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OUR FLAG.
the doomed vessels greeted it with a cheer
which was responded to with their last breath
by tne loyal Captain and his men.
Across the peach-blow sky of spring
The storm-dark clouds are looming;
With sullen voice the breakers ring,
The thunder loudly booming.
The huddled war ships ride apace,
Each at her anchor straining*
Black, black, is all of heaven’s face* ’
It lightens ’twiit the raining.
Like crumpled rose leaves the mist edge
The hidden reef enwreathing,
But cruel as hell the jagged ledge
Beneath those waters seething.
On, on they come, the poor dumb things,
The storm winds fiercely driving*
At her dread work each breaker sings,
For conquest madly striving.
“If we must die”-— the leader’s voice
Outswelled the roar of thunder—•
“It i: >ui' own and solemn choice
To die our dear flag under.
“For us to-day the battlefield
Is where ths seas are lying.
We claim a right we cannot yield,
To glory in our dying.”
He ceased; upon the topmost mast
The: Shu id Stripes were floating.
The sight is like a trumpet blast,
And other ships quick not ing.
Up to the sky there sounds a cheer
That ht trfcs the echoes flying.
Back comes the answer, loud and clear,
From gallant hearts, though dying.
A moment’s space, the waves in brine
Baptize the flag low lying,
And from the breakers comes no sign
Of li ving or of dying.
0 flag, dear flag, ones more thy name,
As always in thy story,
Has set a thousand hearts aflame
For these and for thy glory.
— Annie. B. King, in lin epee's Bazar.
A FATEFUL VOYAGE.
Tn the year 1S68 I signed papers with
Captain Delano, of the brig Josephine,
for a voyage from Sidney to Auckland
ami return. Sim was an* English craft,
and was loaded with a general cargo.and
had made many voyages across the New
Zealand Sea. The crew consisted of
Captain, mate, cook and four men before
the mast, and every one but the cook was
white and spoke English. I was then
eighteen years old aud just out of my
apprenticeship. 1 should have had a
second mate’s berth, but the Josephine
carried no such officer, The Captain
stood his own watch, and there were oc¬
casions when the mate had to go aloft
with the men. Captain Delano was a
good sailor and a good-hearted man, and
there was nothing in the grill) or the <lis-
cipline to find fault with. \> r e left Sid-
ney one morning with a fair wind for the
fifteen-hundred-mile voyage, and had any
one predicted the queer adventures and
the tragedies which were to befall us he
would have been looked on as a lunatic.
A portion of the story I am going to
tell you appeared in some of the Austra-
lian papers twenty years ago, but only a
portion, and that full of errors. It was
only a month ago that 1 was asked to
send my affidavit to certain facts to a
lawyer at Melbourne, and so the whole
series of adventures is fresh iu my mem-
ory.
For the first three days out we had fair
winds and a smooth sea, and the brig
made tine progress. At midnight on the
third night the wind shifted, blew up a
squall which lasted half an hour, and then
died away as flat as you please. We were
left rolling on the waves for an hour or
two, but when daylight came the surface
of the sea was without a ripple, while
there was not the slightest breath of air
moving above. The sun came up like a
ball of fire, and the greenest hand aboard
knew that we were in for a calm. It was
terrible hot by mid-forenoon, and our
humane Captain ordered all hands to
knock off and make themselves as com-
fortable as possible. By noon the brig
was like an oven. The decks were so hot
that even the cook with his tough feet
dared not walk them unshod. Down in
the fo’castle in was stifling, but as it was
worse on dock we had to stand it.
It was about noon when the cook, who
had gone to the side to throw over some
slops, called out to us to come and see
the largest shark which human eyes ever
beheld. I crawled up from the fo’castle,
always curious to see one of the monsters
('lose at hand, but expecting that the cook
had greatly exaggerated, and when I
looked over the rail I was astonished.
There lay a shovel-nosed shark of such
dimensions that 1 dared not credit my
own eyesight, He lay parallel and not
over ten feet away, and when, after a
few minutes, Captain and all hands had
roused up to look ar the fellow, we got
bis exact length by a tape line along the
deck. He was thirty-two and one-lialf
fee: long, with jaws capable of cutting a
bullock in two at one snap. The only
sign of life he gave was a slight move-
incut of the eye now and then. He lay
with his great dorsal tin baking in the
hot sun, and so near that we could see
every little detail. All agreed that he
was the largest shark any one had ever
seen, although all of us had sailed in the
warm seas, and some of the men had
turned away when the cook climbed upon
h thc"blr til U
meant nemthvk by that Vlhu that he l v! uoo.d S 1 hot ,1 v e I, a talk -IS H«
with him. I have met numbers of ship's
cooks who claimed to have “made up”
with sharks and were not afraid of being
gun a sort of chant, when I passed for-
ward intending to Had a missile, and
heave it over and scare the monster away,
I had just found an old bit of iron and
got back to the raU when there was a
splash aud a yell, i he cook was in the
water through some careless move of his.
I had m\ e\ e on i ne sum k, and h:s mo\ e-
ineuts were like lightning. With one
flirt of his tail ho slewed himself around,
his great jaws opened, and 1 was looking
right down upon him as he took the cook
in clear to the middle and bit him in two
so slick aud clean that the upper part of
the body rolled away irom the shark s
nose and remained on the surface directly
below me. After hah a minute it began
slowly to sink, but was not yet out of
sight when I saw the shark seize it. As
he grabbed it he rushed aw.,j and we
saw him no more.
The tragedy upset us in _ more x» ays rhiua
one. Here we were, left w ttnout a cook
at the beginning of the voyage, and tnere
was something in his taxing oil v.nich
aroused the superstition of the hands for-
ward. I think the Capuuu felt it os much
as we did, but of course be concealed it
' ‘ U uown and a hght breeze sprang up
every man uttered a heartfelt “Thank
HeaxenV* We crowed too soon, however.
* : y breeze did not push us over five miles
hci ore it tired out, and we were left as
before, the sky full of stars and the sea
bke a mirror. I was in the mate's watch
and C3me ?, n d,lt / at mid night. Indeed,
wc veto a on dut\ for that ma‘.er, as
tierC f* 8 nothin g whatever to do and we
however, were sleeping , on deck. I was aroused,
to take the lookout, and I took
m J seat on the heel of the bowsprit as a
matter of form. As we were not moving,
no other sailing craft could move, and the
few steamers crossing on our line could
see our lights and avoid us. Something
happened, however, before I had been on
duty an hour. The Josephine was rising
and falling on the glassy swells, and
swinging her head to every point of the
compass by turns, and I was scanning the
sea and the heavens in the most perfunc-
tory way, when an object suddenly came
into view. It was a black spot against
the darkness, and after rising to my feet
and watching it for a few minutes I made
out, as I thought, the dismasted hull of a
small vessel. It was coming down to-
ward us, and when sure of this I hailed
the mate. He came forward with the
glass, and after a long look he said:
“Well, that beats my time. It is the
Fuil of a dismasted schooner, and stands
up high and dry. There’s a lot of raffle
around her-bows, and I believe a whale is
tangled up in it and towing the wreck!”
He sent me to call the Captain, and in
a few minutes all hands had caught the
excitement. The wreck stopped for a
while on our starboard bow, and not over
a quarter of a mile away. Then it crossed
j our bows and came down on our port
side to the quarter, where it lay so close
! that every man could see what it was.
j It was then, at the suggestion of the
i Captain, that we raised our voices in a
shout to see if anybody was aboard the
strange craft. We were answered almost
I immediately by the barking of a dog, and
j the Captain said:
“There are men there, and they may
be starving and suffering. Well, lower
a boat and pull out to her.”
“Heavens! sir, but you wouldn’t think
of it!” whispered the mate. “She’sbeing
! towed by who knows what? See! There
she moves again! And just listen to
that howling!”
It was true that the hulk was moving.
moved across our stern at slow speed
aild ranged up on the other quarter, and
the dog ceased his barking and sent forth
such mournful howls that every man was
upset.
“What do you make out under her
bows?” asked the Captain of the mate as
he handed him the glass after a long
look.
“Why, sir, there’s the bowsprit, the
foretopmast, and a big tangle of ropes,”
was the reply. “It looks to me as if all
the foremast raffle had somehow slewed
around under her bows, and I’m certain
that a whale is tangled up therein. I
can sec flecks of foam as he churns away,
and you can hear a ripple along our side
from the sea he kicks up.”
The dog barked and howled by turns,
but we got no other answer to our re-
peatod shouts,
“Men,” 1 said the Captain, as the wreck
began moving slowly away, “it’s our
plain duty to board that hulk, I could
never forgive myself if I left auv one to
die of starvation. I won’t order any one
to go, but I’ll call for volunteers.”
Not a sailor responded for a minute,
I waited to give the men a chance, aud
as they hesitated I volunteered. Two
others then came forward, and their ac-
tiou shamed the mate into saying:
“Very well, sir. I’ll take Jones and
Harris and pull off and investigate.”
Why he left me out I do not know,
but I was quietly ignored, and the two
middle-aged men whose names I have
given had the oars as the boat moved
away. The Captain called after the mate
to be sure to board the hulk, and if he
found her in . good condition to cut the
raffle loose and report. The wreck had
been moving away from us pretty steadily
for ten minutes, and as the yawl left us I
could hardly make her out. The mate
was to show a light when he boarded
her, and for the next half hour we were
straining, our eyes to catch it. Then we
figured that he had missed the hulk and
was pulling back to us, and although we
had out our regular lights, which could
have been seen for two or three miles, we
sent up several skyrockets and burned a
flare as further guides. But the hours
wore on and brought no tidings, and
daylight came we swept the sea in vain
for sight of either hulk or boat,
A breeze came with the sun, and we
began a search which lasted all the day
without result. The loss of three men
reduced us to sad straits, There were
only two working hands, and as a measure
of safety we had to get the big sails reefed
against what might come. The breeze
was light, and as we were under shortened
sail we did not cover any great distance
during the day, not over thirty miles,
This satisfied us, however, that a calamity
had occurred. The wreck could not
have been over half a mile from us when
the yawl pulled away. I would not take
over ten minutes to pull to her. What
could have happened to the boat? If not
able to board, she should have re-
turned, In boarding she should have
displayed a light, as ordered, and then
returned to report the state of the wreck,
r? of the three ™
word ""l has , ’T been ’ l heard from them N NX to tht, “
day, nor will it ever be known how they
perished,
ha*d finished the cold bite I got from the
pantry. We understood from the Captain
that he should cruise about for a dav or
two more in hopes of falling in with' the
boat, but it was easy to see that he was,
badly upset, and in the afternoon l
smelled liquor about him very strong.
tN hen he told us to go into the pantry
and forage for something to eat his voice
was thick and his legs very weak. My
mate was to stand watch the regular time
and then awaken me. Sometime in the
night I was aroused by something and
sat and looked about "
up me. The
calm continued, and everything was
quiet, and so I lay down and slept again.
It w as daylight when I awoke again, and
after a wash I got some biscuit and meat
from the pantry and looked around for
my mate. Noi finding him after a hunt
of^ caoin tea door, minutes iieceiving I knocked at the open I
no response,
finally ventured in, and five minutes later
I realized that I was entirely alone aboard
he Josephine. Neither Captain nor sailor
ouid be found, nor was there the slight-
st clue to tel; Die how or way they had
disappeared. I did not give up «ntil I
I sat down and let superstition and terror
take such hold of me for half a day that
I liked to have gone crazy. It was only
by calling up mvself* all my will power that I
could prevent from leaping over
the rail. After several hours, however,
this feeling wore off, and I could view
the situation with common sense. I was
alone, but it was a flat calm, and I turned
into the cabin and slept for six hours be-
fore I opened my eyes. Then it was to
find that evening had come, and that the
brig had been boarded by a boat from
one of the mail steamers plying between
the big island and New Zealand. My
explanations astonished and astounded
the men, and after I had been taken off
the steamer, sind given all the details
to the Captain, he took the brig in tow
and continued his course for Sidney,
There the story was told and retold,
but with very little satisfaction to any
one. A craft was sent out in search of
the lost yawl and the hulk, but neitliei
could be found. The general idea at
Sidney was that the Captain and sailor
both got drunk that night, and somehow
got overboard, but no one could even
guess the calamity which befell the
yawl .—New YorTc Sun.
J !iri!!in:r \<! cn<iiiV^BgjSs!
••Any of this
to <1. this VC"-: 1 I'.'.-iW^Hgfl dete^Hj
on the deck,” was the
i.vg Incited above tin* : :
ing sea by Captain Charles
di-nm-led schooner tova.-d^HH City
a- So- i-row :*i-li.*d
capo on a pa-sing vessel. saile<1^E|g JHH
Tin- s<*hoon<*r had
of for PLiladi and Iphia is laden of witlf^H the nS
sugar, one Fitzpntoj^B
owned by Philip Csdl^B 8
usually commanded by
but he was detained at hoHP Kr last
voyage by sickness iu his family, and the
vessel was placed in command of First
Mate Hale, who acquitted himself with
distinction in saving the vessel andgerew
during a violent gale aud bringing them
into port afterward when many masters
would have deserted the valuable craft.
Before the schooner had lost sight oi
land sails were furled and preparation
made for heavy weather. Within a few
hours the vessel began to roll deep into
the sea, besides straining heavily. This
continued until the Cape Florida light
bore ten miles distant, and the weather
began to moderate. Again heavy weather
was experienced in the shape of sudden
and violent squalls, blowing with the
force of a hurricane. During one of the
heaviest bursts of wind a terrible sea
swept the decks, carrying overboard
William Cosgrove, a sailor, of Bath, Me.,
taking away the mainmast and foremast
and breaking the mizzenmast fifteen feet
above the deck, and leaving the vessel
completely at the mercy of the sea. The
cabin was filled with water, and the sea
made a clean breach of the deck, This
continued the next day, knocking the
hatches off and letting the water into the
cargo and crippling the entire crew.
Temporary masts made from booms and
spars were rigged, and the schooner kept
on her course. One morning the bark
Kelvin, of St. John, appeared in sight,
and the entire crew rushed to loose the
davits and lower tlyt boats. The ring¬
leader was met at the cabin door by Cap¬
tain Hale, who aimed a six-shooter at his
head. Seeing the determination of Cap¬
tain Hale the men at once crept into the
forecastle, and, after a consultation,
agreed not to attempt to desert th<
schooner. When the Kelvin hove to £
call was made by permission of her mastei
for volunteers to go aboard the Philadel¬
phia, but the only response was from &
young Irishman named Patrick Higgins
who came on board and worked until th(
Philadelphia was docked at B. Hillman
& Co.’s shipyard.
During the time that the vessel was dis¬
masted, and up to her arrival at Haiuptor
Roads, she was spoken ten times auc
boarded by captains from many tugs, on<
of the latter offering Captain Hale $30(
cash for $1090 the privilege of charging tin
owners for towing him into a pori
of safety.— Cincinnati Enquirer.
HorsemanshiD w i • of -> Indian r )• Riders. t,. ,
Fifty fine-looking young men, mounted
3 ST S Wn
Hieir evolutions with a loud yelh lea
moment they disappeared over a neigh-
boring lull. Then there suddenly rose a
mighty tramoling a° of horses’ feet, end
they swent mV ain so commct that 1
oulv saw a ballmadc of horses and men.
Splitting in two, one body swept to the
right and another to the left, and again
they disappeared. Presently they
charged each other in solid lines, and
while the spectators waited breathlessly
for the shock of collision the files skill-
fully opened to the right and left and the
lines passed through the intervals with-
^
out touching.
Now came the moment for displaying of*
individual horsemanship. Some the
riders approached, each lying so close to
his pony's back that nothing but
horse could be seen. Others stood erect
upon their animals’s backs. Some hung
to the horse by one foot and one hand, so
that their bodies were completely
tected by those of the ponies. These
young warriors also threw objects upon
the ground, and picked them up at full
gallop, aud drew bows and shot arrows
i , , ,, , hol , ^ilo , 0 .
Upnm i wSuld Y S K rkfec. W?,
| a man Ml from his
wountk . d , anJ „ vo othcr s, riding „p
j behind him, would take him by an arm
j j cl exhausted f® Ti “"fn All tlT* t^it evening ^* re the huBjau
‘
; P^formers lay m tame lodges, whiK me
Indlan ™ meu brought them mod and
hataed tnem.—Horn and
ir
Cellular Cloth.
The new cellular clothing now* coming
into use in England is said to be a sue-
1 cess. as~the It is woven out of the same material
common weaves of cloth, being
simply, as its name indicates, closely
' woven into cells, the network of which is
covered over with a thin fluff. Its porous
qnalitv allows the slow passing of the in-
side and outside air, giving time for the
outside air to become of the same tem-
perature as the colds* body, obviating all danger
of catching and allowing vapors
constantly exhaled by the body to pass off,
thus contributing to health and cleanli-
ness. The common objection to cotton
clothing, that it is productive of dulls and
colds, is removed if wdamn in thi; manner,
and the invention car ^ertainlvb?e wituNhygienk said tc
be strictly in occurs*nce
and scientific arincioIaiH'q *
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Alas!—A Questionable Denial—The
Past Was Secure—As Far as
She Had Been—The Same
Stick, Etc., Etc.
I had told her that I loved her,
She had whispered me the same:
Then in innocent flirtation
I was caught. The climax came.
She demanded back her letters;
And my mind is in a whirl.
For by some mistake I sent her
Letters from another girl.
A QUESTIONABLE DENIAL.
Brown—“I understand that you told
Wells that I am a regular chump.”
Jones—“Nothing of the kind, sir. Im
not going round telling the public what I
think. —Omaha World.
THE PAST WAS SECURE.
Full Blown Rose—“What a pity, dear,
you are engaged so young, You will
never have the fun of refusing a man.”
Bud—“No, but I’ve had the fun of
accepting one.”— Life.
AS FAR AS SHE HAD BEEN.
Omaha Teacher—“What influence has
^joon upon the tide?"’
KE^Kly J^^JIigh what School influence Girl—“I it has don’t the
oa
has a tendency to make the
Ej^poony. ”— Omaha VNrvl .
SAME STICK.
( at hotel entrance)—•
”?io money to spare for
MH|fiwhy ^^^gc around an able-bodied begging.” man like
s’pose, mum, it’s fer
about the same reason that a healthy
woman like you boards at a hotel instead
of keepin’house .”—New York Weekly.
WOULD NOT CHANGE WITH G. W.
“Johnnie, my boy, wouldn’ you have
liked to have been George Washington?”
“Naw.”
“No? And why?”
“He never seed a baseball game in liis
life .”—Lincoln (Neb.) Journal.
SUSPENDED EVOLUTION.
He—“Aw, weally, Miss Blossom, do
you believe man sprang from the ape?”
She (very tired of his attentions)—
“Yes, I presume some men have, but
there are others xvho have never yet made
the spring, or at least never sprang very
far .”—Burlington Free Press.
A GREAT SPEECH.
Daughter—“Talk about your Daniel
Webster, Henry Clay, Everett, Calhoun, speech
etc., pshaw! Henry made a better
than any of them last night.”
Father—“What did he say?”
Daughter—“Hesaid: millions. ‘Nellie, Will I love
you; I have three you
have me?’ ”— Epoch.
TWO DIFFERENT IDEALS.
Visitor—“Why are you crying, Tom¬
my?”
Tommy—“Because mamma won’t let
me wear my hair long.
Visitor—“O, you want to look like lit¬
tle Lord Fauntleroy, don’t you, dear?”
Tommy—“Naw; I want to look like
Buffalo Bill .”—Chicago Journal.
AWAITING HER CHANCE.
Elderly Spinster (at Navy Department)
—“I understand that you are going to
open a lot of sealed proposals here to¬
day.”
Official—“Yes, madam, we are.”
Elderly Spinster—“Well, I guess, I’ll
sit down and wait. I’m not going to
throw away any such chance as this.”
INCORRIGIBLE.
Lawyer—“Your share of the estate,
sir, is one dollar, and there it is.”
Prodigal—“Thank you, Mr. Brief.
This unexpected windfall quite over¬
whelms me. Will you not help me to
celebrate the occasion by joining me at
dinner? I know where we can get ® a
s l' Ienchd , d hote f or a doll ar ’ ~ D a * 1 '
WATS MEAM -
L ;" cl » < t0 y°™g scapegrace
" ard >- What ; more mone )’ ?
boy,. J°nr extravagance m something
■“™g- G° to the ant, thou sluggard.
consider her ^ a I s and -
' Yo ™S Scapegrace- “Ah! that’s just
} do consider my aunt s ways,
^ I^nsxder my uncle s means.”-to
To i nc3 '
a labor saving device.
Storekeeper—“Mr. Fogg, let me show
you our new ash sifter. It is a wonder¬
ftd labor-saving _ machine.”
Fogg—“No, thank you. If I should
boy one, Mrs. Fogg would be gettingme
to sift the ashes, on the ground that with
f ou r machine it is so easy that I could do
it just . as well ascot. Boston Tran-
script.
standing on her dignity.
Husband (alarmed)—“Emily, there
seems to be a smoke coming up through
the floor. Run and tell the lady on the
Sat below. Something's afire in her part
of the building! Quick! Quick!”
Wife (cold and stately)—“Cyrus, I’ll
never do it in the world, We’ve lived
three months in this flat, and she has
sever called on me .”-Chicago Tribune.
-
ivc
Mr. Young wife—“For pity’s sake,
wnat is it?
Mrs. Youngwife—“I made a pie for
dinner and set it out on the back stoop,
A tramp came along and stole it.”
M’ - Toungwue Dreadful indeed !
Poor fellow ’."—Burlington Free Press.
HOir n® KX2W 112 WAS of age.
A. D. Marsh was judge at the primary
Monday. A young, smooth-faced fellow
offered his vote, and Marsh asked him
if he was old enough to vote.”
“Yes,” says the fellow, “I am twenty-
one.”
“How do you know?”
“Well, I have had the seven-year itch
three times,” was the response .—Celina
(Ohio) Observer.
unheard of in his profession.
First Club Idler—“What does this
mean? The paper says that Rococo, the
well-known architect, is in the
asylum.” 'Second
Club Idler—“Oh, yes: he
drew the plans for a house to cost $25,-
000, and it cost only #20,000. A cogu
mission was at once appointed which
dared him insane.”
BOTH OF THEM CONFUSED.
They were passing under the elevated
railroad, and the din overhead was al¬
most deafening.
This bus .e makes , my , headache, , , ,, she ,
3ai < ~'
“Probably,” . , .. „ observed , he, “lfyouweri ....
to wear a smaller one. ’ *
“Sir!” she indignantly cried, “Imean
the noise confuses me.”
“I beg your pardou,” stammered he,
“I am confused too.”— Time.
HOW JACK WON THE GROG.
Here is our old salt’s story of how In
got a glass of grog: When at the wheel
Captain South says:
“How do'-sshe head?”
“Southeast by south, half south, s
little southerly, Captain South.”
“Put another ‘s’ to that, my man, aud
you shall have a glass of grog,” says ths
Captain.
“Southeast by south, half south, a little
southerly, Captain South, sir.”
The grog came.— Martha's Vineyara
Herald.
AN UNFORTUNATE MISTAKE.
“The fish were very nice, William.
But how did you come to catch frest
mackerel in Fox Lake?”
“What’s that? What do you mean?’
“I mean that you have deceived me.
You never went fishing at all.”
“Of course I did.”
“No, you didn't. It was a stupid
blunder of the fisli market to send fresh
mackerel instead of black bass, wasn't it?
We will talk this matter over later. If
you can explain your week’s absence iu
any better way than that you are leading
a double life I shall be very glad of it.”
— Chicago Herald.
THOUGHT HIS PA COULD WORK MIRACLES.
In the train.—“Gcorgie, Georgie! mind,
your hat will be blown off if you lean so
far out of the carriage.” Paterfamilias
(quickly snatching the hat from the head
of refractory youngster, and hiding it be¬
hind his back)—“There now, the hat has
gone!” Georgie sets up a howl. After
a while, his father remarks: “Come, be
quiet; if I whistle your hat will come
back again.” (Whistles and replaces hat
on boy’s head). “There, it’s back again,
you see!” While the parents are engaged
in conversation, Georgie throws his hat
out of the window, and says: “Pa,
whistle again?”— Argonaut.
A TOINT USUALLY OVERLOOKED.
The youthful heir to a Walnut Hills
ancestral establishment is of an inquiring
turn of mind and directs his attention
specially to the elucidation of religious
problems. Last week he heard a Sunday-
school address on “The Prodigal Son.”
Just what the small boy thought of the
address his father was curious to learn,
and so lie said to him that night at snp-
per: “My son, tell me which of the
characters in the parable of the prodigal
son you sympathized with?”
“Well, papa,” replied the cherub with
perfect nonchalance, “I think I’d feel
disposed to sympathize most with tlie
calf.”— Cincinnati Commercial.
THE OLD MAN’S LITTLE MISSION.
“What is your mission here, sir?”
asked the old man with a frown.
“I am on three missions, sir,” replied
the poor young man, who was also a hu¬
morist.
“Well, what are they?” inquired the
old man, impatiently.
“Per-mission to marry your daughter,
ad-mission to your family circle and sub
mission to the regulations of your house¬
hold.”
“Ugh!” grunted the old man, who was
something of a joker himself. “I have
one little mission to offer before I con¬
clude my arrangements with you.”
“Name it,” cried the poor young man,
eagerly. “I will be only too glad to
perform it.
“Dis-mission!” shrieked the old man,
with a loud, discordant laugh, and the
poor young man fell in a dead faint at his
feet .—Washington Critic.
Oklahoma hotel T .„„ T . T rules. T , T , T
Gents goin’ to bed with their boots on
" Ttaee r^ C «t the'door and you.must moaas there is a
murder in the house get up.
m* y our »»* «“ «* wal1 PM>«,
so u-e know you’ve been here
The other leg of the chair is in the
closet if you need it.
j out if ist that hole much where for that you’ll pain find of glass pair is
; oo you, a
of pants back of the door to stuff m it
The shooting of a pistol is no cause for
an Y a ^ arm -
if you’re too cold, „ put the , oilcloth over
your bed.
Caroseen lamps extra; candles free,but
they musn’t burn all night.
Don’t tare off the wall paper to litc
your pipe with. Nuff of that already.
Guests will not take out them bricks in
the mattress.
If it rains through that hole over¬
head, you’ll find an umbrella under the
bed.
The rats won’t hurt you if they do
chase each other across your-ace.
Two men in a room must put up xyioi
oue c ^ a)r -
J Please don t empty the sawdust out oi
j the pillers.
1 If there’s no towel handy, use a piece of
*he carpet .—Philadelphia North Ameri¬
can.
j #f Amelica . 1 photography.
^ ^j ier r ,f American nhotooraphv
FIS'SIH
raakes it easier to realize what sort of pho-
tography ’ Mr. Bradv * has dealt in, to know
that at t he closc of the war the United
states Government bought thirteen tons
of negatives from him. He had photo¬
graphed every celebrated personage in
I this country. And not only did he pho-
tograph them on his plates, but he has
retained the most interesting reminis-
cences of all of theJh in his memory. In
person. Mr. Brady looks like a French
marshal of the Empire, though his bel-
ligerency has never taken any form other
than that appropriate to the best amateur
boxer of his day .—New York Journal.
A Substitute for Coal.
Petrole is the name given to a manfac-
tured substitute for coal, made by a firm
in Minneapolis, and is the direct outcome
of the scarcity of fuel which has retarded
the birth of manufacturing industries in
that city and in fact the whole Northwest,
is made from saw-dust, the residuum
i of crude petroleum, and a number of other
ingredients which are not made known by
, the inventors.
A Gigantic Bridge.
The St. Lawrence is to be crossed at
Quebec by a gigantic railway bridge,
which will very materially affect the
traffic of the two great railways of Cana¬
da—the Grand Trunk and the Canada
Pacific—as well as*an important part of
the ra ii wav system of the New England
States. The great depth of the St.^Law-
recce River opposite Quebec has hitherto
been a powerful argument against the
construction of a bridge, but engineering
skill has overcome th s obstacle with a
scheme to build a canitlever bridge,
which will cost close upon $10,000,000.
The width of the river, from shore to
shore at Quebec, is 24,000 feet (about
four and three-fourths miles). Two main
P iers are to be constructed of solid gran-
ite in 40 feet of water, about 500 feet
from each shore. These two piers are to
support a cantilever bridge of a span of
1,442 feet. The total length of the
bridge, with the approaches, will be
34,000 feet (nearly six and one-half
miles). The top of the bridge from high-
water level be 403 feet, and the largest
ocean steamer will be able to pass under
it. The principal object of building the
Railway bridge is to connect the International
from Halifax and St. John to
Quebec, which is run by the Canadian
Government at a great annual loss to the
country, with the Canadian Pacific Rail¬
way. This is the only link uncompleted
necessary to give the Canadian Pacific
Railway an uninterrupted line from the
Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, through
Canadian territory.
Veterans’ Rennion.
THE SURVIVORS OF THE 4TH GEORGIA
REGIMENT TO HAVE A REUNION AT
AMERICUS.
The 5th annual reuuion of the sur¬
vivors of the 4th Georgia Regiment will
be held at Americas, Ga., on the second
Wednesday in August, (14th.) Arrange¬
ments have been made by which mem¬
bers will get a rate of 2 cents per mile to
and from Americus. B auk certificates,
with instructions, will be issued upou
application to W. W. Hulbert, at At¬
lanta, or to R. B. Hall, at Macon. They
invite all their old comrades to come.
Americus is malting grand preparations,
and a pleasant reunion is assured. W.
W. Hulbert, President; It. B. Hall, Cor¬
responding Secretary.
Born in a Day.
Oklahoma was literally born in a day.
At noon on the 22d of April the -region
was a wilderness, without a single legal
settler. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon it
had a population nearly one-third as nu¬
merous as that of the State of Nevada,
and in two embryo cities elections were
in progress for city officers. In a week
the first hardships were overcome, pro¬
visions and good water had become rea¬
sonably plenty, and troops of disap¬
pointed or di gested boomers The were settlers wear-
ily wendmg their way out.
who were early enough to secure
were so busily engaged in breaking up
and seeding their land that there was
need for the soldiers who had been
to preserve order.
A condition of weakness of body and mind
which results from many disorders of the sys¬
tem finds its best and surest relief in Brown’s
Iron Bitters. As it enriches and strengthens
the blood so the st mach, liver and kidneys re-
ce ve powers to perform their duties, and the
depressing turbed influences from a diseased and dis¬
condition of these organs are remove!.
An earthly treasure— buried. A rich husband,
his widow lias just
A Piece of Her Hind.
A lady correspondent has this to say:
“I want to give a piece of my mind to a cer¬
tain class who object to advertising, when it
costs them anything—til's won’t cost them a
cent. I suff -red a living death for nearly two
years with headaches, backacho, in pain stand¬
ing cxistence.my or walking, was being literally dragged out
of misery increased by drugging.
At last,in despair,I commuted the sin of trying
an advo tised medicine, Ur. Pierco’s Favorite
Prescription, of sound aud health. it restored I me to the blessed¬
ness honor the ph; sician
who. when ho knows he can cure, has the
moral courage to advertise the iact.” The
medicine mentioned is guaranteed to cure those
ddica'e diseases peeu iar to females. Read
printed guarantee on bottle-wrap :er.
For all derangemen s of the iiver, stomach
and bowels, take Dr. Pierce b Pellets. One a
dose.
Many a girl powders her face in the hope of
pulverizing some young man’s heart.
farming, •‘For seven running long mil!, years &c., I struggled until I away for¬
a was
tunately introduced to B. F. Johnson & Co.,
Richmond, Va., by my brother, and I went to
work at once, and in seven months I had made
more clear money than I had made in the
seven years before. They took me rightby tlie
hand from the start and seemed to be very
glad of the chance to show me how to do it.”
This is about what a young man said a year or
so ago of the above-mentioned firm. Since
that time he has been steadily at work for
them, and is now one of the happiest men in
America. If you need employment,. it would
be a good thing for you to follow this young
man’s example.
What do you chew ?
“LUCY HINTON!”
Why? the best I find.
Because it is can
Who makes it ?
T. C. Williams Co., Richmond, Va.
Who sells it ?
All dealers.
How can I recognize it ?
'ihe name Lvcy Hinton is on every plug.
Leiicatc Women,
Children and delicate women should not bo
forced to take the vile compounds piles, which indiges¬ are
usually given for constipation, like preserved
tion, etc. Hamburg Figs laxative are known. Zo
fruit, and are the best
cents. Dose one Fig. Mack Drug Co., N. Y.
Oregon, tlie I’nrnriise of Farmers,
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crop=. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock
country in tbe world. Full information free.
Address Greg. Im’igr’t’n Board, Portland, Ore.
The Mother’s Friend, used a few weeks be-
fore con finement, lessens the pa n and makes
labor queik and comparatively easy. Sold by
all Druggists.
A Pocket Cigar f ate and five of “ TansilTs
Punch,” ail for 25c.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaio Thomp-
son’s Eye-water.Druggists -ell at 2oc.per home
Make Mo Ml intake
If you have made up your mind to , buy Hood’s TT ,,
Sarsaparilla do not bo induced to take any other.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is a peculiar medicine, pos¬
sessing, by virtue of its peculiar combination, pro¬
portion and preparation, curative powers superior
to any other article of the kind before the people.
Be sure to get Hood's.
“In one store the clerk tried to induce me to buy
their own instead of Hood's Sarsaparilla. But ho
could not prevail on me to change. I told him I
knew what Hood’s Sarsaparilla was, I had taken it,
was perfectly satisfied with it, and did not want
any other."—Mas. Ells A. Goff, 61 Terrace Street,
Boston, Mas3.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
I GO Doses One Dollar
s %
price *
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mm FOR
forsale by all, druggists.
Imagination vs. Fact.
There is no doubt many well people imagine
themselves sick, being led to believe that nat¬
ural incident* of life are symptoms of t.rrible
diseases and fort runners of death. Alas! that
suchptrsons should be so easily deceived by
the lying advertisements of unprincipled
quacks. A blood disease, however, is not im¬
aginative. It is a fixed fact, and its symptoms
are unmistakable. When one is troubled with
pimples aud eruptions on the body, bad blocd
is the cause. When one is troubled with ach¬
When ing bones and joints, bad blood is the cause.
one is troubled with periods of weakness,
and the functions of the bo.iy become congested
and irregular, without warning and seemingly
without reason, the cause may bo ascribed
to an activity of blood poison in the system
which,affecting the mucous linings of the deli¬
cate organs of life, imp ir.s their force aud dis¬
ables their action. In all phases of ill health,
brought B. on by an impure state of the blood, B.
B. (Botanic Blood Balm) has proven a sover¬
eign remedy. It :s the pet prescription of a suc¬
cessful physician, and sufferers wiil be wise who
give it a trial. Further information will be
given gratuitously to those who address Blood
Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.
In yonth one has tears without grief; in old
age, grief without tears.
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