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TIIE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22. 1884
stratford-on-avon.
..of Interest In nnd About Shnk-
f!C spe.-uo'a BPrthplooe.
^OOBOK* COEHI ..PO.NI.ENO.Bl
letter to your paper was chiefly
tChester, and lor the aabjectot thl*
* h, vt chosen one of the moat inter-
„ ,poU in England, Shalcspeare’s birth
in.iinB pl*e®. Stratford-on-Avon.
* left Chester in the afternoon and
"Vhlrlsd through a beantlful aertlon
'a.country at the rate of fifty-flve miles
“ • as sre approached Birmingham
'attention was called to
0 f immense piles of ■ the
ihu .tail from the nnmerous iron fur-
"afor which this locality ia noted. We
!Tinlormed that the question of putting
Wnse material to some use had long
* become a serious one with the own-
0 , furnaces, as it was rather un
stable to have to purchase land at a
J, figure to deposit this useless matter
In. have since seen some beautiful
ml de from this refuse matter. This
•tore has been running only a short
S but with considerable profit, as the
owners are wlihng to give away
oaterisl that the factory finds useful
i in aome instances the stuff is delivered
the pottery ires of charge.
We arrived at Leamington after the long
rifirht evening had faded into night,
Leamington is pleasantly Situated on the
I , a tributary to the Avon. From a
tall'obiure village It has risen in the
one of forty years to be one of tho most
teemed watenng places in England,
toe aprings have been provedhv long
adrnce to poasesa no little medicinal prop-
fes. Its locality also makes it popular,
.it is within a few miles of the famous
enilworthand Warwickcastles, Coventry
Bebv and Stratford-on-Avon. In fact,
teenUrecountry about Leamington Is *
enrd with a net-work of foot-patha, e
Idlng to some interesting spot.
The historic Stratford-on-Avon is twelve
files from here and may bo reached by
tber nil or carriage road. The latter,
everrr. is the more desirable. as a well-
rot highway, winding through a highly
tldratil and luxuriant country, whoae
mn llifis at tliia season of the year are
tuned by a profuse growth of gaudy
poppies, make the driTe an attractive
M each tmn of the road new fea-
_.jof interest attract the tourlat'e eye.
mm teveral points fine views of the sur-
nsding country burst into view. Now
‘then ire catch a passing glimpse of the
l 'gliding sleepily through sunlit
i. and so gently do its waters flow
it seems to stop at Intervals to
. the pretty flowers that bend Inviting-
over its hanks. Here and there along
road picturesque thatched root cot-
may be seen. - Tho* the miles are
ci'uitly parsed, anil before tire tourist
tins to think that be he* traveled twelve
m be is stopped in front of one ol tho
of the historic little town. Alight ng
it tbs visitor naturally turns hla steps
sards the 1 irtbplace of 8bakspearc ae the
itipotforblmto visit.
This town is visited by thousands of per.
■ yearly, from every country, for there
bet few who are apt to pan Stratford
Ititiud: many, however, tire too ignorant
too shallow to appreciate why so much
•pr .t should be paid Shakspeare’s nu-in-
We passed down a quaint, old-fashioned
lined with shop.windows, in which
displayed busts of the renowned
if-sriter, of all shapes and sixes, and
l eg ettuugh unlike to have been tnailu
r different men. AbaMtat the end of
met, we discovered the bouse 1 i
we were looking. Although it is
ad ar.J unassuming for this day, yet
mount help feeling that it must have
i a building of tome dignity In the
1 of Shaiupean’a early childhood, and
fergone many changes since then,
waa sub-divided ut an early date, one-
dbeitgnsed as an inn as early ss 1642.
other hall was long used sa a butcher
>■ upon whoso sign was painted:
u .octal Shakspeare was born In
baas,”, wbleti original sign is one of
objects of interest displayed to the
rare.f Ith Its histone reminiscences,
bed by a sum-rannustod old dame,
learnt her lesson well and repeats
narrative rerbatim to cacli
doubt, here indulge in perfect con.
fldence; other traecsof him may ire false or
dubious, but here is palpable evidence and
absolute certainty.” With this impression
we pass unnot ced the many curiosities
contained lo the several aisles and ap-
- roach the chancel rail, behind which can
e seen fire slabs covering the bones of
Shakspeare. bis wife. Anns Hathaway,
and their relatives The inscriptions on
these stones have been almost worn away.
They were until of late on the outside of
the chancel railing, and visitors walking
upon them would in a few years have
worn the atones smooth had not the railing
been moved. A fine bust of the poet
looks down with seeming approbation
upon the pilgrims to bis shrine. The soft
rays ot the ann stream through a richly-
colored stained glass window, a donation
of tho Americans, who, by small contrlbu
tions placed in a box beneath the window,
have raised this tribute to the son of
cenins. These tinted rays envelop tho
chancel with a peaceful and restful expres
sion becoming to the spot. We next were
shown the baptismal fount from which
Shakspeare was christened. Although
the basin is worn and broken, there is no
donbt of its authenticity, and is kept in
tlie vestry room of the church, the one
now in use being modeled from it.
Thus we wandered from place to place,
and in our imagination followed the great
writer from the house of bis birth, through
the different stages of bis life, enjoyed with
him his success and sympathizing with
him in his misfortunes, appreciating the
beauties of nature, more because of his
having so frequently visited the surround
ing country portrayed in many
of .his writings.. As we gazed
upon the Avon with its gentle
current we could see to what stream Slink-
speare referred when he wrote the follow
ing lines from “The Two Gentlemen of
Verona:”
‘The current that with gentle murmur glldca,
Thou know'at, being stopped, lmpatlcutly
doth rage; n
hut. when nil fair course U not hindered,
He makea aweet music with the enamelled
atones.
Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge
He overtaketh in his pilgrimage.
Thus, at last, we follow him to his rest
ing place and read, upon the slab that
marks his grave, the inscription that
stands like a warning sentinel:
Good friend, fir Ieius' sake forbeare
To dlgg the dust enclosed heare;
blest- be ye man yt spares thes stones,
And cvrsi be he yt moves my bones.”
• H. Mr A.
ill on the grotma floor. I n the front
n the stone pavement, wliirh probably
•sesame used by John8liakspcarc,
•e cracked and broken, which damage
.wee during the occupation of the
a*T. In this room, n$ well e- in
ethers on the same llooi
•a ample llreplare of of.
**: on the inside of which is a stout
Icp each side ot thechlmney. "Here,”
guldstold us, "was where ilia nobis
tom Shakspeare often sat, over a
hot embers, entertaining a guest or
Vi’e were then
tone,
iking out some i
hors and dangers of his comrades who
wore the gray. M ~ i [Greet applause.]
The resolution was unanimously adopt-
On motion of Mr. Ilarham, a copy o(
General Wickham's remarks was re
quested to be spread on the minutes and
to be sent also to the committee ol Lee
Camp.
| The following correspondence explains
how Von Borcke came to pieient his
sword to the State;]
At a meeting of Lee Camp, held June 20,
1884. it wes
“IUtolvcd, That Colonel Heros Von
Ilorcke be requested to piece io the keep
ing of the Lee Camp the famous sword
which he wore while adjutant and inspre-
He Didn't Cntch On.
Chicago llcraid.
“Look da’, Kbenczah,’’ exclaimed
the porter of one Pullman car to tho
porter of another, as they swapped
views over the nickel-plated hand-rails,
“did ye sco dat?”
“What? I didn’t seo nuffin.’’
“W’y, aright back da’, whuh I spoke
to yer. I seed a freight-ca’ numbabed
fo’, an’ right next to it was one num-
iiahed fo’ty-fo’! Catch on, Kbenczah?
G'win wid me an’ we’ll make ou’ eber-
lastin' fo'tuncs callin' de niggah gig.
How much kin yo’ raise?”
But Ebenezer was not enthusiastic.
Army of NorihemVhginl?.Theawordm HI*
be by the Camp presented to the State ward his I ornpey nose, and there, were
of Virginia, to be put among the valued '>'« "bite half-moons m his eyes.
L IsIa at na 1 wnil no I n Ihiv Ulain TIaiima a a flA IHOf toll I*. hAt1P7tl 11 1
• lu-sti.ric -tone
invoking the god* to let the de-
tolwnttr* mantle fall upon us. The
OO thil tlowr U much unall.'r
"* the IUM style. the chimm-v :»::•!
seats being u little deeper. The
» not apt to linger long in these
«* lor he has n desire to enter tins
i ,P h akspe.ire first uff the
•** Ascending n narrow witnh'
" I oor guide uihered us into
J"^’owyou are on historic
rtter WM"born." MW ' , ****
W Ule in the room. Every-
out Unas an ancient aspect, and
®P*e PfOci of the antiquity that is
U"* One of the moat noticeable
praaooatthe room is the dark color
jfotce white walla, which is caused by
Of t)|iues there written in
Our guide showed us Hir Walter
icratched qdod one of the
window. This indiscriminate
»og heebeen«topiKMl of late years.
ly°* now provided for those who
make their “spontaneous an«l
homage to the great poet of na-
other object of interest in the
said to
L nt^^,"""* wmvii tie naa iiurty-live
KA»^F d , T ? ac,l< ''l lor a, an than tic.
. ,h P lrt o* the framework
' I, i.-l, ho died. Thiapi.--
B"* la, a tre proof vat.-, which is
B trf 7 night.
ffest eta, next claims the attention
ejonriit, following the natural train
’S®**. Is New l’lare, the house
i-hakspears did; but alas, we
our cttorL, will only he
JKorSP' ,i "K ioun.hui, ns upon
. ■ ■" which hi- spent
" te*n y.-arsof his lit,-, nrot,- the
7kuT,. and died April 21.
L™5ttT-®ldbtm,.lsy.
»are oj^n to the public. In
1 •“ stood a mulberry tree that
nt'U hy the immortal p.wt,
atohiiTv lr 'h’ the fact that it was
down hy th»* I’.'-v.
, --in a lit of spleen
r tn»t, r ftttharous motive, a mul-
[2Sjyo»*hown as the one which
“ted by the hands ot Shak-
under whose shade
nnsati.....,i curio*titv w*» turn our
, -Ims -a
* jpproache.1 tl;
, !V * - "f IwiOM that *t.
"^torunl the entrance of
whif h Dugdalf -.1
«rect«d a little u ,
ci.;***®inbuilt oevenUtim
IfiS^onsstyltt-. but ha
Ui| y, i^tween tMOB
to mar the efT
by wbjjii 1
ffh°i I
VON BORCKE'S SWORD.
VIrfiinia Rscslvss the W union Wielded In
Her Defense.
From Proceedings In the Senate.
General Wickham, at the request of
sqme of bis friends of the Army of North
era Virginia, offered the following resolu
tion:
"WnxRxas, the R. E. Lee Ctunp No. 1,
ot Confederate Veterans, recently request
ed Lieutenant-Colonel Heros Von Borcke,
formerly,!napector-general of the cavalry
corps of the Army of Northern Virginia,
to present the sword worn by Idm daring
the war to tbesaid Veterans to be by them
presented to the State of Virginia; and
whereas, this weapon is a valuable histori
cal relic associated with the personal and
military achievements ot General J. E. B.
Stuart, on whose staff Colonel Von Borcke
served with great distinction; and where
as. the said sword has been presented to
the Lee Camp as proposed, and is now in
tho hands ot {heir committee to be pre
sented to the State; therefore be it
Ruohed by Ike General Assembly, That
tho State of Virginia, appreciating the high,
manly qnaliUes and virtues of Lieutenant-
Colonel Heros Von Borcke, accepts the
sword, end hereby directa the Secretary of
the Commonwealth to place it amtng the
relics preseived in the public library. 1 ’
The rule requiring the resolution to lie
over one day was suspended.
Taking the sword in hand Mr. Wickham
said: ‘‘Mr. President, I am a little off my
foot this morning from the severe labors
in the finance work before ns, yet I could
not deny myeelf the pleasure of being the
medium of communication between my
old comrade* and this Senate. This, sir,
(hokllnguD the long sabre), is the sword
these gentlemen desire to present in the
name of Heros Von Borcke to the State of
Virginia. You sco it is not a child that
carried that sabre. Well, sir, do I remem
ber when he, a mere youth, came to us
seeking the bubble reputation at the can
non’s mouth and cast bis fortnnei with
the fortunes of the Southern Confederacy.
Well do I remember tbs many actions
where he, but a youth, wielded this stout
sabre as If It were a thing ot straw. Well
do I remember that Ume and time again,
in the line of duty, he was seen ever in the
front in the chance and always In the rear
in the retreat. No man, str. In the Coe-
federate army ever did more faithful * r-
vte* then Heros Von Borcke. As a soldier
of the Southern cause, as tbs companion of
the gallant Jsb Stuart, he bore himself
bravely and well.
"It was on the tve ot the battle ot Seven
Pines he mads his way through the block
ade and offered hla services and this sabre
to the President ol the Southern Confed
eracy. He was assigned to duty with
General Stuart, where seekers for adven
ture or tarns In arms were sure to And
their way; for it was well understood that
those who had merit would soon bare
opportunity to put It to proof, and those
who had not would toon And that/ level
and seek tome other Held. 1 may say that
the cavalry service tested the hardihood oi
any man. A* mv friend Governor
Uamsey. of Wisconsin, sons time
ago explained to me the robustness
of some of tbs children of that State
despite the severity of the climate, saying
that only the healthy and bardv could
stand the winters, and only that data sur
vived, so only the bravest and tho beat
were able to keep in the fine of JchStnsrt's
cavalry, and those alone could remain.
Von ilorcke from the Ume be waa assigned
to that command till the hour lie was
forced bv wounds from active service, was
a good soldier and true. From the fight
of Seven Pines, when Stuart first wrung
his hand and told Von Borcke th-ir path ot
life should know noseparation, they fought
-ide t.y aide: and that declaration was pro
phetic, for in the arms of Von Borcke,
Stuart breathed hia last.
•’Colonel Von Ilorcke went to the city of
I-ondon and did worthy service to bis
Confederate comrades by publishing a se
ries of articles reflecting with credit and
pride upon the Army of Northern Virginia.
“At a later day, though sUU sufiering
great pain from his wound, he took ser
vice with Pi ince Charles Frederick, and I
have read nothing with greater pleasure
than the action of the cavalry at Badowa,
e-pei lally when 1 found that Prussian cav
alry! could get out of hand as wall as the
cavalry of the Confederacy—a proof that
the strictest discipline cannot always make
mere machines of cavalry, and that It was
no shame for Confederate cavalry to be
someUmcs out of order.
"After that time Von Borcke retired to
ids farm, ns I may term ft, and bas lived
since that date as we do plain, hard
working farmers, having all the interest,
feeling and aspirations ot tbs agricultur
al. and tilh rs of the soli.
“I take ples-itre In mentioning on inci
d.-nt Which has reached me. Prince
Chari*’** hr* »i • attached to Von Borcke,
as Miusrt, Ids earlier commander, bed done.
In vi.uing his house end finding hanging
on th. wall a picture ol blmscli he ha.
..-tiled Von Borcke. and below it a like-
a „r t-tuart, the Prince said: 'You must
Ng the t-.slUonof the pictures. Pat
art ah. -cl mine below. He
at.-r cavalry officer than I.’
Colonel Von Borcke bas recenUy vis-
1 this country, to renew tbs memories
■< enes of yean ol battle,
ny a reunion srith bis
lea. « It bas given ns infinite
a.ure to grasp Ills band, and l
ieitren.ee hapj.y to knovheha-i been
eived wrh-'reverbe has gone with toe
artiett welcome end highest rtapect by
ijg eoBfendM in areas, ana 1 am
..ed to h.-ar that he is deeply grttili-l
this Cordial r.-ceptii
historical relics in the State House at
Richmond.”
Page McCarty, E. C. Minor and J. A. me
Marks were appointed a committee to re
quest the sword oi Colonel Von Borcke.
Heros Von Borcke-Peau 8ta: We have
tho honor to transmit herewith a notifica
tion of your election as an honorary mem*
her ot the Lee Camp of Veterans, and also
a resolution requesting you to entrust to
the Lee Camp the sword yon wore in the
Confederate service.
"Besides the ofllcial action of the Canr>,
it is our pleasant duty to assure you that
your former comrades, in offering you a
pledge of their admiration and regard, ex
press the feelings of all the veterans of the
Array of Northern Virginia In tho request
that you should leave with the State of Vir
ginia a relic which will be a token to per
petuate the remembrance of our compan
ionship in arms with a gentleman who, in
the accomplishment oi his profession, a
complete soldier, identified his brilliant
career with our cause, and endeared him
self to us by tho most heroic devotion. Re
spectfully, your obedient servant,
“Paoe McCarty,
“E. C. Minor,
"J. A. Marks,
“Committee of R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1."
ggPliT.
“White Sulphub 8prixos, W. Va., July
23—.Vy Dear Comradet: I feel much touched
and honored by the kind worda expressed
To me in yonr communication of June 20th
regarding myself and the sword, which to
have drawn in the defense of the noble
people of the late Confederacy, whom I
love-so dearly, is the greatest pride of my
life.
“It gives mo great satisfaction to deliver
to you that fine old blade, which was al
ways true to me, which I believe was
trusted by my companions-in-arma, and I
hope had some terror for the enemy.
"Be assured that my sons and their de
scendants will be as proud is I am- myself
that you claim it, and that you will turn it
over for keeping to dear old Virginia. May
it be in her possession forever In peace,
but if ever the tocsin of war should again
sound in the Southern States I will, it I am
•till alive and my old wounds shall have
left me strength enough to be with you,
claim it once more and use it, as I tried to
use It some twenty years ago, in the defense
of right and liberty.
"Believe me, dear comrades, always to
be most sincerely and lovingly yours,
"He*os Von Borcke.
To the Committee of 11 E. Lee Osain. Ho.
Heim. Poye McCarty, E, C, ill
J.A.MarU."
Wha’s de mattah, Kbenezali ? Ain’t
yo’ gwine inondishyah sho’ thing wid
me?” inquired the excited wayside ob
server, who was already looking at his
bank-book to get the balance.
"Xaw,” replied Ebenezer, with em
phasis. “You’ll novali catch me on
none o’ dem freight-ca’ indicators, an’
I’ll toll ye why, son. ’Bout two monf
ago I was runnin’ into Cincinnati one
day, when I seed free cars numbabed
fo’, Meven, fo’ty-fo’ respeckfully. Well,
I was jis’ tlum fool ’nulT to go an’ git
excited like you is now. I couldn’t
find money ’nuff to play de niggah
fig with dat night. Turned my
rook in at do bank, pawned my
watch an’ borrowed irdtn ray
girl. Felt so sho’ I wuz gwine to win
dat I tole my frien’s I wuz de cumin’
president of de Wabash road. But how
doyo s’pose sho come out? Not one
o’ my numbahs in de row, an' I wuz a
bankrupt. - Now, look hyah, Abs’lom
Johnson, you take do ad wise o’ an older
man an’ ’tend strictly to Pullmans an’
let freight^ ca’s sewerely alone. Da’s
sumptin' s’picious -’bout dem numbahs
jittin’togedder so offun, an’I b’iieve
Bill Smith or some othali policy back
ers lias put up a job on wc po'tahs.
Da, don’t runnofo’-’leven-fo’ty-fo’ca’s
ovah me more’n once, now I tell yo’.”
EARTHQUAKES AND EPIDEMICS.
List of Remarkable Tremots, Followed
In Evert Caso by some Sort of Pest,
Capt. Delaunay, the scientist, is out
with a theory setting down all unto
ward things to the influence of the stars
—following in this the Opinions of the
ancients, who Connected epidemics
with meteorological phenomena, which
opinion was also shared by many
learned doctors who have collected
facts establishing very strange coinci
dents, to say the least, between the
of epidemics and atmos-
A Match-UEhtlSK Society.
8L Louis Foat-DUpatch.
It was with a sad shock that the fact
waa brought home last night to a Pott-
Ditpatch reporter that the trousers of
men must hereof ter divide with women
the glory of the sulphurous halo which
has made the breeches her envy for
0,000 years.
As ho sat in front of an Olive street
residence lie was about to light his
cigar when the match was rudely blown
out. Before he had time to light an
other the (air fonn by his side arose
and, lightly pirouetting on one foot,
lowered her arm quickly. The next
moment there was a flash, and tho girl
ish hand extended a lighted match to
her companion, with the remark: “I
know it was awful rude to blow out
your light, but tho rules of our society
compel me to.”
“Your church society?”
“Why, certainly not. It ia of our
own organizing, and called the Slipper
and Shoe Match-Lighting Society.
About a montli ago a party of your
ladies met to consider what they coul
do to advance the cause of woman’s
rights, and after several aspiring
speakers hail been dissuaded from
going out to lecture, they decided to
organize tliia society. Wo have met to
practice three or four times since, and
are going to meet oftener when winter
tee. We number in our ranks some
of the best known society ladies in St.
Louis, and some of ns have become so
expert that we are not afraid to try
conclusioni witli ally gentleman using
bis antiquated method. We have the
mostnimble young ladv to teach ns, end
we will go through the practice pro
gramme like a clan in calisthenics.
Ve are expected to wear in practico
our ordinary dresses, so that we may
be at perfect case when called npon to
supply young gentlemen with lights.
There' is nothing in what we do that ia
not refined. We just turn upward the
•nU oi our slipper or ahne, anti, bend
ing quickly down, can strike the match
before our escort or company is aware.
All of us con do it os gracefully :ts
licking up a pin. Several physicians
mve recommended it as conducing to
ease of carriage. Yes, eir; you can de
pend upon it that the women ol to-day
are slowly breaking away from the fet
ters that have always bound them, and
wc expect soon to have a membership
of a hundred.”
The Burllnaton’s Wssd-Dsatrorer.
Railway Age.
A new device for destroying weeds
has I teen tested, according to the Coun
cil Bluffs Nonpareil, on the Chicago,
Burlington nnd Quincy in Iowa. It
'Tills device is simply a shaft, the
which it ' ‘
appearance oi epidemics and atmos
pheric and other perturbations, of
which are quoted tho following exam
ples, taken from Chapel’s work on the
asteroids:
B. C. 30—Earthquake in Judea, in
which 10,000 persons perished .followed
by a cattle plague. (Josephus.)
A, I). 17.—Earthquake in Asia,
twelve cities destroyed, followed by the
plague. (Kockenbachins.)
A. D. 70.—Earthquake at Rome, ac
companied by a plague, of which 30,-
000 inhabitants died. (Id.)
A. D. 145.—Earthquake, accompan
ied bya plague at Rhodes. (Id.)
A. I). 135.—Earthquake, inundations
nnd plaguu » Rome. (Academy of
France.)
A. D. 261.—Great earthquakes at
Rome, in Africa and in Asia; at Rome
and Greece 5,000 death* daily from the
plague.
A. D. 333.—Salamis destroyed by an
earthquake; simultaneous appearance
of theplaguo in Asia. (Id.)
A. D 558—Earthqnnku during ten
days at Constantinople, followed by
the plague in that city. (Sigonins.)
A. D. 615—Great earthquake in Italy,
followed by a terrible pestilence. (Per
ry.)
A. 1), 083—Violent storms in Italy
and fearful plague. (French Academy.)
A. D. 823—Earthquakes at Aix-la-
Cbapelleand in Saxony; storms and
plague in Germany. (Id.)
A. D, 642—Earthquake in northern
France, followed by a violent cough
(probably pneumonut), of which many
persons died. (Perry.)
A. D. 1032—Great eorthqnake in the
East; virulent plague in Armenia and
Cappadocia. (French Academy.)
A. D. 1006—Earthquake in England,
followed by great mortality among men
and animals. (Id.)
A.D. 1065—Earthquake and plague
In weetcra Lorraine. (Bouquet.)
A. D. 1007—Great flights of meteors
followed by great mortality. (Qui
te let.)
A. D. 1277,13^1 and 1350—Numerous
storms and exceptional mortality in
France. (Id.)
A. D. 1346—Earthquakes and show
ers o( blood—thirty-six German cities
destroyed, followed by a pest which
lasted three years. (Bertrand.)
A. D. 1360—Similar perturbations and
dissave st Florence. (Id.)
A. D. 1307—Earthquake and epi
demic at Montpellier. (Perrey.)
A.D.1401—Violent tempest and plague
at Florence. (Rockenbachius).
A. D. 1403—Extraordinary tempest
in Thuringia, with a simultaneous ap
pearance of the pest in Saxony. (Id).
A. D. 1440—Earthquake and plague
in Carniolu. (Perrey).
A. D. 1450—Tempests, earthquakes
and plagues in Italy; 30,000 victims.
(RocVenbai-hius).
A. D. 1631—Violent earthquakes, fol
lowed by the plague at Liabon. (Babi
net).
A. D. 1007—Numerous earthquakes,
storms and epidemics in Europe.
(French Academy.)
A. D. 1647—Great earthquakes, with
immense disaster at Santiago, plague
and snow during three days. (Perrey.)
A. D. 1630—Violent earthquake, fol
lowed by the plague ox Santiago. (Id.)
A. D. 1783—Several shocks of earth
quake at Rome, followed by diseases of
different kinds. (Id.)
A. D. 1768—Great flight of meteors
and many pestilential maladies on the
continent. (Quetelct.)
A. D. 1631—Earthquake at Amboy-
na, sulphurous fog^and the typhus.
(Perrey.)
A. D. 1830—Second earthquake at
8ketch of the Career of the Mnn who
Succeeded to tho Iron Duke’s Title.
London, August 13.—A dispatch
from Brighton says: “The Duke ol
Wellington dropped dead hero to-day
as he was enterings train for London.”
Tlie Duke died of heart disease. He
went to Brighton for the benefit of itis
health, hut fearing on attack of illnesB
decided to return home. When his
valet left him to purchase the tickets
he appeared to be well. If his owu
physician certifies that he died of heart
disease no inquest will bo held.
The Duke was born, sevonty-seven
years ago, plain Arthur Wellesley. At
tlie ago of 2 ho became an Honorable,
at 5 a Viscount Wellesley, at 7 a Mar
quis Douro—the quickest bound in dig
nities in English history save that of
Monk, who was promoted in a single
dsy from Esquire to Duke.
4 pretty souudini name’s a pretty thing.
When Lord Douro went to Eton his
father was considered the greatest man
living, and, as Major Pendennis says,
“Hang it, you know a marquis is a
marquis,” a fact which is specially ap
preciated at that school. He was, how
ever, little more. He was quiet, shy,
moderately diligent, knew his lessons
fairly, and got into no' dishonorable
scrapes. From Eton he went to Cam
bridge, where he matriculated as filitu
ndbitu.
Of course, by right of his name, the
late Duke thence went into tlie army,
and was a lieutenant-general on the
retired list at tlie time oi his death.
It was not his fault that he never smelt
powder or saw the foe, for the
years of his service were those of
he forty years’peace, and before war
came in 1854 he bad succeeded to the
title and estates. He and his father
saw little of each other, and once had
a quarrel, characteristic of the Duke.
His regiment was ordered to Dover,
and the oflicera on arrival immediately
left cards at Walmer Castle, where the
Iron Duke chiefly resided and died.
Douro, as his son, thought he might
dispense with the ceremony. The Duke
gave a dinner and asked all the officers
save his son. Douro called on his
fnthegto ask the reason. The Duke,
in a state of violent irritation, an
swered :
“Why, sir, these gentlemen did me
the honor to call on me; you had not
politeness.”
When, however, "the Duke” died, it
waa long before Douro could bring him
self to use what he deemed tlie sacred
name of Wellington. The etiquette
prescribes that in such cases the son
and heir shall sign as formerly until
his father’s funeral, after which he
changes his style. But a year elapsed
before ho would consent to use the
name. He transmitted it to no one.
his wife, daughter o( the late Martinis
oi Tweedale, and sister of Lady Peel,
the most beautiful woman in England
of her day, being childless. The title
falls to his nephow, Henry Wellesley,
who was recently divorced from his
vife, and married a ballet girl. Bo wc
have another duke in the category of
Grafton and Marlborough;
The late Duke was for a time in the
House of Commons, but never took
part in debate. He was master of the
horse under Lor^ Derby, who also be-
Flowers for Maud 8.
Saratoga, August 14.—One of tlie
social features of Saratoga this year is
tho daily reception being tendered to
Maud 8, in the stables of tho United
States Hotel. From 0:30 in the morn-
-i./ ’iii' : -I ■ '’ i:i tin- e . eniiig tin- i.:irri
is besieged by visitors, not a small por
tion of whom are ladies and children.
Maud S lias become so accustomed to
being looked at Hint she poses like an
actress. Tho ladies ask to stroke her
mane without fear, and the gentlemen
pat her on tlie Lack and flanks. A
poodle remains in tho stall with her,
and instantly sounds the alarm if anv
unusual attentions aro shown to her.
Many ladies throw flowers into the
stall, others put them on the well,
where tho famous trotter can get n
glimpse, or even a smell.
(Next to tho curiosity to see Maud 8
is that to see her attendant, a colored
man, who is said to have been her
keeper since she was a colt. Ho told a
visitor this morning that Mr. Vander
bilt had a strong affection for Maud S.
Eyery afternoon about five the mare is
!• ■' » v - !< i .it. and Mr. Van-
uorbilt, in his silvery duster, ran bo
seen speeding on the avenue, taking no
man's dust.
Placing tha Responsibility.
Globe-Democrat.
Salt Lake, August 13.—Tho church
organ to-night is in a fury over the
shooting oi tho Mormon elders in Tcn-
Louisiana State Lottery Compgtty.
"Wo do hereby n-rtlly that wi> iraporvlie the
arrtuiK' nicnt.s of all the Monthly hid!
miiiUHl DravviiiK*' <»/ tlie IxMliniKtirt htHii* ia»i-
!**rv < "inI'«HMild in J.t r-*>n inun:.i;p and con
trol the drawing* themselVM, ami that the
► nine witli hon.’tdy.fuirh. t
in good faith toward all partien, and we au
thorize the company louse thiscertiQuale,with
facsimile*of our Higuaturca attached, iu in
advertisement*.”
CommlMionert. •
Incorporated In 1868 for 25 year* hy the Leg-
datura for educational and CharlUblc pur
poses—with a capital ;of *1.000 000-to which a
r« serve fund of over $555,000 has since been
added.
By an overwhelming popular vote It* fran
chise waa mode a nart of the present State con
stitution adopted December 2*1, A. D., 1879.
The onfV li.lt.Ty ever voted oiniiid ••:ido’-M'<!
hy tin- peopl.* <if nny Mato.
It never scales or postpones.
Its Crnnd fHngle Number Drawings take
nessee, and traces the re-p-ti-ii- lity to P“*e*«““x-
the cUtfan ministry*™,! in;,,! F S^.°^.?OT. u « , K T A V w7iR i w f' , i’ , ,t
ministry
writers, who have 'made sclf-sacriflc-
ing, honest, devoted God-serving Mor
mon missionaries appear in the eyes
of the rabble as base deceivers, lustful
betrayers of women, fit only for de
struction. It adds: “You lying
priests who have slandered Mormons
for gain, you hireling writers whohavc
prostituted tho press to libel saints of
God, you are murderers in your hearts,
and have done your part in the slaugh
ter that so appals the lovers of free
dom in every part of this great land.
You can not rub out this stain. You
can not work yourselves out of the re
sponsibility. 'You can not escape the
certain penalty for your malice and
mendacity. As God lives yonr judg
ment will be sure and just.”
i, IN” T U*K ACAHKMY OF Mt'HIC, N KW
uRLKANH,TUESDAY, September*, 1884-
I72d Monthly drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, S7S.OOO.
100.000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each
Fractions In Fifths in Proportion.
The finest msyomise dressing for all
kinds of salads, cold meats, raw tomatoes,
pickled salmon, cabbage, etc., is purkee’s
Baud Dressing. It is, besides, more eco
nomical than home-made.
NOW' s ™ I
IIU H SKIN HUMORS. I
IT is at this season when the pores open
freely *nd the perspiration is abundant that
disfiguring humors, humiliating eruptions,
itching tortures, salt rheum or ccscma, pso
riasis. tetter, ringworm, baby humor*, scrofu
la, scrofulous sores, abscesses sod discharg
ing wounds, and evtry species at Itching, sca
ly and pimply diseases of the skin and scalp
are most speedily cured by the Uuttcura Rem
edies.
width ot a car. to which it attache. 1
numerous strips ot rawliido. The
shaft is raised and loweted by the
brake, and is turned by being attached
by a pulley to tho axle of the car wheels,
Tid* motion gives tho rawhides a pow
erful velocity, and prepares the moat
healthy weed foraninm ediate funeral.
We conclude that the weeds are actu
ally whipped to death. The suitability
of rawhide for purposes of flag. Ration
has been recognized from the earliest
ages, and it is quite possible Hint may
weed, rag weed, pig weed and all the Amboyna, accompanied by a violent
other weeds which infest the right of epidemic.
way of railways have at last found A. D. 1845—Third earthquake at Am
their match in this primitive material, boyna, coinciding with a fresh outbreak
The spectacle of a lot of trespassing of tlie epidemic,
plants being whipped to death by a Captain Chapel, who bas supple-
gigantic cat-o’-nine tails swung by a mented the work of Captain Delaunay,
railway train must be interesting. concludes that in or about the year 1809
me of the committee
i tojnlfd mc with the cksia, 1]
> Virgin!* ihh -« rJ. I a. ^
)rr A’ 1 '-.l* to f it 1' .- * . - 'a-
an s r-: val if. 1 iu 4 .. Hit ot
. har». tar of tl.-i.iin »h'.fa.r.«i i
i.»r th- forties*! till tl
Opium Habit Cured.
Why will yon use the poison when
you can be so easily cured? It wid not
cost yon but little more to be treated
titan to boy tho drugs. Read the fol
lowing :
I used opium forty years and waa
cured by Dr. W. H. Jone*.
G. H. Bum,
MaishaUville, Ga.
Write to me and I will give you the
names of parties in Macon anil oilier
places whom I have enred.
AH correepontience confidential.
W. L. Joxxr, M. I).
197 Fourth street, Ma< mi, ( ,a.
«cpl5wly
•» - 4 I’f— her- J
something specially awful may be con
fidently expected. Captain Delaunay
quite agrees srith bis colleague, hut
seems not no sanguine about the fifteen
year-’ respite promised by him.
In recent yeananumber of very vio
lent earthquakes have been reconlad,
notably the conrulrion at Java in 1883,
and the great earthquake which devas
tated the island oi Ischia in the Medi
terranean
stowed on him the Lord Lieutenency
ot Middlesex and the blue ribbon oi the
garter. The Duke was not much of a
territorial magnate.
The late Duke bore a remarkable
personal resemblance to his lather, and
though it was never bis privilege to
front a shot, ho passed gallantly
through one of the moet cruel opera
tions known to surgery. He waa es
sentially a good fellow, and daring
middle life was the close companion
and friend of Charles Lever, the Irish
noveicst. To be the friend of a pleas
ant man, tho Latin poet says, is no
mean praise.
Th* Mlsfortun* of th* Country#
Greenes boro Home Josrn*].
The trouble of the country at present
is the excess of idlers, loafers, spend
thrifts, speculators, gamblers over the
industrial classes, and who, to a large
extent, the latter support. Look at the
legion of idlers which throng walking
matches, baseball clubs, firemen’s
frolics, and other kindred gathering*,
where gambling and drinking become
prolific (actors of vice and crime.
A Naughty Conl-ctur*.
Berrien County News. -
Tlie news comes to us that Lula
Hurst, Georgia’s great electric girl, has
married her manager, Mr. Paul Atkin
son. Some night, when Paul wakes
up to find himself winding through
■pace, to be stopped only when brought
in contact with the furthest corner oi
the room, feeling as it he had been
struck hy creased lightning, be will be
sorry that be exchanged the position oi
real for that of nominal manager.
How Th-r Manses In Berrl-n.
Berrien County Non.
The Nashville agricultural club has a
novel way of compelling lazy members
to clean out their crops. Whenever
the crop of a member us seen to be
grassy, it In reported at once to the
club, which takes immediate action. If
the charge ia sustained, the offender’s
crop is advertised to be raffled on a cer
tain day, unless tlie grass is removed.
We ere informed that this plan work*
like s charm, and in consequence the
crops around Nashville are always the
best worked crops in the county.
A Paragraph for Farmers.
Monroe Advertiser.
Our citizens from various parts of the
county represent the com crop as being
roost excellent and safe from injury by
drouth. With favorable weather for
the next forty days, Monroe countv
will, it is to be hoped, house
a sufficiency of that cereal to’ supply
her needs (or the next twelve months.
Would that the farmers o( our county
direct their agricultural operations so
as to have, not only a supply, bat a
■orpins of com and grain produced at
home, for wherever there is a surplus
of these crops the cry of bard times is
seldom beard.
A Broom Town Incident.
Walker County Meesenfer.
Some days ago just after dark, two
IT IS A FACT.
Hundreds of letters in our possession (copied
•f which m*j t>e had by return mail) aro our
authority for the assertion that skin, scalp and
blood hhumors, whether scrofulous. Inherited
or contsflous, Tear now be permanently
cured by Cutlcura Ke«olvent, the new blood
purifier, internally, and Cntlcura and Cuticu-
r* Soap, the grist skin beantlflere, externally.
In one half the time and at one half the ex
pense of any other season.
GREATEST ON EARTH
Cuttcura Remedies are the greatest xnedl-
ine» on earth. Had the worst case of salt
rheum in this country. My mother had H
twenty years, and in fact died from it. I be
iCntlcun * ‘
Here C
country. My mother had it
I id In fact died from it. I be
itlcura would here saved her life. My
*es«t and head were covered fpr thre
year*, which nothing relieved or cared until _
usedthe Cuticure Resolvent, internally, and
Cntlcura and Cutlcura Poap, externally.
J. W. ADAM*, Newark, O.
Great Blood Medicines.
do
1 do
20,000
■
2 PRIZES OF $6.000...„^,
S do 2,000
10 do 1,000
30 do 600
100 do M0
1 do 100
I UO 60......... 25,000
I 4) 25 25,000
ArFBOXIK ATION FRIZ KM.
9 Approximation prizes of |750 f 6,750
9 ” ” 500 4,500
9 “ ” 250...... (2,250
1,967 Prises, amounting to ...«..........$2u'>,500
Application for rates to clnbs should be made
only to tho offleo of tho company In New Or
leans.
For further Information write clearly,giving
hill address. Make P. O. Money orders paya
ble and address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orlenns. La.
POSTAL NOTES and ordinary letters by
mail or Express (all sura* cf $5 and upwards
express st our expense) to
M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orlenns. Ln w
M. A DAUPHIN,.
607 Seventh St.. Washington. D. C.
W I IV S H I P
CALL AW AY
For the next thirty days will
offer
CLOTHING AND HATS
lower than than they have
ever been sold in this mar-
The hell has not
jretlve powers o4 -
have paid hundreds of dollars for medicines
to cure diseases of the blood and skin, and
never found anything yet lo equal the Cuticu
re Remedies C1IA8. A. WILLIAMS.
Providence, R. I.
curative powers of thcCnticura Remudic». C& ! ket* Sec SCI11C of t.lC prices
reds of dollars for medicines *
blood and akin, and
in the windows. Big bar
gains in Odd Clothing.
Cure in Every CaSe.
loncnsnd r-ti.zts <»jr Uu
ed A cure in every instance,
edits have failed.
H. W. BROCKWAY, M. D. #
r that they have effect*
lwhere other rem-
FrankUn Falls, N. H.
tk>ld by all druggists.. Price: Cuticure. M
cents; ResolventTl; soap,21 cents. POTTED
DRUG AND CHEMICAL CO.. Boston, Mass.
Send for How to Cur* Skin Diseases.*
beauty
Skin Blemishes, and infantile Humors, nso
cvticvba Soap, a real Beaotlfler.
150,0(10 LE CONTE PEAS TREES
One and Two Years Old, for sale by •
RUSHING & CO,
st Thomssvill*. Thomas Couatj, Geoigla.
NOT ONE GRAFTED TRIE IN TBK LOT.
EXCELSIOR
C00K5TOVES
ALWAYS SATISFACTORY
EIGHTEENSiZESAHD KINDS
AIL PURCHASERS CAR BE SUITED
Isaac A.Sheppard & Co.,Baltimore,Md.
AND FOR HAI.K n V
)an28-srl
OEO.ff OBEAK,
lio Cheery HnWtj
tut Fe*r, sn.1 -he !. i-ruti-l to hero ori.i
-a IdSmIit whkh Mtaid—Unc-I i - -To
for UcoriU than the onuif. has for Flurt.u.
Oar experience teaches u. that It I. far ahead
of the oraon aa a aource of ptoSL It never
hllihu, no inject dUtarbe It, (rowe luxuriant
lj In Hay or sandy aotl, and aa far north
aa Mrtinla to oar knowledge, and
hat tiro very great aourcwjof protit annually-
froa fruit and young tree* for market. It
never falla to bear every year, tho oldtmel
furolah 38 to 4s btiahele annually, and it r.Us
at tivo per buihel at home and U.OO to »l lo
per hnahal In Not them marketa. No finer
fruit la tho world for preiervln*. canning and
drying. Thla Her will keep three to four
weekt after It f< gathered, and can he rhlr-i-ed
lossy putoHbc United Staten beforeUbe
The other eoum of profit (ram thtitreola
young trees raised annually from the cuttlon,
luahtii Leconte Feus, and aU the old trace
V DoaVt&ay onfetac Ujrou want to begin to
auheieeaayal *a leery farmer intteor-
gla about,1 have fire or ten arrea. Orderdliect
or through JERE JtOLLIr,
■ Cor. Poplar and Fourth Street, Raron, t.'a.
_ Or JOHN O. RI’.-HI.n'o.
I .uiyrapai£r^“ r ~ t ’ AU ‘ 1,U ’ *'* m
[Diversity of Georgia, Alliens, Gt
FREE TUITION. I
SeeWhat Money Will M
Crank 8TEA M ENG IN E.S
MOTIVE BOILERS, fullv gu
within the reach of all. Corn pare j .-v*-*
it writ** in** particular.**.
• Horse Power on Skid*, $ 410
Tubular Boiler
Sales spot ca*h
Improved Gul!
Reduced from
Fully warranted.
Cotton Presses
etc., correspondii
Keep this node
i.viub jtut uai a, IWU
men on horseback met J. D. McConl
nell near hia store ia Broom Town, and
asked him if they were on the right
rood to Gaylesville. Being told they
were, they then said they wanted to
buy something to eat. Mr. McConnell
went into his store while th» men re
mained in their saddles. One of them
eaUeS In a vtng of tobacco. When it
w.i- handed him, the two galloped off
into tho darkness. Mr. McConnell got
ami gun, and in c"m;>any
iii-nfro, rode down tlie r.'.t-i
trying to overtake them.
• Im i 11 -tor- tl.- - i :
tom Town rood and turned
Jon, h h--rt* there was a ioeet-
.T.--W- Till- J-arti> - II-.- 11
nnty and are known. It ia
it t - !-Hare, under al! the
cc. will be a fair price for
QE88ION begins lint Wednesday in Oc-
O tober, Wt. Tuition free in all depart
ments except those of Law and Medicine.
Comi-.i-te ran nee otjmstructifm in Let-
ten, 8c.icier, chemistry and Enginsarins*
Board 113..'" per month. Fur catalogues
address the Chancellor at Athens. Ga. , 1
■ LAMAS COBB.
d Trustees.
angtTiUnAwedTm^wtct