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NOBLESSE OBLIGE.
[ j BY OAIU/>TTA rERHY.
If I ani weak and yon aro strong,
Why then, why then,
To you the braver doc-da belong;
And to, again,
If yon have gift* and I have none,
If I have ahado and you have nun,
Tla youra with freer hand hi give,
Tls youra with truer grace to live,
Thun I, who gifth-aa, aunleatt, stand,
With barren life and hand.
Wo do not ask the littlo broox
To turn the wheel;
Unto the larger utreain we look.
The strength of steel
Wo do not auk from silken bands.
Nor heart of onks in willow wands;
Wo do not ask t tie wren to go
Up to the height* the eagle a know;
Nor yet expect the lark's clear note
From out the dove’a dumb throat.
’Til wiadom’e law, the perfect codo,
By love inspired;
Of him on whom mnch i* bestowed
la much required.
Tlio tuneful throat i* bid to Ming,
The oak mint reign the foreatV king;
'Jlie milling Rtream tho wheel uniat mov<\
The beaten itecl its strength muit prove,
’Tii given unto the eagle’* eye*
To face the niuhbty HkioM.
Youth'h Companion.
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A NIGIITS ADYENTURE.
“All, air, I boo you’ro admiring my
flowers I Well, they nro pretty—that
llicy aro—though i doubt a Homo would
call the marigolds and carnations com
moD and old-fashioned. You don’t boo
many of Vm now in your fine new-fan
gled do you ? Il’a a pretty lit
tle plane this, ain’t it, sir ? Ami it’s my
own, too—my very own—and will go to
my grandson after mo. lie’s a good
lad, ho is—it’s him as looks after tho
garden. Mighty fond of flowers he is,
and rarely proud he’ll lie, I know, when
lie hears ns a fine town gentleman him
taken notice of ’em I Ah, I was fond of
gardening, too, in my time ! But I’m
getting an old man now—eighty-live I
am come Christmas and I can’t expect
to lie spared much longer, though I’m
hale and hearty yet, (hank heaven I Ah,
times have altered, sir, since my young
dnyH I For the better, you say ? Well,
things aro grander now than they were
then, hut semebow I seem to like tho
old times beat, perhaps because I wiih
young and strong in ’em. And talking
of old times reminds me of something
that onoo happened to me. Like to
hear it, sir? Well, so you shall, and
welcome, if you don’t mind wasting an
hour or so with an old chap like me.
Bit down, then, on that bench and make
yourself comfortable.
“You’ve been to Chelmsford per
haps ? Then maybe you know the
‘Haracen’s Head ?’ Well, close to where
that now stands there used to be an old
inn called tho ‘Bwan.’ A queer old
plaeo it was to bo sure, with its easo
ment windows and overhanging gables.
I was living at Ualphan—it’s nigh upon
sixty years ago—a farmer I was, and
had bean married only a Hliort time to a
dear little wife ns I loved well and true
till she died, p>oor lass 1
“Ono cold December day I started
for Braintree, to look at some stock ns I
thought of buying. As it was a two
days’ journey, I meant to stop at
Chelmsford for tlio night, and go
on early the next day. I didn't
leave home till about 2, and I had a
weary road to travel, so that the dark
ness earn* on before l reached tho gib
bet on tho edge of the common; and I
can tell you my flesh crawled, ns
the saying is, when I galloped past at
full speed, ft was a bleak cold night,
and the road was bad, no tlmt it was
late before I rode into Chelmsford.
“I put up at the \Swau’—tlmt lieing
the first Inu I name to—and was stand
ing watching the hostler rubbing down
my good old mare—for I always at
tended to that first thing—when the
landlord onn'e slowly out to me; he was
a short, sharp faced man, with great
black eyes that had an uneasy sort of
look in ’em. I told him I’d had a long
ride aud was glad enough to get safe
into his yard—for I’d gold about me aud
we’d heard horrible tales of the rob
beries and murders on the King’s high
way. Well, ho showed me into a long
low room—the kitchen it was—with a
brick floor and a bright fire burning.
“ ‘Thcre’aa noisy lot in the parlor, sir,’
said he; ‘you’ll be quiet and cosy here,
for maybe you’re tired and chilly after
voiu ride in the wind.’
“I ordered a steak and some wine,
aud, as I ate my supper, I thought to
myself that 1 couldn’t well have chosen
b better place than the ‘Swan’ to stop
at. After I had finished I called for
pipes and grog and sat by the fire with
the landlord, but I might as well have
been alone for ho never spoke a word,
but sat staring into the fire with a
wicked look iu his eyes that I didn’t
like, though 1 didn’t take much notice
of it then. Ah, I know now what hiß
thoughts were as he gazed moodily into
the glowing coals. lie was thinking of
tho disgrace brought upon his name by
his only boh, aud wondering where the
money wag to come from which must ho
procured somehow if his hoy was fo lie
saved from ruin. And then no doubt
he planned to murder me—ah, it’s all
true, sir—l’ve got his confession by me
now—and bury me down by the river
side, in the meadow behind the stable.
Then he meant to turn my mare out be
fore dawn bo that tho servants might
think I had left early; a id then, you see,
when it was found, people would think
something had happened to me on the
road to Braintree. Well, my companion
roused himself after a time and began
asking me what I thought of the oountry,
if 1 had ridden far, whether I had been
advised to put up at the Swan, and such
like questions. I answered them freely
enough, never supposing that he asked
them for any other reason than just to
keep up the conversation. I asked him
to cal! me early and he promised he
would do so.
“ ‘l’ll do it myself,’ said he, ‘for tho
girl and the ostler will be abed - ’
“Then he called his wife and told her
to bring me a candle, which she did.
tjhe wan a course-looking careworn wo- |
man, and I noticed when she showed mo
to my room that hr hand was shaking,
and her voice sounded thick when she
bade me a civil ’Good night.'
“My bedroom was a long low room
witli queer old furniture, quaint carved
clinirs and a great four-post bedstead
which seemed as big as a hcarue. There
was no lock to tho door and tire bolts
were rusty, so I could only put tho latch
down. I thought of putting a chair
against it, but that seemed childish and
no protection after all. The night was
wet and windy and tho sky black os ink.
Try as I would I couldn’t get to sleep,
and there I lay listening to tho ghostly
tapping of the ivy leaves against tho
window nnd thinking of the evil look in
the landlord’s eyes, and all the horrid
stories I hail ever read came crowding
into my mind, when suddenly I started
tip in bed, wide awake enough, for I
heard sometliing or some ono climbing
up the ivy to my window. I lay with
palpitating heart anil straining eyes, lis
tening to tho horrible ghostly rustling
which every moment sounded nearer.
“Suddenly a thought struck me; and
I arose,hastily smoothing the bedclothes,
as though the bed hail not boon slept in.
I had just time to creep under the bed,
when the window was shaken opon nnd
somebody softly slipped in. It was a
man, and, listening intently, I heard him
sigh wearily to himself, 11s if ho were
tired out. Then he got into my bed,
drew tlio clothes over him and in a few
minutes I hoard him snoring. You can
imagine bow pleasant I felt, and tho
scamp had my money ling under his pil
low, too! What was to bo done ? I
thought of my happy home and the dear
little wifo now perbups dreaming of me,
and the thought of her gave me courage,
1 determined to snatch at my money
and fight for it witli the unseen visitor
to the death, it need be. I was crawl
ing from under the bed when I heard
another sound, nearing tho door this
time. In a minute tho latch was quietly
lifted, tlio door was gently pushed open
and I saw tho landlord glide into tlio
room. Then a hand holding a candle
stole in at tho door—only a hand; but I
knew those quivering flugors well
enough. The man crept on tiptoe to
tho bed and, leaning softly over the
Hleo)>or, stubbed him to tlio heart.
There was one deep groan and all was
over. Tlio murderer drew the money
from under the pillow and crept stealth
ily to the door, glancing behind him uk
though he feared the dead man would
get up and follow him.
“Bliukiiig all over and witli hair on
end I crawled from my hiding-place,
groped about for my clothes, and, after
flooding a momont, dazed witli horror,
followed the guilty couple. Their room
was almost opposite mine, and 1 could
ico the light under their door, which
was barely closed. I pushed it open
mil peeped ill. Tho table faced the
door, and there they stood with their
backs to me, so intent upon the money
that I crept close to them without being
heard.
“ ‘Xiook, look,*l heard tho man v.his
per—‘there is more than enough t.i save
our boy ! How they shine ! And all
ours, wife—ours I'
“ 'No, mine, murderer !’ I shouted,
witli a voice of thunder, mid, snatching
tlie bag from his nerveless grasp, 1
dashed (ho light from the woman’s
hand and fled back swiftly to tho room
where the dead man lay.
“Opening the window, I groped about
witli ono hand for an ivy bough, cling
ing somehow to the sill with tho other,
md at last managed to scramble down,
reaching the ground bruised, shaken,
breathless. As I rested a moment to
get my breath, I heard from the room
above an awful cry snug out in a wo
man’s voice—
“ ‘My boy, my boy, my only son 1’
“I olßiuborod over the gate which led
uto the street. A watch-Ik x flood close
by in tlio Mj'inre, and I hurriedly told
my story to the watchman. lie started
in horror, as well ho might, and wanted
to fetch his mate; but 1 told him wo
were more than n mutch for those wo
should And at the inn, so tie came with
me. A frightened servant opened tho
door to us, and I led tho way to the
room 1 had just quitted. The va‘eh
man bout down and peered into tin- dead
man’s face.
“ ‘Ah,’ lie whispered, ‘it’s as 1 feared !
It's their oivu sou- they didn't km .v ho
was home, and so they mistook him for
you, sir.’
“I felt myself turn queer and giddy,
for 1 knew the meaning of that pitiful
cry ‘My only son !’
“And wlint of the murderers ? They
had not so much as fried lo escape, nnd
the door wasn't even barred against us.
The woman lay moaning on tho floor;
the man sat huddled up in a chair by the
bed. When we entered he held out his
hands to be nuinackd a iihont uttering a
word. When I told him how it hap
pened that his sou had faliou a victim
instead of me, lie just stared ill lily l ie
and made no sign that he heard the
(ale.
"Well, sir, that’s about all. The
mother, poor soul, died raving mad, and
the man was hanged at Tyburn; but not
another word did lie speak from tirst to
last, save once and that was when the
Judge passed sentence on him. Then
lie raised his head, and, with a look in
his eyes which I can never forget, lie
said:
“ ‘An old, old man, my lord—my only
son !’
“That's all, sir. The strangest story
you ever heard ? Well, I dare say it is;
hut it's all true, every word of it; for
I've got the papers to prove it, and, if
you’ll lie pleased to eomo in and see 'em,
you’ll t>e welcome ns flowers in May,
that you will 1 Not now ? Well, then.
I’ll bid you good day, and thank you
kindly for letting me talk to you, for it
does me good to cliut a bit sometimes,
that it do ! Good day, sir, and a pleas
ant walk to you I”
Thk dwellings and farms of widows,
minors, and spinsters are exempted
from taxation m several States of the
Mexican Republic.
LTGIITNING AT PLAY.
K.YTKAOKOINAIt Y FKHAKN ON TUB
Wl|< 1C < M>TIIi:.|JNI'H IN MATA*
MOHAN, PA.
i'erullnr I'xpcrlpnc© of n I .inly Whose
lloumo Uus struck by llio Fluid*
A letter from Matamorau, Pa,, says:
While Seymour Caykonilall and his fam
ily were sitting quietly at dinner, on
Tuesday, during a terrible thunder
storm, three excited neighbors burst
into tho house and wanted to know if
any of the family were hurt or killed.
That was the first tho Caykendalls knew
that lightning had struck their house,
anil that the fluid hail been playing all
over and about it. The bolt hail struck
the roof near the chimney, tearing a
hole through it ns big as a tub. It did
not cuter the bouse, but dividing in
throe parts, coursed in different direc
tions over it. One portion of the cur
rent flashed along the roof to tlio soutli
end of the honse, another traveled
north, and tho third took an eastward
course along tho ridgepole of an exten
sion. The current that went south slid
down a veranda post, which it scattered
in slivers about tlio yard, and entered
tho ground. Tlio division of tho current
which took tho opposite direction also
startl'd for tho ground on a veranda post,
but, when half way down, met the end
of a wire clothesline which was fastened
to the poet. Switching off on to this
line the fluid was conducted to a tall
post at tho other end of the wire. This
post it made short work of, and then
lenped to the ground at the side of a coal
house in au adjoining yard twelve feot
away.
Plowing a channel for itself in under
this coal house from one side to the
other, tho fluid turned upward and
struck a chicken coop at a spot where
another wire clothesline was fastened.
Tearing away a portion of the silling on
tlie lien house, tlio current followed tho
wire to its terminus on an outhouse,
which it scattered about the garden
and then buried itself in the ground.
Btill another wiro ran parallel with tho
ono on which this portion of the original
bolt made its last journey and five feet
distant. A linen handkerchief was hang
ing on this lino, and as the current
passed it on tho other wiro tho handker
chief parted in a zigzag tear ascending
from the bottom to tho top. That por
tion of the fluid which had passed along
the ridgepolo of the extension left the
roof at ono corner, and in passing down
also came in contuct witli a wire clothes
line, followed it to another yard, whore
it tore an outhouse to pieces and ilisaji
peared in tlio ground.
Tho electrical display at Caykendall’s
house was hardly over when lightning
Htruek a tall pole in Charles Loppert’s
yard, on the same street. There the
partiality of Matamoras people for wire
clotheslines came in good play again for
the lightning. Ono was attached to the
pole, whence it extended to the oorner
of the houag, and then to a hen houso
at tho lower end of the garden. Next to
the hen house was a hop vine, next to
that a nourishing grnpo vine, and near
(lie two a gay-colored bed of (lowers.
The fluid ran along tho wiro to the cor
ner of the house, and tore off a portion
of the Biding. It then passed along to
tho hen house, where it did hut little
damago, playing simultaneously about
tho hop vine, grape vine, and flower
bed, and then disappeared. The vines
and plants—leaves, stalks, flowers aud
all—were hero changed to a coal black
iu tho twinkling of an eye. At the mo
ment. the lightning struck tho oorner of
tho dwelling Mrs. Leppert was in a
room in the second story. She felt a
severe blow on the right side of her
head, which stunned her for an instant.
Then a peculiar numbness passed over
her loft side and leg. This soon passed
away, and was followed by a burning
sensation in two spots on the hip. Mrs.
Leppert found two black and blue spots
the size of a dime where she had felt
the burning.
Tho play of electricity abont the vil
lage during the storm was alm< at un
broken for twenty minutes, but no other
damago was done.
A Wonderful Discovery.
The Danville (N. Y.) Advertiser saya
Mr. A. N. Cole, of Wellsville, tho vet
eran ex-editor, has made discoveries iu
tho matter of irrigation, and secured a
patent therefor, which seem destined
to work a great revolution in the value
of lands. By his system he grows straw
berries to the size of peaches, and in
creases tho size, beauty, aud perfection
of all fruits to a degree to defy cre
dence. He says iu a letter in the Wells
ville Free Press: “I grow such tur
nips, beets, cabbage, aud cauliflower as
have never been seen on the Atlantic
coast. A full bushel of tomatoes to the
plant can be grown, and that, too, of
marvelous size and beauty. As stated
iu previous articles, a thousand bushels
of pea pods can be grown to the acre.
AD forms, in short, of vegetable growth
are so developed, .is to do away with
fungus, deadliest enemy of plant life,
securing root, stalk, bud, blossom, and
fruit in completest perfection. This is
done by hanging up on our hillsides in
a succession of trenches, deep dug into
the hard pan, aggregations of water to
tie held in reserve till they find their way
by the laws of gravity, in even and uni
form currents of subterranean flow to the
streams iu the valleys, securing such
perfection of irrigation to their track as
to give to plant life inspiration such as
lias never before been so much as ap
proximated.”
Librta—The editor of the New York
Journalist says: Probably no men have
had more libel suits to contest than the
editors of this paper, and they are free
to confess, aud it is the result of a wide
experience, that they would sooner lie
the defendants in a liliel suit at any time
than the plain tills and prosecutors. It
is uever the defendant’s character that
is besmirched in such a suit, but invan
ably the plaintiff's.
A QUESTION OF INSURANCE.
An Inlermtlnjr O'l-ry Upon an Important
Sublurt AuMHi-rrd.
From K. P., Fair haul!, Minn —A
questiou of insuranee arises which 1
would like to see uuswered through the
paper. A house that was built some 18
months ago, uud which had been
tiuisbed inside by painting and papering,
was partially destroyed by tire. The
roof was burned off before the lire de
partment succeeded in arresting the
flames. Asa consequence, the rooms
were flooded with water and the plaster
was wet through and tlie paint damaged
or ruined by the flames. Although tlie
house was insured, the general agent of
the company did not adjust the loss for
some two weeks after tho fire. During
this time tlie walls and woodwork were
etill further wet by melted snow and
rain. The question arises : Is the in
surance company responsible for dam
age done by lire und water or only by
fire?
Answer. —We think that tho questiou
tlmt our correspondent raises is prob
ably one of fact, and is to lie answered
solely by tho Conditions of tlie policy
which was written on tho risk men
tioned. By examination of that instru
ment it will probably lie found that the
liability in this case, as in others, de
pends upon the conditions in tho policy.
In general terms wo lielieve it is the
custom of insurance companies to guar
antee a loss from fire in the broail sense
tlmt it covers, also, damages that may
be incidental to tlie process of putting
out tho lire. In the largo cities the in
surance companies sometimes maintain
wlmt is called an Insurance Patrol. This
consists of a corps of well-trained men
witli all necessary appliances for pro
tecting goods that may lie in a building
at the time of a fire, and which would
lx> tlamged by the water :f not ear is 1
for. The insurance companies find it
cheaper to bike care of property in this
wav than to pay what thoy would
otherwise be liable for under their poli
cies. If our correspondent’s question
witli reference to tho insurance com
panies’ liability for damage from water
refers to the damage and ino by tho rain
and melted biiow subsequent to the fire
nnd .luring the period which elapsed
between the time of the fire and tho date
of tho adjustment, a point is raised
tlmt wo are scarcely prepared to an
swer. Tho liability of a company, in
all probability, would depend largely
ntion circumstances. If tho building
during tin's interval was practically in
tbe bauds of the insurance company
pending an adjustment of the loss, and
on tliis account was out of the coutrol
of tlie owner, so that he was unable to
protect his property, it would seem that,
in equity at least, tho insurance eom
pany should make up the additional
loss. What the law may be, or what
custom may recognize in the district in
wtiicli our eorresfxjmlent is located, we
cannot say. Wo suggest that it would
be a very difficult luatter to determine
wlmt amount of li-s* was sustained by
tbe damage done tbo building subsc
quent to the tiro on account of water,
and what occurred at tho timo of the
fire. Sometimes insurance companies
consider it to their advantage to restore
a building to its original condition
.rather than pay the amonnt of policy,
aud they frequently reserve the right to
do this. If such a clause existed in the
policy in question, aud if the company
had finally decided to rebuild the build
ing, it is very evident that any loss that
was sustained subsequent to tho tire and
before the work of rebuilding was com
menced would fall upon the insurance
company. No one would ever think of
a claim being entered against the owner
for it This view of tho case wottld
seem to indicate that tho insurance
company, in equity, at least, is liable for
the damages which result directly and
indirectly from the fire, from the time
that that fire occurs until a settlement
has been made and the property re
stored to the owner. If any of our
readers have line! any experience in
matters of this kind we shall be glad to
have statements from them for publica
tion.
Collect on Delivery.
A man who hail not been long in this
country was employed as a domestio in
a family, and upon one occasion he was
sent to the express office to obtain a
package. He was about to leave with it
when the clerk called his attention to
the three letters C. O. I).
I’at had no idea what the letters
meant, but he cleverly guessed at them.
“It’s all right,” he said; “tho owld
man’s good for the money.”
“But you know what those letters say,
Pat?”
“Indade, I do. Call on Dad. It's as
plane ns the nose on your face.”
There is almost a pathetic truth in the
understanding conveyed in this old
story. Many a man is hounded to death
by the unreasonable calls made upon
him by members of his family who are
taught up to this end by himself, at first
in that fond, slavish spirit of indulgence
which the American father displays to
ward his offspring, as if it were some
kind of an unthinking mechanical pet,
and afterwards on the unfailing principle
that they who sow the wind will reap
the whirlwind.
Call on dad.
Business is dull, notes must be met,
but appearances must be kept up. Mrs.
Shoddy is going to the seashore. “Our
girls" must go, the money is to come
out of “Dad.”
At first he refuses firmly, but as ono
reason after another is brought to l>ear
on him, like a battering ram of persua
sion, he gives way. New bonnets and
dresses are bought, a railway journey’s
expenses defrayed, aud that is only the
beginning. Incidental expenses are al
ways the straws that break the patient
camel's back. They accumulate in
heat's, stacks, aud at last rise to the dig
nity of a monument, under which lies a
pale, peaceful man, no longer pursued
by the legend ; “Call on Dad ” — Detroit
Free. Fran
BAFFLED!
One of the Most I’liurromit able nod Dnnff>r
oua of Ucceut Deceit* Discovered uud L\
posed.
There Is some mysterious trouble that Is at
ti< king nearly everyone in tho land with more
or less violence. It seems to steel into the body
like a thief in the night. Dorters cannot di
agnose it. Scientists ut o puzzled by it* symp
toms. Jt is, indeed, u modern mystery.
Like tlov* severe and vague miladies
that attack horses und prostrate nearly
ull tho animals in the land, this subtle
trouble seems to menace mankind. Many of
its victims have pains about tho chest urnl
sides, and Foinetimes in the back. They feel
dull and sleepy; tho mouth has a bad taste,
especially in the morning. A strange sticky
slime collect* at>out tlie teeth. The appetite*
is poor. There is a feeling like a heavy load
upon the stomach; sometimes a faint all-gone
sensation is felt at the pit of the stomach,
which food docs not HutiHfv. The eyes grow
sunken, the hands and feet fed clammy at
one time und bum intensely at others. After
u while a cough sets in. ut first dry, but after
a few months it i attended with a greyish
colored exp;* Loralion. The attlicted one feels
tired all the while, und sleep doe* not seem to
ttfrord any rent. lie Us -linesnervous,irritable,
nnd gloomy,and has evil forebodings. There is
a giddiness, a }♦*< uliar whirling seie*tion m
the head when rising up suddenly. Tlie
Ihavcls U*coino c<frtivc and then, again, out
flux intensely; tlie skin is dry and hot
at tiling, tiie blot* I grows thick and
stagnant; the white*of the eye* become tinged
with yellow; the urine is scanty and high
■ ‘doped, depositing a sediment after standing.
I licit! is frequently a spitting up of the food,
* inetimt s with u sour tuste, ands -metimes
with a sweetish taste; this is often attended
witli palpitation of the heart. The vision bo
•oincs impaired, with spot* before the eyes:
there is a feeling of prostration and
greuj. weakness. Most of these symptoms
are in turn present. It Is thought that
iii uriy one-third of our [>op ulatioii liave this
disorder in some of its varied forms, while
medical men have almost wholly mistaken its
nature. Some have treated it for one com
plaint; some for another, but nearly all have
fane Ito reach the seat of the disorder. In
deed. many phvsi-iuns are afflicted with it
th niseive*. The experience of Dr. A (t.
Hr hards, residing at No. Treinout street,
bo-ton, is thus described by himself ;
“1 lux/1 ail those |M*euliar and |<ainful symp
toms which l have found afflicting >o many of
my patient**, and which hail so often baffle*!
me. I knew all the commonly established
remedies would le unavading for 1 had tried
them often in the post, 1 therefore deter
mined to strike out in anew path. To my in
tense satisfaction | found that I wan improv
ing. The dull, stupid feeling depart el and I
began to enjoy life once more. My appetite
returned. My sleep was refreshing. Tho
color of my face, which had Isjen a sickly yel
low gradually assume. 1 the pink tinge of
health. In the course of three weeks [felt
like anew man, and kn -u that it was whoily
owing to the wonderful eiheiency f Warner*
Tippecanoe The Best, which was oil tlie
medicine I took.”
Doctors and scientist* often exhaust their
skill and tho patient and Tin y try every
thing that has lfn ind by .oriK'known t< the
profession, and then fail- Kvenif they save
the life it is often aft* r great and prolonged
agony. Where all tin.', can be avoided by
precaution and t are. how insane a thing it is
to endure sneh suffering: With a pure and
palatable preparation witli in reach, to neglect
its ufie 1* simply inexcusable.
Thk Brazilian Government bill on
slavery, after being submitted to the
Council of State, haa l>een introduced
into the Chamber of Deputies, and, if
possible, will be passed through both
chambers this session,
“Rough on Dentlat” Tooth Powder.
Smooth, refreshing, harmies*, elegant, cleans
tag, preservative and fragrant. 15c. Druggists.
The Terrible CoNswjrßNCEs. Peo
ple have been very busy in France lately
predicting the terrible consequence's
which will ensue from the re-establish
ment of divorce. Here is one. A young
man gets a divorce and marries a second
time; but the mother of his iirst wife
lias been divorced, too, and has married
the father of his second wife. Thus the
young man has changed his wife but not
his mother-in-law. Where, then, is Die
profit on the transaction V
IluOnra* Mrn!
Wearied from the labor* of tho day, on going
home lind that they cannot have the de.-ired
and necessary rest, for the little darling i* still
suffering, and slowly anil pitifully wanting
away by the drainage upon its system from
the effects of teething. If they would think
to use Dr. Bigger*’ Huckleberry Cordial, the
GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY, loss of *!.. p
and bowel complaints would bo unknown in
that home. For said by all druggists at 5‘J
cents a bottle.
Hog cholera is prevailing in < ump's !i ■ ■-unt v,
Virginia.
The Old O rrinit mother,
When called to the bedside of tho little one
suffering with that night fiend to children and
horror to parents, croup, tho old grandmother
used to send for mullein and make a tea and at
once relieve it—made into a tea now and com
bined with sweet gum it presents in f J .> ; o s
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mull* in
a pleasant and effective cure for Croup,
Whooping Oough, Cold* and Consumption.
Sold by all druggists at 25c and fl.oo a bottle.
M mtgoinery's < Via. t trad* for the past year
aggregated a ‘total of
v l(erne*!% lor I.iiiik IlKente*.
l-r. Holier NYw t .n, n'e p: • -id lit of the
Eclectic co’lego. <f the city o New V* rk.
an l formerly of < br iimaf i, <h *. us and L)r.
'Vm. Halls li.il.au v ry extensively in
his practice, n many of his pitied*, now
living and re*.or-.si to hea th by th** use ol
this invaluable m * limn \ * a i amply testify.
He always slid th it so got *1 a remedy ought
not to he consider** I merely as a patent me l
icine. b :t that it ought to t*e pits-rib and fiee
ly bv every phy-ieirtn as a sowre gn remedy
in all cases of lung dis*a-* s. It cures cun
sumption, and all electoral complaints
Raleigh, North Carolina, has a female has*
hall club.
Ntrnngcr than Fiction
are tho records of some of the cures of con
sumption effected by that most wonderful
remedy—-Dr. Pierce's “Golden Medical Dis
covery.” Thousands of grateful men and
women, who have been snatched almost from
the very jaws of death, can testify that con
sumption, in its early stages, is no longer in
i urable. The Discovery has no equal as a pec
toral and alterative, and the most obstinate
affections of the throat and lungs yield to its
power. All druggists.
The orange grove* along Indian river. Fla.,
are looking well ami promise a huge crop.
Hay-Fever. I can recommend Ely’s Cream
Balm to all Hay-Fever sufferers, it is, in my
opinion, a sure cure. I was afflicted for 25
years, nnd never before found permanent re
lief.—'NV. H. Haskins, Marshfield, Yt
A white crape mvrtle is among the euro:- I
ties of Rock ledge, Fla.
Cartio-linm*
On every* banner blazon bright,
The motto strong for which we figh 1
Of all the oils that e’er were seen.
Then's none that t>eats our Carboline
Wheeler county. Texas, is a good stock
comity. Its out crop this year was from fifty
to seventy bushels per acre.
Many ladles who for years had scarcely ever
enjoyed the luxury of feeling well have been
so renovated by tlie use of Lydia Pinkham’s
V* gt table Compound that they have triumphed
over the ills flesh is said to be heir to, and life
has l>een crowDed with added charms and
fresher beauty.
Montgomery, Ala., ha* ree ivtd lon hal*-s **f
new cotton in* one day, eight of which was front
ono man.
“What we learn with pleasure we never
forget.”—Alfred Mereier. The following is a
vase in point: “1 paid out hundreds <*f dollars
without receiving any benefit,” says Mrs. Em
ily Rhoads, of M Brides, Mi'h. *‘l had fe
male complaints, especially 'dragging down,’
for over six years. Dr. R. V. Pierce’s Favor
its Prescription’ did me more good than any
medicine 1 ever took. I advise every sick lady
to take it” And so do we. It never disap
points its patrons. Druggists sell it
Wharton, Texas, has the finest crop of cotton
of any county in the State.
North Carolina ha* appropriated $30,000 to
ward an exhibition for that Htutc at the Nmv
Orleans Exhibition.
Thin People.
“Weir* Health it* newer” restore* health and
j vigor, cure*, dy*pept.ia, atxual debility. sl.
J.a.'t week Habine Pmm, Texan, exported 1.100
[ pounds of alligator skin* und 4011 m. of teeth.
Hay-Fever. I have been a llav-Fever suf
ferer for three year*; have oftcu beard Ely’*
Cream Balm spoken of in tho highest terms.
I tmed it. and with the most wonderful success.
—T. 8. Greek, Syracuse, N. Y.
Old John Robinhoii'm circus i* circulating
with much slice*.** in southwest Virginia.
Pile Tumors,
however speedily and painlessly cured
without lame, caustic or solve. Send six
cent* in stamps for pamphlet, references and
reply. World’s Di*pen?%nry Medical Associa
tion, Otid Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Over thirty foreign * team whip* arc *aid to I*
up hr Char!' don for the coming cotton season.
lird-lltijpi. Fllen.
Flies, roachfH, ants, bed-bug*, rats, mice,chip
munk*, cleared out by “Rough on lUts.” 15c,
Talking very much and lying just h little are
a good deal nearer to each other than most
jieople think.
Mot tiers.
If you are failing; broken, worn out and ner
vous, use “Well’s Health Kcnewer," sl. Drgta
The total trade of Charleston for the ycai
tiding Sept. 1. was nearly $05,000,000.
Pino's Cure for Consumption does not dry up
a cough ; it remove* the chium;.
Kora and yellow birds are being caught in
the Virginia marshes.
CATAC Cl H ,IAY-FEVKR
-1 wa " * ffllcted foT
LY'S twenty y*.ar, dunu*
WurCfpL fit i nMi*.'* W month* of Au*u*t
POIDI * nd September, With
H IH I Hay-Few. *nd tnd
9 c o/ao TarUm- r * medi ** with -
Ck '-' 1 tu M out relief. I <r in-
jv J I dnoedtotrj K'.jr'*Cream
O B*lm ; lined it with
and
Mayor , N.J
< .-mill Hull.l ta a
Raw;. (V rcu:s,ij I -n a
\ U SA. 1 e>rret '*. of tlwa
—---rr?i diß'-tAo and <:*a b da-
HAY-FEVER Ktt-v:'&X
mail. .Sample a y mail 1* eta.
kLY UUOS.t DrugKikis, Owrgo, N. V.
1 Ifontinke ( oilon I’rfM
J Tin* Heat and Pr st
.jOWTR/w I'lA'l'' <•'- s; hs-1 ’ at: - '!•!•
trr nv r other pttv-MM*. Hun
*ll -Ffl dittd* in act an) aw at !*otb
. 'li gl-CC HI "t*u> ami h'-re fx.wpr gin*.
\ Hi ! 1 ftvl: i faster than any t!t can
\ . IaF -■a / p'ch Ifu* new improve
\ : il kfeUrJl / merit in ton houaea le
v. t acrrbeii in the word* of their
/ > invent'irs free to all. Ad
\ Wo- o W.iuhp, Chatia
vl'Mißaril - lOTIoN FlilSS Cos., Itich
Square. N. C.
' i (ifoisi *m Hall t..i
M , *
1-I year. IW. .1 c. KIM.AR. A .M . Frm.
SOLID SILVER STEM-WINDING, FULL
JEWELED GENTS’ SIZE WATCH
FOH $12.50.
i ( i.i.\ 4.i %it \vri:i:i>. . ...*-• f..
<MK: V Mt-ly. I- -.-nl by I • > r- - - C O. |> ,
!*. fTI \ |!nU.'\ 4 <>.. .IrvvHcr-.
Altunin. .it
FORK STRIPS!
WI NT Lit TKM> Ml AT.
20 /Vr r,„t, CUKAVEK Tha,, Crihtt.
SOL-Xl*. ('LI-:A N AND I>ESIUABLIv
Htfl-f l'(i<l li.r l,\!()U ever known. I' >
• •> VIMI4M It A 4 11.. ( lnt.-iyo. an! in- i
l]!)j{|M|!\F CHLORAL A* D
lllUlll I!!.Ms OPIUM HABITS
I V —l■ V I I Hl l>. HOOK t ill 1..
Dll. J C. iifll'i JfcFRRMN, Wisconsin.
■ iMn.it..V r mmoiANTED /VC ENTS
1 f4 cn ( '""•••'••‘l KIP
Ml. t 1 # r^Mar—ft I Imltli r. H nlt !(• r*< h nml
m
HDIITM l,ld Whisk) Habits Cured
II I 111 111 iN TIIMEK " KERN
A *• W A'i K r Pamptva'i. Pi ftand l-rm*
•<ldr* in r nft-l-zicri, withll-'t. atamp. \Y. 4 . lIFI,
I.AAIV, M 1► . , Hi -1 Mr.—i. Atlunln, 4.a.
TELEGRAPHY
AND—
Hailt oatl Agenl*’ I
1 it at A|l)4llt F*S HIXINESS CM VEIL
*ITY. Atlanln, 4-u- flend for CircaUn.
• t-'S l'K*-r A !!•• * K*nd atamp
Pensions iKAM.A^;
WOMAN’S SAFEST REGULATOR!
BELLAMY'S GOSSVmiM.
F>>r pampblota. teat imonlal* and price, ad dr-a* with
■tamp. W Q. BELLAMY. M l) , Atlanta, tia.
PATENTS!
initil ol'ta •.--1. Wr ce for IN\ K'- l - >K’B GUIDE.
VARICOCELE
ft fl TPIITft ‘ndatam; ' r oor \e n<v->k on
5 k rSw I A iv,v ' 1 bin-.ham, p.t
8 I ImIV I V it Ifli >&;. VN
iri . CL’RCS WMfRf All ELSE FAILS. Pj
V( • I: N TN \V \ \Ti: I) for t he bwf an I faat *'t
ittK Pictorial B --ks and B.lriea. Price* reduced ‘X
percent. National- Pubbishi'-o 00., Atlanta. Ga.
m/ A SURE APPETIZER. S^^V/ BEST TONIC KNOWNA M
H Mml Will cure quickly and completely Dyspepsia, Weakness. \Bk
Malsris. Im,nro Uloo,. C-iill,
Bfor ladies and for all jM I
PERSONS WHO LEAD A SEDENTARY LIFE JM ■
V reIieves"INDIGESTION oures DYSPEPSIA, /££ *
It tea sure remedy ¥_J It strengthens the /
Kt for rti- -s of f-jw f ML IJ ntUscles-toriceaDd/
& N^s v Kidneys. system. ih
IlhrfeßU
Hrou iTs Iron Hitters corn- I Brown’s Iron Bitters is the
! in* s Iron with pure vegetable tonics. H Best Uvcr — re
!t ‘ i" 1 ndetl on thoroughly s. i- mows bile, clears the skin,
anti ii.cdicinal prin-and digests the food, CURBS
< unnot intoxicate. ilearthurn* Heat
\i -thcf pre pa i’;; lion* . f Iron cause E j n tho StOUiacll, ete.
• :id J.r.al.,- > - n.-ti palii.n, 8 j t j, the hc-t-kimwn remedy S,r
I ’l‘'" ” ' Iron !it* -stlie f,-]i,ale ini' rioiti---.
(>SI.\ Iron ire. tli-*t —.—
—:; jf 1! • ti a-!r mark
not iiiiiirioii'K i *
J"'
v -’ -
S'' ’ |
aaMMte
mM.
VV ’< Vjf.> V * * * ■* * V ■
,ij 4 ill .a U2ujß I* i.' li W 0 b * Ik Q
IT CURES WHEN 1 action. It Is a safo,
ALL OTHER MEDI- uro end rpeedy cmro
CINEB FAIL, nn it md hun
acta DIRECTLY V , 'mTvB andr ® da hAV *
andl AT ONCE on c ireA
the KIDNEYS, u wUcu
LTVER and BOW- phyeieiaiia and
ELS, restoring hftd
them to a healthy j tcn tliemu P
IT IS BOTH A “SAFE CURE”
and a “SPECIFIC.”
It CI’REN all Discase-4 of the Kidney**
Elver, Itlndder and I rlnary Orjraiu*
Dropay, <■ ravel, Din lie tea, Ilri*bt , e
Dineiuic, Nervous Di*eu**es, llxcea
acw, Feauule WeukuewaeH,
Junndire, HilinnaiicflS I lend
aeiic, *'our BtSM>ck Djipepaii .
Conatipation, PIleM, Pniiw in the
IlncU, Loins, or Side* Retention or
Neuslti'teution of L' riu v •
f l.ii AT l)!U GUSTS.
H' TAKE NO OTHER.-S*
Send for Ilhtatratcd Pamphlet of Solid Tee
tliaouiaij of Almolute Cures.
HINT’S KEMEDY CO.,
C Providence* K. !•
HI NTS .Kidney and Liver) KK.WK'JY
ia pare!) vegetable, and the utm - t reliance may
pl-i -..<1 ,n ,t. ..
Veietalle Compound
JT For I’enalr ( >;iii>luin(nr.nd
/Ct **o eotmnou to
* r / f our be.-t t'em :I.‘ i'.o;*i:l:it ion.
It will euro entirely the w. rut 1 r?d -f Ii inaJe C*ol_
plaints, all Ovarian trouhlca, Inflammation and l ie.” _
al W< ai. fu'S.--, tiiKl i.4 i .rtu uiaily nOiptcd to ttfl
Change < f Life.
It wiil diKnclve an-' ex i> I turr rs f : >m t !.* ut< nis in tut
early Rtae of drv. lop.nei.t. Tho t< : v t. • luctroua
humor A there in checked very apeoddy by its uae.
It remove* falatnesn, flatulency, destroy* ail craving
-r atimulanU. and jvlievc* weakne-a • f tho atoxnaeh,
t ..-urea hl. at.nir. Headaches, Nervous l‘r ;iration.
<tenoral UeblUlv, Sleepleaun . I"[ t - . i'-n and lnuie
tion. Thai foeiinir <>f Uahnit.i c.v:t, .-audnjrpain, weight
anti backache, in always p*-rmaii' utly cured l-y Ha vine.
It will nt all ♦ a and under all ne ,in . t net in
hanne-ny \iith tL.- lawatliat ko\ cm iho l-' system.
K->rthe c in-of Kidney Comphunts -f e.tf er aex, thl*
Cvm}K>unl c iiitturi-a <d. Priecf 1.00. Six hot iiiaf -r55.00.
No family } t ..uld he without LYDIA L\ PIXKHAX'B
LIVER riU. They car i.-li.ali ■. 1 -uanM and
torpidity of the liver. 25 < cut -a bo.* at e:' druggiritfl.
The OLD RELIABLE
FAIRBANKS SCALE.
Three and four Ton Scales at greatly reduced
E rices. Every Cotton Gin and Planter should
ave a Genuine Fairbanks Scale. Write for
prices. FAIRBANKS .fc CO..
Naw Orkaii*. Da.
Paynes’ Automatic Engines and Saw-!Vl;ll.
We .-.fter an -t • i ff I* n o n.te-l Kuirina with Mill,
n ‘ ft !- ' ■’ ta; r h‘k‘, i.K • • inplete
• cm, | 0 l ufona on 1>
It \t . IM YNi: A
">I)!N*. if-' r t- • ; I:- Atiioiiiulic L
from -• H ]• u . J'l.i’-ej*, Hang-ra tin I
-flaUnir l liuti* .S V I! * IboO
a m l*As'*i for a I.tfa Sc] - iarahii* in tha
L ’ < oleum n lluaiiic*- ( ollege,
B I Newark. N- w y P>h;tt"i- f<ir
*r i -N ' r Writ#
UiENTS WANTED for h.- lives .r
3LAINE & I CLEVELAND &
LOGAN, HENDRICKS,
nlVol by T.W.Knmjcl In 1 Vo! f * M -a. liAimrif.
Vutliorized. Authentic Irrrwrttal Ceni hfr, tJift fln*t and
4. a
•th- r* ID If. 1. If r r-'.ti tit- isafl-l in |.r. r- ]ch Vt.l &<*
a... fl.&O. £0 percent f *>. <; ?- Otlff’u tree
Ajfeut# -aii t to ♦ aUv No ’ is the time to
make *u.fl'er fast Send fo- Extra terms, at once, v ■
IIAKTFOHI* I*l HLl*>lllMi 4 0., lUrtr U rd, 4 ana.
GOOD HE WS
TO LADIES!
fS*- ,-‘3 firenteel m<lucm< r ts ever of
fared Now'* your ■m- to g*t up
JIJ rWT *VTinwa order* for our eelat.r te ! Tcttn
and ( ofl(‘(*H|an>f aec •oal-e.-ujii.
TV*Bt, or Hands *■ lAecoratted
(Told ITrnd Mow Knee Lit: • r S.-t, or t.old Hand Muaa
Daceritod Toilet Set. F> r full pArt-iculara address
THK <• It BAT A >ll It I AN TK \ 4 0..
t eV’ork
BRYANT & STRATTON'S
ly. Yn>:ujjf men taught lkHk
keepmg. Sliurt-liatui, juniuajuJup, and assisted to poaitioim
\ N. I . Tluriv-x ves, , si