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VOl XVII. THIED SERIES. SALISBURY, N. C, AUGUST 26, 1886. N0.14
READ THIS COLUMN CAREFULLY.
Meroney k Bro's.
THE GRAND CENTRAL FANCY
AND DRY GOODS ;
ESTABLISHMENT
OF SALISBURY, j
-:oj-
far thU season their line ot Dress Tram
lines w unapproachable. .
Vfull line of Rosary Bead Trimmings,.
f cy Ball ami Crescents for Lambrequins.
Special bargains in Hamburg and Swiss
Embroideries.
Large varieties of Buttons, large and
na41 witN clasps to match. Largest and
cheapest line of Pearl Buttons in the city.
Below all competition, they have the best
Hae of Laces, in all widths, of Escurial
Spanish, Black andf Colored, Oriental;
. rroAtn nnd White.
Arftsenc and Fillaselle Silk Floss in ialr
bdes. . j j
TMe best oOc. uorsei ever oiu.
A fall line of Warners Corsets.
Parasols from 13c. v$G.OO.
""' Warn tuirrrains in Kid and Silk Gloves
tud Mitts of all shades and quality. I
A complete line of Undressed Kids for j
Ladies. ... , 1 ' , '
An unequalled assortment oi t,aaie8 ana
Misses Hose at all prices, j.
RIBBED HOSE FOR CHIL
DREN A SPECIALITY.
Gent's Silk Scarfs from 25c to $1.00.
Tnt the nlace to tret White and Colored
Cuffs and Collars for Ladies.
If you want Straw Hats, Fur Hats and ,
Sljoes for Uentiemen, irfitues, or uoys, you
can find them here.
The more careful yoni read the more you
will be convinced thajt they have the best,
stock in -town, and vviffl sell to you at price
io compete with any one.
In alt the recent popular shades of,
DRESS GOODS
They have all Wool Nun's Veiling at 25c.
BatUtcs and Embroidery to match.
Embroidered Etominc Robes, Embroid
ered Zephyr Robes, Full line plain Etoinine
Drea'(jods, Combination Wool Kobe Dress
Good, Brocade Com l nation Dross Goods,
Striped Combination press Goods, Bouciay
Canvass Plaid Dress Goods, She ppard Plaid
Dress Goods, Cotton Canvass Dress Goods,
13c Satteeus, Crinkled Seersuckers, Ging
hams. WHJTE GOODS.
In White woods you cannot te pleased
better anywhere; they have Linen De Dac
es, India Linen, Persian Lawn, Victoria
Lawn, White and Colored Mull, Nainsook,
at all prices.
All Shades of Cheese Cloth, Caliroes, 58
x93 at 5c. per yard, Cussimers-for Gent's
wear, all prices, Cot tonades from 12c to 30c
Ladies and -Misses Jerseys, a"i fulj line, Cur
tlin Goods in-Persian and Russian Drapery,
Curtain Holland -in alt shades, Oid Shades,
in all colors. Curtain Poles and Fixtures,
Linen Lap Rubes 7.3c. to $1.30.
MERONEY 8f BRO.
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BEST REMEDY KNOWN FOR
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SORE MOUTH
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In all forms and stages.
PURELY V EG STABLE
REQUIRES KU INSTRUMENT.
It Cares where others failed to give
relief. ,"
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Dr.B. B. Davis, Atkena, Ga.. Sjus: "I silvered
Jnth Catarrh live yvxti. li'U slncflPHlDg CEicTALN
CAT A mm CL'KE amendrely fifeelrum the dls-
Or. 0. B. Howe, Athoni Oa., 8avs: "CERTAIN
CAT A 1 Hll QUKK cured tneot a severe ulcerated
ore throat, and 1 cheerfully endorse It."
Miss Lucy J. Cool;, ucoune Co. Ua.. writes, Sept.
Mil, 1SS5: "One bottle off your remedy entirely
"urea me of catarrh wltii which I had suffered
greatly Torn ve years."
J. H. Aiijjiw J, Athens, Oft., writes Sept. 2,
ww severe sore throat moire than two weeks; was
entirely cured by CKKTAlX CATARRH CURE In
oneday."
CAN YOU DOUBT
UClf TESTIMONY? WE THINK NOT.
on!l a tew of UMnany cerUflcat.es are given here,
dressing obt,aineJ from vour druggist, or by
3 C. CO., ATHENS, Ga,
for Sale by J. H. ENX1SS, Salisbury N.C.
8l:ly.
n certify that on the 15th of Febru-
k coittmoicDCen giving my four
respectively, Smith's Worm Oil, and!
7 O 1 5 I w T ' i
IKI Within 4iv iUvq t!wrj wpi-h at!
kuo worms ex pel led. Out child
.Da,.-.i f An : ..
' J. E, Simpson.
'Hall Co., Ftibruarj 1; 1879.
8"i: My cliibi, five years old, had(
symptoms of worms. I tried calomel
Lnd other Worm Medicines, but fail
to expel any. Seeing Mr. BainVl
ctitksue, I got a vial of I vour Worm.
fUl', and the first diose brought forty1
rnis, and the second dose so manyi
iwc passed I coukl not count them.
j 8. H. ADAMS
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THROAT
K
The'Baison d'Etre.
Eleanor Kirk in the Omaha World.
The same old sea anfl the same old sky ;
The same old vessels sailing by ;
The same old farmer raking the sand ;
The same old fisherman row ing to land ;
The same old lane $nd the same old mud ;
The same old cowfnd the same old cud,
The same old toad and the sameOld tree;
The same old terrier harking at me. ,
The same piazza, dusty and bare-.;
The same old women taking the air,
With the endless stories of long ago.
Of the same old ball and the same old beau ;
The same old dresses, ugly as sin,
The same old ru$h when the mail comes in ;
The same old fools and the same wise men.
The same old pig in the same old pen.
Old gobblers, old men, old work, old play,
The same old night andjhe same old day ;
The same old fog to straighten the hair,
Antiquity's chestnut everywhere.
And it's eat and drink. and sketch and sew
And dress for whom I'd like to know ? ?
For strata andTossils, and hens and geese,
And theycail this health and rest and peace.
Oh, bother "such rest and health, . say I ;
I'd rather be ill perchance to die
Than live in tlvc days before the flood,
An antique clam in historic mud.
But this I'll add, though twill prove mebold
One nice young man would atone for the old,
And take the mildew from land and sea,
And I guess that's whnt's the matter with me
Notice about the White Insane in "S, C.
August 5, 1886.
By the joint action of the Boards of
Directors of the "North Carolina In
sane Asylum1' at Raleikh, and the
"Western North Carolina Insane Asy
lum" at Morgan ton, --and -by virtue of
Section 2243 of the Code, the Dividing
Line between the two Institutions has
been changed so as to commence on the
Virginia line between Person and
Grarrville counties, running South with
the Eastern boundary lines of the coun
ties of Persons, Durham, "Chatham,
Moore and Richmond, to the South
Carolina line; it being the same line as
at present establish eaby Act of Con
gress between the Eastern and West
ern Federal Judicial Districts of North
Carolina.
Hereafter all applications for the ad
mission of patients from countries West
of said line will be made to the Super
intendent of the "Western North Caro
lina Insane Asylum" at Morganton,
and idl applications from counties East
of said line will be made to the Super
intendent of the "North Carolina In
sane Asylum" at Raleigh.
Patients now in the Asylum at Ral
eigh from the comities of Rockingham,
Guilford, Randolph. Montgomery, Rich
mond and Caswell, will be immediately
jtranf erred to the Asylum at Morgan
ton. E. Burke Haywood, M. D.,
President of the Board of DirectorsJJof
of the North Carolina Insane Asy-
lum at Raleigh.
W. J. Yates,
President Board of Directors of the
Western N. C. Insane Asylum at
Morganton.
Note. No patient must be carried
to either Asylum without -the wriiten
consent of the Superintendent.
There is not room in the Asylums
for all who are reported insane. The
Directors have the right to regulate
admissions, and will use it, Tiaving in
view '-always the curability of patients,
the protection of society and the wel
fare of the institutions. Permission
must be iirst obtained frpm the au
authoritieS at Morganton before pa
tients are carried there. Without this
permission, cases must be refused, thus
inflicting great -suffering on the patient,
expense to the eounties, and a most
disagreeable duty on the Superinten
dent. All cases in the new counties
assierned to the Western Asylunv at
Morganton not in the Asylum at Ral
eigh, can obtain proper blanks by
applying to Dr. Murphy at Morganton"5
Persons sent to Morganton must be
committed to the "Wester N. C.'In
mm Asylum" or they cannot be ad
mitted without violation of law. (This
is mentioned because several times per
sons have been sent to Morganton who
were committed to the "N. C Insane
Asylum" at Raleigh.)
j.ny information in regard to mat
ters concerjiing the Western Asylum
will be cheerfully furnished by apply
ing to Dr. Murphy at Morganton.
BSrPapers in the W estern District
will please copy the- above, if they
think proper to do so for the informa
tion of their readers and for the benefit
of the unfortunate insane.
The Oxford Orphan Asylum's Needs.
Tlie orphan asylum is just now in
special need of funds, to meet the cur
rent expenses of the institution and to
complete the industrial building, which
is now in process of erection. Dr.
Dixon writes that there are now 200
children in the asylum, and that he
must have money to board, clothe and
educate them. The good people of
North Carolina have always responded
to the calls of thi asylum for help, and
surely they will again give a ready re
sponse to this appeal. Dr. Dixon sends
a very handsome lithograph of the
asylum buildings. This interesting
nicture will be sent to any addresby
I Dr. Dixon upon receipt of fifty cents,
or the Orphan's Friend for one year
and the picture for $lv05, the five cents
bein added to cover the cost of niail
! ing fhe picture. Kvery Masonshould
j have one -of these illustrations of a
I noble charity. Help the orphans.
Xnrs-Obscrrcr.
Congressmen Who Don't Pay.
j Washington notes in Pittsburg Dispatch.
Some queer thincs can be seen about
the Capital during the last days of the
session. One of the queerest is the
crowd of collectors Coining to Con
fess may be an honor, but it cannot be
said to make men honorable. The
average of dead-beats in Congress is
quite as great as outside. On the
hist days of -the session vou will find a
------
swarm of flpurists, livery stable men,
hotel and boarding-house keepers, con
stables and Professional collectors
swarming the corridors, looking after
delinquent members and trying to catch
them in the halls. There-are members
who systematically rob hotels and
haberdashers and all sorts of tradesmen
right and left. Nothing can be legal
ly done with a member of Congress for
obtaining money under false pretenses,
though it is a jailable offence when
committed "by- common people. The
only remedy is to make the transaction
known. If the recordset the Congres
sional dead-beats could be printed a
good many people would be astonished.
A 'Rich Joke.
The Washington dispatches disclose
a rich joke on the Senate. It has been
the fashion of the Senate committees
to attempt to discredit the sincerity
and good faith of the President in his
removal or suspension of Republican
officials. They have studiously tried
to make it appear that the President
had made removals for party purposes
onl', and in disregard of his avowed
purposes and pledges. In order to give
the suspended official a "send ofT with
a fine certificate of character and
diploma of martyrdom, the commit
tees have in numerous cases made re
ports, and spread them upon the jour
nal of the Senate, reciting in substance
that the suspended official was a faith
ful one and was suspened for political
reasons, and for no cause reflecting on
his character or conduct, personal or
official.
A case has come to light which has
very much shaken the value of these
indorsements. Away back in the early
part of Mr. Cleveland's administration
he had appointed. one Alonzo P. Sharp
Postmaster at McCook, Neb. Sharp
was appointed as a Democrat. But he
followed the bad ; precedents of too
many Republican officials, and was
soon short in his accounts. Thereupon
Mr. Cleveland promptly suspended
him, and nominated one Thompson to
succeed him. The papers were sent to
the Senate, showing that Sharp was
short in his accounts, and was no long
er fit for public trust in a public
office.
Writh these facts and undisputed
proof of their truth before them, the
Senate committee gravely report to the
Senate the following, which will be
found in the Congressional Record of
June 3, page 5387:
On the 11th day of February, 1880,
the President nominated to the Senate
F. A. Thompson to be postmaster at
McCook, Neb., vice A. P. Sharp, sus
pended during the recess of the Senate.
The suspension seems to have been
made for political reasons only, and
the commitlee has not found anything
in the case reflecting upon the person
al or official character or conduct of
the suspended officer.
Mr. Sharp, who was kicked out for
a Democratic thief, finds himself im
mortalized in the Senate record as a
Republican martyr. No sooner Jiad
he been proved a rascal who ought to
be turned out than the Republican
Senators claimed hirn as their own and
clapped on his brow the martyrs
crown. Although a proved defaulter,
repudiated by his sureties, the Repub
lican Senators found nothing in his
case "reflecting upon his personal or
official character or conduct. '
Several of the inferences are irresis
tibly suggested by this incident :
Fiast That a Senate certificate
plastered upon the front of a kicked
out official is a very poor label of
character.
Secondly That when a Democrat
in office turns out to be a rogue, he
thereby is proved to be a spotless Re
publican, and, as such, the Senate
takes him under the ajgis of its protec
tion. Thirdly that the Republican Sena
tors consider that when an officer ap
plies to his own use the government
mone's and becomes the terror, of his
own sureties, there is nothing in such
a state of facts which reflects "upon
his personal OT official character.'1
As the Senate record must betaken
for absolute verity, tliere is no escape
from these conclusions. New York
Star.
A Surprised Englishman.
"What, surprised you most when
you landed in America ?" was asked of
a newly arrived Englishman the other
day. "Well," was the reply, "you may
think it strange, but do you know,
as a fact, what surprised me most was
the bafman in a "public house" hand
ing me the whisky bottle across the
counter and telling me to help myself.
What a wonderfully sober people they
must be here, thought I, when they
can be trusted to help themselves to
the whisky bottle. Why, if such a
thing was to be done in England
you would have the streets blocked in
the neighlwrhood with people anxious
to help themselves." j
Woodrow Sustained.
The last Day of the Trial at Bethany.
DR. ADAMS, OP AUGTJ8TA, PRESENTS THE
PROSECUTION DR. WOODROW DEFENDS
HI8 DOCTRINES HE IS DECLARED NOT
GUILTY ON ROTH COUNTS HIS ARGU
MENT. Bethany, Ga., August 17. A large
crowd was present at the Woodrow
trial for heresy, before the Augusta
Presbytery today. After sensational
passages between Dr. Adams, and
Woodrow, Dr.. Adams, the accused,
proceeded to cross-examine him
self as to his course in preferring
charges against Woodrow, after which
argument began by Dr. Adams on be
half of the prosecution. The only point
was the correctness of views held by
the accused. Were they in accord with
the scriptures as interpreted by the
Presbyterian church? We thought it
the most important case coming before
the house. It was a crisis in the church.
We are trying Dr. Woodrow on the
question of evolution, either as an ab
stract principle or scientific hypothesis.
Dr. Woodrow admits he finds nothing in
the Bible to contradict the theory that all
things were made by the immediate act
of the Creator, and that it was develop
ed by evolution. The speaker then at
length reviewed Dr. Woodrow's argu
ments and position on the question at
issue, calling attention to the belief
held that God's word teaches that man's
soul was immediately created. His
spiritual nature came into existence by
the fiat of the Almighty. He drew the
conclusion from the evidence that Dr.
Woodrow held that just as the horse
came man came.
"You, gentlemen of the court, must
say today, is this to be the doctrine your
church founded on the scriptures, as
interpreted by standards? Are you pre
pared to make this admission?"
Dr. Adams argued to prove Dr.
Woodrow had passed the age of doubt
in teaching evolution and had accepted
evolution as true beyond peradventure.
The scriptures are not silent on the
subject. The Bible and confessions of
faith both give accounts of the imme
diate making of man. The defendant
having sworn to adopt the Standards
and catechisms of church could not
exercise the right of private judgment
to teach any other doctrine. Dr. Wood
row is bound by the story of creation
in the standards just as by other rules.
Either have the standards altered, else
step down and out. The confession of
faith said God's bodv was erected after
all the other creatures. Dr. Wood
row's theory was that it was being
created along with other creatures all
the time.
"God created man," says one church,
"out of the dust of the earth, and wo
man out ofv the rib of man. Should
Dr. Woodrow be acquitted by the pres
bytery, the church would be pronoun
ced in error."
Dr. Woodrow, in his own defense,
announced that the principles of his
address were true, and would prevail
against all opposition. He said his
work had nothing to do with his
change in views. I will not discuss
evolution, here, for I would consider it
a profanation to discuss a question of
pure science in a court of the Lord
Jesus Christ, but thinking it unsafe
for thejjresbytery to base any action
on the views as interpreted by Dr.
Adams, he would explain that he had
traced layer after layer, and fosil, and
knew along with others that these
forms of life have followed each other in
that particular order. That is the part
that is not a hypothesis. a My accuser's
hjTpothesis that this isa hypothesis is a
vast mistake. I am surprised that Dr.
4 1 1111 I 11
Adams snouia oe asnameu or Having
been a quadruped.
"Explain wliat you mean by your
last assertion."
"I man that man before birth pass
ed through these intermediary stages.
How are you going to prove that I am
wrong? I have never said that evolu
tion was taught in the Bible, or any
thing like it. But I do say that the
bible does not tell us whether the pro
cess was mediate or immediate."
Dr. Woodrow said the standards did
not go further in explaining the crea
tion of man than the Bible had done.
He affirmed, in spite of what Dr.
Adams had said about him, that he did
believe in the Bible and all that it
taught. Was he compelled to believe
in what it did not teach ? He affirmed
that he would not re-write a single
syllable of the church standards. He
would not take man's meaning in pre
ference to God's meaning.
Dr. Woodrow appealed in the name
of the Master that m word or oppro
binm in the church be placed: that no
additional meaning be placed on G oil's
word.
One the final vote thirteen voted for
Dr. Woodrow not guilty and nine voted
him guilty on the first count of the
indictment. On the other counts the
majority of his votes was larger Dr.
Adams, conducting the prosecution,
at once gave notice of appeal to synod
in Sparta, in October.
The presbytery then adjourned.
A Missing Bridgroom.
Against a host of competitors I had
won the love of Mary Ireton, and was
to lead her to the alter on the morrow;
and as I sat there, that calm, bright
evening, gazing out at the stars that
seemed to look smilingly, there rose but
a single disquieting question would I
be able to make her happy as she deserved
to be?
It was late when I retired to my
chamber. Turning down the light, I
threw myself on the bedv hoping in
sleep to annihilate the remaining hours
that delayed my happiness.
I slept, and must have slept soundly,
for the time passed seemed a blank
when the sun s rays penetrating my
still closed eyelids, I lay in that half
dreamy state in which the newly
awakened sleeper's suspended memo
ries one by one, come straggling back.
"Why, it's my wedding day!" I ex
claimed at length, opening my eyes
with a start and sitting bolt upright.
"But where where am I?" was the
next exclamation, as I sprang to my
feet and looked wildly about.
I had I was certain of that gone
to bed in my own ro6m, a chamber on
the second floor of the commodious
new dwelling with which, in view of
my prospective change of life, I had re-
E laced the old cabin on my ranch which
ad served well enough for a frontier
bachelor's home.
But where was it I now found my
self? No ceiling was overhead. No
walls surrounded me. I had lain down
the night before without undressing,
and still had on the same garments
the onlv tangible circumstance to re-
1 T
pel a grewiag suspicion that I was un
der some strange delusion as to mv
identity. I was alone,, in the heart of
a dense forest, without the presence of
human sight or sound!
How had L come there? had never
been a sleepwalker, and could hardly
think it crefrible I could have been con
veyed thither without my own known
ledge. My speculations were interrupted by
the sound of waves at no great distance.
I hastened in the direction whence it
came, and soon reached a low, shelv
ing beach .against which the surf beat
violently. Was I on the main land,
or on one of the innumberable islands
that dot the gulf off the Southern coast
of Texas, near which my ranch lay?
1 marked the spot and began a brisk
walk along the shore. At intervals, as
my eyes glanced seaward, patches of
forests, like wooded islands, rose to
view, but all too distant to be reached
without a boat, had I been ever so ex
pert a swimmer.
In somthing over two hours by my
watch, which I found in its fob, I came
aigain in sight of the mark that noted
my starting point. It was now certain
that I was on an island, by whatever
means I had gotten there. And, if as
I conjectured, it was one of the nnm
habited group that lay some leagues off
the Texan coast, I might remain there
for months, years, a life time, indeed,
without a chance rescue. No vessels
ever came that way, and there was
nothing -not even a mustang to en
tice visitors, red or white.
It would be tedious, and nothing like
as entertaining as the story of Robin
son Crusoe, to tell of my solitary life
lor the next two months. Ihe inlets
abounded with fish, which I found no
difficulty in scooping up with a net
made ot strips of pawpaw bark knotted
together. 1 had some mate lies in my
cigar case, Avith which I was enabled
to start a fire, there being a good sup
ply of dry wood m the shape or fallen
branches. I was, at least, in no dang
er of starving, and might even enjoy
the luxurv of cooked food. There
were several varieties of small game
too, "surprisingly tame from not being
hunted. With my pocket knife 1
whittled out a bow from a tough
piece of sappling, which I furnished
with a string twisted from fine strands
of bark; and equipped with this, to
vary my diet of fish with an occasional
quail or rabbit.
What most of all pressed upon my
spirits was the fear of what Mary
Ireton might think of my mysterious
absence. How could she account for
it? How culd I accodut for it ration
ally myself? Must she not conclude
that I had shamefully jilted her? The
very thought was torturing beyond en
durance.
One morning as I lay in my rude
hut ruminating on the hardship of my
fate, and trying to solve its terrible
mystery I heard the report of a gun
followed by a loud halloo. Bounding
to my feet, 1 started and ran in the di-
A. . 1 11 t V 1
rection of the-souno, snouting with ai
mv might.
Words cannot picture the joy that
thrilled me at the sight of a smal
schooner, from which a small boat
with two men, was putting in for the
shore. I dashed into the surf, to catch
mfnT g !Sd fc5e, nCXt 5
ment the prow rested safely on the
beach. ,
ywOwens Forbes ! how are vou old
lvn. O' J I L 1 1 1 T 1
wj r vrrcu ueaixy yoice mat i naa
not heard for ten years, but recognized
an once as uick Jocelyn s, my old chum
at Cran boy's Academy, and whom I
had invited to come a thousand miles
to be "best man" at my wedding. -
Dick must have thought a bear was
hugging him, as, in all the shagginess
of two months' growth of hair and
beard, 1 sprang forward and caught
him in my arms.
"Dick, my dear old friend, how did
you find me out ?n 1 cried sobbing like
a oaoy.
Come aboard the schooner and I'll
tell you," said Dick. I suppose you
have no particular amount of packing
up to detain you.
With a laugh I sprang into the boat.
followed by Dick and his companion,
the latter first giving us a good shove
out, and in two minutes we were on the
schooner's deck.
"Do vou know how T cot thm ?' 1
asked Dick, as we scudded by my late
abode. -
"Not possessing the gift of wings it's
safe to presume jou didn't fly," he re
plied. - "But that isn't answering your
question. I only found out this truth
myself two nights ago. You know
ot liresham, 1 suppose ?
"Yes; he was mv chief rival for
Mary Ireton's hand. But stay what
does Mary think ?"
"Be patient, said Dick, "and you
shall hear all." j
"After traveling night and day to be
at your wedding, I arrived to find the
bridegroom missing and everything in
confusion. There were but two peoDle
who didn't think you were plaving
.... t .
talse. i our humble servant was one,
and Mary Ireton the other."
"God bless her V I eouldn't help
interrupting.
Mr. Ireton, it seemed, had always
favored Gresham's suit; and after your
desertion, as he called it, he sought
again to urge him on his daughter, hut
iier refusal was firmer than ever.
"I was taking a stroll the other
night, and at the same time trying to
think out the puzzle of your disappear
ance, when I overheard two men in
earnest conversation.
"Some words I overheard caused me
to stop and listen. I soon dicovered
that the speakers were your late ab
ductors, and that one of them was Lot
Gresham. The other was insisting on
he plot, and Lot was begging off be-
cause nis scneme or marrvmg Miss
Ireton and getting in funds by it h; d
come to naught.
"All 1 had to do was to follow tip
Gresham's accomplice, pay him a liber
al sum down, and promise as much
more when he had piloted me to you,
which lie has faithfully done."
"out how did they spirit me away?
I couldn't refrain from asking.
".basily enough, They hid them
selves in that big, lonely house of yours ;
waited till you fell asleep; chloroform
ed you, and kept you in that condition
till they left you in a place whence
your coming back was as little likely
as from the grave.
1 will not prolong mv story by
attempting to describe the meeting
again of dear Mary and myself. As
my friend had truly stated, she had
never for a moment doubted me. A
new wedding was fixed, and this time
the groom was forthcoming.
It was a lucky thing for Lot Gresham,
considenng the state of public senti
ment, that he was among the first to
learn of my return, and took prompt
advantage of the knowledge to decamp
to parts unknown.
The Average Well-Water,
Dr. E. J. Marsh iu the Sanitary Monitcr.
It is a common belief that when
a well is dug pure spring water, oozing
from the ground, is obtained; that is
true in the case of artesian wells, but,
although possible, is rarely the case in
ordinary surface wells, and under this
head are embraced all wells not more
than fifty feet deep. The ' water ob
tained from these wells is merely the
water which has fallen on the surface
of the ground in rains, and has perco
lated through the soil and becomes
collected in this excavation. It is call
ed ground water. Even granting that
some of the water may lie spriug water
some of it must be the result of drain
age, and the amount of this will de
pend upon the rain-fall and the char
acter of the soil. A moment's reflection
will show that wells must act as drains
to the surrounding soil. Just as a we
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neid may oe uneu oy aiggmg one or
more trenches, into which the soil may
drain and be carried away, so when a
deep trench or well is dug the water
from the surrounding soil will neces
sarily tend to drain into it. This is
not only a matter of reasoning but
matter of experience. The following
case is reported: "In consequence o
theseape of the contents of a barrc
of petroleum or benzine, which had
been buried in an orchard, a circuit o
wells 00 feet below and 2o0 or 500
yards distant became so affected that
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the occupiers oi nnecn nouses, con-
f taining eighty two inhabitants, werl
for ten da7s anble to use the water
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cooking or drinking." When
I firet dug in rural districts, the
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water is pure and mav remain so for
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a long time. Fortunately the soil
possesses some powers of purification,
and although the soil may receive pol
luting matter on the surface of the
ground, some of this matter is detain
ed mechanically by Alteration, and
other portions may Be decomposed and
taken up by growing plants and trees.
But this power of the soil is limited.
When the sources of pollution are con
stant and numerous, as in cities, from
privies, cess-pools, slop water, offal and
the manure of domestic animals, and
sometimes from leaky and imper
fect sewers and drains, the soil becomes
"filth-sodden," arid the filth is carried
deeper and deeper, until finally it ap
pears in our drinking water. Sanitary
literature is full of instances of the
outbreaks of epidemics of diarrhaes, ty
phoid fever and cholera, which have
been traced to the drinking of well
water thus polluted; and even though
the city may go through one or more
years without such epidemics, it is" not
a pleasant thought for the inhabitants
to indulge in, that they are drinking
the drainage of their privies nnd cesr
pools, and yet they mustrealize the
idea that their wells are anil must be
drains for the surrounding ground wit!i
all its contents that are capable of so
lution in water. Science cannot tell
s that a given water is charged with
the poison of a definite disease, but it
can tell us that it has received the pro
ducts of decaying matter from an:'-
v f
mal sources, and experience has shown,
again and again, that such water is
dangerous to health.
The sheriff took charge of the
Chicago magazine before Miss Cleve-
and did, and she might sav "In the
midst of Literary Life we are in death."
A. CAED.
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