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CASTAS ASD SAWDUST.
THK CRY OF “HEY! KOBE!”
Till- Untile Call o! Ilir Cireiis Mnn-A Few
ol the Occasions I lion Which It has
lleen Raised.
A few evenings since, a number of ac¬
tors chanced to discuss the attack in
Dover, Del., upon the people of
O’Brien’s circus, and the question wa¬
rn ised whether or not the cry of, “Hey !
Rube !” is, as was affirmed in the pub¬
lished accounts of that occurrence, the
circus men’s rallying erv for war. Mr.
TV. C. Coup, the veteran circus manager,
settled it. Just as he came in, somi
one of the party tested him by an exper¬
imental yell of “Hey! Rube I" at his
back,and his instantaneous jump and look
of combined alarm and ferocity were
reply enough for oven the most skeptical,
no said:
“That is a terrible cry to any man
who has ever seen its consequences, and
it gives me a cold feeling down my back
even to hear it in conversation. It
means savage force, desperate combat,
ami too often death. A man who lias
heard that yell sounded in earnest, ns I
have, will not monkey with it oven in a
parlor, among ladies and children. J
don’t know what its origins was, or how
it came to lie so universally recognized.
1 only know that ever since I have been
in the business or known anything
about it, that has been tho circus men’s
slogan. It used to bo equal to immedi¬
ate discharge for a man to yell that
about my show. Why, I'd rather have
given ft thousand dollars any minute
than hear it from one of my men. Fire
it up in tho air once and it brings to¬
gether, as if by magic, two or three hun
i n d men, all there are about the show,
generally powerful and determined fel¬
lows, armed, perhaps, only with stakes
and clubs, but stakes and clubs aro ter¬
rible weapons in the hands of such men,
and wild with excitement, and ready f .r
a desperate and pitiless fight, for they
know that is what the rallying cry
means,
“It signifies to them. ‘ You have to
fight for your lives, and to stand by one
another or be killed.’ Thank God, it i.
less necessary now than it used to he iu
early days of circus life in this country.
I say ‘ necessary ’ for there was a time
and sometimes it comes nowadays
when circus men had no other recourse
than to fight or be slaughtered, and then
they had to stand together. Very sel¬
dom, if indeed ever, have the eirotis men
begun a row. It was against all their
interests to have olio. Aside from tin
very likely change of being killed in it,
the best, they could hope for would bo
wounds, injuries, and consequent illness
in a strange and hostile community, or
arrest perhaps where bail would bo out
of Iho question and fair trial very pro¬
blematical; aud if they were overcome
by the mob, their tent and wagons
might be destroyed, and tlie show totally
mined aud all its proplu thrown out of
employment,
“Yes, I’ve heard 1 ITey 1 Rube!' a
good many times, I heard it once at
Manchester, N. 11., when I was running
the Barnum show. On the morning of
our arrival there 1 found a hastily con¬
structed she'd, u .i-il as a whisky saloon,
on the lot we had contracted for. I
naked the man to remove it, but ho re¬
fused, and defied me to remove it. I
found that lie was bnckoil up by a fear¬
ful crowd of roughs, and the Marshal of
tho town told me that, I had better not
get into a row with the saloon keeper ;
so rather than to have a disturbance I
let him remain, but requested him not
to allow any of the circus employees to
have liquor in his saloon. Ho prom¬
ised that he would not, but ho lied, as
1 subsequently discovered. All day my
mm wire getting liquor there, coming
iu contact with the town roughs, and
gradually tho trouble gtvvr.
“Just before supper T saw a gang of
fully a hundred men, armed with chibs,
come out of the woods near the hot-.
tents, which were some little distance
from the others. Somebody raised tho
old yell of ‘Hev ! Rube !’ and in a min¬
ute the circus was ready for attack. In
those days nobody carried a pistol, in the
North, at least, but we all had stakes
and clubs. I managed to get between
tho two crowds, nnd, causing a parley,
detained them from fighting until an ex¬
tra force of the local police got on the
ground, mid so the trouble was averted
It was one of the very few eases in which
I have heard of that rallying cry being
sounded without bloodshed following it
quickly. In Lewiston, Maine, it was
raised again, and we had a terrible fight,
broken bones, split skulls, and all that
sort of thing. No, I didn’t discharge the
man who yelled * Hey 1 Rube ! ’ on either
occasion, lax-ause 1 could not find out
who he was.
“Only last year when my show was iu
Cartersville, Ga., 1 happened to be away
from it just at the time, and a desperate
riot occurred that might possibly hare
Iss-n prevented, even there, if I had been
present-. The Marshal of the town, a
regular ruffian, came up to the cars when
men were loading up the show, and
cracked one of them over the head with
a elub. ne got hurt. Then some of
his friends chipped in, a mob gathered,
' Hey ! Rube!’ was shouted, aud when
the scrimmage was over tliroo dead men
were found lying alKnit In that fight
firearms were used, as well as clubs and
stones, but the circus held its own.
“ At La Sal lit, 1., last season, my
people came awfully near having a de $■*
i crate fight with the quarrymen, who
were determined to have it, but 1 hap
pei.ed to l»e on the ground, and managed
to control my men. If I lit! du’t there
would have been an infer: d riot, for my
men had still blood in t ireyea from the
Georgia light, a: 1 felt ugly.
“Twenty year- •> the fight that
followed a yell of ; K > ’ R .be " in Yer
moot, at Montpeiier, I ;: ■ k. was th
cause of tho State refut-rig **r sot. •
yesxs to grant a UawM to a circus to ex-
. ,ibit within its boundaries. It waa bj
-11 accounts a very bad riot, and ol
•nurse, the circus men, being strangers,
a l to bear all the blame of it.
Giiitean’s Old Hones.
[From a WaBliiriRton Letter.]
In a small room in the upper story of
Ilie National Museum, formerly Ford’s
Theatre, in this city, are two wooden
trays, similar to those used by house¬
keepers for kneading dough. But in
this instance the contents of the trays
are of a more ghastly descripti n, being
the highly-polished bones of the assassin
Guitean. While insjieoting the remains
'if the notorious criminal the attention of
your correspondent was directed to the
extraordinary whiteness of the bones
and tic ir resemblance to polished ivory.
No attempt has been made to articulate
the skeleton, and the trays bear no
number by which they could be distin¬
guished from similar receptacles in the
museum.
“Look in tliat'papcr box over there if
t ort w nt to s ic an interesting skull,”
said the guide, pointing to a deep hat
box on a small fable strewn with bones
and tools used by anatomists. There
was a highly-polished skull In the l»x
and en the right side was the defection
which (he insanity experts wrangled
about during the trial, The attenti n
of the guide was drawn to this fact, but
he laughed at the idea of its being an
indication of insanity.
“A'perfectly symmetrical head,” said
he, “would lie as rare as u white black¬
bird. Out of 1,800 skulls examined at
Die museum during the dispute about
Oiiitenu’s head only one was found per¬
fect, and that is now down stairs in one
of the exhibition cases.”
If was a enrtained that in preparing
the bones of the dead murderer more
than usual care had been taken to pre
i-rvo them, and consequently the
\ cli-ton, when mounted, will be the best
et the collection of the museum. It
Inis been deemed advisable, for pru¬
dential reasons, to keep tho hones in a
secure place until limy can be exhibited
ti> visitors, but nil talk about their
identity having been lost is bosh. One
of (he first questions of the tourist do¬
ing the museum is lobe shown Guiteau’s
skeleton, and in order to escape being
laired the surgeon in charge has declined
to ascertain its location in the building.
The. process by which tho bones were
treated insurcH their perpetuation for an
indefinite period, and Anatomist E. F.
Hclmlliirlt gave his personal attention to
the work. Not a bone lias been lost,
and, as before staled, when articulated the
skeleton will be the best- in the museum.
The plaster easts of his skull have the
same indentations as the real head. Tlie
coffin in which the remains of the assassin
were removed from tlie jail three days
after burial is retained at, the museum,
but the outer box is still in the ground
at the jail. A trusted official has lln
key of the room in which tho hones are
kept and no one is allowed to range at
will ill this apartment.
t inders In the Eye.
Many people know (dl about the ex¬
cellence of cardamom seeds (and a dozen
other things) to perfume a smoker’s
breath, who aro very ignorant in a mat¬
ter of far more consequence—a good an¬
tidote for cinders in the eye. It will
pay travelers to try the simple recipe
Ivon below, and put a few seeds of an¬
other kind along with the cardamom
when starting on a journey. Persons
traveling by railway are subject to con¬
tinued annoyance by flying cinders. On
getting into the eyes these are not only
painful for tho moment, but are often
the cause of long suffering that ends iu
a total loss of sight. A very simple and
■ IT- ctivo cure is within the reach of every
■ Hi-, and would prevent much suffering
and expense were it generally known
It is simply one or twograinsof flaxseed.
These may be placed in the eye without
injury or pain to that delicate organ, and
shortly they begin to swell aiul dissolve
r glutinous substance that covers tlie
hull i I tin- eye. enveloping any foreign
>,iil»tii i-o that may be in it. The irrita¬
tion of cutting the membrane is tints
prevent! .1, ntul the annoyance may soon
he wash lout. A dozen of these stowed
away in the vest pocket- their may prove in
an emergency worth number in
gold.
A March Incident.
Here is another incident of Sherman's
March to the Sea. told by General Force
i'ie Ohio veterans a few days ago:
One day a sergeant went into a country
use. The planter and his wife wore
After's little talk the sergeant,
. fngr-iit stilemnify, asked, ‘ Has any
uie died hero lately?' The planter
lieklv iid: 'No, nobody.' The sor
goant v smd: ‘I thought somebody
uni died hi re.’ The planter said:‘No,
r.’ His wife said:‘Oh, yes; don’t you
remember, my dear, don’t you remember
.hat eoli‘ivd boy that was buried yestor
iay ?' The plaute- added: ‘Ah, yes;
there was a colored boy buried yester¬
day.’ The sergeant, with increased
oiemnity. said: have ‘1 only opened wanted to let
von know that I the grave
,1 taken out the corpse.' There was
>ud expostulation then, for the corpse,
M-called, was the plantation supply of
ham.
Slit nut. YI.AKS AGO. ACCORDING to the
Del .' Miss Cynthia E. Clare
ml v. ■ efficient dressmaker at Pon
me. She got interested iu the tempor
i ax- i-uuse, and became one of the most
ffieient workers iu Michigan, and as |
-nch was favorably known throughout
she State. Two or three years ago she i
went to Dakota, where she likewise be- ■
,.. lme f , m ed iu the anti-beer and anti
-vbisky cause, becoming President c4 the
State Woman’s Christian Tempera no
Union. I. than she ;
ss a year ago was
admitted to the tear, being the first lady
‘o enjoy that high distinction in Dakota.
A short time ago she bad her first cast
i u c- • and, stranger than fiction, it
whs u. - te se of a woman on trial for
selling a ;nor without a license—and she
her ease.
TWO EXAMINATION ANECDOTES.
A Ltttie Life Among tlie Sawbones.
A correspondent writes ns as follows:
In the Christmas week of 1*711 was un¬
dergoing my final examination at one oi
tlie London colleges. I must mention
that it was at the same time (hat bis
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
was battling with typhoid fever at San¬
dringham, and the heart of the whole
nation was round that sick-bed: even
medical students, harassed and fatigued
by an examination which extended over
five days, used to find time, morning and
evening to rush to tlie General Font
office and read tlie latest bulletins.
My examination was over, and I was
sitting in comparative comfort, listening
to the answers of a Bartholomew’s man
who followed me, and whose cool self
confidence I greatly envied.
The examiner took him on the treat¬
ment of typhoid; and after the candidate
had exhausted all the means of treat¬
ment he could think of without satisfy¬
ing his questioner, the latter said
"Have you ever heard of the treatment
by cold baths?”
“Certainly I have, sir,” replied the
candidate; “but the treatment is so very
novel, that I scarcely thought it worth
mentioning,”
“Nonsense !” retorted the great phy¬
sician; “I have been using it with the
best results at the Hospital.”
The Bart, ’s man replied that, in spite
of that, he should hesitate to adopt in it
private practice, and in ease of a fatal
result occurring from any other cause,
it would infallibly be attributed to the
new treatment, and damage the practice.
The examiner demurring to this, the
yotuig man at length said : “ Pardon me,
sir ; but if the Prince of Wales were un¬
der your care now, do you think you
'would feel inclined to treat him with cold
baths?” .
The examiner looked annoyed for a
uoment, then began to smile, then to
laugh outright at tlie man’s impudence ;
nul at last, shrugging his shoulders, re¬
plied good-naturedly, “Well, upon my
word, I am not quite certain that J
should.”
More recently, at another London Ex¬
amining Board, a young fellow was asked
what incision ho would make in com¬
mencing a certain operation on the knee
joint. Though ho had done well ir.
other subjects, he enrno to utter grief in
this, and described an operation such as
no man bad ever heard of. The exam¬
iner asked him what surgeon lie had seen
perform this wonderful feat; and he,
with most unblushing effrontery, men¬
tioned the name of Mr. II--, a cele¬
brated man, who happened, though un¬
noticed by him, to bo in the room at tho
time.
Mr. II-doubtless received u goodly
measure of mild “ chaff” from his exam
tiing brethren on the subject of his sup¬
posed operation; for when all was over
the delinquent was horrified to find the
wall-known Hurgeon “ making for” him
in the entrance hall. After an ineffec¬
tual attempt to escape, he resigned him¬
self to his fate. “I believe, sir,” said
the great man, “ you are tho gentleman
who described an excision of tlie knee
just now up-stairs?”
A stammering attempt at an apology
was tho only answer,
“ Never miml that, sir—never mind
that,” interrupted Mr. II-. “ I have
no doubt .you thought you had a perfect
right to make the best of your case; but
if at any future time you should have oc¬
casion to describe an operation of that
sort, pray don’t say you saw me perform
it. That’s all. Good day, sir."
The offender passed his examination,
which was more than ho hoped for, and,
1 think, quite as much as he deserved.
I think your readers will agree with
me that these aneodotes show the cour¬
tesy and good nature of our British ex¬
aminers in a very strong degree.
Among the Conges.
Lieutenant Wiesmann, who explored
the Congo country with Dr. Togge,
found the old doctrines of metempsy¬
chosis an exceedingly valuable and con¬
venient one when traveling among tin
rusehiltinges, one of the Baluba tribes,
the two chiefs, Tseliingeuge and Mu¬
le ngo, each wanted the strangers, aim
each threatened to make war upon tin
other unless Togge and Wissmann visited
him. To prevent this it was decided
that Togge should visit Mnkenge, while
Wissmann went to stay with the young
chief Tseliingeuge. Here the two travel
era were made the objects of an extra
ordinary worship. The natives have a
beii.f that all the pretty things that eonu
to them from abroad, such as bead orna¬
ments, bright-colored stuff’s, and so on,
are fetched out of the sea in the far west
by superior white beings. Now, tin
predecessors of the two kings had ge-ne
to the west and not been heard of any
more, and the natives believed that
their defunct king's spirits had in the
course of transmigration entered white
bodies, and that they were revisiting
their oid countries in the shapes of Togge
and TVissmann, who were treated with
royal honors accordingly. Tsohiugenge
put Wissmann on a high chair, while he
himself took a low seat, covered him¬
self with dust, and addressed him as
lvabasn Babu. A few days latter, an
old negro woman, arrived to greet her
son who had come back from the dead.
Wissmann of course received her affec¬
tionately. As kissing is not the fashion
with the negroes he gave her a broad
necklace of beads, in return whereof she
promised to send him his property as
soon as possible. This consisted in forty
or fifty wives and some ivory. He told
her not to hurry, and to keep his treas
ures under her care for the present,
1 always, ” said a yon g
*«I wtltj ove yon
man to the young lady whose hands lit
clasped. “I will love you when yon art
old." “But will yon love me when Fa
fat? ” she said. “That’s the question.”
A TWT ,4 mU ch like the quack It
wbo strik a new town.
comes with a big blow, and then dissola
tion follows.
A VETERAN TiENEFACTOR.
Hi** Life, I*fe-«*nt Plana# nnd YVT&at
lie Jlua That to JSay I por* Hilii: ;i Object
Aator l«!ied
(xVtto York Timet.)
urn;Mai y m&l mem", bf&n CmolSlic
' J.'i .: iiupv-n =1 rf xitpl importance,
f all pioneers, hb early ettorts wereun- value j
suc-e ful, but bis ability and the or i
hi- v; rk soon won public confidence, and j
to-'h’i ih«e i8 not a village or hamlet In the I
w^l^d !
y : -tertian that he contemplated the establish- ■
ir.fint of a large mrcrizine in this city, the
fact was churned important that a repre
*entaiivoof this pap'-.* a- cjrnii}? sioned to
him and a rertain the truth of the rumor.
I)r. Dm I,ewi i-. a gentleman of , sixtj ■ je.ut .........| :
;,„,j two htindr (l pound*. with snow-white ,
Utiir mid beard, iff hetflih hut probably atul viaer the.numtper- theme- !
feet picture exponent in of his
tropoli-. He is a firing
teachim.;:-. and notwithstanding the amount
of wo. it tie has already done, promises He stiil
greater activity for years to courteously, come. and re¬
ceived tie interviewer most
in reply to a question enid. 1
••it ;s tnie 1 have (drne to .iSw York to
establish a monthly magazine. X have come
here for the sane 1 .. eason that I went to Boston
twenty-five yea:* ago. Then Boston was the
lest platform in the country from which to
spe,l: elf edaeatio I Hew York has now be¬
come most hospitable movements to progressive behalf thoughts of
and e. iiecially so to ou
physical training. the and
•• I have reason to know' great
abiding interest of the Amerit an people in
tlie this subject. They have come pivots to realize that
ftflure of i,to country upon our
physical vitality, and especially upon the
vigor of our women. My new magazine and will
hear lit; title ‘Dio Lewis’ Monthly,’ be
devoted to f- unitary and Social Science. I
hope through its pages to inaugurate a new
departure “ Have in hygiene.” several books
you not written on
the subject?”
“ Yes, nine volumes, and some of them like
‘Our dills,’ published by the Harpers, have
had an onormoiii circulation, but the best
work of my life I shall give the World in the
ne w in agaziue. conclude f Forty years of skirmishing
ought, to with ten years Of drsmnized
warfare.”
“ Doctor, what is the oecksio n of this new
interest in health questions?”
“It has come through suffering, which
seems the only road to self knowledge. T,.e
stomach, heart, kidneys or liver fall into
trouble, give happiness is gone, and then people
attention to their health.” frequently
“ Which of these organs is most
the victim of our errors?’* asked the reporter.
“Within the last few years diseases of the
kidneys have greatly multiplied. thirty-five When I
was engaged in practice, and forty
years ago, serious disease of the kidneys was
rare; but now distressingly frequent and
“To what do you attribute this great in¬
crease “To of tho kidney troubles?” stimulating drinks, adul¬
ireof
terated food and irregular habits of life.”
“ Doctor, have you any confidence in the
remedy Warner’s of which Cure?” we hear so much n iwadays,
Safe
“ l believe in the ounce of prevention,
rather than in a ton of cure.”
“But have you noticed the remarkable
testimonials of Warner’s remedy?”
“ I have, and confess that they have puz¬
zled and astonished me. The commendations
of proprietary medicines usually come from
unknown persons residing in back counties.
Hut X see in our most reputable newspapers Cure
the warmest praise of Warner’s Safe
from cians, College and Professors, respectable intelligence physi¬
other persons of high
and chi.racier. To thrust such testimony
aside may be professional, but it is unmanly.
No physician can forget that valuabl ■ ad.li
tions to our Materia Medica havespruug from
just such sources. 1 was so impressed with
this cloud of witnesses that I purchased some
1 otlles of Warner’s Safe Cure at a neighbor¬
ing drug store, and analyzed one of them to
■ if it contained anything poisonous. Then
X took three of tho prescribed doses at once,
and found there was nothing injuri ius in it.
I do not hesitate to say that if 1 found my
kidneys in serious trouble, I should use this
remedy, because of the hopelessness of all
ordinary treatment, and because when a
hundred in the intelligent reputable certain persons remedy unite
statement that a has
cured them of a grave malady, I choose ;0
believe that they speak the truth.
‘ But as you may know, my great interest
in life lies in prevention, h or forty years I
have labored in this field. One of the phases
of my work in New England was the estab¬
lishment of the Ladies’ Seminary at Lexing¬
ton, Mass. My aim was to illustrate the
possibilities their in the physical fife. training This of g’rls
during school institution
became, before 1 left it, the largest and most
successful seminary for young women owned
and managed by one pet son in our country.
I sat. down to dinner every day with a family
of (wo hundred persons. The remarkable
results of this muscle training among girls
were given.in my paper published in the
.Vm fit American lievieir of December. 1882.
Besides X established the Normal Institute
for Physical its Training in Boston, and for ten
years was President and Manager. Dr.
Waller Chai ning, l)r. Thomas Hoskins, Pro¬
fessor Leonard and oilers were among its
teachers, and more than four hundred per¬
sons took its diploma and went out into all
parts of the land (o teach the new school of
gymnastics. And now the years left to me X
propose to devote to the magazine which I
have come here to establish. It will be the
hugest periodical and ever devote ! to this field of
literature, will present the hundred and
one questions of hygiene with the simplicity
of a child’s talk. To this end all so-called
learning will he subordinated. The maga¬
zine will be more or 1 ss illustrated, and will
striiot reach a high place in the confidence
and hearts of the people. In a few weeks
our first number will appear, and we shall
fondly hope for it a hearty welcome.”
The facts above nar a ted are indeed most,
important. It is gratifying to know that the
lifelong ex; ericneos of a gentleman who
stun Is without a peer in successfully demon¬
strating the principles of hygiene; whose
heart It s always been in sympathy with the
alllicted, and whose-brain lias ever been ac¬
tive in planning for their relief, are to be
given to the public through the pages of a
magazine. And it is .specially significant
and proof positive of rare merit that a pro¬
prietary medicine, ev en with such high stand¬
ing as Warner's Safe Cure is known to have,
should be indorsed and recommended by a
man so able, so reputable Dr. and of such
national renown as Dio Lewi •.
A Gypsy’s Trick.
There is at the present time a butehei
In-longing to the commune of Mon
troifiio. near Paris, who would very
nnn-b like to lmve five minutes’talk with
i-eitain wauderiiig gypsy, with whom
he concluded a bargain the other day,
much t > his own disadvantage. Tlie
latter, with a gang of Bohemians, had
encamped for the night on a plot of
waste ground near Montrogue. Early
on the following morning the butcher
passed by and was accosted by one of
the men. who offered to sell him a sheep
for twenty f aucs. The price was de¬
clared to be too high ; eighteen francs
wore offered, and refused ; after which
the butcher went on his way. The mo
in, . t his back was turned, the gypsy
„ U the sheep out of the sack in which
he had placed it. put a little boy into it
HI its stead, aud, running after the
butcher, called out:
• - Make it twenty francs, and the sack
is vours into the bargain.” given, the
This time consent was mon
y paid and the sack earn,si away. On
reaching home the purchaser opened*:,
only to catch a glimpse of a diminutive
urchin, who took to his heels with the
hag before the other had recovered from
his amazement. As a matter of cours-.
he lodged a complaint with the police,
but when the >pct where he had met
with the gipsies was visited there was n<
-ign of them left, cor have they since
been heard of.
That celebrated ship, the Great East
cost its unfortunate proprietors
(XX* past year,
ihi. - her total earnings arc represented which
1 .- t c • .iserable sum of 8*>5. was
•:v >1 visitc.-s’ fees. The owners
s:iv they wenh have been much w orse
. -;f in Am- rio.i tunning a comu- ojiera
troupe. —Boston Post.
sugar-cane culture.
A Danger that the Planter has to be on Hii
Guard Against.
Sugar-cane produces iiC natural seed,
but is propagated from cuttings piaceu
^ ^dv trenches through *»„_ the fields
two three feet , AM _____ young
or apart, the
plants spring from the joints of
bulled cane, and continue thus to grow
for several year£ without new plant
mgs, somewhat after the maiinet of the
,
asparagus of our Northern climes. ±>ut
each year * the growth becomes inferior,
until the planting , . .. na8 , fit . , last . to , , be
renewed. Though at first having fobe
weeded, . , while , the ,, ground , is . . kept , clear,
the cane la soon left to itself when once
it 1 logins to shade the soil so as to pre¬
vent the growth of obstructive plants.
Most curious of all is the change that
ensiles as soon the cane begins to ripen
at its lower joints. Then the long, sword¬
like leaves that surround the Under part
of tho stalk loosen one by one. Finally
they drop off, and as joint after joint
softens the dry leaves make a tangled
thick mattress on the ground covering
thousands of acres and highly in¬
flammable.
Header" of this letter will many cf
fliem recall the frequent reports tele¬
graphed during the late Cuban rebellion
of the immense destruction caused by
firing the sugar plantation*! The ex¬
planation is to be found in the ease with
which a whole sugar crop can be set in
flames by a touch of the match to this
jungle of dry leaves that underlies and
penetrates the standing cane. Fire is
the Cuban pldnteFs nightmare. A care¬
less toss of a half-burned cigarette, a
spark from a negro’s cabin, an ignited
match, may signify the loss of a year’s
crop and absolute ruin. Most dangerous
of all, a revengeful negro has it in his
power often to inflict a loss of tens of
thousands of dollars on his employer. I
have heard of one of the clever devices
which the negro uses to fire plantations
and at the same time prove an alibi.
He takes a light box, with a candle
set within it. Equipped with this and a
bunch of matches, he crawls to t iecen-
1 re of a sugar-cane tract. Ho then so
fixes the candle that it must burn
through the box before tho flame can
reach the matted Cane ieaveS, A touch
of the match does the rest, and tile fugi¬
tive has time to escape and appear
among the working hands long before
the distant smoke and spreading flames
warn the planter of the impending
calamity, “ A sugar crop lias to bo
watched like a baby,” said a Cuban
planter recently speaking to rdo of Caue
culture. watchers If danger is apprehended, the
guard it at every point, and
short shrift is given the black man ever
caught in the incendiary act. If he
reaches the courts, his chances are far
better than those given him by the quick
bullet of the guard.
A joke oc ini-red in a Western cl lurch :
The minister, after tlie service, jmlilished loving
tlie bans of it marriage between a
.md interesting couple, and at that por¬
tion of the form where tlie words, “if
you know any just cause, etc.” came in,
he minister, whether from any previous the
mowledgo or not, looked straight at of
.mug gentleman directly at the foot
the pulpit, Thinking immediately that lie w n- pe£
m>ii a llv alluded to, he rose
q>, amid the laughter of the eongrega
i m, and (Xi-laimod, “Oh, no, not the
lightest objection, sir.”
Not Satisfied with a l.itth*.
The Surgeon General of the C. S. A.,
Dr. S. P. Moore, writing from headquar¬
ters, Richmond, Va., in 18(52, states ofli
eiilly that, “if Dr. Worthington Cholera can
furnish large quantities of his
and Diarrhoea Medicine, we will place it
in the army, as a remedy in bowel affec¬
tions.” Sold for 25 and 50 cents a bottle,
by druggists and dealers.
The poor man wishes to conceal liis poverty,
mill tile rich man his wealth; the former tears
lest he be despised, the latter lest he he plun¬
dered.
__
Gastrine curi s dyspspsia. M hat more do
you want? Ask your druggist for it. Gas
trine is iu liquid form.
Disputes between true friends and true lov¬
ers are of no consequence. The only danger¬
ous quarrels arc those between people who do
not quite understand each other.
ChAP l'RD hands, face pimples and rough
skin < ur>d by using Juniper Tar Soap made
y Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York.
Opelika, Alabama, will have a cotton
factory.
l) r Benson s Celery and Chamomile S’il
. gold
e worth their weight iu ;n Schlichter, nervous on
-ick headache.”—Dr. H. XI. o
i> iltimore.
______
Tn Birmingham, Ala., there are eigh¬
teen store houses going up,
“Fir.- doctors; no end of medicine: nn n
. f. I),-. 11 'oson’sskin Cure has dricmau-'i
"7 eruji'io is ami I'm nearly uell.' —Iua (
I'onng, Hamilton, III.
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The cattle drove from Texas this sea
s >n already reaches 200,000 head.
Ladies <i children’s boots A shoe* can’t run
>vcr if Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffener* are used.
The mineral paint factory at Gadsden,
Ala., is running night and day.
Ladies and girls requiring a non*alcohol*
ir* gentle s'lnuTan*, vri ! l find Brown's Iron
Bitter- beneficit’
_
The fruit and vegetable growers in the
vicinity of Huzelhurst. Miss., have organ¬
ized for protection.
WMOIPSVH.IE Pa. Itov. E!ii*h Wdso”
ssys; -Brown’s !r>> Ritt-rs hsve perma
neatly cure ! me of chill- and fever.”
Kayf-itt-Vu t.v, Akk. Rev. Bitters T. .T to- Rrilly Indi¬
ssvs: “I used Brown’s Don
gestion and chills w th rn ire s> Itf ot n-> ”
The mills at Gadsden. Ala., is ship¬
ping Ivfcr lo ts iff hunber ti> X an nd.i.
Nature i- the are; • teacher, she clothe ' the
f ,w!s and nn i. -Is with warmer clothing -or
Winter; helps them to . a-t it off m summer:
makes the best Hair Oil, Carbohne. which is
Petroleum perfumed, and sold a t yl a hot e.
Axmsi'ON. Alabama, is t-> have a #5th
■ 1 st hotel, and a bonk with $100,000 cap¬
ital.
KhenmaTha-vNanaiire. Pr. Elmore’s l'k'Wil
:iam St.. N. \i th»- tmt*/ eurattve cr er ats
.. remedy , . kno^n
twered for vhe* maiisro. and l»e>t Abun
for kidney. . «i a >d stoniach diae*jse8
dant proofs. Sv-.id for circulars.
A o v- company has been organized capital at of
Eutatda. Ala.. with a paid up
20.tXt0.
Fyke cod liver oil, from selected lrfere on
the sea sfco-e ■ y Caaweil, Hazard & t o , New
York, Atio uuly pure and sweet. Pa¬
tients who h >>e once taken it prefer it to
ill oi£t* c Phxrfc'.-**- 5 tle®iiro it superior
ta all Ml
Tite New Shield. —The Gmson aimor
or shield for forts, is' made of chilled
cast iron,- of the enormous thickness of
five feet, The inventor is a citizen of
Magdeburg, Germany. As not half that
thickness could be perforated by any the
ottns afloat, and furthermore as
system would allow still heavier con¬
struction, if necessary, these shields are
absolutely impregnable to the extent of
the space covered by them. The cast¬
ings are also so made as to lie used
without being bolted or backed, and can
be set up in the form of turrets.
Worms afe at work on the cotton in
Alabama.
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Henry’s Carbolic Salve.
Corns, and all kinds MS of ffiou l&ttg Eruptions. Freck¬
les and Pimples. Get Henryk Carbolic Salve,
n« all others arc- cou nterfeits, I li ce 2» cents.
1 1 oii‘ •» Sdiorffu .bile.
Aberncthy. told the him great she oni.i' m*d„a
aladv who k- -
“What would you have? The plague? li<
of “only coughs!” The worst eases can, for
ever, be cured bv Dr. Win. Hall’s Balsam
the Liiiigs, Ill TVhooping Cough anil Croup
it immediate!' ifftets Inflammation, and is sure
to prevent a'fatal termination of tie- disease.
Sold by all druggists and dealers m medicine.
Tac.’tipix people always inspire respect. It
is difficult to fcdtwre that one has no secret to
keep but that of his dir" ^significance.
Woman’s Friend.
ftarfiig beet* troubled for many years with kidn'<£?
sxxiS'zzz.’zzzz.*- treatment, which I did ™ '“ B
to BO to the hospital for of
advice of a friend, but fofrnd no relief, »t least on.y a
nature, and I had given up all Imp* of a cure
temporary huSbaftd advised to Hunt's Remadj by
until my was use
friend that had used it and been cured of a severe case
a trouble. I i-rocured a bottle a id
of dropsy and kidney before l takenUo be
had "rf used one-half of the bottle
pAiH *n the back, and the ewelllW l»>
better, no tjV ''
limbs commenced to down, ana that »» a . *
much better, for 1 had become *, W at. >
tressed me very much. It was really
billed with the other troubles, and I have ust -
bottles, arid am able to do my work ant atton 1 -
household duties, wbic" before had been a burden to
And I only thank Remedy lor tho
me. can
health and happiness which I now elfin?,
great privilege and duty to give you this U.«■
a friende Bjishm an.,
behalf of my many suffering lady m
the country; and con only say in conclu non that 1 . you
once try it you will be convinced, as I was, even ogams
my own will, that Hunt’s Remedy is indeed a women*
friend. YoO *fe at liberty to use this for their beneiit,
if you so choose. Respectfully yours, GRAY,
MRS. WM,
Hotel Goldsmith, M6 Tremunt Street, Riston.
April 25, 1$ 3. __
A Bagiyage-Master’8
Mr. H. Barmy, baggage-master on Eastern Railroad.
Boston, HfH: ituiH’s Remedy, the great kidney , , and
“1 have used
liver medicine, in my family fof fhohtbs. It was recom¬
mended by friends in To tsmouth who HSv* been cured
of kidney troubles, and I find it just ns represented and
worth its weight in gold. My wife is us-ng it tor dys¬
pepsia. and lias improved so rapidly that I cheerfully
indorse It as a family medicine of real merit, and 1
would Hot be without it/”
Ap ril 27, 1883.
The simplest aiicl most falnIHaf truth j^eeiiis
new and wofidcrftil the instant we otltfb*itef? ex¬
perience it for liio hr&t t?nre.
D R.WORTHINBfoMS
[ e n
mimmk Irak
iMRHOEfWFjl OVER 25 USED YEARS
l ue best retmfflv tor Ohuicnt. Criuup*, DliirrluvH,
l>y*it*ntvTV. Simmer Coinplnlnt, flfupepHln. and other
iSection - nr' .-iiirgciin-fJeucrfil the stomach and C. bowels. S. A. . Recommended iroiluced In the by Army, Gen.
in- Solicitor
YutTdii. Piirvrmr-Genend; Price. Hon. Kenneth 25 Sold R»yner, bv Druggists
S. Treastt. v mid others. c!*.
•id Do i Lrs (>t;lv genuine if our nanto is bkrivn it] notltot Sole
•••is. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER Baltimore, 3IC-, U S. A.
No time eholild
be lost if the stom¬
ach, liver and bow¬
els are affected, to
adopt the sure rem
e d y, Hostetter’s
Stomach Bitters,
38 Diseases of the organs
named beget others
far more serious, and
'..ioi-Jia-js- n, delay is therefore
r hazardous. Dyspep
. sm, Liver Complaint,
f; Chills and Fever, ear
SjWSrlti' ly Rheums tic twinges
Kidney WeakneBfl,
bring serious bodily
^ trouble if trifled with.
Lose no time in using
this effective and safe
fifirflfts medicine. sale by all
For
Druggists and
r# ilers generally.
MILL & FACTORY SUPPUES
OF ALL KINDS. BELTING, HOSE
and PACKING, OILS, PUMPS ALL
KINDS, IRON PIPE, FITTINGS,
BRASS GOODS, STEAM GAUGES,
ENGINE GOVERNORS, &c. Sendfor
Price-list. W. H. DILLINGHAM & CO
421 Main Street, LOUISVILLE, KY.
i
3 Wl’» •a in your own town, i emm nnd .fa outfit
tree. Address H. UaLLSTT A Co.. Portland, Mo.
kOssri Medical College,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Regular session bt'pins FIRST WEEK in OCTOBER and
c -ntinues hyk months. Clinical advantages first-class.
" Cat il»I{!VS™.’i i KJSfllN d NIC01.SON,
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- *T t} A WEBTK. $12 a day at horn* easily made. Uowb
S ( ( outfit fret* Address Tkuf «S C-o.. Aupaata. Ma.
BBYNOXiDB’
i IRON WORKS.
I ill fcP. D. O A. Box Ml 1690 LANE, New Orleans, lHannger. La
Steam. Hand A llorse Poorer. Mean*
Engines, Sugar Mills, * n d '*/J. n8r *
Patent Xlredgehoat Work. Builaingr
Fronts, C.Wumns, Railings Black
smithing and Machine Work.
t*?“« »Rl>ERS SOLICITED.
FREE Send BV SIXES* to MOORE’S_ VXIVERSiTT, _
Atlanta. Ga.
For IllustratP^ Circular year
The Westinghouse Engine
—AS ADAPTED TO—
COTTON <3- ITTISr X TT G-.
PP-.SE.VD FOR SPECIAL CIRCULAR.^
No Conater Shafting or Palleyi
Required.
fgf Gto- ST~» bt It-d to d $150 reel i*, from in Saved. this Eofrtne, cut, or i iJSSfi pr
tim cd ■ ss ■>
Without Belt,
Boiler m iv be ■ et lt>t feet from Gi»
Pnc-e Vo.* M -t Pe.f. ct out-fit for 'W?
GINNING CO 1 TON in the world.
pgr Ft 1 fed Circular.'
m WEST1KGE0DSE MACHINE CO., Pltiag, Pa.
General- w tat« Agencies:
iiTy 1 Charlotte, >" r:’ Car -t.
]a '. >wu>;eep.i>:g <----‘AM’, 33 Mariettas? veet, Allsnta, Ge <rg*a.
jflV.N re. ^ILLBY LBOJi WC AlvC^'-Uiiry, Ai» jama.
‘*IT
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JUktt WHtkt »U USE FAILS.
Beet Cough Syrup. Tantengood.
Cse in linxe. Sold by dniggiwu.
sssr'
AN OPEN
SECRET
AMONG THE LADIES
The brilliant, fascinating which
tints of Complexion for
ladies strive are chiefly arti¬
ficial, and all who will take
the trouble may secure them.
These roseate, bewitching
hues follow the nse of delicate, Hagan’s
Magnolia Balm—a
harmless and always reliable
article. Sold by all Balm druggists.
The Magnolia blemish, con¬
ceals every removes
Sallowuess, Tan, Redness, of
Eruptions, all evidences
excitement and every imper¬
fection.
Its effects are immediate
AtliJ so natural that no human
befsg Can detect its applica¬
tion."
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^b» v1!V , ill. D.« 7Buoad STUFJttr
OPIUM MW. F ■
Cured Fmnlemly. oA
The Medicine sold for a small inaig.it Oh- v • • the t cost
compoundinir. AU particulars cases treated addr by sp^Ci^' L. i»vt pre senp ;ipr.
tion.” For full • s :
Da. S. 3. C0LLiH ? , La Fort , ‘nd.
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2 TON WAGON SCALE, #10. 3 TON, $50.
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ft BEST 4« n
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employment, address 1*. \\
Roanoke Cotton Press. Press
The Best and Cheapest than shelter
made. Costs logs Hundred®
Ti over ether presses. steam and
in actual use at both
horse power pins. Make.;- heavy
bales by band faster tha ii any
pin can pick. The new imp: ove
nients in pin houses described
in the words of their inventors
free to all. Address KoaNOKE
Iron \Vc«RS, Chattanooga, Cotton
w Tenn., o Roanoke C
- Psh« TV / S nnarm V
.
— THE BEST IS CHEAPEST.”
ENGINES, THRFSHFRS finLOnLllO SAWm *’
H-irscPowers « CloverHuicrs
OPIUM dokfhim: habit.
No pay tiil cured. Ten
cured. ------ established, 1,000 Iir,
Stale case.
Marsls. Qu ni<- .', Mich.
f JO tr A tO per day ai uuaie. Jsampioa Portland, wortti $5tre#.
Address Stinbon A Co.. Me.
A. N. V. ........... Tvventy-Eielit -‘83
Twelve horse power, STATIONARY r^GtNE, in
perfe«-t running order, will be sold for $150. c«.~h.
Address. ATLAN TA KEWBPAPEB I | ,
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