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VOL.. XIII.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1887.
NO. 2;
Take it in Time.
Ayor's Cherry I'octorol is a highly
concentrated and powerful medicino.
- It Is an anodyne expectorant, and, It
promptly taken, in cases of Coughs,
Throat or Lung troubles, soothes and
heals tho irritated tissue!), and quickly
allays al tendency to Consumption. '
Six years ago, I contracted a sovcro
Cold, which settled on iny Lungs, and
soon developed all tho alarming Rymp
. toms of Consumption. I hod a Cough,
Niglit feats, Binding Lungs, Tain in,
My Chest and Sides, and was so com
pletely prostrated, as to bo confined to
my bed most of the. 'Jmo. After trying
various prescriptions, v itliout benefit,
my physician finally determined to givo
me Ayor's Cherry Pectoral. I took it,
and tfio effect was magical. I seemed
to rally from tho first uoso of this med
icino, and, after usingonly hrco bottles,
- am now as well and sound as ever.
liodncy Johnson, fSpringlicld, 111.
I havo nscd Ayer'3 Cherry Fcctornl
in my family, for Colds and Coughs,
with infalliblo success, and should not
fiare 10 uo wunom this niniiiuiiiu inrimyiL
tho winter months. Kussel liodino,
Hughesville, Lycoming Co., Va.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
Prepared by Dr. J.C.Avcr&Co.,Ti0etl,Maa.
Gold by all bruggteU. 1'rice $1 ; U bottles, $a.
TOBACCO SEED.
The bert varieties for a-ry type of Tobnc
ro. Oct the bkst and -raise rise, tub-icci,
which is WKiueii and always pays. Price 2.7
ceuix per oz. $3 wr pound, write lor ; ce
pciipiiveiiHtof TOBA' I SKP.I mid the
1.0-t and mo-t proline SEED O'Mt.V. .
. K. L. HAG LAND.
ilyco, Va.
Jiin. 13 5t. .
FINE FRUITS!
Out of one of the lnnrcst cfllrctions if Hie
fluost app'cs and pemhes in tlie onlli, I linve
ii-etcd niR of tlic choicest acclimated ya
rii'tic? ; sIbo I hnvc ir of the finest vane
lies of irrapr nwl plants.
1 will cell apple and pech trees at 6cts
spitcu by firtius or hundreds.
: G. K. FAUST,
Graham, N. C.
Jan. 20 tf.
.Real Estate Agency.
; PARSER & S3SEK0ELB, Agents,
GRAHAM, N. C.
1A plantation one mile from .Me
bane, in Alamunce coniify, containing
-ti3 ucre-i 45 acres in orlginnl growth, .10 in
pines, I'M in ciiliiv.-.timi. " The jlnco Is well
wa ered, a i-rivk nnd two liroiK-hrs rn ning
throu-rli it. A fine orchard, 8 good tohoceo
bsrns, 3 tenement house?, good feed barus, an
8'i'ooui dwelling with biieuiuuiii and 1.. nitU
f;ood well of wntcr. nreon it. ('nnvcMlc Tii to
churches, srhool, and u good new m il in Jtf
mile of the liouw. It is s (lewirolilu funi
adnp'cd to the growth of too icco. irraiu and
grUKfW. Place U seeded in wl.nat id oats.
Poescssioi given l once. Price 8'JOOO. jiinlS
Kl'rKIIIOH'COlIItT, .
A Itaauaace Vonnij.
Jvun It. newiin. ss stun r, a. u. n. wim win
"annexed of John Newlii., dee'd, und as
,J UObCQ IUI 1 UUIJIHD .......
VS.
Jirnios Vrwlin, Oliver Newlln. William New-
jlin, jonatnan new an, i nomas .ivwnu,
, Hni Coffin, ani wife Mary, lieu I e Hill, and
wife Nancy, Gulio Duke, James McPher
con, Thomas JV. McPuerson and Addison
McPhereou.
This is a special proceeding,- brought for
4he Una) tclllcnieul of the eolaui -nf John
vewlin, dee'd, in which the summons has
'been duly serveJ upon all the parties defen
.dun. a. and the plaintiff has Qled his' final ac
tcount and complaint : The unities will take
notice that on .Tuesday, the first duy of
Mured. U87, at 1Q o'clock e, in,, atmv office,
In the court houre in uniiiain. in suia couii.y.
I will proceed to audit the final account of
the plaintifljjo jtllow his conuidssions, lo as
' lertuin the UalHiice i!i his hands for dii tii
tution, to determine ihe rights of the lega
tee, and order the payment of the bslaice
on hand for dinlrllmtion to the legnlrcs en
titled thereto a id upon its payment to disr
charge Ihe luiuiifi' from iiubillty because of
his ailininitra:orihlp. ,
The defendants may attend at said 1 time
t nd p.aee, and.be heard with respect to their
iiur.re.-ts then and tlice lo he adjudged and
di'teru:ined.
A TATE, G. 8, C.
January 4, 17. t
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Broathrsy tai Fvk TUco, Bcts Tork,
CHINESE PIRATES.
In 1875, owing to the wreck of a Bob
ton imz in tho Cliina sea, I was loft in
Hong Kong in pretty bad shape. After I
had carried a flag of distress,, as you
might say, for two weeks, an English
man offered to lot ma work my passago
to Liverpool, but as I was about to accept
it I ran across a countryman who had a
berth for mo. Ono of tho largest trading
houses in Canton at that limo was com
posed of three Americans, and they owned
two small steamers and three or four sail
craft Theso vessels were employed in
collecting goods from the various islands
to tho southeast, and some of tho voyr
n.cs extended up tho Yellow sea cs far as
Teng-cliow. Just at that tiruo tho Arm
had como into possession of a new
Etcamer and cho was about to make her
first -voyage-. -TIkw- liad- been trouble
with j'iraiical craft, anl tho etcamer liad
been fitted out to tako care of lierself.
gho can-ied two six pounders, twenty
. Americancavalry .carbiues, ajscoruxf ror.
volvern, and .was fixed, to throw hot
water oyer boarders. Iter compliment of
men was fifteen, of whom the cook,
steward nnd three firrmru were natives.
All others were Americans and English
men. Tho supercargo was an American,
who coui.1 rattle oil tlic Cliineso language
as well as the best of 'cm, and tho cap
lain and some of tho others could "Biuat
tcr" intjre or lcss.
Our first voyage wns to ho up the Yel
low bo:i, nnd wo carried a load of Anieii
can wid English goods. Tho cargo well
deserved tho name of "mfcccllonoous."
Tliere were niuidiets, fish spears, solo
leather, tinware, looking glasses, calicoes,
buttons, 6tonewarc, lamps, fish nets, gro
ceries, axes and almost everything else
you can tliink of, and the supercargo also
carried money to purchase what wb coidd
not traffic for. Wo were to pick up in
cscliange whatever foreign markets called
for i:t Canton, which included teas, rice,
several species of nuts, dyo stuffs, roots,
barks, skins, etc.
I was in luck to secure tho rdaco of
mate, for Capt. Tabor was a splendid fel
low and tho crow was ono which could bo
depended on. We had three or four men
who understood the handling, of thb six
poundcrs, which had been sent over from
the United States, and with the supply of
small arms at hand 'we felt ourselves a.
mutch for anything except a regular gun
boat. Wo got away in good shape, ran
up between tho coast and tho island of
Formosa, and then steered to the north
east to fetch the Lioo-Kioo islands, which
aro seven or eight in number and deal in
ginseng, sarsapnrilla and other medical
roots. Wo stopped a day at Ko-Luug,
which is at tho northern end of Formosa,
and almost opposite Foochow, oa the
mainland, and whilo hero it wa3 noticed
that the native members of our crow were
very thick with u lot of suspicious charac
ters vhowero hanging about us tho
greater part of tho day. Tho supercargo
overheard tliem discussing our voyage
and making many inquiries, and when ho
spoke of tho matter to the steward that
pigtailed gentleman explained that all our
natives wore related to the strangers who
bad been hanging about, and of course
the latter took an interest in them.
I didn't know" Chinese characters, as
well as some of tho others, and was there
fore somewhat surprised to hear the cap
tain find supercargo discussing tho iinpu
deuce of the natives aboard before we had
left Ke-Lung by fifty miles. Tho fire
men had given the engineer trouble, and
the Htou-iird had a certain sort of impu
dence in Lis obedience to commands. I
did not know until now that a gang of
twenty or more of the follows at Ke
Luug had attempted to induce the cap
tain to give thcra passage to the island of
Tsecusan, which we meant to visit. They
had oilcred big passage money and were
willing to put up with any accommoda
tions, but ho mistrusted them, and firmly
declined to havo one of them aboard.
Tho steward and firemen were soundly
berated by tho captain and threatened
with irons if any more trouble occurred,
and thero Uio matter was dropped. At
the close of the 'second day wo dropped
anchor off a small island to the south
west of Tseeusan called Kung-Wah.
Tlicro was no liarbor, but the depth of
tho water enabled us to get within a
cable's length of tho beach in a compara
tively sheltered siot.
Capt. Tabor had traded at this island a
year beforo, and he knew tliat the natives
wero all right as long as they were kept,
in awe by a superior force. Thero was a
trader on the island who had a largo
clock of roots, ani after a palaver lasting
two day3 arid nights tlic sujiercargo
finally made a bargain with him.. It was
observed by the captain .that soniochango
hud come over tho nativea, for on his pre
vious tri; they hail been eager to c.'oso a
bargain at any figure named. Tho natives
in our crew liad been permitted t j go
a.ihore, and a dozen or rjxc cf thej .aid
ing men of tho island li.-.d como aboard
and fcispcctoJ us. It was niglit of tho
second day beforo a trade v. as agreed
ujwj. On tho following day we wero to
begin landing and receiving goods. There
waaabig crowd cf natives on ehorc op
pt;tJ the steamer, and they had canx.-3,
catamarans and tlhoxvs enough to havo
embarked COO imoplo. Jmt bt fore night
clodfJ in wo-fcightcJ a largo junk coming
d'jw:i from tito direction of l'onnoia, but
Cava Iirr r.o particular attention. At
about 8 o'clock shocamo jogging Icng at
a tiamp's gait, and dropped her nuid
hook within 200 fct of us. I gav h r a
loo!:i;)g over with tlto night gl-jK, and its
only fivo or six men could I ma:o it oa
her dic, it was natural lo ccncJUuo trial
s!w was a trader.
Bnng in port, with fair wcatlwT fcr the
niglit, tlie crew might expert that rcdy
an anchor watch would Lo maintalncL
T!iC men mtu tliereforc bavc lieco so:dc
wliat Bitn'ri'icd wlien Capt. -Tabor in
vitflvl cur fivo natives to go usIkit, siiJ
s;id the niglit with their frknLs, ami
anounccd to tho rest of us tliat wc
nliouM stand watch and watch. Tito cook
was the only native who dil not gf He
deckind that he lad cncinkj achore wlio
would ki;l him, ftnd he wa tVicfore al
Ijw1 to occupy lit occustotrttd iuartcrs.
There wire ten of us ' besides Li:n, end
sooa affi tho junk anclViml fho iuns
v.-i'To cast loess and loaded with crape.
tic C. rearms l.rougtit ap ami ciadc ready, j
and tla? engineer was iruoructca v Keep
itcmi enough tS pcTmit us to uktt?. The
caU- was arrangdl for t-lippin-r. and tlien
Eve ux-n turned ia "aU stir.iUag," end
llie otlr fivo t us stool watch. IJcfore
thti hccurrol the captain aii r.v:
"ZZt. Oraliom, this may be giiiff to a
good deal of troublo for nothing, but tho
man who deals with theso natives has
got to bo prepared for any emergency.
If they troublo us it will not be until
after midnight. I will therefore head
tho second watch. Keep your eye on
that junk, and permit no boat to come
aboard under any circumstances."
I distributed my men over tho vessel to
tho best advantago and reserved to my
self tho right to act as a free lance. That
is, I went from ono part of tho vessel to
another, nnd kept-ono cypon tho junk
and tho other on tho lieach. All was very
quiotup to 11:30 o'clock, when I made
two discoveries in .quick succession. The
cook had prepared a largo dish of coffee
for our use during tho night. AVo had a
large um or a stand in ono corner of tho
dining room, and a lamp underneath
kept the coffee hot. Tho samo tiling is in
general .two ia American hotels and res
taurants. I was on tho point of entering
tho cabin to secure a drink of tho bovcr
crago when, as I passed an open window,
I heard tho cover cf (ho urn rattle, and
then caught tho f ootsteps of sonie one in
rcfreat. f It could lx? norio other th:ui the
native coo!;, I argued, but I did not go to
his quarters to verify or disprove my sus
picions. I entered tho cabin, turned up
tho light and carefully examined the urn.
Tho rascal had certainly "dosed" it.
Tlicro wus a grayish powder on tho cover
nnd on tho'edgoof tho urn, nnd in his
hasto ho had spilled some on tho floor. A
look inside showed numerous bubbles on
tho surface of the liquid, .but these broke
nnd disapjicared whUo I was looking. Tho
rascal could havo but ono object in his ac
tions. I arranged tho can so that no one
could secure a drink and then started to
notify tho captain. As I passed . along
tho deck I looked for tho junk, and in an
instant saw that sho had decreased tho
distance between. us. Tho tide was
setting in, and she was either dragging
her anchor or had purposely raised it and
allowed herself to drift. Thocaptain was
up as noon us -I touched his arm, and
when I reixirted my suspicions of tho
cook r.nd tho junk he replied:
"Call nil tho men at once, but make no
noise. Tliat junk has got fifty men in
her hold, and tho natives on Bhore are in
with a plot to capturo us. Take a pair of
handcuffs and liavo tho cook secured in
his berth.
After I had called tho men I went to
make a prisoner of tho cook, but ho was
nowhere to bo found. His object in re
maining aboard up to tliat hour was to
drag our coffoo and note what prepara
tions wb wero making. When he got
ready to go bo probably swam to the shore
with liis news, but ho could havo reported
little, more than tho fact that he had
dragged our coffee, which nil who were
awako at midnight would probably mako
uso of. When tho men had received our
orders wo paid our attention to. tho junk,
and ono of the guns wna quietly rolled
ncross tho deck and trained upon her.
When tho night gkiss was thrccted to the
shoro wo could make out that many of
the natives were moving about and evi
dently getting ready for somo expedition.
Thero was no question now but what wo
were to be attacked. Wo had a good
pressure of steam, plenty of hot water,
and tho hose was attached and a man as
signed to take charge of it.
It was an hour and a half after mid
night before there was any decided movo
on tho part of the enemy. The captain
of the-junk' could not havo liad a night
glass, and perhaps he reasoned that wo
were as badly off. Uo kept paying out
his cabla foot by foot until he was eoclo6e
on to us that I could have tossed a biacuit
aboard of him; Owing to tho set of the
tide or to come cross current h dropped
down to us stem fiitit, while we lay broad
side to the beach. The stern of the junk
was pointed amidships of tho steamer,
and our gun would rake his whole deck
at every " discharge. At 1 o'clock to
men left her in a small boat and went
ashore, and then forty or fifty cxmed men
came out of the hold and took their rta
tions cn deck. A few had muskets, but
most of them carried knives or a sort of
hand grenade, which has been termed
"stink pot. ' ' These bombs aro filled with
a villainous compound which is let loose
ae they ore broken, and the fames are
more to bo dreaded thau a bullet. Their
plan, as we solved it, was for an attack
on both sides of as at .once. A fleet
would come out on us from the shore and
the junk would drift down on us at the
eamo time Wo had the cable ready to
slip, sent tho engineer to his post and then
waited.
At about 1:30, whilo tho tide had yet
half on hour to run, we saw tlie shore
boats make ready. At least 200 natives
were ready to come off. They know that
the cook liad drugged or pcijoned our
coffee, and therefore sent a boat la ad
vance of the fleet to see in what shapo we
'were. The boat came up very txrftly and
rowel twico around us before tho captain
liailed aud let them know we wero wide
awake. Some sort of signal was given
from tlie boat, and tho light opened at
once. Just the moincnt we saw tho pro
plo on tho junk getting ready to drift her
down upon us we gave them tho grape
from the eix-jxainder. lacy wero not a
Dutol shot awav, with mnrt of the men
crowdod aft, and I verily believe that the'
enc discluu-ge. killed or wounded twenty
men. I was at that gun wii Inrocrtliers,
and a man arriM-d with a cafbiaa was
nonr rju IIo fired six orfieven Civ A3
wbib we were reloaIingfand three or
fjur rausket Elots wcnvlired at us. Our
second shot drove ajl who were left alive
bc-Iow hatches arid, Ixdicving tliat the
carbineer coulj uecp them tliere, wo ran
tho gun tohc starboard bide to beat off
the bout"
. It wis I,'h time Wlulo tlie first
discharge -f the gun hail done for a
fcjro ut tlKm they were a reck
ltai and !iicrata I and w;;ld
not retreat. They were provided with
homln, ciir.s Uo-v gurji end mir ket,
and the t.ian v. ho w.is to epriakle them
with Let watT lad been eiiot tkad at
their firtt fir. An sorn as wo got our
gun over, Sfiicc one Jickcd up Use iiezk:
of tlie h'w l.i; and turned it Yfrtc on
every boat wiihin reach. Uut l the
hot rai r tlm fellows might lave carried
usby Ijocrriing, for 200 to 10 is ligouds.
Such scrramaig and sJwuling and i.hritk
Ing as tbey indutgrl i v- '-cn tlic boiiing ..
Ik waU-r s;attaTl over tlw ir la!f-naked
bodira was uumium cL ita If. end. ad
t!ie iuno we kq4 playirg on Vwtn with
the run and tlie car!iica. T5 fiii ,
cfrtdd not hare lastrtl over seven or ciglit ;
minutrs. and m bkhi as Uk-.v bcan to
draw off I tan my rnn to tho peat tide,
kadol witli chcU. and sent tho niisalkj
rirj-.t thicugli the. juok's stem. 1LJX a
i!oien fellows rushed out of tho hold nnd
jumped overboard, and I gavo her two
moro. When tho third was fired there
was an explosion, proluxblyof a barrel of
powder, which Ufted her deck tliirty feet
high and split her wido open. Sho sank
right tlicro beforo our eyes, and the wails
of tho wounded wretches who floated
about for a uiuiuto or two were dreadful
to hear.
Capt. Tabor felt that such treachery as
tho Bat ires had shown deserved tho sever
est punishment, and wo turned both guns
loose on tho viL'age nnd fired forty or tif ty
shells. When daylight camo not a human
being was in sight. Portions of tho junk
had been driven on tho lieach, and the
natives had fled and left everything be
hind them.- Tho sharks wero probably
attracted to tho spot by tho sounds of
firing, and they certainly had a rich feast.
I never saw them so thick beforo nor
since, and as they fished up tho bodies
from tho bottom around us thn or four
would seizo and tug at a single ono and
quickly tear it to pieces. I was ent
ashore with a fl.TT of truce, witti four
armed men to make it respected, aud on
tho sands I found tlie Ixxfy ef ono of our
firemen, and not far off llmtnf Tan- cook.
After somo hard work I induced tho head
man to come in out of the forest and talk
to me. Ilia name, wan Wung-IIang, and,
a moro lmniblo man I never 'met. Uo
laid it all to tho jieoplo on tho junk. Tho
nstives among our crow hail conspired
with the fellows at Ke-Lung to securo
passago aboard and overpower us. When
this game could not bo worked, owing to
tho refusal of tho captain to take them,
thoy followed on after us in tho junk,
and found a cheerful co-operator in old
Wung-IIang, tho trader. . -
Uo supplied us with tho. best of pro
visions, detailed, natives to do nil our
work, nnd wheiLwc woiuready to leave
lio supplied us with five natives, and
gave Capt. Tatar full power to decapi
tate them nt the first signs of disobedi
ence. During tho next throe years, or
until I severed my connection with tho
steamer, we got around to tho island
nbout once in six montlis, nnd old Wung
IIang always had a good bit of cargo
ready for us, nnd would deal with no
ono else. Now York Sun.
A Iriit.lcl Murine Enslnocr. i
Tho firfjt steanibc-at built in Scotland
did not venture out of the rivers and
firllis except in dino weather. David
Napier, thinking that a steamer could bo
built to- navigate tho open sea in all
weathers, eletermined to know tho diffi
culties it would enexHUiter. At a stormy
period of tho year hu took posmgo on a
sailing packet, which ran. between Glas
gow and Belfast. Standing for hours at
tho bow he watched the waves breaking.
Now and then ho would leavo his post to
ask tho captain if it wus a rough sea.
When told it was nothing unusual ho
went kick to the low with an air of elis
apjiointmont. He did not mind being drenched with
tlie epray, but Iks was impatient with the
ordinary weather. ' At last it blow a galo
and a wave, breaking over tho bow,
swept the packet from stera to stern..
Making his way uft. dripping with salt
water, he asked: "Captaia, do you con
rider it rough now?"
"I never faced a worse 'Boa, eir," an
swered tha master.
-- "Well, 'f that's all, I think I can man
age it!" exclaimed Napier, as ho went be
low to meditate on what he had seen.
On his return to Clasgow, ho experi
mented to discover tlie ehape of bow
which would go through water with tho
least resistance. Ilis eijrht seeing" on
tlie bow' of tho packet liad suggesUfd that
the round bow of-a sailing vessel was not
the best form for a steamboat. ULi ex
periments led ' hira to adopt tho fine
wedge shape haw which new distut
guii hes steamers all over the world.
When Knpier mndo Us voyage days
were often required to sail between Glas
gow and Bclfact. It is now mado in
nina hours, because tho raarino engineer
first saw what was to 1. dons sod then
did it Kansas City Times.
Danger In "hidden Chang.
If a blizzard of unusual severity were
coming from tlic northwest that would
send tho thermomotcr down fiO or 70
degs. in throe hours, wo should expect a
great increase of pneumonia and other
Sespiratory diffuses, resulting in many
Icaths. Now, insteal of throe hours,
suppose tlia mercury were to drop three
score degs. in three minutes cr take an
other step in fancy, and supposo this
great change to tako placo in three
recocdt w!;ct would likely l tho effect
on the health? And yet wo brinir llwut,
artificially, changra in ourselves quito as
midden and ns severe n this
We liavo an artifit-Udclimato in our
hour. Wo live indoors in cn atmos
phere lieatcd by stoves, furnaces, or
CORRESPONDENTS AT D0NELS0N.
I tt'xun pi;., to i) or to di-g.jand wo
j paw from, our parlor or kill to Ixatcd
5 into tiitvojxn air. At a step, literally In
! a lieatiof tho tmix.-rature of the nir lias,
j for us; droppcl 50 cr 70 degs. Wo mny
I nut on an extra coat cr tliawl end shield
yiho ontfJdo of tho body und chest, Irtif
wo cannot shield the elciiate linings and
meml.-ranos of t!w air jassagtn, tho
bronchial 'tube, tlrf? lur.g tells. Naked,
they ruceive tliefull forcuof tho clumgo
tls la-.t breath at 70 degs., tho next :t
fnsczjjg or zero and all unjTcparcd.
We have been titling, perliaps fi-r lie-uni,
in a tropir j otmoeplipre; nay, werrse, ia
an almoHjilicrw deprived by hot iron sur
faces 't ita oW'Ue and natural refreshing
and bracing qu.d:ties. Our lungr. aro till
r.loxeil, d-l.iiitr.led, unstrung; and in
Uiis cmditie-ii the crll air strikes th.-ci
patlis-.l CO degs. Ixlow what they aro
I'ndiiitr-J to" and j.r-pcrl fi.r. U it
airang--; if j ninmenia tnd I rotrfhitU are
at lianiir l'optiUir t.-knce Monthly.
Catling '-omo SolUAMllam.
"Wkit's t!io matter, iAiyV inquirol
his inotlxr, at tlio boy fiounccl into the
nura-ry.
i'a s-cnt me out of Uk l-h'Iirary
ckt'i I made too much n-n-oiHe."
'I you dUIn't say anything to
j-ouriais-V"
:-,. " rrT-i:,l rjjbv. who krows
letter 4haa to I nula t tha 4l t.van,
.ct 1 6-fclatcmed the door." New Yea k
Sun,
ft!! AmirlmL .
"Aw, pard-m nc. Edith, I'vo thutch
a cold in my head: and tvlica I'vo a Coll,
I'm always stupid. don'tciK-wr.o."
T' Artiiiir J:ow khU you seem always
to have thti atlictiua.''
ti
IVlmt Ono of the Jimrnallntlo rroreMtlnn
-Saw Aftor tbo 8n wonder of tho Fort.
xVbout a milo from the landing I met a
person dilapidated, demoralized, who,
bent with fatigue, was limping and hob
bling "painfully,' in tho direction of the
boats. I recognized him as Andre Mat
teson, a correspondent of his own paper
in Chicago. Ho was worn out with
houri of tramping over the battlo ground,
and withal in a state of starvation. I di
vided my rations with him and ho ato
liko a ravenous wolf. I liavo always felt
that my opportune meeting with him at
that moment saved him from death
through starvation, and thus preserved to
tho journalistic profession ono of its most
accomplished members.
Knox was not nt Donelson, being then
on his third march from fct. Louis to
Springfield, this timo under tho lead of
Gen. Curtis. Uieliardson mado a narrow
escape from mijsing tho battlo. At Fort
Uenry'l had managed to get my letter
off on tho- firstalisputeh-Jboat..wliichleft;
ho miseed tho boat, and there was no
otherto leave in ten hours. IIo was
equal to tho emergency. IIo went down
tho river on tho first steamer, took tho
train for New York, writing on tho earn
as ho went. Although ten hours behind
at tho at art he mado up tho difference, eo
tliat our letters appeared on tho bamo
morning in Now York, and by coming
instantly back ho wus in timo for Uio
Donelson contest.
Sunday morning, after the surrender,
whilo going through tho works, a man
passed me on a lively trot who earned
paper and pencil, and who halted a mo
ment hero and thero ' to jot down
a sontenco. A glimpse, of a jaundiced
face and a solemn countenance re
vealed tho .i. lent ity of Collin, tho-Boa.
ton -correspondent, who was doing tho
fortifications on tho run. Aa far ns I
could see him ho kept tho pace, up hill
und down, over breastworks, parapets,
riilo pits, rocks, fallen trees and all other
obstacle's. IIo ran with his head down,
like an animal which trails by scent. If
his report was at all commensurate in
value with the qiced developed in getting
it up it must havo been tluilling beyond
estimate.
Homy Lovio, tho artist for Frank Lea
lie, was not on the ground. I met him a
couple of days after at Cairo and fur
nished him material with which "our
owu corrcsixindont on the spot" mado a
spirited drawing of the battlefield.
Knowing personally many of tho officers
who wero engaged in tho .charge against,
the Confederate right, I gave hint such
details of their appearance that ho was
able to present some ycry lifelike faces in
Lio sketch of tho assault; and in this May
ho gamed a vast notoriety for the fidelity
cf bis pictures, thereby, in tho estimate:
of the soldiers who followed Smith in bis
gallant attack, proved himself to havo
done the work under the very fire of the
enemy. "Polinto" in Chicago Times.
A rarasrBph Aunnt flrent rosnllilHIo.
It seems that there Is no end to the pos
sibilities of instantaneis photography.
The artists in this line havo already pho
tographed trains going a milo a minuto,
horses trotting a 3:28 gait, baseballs in
mid air, and othor flying tilings. Why
should they not give us photographs of
birds in ftight, thereby aiding a;rial ex
periments in constructing nir ehips mod
eled upon the flying mechanism of the
air's iaihabitants? Fcrliaps they will alio
show us negatives of bullets and cannon
balls in flight, and, to return to baseball,
of great pitchers' lmzzling curves. Dia
grams of Rome of these curves would bo
worth looking at. This reminds me tliat
Douglass, tlie photographic supply man
on Wabash avenue, has constructed an
electric lamp, having its own reservoir tif
electric energy, by which iiislanluneous
photographs of all sorts of things and
places may be Liken after night. It ia
hia idea tliat detective andUho police
would find cuch an instrument of service
in preserving a likeness of the scenes of
night crimes and such things, and Las
asked Police Photographer Evans and
Detective Shea to give tbo apparatus a
trial. Orr, the country genius, has mode
several very good street scenes by moon
light. Tlie timo of exposure was twenty
minutes. Chicago Herald.
1 .
Tbo) rropor War to Kod.
A gentleman who is proprietor of one
of tho largest and most popular hotels in
ono of our large cities must bo a buiy
man. Yet I know such a one who it
ono of tho best and most satisfactory
talkers tliat I meet. I said to him one
day, "Do let nie ask you how it is that
you find time to bo informed on all the
wtwh of tlto day and can talk intelli
gently on now books, politics, etc" Ua
eaiil: "When I was a Joor boy, working
hard nil day, a kind old goiitltman use!
to lend me his New York daily after he
had rid it, Ono night this occurred to
nm, 'What can I rciucmlxrr ft .what I
bave read for t'aB past threo weeijs?
What has been going on in England, in
Germany, in Franc-? What new books
kivo been published? What progn-ss has
been made, ami in what direction?' So
putting aside rSy preci'ius papers, I went
all around the circle politics, arts, wws,
literature, etc till I felt I was certain t-f
some things. I have kept up tlmt habit
ever tine. What I read I maks uune.
and if 1 tant rrad a book I read a rxxl
reviow of it ufui fi 1 tliat I havo ctiiapa
tho best of it." Kato taaboni in At
lanta Constitute!.
" INSTANTANEOUS" PLATES.
. . . N . .
lomo of tlie Difficultly Wl'lch are -Two
u.-.'. to Ho Ovoroomo Eporlmen.---At
a meeting of the Photographic st
jicty of Philadclpliia the question was
asked: "What can be considered as tho
'instantancousncss' of gelatino plates and
tho well ascertained shortest exposure at
tained?" Mr. David Pepper, Jr., stated
tliat tho pioturo of a hall falling before a
screen had been taken with one of Mr.
Muybridgo's fastest shutters in the
1-1000 of a second. Mr. David Cooper,
who was present as a visitor, referred to
a picture mado by Mr. W. T. Gregg of a
projectile being fired from .a dynamite
gun. Tho shell was shown a- short dis
tance in front of tho muzzlo of tho gun,
and was blurred . about one-half its
length. Tho velocity of tho projectilo
was stated to bo 1,000 feet per second.
In front of tho shell could bo seen what
was claimed to be a cushion of com
pressed air. Tnis cusliiou had the np
pearanco of, a comet nnd was supposed to
bo tlie cause of the difficulty ' or impossi
bility of .'hitting with a pistol bullet a sus
pended eggshell or handkerchief.
Capt. MacNutt of tho Frankford ar
senal stated that ho had been trying for
two years to devise a means to accom
plish this. Tho difllctdty seemed to bo
in securing sullicient rapidity of expos
ure, at the same timo laving a position
near enough, to get ft respectablo sized
picture. Tho projectile, moving at from
1,200 to 1.G00 feet per second, wotdd re
quire a faster shutter tlian ho had yet
seen. Tho high velocities of projectiles
at the muzzlo has led to f ho suggestion
that they might lie gotten at a point, say
600 yards off, where tho velocity is con
siderably reduced, lmt this lias placed
oilier difficulties in the way, chief among
which is exposing whilo. tho projectiles
are in the field of view. Mr. Eartlett ex
pressed his doubts whether tho most scn
sitivo film is capablo of rcccreling the
presenco of tho cushion of air preceding
tho projectile, inasmuch as tho atmos
phere, even undir the greatest pressure,
would - bo invisible. Ho thought ho
might as well expect tho photographic
image of tho temjiorary vacuum which
follows tho liall. Boston Transcript -
When IiiBrll Woa Hlek.
Col. Ligersoll told a story about a time
when ho was sick with fever many years
ago, about tlw only ickness he ever
know. Climbing over a porch outride of
his window wero grape vinos full of
grapes just ripening. In liis fever ho
craved acids and cooling drinks, and
yflKiSe grapes mado him wild with desiro
to reach thorn, but lis was sternly loruiu
den to think of them or of ico water, and
he was closely watched to eeo tliat he did
not reach tho forbidden fruit. Ono night
when he pretended to be asleep and was
thought too weak to move, the nnrso
slipped out, perhaps to get a drink cr a
smoke, lngersoll ciawled feebly from
tlie bed, crawled out of Uio window upon
tho roof of (he porch and ate grapes till
lie feared the nurse would return.
"Tlien," said he, "I filled my shirt tail
full of grapes and crawled back to bed
and - lay and ato them in tho dark.
Then," said he, "I went to rlecp. bidding
the world good-by, and willing to do so
after the exquisite enjoyment of tliat
feast."
In tho morning the doctor camo in,
and, after examination, prononneed him
much improved, and evidently felt elated
in his Kuccess in treating the ' case. ln
gersoll asked liim what would be the con
sequence if bo ate a lot of thosa grapes,
and be was assured that he would not
live an hour. After tlio grape cpisodo
his improvement was so rapid that it
amazed tlie physician, and when ho told
that physician about tlw grapes the latter
was probably moro amazed than ever.
Paid the colonel I - "These physieian nur
by old rules. . If a man dares to do other
wise he is denounced ss a quack and prev
fessionally ostracized. The only wisdom
we get in the world which is correct
comes frotu the natural laws and instinct
and is the result of love. Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette,
, Literally WIM Oat at r.il.loaoe.
George Doraa was blown to pieces by
a nitro-glyccrine cxplorion at Pod Bock a
few years ago. lis was a man tliat
wclglied 100 pounds. All that the most
thorough search evr recovered of that
200 pounds of flush nnd bono was a part
of one of the jwor man's feet less limn
ono pound. Charles Eei-ridge, a well
known oil man. was blown up by nitro
glyccrine one winter in Allegheny county.
Tho ground was covered with newly
fallen mow. On citlies- cble was a bign
Folaoned hj IIU Do.loo-a.
The nun who tarns IfpO.COO tho hard
est of any man I Lr.ow U a celebrated tea
tasurdown .town, To-diy you e him
and Lo t-ioks Lke any oilier man. but if
yon me Lira in a uiocilli luiav to ill
stri!:e you as extraordinary. Ilis hat
m-ill tlien appear to be fr too
small tnd to bo Trhed on his brad like a
marking j-.t on a barrel This in said to
bo because ho has been poi.M-l by I.U
Uv inctii, and the lower jort of hi face
ml besd has swelled out cf ail rTojTr
tin to his crown and his hat. lie cr.ly
wa-'hes Lii tongu with the tea and tVn
spits it ont. Hit in tho course of tlfong
lids a tliT.wr!nd tinr a day for scver-l
wfc tlw trMtv? dru-i dors il-i work and
tl-e-n be has to h? oT f ir a f':W wee-t a.vl
fclirink Ids bead ready to begin again.
I"roTidnco Jcximal. '
and cljiirt bill only a few rods apart.
py.rridge was a very tall man. and his
weight was ltO jiounils. Tho remains of
tho poor fellow wero Marched for care
fully, but Us than fifteen ponnds ef
them could be found. Tho m'wt curie.us
part of tlio case, and ono'slicm-ing bow
completely annihilation xcrompanies n
cxpkwion of nilro-glrccrine, was tliis:
Tiic greatert force of the explosive is al
ways exju-tidcd upward. However in
finitefrfmal tlio atoms to which Ik-rridg;'
hexly might havo been rc'.uced ty this
oxpiVwion, in falling bock upon that pot
li we enow tome tnico of tliem muft have
Ix-m unn, lait the mow remained r.s
spot!-KS as K-fore. Befuile-s human bodies,
the iron frames of wagens, anil even tho
ponderous nitro-glycerine safes, have
lie-en removed from human vtoion ty nn
ciplosinn as cflcctimlly as if they ha I
iwrT born forniod, crid tlie mysUry ' f
tln-ir utter aniiihikition cannot bo cx
plalnoL New York Tinv-s.
Kalaiag rolalaow fcjr Ktrrtrlrlly.
v'An mtetMrting t-rjifrime-nt. showing
the Infl-.w-nce ef i-fcctritTtr on Jho rrrm-fh
: rf ro4H. lias bce-n mado in ticrmfny.
, rkitcs conifT wero flirnst upright into
. l!ic enrtli. ami onnocted ly wins wifl
j i.niUir!y placed zinc plates elout 1M
i U diMant, an electric battery being
j thus formed witli lbs earth between t'w
j ropjwr and zinc in the circuit. Ecth
i potatos and beets (ilanted twrtwecn tuch
rp):U civo an inrrcaspd yidil beets 1
fr cer.L. potatoi'S 25 ptr crr.t.. es Mm
! paml with oflVr rrts of tho same field.
I Dry Oernds Chronicle.
A Tealllallao; Wlmlnw INibov.
A Peuiifr.hanij coal Ofcptor hnsem-f!"jT-l
a cor.i;-teTit nirgtiJl to krttiro to
1 is iiii.Trrs en the mrtbol cf Torrduro in
tbo runy cm-rgKy.!cs that arie freoat
iiiUic mxi-ka'Jt.
i A Grrmnn mginrrr. named llcrkcls,
hns invented vetli!.1ting window pans
j trbieh sdmils fres-h sir while rrevtr.tirj
i i drs'ip'it. F-v h oyruare meter rf class
' Sontiiins 5.000 holeo, whie h ars cf a
w.ical idinpe, wvkning tirwurd the bi
iidc. Tin new dev ice bat lre!y "i n
'l letted ty nvtny e-f tlie tlernun l-cs-.
Chrysanthemums.
Ah, pretty buttons on lh cloak ,
Tbat autumn wrap aromvl her,
Ere winter with bit icy chill '
In cry tala otmins bat boond bor.
How bright you make the dark -broom gA
Now faded grown, and olden,
By touching it with odor rare
Of crimson, white sad golden,
Wben winter come, and cutting front
- Htwe clipped yon from ber drcnaoa, ;
The momory of white and gold
Will still retntin to bless as,
. Washington CrltloV
HEIRS OF THE INCAS.
A Fine Kao ot Paoplo Who Aro Hneal
Abaaed In Southern llollvlov
The Quichoa Indians are the direct do
icendatitsof the Incas of Pern, so well
described in Prescott's hfstory. . They
are a fine race of men and it is a great
pity that little or nothing' is- done for
their education.- On the contrary they -are
much abused, although of late years
tho government ' of Bolivia has taker!
measures forbidding their maltreatment.
Before reaching that country I was told
the only way in which to get along with
these Indians was to treat them liko
dogs. However, I treated them kindly
and justly, and from experience, I de
clare this to be the best mode of getting1
along. They are a good race, but with
out courage. This I attribute to the state
of servitude they have been held under,
and the utter ignorance they are kep
in, giving them no Incentive to better
their condition. From the first days of
tho conquest they were treated like
beasts of burden, withal they are Intel- .
ligent, and once educated they will in
time form an important factor in the
bod politio of Bolivia. In Peru it was
tho Quicboas who stood by Ceaceres, and
it is to them he owes his present posi
tion. Speaking their language and ming
ling among them, he won them to bis
cause, and truer .friends can not bo
found. . The only priests who can man'
age them are the Franciscan monks.
These also learn their language and livs
among them. They are almost .wor
shiped by the Quichoa.
The Inca language is to-day tho same
as three centuries ago. Tlio people are
tall, lithe, well built, but rather slim, of
very pleasing features, with rather -a.
melancholy cast. Their morals are good,
nne of the laws of old, now indorsed by
the clergy, is early marriage. Tlrey all
profess the Catholic religion. In each
village there is a chapel, rude like their
houses. Their priests are chosen from
among tliemselres, and, though few of
them can either read or write, they cele
brate mass, baptize, marry and bury
people. Still to this day the sun is
looked upon as the prom. iter of power
and good. Each village lias its. corre
gidor, who again has his alcaldes or as
sisktnts. The number ofthe latter
varies according to size of population.
They are very laborious Even wben
traveling, which is generally dons oa
foot, they spin, men as well as women.
They carry a bundle of wool from which
they spin the threads with a spindle
banging from the left band, which they
keep in a rotary motion while drawing
out the wool with the right band.
Every available piece of ground they
vultivate, first fencing it in with stone
walla.
Tkv are most prosperous in the sooth
of Bolivia. Most of their houses were
built centuries ago. They are not no
mads, though used to travel. While,
like all ignorant races, the women are
treated as inferiors, the Qukhoas do not
maka iiaves of their wives. On the con
trary, I have twice heard Indian women
giving their lyd orthodox curtain lec
tures for being intoxicated. This hap
pens only when they go to town to sell
their produce. A a rule they are sober
and frugal. They aro very kind to their
children and household animals. The
dress of tha men consists of s cotton
hirt, trousers reaching to the knee and
open half way up on the sides this to
turn thou up easier when creasing
streams wooden or leather sandals. a
woolen poncho, and a black straw hat
ornamented with bright-colored cloth
or wool. Bolivia Cor. San Francisco)
Chronicle.
flrml u Wark af Aa
The Lancet can not understand bow It
has come to bo thought that the fact of
sn actor or actress repeating the same -part
night after night for a lengthened
period can' be productive of madness.
-No one doubts that tlie repetition must
be " wearisome, and if there were no
counterbalancing advantages it might
be so irritating as to be mentally injuri
ous; but players, like the rest of the
world, are at heart matter-of-fact peo
ple, and. as Mr. W. a Gilbert points
out, the fae-t of a long eiftageinent lias
the not inconsiderable merit of relieving;
anxiety."
Moreover, tlie brain is spared the toil
of frequent Study for new parts. The
day is left free; and if there be tire
some sameness about the evening's
work it can nut be a very terrible inflic
tion, for even tire most elaborate im
iwraonation must come to be almost
automatically rforroed after they have
biien so repeated as to lose their novelty.
The public suffer for these 'long runs
becaune there is 'nothing new' to awaken
interest; but if the actors, suffer they
have their compensation, and we ven
ture to think tlit, mentally, personally
and relatively, it is avlequate." Jledicsi
Journal.
SfMeoh r EBgltafc Wowbobv
No English worn m Interlards her
beautiful speech with foreign words..
Ue-r linguistic studies have made her
peak Knglish with greater purity,
lucidity and propriety. The English are
not as fluent, they are not nearly as
ready to talk as Americans. We say
twenty words to Hieir one, bat they do
surpass us in voice, pronunciation and
elegances " Where foreign word is
more euphonious expresses their
meaning letfer than a native one, ita
adoption into colloquialisms seems to be
come imperatively necessary. "Ennui,
fiance, naivete, chic," fall from Ameri
can very naturally, bit rarely from
EaSILdi lips. Cor. New York World.