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MOTHER'S FRIEN takes married women through the Whole, period of pregnancy in afetv and com fort It is used externally and it relaxes the muscles so that there is no dis comfort. It prevents and relieves : -- --- YioiAnrhp and rising morning m-iiic, . - breasts, shortens labor and preserves ish form. $ a bottle at druggists. Send for a Free. copy of our illus trated booklet about MATHFR'S FRIEND. The BradflcSd Regulator Co. , Atlantet 6a. Jesotf 3u fr we A SONO OF LIBERTY. -1 FRANK L. STANTON. Across the land from strand to strand Loud ring the buele notes, - And Freedom's smilefrom isle to isle, Like Freedom's banner floats. The velvet vales sing "Liberty!" To answering skies serene ; The mountains, sloping to ihe sea, Wave all their flags of green. The rivers, rushing to, the deep, The joyful notes prolong, And aU their waves in giory leap To that immortal song ! One song of Liberty and life That was, and is to be Till tyrant flags are trampled rags And all the world is free! It rises, and an echo comes From chained and troubled isles, And roars, like ocean's thunder-drums, Where glad Columbia smiles. Where, throned and great she sits in state, Beneath her flag of bars, Her heroes' blood the sacred flood That crimsoned all its bars ! Hail to our stands. country! Strong she Nor fears the war drum's beat ; The sword of Freedom in her hauds The tyrant at hef feet ! Atlanta Constitution. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. J A santified heart is better than a" silver tongue. j Pride costs more than hunger, thirst, and cold, j I . Never put off until to-morrow whatou can do to-day. Let God leajd, and wheueverone door shuts, another will open. A good conscience is better capital than a large bank account. We sail to glory, not in the salt sea of our tears, but in the red sea of Christ's precious blood. ' The lower sensualist comes to poverty in all things. Poverty in for tune, reputation and character. The dissipated rhan shatters and scatters and wastes his manhood. Wakefield. The indolent and unoccupied" man seeks abnormal gratification and the debauchee is drowsy and indolent It is one ol those cases wnere a man gets to going wrong and seesaws down to helk Wakefield. ' The man who waits till he is better before beginning a religious life, is like the debtor who supposes that it will be easier to pay his obligations after they have been doubled by accu- A . muiawiu uueresi man now. The natural man goes through the world makiug.use of what h find aud leaving things the worse for his touch. It is the way of the animal inhaling the pure air, robbing it of its oxygen, and sending it forth laden with impurity. The spiritual man also makes use of what he finds : but he pays his debts as he goes, and more. tor he leaves tilings punned, beauti lied, ennobled by his touch. A holy life is the philosopher's stone that turns everything it touches to gold. TWINKLINGS. His Idea "Davy, what's the use of calendars?" "So's we won't miss the Fourth of July." Puck. The Difference "They say a man is always nervous when lie pro poses." "Aud a girl is always nerv ous when he Uoesn t. Judge. "Reggie Littleton is such a conceited thing," said Molly. "He called me a man-hater just because he nearu i saiu l ctidn t like him. Harper's Bazar. Lord St. Agnant: "I say, old man, duced queer people in this coun try." Lord Nozoo "Yes: neveh let y' know when they're going to tell a Jwor J WUfl Vv J. CllA. A ' ''Sometimes," said Uncle V.Htin 4 q man a 1 rc. An. IvH.lhi i-.Mtv. sspwssj -ucij. j.-j iinu Xj LvvvVlU 11 U 1J 1 bar ob a fraction. De bigger he tries ter be, de smaller what he stands foh really is." Washington Star. r Wanted Everything Clear Jliditor I shall want about 500 words on the subject I mentioned." New Keporter "Yes, sir; about what size do you want the words." Puck. Suffered 20 Years. mm ES. MARY LEWIS, wife of a rooml- J W nent farmer, and well known by all oia resiaents near Belmont, N. Y,. writes: ''For twenty-seven years I had been a constant sufferer from nervous prostra tion, and paid large sums of money for doc tors and advertised remedies without bene fit. Three years ago my condition was alarming; the least noise would startle-and unnerve me. I was unable to Bleep, had a number of sinking spells and slowly grew worse. I began using Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills. At first the medicine seemed to have no effect, but after taking a few bottles I began to notice a change; I rested better at night, my appe tite "Began to improve and I rapidly grew better, until now I am as nearly restored to health as one of my age may expect God blesa Dr. Miles' Nervine." Dr. Miles' Remedies are sold by all drug gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle benefits or money re- -funded. Book on dis eases of the heart and nerves free. Address. DR.- MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind Hn has no show with Dr. Miles' Pain Puis. Jo morphine or orlum in Dr. Miles'a Paih Kcckk All Pjjh. "one cent a dose." r sale Dy all Druggists. Change. 36 ly sa tuth 3ftte mwhln gtm ' NIGHT. " And the moments sadly roll, For my heart Is dark with the thought of night, And the night fa) In my ioul. ( The day is set and never will rise. And my heart is sick and sore. For the sweet, sweet light of my true love's Will shine for mfe no mpre. My very sleep of test is shorn, T 1 nnlrt nr.i1 ItfiwU. Sick with the thought of what I have borne And of what is left to pear. I see the rose with blushes fired, I hear the brook run Mpt But I dm tired, so sick ttpH tired, I almost long to die . For I know the sua wilfflry the stream, And the flow'retfaaejp the rrost. And I know that my dream la all a dream ArA the charm cf the weam la lost There whl never, never any more light. For my hope and I rn.tr part. And my soul is darfc witftthe thought of night. And the night Is Jn miTpeart. Alice fjary iWNew York Ledger. N EW YORK'! GROWTH . The City Has Never Mted Since It Was First Fairly Started. Ernest Ineersoll wHtes a paper on the Omatflr New York- eti tied "Reasoning Out a Metropolfs,?' for St Nicholas. Mr. Ingersoll says: g The neonle of i Ne1 XOrK, urooiuyn, Rtatpm Island and certain nearby north- em towns resolved join themselves together into oneicityi which is now tne Greater New YrK. ; it emDraces pa win fir n miles of territory and includes a population of nearly 400, 000. Resides these at least another million dwell on the New Jersey side of the Hudson river, auita as near and as closely identified with the great city on Manhattan Island as are those or tne northern and eastern suburbs. This makes a population of nearly 4, 500, 000 which may be said to belong to New York, making it not only by iar tne largest center of human life and inter ests in America, but, excepting only London, the most populous spot on tne globe. How-has it happened that this vast oity has grown up where it stands? Why did not the American metropolis arise somewhere else? Is its position all an accident, or does history show sound reasons for its situation? The earliest settlement here was merely a trading station that gradually became a small seaport, like a dozen others along the coast Before the year 1700 these were so nearly alike that he would have been a wise prophet who truly foretold which would thrive. Indeed many men of that day firmly believed that Newport and Annapolis were to be the two great American seaports. Great cities arise at the points where the greatest number of people find it convenient to meet at first for business and later for pleasure. You cannot force a city to grow in an unnatural or unsuit able situation, and it is no easier to pre vent a city from growing in its proper place. But the conditions that change a village into a big town and expand the town into a city or metropolis are not the same in different parts of the globe and vary with the march of the cen turies; so that now;' many an ancient world market like Nineveh or Mem phis, has totally disappeared, while towns like Berlin have lately increased with amazing rapidity, after a long his tory as email and insignificant places. As for New York, it has never halted or cone backward for a moment since it was fairly started on its career in 1628. Effects of a Bee Sting;. An English physician relates an in stance ol a lady who was stung by a bee. At tho first moment she seemed to pay very little attention to it, but very soon-her face became flushed and spots appeared all over her body. Suddenly she developed a most severe attack of asthma, nuding great difficulty in breathing. Another instance is that of a young lady who was stung on the back of her head by an ordinary honey bee. In less than five minutes her face began to swell, and very marked red and white spots appeared all over the surface of the body. The swelling ex tended over the entire person, accompa- i nied by severe pain, burning and giddi ness. The eyes were almost closed and the countenance was so distorted as to be unrecognizable. Very tree bathing in soda water, with a little soda taken internally, and hot applications to the feet and thorough massage finally afford ed relief, but it was some hours before the patient recovered from what was truly an alarming condition. Violent: attacks of nervousness accompanied the trouble, and the sense of suffocation was almost intolerable. The young wo man had been stung a number of times before without anyapparent unpleasant result. The phy sieiahs were of the opin ion that the bee VS& Y been feeding upon some extremely lfcisonous plant, which became concentrated in the venom of the sting. Be that as it may, the condi tion was such asv& excite grave appre hension, the more o as it war several days before recovery was complete. New York Ledgi DOG OPENE ATHER'SEYES Experience of a tan Who Gro '3( Girls. Had Several "It is quite investing to be the fa ther of several growing girls, " said one of a group of f amVy- men in the smoker of a suburban car Yea," answer 1 another one, with a shrug of his shouli s, "esneciallv when they all want nef $owns at the same ume,: "X wasn't thinMig of that, " said tho first speaker, "buf f a way they have of taking the wi&J out of your own sails. It never occurred to me until the other morning thai, it was not to see me that young f ellow; kept dropping in to piay cards and nisxfe themselves agree able. I tumbled at last, but it was my nunwng aog jack cnat opened my eyes. "Your hunting ;idog?" echoed tin crowd. ill "Yes. I had heard of nearly every kind of a plan for tho, communication of lovers except a. 'dog. In this case daoK Decame Cupid; messenaer. Thoso boys borrowed the :4g ostensibly to go nuncing, ont i uasw learned since that they didn't know a; Htm from a hnn han die. They tied Jack? up overnight, and as soon as he got otin the morning be uiaue a Dee nne lor home. If I hadn't seen the corner 6f a paper sticking from unuer his collar I should never have suspected the eagerness with which these girls tried to head him off from me," "He had a letter for them? "No, just a note asking the privilege uj. nxung aear jsiiss Hate or Miss Sue tne par lor a walk and a chat. Nice idea, employing the dog of the family in a clandestine correspondence! I an swered that note myBelf, and the two girls haven't SDoken to me sinnn -Innlr is tied up, and I'm watching the cat now, for I have no doubt they'll find a way to circumvent me." Chicago Times-Herald. " Seven miles an hour is the camel's limit, nor can it maintain this rate over two hours. Its usual speed is five miles an hour. When a camel is pressed beyond its speed and is spent, it kneels down, and not all the wolves in Asia will make it budge again. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Raleiqh Post: Thero is a krge number of cases of measles m the city at this time. Yesterday 22 chil dren were detained from the city graded schools on account of the ex istence of measles in their families. Washington Progress: While storine hay at Wharton's Wednes day night a lamp was accidentally overturned, setung ure w mo umiu- inp; and also the store neiongmg 10 Mr. K. J. Johnson, doiu oi wiuuu were burned. i . Statesville Landmark: Mr. J . 1 Ed. Turner, of JHiddemte, who is as sociated with Prof. W. E. Hidden in j mining operations and has oeen wun thai gentleman in Macon county, was . in Statesville Wednesday night and j was showing some samples of a new mineral which Prof. Hidden has re-1 cently discovered in macon. j.i is .a .. . "a r - Td. "u. i called "rhodolite ana is oi greuL brilliancv. in appearance resembling a diamond. . Carthago Blade: Thursday, March 17th Mrs. Lena Fry quietly passed away at her home mHJarthage. She was the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Howard J. Muse, and at the time of her death was za ears of age. Mrs. Margaret A. Inftn r.e. aeed 6S vears. of New Lon don, Stanly county, died at that place March 15th. mr. jnarue r ry, known as "Big Charlie," to distin guish him from the other Charlies of that name and on account oi nis size, was robbed of 5854 last weeK. Mr. Fry lives near Horner s post office on the plank road ,and was away from home at the time. The money was in a safe. Mr. Fry either neglected torn lock his safe or the parties were1 familial with tb nnmbinatinn. as the safe was not injured in the least. Wadesboro Messenger-Intelli- gencer: contractors on tne aioore County and V estern ttauroaa are ao- vertisinc for hands to work on the road, and there seems to be no doubt that the road will be built. We learn that the loan of $1,000,000. recently secured by the company, together with county and township subscriptions already vdled, amounts in the I aggre gate to enough to allow $lO,000 per mile for the construction and equip ment" of the road.' The road will run from Aberdeen to Concord, the route being through Montgomery, Rich mond and Stanly counties. A blockade still, located in New Salem township, Union county, near the Arison county line, was raided by revenue officers a few days ago. The still was destroyed and about 1,000 gallons of beer emptied on the ground. A man named flu nney cult was arrested. Several others who were present ran, and though fired at by the officers, made their escape. Raleigh News and Observer: A telegram was received here Friday morning from Mewbern announcing the death of Senator W. T. McCarthy, which occurred at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, tie had been sick lor about six months with consumption. He served in the last Legislature as the Republican Senator from the Eigth district. Mr. McCarthy was unmarried and about 27 years of age, and a mem ber of the Koman Catholic Church. An uncommon sight men kiss ing each other was witnessed at the Union depot yesterday. They were Mormon elders, of whom there is far too plentiful a supply here. Three of them, though, left yesterday for the West, and the kissing was part of their farewell to the elders and members of their flock left behind. Those who went away have been here are rhis- sionanes for three years. Ihey are returning- to Utah to be assigned to better positions in church .work. y Cotton 5 like every other crop, needs nourishment. . A fertilizer containing nitro gen, phosphoric acid, and not less than 3 of actual will increase the crop and im prove the land. Our books tell all about the subject. They are free to any farmer. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 92 Nassau St., New York. Our FARMERS' GUIDE and 1 98 Manual of Hew Seeds! Implements, Every fanner and gardener needs one. Larger and more complete than ever. Send name and address. Mailed . . Free. GRIFFITH & TURNER CO. 205 to 213 N. Paea Street, Baltimore, Md. - rebl 1 W 8t A LOCAL Disease CATARRH A Climatic Affection. Nothing but a local remedy or change of climate will cure it. Get a well-known pharmaceutical reme dy, Ely's Cream Balm. It is quickly Absorbed. COLD S HEAD Gives Relief at once. Ooens and cleanses l,ho Nasal Passages. Allays Inflammation. Heals and Protects the Membrane. Restores the Senses ot Taste ana smell. No cocaine. No Mercury, No Injurious dqig. Pull Size 50c. Trial Size 10c. at Druggists Tr Dv mall. ELY BROTHERS, 66 Warren St., New York. TUBE-ROSE BULBS. We have quite a nice lot of M Tube-rose Bulbs on hand at 10 Cents Per Dozen. Specially low Jprlce to any one purchasing from 100 to 1,000. . EASTER EGG DYES, FLOWER SEEDS, NURSING BOTTLES, j any everything else pertaining to the Drug ! business. 'A J. HICKS BUNTING, A ' '9 I k " ' -li' V '' l Wholesale and Retail Druggist, ' Y. M. C. A. Building, mar 11 tf Wilmington, N. 7 ' Potash, 4 ft Is an Important Industry Off the Coast j of Barbados. i Off the coast of" Barbados, where a species known as Exoeoetus voli tans is founds frying fish are very good food and form the staple of a considerable industry. The negroes go out in small boats and catch them, mostly at night. After a good catch the boats come into shallow water, wheze they are met by negroes with large baskets, into which the fish are cast These baskets are carried "to the shore, where they are put on to light, single wheel trucks some thing between a railway porter's truck and a light wheelbarrow and so conveyed by anotherset of blacks to the market. Here are gathered together a large number of negro women, all eager to secure good fish to hawk in the street These women know their business thoroughly and have a keen eye for a bargain. They affect indifference, and some will even smoke a pipe as if to show how little concerned they are in what going on. ; This, however, deceives no one, for every one concerned knows that each woman is trembling with im patience to secure the best fish at the lowest rates. Indeed, as to bar-" gains, they are as fond of making them as ahy lady shopping in the west end and make them much bet ter than their fairer sisters. Hav ing secured as many fish as they re quire, they hoist the baskets on to their heads and cry their wares through the town, and usually do not. take very long to soil the lot. Clad in white, with short skirts, showing bare, shiny, black- legs, and with baskets on their heads, these isturdy fishwives present a very pic turesque appearance, and w,hen Sambo, the ever obsequious waiter, serves you with a plate of flying fish at your dinner you may be very certain that the fish has been bought from one of these dusky hawkers. You afterward learn from grinning Sambo that your wish to entourage their trade has been fulfilled, for there is no other Hource from which fish can be got except from these black bufcoinely fishwives. Flying fish are so called from the fact that they have the pectoral fins so large that tney.are enabled to make short fights or 'leaps from the water. It is a vexed question whether or not the flying fishes use their pec toral fins for flight, but the general belief is that the fins act merely aft er the manner o&n parachute or of a kite. However that may be, these fish possess the power of rising from the water to a height of 20 feet, and often fall on the decks of ships More frequently they skim along the water. There are several kinds of flying fhsh, more than 30 species being known. Thoy inhabit the seas of the warmer parts of the world. They swim in shoals, vary ing from 12 to 100 or more. It is a fine sight to see a whole shoal rise out of the water and dart through the air for a couple of hundred yards and then diop into the soa together to continue the flight. The cause of the hurry is apparent when you see a hungry dolphin in hot pursuit of the shoal, taking great leaps after his prey. The flying fish take shorter and shorter flights, until at last they sink into the water and fall easy victime to their pursuer. -London Graphic, --.j j CHINESE DRINKS. Qmeer Beverages of the Inhabitants of tha Celestial Kingdom, j There nro no drunkards In China, nei ther is there an excise law,' and yet it is as easy to get intoxicated in China) as else where, and perhaps rasier, for drinks are cheaper. Wine of all kinds has been known and drunk in the Celestial kingdom since the days of the Chau dynasty, same 2,000 years B. C. Everybody drank the fer mented grape juice in these days, and a gold cure establishment would have coined money had it existed. Things went from bad to worse, until one of the emperors of the Chau dynasty went upon a protracted spree. When he began to "see things," he stopped short and reformed and demanded reformation on the part of all his subjects. He decreed the instant' destruction of all wine collars, distilleries and saloons. Since then wine made of the grape has been unfashionable, in China, and scarcely any ia miade there or used. Sherry, port and whisky have become rather popular in China during the last half century, but they are considered as food and only taken at and with meals Among the native beverages is shoa-shing a palish brown mixture, the taste of which suggests ripe hickory nuts. It Is served at all state, banquets and also at private din ners. When cold, it is cloudy ; when warm It grows clear, emitting a peculiarly pleas ant odor, u What shoa-shing is to the upper classes sam-sbul is to the masses. It is made from rice and is its triple distillate. Old sam-shni is very expensive and tastes like Old sherry. Eoa-ling is made from Mongolian millet and bears a family resemblance to rye whisky. It is drunk, only in northern China, but has a large use in the making oi liqueurs. Of these latter ung-kn-peh or wo-shla-pi is the best known. It is thick, oily and yellow, and is a cross be tween yellow Chartreuse and Benedictine, Its taste is sweetish and aromatic, and it has a great reputation as an appetiser. Other liqueurs made from koa-ling are moo-qua, made of koa-ling and melon meu-kwai-loo, ying-toa and hundreds of other drinks. Then there is fun-chin, or raw alcohol used for medicinal purposes. Fermented fruit juices and flower wine, made by steeping petals or leaves, are also common beverages. Geranium Wine is a horrible concoction, while bay leaf wine is the equivalent of tho bay rum used by our bar bers. All told, there are some 8,000 dis tinot drinks in China, yet drunkards are almost unknown. Exchange. Name Old Trait. Hobson Some neonle malr tired. Thev never snnpn nnfi, mo as a fact without wanting tb know . . . i. -I . " wuy ana wnereiore of it Saphed Yes. I wonder why is f Philadelphia Record. The Pity of It. it Bobby pa, who are the "deserv ing poor " mr. Ferry Those who don't de serve to be. Cincinnati Enquirer Not Always Available. 1 It is said a pinch of salt on a slice oi romato will cure the hiccough every time it is tried, but: tho - , - msv ausaai going home late seldom has the salt and tomato at hand New Orleans Picayune. v In a Hurry. V "So he married in haste. Did he repent at leisure?" "No, he repented in haste too," New York Journal. l.,A?oordiD8 to Dr, Forbes Winalow, kleptomania is found among boys, but vy rarely indeed among men The great majority of the victims are women. CATCHING FLYING FISH. CURRENT COMMENT. - Lord Salisbury ia suffering from brawi lag. jonn oherman : avoids that by having his understudy do all the thinking for the Depart ment of State. New YorH Journal, Dem. - Spanish bonds have risen two days in away, which suggests, if it does not prove, that those who con trol financial affairs abroad havo made up their minds that Spain does not propose to go to war if it can help it, and that its Government will Bee some way to help At. Philadel phia, Press, Rep. Indian Territory public sen timent pulled itself together the other day and lynched a white woman and a negro who had just taken the marriage vows. Strange as it may appear, the public sentiment of the balance of the country is not becoming the least bit fussv on account of this incident. Washing ton Post, lnd. If the calculation that Japan will devote nearly $100,000,000 to purchasing war ships in the ten years ending with 1905 ircorrect, perhaps Kussia is right in exercis ing a policy of repression upon the (iameeoek of the east, as she apt pears to be doing. With a strong fleet at command, there is no know ing how far Japan's enterprise and thirst for glorv will carry her. Philadelphia Ledger, Ind. - - In one particular, the South ia deeply interested in Cuba coming under the tutelage, if not under the olitical ownership, of the United tates. That island furnishes us our crop of yellow fever. If Uncle Sam runs it for five years he will stamp the yellow demon's life out of him and wash his hideous wraith out of Havana harbor, by letting through it a full tide of sea water, ebb and- flow. This would be literally, mil lions of profit and saving ito the southern people. Ohattanooqa Times, Dem. 'They say the stars poor Clara con- suited before marrying him." "And what was the result?" They all cave him a good character except one vaudeville star." Life. Ethel "Have you notice how Lord Slabsides drops his aspir ates?" Penelope "Oh, but- that's nothing to the way he drops his vowels papa says he has got more than a dozen of his I O U's.' Tit Bits. Clergyman "My child, - be ware of picking a toadstool instead of a mushroom. They are easy to con fuse. " Child ' 'That be all roight, sur, thai be! Us bain't a-goin' to eat 'em ourselves they 're a-goin' to market to be sold." Tit-Btts. Two thousand students of the Uni versity of Michigan paraded the cam pus at Ann Arbor last night, armed with pitchforks, muskets, etc., in a Cuban demonstration. ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acte gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. e- CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO. SAM FRANCISCO, CAU ummue. cr. me w roue, an feb 1 ly su we fr Early Rose Potatoes. 30 Barrels E. R. Potatoes. 40 Boxes Dried Peaches. 20 Bags Dried Apples. 40 Boxes 3-Lb. Tomatoes. 30 Boxes Pie Peaches. 25 Boxes Table Peaches. W. B. COOPER, 221 North Water street. mar 28 tf Skin For the speedy and permariec ;ure of tetter, salt rheum and eczema Iham berlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is without an equah It relieves the itch ing and smarting almost instantly and its continued uso effects a permanent cure. It also cures itch, barber's itch, scald head, sore nipples, itching piles, chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and granulated lids. Dr. Cady's Condition Powders for horses are the best tonic, bV n rifier and vermifuge. Price, 25 ce; . -dby For sale by feb 1 tf R. R. BELLAMY, Druggist. COURT OF INQUIRY l make Its report, but who knows how the market on Groceries is going unless he calls around to see us ? 2 Car Loads Flour, bought before the rise. 3 Car Loads of Corn, Two of white and one of mixed. 1 Car "Good Luck" Bak'g Powder 1 Car Load Meal. w 300 Kegs Nails, and everything in wholesale Groceries at rock bottom prices. ROBT. R. STONE & CO., Wholesale Grocers, mar 24 tf Nos. 5 & 7 South Water street. QUEEB AUTOMATONS. EXAMPLES FROM TrHjUidAYS OCDALUS TO THS PfiESENT. OF A wooaen Venas That Waited mad a ; Brazen Man That Talked A Wonderful Mechanical Duck The Greatest of AU tha Fraudulent Automatons. There are few things more attractive to the generality of men or more calcu lated to excite their wonder and admira tion than a dexterously and mysteriously oontrived automaton. Thero is, indeed, something almost uncanny in the sight of a figure made by men's hands acting like . a Creature of flesh ami blood, and this uncanniness is one of the most sub tle of fascinations. Hence the silver of the curious readily finds its way into the pockets of men ingenious enough to invent such marvels. : This passion for the automaton is cer tainly no new thing. One meets it in almost the earliest books, sometimes veiled in myth, sometimes more direct ly stated. Vulcan, it will be remem bered, made automatic tripods for the gods of Olympus stools which ad vanced of their own accord to the ban queting table and so retired when the feast was over. Aristotle tells us that the human au tomata which Daedalus made were so active that it was necesfiary to keep them tethered for fear they would run way. Tne same pnnosopner describes a wooden Venus who walked about and gives also the secret of the phenomenon. She was filled with quicksilver a some what crude device. Albertns Magnus is credited with having made a brazen man who talked and St Thomas Aqui nas with having pounded it to pieces with a club, suspecting it to be a work of satan. Some marvelous feats of mechanism are credited to John Muller, otherwise known as Begjomontanus, who flourished in the fifteenth century, and in dealing with him s we perhaps touch firmer ground. One was an iron fly whioh flew around a table, another a wooden eagle which went but to meet Emperor Maximilian on his entry of Nuremberg on June 7, 1470, and re turned with him to the oity gates. Whether due or not to the stimulus givenJjy Louis XTV, the' seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were in Franco times of great automatic activity. In deed, the first named century marks the beginning of the really historical era of automata. In the eighteenth century lived Mr. Vaucanson, perhaps the most wonderful of all makers of automata and the creator of the famous duck which first appeared before the publio in 1741. The duck was Vaucanson 's masterpiece and completed a reputation already made wide by his mechanical flute player and an automatic musician which not only blew upon the flageolet, but also kept time to it on a tambourine. The bird was of life size, and not only was it outwardly an exact imitation to a feather of a real duck, but its internal anatomy was absolutely true to life. So, indeed, were its movements, for it swam, dived, walked, quacked, ate, drank and by an ingenious device even seemed to digest its food. This automaton disappeared after its inventor's death, but turned up again in 1840 in a garret in Berlin and was purchased by a George Tiets, who took four years to put it in proper working order again. At the end of this time it was exhibited in a room in the Palais Royal, Paris, where Mr. Houdin, the celebrated conjuror, saw it, and, indeed, afterward, when something happened to one of its wings, took charge of and repaired it. No doubt' it is still in ex istence. Of more modern automata this is scarcely the place to speak, for they are nrivate secrets. Let us confine our selves to merely mentioning Mr. Mas kelyne's ' ' Psycho' ' and " Zoo. ' ' Like most things, automata have not alwavs been what they seemed. Of many frauds upon the wonder loving public perhaps the com pie test was that of the famous automatic chess player of Mr. Kempelen, whjea was exhibited all over Europe at tho end of the last century and afterwardv'in America. It was the figure of a life sized Turk seat ed behind a large box, the top of which was marked in the middle for chess. Prior to the automaton 8 meeting an opponent tho front of the box was open ed and skeptical lookers on were shown an arrangement of strings, pulleys and cylinders. After this they were allowed to examine the interior of the figure, which was hollow. Then Mr. Kempo len wound up his Turk with a key, and it was ready to play, which it did by moving the pieces with its left hand and giving three nods for check to king and two for check to queen. All the noted chess players of Europe succumb ed to the figure's superior strategy, and its skill so impressed the Empress Cath erine II of Russia that she wished to buy it and was with difficulty persuad ed by Mr. Kempelen to give up the idea. It was not for years that the secret was discovered; but, like most secrets, it leaked out at last. The real chess play er was a Mr. Wronsky, a Polish ex-cap tain, both of whose legs had been am putated at the trunk in consequence of a wound from a cannon ball. While the spectators were examining the box Wronsky was in the Turk's body, and when they turned to inspect that an in genious mechanism slid him back into the box. To the fact that Wronsky was a chess player of consummate skill the wide fame of the automaton, which he secretly controlled, is tojbe attributed. After this disclosure Mfc Kempelen's automaton naturally enough ceased to move mankind to wonder, f New York Post f "i'wV ': ; 1 Strict Sunday lAws. Swinemunde on the Baltic has strict Sunday laws. Shipmasters who enter the port are fined heavily by the town authorities if they have their ships washed or painted on Sunday or church holidays. As foreigners are not ac iiuainted with the German church cal- tu(i.:r they are frequently icanght American Paper In England. T71 a f . . 1 jiiiigiana uses American paper in her public offices, findiag it" of the best quality made. Its decrees, be fore which foreign nations and tribes all around the world bow, are inscribed over the watermark of the eagle instead of the lion, which ought. to stiffen and re-enforce their validity. Ithas never been remarked of Great Britain that she didn't know a good thing when ehe saw it, or that she did not promptly reach out and annex it when it was possi ble. In the case of stationery there is no impediment and Uncle 8am will cheerfully extradite any quality of it on her requisition, as he has been doing for some time past. New York Tribune. 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