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trudge. liko camels. swcaUm* tr m Ah-p
po to Damascus They tnsUe th it* lif -•
Cni.iflxnnj St at) ting •• •hmd il'-ti' uni
counts rs banished nvm the fro: a air.
Weights! tlnvt nby carkinc rata I *, th an*
so manv stiioMcs <>li I -h I <)>uui. Ut
day. rub out vatu'nf tin'* lines of ears*;
that. 1 could lift some of tin bunion*
from th<' heart: that 1 i >uld give niaxa
tion to some of these worn muscles ll is
line for you to Isatin to t.iin i’ a little
easier. Eh> your best. an 1 th' a trust <* *1
for the rast iVinnt fret t>ol manages
all the affairs of yo.ir life, ami he man
ages thotn for tin ls : Consider the
lilies—they always have robi s Hehohl
the fowls of th.- air th. always have
Hi sts. Take r. long bn ath. Bethink. In*
tiincs. that Go i did not inakt you for
a pack-horse Die your&i'lv--s .rat from
among the bogheads anl tile .shell, s
and in the light of the holy Sabbath-day
resolve that you will give to the winds
your fears and your fretfulness, and your
distresses You brought nothing into the
world, and it is very oer. iin y<> i can
carry nothin.* out Hating fool anil
raiment, lie therewith content. The mer
chant came home front the store. There
had been great disaster there, lie op
ened tin front door and sat,!, in the midst
of his f aniily circle: "I am ruined.
Everything is gone 1 am ail ruined.”
His wife said : "1 am left.” and the little
child threw up its hands and said "Papa.
I am here ” The aped grandmother,
seated in the room, said: "Then you
have all the promises of Gol. beside.
John.” And he hurst into tears and
said: “God forgive me. that I have been
so ungrateful 1 tint! 1 have a great
many things left. God forgive me."
Again ! remark, that many of our busi
ncss men are tempted to neglect their
home duties. How often it is that the
•tore and the homo -.eon to dash, but
there ought not to be any collision It is
oftcu the case ib.ii. th. father is the mere
treasurer of the family, a sort of agent to
tee that they have dry goods and gro
ceries The work of family government
he does not, touch. Once or twice in a
year he calls the children up on a Sab
oath afternoon when ho has a half hour
lie does not exactly know what to do
with, and ia that half hour he disciplines
the t hildvon. and chides th"m and cor
rects their faults, and gives them a great
deal of good advice, and then wonders all
the rest of the ynr that his children ilo
not do better, when they have the won
derful advantage of th it s rmi-annual cas
tigation. The family table, which
ought to be the place for
pleasant discussion and die rfulness,
of.eti becomes the pi i *e of perilous expe
dition. If there be any blessing asked at
all. it is cut off at both ends, and with
the hand on the carving knife. He counts
on his lingers, making estimates in the
interstices of the repast. The work
done, the hat goes to the head, and h"
starts down the stive , and before the
family have risen from the table. ho lias
bound up another bundle of goods, and
says to the customer: "Anything morel
can do for you to-day, sir'” A man has
more responsibilities than those which
are dis-harped by putting competent in
structors over his children, and giving
them a drawing-master and muslc-toach
er. The physical culture of the child will
not be atten ted to, unless the father looks
to it. He must sometims lose
his dignity. He must unlimher
his joints. He must sometimes
lead them out to their sportr. and games.
The parent who cannot forgot the severe
duties of life sometimes, to fly the lute,
and trundle the hoop, and chase the ball,
and jump the rope with his children,
ought, never to have been tempted out of
a crusty and unredeemable solitariness.
If you want to keep your children away
from places of sin. you can only do it by
making lour home attractive. You may
preach sermons, an 1 advocate reforms,
and denounce wickedness, und vet jour
children will be captivated by the glitter
ing saloon of sin, unless you can make
your home a brighter place than any
other place on earth to thi in. Oh 1 gather
all charms into your hous". If you <an
afford it, bring books, and pictures, and
cheerful entertainments to the household.
But, above all, teach those children not
by half an hour twice a year on the Sab
bath-day. but day after day: and every
day teach them that religion is a great
gladness, that throws enains of gold
about the nock, that it takes no spring
from tin; foot, no blitheness from the
heart, no sparkle from the eye. no ring
from the laughter: but that "her ways
are prays of pleasantness and ail her
paths are peace.” 1 sympathize with the
work being done in many of our cities,
by which I cautiful rooms are set apart
by our Young Men's Christian Associa
tions. and I pray < !od to pros|ier them in
all thin*,s. But 1 tell you there is some
thing hack of that and before that. We
need more happy, consecrated cheerful
Christian homes in America.
Again. 1 remark that a great many of \
our business men are tempted to put the I
attainment of money aliove the value of
the soul. It is a grand thing to have
plenty of money. The more you get of it,
the better, if it come honestly and go use
fully. For the la k of it, sickness dies
without medicine, and hunger linds its
cofliii in the empty bread tray, and naked
ness shivers for lack of clothes and tire.
When I hear a man in minting tirade
against money—a Christian man as
though it had no invisible use on earth
and lie had no interest in it, I come al
most to think that the heaven that >vnuld
be appropriate for him, would be an ever
lasting )>oor-house! While, my friends,
we do admit there is such a thing
as a lawful use of money—a profitable
use of money—let us recognize also
the fact, that money cannot satisfy a
man’s soul..that it cannot glitter in the
dark valley, that it cannot pay our fare
across the Jordan of death, that it cauuot
unlock the gate of h lavon. There are
men in all occupations who seem to act
as though they thought a pa k of bonds
and mortgages could be traded off for a
title to heaven, and as though gold would
be a lawful tender in that place where it
is so common that they make pavements
out of it. Salvation by Christ is the only
salvation. Treasures in heaven are the
only incorruptible treasures. Have you
ever ciphered out in the rule of Loss and
Gain the sum: "What shall it profit a
man if he gain the whole world and los ■
his soul?’’ However line your apparel,
the winds of death will flutter it like
rags. Homespun and a threadbare coat
have sometimes been the shadow of com
ing robes made white in the blood of the
Lamb. The pearl of great price is worth
more than any gem you can bring trom
the ocean, than Australian or Brazilian
mines strung in one curcauet. See a af
ter God ; find his righteousness, and all
shall be well here; all shall be well hi re
after.
But I must have a word with those who
during the prest nt commercial calamities
have lost heavily, or perhaps lost all their
estate. If a man lose his proper f .v at
thirty or forty years of age. it i, only a
sharp dis iplint generally, by which
later he comes to larger success. 1 1 is all
folly for a man to sit down in mid-.ife
discourage:!. The marsh is of Napo'ixm
came to their commander :mu sli 1: 'We
have lost the battle, cud we are being cu.
to pieces.” Nag,Jeon took his watch
from his pocket, and said: Tt is only 3
o’clock ni ihe afternoon. You have lost
that battle, but v.e have time
enough to win another. Charge u]x>n the
foe!" Though the meridian of life
as passed with you, and you have been
pouted in man v a conflict, give not up in
discouragement. There are victories yet
for you So gain. But sometimes monet
ary disaster comes to a man when there
Is something in his a*re. or something in
his health, or something in his surround
in , r s. which make him know well mat he
will never get up again. in 18dT it was
estimated that, for many years previous
to that time, annually there hud b en
510.0011 failures in the United pita is.
Many of those persons neier recovered
from the misfortune. But let me give a
word of comfort in passing The sheriff
mat -'-H von out of manv things, but
there arc some things of which he can
not sell you out lie csnn.t sellout vour
health He cannot sellout vour family He
cannot sell out vour Bible He cannot
sell out your Gol H" cannot s nut
vour heaven! You have more than you
have lost Sons amt daughter* of God.
children of an eternal and all loving
Father, mourn not when your property
goes. The world is yours, and life
is yours. a,,d death is yours, and
immortality is yours, and thrones of im
-1 lentil grandeur arc yours, an I rivers of
gladness are yours, and shining tnan
oaa are yours, and 1 Isyours. The
eternal God has sworn it. and evert time
you doubt it you charge the King of
heaven and earth with p rjury. Instead
of complaining how hard you have it. go
home, take up your Bible full of pmm
! ises, get down on your kn fs before God
| an'i thank him for what you have, instead
of spending so much time in complaining
about what you have not.
Some of you remember the shipwreck
lof the Central America. This noble
steamer, had. I think, about fly- hundred
passengers aboard. Suddenly the storm
came, and tin- surges trampled the decks
and swung into the hatches, and there
went up a hundred-voiced death-shriek.
The foam on the jaw of the wave. The
pitching of the steamer as though it were
leaping a mountain. The dismal Hare of
llic signal rockets. The long cough of
the steam pipes. The hiss of the extin
guished furnaces. The walking of God on
the wave! The steamer went not down
without a struggl e As the passengers
stationed themselves in rows, to bale out
the vessel, iiark to the thump of the
buckets, as men unused to toil, with
blistered hands and strained muscle, tug
for their lives. There is a sail seen
against the sky. The flash of the distress
gun sounded, its voice is heard not, for it
is choked in the louder booming of the
sea. A few passengers escaped; but the
steamer gave one great lurch and was
gone! So there arc some men who sail
on prosperously in life. All’s well, all's
well. But at last, some financial disaster
comes: a eurodydon. Down they go!
the bottom of this commercial sea strewn
with shattered hulks. But because your
property goes, do not let your soul go.
Though all else perish, save that: for 1
have to tell you of a more stupendous
shipwreck than that which I have just
mentioned. God launched this world six
thousand years ago. been going
on under freight of mountains and im
mortals; but one day it will stagger at
the cry of fire. The timbers of rock will
burn, the mountains flame like masts,
and the clouds like sails in the judgment
hurricane. Then, God shall take the pas
sengers off the deck, and from the berths
those who have long been asleep in Jesus,
and he will set them far beyond the reach
of storm and peril. But. how many shall
go down! That will never be known, until
it shall be announced one day in heaven:
the shipwreck of a world! O! my dear
heaners, whatever you lose, though your
iiouses go, though your lands go, though
all your earthly possessions perish, may
God Almighty, through the blood of
the everlasting covenant, save all your
souls.
TALLAHASSEE TOPICS.
A Reward For a Desperado—The De
partment of Agriculture's Bulletin.
Tallahassee. Fla., July I(s.—Gov. Mitch
ell has offered a reward of $l5O for the ar
rest and conviction of Joseph Jenkins,
the desperado who escaped at the'time of
the killing of A. ,J. Tull.v of the sheriff's
posse, and Jesse Jenkins, brother of the
desperado in Wakulla county last month.
The Monthly Bulletin of the depart
ment of agriculture, has been issued for
June. It gives the condition and stand
of crops as follows: Uplund cotton 104,
Sea Island cotton 100, corn 108, sugarcane
t 104. rice 07. tobacco 112. oranges IK), lem
ons OH, pooches 109, pears OH, cabbage
I(>4. onions 104. tomatoes 100. Irish pota
toes ]oi), cucumbers 97, beaus 95, egg
plants 90. watermelons 107, pineapples
127, guavas 105.
Miss Nellie Wilson has returned from a
visit to Madison.
Miss Lillie Bates, the charming
daughter of Hon. K. M. Bates of Mt.
Pleasant, is visiting friends in Tallahas
see.
Miss Kate Clark of Montirollo liss been
visiting her Capital City friends the past
two weeks.
Adjutant-General Houston has gone to
Ocala to Inspect parade grounds, water
facilities, etc., in connection with the
locating of the state encampment.
Edgar P. Alien of Ocala has heen ad
mitted to practice in the supreme court of
Florida.
Secretary of State John D. Crawford
and State Treasurer C. B. Collins made
an ohlrinl visit to the state asylum at
Chattahoochee last week. They report
the health of the patients unusually good
and everything about the grounds and in
stitution in first-class order.
Mrs. C. .1. M. Shine and Miss Ilattie
Haj tt departed this week for St. John's
N. B. They will return via Chicago in
October.
At the next meeting of the city council
an ordinance will be presented requiring
all fences to be built in future to be erect
ed on property lines, and all gates to be
changed, within six months, to open in
wards.
it has beon decided to order the Florida
State Troops into annual encampment on
the Iflth of August. Adjutant General
Houstoun is on a tour of inspection, with
a view of determining at what point to
locate the encampment.
Hon. W. A Kawls of Tallahassee, the
newly appointed state chemist, took
j charge of the state laboratory Friday.
Dr Norman Robinson, for the past four
! years state chemist, will return with his
j family to Oriaudo, where he will estab
lish a private laboratory.
The ward for white female patients in
the state insane asylum being full, the
j board of state institutions has ordered
‘ that ten new rooms bo at onefc prepared
lor said ward.
Gov. Mitchell has issued an order re
voking the appointment of till world's
fair commissioners for Florida, except
■ those appointed by the president on the
recommendation of the governor, to-wit:
1 Messrs. Bernard, Turnbull, Herat and
Bielby and Mrs. Bell and Miss Beck.
The hearts of all the people of Florida
go out in gym path .' for ex-Governor Win
1). Bloxham and his good wife, in the loss
of their only child, Wm. 1). Bloxh tin, ,)r.
lie was stricken with paralysis lis Wed
nesday morning an I died anon noon Moa
I oay.
With the Cool Breezes.
Lookout Mountain, Twin., July 15.
j There is a large number of prominent and
w unity southern families at Imokout
Inn. and all have been greatly delighted.
I t addition to the meeting of the Teunes
-1 sie Bar Association, there have been a
uumlterof interesting social events.
On last Tuesday Mrs Isaac Keese of
; Nashvdl t gave a coa. king party to the
• beautiful Lulah lake and tails, nine miles
do.vn the crest of the mountain. Cunt,
i C. C. Hewitt of the United States army,
who has traveled all over America, says
these falls far exceed in bight aud beauty
the Minnehaha falls an i the Satillo,
Mexico, tabs. An elegant luncheon was
partaken of at the falls.
Among the prominent arrivals of the
past week wore Congressman Benton
ah Miilmof Car .liage, Tenu.: W. F. Slaton
of Atlanta, president of the Southern
Teachers’ Association: and a party of
thirl,-six: Chancellor Hibson, H H. la
i gersoll. S. T. Lo an, Knoxville; Juo. F.
Moorchead and wife, Durham. S C.; T.
W. Garrett ana family. Marietta, (la.;
II F. Le jrauj, Miss LeGraud, Mont
>• . Ala.
THK MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. JULY 17. 1899.
NAT I.ASK AND HIS PARROT.
A Remarkable Story of a Remarkable
Man and a Remarkable Bird.
From Hie New York Sun.
•'Ever hear of Nat Bank's |*myt
ask'si Jim Gordon of Little Hock. ‘‘Nev
er w is such a remarkable parrot. T don't
think Bui than. Nat Ixisk was some
what of a remarkable man. Ho was an
old Arkansas and Mississippi Hirer boat
man He us "1 to run between Little Hock
aid New Orleans in the good old times
before the war. He owned twenty
niggers onre. and they all got their free
dom just because Nat was such a re
markable man. There was a good
many niggers running away about that
time, and making tti'-ir run for good.
Nat gave it out that he’d like to soe any
of his g t away. For every one that got
away, he said, he'd set another one free.
Ia •ss than a week after that one of Nat's
best, niggers turned up missing, and he
couldn't be found. Over the border sure.
Tin* runaway’s wife belonged to Nat.
” ‘Suse,’ said Nat, ‘d'ye know whar
Joe is!’
" Yes. mnssa.'
" ‘Wall then, you Jos’ go long an’Jlne
him !’
"So lie kept his word and set one slavo
free because another had succeeded in
running away, and he showed what a re
markable man he was by setting five the
wife of the fugitive. And Nat wouldn’t
take back his offer either, and his niggers
kept running away, and he kept setting
others free to match 'em, until he hadn’t
one left.
“ 'Don't make no difTnee,’ Nat used to
say. ‘Nobody didu’ 'hleego me to sot my
niggers fret-. But’s a time coinin’, raahk
my wuds. when all yore niggers ’ll tie sot
free, an' yo’ won’t have nothin’ to say
’bout it neither.’
"That was pretty stiff talk for Arkan
sas, two years before the war, and a less
remarkable man than Nat Lask would
have been hauled up short for it. Pro
phetic. Nat was, wasn’t ho! Somewhat.
• Just about the time the war broke out
Nat was in New Orleans taking on cargo.
On the levee one day, he was passing an
old woman who was selling parrots, when
one of the birds yelled out:
“ ‘Damn fool!’
“That fetched Nat up standing, and he
asked the woman which parrot had ad
dressed him in such familiar tones.
“ ’He knows me.’ said Nat, but 1 swar
1 never knowed him!’
“Nat didn’t have to wait for the old
woman to tell him which parrot it was,
for the bird yelled out its compliments
to him again on the spot. And Nat was
so tickled with the parrot that he bought
it. He was so taken up with his now
companion that he paid no attention to
anything else all the way back on the
trip to Little Hock. When lie arrived
there he gave up his boat.
" ’Goin’ to quit boatin' he said. ‘lt’ll
take all mv time now on to 'tend to this
parrot.’
“And if he didn’t quit, right there and
then,, i hope to holler! Ho tied 1
up to that parrot and had no time for any
thing or any body. Then the war began
to stir things up, and one da.v Nat said :
" 'Thar’s goin' ter be hell ter pay ’round
hyah 'fore loug, an' I take to the woods.’
“He was as good as his word. He took
liis gun and his parrot, went 'way back
into the wilderness along Big Mammelee
creek, and put up a snug log cabin. And
it was there that the parrot came out
strong. The woods were full of game.
Wild turkey, deer, bear, panther. The
creek held plenty of wild ducks and
geese. Nat trained the parrot to hunt.
The bird got so he could give all the calls
aud‘Cries of the wild turkey better than
the wild turkey could itself, and he never
missed getting the right call or cry in at
just the right time. He found out that a
lost fawn, or a fawn hidden by its mother,
could summon its mother or some other
deer quickly to where it was by a plaint
ive bleating, and the parrot got onto that
bleat only too quick. He imitated the un
earthly screech of the panther so ably that
Nat used to say it was nothing out of ttie
commqn for Bobby—that was the parrot’s
naiueto call as many as a dozen big he fel
lows around the cabin of an evening, and
set them all to fighting at once. Bobby
couldn’t only do the quack of a duck or
tiic gabble of a goose to profectiou. hut
tie c ould manipulate those cries so that
you would think ho was a whole Hock of
ducks or geese. So, if there were ducks
or geese flying over it was no trick at all
for Bobby to lot himself loose, just as if it
was a dozen or so fowl jabbering to
gether, and a flying flock, hearing him
going on, would say to themselves:
•Theso ducks must have struck good luck
down there in tho creek. Let’s drop
down and get a piece of it.’ And when
they had dropped down near enough Nat.
hid in the bushes, would tumble a half
dozen or so before they could get ou to
tiie way they were fooled
“Bobby liked to hunt wild turkeys best.
If there was a turkey within hearing of
him, it couldn't resist that seductive call
of his, and when it came within gunshot
and Nat put a ball in it, Bobby became a
very liend in liis gloating over its death
struggles. He would fly around the poor
biro,and laugh ahd yell like a demon. But
if Nat should happen to miss the turkey
after Bobby had called it up. then maybe
he would get tits. The parrot would fill
tiie woods with language that Nat used to
say sometimes made him sit down and
wait for the shower of fire and brimstone
that he felt sure must be sent down on
them for that bird's wickedness.
And he'd fly at Nat, pull his
hair out in bunches, and make
vicious grabs at his eyes and face. At
these unfortunate times, which, luckily,
were rare. Nat used to lie down on liis
face and let Bobby peg away and pull at
him till liis frenzy passed over. Nat knew
when that was by the bird perching
somewhere near and easing himself up
by simply yelling, 'Damn fool!’ Then
Nat would get up and start for home.
Bobb.v would tty to his usual place on
Nat's shoulder, where ho would at inter
vals yell in Nat’s ear, ’Damn fool!’ Nat
never jawed back. He said that he knew
he deserved all that Bobby gave him at
such times. There wasn’t, anything too
bad for a man who miss -.l his turkey.
“Whenever Nat would take his gun to
go out hunting, Bo.iby would cock liis
head on one side and say :
" I'urkoy!”
"If Nat would say, 'No.' Bobby would
say:
" ‘Quack quack”
"If ...it r.'ptie I in tho negative, Bobby
would make the peculiar ideating sound
of the fawn, interrogatively. If Nat said
he wasn't going after deer, Bobby would
suv, decisively:
•Bar!'
“Turney, ducks or geese, deer and bear
were all the game Nat hunted, and Bobb.v
knew if it wasn't any of tho first three he
was going out after it must of course he
boar. l>u’ he always waned to know
wnat the hunt was ,o Ik* before he
started. He w,.s of no particular use in a
bear hunt.
“ ’1 jes' take him 'long to do theswarin’.
at use to say.
"But Booby always went out for bear
with the greatest enthusiasm, and, once,
he was of actual service. Nat had started
a bear, and it went into a thick swamp
a st.on, distance, where no man or dog
coutu get. Whether Bobby saw the bear
or not, or whether he hud a sudden stroke
of genius, all at once he flew from Nat’s
shoulder into tho swamp. Such a hair
raising collection of yells and expletives
us he tumbled around in that swamp
no living thing had ever heard Leforc.
Bob i.v was evidently directing them
straight a the i.ear. tor the frightened
animal came tearing out o, the swamp
wall a smash and a crash that a hur
ricane votiiun’i have made. Nat said
the beir's eves hung out. its terror
was so great. Nut downed the
hear wi ,i a co iple of rifle balls, and out
ot tu s" ciit.e a couple of terror-
stricken cubs with Bohb. veiling and
cussing right Indited them Nat captured
the two ctlbt alive and look them home,
against th.- vehemcn: protest of Bobby,
woo veiled his favorite opinion of Nat iu
the latter's oar all the way in Nat
showed great fondness for the cubs, but
they were a perjK'UuU thorn In Bobby's
side He was wildly jealous >,f them, and
gave lioth them and Nat continual fits.
Nat kept the 1-übs in theca),in. aud one
night, after he’d had them about a week,
he was awakened bv a noise He heard
Bobb.v swearing like a pirate and the
cubs whining. Nat listened, and by and
by he heard the cabin door opened. That
was an easy matter to do. for nothing
fastened it, and it swung on a leather
hinge. When the door opened and
let the moonlight in. Nat saw
that it was Bobby who had pulled the
door o;ien with his bill. Nat lav still to
see what tho |>arrot would do, and wild
did he do but drive both of those cubs
out, nipping them with his bill, aud talk
ing to them worse than any canal mult*
driver ever talked to his mules. Bobby
not only drove tho cubs out of the cabin,
but he escorted thorn some distance into
the woods, and thc.v understood well
enough that they were to keep on going.
Bobby came back to the cabin chuckling
like a little fiend, and closed the door aud
went to sleep. The whole pro,'ceding
had increased Nat’s veneration for the
parrot so much that he said he could no
more have interfered than lie could have
interrupted a preacher in a funeral s >r
mon. A ttw days aft r tl Nat
down his gun to goout hunting.
“ ‘Turkey 1’ said Bobb.v.
‘“No,” said Nat. ‘We’re goin’ attar
b'ar.’
"Bobby bristled up, and yelled at the
top of liis voice.
"‘Damn no! Damn no!’
“He remembered the trials and tribu
lations that had come to him through liis
last bear hunt, and he wanted no more
hear in his. And ho wouldn't go bear
hunting, and never could he be induced
to go again.
“Nat and Bobby lived that hermit life
on tho Big Mammelle for more than
twenty years. Then one day Nat came
into Little liock, alone and disconsolate.
Bobby was dead —accidently shot by Nat
himself. 1 don't know what ever became
of Nr. t, but he was a remarkable man.
And there never was such a remarkable
parrot as Bobby.”
FOR MENTAL EXHAUSTION
Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
Dr. H. M. Tucker,Helena. Ala .says: “I
have used it in m.v practice for some time,
and am well pleased with the effects in
dyspepsia, nervousness and in deranged
secretions. It acts well on the kidneys,
and in mental exhaustion I think it is a
good thing.”—ad.
PHILOSOPHY OF THE FLOUNDER.
How the Under Eye Works Its Way to
the Side He Selects to Bo His Back.
From Harper s Young People.
Some of you may have heard the saying
“as flat as a flounder,” and have not
stopped to think. What I wish to toil you
is why this fish is flat, and what happens
because it is Hat.
If you have ever seen one in the market
or elsewhere, you know that the upper
and under parts of its body are of differ
ent colors, and that its two eyes are,
strangely enough, both on the same side
of the head. If you were to see one In tho
water, you would notice Unit it swam not
upright, as other fish swim, but lying
over on one side, with its eyes on top.
Now all those things —the flatness, the
two eyes together, the twisted mouth,
the differently colored sides, the peculiar
swimming—come from the fact that the
flounder is not and never lias been an
over-brave fish. We cannot blame the
poor creatures much, because they have
no way to defend themselves, as sword
fish and some others have. Their neigh
bors enjoy eating tliim ; they know that
they are weak, and so they took, ages
ago, to hiding at the bottom of the water.
This lias been done so long, that now they
have actually lost tilt* |io\ver to come to
the surface. Other fish rise anil sink by
means of nti air bladder. Those of our
friends that used theirs and rose were
pounced upon and oaten. The poor scared
on*s that hid at the bottom and saved
their lives had no need of the rising ap
paratus. and now, as is always tile
case when an organ is not used,‘they
have lost it.
But when the flounder took to his lad
ing place at the bottom, he did not settle
himself at all comfortably, according to
our idsas of fish comfort. lusteail of an
upright position, with the two sides
equally up. he chose, for some reaso, to
lie aver entirely on one of them, with the
other side up. This position acnounts lor
the differently eoloren sides. That on
which he lay was protected always from
the sunlight and lost its color. The up
yer lias come to bo tho color of the bot
tom on which he lives, be that color what
it may. That it should be so is not so
strange us It seems. A baiglit
iloun ler shining on a dark bottom is
easily seen by its enemies, and
seized and eaten. The same would be
true of a dark fish in a bright coral home.
Those who lived to have families of their
own were those whose color was most
like the color of their homes. Only tho
safest color was transmitted, and so the
world over, members of this family are
the color of sand, or mud, or gravel, or
shell, or coral, according to the place of
their abode. Some are even knotted and
rough, in a way that makes them wonder
fully like their home. We find, for the
same reason, arctic animals white like
snow, and desert insocts tho color of
sand.
Another result of the flatness of this
flat-fish family to which the flounder be
longs is that its eyes art* both on the top
of its head. We can best see how they
have gotten together, and how other
changes have taken place, by noticing the
growth of a young flounder. In the very
iiegiuning of its existence the baby !;. ii
is a clear transparent little thing. Its
two eves are where well-regulated eyes
should be, on opimsite sides of the heal,
and it swims vertically in the water, as
. do other fish. But in a few days the in
fluence of a long line of flounder ancestry
is felt. He, too, takes to lying on one
side -generally, but not always, the left.
The exposed skin darkens. In tins rosi
' tion the view of the under eye is some
what limited, and it squints upward to
ward a larger one. It begins to move; it
turns tho corner and comes to the top.
There it takes a sand. Tho month twis s
upward, and the young flsh swims along
sidewise o:i the bottom.
A HORROR IN A DITCH.
Gardeners Bring to Light the Evidence
of ti I'oul Crime.
From the Fhiadelphia Press.
Seattle, Wash., July 14.—a special
from Spokane suys: Residents of Peace
ful Valley, that portion of the city lying
along the river west of the falls, are
greatly exi ited over unearthing what ap
pears to be a murder.
Gardeners whi e digging a ditch, ox
-1 used to view the skeleton of a man which
trom appearances had evidently lain there
for scvi-ril Tho remains wore un
earthed on ground used as a truck garden
by John Haim s. Ilutnes vigorously ob
jected and used force in trying to prevent
the diteh beimr dug. vViiou idle sneietou
was linear ne: he iiccamc terribly ex
cued an.l lef- the s*eue. Coroner New
man began an investigation and front the
testimony adduced L is evident that the
sm k'ton loan :is emu of James Murphy,
who formerly o.vunl the ground that
Haines claims. . lurphy disappeared
over a.e years a o
UNLUCKY HOUSES.
A Superstition Which Attaches to
Some of Them in All Cities.
From Notes ami ly*i rl* e
In Catholic countries one not infre
quently sees a priest, attended by aco
lytes. in the .set of blessing a house prior
to its adopt ion as a residence. On thesr
occasions Protestants arc apt to smile at*
what they are pleased to consider a rem
nant of the age of superstition. lam not
so sure of this. "Sujierstition” is a rela
tive term, as applicable to piety as to
prejudice. But let that pass I wish to
state a fact, and not to preach a sermon.
There are. within my knowledge, three
houses in I/union that are fateful to the
last degree. Ido not know what their
previous records may have been, but hav
ing observed these houses with passive
curiosity for some years, I notice that
they constantly change owners, while
neighboring dwellings do not, and that
tln ir occupants are soon involved in dis
aster.
For the sake of convenience I will des
ignate these houses as A. B and C. In A
during tlie last six years three persons
have died. Neither of them was in fail
ing health previous to occupation, nor
did he die from an accident, nor from any
malady caused by defective drainage.
The greatest possible care was taken to
insure the sanitary condition of that
house, aud its inmates were unaware of
any rumors in connection with it. I have
said that three persons died. I may add
that two of them actually died on the
same day. In course of time the remain
der of the lease was sold to an officer, then
in the prime of life and in perfect health.
He resided in that house for two years,
and died there, somewhat suddenly, last
year. Although Bis situated in a fash
ionable quarter, and is a bright and
pleasant dwelling, it is but rarely occu-
pied.
It has not. within my knowledge, been
occupied for more than twelve months at
a stretch by any one family, and yet dur
ing the iast six years two persons, pre
viously in affluent circumstances, have
been financially ruined. C. has a myste
ry of another kind. Although of tempt
ing appearance and situated in a favorite
quarter in the west end of London, it has
been tonantless for the last sixteen years.
The house has often been painted and re
decorated. as well as structurally improv
ed, but hitherto in vain.
The bill “To Let” stands in the win
dow. and is only removed occasionally to
make room for a fresher announcement.
1 may add that there is not the faintest
suspicion of a ghost about the house.
Possibly other readers of “N. & Q,”
could give similar experience. I am not
superstitious, but in my humble opinion
it would not lie altogether unreasonable to
employ a clergyman us an exorcising me
dium in dwellings where misfortunes so
unaccountable are of such frequent occur
rence. Haunted houses have of late years
occupied goneral attention, and in some
cases a cure lias been effected. But un
lucky houses, though possibly far more
numerous, have escaped notice.
ARMIES CRUSHED IN A MOMENT.
The Claims Mode By M Turpin For
His New Invention.
Paris Cor. London Daily Telegraph.
M. Turpin, the inventor of melinite, is
naturally very reticent on the subject of
the new engine of destruction which he
has planned. He has assured the corre
spondent that it was not his intention to
give any information about the formida
ble weapon to the public, as his secret is
reserved for the government. Ho did
not, however, deny tnat some of what had
already leaked out as to the nature and
capabilities of the weapon was true.
According to these statements, M. Turpin
gobs so far as to say that the figures
already given as to four discharges in a
quarter of an hour each belching 25,090 pro
jectiles, only represent a minimum. He
believes that his gun could, in fact, be
brought to such a pitch of perfection as
to enable those using it to sweep several
army corps off a field of battle as by a
gust of wind.
M. Turpin remarks that people have
already referred to him as being insane,
owing to his incredible s hemos. Judging
from his appearance, says the corres
pondent, he is the last person whom one
would suppose to be afflicted with a ten
dency to lunacy. He is a middle-sized,
stoutisb, f.orid-toatured man about 40,
the picture of health notwithstanding liis
recent prison experiences, aud he speaks
with ti! I th" sincerity and calmness of one
not given to enthusiasm or exaggeration.
Ho is therefore the more easily able to
impress those with whom he converses,
even when he says that liis gun will do a
hundred times more damage than heavy
siege ordnance, that fortifications will be
of no avail against it, and that iron-dads
will he rendered absolutely useless
through its effects.
As to the principle on which the terri
ble weapon works, M. Turpin says it has
an elect ri • basis, and is of tho utmost
simplicity. His'secret, as he emphati
cally reiterates when spoken to about the
matter, will only be divulged to his own
government, and under certain conditions.
These are that a committee of officers
should be appointed to try the experi
ments with him on a secluded headland
on the Finistere coast, with a cordon of
troops round in order to keep back the
inquisitive. As to taking out a patent, he
means to do nothing of the sort, as his
secret might thus be communicated to a
German, Englishman, Italian, or, as the
inventor expresses it, un Armstrong quel
conque. His melinite is now used in every
country from Germany to Japan, and he
docs not want liis gun to become iu the
same way tho common property of na
tions.
Some lucky Americans on going abroad are
able to obtain from the department of state
an official circular letter of indroduction.
commending the traveler to the courtesies of
our diplomatic and consular representatives.
Such letters are issued only nt the request of
persons well gnus a to th" state department.
The hearer of such credentials does not ex
pect to command social attentions from con
suls. ministers and ambassadors, but merely
to have the aid of our representatives in such
concerns as may properly come within their
province.
Mood’s Cures
y 3&L If
.. r
Mrs. Jennie Cunningham.
“5 Cou'J Eat Wcthing
but very light food, without having terrtblo
distress i:i my stoma. li. i) fore 1 hail taken
one bottle of Hood's I saw. that it was
doing me good. I continued to grow better
while taking five bottles, aud
Hew I Can Eat Anything,
ir.d ray health is very much better than for
years.” .Vks.Ji xmi; l cnnischim, South
New Castle, Me. Ho sure to got
Hood*s Sarsaparilla
Hood j fills cure Cor. Tpat-on. 2;*
MEDICAL.
[MS
Tills unrivaled
Southern remedy
is warranted not
to eon tain a single
particle of Mer
eury or any in
jurious miuerii
substance, but is
PURELY VECETABLE.
It will care a!! (Hhchsis canted by de
rangement of the Liver, Kid
neys and Stomach.
If you feel debilitated, have frequent head
ache*. poor appetite and tongue coated, you
arc suffering from Torpid Liver or ‘’Bilious
ness." and nothing will cure you so spiedily
and permanently as Simmons Liver Regu
lator.
Simmons Liver Reaufator.
See that yon get the Genuine, with the
7 stamp in red on front of Wrapper.
LACY. —Died. Sunday night at 10:45o'clock,
at the resilience of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Lacy. Angelina Lacy, aged 2! months.
MEETINGS.
UE KALIS LODGE No. 9. I. O. O, F.
A regular meeting of this Lodge will be held
THIS EVENING at 8 o'clock, in Odd Fellows’
Hall.
The First Degree will be conferred.
Visiting brothers are Invited to meet with
US. D. A. HARRIS, N. G.
,Tno. \V. Smith, Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.
Headquarters I
Fifth Regiment Ga. Cavalry. (
All bills against this regiment for account
of encampment of 1893 must be presented to
undersigned before noon TUESDAY, July 18,
1893, or payment will bo barred.
By order of Col. Gordon.
A. S. EICHBERG,
Quartermaster Sergeant.
DO YOU ISATIIE IN THE SURF’/
Wear
THE NEPTUNE BATHING SUIT.
* In it
It is Impossible for accident to befall you,
besides
You rise, fall and float on the waves
without the least effort.
FALK CLOTHING CO.,
Sole Agents.
AGAIN AT TYBEE.
In order to be in the swim, I will keep
the whole season through as my very
best nickel cigar the celebrated “Le
*
Panto.” Remember city prices prevail
here. 11. BEASLEY,
Restaurant opposite the Dancing Pavilion,
At Tyliee.
TO CHICAGO VIA BALTIMORE.
The Merchants’ and Miners' Transporta
tion Company have on sale excursion tickets
Savannah to Chicago and return at the fol
lowing very low rates, allowing stop-over at
Baltimore:
Via Pittsburg and Akron or Bellaire
and Grafton, and returning same
route 839 75
Via Washington. D. C., Pittsburg and
Akron or Bellaire and Grafton, re
turning via Niagara Falls, Phila
delphia and Baltimore over Chicago
and Grand Trunk to Port Huron,
Grand Trunk to Suspension Bridge,
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
to Philadelphia, and Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad to Baltimore 843 30
Parties intending to visit the Exposition
should avail themselves of these low rates,
avoiding hot and dusty ride by all rail.
Any information will be cheerfully fur
nished by applying to
J- J., CAROL AN. Agent.
NOTICE TO SUPERIOR COURT JURORS
All petit jurors summoned for Monday
morning need not appear until TUESDAY
MORNING at 10 o'clock.
By order of Judge Falligant.
This 15th day of July, 1893.
JAMES K. P CARR.
Clerk S. C.. C. 0.
SEASONABLE ARTICLES.
MELDEKMA—A pleasant Toilet Powder,
instantly removes the offensive odors
caused by perspiration.
BORACINE A powder for the Toilet and
Nursery; cures prickly heat and
chafe.
CUPID ALMOND CREAM— Givesquick re
lief from Sunburn.
RUBBER BATHING C APS Keep the hair
dry and are decidedly ornamental.
SPONGES—A full line for the Bath anil’toilet
—AT—
SOLOMONS & CO.,
111! Congress street and 92 Bull street.
THE SOUTH BOUND RAILROAD
Will sell World's Fair tickets via Asheville
and Paint Rock, or Lynchburg and Char
io'tesville and i nesapeake and Ohio railroad,
allowing stop overs al auy points , etweeu
Spartanburg. S. C.. and Paint Rock on the
Western North Carolina railroad, and at any
1 iat on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
between Lynchburg and Charlottesville and
Lowell. West Virginia. For full Information
apply to I. M. FLEMING. General Passenger
Agent No. 8 Bull street, or J. F. GRAY,
Traveling Passenger Agent.
JAMES HUNTER,
BROKER,
Provident Savings Building, G‘/ t Drayton
St reet,
(On the Ground Floor.)
Cotton, stocks, bonds, miscellaneous secu
rities. Also real estate bought and sold on
commission only.
My telegraph facilities are such that orders
ten 1 e placed on the New York Cotton and
Stock exchanges and confirmations received
in from ten to fifteen minutes.
Quotations of the Liverpool and Ne*.v York
Cot'on Markets: also the New York Stock
I Market received every half hour, m to 3 p m
and posted.
WEDDINGS.
Wedding invitations ami cards Drinted o
engraven at the shortest notiie and in the
latest styles, w'e carry an extensive anil weil
sele, toil stock of fine papers, envelopes and
cards especially for such orders. Samples
sent on application.
MORNING NEWS PRINTING HOUSE,
Savannah. Ga.
PRINTERS AND BOOKD.r.'DEFIS.
gSEO. E3. KiCHOLS,
PRIQSTiHG,
BINDIKG,
EL£iQCGXS.
. 53 J Bay 3s. Sav^aracb.
SHOES.
STYLISH m
WEAR THE
Silt
IN
Russia Calf,
Cordovan,
Or our famous
Coumo Stock,
17 Whitaker St,
UANKSs
MESS ■:
OF SAVANNAH,
Capita! $500,000*
Transacts a general bankin'? business.
Maintains a Savings Department ami al*
lows INTEREST AT 1 PEK CENT., com
pounded quarterly.
The accounts of individuals, Arms, banks
and arc solicited.
With our large number of correspond
ents In GEORGIA, ALABAMA, FLORIDA
and SOI TH CAROLINA, we are prepared
to handle collections on tho most favora
ble terms.
Correspondence invited.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK,
President*
M. I*. LANE,
Vice President*
GEORGS C. FREEMAN,
Cashier.
SAVANNAH BANK
AND TRUST CO,
SAVANNAH, GA.
INTEREST AT
ON DEPOSITS IN SAVINGS DEPART*
MENU.
Collections on Savannah and all south
ern points, we handle on the most fuvora
ble terms and remit at lowest exchange
rates on day of payment. Correspond
ence solicited.
JOSEPH D. WEED, President.
JOHN C. ROWLAND, Vice President
JAMES H. HUNTER. Cashier.
Savannah Savings Bank,
CORNER WHITAKER AND ST. JULIAN
STREETS.
Pays interest on deposits at the rote of
5 PER CENT.
Per annum, compounded quarterly.
W. K. WILKINSON, President.
C. S. ROCKWELL. Treasurer.
RICHMOND AND
W DANVILLE 3. R.
Its Srssltsl .3'Jttiern System.
T MPROVED schedules. Through first-class
coaches Uclwtvu savannah and Asheville,
N. C\. lor Lot Springs anu other vVcstern
Carolina points.
Also ti> Walhulla and Greenville, S. C*. and
intermediate points via Col; ir;.*ia.
QuL k time ana imp: ovod service to Wash
ington. New York and the Cast.
(. n.y line in the >outh operating solid vest!*
bulod limited t r.ilr.s with Pullman dining cars.
World s Pair tickets via this route allow
stopovers goin r and returning west of Tryon.
N. Huy one ticket und visit both Western
North Carol inn and the World s Fair.
W A TURK. G P. A., Washington D. C.
S. IT. ftAKDWICK, A.d.P.A. Atlanta. Ga
T7T9R tvi: vj . the aheap columns of tho
I Mokxing Ntws at one cent a word 'for
each iuscrliofi; an excellent n-oite ol adverUS
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