The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, October 04, 1900, Image 4
ISS ACTON stood by the een
ter table In the library with a
match int her hand. The big
room was as dark as a cave.
Duo could see absolutely nothing. But
yIwhat was it that she heard? Seurely
o0mo one was moving soiftly over the
hC'v carpet.
" 'Do's there?" cried the girl.
6nly ainswer was a sound of
scurryluig feet. Iroie one was ri
ping toward the door c41iniiitilafltiug
With the conservatory. Instantly the
knob clicked sharply, but the door did
not open because it was locked, as Miss
Acton well knew.
The girl had an limipulse to scream
and another to run away, but her
trongest desire was for light. She
eared darkness nore than the mys
tery that It Id.
It reqUired less the than the tick of
a Clock for her to turn on the gas in
the drop light and strike the utzich
abat was ready in her hand. The gas
jgnited with explosive suiidenness. All
,that was in the roolu seenemd to lea
into being out of the vantishting sha
ows.
With his back against the conserva
tory door and I his outstretched hands
upon tho wall as If to steady htii sto(
A young inIan, tall, lean and pale. le
vore a long black overc'conIt. but it was
hung open nud reveialil th garh of a
convict.
bliss Aeton let liir Ieitt II bret hi es
cape froiu her lips with a sound like a
sigh of relief.
"Do not be alarKid." she said. "I
know who you art, and I will not L)e
tray you. Sit down, and we will de
cide whIt it Is 1 best to Ido."
The conviet's gntz.. was bent upon
her with painful iitensity. Sh seated
herself' by tie t10bh-, tt1 be 110 advtutted
towatrd her with the hesitating stealith
itless of a1 vat.
"Bolue oile will votine," lik. 8tdiai In It
Whisper.
"No," sIe rphli-d. "M3' Ittitit, has
gont. to her rota, and tlh sirvaiits
hav their dutis. 11owever, if you tre
afrald, you 1i1ay loctk that d(oor."
She 11n(14-n11ed the (-neI by whtlehl fshe
had entered, and i hattIy telw iIt.
Then he 1lun1g bltits.'lf itnto n ailt Ly
chair hear to hers and1ti IN id is eye't's
Upoln hrit' I stetAdiitastiy as their uIa
ture woutl allow. Tey wet dull blue
eyes, butt the ext'raot'rIditiartty r'aph lIt y of
their restless play gave thetn an etfect
of bril tliey wIthh lullitetl well tie
chtaractetr of his fae. it was a shrewd
face lackinug the' highier eleinenits of In
telligence, yet far: abev" the leviel of
mnere tinimual truttItinig.
escatpedi," she saidt, ''hut I (lid not sup
poso' that y'ou woulid dare to ('orno hierte.
Tot I betlie vi thaitt your fathler' expect
ed you tand tha:t hie wtent away to avoid
the risk of titettintg yout."
The conviet said notlutg, but the in
tensity of htis faeial t'xpr'essioni was a
distinict coltitribu'it ion to the coniversa
tioni.
''You don't utnderstan~d," said the girl.
'Trobably y'ou dotn't kntow who I amn.
Let me tell you the' whlo situiatiotn in
a few words. You: kntew of your (ia
ther's seconid tuariage'?'"
"Certainly."
"Hle nltarried ttty aunt, tand I camte
here to live with thet'n 1by your1 ftatth'r's
greiat kitndness. We kntew that lht hatd
a sion, andl~ tht his namtte coulttd tnot be
imentionted In tis house, hut niel iter
Uny aun14t nor tulyself' hadti the slightest
knowletdge of the' i caust (of the
estr'anigementtt betwee'~n you and him.
It wtas only~ by' neehlent't that I found
out wher'ie you1 were."
"How did it haptlpen?" lhe asked.
"Through youtr let ter to him last
spring -the otie that he returne'd un
olpenetd. I nloticed the Sing Siug post
mark on it when it cant". Of courso I
did not theun knowt it was fr'om you,
but he wrote the retutrn (ditreclto upon
tho envelope. I(' stat at this table, and1(
after'ward I sa1w upont thet bloitter' a
part of the address reuversed, of course
but legible. "'The State Prtison,' andA
your niiddle namite, 'I rvlug.'"
"Arthur Irving Vane. Well 't"'
"Then I knew that you wereo a con
viet, and it was easy to guess that
your crimie andit y'our disgrae htad
caused your father to r'enouneo you.
But let mte tell you a secret; he loves
you yet. I know It; I amn sure of It;
and that Is why lIn going to help you
tonight, though he woultd never forgive
me if he knew it."
"And you read of my13 escapte?"
"Yes. I read a few days tago that a
conviet namted Irving had escaped
with two others. I knew, of course,
that y'ou had1 drtoppied your' tast nameu
for your famrily's stake when you wer
arrested."
There was a moment's silence. Then
khe young man leaned forward, with
bie taco close to ber's, and askedI in a
Low, intense voice, "What are y'ou go
ing to do for mue?"
"What do you need?" sho asked.
"FoA hiding place?"
He spranhg to his feet so suddenly
hbat the girl was frightened almost
to the point of crying out.
"Money, money I" he whiupered.
"hat's what I need. With monoy
enough I can get out of this countryt
zd begin a new life on theo other slde
pf the world. If I go back to pr'ison,
it will kill all the good that's in me. If
I don't-if I get clean awvay-who
ktnows what I can make Qt myself?"
"I believe that there is mJuch truth
An What you say," she roDlied. "If ~
poud have advised you before you
btke out of prison, I would have told
F.O to servo your septonce and then
beinlto annQW, neia Imm kltlata
unununn
The Return
Of the
Disinherited,
By Howard Fielding.
CoP'i Iioll'P, 1119, 9
D il' A naII11ls' W. illooKi" .
rou afire ealitured lol no yout will hauve
o serve years andl(] y'ar InI addition
o Yonr original;1 senltenlce. I eaniot
18k you to do that. It Is very wrong
>f me, but 1 shall help You to escape.
Iow 1inuch imoiey' do youI nleed?"
"More than You 41an11 get, l'inl arl'i'd,"
raid he gloornily. "I musitit ma1ke Aus
ralla somehow."
There was a safeo hullt Into the wall
if the libirary. MIs-s Actun walked up
o It, tutived (the knob of the voinina
lull Itick alil Sw illig opell the ironi
lootr. itilln v an a secold door of
h11 i ltwtil. v-1110h tho girl openled by
ul4':anls of a key that she took from her
jueket.
Thelire were. blooks (if accoulnt onl each
4d of tlw afe within and between
be01 tire little draWelrs vIth pigeon
rlsabove mdi below. 'Miss Actua,
eooi a rioll oifI nititi'y from the lowest
if the draw-lrs andl handed It to the
.onillt, w\hit counited It rpdy
"Fill Iu hil) redl." snid Iw(. "I ennl
levet~l doq It with this."
"It Is 1l1 t it t b tel1.gs to mie," She
mhd. "-W 4-ourwt wo valmolt touch your.
a1ther's mloliey."
Al inwarll struggle convuls.ed the
"Why lot '" he s-.hul it last. "You
31ay that he stIll love' 1ine."
"It would not he honel'stt, She rItepliild.
'It would ie thlft. Can't you 1uk.
this do?"
"Aistralla Is aI long wa-fly off," said
be. "I think my father uiglit to c4oin
ribute lit -so l tthIl tg."
"N41," s hit Ish Illrmly; "I wi ll not con
sent, mull you shmlt 1 ou t ask tlie."
"I'll afraid it's all up with fue," aild
the c n itI, Slulk n itl i t h1 i.1%
.\ iss A.toll n--flcti-4l deepily.
"It i'l thssib leSi that 11ifl Iaske'd mlly
ul She i i ghi (lot ,Inw hng fil- u ,"
Sli ai "but I c ien't go to her now hv
itIs t lhereo 11r 1,0o1 01 I the a111y.
IThty .lght lokiIn hwre If I opened
"There etinly ar0 people Out
ther.",1 hi lwT. I le fird tOem talk
in~g filr the. last ft.w in11in tes.. iut I
coubll hid . ytu kn9w."
"T E l Miss Action, "Alid pvr
hla s tiat' the 1l-I t wtay. (h t behild
thi l c'r't11 ains Ill, tel wil tow."
The th- r-:1 hat ly. MIlsg Acton
los d t1 A nn d ril 4f the safe and1#t
puit tlw it y InllotH o6 t I'cktt. As slle
tuillrisw d a a Av She saw hliter c OII o nll
staIlnig u th hI s face Il his h110sand,
wilb- his 1I1 was llhein by covul
"Whty, what' loednte? as 4~llke tiw
fi.ir f tes l mpahy. IOH~ht
"t'sdnothin" lo rtpatd ounly'
onl you'l locktLV that doo. Youe id't
tru1s tue (1. 'Iy'm'oldbyo Ando yet
locthere was s1me be whotui dh sin
onek ia~ll tle r!whon oiue.h
Dit good tere' 11 i e , - 'hr'
Mllis13 11et3 aoik the iey o' ti inner
yOaii door11 fro i er okeI nd. ~ d
"Yu; se thaut 301 trust yIu, s
"Thnkgyou, tha n you, athousand
acieoion (' hat11 of poys. utill
Misoetn aked tiedout Tito th'hll -e
wihwsno ih -adws"ral
"No, no," exclaimed Mildred. "Itun
artoundi4 to the window. I10 will escape
that wity. Aunttle, call tho servauts."
She ilew to the outer door, dragglug
Vane after her. In a imoment he was
rieig Irouin1d the1 house. Mrs. Vatne
liad rut i lttothglh the hall to collect a
plosse. of malile dependents.
Mildred, left alone, hastened to tboI
library door and listened. Instantly
t
t
RI SAW VANE HOLDINO TIHE OULPItT BY
THEl COLLARI
the door was opened aind tle conviet
Spltang out into the hal0l.
"ilm much obliged to you for sending
the O1 hers a way," he called out as he
tied by her. "You're a pretty bright
girl--I don't think."
Milidred felt that this was "'twitting I
on facts." Of course she should have
known that eIt- would listen at the
door. h'liat she hadn't thought of it,
but lid deliberately cleared the way
for hi,s escape, Ient at unbearable sting i
to his ta unt. Sie could not stop him; 1
he thad pushed her aside as If sie had I
l)etn ia Iper pattern of a dress lutng 0
ott a stlt.k. luit site simply had to do
soi-titing to show that site had at last
wakd ip to the realities of the situa
tion. Slzing the tlr-st thing that came
I() hna, site hr1-4d it wIth desperate
resentietiil at ti lu-ad of the fleeing I
ras'al.
It ('bn3111-41 to bo i a small but leavil1y L
ituii 'ittnte (it petry that sofme one Li
had h-t 40n tie t wel at tIe foot of the (
ntut11 sltaIlse. It Woult have beeit
n~o 111t:11 inissIb-Il na practiced han11d,
but it wtnan's had mtarksmatnshlip is
pviverbil. ''lhe book lissed tihe hir
glar lilt stri-k squarely between the y
eyfs of1 I ir. Arthur Irving Vane as ilt a
gitle-inanii lea pod up ite steps leading u
to the front (loor. lIe hadl luad al gine"e %
thl-rugh thel l11brary-3 whllow and, haldL
Ittrnied i the real direc-tion of tle tlet' v
tilght.
Thiissi hlluded1 \'anetq1 V110Just Ilong 1
-lioigh Itl Ip- elmit the rascal to dodge 1
htim. A instnt i iiter both t 1n ha4d
vanishted inl 0it thiiess that shrouded I
thel lawn.
lirlit"' i-at down ott the st(. aid
burst luit,) tears of rage. She paid lit)
aitteionb when-1 her- 11un1t, with the serv
iults it her vahe, rushied by to join in
tio- pIurs-uit. NOt till sihe) hteaiid the C
vo lef Valine, r4eturn1ing, dlid she raise
Illi IlitilI.
"uit vill leg tle young lady's par- v
ot frw all thit yi live s-aid and '1
dune,'' was wlhtt i ltred hteard.
the 'ni hrit 1hv thel Si olh uite111r.it
"itreogizeI/ this fe.llo~w,"' the yottng
I1tvin.. lils beoine is ntly ia few milb.-s
fiot here, itzl It Is ntot stranige that hito
liit."'
'I It titti not apoloitg!zei to mfe,'" sah1 ~
NI lllred. "I d1on't deserve it."
* *' + * *4 * *
Wl'ut-i thi- thler NIr. Vaneilt returnedC~ to l
hisa lsmi on. th followitug day, he
li-arid the sltry of is sin's adventure. O
it lust ntothing bty M1ildred's tellin1g.
''the 3(4u ig intttaillpt-arted as hter res.
etto -t t'in ithtie ci ti te-s of ai desperate
brig andt. Thein fact thati b oth Dtlr. Vanue'si
(yes wVere sligitly diseolotred evildence-d
is hei4-'.smi - ( t tne who4 kntew nothing
abotut the itnchdent of thte book.
It traitspired tht the (quarreli be
tweent fathter andt sont tutrned~t ulpon a
qutestiont of martriatge, Vanue juinlor ob
jectitg to unt iting hihuself for life to the
bride selected for hint when both
were ChIldrlent. As a mattetr of fact,
the fathtetr's views had somtewhiat alter
ed int thte 'ourIse of years, and1( he was
ready to seize uipoin the adveture here
nlarraited ats it prt'ext for the beginning
,of at recoeillaiti on whtich becatme comn
plete a few mnonthts later, when thte
younig phytsit'lant witht Mildred's full
atihoiatt tin, suiggestedl iter as a sb)
st ittute for thte dauttghter-int-law thaft thie
elder- Vaine had otriginially chosen.
I~Ondto's Ment Sussply.
So fart as the wholesale ineat mat
kets ia Londoni are concerned each suce
coedinag. yeart shows a hutge increase in
lie quat it y impor01ted fronm America
antd te (colonies antd a gr-adutal dimnu
tiotn in the hona1 tule Itngllsh sutpply.
10ver-y annuai re(por-t repe(ats tite same
story and pr-oves thatt dealers are rely'
itg mor-e and moreO ott br-eeders abroad.
Of the tmeat sold last year- at Smnith
field only 27.8 pet- centt was countr-y
killed, the petcetage in 1898 being
27.8, and1( 15.5 per cenit as atgaintst 19.7
per cent town k iliedi. Thtus btut 42 per
gentt of the entire consumnption was
fotritthominig from the pr-ov-inces. Fot
ein 'outies supl~ied 14.2 per- cent,
Amteric-a 23 per centt atnd Apsttralia itnd(
New Zeaitd 201 per cent. Pr-obably
the contihlinig -ontsiutters will never
know ho(w mutch-l of thte last mientioned
Ititms they pahl( fot- at (11e!rate of best
IEnglish fed aind atte it the belief that
it wa~ (the roitst. beef of o1(d England.
"(Oice 114e possibllitihes of the Ar 1
tit intpitary arie toroutgly undt~erutoodl,
miany of the thloutsantds bar ely- existinig
inthe strenuousi life of thie gr-eat cities
w sill tur tto h4 ee cutltutre, which woll
repattys thtt itttellgentt and careful
worker-,' says P'rofessor L. 0. lloward,
apjropos of ltnterestintg revelations of
the t we'lfth cetnsus, lit r-egard to theo
ma~gitud tte of atian-ht intetrests in this
0cotrtty.
Any titte ft-rm July 1 to Autg. 10 or
a 15 will (10 to plant thte Early TIriumphl~
o potato, accordIng to tite Georgia Cul
th-ivator'. Tihe later thei yarlety the
earline It shoutd ba ninttued
H KNEW THE GOOD OLJD MAN
ORIGINAL, UNIQUEc, FE&IILESS.
Bill Arp TOlM, About Slimoino Peter
Itoihardson, a Famuotus Methodist
Preacher In- Georgia.
I have not found more entertaining
-ending lu a long time than the "Lights
ad Shadows of Itinerant Life," being
he autobiography of Dr. Simon Peter
.!chardson. For fifty years he was on
he go from the Blue Ridge to Key
Most, from Dalton to Brunswick and
1l the intermediate country. He know
noro people and was cvown by more
han any man of his day. He was
'riginal, unique, fearless, honest in I
Lis convictions and ready at all times to
saintain them. He never complainoJ,
over shirked a duty, traveled thousands
if miles on horseback and sometimes
n foot, crossed swamps and forded
treams at his peril, was fed and shel
ered by the poor. What faith, what
eal, what diligence, and all for what
-a sense of duty and his love for the
laster and the Master's work. No
arthly reward was gained or ex pected, 1
Dr he and his family often sulfured
he pinchings of poverty and even the
alamity of having his house burned
nd all its furniture, and his wife and
hildren had to sleep in the barn upon
he cotton seed.
But he never faltered and was always
ggressive. He fought a good light
nd kept the faith. He woulI have
ucceoded in any of the learned pro- I
ossions and acquired both fame and
ortuno, for he had great mental force,
uick pet ceptions, personal magne
lim and was a holy terror to evil
oors.
M r. Lucien Knight has reviewed the
Ittle book with charming and truthful
iords. As he says, there is not a page
iut shows the genius, the faith and the
umility of the man. Ho was not
lound through prejudice or early
raining to any creed, but made his
wn and oven dared to impugn the in
onsistencies of John Wesley. His an
ipathy to Calvanism was intenso. The
Ica of mankind being responsible for
liam's sin shocked him and he would
ave stricken the words "original sin"
nd " total depravity " from every
reed and prayer book. The doctrine
f lost infants provoked his bitterest
%rcasm.
But these things are not in the book
any invidious extent and it contains
ut one sermon and that is in the ap
endix. The charm of the book Is the
L-eital of his experience aB an itinor
nt-the lights and shadows of a busy
fo and his mingling with the great
ion and ministers of the oldon time,
>r lie was side by eldo with such men
a Judge Longstreet, Bishops Pierce,
'aine, Andrew, Capers, Soule and
tvanaugh, with Drs. Horing, Means,
arks, 10vans, Anthony and Glenn,
ith Lovick Pierco and Allan Turner
nd in natural mental power and put
it for co he was their peer. The hook
,ill make you weep and laugh by turns.
'elating his first experience in 18-0,
!hcn he left Dublin for his circuit, he
mys: That night I was sad as the
rave, for I had just waked up to the
ualities of my sItuation and felt Con
eious- of my inability to meet, the ex
ectation of the church. After supper
went out inl the dark to pray, kneel
rg in the corner of the fence. The
ogs found me and I was forced to got
n top of Iie fence. ii -om theirc they
ba-ed me to the shed that was built
ver the potato banks. The barking
f the dogs aroused the buys and they
ame running with a torch, shoutingy
We've got him. WL've got him !"
ukpposing that I was the samte negro
rho had been stealing their potatoes.
'hey sooi e orted me to tho house,
miid convulsions of laughter. and the
ouing lady thought, I was intensely
Ii e reoe to adini-teir the sacra
ient to any one who sold or drank whuis
ey. At a revival once a church metm
or, who was well o1f but vetry stingy,
egan to shout with great vehomene.,
ud Simont Peter stopped his exhorta
ion and pre-emptorily orden di him to
top or leave the c'hurchi for no matn had
nty right to shout who had niot paid
is qu~arterage. D~urrng -econstructAt
ays a Pederal cap~tain forbade hIm to
reach, unless he would pray for' the
residert, " And so I prayed that the
ord would take Ont. "f him and his
ilLes the hearts of beasts and ptut in
hem the hearts of men or' remove
hem from oillee. The captain never
,sked me again to pray for the presi
lent,. I have never been convinced
hat we did any wrong in seceeding or
ighting, and I can see no good reason
tow why we should not do it again."
speaking ot original sin, he says: '"Mr.
Nesley declares that all the chIldren
ire born under the displeasure of GJod
and are subject to spir ituail, natural
and eternal death. This to me is a
horrible doctrine." Speaking of rev iv
ale, he says :" A revival is a solemn
farce that does not produce a radical
reformation. lFaith without works is a
low form of Calvinism that has guietly
stolen into Methodism and~ p~araIlyz:d
her power."
Whben the earthquake of 188ti came
the doctor was preaching at a camp
meeting and says : " The people be
came tnuch alarmed and we had no
tr-ouble in getting mourners to llack to
the altar."
A Campbeillite proacher got itt a
doctrinal controversy with Simon Pe
ter, in Augusta, and Dr. Landrum took
it up. Simon Peter says : " Brother
L'ndrum is a very lovable man and a
very popular preacher, hut In his ser
mon ho is like a pig in a china shop.
11o used invectives and persontalities
and took in Catholics, l!dpiscopallans,
l'resbyteorians and Jews and stirred utp
the town. Hec sent mnc a note and two
of his sermon8. I replied that I was
running fire down at, Bt. James and~ had
no time to look after his watorworks,
hut when my revival closed I would
take him ln out, of the wet and hang
him on the fence to dry, then set him
atira and take him into the Methodist,
church."
Butt this is enough of the book.
Those who except to road it would not
like for me anticIpate too much.
We had the good doctor stationedl
hero for two years andl it was always a
pleasuro to meet him and convers:e
with him, for he was groat of heart
and great of iind. I never hear-d him
say a foolish thing, andl hardly ever
make a coin nplace rmar-k. lie was
a profound thinker and his terso, vig
or on. reminded me of l30s
well Johns Ika
I see that i, . Itabins has edited the
boo0k and th M It is putblishedl at Nash
vIlle by the othodi1st house, hut I do
not, know the price. It is g ood reading
from the prefaco to the end.
Two Mississippi girls have challeng
ed those Alabama gli-ls to answer the
following Bibleo nlgma. It 1s a good
one and kept tme p~onder-ing for a (lay
or two. I can't neglect the childr-on
and this enigma will prp-lex the
preachers, too. I have lost or nmislaid
the verses sonit to mc, but the follow
ing is in subta~nce tihe same
God made Adam ot of dhisl,
But int His wisdotm made me~ Ii r.,
ie mnan my hnOdy all com'te.t0
fut vave me neither hands nor feet.
No living soul in me did dwell,
Nor was 1 doomed to Heaven or hiell;
Biut later on old Adam came
And gave me what is still my natne.
And later still (God chose to give
A living soul in me to live,
In course of time lie did reclaim
That soul and left me just the same.
As whent first made-without a soil
And now I roam from pole to pole,
A boon to man though out of sight,
For i miy death I leave him ainl.
131t.1 ARMP
SCIENTXPIC MI82IkELANY.
-Normal air Is found by A. Gautier
,O contain 2-10,000 of hydrogen, which
s added to by exhalations froan soll,
flants, animals, etc.
-A now lElnglish Idea in decorating
ka(d lighting Ia the placing in walls of
,ransparent panels faced with photo
fraphs of famous pictures, through
vhich filter subdued electric light.
-houses are tuade incombustible In
us3a1 by painting with a solution of
iluminuam sulphate followed by one of
)otash. Sulphate of Potash is formed
6nd insoluble alumina Is precIpitated
n the pores of the wood.
-The red cell-sap of plauts has been
ately found by Overton to depend
ipon the presence of sugar, an inter
.sting test being to grow two plants of
lie ordinary bladderworst in separate
lishes of water containing different
>roportions of sugar. Low night tem
eratures favor the development of
uch colors, v ld thib Is thought to ac
ount for the reddish coloration of
lpino species and the yellowish-rod
,Ints of evergreen leaves in winter.
-in the earthquake measurements
,arried on for several years by Prof.
Jranori, a horizontal pendulum selsmo
rraph has been fixed to the top of a
'rick wall of the Tokio lEngineering
,oliege, another being placed on the
ground. In the five years ending with
1898 ten moderate oarthquakes were
recorded. The records show that an
3artLtuako of slow vibrations (those
lasting about half a second) caused
practically the same motion in both
places, while one of rapid vibrations
1aused twice as great motion at the
1op of the wall as on the ground. It Is
noticed that destructive earthquakes
renorally damage only the upper story
f two-storied buildings.
-Some Interesting life analogies in
nert matter, which may even be I
Yarded as constituting an elomentary
Porm of life, have been pointed out by
J. It. cuilaume. These include the
atIgue of metals and changes to resist
lestructive forces. An illustration of
,he latter is the hardening of metal at
,he poilt of constriction just before
)roaking, and this etYct Is so marked
hat if the bar, before actual rupture,
s turned down to a uniform diameter,
t will invariably break at some other
)lace if then subjected to a breaking
oad. Eiven more striking is the pro
ective change of the gray iodide or
hlorido of silver in the 13ecquorel pro
ess of color photography. The silver
alt takes the color of the light strik
ng it. and thus retlects the radiation
hat, if absorbed, would destroy the
alt by reducing it.
--lianana llour is a food whose value
cems to have been overlooked in Eu
ope and the United States. The ban
6na was estimated by Humboldt to be
4 times as nutritious as the potato,
md rilehton Campbell has found it 25
lmes as antritous Ms the host wheat
>read. Analysis has shown the nitro
'enaous matter of time lour to be about
he same as that of wheat lour. Ban
ina Hour, sold under the name of M us
6rina, is extensively manufactured in
Jentral America, Colombia and Vene
uela, and Is used like ordinary flour,
ixcept that, its lack of gluten unfits it
or bread. It, is especially recoammend
d'for children and adults with weak
utomachus. A teaspoonful in a cup of
~hocolate or cocoa facilitates the diges
~lon of these drInks, and a sustaining
Irlnk is said to be made by adding a
~enspo(onful to an egg yolk beaten up
n milk and sweetened with sugaar.
-Not co11 nuest of arms has elevated
)ateen Victoria's reign above that of
il other monarchs but conquest of dis
3ase. This reign, the pubilic health
~ommnittee of l'dinburg point~ Out, has
>on pro-eminently one of reform, the
'actory Acts having cr-ased the hard
et of children by for-blding lonug hours
>f toil, the repeal of the Corn La~ws
saving brought cheaper and bottcr
ood, whiie impiroved drainage, better
vater supply, impllroved dwellings,
ahorter hours of labor, and the increase
>f parks, have broight improved
icalth. Witha better health has come
ncreased resistance to infectious die
ase. The deaths froam consumptIon
in Fnogland and Wales have fallen from
IX in 10,000 in 18:18 to 141 In 1894, and it
is absolutely sale to say that the dimi
nution of the difoerent forms of tuber
culosis alone is new saving more than
100,000 lives every year in the lBritish
Isles.
-An attcampt to explain the myster
ious pihenomenon knowan as " globe
lightning" has been made by Prof. Max
Toepler, inventor of a well known elec
trical machine and discovearer of the
stratilled brush discharge. A study of
a'l puIblished records leads him to the
conclusion that this is a form of contin
uous atmospheric discharg~e simiin- *ct
the "brush arc discharge ' of the L. -
ratory. A lightning flash leaves bubo ad
a track of heated and possibly IonIzed
air, along which follows for some time
a slow continuous discharge, causing a
glowing for scyeral seconds or even
half a minute of any [poiant of the trackt
offering enuiliclent resistance. Motier
of the track (romn wind or electr-ostatic
foroes amay give the usually udescrlhbed
taravelng of the fireball, Another
lightning flas;h often follows, andl the
thmunderclap is usually reported as the
explosion of the ball. D)Amago from
globe lightning should not, he ga-eat, its
cut-rent sta-ength being found to range
between 2 and 20 amnperos, while that
of an ordinary II sh may reach 10,000(
am peres.
-T'Jhe many uses that are being found
for aligi n, ai gelatinous promduct d iscov
cr-ed ao few years ago by Mr. l0. C. C.
Sanfor-d, are givIng ariso to ga-eat ex
pectations of wealth (roan ocean waste.
When sea-weed is steeped in sodium
carbonate lea- twent3 four hours it be
comes a amass havIng foutton times
the viscosity of starch and thirty-seven
times that of gum arambic, and on flter
ig this gives soluble algin, or' sodium
alginate, and a residuum of cellulose,
Algin may be pressed into acheose llke
cako which moy be kept Indefinitely ir
a cool drying roomn. This reomarkable
material has already proven valaiable
for sizing fabrIcs, as a mardant in dye
ing, as a food foa- thIckonIng soups or lea
conversion into jelly, as a preventive
of boiler Incrustation, with sea-weed
carbon as the host, non conducting cov
erinag for bollers, and in comnbination
with laron as a remedy lear hitherto in
curable aanaemina and chloroesls. Algk
cellulose, or algulose, Is also proving
useful, as it can be hardened, turmed
and polished, mnakes an excellent trans
parent panper, andi is a cheap insulatoa
forenlentricity.
TII6 WORK OF ALCOHOl1.
Ingersoll's Fanous Arraignment of
tMe Liquor Orimo and its FearthiI
Consequences,
One of the greatest temperance ora
tions ever delivered in the English
language was delivered by Ingersoll in
a case where he was defending a liquor
dealer. It was as follows:
"I am aware that there 1 a pre
judice against any man engaged in the
manufacture of alehol. Ibellove that
from the time it issues from the coiled
and poisonous worm in the distillery
until It empties Into the hell of death
dishonor and crime, it demoralizes
everybody that touches It, from its
source to where it ends. * I do not be
lieve anybody can contemplate the
subject without becoming prejudiced
against the liquor crime.
" All we have to do, gentlemen, t8 to
think of the wrecks on either bank of
the stream of death ; of the suloides,
of the insanity, of the poverty, of the
ignorance, of the destitution ; of the
little children tugging at the faded
and weary breasts of weeping and
despairing wives, asking for breati ; of
the talented men of genius it has
wrecked, the men atruggling with im
aginary serpente, produced by this
devilish thing; and when you think of
the jails, the almahouses, of the
asylums, of the prisons, of the scaffolds
upon either bank, I do not wonder that
every thoughtful man is prejudiced
against this stufT called alcohol.
" Intemperance cuts down youth In
its vigor, manhood in its strength, and
age in its weaknees. It breaks the
father's heart, bereaves the doting
mother, extinguishes natural affec
tions, erases conjugal loves, blots out
filial attachments, blights parental
hope, and brings down mourning age
in sorrow to the grave. It produces
weakness, not strength ; sickness, not
health; death, not life. It makes wives
widows; children orphans; fathers,
fiends, and all of them paupers and
beggars. It feeds rheumatism, nurses
gout, welcomes epidemics, invites
cholera, imports pestilence and em
braces consumption. It covers the
land with idleness, misery and crime.
It 1llie your jails, supplies your alms
houses, and demands your asylums. It
engenders controversies, fosters quar
role and cherishes riots. It crowds
your penitentiaries and furnishes vic
tims to your scaffolds. It Is the life
blood of the gambler, the element of
the burgar, the prop of the highway
mnan and the support of the midnight
incendiary. It countenances the liar,
respects the thief, esteems the blas
phemer. It violates the obligations, re
verences fraud and honors infamy. It
defames benevolence, hates love, scorns
virtue and slanders innocence. It in
cites the father to butcher his helpless
offspring, helps the husband to mas
sacre his wife, and the child to grind
the parleidal ax. It burns up men, con
sumes women, detests life, curses God,
and despises heaven. It suborns wit
nesses, nurses perjury, defiles the jury
box, and stains the judicial ermine. It,
degrades the citizen, debases the legis
lator, dishonors statesmen and disarms
the patriot. It brings shame, not
honor ; terror, not safety ; despair, not
hope ; misery, not happiness; and with
the malevolence of a fiend it calmly
surveys its frightful desolation, and,
unsatisfied with its havoc, it poisons
felicity, kills peace, ruins morals,
blights confidence, slays reputation,
and wipes out national honors, then
curses the world and laughs at its
ruin.
" It does all that and more-it mur
ders the soul. It is the son of villainles,
the father of all crimes, the mother of
abominations, the devil's best friend,
and God's worst enemy."
-Two proposed amendments to the
State constitutIon are to be voted upon
at the approaching general election.
One of them relates to the drainage
and reclaiming of swamp lands in the
State, and the othber is dusigned to en
able certain municipalitiles to Increase
theIr bonded indebtedness.
-The three principal ofli::ers of the
new State government in Arkansas
form a tri, of very famous names.
When the government is Inaugurated,
JTelferson Davis will be Governor, a
Crockett Secretary of State and a Mon
roe State Auditor.
COHSUPTION
Do not think
for a singl'e
moment that
co nsu m ption
will ever strike
y ou a sudden
blow. It does>
not come that
way.
It creeps its
way along.
Firstyo u
think it is a,
little cold,
nothing but a
li tt le hacking
cough ; then a little loss
in weight then a harder
cough; then the fever
and the night swveats.
Better stop the disease.
while it is yet creeping.
Better cure your cough
today.
You can do it with
The pressure on the
chest is lifted, that feel
ing of suffocation is re
moved, and you are cur
ed. You can stop that
little cold with a 25 cent
bottle; harder coughs
will nieed a 50 cent size;
if it's on the lungs the
one dollar size will be
most economical,
Im us,ijg~ Ik now i ,,n Iw Ar'a
F'ort ~'ears ag. I feelI suro~ it, savod
' i. , 9 lot, t sn lim a,
Dr. Hathaway
Treats All Diseases,
II1s Method Invariably Cures All
CatarrhalBronchlal, Lung, Stom.
ach, Liver, Kidney and Other Com
plaints, as Well as All Diseases
and Weaknesses of Women.
In Dr. Hathaway's most
extensivo practice, CoV
ering a period of more
than20yoars,he has been
called upon to treat all
manner of diseases of
men and women and
along the whole line of
- human ailments he has
been uniformly suc.
cossful.
Dr. Hathaway's me.
thod of treatment gets
directly at the seat of
Purifies the trouble, purifies the blood
the Blood, tones up the whole system and
neutralizes the poisons which
produce the dissed conditions. P
All Diseases IYearly he restores to perfect
Treated. thousands of sufferers
Treatd. foin atarrh, BronchItis, As
tlina, Ilay Feover, Ljung Comlplaintsl Stomach,
Liver and 1tidny Diseases, Pl-es, Tumors, 0an
cers, Eczema and all manner of skin affections.
Diseases of )r. Hathaway also treats with
W mens tie greatest success all those
Women many distressing weaknesses and
diseases by which so miany women are aftileted.
Eleotrioni Dr. Iathaway's oflces are fitted
with all the latest electrical and
ApplIances. otIler appliances, in the use of
which, as well as the microscope, no has world
wide fame as an expert. All of the medicines
used by Dr. Hathaway are compounded in his
own laboratories, under his personal' direction,
and special remedies are prepared for each in
dividual case according to its requirements.
Examination Dr. Ifathaway has prepared a
xank soriosofself-xamiliatlor blanks
Blanks, applying to the differont diseases
which he sends free on application: No. j, for
Men; No.2, for Wonien; No: 3, for Skin Diseass ;
No. 4, for Catarrhal Diseases; No.5, for Kidneys.
Consultation Dr. Hathaway makes nocharge
for consultation at either hiv
s Free. ofilce or by mall.
J. NBWTON HA TIA WAY, M. D.
Dr. Iathaivay & Co.,
22wSouth Broad Street, AtlantaGa.
MENTION TIlS PAPIII WHEN WHITING.
SOUTHERN
..R AIL WAY.
Cend' M4 Ieedule of 'asdenger 'Reatese
,a64$ June 10. 1000.
Qreenvll b4W ngton and the F~ast.
e.12 3 N31o. 4
Neirthbound, ally Dally. Daily.
lantas 1. 70 a12 00 In. 1150
tlanta, . .8 50 a 1 00 P ...... 112 50
" ainesvillo... 10:15a 2 25 P .......2 18 a
* Athens...... 9 a.
" 19ula. 68 i45 p ...
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A-r Vl _ -o no a. T7
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3Ar. tli'tfe R . 800 a .11
' Phila phin. ....... 10 15 a ...... 9 50
New rk ... ....... 12 43 m ...... 628
Fro 0~ti to ~Gli0eo Illo; also0 to 'kliant4
No. 35INop. 37 No.11
Stthbouind. mtaily. Dialy. Dialy
.. . II'=o i 4 1-47p ""'.
hiladelphi. 8 50 a 655 p.......
" itimoro.... 0 2. a 9 20 p......
" ashington.. 11 15 a 10 45 g
I*. Richmond .. li 10
Cv. DaUville 5 480 .150 a 10 T
V. Norfolk - UO00a8 5p..
r. reenboro.. 6I 35 p 5 15 a ... ......
Lv. Greensboro i 10 P 7 05 a 7 l7a ...
Ar. Charlottoe.... 9 45 p 9 26 a 12 5m ....
tLv.Gaetonia.1042 p 10 07 a 1 12 p ..,
" lackaiburg .. 11 28 p 1045 a 208 p..
(altnoy.... 114 pl106S a 224 p..,
"mranburg .12 20 a 11 84 a 81 p..,
r .*eenvllle.... 1110 a 128 P ....,
Sonoca ... 2 2 ,11 p ,,,,,
6Toncoa ...M28 aI2I15p 5Q ....
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G3ainiosville... 4 861 a 38 p 8 20 P ...
Atlaunta, W.T 810 a 4 55 10 00 p ...
"Atlanta,O.T. 5 10 a 1156 p 000 p..
Ar.Rtome....7 40 a 626 p 280 ....
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~r.OincinnatI.... 7 830 p 745 a 680 ....
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" Macon ...8 8 a 7 00 p 12855 ...
" flrunwick... J0 00_at. ~ 80 a
.1 .acksnivillo.If0~(j0f p.... .. 80 ,....
a ly$fl aTTON.
Ua... Lv.. Navnnah ..... ..
4 6a ...Lv.. lackvle. .Ar ..
T 0 11 00p Lv .harleston.Ar TWa
8 55a 16:) a " . Branchyllle . '' 4 20 8
1 05a 700 n ".. Columbia .. " 10
2256 83 a ".Newherry.. " 980p
5p t950 a~ ".Groonwood.. 8
ip. 10 15 a " . .. 11lodge .... "
(l T5pOi v.Abevllo.Ar
U 10p 11 15 a liv.... eltn.. .Ar 1y p
285p P10 -45 a Lv.. Anderson . .Ar 7
TI'5~p 12 20p Ar- ..Greenville. .lv 5no0
1Ii4 p 5 :22p Lv.. .(4reenvilie.. Ar 26 I~
887~ p 6 13 P Ar Spartanbur~g Lv 12 28 a 11 841
75np -. ......A shovile.... " .. 00 g
41, a......Knoxvillo..." "
l .Ar.. lin'-iinati.. Lv .
7 ; 0 p . .. Ar. Lokiiive...IA! y ~ 4
"A" a. mi. "P"1 p. m. "M" noon. "N" night.
Trains leave Kingville, daily exoept idy
for Camden 10:15 a. ma. And 4:45 p.m. eitnra
~gleave C:omden for Kingville, daily exoept
Suday,8 8:t. a. in. and 2:50 p. am. Als ow 5r 8u
tsr da* Iy except Suindaly 10:26 a. . an~d 4:4.
i. Returnming leave Sumnier at 45 m. an
7:00 p. mu.. macking COnnect~iion at Ringvlle wit
trains hetiween Columbia and Ohar1 ton.
Trnin. leave Soir tanbui. via 8 . & O,
vision dily for lendaie, .Onosvilelenng
Oolmiumbia anid intermediate points at 11:450.
m. amid 6.15 1). m
Tram, leave T1occoa, Ga.,* for Elbsto. Ga.,
y :1 p. mn. except Sunday, 7. m.
ltuning leave Iibertonm daily 0:00 0,.a
ex'ept t-uiiny, 1ui0 p. mi., making oohne.
tion at.. Tocoon wvith trainis between Atlanta,
Groonville and tho hast.
Ubmo.aimakoc .in:o Seamerois in daily servio.
botiwoon Norfolk ad Baltimore.
Neos. l37 an d 138-Daily. Washingtn an Suh
west ern Vestibule Limmited. Thronghi
slepig arshe wonNew York an dNew
leas, ia asingon lastaand Mn
Ory, amid aiso betwe'en 'l1w ork and M~
viaWashin gton At.lant andBirmingham
elegant. PUI lIAMAN 1,1 BiA 1tYQ3
T!O(NUAlshotlweeni Atlanta and Nwo
JtIrat elams toroughifare conohes b
Washinigtoen amnd Atlanta. Leavin
ingtoni eceh Monday, Weudnesday an a
tourist sleeping car will run through
Washington amnd San Franoiso WI os
chango. Dining cars serve all mealS en
Flumnau drawmng-room sleepig ca
tween Grensb~oro an Norfoi
neotionatN Norfolkc for OLD PO1NISa
Also at A tlanta with Pulinman D. 1H. ml
Ohat tanooga and Uinoinnati.
Nos. 115 and 86t-Unitedi States Fas NM ii
olid between WVashigt on andNe p4
esin g comnposedl of co)aches.l thbroug yn ba
ehan ge for passongers of all classes. Fj
Craw nug-roomi slee igears between NwTv
san New Orleanq, vi Alanta and Montge1r
*n betwveen Oharlotte and AtlantA I
incars serve all meals enrout,
Ss. 11~ li4 andl l2Pullman sougean
between Aitnimond and Chariot te via
uothhlound Nos. I1 and 88, nor~hqu sg
Pand 18. Oonneetion at Atlant& ii was
u'lalman Irawing-room slepn
S0aville; also Pullnman oaeep g oat
?b Aht S~an oksonviio.
A NON J. O.CUl