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<( He Laughs Best
Who Laughs Last.”
A hearty laugh indicates a
degree of good health obtain¬
able through pure blood. As
but one person in ten has
pure bloodt the other nine
should Hood's purify Sarsaparilla,, the blood Then with
they all can laugh first, last and
the time, for perfect hap¬
piness comes with good health
SaUafimiffq
Hood** Pills cure live r ills; the non-irritating and
only cathartic t.o ta ke with Hood's Sarsaparilla.
BSE CERTAIN CORN CORE.
Oyster’s Found on a Ship's Bottom.
When the collier Brutus of the navy
reached Mare Island navy yard the
other day after a voyage to Manila her
bottom was found covered with ma¬
ture oysters, and the commandant of
the navy yard has forwarded to the
bureau of construction and repair a
box containing samples of the shells.
The paint upon the plates below the
water line was in good condition and
there was no unusual corrosion, but
from stem to stern she was covered
with these oysters, which became at¬
tached to her while lying in Manila
bay. On one occasion, when all the
coal in her hold had been removed and
a large part of her bottom was exposed
above the water, the plates were clean¬
ed by the natives without expense on
condition that they be allowed to keep
the oysters, which they consider a
great delicacy.—Chicago Record.
—Tbe workable area of coal beds in Col¬
orado is 10,100 square miles.
NERVOUS DEPRESSION.
[A TALK WITH MRS. PIN’KHAM.]
A woman with the blues is a very un¬
ison. She is illogical,
Uy hysyyftMi.
ff
is
ica” science, any
person ’should still believe that mere
force of will and determination will
overcome depressed spirits and nerv¬
ousness in women. These troubles are
indications of disease.
Every woman who doesn't under¬
stand her condition should write to
Lynn, Mass., to Mrs. Pinltham for her
advice. Her advice is thorough com¬
mon sense, and is the counsel of a
learned woman of great experience
Bead the story of Mrs. F. S. Bennett,
Westphalia, Kansas, as told in the fol¬
lowing letter:
“ Dear Mrs. Pinkhaji: —I have suf¬
fered for over two years with falling,
enlargement and ulceration of the
womb, and this spring, being in sueb
a weakened condition, caused me tc
flow for nearly six months. Some time
ago, urged by friends, I wrote to you
for advice. After using the treatment
which you advised for a short time,
that terrible flow stopped.
“ I am now gaining strength and
flesh, and have better health than 1
have had for the past ten years. 1
wish to say to all distressed, suffer¬
ing women, do not suffer longer, wheD
there is one so kind and willing tc
aid you.”
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com¬
pound is a woman's remedy for wo¬
man's ills. More than a million wo¬
men have been benefited by it.
80 . 21 .
VERY SUCCESSFUL
farmer who raises fruits,
vegetables, berries or
grain, knows by experience
the importance of having a
large percentage of
in his fertilizers. If the fer¬
tilizer is too low in Potash the
harvest is sure to be small, and
of inferior quality.
Our books tell about the proper fertilizers
for all crops, and we will giadly send them
free to any farmer.
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LINCOLNTON, GA.. THt’RSDA Y, JUNE (3, I8W,
THE NANIGOS OF CUBA,
I« story of the Infamous Secret Criminal Society That
Has Terrorized the Island:
THE: RIXllAl* CAHHE^ULLY GUARDED.
Considerable mention has been made
of the circumstance that all the naui
gos, the notorious criminal class of
Cuba, were members of certain Secret
societies, about whose character and
aims little is known here, and not a
great deal^move in the island in which
they flourish.
For many years it-was believed there
that the nanigos were a kind of Ku
Klux Societv, whose members were
banded together for the purpose of in¬
juring their white neighboi‘3. What
?f”g'"';*’ T .taS
stance that all the nanigos were col¬
ored men, but for more thau thirty
years past white men have been asso
ciated with them. From documents
discovered by the police, and seen by
tbe writer of this article, it appears
that in 1865, whenJGeneral Dulce (Juego gov¬
erned the island, White Dodge founded.
de Blancos) number two was
Whence it is deducted that lodge num¬
ber one was already in existence.
Nor are these societies political as¬
sociations devoted to a common end.
In the separatist conspiracies: the nani¬
gos took no part as a body. There
were separatist nanigos, as there were
nanigos who were loyal to Spain, and
there are nanigos of Spanish birth.
That the nanigos have pursued no
common political or religious aim there
13 incontestable proof, which is that
each lodge is absolutely separate from
and independent of every other, There
is no hierarchy, no species of grand
lodge or centre of action and govern¬
ment. Not only are the lodges not
friendly, but they are frequently hos¬
tile to one another. In Havana, when
it is known that there has been a mid¬
night brawl in some out-of-the-way
quarter, some one will be sure to say,
“that is because the Eeori Opo Lodge
has declared war upon the 3-ivion
Lodge.”
JSsdvuh .
1
ox al?, ■he greatermumber,
are professional thieves, or gamblers,
or assassins, or men without settled
occupation. There are nanigos who
follow a trade, and many of them are
cooks, barbers, bag-makers and
hutchers. There have also been m
stances of young men of the upper
classes who, from curiosity or a spirit
of adventure, or from that morbid
tendency which leads certain men of
culture to seek associates among the
scum of society, have joined the
lodges of the nanigos. all
There is one trait common to
the nanigos—they are ostentatiously
courageous. To be a member of the
society is to be accredited a brave
man. The reputation, deserved or
not, of courage, gives prestige among
the women of the lowest class, and
credit among the men of the populace,
Where no one is anyone, to come to
be a nanigo is to be someone.
But what was the origin of this in¬
stitution? Were its founders the
guapes—that is, the men of strength
and brutality, in the lower classes—
or the criminals? Neither the one
nor the other, for it is thought that
the first nanigos were Africans; slaves
some, others free, who banded togeth¬
er to practice the idolatrous rites they
had brought from Africa.
What tends in some degree to
strengthen this opinion is the African
character of some of the ceremonies
and of the vocabulary in use among
the nanigos. It is said that they sac
rifice black hens, stripped of their
feathers, and that in the places where
they hold their meetings there is a
log called the Palos Mecongo, which
is for them what the altar is for
others. This is what is said, but no
one who i3 not a nanigo can declare
positively that he has seen all this,
or that he has any certain knowledge
of their ceremonies. The nanigos
have never been brought to public
trial iu Cuba, nor has this curious in¬
stitution ever been thoroughly stud¬
ied. Nanigos have been tried by the
snamary methods of the police courts,
but the declarations drawn from them
by torture or threats have thrown but
little light upon them. Not even the
origin of the word nanigo i3 known.
Some hold it to be purely African,
others Cuban; others say that it is
African-Portuguese. complete
£ The nanigos have not a
vocabulary of slang, like the argot, of
the French, or the calo of the Spanish
criminal classes. They use, it may
be, a limited number of words having
a double meaning, but still restricted, Spanish
words. Their vocabulary is
aud also is composed of strange, bar
’ issrsss
have, in all probability, come from the
Congo or from Guinea; such as, en
oocoro, ataquenanoue, manfuanfua.
Some os their song3 are no less Af
ricau in character; and there are
among them airs so original, cf such
\ V Hcl force or such plaintive sweetness,
that they would make the reputation -
Of a composer of foreign melodies.
"What takes place nt their cere
monies, what prayers Mecioiigo; they tvlietiibr offer up
before the Paid
this is for them the image of God, or
of one of their heroes, or whether it is
a mere fetish, are questions which
cannot be answered any more than
one can explain the fact that'many
nanigos profess religion, haldeination or the spe* all
ciers of menial tv hi
leads Europeans and descendants of
Europeans, brought Up in the faith,
to take up African idolatry.
garding these, point nothing positive
is known in Cuba,
In the loe-lilloc, however, wnere ;
people of doubtful character
'those who in Spain are called the
chusma—the residents generally know
who are and who are not nanigos, and
the police know also, although they
r„r»* rz
32&r<sr»z<sui?2i Ac “f lir - S “! «■» ***.«“
batik of the hand between tbe thumb
and index-finger, and here have been
periods during which the police have
arrested hundreds of persons in the
£e ha?a'^luTmar?'^hey fre- ^
iu prison. Bailors with tattooed marks
have sometimes been victims of this
metnod of pursumg nanigos, although
they did not belong to any secret so
ciety whatevei, I be teal nanigos
have declared that tbe blue marks
proved nothing; that they were not a
necessary requisite for membership m
sooieties; and that it would be a mis
take for the nanigos to mark them
selves in a way hat would serve to
betray them. The police,
have continued to regard with
:;aa l ri r
feh|' it. HU. .H K.. V
mlraf .
Rbangcmz
of having put an
peaceable means to these
cieties. The heads of the lodges
livered up to him the idols,
and -other paraphernalia of their
worship; the press eulogized Senor
Kodriguez Batista highly, without
taking the trouble to find out what
arguments he might have used to
produce such speedy results, But
within a short time after the Gover
nor’s departure for, Madrid the
nanigos were again in the field. Under
General Weyler’s rule, aided by the
circnmstauce that the existing state of
war permitted the condemnation trial, that is, of
accused persons without
the employment of the authority of
the police instead of the action of the
courts, measures were taken to clear
Havana of nanigos. About a thousand
persons were deported to Spain; and,
according to the declarations of the
police, there remained m the city some
7000 more.
Of the thousand persons sent tc,
Spain, it is not certain that all, or even
the greater part belonged to the
association, and there are strong
reasons for believing that many mis
takes were made. Any one who had
talked with the nanigos in the prisons
of Havana, in the vessels in which
they were transported to Spain, or in
? r;r v '; tsrr w -T «; v :
were not members.” They also gave
the names, the occupation aud the ago
of the victims.
The method employed to determine
who should be transported could not
be more defective than it was. There
was no trial, nor anything wit
one. No proofs, 1 no defence, no
nesses, no publicity. Every
the Chiefs of Police of all the districts
met together. Each one
the list of persons arrested by him as
supposed nanigos. If a magistrate
was interested in any one arrested bj
order of another magistrate, he spoks
in favor of his protege. who was set at
liberty. In Havana it was regarded
as certain that the police accepter
money from those arrested. It is be
yond a doubt that the manner of liv¬
ing of all the police officials—in¬
spectors, wardens, etc., was not is
accordance with the modest salaries
which they received.
The government of Madrid has beer
blamed without reason for having sent
, baek to Cuba the men thus deportee ,
as nauigos. Having 1 enounced he:
authority over the is.and, Spain conk
not return m nor prisons persons ove:
whom -she no longer exercised an
species of jurisdiction, and who, oe
sides, had not been condemned by any
regular court.
The fault was not m sending then
back to Cuba, but in having takef
them thence solely on the warrant o:
a police that had by no means therepu
tiou of being over-scrupulous.
It is probable that under the nev
rule naniguria will disappear, for it s
plain that its environment, botlipoliti
cal and social, has contributed to tlie
preserration of the association. Tie
population of Cuba Is composed of
three elements—the European, the
, the
American, and the ^frican. In
•'fintaet bf raties it is not One race only
more the American, of the poor and
ignorant classes in Cuba, has become
iftrfu’brinized,' He has taken from and the
African words for nis Tocfbnlmy of the’
music for his songs. The rites
Saaigos show that he has also accepted
me thing of his idolatry, a symptom
*Lich tells what would have been had the
ufJaditltfrt of the island if there not
been a constant aiid abiihdatft infusion
fito its population of other bifida.
Thanks to this infusion, Cuba and
'Porto Rico are the only tropical coun¬
capable of an organization simi
to that of the European States.—
York Post,
RAB91WPROOK ReNGES,
icr Seventeen Thousand Miles Mav«
Been Erected In Australasia,
few hotei? are given in the last
nm l R , „ ® p ° r . ° f P of
aad8 Ne 'J South o tb \v„ip<, Wales, 'reorftdim? regarding
>
progres Queensland and New v- South South
the
Wales Government to cope wittt the
£■« The erection of a rabbit
''“.“"“faSlton, sn/r is
,
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” ",i„„,lion of tM.
00 n
_ its ^ esent termination at
; ^ in au esterly direc
’ southerly to the
. ; to Na rabri; or ;
^ ^
? he ]atte r line oi fencing
, bridging f | of a gap which sep
ne tin f fences on the boun
, eg of Gooi . iat awa and Goolthi pas
: q holdings, would bring into exis
i , c a n additional barrier, some hun
. , leB in len tb which would
, ^ v the whole Baradiue, of the includ- ’comi
_ i6 an(T
^ woll . kno wn Pilliga scrub, and
_ the greater part of
J ti of the colony
ile noiuieasim^ .« p nr 0 u
the nest
\S?“S5 -ss«
?iS£ bound,., ,
western y no
,jfan cross the northern frontier, boundary while
or the
' ‘ ^ > ' merelv local interest
ftv T be ; said to add a new type
artificial hiolor'ical
~ j iolitieal ffeoSapbr ° -GeS
, , ,
JUonftius; For flic Iin|»J3ftibie.
A woman ou tbe North Bide oh*
served the deep melancholy of her
housemaid aud wondered what was
the matter, She feared that the
poor girl had been crossed in Jove.
One day, when the maid was particu¬
larly sad, the mistress lost patience
and wanted to known what was the
matter.
“Oh, ma’am!” exclaimed the girl,
bursting into tears, “I’m that un¬
happy; I’ve been to see a fortune tell¬
er aud she says that I wasn't intended
for this station in life at all. She
says that I hadn’t ought to be work
ft™ ^meone else, when I was born
^ have a grand house, with servants
unc line carriages all of my
^ ea5J 4 hdp thinking of it.
1 somehow think it’s so.
“Annie . this is a matter in which I
camiot help you, said her mistress,
‘T advise you to keep away from for
xtA'Uzztzzsx
>f ban f ^ on P. to dubp '
The only difficulty is to get them I
don’t know what m the world I can do
to ke P you. Now if I were you I
wonldn t worry at all lou re going
*o have my bicycle m the spring, re
™mber, and when get out _
you iu a
furt waist costume people won t know
but what you are the mistress of the
finest house on Lake Shore drive.”
“Thank you, ma’am,” said Annie,
and she fell back into her humble lot,
moderately content. — Chicago Record.
A Mutiny in a § tor in.
Captain Torrence, commanding the
British tanker Taucarville, had an ex¬
perience on his last outward qiassage
to Belfast, which he will never for¬
get. It was on January 10 last, while
weathering a terrific hurricane. His
vessel was diviug into a tremendous
sea, and a spare propeller that was
lashed below got adrift, and would
soou have knocked the sides out of
the ship. Captain Torrence ordered
the crew below to secure the propel
j fij , aa( j j bey m utiuied. Heroic action
was uecessal -y to quell the disturb*
anC8 am ] Captain Torrence was eom
Ued to gll0yt tlivee o{ the sailors,
Q ne> understood, has since died,
aad a second has gone iusane. Cap
t a q n Torrence?s actions were investi
gated by the Board of Trade, and he
was upheld by that body.-Philadek
. ia p ress ■
^
From an Obituary Notice*
“He was a man of great persever
ance and enterprise, Nearly three
' years ago Hie buried his wife, with
whom be had been united in marriage
I almost fifty years.”—New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
FAEE TOPI
T>o Not Feed Hen* Too Much.
When need so-e allowed to roam at
trill, especially if on' g*«»d pasture land,
there will be no need of feeing them,
as much as usual, as they will be fiM«
•{o' Secure all they need. When they
roam about iff this manner they are
almost certain to fill Aheir crops two
or three times a day, add 3rf feeding
them at the barnyard would not only
be useless but detrimental, as no hcii
%-rll lay eggs if she is over-fat.
Effects at ln-lSreedin*.
If one desires to test the baneful
effects of in-breeding to their own sat¬
isfaction, let the practice be tried on
sheep, for it is more noticeable with
this animal than with others though no
more injudicious and harmful, The
effects, as will be plainly noticed, are
the decrease in size of the lambs and
the decided thinness of the wool. One
means less carcass, the other leas wool
^ o£ poom . quality bot h in fibre
and weight. Practically the same
ff ta ^ ba note a in time with other
The cow falls off in size, quan¬
tity, weight and quality of milk; the
hen in egg production, size and quality
of carcass, and the same with the hog.
As this practice is continued each gen¬
eration becomes more worthless than
the last. Take ducks for example.
The best breeders both for fancy stock
aud for the carcass market make a
practice of introducing new drakes
yearly, and that same practice of a
new male not akin ought to be prac¬
ticed with all stock to be on the safe
side.
Raisins Calves.
The calf should be raised, if at all,
on the principle that in time she is to
be a valued addition to the herd of
Uillch cows, and her treatment and
training in this direction should begin
from the day she is born. Let tlio
calf suck for “the first ten days, but
after the first week begiu the lessons
in feeding from the pail. This will he
found easier if she is taken away from
the cow once a day before she is satis¬
fied and introduced tq the pail. When
weaned the drink will depend upon
how che&siy i olieJ
- u
. vU"®'
it is nectrSvfyT*r'ffllllWnK&^iRUlMr supplied
grain ration should also he
to take the place of the bulk and rich¬
ness contained in whole milk. The
drink may be given cold or slightly
warm, but never boiled or very warm,
or it will cause trouble. If skim milk
can be obtained cheaply, as it usually
can near creameries, say at ten to
twelve cents a hundred, it will make a
cheap food all summer. During, the
first year considerable roughage and
concentrated foods should be given,
grains rich in protein, with plenty of
clover or mixed hay, and the calf not
permitted to depend on the pasture to
any great extent until a year old. Iu
the early days of calfhood prevent the
growth of horns by the use of caustic
potash, obviating the necessity of de¬
horning later on.—Atlanta Journal.
Stacking- Hay
Stacking' hay is almost a necessity
in some seasons aud with some
farmers, and tons of hay rot in the
stack every year for want of a little
extra expense. We stack our hay in
the field where it i3 raised, when we
once have our barn filled. No matter
how well these ricks are built, they
need a covering, and I think I have
succeeded in making one in the fol¬
lowing way: Before hay harvest comes
on, buy a bolt of canvas, say about five
feet wide. Cut, it iu lengths of twenty
feet; turn down each corner about four
or five inches, aud work a hole in each
one large enough to admit a f-inch
rope; sew two or three blocks of the
canvas, four or fivi inches square on
each side, making a hole in each one,
as ia the corners. Now put a piece
rope, three or four ieet long, through
each hole, aud tie a knot iu each end
so that it will not fall out. Now dip
each canvas in a mixture of coal tar
and linseed oil, equal parts. Better
uip them two or three times to be
sure they are thoroughly saturated in
the mixture. This will prevent them
from rotting and leaking.
We stack our hay iu stacks or ricks
about ten feet wide and twenty feet
long, making them as high as we can
pitch from the wagon. When the
stack is complete, cover it with a can¬
vas, aad tie a stone or stick of wood
to each of the ropes that are attached
to the canvas. That will settle the
stack quickly aud prevent the wind
from uncapping it. This, I think, is
much better thau a shed, because you
can stack in the fields and iu several
different places, so that in case of fire
only one stack, is lost, while if we had
it all in one shed all the hay would be
lost. We do not rick any hay until
we get all tbe barns full. Then we
rick it in the field where it is made,
and cover with these canvases, which,
if properly used, will last for several
years.—Benjamin Williams, ia the
Agricultural Epitomist.
Japanese Poor Children*
In Japan poor children have labels
with their names and addresses hung
around their necks as a safeguard
against being lost
INO. 2.
an educated small doq. - ’
Food erf Coffee and C hocrolates *
Take* WhUkj When III.
Dandy is a very small, plump littlV
canine, who resides uptown, and who.
go down into history as an animat
with t® ry human tastes, says the New
York Time*, He is fond of chocolates,
takes coffee every morning and has.
btfbn known to take whisky. That,
however, not intended to imply that
bandy is given to tippling or looks
with pleasure up cm the wine when it
is red upon ordinary occasions. Per¬
ish the thought! Dandy’s excellent
coffipienton, bright eyes and genera!
activity and interest in the world at a
large would give the lie to such' a
thought. Dandy is a tiny blaefc-susd- tan ter J
rier of the variety usually known as i
the “toy dog.” He resides with a.
member of an old New York family,
Miss Griffin, on Twelfth street, whew
he is not traveling with his mistress
and he has never been known to take'
whisky but once in the five years of
his life. That was the only time in
his existence that he was ever ill. Ho
had taken dinner, with fresh pork as
the piece de resistance, and it did
agree with him. He gave evidence of
having a very human pain in his sma^
interior and his mistress gave him
the only thing she knew that
might relieve him—a little? whisky.
“He semed to like it,” said Mias
Griffin, “and it really did him good,
J had one dog die in the train wheref
I was coming from San Francisco. He
■was twelve years old and the doctor
said the motion of the train affected
his heart. I think, though, I might
have saved him if I had had a little
whisky.” y
Miss Griffin is noted for her pets,’
She is one of the last of her family,
has always been fond of pets, and ban
come now to consider them better com¬
panions than human beings. She has
a nice little terja-cotta colored Germaw
squirrel, chipmunks, gold fish, and!
turtles, as well as little Dandy, hev
favorite pet. For a Christmas pres¬
ent Dandy had a big ba-sket, like a COV
ered market basket;, with red flannel
for a mattress, which serves him as
presfcj beda&S k i
of !e. fr
abroad again to cover the p.., r«
continent she has not seen yet ami
Dandy, in his basket, will gA along.
He is a comfortable traveling compan
ion, and no objections are ever mada
to his presence on train or boat, ow
ing his mistress thinks, to his being
such a little fellow. His greatest mis
fortune, aud that of his mistress a#
well, Is in being stolen and then
brought back when a sufficient reward
is offered. Dandy takes his meals very
much as his mistress takes hers. In
the morning she has oatmeal and milk
and so lias Dandy, and, as she lias
coffee, Dandy also has a. little coffee
poured into his milk. For dinner at
noon he has meat, and at night he
takes milk again. Chocolates he takes
at all times of the day, and they do
not hurt him at all, his mistress says.
■
He takes a chocolate wafer at one
swallow, as he would a pill, and a big
square chocolate be disposes of with
a bite or two. Miss Griffin was bom
on Beach street, in New York. He?
father was Charles Alexander Griffin,
a lawyer, and her grandfather, George
Griffin, was a prominent member of .
tb» New v ork bar.
BEFORE AND AFTER.
•Before a man is married,” rail
the minstrel orator, ‘ ‘before a man is
married, he is only half man ”
a
“There,” said the married women
to their escorts, “how do you like
that?”
“And after he is married,” con¬
tinued the orator, “he is nobody at
all.”
Facing to-morrow’s trials is turning
vrmr back on duties
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
—A. IV I >-
Connections.
For Information as to Routes, Sohed
—ules and Rates, Both—
Passenger and Freight
Write to either of the undersigned.
You will receive prompt reply eat
reliable information.
JOE. W. WHITE, A. G. JACKSdt, 1
T. P. A. G. P. A.
Augusta, Ga.
a w. WILKES, H. K, NICHOLSO
O. F. & P. A. G. A.
Atlanta. Athene.
W. W. HARDWICK, S. E. MAGILf*
S. A. C. F. A.
Macon. Mi
M. R. HUDSON, F. W. COFFIN
8. F. A. S, F. k P. A.
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