"LET ALL THE EIDS THOU AIIIS1 AT BE THKOUHTRY'S, THY GOD'S AHD TPaJlu
$1 A YEAH-CS 1 IN ADYCB.
BEST ADYERTISIK MEDIUM.
WILSON, N. C, FEBRUARY 2, 189j)t
VOIAJMEXXIX.
UMBER 5.
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THE FORESTS OK CUBA.
An Immense Amount of. Valuable Thaber 1
I nnil In tlie Island.
.i
Cuba still possesses 16,000,000 acreaf
of virgin forest abounding in valuable
timber, rioiie of which is" useful, as
coarse construction lumber, while near
ly every foot would be salable in the
United States and bring high pricea.
Cuban mahogany and cedar are pary
ticularly well known in the United
States. The mahogany is very hard
and shows a handsome grain, and is
preferred by many to , any other vari
ety in common use. The moment Spain
drops the reins of government in Cuba
and trade relations are re-established
with the States there will be a move
ment, both inward and outward, . of
forest products which will have a bene
ficial effect upon the industry of .both
countries.
First to feel the. force of this move
ment toward rehabilitating Cuba will
be the lumbering interests of the South
Atlantic and Gulf coasts.' Prior to
three. years ago they looked upon Cuba
as an excellent outlet for the coarse
end of the mill cuts, and since that
market has been closed to permit the
prosecution of a most hideous and re
volting war, the coarser grades of yel
low pine produced at coast points have
been marketed with great difficulty and
seldom at a profit. ; It is unfortunately
true that Cuba will be unable to real
ize so promptly from a movement to
re-establish her mahogany and cedar
trade, for it is claimed by prominent
operators that the industry has been so
completely crippled by the ravages of
war that a period of time running
from twelve to eighteen months will be
required before logs can be landed at
ports in this country. It is hoped that
all this may be accomplished without
shedding an additional drop of blood.
Prior to the war the annual net reve
nue of Cuba was $80,000,000. With
peace restored it wOuld hardly be bet
ter than $50,000,000. But under a con
servative form of government she
would gain strength and prestige from
her closer relations with the United
States. ' '
- POLITENESS IN MEXICO.
Stately Courtesy Is Practised In Everydaf
Life Among: All Classes.
No other nation can equal Mexico In
the stately courtesy practiced in every
day life among all classes. Even the
poor laborers rarely address one an
other without some terms of endear
ment. "Como estas, mi alma?"
("How are you, my soul?") is a com
mon form of address. Every one
seems to have a gentle consideration
for the feelings of others. "My lady'J
I am. at your feet," is the prescribed
form of salutation from a geritleman
who meets a lady, whereas if two gen-'
tlemen meet they say "I kiss your
hand."
I
A Mexican will never permit a lady
to descend, the stairs alone; he takes
her by the hand or offers his arm, and
only takes leave of her at the street
door. Often in their rambles through
Mexico strangers lose their way, and if
tbey have a slight, knowledge of Span
ish an appeal to a native is certain to.
bring courteous relief.. r
The Mexican lover calls hissweet
heart "the very eyes of me," and if she
rejects him he is likely to say, "Since
there is no help, I bow before you, kiss
your feet and depart." . " :ff,
Mexican politeness always has the
appearance of perfect sincerity. An
American young lady was once talking
with an old Mexican gentleman and
she laughingly said something about
having some literary work to do.r It
was goad to see the old fellow's im
pressive manner as ' he exclaimed:
"Work! Miss, such lips as yours should
never mention work. You' should be
a queen and wear pearls as beautiful
as those incased in your lovely mouth."
Compensation for Accidents.
A new law adopted in Italy reaulrea
that every employer shall, at his own
cost, provide for his workmen com-
peflsation for all accidents the conse-
quences.of which last more than five
clays The compensation under the
Jaw is as follows: it there shall result
from the accident disablement of a
epmp.ete and permanent nature the
compensation shaT.l be an amonnt
equivalent to five times tho
me m a n
;arly wages, but in any case nnt iM.
than $600. This anount Is. as r,a
to be invested in a life annuity for the
IxmeGt of the injujed workman I
rheumatism bv taki
:l!lood:8 Sarsaparilla,whichby i
I2,
n.i4inj.me acid in the blood penna
iiieutly relieves aches and DAluo
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CAROLINE ISLANDS.
POSSESSIONS OF SPAIN WHERE PER
PETUAL SUMMER REIQNS.
They Stretch About !,OOQ Mt From Eas
to Weat Thmoawlr Rarely , Go
Above 90 Decree The Natives Are Semi
ravag-aa aad Warlike.
If the United States should obtali
control of the Philippine Islands, i
would then be only a question of
short while until the Caroline Islands
pass into American rule. The Carolini
Islands over which Spain now'holdi
sovereignty, stretch about 2,00O"tollei
from east to west, -and though near t
the equator, and in a climate of per
petuaj summer, tbe thermometei
ranges from 74 degrees to 87 degree!
through the year. Within the grouj
there are five islands, of basaltic form
ation, some of them having high moun
tains from 2,000 to 3,000 feet high
These are Kusale, Ponape, Ruk Yap
and Pelew. Kusaic and. Ponape havi
been called the "Gems of .the. Pacific.'
For over thirty years the micronesiai
mission .has flourished in the islands
island after island having been visiter
by Christian teachers, and no one evei
visiting there, ever saw any sign oi
ever had the remotest thought that an j
European nation claimed sovereign tj
- there. There wero no Spaniards ox
I
- waiwrs."-Tne natives' were absolutelj
independent and their chiefs were no1
even asked to recognize any authoritj
outside of their Islands. The Carolini
Islanders are elaborately tatooed, but
their clothing is of the slightest The
characteristics vary somewhat on th
various islajnda but most of the peopl
are savage and warlike. While ;no1
noted for cannibalism, it is said that os
some of the islands there is not at
adult who lias not tasted human flesh
In 1888 more than thirty different Is
lands were occupied by native Chris
tian teachers trained under Americai
missionaries; the people were Chris
tianized; liquor and tobacco were ban
ished from the islands and "the Tex
Commandments" became a code oi
laws. There were established forty-
seven churches, with 4,500 member!
and fifteen native, pastors. Such wai
the condition of the islands in, 1888 un
til a question of territorial rights wai
disputed by the European powers be
cause of Spain's jenforcement of hei
i claim ,pf sovereignty. The matter it
dispute was referred to the pope for ar-
Duration wno in Ms discussion gavi
the Marshall Islands to Germany,1 .the
Caroline Islands to Spain, and the Gil
bert Group to England. After that s
Spanish governor, six Roman Catholic
priests and fifty Spanish soldiers wer
sent to Ponape. Since then no Ameri
can missionary has -been allowed tc
remain at Ponape. The Micronesiai!
missionary boat has been forbidden tc
touch at any point of the islands ex
cept at the Spanish harbor. Recently
after years of delay, the Spanish gov
ernment has paid $17,500 for the Amer
ican mission property destroyed
Spanish vessels seldom appear in th
R,uk archipelago or at Kusaie and the)
nave no difficulty on these islands.'
Other Landa Thaa Oora.
Russia is busy at the west as weL
as at the east. She is improving hei
harbor at Vladivostock and taking 'pos
session of Port Arthur and Talien-War
and completing her great railroad
thither. At the same time she Is push
ing toward the Atlantic ocean, too, and
preparing to establish a great ice-fre
port thereon. We have hitherto told ol
the renaissance of Archangel and the
opening of a railroad connecting thai
ancient city directly with Moscow and
all Russia. That is an important step
But it is not enough. For Archangel
Is near the inner end of the White sea.
and that sea opens into the Arctic
oceanr What is wanted is a port on
the Atlantic, or at least on
the Arctic, near the Atlantic," and
that is exactly what Russis
is now endeavoring to secure.
The first step is the opening, or reopen
ing, of the oldTport'of Kola. That ia
on the Murmanlan coast, well up to
ward the Norwegian frontier. At that
point the Arctic ocean is practically
always navigable, instead of being for
months choked up with ice. as is th
White sea at Archangel. And it Is 500
miles nearer the Atlantic than is Arch
angel. It has the disadvantage of be
ting much further away from Moscow
and St Petersburg, and not connected
with them by river or railroad. But
the enterprise that runs a railroad
across Siberia can be trusted to build
one across Finland and Lapland. Larg
appropriations have been made from
the imperial treasury for the improve
ment of the port of Kola, or rather
of Ekaterlna, a little lower down on
the river, and that place will djoubt
less soon become a considerable, center
of commerce. "
Te Ilna.
Tent pins are mostly made of white
oak; thez must be of tough wood to
stand the hard knocks to which they
are subjected. They are made in
lengins or. sixteen and twenty-four
I lnche8. Made Of hard Wood as thpv am
they are yet liable to be brokpn anA
they are also lost-' Ken in peace the
consumption of tent pins is considera-
bIe;' a maaufacturer of tents might
earrj; larstock" 8,000 or 10,000 tent nins
In ww times the demand is of course
Like many other mannl
tactured articles of wood tent ttim T,r0
made in the West. In factories in nT
imity to the torest v "!8AaproxT
nlies of wond a ' me sup-
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W ' . " 1KV.5?AL TRUSTWORTHY
our briTn "heir o?i" t0Hmanage
SucXt
- l Kffl f "1-ry: MonSff Si!
- tamV;-A" enclose self-ad dresYed
oJ Pe envelope. Herbe
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Hcago.
EQUIPPING THE ARMY MULE.
Packing- I a Science and the Mas Wno II
r- an Expert Can M ako HoneT '
Most of the army mules In Cuba we
fitted with the Mexican aparejo, which
is to be preferred to the saddle wltl
"tree and saw buck." " j
It consists first of two or more thicl
felt blankets, folded large enough tc
nearly, cover the mule from shouldei
to rump. Over this is placed a hug
pair of leather bags united by a broac
band of the same material, the cavi
ties stuffed with soft hay. - '
' This is girthed to " the mule by f
cinch nearly a foot-In width, which It
drawn as tightly as - possible by i
strong man, pulling with, both hands
and with a foot against the animal!
ribs to give him a greater purchase
On each side of the spine the article;
to be carried are placed and lashed bj
a rope about fifty feet In length, whicl
has at one end a broad webbing be!
to Dass ender the bellv as was doni
with the others. Another "squeezing'
is given and the rope is crossed In dif
ferent directions -over the load, tight
ened at every.' cir -sing,' and finally fas
tened in a knot irosed by one pull. -
"Packing" is a selence. and as suet
commands good wages. I have knowi
a "chief packer" to be paid a salary o:
$150 per month on the frontier; a: id hi
services were worth the money paid
Tho Antv ia imwht to cavalrvmea . 61
nart of their drill.
and many cfthi
soldiers become. ve.y expert atIE At i
pack drill of the Ninth Cavalry a fe
Aava hAforp it left Montana one com-
pany packed its mule in 1 minute anc I
54 seconds, and others were but little)
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slower. . ;"
;j Thirty mules generally constitute a
"train," and are managed by thre
men. -Tjjhey are trained to follow a bell,
worn by a horse, white preferred, aa
being more readily seen. They are not
confined in any way except when first
put into the train; then, any straying
from it is punished very severely and
Mr. Mule soon learns his place and thai
it is best to keep it.
Each man with the train carries a
diamond-shaped leather blind with
leather cords attached to the; ends and
knotted together. If a pack becomes
disarranged two of the men ' lead the
mule out of the trail, blindfold him
with this blind, rearrange his load, re
move the leather and allow him to re
join his fellows. 'He is never struck
when started, and pack mules are never
misused by good packers.
An Old Watering place.
The oldest of Virginia watering
places, the Sweet Springs, was a select
and well known resort before the
White Sulphur had become famous. In
"the old times" the beauty and fashion
of the far south thronged to drink of
its sparkling spring, and bathe in Its
limpid pool. It was then the custom
to visit the "White" and take the wa
ters for the benefit of one's health and
complexion, and afterwards go to the
"Old Sweet," as it was afterwards af
fectionately called, for the luxury of
its bath. Many dyspeptics took the
bath before breakfast, following it up
with a long walk, but the favorite hour
was (and is) about noon. Then friends
gathered about the natural pool, the
water of which bubbles up from count
less springs, enclosed within high
brick walls, and, after a plunge in its
invigorating watersn?artook of the
famous Virginia mint-julep Belles as
well as beaux indulged In this practice
(about which, however, public opinion
has undergone a change, so that the
mint-julep is largely J a thing of the
past. The bath, though, is as popular
as ever; it has been compared by oome
enthusiastic admirer to a plunge in
champagne. This exhilarating effect
may account for the gradual abandon
ment of the mint-julep. Lippfncott's
Magazine. .
Weal ey Home. ;
John Wesley's house In London,
close to CltyRoad chapel, has been
made into a library and museum 'and
connexional centre. It contains many
interesting relics of Wesley. The little
"prayer room" is to be kept as he used
it. An endowment fund of $100,000 will
maintain the house. :
Stores of Diamond.
It has been discovered that the na
tive African chiefs in the 'diamond reg
ions have great quantities of valuable
diamonds which accumulated years
ago. - They' treasure thern as charms,
and are unwilling tosell them.
EawToaWeaLj : j
Weakness manifests itself in the: is i
amuiuon ana cning Dones. liio t . ni m
" watery; the tisanes are wasting the 1- r is
' beingopened for disease. A bottle of Kru ua-
Iron Bitters taken in time will restre.yonr
.strength, soothe yonr nerves, make your
blood rich and red. Do you more good
than an expensive Bnecial course of medicine.
Browns' Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
Poisonous Flowars. ;
The berries of the yew have killed
many persons, and It is pretty well
known nowadays that it is not safe to
eat many peach pits or cherry kernels
at once.
Among the garden plants commonly
Jn vogue which possess a poisonous na
ture botanists mention tne nowers ua
the jonquil, white hyacinth and snow
drop, thenarcissus being also particu
larly deadlj, so much so, indeed, that
to chew a small scrap of one of the
bulbs may result fatally, while the
Juice of the leaves Is an emetic.
There is enough opium in red pop
pies to do mischief, and the autumn
crocus, if the blossoms are chewed,
causes illness.
The lobelias are all dangerous, their
Juice, if swallowed, producing giddi
ness, with pains in the head.
Lady's dUpper poisons in the same
manner as does poison ivy. The bulbs
seem to be the most harmful. Lilies of
the valley are also as much so.
The leaves and flowers of the olean
der are deadly, and the 1 bark of the
catalpa tree Is very mischievous; the
water dropwort, when not in flower,
resembles celery, and Is virulent.
CUBAN CAMPAIGNING.
8PANISH-INSURGENT WARFARE DE
SCRIBED BY A CUBAN COLONEL,
Tho Cabaa Soldtera Heroee la fh Eyee of
tho N .rth f They Are Poorly Armed aad
Fed and Weak In Number Gave tip Land
. and PoaaoMlona to Jota Insurgent Army.
The "Cuban soldiers, poorly armed
and poorly fed and weak in numbers,
have become heroes in the eyes of the
kind North. True, we have heroes
among us. and we all try tq fight brave
ly for our country. We willingly give
up lands, professions and quiet to Join
the torn ranks of the litUS army; and
we win many a wonderful victories.
These victories are due, to a great ex
tent, to the fine QualltiesJof our-own
men to their dash ' and" skill but
partly to the inexperience of the troops
pent against us by the Spanish govern
ment. Boys of 17 and under are forced
to take up arms against men for whom
they have no real feeling1 of enmity.
They sere rushed about through a coun
try they do not know; they are treat
ed like dogs by most, of their officers,
and harassed by us from daylight till
dark. Few of their old troops are left
to fight us. They were men of mettle
and knowledge of warfare, and often
proved too much for-us, man for man.
But the new recruits are-fighting un
willingly, in a ca -thy, w jvwa
and If weTiave arr pity ta spare from
our -own people it- is for them.
The Cuban in his early boyhood "Is
trained in the use of the! machete In
V M. . " W WWW .
time of peace he uses it to cut cane
and fire wood.and as a tool in carpentry
work; but when he rides Id, war it be
comes more deadly than the American
army sabre or the old-time rapier.
Every countryman, "white or black,
owns a machete, so in this respect our
men are easily armed. Many of our
cavalrymen are without f carbines but
as tUe wild charge is the most effective
method of breaking the s enemy in our
guerilla fighting, the maa with noth
ing but his machete is not entirely use
less. When the Spanish commanders
-hear that we are somewhere in the vi
cinity and march into the hills to sub
due us, our horsemen divide into small
squads of ten or twelve and our infan
try lie in ambush. When the Spaniards
are near enough to make sure targets
we open fire on them from the brush.
Sometimes they answer this volley and
charge at the smoke, and sometimes
they turn back and make a dash for
safety. In either case our little band
of horsemen break in upon them from
every side and cut and retreat. The
Spanish officers may try to form their
men into squares, but verypften their
attempts.- aTe unsuccessful, so. we cut
them down as they run. This is our
way of coping with the superior num
bers of Spanish regulars sent out to
beat us back into " servitude.. Some
times the victory is ours, often it is
Ltheirs for once in the open their num
bers tell. We would not be able to
carry our system of ambush and dead
ly attack into operation- but for our: re
laV& of scouts, who keep the main body
of our army notified of every move
ment of the enemy.
Most of the colored soldiers fighting
for the Cuban cause are in the infan
try, being too poor to own mounts of
their own and in our army every man
supplies his own horse, or else goes on
foot. We have been under arms for
over, three years, and during all that
time have known no such thing as pay
day.
Americans have too great a fear .of .
catching yellow fever in Cuba The t
truth of the matter is that our pastoral
districts and our hills are as healthy as
any country in the world, and that the
disease : rages only in the vicinity of
Havana, and there it is partly due to
the carelessness of the Spaniards in
their sanitary arrangements.
A Remarkable Fact.
It is a remarkable fact that while
the Christian churches of . the United
States are sending missionaries to the
far East to convert the people of the
land that was the cradle of the Aryan
races, that same land is sending to this
country the philosophy that has there
been nursed and preserved for thou
sands of years, and its teachings are
finding adherents among the most en
lightened of our Christians, who say
that it is nothing but more light shed
upon the teachings of the Great Mas
ter, whose principal and oft-repeated
maxim is that only through the i love
3f humanity and the exercise of charity
and self-sacrifice can the kingdom of
heaven be gained. .
Every kind act toward your suffer
ing or Ignorant brother carries with it
, Us own reward, because it makes you
a better man. --- j
Surely there is something divine in
the Idea that a noble thought lives
on forever even if not uttered, and
that those noble thoughts and impulses
come to him who fits himself for their
reception through his own actions and
life, and. as the thought is the begin
ning of all action so our lives are as
sisted by noble thought.
An enterprising native shopkeeper in
Santiago displays over a great heap of
headgear the sign, "These hats are
virtuous." It appears that in search
ing his dictionary for an English ren
dering of the Spanish word "bueno
(good) he selected "virtuous" as being
the most elegant.
IndT Rubber Heels.
India rubber heel are to be attached
to the shoes worn by the French sol
diers. It is claimed that they decrease
the fatigue of marching. ?t
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is known by
its "works.". 'The-experience of halt a
century proves that no other prepara
tion of the kind stops coughing ami
allays irritation-of the throat and bron
chial tubes so promptly and effectually
as this.
Shoes can be display
0Tntlon-
- 1 M. .a A A
It8fbl m of a Jpumatlc last,
flated tned,ltside the shoe and in
flated topand it ana fili 0t the np-
J.,0"I,,g"Ud- e being made
witn the horizon:,! y,ir.A In
i"10" .-:c" 'Ud and draw
i i i imQ.i . . - -
"vm up ;r
bed is not in use.
head when the
Jn a recently pate d automatlc
wgoa brake the tU'hr mounted
o? r movable red. on tfc ront axle,
which slide backward apply the
To'??, &T 33 oi holds back.
To indicate when a new fcoftle has
been tampered with a metal 'ball is
hung from the cork by a thread, which
rIf8 tbe Corks 13 Pulled, allowing
ihc fcaii to fall to the bottom of the
bottle.
Incandescent electric light globes
cannot be stolen from a new socket
which has an interior metallic projec
tion locking into a catch on the base
plate when the globe -is screwed into
position.
An improved .strap f0r street cars is
suspended on a grooved block, which
rests on a toothed horizon?.! bar at
tached to the side of a car the grooves
preventing the strap from slipping un-
uer a si aaen strain.
A Pennsylvania man has patented
an automatic 'printing attachment for
paper rolls, which has the type set in
-T??.?F-suspended in a heavy casing,
which presses it agalc -the r-acsr aa
it is unwevrcl. f ..- ....
A handy track for moving barrel
has a' gripping nbt -cor-nrpd to the
front of the truck, provided with a
central concave nnrtinn which has
teeth along its outer edge to catch the
barrel and prevent its slipping. ; .
Bicycles can be identified by a new
protective seal, which is composed of
a steel case, which covers the ends of
a circular Hnk to which it is attached
to the tubing, the face of the case con
taining a name plate. S
In a recently patented bottle filling
apparatus two tubes are attached to a
faucet placed in the barrel or tank,
with a valve in the faucet which feeds
one tube at a time, allowing the tubes
to be alternately placed in a new bot
tle while the other one; is in use.
"If 1 Had a Million."
Here are some people' who have that
much a year: Spain pays her boy king
$1,400,000 per year, besides $600,000 for
family expenses. In other words $2,
000,000 a year, and yet her soldiers are
away behind with their pay, are poorly
clad and fed and Spain is really on?
of the poorer nations.! Compare with
that enormous income the income of
the president of the United States
$50,000. France's president gets $240,-
300 a year and all expenses, yet his na
tion is said to carry, the heaviest na
tional debt of any nation in the world.
Italy's king receives $2,600,000, while
the civil list of the German emperor Is -
$4,000,000. The Czar of Russia enjoys
an income of $12,000,000 annually.
About one hundred years ago the use
of starch for stiffening the frills round
the neck was considered highly , repre-"
hensible, if not positively sinful. "
Distressing: stomach iH--tw
Permanently cured by the masterly
' .1 X !
powers ot soutn American nervine
Tonic. Invalids need suffer no longer.
hecause this srreat remedy can cure
them all. It is a cureor-the whole
wnrld of stomach-weaKness and lndi-
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g-estioni he cure uex'" wun tne nrsi
Xlose. I lie rtiiei u uungK is marvel
lous air' surprising. It makes no fail
ure ; never disappoints. No matter
how' long you have suffered, your cure
is certain under tne use ot this great
health giving force. Pleasant and al
ways safe.
Sold hy r. n-mai, druggist,
Wilson. N. C.
The Bird of Freedom.'
The American Eagle voiced his sen
timents on the 4th of July, 1776, in the
great and only Declaration of Inde
pendence, but he did not take shape for
several weeks after that day. Immedi
ately after the declaration had been
read to the Continental Congress,
meeting in Philadelphia at that time, a
resolution was passed creating Benja
min Franklin, John Adams and Thom
as Jefferson, all well-known gentle
men, to be a committee to prepare a
seal of the United States. On the 10th
day of August they reported, bringing
in a combination consisting principally
of a Goddess of Liberty, a Goddess of
T.ifitlM and an Eye pi Providence with
V ww-y
a very small and u
ignificant eagle In
one corner of t
e Incidentally
as the legend, "E
also on the-devi
Pluribus Unum.'
at this time was
tne eagie
a bird, it
still seemed to th
Congress-
ihof com Pt.hfn? was
rong with
the report of the committee, and the
- . . ix .V.O tho re-
seal had sucn a bad eneii w
laid nn tho table, where i
otvArt until 1779 In March of tnai
year it took a freah start with a new
committee, but notling was done until
1781, when among 6everal designs suO
mHtaH wn rm William Barton
of Philadelphia, who made the eagie
prominent, and described the bird as
emblematic nf ,0reisnty. Anotner
design was furnished by Charles Tom-
son, secretary of Congre3S
and the last
finally adopted
design, and th Atie
was pnifApeixi - norton's improve-
ments on the recretary's device
which made sonr.e
changes
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Toman's designs, and this was adopt-
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the
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first
and eennin.T ' "Tnce in the history
of the great republic be is under a per
petual engagement to scream for.
The Biet r00nf ' ubnc
Epping Forest is the large-t public
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THE SULTANA WHECK
BONES OF THE VICTIMS RECENTLY E
. POSED BY THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER,
In April, 1&63 Her Boiler. Bortt and 1,500
TJnlon Soldiers Were Killed or Drowned
KiTer Has Xovr Fndermined the Grave
yard Where Recovered Bodies Laid.
The boat lay in this port for severa'
hours discharging a cargo of molasses
and started up the river early on th
morning of the 27th. She had pro
ceeded about six miles, being oppositt
Hen and Chicken Island, when, with
out any warning whatever! her boilers
burst, her hog chains parted and thf
shattered wreck caught fire. As man)
as 1,500 soldiers were killed or drownec
as a result of the accident, and for
four days, dozens of floaters were cap
tured every hour or so.
Many bodies were recovered neat
the scene of the wreck, and these were
burled at Mound City. At that tinu
the people in this vicinity cared prec
ious little for Yankee soldiers, though
they gave them m decent burial. Xc
tombstones were erected, however, anc
the graves were not kept green.
When , the Sultana's victims were
buried at Mound City the impromptu
graveyard in which their last sleej
was to be slept was far from the river's
bank, but the Mississippi, seemingly
with a fiendish desire to claim the
bones of these victims for her water
-to'Tlppte--cery tier have ri r-pied
over for years tne Lone's 67 other vfc-
tims of the same catastrophe, has
i gradually worn away the ground until
now she sweeps by the graveyard with
a steady, sullen murmur, and bone3
and ghastly skulls look -"down on the
water from where they lie, a few feet
away.
The wreck of the steamer Sultana,
which occurred on April 27, 1SC5, and
which sent a shudder over the entire
length and breadth of this land, has
been recalled by the action of the Mis
sissippi river, on whose broad bosom
the catastrophe took place, and in
whose cold embrace hundreds of sol
diers went down to rise no more.
The Sultana was a very large Missis
sippi River packet, which was engaged
by the United States Government as
scon as the Civil "War was ended, to
convey Federal troops from the far
South to their homes. The steamer
took on a large number of troops at
Vicksburg, and took on several other
smaller detachments on the way up.
When she arrived here, on April 2G,
she had 2,300 Federal soldiers aboard.
Short Sight.
Short sight is very prevalent in cit
ies and countries where education is
more highly developed; in rural dis
tricts and villages it is rarely me:
with,, and among uneducated people
and savages it is practically unknown.
The inhabitants of towns and cities
have their vision limited by their sur
roundings, and seldom exercise their
sight at long distances. They are also
much more given to reading and visit
ing, so that their children are there
fore more liable to acquire that defect,
and the grown-up people transmit the
tendency to it. Apart from other rea
sons for its acquirement there will al
ways be found among children i great
er percentage of short sight, and worse
decrees of the defect in those si
where-the desks areOwrlinlfinisuitJ-
jlerand the light bad, thus necessitat
ing much more stooping than in those
where these things are arranged in ac
cordance with common sensrf. The
percentage of short .sight in village
school3 is small, in higher educational
establishments it is great, and in the
universities and colleges is very grea.
In some parts of Germany, where ths
writer has lived and spent his youthful
years in college, there are 50 per cent,
of the population troubled with short
sight; so that it seems that in a few
generations the whole country will be
come short sighted if the present rate
of increase of the defect be maintained.
Fortunately for the human race, sci
ence' generally find3 a remedy when
the necessity for it arises, and as the
defect Increased of late years, so aljo
. has the klfowledge of how to combat
it. There never need be a case of short
sight if parents and teachers should
apply to children before the defec: is
acquired those regulations that haveto
be observed afterwards. -
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Clear Grit en the Xavr.
If there is any ce thing that the
Cuban war has proved up to the handle
it is that our navy s clear fighting grit
all the way thiof'a. Never once ha3
it failed under any test. Not an officer
or a man has flinch id from any danger,
but many have wept because othe
were sent to face death without them,
npwev daring the torpedoes at Manila.
Bageley dead in the attempt to do a
battleship's work with a little egg
chell of a torpedo boat at Cardenas,
and Hobson throwing his life like an
ofd coat iato the channel at Santiago
were merely type3 oi our UUic
kp-vice. Every mar. i the fleet wanted
to go with Hobsoa New York Jour
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totally destroying tli li;t'lion, they
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FRAUD ON THE KENNEBEC.
SkipperaWholteaiied nl With (icxxta
Not in thf MaulOat.
The recent discovery of finding goods
on American fishing. vessels not down
on the. manifest calls to mind an inci
dent that happened years ago, the -truth
of which the writer and some oth
ers as well can vouch. The fact that
smuggling has been continually going
on for years can best be illustrated
by the arrival of a fishing schooner at
the mouth of the Kennebec with wines
and liquors from St. Pierre, N F. The
skipper gave out that fishing was a -failure
and the craft was hauled into
a secluded cove and apparently aban
doned. Not so theeargo, tor the crew
proceeded up the river, where they
succeeded in hiring an old decked
scow. Returning at night the cargo,
was transferred to the scow and se
curely hid beneath the deck, whea
suddenly afterward the craft and crew
conceived the Idea of going up river
on an eeling trip. The necessary bar
rels, with all ether equipments neces
sary to a successful trip were put
aboard, and the scow, piled high with
eel traps, sailed away for Gardiner,
where she arrived later and tied up at
Clark's wharf in tfr?n Piftston. Public
curiosity was aroused by the novelty
of this new business, and numerous
visitors watched ; the men as they
placed and pulled their eel pots here
le the cant'" prpialned
process and the-amount of money
there was in the business.-. After a few
weeks of this desultory kind of fishing
the craft sailed away, the crew largely
enriched by this perhaps original man
ner of telling a high grade of liqusr to
parties in the secret, who were all men
of distinction and good judges Of what
they bought frequently in large quan
tities'. Perhaps it is needless to say
that" the eels were nevershipped, but
returned to their natural ""element at a
proper season. Most of the men ho
sought and jlid enrich themselves in
this case I have mentioned are now
dead, but the system still remains, and
it is indeed remarkable the customs of
ficers have to Ions been. ignorant of
the fact.
inrcey nnd ! J'rlnce
Francisque Sarcc-y,
ttie French crit-
ic, who is as democrat!
ly, and as courtly as
waa at Monte Carlo a
as he is court
he is brilliant,
few wceka ago.
whither he had been called to give a
series of lectures under the patronage
of the Prince of Monaco, says the Chi
cago Record. After the first of the lec
tures an officer of Prince Charles'
court bore to M. Sar ey a message
from his master inviting him to an au
dience. His Highness was not quite
ready to receive his gue,st, and, to im
prove the interval before he should be
announced, 3t. Sarcey leaned hta bead
on his hand and went to sleep, when
he was awakened by a gentle hand.
He thought he heard some one laugh
ing but was too drowsy to be sure of
anything. "The deuce!" be ciied, "I
quite forgot the Prince. Do you
know?" he continued, to the gentle
man who had offered his arm, presum
ably to conduct him to r the Prince's
apartments, "I would rather go to
bed.".
"Ah, buC M. Sarcey," replied, the
other, "I wouldn't for the world op
press'you if you neerTest Would you
rather defer your call until tomorrow?"
-Not at all," replied Sarcey. "We.
must at least be civil to the great ones
of the earth." .
At that Sarcey's escort, who was In
-fact Prince Charles, burst into laugh
ter and introduced himself. "Ah,
Prince," exclaimed tbe critic, who was
in no wise discomfited, "this is treason!
You know 1 am nearly blind. Why did
you come to the mountain when the
mountain was ready to come to you?
Mahomet, at least, gave, the mountain
a rbanfft "
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