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**" . a a ’f* \ ft* , ' i’.T», A lmw.l finny souilt ’TiAiia uY J fli«* rivi-r. in I vwiiuty. i11,!.-.is >■» tnn 10l In lit. ymm- Ij.eim tivoxltnt, which is fl>i'str;.|”r cdpl ! mftii/n ffwnpip. til!'.l-It :tr\<r pon.sfi forest; There pro nf forest where the fn, liane v'l iiu uali ..nd poplar Lous shut out tin- Kiiii l l ;U noonday ; then there id a chi-L*i i*f tin!<• hillocks. douif of them in.iiv iliaii .’iii.-jy fVfi high. .1 ul then colons i Mpetf-ti nf sffainp. $n dcfi.-o and so «lisiii,il that ui:jy tlie rp ns r % during Im nioi- u jij | M-uistit. This locality i- tin hmitiTs paradise, fit Lit* notches Ml Inresl ijjel'p Mfjp. thousaijiJs o* squilt n Ua turkeys, cpujjs, rqbbjts and a few deer la the svvfunp, h<',r. mink and other animals are found. The swamp is covered with a dense growth of cams brake, and in this black bears are found in la rue numbers. They prey on the young stock ui liio farmers around the 8« amp Ju-1 below this swamp there are sev eral la r ire plan unions cultivated entirely by ik 0 10 1..00r. Living in little cam..a, many of them very cin-c ta.ilie : nips pr forest tlmre are prob'-bp \’f>o families of liegna s. i'he lilllo cilililleii ol these negrot s;iia> e i.o I ear of Lie dark eai brake s\v imps or Hie dense I'oiV-f: as a result they often get lost 8 'll r:l times children nave been lost in the aaauip loi a day and in 'it at n t i'.ue. One day 'last week the two hoys of Perry Taylor, colored, aged 1 and <5, left home early one morning and wan ' r. d otf into the forest. They were not. inis-utj until noon, ami then tla;r i .u.m. (. .. no uneasiness about them, .light came on and still ilia two boys bad not re turned. ’lay lor aiuj ftis yv aj..,,:i -ed. but they could dp nothing Until morning. Next day iboj urbanized n searching party and penctrr‘ u r' ; , swamp) and forest. There were some fifty people in the searching party, and they covered several miles pi thu**\;imp and forest without finding any trace of the missing children. The second day the search was contjmied. and preh.d.L 200 negro«‘s joined the (ierirHiing party,)* At about noon of tlm third day live negroes, who had penetrate I a mile further into ' he emu‘brake 1 ban the main searching party, found the dead body of the oldest boy Hr bid evident’ been killed by a hear, and bis t|«>sh and cloth ing were badly torn 'l'lie main sean ii ing party came up and beg- n to search for the youngest bov. A few hundred yards from the spot where the 1.,,-T, of the oldest boy was found the party ran into a bears’ den. Ttiern were one ir V and two female hours ami ILccuns. Tm;, old boars .-.lowed fight ; . i... ’sin t; dead, several of the negroes bring armod. At the sound ol' liiu, sliooti.ig the live ,cu!»s bad liuodlod close together m. hr the upturned ns its of y fallen t. ■ . They were dragged out, * and there, half smothered by the young hei rs, was ijin 4-yoar-old iir ;ro loy. There \va wjq; ft j scratch on the boy’■» body, but 1 ■ was almost starved end was very weak. 'l'he child -aid f -v got lost in the woods arc.! kept walking until they were tired, and then laydown no I went tq sleep, lie was awakened bv bearing bin brother scream, ami. looking np, saw him in the eluielies of a bear. The lit tle lei'ow was too b ully frildlteiied tu run or make an outcry, lie r.._, still nut] Saw his broth- r lor!li lb piece,. Then the bear turned to him. lie sivcuiued and cl< liia eyes, * k-xpec* ling to be Li lied. The bear put it.- now'in his Jace, j after smelli :g him a while, emigbf his 1 clothing in its Pi tb and started away with him. The bear carried him to the j rl< n and dropped him among the young pubs, where he remained until found by the searching pi|rrv. Neither the old or young hears made any effort to hurt the child.—Birmingham (Ala.) Letter. I'.luti r Than a 1 i-U Hawk. Mahlon L). Tuik, ot Olev, six miles from this city, is the owner of live large fish dams. Of !aty l;e has been greatly troudied by the depredations of fish han ks, which have made ftvqupnt de- j see its upon his fish nreServeSj where swim some 3.000 or 4,000 (Jcrinan carp of various sizes. The other day. intending to abate Ibe nuisance -nuu whnt if possi ble. he took down shotgun, ami with a supply of huekslwit hiutself ip the i.usbes beside one of the dams, Pro cntly tin enormous-bird tqared pvorhi ;nl. and after circling around slowly three times made a rapid descent into lhe poitd. Juntas it cmergijdj from the water with a fish in its talopsj Mr. Turk let drive at it with u load pf buckshot and killed it instantly. Instead of being a li-h hawk, as tu> f*upposed, it proved to be a held eagle, arm measured 8 feel 0 inches front tip to tip of wings,— Reading Uor. New York Sun. ‘ A Voudmw ,i < luckvm- A farmei in the upper portion this county was aroused one iiigfit pot__l< ng rinee liy the squalling of a hen on her r "ist in a •-luster of vi tes ne:tf the hou.-e. t.oing out. the hen wus ap|>arently tfj.irs flveil vfitli fright ni.d helpless in lier movements. Al. rge -nako was 'lound n. ar by with eves e. ibe.nly set upon Ids prey. The lien eon: himsl her squ: ILs wit limit moving, a ; if i;i a nightmare, I II fne snake was killed. \\ l|eqysho fell from her perrli. recovering t*sd Hying' nway. hut has since ti -en Id iiyiom Udtmi (Ua.) Argiwt - A Hhclifior dntll lie Wjjn Tlif* of Mr. V. living near At never marrissk*» H ' his |l)s.l year. His wife was jusf ®0» They lived te’ppilv tO' ether. no mm-ual sight.’’ yv s The Athoai ,'li roll ii to, •*!•) -<•<• the ■!! i ..n, at .tVjj?, i,e oi ip wing i:i li e field. But h»; was taken su-k w i -n n bis li'ih y-fft r’. and i.ved lint ii.fcw a, ..uin." -Aiii..,.a ion-umti- 1. \ weli of water or» a farm near Ilsr nionyvilt.:. diesibr eoii.i. v, l*a.. suddenly “ted out " while tile* wilt) v;;s dialing water a few days ago. Then tiio w. ‘J-of the well alwnptiy collapsed. .It is sus[s*ete»l that an u:i lergroun J lake river drew away the water. ■ tmeni ‘m'"rl-’et * sharp e- -s. ioeo u ; Vk‘|' ‘ been : a vnneujg stead ily i. i v hijjjf/TH four months j fttlO J, pl M'vs <jh<-'.(r'vr) cfgn of t(jriT off. Tp|. the Coptrary,” well known | Maidtii i.uie importer, uho has just re turned from Lu rope, “I found the Lon don market very stiff and uppish in tone. As is generally known, the output cf the African diamond mines is cont rolled by : what is known as the Amalgamation, ' which is a sort of diamond trust, and three London firms, Jules Forges, Ho nato Brothers and Julius Kohn, handle j the greater portion of the uncut <Ha mands.that come to that market. They • have restricted the output to suit them , selves, and as a consequence many ot I the Amsterdam cutters and polishers are j running with reduced forces, while some ] of the smaller shops have closed up al ! together “The market's firmness may be judged I by an incident which occurred in Lon i don ju.-i before I sailed. I was in the office nf a large diamond firm, trying to get some stones suitable for my trade, when an outsider, that is, a man not in the ii'inio, came in and purchased a par cel of medium Rtoncs, weighing from one to three carats, and valued at £B.OOO or 17. bug, lor which lie paid casli down. IT- had the stones wrapped up, and put tlwm back in the firm's safe to await a > nse ip the market. 1 also know of many 'American dealers who went over this ’’spring to buy from $30,000 to $lOO,OOO worth of stock who have returned with only half the stones they• intended to pc.i'chase, and some came back with ev- ,»i less than half." Diamonds are. as n matter of fact, from ‘JO to 28 per cent, higher today than : they were foqr months .ago, when the i tpurkct began to feel the manipulations ; of the diamond trust. The trust is evi- j (U ntly a success, and if diamonds keep oi; going up engaged couples may have to be content with other gems.—New York Spn. Ijnei r Things on Mount I.veTl. Thomas Albright, the well known j Prescott prospector, informs The Index tli.it '’grand sights have been seen" ui'oumi Mount- Lyell during the past two '.Vreks 'All through tile present Season it has been noticed that {lie glacial streams Mowing from beneath the great ice field— vv liieh have been trickling in , nmati:red volumes for t hotisamls of yean —have jae’-pased bo as to become tafcprr table creeks in many instances. This | cqul.i not be accounted for, as the heal j of the sun is probably no more infense than it [ns been many times before. PosAioiy the phenomenon may be ex •plained by recent occurrences. Within : the pm t month singular lights and glows have beep poticed along the upper edge j oi' the too, the towering bare coups gleam fi'ig [ihoqJorescently apaid the gloom of! night . iiaefi morning following a display of fhisikin.l smoke is seen issuing from! tjuder Ibe ice in intermittent streams, as jf ejected by some force acting benenlh At times the whiffs are sharp and sud d'4)i from a dozen or more places at the saine time, liccompanied by a red dust rvhieh se|il<'s on tho glacier and discolors ij. hi bloiohr- uf many acres. ’{ j- In li,-* i d, as Air. Albright says, that {he mountain is “alive and work ing.” and. that the pent up forces within arc u> make a vent. T 1 >4 ■rlaetf'i' j 'g'Amt two miles in length and q np!e in width. Its depth in places, I judging from t lie profile of the tuQun- I tqjn, which t- ib.OOO feet in height, must ip-enormon-. Perhaps old Pluto has re sumed operations in his laboratory and is endeavoring to throw out the great mass of ice which plugs |iis chimney Lyell has heetrdoad to all appearances for countless ages—ever since the.time, j in the forgoiuii past, when, by some cataclysm the whole continent was cov er'd bv an ice cap several thousand foot in thickness. Maybe the old hill is try- j ing to reassert itself and demonstrate to t t!u'world licit it still has latent life.— I Homer Index. 10-alili iii Tenements. It lias alwavs liecn accepted that in cities the death rate in tenement houses is greater Ilian the general death rate V is lielief baa recently been cont-ro- ; iv-Tted. as far as New Y’ork city is con e- rned. by a cart ful analysis of the re turns made to the health department. Itjwas l’o.::1d that last year the general doiuh rate per 1.000 inhabitants was j w'li'ie l be-death rate among tene ment dwellers was JJ.7I. Beyond this ir was found that the death pate in large tenement house* is less than in tlie Mualler ones. The chief reason fpr thist vliijero.'Ke of inoufiftity to the advantage pf tenement houses is attributed to. {he exercise of the plenary power of tlie bear l of |u>r: (th in regard to them in Ixmli eiinstruction and appoint .mi nt during recent years, while the construc tion and appointments of the hitherto -i.ppo-vd to be (he most healthful t igs* of ! >y es have been left to the iqtolli gene.fj'i 1 1 io architects and tenants, c.\ cTpbtm a fcncral com.piiance only with the plumbing laws.—Boston Herald. ttita V. littttlns Habit, t In N .i..vea they are determined-tV di-eom ; g,. j hi- practice pf whittling pub- | lie u,ui»!i igs A prjsoncr in the 10-rlnfr no a ventilator slmit and out a«f'-' < nunuH.l of slats, only to Ik ikVAIv-Jd ’io the vigilant watchman i-,i>e (vifitt In-foie the magistrate be vva [ ii'i- 1 - -d for damaging the 1 building, in addition to reccivino- tin •. • j pet. . . i .. -* i, is . eds t!. U brought fut.i. ii* t yi Lie law. —Bo on. - -t. *'i > , -*» S ••■•nrv-rht—e -fcegrs ago All's. Rallv P. U.i-K- IlncktiioM. a bjltshing m ide. 1 v.> title Ir >ii-eiAV‘-p;igg in a snug burn pcu e.i i the v\)-• of Mount Pros peel. 11 The oilier't!ay in tins sanu le 'ii- e w’,. re -lie lias lived ever since *. ' v e.-tebi nte-l her on * humlrcdi h birth due. uuh wr. s -irong enough to r;*ceiv-* a* • 1 nlv h i < iiinit en. grandchildren nn>t gi. i t-g. ..u .ehiairen. but also a k.ige number of -ici I Lends ami acquaiiffiuu'ea - rr. T(“« rt. r m- ' • - ■ : r:' 1 TliHt He 1s ♦•(* Hriri" I - . , Tli" reporter -r f Mr. Edison if it j t rr true that he had invented a machine i hv tho aul of which a man in New York n | would be aide to son everything that his i-1 wife was doing in Paris. - i “1 don't know,"sai l Mr. Edison, laugh ing, “lhat that would be a real henetitto e humanity. The women certainly would y . protest. Put. speaking seriously, 1 am , ! at work on an invention which will al ii low a man in Wall street, not only to - j telephone to a friend in the ('ent rn I park, ei but to see that friend while he isehnt - ! ting telephonically with him This in i’ vention would be useful and practical, - and 1 see* no reason why it should not t soon become a reality, and one of toe r first tilings that l shall do when I get e| hack to America will he to set up this - contrivance between my laboratory and tny telephone workshops. Moreover, I I have already obtained satisfactory re - suits in reproducing images at that dis e tancc, which is only about LOOM feet, ft j would be ridiculous to dream of seeing , anyone between New York and Paris, i The round form of the earth, if there - | were no other difficulty in the way. would i ; make the thing impossible.” 3 j Speaking of the phonograph, the re . | porter asked if it had reached its highest II degree of perfection, i j “Almost, I think.” said Mr. Edison, ,• 1 “in the last Instruments turned out of , | my workshops. You must know {hat ] the ordinary phonograph employed in i | commerce docs not begin to compare i | with the latest machines that 1 use in my i private experiments. With the latter I can obtain a sound powerful enough to , reproduce phrases of a speech that can i be heard perfectly by a large audience, j My last ameliorations were with the as > pirate sounds, which are tho weak point of the graphoplione. For seven months I worked from eighTon to tvventv hours a day upon the single sound •specia.’ 1 would say to the instrument ‘specia,’ and it would always say ‘pecia.’ and I j ; couldn’t make it say anything else. It I was enough to make me crazy. But 1 i stuck to it until I succeeded, anti now you can read a thousand words of a newspaper at * lie rate of 180 words a minute, and the instrument will repent them to you without an omission. You can imagine the difficulty of the task that I accomplished when 1 tell you that j {lie impressions made upon the cylinder arc not more than one millionth part of an inch in depth, and are completely in | visible even with the aid of a raicro j scout*.” Keportcr-r-And what new discoveries i will be made in elootricitv? Mr. Edison—Ah, that would be diffi cult to sa v. We may sonic day como upon one of the great secrets of nature. I I am always on the look out for soine- I thing which will help me to solve the [ problem of navigating the air I have worked hard u[x>n this subject., but 1 am i I very much discoura g'd. We mav find j something new before that comes, but that wfll come. Mr. Edison further said that the "rent ; development- of electricity wi'l come when we find a more economical method of producing it. During his trip across j the ocean he remained for hours on deck looking at aves, and lie says that it made him vvTa] when lie saw so much force going to waste. “But one Of t hese days,” he'continued, “we will chain pi] that —the falls of Niagara a- well as the winds—and that will be the tnil’cnnmrq of electricity.”®fcourrier des Etats-Unis. A New llr.it for Codfish. The Newfoundland bait act, which prohibits the export of bait from that; island, has had a most prejudicial effect j | upon the French bank fisheries, the price - of fish bait in St. Pierre having been ; forced up to an almost prohibitive price, j It is now stated that three French ships, ! instead of going to St. Pierre for bait, j fitted themselves out with fiat bottomed, I round baskets, with a hole at the top. | These they sunk in seventy to eighty fathoms, and they were quickly tilled j with periwinkles of large size. The j 1 shells were smashed on deck and the! ! tyawls*hajted with live periwinkles. Cod-j : fish took to these most ravenously, pud I the vessels sailed for France with full j | cargoes the first week in July, instead of | ; October, as usual, thus saving three | months’ time and hundreds of dollars in of bait. If this <‘j>:,rt is ! true, the discovery will bring a | revolution in the system under which the j bank fisheries are now carried Hi. At present tlie bank fi-hi'rmonjean onlv fish whan they are provided with fresh j bait. This necessitates frequent visits to j some bait procuring coast, the purchase j ' of bait and of ice to keep (J in good con- j di{ion, and therefore tho cost, both in pipe and money, of producing bait is very great. If the bait can bo c;*irht on 1 one. side of the ship and the cod on the; other, there is nothing to prevent, the fishermen from remaining on thi banks during the whole fishing season, and the cost of a trip will be materially induced. : As Newfound land has now nlToff a mo- j iiopolyof me bait trade, and her bankers are privileged by law, this dlscmvry will have a serious effect upon the {idling in [ duotry of the island.— Montreal V iiuess. I, The of Mt!?f. The manufacture of Incline, o* sugar •' of milk. i< a new industry in tljiscoun ! try, which promises to attain imtyrtance j in tin* milk producing districts. Ilore •b fon' tin* manufacture has been confined to Switzerland and Bavaria. Tin .whole sale {nice is twenty-five to thirl v cents a pounj. The first plant for the rtjnufao* ■ trim*of Feline in this country was e-tnb il-lied at Hamburg, N J Another fne . Ji r.\ ha - recently been start* -I at Oxfc rd. !;N Y A third factory is nUm* to be ! open* -I nt Union\ ille, N. (or the i e":i:fncture of Pie ai rhde on r larre! •vide by a new pro - *ss. wliic’i is claimed ' to; i* id a Htiix'rior product rtan,laced j oat of production.—New Y’ork Telegram, j Channel traffic between Dover an 1 the Contirten continues at highe.-t I t.nir.n ' ride. No less than five extra n:a:i p epets are now o*nployed to convey passengers, ! - ;d : 'g ' ixtceu ill all. - !'■ V,. -v c, rill . ife 10. ot last vveus ii° qttili * uedti - aging issue. If < 'To,.- ,r- .Id . ! provcniunt in uloi t «*'***r< l< ■ j>all - ffipnt of j . j> in j part to flm tissuraivc*' ol good crop? tint] f)ie iifiLcn!ions !fiat lliore wil! In* a laftfH foriijgn denianil for tin products of (his rompyv. and in i part to Jit: Lcljet that- tlie dangt i jol a moiU'titrv stringenev is over iThe 1m •go purchases of bunds b\ | the treasury.throwing more nx n into circulation, Ims cont pi fju t »*< t l< i tlie improvement ol the ototu tarv ! situation, (irpat activity i't pig jrpn i*- re [ ported, and tlie (’onjaiid for ba{ iron is htfiivypvith advancing ])rices !notwit]jstiinding the huge produe: J tion, Theic lots been during Ihi week, a decline of about 1 je. in wheat, a about 1 cent, in corn, and a slight decline in oat oil ond sugar. Pork is steady, tine hogs a litt|e higher The genera level of prices is a shade lowei than in September of last year. Both in imports and exports tin increase over hist year continue enormous and the rate of forcigi exchange. Juts advanced to S4.BN the Bank of England holding it: minimum at J pep cent. Ihe business failures noon ring throughout the country during tin last week number for the I’ni'eil States, 174; Canada 27; fora] 2Ui. against 211 the last week of Au gust. No need to Like those big cathartic pills; one pf Dr. J, H. MpLean’s Livei and Kidney Fillets is piite sujficient ami more agreeable For sale I v Cole. The most delicate constitution cqn safely use Dr. J. H. McLean's Tat Wine Long ]?a!m. It js a sure repiodi for coughs, loss of voice and till tliroqt and lung troubles• Hold by Cole. T ! e Tipies Office i? n<nc prepare*) to ft'Job Work. It is a crime for men tq prepare anj advertise a worthless, insort remcc|n as a cure for terrible and chi me blood poisen in hope thql tlie sufferer will use a hundred bottles before he finds out its worthlessnesis, and yet there are sonic who do. Bontanie'Blood Balm B 1- F. is not a rerueey of this kind rip: first hoitle begins to do good, and a cure usually follows before a dozen bottles are taken. For a safe and certain remedy for fe ver and ague, use l)r. J. H. MeLean s (’hills and Fever pure ; It is warra; ted to cure. At cole’s itiujiy Are broken <l*i\\n JVoni overwork or lioiwohold c.i c- jti'divn's Iron Itilters I'cl-ii ikts tlie:-' i-; i;.; i i- ■ i/< .lion, r--moves ex ci-as of bile, and euros malaria, (jet tiieß' nuiuo Dizziness, nausea, drowsiness, dis tress after latiug. can bo c.in d and pre vented by taking Dr. .J. 11, AlcLvans's Liver and Kidney Fillets [little pills.] At cole’s. If health and life are worth anything, and you are feelintr out of sorts and tired out. tone up your system ijy tak ing Dr J. 11. McLean's Sarsaparila. At Cole’s. Get your Job Work done nt the Tjmks’ olljce. There are times when a feeling of lassitude will overcome tho most robust, when the system craves for pure blood, to furnish tlie elements of health and strength. The best remedy for purify, ing the blood, is Dr. J. H. AfeLcan’s Sarsaparilla; at Cole’s. n iirMTMPTirMwrßMunnu. > A RUINED HOME. Our house is on fire I Our home is burning upll What cry so piercing to the soul! Fire, indeed, ia terrible when it destroys inanimate things we love, fcut how much more terrible when it destroys the living tissues, of the liesh I Fire in the blood, how Duel in its enect I Covering the fair skin with spot* and blemishes. Twinging the limbs and joints with aches vyl pains, creating ulcers and running sores. Singeing the very roots of the hair and causing it to fall dead away Cramping the f auctions of the Ever and kidneys with internal swellings and sores. Disfiguring form and feature. Thank Heaven, in the midst of such fear- QUICK CURE ful contemplation a cure, safe, seta and quick in Its effect, comps to mind. It is Botanic Blood Balm, made in the beautiful city of Atlanta, Ca. An illustrated “Book of Wonders’’ sent free by the Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga., is filled with most convincing proof of its remarkable merit. £3?“l<obert Ward, Mnxey, Ga., writes: “For twelve or fourteen years I have been a great suffer er from a terrible form of blood poison. My head, face and shoulders became almost a ma=s of corrup tion, and finally the diseasecommencedeatingaway my skull bones. I became sohcrribly repulsive that for th.ee ’ ears I absolutely refused to let people see me. I used large gunrfiti s of most noted blood remedies and applied to pearly all physicians near me, but my condition con- EAD BLOOD tinued to grow worse, and all said that 1 must surely die. My bones became the scat of excruciating aiiies and pains: my nights were passed in mi cry: I was reduced in flesh and strength; my kidneys were terribly deranger!, and liftJaecamu a burden t.ime. i chanced to see an advertisement of Botanic Blood Balm, B. B.) and when eight or ten botilcs had been used Iw .s pronounceound and well. Hun dreds of scars can now be seen on me, looking lik i. man who uao been burned and then loaioied. M case was well known in f county.’’ - ' u, Belmont Edition, Miss., writes ’’ • 1 - 1 and snip were covered with sores and all mv hair came out. i lort my apiielite and became a mere sk let n. lam now t -.king B. R., and the ’: ' -eg..fug -way a. my strength is coir-flf UK*’’ lift % FILI (Mhf-PS ’ \ i * ■ ■ A Complete Stock Jhhl /treeiced » -■ AT THE m I ALUANQBj BTOA. E ! I 1 ] | . i I Imvc just Inid.ono of nicest nnd most e< mplete Stock Dress. (jSoods was ever brought to 1 ronton and there is no tuvtber use to go C hattanooga to i»vt j’onr wife or daughter a fine dress. 4 * • i i I j | « ith out doubt I have line of Slioes that the most fastidious can he pleased and at prices t hat the poorest man in the county can afford to wear them. Call around and in* jspect them. !. ' past favors and solihitn ing a continence of the sanu* I am yours Yerv Trulv, a P. MAJORS.