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1 ,{ i ttt \4,* r , A , t n,, }i f f r " . .e t w t y .. I Ar r // ( 1 TRI-W EEK LY EDITION. W INNSBORO, S. C;.. JUNE 23. 1883. ETBIHD14 THE VERDICT1 -OF- - THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! Mi. J. O. BoAO-Dear 9ir: I bought the first Davis Machine sold by you over five years a o for ny wife who has given it a long and fair trial. I am well pleased with it. It never aives any rouble, and Is as good as when first bought. J. W. Uor,toic. Winnsboro, S. U., Aprih 1888. Mt. IoA : You wish to xnow what I have to say in regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three years ago. I feel I can't say too much in its favor. I made about $80.00 within live months, at times running It so fast that the needle would get porfectly Iot from friction. I feel confident I could not have ilone the same work with as much ease and so well with any other machine. No time lost in adjusting attacinents. Tne lightest running machine I have ever treadled. Brother James and William's families are as inuch pleased with their Davis Machnes bought of you. I want no better machine. As I Paid before I don't think too much can be said for the Davis SIachine itespeetfully, E..EN STsv'assoN. Fairfileld county, April, 188.1. Mn. BoAa : My machine gives me perfect satis faction I find nto fault with it. The attacuinents are so simple. I wlan for no better than the Davis Vertical Feed. Respectfully. Mats. it. Mi.i.lNo. Fairfield county, April, 1883. Mx. BoAO: I bought a Davis Vertical I.eed Sewing Machine fron you four years ago. I an delighted with it. It never has given tne any trouule, and has never been the least out of order. . It is as good as when I first bought it. I can cheerfully recoinmend It. ltespectfully, Ms. bi. J. KIRxI.AND. Monticello, April 30. 1.83. - This 19 to certify that I have been using a Davis Verticil Feed Sewing Machine for over tw ,years, purchased of Mr. .1. 0. tioag. C haven't found it p,ssessed of any fauit-'ill the attachments are so simple. It ieverrefuses to work, and is uertain ly thn lightest running in the market. I consider it a first class macnine. Very respectfully MiNNiE .. WIi.LINoUIAif. Oakland, Fairieltl county, 8. C. Mi BOA : I am weit pleased in every particular with the Davis Machine nought of you. I think it a tirst-ciass maulline in every respect. You know you sold several machines of the same make to different members of our families, all of whom, as far as I know, are well pleased with them. Iespectfully, - Mis. M. If. MoaLKY. Fairfield county, April, 188. This isto certify we have had in constant use the Davis lliachine bought of you about three years ago. As we take In work, and have tnade the rice of it several tunes over, we don't want any better machine. It is always ready todo any kind of work we nave to do. No puckering or skipping stiiches. We can only say we are well pleased ane wish no better machine. I:ATI$tINB WVYI.I AND SITERai. April 26, 1883. I have no fault to find with my mach-ne, and don't want any better. I have in 1le t,he price of It severatl tImes by taking in sewing. It is always ready to do Its work. I think it a Ilrat-class ma chine. I feel I oan't say too much for the - Davis Vertical Feed Machine. Nts. THOMAS SMITH. Fait field county, April, 1883. M'i. J. 0. IIoAQ--Dear Sir: It gives me much pleasure to testily to the meriis of the Davis er tliil Feed Sewing Machine. The machine I got f you abuut five years ago. has been almost in con stant use ever since that lime. I cannot see that it is worn any, and has not cost me oni cent for repairs since we have had it. Am well pleasem and don't wish tor any better. Yours truly, itourT. Ct twronD, Granite Quarry, niear Winnsboro, 8. C. WVe have.usedl the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for the last fIve years. WVe would not have any othier make at any price. 'The mnachine has given us unboundeni satisfacion. Very respect fully, Mats. WV. K. TUISNRI AND DAUoaIrritw) Fair field cottnty, 8. C., Jan. 2(, 18838 hlaving bought a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine from Mr. J. 0. Iloag seine three years ago, and it having given me perfect satisfaction ini every respect a ainaily machine. both for heavy and1( ligh t sewng, anid never needled the least re pair in any way, I can cheerftully recomimend it to any one as a fIrst-class macline in every partieu lar, and thaink it second to none. It is one of the simplest machinesamade; miy childIren use it wIthi all ease. Tlhe attachments are more easily ad * justed anid it dloes a greater range of work by mheans of its Vertical l"eetd than any other' ma chine I have ever seena or used. MiSs. TnoMAs OwlIsos. Winnsboro, F airfld county, 8. C. We have hatd one of the Davis Machines about four years and have always found it ready to do all kinids of work we have hai occasion to do. Can't see that the machIne is worn any, anld works as well as when new. Miss. W. J. OitAwvonDa Jackson's Creek, Fairfild couanty, 8.'C. My wife Is highly pleased with the DavIs Ma chIne bought of you. Shte would not take double what siae gave for it. The maclame lasa not been out of order sinice she had It, and shte can do uiny liind of work oan it. Very Itespectfully, Monticello, t?atriUeld county, S. C. F u The D)avis Sewing Machine is simply a fred 8 ure Mis. J. A. Gooowva. iRidgeiway, N. C., Jan. 10, 18. J, 0 BOAG, REq., Agent-Dear Sir: My wife has been using a DavIs Sewin Machine coanstant ly for the past four years, an, (it has never neeheed any repairs an I works just tie well as whaen first * bought. She says it, will do a greater range of praletldal work send do it easier andl bet*er than * ainy maaehlne sihe has ever need. We cheerfully recomamenid it as a No. 1 family maachine, I o#r trti.y, JAB. Q. DAVIS. Winnsboro, 8. 0., Jan. ii, 188:1. * 'Mns. BeAo I have always found my Davis Ma chbine ready do all kitada of to work I hiave hadl c *easion to< (. I c.aunot, see that, the miachine is worn a particle anti it works as weal as when new. Itespectfit ly, Mas. it. C. fool)iNo, Winnsboro, H. C., A pril, 1888, * Mu. BOAG 2 M wife has beent constantly ising the Davia Machie bought of 3 ou about, five years ago. -I bMe never teortted buying It, as W is always ed for any kid of fani iy sewing, ether iloright, .11 Itie ver out of Nz or needing - Very respectful 7, F aIrflld, 0., Msarch 1888, pe. EVENING SONG. Sleep, my baby, sweetly sleep; God the Father thee will keep; Quickly now thy eyelids close, Softly, peacefully repose. All withofit, in winds of night, Sway the lilios tall and white; Far above thee, to and fro, Move the angels, white 1s snow. Come, ye angels, bright and blest, Soothe my little one to rest.; Sway his heart and move his mind As the lilies in the wind. Sleep, my baby, aweetly sl0p; God the Father thee will keep; For his angels guards shall spread Shelt'ring wings above thy bed. MISS DIENCE's BRITISH LOVER. It was on a lovely morning in May that a very dapper young gentleman stood leaning against a tree in the woodr that then as now, topped the rock-hilled Palisades overlooking the lordly Ilud son. Ho was attired in all the bravery of silk, and powder and rulies, and al his feet lay half a dozen volumes on which an army of ants were marching with a directness of purpose that caused great events in ant-land later on. From the pose of this belaced young L;entleman and the care which he took to adjust the ruttles over his waistband Is It dangled, the elbow leaning against the tree, it was pretty evident that he was waiting for one of that sex which has ruled the world ever since Eve ate that indigestible apple. He was a handsome young man to whom powder became handy, and like most handsome youths was perfectly aware of being a handsome youth. "She comes," he said bravely. "Pishi [ wish that my heart would not rap su tgainst my ribs, and I know I am becom ing pale.'' The rustling of bushes and brambles anounced an approach, and in a couple >f seconds a bright, fair-haired, blue eyed, rosy-cheecked, cherry-lipped imaiden stepped up to where the ants were marching over the books. "I am a little late, George " she said, after half-a-dozen kisses had passed be tween themin, "but I couldn't help it; for it lot of gentlemen came to see papa, and [ had to see after refreshments for man and horse.'' '"Company at the manor, Jac?" "Not exactly company, George; but you see, papa is very determined against the iron rule of England, and I fear" iere she dropped her voice-"there is going to be rough 'work, for one of the sentlemen spoke of raising a regiment, "What nonsense, Jacl We are very well off under British rule. There are always people ready to complain-al ways grumbling. Surely these gentry [10 not dream of independence?" "And why not?" replied the girl al most haughtily, her short upper lip curl ing, her thin nostrils expaniding. "Stufl and nonsense, Jac?" "I don't see why we should submit-" "You little rebel," he burst out, "I must stop such seditious language." And lie did so in that way which is usual to lovers. George L'Estrange was the son of Sir Ienry L'Estrange, an English gentle man of birth, who had come over in the capacity of secretary to the governor. Having met a very beautiful young lady, whom he espoused contrary to the wishes of the old baronet in England, who was as proud as lie was careless, Sit Henry settled in America where he made a snmiall fortune in the cultivation of tobacco. A friend, to whom lie had loaned a thousand pounds, having died and left au prop)erty on the Hudson in lica of the Dash, Sir Henry migrated to the "Manor,'' where lie resided in good styhe wvith his lady, one son, George, one dlaughter, Jacqueline, and a numerous routine of white and colored servants. Adjoining thme manor was the property of Ephmraiim Bence, a wvorthmy merchant of Gothmam., betwveen wvhose only child and George L'Esatranige sprang upl that mutual, feverish delight commionly known as love. Mr. B3ence did not at first oppose George L'Estrange's intimacy with his dlaughter, but of late anti-Brit ishi feel. liings had become so intense that lie p)olitely informed the young mami if lie wished to avoid learning that wvhichi li could not stomach, lie would cease hmie visits. Every day the great spirit of independ. ence was engaged in upheaval and( George was compelled to take thme him of the sturdy American. -" We must meet elsewhere, darling, he said, and as thme wvoods which separ ated the twvo domnainis, and( every path. way was knmown to the two lovers, particular beech tree was destliied t< become their trysting place. Insensibly but by (degrees, Jacquelim Bhence felt the spirit of patriotism budd. mag in her fresh young heart, and i length camne a pang of sorrow that lieu George could take no p)art inm the greal work that wvas now so steadily progress lng. George called lher "rebel." Si would retaliate by dubbing hiin "'tyrant." A fewv skirmishes and it was mnutuall) resolved never to refer to tihe subject o1 independenmce, but somnehowv or other it would crop out, wvhen George's tone wau one of Insulting superiority, J acqueline' that of insulting determiation. O0 these occasions they would vow niever t< see each other more, and the gIrl weuk return to her home, her eyes red witI weeping, and lier heart sorer than hmei eyes. Mr. Bunco 0110 day summronedl Jac quieline. "My child,"lie said, "you are Ameri can born and raised. So am I, so is you mnothmer. Now your blood Is too good y'our heart Is-too honest, too hoiiest t< let you act thme part of treachier.v to you country. You lust give up this whipper snapper Britlsher who has just captainei himself In order to drive us out of Net York. I aim too feeble to fight, but:] can use pen, and tongue, and by Jove so long as a faculty Is left, I'll cry 'N surrenaderl' "I'll see George," she said. L'Estranmge met her by appointmnen at the oJd beech tre not in silk anid lac( but.ini the briavery of the Englishm nI form, "Why did you put this on today?" she asked. "Why not?" "To meet n ?" "Certainly.' "George L'Estrange"--and her eyes flashed, nostrils dilated-"this is an in sult." He laughed. "An insult.," she slowly repeated, as she broke off a hazel switch, "and a cowardly one--so cowardly that I needs must notice it." And so exasperated was she, that she struck him two swift blows across the face in rapid success ion. "Jac-the leuce," he cried, as, blind with pain, lie put his hands to his face. When he removed them she was gone. "A rebel's daughter!" he hissed, be tween his clinched teeth. 'So help me heaven! I'll pay her off for that with interest!" A few months later, a party of red coats, lebouching from the woods that crowned the palisades, marched to the Bence m1anision and took possession of IL_ Old Ephriam Bence was for defending the place to the bitter end; but the more prudent counsel of wife, daughter, and such relatives as were stopping with him prevailed and lie witnessed the seizure of his home and belongings with a hatred that seemed almost unendur able. "So you are in command," lie cried, as George L'Estrange-now a major im the British service-swaggered into the appartmnen t. "Oh, yes. Why should I not be?" "And you came to swagger here?" "A capital place to swagger it is too," observed the major, as he cooly threw his .legs across the aria of the sofa. "You are a white-livered, cowardly dog." "You are a very irascible old gentle man." "If it was not for this cursed gout I'd spit you like a lark?" roared the infu riated old man. "A very ancient figure of speech, my friend. Where's your daughter?" "She is here!" cried ai, voice almost in his ear as Jacqueline, pale, every nerve quivering, stood before lmini. In spite of his braggadocio, the .major yielded. "Oh, you little rebel! you see, I come here in comriand," he laughed. "Not to comnand a few me1n or a few women." "We shall see Mistress Jacqueline." "If you had the courage of a gentle uan you would have flung your com mission in the teeth of your general ere stooping to set your foot across this threshold, save ats a protector." "Bahl Rebellion kills sentiment. I am not the long-eared biped that I used to be. You and I will have a good time together here, and--" "lIow dare youl" cried the girl, her eyes flashing, "attempt but so mu-ch as the familiarity of my given name, and I will resent it as an insult.'' "Pshaw!" growled the major, as he moved toward a window, in order to ,conceal his mortification, for his lieu tenant, Staleybridge, was standing by. That night Major L'Estranige held high revel in the old oaken diuing-room of the mansion. A captain of dragoons, Oklham, the lieutenant and an ensign banqueted with him. They drank heavily, as was the fasli ion of that day, and after dinner coi menced to toast their respoctive sweet hearts. When it came the major's turn lie hesitated. The lieutenant, who owed him a grudge, and loved hin not, exclaimed: "Why not toast thme beauty w~hio is now under our roof?" "A beauty undi(er the roof?" roared the dragoon. "Let's trot; her out!" 2LEstrange stood upl. "Here's to Jacqueline, the prettiest rebel in all America!" and drained the goblet to the dregs. "We must see her!" bellowed the dra goon. '"Send for her, major!'' L'Esi;xLange was three parts drunk, 'and a brutal idea flashed through his be muddled brain-that now wvould be a good time to keep his vow in regard to payig Jacqueline llence for that blowv. "PIll send for her, by George!" he criedl. T1o the servant -who responded to the ring lie gravely said: "[ want to see Miss B3ence for a moment on businesis of implortaiice iimportance mind!" Th'le younug girl at first refused point blank to applear, but on a second( andi third pressing message she resolvedl to comply. Ilow beautifu. she looked as she stood glancing from one to another of those drunken debauches! "What is your business with me, Major L'Estrange!" she slowly .and dleliberately asked.' "Come here," lie exclaimed "I am here. sir! Whiat- wvould you have of me?"' "D)o you recolleet a blow you gave me ithe woods here on a certain siummer's day?" lie asked. "Perfectly well, sir." "Then 1 mean to take twenty kisses for it," and lie sprang to his feet., At that instant the door was burst openl, and1( a body of Swift's yeomanry, lcd by Joe Wilson, a near neighbor, to whomi Bence had sent for succor, leaped into the room, making prisoners ofthe drunken revelers. An hour later and the~ gallant major, with his comrades in arms, wvere on thet march as prisoners of wvar, past the very beech tree whlere a few months previous hy lhe hiad receivedt the cut across the face he so richly deserved. Jacueline nrried Joe Wilson, and their descendants still lourisnhin that p)ictumresqlue spot known as Englewood, As for the L%E~tranges, they wvere to use a slang phiaso, 'cleanm wipet out." WHNrn n farmer farms rightly his sol, isoonstantly growing better, his \ pas. tures thioecer his fldd oleaner, his wiff b etter-lokig and hia own heart more UNoRoUND grain. should be fed t4 b fowiB at nighut, because iti is slo erly di gested, and fiuin up the long :aterval be tween sunset aamd snornIng betr thka, soft food, Georgla'e Mountain Min. The Northeastern corner of the State of Georgia, bordering upon South Caro lina and Tennet Oe, is so different from the other porbi is of the State, both ats to ,he rugged add moutainous surface of the country and the peculiar people who dwell among the charming little valleys, that it constitutes a little Switz erland in itself. It is here in these spurs of the Blue Ridge that the beatrtiful cascade, Toccoa Falls, roars over the precipice 180 feet and flows on through a stripof country that -remains unctlang ed from the orighi homie of the Chero kee Indian. And It is here among the picturesque hills -valeys that the revenue ofllcer: p tM continual series of scoutin ttigns against the illicit distillers o born wh isky or "moun tain dew." Hidden in the' nhtadows of the ulnml-. tain in a country sparsely p;;>ulated, the moonshiner's. double.roolc( log house fronts a mlouihittin road that might nore accurately be termed a trail. On a little branch or rivulet two or three hundred yards away he selects a desirable spot and, without cleaning away the overhanging shrubbery, plants his boiler, worm atad mash-tubs. With his distillery thus constructel he trais forms from fifty to two hundred bushels of corn ilto whisky, according to the patronage of neighbors of sympathetic iniquity. If he can be so fortunate ats to evade the oflicers and dispose of his ""dow" without detection lie thinks lie has only exercised his right asan Amer ican citizen. If he is captured and his tempting fire-water destroyed he feels that he has been outraged and curses the laws that destroy his freedom of action in (lisposin-g of his own property. I asked one of these mountain men why it was they persisted inl distilliing their corn, and lie. replied, "Darn it, be cause that's the only way to git rid of it, [ live fifty miles from a railroad market, over a mountain .oad, and it's worth the corn to haul it thar." "Can't you sell it nearer home?" "Yes, for about thirty cents a bushel." "But you haul your whisky over these rough roads to market: don't you?" "Yes; but see here, stranger,you ain't seed the pint. I can haul a hundred dollars' worth of whisky at a load, but it pulls me like Old Harry to haul ten dollars' worth of corn. See?" While these mountain men insistthat their peculiar surroundings justify them in smuggling whisky and avoiding the payment of tax which cuts off the profit, the frequent capture of the moonshiners and the severe penalties inflicted in case of conviction has greatly reduced the number within th( past few years, and it is only a questioh of time when they will have entirely bandoned the perile eus busiu.ess. One of these meh told me yesterday his experience with revenu olicers up in Ilabersham coi.wty last February: "One morning," he said, "I took my gun and went over to whar two neigh bors were runnin' a still down on a branch behind the mountain. When I went into the still-house and set my gun down at the door, I hadn't been thar ten minutes before two men jumped from bebiid a clump of bushes; one of 'em grabbed my guX:and the other told us we were his prisners. I saw he had us, so we didn't try to getaway. When I told him I. didn't have nothing to do with the still, he let me off, but he broke the boiler, poured out the whisky and carried the two stillers off to Atlanta and made 'eni give bond but I ain't never got my gun back yit." "Why are you here at the trial to day?" '"Cause 1 was snbpoened to appear as a witness, and I had to travel 'bout for ty miles to get to the railroad. This is the fIrst timie I ever was in Atlanta, andl I want to get away fromi this blasted court bad." "Are theare maiiy moonshi Iners upi there?" '"Oodles of 'emi. Them pl)Pe will make whisky oin the sly, sp)ite of Sataii. They raise plenty of corn- anid wvheat, but no cotton, anid our only chance to make a little cash is to make two or three barrels of wvhisky and haul it over ini South Carolina and sell it or keep it for the counitry stores." "Don't you think they will quiit when a few more get sent to jail for three or four months in failure to pay the Iine.'' "'Ah, .l. dunnio. Bllamied if I ain't seedi their wives stillin' while their huis bands wvere ini jail."' A good p)ortioni of the prisoners who are brought to Atlanta are cleared by reason-of insuflicient evidence. Othierr less fortunate,. but usually nobti more guilty, are sent up for three months or ied a hundred dollars. 1If the offence is rep)eatced the sentence is iimprisoinment ini the govermenit prisons. While as a rule the revenue oflceen make their arres'ts with little dhitlicuilty aft.er having (diecovered the prey, ii sometimes hiapp'ens that moonmshI nen have noticed their mnovemnents and stand ready to resist. In one Instance hast winiter a skirmish occurred In which an ofilcer was wounded and( a mioonshiiner, -n)amied I[icks, was killed. Tihe casem roecently ont trial before Judge McCoy, in the United States District, Court at Atlanta, were largely those of' Illicit dis tillers nd thei District Attorniey,Emory Speer, who wvIll be remembered as the( dlashinig younig Congressmiani who foi two terms represeiited the Independent p)arty of Georgia, (lid active service foa the govermnt in p)rosecuitinig his fornmei ,onastitauints. T1he moonshiner In (court and the wvitnOesses who are summliioned from his county p)resenJt an inateresting scene in the court room, which is al. wvays occupied by spec1ltetrs waitching~ the processes and hearig their testi monmy. Thiey all dress alike and tho favorite costume hs a suit of brown jeani breeches stuffed in hjgh-topped boots and a wide-brimmed.hat resting upon01 & mass of uinshingloa hair. They nove wear a detached collarpr cravat.,. Whom on the stand they apeak boldly and' seen to take great delighft In annoying the at torney by giviig evasive aiiswers,sharp enedl with that pecsuliar spices of wi characteristic of the*~"Mounitain Hoes ler." Tihe examination of witnesse shows that in kieatly every instanee thi amount,of vQhiisky involved is a few gah ions, sometimes a jug full, The Longstone. In the parish of St. Mrabyii, in East Cornwall, En:lglaid, and on the high road from Bodmin to Camelford, is a group of houses (one of them yet a smith's shop) known by the name of Longstone. The curious tritveler pass ing by inquires the raison d'etro of siclh a name, for there is no tall mono lith, such as are not uncommon in Cornwall, to be seen near it. The ieason is thus given: In lack of roe ords, I may say "in the days of King Arthur there lived in Cornwall" a smith. This smith was a keen follow, who imadi and monded the plows and harrows, shod the horses of his neigh )ors, and was generally serviceable. He had also great skill in faruriory and in the general management and cure of sick cattle. He could also extract g .:stubbornest tooth, even if the ja' re sisted iii- 20,o11 gybiiti9. ii"it,I-d . the anvil were required. There seemns ever to have been ill blood between devil and smith, teste Dunstan and others, and so it was be tween the fiend and the sm ith-farrier dentist of St. Mabyn. At night there were many and fierce disputes between them in the smithy. The smith, ats the rustics tell, always got the advantage of his a(versary, and gave him better than lie brought. This success, l'ow ever, only fretted old Nick antid spurred him on to further encounter. What the exact matter of controversy on this particular occasion was is not remei bered, but it was agreed to settle it by 801110 wager, some trial of strength and skill. A two-acre field was near, and the smith challenged the devil to the reaping of each his acre inl the shortest time. The match came off, and the devil was beaten; for the smith had beforehind stealthily stuck here and there over his opponent's acre som1e harrow tines or teeth. The two started well, but sool the strong swing of the fiem's scythe was being brought up frequently by some obst,ruction, and as frequetitly required the whetstone. 'Tie dexterous and agile smith went on smoothly with his acre,andl was soon unmlistakably gaining. The devil, enraged at his certain dis comlfitiure, hurled his whetstone at his rival and flew off. Tle whetstone, thrown with great violence after sudidry whirls in the air, fell upright into the soil to a great depth, and there re mained a witness agamt the evil one for ages. '1'he devil avoided the neigh borhoodl while it stood. In an evil hour the farmer at Treblethick near set his heart upon the .Longstone, for there were gate posts aid door posts to be had out of it, and he threw it down. That night the enemy returned, aid h as hauuted the neighborhood ever siuce. Antios of ia Nevada spouting Spring. At times the springs at Steamboat de velop geysers of a grand character. In the spring of 186O0 there was at Steam boat a spriig that spotted oiie1 inl aboilt eight hours. This spring had an open ing about three feet in diameter and somec nine feet deep. It looked like a small well. When quiet the bottom seemed to be dry sand. Not a drop of water was to be seen. An hour or two before the spouting time of the spring came on i commllotiol began to be seenl. A rumbling was heard ini the depths, the ground for thirty feet above the ca vity began shaking, aid then boiling watter, f0qing and white as milk, came110 uI through the Sand an d urged towardi the tel) of the well-like hole. It woutld foam upl to within two beet of' tile top); then ill anI instant there would( be IL back dralft or suictioni, and the wal ter wold atll recede andt pass5 omit of sight through the sand. In half a~ minumtte, hotwever, it wvoumld return aind surge upi to niear the siurface of thme ground. After three or foar such ump waIrd charges there wouiild be11 at1rcend Otis rimiblinig andio .hakling~ of tihe earth, wLaen, in an uistant, a columnm of wvater three feet in r!!amleter wvoiild bem spouited fifty feet into thme air. With thme watter -whmich loo)ked white ats milk as it shot upj-camne a vast, deal of steam, which. bursting ouIt at the hiead( of thle colunn of waLter, rolleil awaiy ill v'olumes~ that, h11d all the landse.apel)( ini fronit. Appar ently it wasIi tihe vast aimlounlt of Peuit-LIp steam that gave the counni of water its white app)earanuce. After spmouting steadily tor an hmour, the streaum of wat ter graduially lowered and1( becamile tinm, blue milud, whicht didl not tise five feet above tIhe sut.ce. Inm a few mlinuttes the flow of mud ceased, anmd thienm thme spring became dry anmd dead. This spouting sp)ring p)resenltly, through one of its grand efforts, buirst thlroumgh hito an adIjoinling sprinig thait haud aL large crevice or caLvity, andl( at 011ce it ceaLsedL to spout-It hadi found venit. After wamrd there b)roke out a sp)ring 80111 three Inches inm diaimetcr, whmich spouted every thmree hoiurs, throinmg a columnm of water someh sixty I eut Into time air. This was in 186$3. In a short time, however, this founmd some1 81(de vont or cavity anmd ceased to spottt. Thme wvells or hmoles that newly break out are, as8 a rule, time ones8 that Sj)oit. Cooingf WVinen. A dlistinlguished Frenichiman, M. Schmoll, breakfastinmg at hiomie recenltly, says, I tausted Ia dish of stewedl kidneiys wvhich I shall not sooni forget. At the thmimd inouithful I stopped. My plat( amid lips were oni fire. "What hiave you p)ut inito this sauce?" I asked my cook. "'Sir, as8 1 hiad not, time key of time cellar, I bought a bottle of Chablis at the gro - cr's for lfr. 50c." "Is there any left?'' "'Yes, about haIlf," "Brving me thiat Chablis?" "I poured aL spoomnful Iito lmy glass, " conitinues M. Schmohl "to taste this new sort of wine. It hiat no taste. Thero Was ho tr'ace evenm of rafisinis, nor of brandy. Bitt I burnied my tongueL with it, and thamt horribly. I had thme .stuff anmalyzed by a ehemnlst. It was -merely water mixed with sulphuric b acid. The maker had not even gone to time expense of a bunch of raisins or a , few drops of alcohol. This compostlon 3 Is sold openly -at 1 fr. 80c. a bottle under thes name of OIuAbH asuperlmW,' What must inferior ChablIs be? Uncle Gurdon's Parcel. Near one of our Atlantic seaports there resides an old whaling captain commonly knowni as Uncle Gurdon. To keep from getting rusty he made his home on the river bank, where he could keep a boat and fish or paddle about as he liked. The place was about five miles from the city and as occasion required Uncle Gurdon and his wife would journey townward for the purpose of shopping. Reaching the city, the horse and wagon would be left at the water trough on the Parade and each would go in different direc tions, carrying their. bundles to this connon receptacle, the tirst through waiting for the other. On one of these shoppl-,..gursions Uncle Gurdon muac i;everal trip.'tothi3 Wag6n idiiig eaclh thne that additions had been made to the store of bundles-a sign that his wife was busy. Having completed his purchases, he unhitched his horse, and he ferryboat having arrived, climbed into the wagon and drove on board. While crossing the river one of his acquaintances stepped up and asked how he was getting on. "WVell, 1'm getting on nicely, but I'm bothered just now. "Why, haus anything gone wrong?" "No, nothing special; but I came down to do some shopping, and I've forgotten a parcel I was to get"," and the old gentleman scratched his head ill a perplexed manner. "1Well, I wouldn't worry. You will t-hini1k of it next time," said the neigh bor; and the boat having reached the landing, uncle Gurdon drove ashore and went on toward home. When nearly'half way there lie was met by another friend, who stopped to have ia chat. "low do you do to-day, Uncle Gur (loll?" lie asked. "Oh, nicely, nicely; though I'm q bit worried just now." "Worried? What about?" "Well, you see, I've been to town shopping, anm1d there's a parcel of some k11d that I've forgotten, I can't think what it is, antd it bothers mue,'' "Oh, never mind itl You will re collect what it is before' you go agaIn. By-the-way, Uncle Gurdon, how is your wife?" "Jerusaleml" cried Uncle G urdon, slapping his knee with great energy. "It's imy wife that I've forgotten She welit to town with me to do some shopping, and 1 Wats to wait for her. ' And Uncle Gurdon turned around, and went back to the ferry for the par cel that lie had left behind. WVliat Surgery can du. The London nncet, Im publishing its record of the progress of medicine in its many departments during the last year, gave some of the Inre prominent points connected with suirgery. Some of the operationls scen aliost miracu lous, and were regarded as impossible previous to actual experieIlnt. No region of the body is now considered beyond the scope of surgery. Its most Inarked trillupls relate to the internal organs and cavities. What has rendered the operations comparatively safe is the use of alntisep tics-fluids that prevent putrefaction in the wounds. hitherto carbolic acid hats been the chief agent used. But this proved more or less dangerous sometimes fatally so-in other direce tions. A much safer and equally elfee live substitute has been found in what is called eucalyptol, which is obtained froim, tile eucalypItus tree. A bscesses of the live,r have been) freely and( sulccssflitly (citt into0 and1 dIrainied. Large parts of tile stomlach have beeni cut out, inlcludinig teen the pylorus, which is tile more highly organlizedl part of the stolinach tha~t shults ini the foodi until dligestioni is carried to a certain extenit, and1( then1 opens and pour Is it intLo tile inltestLines. the wells of the stomlachi for the regular introductionl of food ill cases where the tesophiaguis (gullet) has been closed b)y T1wo p'ieces ellnbralcing tihe entire cir ciufereltie, the one511)1 abou three inchies iln lngthI, thle other five, havo been cuti out. 1from thei large intestie-the colon,. ll,all suich cases the dividedi parts are broiughlt toget,ber andt sewedl, the stitces becoming 80011 absorbed after file heal inig is colulhete. CJonsidierable p)rogress lhas bJeeln madi towards ascertainling the exact spiot whlere tile brain and( nler'vous systemi mai&y lie affectedl, thlus facilitatinig tile reaching of dhiseaao. It, hias been found thlat bne can be tranlsplan ted andl aid iln tile f'ormationl of new bonie; a11ni ore wvonderful still, that sponige canI lbe grafted into larg< w~ounds(l, and1( lie a piorouis suiport Ioi the( granulantionls (the new flesh par ticles) while they are filling tile cavities Thle sponige is believed to be gradualiy ab)sorbedi. Mountling a Camne!. Mounting ai camel is not diflcult, bui It 11a1 some1 sweet surprises for thle 110 vice. TVhe camnel lies upioni tile ground wit,h all his legs shut up unider hima like a jack-knife. You seat youlrself in tie broad saddle, and cross your legs hI front of tile p)ommuJel. Betore you are ready somlethilng like a p)rivate earth quiake stalts unlder you. Tihe came raises his hindl( qularters suddenly, and throws you u1ix)1 his neck and lbefort youi recoiver frolm that lhe nIraighltens ul hlis kneeVs and1( give's you ai jerk over hi11 tail; and1( whIle you are nlot at allicortair wvhai,11 h ahpeed, lie beglns to mIov( off with that diislocated walk which seos you Into a see-saw motion, wveavingi backwvards and forwvards in the capai cious saddle. Not having a hinged back fit for this movemeonts you lash the boast with your koorbash to inak( hi11m change 1h18 gait. lie is not loathi to do it, and at once starts into a lively trot, whlich send(i you up a foot Iito th14 air at every stop, bolts you from si to side, drives.$'our back bone Int .you brain, and makes castanets of yoritet (Capitailexercise! Wherfyouh eniooo of it yoti pull up -arid in hnbly IMi what is the heatheni moCdof1 dromedartrmt~do l I A Trader in Wild Animaid. Six boxes of snakes were carted to the Central Park Menagerie recently. Mr. Carl Ilagenbeck. the owner, of 11am - burg, Germany, arrived on the Bremen steamer Elbe. He is one of the largest dealers in wild animals in the world, and his zoological garden In llamburc is one of the chief attractions of that city, and he says that it has contained at one time or another a grater variety of animals than any other one building since the days of Noah's ark. Mr. IIagenbeck intends to stop in this coun try only a fortnight. He will visit Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis,Cincinuati, Buffalo and Niagara Talls, see the various shows on exhibi tion along the route, sell them what they want, and buy from them what. -tt do not n d, for" to r.i on - meniAg.r e 01" < ti Jn i %{! 'or'est.Y to supply- ba zuoldgial' h e t ' omIeo with material. .IIe saidto a re lporter yesterday afternoon, in one of ohe upper lofts of the museum, where hie had retired to avoid the crowd. "If you think this Is a laige menagerie I should like to have you see mine. I have 80,000 square feet in my garden and several strong stone buildings all connected with - each other. In one I keep the carnilv orous animals in heavy iron cages. Sometimes I have twenty lions there at one time. In another I have my ele phants, ostriches, dromedaries aid ante lopes. In another I keel) my reptiles snakes, alligators and the like. In the garden outside this building 1 have cages under cover, where I keep my birds and little animals. I have twenty four ostriches there now, four drome daries and a great variety of every other kind of animals and birds. "You think I an rather young to have so extensive a business? I mu 38 years old, and began when I wam 15. My father was ia large fish dealer. The fisherman used to catch seals alive and bring them to my father. Once some one sol him a polar bear, which lie exhibited. That is how lie came to look into the business. In 1804, about eleven years after the importation of wild aniiimuls into Iurope for show pur poses was attempted, an Italian named Casanova brought over a large stock i, animals. IIe couldn't sell them and couldn't make much money out of ex hibiting them. Seeing something In the business, imy father and I made at contract with Casanova to return to Africa and have the animals captured, and we would pay him so much per head. That is the wiy it started. In 1870 - Casanova and another Itahlin inamed Migolotte both animal agents, had ac cunulitted large stocks and got into ia quarrel. I wez4t to Alp iers and bought, them bothhout. I thiAk that, was the larget ahipienton&t imhn!la over made. - Among others it contained fifteen girat' fes, five elephants, an African rhino ceros, six lions, seven leopards. thirty hyonas, twenty boxes of monkeys and twelve of birds, and seventy-two Abys sinian goats to furnish milk for the young animals. The old animals are killed when they cannot be taken alive without loss of human life, and the young one, If there are any, are so cured, and the little motherless brutes haid to be fed on goat's milk. I have agents in Nubia, on the Somale coast, in Ceylon, at the Magellan straits in South America in British America, and two agents in Lentral India. When a imenagarie is sold out I buy the entiro stock. I lave bought and sold the same aimaiiils as many na fivA times. T send my agents out Into the forests to cap ture the animals. I furnish them with momey to remain out six months or longer, if necessary. I send my Nubia mna out in September and they return in .1 uly. They hire a large nunmber of hamrans, or native huniters, who beat the jungles and( (d0 the manual labor of securing thme p)rizes. They seek a suit able locality, wvhere they build a large corral. They live in this and keep the animals there until they are ready to return to the coast. The retuirn trip) is about the hardest p)art of the exp)edition. It takes nearly two months, and the hot sands of the Nubian Desert liaya to be crossed. T.ie young animals haLve to be carried on camels, and thme ostriches and, large animals haLve to be led or carried. it requires a host of camels to followv tihe caravan and carry the p)rovisionls. When01 our party comies back it usually numbers 200 men, andl twvice that mnn lher of beasts of prey and burden. From. the Nubian D)esert they go to Cassala, which is thme headquarters of visitors In that reigon. Trhence they go to the Red SeaL and the Suez Canal, where the anii mnals and necessary attendlants are sh ipi p)e( directly to Hamburg. From there I (distribute them all over the wvorld. 1. sendl Louisiana alligators to Newv York, African elephants to India and thuanas to Brazil. We capture our snakes by building fires in thme rocks wvhere they hide, and( whleni they come out, attract ed by the flames, they are caught In nets. "if you will conme downi into the en gine-room I will show you tihe largest snakes you ever saw. I had twenty four boxes sent to America, containing 270. I have 8so(1 a number. Teni boxes went to Philadelphia. These boxes hold huge pythuons, which were taken at Sudabunts, near Calcutta." In the engine-room there were two large dry goods boxes and IL number of visitors. Mr. Ilugenbock, armned with a stout cud(gel and a piece of carpet, raised time lid1 of the larger box. There were flye of thelargestesnakes over brought to long and seven hiphes through. They J writhed around the box .coiling them solves into innummerablo hiard and double . ,knots, and discounted the alcoholic 5cr p)ent in realistic effect. -An inquisitive 7 observer stuck lis head dyer lie box and( presented a flne mark for the bi~ snake, who would have certainly disfig ured huls coumntenance if- it l.ad not been hampered by its companions. It had to be poundeld on the,head wvith a silk be- i fore it would retire and the timnidtiern bers of the compn an armed themsele with rakes h~&1oog, and view4te se~condb n aaste-dc, hake ig ot .Ude fe