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LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886.
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MYSTKIUOUS SOUNDS.
THU Cl* lt IO I ?< I I IK I.-; TH KY IllVK
TON THK .MINDS or sinn; l-EUSONS.
Tin' I : i Minni I?'-.? l ear I'\|ici ii m i d li 'II
11 fill ? li;; ol A |i|MU i ni Iv llicxpll.tll.il!
NuWi "--Tin- Origil! of M Pl ll I Kl> I RoillltlN
CSoiiornlly to bu Trimed li? Atmospheric
I lllllHinCOHa
Tho client of certain Bolinda upon tho
mind ?B often vory curious. Wo do uol
allude to the ordinary phcuouioua ol
speech, Binging and uui&io, where thc
sound-producing apparatus is tolerably
familiar, and it i dist nice from tin: biurot
oat inuit ed with a uc.ir approaol) to UOCil
racy. Tho effect in only "mysterious"'
when there is any doubt us to wher thc
sound comos from, and h ov it was
originated; tho imagination thou begins,
and works itself up to very aingtliill 1 >:iI -
luoiuations. Night, or darkness with?
out night, has much lo do with thin mat
ter. When wo cannot soo tho sound'
produoing agont, conjooturc ia apt U> run
wild. Ghost stories ofton depend on no
better foundation than tiiis. Tor in
stance, certain sounds niny frc.pn.nlly
bo beard ai night coming from ibo air
above, but from an iuvistblo source-a
kind of whistling or prolonged cry, tho
producers of li'hioli are known ill coil tin
parts ot' langland ai "whistlers.'' Kimo
legends make it ont that thoso whistlers
are ghost.", some evil spirits, .some. V. m
doringJows. But tho truth is that tho
sounds proceed from birds, snell as vild
geese or plovers, which are in tho habit
of Hying in Mocks by night, either for
tho purpose of reaching distant reeding
grounds or dilling their annual migra
tions. Tlic cry which is usually uti. red
by tho "loader" during these uocti uni
bird-flights has, from iguoranc ? I it:
cause, been regarded as woird and i iyi .
tcrious by superstitious folks, who ; M -
ciate it with impending ovil.
Many a supposed "man in tho ho i . "
turns out t" bc only tho noisu ot porno
door, possibly nflcctcd by gin tutti
changes of temperature, forcing ?bell
open. Many a glios! story would re
coivo ita solut ion by a litt le at tent io to
tho sounds resulting from tin cspamdon
aud contraction of wood-Work, sue J i as
panels, wainscoting omi articles ot furni*
turo. Heard at bight, wbou all is ttill,
the sudden cn ie.it ? of luriiilar. m a
room is apt lo bo somowhat startling,
until ono comes lo know that it is sin ply
duo to tho "weather."
.Sound, being gouotnlly mi ro au libio
at night than in tho daytime, is often
exaggerated by tho-v who overloi c Ibis
fact. Humboldt specially aol I Lit in
winn listening lo thc cntiirnots ol tho
Orinoco, and traced il to dill'cronces iu
tho humidity i i tho air. A little mys
tery is also due to tho fact thal wo si mo
timos know thal an object visible to ur
is producing sound and yet wo on tnt ol
bearii. Th? chirp of tho aparro? ? in
aiidiblo to som? persons; others, - ho
etui bear this sound, cannot, bear thc
Sn, lt oak of a bntj ami ail of us are ut Mic
morey of u kool ol lemo deafness (analo
gous in some degree to Dr. 1?.! ou'f
color blind ni is) iu regard to si II H of
acilto pitch. A singular ease i I vi '>ii
but inaiid{'dn drummingocoi ri il during
the Ann ci War of Independence,
KuglisU m morican troops wore di nv it
np on opposite sides of tho rivi r; Hie
outposts wore mutually visible; and tin
l.llglisb could seonu American druminoi
belting bis tattoo, althoilgli no sound
could bc beard. This ia attributed lon
kimi of tono opacity which II floe ted tb?,
air over the ii\cr ill a particular sta. ol
temper dure and humidity.
There is, to mi st of os, much myslorj
in souiub; w in n louder than wo cxpi oteil
to find them. A well at Carisbrook!
('asile, Isle of Wight, has water al tin
bottom, and wboii BO small au objoel
a pin is dropped into tho wal r, Hu
sound can bo beard above, althougb tin
well is more that) two hundred feet ii' 11
At St. Albans Cathedral, it used tobi
i uid, tho tick of a watch could bo hoard
frot? end to end of that very long build
ng. Whether tho recent rcstomtioiu
nave intel fen d with Ibis phenomenon,
we do not know, lt is a well-knowr
fact that sound.'- can bo beard o\ -r watei
at a grouter distance thau over lan i,
Dr, Hatton beard a person reading uti
distance ol' ono hundred and fortj fool
on Uio Thames, whereas ho could 011b,
hoar bini seventy feet away when Ol
the slime. Sound eau be hoard ovoi
ice, also, more easily Hunt over li lld
When Lieutenant foster WHS wiutei ll]
in tho arctic regions, he fouud lu coull
converse with a man a tulle and a qtiar
tor distant, both being on tho ico. Hu
human voice, it is assorted, bas bcoi
heard ton miles oft' by persons at (libral
tar-*-over tho water of tho strait, wo i re
BUmo. The Whispering gallery at ist
Paul's is always a mystery to visitors; i
whisper often becomes audible at (lu
opposite'side of the gallery, but dot a
intermed?ate positions. Tho late Chark
Wheatstone once made a OliriollS ob? rva
timi on sound at tho Oolossoum lu th
ltogcut's Dark, recently pu d down
I'lacing himself close to tuc tipper pur
of tho interior vail a circle ono hun
drcd anil thirty feet in diameter li
found thal a spoken word was repe.ite.
many times: that an exclamation up
neared like a pea! >f laughter, and Ilia
tho tearing of a piece of paper was iik
tho pattering of bail, lu tho Collu dru
ot uirgenti, Sicily, b w! lisper can b
heard the w bolo length ol tito baildini
if tho whisperer places himself in tb
focus of tho semi circular nose at on
end. A story is told that long ugo
confessional-box was inadvertently place*
just at thc spot mur tho entrance to th
church, and thal tho authorities lirst Ix
came cognizant of this awkward fact b
a forment arising ont of one particuhi
confession.
Thorn is no doubt ol it, the fear . \pt
neild ii by mmiy persons, ?.?spociall
women, Op bearing some of Huso "myi
tenons sounds" is groundless, and ozao
in tti' u nearly always proves it. Tili
fear is largely prevalent among the fi
malo w x. Win n alone they uro apt t
attribute each creak of tho door to som
midnight nssass, , each rattle of tl
window-pano to un incautious borgia
This fear is greatly augmented by tl
imagination, whick makes murderers <
rat? and ghosts of oockroaehes at thc
glide about during tim silent watches <
t,bo night. Again, some pomona hal
HU incessant horror of ticing olutohcd in
I tho dark by sonic cold, olaminy bi ing
j who hos tho remarkable, superhuman
I power of coining in upon thom through
tho keyhole, Thoy livo iu con: taut
dread, thoy toss upon their couche:-, und
should thoy awake ia tho darkueia of
tho Dight and leur tho sighing of tl ie
wind, imagination weaves tho sound into
the breathing of Home ghoulish visitor,
and drawing Hu covering over Ihoir
heids, thoy await with bated breath and
list'lliUg em their coining doom.
H. is n siHy fancy, un unnatural com
p nation, that produces such (trend. Wc
ure m t living among viper.", whoso poi
sonous fangs are drawn to strike upon
OVcry side; nor ure wo surrounded by
opi..s, w lu so dark scow 1 amt murdo, ons
leer ure indicativo of tlic trade of death,
whoso dirks ure ever clutched to plunge
t's in odo the flesh cd brothom, whose
fingers ure aching to clutch t me unsuti
peeling victim. Nor is this n Nihilistic
country, where treason lurks in the very
air, where In-other inspects brot lier,
whore to doy you ate laval liing in se
curity and to-morrow the seal of death
is upon you. Such, thank (?od, is not
the e ise. Civilization is nt its grui dost
height, the world is becoming socialized,
, and tlc- induct.ces of t ue law aro tending
i to remove tho dread of mau for mankind.
, keen, ics aro not going to pounce upon you
nt every tut ti, nor assassins hover over
your slumber. So, ye fearful antici
pators, go to your rest, unmindful of
detriment, undisturbed by the meaning
of the wind.
ru Kt ii;: r i II i lt A UV.
\ Hold ?':.?<? ol ll. uti.-.-. Desertion l?y
Tn? Unknown Women.
ii rom ito- Atlanta Constitution.)
Mator Jaokson and Mary Jackson, his
wife, live ut lol Mailgum street. They
aro both almost jet black negroes, but!
into their home came a while biby early
yesterday morning, a beautiful, blue
eye 1, golden-haired boy.
Tho pan nts of the child are tiukui Wll.
Soon after .hickson lett his home for;
his doy's work his wife hogan elei'iiiugl
up tho dishes, and as she was in '.he;
midst of the work a kimi knock on the i
front door attracted her attention. At!
lin door she noticed two white women i
neatly dressed. Ono of them carried ni
small bundle lu her arms, und as she en- ;
tend the hon. e tlc- negro woman taw
that lt was a baby. Ono of liie women j
protended to bo stok, and gave her ill-j
ness, which she claimed wits very t mi
lden, us an excuse f >r entering tho house. [
j Tho old womail quickly provided (bein
; both with chairs, ami as they sat dow j,
; one of them said:
"Auntie, please toko the baby a!
minuto."
The old woman took tho child aud bs-.
! gun can - sing it.
"Sit down, pleuve," t>aid ono of the'
Winnen.
The old negro sal down.
"That is tho sweetest, prettiest baby
in t'a world," remarked tho woman who
hud been doing nil the talking.
"V s, ma'am, he ceil only looks dat
way," s aid tho negress, glancing ut ibo'
child's face, which she had uueovored,
"lie certainly is, mut ho is just as
g md and sweet ns ho ia pretty. Youl
I must take mighty good caro of him while '
you have him, foi yuti will bc well paid ;
' for youl ti on bl<,
"Oh, diu ain't no Hubble,'' answered j
I the old woman,
I "Oh, bister, pion c gol mo a drink of'
water," remarked tho woman who had j
not spoken.
"Canyon got mo a glass of water,
auntie," said the olla r WOmuU.
"Sartinly," said thc negress, arising
with the baby in her arms ami advancing i
towards the won.un.
"Just lay it on tho bcd Unie," su id j
the woman poi:.ting towards tho bed.
The old negro laid tho child on tho
bcd tenderly, and started into tho yard
to draw a bucket of water. Shu waa
gone three or four minutes, and as she
re-entered tho room, was surprised to I
lind the two women gone, dancing
towards tho bcd, however, she noticed
tho child lyiUg as she had placed it.
Tho old woman could not understand |
tho situation, ami hurried towards tin-,
front door to ask it from the women.
As she reached, the doer i lu saw one of
them enter a carriage, in which tl:,
other was sitting, just us tho drivoi
touched his horses with the whip. Tho
oi l woman called upon them to stop,
hut tho horses sprang away Swiftly, und
und wore soon out ot sigh, around Ibo
corinr. Tho ourringo wu? tho om- in
which tho women cuiiic with the b.d.v. -
lt hud bien left beside thc sidewalk,
when they entered tho house, but tho
old woman had (aid but little attention
to it.
After tho carriage had driven away the
old woman ro-ont rod tho house, ami,
lucking up tin; babe, began looking at
it. A glance showed that it was pretty.
Its clothing WM m at, though not line,
but there was no murk about it to lodi
cute whence they came. The old woman
WILS considerably muddled, and in her
dilemma sent for au office Ed Cu sou,
of thc mounted department, responded,
and from tho old woman heard ibo
story. The two women were described
to the officer, Both were apparently
thirty years ol ago, and both wort;
dressed in black. One of them-the ono
who asked tor tho water -was closely
veiled, while the other had no veil at all.
1'hc carriage waa not a street back, and
Officer Cusen could not truce it far.
The old winnini manifested a reluct
ance to give uptboohild whonthe officor
suggested taking charge of it, and prom
iscd to care for it and give it up when
needed.
Triumph of ? Widow,
A pretty Nebraska widow who had
ensnared tho affootions of many respect
able farmers living nour Wyman wan re
cently ordered to leave the county by a
band of "regulators" under penalty of a
cont of tar and feathers. Nothing
daunted by the threat, the widow bought
a double burrel shotgun and awaited de
velopments. When tho "regulators"
approached the house to carry out their
luroata tho sight of a loaded shotgun
pointing from one of the windows de
terred them, ami one of the number, in
iidmtiation of tho woman's pluck, ad
vrtiicid under a ting of traci', proposed
iiinrriago mid w.ia accepted on tho spot.
Phi n a parson was called in, the mar
ringo was celebrated and tho night womel
up with a round of festivities. -Boston
liorald.
UK WAS ONO I' 11 \ SGKI)
DlarvoloiiA KSftanc I,I ? "Vvgro From II
I), lill on Itu- (lill lo W M.
t (Kram lim Worcester Telegram.)
?oatorday uftcrnoou a colored mau
was Uikeii ?il on tho common, ami would
have fallen but for tho timely assi; ?anri
et two bystanders. Tho man lani hoon
wandoring about tho common sincu
morning, and had horn noticed on ac
count ot' tin- peculiar way in which be ;
carried Iiis head. lt lum:' toward his
right shoulder, and ho seemed to take ?
no pains to pull it into thc position in |
which people commonly carry their
bends. Ho was respectably dressed iu i
clothes that had evidently not bet n
made for him, and Ida boots looked a < tl'
he had walked a considerable distance.
Whon lu; had been assisted to a .'eui
he fainted, ami when he regained coi:
soiouNiK'ss lu- clutched at his throat,
toro away his collar and said appeal i ug
ly, "No, No! My God! Not again !" Hus
embarrassment when he looked about
hint wes marked. One of tho gentlemen
w ho hud assisted him to a seat li ft when
the colored man hud reCOVi nil. int Hi-,
other remained and questioned him as
soon as he bini recovered his composure.
lb-did md bolong in Worcester he
-aid, and ho had UOVor been hero before.
Ho bad walked from Now Haven, beg
ging shelter and food as bc went, ard
had only cot to this city in the early
morning. He had no friends and ho
said he was not able to work. Tho mau j
seemed Weak and lluriied by his faultless
ami the humane person who had
rcmaim d hy his side took him to a res
taurant ami saw him properly fed. lt
was in a l.urst of gratitude ned confi
dence nt being so well treated that the
colored man told ti tale so utterly mar
vcloua as to bo utterly unworthy of
credence were it not corroborated by
known facts.
lt was sitting in the common after hu
lani dined that he saul: "I have had
trouble with my neck and laen subject
to tainting spells ever since I was hanged
IU Arkansas.''
Thc expression was .startling enough ,
lo make anyone think thc mai. was
crazy; but hu was circumstantial ?c. to
details of tune ntld place, und it is it well
known fuel that a negro was legally '
hangul three years ugo in Arkansas lor
assault on u w hite woman aud afterwards
i ecovored consciousness.
I he case attracted touch attention at i
tin tune. As published the i.'ino was ,
su *p< tided lor Ul) inmutes niter tn . drop
of the "id fashioned platform gallows
foll ami thu body wailgiVou o,v thc sheriff
lo tin-father ol the young mun t.ho,
with sOhie friends, was waiting ii ir by I
with tho wagoii. ll wita thc intention to
lake him to tho Kottiemcnt where he I
formerly lived mid biuy itmthore. This
settlement wa.-. IJ mil' s from thc county
scut, at which thc bunging took pice,
and was through a lonely pit ce i f coun
try. When tim wai; >n was nearly ut
home thc father of thc supposed corpse
and his friends wer.- startled by groans
coming from under tho tarpaulin, thrown
over tho supposed dead man, nud his
. tr i. ?los to get from nuder it. As soon
as lin y hud recovered from th? ir fright
they went buck to tin- wagon, from
which they had tied, and helped the ?
legally dead man up, gave him a drink
from the omnipresent jug id' whisky ami
took bini home. Instead of leaving I ho
settlement nt one, tho hanged min
stayed around Iiis old home, and tho
superstitious colored pee plo demanded
hts rearrest and tho completion of the
hanging. Tin' case was taken l ' I!,
governor, and ponding discussion as to
tho right of tin- authorities to t tko
cognizance of tho oxistonco of a convict
who had been pronounced legally dead,
the man lied ttud hos bein a wanderer '
evi r since.
Tho story of tlie negro coincided with
the case as recalled, and lucie was no
room to doubt that ho really was tho
Arkansas culprit,
I; was only alter repeated urging,
H wei tolled with promises of help to feavo
the city in comfort, that bc told his
story in tho dialect ol' a Southern Hold
hand, somewhat Paupered by residence
ni tin North. Divested ol' its quaint
dialect, nis tale is weirdly and perhaps
morl nd ly inti resting.
"I was locked lip," In tai,I, "more
than six mouths, but 1 uovor thought I
was going to bc hanged until thc night
before. Thou l knew tho gallows was
up and I got seated. 1 hey pia-ed with
mo all the time and tried to Koop mc
from thinking ol it, hut I didn't hear what
they prayed about. 1 was loo excited.
I didn't go to shep all tho night before,
and when thoy cunio to fetch me I w as
so weak I couldn't stand up. Tho
sherill'gave me a drink of whisky mid
then tied my elbows behind my book
and took mc ulong. I know lucre waa
crowds nroiiud when I w ent to Iii.? gal
lows, but I didn't seem to seo 'em. I
hoard somebody singing and I joined in.
Then they pushed nie up on thc gallows,
mid I HftW tho rope and got cared again
and tried to laing back, bul they pushed i
1 mo along and made me stand up
?straight. I recollect their putting thc
I1OOS0 on my neck and drawing it up
?tight, but 1 was thinking of whether
tin y were g ung to hurt mo and nil at
once I dropped. I hud .'dint my eyes
' WhOD they pulled a piece ol cloth over
my face, but I opened them then and
tried to get my bunds Up to tear the
cloth o tl'so I could sec; but all ut once 1
; thought some one hit ino a terrible Mow
' on the head anti I lost my sciimvs. When
i 1 woke np I thought BO Dla one was
: choking mo and tried to got loose, hut I
, couldn't. Then lt scorned as if my head
j waa bunting und 1 saw awful lights ht
j fore my eyes, nud my feet and hands
: seemed tm be so heavy 1 couldn't stir
them. Then great rings of all sorta of
bright colors began at, my eyes and WOUt
further and further oil', growing biggei
and fainter until 1 lost them. .Sly head
felt, prickly all over und so did my band.'
and Pet, ami 1 couldn't breathe and
thou i fainted, Once 1 knew 1 was be
ing banged, but it waa only for a second.
"When I woke up in tho wagon I was
woree scared than before, and when 1
got out from under thu tarpaulin 1
thought I bud been dreaming. Then,
when my neck got to hurting mo so, 1
knew what was tho matter. For trooka
afterwards I could hardly swallow, und
1 couldn't turn my luau], and 1 cen't
now very much. Tho cords aro all still
on one side and drawn down."
The man told ina story in almost com
mon place fashion, but when ho spoke
of bis life ainoe it affected him.
i "I can never go homo again," ho said,
"and I o?in m vor BOO or boar ?if my folks
again. Thoy woro going to catch mo
and do it all ovor again, BO I l'on away.
Pvo been knocking around ovor Binoo,
principally in (/anuda, Now Jersey, Now
York ami Pennsylvania, but now I
thought I'd eomo nj) lu re where 1 might
gel . onie light, work I could do."
I In- lunn did not .seem like the brute
be must have been, and, in fact, he bud
tho appearance of ordinary intelligence
at least. According to bis own st? ry,
ho has dono lillie work in his wander
ings, aid lias begged both food and
shelter and clothing.
"Some* hues," he mid, "I have wished
that I bad never come to life again.
That's been v. hen I've been nearly frozen
and starved. I never go near colored
pcoplo, for it was my own color that
tried to have ni" hanged over, and I bate
a block fae." Asked if bc wasn't afraid
of hoing arrested for the old crime, he
said: '-No, boss; I don't think they'll
ever look fer me a long as I stay away
from thcro, ond I'll never go bttek to
Arkansas."
'1 lie ( 'ol l on V o vol tu-iil.
'Hie New York Financial Chronicle, in
it.- review of the movement of the cotton
ero)) for thc week ending on the night
of August I V, says that the total receipts
have reached .1,(518 bales, against 7,270
balm last i !:. 1, ?'.Kl bales the \ re
v lons week, ai ..I J,".si bales thin H weeks
-nice; making Hie total receipts since
thc Isl September, 188(1,5,223,007halos,
against 5,387,0l?S bales foi Hie same
period ol' INS., (i HIIOW inga decrease si ncc
Sontombor I, 1880, ot l l 1,521 bahs.
Thc old ii i irior stocks have di creased
during th.' wei k 1,018 bales, and were,
Friday night, 22,001 bales less than at
Ibo same period last year. Tho receipts
at thc same tOiVllS have been 80S bides
less thin tin- same week last j ear, and
? ince Septcmbi i 1 tue receipts at all the
t iwiis a 7"I,'-!~IS bales less than for thc
same time ni 188C ti.
The tohd sales tor forward delivery
for the week are ?112,000 bales. For im
mediate delivi ry Ile total sales foot up
L),2.V.) bides, including 1,185 for export,
*>,tb"i fm- lu tue consumption.
Tho exports for th" v.. ck n ach a total
ni 27,171 l?ales, ot which 2-1,050 wen to
(?n at liritnin, 150 to Finnco,and 2,1)71
lo the rest of thc continent.
The imports into continental ports
;'. r tho week have been lo,non bales.
These ligures indicate an increase in
tho cotton in sight of 72,700 bales as
compared with the tame dale of 1880,
nt increase of 50,027 bales as compared
With thc co;responding date of 181S5,
jud u decrease of ?117,800 halos as oom
pared with 188 I.
Tho total rccoiptj) from tho plantations
duce September I. 1880, aro fr, 108,020
bides; in I8H5 0 wi r 5,000,810 bales; in
issi 5 were 1,7-10,000 bales. Although
the rccciptti ai the OtttportS tho past
v.iek wore 0,010 bales, the actual move
ment from plantations was only 8,008
bali -, the balance being taken from tho
-tocks at tie- interior towns. Last year
the receipts from the plantations for th"
Kamo week were 7,811 bales, and for
1.SM5 they were 8,580 bules.
Tin- foregoing shows the weekly con
sumption in Europe ia now 110,000 halos
.;' lon pounds each, against 188,000
bales ot tho sain? weight at thocorres
ponding timi lust year. Tho total spin
net .' sr "': i". ( Irent Uritaiu and on tho
ooutiuoui have decreased 138,000 bales
during the month, and uro nov. 17,000
baku in OX COSH of last season.
the Chroniolo says that cotton for fu
ture ?h livery at New York has been quiet
for the wc k under review. The ab
sence ol active influences or rather with
iel ive iultucucCH marly balancing each
.tiler ha. prevented any wide ll actua
tions, l ue dominant spirit of the cot
ton CXChnilgO has been bearish; ?ind yet
but a small impulse was required to
i ause tho "shorts" to cover With some
ippcarauco of ea ger noss, it was not,
however, until Wednesday afternoon,
?lieu the full business for oxport timi
home consumption on that day was re
ported, ti'ut tin: bulls showed any degree
d' con?diUCO. Then tho continued
small recoil *s at interior towns, tho
..m di tock., South, and the rapid reduc
tion of supplies in Now York, togothcr
with the growing b 'Itel that New Keg
inni! spinners aro carrying but small
stocks ol cotton, cuttsi i u qt iel; advance,
with comparatively free buying for Sep
tember. Thursday th?' o was very little
uhungo; tho speculation was sluggish,
but thc distonl options attracted mon
attention. Frilay the market oponed
dill', but SOOll became net ive and buoy
ant on a bi tter closing at Liverpool am!
tho ste..-ig statistical position of oui
home markets. Cotton on the spot ha*
-bown u good dt grce id activity, tht
buying having been quite freo for ex
ports us well as for homo consumption
(?notations were reduced lo. on Mondai
and advanced I-Ide. ou Thursday, Fri
day there was again a liberal businos foi
export, w ith steady buying for .spinners,
and tlie market Closed ?inn at'.? ll-10c
for middling uplands.
Tho( hroniclo's weather roports, wind
ure very full und iieeurute, indicate tba
ovei a vory large portion ol Texas droutl
hus caused considerable damage, mu
that in soi:u sections of other States in
jury is resulting through worms, rust ma
shedding. I ti thc remaining districts
however, and in the Atlantic States ii
particular, thc crop condition continue
quito satisfactory. Picking is makiui
good progress.
ll Should lu- l.i-i.?-rally Kimmi
Thai thc multitude of diseases of a sen
fulotis nature generally proceed from a lol
pld condition of the liver. Tin- blood lu
comes impure becnUSO tho liver does ni
.a;t prop! rly and work elf tho poison froi
thc system, und tho certain results ni
iiluli Ins, pimples, eruptions, sw ol lingi
tumors, ulcers, and tho kindred affection!
ir sell I lng upon the bun's and poisonin
.lu lr doliente ibsm.*, mitti ulceration, bred
ur il AH, and consumption ls establisher
Dr, Pierce's . "Golden Medical Discovery
will, by acting upon Ibo liver and purify
OIL; lin Mood, cure all these diseases.
Vu KuMi-iiilr of Prims.
??AMMoNpsPOIlT, N. V., August 84.
An epidemic of murders and suicide, lu
DroVililcd in this part of Ht?ttbOfJ fount
luring IhO I "st f' w dav - A lunn shot h
Mle md then himself ut West Frbuni
Next a yoting fellow shot himself al Pen
Yan because ti yoting haly slighted hilt
nd this morning Mrs. .lohn lledncv, i
. ?Ufe), died a suicidal death, lt ls suit
..om eidoroform.
WUITK SI,A\ i;s IN M ASSACIUM.I I .
How Ignoran) t'orelK'ierH uro Ciiptiuvil.
Sold liml St lll'VOtla
(From tho Now Vork llorakl )
Up in Massachusetts, iu tho COM:',: .
of tko beautifid Connecticut Vallo nial
on tho slopes of tho green lulls lind
shelter it, many farms of llfty, sixty DI
ono hundred acres oaoh on now hi i
workod by a Btrango pcoph uncouth
immigrants, ignorant of tho English
tongue and strange to Yank o w v
They aro Poles, Hungarians, v
Hunes and Swedes, with whoso igiioruuci
the farmers put up because they uro
cheap, strong and capable of doun laird
and steady work on little food ol (he
coarsest quality and used to living in tho
most squalid quart? rt.
Some run away, leaving their sea ly
baggage, all they bro ugh I frt m ICur
Homo aro wiso enough to stick ont the
year, learn all they can ai d make their
own terms then, Some don't know what
they can do and gu un ii ilidly and sui
(only "grinding in t's, pri < ti li use- "
A Herald ron > rt . - ? hi ard some of tin m
bust week ill thc Coin,' cticilt Valley, and
set out to iuvostigato the ?itorit -, to
leam how tho immigrant Fr< ?li fi
Casi le (?urden got SO s pe?-Oily into Mrts
saohusotts, two hundred miles away, and
hov those individual farmer i wi o never
saw New Vork got tin so nan undi f snell
iron-clad contracts. Ho found tittil (he
lim old cit\ of Northampton, .Mu-...,
whore philanthropy aud education walk
hand in baud uudor tho giant . Im trees,
waa the placo whero Hie largest jobber
in eontruet immigration latia labor
known to Ca tie (Jarib n had his "oilier,"
a so called intelligence oilier.
ile is Charles T. Parsons:, a .Maple
si net funner, a luge, stout man, \??!h
light brown hair und beard, and au ov r
shrowd, even foxy, fnco ot a Now Kag
lund type. Ile went into tho business
seven or eight years ugo, at tho time of
tho great hoods in H ungary, when so
many men left that desolate region loi
this country.
But tho authorities of Hie (larden bo
onun) distrustful of his methods and
work, und for two years they liuvi re
fused to have anything ttl do with bini
or to allow him within tho Garden. Hi
lias in consequence of lato scoured his
immigrants in "Little Castle llardo
at No. 82 Greenwich street, Pitzpatrh k's
intelligence ollico.
fitzpatrick secures lu.- oustomen ..
force, one might say. His henchmen,
lazy, tonguoy immigrants who wotil i
rntlier live by their unscrupulous wit
than by labor, hung around tin Buttery
os tho newly arrived hmnigrunts i-troll
out of Castle Garden. These icwcouu r
ure loo impatient alter their forced e
linemout at sea to wait ti day or two ti!)
the Cuber bureau tinda them wo
They fall a ready pre-, to tin si rum I
who volubly claim lo corni from t;
samo province or even Un arno ri i
und ovorilow with the milk ? t Iniuaiii
kindness as tiny steer them straight wa j
to Grconwioh street and land them di x
torously in the dismal looking intelli
gence ollico.
Out conics the contract it is lilied
out; tho hapless immigrant hall dazed
"touches tho pon" or makes his mark,
and ho, with Ins family, if ho has one, is
sold out t ight to this jobber in hutu...;
labor, to be transferred to tho Mnssnt hu
sctts farms,
This is tho lt bor contrae! they agn:
Nnw Voi.,., -, L'S-.
Inconsideration of tho employment
furnished us by Charl H T. Parsons, of
Northampton, M is.-., aol over six hours'
ride distant, wc agree to work for him,
or when-ho places us under this con
tract, for months, at s -, less ex
penses, ? -, pay mont tu bo made nt
end of time, excepting vs Ind wo need for
necessaries. Understanding further,
bagge to be holden for all money ud
vauced, and ii wo fail to fulfill this con
tract wo do not expect our wages. Tia
said employer ulso agrees, if wo do lyell,
\t tho expiration of tho limo lo give u
Dxtra -.
Signed,-.
Witness Interpreter,
On tho back is printed blank for in
ilorscmcnt of tho transfer of tho cou
tract to tho effect that "Mr. nc
copts tho within contract as made by Hu
said Parsons, his agent '
When twenty or thirty people uri
picked np and tho ooo tracts nro&quoi KW
OS low 08 possible, they al e pucked il?
r'ul shipped to Northampton, i'heu tin
farmers cull and make selections. I'i.i
bdmrers are sold to any purchaser. Tin
farmer pays generally ll Ice ol -Shi a heal
for hi: help. The agent in this city rc.
eeives $2, and Mr. Parsons pays Hu
labors r's fare and pocket.-- thc billttllCi
about 51, as his fee. Tho farmer, by lu:
contract, can mako tho laborer pay it
work for the cent of bis transport dion
The prices at which able-bodied incl
eau bo seeurod vary, but do not execo
.SHH) a year. Women need be paid bu
$iil) a year, while children work tor the:
board and clothe?. As farmers have ,i
pay American bauds sis or &20 u mouth
they are glad to get strong and health;
foreigners inured to hard work for --s 0
less a month.
In tho circular winch Parson sen'J
out to the farmers in search of custom
ors aro these statomonts: "Patience i
necessary, especially w hen you want t
use them (the green hands) alone, itu
host help has been Danes. We, froi
choice, mix the difloront natloualtiot
Jiemg poor and ignorant of our lungunj:
and ways, tiny expect to work cheap; I
some this is no disadvantage; in fact, M
would rather have them ignorant of th
knowledge of our laborers, HOU10 <
them, for such wisdom often prove
foolishness to their employers.
"Price of tho help, about Sid or S!
for tho season, $1"> for .lune and .tub
$6 for tall and winter, ^.'0 to si- '
year, depending upon cupuoity. Som
learn very (puck.
"If you have a tenement two roon
will generally answer a family is muc
thu cheapest, as you eau pay thora Inn
thc* farm; they are more apt to sta;
wife and children will work in; pru
from Sin to S2?; board themselves. .
house servant is wanted man and wil
are thu cheapest if you have work fi
him."
If you are looking for a beaut id
place to spend the rest of tho suniim
with family or friends, you cannot <
belter than to visit tho famous All-Hen
ing Minorai Springs of Custon could,
North Carolina. *
Thc Indies will lie interested to know th
thc hast lc ls of Persian origin.
M . .-i .?'...?..<. 'IM-Ktt MiUHNSMK RIUKMCfJHMfMTMM
I M'KI.O ? NU Ul.A4'Klil'A ttl).
i\ (l rn ph le i)< ti ?I? pm <'i II WiUaMc
11 H II t - tun :.' < I'IIrmiIKOI
(From thu ! ut toil) On liazot to.)
Tho island of Ba?lelo, lying ju t with
out tho iiU'ttili ol thu Altamaba
river, ou tho Uoorgiu coast, in
cortuinl; om of tho most beautiful iu
tho w hola i ? isl chain of isiuuclu irom tho
hay of tho Chesapeake to tho Florida
capes, lt occupation ai cl Bottloincut by
tho Fri Ill ll liobllih . ; ito I tel; to llt.it ol'
St. Augustine, 'i in- lineal descoudants
?o. ?-'.?i in iireei possession of tho island
and its oral history, .'?ito!.I fort at its.
outer extremity, tin: ruins ot which aro
'till eonspionouj, beat's witness lo the
character uni precautionary aud fore
sight of its first settli rs. Iwolye milos
in length by three iii width, it reaches
ulong tho const. A narrow arm of tho
, st ?i '??i. ides .r on thc north from Georgia
malu, wi,,li its southern shore stretches
awaj for miles a showy expanse ol
wi ve? wash.od ~ 1 uueipialcd 'his, hy
mi*i frequented ?i'?'.-!. .nong tho south
oru coast, save (hat at t''ernandina, ia
extent. Heron uiosl beautiful pioluro
presents itself. Da tho one hand, thor*
broad Atlantic, weeping far out to meet 'l
the sky; o;i the other, Inigo live ouk |t
ines, gray with ago ?ital banging moss
nitiny i' giaui among them staiids, whose
arms, utilsirctol ixl low, marks a ciroiim?
lore nco of two-hu nd red 1 el and mun ?I
between them, as if to guard tigauit't. f
'JU ir nearer approach, lies, thoglisteiiiug ! I
band of sand. Here tia .'lcUguo-loug {
roller thumb min; On tho beach,"and the 11
?'moving whisper of hugo tri es' is m ver
ending, lien-til-, deep sea turtle conics
lo deposit lau eggs, abd lure, then.,
tl ore is raro sport for tho vigilant on tba ! 1
dark of tho moou. 'l ite diamond-back i
tarrapiu is hero, niid to be lind lor ii.
catching -less limn willi Delmonico, u '
SiXtoCn dellars a do?O?. ?
Beyond, cloSi in, but soparated by n I
narrow channel, lies blackboard, xiii.' t
island deserves more than passing mon- i
tioii. ()nee tho rCndeHivoiti of ll luck
board, tie pirate, 'a cohtempoiiiry of I
l?.i ? ii Kidd;, hero in is supposed to j'
?e.ve- buried his ill-gotten booty, an;l ?
hero, even belo, the deluded treasure?
seeker: ' ave tuen with pi , nuil spudo; j'
their rewar I .vas as empty au the holes* r
they dug. '
! . ii tho i y i I' ?
irs j last,' un 1 I (
.
. lei. ' I
thron :b i tl itti icmrlh oh salidv rid?*. . s
. . i i! ; [is '
mettoeu Und liking ?hesij ridgi B, olbso with 1
14 rc ? : u i ...
?
The quarantine si mem foi . hips' t ntor?: .
iug Doboy is on this iaiand. J??tt : a - I
turu.
s ipoln Ll
pOsite Di.ill
tliis, l?a pe
mitions poi
.... i
ry, fi
ting testituontidti to HjO Hov? idle, bul li
inimitable .skill _i the Aiuorifjuu ship- ? I
builder.
The interior o.l Sapelii presoids due I*
iuiim u.so plantation interaperuod with j1
live oak grovel and palmetto brakes, and >
broken ?it r?gulai' intervals by bmnd ?
avenues and sah ways, hued with t.i . 1
lowland pine oi live oak tries. They! J
alono romain lo break the sameness . '
the plain ?ital lend killen in : grandeur s
to tho scene; the} tell ol the piaidatioi 1
life oma; hen.. A cann' ii..g v.ail i ? t
..tabby" grow a about with roses, marti '
tho ?put where euee Wa* tho ".'iiu'iioniu "
hall," wlido around and about ail is .I. - 1
pine forest. Oheu peopled aud cultiv?t .
liv eleven linn.ire.) ulavcs, its rich, dark
s,.il yielded ii ?told wealth iu sen island I
cotton, und all of the coarser produc?s .
nccessur*, to lib and living in abund
ance. Almost deserted these years past,
it has turtled bock upon its. il and r. '
lapsed into solitude un island park '
peopled no longer by mon, but with wild
game, both sea island and mainland *
deer abound.
S?polo is thc Rlcpping-stonc betwoi n ; .
lllackbeard and the main for tile ev. t
migrating deer, In tho winter of 1883;i !
party ol' ?is of 118, with oh) vc ll do; .
after a tinco days' hunt, brought in Jj
seven hue deer" ami here lot mo adi!,
that during tour bights out, we ?iii slept ?
by the camp llro without c< rori'ig ol ;
any rori ti.'sol itself .peaka Well for 1
tho nullities of tho winter reason, .-\ ,,
tlese-rtcd plant.m.m is tho natural home '.
for quail; hete they gather iii grout
numbers, tho ''rice bird of tho Car- j
lina-" is ..i hand iii tho riooflolds around ,
Darien, while tho challenge ol tho wi)
turi
l iv l l
iii \t
iy echoes unheeded tl.rough tho j
swamps bordering tho Ahumaba j
to d' er, tho keenest shooting Houth. J
Many eariolii i ol liait treepienl thole
waters about tho island, While oyster j
beds of gre d value luie every creek ami !
estuary leading out of tho Altainaha. ' *
Tho Chose peake oyster roan, iii t:
veritable pungy, should not longer dola?
Iiis coming to tins" shores, where ho
maj reap abundantly and with easy toil.
What a I tupia lot man', of thoSO wno,
Hoeing i ur rigorous Northern climate,
sook restful humes ur a winter's sport in
tho Sunny South. Surely this beautiful
island so easy of approach, presenting
such a panorama ut ocean and landscape,
with ita waters and woods abounding ill
tish and wild ?'ame, with its genial cli
mate, its lio.,pliable shores and PCO] i
cannot longer romain unnoticed and un
sought.
i . iinyftoii'ti "M i> l|uenn."
\\ e i know? bul if the beautiful girl who
died so young had bei n blessed With Dr.
Pierce ?> "Favorite Proscription" she ml
have reigned on many another blight Mi j
day. The Pa v it ltd Prc-ci i pl ion is a Cet
lain cure for all those disorders to which
females arc liable.
No uno should be guilty of travoliog
to or from tho mountains of North Car
ohna without going at least ono way via
tho ( i real AU-lioaling Mineral Spring in
Custon county. *
A NOTKI? lu?1>Y HONK.
Urn. Andrew Jackson, -lr.. Once NiutreM
uf tin Wlilt? Hun? . Itteatlieu lim- 1.nut
?it ili<< ARO of t?lglity-ouet
NAMIV tua:, Ti l?n., August 28.-Mrs.
Sarah .Jackson eli?**I at thc Hermitage
to-day, ?ged eighty-one, leaving two
children, Colonel Andrew .Jackson, of
W est l'oint, who was an artillery ollieer
in Hie late war ou thc South' rn .side and
made reputation, and .Mrs. Dr. John
Lawrence. One sou, Samuel, was killed
at Chiokamauga.
?Mrs. Small Jackson, now remembered
by tow pooplo, was for four years-or
iic.uly tour yearn the most prominent
lady of tho land, tho mistress of tho
White i lease. About thc commence
ncucomeid of General Jackson's second
erm, his adopted sou, Andrew .Jackson,
Jr., married Miss Sarah Vork, of l'hiln
lelphia, a young lady of accomplish
ucnts, of good family and great person -
o beauty. The adopted son, who was a
icphuw of Mrs. Jaokson, brought bia
taning bride to the White House, where
ibo wau received by tho President , who
.vas ;i widower, Nhs. .Jackson having
Iii ii at'ti Ins Inst election and boforo
. 1 imo President. Slie proved to bo
\ mos! devoted daughter and loving
vife. Gonoral Jaokson was a peculiar
nun. Tim loss of ins wifo four years
te fore had changed his whole lifo. All
iis letters lifters to members of tho
amily and friends showing that during
iis first term ho wa." grieving over his
neat loss. 1 Jut whoa the time expired,
lie old General came beek to tho hermit?
igo.
In lime he died, leaving to his son
md tko family a Uno estate. This waa
oht and Hie family were in straitened
arcnnistanccs. Thc son died in 1 si VT*,
md yesterday tho once beaut ?tul bride,
lie mistress of tho White House tho
? iii hero's greatest comfort and solace in
i'-old age -passed away at the age of
?hty-one. ^ ^
UUTI KN Ol-' A I.ONO-LOST SON.
i Voil li-; .lian Wini Weal In War Found
A ft or Itoliifi Mourned nil I load.
Tont:no, Ohio, August 'Jo.-Hugh
Thompson, of the Fifteoiltb Ohio, was a
esidcut of Van Wert county, near herc,
ic h rc tito war. At the battle of Ckick
mauga ho was struck on tho head hy a
i iposhot and seriously wounded-his
o m rades thought mortally. They laid
lim auder a tree, and u few minutes
atei wore forced to fall back. Tuotnp
ou foll into tho hamls of tile enemy,
.nd was never lu ard from until a few
eek' ago. During all these years he
ms been mourned as dead.
Ile is married, is living in Kansas, and
thc father of a number of children.
le remembers that ho was in the army,
?lit from tin: battle of Clnckamauga to
ho gnat Uro in Chicago, all is a blank
0 bim. lb tloet not know where ho
,i- or what be did during all that time.
1 titi i scitenii .it ot tho lire he partially
.ogaiued Ins souses, but could not locate
iis old homo. Ile went to Minnesota
md was married there, an ! went thenco
0 Kansas, where ho look up a claim
md is farming for a living; and ho ro
ui tobi ri the death of his mother, which
nok place when he was thirteen years
dd; that bis captain's name was Updo
-rove, and that he was in ii Confederate
The remainder bf his early lifo
1 a blauk. lint his comrades, many of
.i.ot.i live in Van Wert, recognize him,
'he scar made by the grain shot is ou
lis hoad. A sear on his right log, mado
>y a severe cut by an axe when ho was a
toy, is another strong peint in proving
iis identity. Ile went away n black
mired boy and returns ti gray haired
nan, but his father, who is tottoriug ilil
li r th. weight of nearly four score
rears, ttys it is Hugh Thompson, his
eng lost .sou.
Money was raised here and sent to
"an as to bear tho oxpenso of Thomp
m'a trip to tliis place tb attend a regi
mental reunion next week, but boforo
ho remittance arrived his Kansas neigh
?ors had donated to tho same purpose,
nd by their gouorosity lie is at his oui
ionic, which he left during the war.
'I lu- PlOHHlirCM ol Hunting.
lt those ateto ho believed who, having
?ccu mon? or less hanged, have been re
iiscitated ami have narrated their OX
icrieuccs, tho muoh-commisorated victim
f thc law's extreme penalty is not
rholly miserable lt would seem that
veli doatll "sus. pei coll." has its
meliorating conditions or circumstances.
Ino s-nlVcivr in Ult religious cause in
'rance is said to have "complained" 1)0
lailSC bc was calle.1, buck to eonscious
icss from au oxporiouco of surpassing
lelights, in which ho enjoyed tho pious
nc of gazing upon the most beautiful
ueiicry. Tin1 immediate seusation of
iain ii momentary; and lt would appear
mt unlikely that, in our anxiety for the
voidanco of nocdloss annoyance to
bose wo put to death judicially, wo may
? actually increasing thoir suite-ring and
liniinislliug their pioasiiro, The instan
?nicolis deaths have all tho pain and Id -
le or mme of the pleasure. Slowly in
luccd congestion of the bruin may bo
ho least painful; and if only the blood
iressuro ho elhVi nally raised at the
lontrothat sees, the bottfilliii. 'light and
alarming scenery arc enjoyed in the
i ?ghost perfection. The subject is a
?rilli one, and WO are not sure that the
10W view of hanging experience tends.to
nuke tile death penalty increasingly de
eui nt; but it is rigel that both sides of
i question which the late Mr. Whalley
mee excited tho merriment of tho House
.f Commons by describing as "a poor
nan's question should bo carefully cou
ntered at all costs. London Lancet.
An Arru of Proga.
John I'ostwiok, ono of the most reha
lle citizens of Morgan, came to town
bo o thor day. Kn route Mr. Hostwiek
mcouutcred a lay out of frogs boforo
,vhich the Egyptian plague pales into
nsiguifloaneo. Mr. Lioatwick ostimated
bal there was an acre of frogs, and that
ich square inch contained six frogs.
lu j wi ro all hopping in ono direction.
io [lardon Oamp we are Indebted fora
palonlntion which showed up 37,'M*?,84l)
M for tho single acre. Truly Walton
on itv bus beeemo a groat frog stool, so
to speak.-Walton, (la., Nows.
-??*? i -?
"Augustus, dear." said thc gentle girl,
tenderly piMhlng bim from ber, os tho
moonlight Hooded thc bay-window where
Ikey were standing, "I tliiok you bad bet
ter try some otliei Imir dye; your mustacho
tastes Uko turpon?no."