... . 1 . Iv. es.. .................... p reenw................. a A " Ninet-81a...................... g. N....................... I o a a P. e rton ................... Douaai . 1 OR I $r. vlu le .," "..~.,.. ,. -8 45 Ar. ohalestn ... s NNeta 191 ................... Ne 1ber5 .................... 2 Oharlesto...... .......*. .STATION$. " fl~ 1IDS Lv OM1~ 4 011 af it.7 . l umb 4. ltoa. '49658 09a 1$6 " ......lon.ile.... " 16 Oi 1 " ... ..Pac ...... " 1 p 20e 102p " .Unon .......106p ~ 1 81 Ar.. Apartan)urg...Lv 11 46 L$8 Byartan ur...Ar11 P Ar ... Asheville.....Lv _ "P,"! p. m. "A."' a. mn. Trains 9 nd 10 oar elegant Pullmea ping e een bla d Asheville, rotg Cljy atwe son ls and Onoin Usti. Tra leave Spartanbur, A. & 0, divisien, rth eun 6:4a a. ., . 6:15 p. as., esti ule inited) eoutl bound 19:26 a. m., 1 m. 1 :M a. M., (Vestibule Limited as feare %reenvi)e. A. and 0. dlv e d. 5 . m., 81 m. and 5:80 p. m.. e dS ue nted). a.out 'bund, 1:20 an. l t p. M. (Vestibuled Limite. Pullman Service. e sleeping care on Trains 5a A. and 0. division. dent, ,. MTrsbo W'g ' a b.inAtonI . .As Gen. ass. A 1 a Atleats 1 ESTIOULED " LIMITED ~IAI4SE DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE To Atlanta, Charlotte, Augusta, Ath ens, Wilmington, New 'Orleans and New York, Boston, Richmond, Wash ington, Norfolk. Portsmouth.-sched ule in effect Fob. 7, 1897. 8OUTIHiOUND. Lv New York..........*11001am 900am Plhiladelphaii.......... 112pm 120O5am italtimore ..............3 15pm 2 50am Washington ...........4 10pm 4 30am Richmond....... .... i5pm 9 05am Norfolk via S. A. L..*8 30pmn49 053am P'ortsmouth .. . ... 8 45pmn 9 20am WVeldon..............*11 28pm*11 55am lIendecrson ........*250am *1 30pm Ar D)urhiam via S A L..7 32am ti 09pm Lv D)urhiam ...... .t20pmtl 00 Oam Raleigh via 8 A L....*2 1f0am *3 34pin Sanford ................3 Tham 53 03pm 8o Pines...............4 22am 5 15pm Hlamlet ................ 10am 6 53pm Wadesboro............. 5Slamn 8 11p Monroe ......... G 43am 9 12pm Charlot.te via 8. A.i...* 8 30Jam*10 253pm Chester via 8 A L. ... 8 10am 10 417pm .1luin hia, U N & L R{ R 4 30pmt 7 45pnm Cl in ton ...............1) '145am 12 l0pmx Greenwood............. 13am 10(8am .\bbe)ville.............11 03am 1 40oam F3lberton ...............120(7pm 2 41 am Lr A thens ...............1 153pm 3 4iam Av Winder............... 130pm 41 30am Ar A tlanta S A C.........2 50pm 5 20am NORTn ROUND. No. 38. No. 10 Lv Atlanta.............*7 50pm*1200tnn Lv A thiens..............10 42pm 3 116pm Elberton.... ..........2 33am 41 153pm A bbeville .............. 140am 53 15pm Greenwood............20am 541pm Clinton ................3 13am Ii 34pm On Pianos, Organs an drive our business these ha: Prices. We dfon't sit (down of monley like the 0o(d fossil on whten they won't paty the want to purchase a Piano oi us and1 we will sell you. V and best selected stock of I some of tile best makes on ti to sell them. We guarant tihan any other reliable deak( time p)urchasers are easy. C req1uired and we make Sp)ot Cash Buyers we will s Organ cheaper from us thai business. We keep consta of small instruments, cons Mandolins, Autoharps, Violi parts, strings and supplies Sewing Machines at ridict want one, just intimate it, an low you can buy one. Our vocal andl instrumental, is ke of the popular and up-to-dat4 time. Yours t: ALEXAN DER QREIEN VII Ar Columbia 0 N & L R......... t7 00pd She ster.................. 4 43am 8 W8pm Ar Charlotte viaS A L.... *8 30am 102K m Monroe S A L........... 6 05am 9 4 m Hamlet ................, 8 15am 11 28pm C VW imington.......*1230p.m t5 3Oam So Pines............. 0 20am 1) 15am Raleigh.................*1135am* 1135am Ar Durham via 8 A L......t 4 0Jpmt7 82am LvDurhamr.............:.tl1 10am t5 20pm Weldon . A L...........*3 00pm *4 55am Richmond ...........6 50pm 8 15am Washington viaPenn RR1l 10pm 12 31pm Baltimore............1248am 143pm adewy1A&-a..-.......3 45am 350pm o..............*63am *6 23pm Ar ortsnouth........... 550pm 7 30am Norfolk............... 6 05pm *7 50am *Daiyy tDaily Ex. Sunday. jDally Ex. o 4d'y and C "Tho Atlanta Spool," SoldeVostibul? Trai n with AItattt 8heopis and Day Coaoho bowoo1 \Vashi ngton and Atlanta. Also 1'111ma~n Sloopora botwoon Port8mouth and Ch -lt rbw Nos. 41 and a8, "T110St. AL.xprose." Solid T ~88 Tbo 8. A. L.. Ex's. 01 1raiu of ['ul lmn 81 oopore and Day Coaches, bot woon P ortamouth and Atlanta. For Tickets, Sleepers and informa tion apply to ticket agents, or to B3. A. NEWLAND, General Agent, Pase. Dept., 6 Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga. GEO. McP. BATTI, Trav Pass. Agt., Charlotte, N. C. F, ST. JOHN, Vice-President and Gon'l Mgr. V. E. MCBEE, General Superinten dent. H. W. B. GLOVER, Traffic Manager. 'P. J. ANDERSON, Gen'l Passenger Agent. General Offices: Portsmouth, Va. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. liEC.tON ' AlIt I1I,fl. Gea j4I a kdfidule at 1'as.tot*r T r lafas. Ia E oat Nxy 4, 1heY. 'Von. '44.18Ft Herthboand. IN. '.aN. 38 Ec. 1No. 36 Dai.y Daily. mun. b,eiy. p oruro1... 981 a ... .1 " atord...100;1 a *. Salneaville... 1086 a '20 p T 415 S . 100 *' Coruea. ....l 1 2al" . p Ss '1 ? ... v. Mt. Airy .... 11 2 a - . o p T. Tocooa ....... 11 54 a' I b p .., . Westiinina tor 12btp . .,.. a U0 6u0U..... . 1248 p 4 (6 . I... e Cenra ..... P 4 " anhrhurg. 8 y7 g gOL in' at. - T Lv. Ch5rlotte , .. a S Ar Danville .. . 11 ll Ar. Richuond .Z 4 p ?r. as - ..r 9 ArW gli ..p . .. a.1 * k y .. " .. . 310 a 4 . -i Fat.Mtt fet. nsuthboa.- No 85 No. 87 $),tilv. 'Daily. LRc ... 1 a QQ p . 09: 1. ny)lle ... h 0 I r. Ohariite .i0. . 10 50 p . 9 . (iss'ille. 4180 a l1 2np ~ "" a. m . "P" . . 03 ' ao ...................; .::: d " A 'r. ianburN . 1 Kos.57a,dS--Ijly W west ern Yestln~'~lt t4pan4 tat,a. Dining oare~*' ohos. 11, 7 ah~ SSoing achns. W d times by ellig a u twnd crak ab$out thacact m gea lng D. Ofi,. . yo .----rgn come andrsee ohaeo adteles 1iaSewingth Sate,including d tmret and en ae goin and oroa prices tohe lowarcit s will mlet urhaers pass l a Orgall come aym ent Le aelong handthe lars ianromsn cr in the Sae nldn lo arket, andVw are seling eeour o prices. be oue dro will e Ourrierms how ste ofiling smuoth boh ptay, a you can gt Panyo sofrom anI muoncrn nyh ntly,o adafl tc nsL, &. AloCh.vru fo a e e r eln