Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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im THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, 8. C., APRIL 21, 1898. '“*“v s 'W IN THE SHADOW. I and she alone togethor, Only we two in the red lamp’s glow. Drear on the pane sobs the weary woather- S'ljnchow it strains my throat cords so. Thors sro some toys in a wicker basket, Hii;h on a shelf that is all their own. Deep as I look ia tho dark and ask, it Never will tell why we sit alone. 1 and she, but our hands are colder— Paler h r fact? in the red lamp’s glow. Maybe we just aro growing older, Only—.' (mellow—I remember sol —Pest Wheeler in New York Prcsa. HE LED THE MOD. “Wanted.—Twenty-fivo tall ana well bnilfc men. Apply at the stage doer of the AdeTpiu theater at 1 o’clock today.” This advertisement in the “want column” attracted the attention of Jim KotJes, upon whom, like many another good fellow, the general depression of tho country had brouglit enforced idle ness. His attachment for Miss Polly Bcd- raan made him all the more anxious to he at work, that his castlo in the air :.::aht materialize into a neat little cottage where Mrs. Ecnles should ad minister to him all the comforts of a h. me. Surely ho met the requirements, measuring, as he did, 6 feet 2, of fine physique and erect bearing. Jim at once decided to respond to tho advertise ment, and 1 o’clock found him stand ing, with a large crowd of applicants, outside of the stage dour of the Adelphi theater. Jim, by dint cf skillful elbowing, made hi < way within close proximity of the stege doer and get about his iu vc-stignticus. “What's the job?” ho inquired of a tall, cadaverous looking indiv.dnal who stood next to him. 's going to bo a big show’ of ,nr. All j. nen 1 •Jolias C and a bi^ ga m-.h," rcpiit Jim.n t ! p are, obtati from tin.' no “A mob! - pay? A bmek eye?” Tho man addressed glanced at with cr.K thing akin to pity in his tars in the oust ig cf f.jj is for tho Komar 1 the man. dry v 11 versed in Shakes d very little iufcrnuuion ly. paid Ji:u. “What’s the u:ul ». pi' d: • ‘I glP“:! yOU v’O LWC r troi ti:o tour X ha •• » y.vu.’ Da n’t yen kuuv. tout Mu husi ( .■ar’ is a tfayid y, cm f! ..r th:’: es a Li X mob Lis f.; imi.fi Wi.-’te v." us chief mo: uriifrs. 1 “Not: ; pav tk’ ulariy chi :irful cccupo ticu. “ n Micd Ji Ha wi :".iid ha v? contii: nnl b is iu q.iiries, I :,ut w l'c-3 cut short by the npon ing of t! ut sta door to a: huit ti: :e lir.'l SS in line, ameng tho first of whom was Jim. An Jim had seen vrryiirtle of a thea ter, even as n spectator, tho sce ne now presented to him was meat bewildering Ho was admiring the decoration of a drawing room . cere, when he was rude ly interrupted Ly a poko in the Lack fiom a tree which tho stage hands were shifting. The appearance of tho stogo manager just then put an end to any further iu vestigation on Jim’s part. The appli cants wero assembled in lino, while the manage r ran his experienced eye over them. Something in Jim Eeclcs’ figure and bearing seemed to attract him and, calling his assistant to his side, ho said: “Put this man in for First Citizen. Ilclhrook’s sick and won’t bo able to go on, ami there’s no time to hunt around. This mau’s about his sixe, so the cos tume will go all right.” Mo saying, he thrust a book into the hands cf the much astonished Jim, tell ing him to get tho lines marked “First Citizen” and to be on baud the follow ing morning for tho rehearsal. Jim, overcome by this sudden greut- u 1 , as thrust upon him, endeavored to ex press his ignorance of the duties of the First Citizen, but the manager rushed away, leaving the selection of tho other citizens to his assistant. Jim was about to follow him, but felt himself pulled by the sleeve and, tumiug, found it v;m the man whom ho hud questioned G .tsifle the theater, who also had a playtock iu his pcssMsiou. “Here! This is all Greek to me. What shall I do?” said Jim. "Mh! Don’t give it away that you’re no actor," said the man cautiously “TT1 put you through all right. You're in luck t: get a speaking job.” Tin* novelty of his situation moved Jim to make the mest of what chance had thrown iu his way, and ho decided that he would essay the part of First Citizen and endeavor to prove himself ( .aal to this greatness thrust upon him Acccrliugly tho two aspirants for stage hi uom withdrew to tho home of the second Citizen, and tho rehearsal was soon under way. There must have been soaiu histrionic ability latent iu Jim, for be soon a ught the spirit of the tragedy cud, under tho guiding hand of his instructor, mado rapid prog- ms. After two hours of hard work the First Citizen took his departure, fully convinced that he was a born actor Jim. highly ehnU with this new found talent, lost no time in hearing tin) news to his sweetheart, Polly As Lti rvsi.eti into the house ho exclaimed: "Ccnni! Away! Away I We’,11 burn t*u hotly ia the holy place and wi*h the Lrands fire tho traitors’ houses." Polly waa too overcome to speak for a mom cut, but when at lust words came to her she said: “For heaven’s unite. Jim, where did you get it? Yon promised me you would never touch uuo’.fcu drop ” ”Lfi held in mo the First Citizen. To morrow evening 1 lead the mob at Jimue. ” With this explanation Jim lilted Polly upon the table, insisting Unit Hit should h< ar him go over ■ his part. ”Ma” I go to the show?" asked Polly whui Jim hud iiuiHred. ” Vi a‘■hull have a front sent in the bnlco-y, ” Jim answered, and promising t.; cr.Jl ju the morning to leave her a tu k t lie di part* d, after assuring her that : i ..- tuna would speedily bo wait should he make a bit in this new ven ture. A half hour before tho rise of the cur tain fonnd Jim clad in the costume of a citizen of Rome. Senators, triumvir, citizens and conspirators were mingling together, telling stories and cracking jokes, while Julius Ciesar walked arm in arm with his most deadly enemy, the lean and hungry Cassius. Jim mauaged to got at tho peephole in the curtain, through which he caught a glimpse of his sweetheart, w’hose face wore a look of expectancy and pride in anticipation of the First Citizen’s debut. Almost before Jim realized it tha performance had begun. It was a mag nificent cast, aud every effort on tho part of the manager or performers was received with enthusiasm. As First Citizen Jim had little op- • portunity of displaying his histrionic ; power until the great forum scene was reached. Special effort had been made ! on the part of the mauagcme.it to have the scenic effects most idaborate, and the scene of the Roman forum was es pecially well reproduced. At the back ot the stage a loug flight of steps led up to the tribunal, and here Murk Antony had aroused tho populace ! to seek revenge for the blood of tho murdered Ciosar. The actor who por trayed the part of Antony had stirred the audience to a high pitch of excite ment with his powerful and magnetic delivery of tho lines over the dead body. Jim also found himself under tho spell cf this eloquent appeal for justice, and j his thirst for revenge was becoming most real. Ho could scarcely wait for his cue, but it came at last. Antony had told of Cmsar’s will, his bequests to the city, his love for tho people, fiuisbiug with tho words: “Hero was a Cresurl When comes | there such another?” Jim, ,vild with excitement, caught tho cue, aud, jumping upon the steps above tho crowd, cried; “Never! Never! Come! Away! We’ll burn this body in the holy place aud with the brands fire”— The word “fire” had no sooner passed i his lips than it was echoed by a cry from the audience. “Fire! Fire!” For a moment the stillness of death reigned over tho petrified spectators, , only to be followed by a wild pande- ! monium. It had not been a cry of] “wolf.” Already a dense smoke was; filling tho theater, and it waa evident to all the house was on fhe. Luckily those occupying scats in the orchestra escaped without difficulty, but not so fortunate were those w ho had occupied seats in tho balcony. There every exit was cut off. Tho stair could not be reached, owing to the dense, suffocating smoko. Jim, bearing the cries of “Fire!” that had followed his appeal to thg mob, realized at once tho danger. He could see Polly, her face blanched with terror, appealing to him to come to her rescue. Rushiug from the stage, ho nought the side entrance to the balcony, but was driven back by the flames, which wero making rapid progress. Ho re turned to tho stage in time to find the Roman mob, that a few moments be fore was mad with frenzy, now wild with fear. He wquld appeal to them once more. “For God’s sake, men, don’t leave these people in tho balconies to die. Here.quick! Lend a band, some of yon 1” , And Jim rushed for the steps loading to tho tribunal. In a second they wero torn from their fastenings and borne by tho men to a place beneath tho balcony, where they might afford a means of de scent to the terror stricken spectators. The men had scarcely time to brace tjie steps before the people begun to clamber down in their mad rush to es cape. In vain did Jim look for Polly in the crowd. Could she have been overcome by tho heat and smoke? With the energy of despair ho clambered up the steps, lighting his way against the struggling stream of humanity that poured down against him and almost overbore him. Nearly suffocated with smoke, ho groped his way to the place where ho had last seen his sweetheart. There he found her, lying in the aisle, insensible. Snatching tho lifeless form of the girl iu bis arms, ho struggled back to the steps, only to find they had col lapsed under the weight of the crowd. Ho leaned over tho balcony, butsodeiiGO was the smoke he could see nothing. “Jump for the net!” he heard some one call to him, and, looking closer, ho could discern men standing beneath tho balcony with something stretched be tween them. “God help you, Polly. It’s our only chance.” Aud us ho spoke ho raised her insensible form over tho balcony. His hold loosened and his burden fell from bis arms. Ho tried to follow, but sank back, overcome by the smoke. • •••••• At the Lafayette hospital the next morning there were many inquiries for tho First Citizen, aud Jim answered them as be:* be could, though the effort cost him many a twinge of pain. Over his head bung tho torn aud scorched remnants of tho tuuio iu which ho had led the mob to save many a life. At his side sat Polly, reading to him a proposition from the manager of tho Adelphi theater for a permaveut en gagement us First Citizen.—Boston Globe. Variety and Long Life. I see every little while men break down who are 10, 20 or 80 years yoqpger than myself because of cou- cenjrution and anxiety, because of work and worry npon one line, iu one way, on one thing. Work is health; worry is death. Lifo is an enjoyment of the work by which you live, and then u largor enjoyment of tho work by which you contribute, us best you may, no matter under what discouragements or what criticisms, to tho living, the en joyment aud the health of others. “Variety is tho spice of lifo” is an old adage. Variety is generous living and longevity.—Chuuncey M. Depew. INTERESTING HISTORY. Tho Paper From Which I ho Declaration of fcrinpcmlencc W»» Itrail. In the address on “Old Time News papers and Their Editors" given by Caleb A. Wall in the Society of An tiquity building there was u much more detailed account of the oldest news papers printed in this country than there was space to print iu tho report mado of the meeting. In the account of newspaper:i started in tho different states, or eolonies, it was stated that tho Philadelphia American Weekly Mercury, started Dec. 22, 1717, the first newspaprr printed in Pennsylvania, was printed md published by Andrew Brad ford till his death, Nov. 22, 1712, and afterward continued by bis widow un til 1741!, and soon after discontinued. This Andrew Bradford was son of William Bradford, tho first printer iu Pennsylvania and in New York, and it was for Andrew Bradford that Beuja- miu Franklin first worked as printer when he left his brother James iu Bos ton and went to Philadelphia iu 1722, at the age of 16, he aud his brother having had a falling out. After work- iug a short time for Andrew Bradford, Franklin started a printing office on his own account iu Philadelphia with tho idea of startiug also another newspaper, hut he was balked by the suddeu ap pearance of another newspaper there. Di e. 24, 172S, by Samuel Keimer, called Tho Universal Instructor Iu All Arts and Sciences, and Pennsylvania Gazette. Franklin, being greatly disappointed, used his utmost efforts to bring the pa per iuto contempt, having such effect that after it had been published nine months less than 100 subscribers had been obtained for it, and Franklin man aged to buy it out for a small consider ation. He expunged the first part of tho title, retaining the last part, the “Penn sylvania Gazette,” ami continued it with this name with success. Until Frank lin’s appointment as postmaster of Phil adelphia iu 1740, however, Bradford’s Mercury had tho largest circulation, but after that Franklin’s paper had the lead iu circulation and influence, and Brad ford’s was soon after discontinued. Mo we have here practical evidence of Fraukliu’s success cf a newspaper busi ness competitor. In 174b Franklin took in David Hall as partner, who succeeded to the sole management of the paper iu 1758, when Franklin was appointed deputy post master general for the colonies. After Hull's death iu 1772 the paper passed into the hands of Andrew Brown, who changed tho natno to Philadelphia Ga zette, his sou and a Mamuel Rolf suc ceeding iu the paper. After some other changes in propri etorship aud management, this old pa per, started by Benjamin Franklin in 1729, ceased to exist in 1845, when it was merged iu tho Philadelphia North American after a life of 116 years. This Pennsylvania Gazette afterward, iu 1772, named tho Philadelphia Gazette, is the paper containing tho Declaration of Independence, which was intercepted on its way from Philadelphia to Boston, July 14, 1776, from which Isaiah Thom as, the founder of the Massachusetts Spy, read that immortal document to bis fellow citizens in Worcester, from the porch of the Old South church, the first time it had been road or proclaimed cu Massachusetts or New England soil. It was very natural that Isaiah Thom as, who was then postmaster of Worces ter by appointment of Benjamin Frank lin us postmaster general of the United Colonies, should read that document from n paper which had been so long identified with the name of his distin guished friend aud fellow printer, Ben jamin Franklin. To show that the citizens of Worces ter appreciated tho patriotic act of Isaiah Thomas in being tho first to read the Declaration of Independence on Massachusetts soil, at tho celebration of tho Fourth of July iu Worcester iu 1830, when Rejoice Newton presided, with Colonel Isaac Davis aud Otis Cor bett ns vice presidents, the oration was by Hon. Pater C. Bacon, and addresses were mado by Governor Lincoln aud John Davis, and the following tcast, proposed by Isaac Goodwin, was drunk with signal enthusiasm, “Our venera ble townsman, Isaiah Thomas, Esq., who first promulgated tho Declaration of Independence to tho inhabitants of this vicinity, from tho church aud the press. ’ ’ In the eulogy on Isaiah Thomas do- livered after his death tho following year by Isaaa Goodwin, special refer ence was made to this act of Isaiah Thomas by bis eulogist. — Worcester I Spy- A "N'isht i n m ctiicsgo I’ollce Station. Clark draws from an inside pocket n roll of old newspapers and hands mo one. Wo spread them on tho pavement ns a Mohammedan unrolls his mat for prayers, and then we tako off our boots aud oouts. Our soaked, pulpy boots we fold in our jackets and use them us pil lows, and we soften onr bed by spread ing over the newspapers our outer coats, which thus have a chance to dry in the warmth of tho room aud iu that which comes from onr bodies. We need no covering iu the steaming heat iu which wo lie, and I can see at a glance that Clark and I are more fortunate than most of tho other men, for few of them have onter coats, aud in their thread bare, filthy garments they lie, with nothing but paper between them and tbo floor, their heads pillowed on their anus. By no means aro all of them asleep. Iu the thick air above their reclining figures there is an unceasing murmur of low, gruff voices. What words can fit the hellish quality of that strange converse? It is not human, though it «omes iron) living men; it has no hu mor, though it touches life most inti mately; it knows not hate aud craving need and blank indifference, but all these feelings apeak alike a tongue of nttt-r blasphemy, and it iu not prurient, oven though it reeks with course ob scenity.—W. A. Wyckoff in dcribaor’i. It Killed Him. “Speaking of passes,” said an old legislator, “I recall onco, when all of ns were given nn annual puss and our demands for passes for relatives were honored, how u member mado tbo most of tho privilege. Ho wrote a short note to tho Central’s Albany agent demand ing a pass for himself and wife nud two children over all lines from Albany to Los Angeles. Not receiving tbo passes ns soon ns lie expected them, ho wrote unothi r letter declaring that ho wanted those passes at once and no fooling about it, as be wished to use them now, not six mouths h nice. For somo reason his demand was honored, and ho receiv ed the parses. Was bo astonished or grateful? Not a bit. Ho held them for a week, and then sent them back with a note which read, ’Have these passee indorsed good for berths and meals. ’ “Tho Albany agent duly transmitted tho communication to President Depew's private secretary. Tho member waited awhile, aud then he went for tho Al bany agent, who could only answc! that ho had duly dispatched tho pas*?$ to headquarters. Another wait and then another wrathful demand from tho new member for bis passes. Tho Albany agent, to rid himself of tho annoyance, sent a letter to headquarters detailing the new member’s persistent demands. Ho received a reply which ho duly turn ed over to his tormentor. It read, ‘The man who opened that letter nud read it fell dead, and no one can ho in duced to pick it up to see what it con tains. ’ ”—Albany Argus. Will Soon Take Possession. J. J. Warren’s new house on Rut- , ledge street has been finished and I e will move into it in a few days. -— — - A telephone girl has a speaking acquaintance with a great many people that she don’t recognize. Thirty-five years make a genera tion. That is how long Adolph Fisher, of Zanesville, ().. so Her id from piles. He was cured by using three boxes of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Cherokee Drug Company. Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Writer’s cramp may affect either tho wrist or stomach. It is a great leap from the old fashioned doses of blue-mass and nauseous physics to the pleasant little pills known as DeWitt’s Little Early Kisers. They cure constipa tion, sick headache and biliousness. Cherokee Drug Company. Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. False teeth aro never perfect unless they appear imperfect. Children like it, it saves their lives. We mean One Minute Cough Cure, the infallible remedy for coughs, .colds, croup, bronchitis, grippe, and all throat and lung troubles. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thor nton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. It makes a man feel cheap when a woman calls him dear in public. The farmer, the mechanic and the bicycle rider are liable to unexpected cuts and bruises. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is the best thihg to keep on hand. It heals quickly, and is a well known cure for piles. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney. Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. It is often hard to bring a the period to a full stop. girl of M. L. Yocum, Cameron, Pa., says: ‘I was a sufferer for ten years, try ing most all kinds of pile remedies, but without success. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve was recommended to me. I used one box. It has ef fected a permanent cure.” As a pi-rmununt cure for piles DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve has no equal. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy Blacksburg,, > .in ..i.n. Boils aro not often considered fashionable but they are always swell affairs. Thousands of sufferers from grippe have been restored to health by One Minute Cough Cure. It quickly cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia, grippe, asthma, and all tiirout and lung diseases. Cherokt-e Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pnarmacy, Blacksburg. After a girl marries she begins to lose interest in curl papers and lo\e stories. A little boy asked for a bottle of “get up in the morning as fast as you can.” the druggist recognized a household name for “DeWitt’s Little Early Kisers,” and gave him a bottle of those famous little pills for con stipation, sick headache, liver and stomach troubles. Cherokee Drug Company. Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Some politicians, like corkscrews, are more or less crooked, but they have a strong pull. A torpid liver robs you of ambition and ruins your health. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers cleanses tho liver, cures constipation and all stomach and liver troubles. Cherokee Drug Company. Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy. Blacksburg. More than a fair profit is realized on the articles sold at a church fair. lirlirlit rich IiUmmI nourishes the tmUy mid iimliituliis streiurtli and mu-riry. Piucki.y Ash Hittkrs Is a murvel,nis blood puritier mill system rejtulutor. Hold by Cherokee Drug Co. LIVE GEESE FEATHERS. Ptoccm of Plucking the Bird* — Fewer Feathers Lied Now Than Formerly. “The feathers aren’t alive, but the geese they were plucked from were, ” said a dealer in live geese feathers. “And the geese they were plucked from never once squawked nor squeaked dur ing the operation. Not because it didn’t hurt the geese, though. It hurts a goose like the mischief to pall its feathers out, but tho reason a goose doesn’t hol ler aud make a fuss over it is that it doesn’t seem to know enough. A goose will squawk and clatter and cackle as if it were suffering more agony than a horse with the colic just at tho eight of a person, but if you cover it up ami pelt it witli stones it seems to forget that it hewn veice and will take all tbo punishment you give it without utter ing a bit of protest. "Never «rw a goose plucking, eh? Well, it isn’t a sight that would give you much pWwsuro. On tho day set for stripping geese of their feathers they are enticed into some airtight outhouse. Tho picken, who aro always women or girls, go among tho geese with their Ili ads and faces entirely covered with hoods fastMMtU round tho neck with a shirr striajL There nro holes for the eyes, and ajso Iktlo holes at tho nese for freidi air. "From the neck down tho picker is covered with a glazed muslin garment, to which to fi-atb< rs or down will ad- liero. Tkw pickirs sit on low stools around a lurgo cud perfectly dry tub. There is ppuortilly a man or hoy iu the neighborhood who is cm export at get ting the geeso ready for picking. Every body can’t do that. Tho wings of tha goose bav« to bo locked tmretber by a peculiar armugemeut of them near the shoulders, mid while tho wings aro not tied or fastened in any other way tho lock is such that no goo so can open it. Tho fowl’s feet nro tied together with broad bauds of soft muslin or flannel. When a goose is thus made helpless, it is taken upon tho picker's lap, mid she plucks tbo feathers out rapidly, hut with such skill that fiio seldom breaks tho skin or causes blood to How. Feath ers fill tho air during tho process of plucking, but all settle gradually down into tho tub at last. “Befoiw beginning t n a gooso thn picker bnrsbes tbo leathern tbo wrong way, exposing tho Htiu. An expert can tell at a glauco Ly tho color of tho skin whether she must cxerciso more than ordinary care iu plucking it, or whether it is not better to let tho gou*j go with out plucking at that time. Iu every cie i tho picker must be careful and not pluck the Jeothtrs too close uuder thu wings. If a goose has been improperly picked iu that respect, tho wings w ill droop aud drag on tho ground. All through this process of yanking the feathers out of a goose’s body not a com id of complaint or cry of pain is heard from the goose. It submits to the torture with a silent solemnity that would bo laughable if it wero not for tho evident fortitude of the fowl that goes with 1L “It is necessary that tbo feathers should be ft&en from live geese—that is, if the contort and pleasure of people who must fcawe feather beds and pil lows are to be studied. Dead feathers nro no bettor thou husks aud are un wholesome. But tbero isn’t a pound of leathers «ni today where 50 pounds were somo years ago. Asthma and huy fever have Aoue’a great deal to lessen the demand for feather beds and pil lows, for it was disoovofed a few years ago that feather bodo and asthma loved to consort, and that nothing would start an aetfematio to wheezing so quick ly aud positively as a couch of geese feathers weald. The discovery spread, and the pattest and uucomplaiuiug goose owes a great deal of its latter day com fort to the aatkma. ”—New York Sun. Her Way. ”1 have found a way.” sai* tbe j who works down town, “to avoid beU shoved aside by men behind nn when am trying to get on an ‘L’ ear in fjo evening to go homo. I don’t want men to offer me their scats in tho car, and I always avoid tho appearance of staring a man out of a seat. They have paid their money and aro entitled to their seat if onco they get it. Nor do i object so much when a seat iu front of mo is vacated if Ibe man who has been stand ing up lesido mo makes a wild lean for it. But I do not liko being shoved around and pushed to one side from behind so that men who aro farther from the car platforms than I am can get iu first. I don’t try to break into a line when getting theater tickets nor at the stamp window cf the postoffice, as many women think it is their privilege to do. Yet a woman can hardly light to keep her place on tho‘L’ platform. Ho when they push me too roughly I turn one side and, making as low a bow as possible at suck short range, say, ‘After you, sir!’ It never yet has failed to work. But I expect some day to be dis appointed.”—New York Press. SaivdmM Kxplodons Iu Water. Who ever beard of sawdust explo sions? The? are common enough in Canada. Navigation on tbe Ottawa riv er has boeu seriously impeded at times by explosions of sawdust. One would hardly ssppose that sawdust dumped into the Utm would in course of time reform itself into a gas generator which would keep Bn surface of tho stream in a constant state of upheaval. But it is true to soeA an extent that small boats have been eapsized and large vessels injured by fb« submarine convulsions. The bottom of tbe Ottawa river is covered wiili a deep layer of sawdust dumped Ibaw by the lumbermen who have curriad on their log cutting indus try on its banks and tributaries for years. Tbe Asst, becoming water soaked, sinks to tbo bottom and in the course of time rots and generates a highly ex plosive guu. The latter rises to the surface, encA bubble being joined or re enforced by other bubbles on the way up. Contact with air stems to bo as de structive as touch fire to this gas, and the moment the surface is reached it explodes wltla a loud report. Lcgislatiou may iu time do away with tbe annoy ance, but even if no more sawdust is thrown into fee stream henceforth tho millions of feus already there will take a long tiwr te work off their gas gener ating qualities.—Denver Republican. Captain Casey. Captain 8Uas Casey, commandant of the League Maud navy yard, who has become ranking captain iu the navy, was graduated from tho United States Naval acadeuy iu I860, and was a mas ter iu the navy when the war broke out. From 1870 te 1A78 he was on the Colo rado. then attached to the Asiatic squad ron. He was iu command of tho bat talion of aattcaa from the fleet iu the Korean expedition and the assault on Fort McKee, Seoul river, in June, 18>2. Since that tine be has held many im portant pteun. Before taking command of the League Island navy yard ho was captain on board Admiral Sicard’s flagship, the New York. All told, Cap tain Casey'i actual sea service covers a period of Id years aud 0 months, 3 years aud 1 meuth of which wero under hhi present commission. Nevrgpapor Hnslish. Tho printer’s reader no longer allows ns to say, “His life was marked with a goodness and truth that was undenia ble. ” Wo are now expected to use ‘‘were. ” Presently we shall bo saying, “Thirteen and fourpence are tho price.” Already some people say, “Five pounds are a large sum,” aud wa are losing, if we have not already lost, the right to speak of “five foot ten.” The pedant, too often ignorant of the Saxon idiom, will have it “feet.” Our plurals certainly want rogr.lat- ing. Macaulay speaks of “a shambles,” but it gives me a shudder to read of “a gasworks.” Why not “a gaswork” or ‘‘a soapwork?” “Politics” and "news" aro becoming established as singular nouns, but the newspaper scribe is still bothered with “lockout,” tho plural of which is given both as locksout and lockouts. To my mind, “locksout” is not defensible because "lock” there is not a noun but a verb. Of “author” and “authoress ’ as ap plied to a woman, which is tho better? There appears to bo no rule. Miss Brad- dm on her title pages always calls her self an “author. ’’—Academy. IMiln't I'lnluh Iter Work. Mrs. Bilkins—The how girl broke four plates today. Mr. Bilkins—Did she assign any rea son for not breaking tho entire set?— Ohio Htate Journal. CATARRH SIX YEARS. Did No Mequon, Wls., Dr. Hartman, i 4> fii if Grew Rapidly Worse—Doctors Gcod. Mrs. Adam Stunts, in a recent letter to writes: “I write this letter because of my sympathy for the suffering people. For six years I suffered w i th chronic catarrh. When ever I caught a little cold I would have a severe spell of sickness. I used dif ferent catarrli medicines and the doc tors did all they could, but the rr'i< f was only temporary. In Decemb-r, 1887, my condition become very bad. I could not speak aloud; I had a ter rible cough, profuse expectoration and frequently spit blood; night sweats and extreme emaciation. I was sure I must die of consumption. The catarrh seemed to have spread all over my body; my head, throat, nose, bladder and womb. At tins time I received a book concerning Pe-ru-na. I immediately wrote to Dr. Hartman, who prescribed Pe-ru- na and Man-a-lin. I followed his di rections strictly. I began to improve with the first bottle, and during the time that I took the medicines I gained twenty pounds. I feel as well now as anyone could possibly feel. I am sure I would have been dead long ago had it not been for Dr. Hartman’s advice and medicine.” Every woman should have a copy of Dr. Hurtmun’s latest book en titled “Health and Beauty.” Sent free by The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufact uring Company. Columbus, Ohio. Bonds, notice. t or Officers—Judl clals.Exccutors. Ad min 1st raters’ and Con tractors, at short For Sale RKAIv ESTATCJ 1 lot 80x200 ft. on Logan street. The Dr. Homes 8 room house with fine gar den, staides and out buildings attached. »r'Kini cottage on Limestone street, i room cottage on Gaines street, with splen did garden. vacnnt lots on Gaines street. 1 splendid farm containing 50 acres h miles from City Hall. 1 house and 5 acres located at Limestone Springs. 1 new ti-room Cottage East Logan street. 50-acre farm within city limits, at a bargain. 80-acre farm 1 mile from the city. 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