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DR. J. N. E. MILHOUS,
DENTAL SURGEON,
BLACKVILLE, S. 0.
Office near his residence on R.It. Avenue.
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■' Pstienfs will find it mcrs Cftmforfsble to
have their work done at the office, an he ha«
* good Pental Chair, good Jiaht and Ihe
moat improved appliance*. He ►bould be
informed several day* previous to iheircou.-
imr to prevent any disappointment—though
will generally be found at his office on Sat
urdays.
He will still" continue to attend calls
throughout Barnwell and adjoining onnu-
^ es> i . fauglfi ly
DR. B. J. QUATTlEiAUM,
BURGEON DENTIST,
WILLIS rON, S. c.
Office over.Capt. W. H. Kennedy’s store
Call* attended tbrougiput Bsrtiwel
and adjacent counties. Patients will
find it to tneir advantage to have wort
•done at hit» offic». it'
DK. j7rIEYS0N SMITH,
Optrativu ant! Wtrlianiral llentist,
, WILI T8T0N, 8. C.
Will aferd cal's throughout this and ad-
3scent counties. ■ ,.
Operatiots can he-more ratisfactorily per-
fornieii at his Parlors, which sre supplied
with alt the latest spproved appliances, than
at the residences of patients.
To prevent disappointments-, patients in-
tending to v'ait him et Williston are re
quested to correspond by mail before lesv-
iaghoma. laepltf
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IS.'tS Kin}; Street,
4)pi>oaite Afnileiny of Music,
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
U’oms to let st r-0 cents a night. Meal*
• t honr*—Oysters in ^ifcry
-Alee, Wines, Liquors, Secars, &c.[mar301y
CHARLES C. LESLIE
'Wholesale and Eetail Dealer in
Fish, fianif. Lobsters, Tnilles, Terrajiins,
< OvsterR, Ktc. Etc.
Stalls, No?, is and 20 Fish Market
CHARLESTON, S. C. .
All orders promptly attended to.
Terms Cash or Cify Acceptsnce.
ru’eWty] -rr—
■J. A. PATTERSON.
Surgeon Dentist,
Office at, the Farnwell Court House.
I’atien'* waited oirat Teaidenre jf rk-
firrd. Will attend oal's in any portion
of Bsrnwel! and Htmpton counties.
•Sitistsction guaranteed. Terms cash
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TILE MAIDEN'S LAMENT.
[After Schiller.]
The oak forest bend*
To the tempeet'a roar,
A* a maiden sit*
On the lake'* green shore;
The ware* are breaking with stormy might.
And her sigh* go forth in the darkening night
And her eyes are red with weeping.
“ Oh ! the world is void,
And my heart is sore,
And nothing is left me
t_. To wish for more.
Oh ! mother of Christ! why still must I live?
When I’ve known all the joy this world can giv#
The rapture of living and loving.”
“ Though many thy tears,
In vain dost then weep;
Thy cries will not waken
The dead from their sleep;
But tell me the balm for a wounded heart
Where the death of love has left its smart—
This solace I’ll send thee from Heaven.”
“ Full well do I know
% That in vain I weep,
That my cries cannot waken
My dead from his sleep;
Yet the sweetest balm for & wounded heart
Where the death of love has left its smart,
Is love's sweet anguish and sorrow.”
ADVENTURES OF A RAZOR.
I, a razor of the finest steel, am about
to speak and prove to the world that
razors can tell stories worth listening to
as well os men. My earliest recollec
tions carry me back to the time when I
ornamented with' my presence thu in
terior of a showcase in the shop of a
cutlery dealer of the little town of Ro-
dez in the south of Frupee. -1 know
only so much of my genealogy as I was
able to gather from my owner, when he
boasted of my good qualities in order to
promote my sale. In the most eulogis
tic terms ho affirmed that I had been
made in tbo celebrated manufactory of
Langres, of an exceeding fine and pure
steel, and that I rivaled in keenness of
edge the famous blades of Toledo. All
these flatteries rendered me ambitious.
Then I wiui, afraid I might be purchased
by some peasant who, after having made
mo a slave to his rough chin during his
life, would leave me to rust in the bot
tom of an old chest. I possessed, on
the other hand, a lively desire to travel
and to see the world, and I had no taste
at all for the quiet and monotonous life
of a rustic cottage.
One day, while meditating on my fu-
tiinyXwaa aroused from my reverie by
the entrance into the shop of a man ae- ‘
com’,.allied by a lad. They asked per
mission to examine me, found me to
their liking, and bought me. .If wue i.ol
until the morrow that I learned who my
new master was.—What luck! What
happiness I I belonged to a future
capillary artist. My young master was
very anxious toAry me, and begin his
apprenticeship, but was unable to find
any bearded .subject who possessed cour
age enough to serve as his model. Fi-
ually, after—a—host of persuasive and
reassuring arguments, his hither con
sented to be the victim of his first at
tempt. .
I still retain in my razor-edged mernofy
the touching counsels that he gave to his
son at the moment when the young novice,
holding me with the tips of his inexju-ri-
enced finyots. prepared to begin opera
tious.
‘.‘Take care! Go easy! Don't hurl
me! And aliove alFdon’t forget Unit 1
have been a good fatlier to you.
“But, father, don’t be afraid.—You
talk as if you were going to die.”
“My dear boy,” replied the father,
“when I see you brandish that sharp iu-
strumont over my head I am reminded
in spite of myself, of the sword of Damo-
clea.''
Thanks to the w atchfulness and I In
careful advice of the chief of the estab
lishment, the operation was finislml
without any tragical accident.
Being of a waggish and restless disqio-
sition, my young master, after ho became
more expert in managing me, took a live
ly pleasure in playing Iru-ks upon-fb.
customers who fell into his hands. K -m
times ho used the back <*f my f 1 .1
shave young fello"s wb' ^<- f .- *-'•*
yet ornamented with nothing more than
down, and he was greatly tickled because
they did not perceive the imposture.
When by chance he caused mo to make
too profound incisions in the epidermis
of some crass customer, he hastened to
put the only mirror in the shop out of
sight, in Order to prevent him fronl'‘see
ing the havoc that ho had male me com
mit.
My days passed away in the most
agreeable manner, and I would probably
I have enjoyed for a long time this delight
ful existence had not the young hair
dresser taken it into his head to fall in
“■■—Move. A* it is perfectly well known to
everybody that Jove is madness, that
every sort of inconsistency pertains to it,
and that the region of the absurd is its
kingdom, no one will be surprised to
learn that he delivered himself of a
piece of, folly which resulted in his be
ing obliged to qfiit the country. Here
is the story: Every day, a charming
young girl, whose father was a nobleman
ami a millionaire, passed the shop
either on her way to church or while
»biking a walk for pleasure. My yi
aasfcr was deeply smitten by ner.
ton lulling folly ! It was impossible for
him to tell the girl of the impression
that ghe had made upon him, inaamnch
as she was always accompanied by a
duenna of the most crabbed aspect. My
master, who/ns usually so gay and
cheerful, boMM aud m4 downcast. He
mused tor hoUfs Upon the means he
should employ to make known his find
ing. Finally, one night, when all the
world was asleep, he arose and directed
his steps toward the home of his Dul-
cinea. Having arrived under her win
dows, he suddenly began to shout like a
maniac:
“Fire ! fire : fire I”
This frightful cry breaking the silence
of the midnight caused a sensation
From every window in the neighborhood
were thrust forth night caps of the most
grotesque and various forms. Presently
in a second story window of the young
lady’s hottse, a Wautiful white-rolied
form was seen, and a soft voice, trem
bling with alarm, asked excitedly.
“Where r« the fire? Where is ’he
tire?”
And the young Romeo erieit:
“Fire, mademoiselle! the fircis here
in my heart, which ia burning with love
for you!”
Naturally, and as Ire ought to have
foreseen, he was arrested. B*Jt on ac
count of his youth the j>olice justice re-
leasul him the next day, ordering him,
however, to quit the town, so that he
might not lie again tempted tadisturli
tin* nocturnal feposc of the peaceable iii-
habitaula of the ancient capital of
Ronergno.
Five years after this eVent we arrived
in 1'am. By a stroke of luck my master
obtained employment witb a celebrated
hairdresser, whose establishment was
situated in the Boulevard Montmartre,
above the Passage Seraphim On the
same floor was a reading room, fre-
j quented by most renowned journalists.
! These gentlemen, whether in going or
! coming, stopped in this hairdressing
[ salon to have their countenances embel-
I lished, •
I ought to Aey here that ! should s»-
i b elli this period as the most agreeable
j, of my existence. B ing very fond of
elegunj intellectual company, I ex per i-
j enoed genuine pleasure in’hearing these
! witty men iutST Besides, I was so nnx-
i ions to please them that never, either be-
. fore,pr since, have I polished chins with
j more graciousness' and delicacy. And I
! am persuaded that it wn* owing to me
! that my master became their favorite,
and even their confident in one. serious
affair. It was at the beginning of that
year, 1870, which was so fertile in sur
prises for France. Prince Pierre Bopa-
.parle.luul ju&t assassinated Yictor Noir.
All iniiuls were excited. The
Henri Rochefort’s newspaper La Mar-
nf.illaifie, contained n. very violent article
aimed against the imperial family which
ended with these words: “Are We under
the reign of the Bonapartes or of the
Borghw?” The newspaper was seized,
;nid orders of arrest were issued against
the subscribers of this diatribe. Among
them was M. Rano, now a Deputy, and
one of the most brilliant champions ot
opportunism. Knowing that they were
looking for him, he took refuge with his
-intimate-friend, Franoisque Sarcey, the
’eminent dramatic critic. Fearing that
his hiding place would lie discovered, he
resolved to go abroad, in disguise. It
Was then that be appealed to my young
muster, telling him that he wished to at
tire himself .is a priest, and that, conse
quently, it would be necessary for him
to. havo. a pricat’s .head 1 was cm- life. -Wliy r wbat awonian she had been!
ployed In take off his benrd, which he
wore full, and to shave Ins crown, in
order to make the transformation more
complete. ‘ Home days later, when I
learned that he had -readied, .Belgium
safe and sound* I congratulated myself
upon the part I had taken in throwing
the Ixrst spies of the imperial police oil
the scent’ - * ’ _
Disgusted with living under the regime
of Napoleon HL, and curious to behold
a great republic, my master resolved to
start for Ameriea.
The steamship which carried us was
filled with emigrants, who had come
from every corner of Europe. As there
was no oflieial hairdresser on board, my
master, in order to increase his capital,
turned his professional skill to account.
At the end of a week I had seen such a
great variety of the human race that my
oliservations and the knowledge I hail
obtained were equivalent to the results
of a course in ethnology.
Now, since I havo lived for several
years among the Ametricans, I feel an
immoderate desire to draw the portraits
of some personalities of the literary, the
[iclitieul, and the financial world here
Whom I have served in emliellishing
their countenances. But I abstain, at
the same time milking this reservation,
lhat what is dofewed is not lost. I will
confine myself, then, for the present, to
some n marks upon the hairdressing
establishments of New York. Some,
maiuly those in the big hotels, are
^furnished with luxury, but they lack
picturesqueness. With a few excep
tions, they all look alike, so that wher!
yon have seen one you have seen all.
What they lack and what would be, in-
oontestibly, their greatest ornament, is
the presence of a lady at the counter.
And then I find the signs which serve tip
designate the business a little boo pro
saic.
In France, establishments of this kind
are distinguished by the variety of their
Sbd, by the pr^eooc at the
casli-bbx of the wife of the proprietor.
The signs also vary according to the
taste of the owner. Many call them
selves the Praxiteles of hair cutting, and
others add to Their names these very
significant lines:
Ilf Apollo were alive,
Hero’s the place where ha wvakt ahavs
but since Beaumafchai* itUtfiottalized
the barber of Seville, the intellectual
and artistic level of the Figaros of New
York has been «o Witch elevated that I
do not lielievo 1 am mistaken iu pivdict
tug that the future sign of the American
hnird reuse Hi #111 be this :
“ ttait-cfliUln# attidio,"
The story of my adventures would not
be complete if I should forget to men
tion Ibat after Wtany peregrinations I
once fell into the lianas of A village bat
her. Only a few days after I had changed
masters I saw entering the shop a poor
devil with ft piteous air, who politely
asked if they Would be so genetoiis as to
shave him for the love of Ood, for, he
said, he found hiatscif Without a penny*;
The rustic tiarber was charitable
jnough to consent, and invited him to
*U in the Arm ehaiti Nevertheless,
when he saw the bristling chin of this
unlucky fellow he judged it proper not
to make use of ms oest instrument.
Some little time after the operation was
Ig'gnn a great caterwauling was heard
from the back shop. These cries l>e-
camo so persistent that the barber final
ly pemarked:
“ Wllat in the World Cali they lie do
ing to the cat to make it cry like that ?”
The unfortunate customer his eyes
filled with teats, replied With a deep
sigh:
“ Perhaps it is a Cat they ate shaving
for the love of God.”
Tills pathetic response Completely
softened the heart of the hairdresser,
and he took a sharper razor to finish the
shaving. ' Henry Potuou
THE OLD WIFE.
A Hp se Nt«r» 4»Sr Fir** Pnt-tlitft In OtPt
tovraty Year*.”
She hail lain all day in. a stupor,
breathing with heavily-laden breath,
but as the sun sank to rest in the far-ofl
western sk/, and the red g'ow on the
wall of the room faded into dense shades,
she awoke and called feebly to her parU
ner, who sat motionless by her bed-side.
He bent over his dying wife, .took her
wan, wrinkled hand in his. “Is it night?”
she asked in tremulous tones, looking at
him with eyes that saw not. “Yes,” he
answered softly; “it is growing (lurk.”
“Where are the children ?" she queried;
“are they all iu ?” Poor old man ! How
could he answer her ? The children who
had slept for long years in the old church
yard, who had borne the burden and heat
of the day, and, growing old, had laid
n the cross and gone to wear tin
crown before the father and mother bail
finished their sojourn. “The children
are all safe," answered the old man,
tremulously“don’t think of them,
Janet; think of yourself. Does the way
seem dark ?" tz .
“ ‘My trust is in Thee; let me nflvfjp
tie confounded.’ What does it matter if
the way is dark ’ I’d rather walk with
Godin the dark than walk alone in the
light. I’d rather walk w ith Him in faith
than walk alone by sight. John, where’s
little Charley ?" she asked. Her mind
was in the past. The grave-dust of
twenty years had lain on Charlie’s golden
hair, but the mother hud, never forgotten
him. The old man patted her cold
hands—hands that had lalHired so hard
that they were seamed and wrinkled and
calloused with years of toil, and the
wedding-ring was worn to a thread of
gold—and then he pressed his thin lips
to them and cried. She had encouraged
and strengthened him in every toil of
POOR LITTLE KATIE.
A POOR DtOTIIKU’H AOVICB TO IIICB
t'HU.nKKN.
K*.tl-’ laipratllM a lW*fK-I-hbpA. Relate*
u»r Hilary. A fieri* ftet TeaeAef <•
ritd Itrtnft* Unfair Kellef,
Mfp. iftrtelf. Katie’s mother, was a
seamstress, atul tiiefc Wcte man* days
when she had but little work to aO, Atid
the pay was always small—only a few
centn la; ft gfifment tWt she must work
an tbe whole day long. But slid rtftlg-’
gled hard to pay the rent and keep Tim
and Katie in school.
Iq eriliWil—that Was the gfeii thing.
“Plenty of money may Cdirte one day,
little ones,” she would say, “ tidt it Will
not to Worth much if you do not know
how to use it. This ia tlieJ30*l wonder
ful country hi the world, my birdies.
Tim may lie Ptesidetit, and Katie a Mrs.
President, and you can’t knoW It# Rrttch
of seliool-books. I’m sure^that, when
you’re grown up, you can never be glad
ami thankfitl enough that your mother
sent ynu regularly to school. So don’t
mind the patched clothes, but keep at
the head of the class, if you haven’t a
hat fur yottr head 1”
But the winter Katie was eleven years
old, the lirave' little mother had less
money than ever liefore, and as the
spring-time came on they grew so very
}K*jr that then- was not always enough of
bread left after breakfast to make a
school-luncheon for Tim and Katie.
l“ Gije it all to Tim,” Katie would saj
“-Lbenevo I don’t want anything nf
noon.” Poor little Katie! How hard
die tried to think that she was not
hungry ! How empty her hands felt at
.irst ss she trudged along without her
dinner! And how her heart lieat, and
how the blood burnt in her cheeks, when
The nooning came, and she of all of the
girls had no luncheon to eat! OV if
anybody should notice it! she thought,
fthd she studied Wow she might liehave
that noliody should know she was so very
poor. The hunger in her stomach was
not half so hard to bear os the fear that
somelHsly would know that she had
nothing to oat
But, after a few days, jioor Katie lie-
gnn to think that the girls noticed that
she brought no luncheon. Then she
thought that - jierlmps if she brought
something that looked like one, they
would, never think about her eating it
How she thonghtliall out, I cannot tell;
I Tend and tfiUk, mid new aboea, and coal,
and all other needful things, soon came
to their home tlmxurh the mother's in
dustry. And Tim's blocks went back
into their corner to stay there.
Happy little Katie I—Air. Nicholtu.
THE FIRST STEAM ENGINE.
KOftEHT Pl'I.TON NOT THE INVENTOR.
Tha Heal
iHventar <rf It a*4 ifc*
!>•■<> «• Ills .Hearer*.
iRlasitre
W"6*D RIMt CfN
Oratnct ' ’
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of tu 'witor, **
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Addren, THE PEOPLE,
Banwafl 0L If., 8. O.
A SIMPLE REMEDY.
HOT WATER AR A
A Care In
What a worker! What a leader iu Is
rael ! Always with the gift of prayer or
service. They had stoml nt many a
death-bed together—closed the eye* of
lovjed ones, and thou sat down with The
Bildebetween them to read the promises.
Now then she was able to cross the
dark river alone. And it was strange
and sad to the old man, and the yellow-
haired granddaughter left them, to hear
her babble of walks in the woods; of
gathering May flowers and itrolling
with John; of petty household cans
that she had always put down with a
strong, resolute hand; of wedding feasts
and death-bed triumphs; and when at
midnight she heard the bridegroom’s
voice, and the old man, lien ding over
her, cried pitifully, and the young grand
daughter kissed her pale brow there was
a solemn joy. in her voice as she spoke
the names of her children, one by one,
as if she saw them with immortal eyes,
and with one glad smile nut on im
mortality. They led the old man s b-
bing away, and when he saw her again
the glad sun was shining, the air whs
jubilant with the songs of birds, and she
lay asleep on the couch under the north
window, where he had seen her so often
lie down to rest while waiting for the
Sabbath bell. And she wore the same
best black silk, and the string of gold
(leads aliout her thin neck, and the folds
of white tulle, only now the brooch with
his miniature was wanting, and in its
place was a white rose and a spray of
cedar - she bad loved cedar—she had
loved to sing over her work;
Oh, may I in Hi* court* be seen.
Like a young cedar, fresh and green.
But a strange transformation was there !
The wrinkles gone; the traces of age and
pain and weariness „were all smoothed
out; the face had grown strangely young,
and a placid smile was on the pale lips.
The old man was awed by the likeness
to the bride of his youth. He kissed the
unresponsive iips, and stud softly:
“You’ve found heaven, Janet, but yon’H
come for me toon. It’s onr first parting
in over seventy years, but it won’t be for
long—it won’t be for lone !” And it waa
not. “The winter snows nave not fallen,
and to-day would have lieen their dia
mond wedding. We planned much for
it. and I wonder—I wonder—but no!
Where they ore there is neither marriage
nor giving in marriage.
A nrrm* girl unconsciously and
touchingly testified to the excessive
drudgery of her mother’s life wlicp, ou
being asked, “Is your m imniu's hah
ay?” she replied: “ I don’t know.
’* too tall for me to see the top ot
her head, and *h« never gits down.”
but if any of you have ever been in tron
I >lc and tried to think your way out of it,
|m fhaps you may remember that you
thought of some very foolish and queer
tilings, and this was the way with Katie.
She mighTtie up a few coals iu a paper,
she thought, but her mother would need
■•very coal to keep up the fire. There
were some blocks in one comer of the
small ixxim—Tim’s blocks, that Santa
Claus had brought hint one Christmas
two or three winters lieforc.
She could »i(j up - 3bmo of thosein a
pap.T for a make-believe lunaheon, and
nobody would know. So she tied up
a few blocks neatly, and when her moth
er noticed it as she started for school,
and nsked in surprise what she had in
the paper, the poor child hung her head,
and then burst into tears.
“Oh, Mamma!” she sobbed, “I wanted
to make believe that I had Dome lunch
eon—it’s only Tim’sTilock’s!”
For one moment the little mother did
not nnderstnnd, and ^ •’ suddenly it all
come into her mind—flow the pride of
her child was wounded lieeatue she could
not appear as the other school-children
did, and tliat she had fixed upon that sim
ple drrsoe to hide her want And how
it mi,-vie her heart ache more than ever,
that her poor little girl must go hungry!
But she would not deprive Katie of the
poor comfort of trying to “keep up ap
pearances,” and her throat was too full of
choking lumps for her to trust herself to
say much ; so she smoothed the little
girl’s hair aud wiped away the tears from
her face, and said bravely: “ Never
mind, Katie! Better days will come
Mother feels sure of it I” And then
Katie slipped away with her little bun-
dW amid he poor little mother sat down
and sadly wept at the hardships that had
lx fallen her little ones.
When the nooning came, Katie sat at
b< r desk with her make-believe dinner
before her. Her teacher noticed that she
kept her seat, and seeing her luncheon,
went to her and said: "Why do you not go
into the lunch-room and eat your lunch
eon with the other girls ?” at the same
time reaching oat for Katie’s bundle.
“Oh, teacher!” cried Katie, bursting
into tears, “don’t touch it! and oh, teach
er, don’t tell, please! /fa only block*!'
“Only blocks!” softly repeated the
teacher, and tears filled her eyes.
“Never mind, Katie, I’ll not tell Are
girls. You are a brave and a dear little
girl, and one of the licst in the school”
Poor, pooY child! The kind word*
were like manna to her heart; but, long*
ing as the teacher was to give the chih
a jiortion of her own luncheon, ahe wouli
not hurt her pride by the offer before
others. But during a short session "of the
teachers when school waa over, she re
lated the incident, and sixdte in such
high terms 7ft praise ot Hie little gitl,
tliat each one resolved to do all possible
to bring “better days” at once to the
1*xt mother; and early next morning
the better days began.
No one. touched the brave little
m ther’a self-respect by offering her
charity, but plenty of work, with good
pay. was carried to her, and enough uf
A *tat lid Uf Hubert Fulton has lieen
erected in the Nations] Hall of Statuary,
in the crpitol st Washington, to repre
sent Pennsylvania. Rolieft Fulton is
generally credited with Ix'ing the inven
tor of the steamlx>st; and by many peo
ple he is also supposed to have licen a
native of KeW York. Both of these no-
tR>us are erroneous. He whs not the in
ventor of the steamlxXlt; and be was •
a native of Psnnvylvania.
The inventor of the steamboat was John
Fitch. Thia^remarkable man, R native
of thet part of old Windsor that i* on the
east side ol the CVmneeticut River and is
not included in the newt? township oi
South Windsor, conceived the idea 0* n
*ti aml*nit while living in Philadelphia,
in 1784, twenty-three years Defers Ful
ton started hi* bout. Fitch went ahead
with his idea—petitioned Congress in
178S for aid to btUd his vessel, and sub
mitted his mode) fc> the American Philo
sophical Society of Philadelphia. He
received some assistance! from tndivMn- -
als, went ahead, built a boat, the Per-
sevefence, and had it in actual operation
on the Delaware on the 1st of May, 1787.
His engine was the flret double-acting
condensing engine transmitting power by
cranks ever constructed. The boat mode
several trijis, up and down the river; but;
owing to Ihe difficulty of keeping the
piston tight against the comparatively
rough interior surface of the cylinder,
the rate was slow, only three miles an
tour. 'Fitch then improved it, so that,
in 1788, it made eight ^rtilcs per hour.
It was then put into regular use on the
Delaware. ' *
Fulton saw it—and in a later year sa«
Fitch’s model in Paris, where the in
ventor hud taken it iu the vain ho|x> oi
getting French artisans to build a
steamer. Fulton, who, nnlike Fitch,
hud the important aid of wealthy friends,
failed in an invention of a submarine
torpedo boat. Then he naderhxik, some
seventeen years after Fitch’s triumphant
demonstration on the Delaware, to make
a steiimlx >nt to ply ou the Seine, at Paris;
but it proved a total failure. He then
went to England and Scotland, and
studied up the mechanism of a steam
canal towboat, which, built on h wrong
principle, was trying to do work on the
Clyde. Having the means, ho txmght
s powerful engine, of Watt's invention,
in England, in 1806, and sent it to the
United States, where, iu 1807, he got it
at work in the first Hudson Rrirrr
steamer, the Clermont. This Ixoit made
five miles an hour up stream—not equal
to Fitch’s boat on the Delaware,' twenty
years liefore.
But Fitch was poor, and destined
always to bitter trials and disappoint-
au ats. Fulton had powerful friends,
and obtained unjustly the credit of being
the inventor of the steamboat, f Fitch
died in (lisapixiiutment aud oliscuiity in
Kentucky, by an overdose of opium;
Fulton goes into the Hall of Statuary in
the Capitol But history will jit right
this matter and do justice to John Fitch.
A Dime Novel In Real Life.
A young man who waa compelled to
resign his position in on* at the pnbUo
sohoolsofN.Y. city brnnoM he wa* break
ing down with oonsumptioo, and who
has ever sinus been battling far hie,
although with little apparent prospect ot
recovery, waa encountered several daya
ago in a Broadway restaurant.
“I see,” he said, “ that yon seem sur
prised at my improved appearance. Ho
doubt yon wonder what could have
caused such a change. Well, it waa a
verv simple remedy—nothing but hot
waters*- ' ‘
“Hotwaterr , ^
‘That’s aR Ton remember my tefixng
on that I had tried all of the usual
remedies. I consulted some of the lead-
mg specialists In affection of the lungs
in N. Y. city, and paid them large fees.
They went through the usual coarse of
experimentation with me under all aorta
of medicines. I went to the Adirondack*
in the summer and to Florida in the win
ter; but none of these things did me any
Hulxrtawtial good, I lost ground steadily,
grew to be almost a skeleton, and had all
the worst symptom* of a consumptive
whose end is near at hand At Dial junc
ture a friend told me that h* heard of
cures being effected by drinking hot
water.
I consulted a physician who had
paid special attention to this hot-water
cure, and was using it with many pa
tients. He said; ‘There is nothing, yon
know, that is more difficult than to in
troduce a new remedy into medical prac
tice, particularly if it ia a very simple
one, aud strikes at the root of erroneous
views and prejudices that have long been
entertained. The old school practition
ers have tried for years to cure consump
tion, but they are as far from doing it as
t-ver. . ■ ■y
“ ‘Now, the only rational explanation
•f consumption is that it results from de
fective nutrition. It is always aoeom—
panied by mal-asainrilation of food. In
nearly every case the stomach ia the seat
of a fermentation that neocsaarily pre
vents proper digestion. Ihe first thing
to do is to remove that fermentation,
pnt the stomach into a condition to r*i>
oeivo food and dispose of it
stomach as hot as it can be bone, an
hour lief ore each meal This leaves the
stomach clean and pore, like a boiler that
bos been washed out.
‘ ‘Then put into the stomach food that
is in the highest degree nutritious and
the least disposed to fermentation. No
food answers this description bettor than
tender beef. A little stale bread may bo
eaten with it Drink nothing but pure *
water, and aa little of that at
possible. Vegetables, pastry,
t^a,-coffee, and alcoholic liquor ahould
be avoided. Put tender beef alone into
a clean and pure stomach three timer a
day, and the system will be fortified and
built np until the wasting away, that is
the chief feature of oonsum;
and recuperation sets in.’
» This reasoning impremed me. j be
gan by triring one cup of hot
Lour before each meal, and gradually in
creased the dose to three caps. At Amt
it ^waa unpleasant to take, bat now I
drink It with a* relish that I
ienced in drinking
I began to pick np immediately after
the new treatment, and gained fourteen
pounds in two months. I haws grined
ground steadily in the trying flfimnte of
New York ; and I teU ym^ qftfcSlBefr
a sure way to recovery.*' -
Here an old gentleman who !■■; i
near, and evidently 1
the con venation, tamed to the
and said: “This
drinking has attracted rnfatteiitilR to#
some time. It has been at bomenaa Mte
vice in relieving me of a terrible dyspe^
sis that tormented'me for many yeeali 1
tried numerous able pbymciana, end
there ia probably no medkaas that to
e
In the neighborhood of Sixth street,
says a Los Angeles (Oal) gaper, there is
a gang of little hoodlums which have lie-
come the terror of that vicinity. They
have operated there for some time, but
recently they have begun to branch out
and extend the circle of their adventures,
It seems like a dime novel story, but the
captain of the gang ia a girl They are
regularly organized, and began business
under rather favorable circumstances.
On the day Mr. Lothian was buried the
captain and some of her pals broke into _
the lumber office at Walsh’s yard on San f Prescribed for such an ailment whkfcwaa
-* ■ not given to me; but none of
Pedro street, and took whatever their
fancy dictated. They become posseased
of a diamond glass cutter, aud cut a pane
of glass from Lazarus’s show window.
They also stole some things from Hell-
mann’s notion store. Lately Offic.-r
Fletcher was detailed to arrest others of
the gong, and succeeded in bringing in
four.
Now what on earth is to be done with
the children The oldest of them is the
girl captain; she is about thirteen, and
the others range down to ten. Two of
the liova are Johnny and Willie McDon
ald, whose father murdered their mother
and ix now in San Quebtin; another ix a
(-.,lured lx>y named Smiley; the captain
is Nellie Devine, and bar younger brother
is a member of the gang.
A Sf.nkibi.b Dog.—The Montague
(Ga.) Northwest tells the following
story: “Monday evening a stranger
came into a saloon in Montague and
called for a drink, which was handed
him. He raised the glass to his lips,
when a large dog took luw by the collar
and tried to pull him out of the door. A
crowd collected around and attempted
to take the dog off, supi>oeing it would
hurt him; but the stranger said: ‘Let
him alone—he is my dog. I have been
on a spree at BoWie, ana the dog pulled
me oat of the saloon there and made me
sober up.’ The stranger left without
his drink, accompanied by his faithful
dog.”
-rir
me any permanent benefit.
“Bat the simple remedy ot
hot water, accompanied by a
regulation of my diet, has entirely eared
me, advanced though I am in life. It
was not the dieting alone tftnMidJI. 1
had tried that before. It was ths use «f
hot water that cured me, ter thsl made
It possible for me to derive bomAt from
a judicious diet I have also found
treatment of great benefit in kidney die*
eases, which are largely owing taiAkk
mal-assimilation of food.”
The teacher lietened very aftentiveg
to the old gentleman’s remaxka.
“I am glad to leant that your
once,” he said, “agrees so fully
mine. I have become acquainted
various cases in which this
method of treatment haa effected
uent cures after all the efforts of
physician# had failed. 1 am
simply from what I have
moat any disturbance of the
tom Iha*. t—nltji from dicOcdSU of
stomach can ha alleviated, mad
instances cured in the
‘‘The very rim;
cause aome to
mneh importance to It;
proper ventilation cf
may prr ‘ “
when all
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