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- ' , : " FAYE'LT EVI LlLYl K C, THJJli SB AY, SElS.NIBER'lG 1SS0 ' " - - D. 0. MYEOVES, Proprietor. Omcr i ciirm, next to . . . .J flt FA1 ETTEVILLB, N. C. THt'RSDAYj.... .SEPTEMBER 16, 1886. TMMS OF SUBSCltlFTfOX: 0e year (in huviuiw j . .i. . .. . t .-. . . .$2 00 r ' J, I t 1 - " gix monuw amoira- j 00 I y po nHine euicrea without pavinent, ijnd no gICrK-ni anuu vi uiln UU IOT. f.r5 OF AQVEBTISIXG-' nttoruible, und term nuide known on aiH)lieatuui nt Lines to Charleston. - , Written fur tU Olnrrrfi- M(l Gazeitt.- Thou ill-fated Charleston, fair city of tljoea The whole world's sympathy is meted out Xo with closed fist, -Hiding the love it meant AnJl Northerners, who ouee were your severest Are first to bring you balm, to soothe vonr I present woes. , . I Vnun uiit tins dismal s'loom tli ' . . ... .u A,wsa m,H That all this misery is gendered not for naught. nappy uiouj;iu, I Hut to renew uie ne oi real brotherhood, Which for so long a time has separated ston.l Iu thine hour or peril from - earth's tremen dous iii roes, : - . - com)HiiKns oi iny iears, we fam would : soothe thy woes. , The earthquake's mighty force, which haslhy ruin wrought, Wan, so intense that it drove all mind's to thought; ' ' .;. v And anxious thoughts they were when ''de'eth sreiuea luimmenr. AnJ all so powerless-his eominsj to prevent Ami if the outside world felt fear to such -r " tent. . - , ; (Hi: what must thine have been when earfh beneath thee rent, Th sastles tottered dowTn like piles of drifting Mud .. . VhiM buried flames of fire burst firtli ryvrf nam i, . - . . 1y ceding people crushed beneath a falling wall - . Some load and some dying in heap.s together Xath the mounds of d.-bli of broVen hrinl-J ana mji-s - Rome pi.eoiw enes for UcId from bundrl WOUIlUfll OHPH. jua pmiings lor merev resounde.1 trnm ewrvwiiere. TWIiiig of misery and limitless despair. 'IT.- 1......'. l. i - . " ... . - "viw-ira uuis nan ciaa group u in th Jiowicrs witn new-born babes, bv wAatnrw, -r .1 - ... .. lore u to yieltl. au on i tie quakmr earth iaa Tuircrlae With eyes upturned to Him who is the fount iuuvt, i ti iove. un uumoieneHs of soul breathe out the heart- That He will tfav HLs rod. b ii-ii uraver. . I . child- rvn spare. , " it. '"CV?!;0 T1. aihee befell iue iit-n must vumicwj, t"r nau oi ii ean leu; i fail to write, the eye mast fail to si e Llid tenderest h-art tr fol .. U.Ut Vft klllld it all. thouirh mrtll.inaL-o H.".i thee rushed. "- r l'n:tlDl!iess to knnir i hV cnit-U ; ..t ,.,t. in.- i . . - p build tm-e up again, fair city by the sea mvuu i.u exists iu tneo , . The Faasy Shot , 'Kifleraan, shoot me a fanev shot 'i " Mraiirht at tin- lun-t . r That shines on his breast like an amulet." uir n nan on rue c im.nno snn- . L.i ... . - ' . ' - Li aIirhere goes for a fuie-drawn bead , ' ,e, around wImju my barrers in I'rwk! wat the rifle t!i mM.. Al dead from Ls Jiorse fell the gallant .'ow. rifleman, steal through flie bushes and jvur victim some trophy to hansel nritt blood K outton a loop. Or that Itrminnne f..l That gle? Miid.' us in the mooa like a diamond r0ii! cantain. i t.iggereu ana saiui on my "fen I g:lzpd ou tLe aee of that faIlen ?"0r he. hiokMl n ;ir you as he lay on his back iaat ruy heart j rue yet. . rose up in me, and masters t 1 snatched off. the trinket, this loeket of i'H'arce er.-iziii tU . . fif ., i";iure, so iair-io oenou,- w a beautiful lady iu bridal array." !!u k111'!??"; fline me the locket! 'Tis slle ".umers young bride; and the fallen flTH IMAn . 1i- . --fs'JUU )M u.r K.l ii n . .. . ,"'""a"fl. xiusu, soldier, 7twas heav . u h deereb; e must bury him here by the light of the f liark.' the far bngles their "'WUll, warnings unite, Ther,.-; luc' ness u sin; a vi Load 7r i JU1,J,,5 arouna us to-niglit; lurkt nr And 1 - i . - o'", iiucman, Keep your hand in.-' Ckarlt Datrnuit, Hlmuli. ' SUMMARY OF NEWS. . Different Themea from Different Fields. ' PliM .h u' Piaster at Hookton, r(5 bis official " 1116 Cnarg IOrS Wo? r ithItLirtyTtwo hostile Apaches;iu Ptrumoin.,1 i. J "wu',nuu was maimy m- IP11H1U.H n """'K ooui ineir surrenaer, Kl" "uh E1 at 2 o'clock on the Dth .... nay east to Fort Marion in Florida. tarti.1 1 y W,U Probahly be tried by eourt Elhrfiui. X ' ' "- S ' BibhV. .,: tr.a,n 53 of the Virginia Mid- hiky I, r.an lnt a lide in a cut four Pthinsf Jri ?hbuTgf' at 2 a. m. on the a th u; 1 . 7 "ceis 01 tne engine were buried h - "Hll- (IT thil A... I .1 J -1 .1 K-ntrino. 1 r iu uiree were ueraiiea. Pn and V' n CroW8n had his jawbone bro- Piead tV "ian w aiiace Wood was cut on the Hie bani- ears are hroken and lying against Strmber!8 $ Aldermen at ; Lonuon on fm thl r 9th Mr' Lusk pead a cablegram l saiVi ,,Iayor o' Charleston iif which the lat onsinr,1 earthquake, had left 5,000 'nee v, Uae8ton in urgent need of assist- fk. on v.r . -"itt"oiuu jiuusc, Aiaerman m11 J tho Myrr ied an ei to the , Uovint ia 'arleston sufferers. Wftta?3 in Woodford evictions, rro "ted ap U'less fue aeh,ipKr t "" v"c o iorcioiy putting hlttnto t h m .nd tving people out of Pouid in f,ft.,. roaaway, and declared they m rt,, Ul1r.e fuse to perform suteh obnox- rrnor oriiepr. TjT " "u 1110 P11 oi taeir u W tha . 6n cnW quiet the insubordintir, O cfTrvt- .1 ' ... . Ner 'wenfy whom were placed I -- m vuorge oi mutmy. - SHAKES. - : . FACTS ABOUT A SUBJECT nv twb-, a . . decora ox the Prinoinal n.rtwvi -.ununfc ; The following is a 'succinct most destructive earthquakes which have been recorded from the eighth con f n to I -v. ! i)iesem nme: V-AKtm earthquake in Syria Pales 252S?Vftnd. tt0 loss .of life surpassed all " n-o t -. -- "duius.' - TorT"T It Tla, etC-; 30 W Perished. 168-In Cicilia; 50,000 perished. -Naples; 40,000! 1509. .Spnfomhni.' thousands perished. 1 Constantinople; .1531, Pohruaiy 2G At houses and '20.0M Lisbon; 1,500 rai seX.eraI neirrhborine towns nno-nlf ouriecl m - the - loub, July - 2 In Japan- severil nit THUlt; Qlw K , J :ed. cities - uu lUUUMUUS Ot Persons Tier ISOett. , -----v,. 1626. -Jul V 30 Tr, Vl... on i " T "V"iJ1"i " lownsor : "v-s lost. isheT f V rTisrusa.rai?eJJ 6m Per- 1667 AtSchamaTt! 80,000 perished. . , ,1 tui litUXJltlS; April 14 At Rimini; above 1,500 pensheu. 1692.Jun7 On l, T. i j e t which totally destroyed Port Royal, whose houses, wero eno-ulft j.i V'.! Hfe, 3)00 perished;0- ana iiinT" 5nr,,tnibcr-One in tho Island of bicily. which overtunorl Slii o.i and 603 Tillages; of Catania and its 18,000 170.1, 1''ebruarv2-Ann;i v i . in Italy, ruined; 1703 J.-ddo. ished. a , .. vniivvi, v,wu per 1703, NovemlerS In the Abruzzi; 15,- 000 perished. - 116, Mav and June: it ai;. perished. , - . 20,000 1 -U, beptrmber 1 P.aWmrt n n de stroyel: nearlv fi.00fl l; - 1731, November 3fl min 5B'n,: people swallowed up at Pekin. November. 29 In Naples, etc.: 1.- 5rupenshed. ! ' 9'toher 23 Lima and Calao de- u..uueu; is,ytiu persons baried in the ruins. 1754. Septembftr-l-At r., ; the houses and 40,000 persons swallowed up. - . - - " - l), Jane 7 Kaschan "W ;tro'e "iO.OOO perished. ' ' -b.vembif 1 Tho pneat earth- qnafce at Lisbon. In about eight minutes most of the houses and nnwanh nt km am inhabitants were swallowed up and whole' iuts Oporto and Bra ga suffered dreadfully, and bt. L bes was. wholly overturned. In fcpiin, a large portion of Mshicm. lMm n;T.s !in.-vis. uunea.- 1 he fitipe ftf r.t.mi.. One-half f Fez! in Moroco, was destroyed, and more thau 12,000 Arabs perished tliere. Aboat half the inland of Madcii-a became waste, and 2,000 houses-in the iJand of Mitjiono in the Art liipelago were over thrown. lh.13 awful earthnunkH rten.T.-l 5O00 miles, even to Scotland. lo9, October 3 T 10,000. square miles: BaaiiwA leirnvcr. 2p,000 perished. f " ' libO At Tauris. 15.000 b.v.ic il.ftrc-T, down and multitudes buried. 1783, February 5 Jlessina and other towns in Italy . and Sicily overthrown; thousands perished. . 1781, J uly 23 Esingh ian , near Erzeroum , destroyed, and 5,000 persons buried in the ruins. " ' . , 1707, Februarv 4 Tho wbnl. e.rmtrv between Sante Fe and Panama destroyed, including Cuzo and Quito; '40,000 people buried in one second. ' 18a", July 25 Fro3Llone. Nanlesr H OilO .... . - , L , . , lives.- - - 1811 One in the United States com mencing at New Madnal, Mo and cover ing an extent of country for 300 miles southward from the mouth of the Ohm River. An incessant ouakinir of the ground was felt for several successive months. 1812. March 26 Tho eitv f f!.ira0 Venezuela, entirely destroyed by three shocks within fifty seconds.' 1819 In, India 2,000 square miles of country, near the mouth of the Indus, was submerged. 1S22 Aleppo destroyed; above 20,000 perished. lSJo, February 20 The city of Concep tion, in South America, destroyed for the fourth time. , , , 1342, May 7 Cape Haytial, St Domin go,- between 4,000 and 5,000 lives. 1840, 1'ebruary 14 Tennate. thousands lo.4. . .' . .'- w,', 1&51, August 14 South Italv. 14.000 Jives lost. . , - 1S52 One in California, destroying an entire settlement called the Southern Mission." - - 185-1, December 23 In Japan Simoda and Osaka destroyed and Yedo injured. 1855 The earthquake of Veige; espec ially -violent in Switzerland, but felt at Pris and elsewhere 1 - " 1857 The kingdom of Naples exneri- enced a severe and destructive earthquake m mis year. r 1858, June 19 A disastrous earthquake I occureu in iuexico. . 1 . 1 1 -r 1 - - 1859 -The city of Quito, Ecuador." al most totally destroyed. . Jobl In Switzerland another great earth quake. . '- ' looi r-JMendoza, Argentine . Kepublic. overturned. 1863, July 2 and 3 Manilla. Phillmine. Isles, .10,000 persons perished. ' , -! 1868, August 13-15 Peru and.Ecuador: 25,000 lives lost and 30,000 rendered home less; loss of property estimated at $300, 000,000. ' - - -' - ! 1869 The entire lower valley of the Gan ges visited by violent convulsions. 1870, Uctober 1U In this vear ocpiinWl the taost considerable shock which up to that tim, had ever been felt in the East- ern and Middle : States, r Its source : has been traced to the -voleanic reirion 50 to 100 miles northeast of Quebec. . ' 1871 In . Nevada .the ; mining regions suffered .this vyear by the destruction of Ing Pine and other .settlemeht. In the same-yeir Honolulu was. visited by the most violent earthauakeiever known there 10 J foau t ranciseo, Cal., was damaged . Cftlfn ' tit1- - . by shocks I j . - -- ; ' . r UJ.-S0.O I 10-ro , - ' 1 ' . . 4 dffi'rJtt:W utterly TSV; "T ".' V IRS! -.ir..k to y . xj iscnia, zoU houses 114 1SS1. Anril nnn " ishd ' ' fcisviis per 'vi!S!:.2fcLdand ?f m the irr4 "v""Kyea; i.yyy ijvea lost. i8?3' gna 26JavaJsland was shat w v and sixteen others raised xt , "8J?opv tQe surrounding waters. me voieamc wave Vii?4.-8?ndalusia, 745 persons killed, l,48o injured and 17,000 buildings dam- , -"'""sui oua numerous villages rinomiM n J uiiuuM uesiroyea-. . " - " v AUSust aMoroa and the island p ne,- several viuages and 300 lives 1886, August 28 Awful earmquaKe in At i ureece. At least 5nueu ana a score of others trreatlv-dsm i j . 2 ""''J uo SIT tnTxrna Bntii-olir ?Si ,,x hundred people killed and over uaiy wounded. 1D . . .... - 7.' A"?nst si Charleston and Snm- irvuie, o. i., laid down in the dust. The nJelt very R?"sibly over an area of ,uw square miles ot the United States east of the Mistissipju, . f rom the Gulf to iue great calces. A CHAT WITH SAITESY. ! 'How and Whv Ira D. Sankey, the evangelist, was seen by a New York Mad and Express reporter just before he sailed for Europe lat week, lie has changed in appearance since he was here last. He is thirty or forty pounds heavier, aud has all the animation of. a school-boy. His cheeks are fall and ruddy with the glow of health, and his broad shoulders, so familiar to thousands, look a great deal broader. His eyes are dear and sparkling, and his large head and im mense neck add to the conception of his wonderful vitality. Mrs. Sankev has a sweet, genial face, and a smile that awakens little dimples around her cheeks It is impossible to look at Mrs. Sankey without wondering how her husband could ever have been happv had he married some other alto or soprano. One can see at a. glance" that the romance between them has never died, but lives and gathers fresh impetus with every song he sings. Mr. Sankey and wife will remaiu- two 1 months in Europe. . He conversed free. ! ly about the hymns he sang so often and well. "Were you always a musician,, Mr. Sankey.?' : "Yes, I was born with mnsic in me. I sang from the time I can remember. It came natural to me; I felt it aud it came forth. But I had no idea that I ever would be a preacher and sing" with Mr. Moody. I was a businessman at Newcastle. Pa. My father was an internal revenue collec tor appointed under President Lincoln. was uis deputy. In 1SC9 I met Mr. Moody a luumunpous, ana alter be heard me sing ue said that I was the man he wanted The , music I Lcsran to sin rr with b, i. mostly American, the outgrowth chiefly of ur MK-ini and political conditions. Very Kxi.i.iTs mill x sins; are ioreirrn. ue wvi uKit muM 01 me songs aro purely American created misapprehenpion as 10 now iiiey won.'d Ue received in En" iana and Scotland before Mr. Moodv and I went there. Many predicted they would no-unsmted and have no effect. In Eng land they went like wildure; still Scotlam rwas the place where pessimists said there would be disaster. They insisted that people 111 ccotiand loved the psalms of Uavid and would tolerate nothing else. 1 remember well our reception in Bonny ocunana. j.ne nrst meeting was held at Edinburgh, in the Free Assembly Hall. When I arrived the place was literally jammed. It was an overflowing crowd. I sat down at the organ and played a few lunes. L was just preparing to sing a solo when 1 beard a loud scream in the congre gation: The voice yelled, 'Let me out, let mo out: what would John Knox think of your 1 was . surprised at the outburst. t inally a woman struggled out of the crowd, re;wjaeu iue aisie ana went out, still seream i 1. . . - T Mr u . 1 . . . ,us beiiieuve. 1 iwi mat mat was not such a cheerful beginning. ..My solo was well received, and no more protests wero mane against mftsic that John Knox Knew nothing of in his day. The hall could not accommodate the crowd, and so an ft . overuow meeting was inaugurated 311st across me way, at the Talbooth, which stands not far from the heart of Midlothian. 1 went over to play some music. No sooner had l begun to sing than this same voiee screaim.d out a3 before and went bounding down the arsle and out. She was half crazv. jjeruups a Kinu 01 jenny (jeaaes, who be came retractory and attacked a minister. That is the Only pointed objection I ever had at a meeting to my music. I am aware that my music is criticised by those who are -fond of the higher grade. They sav my songs will. not do for the choir. I never intended my gospel hvmns for usa churches. I prepared them at first expressly TVT 1rtrCTY ilea "Hf.. Tf...1.. .... 1 T 1 we were selecting songs to form the Gos pel hymn book, always consulted the avail Ability we conhi put them to in . our evan gelical work. We had nv thought of choir music. Hence the ciiticisms that class icists pass upon my songs will not admit of argrument or denial from me, because I intended them " in . the beeinnins' for mv sole use." . .r"' ' ': ' " , 4 .. '. Vanaerbilt'e Vessel. . i. The story of the offer of the splendid steamer - VamUrbilt to the Government during the war has often been told, but not with - the circumstances supplied by Mr. Croffut in bis history of the family. The ship was not a gift, but a loan, till the war should be over; nevertheless, when the war was over, instead of being returned to her owner she was mustered into the navy and Congress voted Mr. Vanderbilt a res olution of thanks and a medal for a pre sent which- had never , been made. - The Congressional Committee authorized to present .him with the resolutions and the medal nftd rather a stormy time of it He rehearsed. the particulars of thel- theft and asked them if that was the way a great and noble nation ought to conduct." itself. Some of them,dec hired", that they had mis dnderstood, and wanted to jretara the ves seL ".No! deuce take your, impudence In shouted the Commodore; "keep her.". I don't care about a little thing' like that!" ' MARRIAGE LY PERSIA. 0BXE2TTAL WIVES AND KOTKEES-HT-LAW. inn "IJHTio-hf o .w tt .1 u .. i V. " waci8 usaauy uonaidered j vno rroper Person to Wed-The Position and Accomplishmenta of Persian Women. I From Ike St Jamtt Gazette. In Persia a girl marries to jill the place of her husband's confidant and friend; to rule his'hoiisehold, and, above all things, to be a mother of children. The marriages of the rich are generally dictated by policy, whdo those of the middle and lower classes are often arranged by the parents. Love matches are the exception. Persians, as a iSf'iV7 ? varra.nge i whRt they consider suitable matches for their children. Polyg amy is the exception and not the rule, and where there are two or more wives There are also two or more establishments. Nei ther lodgings money, servants, clothes nor jewels are held m common, and the only souree of contention is the society of the husband. But the wives, instead of beiu jealous rivals, are usually the best of Wh nle it is quite true that theoretically a can be nd of his wife bv sav; iL man can De nd of his wife by sayin- be- mioses, mou art divorced," yet practically to obtain a divorce in Persia is almost as difficult as it is in Europe. In Persia the poorest of women do not marry without a settlement, which has to be made good in ease of divorce, and at her mar riage her relatives exae.t from tl- i..,v. j an acknowledgment of a far larger portion than is paid to him. It is the liability to pay tins, the "mehr," that restrains the nusoand troni divorce, save on lb ut esr grounds. In cases where mutual dis taste is Verv stronc. nrl t; j j by both parties, the matter is simply ar ranged by the wife agreeing not to exact the whole or even a iwrt rf hi. uttinm..... L here is another mfpimnnl lous divorce a divorced man or woman does not find it easy to make a respectable j The marriage of first cousins tho fo. vonte union. The 1 r ao idai vuusiUS nave been acnuaiiitHnop nA fm'.ia r : 1 J , UU1U childhood, while to all the j-est of the world save her brothers and sisters, the youn girl is a veiled mystery; so that, ualesS w , iiiuiusi uismciination, or too gJ-eat a dirparitv of no-e. iho PJo,. ,..1. looks naturally to the "daughter of my un cle as his future wife. Often the cousins are betrothed from childhood. As a rule classes do not mingle in mrri,. ti,2 sons of merchants wed mrhnncTi..r.i, tors, the young tradesman1 mates with liis like, and so with the members of the ser vants, and soldier classess. But in Pio as everywhere eke, extraordinary personal attractions soon become known and have their advantage. The beauty of the lower or middle classes need uot a'snire iu vain . me .iviug s eiaesi and tavor- ite son, the most powerful man in Persia was the daughter of a miller, who caught the Saab's eye while washing clothes at the brook-side. Many a poor and handsome girl is wedded without portion for her beau ty s sake. . . ; The young wife does not immediately assume the responsibilities of her position Carefully tended as a bride for the first -jtar or nor wedded lire, she wiliiugly re- mains under the tutelage of her mother-in- ",!. jue iin,s one, ana u she has none Iter molher usually accompanies her to her new establishment.. Mothers-in-law have a better time in Persia than in some other countries There they are regarded as the natural guardians of the inexperienced bm.e, and the proper care takers of the young mother and her infant offspring, rrom the mother-in-law are learned the arts of housekeeping. Under her eyes all purchases are made from the huckster or female peddler, for a visit to tho bazaar by a; young wife before she has blessed her husband with children would be conside-ed ft; scandal among the upper, middle or tradesman class. Only nmong the very poor of the villagers does the young wife, save on ceremonial occasions, leave the shadow of her husband's roof-tree durin the first year of her marriage. ; But the first year of wifehood has passed away, and relatives and friends have been summoned to celebrate' the happy birth of a son or daughter. If tho former, then in deed is the position of tho wife a happy one. She receives the congratulations of her friends and acquaintances and holds high festivals. Her husband dignifies her by the title of "Mother" or "Hasi.au," or whatever the little one's name be, and from that day her own name is no longer used. If she is only blessed with a daughter, still she is not cursed with sterility, that terror of the Oriental woman ; and she may hope that heaven may yet bless her with a son. Consulted in all matters, the Persian wife is her husband's trusted confidant and counsellor. "But she is veiled, poor tiling, closely veiled!" exclaims the pitving Eng lishwoman. Yes, she is veiled. " Aiid loth wuuiu Mie uo to pan wun wnat she looks the token of respectability. And has she accomplishments and edu cation? or is she merely the mother of the children t These questions are easilv an swered. Many of the Persian middle-class women are highly educated according to Oriental ideasT,They read and of ten write Poetry, they sing and play, as a rule, well, and are mistresses of all the arts of plain and fancy, needlework;, cooking is a sec ond nature to them: pastry making and confectionery are among their pleasures. The accomplishment of the poor ones are naturally of a more useful, kind. They aro good cooks and bread bakers; they make the clothes of the entire household; they often are able to add largely to their daily income by their knowledge of some business or trade, and norm of lb Doors of Paper.' - J Feel tlie weight of that door," said a New York builder to" a reporter, who was looking at an unfinished apartment house up town1..; The "reporter prepared to iift what seemed a polished mahogany . door, but it proved too liirht for anv wood. . "Tt. is made of paper," said tho builder, "and, while it costs about the same a.a vnnH i Thuch better, because there is no shrint. ihg,: swelling, cracking or warping. It is composed or two thick . PaDer boards BtamDea nni moLimi mt m., ., j i a , . .. ' . : - 7j f 7i " . , , f""- - -uu i Alf 1 Slue ftDd POtasb,and Z ? ruueu r?1' neavy rollf!rs- " i fhen &t-$ ratin' h!Stt d vulshed anA hu"g in toe .ordinary wav. - Few nersons oar, tect that they are not made of wood, par- ticularly when used as sUding-doors.". " 1 t rl . I - , . . a well elAXES A GEYSEE. stream, Bent vita the Force of Flooda a Whole Town. Dynamite, .1 r . . uicaoq. August 31. 1SS6. A ilkn.t.t, Jl received at the city hall this afternoon k- 1 e mayor or Uelle Plaine, uu,-u hiaces mat an artesian well four Tien ln ?iameter burst when tne pth of 180 feet had been reached in horinc and instantly a volume of waterwas forced um iue air 10 a distance or several hun dred feet. This gradually increased in vuiume uniu a stream of. water may sixteen inches m diameter formed auuine upward force of this Btream equal to the" power of dynamite. Water is iu uuge. volumes 13 spouting high into the air,; and the supply seems inexhaustible. A. wo gigantic rivers have been formed by this waterburst, which are running through ine.iownat me rale of twelve miles an hour, and are carrying everything before ""uses una lives are threatened- by this peculiar freak of nature, and, the cit- izeusoi me town are appalled at their impending danger, which at present they Finding it impossible to divert this dam Rgingflood, an attempt was made to in eri a sixteen inch boder iron tube in the "Ff' oul tnese were instantly blown out. iu lorcea nign m the air. Finding this plan useless, the terrified people then at tempted to fill up the huge aperture IJ!ni wuicu mis tenable geyser is spouting its deluge. Fifteen carloads were emptied into the well, but these were in stantly blown out and forced upward, as ! iuumjjii pruptuea py me torco of a burst ing magazine of giant powder. Bags of . men nastily constructed and i-uo wtu, uih mese, too, were minea into the air with tremendous force 01 1 tie spouiing water. . The -Northwestern. Railroad was then eaiieu upon tor assistance, and instantly sent a lariro sranr of men tr th Tho bridge gang of the county was also caneu cpon, put up to this evening no ab atement in the flood of water was perceo mo rusning rivers formed by it were washing the channel thev had made deeper and wider, while the basin formed by this immense volume of water , was spuning over the lands in the vieinity. The mayor of Belle Plaine, in his last extremity, telegraphed to Chicago for the best engineers that could be seenrp.1 t come immediately to the spot and use their t-uergy m attempting to stop this perdous condition of affairs. City Eni ceer Artingstall, to whom the matter was referred, at once started out to find an en gineer, who would supply the demand, and succeeded in inducing Engineer Mor gan! to undertake, the mission. Messrs. Artingstall and Morgan are, however, both of the opinion that but little can be done, if anything, to stop the flow of the water, but that it may be possible to di rect the rivers into less dansrerous direc tions and confine them to their present channels. Mr. Morgan left for Belle Plaine to-night, and if tnoru assistance is neces sary Art ingst all will send all that is needed. This is regarded sone of the most phenom enal freaks of nature which has vet teen known, and the threatened danger to the people and 'property of Belle Plaiue de- mands instant and energetic efforts to stop the ruinous deluge of water! P Sad State of the Confederate Soldier'a Home ; Neglected Graves la Libby Prison. A Northern ve teran, who recently visited Kichmond, Va., says: "One of the saddest sights I have seen for manv vears was in looking upon tho one hundred and more war veterans at1 tho Confederate Soldier's Home there. They are in great need of money for support and tho proper care of their places, and the contrast between their institution and our Soldiers' Home was iiKC utat between night and day. It would be rni aetj of the greatest kjndness, it seems to me. if Northern he! r emilil hn di rected toward them. I was also particu larly .strauk with tho neglbet of the graves of the Confederate soldiers around the monument! in the cemetery. The burial places of theso dead soldiers are so over grown Avith grass and weeds that one can not tell whero the graves are. Thousands are buried there, but all marks are obliter ated, and I did not know that we were walking upon their graves until some one told us. It mads us feel very badl v. They are planning a great monument 'for Gen. Leo there, but it would seem eminently fit ting, that they should use some of the money to mark the last resting places of me men who touglit under him. I learned mat i ex-i-resident . Tyler's grave is also more unmarked. 1 was impressed par ticularly with the fact that the people. aside, from the ; veterans of the war. still leei f reseiHim toward, the .North. At least; 1 so judge their actions to indicate .s e marcned through the streets of lucumond, the guests by invitation of one ol mat city s L,onfederate nrmratrnm! not a citizen attemnted to Uv,A ! " p...H,WviiC dumb, even when we reached the trrand quare, wuere uov. L,ee was awaiting our arnvai. Among the Confederate vete LueBr, ims was not tne case. x uey. received us very cordially, and I be neve u there "were a war to-day thev nuum u iiie.nrsi to volunteer to aid iu protecting the stars and stripes.. But coum not ueip contrastino- th wnr-n. really enthusiastic reception accorded the vnivm-iiiH veierans wno visited" us here at the time of Grant's funeral and on last Decoration Day with the coldness shown toward our, boys there. . "While there I went into old Libby Prison, It is now used as a guano storehouse. The centre ot me Podding has brokeu down and hasbeen cut out. The checkerboard, made of rourh wood, on which the Pio,. al soldiers played whilo prisoners there, is still in the building, hunsr "un in a fwmo as a curiosity. I learned that the cell door on wuicu tno union olhcers who wer nria. oners cut their 'names has recently been sold to a resident of R'rehmond for Arrwrn x- vf W W . i - ; - "' Sensible Lines. ;" - It should bo ruleamong grown-up per sons never to subject children to mental shocks and unnecessary 'griefs. When in the surrounding of the child-life some grave calamity has occtirrcd, it is best to make the event as light as possible to ther clhild, and certainly to avoid thrillinir it with viii-Tita aim ueiaus wnicn stir it to the utmost and in the end only leave upon ESS IS ..m . .. . - "'o"" beart incurable wounds? and -oppresons ChUdren be taken tSPfinelSK Dor to sights that cause a sense of fear and aa t.:.t ..-ai call forth" pain and agony k inau Z the lower aniinals. , ' Y 5 ? - TALK WITH AX OPTICUS. . THE WEAKDIQ OF GLASSES." 1 ..ore spectacles Worn in Philadelphia . - - Elsewhere. . , s . , than 'I counted fully twenty people in ten mmntes who were weanng spectacles or rjr-Kiis5es as me crowd passed by," said a geuueinan to a Quaker City optician the j;w.er uay. "is me weanng of glasses on the increase" was asked. "Within the twenty-are years," said the optician, a great deal has been learned about the 01. glasses, ana the range of their aD , "" u.iumess uas oeen enor mously extended. Asa consequence of thL and other improved methods of treatine the eyes statistics show that the number of minished. KV iusiu-? meir sicut ha OTMtlw;. Secondly, the eyes need more help now because the amount X Z ara renn rer. tft .lft ia 1. I -"J at anv nmimw ta u " , . . .- - a luucii Kxeaier man J 1 vuvu 1 11 Lilt wnrin'a ino -ory. iue sewin? marhino an.) .V. rrl . - . . " aai- eniionsoiits class have saved the labor c w ...... wiuvi iu ui lu nanus oniv to add to that required ' ew employments, new niuusemenis ana new fashions are contin nally being introduced to increase the ex actions laid upon these sensitive and deli caie organs. The steady increase of illit eracy. together with the general cheapen ing of literature and the spread of a teste for it, the enormous circulation of the .aoaujr iwvei ana me daiJy newspaper, the increasing use of artificial illnm;;J tending the hours of 1 . . J w " wa xv O.IA UUUI ume to overtax' the eye and render it an organ most liable to . i,. . . JC" - " ""J auut-r IUM adverse and depressing conditions en countered m the 8tru--le thotitooi.1 r .- l, W ... .. . ww..v.a va .10 0.1-n ouu uroiection ar mot u d increasing importance." But why is the custom of TvM'n . parently more prevalent here than in other tuuim uumes 1 ' i "Simplv becahw thnnnnnla r.t Tn.:i A..1 puia nave learned mora nlwmit i,; ;uuua8 noanqoned the idea that it dis- . 1 1 1 , . .. . - aa CHS ugures mem to wear glasses. Whv. thern ai-e more persons wearing glasses in Phil adelphia than in New Vorlr anA .t cuiuoinea, on account of the reasons I have just stated. You must take into consider ation thafprobably not more than ten per cent, of all the peonlo hav absol feet eyes, -although a large majority of the remainder have tuch slight defects of vis ion mat it is not necessary for them to ear spectacles. Generally, however, when a man or woman beeomA fmm f,. five to fifty years of age their sight has be come so defective that the wearin" of glasses would hot only aid their vision? but nvriaiu aisu preserve 11. uo many people wear trlasRes out f vanuy ana attectaUon I " io, sir; in all my long business exne- nence 1 know- of none who ""cm mr mose reasons. - l r .1 . : V hat are the orinciule. eanses of l.r. tive sightf - i It is generally congenital, but manv cases, particularly near-sightedness. An. aiuireu Qunng cUUdhoott. The children win pore over their hooka r.f,,...u.. lolding them near their faces or benilincr . ... .... --... . .wuujauaiiv over thtin, not knowing tho consequences, lhe lens of the eye is like a telescope, and is constantly being adjusted to look t oh. jects near and far, and from this continual close application of the children the lens grauuauy loses its adjustinar power and he- comes exci ssiveiy convex. This is called mj-opia, or near-sightedness. The retina s too far back from thA Tho lirht is brought to n. fnen Kr, reacnes mo retina, an.l C v.a.'wa.v X If :.. a . '. . -a-- ntr rant again oecomes mixed, and, protlucing mix ed and poorly-defined impressions on the retina, results in indistinctness of vision. iou must understand that tlm rot;na i delicate membrane which envelopes the eye, and, receiving the rays of the light, re fracts to the focis, whence the impression a uuuimi IO ine orain." ' ..tan . uat are some of the other effects of uaa eye-sight 1 t , mally, when we look at an object we turn at uiuivuirt wuouuic vision. ior. oin eyes toward it, so that the liirht from the object falls on the yellow spot in each ce. v nen we oo this, although an im pression is received, we tret the ida. of bnt .-a..A IIF1 . . one object. If, however, the impression of an object is made upon the yellow spot of v'"f cjc u upon some otner part of the rwv-i a -kA t, -.. .1 . . retina in tho other eye, we get the idea of iwoonjects we sew double. Thw umr. rectea oy prismatic trlasxos. -Tho fa- sighted eye does not see distant objects anv "u wan me penectiy iormed eye in niany cases not as well. ' It is called far sighted because it results from a defect, the vppusaie oi taat wnicn causes near-sight. In tho far-sighted eye the retiua is too near the crystalline lens, so that the light entering the -eye is not completely focused and asserted when it- reaches the retina. Old-sighteduess Is simply caused by a lack oi muscular power to adjust the lens, re- uauiig in muistinct vision." A Carious Xaasas Law In Eegard to Murderers. I rot tie CUcutHoli JHynirtr. lhe most cunous law m the United States dealing with punishmentbf murder ers exists in Kansas. " The Legislature iu iiw j passed a bin which provided that any person couvicted of murder in the first degree should be sent to the peni tentifr there to remain uuui me governor or the .:iat ... y btato signed a warrant for and fixed the date of his execution. This was a fearful rcsponsiouity to place upon tho executive who would, hesitate before being directly responsible . for the death of any man, no matter now heinous his enme. 'The re sponsibility was tshif ted from the jnrv or wun, iu wuieaitproperiy.Deionged. That law is still in force, and the result liia ha... that the Kansas penitentiary is crowded with murderers, as no governor would order their . executiou.. Forty-one . convicted murderers, four of whom are women, could uuust any oay uy order of the governor. Some of their crimes are unparalleled in the annals of cold-blooded assassination. One of these days, unless that strange law is repealed, there will be a hanging tour nament in Kansas. , Tho State will elect a governor pledged to rid the community of a band of cut-throats. It. mnv b KttA that ,the law was a bit of strateirv on the part of the opponents of" capital punish ment. It seems thus far to have fulfilled the expectations of those who desire.) to see. hanging played out.-- . Luther's home at Mansfield in ffoJ f n a a nAan wm.tn... a . . . . - 1 . and will be inhpbitl iw . TJj " . T tcu acswicu kuiut uriginai con,diti na.1 eonnitirtn Poor of the town poor of the town. . - , 1 AT THE OLD STAID. A Walk Tarongh the (Sty Xarlut-Ta Slriap Fiend to the Front From tU du.rte.ton Shtm and Courier, Sepi 9. The voice of the raw shrimp fiend was heard on the streets of Charleston yesterday morning for the first time since the awful quake which brought so much misery and ruin to old Charleston. Thr shrimp fiend has been a source of extreme annoyance to late sleepers in Charleston . for. many years. His early and horrible cries have been the cause of more profanity than anj : one . single thing in Charleston.. .Thl shrimp fiend has given to reporters theme for columns of facetious articles, and tw 'indignant subscribe" subjects for un limited ''cards" of complaint. But ther was music in the sound vptprv iiu, uopeiui, comrort-mspinng music i 1 i . . . . . j Wi I wa3. barbinger of returning sefiuriry, , "uiiimeroune happy past, when peopl l-"ul" ,rlB 10 1 ,nvi rest in their bonu nndia. mayed by the roar of the terrible subter ranean monster, that has been stirrin , around under our feet. .The raw shrimp fiend carried hope and comfort wherever his voice was heard. The scene in the market yesterday was cheerful and hopeful. The long row of , buildings, a landmark of Charleston, es caped uninjured, with the exception of the hall at the western end of the market. This is badly shaken and cracked and wilL it is feared, have to be nnllei A butchers were at, their stalls with' their tempting display of joints, nbs, steaks, roasts and "snnn bonne " Vft . n a 1 roasts and "soup bones." No artemnt na been made to advance nrifM Titmf ;a sold at from 10 to 15 cents at the usual prices. ' - In the vegetable markets the old mau mas, with their picturesque bandanas tied around their heads, sat in their stalls sur rounded by piles of vegetables, crooning over their wares, and occasionallv sino-inr snatches of the refrain of hymns. Occa" sionally, as the head of a family passed by "aa,a ma-xuariiei, oasitet on his arm, be would hear the old cry: "Nice sibby bean, my maussa;" "okra'n tommottis, byas." The trices of vpntVila Deen changed in consequence of the seis mic disturbances. In the game market vesterdav there w a a supply of venison and a few rice birds. In the fish market thera is . limits Clin. ply. Most of the . fishermen who supply the market have been eomnellen tn nu th sails of their boats to shelter their families, and only such fish as can be caught in the harbor are to be had. The smacks will be able to go down to the banks in a short time, however, and as the shelter committee progresses with its work the small boat men will be able to use their sails ind tn resume work. The fruit stands the supply of poultry and eggs is good and pnees reasonable. Upon the whole the market is in good .eopditioh and the stall owners, bke the merchants of King and Meeting streets and East Rar. ro still 'doing business at the old stand." .'r Innumerable Cigarettes. i ' ' There is now in Durham lO.fW. ftflrt pounds of leaf tobacco awaiting manufac ture, and it comes in every day by, the train load from all the surrounding coun try. The tobacco manufacturers of Dur- " ham pay to the railroads over one million, dollars a year for incoming freights. They ' have over two thousand .OTXrjltiTaai vriftv-a than half of whom are girls. I saw 500 ' girls in one factory. They were all sitting at little desks makinsr ?irrarettes. nc thv were singing one of the Sankey songs when -we entered. Cotton factory girls look pale and measly, for they have to stand up all . day, and tho poor things do get tired, awfully tired, and they look careworn and weary; they can't sing for. the sound of mo machinery; but these girls looked rosy and neat, and went as. men-v lv0 The doctors say that the tobacco basinets" -is the healthiest business in the world, and that these Kirls are never sieV. . Th ev alt work by the piece, and many of them make $2.00 every day - Most f hm make $1.00, and even the little tiny chaps make from seventy-five cents to a dollar. The girls can beat the boys at this busi ness, for their fingers are" more delicate and nimble. They make 750,000 cigarettes m one day in the Duke factory. Just think of it ! Nearlv a mill. On ' Anit all n be burned into smoke and ashes. I casu ally inquired where all these cigarettes and all this smoking tobacco went to. and iuo general manager handed me a lot of bills of lading that had been shipped that : morning. Thev went to Hamhnrtr TTr, - lulu, Singapore, Madras, Antwerp. Rotter dam, Montreal, Aukland, and Sourabay. They have a larze trade in Chi na. rA ina and India and Arabia. Dnrnom Duham tobacco are naw bran ll the world, and tho m&rmf;utiTroi- dar. enlarge their products every year in order to supply the demand. . . . . . East India Tatties. ' In Indi they have a way of makinir a ' screen called a "tattio" whieh i. . curved or slopincr screen, wbirb ;a rately fitted into each door or window facing the west, the prevailing direction from which the wind blows in Tnoi it made of the roots of. thA "Unn-n. oT- Jk;1 Y i 4 1 , - KQUSKnn l1 and porosity with the moxt UliIn. mA m , . r aava..viVU UA reiresoingr irasrranet?. .ThpcA about an inch in thickness. An the hot and drv west winds Am utnHi from outside with water, which immedi ately commences evaporating," and as evaporation always - produces cold, the wind which in the veranda would raise the thermometer to a hundred ami tsAnhr degrees, passes into the house at seventy five or eighty degrees, laden with a de licious fragrance. While tatties are in, working order all other cooling appliancea are necessary. - . . : , - In the neighborhood of fln7bsv t,a Jhansi there is another form of tattie, A small croeping, thorny variety of theber' (Zizyphus jujuba) is lararelv fonnn in , jungles; thw is collected and dried, and at the proper time the whole west verandah is inclosed with thorny walls nine or ten inches thick, and thesa afinr tnM' from the outside,' all doorre thrown open and a delightful temperature is se--cured. Tatties are of, ho use during tho easterly wind, which ushers in and accom panies the rains; kjsn wi a damp wind and therefore retards evapo ration. For1 oar own country, the sweet grass used in so many forms m the Indian Lmvlj a . Vv . i . . 6 , ,u " iUO!U'1 ucsenwonu produce y amJ " 13 SQrprwiDg that no one has yet thought of its apphcatioa. " - ' Val
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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