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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