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2 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 lltg