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Canvas and sawdust.
THIS CRY OF "IIUV! HOOK.''
The lYniilr Tail of the Cirma Ulnn-A rr**
of th© Orciudons Ipon Which It hnn
Burn It allied.
A fw ovonlngs since, a number of ao
(ora chanced to discuss tUo attack in
Dover, Del., upon the peoplo of
O’Brien’s circus, and the question wa
raised whethor or not tho cry of, “Hey i
Bubo I" is, as was affirmed in the pub
lished nooounts of that occurrence, the
circus men’s rallying cry for war. Mr.
W, 0. Coup, tho voterau circus manager,
settled it. Just as ho came in, norm
one of tho party tested him by an exper
imental yell of “Hoy 1 Rube!" at his
back,and his instantimoous jump and loot,
of oombiued alarm and ferocity wen
reply enough for oven tho most skeptical.
He said:
“ That is a terrible cry to any man
who has ever seen its consequences, and
it gives mo a cold feeling i]pwn my back
even to hear it in conversation. It
moans savage force, desperate combat,
and too often death. A man who has
heard that yell sounded in earnest, ns I
have, will not monkey with it even in a
parlor, among ladies and children. I
don't know what its origins was, or lion
It came to bo so universally recognised.
I only know that ever sinoo I have been
in the business or known anything
about it, that has been the circus men's
slogan. It used to bo equal to immedi
ate discharge for a man to yell that
alsmt my show. Why, I’d rather hnv<
given a thousand dollars any minute
lliaa hear it from (me of my men. Fir,
it up in tho air once and it brings to
gether, as if by magic, two or three hun
ere.d men, all there arc about tho show,
generally powerful and determined fel
lows, armed, perhaps, only witli stakes
mid clubs, but stakes and clubs are ter
rible weapons in the hands of such men,
and wild with excitement, and ready for
a desperate and pitiless fight, for they
know that is what the rallying cry
means.
"It signifies to them. ‘ You have to
figlA for your lives, and to stand l<y one
another or 1)0 killed.’ Thank God, it in
less noeossary how than it used to bo ill
early days of circus life in this country.
1 say ‘necessary’ for thoro was a tinny
and sometimes it cornea nowadays—
when circus mon had no other recourse
than to tight or be slaughtered, and then
they had t-o stand together. Very sel
dom, if indeed ever, have the circus men
begun a row. It was against all their
interests to have one. Aside from tin l
very likely change of being killed in it,
the boat they could hope for would bo
wounds, injuries, and consequent illness
in a strange and hostile community, or
arrest perhaps where bail would be out
of the question and fair trial very pro
blematical ; and if they were overcome
by the mob, their tent and wagons
might 1)0 destroyed, and the show totally
ruined and all ils proplo thrown out of
employment.
‘ ‘Yes, I’ve heard ‘Heyl Itubel’ a
good many times. I heard it once at
Manchester, N. It., when I was running
the Illinium show. On the morning of
our arrival there I found n hastily con
structed shed, used as a whisky saloon,
on the lot we had contracted for. I
asked the man to remove il, hut Us re
fused, and defied mo to remove it. 1
found that he was backed up by n fear
ful crowd of roughs, and the Marshal of
the town told mo that I had better not
get into a row with the saloon keeper;
so rather than to have a disturbance 1
let him remain, but requested him not
to allow any of the circus employees to
have liquor* iu his saloon. He prom
ised that he would not, but he lied, as
I subsequently discovered. All day my
men were getting liqnor there, coming
In contact with tlio town roughs, and
gradually the trouble grew.
“.Inst before supper I saw a gang of
fully a hundred men, armed with clubs,
come out of the woods near the horse
tents, which were Home little distance
from the others. Somebody raised the
old yell of ‘Hev 1 Hube I’ and in a min
ute the circus was ready for attack. In
those days nobody carried a pistol, in tlio
North, at least, but we all had stakes
and clubs. I managed to get between
the two crowds, and, causing a parley,
detained them from fighting until an ex
tra force of the local police got on the
ground, and 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. Iu Lewiston, Maine, it was
raised again, and we had a terrible fight,
broken Ikiuos, split, skulls, and all that .
sort of tiling. No, I didn’t discharge the j
man who yelled ‘ Hey 1 Rube I ’ on either
occasion, because I could not find out
who lie was.
"Only last year when my show was in
CarterßVille, Go., I happened to be away
from it just at tlio time, and a desperate
riot occurred that might possibly have
been prevented, even there, if I had been
present. The Marshal of the town, a
regular ruffian, came up to the ears when !
men were loading up the show, and i
cracked one of them over the head with 1
a club. He got hurt. Then some of
his friends chipped in, a mob gathered, :
’Hey I Hubei’ was shouted, and when j
the scrimmage was over three dead men j
were found lying about In that light
firearms were used, as well as clubs and
stones, but the circus held its own.
“At La Salle, 111., last season, my
people come awfully near having a des
perate tight with the quarrymen, who
were determined to have it, but I hap
pened to be on the gronud, and managed
to ooutrol my men. If I hadn’t there
would have been au infernal riot, for mv
men had still blood in their eyes from the
Georgia fight, and felt ugly.
“Twenty years a o the fight that
followed a yell of ‘ Hey 1 Rube !’ in Ver
mont, at Montpelier, I think, was the
cause of the State refusing f©r several
years to grant a UoeuiM. to a circus to ex
libit within its boundaries. It was bj
dl accounts a very bad riot, anil of
•oiirso, the circus men, being strangers,
awl to bear all thu blame of it.
(iiiitcnii’s Old Hone*.
I from Washington better.)
n a small room in tho upper story of
he National Museum, formerly Ford’s
Theatre, in this city, are two wooden
trays, similar to those, used by house
keepers for krieoding dough. But in
this instance the contents of the trays
are of a more ghastly description, being
the highly-polished 1 sinus of the assassin
Gnitcati. While inspecting tho remains
of the notorious criminal the attention of
your correspondent was directed to the
extraordinary whiteness of the hones
and their resemblance to jioli-hed ivory.
No attempt has been made to articulate
die skeleton, and the trays bear no
number by which they could bo distin
guished from similar receptacles in the
museum.
“Look in that paper box over there if
you w.mt to h) an interesting skull,”
said the guide, pointing to a deep liat
box on a small table strewn with bones
mid hails used by anatomists. There
was a highly-polished skull In the lan
and on tho right side was the defection
which tho insanity experts wrangled
about during the trial. The attention
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 ns rare mi a white ljoek
bird. Out of 1,800 skulls examined at
tho museum during the dispute about
Guiteau's head only one was found per
feot, and that is now down stairs in one
■f the exhibition cases.”
It was ascertained that in preparing
the bones of tho dead murderer more
than usual care i|ad been taken to pre
serve them, and consequently the
skeleton, when mounted, will be the best
in the collection of tho museum. It
has been doomed advisable, for pru
dential reasons, to keep tho hones in a
secure place until they can ho exhibited
to visitors, but all talk about their
identity having been lost is bosh. One
of tho first questions of the tourist do
ing the museum is to be shown Gititean’s
skeleton, and in order to escape bring
bored tho surgeon in charge has declined
to ascertain its locution iu the building,
Tho process by which the hones wore
treated insures their perpetuation for an
indefinite period, and Anatomist E. F.
Sehafhirlt gave his personal attention to
tlic work. Not a bone has lipen lost,
and, ne before stated, when articulated the
skeleton will bo the best in the museum.
Tho plaster easts of his skull have the
same indentations as the real head. The
coffin in which the remains of the assassin
were removed from the j:iil three days
after burial is retained at the museum,
but tlio outer box is still iu the ground
at the jail. A trusted official hus the
key of the room in which the bones are
kept and no one is allowed to range at
will in this apartment.
finder* In the Eye.
Many people know nil about the ex
cellence of cardamom seeds (and a dozen
other things) to perfume a smoker's
breath, who ore very ignorant in a mut
ter of far more consequence—a good an
tidote for cinders in tlio eye. It will
pay travelers to try tlio simple recipe
given below, and put a few seeds of an
other kind along with the cardamom
when starting on a journey. Persons
traveling by railway arc subject to con
tained annoyance by flying cinders. On
getting into the eyes these are not only
painful for the moment, but are often
the cause of long suffering tlmt ends in
a total loss of sight. Avery simple and
effective cure is within tlio reach of every
one, and would prevent much suffering
and exfieuse were it generally known
It is simply one or two grains of flaxseed.
These may he placed in the eye without
injury or pain to that delicate organ, and
shortly they begin to swell and dissolve
a glutinous substance that covers the
brill of the eye, enveloping any foreign
. übstiineo that may be in it. The irrita
tion of cutting the membrane is thus
prevented, and the annoyance may soon
be washed out, \de oil of those stowed
away in the vest pocht t may prove in
all emergenev worth their number in
gold.
v March Incident.
Here is another incident of Sherman’s
March to the Sen, told by General Force
i the Ohio veterans a few days ago;
One day a sergeant went into a country
'anise. The planter and his wife were
After a little talk the sergeant,
with great solemnity, naked, ‘ Has any
one died here lately?’ The planter
quickly said: 'Xo, nobody.’ The ser
geant gravi iy said; 'I thought somebody
bad died hero.’ The planter said: ‘No,
r.' His wife said:‘Oh, yes; don't you
i in,,ember, my dear, don’t you remember
that colored boy Unit was buried vester
biv ?’ The planter added: ‘Ah, yes;
t here was a colored boy buried yester
day. ’ The sergeant, with increased
solemnity, said: ‘1 only wanted to let
urn know that 1 have opa'iied the grave
•id taken out the .corpse.’ There was
oud expostulation then, for the corpse,
'-called, was the plantation supply of
ham.”
Fro l r IT, VI MIS AGO, APCOUDINO to tile
Oct " . Miss Cynthia E. Cleve
■ w o . lUeieut dressmaker at Pon
' .ae. Sue get interested ill the ternper
moe cause, and became one of the most
fth'ient- workers iu Michigan, and as
-m il was favorably known throughout
■ lie State. Two or three years ago she
wen I to Dakota, where she likewise be
.'iimo famed in the anti-beer aud nnti
w biskv cause, becoming President of the
State V Oman’s Christian Teniperauc
Onion L-s than a year ago she was
admitted to the bar, being the first lady
to enjoy that high distinction iu Dakota.
A short time ago she had her first ease
in court, and, stranger than fiction, it
was in defense of a woman on trial for
selling liquor without a license—and she
won her ease,
TWO EXAMINATION ANECDOTES.
A l.lttle file Ammig the Mnwbitnr*.
A correspondent writes un as follows:
In tho Christman week of 18711 was un
-1 ilorgoing my final examination at one of
tho London colleges. I must mention
that it was at the Game time that his
Royal Highness tlio Prince of Wales
was battling with typhoid fever at San
dringham, anil 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
evoning to rush to tho General Poet,
office and read the latest bulletins.
My examination was over, aid I was
sitting in comparative comfort, listening
to the answers of a Bartholomew's man
who followed me, and whoso cool self
confidence I greatly envied.
The examiner took him on the treat
ment of typhoid; and after tho candidate
had exhausted all tlie 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; “hut tho treatment is so very
novel, that I scarcely thought it worth
mentioning,”
“Nonsense I” retorted tlio great phy
sician; “I have been using it with the
best results at the Hospital.”
The Bart.’s man replied that, in spite
of tiiat, he should hesitate to adopt in it
private practice, and in case of a fatal
result occurring from any other cause,
it would infallibly lie attributed to the
now treatment, and damage the practice,
Tho examiner demurring to this, tin
young man at length said : “ Pardon me,
sir; but if the Prince of Wales were un
der your care now, do you think yon
would feel inclined to treat him witji cold
baths?”
The examiner looked annoyed for a
moment, (hen began to smile, then to
■ugh outright ut the man’s impudence ;
and at last, shrugging his shoulders, re
plied good-naturedly, “Well, upon mj
i>rd, I am not quite certain that 1
should.”
More recently, at another London Ex
amining Board, ayenng fellow was asked
what incision he would make in com
mencing a certain operation on the knee
joint. Though he had done well in
other subjects, iie came to utter grief in
tins, and descrilHil an operation such us
no man had ever heard of. The exam
iner asked him what surgeon he had seen
perform this, wonderful feat; and he
with most unblushing effrontery, men
tioned tlio name of Mr. II , a cele
brated man, who happened, though un
noticed by him, to be iu tiro room at tb
time.
Mr. II doubtless received a good I v
measure of mild “ chaff” from his exam
niug brethren on the subject of his sup
posed operation; for when all was over
the delinquent was horrified to find the
well known surgeon “ making for” him
in the entrance liall. After an inoffec
tul attempt to escape, ho resigned' hi nr*
self to his fate. “I believe, sir," said
the great man, “ you are the gentleman
who described an excision of the luiee
just now up-stairs?”
A stammering attempt at au apology
was tlie only answer.
“Nevermind tlmt, air—-never mind
that,” interrupted Mr. If . “ I have
no doubt you thought you had a perfect
light to make the best of your ease; but
if at any future time you should lmveoc
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 liis examination,
which was more than lio hoped for, aud,
l think, quite as much ns ho deserved.
T think your readers will agree with
me that these anecdotes show the cour
tesy and good nature of our British ex
aminers in a very strong degree.
Among the Congou.
Lieutenant Wi, annum, who explored
the Congo country with Dr. Togge,
found the old doctrines of metempsy
chosis an exceedingly valuable and tv:
venient one when traveling among Hi
i'uschilanges, one of the 1 tain tin tribes.
Ihe two chiefs, Tsehingenge and Mu
lunge, eaoh wanted the strangers, a
ouch threatened to make war upon tin
other unless Togge and Wi-swami visiti-d
him. To prevent this it was decided
that Togge should visit Mukenge, wlii'i
Wiesmann went to stay with tile yonn
chief Tsehingenge. Here the two travel
ers were made the objects of an extr
ordinary worship. The natives have a
belief that ull the pretty things that Conn
lo them from abroad, such as bead orna
ments, bright-colored staffs, and so on,
are fetched out of the soa iu the far west
by superior white tarings. Now, the
predecessors of the two kings had gone
to the west and not been heard of any
more, and the natives believed that
l heir defunct king’s spirits had in the
course of transmigration entered white
bodies, aud that they were revisiting
their old countries in the shapes of Togge
and Wissmann, who were treated with
royal honors accordingly. Tsohingem;
put AVissmann on a high chair, while ho
himself took a low seat, covered him
self with dust, and addressed lum ns
Knl-nsu Balm. A few days latter, mi
old negro woman, arrived to greet her
sou, who had come back from the dead.
Wissmann of course received her affec
tionately. As kissing is not the fashion
with the negroes lie gave her a broad
necklace of beads, in return whereof she
promised to send him his property as
soon ns possible. This consisted in forty
or fifty wives and some ivory. He told
her not to hurry, and to keep liis treas
ures under her care for the present.
Young Treks planted in the spring
should be watched, and their form reg
ulated by pinching the shoots that push
too vigorously, and by breaking otl the
shoots which start where branches are
not needed. A little care given to tree
while young will make later pruning
'inuec- ssarv.
A tornado is very much like the quack
■ioctor who strikes a now town. It
comes with a big blow, and then dissola
toon follows.
A VETERAN BENEFACTOR.
fils Pawl l.lfr* Pr*M’iit Plui)M t nml \Vn;tl
lit- lit.* It* Sity ( |*on ii SulOifil
Tim t AuMii iilied 11 Irtf *
{Aito fork f )
Nearly forty yearn ago a young man, of
i nusual endowments, began to mold public
I opinion upon a snbiecbof vital importance,
j Like all pioneer*. Ljs early etfortu were ufi
t blit his Ability ana (lid Vuttie of
I bi* work eoon won public confidence, and
j to-day there is not a village or hamlet In the
j country that has i.ot been influenced by Dr.
; Dio Lewis. When, then for \lt was 1 -arned
I yesterday that he contemplated the catabllsh-
I mftutof n large miidazine in this city, tho
tact was d< mcd so important that ft ropre
i ‘cntativo of this paper was comini wioned to
! see him and ascertain tlio t ruth of the rumor.
Dr. Dio Lewis is a gentleman of sixty years
I ami two hundi and pound*, with snow-white
Imir and bujtrd, but tuoha>ly the(!up*&per
fect picture of health and vigdr in tho me*
tropolia. Hu is n living exponent of his
teachings, and notwithstanding the amount
of wo k he has already done, promises still
greater activity for years to come. He re
ceived tl e interviewer most COurtsoui ljr, and
in reply to a question said;
‘•lt h line 1 have come to New York to
e-tablicdi a monthly magazine. I have come
l here for the Home reason that I went to Boston
twenty five yea n ago. Then Boston was the
! e.-t platform iu the country from winch to
sfie'ak of education. New York has now be
come most hospitable to progressive thought?
and <*sp< ci lly bo to movements on behaii or
1 by deal training^
“ I have reftm to know the great anil
abiding intert it of the American people in
this subject. They have come, to realize that
the future of our country pivots upon our
physical vitality, and especially upon the
vigor of our women. My new magazine will
hear ib. i tit*© * Dio latwh’ Monthly,’ and lie
devoted to Sanitary and Kocpjl Science. I
hope through its pages to inaugurate anew
departure iu hygiene.”
“Have you not written several books on
the subject?’'
u Y’es, nine volntu- ~ and tonic of them like
4 Our Girls/ published by tho Un tilers, have
had an enormous circulation, but the best
work of my life 1 shall give th • world in tho
m\v magazine. Forty > cars of skirmishing
ought to conclude with ten years of organized
warfare.”
” D. fdor. what Is the occasion of tin 1 new
interest in henlth qtieTion*?”
“It lm; come through suffering, which
scorns the only road to self knowledge. T e
Stomach, heart, kidneys nr liver fall into
trouble, hr.ppmcn i is gone, and theft people
give attention to their health.”
“ Whirhof these orgnns ismott frequently
th© victim of oar errors?” asked the reporter.
“‘Witliui the last few yen rs diseases qf the
kidneys have greatly multiplied. When I
v\.< engaged m prigdic*-*, thirty-five audforty
years ago, serious di*< as < of the kidneys was
tare; but now distressingly frequent and
fatal.”
“ To what do you attribute this great Li
crease of kidney troubles?”
“To the ii e of stimulating drinks, adul
terated food and irregular hubit.s of 'Bo.”
“Doctor, have you any confidence in the
remedy of which we hear o much niwahtys,
Warner’s Safe Cure?”
'I believe in tho ounce of proven item,
rather limn iu a ton of cure.”
“But hove von noticed tho remarkable
testimonials of IVutuor’* remedy?”
“Ihave, and confess that the have puz
zled and astoni-hed in. The commendations
of proprietary ne dicinett usually come from
unknown persons residing in back counties.
But I nee in our most reputable newspapers
Uie warmest pruLo of Warner’s Sale ('sire
from 061 lego Professors* rcsfiectable ih., si*
chin*, and other pe r oiih of hi.d> intelligence
and character. To thruwi such t umony
a tide may be profession il, but it is unmanly.
No physician can forget that valuable addi
tions to our Materia Medina have sprung from
ju-tsuefh sources. 1 was ho impressed with
tins cloud of witnesses tiiat I iitirchuMwJ some
1 ottles of Warner’-' bale Care at a neighbor
ing drug store, and analyzt and one of them to
see if it contained anything poisonous. Then
1 took three of the prescribed dunes at once,
and found there waa nothing injurious iu it.
I do not hesitate to say that if 1 found my
kidneys in serious trouble, 1 should use this
remedy, because of tie Icq olesmn -s of all
ordinary treatment, and beouu.ut when a
hundred intelligent reputable pc. sons unite
in the statement that a certain remedy Ims
curtd them of a grave malady, i cl owe to
bi-Lev© that they r*pe.#i the truth.
’But as you may know, my great interest
in life lies in prsvention. tor forty years I
have labored mil.in field. One of ihu phases
of my work in New Kiijjlsml was Die estab
lishment of ths fskties 1 Seminary at 1-exing
ton. Mass. My aim was lo itlustraie the
po-sibibties in the ph.. sical training of grin
during their school iile. This ms ittition
became, before 1 left it, the largest and most
fiucce sfnl -eirtluaryfor young women owns 1
and managed by one petsen in our country.
I sat down to dinner every da;, with a tauiily
of (wo hundred person,-. The remarkable
remits of tins muscle training among girls
W IC given iu lit,, pin pr I) lllJisUctl 111 till!
Aoftf.V dm., 1.’..,: /.Vi-/. —of December, is-j.
Besides I est lbli-tietl the Normal Ins.itmo
for t’itjaicui Truiumg m iloa < u, and for ten
years was il- I're-ident and M-imigcr. Dr.
IV liter Iho nine. Hr. Ir. inns Itorkins, Pm
lessor lasruard and oilier.- were among its
toiilh. .au i more li.nn four hundred per
sons took ns diploma ami wont out mro sii
parts of tlie kind lo teach the new school of
gymnastics. And now the years left to tue I
propose todevou* lo lie- nag.tzinc wtiich 1
li:i\e c..n.e here to e.-t.itfii-U. I: w,U i.,. tlie
la g. " t period.es; ever devt.-tel to this tieiil of
lit-mttire, Mt wili prewut the iimidreti ami
one lines! ious oi hygiene with the simplicity
of a child’s tVk. To this end .-ill so-called
learning will be sutto:minted. T he maga
zine will be more or 1 ss litnslrnted, and will
st rive t 1 e.tch a iiipris pi.-ce in tlio eolifidone,
amt hearts of the people. In a few weeks
our lirsi nunaher wdl appear. and we shall
fondly hop'd for it a !u a: iy welcome.”
I no facts above mu fttevl are invleed most
important. It, is gratifying to know'that tile
Sit cion l .: .xj e-fences of a geinlemmi who
stands wriliout. a i o: r m successfully demon
j smiting the | r.itciples of hygiene; whose.
heart Irs ,-rlvvays been in sympathy with tlie
j ufilioted. .aid whose brum mi- ever been ne
live in ph immr for their relief, me to be
given to the public throngh the pages of a
magazine. And it is -;--ci.i 11 significant
and proof positive of true merit that il pro
pii.miry iu. dieine, even wth such high -laud
ing as Werner's Safe Cure is known to have,
should be indorsed and recommended by n
man so aide, so reputable and of such
i national renown as Dr. Dio f. wi
\ GypiyN Trick.
Then' is nt the present time a tmteln".
btlongiiig to the coinmnne of Mmi
trogue. near Paris, who would xvrx
niuvli like to have five minutes’talk with
: eertnm wandering gypsy, with whom
he eiCM-luvlvd a bargain the other day,
uinrh t' his own disadvantage. The
latter, with a gang of Bohemians, him
i tiotiuqs and for tho night on a plot ot
waste ground near Montrogue. Early
mi the following morning the butcher
passed by and was accosted by- one of
the men, xvho offered to sell him a sheep
for twenty f lines. The price was de
clared to be too high ; eighteen franes
were offered, and refused; after which
the butcher wont on his way. The mo
n nt his back was turned, the gypsy
i- k the sheep out of the saek in which
he had plfiwd it, put a little boy into it
i . its stead, and, running after the
butcher, called out:
'• Make it twenty francs, and the sack
is yours into tlie bargain. ”
This time consent was given, tho mon
ey paid and the sack earned away. On
r’ aching home the purchaser opened it.
only to catch a glimpse ot a diminutive
ureiiiu, who took lo liis heels xvitli the
bag before the other had recovered from
his amazement. Asa matter of coins .
he lodged a complaint with the police,
but when tho spot where he had met
w tth the gipsies was visited there was no
-isn of them left, nor have they since
been heard of.
That celebrated ship, the Great East
ern, cost its unfortunate proprietors
SJd.OOO for maintenance in the past year,
'vilii,.' her total earnings are represented
l, v Hie miserable sum of Stic, which was
rrei iwd as visitors’ fees. The owners
, ; .y Huy wouldn’t have been much worse
off in America running a comic opera
troupe. —-Boston / os/.
SUGAR-CANE CULTURE.
T
A I)uior that the ■utcr hne to be on Ilia
g ' jflUmill
Sugar-cane producesSio natnral seed,
but is propagated from Writings placed
in shallow trenches through the fields
two or three feet apart, The young
plant* spring from the joints of the
buried, cane, and continue thus to grow
for several years without new plant
ings, somewhat after the manner cf the
u.-.jiaragus of our Northern dimes. But
each year tlio growth becomes inferior,
until the planting has at last to lie
renewed. Though at first having to Is.
weeded, while the ground is krpt clear,
the cano is soon left to itself when once
it begins to shade the soil so as to pre
vent the growth of obstructive plants.
Most curious of all is the change that
ensues ns soon the cane begins to ripen
at its lower joints. Then the long, sword
like leaves that surround the under part
of the stalk loosen one by one. Finally
they drop off, end ns joint after joint
soltens the dry leaves make a tangled
thick mattress on the ground covering
thousands of acres and highly in
flammable,
Realtors of this Ft ter will many of
them recall the frequent reports tele
graphed during tlio late Cuban rebellion
of tho immense destruction caused by
firing the sugar plantations. Tho ex
plication is to lie found in the ease with
which a whole sugar crop can be set in
11, lines by a touch of tho match to this
jungle of dry loaves that underlies and
penetrates the standing cane. Fire is
the Cuban planter’s nightmare. A care
loss toss of n 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 ins 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 bikes a light box, with a candle
set within it. Equipped with this and a
Imnch of matches, be crawls to t ie eon
)| ■of mi ear-cane tract. He then so
fixe* tin. candle that it must hum
i rough the box before the flame can
natch the matted, cane leaves. A touch
of tlio match does the rent, and the fugi
tive has time to escape ami appear
among the working bauds long before
the distant smoke and spreading flames
warn the planter of the impending
calamity. “ A sugar crop has to be
watched like a baby,” said a Chilian
planter recently speaking to me of emm
culture. If danger is apprehended, ill.
■ jtellers guard it at every point, and
hort shrift is given the black man ever
. aught in the incendiary aet. If h,>
reaches the courts, his chances are far
better than those given turn by the quick
bullet of the guard.
A jokk oo urred in a Western church :
The mm is tor, after the service, published
the bans of a marriage between a loving
n.d interesting couple, and at that por
ion of the form whore the words, “if
von know any just cause, etc.” came in,
he minister, whether from any previous
nowledge or not, looked straight at the
ring gentleman direetly at the foot of
the pulpit. Thinking that lie was js>r
.iia,iy alluded to, he immediately rose j
iu, amid Urn ! night, r of the oungrega- |
m, and exclaimed. “Oil, no, not the '
lightest objection, sir.”
Nhl uitli ti l.illlr.
Tin •Surgeon General of the C. S. A. I
Dr. H. I’, Moore, writing from beiubpiar- I
ters, Riehmond, \’a.. ill 1 Sb”, .states ofli |
.'iiUy that, “if l)r. Worthington can |
furnish large quantities of his Cholera
md Diarrhoea Mislieine, we will place it !
in the iurnv, as a remedy in bowel affix-- |
tiolis ' Hold for 2.i and 50 cents a lmttle, I
by druggists and dealers.
I 11. immii mail whins to rom vai his ismitv.
hnil lit- rirt. nuin tii wealth: die forum' *■ a'r- ,
!e-t In Is ikspiml, lli< latt. r lust he Is iilun
d< red. ■ j
HAsiuins curve rlys] psu,. Wluit more do
mt xml: Ask your dm 'gist for it. il.vs
rniNK is iu liguivi form.
' ■/ A ')-:,t" I' rvp tin. t.j,,j-v> and ume lov
!' :1 ' ' ''* no r'oti-.ipn n. t. 'l 1., onh dangv-r
--oe-qnio rels srr (ttess tv. : v,. people'who <t>
-ii"t .pure uudi -laud . sell lahvr,
t Hsprr.x tißnds, fadt' pimples and r ugh
s in . u..d by uipuir Junip. r Tsr itoap made
V t aswell, Hlizard <k Cos.. New York.
Oi’in.iKA, Alabama, will lutvo a cut bin
factory.
Dr Is-uson s Celery ..ml Chamomile Pil •
e worth their veLlit in gold in nervous -m
oik headache.”—J)r. H. Id. Schlichtcr, -
’dtimore.
In Birmingham, Ala., there inveigh-
IWII xUil'V lIOUHOS
' /■/ft’ r no cml of tnciimnu- j lr > !
<tnd l'ni nr-aj'lu —lda C '
v own g, Hamilton, 111.
Till- cattle drove from Texas this sea- i
- ai already reuehes 200,fKK> lr<>ait.
~ 1 j i HiiMren’s hoots .V shoes can't run
If r yon s Patent Heel Rtiffensrs are ns of.
Ttrt: mineral paint factory at Godsrlen •
A! i . is running night and day.
T.sdtes snd girls rsqnirlng s non-ateohol- I
i? c uii* s'irpn’arif, win fi Rrowu’o rroc
Rnt#r l ;
I hk fruit stilt] vi>gttAble in tli** j
yiv’Uiitv of Hazelliurst, , have oi'gan- 1
i>o<l for prot'vtioii.
wsk;msvit.i v: Pa. Rpv. Fiii’ih WiJ.io n
bays’ ‘'Rrovru'u fr< Ritt rs huve persuft
nntlr curr ] me of rhill 1 ani rVYer.”
Kaykttfvit.t.’?, Ark. t. .T R*il!v ’
‘-I nsol Brown s bon Ritters fo- ItoH- j
ge f ion tnl ohills wth • n ire ct •” j
The mills at Gailsden. Ala., is ship- ■
pin?: hit* lots of hmilHT to Oanml:i.
Nature tlu' sire at HMcher. sheclothr*> tin
f >wls nr.tl mii;r nls with wartuor <’Jo'.hir. .r for
winter: help-* them to ca-t ifoTin suriiTno.-:
make - the best Hair Oil. Carboline. which is
l*etroleum perfumed, and sold at u bottle.
Avntstov, Alubama. is to have si £50.-
000 hotel, .and a honk with £KMVMH) oa|>-
itil.
Rliennifitirt-Goutaline, Hr. Eirmrc's 10? 'V ; '-
lluu St,. N. V.. is tlie onh/ mi? curative etvr rj,.<-
c<krervi for rli< . irniirm, and reined} known
for kidney. li\t 1a \ 1 stomiu'h tUut*ase. Abun
dant prix-fSend for circulars.
A gas company has been organized at
I'ufaula. Ala., with a psdtl up capital of
20,000.
Prns cod lirer oil, from selec e l livers on ;
the sea shore by Caswell, Haiard <5: Cos., New ,
A’ork, Atisoln tly pure and sweet. Pa
tients who hire once taken it prefer it to
all others. I’lmiciant declare it buperior
to all other oils,
The New SrnEi.T).—Tlic Gnison armor
,r altield for forts, is made of chilled
■a-st iron, of tlie enormous thickness of
live feet. Tlio inventor is a citizen of
Magdeburg, Germany. As not half that
thickness could Vie perforated by any
guns afloat, and furthermore us the
system would allow still heavier con
strnotion, if necessary, these shields arc
absolutely impregnable to the extent of
the space covered bv them. The cast
ings are also no made as to Is? used
without being bolted or backed, and can
lie set up in the form of turrets.
WoKMs are at work on the cotton in
Alabama.
Il*iry*i Cnrholir
In tlic JJekt halve* for t.’iitu, ftruitu s f t’lccriG Salt
llheutii. Titt*r. rfafiMn. rhilDialii".
und nil kiiidn of Hkiil f-niptimiH, Frw-k-
Iwnnd Fimpka*. Out Hunry> ( arlxrH.’Ka]ve,
hh all otnur** *** t-urtiErterfuitri. Price 25 rent •
■lew to Shortril lAfv,
Alh i nt'thy, thu jjruat hu kFi. ask*tl
a lady who told him she on It nut
••What wonifi L.'t hnyuV Tbe 1 Bt-wan*
of “only 'J li- ’•on*? cant* can, how
evur, la- cnrufl by Dr. Wm. lirfUN RA)aa/n for
thu Loiikh. In \VhoopiiiK CotiKh Him y
it immediately allays inflammation, and is nuf'C
t<* jiruvunt a fatal tenninatum of the dioeaHu.
sold 11 drrik£gLt*i and duiiloiH in meaiciliu,
T.v ri t fcN i* <>plu a* way a inapiru ropect. It
is difficult to 1m fh.vf that off- )a ti<- *M*ret
Itef p bnt that, of hi* ow?* InwiuliitiFftlk’t'.
ff oimm’s Friend*
flaring been tfcnbbd f-.r many years Wttb
AMfiM, with severe painri tn my back and Imih* -inj
Ink!** wer® at tunes very badly -I \® “ lvl * “*
to no to the hospital for treatment, which I drl n it***
advice of a friend, tttt fwad no relief, *t h-aat *miy of a
temporary nature, and I had gitim up nil hope <f a caw
tiMil my hnibnnd was advised to ns*. llnr -ly by
■ friend that had n ted it and been cumd of a
of dro|*y and kidn. > trouble. I procured a bott>,
had nrtu'ol one-half of the'lo*f!., befaro I befsn U* bo
better, no pain in tba back, and tl*e s#‘*ll ins of my
limbs commenced to *-> down, and my 3fT*#d w<*
much beti* *, lot 1 had become • ba<l that all l atr
tressed me very mneftf. #as really dysjwvpeia, com
bined with the other tmubitk, and 1 hav ue>l four
bottles, an<l am able to do my w<rfb •** n * to
h-*nsehold duties, whveh before bad l*en bfl'd**n t
me Acd ! can "nly thank Hunt’s Remedy for *l* *
health an 1 ‘ f now y, '
n great prml*-K* and duty *"■ ?*• y- G this lot'*rin
b* half of my many sod-ring lady frlMn ■ w lb -♦•*n and
♦he cviuntry. and can only say in conclo<ion that *f
once try it you will be covirced, a** 1 was, cv* n s:iinsl
my own will, that Hunt’s Rtmn-.dr I ind**d a w-.i*. n’s
friend. You are at lilertv to osv this for t’le't benefit.
If you ao chooee. Rosjiert fully yours,
MBH. WM. CJUAY.
Hotel Ooldamith, HWTnmmnt Htrfw*t, Burton.
Apnl %>, S.
A Bflflg Mcr*.lfMt’r ’n I’iaie**.
Mr. H. BiBNT, ba#g;|p- master on In tern Rvdroa4
B-iston, says:
•‘lh-iva used Hunt's Remedy, thegn-vt k’dney and
liver medicine, in my family for month'. It recom
mended by frier Is in P© t -onmith who hsv been our - !
*f kidn-y troubles, add I ttnd ft just- <*“ ropreaen?-d and
worth its weight in gold, liy vtitf is using t !-r dys
pepKis, and ha* improved*, a,•id'ythst ! ■••twrfnlly
hidotwH it m a family loediohm of ml merit, and I
would not I*' without it. 1 '
I
Tuk ••ini|*h bikl ni<*ef familiar truth him
id w and Wi.ml* i-ful thu instant uru onrselvus ux
)m ru iu’u it fur th* lirst tlnu'.
Dr Worthineton s
OTHE GREAT^^^^j
ERA iRAMP
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AND j&F~
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I - f fvta- ‘ the ./,.*,.4 m .i i,ntT*U limtuc4 in tb<- Army,
, ’-n ’ be- 11 (i-niTil I'. -S A. Hrr>n,ißirn4M by Jeo.
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|•’ ‘ T'"i< 1 a .•,1' .- r- Prior. , ,-f,. s-id br Drugguts
THf'cHAUfS A. VOSfi fit ViIiSpAXT,
Halid*. ~ Uh . tV S A
FTTlllbi should
i|pS tTT t ||c X°.T.
IUIIHTW els arc to
adopt the sure rera
edy, Hostetti’r’i
aPr** Stfinaoh Ritters,
kmM\ £Sr:.’.r“i-V-■ x:
for C 4 ft-r ntftr* wri 'iib, and
. -v* a dels y is thwefor*
w Va- . hiizanliius. DvFpsp
m P - ’ JtlL >■*> ' ma, Lirr <' mipSAtuk,
* jWl&wiT Ji /g (’lulls and bar
‘li*; Iy UlM>nm;ti twirjrwi
TOtorfrS -hi ‘ Wl' kidn * y W<k
OSk form* to-, b ".is t>.-<lily
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P 0 Bo* 1690 New Orleans, La
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. Pur Illustrate*! Cir<Mi!r year
The Westinghouse Engine
—AS ADAPTED TO
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No Oonnter Shafting or Pulley* |
Giua bcltrd m Encine, or
fiirPcnd U" / */r tcJ Circular. G.
ft WESTIhGCODSE MACHINE CO, Pitiitoa!], Pa.
ticneral 'tate Agencies:
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Atiaxta i'X'ilNEEßisi. .EASY, 33 Marietta S'reet, Aslmi.-i, ...
Momo aiLtiri’ ifioif Yioa.AH, ... Montgomery, Alabama.
AN OPEN
SECRET
AMONCf THE LADIES
| The brilliant, fuscinntins
i linfsofConiplexion for w hich
ladies strive are chiefly arti-
I flcial, and all who will take
the trouble may secure them,
i Thi'se roseate, bow itching
lines follow the use of Hagan's
Magnolia Italni—a delicate,
hariniwss and always reliable
, article. Sold by all druggists.
The Magnolia italni con
ceals every blemish, removes
Nallowncss, Tan, Redness,
Krnptious, all evidences of
! excitement and every imper
| foetton.
Its effects are immediate
and so natural that no human
being can detect its applica
tion.
iTZmr impkoatitd
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aV e p Tit n '■T- if J <**'• 4eroU
V*lfeur tii* to It. M t K LA TB I LL. 7*l, V. Y.
r\ rtTTTBi" AND "ins key' habits <)UREX>
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Mndicin*.-■ id .or • eOMIU rti •If'rtati T • rhutowf rtl
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V 1 "TUI H tiHD STAI.K. flfi, t TOY, C&O.
4 Ton IKBt. Hfßiii lint Incuiiled*
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