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TRI"W EEKLY EDITION, WINNSBORO, S. (.. SEPTEMBER 27, 183VSALSE
THE VERDICT
--OF.
TH E PEOPLE.
BUY THE BEST!
MA. J. O. BoAa-Dear Sir: I bought the tirst
Davis Machine sold by you over five years ago for
my wife who has given it a long and fair trial. I
am well pleased with it. It never Rives any
rouble, and In as good as when first bought.
J. W. UOLIO.
Winnsboro, S. C., Apri. 1888.
Mr. BoAO: Z ou wish to know what, I have to say
in regard to the Davis Machine bought, of you three
year, ago. I feel I can't say too much in its favor.
I made abouk $80,00 within five months, at times
running it so fast that the needle would get per
fectly hot trom friction. I feel confideni I could
not have done the same work with as much ease
and so well with any other machine. No time lost
in adjusting attachments. The lightest running
machine I have ever treadled. Brother James and
Williams' families are as much pleased with their
Davis Machines bought of you. I want no better
machine. As I said before, I don't think too
much can be said for the Davis Machine.
lespectfully,
BI.1.EN STEVENSON,
Fairfield County, April, 1888.
Ma. BoAO : My miclilne gives me perfect satis
faction. I ilnd no fault with it. The attachments
are so simple. I wish for no better than the Davis
Vertical Feed.
Respectfully.
MRS. 11. MIL,LINO.
Fairfeid county, Apri', 1883.
Ma. BoAc: I bougnt a Davis Vertical Feed
ewing Machine from you four years ago. I am
elighted with it. It never has g,von me any
rouble, and has never been the least out of order.
It is as good as when I first bought it. I can
cheerfully recommend It.
ltespectfully,
MIS. M. J. KIRKLAND.
Monticello, April S0, 1883.
This is to certify that I have been using a Davis
Vertical Feed Sewing Machine or over tw a years,
purchased of Mr. J. 0. Hoag. I haven't found I I
pissessed of any fault-all the attachments are so
simple. It never refuses to work, and is certainly
th' lightest running in the aarket. I consider it
a first class mnchine.
Very respectfully
MINNIE 1. WII.LINoHAM.
Oaklanm. Fairfieli county, S. C.
Mn BOAO: am wei picaset ir every particul
wit h the Davis Machine nought of you. I think
a irst-class machine in every respect. You knew
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.
tespectfully,
Mis. M. II. MoBm.l.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
This Is to cortity we have naa an constant use
the Davis Machine bought of you about three years
ago. As we take in work, and have made the
price of it several times over, we don't want any
better machine. It is always ready to do any kind
of work we have to do. No puckering or skipping
stitches. We can only say we are well pleased
une wish no better machine.
CATIERINE WYJ.IS AND SISTEit.
April 25, 1888.
I have no fault to and with my mach ne, and
don't want any better. I have made the price of
it severa times by taking in sewing. It is always
ready to (10 its work. I think IC a first-class ma
chine. I feel I can't say too much for the D.vls
Vertical Feed Machine.
MRS. TttMAs SMITH.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
MR. J. O. boAO--),ar Sir: It gives me m ich
pleasure "o testify to the merits o' the Davis Ver
dical Feed Sewing Machine. The machlue t got of
you about 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 col, me one cent for
repairs s:nce we have had it. Am well pleasel
anil don't wish for any better.
Yonrs truly,
hoaT. OnAwFioltD,
Granlte Qiarry, necar Winansboro 8. C.
\ie have usedl the Davis VertIcal Feed Sewing
Machine for the lasi; five years. We would not
have any ether make at any price. The maclino
has given us unbumdec satisfaction.
Vcry respectfully,
Musi. WV. K. 'rlTUnNi AED DAUoHTErs
FaIr ieldl county, S. C., Jan. 21, 1838.
Havmng bought a Davis VertIcal Feed Sowing
Machine from Mr. J. 0. Bioag some three years
ago, and It having given me perfect satisfac.on In
every resplect as a lamily machine, both for heavy
and lIght sewving, and never ne'eded the least re
pair in any way. I can clieerfu,'y recommend it to
say 0o10 as a first-class machine in every particu
lar, and th'nk it second to none. It is one of the
sinmplest machines mlade; my chilah,en use it with
all ease. 'The attachments are more easily ad
justedl and it does a greater range of work by
mieans of its Vertical Feed thana any other ima
chine I have ever seen or used.
MRs. TnOMAs OwiNOS.
Winnsboro, Fairfield county, S. C.
WVe have had one of the Davis MacnInes about
fear year~s and have always found 10 readly to d1o all
kinds of work we have had occasion to co. Can't
see that the machine is worn any, and works as
well as when new.
Mas. W. J. CHAwFORD,
Jackson's CreeLs, Fairfield county, 8. 0.
My wife Is highly pleased with the D)avis Ma
chIne bought Of you. She would niot lake double
what she gave for it. The macehlne has not
been out of order since she had it, and she can (10
ay kind of work on it.
Very Itespectfully,
JAs, F. FuEs,
Monticello, Fairfield county, S. C.
The Davis Sewing Macline Is slimply a freas
tire Mns. J. A. (GooDwYN.
ilidgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, 1683.
J, 0 BoAG, Esq., Agent--DOiar Sir: My wife
S has iaeen using a Davis Sewing Machine constant
~' ly (or the past four years, and ia has never needed
say repais an.l works jumst as well as when first
bought. She sys It will (10 a greater range of
practical work and do a easie. andl better than
any machino she has ever used,. We cheerfully
recoilmndl it as a dAo. lifamily ianachine,
Your tru.y, JS .DVS
Winnsboro, 8. C., Jan. 8, 188.
Mu. BoAo: I have always found mny Davis Ma
ehine ready do all kiinds of to work I have hind oco
eamion to do. I cannot see that the machine Is
worn a particle and it works a weal as when new.
Rtespectfully,
Miss. IR. C. 00ooD18o.
Winnsboro, 5. C., A pril, 1883,
MR. B3OAo My wife has been constantly using
the Davis Machinme bought of you about five yeara
ago. I have never regretted buying it, as It is
always ready for any ind of faml sowing, eiher
ileavy or light. It is never out of fx or needing
rePaIrs,Very respectfuilly,
A. W. LADD,
Fealelt, n. C. iKar,- 198$.
A REVERIE.
Ah me, 'tie not so long ago
Since first I fondly hoped, and so
All pleasures grew, and, with each throng,
Came strains of summer's sweetest song,
And darkness fell, scarce seen by me,
And, though unknown, I strove to be
So wise and good that men might say :
"Around his brow dwells constant day."
But now I daily older grow,
And sadder, toe they tell me. so
I watch the shadows 'mong the trees,
And hear the sigh in evening's breeze;
And weep tnat wisdom Is far off,
And grieve that men at goodness scoff,
And think, perhaps, the night may be
Less dark than is each day to mne.
Aud so, in sadness, still I wait,
For soon I know, or maybe late,
The gates will open wide for me,
And I shall journey toward the sea,
Whose breakers roar in every ear*
Whose moaning song I ne'er shal{ fear,
'Whose saddest music oft has waked
The memn'ry of a thirst unslaked.
THE DOCTOU'S 8URIPRIE.
The gas flared brightly in the drug
room in the great city hospital of
W- IDr. Wharton, one of the
young physicians in charge, stood by
the marble slab putting up a prescrip
tion. Near him lounged idly, Dr. Fra
zier, his colleague a dark, moustached
young fellow, with a hard, intolerant
cast of countenance, rendered more re
phllant just now by an angry scowl.
"Don't talk to me, Phil,,' he said.
"There is a miserable poor outlook for
either of us here. The poorest hod
carrier that walks the streets has a bet
ter chance for success than you or I
even though we have M. D. attached
to our names. You can brag of your
profession if you like, but I am sick of
it. I'll try something else before the
year's out."
"I haven't bragged of It," said Dr.
Wharton good humoredly, "I have
said nothing. You never gave ue a
chance."
"To think of how I've wasted my
life," continued Frazier, without heed
ing him. "Four years at college, two
in a doctor's olice, two in a Philadel
phia medical school. And here I am
and here you are, men of twenty-four,
glad to have a year's practice in a hos
pital for our board, when my brother,
two years younger, and without an edu
cation, is making a handsome living
speculating on the Stock Exchange. A
great difference, truly."
Philip Wharton made no reply, but
ground away steadily at the mortar.
"Do stop that screaki" said Frazier,
Irritably. "Come out and have a
smoke."
"I haven't finished putting up this pre
scription."
-"ou't).vtur'.nam your, 'supper,
either;"
"No, but I shall ['nish the prescrip
tion first."
"You always stick at a thing until it
is finished. You'll stick at your pro
fession until it finishes you."
"I hope not," said Wharton, laugh
iRg.
"What are you going to do when you
leave the hospital? Our time will be
up in September. Where are you going
to settle?"
"I don't know yet," said Philip, his
cheerful face suddenly clouding. "I
know of no place where there is much
chance of success. My cousin John ad
vises me to go West. But there are
half a dozen doctors in every village out
there already."
"There," said George Frazier, tri.
umphantly. "What did I say? There
is absolutely no chance for a young
doctor, unless lie.hasa fortune or friends
to push him on. You and I have
neither. We had better go out and
p)reach this new cdre of fasting, We
have every prospect of becoming good
examples of its effects, whatever those
may be,"
D)r. Wharton laughed, but made no
rep)ly. Is face showed, however, that
he lelt the truth of wvhat Frazier said.
"You had better come to supper,
Phil," Frazier added, in a more cheer
ful tone. Having succeeded in making
his companion feel miserable, his own
spirits begani to revive.
"No, 1imust put up thmis prescription
first."
"Very well. i'm going to cut my
ward and take a stroli to-night."
Hie sauntered out into the clear
moon, light and fresh air. Dr. Whar
tonl glanced after him, feeling as if lie.
too, must escape from the nau seating
smell of the drugs and the heavy, iw
tid air of the sick wvards. But lie
ground steadily at his powder.
He was a homely littie man, whose
only attractive trait was a happy, hearty
buoyancy of heart, but that wvas gone
now. When the prescription was made
up in little papers, labelled and direct
ed, he waShed his hands, put on his
hat, and looking at his watch, walked
quickly into the street. Half an hour
was the time lie gave himself for meals,
but to-night lie would use the hall'
hour for something else thtan supper.
Hie turned Into a quiet cross street,
and In a few minutes reached a little
book shop which wore a melancholy,
watchful air, as if tired ef looking out
for customers. Insie a young girl
was perched on a high stool, writmng
in a ledger. She had a round, merry
face, which grew suddenly red as sihe
looked up.
"Oht, Philip?" she cried, jumping
down and catching his hand with a
nervous sob and laugh. "Such a good
day as this has been! Mr. Nixon has
not scolded sinice morning, and I have
made two sales, and now you are come."
"So 19ixon was scolding you, was
Ite?" said P'hlip, his face darkening.
"T he scoundrel. To think that you
must submit to the tyranny of a ruulin
like him, and I cani do nothing."
"Hush!" Site glanced in terror at
the half-open door. "He is at supper
in the back roomu. Dont offend him
Philip, or he would dischtarge me, and
then what should I do? It is impossible
for girls to get work in the city now,
and I must live," "Yes, and you must
earn your own living," he said bitterly.
"If I were half a man I w uld have
been able to marry before nowv. it's
ton years since you promised to marry
me, Susie. Do you remember? You
wore a little freckled tot then, munch
lug candy, and I a lubberly farm ioy.
But I determined to make you my wife,
and keep you from all trouble, though
slow enough I've been about it."
"You have done more than any other
man over did!" cried Susie, hotly.
"You have educated yourself-earned
your profession-"
"Profession! I'm beginning to think
Frazier is right, and that I had better
be a hod-carrier tnan a doctor. Then
at least I would be sure of work and
wages, but now,when I leave the hospital
next month, where am I to go? It may
be years before I can earn enough to
keep us from starving, if we should
marry."
"N.ever mind!" said Susie, laughing,
though her blue eyes were wet with
tears. "What are years? We are very
young, Philip."
"Frazier is going to try something
else."
"And will you?"
Wharton hesitated, and then that
determined look came into his face
which Susie knew so well.
"No, I'll stick at it. I never have
given up anything until I did it, and
I'll not begin it nowl But you, you
must help me to keep up heart, Susie,"
and with a long breath lie took both her
hands in his.
"Why, there's no rmason why we
should give up heart," she said, with a
cheerful tone. "Go now, there is
Nixon coming. le does not like to see
you here."
"No," said Philip, "he is afraid he
will lose his clerk. He'il not find
another that he can grhid as much work
from on starvation wages."
.'Gol gol" She pushed him to the
door still laughing, but when he was
gone she laid her head on the ledger
and sobbed.
Susie was an orphan and had no
friends in this world but the man who
had loved her since she was a child.
She had more courage and energy
probably, than he, but the life of the
girl in Nixon's shop was almost intol
erable, and she was very lonely and
tired.
If Dr. Wharton was moody and des
pairing the next day his patients did
not know it. He had never been more
gentle or untiring in his care of them.
'They were all poor, for the hospital was
a city charity. But the more heavily
his own trouble pressed on him the
more tender to those wretched paupers
lie grew.
fiu was busied all the morning with
one old countryman, who had fallen in
the street from his horse, and been car
ried in insensible. Dr. Frazier round
him beside the old man's cot early in
the afternoon.
Frazier had been absent nearly all
day. iia tan wm finhd and i -~
MOre burning with excitement. le
beckoned Philip aside.
"There's a chance. It's something
big," he whispered excitedly. "Call
Poor to take your ward this afternoon
and come with me. lie's going to take
mine."
"I can't give up my ward to Poor.
ie's a blunderer," said Wharton,
gruilly. "You may if you choose."
"'N.o need to snub me, Phil, when
I'm trying to do you a service. You
said the other day you had saved a
couple of hundred dollars."
"Yes, that's my capital to begin the
world with in September."
"Well, Frank-my brother, you
know-has just had private informa
tion of a great expected rise in the Dar
ling Silver Mine stock. He'll let you
and me into the chance. We'll go
down with him to the Stock Exchange
and buy up all the shares we can."
"I can't leave my ward to Poor," he
said. "There is no patient in danger
but this man. But he i.s in avery cr1
tical condition. I won't leave him.
"Nonsense? What can a couple of
hours matteri Iit is a chance that may
never come to you again. It's a dead.
sure thing, I tell you."
Wharton shook his head.
'Listen to reason, Phil. You may
clear enough by this venture to make
a beginning for a competency for years.
You can atford then to wait for prac
tice. You might even marry, if you
can find a nice girl," he said, with a
laugh.
"Marry!" Dr. Wharton's hand shook,
as he dropped the medicine into a spoon.
"I would need time to consider the in
vestment," lie said, "even if I could
leave this mani. I would wish to be
clear in my conscience that it would be
a proper one to make. But the old
man's condition is such that my present
duty is clear." Hie sat down by the
cot, watching the sick man. The p)ic
ture of Susie at wvork In the miserable
shop, with that brutal old 191ixon driv
ing hier, rose before lum. She might
have to bear this for years, and now
that possibly he might help her, was he to
give it up for this man-an utter stran
ger to him.
The clock ticked swiftly. Wharton's
face was haggard.
"Come!" Frazier said hurriedly.
"I'll not go, Frazier"
"Not go! You are n'ot going to lose
your one chanice in life for that old
pauper-that-old hawbuck?" nodding
contemptuously towards the cot.
"I'll not leave him."
Dr. Jrrazler stooped over the old man
and examined him.
"Hie may lay In this way for days,"
he said. "It is likely you will find him
just as he is when you come back."
"Yes, but lie may change at any mo
ment. The treatment .1 am trying is a
new one. Poor knows nothing about
it.
"You'll not come, then?" said Fra
zier, halting on his way to the door.
Wharton had followed him a step or
two, and did not reply for a momentE.
Tihe closed eyelids of the withered old
face on the pillow flickered, a sharp
glance shot out from them.
"1N1," he said, quietly. "I will stay
with him. This Is no common work,
and I will not leave It to Poor."
Frazier went to the exchange, and
by several ventures cleared several hun
dred dollars. lie was greatly elated
over his success.
Dr. Wharton drudged along in his
daily rounds among his pauper patients
with no other reward than the old
'man's recovery.
"You are ready for discharge to
morrow," lie said to him one day when
a fortnight had passed. a
"Discharge, ehl That was a queer
experiment you tried on me, young
man. I've had some little experience
in physic in my day, and I can't say I
over saw the like Of that treatment."
"No it was not the old method sir,''
said Wharton, respectfully, goilg on
his rounds.
When he came back his patient
called out querulously: 'Where's the
dollar and i half that was in my
breeches pocket when I was brought
in? Some thief hae robbed me."
"You will find it with the Superin
tendent."
Oh, ayel I hope' .^ -nu anmi to
be robbed, even b A; institution. I
suppose the bill foi my kep here'll be
hilih, young man?"
'lhere is no charge. It is a free
hospital."
"Sol sol" grumbled the old fellow
to himself, turning over in bed.
The next day he left the hospital,
while Philip was at dinner, without a
word of farewell.
"So that is the end of it," thought
the doctor. This one great struggle of
his life had cost hin so much, that he
could not understand how the man who
had gained by it could be so indifferent.
".L wish lie had said good-bye, at
least. But no matter."
The next week the Superintendent
tent for him. "Who is John Sands,
doctor?" he asked, as sooni as Philip
opened the door.
"A poor old countryman who was
in my ward. Discharged last Tues
day."
"Poor, indeed! It was Dr. Sands, as
it turns out-Dr. Sands, of Schollsburg.
The old man has had all the practice of
that county for forty years, and has
amassed a fortune, but he chooses to
go about like a beggar. le was mis
taken for one and brought in here, it
seems. le encloses a check for a hun
dred dollars, for the hospital, and says
he doesn't chose to be indebted even to
an institution."
"Well done for Sands!" laughed
Wharton.
"le has done better than that,"said
the Superintendent, with a twinkle in
his eyes. "Sit down a minute, Whar
ton. The old doctor, it seems, is feel
ing his age, and wants to take some
young man in as partner, to whom lie
can leave his practice in a year or two,
and he has fixed upon-upon-well,
Wharton. he has fixed upon you!"
"Mel" and Philip sprang to his feet.
"You. Yes, I said you. You have
made the old fellow your debtor in
some way, by a favor, which he says lie
can never repay. Besides, he says he
and, above all, your inflexible devotion
to your duty. There is his letter."
Philip read it with eager eyes.
"You see he says lhe wants you to
come in September, and to bring a wife
with you, if possible. A married man,
he says, is always more successful. Ec
centric old fellow, I fancy?"
But Philip did not answer. le was
buttoning his overcoat with tre ibling
hands. "Excuse me," he said, but
there is a friend to whom I must tell
the good news," and in a moment more
he was on his way to the book-shop and
-Susie!
Dr. Wharton is now the principal
practitioner n Scholl county, and a
happy, successful man.
"I gained wife, tortune, all I have,"
he says, "simlply by sticking to one
thing until it was finished."
Dr. Frazier's success was but tempo
rary. Hie risked all lie had oni one un
lucky venture, and lost, lie is now a
cjerk on a small salary in his brother's
Unict,.
A Crookory Bat.
About 8 o'clock, a man smokinig p)lug
tobacco in an old clay pipe, walked out
of a Michigan avenue saloon, Detroit,
with a rat in a trap). lie looked neither
to the right or the left until he had
reached the middle of the street. Then
lie placed the trap on thle ground anld
whistled for his dog. If lie had a dog,
the animal did not respondi, but the
public did. In less than two mniuites
thirty men were rushing to the spot.
"lii there! Don't let him out till I
get my dog," shouted one.
"Hold on! Wait for time dogs!" yelled
half a dozen voices at once.
"Keep cool and form a circle!" com
manded a policeman, as he took a fir
mer grIp of his baton.
The man with the trap spread a large
handkerchief over it and waited. He
was not a bit excited. On the contrary
he was as placid as a chip sailing in the
wash-dish.
"Whar' did ye ketch him11?" inquired
a newsboy.
Tihe placid man did not dei to replhy.
"Whiat'll ye take fur him?" asked
aniother, but his inquiry was treated
with the same silent conitempt.
Then four or flve men came runniing
up with dogs under their arms and ton
or fifteen dogs on foot followed behind.
There was a ilght between, a bull-dog
and a Newfoundland, and there would
have been a row between owners had'
not a second policeman appeared. Or
der was finally restored. The dogs
were arranged in a circle and held by
their collars, anId the placid man slowly
knocked the ashes from his pipe, looked
carefully around, and thon raised the
trap and shook the rat out. All the
dogs made a rush, but inl ten seconds
each and every canine walked off on his
ear and seemed to be hurt in his feel
lngs. A bo'y stepped forward and held
the rat up to view.
"it's a crockery ratl" he yelled as
he whirled it around.
"Yes, it vhas a grory radt, und lie
cost me den cents!'' calmly replied the
placid man as lie walked off with is
trap.
--There has been found among a
Bedouin tribe east of thle Jordon, pieces
of skin containing portions of Deutoro
nomy and the commandments, made
about 800 years before Christ, and the
Br1i Museum is expected to pay a
fauous sum for it. There is little
doubt, among experts, as to its gen
unnaas.
Fanous Escapes From Indiana.
"3tories of marvelous and ingenious
escapes were the romance of the colonies,
and such adventures date back to the
earliest Indian war in Virginia,where a man
and his wife, who had been spared in the
wholesale slaughter, found their opportu
nity to escape while the Indians were danc
ing for joy over the acquisition of a white
man's boat that bad drifted ashore. These
captives got into a canoe, and soon after
ward surprised their friends in the settle
ments, who had believed them to be dead.
Very like this was the escape of Anthony
Bracket and his wife in Maine. They
were left to follow on after their captors,
who were eager to reach a plundering
party_ in tune to share in tie spoil. Brack
et's wife found a broken bark canoe, which
she mended with a needle and thread; the
whole family then put to sea in this rickety
craft, and at length reached Black Point,
where they got on board a vessel. A little
lad of eleven years named Eames, taken
in 'hilip's war, made his way thirty miles
or more to the settlements. Two eons of
the famous Hannah Bradley, previously
mentioned, effected an ingenious escape,
lying all the tirat day in a hollow log and
using their provisions to make friendR with
the dogs that had tracked Them. They
journeyed in extreme peril and suffering
for nine days, and one of them fell down
with exhaustion just as they were entering
a white settlement. A young girl in
Massachusetts, after three weeks of cap -
tivity, made a bridle of bark, and catch
ing a horse, rode all night through the
woods to Concord. Mrs. Dean, taken at
Oyster River in 1604, was left, with her
daughter, in charge of an old Indian while
the rest finished their work of destruction.
The old follow asked his prisoner what
would cure a pain in his head. Bhe recom
mended him to drink some rum taken from
her house. This put him to sleep, and the
woman and child got away. Another
down-east captive, with the fitting name
of Toogood, while his captor during an
attack on a settlement was disentangling a
piece of string with which to tie him,
jerked the Indian's gun from under his
arm and, leveling it at his head, got safely
away.
"Escaping captives endured extreme
hardships. One Bard, taken In t'ennsyl
vania, lived nine days on a few buds and
four snakes. Mrs. Inglie, captured in the
valley of Virginia, escaped in company
with a German woman from a place far
down the Ohio river. After narrowly
avoiding discovery and recapture, they
succeeded in ascending the south bank of
the Ohio for some hundreds of miles.
When within a few days' travel of settle
ments, they were so reduced by famine
that the German woman, enraged that she
had been persuaded to desert the Indian
flesh-pots, and crazed with hunger, made
an unsuccessful attack on her companion
mis of'ill he eschpes of New 'Rigland
captives was that of Hannah Duston, Mary
Neff, and a boy, Samuel Leonardson.
These three were carried off, with many
others, in 1407, in the attack on Haver
hill, Mrs. Duston'i infant child having
been killed by the Indians. When the
captors had separated, the party to whom
the two women and the boy were assigned
encamped on an island in the Merrimac
river. At midnight, the captives secured
hatchets and killed ten Indians-two men,
two women, and six children-one favorite
boy, whom they meant to spare, and one
badly wounded woman, escaping. After
they had left the camp, the fugitives
remembered that nobody in the settlements
would believe, without evidence, that they
had performed so redoubtable an action;
they therefore returned and scalped the
Indians, after which they scuttled all the
canoes on the island but one, and in this
escaped down the Merrimac, and finally
reached Haverhill. This was such an ex
ploit as made the actors immediately fa
mous in that bloody time. The Massa
chusetts General Court gave Mrs. Duston
twenty-five pounds and granted half that
amount to each of her companions. The
story of their daring dccd was carried far
to the southward, and Governor Nicholson,
of Maryland, sent a valuable present to the
escaped prisoners."
Poison in the Teaeny.
Among the many articles of comnmon
family use that have become the subjects
of cheap adulteration there is probably no
one more conspicuous than tea. Poor and
cheap teas are flavored and colored to re
semble, in a faint degree, those of a better
grade, while teas that have been once used
and their strength entirely extracted are
redried, recolored by the use of copperas
and Prussian blue, and by the aid of a
slight admixture of genuine tea arc palmed
oOf on an unsuspecting public.
Tihe fraud of sellkng tea that is entirely
worthless is bad .enough, but when auf'
decient of poison is added to the tasteless
decoction to irritate and injure the stomach
the evil becomes of sufficient magnitude to
call for preventive measures of a vigorous
kind. Just how this can be best accom
plished is somewhat uncertain. teieable
dealers of course refuse to handle the
fraudulent and poisonous stuff. But ras
cally dealers in the adulterated goods es
tablish agencies, employ canvassers to go
from house to house, and as they can af
ford to sell these worthless goods cheaper
than the family grocer can sell an honest
article, they manage to deceive ignorant
and well-meaning people and work off the
poisonous and spurkous goods in large
quantities.
Beveral Btates, Pennsylvania included,
have stringent laws against the sale of adul
terated articles of food and drink, but the
laws fall to provlde practical methods for
detecting these adulterations and are thus
insufficient. Congress passed an act at its
last session to prevent the importation of
adulterated and spurious teas and, as all
teas arc imported, if the inspectors are
effleient and watchful the evil should be
checked so far as new importations of the
worthless stuff is concerned. There is,
however, a vast stock of the doctored herb
already in this country and there are firms
which follow the business of adulteration
in some of our own cities. Against these
two sources of supply the public must still
continue to guard itself. The best method
of doing this at present is not to be too
anxious to get'cheap teas and to be sure
that the tea dealer of whom the family
purchases are made not only is honest, but
knows what real tea is when he sees it.
-Mr. Flood's San Francisco "house"
will cost, it is given out, nearly $5,
000000
Glimpses of Alaska.
Three sunny and beautiful days were
spent ssiling through the enchanted islands,
with steep mountain sides and bdld rocks
reflected in clear waters, cascades dashing
down between the pine trees, and lofty
snow peaks taking on the delicate glow
and flush of the late sunset light. The
midnight skies had been dyed with the
flames of the aurora, and the early sunrise
was a dream of faint and misty coloring
just before we rounded the point of a
green island one morning and saw the
town and totem poles of Fort Wrangoll
before us. Next to Kodiak and Sitka,
Wrangell is one of the oldest settle uuts
in Alaska, and for eighty years has been a I
great trading post along the coast. The
Hudson Bay Company and the Russian
Government had forts and stations here.
and for a few years after the purchase of
Alaska a garrison of United States troops
was maintained at Fort Wrangell. As
different counsels prevailed at head- 1
quarters, the troops were withdrawn and t
then returned, and after a small fortune v
bad been expended in this abandonment i
and restoration of the military, the soldiers v
took a final leave twelve years ago, and i
the block house, stockade, and the log I
quarters were given ever to picturesque- I
ness and decay.
As a point of departure for the (Jasiar s
mines on the Stickeen river, Wrangell has r
maintained its Importance even after the
withdrawal of troops, and the miners and e
prospectors of the gold region make it a v
base of supplies in all seasons, and a place k
for social hibernation when the snow and p
ice drive them down from their mountain i
retreats. A few trading stores btraggle e
up the main street that runs parallel with a
the beach. At one and this thoroughfare a
is guarded by the stockade and sally-port b
of the old fort, while at the other it gradu- a
ally changes into a rambling Indian
village, set with totem posts and fringed a
along the water front with long cedar 8
canoes. The Indian houses front directly n
on the beach, and behind them are the
grass-grown ruins of the old Russian tort
and its outlying graveyard. The houses
are low and square, built of rough-hewn t
cedar planks, with few attempts at paint tI
and outer decorations besides the tall
totems that guard the doorways of the a
chiefs and the other great men. These P
totems are the shrines and show places of k
Wrangell, and the ordinary tourist can
appreciate something of the great interest b
that ethnologists have taken in them. A
pair of especially fine totems were taken w
from here in 1876 and sent to the Centen.
nial Exposition, and since then they have I
occupied a place in the greit hall of the
Smithsonian 1 nstiute. P
The totems of Wrangell are ancient and tl
weather worn, spotted with moss and a
lichens and bearing tufts of grass and v
waving bushes in the crevices, and the d
Id7 t1ihlidtifedyb' %.w f lit A7i'ift. b
ening of the elements. The totems by the u
doorways stand forty and sixty feet high; il
carved from base to crown with huge,
grotesque faces of men and animals, the
bear, the whale, the wolf, and the raven
standing as most prominent among the
heraldic beasts that represent the great tl
families of the Thlinkets, Each one of g
these faces has a signifiace equivalent to a
the quarteiings on the shield of a noble ii
family, and a man's ancestors and able- il
ances are to be read on is totem posts by ti
all who run. The carving and painting a
of the symbolic heads is a work of savage i
skill, and the c.st of these poles is aston- V
ishing even in this day of extravagance in a
decorative art. The noble Thlinket must i
first fell his tall cedars and set the artist to c
work, and then comes the grand cere- t
mony of crecting the posts before his a
home. A feast is given of all the deli- u
cacics the Alaska market can afford, and g
potlach or gifts of blankets and calico e
are given away so generously that the il
totem party often costs as high as $1,000 1
and $2,000. A man's rank and riches are <
considere.d greater the more he gives away, i
and as the blanket Is the unit of value, his
wealth and standing increases according as l
he tears and dtistributes blankets on the
occasion of his house-warming and pole-t
raising parties. Totemns are also erected
over the square-box houses in which they
deposit, the ashes of their cremated dead,
and the town abounds in picturesque litt,le
tombs niched in between the houses of the
living. B3urmnounted by a fox or a whale
once painted In brilliant colors, but now
toned down by the mosses, the ferns,
trailers, and rank vegetation that rapidly
cre.eps over and coiiceals everything in
this moist, tenmperate climate, the houses
of the dead are more picture'quo than
those of the living.
l'esr of the Dentist.
Ten thousand dentists, whose thriving
business attests badness of American
teeth, meet with amusing adventurce
when they encounter those who are suf
fering from what Burns calls the "grim,
mischiet-making chiel" that makes "man
kind aft dance a reel." A reporter
describes some of these experiences, as
they were decribed to him by several
dentists.
"We encounter more that is ridicu
lous in the extraction of teeth than in
any other branch of the profession," said
a dentist.
"Why, I have had great strong men
come Into my office with the intention of
having a tooth extracted, and at t,he sight
of the instrument actually turn and run,
yes, run, as if the angel of death had end.
denly appeared before them,
"On the other hand I have seen frail
looking little women come in, and without
a word or look that would indicate any
timidity, take a seat and undergo the oper
ation with scarcely a sign of fear.
"Men and women of large stature as a1
general rule, make more fuss than smaller
men and women, and women exhibit less
fear than men,
"Sm very amusing inoidents occur1
dluring the practice of a dentist, For In.
stance, not long since a prominent lawyer,
being greatly annoyed by an aching tooth,
decided to have it out; so, mustering up
courage, ho went to a well-known dentist
and told him he required his services.
"The lawyer took the chair and the
dentist got everything in readiness, when
the lawyer spoke up and said, 'I am going I
to faint.,' and he did.
"Nevertheless, the tooth was extracted, I
and the loss of blood bringing him to a
consciouusnes, the dentist asked him if it
was a comm'an thing for him to faint, and
receiving an affirmative answer,'said that
thie fat ef his fainting had removed the I
necnssIty of his admimasterIng gas.'' 4
The Robber's Cave.
Some of the quiet homes in and
lround the village of North Tarrytown,
,a Westchester county New York, have
)eeu disturbed in the last few months
>y burglars, The property taken has
iot been always of great value, but the
osses nevertheless have been felt. The
rillagers and the local polios have made
fforts to find the criminals, but the
earch has heretofore been fruitless. It
iah especially pusled the police to con
roture how the goods have been carried
>ff without attracting the attention of
he neighbors. Messrs. Thayer, Leg
fett, Mason, and others whose homes
iave been entered have been especially
wdtive in seeking the thieyes. The in.
ormation that had been sought in vain,
iowever, by the constables and deputy
her;ffs, was obtained on Monday, Aug.
Oth, in an unexpected and romantic
sanner by two citizens of North Tarry
own. Mr. V an Tassel and a friend
rero strolling through the t3aoha woods
a the afternoon when their attention
ras attracted by the mysterious move
nents of a stranger at a little distance.
hey could scarcely determine whether
Le was deyeloping a recently-discovered
old mine, searching for a mineral
pring, sinking a well, or digging a last
eating-place for himself,
Their thoughts were rudely disturb-'
d, however, by the mysterious being in
rhose movements they were taking so
eon an interest. The stranger, hap
ening to see the two men, resented the
itrusion, and seizing a rifle which lay
onveniently near, suggested the advis
bility of being left to the solitude he
3 much desired. Mr. Van Tassel and
is friend not being at that time in an
rgumentive mood, agreed to the propo
tion of the genial stranger. They
rolled in another direction until they
)cured the aid of some of their towns
ien, and then the party returned to the
eighborhood where the digging
arrior had been seen. The
Ian had disappeared, but the inquisi
ve villagers proceeded to examine the
round in the vicinity, and they were
)on rewarded by the discovery of a
iece of natural scenery hitherto un
aown to the oldest inhabitant. This
as a cave 'vhich had been concealed 17
cards covered with earth so as not to
e noticed from the path. The boards
ere taken off and the acquisitive dispo
tion of the stranger became manifest.
[e had secured boots and shoes, cloth.
g, and provisions enough for many
cople's needs. The property which
i1 stranger had taken such pains to
3quire and preserve was taken by the
Illagers to the office of Justice Ken
all, the local magistrate, where they
welN#i~o~wid -IbiTy reoeive them
nless the man with the rifle should put
further claims for their possession.
The Injudlelous Uso of Paris Ureen.
Farmers should remoember, that
its is a poison that is as dan
erous to man an( animals as to in
wcts, and that too great caution can.
ot be observed in its use. And first,
should be known that an almost in
nitesimal amount, if eaten by an in
3ct, will cause death In a few hours.
Yheu using the poison upon potatoes
ines, or upon fruit trees, the aim
lould be to make the green go over
s much ground as it will effectually
over. We have known of several pu
ito fields being badly injured the pre
ent season, by too free use of the dust
pon the leaves. A leaf killed by the
reen is as useless to the plant as one
aten by the bug. We have generally
l)pliced the poison dry, and mixed wvithi
ery 11i10 plaster of paris of the rate of
no part in wveighit to 100 parts of the
'laster, and then without making a
cry heavy app)lication, the beetles have
con thoroughly cleaned out. It is only
eccessary to have the poison remain on
lhe leaves two days to destroy ail that
prtake of it. Later hiatchings masy
equ ire subsequent applications. As
lie mnsects are found uponL the tender
et leaves, th ose which grewv last, there
s no necessity for dusting over the
vhole of a large lill of vines, but a
ittle poison1 shaken into the central
>ortioni of the stems will be quite as of
ectutal. if 0on0 has a large field to
reat, it will be weoll to cover the mou.th
nd1( nose with a thin cloth' wvet in cold
valer, wvhile doing the work, and spe
~ial caution should be taken against
rotting a particle of the dust into alny
lush wound or sores on tihe hands, feet
>r face. The past season we have ap
$icd the poison1 in water, through a
mall sprinkler, which worked better
han anything else previously tried.
)ne teaspoonful of the pure green in
we anid a-half to thlree gallons of wa
or, was found sufficiently powerful to
testroy all the weevils within two or
hirce-days after tihe application.
Hitr Dressing in Japan.
The following details with regard
o the halr-dressing of Japuase ladies
nay be of finterest in these~ days, and
nay help to elucidate muoh of the
nystery which always surrounds the
meaning of a Japanese picture. In
'apan a girl at the age of nine wears
er hair tied up in a red scarf bound
round tile back of her head; the fore
icad is left bare, with the exception of
couple of locks, one on each side.
Vhen she is of a marriageable age she
;ombs her hair forward, and makes it
ip into the shape of a fan or butterfly.
mnd at the same time decorates it with
ilver cord and balls of varied colors.
L'his means everything, and Is fully
mnderstood by the young men of Japan.
L. widow who wishes for a second hus
>and puts a tortoise-shell pin horizontal
y at the back of her head and twists her
iair around it, while an unconsolable
vidow cuts her hair short and goes in
or no adornment of any sort. These
sat are very rare. By these simple
neans much confusion is avoided. A
lance around a ball-room suffices to
eli the age and otatus of every lady in
he place and a great deal might be
aid for dire introduction of such a eus.
omi into this country.
-Banoroft, the historian, though 80
ears old, is reported as one of the best
q~uestrians at tNewport,