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THE DARLINGTON NEWS,
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HENRY T. THOMPSON.
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“FOR US PRINCIPLE IS PRINCIPLE—RIGHT IS RIGHT—YESTERDAY, TO-DAY. TO-MORROW, FOREVER.”
Cloud Land.
Somewhere, the legends say there lies a
land
Older than silent Egypt, whose dim ooast
No human foot has trod, no eye has scann
ed ;
Where never mariner was tempest-tossed
Nor pilgrim fared along the lonelj strand
And where in brimming cisteins hyaline,
Flashes the founuin of Eternal Youth,
Whereof who drinks shall know not aoy
sign
Of fading cheek or palsy-parched mouth,
Or age’s long slow langor and decline.
gome say beyond the sunset’s latest ray,
Far down the ocean’s a sure brink it lies:
And ofttimes I have seen at close of day
Strange semblances reflected in the skies.
In cloudy pageant soon dissolved away.
Domes, temples, palaces and misty gleams
Of shapes were fair behind thin, purple
veins.
Vistas of hills and plains and winding
.streams,
Dfisk forest solitudes and pastoral dales
Sweet haunts of quietness aid pleasant
dreams.
Surely the old belief was not all vain!
There must be ultimate, divine repose,
Aud love that die'h not and end of pain ;
Hut none have found beyond the twi
light’s cloee
The hidden highway to that dim domain.
Y'et the restless turmoil and unrest,
The inborn, feverous oraviug and the
strife.
The wiug-ed spirit, prisoned and oppress’d,
Urge us still onward toward ths ideal
life.
Onward forever in untiring quest.
A Thrillinff Picture of Life in The Far
West.
(From the New York Sun.)
It was a June day in Arizona.
At Roberts’ ranch on the Gita, there
was a feeling of perfect peace aud
security and the sun climbed high
into the heavens. Roberts was
planting in a field half a mile from
the stout log cabin, while his wife
was busy with household cares.
There were horses aud cattle in an
enclosure a quarter of a mile from
the bouse, aud a pony, which was
permitted to ramble at will, crop
ped the grass around the cabin.
Such was the situation when the
wife beard two or three rifle shots
and the war whoops of Indians.
She sprang to the door, to see that
her husband was making for the
house at his best speed, while three
Indians followed him up and fired
as they ran.
Greronituo’s Apache devils had
broken loose aud taken the war
path.
The ranchman’s wife understood
at a glance what was occurring.
Her heart gave one great throb, a
terrible weakness overcame her for
an instant, and then she seized the
Winchester rifle from its books,
grabbed the longbarrelled “Navy,”
from its holster, and ran with al 1
speed to meet her husband. He
fell before they met, shot in the
hack; his left arm had been pre
viously broken by a bullet.
“Mollie, the red devils are loose,”
he said as she came up and kneeled
by him.
“If there are only three we can
beat them off,” she replied as she
made ready to open fire.
The Indians bad halted within
rifle shot to counsel Her first shot
bored one through aud through,
aud the other two retreated to bro
ken ground half a mile away.
“I’ll carry you to the house aud
then watch for them,” she said, as
they disappeared. Blood was pour
ing from bis wounds and oozing
from his mouth, aud it was plain
that he bad beeu mortally bit.
“It’s no use,” be groaned. “I’ve
got to die right here. In half an
hour there’ll be fifty of ’em aud
they are sure to capture you ”
“I’ll stay with you ”
“Not another moment I Run to
the house and get all the cartridges,
and then mount the pony aud ride
to Gilpin’s. The upper trail’s clear.”
“Ob, George, 1 can’t leave you.”
The revolver was under his hand.
His fingers clenched over the halt,
and he whispered: “Moilie kiss
me.”
She bent over him with a sob in
her throat, and his band worked the
revolver around until the muzzle
touched bis side There was a
smothered report, and she sprang
up to see his limbs stiffen In death
She did not scream out—she did
not totter aud faint She imprin
ted a kiss on the dead face, and as
she rose up her teeth were set hard
and her eyes had the glare of a
wounded wolfs. She ran to the
bouse, taking rifle aud revolver
with her, and in five minutes was
galloping toward McGilpin’s, hav
ing neither a saddle nor bridle, and
holding fast to weapous and car
tridges. As she left the ranch'bul-
lets whistled about her bead, and
shoots ot vengeance came to her
ears.
It was just such a Jane day at
MoGilpin’s, five miles above. The
sun beat down with a warmth
which called the crickets from their
nesta in the grass, and kept the
wild bees hamming their satisfac
tion. The ranebman was fashion
ing a new helve for hia ax iu the
shade, aud bis wife had the neon
day meal ready for the table. Sad
Ueuly the old mao looked up, and
YOL. m NO 38.
the next iustaut he was on his feet
and shading bis eyes with bis band
“Jehosaphat! Quick, mother—
fasten the back door, dowu with
the windows, and poll the shutters
too. Roberts wife is coming up
the trail with a dozen Injuns after
her. Hell has broke loose again.”
He seized bis Winchester aud
ran down the trail to cover the ap
proach of the woman. Her pony
seemed to understand that it was
life or death, and was straining
every nerve. The Indians had not
followed her from the ranch, but
bad come in on her from the Santa
Cruz trial, and had kept her under
fire for the last two miles. As soon
as the ranchman appeared, the
Indians, eleven in number, drew
rein.
“Wbar’s George f” asked Me
Gilpin, as the pony halted beside
him.
“Dead I”
“And the bucks are in war paint,
Go inside, woman. It’s no,time for
grief.”
Owing to the river on one side
and the wire fence on the other,
the Indians could not scatter at
once. They must approach the
racch under the ranchman’s fire, if
at all. He waited for them, but
they hesitated and held a cousulta
tiou. During this respite the wo
men made the bouse secure, filled
a barrel with water, and turned a
number of horses loose and forced
them to cross - the river. While
they were accomplishing these ob
jects a part cf the Indians were
cutting the fences and the rest were
in consultation. The rauobman
stood like a rock, his eyes noting
the slightest movement, his breath
coming faster, aud a feeling in his
heart that this was his last day on
earth. A pillar of black smoke
told him that Roberts’ ranch was
being destroyed to the west, aud
another to the east betrayed the
fate of another neighbor.
When the Indians had cut the
fences to give them fair approach
to the house, a warrior Ktarted up
the trail with a white handkerchief
iu his hand as a flag of truce. Ap
proaching witbiu revolver shot, be
halted aud called out:
‘‘ludiaus no hurt! ludians want
dinner!”
The quick eye of the ranchman
detected two dismounted redskins
dodging from cover to cover to gain
the rear of the house. The idea
was to parley until they were iu
position,
“Indians go way after dinner—no
hurt anybody, we no take horses I”
shouted the flag bearer.
With a movement so quick that
tbs other had not time to prepare
for it, the ranchman brought his
rifle to an aim. There was a loud
report, and the buck fell from his
horse. As be tumbled from bis
saddle the pony made a jump or
two, hut there was another report,
aud the beast rolled over. Next
instant there was a shot from the
cabin, and one of the pair of skul
kers uttered bis death yell. When
the*smoke rose the much man was
no longer to he seen. Be bad re
treated to the house. Filled with
chagrin and a desire for vengeance,
the ludians now dismounted and
crept neater, and in a few minutes
the cabin was being assailed from
every point of the compass.
Within there were two pale faced
women aud a grim, determined
man. The structure was roughly-
built of planks aud logs, undivided
by partitious. There were only
four windows, aud these were pro
tected by stoat shutters, which
were pierced with loopholes. The
weapous were two Winchesters
and two revolvers. The rauchmau’s
first move after getting inside was
to divide his force so as to cover the
windows. He then pu led out the
chiukiug at the corners of the cabin
to make other loopholes, and each
ot the trio took a post of observa
tiou aud defence. Scarcely a word
h-id been exchanged since the ar
rival of Mrs. Roberts. Each one
reasoned out for himself or herself:
“A gang of Apaches'have broken
loose from their reservation and
are on the war path. They will
burn and slay until a force can be
raised to overpower them. Sur
render means to be burned at the
stake. A desperate resistance may
drive them off.”
There was Roberts, the husband
of a year, lying dead aud scalped,
and horribly mutilated on ols fresh
ly planted field. His stock bail
been shot down or driven off, And
the red flames had licked up his
cabin, but there were no tears iu
the blue eyes of the wife as she
l>eered from one of the loopholes.
Tears would have dimmed her vis
ion, and watchful eyes were needed
there.
For an hoar or more the ludians
maintained an unceasing fire, but
witboot inflicting the leapt damage.
They were then joined by a party
of seven, coming from ths east, and
it soon became evident that some
decisive step was to be takeu-
“I know what they will do,” said
the ranchman, as the reports ot
rifles died away. “They will divide
into three or fonr parties and assail
the house from as many sides. If
they can’t batter ths doors down
they will try to set the house on
DARLINGTON, S. 0.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1886.
WHOLE NO 611.
Ourjob lUpariyit-ut i».su|>|>lit’ii v*itb every
facility uecettsary (o citable m toeptupne
both aa toprice and quality of work, with cti q
tboae of the citiea, ainl we guantnter tat r i,
faption in every parliotilaror charge nothing
for our work. We are always prepared te
fill orders at short notice for Rtankv, DU
Heads, Letter Heads. Curds, It and Dills
Posters. Circulars, Pamphlets, Ac,
All job work must be paid for
Cash on Delivery'
fire. Each of you take a revolver
aud I will use the rifles. Be coo!—
we cau drive them back.”
The three had been waiting at
tbdr stations ten minutes when
the rash was made. The sixteen
Indians divided into bands of four,
aud one in every band carried a
lighted torch. The ranchman broke
one baud by killing the buck with
the torch and wounding oue of the
others. From the loopholes the
women wonnded two more, but
presently the two doors were vigor
ously attacked, while the torch men
ran from point to point with the
blazing brands. In bodies of four or
five the redskins threw themselves
against the doors, but it was a vain
effort. Each had two bars across
the inside. The attack did not last
three minutes. As the Indians re
treated the ranchman flung o|>en a
door and rushed out aud seized the
only torch which threatened dam
age, and he was under cover again
before a shot was fired at him. In
that attack the Appaches Tost two
killed and three badly wounded,
After a rest of half an hour a
number of redskins crept near and
begau to fire blazing arrows at the
roof. A tew struck, hut uo damage
resulted. Then the rifle firing re
commenced, and it was while peer
ing through a loophole that McGil-
pin received a ball in the eye and
fell back dead before be reached
the floor. A woman’s shriek—a
woman’s wail—that was all For iu
ten seconds the widows were wo
men again. Then came a shout
which warned them that they must
be heroiues while a red devil linger
ed. There was a second rush at
the house. The revolvers cracked
xs before—the whole house shook
as the doors received shock after
shock. Yells, whoops and screams,
and the reports of firearms loaded
the air for three minutes, and then
deep silence fell upon the ranch.
The Apaches had beeu repulsed
again. Each womau sprang the
empty cartriges from her revolver
aud replaced them, aud continued
her watch. By and by they looked
out, to see the hand at full gallop
two or three miles away.
Geromiuo was there in person.
His bucks were the red devils of the
west. Two women had beaten them
oft. Five ot his men had been kill
ed aud five others so badly wound
ed that they were forced to return
to the reservation and lie hidden,
while he continued the raid, which
was brought to a close only a few
days ago.
At sundown an officer aud escort
with dispatches drew rein at the
ranch. There was no one to answer
the bail. The men dismounted and
looked in. In the center of the
room lay the ranchman, cold in
death. Beside him—each with her
face hidden in her hands, each rock
ing her body to and fro—were two
widows, poor weak women, through
whose powder-stained fingers the
tears found their way. Wives at
moru—heroines at noon—widows
at sunset.
How Telegraph Wires are Measured-
We measure the telegraph wires
by ohmes- not inches, feet or miles.
For instance, the wire from here to
any point is so many obtnos. Now,
if we have any trouble iu securing
connection, say with Chattanooga
or Macon, an operator goes to the
instrument and tries the “pressure.”
If it shows half the number of
ohmes the wire is entitled to, we
know the wire is down, broken or
out of order half way to Chatta-
uooga. The lineman is called up
aud told where the trouble is. He
takes a dozen glass insulators, a
coil of 100 feet of wire, a saw, hatch
et and other tools, and boards the
first train. Maybe he has just re
turned from a three or fonr days
trip aud is tired aud hungry. This
makes uo difference, the wire must
he fixed, and, without seeieg his
fami y, he jumps ou the first train
aud goes As he nears the place
where the trouble is located be pulls
the bell chord, the traiu stops, aud
he jumps off'. It may be at the
dead hour of night or it may he at
noon. It may be clear or it may
he raining hard. It may he Warm
or it may be cold. It may be in an
open field or it may be iu the woods.
These things the lineman can’t con
trol, and after he hits the ground
be hunts the broken place, mends
the wire, sits down on a cross tie to
wait until the next traiu oomes
along. He don’t care which way
that train is. going. He wauts to
get out of the woods, and without
ceremony flags the traiu dowu aud
gets on.
Good Results .in Every Case.
D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper
dealer of Chattanooga, Tenn., writes
that be was seriously afflicted with
a severe cold that settled on bis
lungs: bad tried many remedies
without benefit. Being induced to
try Dr Ring’s New Discovery for
Consumption, did so and was en
tirely cared by use of a few bottles.
Since which time be has used it iu
bis family for all Coughs and Colds
with best results. This is the ex
perience of tbon^ands whose lives
have been saved by this Wonderful
Discovery. Trial Bottles free at
Willoox A Co’s., Drug Store.
Monthly Report of the Department of
Agriculture.
The following is furnished by the
State department of agriculture:
The Statfe department of agricul
ture has received 229 special re
ports from county and township
correspondents regarding the con-
ditiou of the growing crops, and
furnishes the following summary of
these reports for publication :
THE WEATHER.
The weather during August has
been variable iu different sections
of the State. Iu some localities
there has been loo much raiu, and
in others too little. Northeast winds
have prevailed in some counties,
aud the nights have beeu cool, hut
generally, the weather has been
propitious, 174 correspondents re
porting it as favorable, aud 51 un
favorable.
COTTON.'
Cotton shows considerable im
provement since the 1st of August.
Up to that date the seasons had
beeu generally unfavorable for the
crop, but during August the plant
grew rapidly aud put on a fine
amount of fi uit. In many sections,
however, the correspoude.its say
that the weed is still small aud
poorly trailed. The crop on red
lauds promises a much tetter yield
than was anticipated a month ago,
but ou sandy lauds little improve
meat has been noted. Rust is re
ported iu every section, and slight
shedding of under leaves is noticed.
The caterpillar appeared iu Abbe
ville, Gieeuviire,C!ureudou, Orange
burg,. Beaufort, Berkeley, Charles
ton, Hampton, Marion, Sumter and
Williamsburg, hut the damage to
the crop of the State from this cause
amouuts to less than 2 per cent. In
the lower counties, whero the loss
is usually greatest, remedies were
promptly app ied as soon as the
caterpillar appeared, and further
injury prevented. The yield of cot
ton will depend largely upon the
full season. It will he materially
reduced by an early frost, while
much of the young fruit will ma
Hire if frost is late. The top crop
has beeu injured iu some sections
by drought-
The average condition of the cot
ton crop for the mouths of June,
July and August of tho present year
was 77 against Uti tor the same
months in 1885. There is this dif
ference, however, iu favor of the
present crop. In 1885 the crop sus
tained the greatest injury iu Au
gust, when, from the effects of
drought, high winds aud caterpiilar,
tbfe condition dropped to 84 ou the
1st of September, This year, as al
ready stated, the crop improved
during the month of August. The
couditiou on the 1st oi September
this year is reported, as follows:
Upper Carolina, 78; middie Carol:-
na, 70, aud lower Carolina, 80. Av
erage for the State, 78 against 84
at the same time last year, aud 67
on the 1st of August this year.
The area of the present crop is
1,630,856 acres, against 1,722,107
acres last year. *
corn.
•
Early in the year the outlook for
a full corn crop was very promising,
but the total yield has been reduc
ed by the destruction of the crop
on bottom lauds, aiid the partial
failure of the crop on sandy lauds.
The reports foi August show that
early planted upland corn will give
a full average yield ; the late plaut-
ing will make a fair cop, while that
(tart of the crop replanted on river
and creek bottoms does not prom
ise the usual yield, The condition
of the crop SeptemlKjr 1, is rep* rt-
ed as follows: Up|»er (jarolina. 72;
middle Carolina, 83; lower Caroli
na, 87. Average for the State 80,
against 100 ou the 1st of Septem
ber, 1885. The area of the present
crop is 1,484,851 acres, against 1,-
420,298 acres last year.
WHEAT AND OATS.
Wheat and oats were harvested
in fair (ttndition. The wheat area
was 192^46 acres, and the yield 1,-
161,087 bushels, a decrease in the
yield of 46,427 bushels. The oat
area was 311,406 acres, and the
yield 3,700,757 bushels^ an increase
iu the yield of 391,942 bushels.
BICE.
In Georgetown County a corre
spondent estimates that of the crop
ot the two San tees, 2,300 acres was
entirely lost, 500 acres very 'much
injured, and 2,300 may make an av
erage crop. Iu Colleton County a
correspondent says that most of the
Jane planting of riee was killed,
hut the first plantings are all good
The average condition of the crop
in the lower counties is reported at
94 against 95 last year The aver
age condition of the State is report
ed at 92. The area ot the present
crop is 80,504 acres, against 78,086
acres last year.
OTHXB CROPS.
The ares in sugar sane the past
year is 2,877 seres; the condition is
reported at 90 The area in sor
ghum Is 9,867 acres and the condi
tion 93.
BKMARKS.
The correspondents iu every coun
ty report that the pea crop will
give a full average yield. Au uu-
I ii | ■.
usual amount ol forage has been
harvested, and a part of the oat
crop haa already been planted and
good stands obtained.
A Great Iowa Geyser,
A dispatch from the mayor of
Belleplaiu, Iowa, states that an ar
tesian well four inches in diameter
hurst when the depth of 180 feet
had been reached in boring, aud
instantly a volume of water was
forced into the air to the distance of
several hundred feet. This grad
ually iuctvased iu size and volume
until a stream of wat< r fully six-
teeu inches iu diamteer was formed,
and the upward force of this stream
is equal to the power of powder or
dynamite. The water iu huge vol
umes is spouting high in the air,
aud the supply seems inexhaustible.
Two gigantic rivers have been form
ed by this phenomenal Witter hurst,
which are running through the
town at the rate of twelves miles an
hour, and carrying every tiling be
fore them. Houses aud lives are
threatened by this pecti iar freak ot
nature, and the citizens are appall
ed at the impending danger, which
at present they are powerless to
overcome. Finding it impossible
to divert this damaging Hood, an
attempt was made to insert sixteen-
incli hoiler-irou tubes into the well;
hut these were instantly blown out
and forced high into the air Find
ing this useless, the terrified people
attempted to fill up the aperature
through which this terrible geyser
was spouting its deluge. Fifteeu
carloads of stone were empted into
the well; but these were forced up
ward as though propelled by the
force of giant powder Bags of
sand were then hastily constructed
and cast into the well; hut these,
too, were hurled into the air. The
Chicago aud Northeastern Railroad
was called upon tor assistance, and
instantly sent a large gang of men
to the rescue. The bridge gang of
the county was also called upon ;
but up to this eveuiug uo abate
ment iu the How of water was per
ceptible, aud the rushing river
formed by it were washing the
channel it had made dee|>er aud
wider, while the basin formed by
this immense volume ot water was
spreading over the lowlands in the
vicinity. The mayor of Belleplaine,
in his last extremity, telegraphed
to Chicago for the best engineers
that could be secured to cornu im
mediately to the spot, and use their
skill aud energy in attempting to
stop this perilous condition of af
fairs. City Engineer Arliugstab,
to whom the mat'er was retered,
at once started out to Uud au eu
giueer who would supply the de
maud, ami succeeded in inducing
Eugiueer Morgan to undertake the
mission. Messrs. Artingstall aud
Moigan are, however, both of the
opinion that but little, if anything,
can he done to stop the flow of wa
ter; hut that it may be possible to
direct the rivers into less danger
ous directions and coutine them to
their channels. Mr. Morgau left
for Belleplaine to-night, and if more
assistance is necessary Mr. Artiug-
stall will send all that is needed.
This is considered as oue of the
most phtMiomenai freaks of uature
which has yet been known, and the
threatening danger to the people
aud property oi Bellepaiue demands
iustaut and energetic efforts to stop
the ruiuous deluge ol water.
Rival Brother Candidates.
Chattanooga, Sep. 13—A nov
el scene waswltnested here to night.
A. A. aud Robert L. Taylor, the
brother candidates for Governor,
were in this eity on their way to
appointments. HeMdes being fine
debaters and eloquent stumpers,
both gentlemen are accompl^hed
musicians, the violin being their
favorite instrument. Large num
bers of the friends of each assem
bled at the hotel where the two
brothers were stopping aud occupy
ing the same room.
After a general- interchange of
friendly feeling all around, two vio-
lius were brought in and they were
asked to give some music. Each
took au instrument, aud moving
their chairs close together they be
gan, and tor a time delighted their
hearers with some music as fine as
was ever heard here. They would
throw iu occasionally the ‘‘Arkan
sas Traveler,” ' Rosin the Bow” and
local melodies which fairly set the
crowd wild. Two candidates for
Governor of a great Stato, brothers
too at that, silting together in a
most friendly and brotherly man
ner playing the violin for the delec
tation r f their friends, is a sight
probably never witnesaed before on
the stump. The brothers preserve
the same fheudly relation, and noth
ing is said to jar the sensibility of
either.
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IS IT A HOAX ?
Tho Earthquake said to have Caused a
Change in the Topography of Colum
bia.
(From ti.o Columbia RrgUter 1
A Heginter reporter, while stand,
ing at the intersection of Richard
son and Washington streets jester
day, was accosted by a gentleman,
who said i
“Step into the middle of Riuhanl-
soii street, look North and tell me it
you see anything."
The reporter did as requested,
and replied that the postoffice did
not seem to be as high an eminence
as it was previous to the recent dis
turbanco.
“That is just exactly what a doz
en men have said There is scarce
ly a man who looks at it hut doesn't
notice that something is wrong—
that is, the postofflee end of Rich
ardson street lias been depressed,
else the State House end has been
elevated.”
The scribe wended his wav to the
Postoffice and looked towards the
State House, plainly seeing the bot
tom of the steps entering from the
plaza, while the base of the Confed
erate monument iu. front of the
building was clearly outlined, A
man passed, riding ou a dray, and
he was asked bow long he had liv
ed in Columbia. He replied that he
bad lived here most all his life, and
was thereupon asked to look toward
the State House and see if there
was anything strange.
“By George!’’ be said, “thestreet
don’t look like it use to. 1 don't
know wimt’s the matter, hut there’s
something wrong somewhere.”
Others also made similar observa
lions. Numbers of citizens fiould
he seen throughout the day step
ping into the middle of the street,
aud almost unanimously they agreed
that the acclivity at the postotlice
could not he seen as plainly as for
merly. Home thought they could
see further up the street than they
ever could, while a very few were
incredulous about the matter.
Some of the “oldest citizens” were
called on, and they agreed that
there was something wrong. They
asserted the postoffice had hereto
fore been ou a considerable emi
nence, that the street was au in
clined plane leading to it from the
South, and that it could be plainly
seen all the way-up.
Tbs “oldest citizen" and all the
observers may be mistaken as to
the former topography ot the street,
but sure it is that now there is no
inclined plane looking North from
Washington street An incline bo
gins about Washington street and
then declines to the vicinity of Tay
lor street, the brow of the incline
almost completely cuttiug off sight
of the postotlice.
It is probable that the City Sur
veyor wil! we called ou to settle the
matter.
Letter of President Cleveland to the
National Farmer's Convention.
Philadelphia, Fa., Sept. 15.—
The Seventh National Convention
of the American Agricultural and
Dairy Association met at noon to
day at the Continental Hotel. For
ty delegates were present represent
ing mainly Pennsylvania, New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio,
Virginia. Maryland, Georgia, Iowa,
Kansas, Massachusetts and Canada.
Joseph H. Read, of New York,
who was subsequently chosen as
President of the convention, culled
the body to order.
Among the letters of regret was
the tollowiug:
Saranac Inn, N. Y., Sept. 2, ’86.
Jos. H. Read, Esq . Pres., &o.:
“My Dear Sir—Your letter of the
3bth iust., supplementing our p!cas
ant interview and containing an
iuvitatiiyi to attend the National
Convention of the American Agri
cultural aud Dairy Association is
received.
“1 should lie glad to accept the
kiud invitation tendered, and avail
myself of the opportunity the oou-
veniiou will afford me to meet rep
resentatives ot au interest so impor
tant aud valuable as that which the
fanners and agriculturists of the
country have iu charge.
“The relation of this interest to
the welfare aud prospeiity of our
laud is so intimate that iu proper
aud legitimate care aud pro
tection is, iu my opinion, a patrio
tie duty.
“This consideration elevates the
responsibility of those iu auywise
entrusted with our farming indus
try beyond tiie plane of mere sel
fishness, aud should induce couaer-
vatism aud moderatiou. Demands
made in such a spirit cannot tail to
exact a just ami appreciative re
sponse from those w ho make aud
Execute our laws.
“1 hope that the coming oonven-
tiou may he productive of ths be-t
results to the agriculturists as well
as to all the people of our country,
and though piaus already made
aud eogagsmeuta already agreed
upon will prevent my accepting
your invitation to he preseutl shall
he much interested iu iu objects
aud purpoaea.
Yours atneerely,
GfiovKB Cleveland.”
The Greatest (’h*h iu the World,
The famous clock of Strashurg is
put completely into the shade by
the great world clock, or the 10 000
time indicator. It was constructed
iu Germany, during ninny Years'
labor, by Mr Chiistiau ' Martin,
clock maker. The clock marks the
years and leap years, and wjll i imi
for a hundred centuries, when its
mechanical works will have to bo
changed, The face ot the dock is
about ten feet square, aud has a
large number of dials and little
niches, where one hundred uin|
twenty two little figures have their
abiding place. These la tier are to
allegorize human life, Every min.
ute a sorrowlul looking angel hits a
bell with a sledge-hammer When
he has done this fifteen times an
other angel in u red robe strikes the
first quarter. The genius, dressed
in Louis XIV costume, turns a dial
so that the figure is shown. At tho
same time the figure of a child ap.
|»eais at a lower door, At the sec.
ond quarter a youth appears, attho
third a middle aged man with spec
tacles and a high hat, and at tho
fourth a decrepit old wreck with a
white wig, While all this is going
ou below, Death, in a shape of a
Comanche Indian with wings, has
been vainly endeavoring to hammer
a he'd iu au iipimr niche, but au
angel has hoaded him off in every
case and protected the human fain,
ily “by raising the right baud iu aa
allegorical relation,” as per pro.
gramme, until the fourth quarter.
Then Death gets Hie better of tho
struggle, strikes the hour, aud huu-
dies the ohl man off into eternity.
Tho twelve Apostles are trotted
out each hour. Above them is tho
figure ot Christ, w ho blesses with
both hands each Apostle iu pasHiig
with mathematical exactness. At
moruing, noon, and night a iiumher
of hell ringers ring their res|iectivo
bells with vindictive energy, and an
old man drops upon- his knees, as if
something had ki< ked his legs out
from under him. All these anil
u ouy other wonders exposing tho
family secrets of the zodiuu, tho
heathen go's, tho seasons, the
moon, and the globe all run regu
larly. The whole structure is sur>
mounted by acock, which crows at
six aud twelve o’clock,
Old St. Michael’s,
Mr. A. II. Hayden, who has been
iu the jeweli'V and watchmaking
business many years said to a Re
porter yeatci day that the fact that
St. Mich.iel’s clock was running
was absolute and indispu'ahle proof
that the steeple has not been dis
iui ImhI iu the slightest “St Mich
act’s lock,” said he, “is a pendu
lum clock, aud everyone knows that
uo pendulum clock will run unless
it is absolutely plumb.” This proves
the statement made by several of
the members of 6t. Michael’*
Church, who, in spite of the fact
that almost everybody could see a
“list” iu the steeple, asserted their
absolute confidence iu the safety of
the steeple, wJiicb, they say, is
built upon a foundation separate
and distinct from that of the church.
It is a matter ot congratulattou that
this old aud valued landmark of ths
city will he preserved.
An Knd to Bone Scraping.
Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg,
HI., says; “Having received so
much benefit from Electric Bitters,
1 feel it my duty to let suffering
humanity know it. Hai r e bad a
running sore on my leg for eight
years; my doctors told me 1 would
have to have the hone scraped or
leg amputated. I used, instead,
three Unties of Electric Bitters
and seven boxes Buckleu’s Arnica
Salve, aud my leu is uow sound
and well” Electric Bitters are sold
at fifty cents a Untie, ami Bncklen’a
Arnica Salve at 25c. per box by
Willcox k Co.
It is not so much wealth and
learning nor clothing, nor servauta
nor toil, nor idleness, nor town, nor
county, nor stations, as tone and
temper that render homes happy or
wretched. Good sense aud God’s
grace make life what no teachers or
accomplishments, or society cau
make it—the opening stave* of au
everlasting psaim; the fair hegiu-
uing of an endless existence ; the
goodly, niode- tf t, well proportioned
vestibule to a temple of God’s bond
ing that shall never decay, wax old
or vauUb away*
The'battle b gins in the earlleht
dawn of the child’s existence. If
it is delicate, worms fasten ‘upoa
its vitals, and as years pass they
increase, and it not destroyed will
kill. Shriuer’s Indian Vermifuge
will destroy them sad save the Ilfs
of the child.
Dr. Gunn's Liver Pills.
Removes Cons'.ipa'iou, prevents
Malaria, curea Dyapepaia, aud gives
new life to the system. Only one
for a dose> Free Samples at Will,
cox k Co’s., Grng Store.
The devil is just about aatiafied
with a Christian who will do things
in New York which he would
do at home,