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THE LINCOLNTON NEWS.
VOLUME IX. NUMBER 2,
THE GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN
NERVINE TONIC ■jp i
AND
Stomach^Liver Cure
The Most Astonishing Medical Discovery ol
the Last One Hundred Years. ■*
!! I £ ,
s 1 easant to the Taste as the Sweetest NectaiCj
It is Safe and Harmless as the Purest Milk.
This wonderful Nervine Tonic has only recently been introduced into
this country by the Great South American Medicine O ompany, and yet its
great value as a curative agent has long been know * by the native inhab
itants of South America, who rely almost wholly upon its great medicinal
powers to cure every form of disease by which they are overtaken.
13 1 ? e w and valuable South American medicine possesses powers and
qualities ... , hitherto , unknown the
to medical profession. This medicine haa
completely Complaint, solved the problem of the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Liver
and diseases of the general Nervous System. It also cures all
forms of filing health from whatever cause. It performs this by the Great
Nervine ionic qualities which it possesses and by its great curative powers
upon the digestive, organs, the stomach, the liver and the bowels. No remedy
compares with this wonderfully valuable Nervine Tonic as a builder and
strengtliener of the life forces of Hie human body and as a great renewer of
a broken down constitution. It is alsc of more feal permanent value in the
treatment and cure of diseases of .the Lungs than any ten consumption rem
edies ever used on this continent. It is a marvelous cure for nervousness
of females of all ages. Ladies who are approaching the critical period known
as change for in life, should not fail to use this great Nervine Tonic almost
constantly the danger. the space of two or three years. It will carry them safely
value over to tho aged and This, infirm, great strengthener because its and curative energizing is of inestimable
give them hold life. It will add great properties will
a new on ten or fifteen years to the Iive 3 of
many of those who will use a half dozen bottles of the remedy each year.
CURES
Nervousness and « Broken Constitution,
Nervous Prostration, Debility of Old Age,
Nervous Headache and Indigestion and Dyspepsia,
Sick. Headache, Heartburn and Sour Stomach,
Female Weakness, Weight and Tenderness in Stomach,
All Diseases of Women, Loss of Appetite,
Nervous Chills, Frightful Dreams,
Nervous Paralysis, Paroxysms , - and . Dizziness and Ringing in the Ears,
. Weakness of Extremities and
Nervous Choking Fainting,
Palpitation Hot Flashes, Impure and Impoverished Blood,
of the Heart, Boils and Carbuncles,
Mental Despondency, Scrofula,
Sleeplessness, Si, Scrofulous Swelling and Ulcers,
Nervousness Vitus’s Dance, Consumption of the Lungs,
of Females, Catarrh of the Lungs,
Nervousness of Old Age, Bronchitis and Chronic Cough,
Pains Neuralgia, in the Heart, 7 Liver Complaint,
Chronic Diarrhoea,
Pains in the Back, 1 Delicate and Scrofulous Children,
Failing Health. ' Summer Complaint of Infants.
All these _ and
many other complaints _ cured by this wonderful Nervine Tonic.
NERVOUS DISEASES.
As a ctire for every class of Nervous Diseases, no remedy has been able
to compare with the Nervine Tonic, which is very pleasant and harmless in
all its effects upon the youngest .child or the oldest and most delicate individ
ual. Nine-tenths of all the ailments to which the human family is heir, are
dependent on nervous exhaustion and impaired digestion. When there is an
insufficient supply of nerve food in the blorfl, a general state of debility of
the brain, spinal marrow and nerves is the result. Starved nofves, like
starved muscles, become strong when the right kind of food is supplied, and
a thousand weaknesses and ailments disappear as the nerves recover. As the
nervous system must supply all the power by which the vital forces of thQ
body Ordinary are food carried on, it is the' first to suffer for want of perfect nutrition.
does not contain a sufficient quantity of the kind of nutriment
necessary to repair the wear our present mode of living and labor imposes
upon the nerves., For this reason it becomes necessary that a nerve food be
supplied. This recent production of the South American Continent has been
found, by analysis, to contain the essential elements out of which nerve tissue
is formed. Thto accounts for its magic power to cure all forms of nervous
derangements.
Cbawpoedstole, Ind , Aug. 20, ’86.'
To the Great South American Medicine Co.:
Dear Gents I desire to say to you that I
have suffered for many \ears with a very seri¬
ous disease of the stomach apd nerves. I tried
every medicine I could hear of hut nothing
done me any appreciable good until i was ad¬
vised to try your Great South American Nervine
Tonic and Stomach aM Liver Cure, and since
aorprised Using several its bottles wonderful oi it I must say that I am
at powers to cure the
stomach knew and the general value of nervous this system. If every¬
would one r.ot be able to supply remedy the demand. as I do, you
J. A. Hardee,
Ex-Treas. Montgomery Co.
A SWORN CURE FOR ST. VITUS’S DANCE OR CHOREA.
CraWFORDkvili.e, Ind., May 19,1883. af
My daughter, DamS^She twelve years ow.^had been or St.
Vitu^s was reduced to a skeleton,
could not walk, could not talk, had could not swal¬
low anything but milk. I to handle her
like an infant. Doctor and neighbors gave her
up. I commenced giving her the South Ameri¬
can Nervine Tonic; the effects were very sur¬
prising. In three days she was rid of tbe ner¬
vousness, and completely. rapidly improved. I think Four the bottles South
cured her Nervine the grandest remedy
American and would recommend it ever
discovered, to every¬
one. Mrs. W. S. Enshingek.
State of Indiana. > 55 „.
Subscribed Montgomery and County, J to ' before this
19, 1887. Ciias. sworn M. Travis, Notary me Public. May
INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA.
The Great South American Nervine Tonic
Which we now offer you, is the only absolutely unfailing remedy ever discov¬
ered for the which cure of Indigestion, the result Dyspepsia, of disease and and debility the vast train of symptoms
and horrors are of the human stom¬
ach. No person can afford Stomach, to pass by because tbis jewel tbe of incalculable value who »
affected by disease of the experience and testimony of
thousands go to prove that this is the one and only one great cure in tho
world for this universal destroyer. There is no case of unmalignant discas*
of the stomach, which can resist the wonderful curative powers of the South
American Nervine Tonic.
Harriet E. Hall, of Waynetown. Ind., says:
"j owe my life to The Great South American
Nervine. I had been In bed for five months
from the effects of an exhausted Stomach, In¬
digestion, Nervous Prostration whole and a general Had
shattered condition of my system.
given up all hopes Of getting well. Had tried
three doctors with no relief. The first bottle of
the Nervine Tonic improved me bo much that I
Was abio to walk about, and a few bottles cured
me entirely. I believe It the best medicine in
theworld. I can not recommend it too highly.’
Mrs. M. Bussell,'Sugar Creek Valley, of Ind., Tho
writes: “I have used several bottles will I
South American Nervine medicine Tonic, in and the world. say I
consider it the best of of children.
believe it saved the lives nothing two appeared my to da
They were down and procured this remedy.
them any good until I they,
It wa 3 very surprising I how recommend rapidly the medi¬ both
improved on its use.
cine to all my neighbors.
EVERY BOTTLE WARRANTED.
Price, Large IS ounce Bottles, $1.2,0. Trial Size, 18 cents
GROVER & MITCHELL.
g le Wholesale and Reta^Deale^
DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF LINCOLN COUNTY.
Mr. Solomon Bond, a member of the Society
of Friends, of Darlington, Ind., says: "I have
used twelve-bottles ol The Great South Ameri¬
can Nervine Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure,
and I consider that every bottle did for me ono
hundred dollars worth of good, because I have
not had a good night’s sleep for twenty years
on and account general of irritation, pain, horrible dreams,
been caused by nervous chronic prostration, indigestion which and dys-" has.
pepsia condition of the oi stomach and by a broken down
lie down and my sleep nervous all night system. But now I ran
and I feel like sound as sweetly I do as a baby, think
there has a man. not
ever been a medicine introduced into
this country which will at all compare with
this Nervine Tonic as a cure for the stomach."
Crawpordstole, Ind., June 22,1887.
afflicted My daughter, eleven years old, was severely .
with St. Vitus’s Dance or Chorea. We
gave her three and one-half bottles of South
American Nervine and she is completely re¬
stored. ■ I believe it will cure every case of St.
Vitus's Dance. I have kept it in my family for
two years, and am sure it is the greatest rem
. edy all in the world for Indigestion and Dyspep¬ Failing
sia, forms of Nervous Disorders and
Health from whatever cause.
John T. Mish.
Slate of Indiana, 1,,.
Subscribed Montgomery and County, ( to ' before, this June
sworn Chas. me
22,1887. W. Notary Wrigiit, Public.
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Mrs. Ella A. Eratton, of New Ross, Indiana,
Bays: “lean not express how much I owe to die
Nervine Tonic. My system was completely an:!
shattered, spitting appetite blood; gone, was I coughing
up am sure wa3 in the first
stages of consumption, an inheritance handed
down through several generations. I began
taking for tfie -about Nervine six months, Tonic and and continued entirely its
uso am
cured. stomach It and is lungs tho grandest I have remedy lor nerves,
ever seen.
coughing severely. I only weighed 110 pounds
when I commenced using South American
Nervine. I havo used two bottles and now
weigh.130,pounds. and am much stronger and
would better than have been for five yeara. Am suto had
not havo liyed through the Winter
I wbat not secured has this for remedyi and My buy customers it eagerly. seo
it done mo
It gives great satisfaction."
LINCOLKTON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1890.
r.inivc i rtc. b&ai OF AT.
Whsffever fate may choose to bring
Make the best of it;
There’s some good in everything-
Make the best of it. ,
Do not sit and sadjy sigh.
Waiting for a cloudless sky,
Fortune favora those who try—
Make the best of it.
Life has joy for everyone—
Make the best of it.
Clouds to-day, to-morrow sun—
Make tho best of it.
Fate will better things provide
If you’ll patiently abide;
Look upon life’s sunny side—
Make the test of it.
—Chicago Pott.
A-Sung and the Pirates.
BY CHARLES E. BRIMBI.ECOM,
the A-sung was a Cl 'uese boy who lived in
fanning village of Woo-kuh near the
Choo-Keaug or P.earl River, about fifteen
miles below Canton. His father belonged
to the highly esteemed class of Nung or
farmers.
A-sung was one of the brightest schol¬
ars, in the village school. But A-sung's
father was poor and had many children,
so he felt compelled to take his son from
school to save the expense, and also
that he might have his help in the paddy
field.
A-sung was in a somewhat melancholy
mood one bright afternoon as he sat be¬
neath a clump of mulberry trees neat the
river. From his little knoll he could
gaze over wide expanses of rice fields,
and before him spread the broad surface
of the river at Blenheim Reach.
A beautiful American bark lying afi an¬
chor half a mile away was the object of
his earnest attention.
white Suddenly there was a great puff of
smoke from her deck followed by
a heavy report. A-sung seemed to have
been watching for this. He directed his
gaze to a black speck a mile down the
river and saw the splashes as the shot
struck near it and ricochetted oil over
the surface. The crew were practising
at the guns.
When the firitig ceased a small boat
left the bark, directed to a point higher
up the river, and he knew that some of
the officers were coming ashore to take
exercise on horseback, as was their cus¬
tom. A-sung sprang up and started back
to the village.
On his way he had to pass near a
small fishing hamlet situated on an inlet
of the river. He hurried along with
some trepidation, for the inhabitants had
a bad reputation. It was reported that
they were addicted to smuggling and
crabs.” piracy in their swift boats, called “fast
But he came to a sudden halt
as loud, piteous screams came from one
of the huts.
A huge, ugly Chinaman came out
dragging a girl whom he was beating un¬
mercifully with a thick piece of bamboo.
He wore short, wide trousers, a dirty,
quilted blouse, and a broad hat of bam¬
boo strips. His feet were bare. He
was a vicious looking ruffian. At last
the girl broke away from him and ran
swiftly toward A-sung, pursued by her
tormentor..
his The heels, boy’s first thought was to take to
but he boldly waited till the
fugitive reached him, when he grasped
her wrist and darted away behind an
embankment into a patch of tall reeds,
where they both lay panting until their
pursuer gave up the search.
The girl was quite pretty, but ragged'
and ing with covered pain with and bruises. fright. She was~cry¬
filled of sympathy. A-sung’s eye 3
with tears
“Was that yoor father?” he asked,
pityingly.
“No, venerable sir,” sobbed the girl,
“he bought me. 1 ’
“Oh!” said A-sung, with contempt at
the thought of helping a slave girl. But
his better feeliugs prevailed. He felt in
his pocket and drew out two pieces of
cash and a ball.
“Take these,” he said. “I’m sorry
for you. Better wait till he goes to
sleep before you go back.” Then he
rose and crept cautiously away so as not
to attract attention. In a little while he
reached the village.
As he approached, he saw two foreign¬
ers on horseback in the street surrounded
by more than two hundred childred, who
were dancing about and shouting, 1 ‘Cooc
che! cooc-chel” (Throw cash.) The
grown people crowded the doorways en¬
joying the sport. The two men were
laughing heartily, and scattering handfuls
of copper cash to see the children scram¬
ble for it. When they had emptied their
pockets, they rode on, still laughing and
met A-suDg. They were dressed in
white linen, and one of them wore a Pan¬
ama hat, the other a blue .cap with a gold
baud. A-sung recognized them as of¬
ficers of the bark.
“Say, Prescott,” said the one with the
hat, “there's a boy that would suit me.
Speak to him.”
They stopped, and Prescott addressed
.A-sung in Chinese.
“What is your liame, boy?”
“A-sung, venerable sir,” replied A
sung. “What-isyour name, venerable
sir?” he added, politely.
“Nevermind,” replied Presco.tt. “The
venerable Lord Captain Denville wants a
boy to serve him. Lead us to your
father, and oppose not.”
A-sung’s eyes sparkled joyfully. Hast¬
ily he led the way along the granite
paved street, and stopped before a low,
neat house. Inscriptions on red paper
and an urn for joss-sticks were at the en¬
trance. His father came to the door—a
grave, dignified farmer A sung put his
hands together, and saluted him with
deep respect and said;
“.Venerable father, here is the venera¬
ble I<ord Captain, and the venerable Lord
‘Ne.er Mind,’who want a boy to serve
them.”
Prescott restrained liis desire
at mul A-sung’ briclhaKatega mistok^^uju|Mgfl
aooard tue next day in the boat of the
comprador—;he man who supplied the
•hip with fresh provisions.
Is A-sungagood boy?” asked Cap
e ’
„“ ,f r °, . b bimeby
tell, , „ replied °y now > no can
the , farmer, gravely.
The officers rode away, and his father
said to A-sung; “Doubtless the gods
thus show their favor. With the money
gained from these barbarians you can re
same your sublime studies, and my son
shall yet bring honor to my old age.”
The next day A-sung went on" board
the Harlequin. His father went with
him, and formally presented him to the
Captain.
Him good , . boy now, btmeby no can
tell he repeated, so.eranly, as he took
his departure with the comprador.
A-sung loosed around with wonder,
Tne dees was c.ean and white. Four
cannon were mounted, black and threat
enmg; two mne-pounder carronades on
the quarter-deck, a long eig'uteen-pounder
pivot gun amidships, and a three
pounder pivot on the forecastle.
Swarthy, active sailors were at work on
deck or m the rigging.. They were all
Manila men from the Philippine Islands,
who speak the Spanish language. The
Captain, his two mates and the clerk
tt ere the only white men on board.
A-sung was sent below to the Chinese
steward to be instructed in his duties,
vv hen he came on deck again in the af
ternoon he beheld an animated scene.
Two long, pull-away boats were along
side the bark. They carried masts with
matting sails, and, besides, pulled about
twenty oars on each side. They were
armed with gingals fixed in swivels on
the gunwale; these were Chinese fire¬
arms, carrying a large ball.
A number of Chinese of mercantile ap¬
pearance were on deck earnestly con
versing with Captain Denville, A great
many small chests of mango wood COV
ered with rawhide were piled near by.
One of these was open, and A-sung saw
that the upper half of the chest was di¬
vided into twenty compartments, in each
of which was a dark browD ball of pecu¬
liar appearance and smell. Evidently
there was the same number of balls in tha
lpwer part of the chest.
A-sung soon found out that this was
crude opium, and that the merchants
were buying it. He was on an opium
ship.
The purchasers paid for the drug some¬
times with Spanish or Mexican dollars,
and sometimes with silver ingots called
sycee. The coins had all been stamped
over and over again with Chiuese stamps
until they were completely defaced.
These were called “chop dollars.” The
value of both coins and sycee was ascer¬
tained by weight.
As the merchants paid the silver, it
was passed over to the “shroff,” a grave,
spectacled Chinaman, who sat at his
table under tne awning on the quarter¬
deck, and with his brass balances care¬
fully ascertained the value of it. He had
nee . , , , under _ , h-avy
o care, oi .o was
bonds for the correct performance of Ms
U y ‘
A-sung was very much _ interested in
the boarding nettings, which were triced
up every night from the rail to the rig
ging. These were for protection against
night attacks by Chinese pirates, who
were many and dangerous in those wa
ters. But what excited his greatest in-•
terest was the practice at the big guns.
At first the loud reports nearly made
him jump out of his blue and gold slip
pers, but he soon became accustomed to
the noise. The cannon were touched off
with a joss-stick, iu primitive fashion,
and at night some of these were always
kept burning near the mainmast, in
readiness for a sudden attack.
“Venerable younger brother,” said the
steward one day to A-sung, “how many
dollars’ worth of opium do you thiuk are
in this barbarian ship?”
. “Venerable elder brother, I do not
know,” replied A-sung.
“There are four huudreds of thou¬
sands,” said the steward. “Verily,
it would be a rich prize for the pi¬
rates. ”
Twd weeks after A-sung joined the
Harlequin, he asked the Captain's per¬
mission to go and see his father. Cap¬
tain Denville granted his request, aud
he went ashore in the comprador's boat.
With a light heart he trudged away to
the village, where he was received with
great joy by his father and by his young
friends and schoolmates.
He spent a very happy day. All the
children of the village were eagerly pre¬
paring for their “Lantern Feast,” which
was to take place that night. This is
the children's feast in tho spring, when
they are allowed to have their own way
in everything, and indulge in merry¬
making to their heart's content.
A-sung wished to stay ashore that
night in order to take part in the festivi¬
ties, but as Captain Denville would ex¬
pect him to come on board he resolved
to go out to the ship with the comprador
in the evening and ask leave of absence
till the next day. So at evening he
walked back to the landing.
On the way he saw two men approach¬
ing him, one of whom he thought was
the ruffian who had beaten the slave
girl. He was not sure of this, however,
as this person took another path and soon
disappeared. him.
The other man came on and met
He was a portly, well-dressed Chinaman,
aud saluted A-sung politely and with an en¬
gaging smile. He stopped proceeded
to address many flowery and flattering
remarks to the boy, in the course of
which he alluded to his connection with
the Harlequin, claiming to be himself an
old friend of Captain Deuville’s.
Although A-sung was in a hurry he
listened with pleasure to one who had
evidently formed such a high ^^j^^gjj opinion of
him at sight; and he renlie
mglv avM>ffRj§3 to
tin:
“Veneftble younger brother,’’ heaaid,
“here are some excellent cheroots with
which to regale the sailors and officials
of the barbarian ship. They are esDeci
ally choice for those who watch at night,
as they Will banish tbd god of dfowsi
ness.”
Ho gave the boy the bundle, and again
took poiite leave. A-sung now hurried
to the landing and got there just in time
to go off with, the cotnprodor.
Captain Denviile kindly gave him per¬
mission to return to the “Lantern Feast’’
after he had performed a few duties; and
by the time the comprador was ready to
return, the night watch was already on
deck. Then A-sung happened to think
0 f the cheroots. He ran below, untied
the bundle, and brought up a handful,
which he distributed among the Manila
sailors, with whom he was already a
great favorite. Then he gave a couple
to the seond mate, who was the officer of
die watch, and sprang into the boat.
When he reached the village the
“Lantern Feast” was in full progress,
The street was crowded with gaily dressed
children carrving colored lanterns and
forming inline for the procession.
In the midst of this joyful scene, when
the merriment was at its height, a pale,
ragged, muddy figure appeared at A
sung’s side and touched his arm. He
recognized the slave girl whom he bad
befriended. She wa 3 shivering with
cold and fear.
“Come, venerable sir,” she said, “I
must tell vou something.”
They retired a few steps, while the
throng of children looked on with
wonder,
“Thereisa fishing village fifteen le
from here,” continued the girl, hurried
ly, “and three bi<* pirate boats go from
there to attack the barbarian ship to
night. My master -and the rest have
gone to join them. I followed them.
The pirates were beating the gongs and
burning the joss-papers to gain the favor
of the gods. Do not use the cheroots
the man gave you to-day; they are
drugged with the smelling stuffs D {
thieves and robbers to make men sleep!”
A-sung gave a cry of astonishment and
despair. For a moment he wasstupified;
then he threw down his gay lantern and
darted away toward the boat landing at
Ms greatest speed.
In a little wMle he had aroused the
comprador and.acquainted him with his
fears. They humedlr entered a small
boat and pulled away for the Harlequin.
As they neared the ship they distinctly
heard the dip of the sweeps as the pirate
boats approached. They had almost
reached their prey.
A-sung clambered up the side and
reached the deck with difficulty between
the boarding nettings, There was no
challenge. All wa3 still on board.
Several dark figures were stretched out
on the deck forward.
He darted aft. The second mate was
in a profound slumber, breathing neav
ily. He shook the officer, but found
impossible ‘ to awake him. The drugged f
CJ>ar had doae the!r work egect( ady .
glanced fearfully around. One of
the pirate boats was close at hand, loom
ing up darkly, “ propelled by agreatuum
ber of oars. Wild with fright, A-sung
rushed foreward to the forecastle,
screaming:
“Pirates! pirates! Ahoy, hivi!”
The men on deck were ail in a leaden
slumber, but some of the watch hsd e?i
dently sneaked below on finding that the
mate had gone to sleep,
At A-sung's cries three sailors rushed
0 n deck. Though confused, they com
prehendedina moment the imminent
danger, and sprang forward to the pivot
g U n amidships. By that time the pirate
boat was almost alongside, and suddenly
there burst from her crowded deck the
most frightful din of gongs and savage
yell^, together with a fierce discharge of
musketry and gingals.
Several large, flaming missiles were
thrown over the boarding nettings upon
tho deck. Three fell close to the pivot
gun, where they lay blazing and smok¬
ing, emitting a most horrible and suffo¬
cating stench. Unable to endure it, the
sailors were driven from the gun.
One of them ran aft to the cabin,
shouting, “Senor Capitau! Ladrones!
ladronesAnother ran to the foreeas
tie to arouse his shipmates. The third
stood as if paralyzed. Already the pi¬
rates were grappling the ship and pre¬
paring to pour on board.
At this perilous moment a desperate
resolve inspired A-sung. Since he had
caused this disaster, he would at least do
what he could to atone for it—was his
thought. He drew a deep breath, and
as the Captain and Prescott, reached the
deck they saw A-sung dash forward
through the fumes of the burning “fire
pots,” seize a joss-stick from the main¬
mast and touch off the long eighteen
pounder! There was a stunniug report.
The pirate boat was wrapped in smoke,
from which came fearful howls, screams,
groans. The gun happened to be trained
exactly upon th« crowded deck of the
pirate, and being double shotted with
canister the effect of the discharge was
terrible.
By this time the rest of the crew were
on deck, and the carronade and the gun
on the forecastle were fired into the other
pirate boats that were trying to get along¬
side, and the sailors gave them- a volley
of musketry. Prescott at the head of
some of the most resolute men threw the
blazing “fire-pots” overboard, extin¬
guished the flames, and then reloading
the eighteen-pounder poured unother
blast into the first boat, which was try¬
ing to get off, badly crippled.
Poor A-sung was picked up limp and
senseless from the aft-ersi^MaMMj deck, where he ha ffi
fallen suffocated
the gun.
the drugged cigars mot recovered, but
the second trace never forgave the boy
who had caused his discomfiture,
A-sung told the Captain of too im¬
portant service the slave girl had ren¬
dered, and expressed his fears for her fate
if betrayed tee pirates should suspect that she had
them, So the next day Captair
Deaville, A-sung and a party of armed
sailors went to the fishing hamlet.
Denville reacned the hovel first and
burst in the door. They had evidently
arrived just in time. The little slave girl
was dodging about the small room, pur¬
sued by the big Chinese ruffian, who wai
slashing at her with a heavy scimitar.
Tne villain had been wounded in the
attack ou the ship. His jaw was bound
up with a dirty bandage, and be could
barely limp about. This had eiabied
the child to escape his deadly blows, but
as Denville entered he had penned her in
a corner.
The Captain chew his pistol and com
polled the pirate to drop his sword. He
then sternly announced his inteaticra of
taking the slave girl away, and that, lit
tie as the ruffian deserved it, he would
pay a reasonable price for her.
The pirate, scowling ferociously from
the bench where he had sunk, did not
•object to this, but coolly mentioned a
most exorbitant price. Denville, with
out wasting words, placed one-tenth of
the amount on the bench, and told the
girl that she now belonged to him.
He then addressed the pirate again,
and threatened him with the severest
punishment if he ever followed or perse
cured the girl. After this the party left
the village, taking with them the little
slav f- who exhibited a joy that was
re ^- Tne v Poetic. £ lrl wh °se name waa L “ Won,
-
was S 1 ™ 0 her {reeiom aad placed in the
fa mily or A-sung's father, where she
^ ou ‘d1>e kindly treated—Captain Den
v ^“ e engaging to pay for her maiaten
ance until she was married.
Quin, A-sung. during remained which time on board he made the Harle
a voy
age to India. Then he returned to his
ni ^ Te village and resumed his studies of
the Confucian classics—that road to
, honor and fame .ns Flowery Land.—
in
Youth 4 Companion.
~
A Lost Elephant.
“You wouldn’t think that an elephant
could get lost in the United States,
would you?” asked Agent McCadden, of
the Forepaugh show.
“Well, one did go astray,” he con¬
tinued, “and we had mighty hard work
to find it. Adam Forepaugh had a
habit of letting out his surplus animals
to smaller shows, and when ho died his
executors had a queer time tracing up his
assets and making good the delivery of
animals to the firm to which he sold the
show.
“After considerable trouble all the
animals were accounted for but one trick
elephant named Empress, of whom the
executors could get no trace. I received
a letter irom them one day with a special
commission to hunt up the missing eie
phant.
“Empress was worth $2000 at a low
estimate, and was really of much more
value to a show which understood well
how to exhibit her and make use of her
tricks. After a careful search througa
the contracts it was ascertained that Em¬
press had been let to a smatl show which
started on a Western tour. With this
clue I traced the show through the West
and back toward the East until it
reached a spot in the wilds of West Vir¬
ginia.
“There it seemed suddenly to sink out
of sight, and I was at a loss to know
whether the animals were roaming over
the hills and mountains, mired in some
of the swampy valleys, or drowned in
the Ohio River.
“Investigation revealed, however
that the unduiating countrv had been
too much for the show. The horses had
becoma exhausted by climbing steep
Mils, fording streams and dragging
heavy wagons over soft roads. The pro
prietor was unable to keep up with hia
advertising dates, aad his revenue being
cut off, the show busted.
“Then it was found by inquiry in tho
sparse settlements that Empress had been
driven to the Ohio River and shipped up
stream to Pittsburg. The elephant con
sumed about $10 worth of food daily,
and she was rapidly making her tempo
rary keeper poorer. But at Pittsburg
he pulled together all his resouices and
established a low-pricud entertainment at
East Liberty, where the big beast was
made to do good service. T iere sha
was recently found, gaunt and lean,
She will soon be turned over to Mr.
Forepaugh’s successors, who will se t
that her voracious appetite is appeased.”
—Philadelphia Neics.
The Warm Water Cure.
To drink a cup of warm water of a
morning on getting out of bed has long
been known to be a very salutary prac
tice. It soothes the stomach and sets
the boweD working. Some doctor, in
the course of an interview with a news
paper reporter, made this statement and
a hot water craze was the result. People
drank it by galloar at home, «nd at all
the drug stores a hot water attachment to
the soda water fountain was necessary.
Some persons went in for hot soda, think
ing it better, although, as a matter of
fact, the heating of soda water expels the
gas and renders it no more than n.siu hot
water anyhow .—Stic York Next.
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THE SONG AT THE OPEN DOOM.
My neighbor ots in her open door.
Under the leaves of the loom*- tree;
And the joy of life grows more and more
For the song she sings to me.
The scrag she sings is a song with win-rs;
And the biases may beat and the ffooa*
may pour.
But the ski® are blue in the song she
sings
As she sits in her open door.
Ify neighbor's cottage across the wry
Is cozily boilcieri of straws and strings,
Of sticks and feathers and love and clay
And the beautiful tong she sings;
Bat never a nest. tho ! ever so ble3t
Could hold her heart’s divine outpour,
And Heaven bends down to the low
brown nest
As she sings in her open door..
I wonder oft as I hear her sing;
“My little neighbor, have you no care?”
A cherry ripe and a moth a-wing
Are all her dainty fare.
Fain would I do some service true
For the song that has blest me o'er an/
o’er,
But Heaven does ail that love can do
For the bird at the open door,
—Ida W. Benham, in Independent.
PITH AND POINT.
A state controled by a ring—Mar
ria^e. ?
A Pf , ^ . creddor-Oae ... . „ wa . _______ 0 ne.er
P reseatsh:3 b, “— Faat
A ma3 ^ not oa 'y known by the com
paay h^^eps but oy t’oe cigars no gives
' ' - 1 ' ’
. . thl
The troub!e Wlth tas , mlLcm3, n 13 S
be willing let wed 1 ,
is not to enough
shone.—Washington Hatchet.
The waves are about the only thing
that enjoy the sands of seashore resorts
gratis .—Chicago Inter- Ocean.
Teacher_“Freddy, how is the earth
divided?” Freddy—“Between them
tiiat’s got it and taem that wants it."—
London Ht-Biu.
Ma _;.<y ay did vou thrash Tommy so
bruta!ly? ,. Bobby—“I wuz pi lin’ I
' do
waz oe r i, C eTnaa, an’ I had to it or
spoil the game."— Enoch.
How wise ani good the world would Da,
I’m sure we’d ail be haipier -ar,
If heaven had bat created us
As wise and good as we think wa ara.
— Ilunsey.
Mis3 Frostique—“Beautiful children
invariably become ugly as they grow
older.” Miss Caustique —“Waat a
beautiful ^ child you must have been 1"—
- intey.
Mrs. Gummey—“EJison says that no
experiment which he has trie! at night
ever failed.” Gummey—“Then he never
tried to walk his baby to sleep .”—SaJ
Fori .i'un.
“WANTS BUT LITTLE.”
Man wants a great deal here below;
Ha always cries for mare.
The man wno waited little
Died iong be-ore the war. . N
—Boston Courier.
Stem Father of the Girl—“I saw you
kiss my -daughter as I passed the parlor a
while ago, and I want you to know I
don’t like it.” Young Man (smacking
his lips)—“You may not, but I do.”—
Epoch.
A child has been sent to congratulate
his “Grandmamma!” grandmother on her birthday.
he exclaims, “may you
live until the end of your days!”
“Alas':” replied the old woman resign¬
edly, “at my age, I can scarce!? expect
to Live as long as that.”— Slats- Unis.
Smelling Icebergs.
The smelling of icebergs at sea is
nothing unusual to sailors accustomed
to Northern latitudes, however odd tha
expression, “I 6mell a berg,” may ap
pear to landmen and sea-goers of tha
middle latitudes. Among the navi
gators from Scandinavian countries, espe
tiail y and particularly Danish seamen,
toe smell of icebergs is familiar to tha
nostrils, and voyages in arctic regions
bare enabled them to detect the ap
proach or proximity of one of the danger
ous visitors even before it can be dis
cerned by the eye. In fact, with them,
the nose rath er than the eye is trained
tor the discovery of the burgs, and acts
with unerring judgment,
An iceberg has an odor, if it may be
called, to them unlike any other sort
cf scent. The moment it reaches the
nostril a sensation is felt which wouid ba
perhaps peculiar and unaccountable to
those unused to it, but which to the
veteran iceberg smeller is instantly and
meaningly apparent. It passes from tne
atmosphere to the nasal membrane and to
the sensorium with the speed of an elec¬
tric message, warning tbe navigator of
the peril ahead. Oae of the peculiarities
is the odor of vegetation, which is sup¬
posed to come from the immense quau
titles of vegetable animalculoe frozen up
in the floe, and in course of decay by tha
action of the heat on it from tbe warm
climate through which the berg passes
on its way to final dissolution,
The training for this singular sort of
watching for perils of the deep is ac
quired only by constant v oyaging among
the ice fields and floes, a a! some sado^
like Jorgenson, are better skilled
than others. Instances are '•
the discovering and of half bergs JjjM at^j
a quarter a
further, by smell,
monsters