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i A s'FORGOD, FOR 'COUNTRY. AND FOR TRUTH."-"" -V- " ' . . . W. I'KKTCIIKn AUsrjON, Eoitob. , V. Y. YV. Act HON, Uummtis AUjiagsu. VOL. Ill- PLYMOUTH, m G-, FRIDAY, OCTOBER' 'S, 1891. 'K0.2I. Published by Roakokh Publishing Co, RAIN MADE TO ORDER. THE MARVELOUS TALE OF A MODERN MUNCHAUSEN. : - . - " " - "t AttOKmdlag .Performances of Blnglrlans la Wft Afrlca-A Man FlosU lu Air A Mast Impressive Feat The Priest . af Baal.' ;' "i In a foreign publication there is a brief paper upon "West African Magic, the author of which, professing to write in . all seriousness, gravely declares that the rainmakers of Africa really do make rain! But he is not, content , with argument. He supports his contention by the follow ing marvelous story of what he declares he himself .witnessed , on the west coast of Africa; : . , : I remember well my first experience of these wizards. For weeks- and' weeks there had been no rain, although it was the rainy season.: - The mealies were all dying for want of water; the cattle were being slaughtered in all directions ; women and children had, died by scores, and the fighting men were beginning to do the' same, being themselves scarcely jnore than skeletons. Day after day the sun glared down on the parched earth, without one intervening !; cloud, like a globe of glowing copper, and all nature languished in that awful furnace. Suddenly the king ordered the great war drum to be beaten,' and the warriors all gathered hurriedly. He announced the arrival of two celebrated rainmakers," the prevailing distress. llie elder of tne two was a stuntedj bow legged little man, with' wool which would have, been white had jt not been messed up' with grease, filth j and feathers.' The second was rather a fine specimen of the Socsoo race, but with a very sinister expression. A large rjng being formed by the squat ting negroes, who came for some un known reawnaU: armed to the .teeth, the king being in the center, and the rain makers in front of him, they commenced their incantations. The zenith and the . horizon were eagerly examined from time id time, but not a Testige of a, cloud ap peared. . Presently the elder . man . rolled 'Jon the ground in convulsions, apparently 'epileptic, and his comrade started to his feet pointing with both ' hands to the copper colored sky. ' ' ;;' ,.; : All eyes followed liis gesture, and looked at the spot to which his hands pointed, but nothing was xisiblo. Motionless as a atone Btatue he stood with gaze riveted on . the 6ky.' In about thespace sof a minute a' darker shade was observable in tlie copper tint, in another hiinute it grew' darker and darker,' arid irf'V few more seconds developed into a black cloud which soon overspread the "heavens. . . J , In a moment a vivid flash was seen, anA tha Anhitra that, foil frnm flint flnilil. which had now spread completely over head, was something to be remembered, 'For two days 'and nights : that torrent poured down and seemed as if it would wash everything out of the ground. ' After the king h .d dismissed the rain makers, and they 1 wl deposited the cat tleland presents ui der guard, I entered the hut in which tliey.were lodged and spent tlie night witu tueni, discussing tne magical "art. v The hut was about 14 feet in diameter, strongly built of posts driven firmly into the ground and having a strong thatched conical roof. I eventually persuaded them to give me one or two examples of their skilL They began singing, or rather crooning, a long invocation, aftera few minutes of which the younger mau ap peared to rise in the air about three feet from the ground and remain there un suspended and floating about. There was a brilliant light in the hut from a large fire in the center, so that the smallest detail could be distinctly ob served. I got up and went to feel the man in tlie air, and there was no doubt about ' his levitation. lie men noatcu close to thewallahd passed through it to the outside.' When I reentered -tlie hut there was only the old man present. I examined the logs carefully, but there was no aper ture whatever. . The old man continued his chant, and in another moment his comrade reappeared floating in the air. : He sat-down on the ground, and I saw his black skin, glistening with , rain, and the few rags he wore were as wet as if he had been dipped in a river. ' The next feat was performed by the old ' man, and consisted in several in stantaneous disappearances and reappenr- ','anccs. The curious point about this wa tha.t tha old man also vena HHnninrr tvpt. i A most impressive feat, which they on a subsequent occasion performed was the. -Old custom of the priests of Baal. ' Commencing a lugubrious, chant, they slowly began circling around - the fire (which said fire always is an essential part of the proceedings); keeping a cer tain amount of rhythm in-both theix movements and cadences. Presently the movement grew faster and. faster, till they whirled round like dancing derv ishes. There were two distinct move ments; all the time during which they were gyrating round the circle they were rapidly spinning on their own axes. With the rapidity of their evolutions their voices were raised higher and higher until the din was terrific. Then by a si multaneous movement each began slash ing his naked body, on arms, chest, and thigh until -they; were streaming with blood and covered with deep gashes. Then the old man stopped hLs erratio course, and, sitting down on, the ground. amm ly watched the younger one wiili apparent solicitude. The youn s mau con tinued his irantic exertions until -exhausted nature could bear no more, and he" fell "panting and helpless on tlie ground. ,, . . "'. . The old man took both the knives, and anointed the blades with some evil smell ing grease from a calabash,' and then stroked the young man's body , all over with the blade r which had done the in juries, and finished the operation by rubbinc him vifmmnalv wtfti tha 1 nalmv of the hands smeared with the unguent. in a tew minutes time tlie young man arose; and there was not the slightest trace of wound or" scar in his ebony skin. He then performed the same good offices o a the old man with1 the same effect: "VTithiriten minutes afterward they were both laid on their mats in . a sweet and quiet sleep. " v AN OKTIIOGItAFHIC 3JfAI. Sinking Pretty Fair Waxen Out of a Wrinkle Not Everybody Knows. "How do you spell .'choir'?" inquired a short, pudgy drummer as he sat at a table in the writing room of the Weddell House in Cleveland a few weeks ago. There were a dozen men busily writing at the same table and as many more who were reading newspapers. The abruptness of the question caused the writers to. pause in their work, for the question apparently had not been ad dressed to any . particular individual. .The speaker reflectively nibbled the end of a pen holder while waiting for a reply. v- A (.gentleman, on the opposite Bide of the 'table finally blurted.' out : "What i land of a 'choir do you mean?" ; . Why, a lot of . singers in a'church, you know. A church 'choir,"' f "Q u i r - "Thank you."- TheJ drummer again dipped his pen in ink preparatory , to resuming his letter "Writing. . The o';her gentlemen could scarcely .conceal their mirth. --Again the writer paused to say, half apologotically : ? Blamed if I. could tell how to spell it. Seemed to me it ought to be spelled with a 'c.' T was going to write it 'choir.' " ' ' Tliis was- too .much for the gravity ol the crowd, and after a hearty laugh one of the gentlemen said:. "Well, if I were, in your place I'd spell it that way now, I think. n . . " "Well, I thought I could hardly be iVistaken about it," said the puzzled cpelleiv " ,, '' -i, - ,' '," Meanwhile the gentleman who had so kindly volunteered to spell the word be came very nervous and seemed inclined to get angrywv-s..--ii - ij "There are different ways to spell, the word "choirV.he said, "and it makes all tli3 difference in, the world whether yon are tiring to'6pell the name of a bmly of " Gingers in a church or a certain'qiiantity : of paper. . If you mean a company of church singers it is 'q-u-i-r-e,' but if a quantity of paper ' "Well, hardly," remarked a' flashily dressed New York drummer, laying down his pen.", "Yqu will pardon me, my friend , ' but you're wrong. You've got "the two words mixed. " 'Q-u:i-re' spells a pa per quire, and 'c-h-o-i-r' spells a church choir. " : '.: ' " "Not by a long shot," stoutly insisted the speller. 'Q-u-i-r-e' spells a church, choir or it used to do it when " 1 went to school and I've got money right here in my clothe3 which says that it spelb it now." - ; 4 - Thespeakerwas decidedly angry, whilo the rest of the crowd were rather amused at his discomfiture. . "Oh, well," remarked the New Yorker airily, "it isn't worth while quarreling about any way, especially since it can be settled so easily. If you are so sure that, .'q-u-i-r-e' spells choir, suppose you back' np your belief by a little wager say the cigars for the crowd and we'll look in tlie dictionary over yonder and end the. controversy. " ' ; ' "I'm agreed," was the hot rejoinder; "or I'll bet you $5 or $10 or $25 that I'm right, and prove it by Webster s Una bridged Dictionary "in ten seconds. " As he spoke he pulled out a roll of bills, and the. New Yorker quietly laid' a $20 bill on the table, which was. promptly covered. The dictionary was brought forward. The Gotham drummer opened the- big book and smiled like a man who knows a "sure thing" in sight as he turned to the word quire" and commenced reading the definition "a body of singers in a church. See choir. " "- The silence that fell upon that, room was unrelieved save by tho rustle of . a $20 bill as it was quietly folded and stowed away in the spoiler's pocket. ' A week later, as I was enjoying a cigar in the lobby of the Riggs House at Indi anapolis I was startled by hearing a fa miliar voice exclaim ; "How do you ep3ll choir'?" "Glancing, hastily around I was surprised to see at one of the writing tables the identical gentleman whose ig norance had caused such a commotion at Cleveland concerning that very! word. Looking closer I was equally surprised to find near him the benevolent gentle man who had kindly volunteered to spell the word for him at Clevekind and who gained $20 by doing so.. Approaching the scene of battle I took a scat where I could observe the subsequent proceedings, and wilhin dne minute the Cleveland performance had been duplicated, tho speller pocketing $25 tliis time as the rc cult of his acumen., ? AcRosfciru? the winner. 1 said nuic?tly: "I see that you spell ''choir' now iu justi the earns way that you did tho other uay at Cleveland. " . " Ves," he replied, "that's a pretty yood way to spell it anywhere. It has netted my paruier nero ana me ahOut $do a day ior me iasi iwo monuis. ; ac worss nmo best be spared by the world at large; Fi times out of ten, and we take no mks, bally the matter was settled by a ballot, you see. It is the best snap I ever struck, and every vote (his own included) was and I used to work with some of, the', niven for Stevensoa, - tl' u , slickest boys in tlie country, too. But," he added confidentially, "if yot over try It you'd better keep' both eyes open, or you u miss connection with' the dictionary. You can find 'choir"' spelled and defined- underlie word tquire' in Webster had an edition of 1891 called the : 'International Unabridgod' which 'quire see any definition."- i - . . - - . - " V- M f wni. B.iM u..ii. ,' "a The first solid head pin was made in 1824, in England, by Lemuel W. Wricht. an American. . In 1832;Dr. JoImLHoWe )n waa "e il"? as, -an epre?3 a Connecticut man, invented a "machine! t1 onary f1 that; S'torTecrmts, tr. mim -t tor proselytes, naturally finding hone., .1 first successful machine, and completed the pin by asingle process. The old head was soldered on to the shank of th nin. -i I'" .. Magnetic Roels.,;"vJ', j j, '. A remarkable instance of local mag4 cetic disturbance, due to the presence of magnetic rocks', was observed near Cos sack, , northwest ; Australia,1 where a steady deflection of the" compass' of 80 degrees was recorded. u' '''; ; 'it" ;;' .- A Hw Fi Among Brides.' ? A new idea for a brido'sTrousseau is to. have the underlinen ornamented with a monogram in afao simile of her own handwriting. ii- !- ;- !i''3 i-.ji - POINTS OP PROGRESS. The polariscope is now used to discover adultei-ations in essential oils. ? ": An underground railway for Berlin is being discussed by German engineers." " A Watch manufacturer of Liverpool has - invented a lever watch that only requires "winding once every eight days. " A new industry for Florida is the man- uiaciure oi Biarcu irom arrowroot, luigu . quantities of which are grown 'in that State. . : . .. , .. ... The telephone cables bid beneatlitho streets of Berlin .are estimated to meet the requirements of ; 80,000 subscribers, the present number being 15,000, Z, - Coal in the province of Almeria, in Spain, is so dear that - there is great re joicing over the discovery' of an inferior quality in a large vein nearrAlhanchez. An ingenious American proposes to build an elevator at Mount Blanc which will be able to carry 210 persons at once. The earth' by a recent measurement in the 53d parallel of - north latitude . is shown not to be a perfect spheroid. - Molds for casting iron can only .bo made in sand. Iron or other metallic molds chill the iron, and it does not' fill well. The great heat at which iron melts will 'burn any other material or will Stick so as to break the mold. ' -;; The brightness of the moon is not so very much greater than tho brightness ot tlie same area of the sky.: The total light of the full moon can be compared with the total light of the 6un, though it is a very difficult problem, and the result will be that the sun is as bright a3 6S0.00O full moons. . .. ... - . ' .; , ; ' The Medical Record calls attention to a f new morbid : habit which of late years has become enormously prevalent. It is . the inhalation of tobacco smoke quite akin to the opium habit - "The old cig arette smoker," says the Record, "would not exchange a few deep wbiffa.of his .1 cheap cigarette for the finest Havana that -could be bought with gold. " It should be borne in mind that this habit, ; once established, becomes, according to the testimony of physicians, practically incurable. New York Herald, C r ' The new explosive, ecrasite, is tho Invention of two Austrian engineers named Siersch and Kubin. Its power in relation to dynamite. Is' declared to be as 100 to 70, and it can be carried from place to place with perfect safety. . It emits . a . thick black smoke, and the detonating noise is louder than that of gunpowder, but shorter, sharper, and clearer. A bombshell loaded with it explodes with such - terrible results that experiments against palisades repre senting 100, 250, and500 men, at ranges of 800, 750, and 1,200 -meters, recorded marks on every division , of ' the pali sade standing for a soldier. LITERARY NOTES. Mark Twain has settled in France for three years. ' .. r , "During the past five years," says M," Auguste Vacquerie, " the proceeds of tho sales of , Victor , Hugo's works liavo, reached the sum" of 1,483,373 francs." .Two heretofore standard educational wnrVa-.TTfirhfirt RnenfiAr on F!diirAt,ion and Bain's "Education as a Science" have been withdrawn by the British gov ernment's education department from tho syllabus for certificate examinations be cause of tlie opposition of the church training colleges. ' . ' ', ' . ' ' 1 -Charlotte Bronte,1 in a letter written in 1848, says : "I regard Thackeray .,as tho first of modem masters. I study him with reverence. He, 1 6ee, keeps tlie mer maid's tail below water, and only hints at the dead men's bones and noxiom slime amid which it wriggles ; but his hint is more vivid than other iuen's elab orate explanations." ; , t iV! V' " .Fifteen years ago, according to the To ronto Week, Robert Louis Stevt nsou wus one cf a Email gathering of art tu;leiit.-i aul others at Uarbizua. A dacui:?:ou f arose as to wno, cm of all or them coma A letter by Carlyle, recently sold in ix)naon, contains the following prober ably you are not la ware that in New Emr themselves on these ideas of Emerson's! are already about renouncing this miser-. ... i a u kuuiui ncr if f i iKiMiii v irniiinnini. retiring into tha nird wil f u.a v there exclusively upon vegetables raised ' aiv i i ihi r nwn i 11 rr-ri n ir K , ' ,-i . i work the taVwm"pTdce4-raAn"'ufll cient vegetables, and he can live there ao . f.ff ? hla JJi having the; I f orld to hve according te its.r An Amei- ; w -obhged to, express, my- total, deep, ; ' ' uro veK. ; : " b vu0u to the missionary" " " t. x. ARTISTS. . AND I Mr. and lira. Cleveland both like East-: man Johnson's portrait of the ex-President,1 which has just been hung in the White House. : " " A Brooklyn writer ia the authority for the ppinjon ptE, Hopkinsou Smithy that Mir..v; tT4 ..Unl..j. !. '.:..liV. v an artist.": . f A lover of Moret's wort says' that in an exhibition of the lajbesj;" works by that artist, which has. just closed in. Part?, there were 15 dfTeren canvases of liay stacks.aloneifv'jf !S t The noted painting, "Columbus', First Sight of Land, " which received" the first premium at the fcenteivual' exhibition in Philadelphia, is on exhibition at 1 Boston? It will be shown in Chicago in 1893, The great statue of Pope"LeoXin, which Count Josephlxaxbathaspteaented ' J to the Catholic University, at Washing- ion, ia rcpurbcu w oo u iiuw piucw fine piece of. work, and represents ihe pope seated upon his throne and wearing the triple, crown. ? Here . is 'a fine short note from Dieg enes: "To reach perfection, Ave j must bo j made sensible of "6urfai lings, either by : the admonitions of our friends or the in vectivea of our enemies.. T'" 8CIEWTIFIOJAIID m The, siprager ba($cy v?3a jBjiccesa f f of; ctreet cars in loa. ..; New street -cars .In f Philadelphia .Jftfe, perforated ceilings for ventilatori tw, - i Naturalists all. believe that whaJea'.'tire tlie descendants of land mammals. ' : Wood has been retired in another" par ticular,' InTmncdja firni of porcelain makei-s has substifated petroleum forj wood in firing their wares, and not only produces better results hut cheapens . the cost. " ' : ' 1 "''; ' : ; 1 ' Scientists say ihc chemist will dominate coming inventions;' -'All bur" fuel will presently be furnished' in the form of gas". In a quarter of a century more we shall wonder why man was' , e ver such a" fool as to carry coal into his -house and burn it. - 'y "T- : ' ' r - Six miles, off tlie Labrone Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, a Russian vessel took sounding recently and found a depth oi five miles, tho deepest sptot yet. found in any ocean, Its convenience of access recommends it as a summer resort. : , . '. French scientists are puzzling over a spider which was discovered in a Cavity in a stone." , "It . is -estimated that tlie Btone must be 4,000 years old ; this not withstanding, however; the , spider is quite lively and very youthful in its antics. It is blind aid has no mouth. " '.' Four different mountain peaks In Idaho are from 13 to 23 feet loweiv by actual measurement, than they were 15 years ago, and it is believed that this settling, is going on With many others. . The idea is that quicksands have undermined thorn, - ' '' Recent developments in chemical science promote belief in the "existence of elementary forms of matter not yet actually observed. Certain, peculiarities in the spectrum of the sun are thought to indicate that much of its matter is still in such elementary f orm3 owing to its in tense heatJ, ; '"'.' '"JX I ''.''..tf.'li'.', ' i- People who sneer at the suggestion that aerial navigation is not impracticable: should be admonished by tho tremendous triumphs of applied science during the present century, A flying machine would not seem half so, wild a scheme as tlie telephone if both" were unknown. In-j ventive Age. . - "The Vermont Marble Company, of Rut-; laud, V t, has recently made six. marble columns 19 feet 7 inches long, 2 feet. 1Q inches in diameter. They are each nade from 'one solid piece of marble,, turned ia a lathe, and are said to be tlie large? I ever turned "out in the United-State.-,' They are for use in tlie construction oi Whig Hall) Princeton College. . '( .''Among the arrivals at the barge" ofucij in New York recently was a little olJ woman of wool. It was an automaton figure ot kd. - old lady kaitliwp:, and thu uioi;t curKus part ot it was th'ib it wa4 RircunttVst knitting machine. 1. r.ui by ! clockwork, aud to aU. Apnea r.mcci had cvei'y nocmcQt"of . ILfo.. - 1'r.e machiue r tractadHRv treat d-al-of nttrntioiu nud one mun offered a ro'ind prv-xi for it, but the owner; a I'rtuch immhrrtiiit, refused to part ith it. m'eu and makes his meaning unmistakably clear. 5 - : . , . Major McKinley and his lieutenants will have to stop beating their tin pans now ana answer the questions which Mr. Mills has sat the farmers of Ohio to asking. HOWIT HURTS THE SOUTH. Wilmington Star. j - : ' Some time ago there was held ia AsheviUe a convention for the purpose of istnhlish. mg Tariff Leagues iu this State. The :Re, publican. wire pullers who snggested and mammulated this convention, were not giving themselres mcch conecru about the tariff, their object simply oeiug ' to rope some Deaiocrata if they could . find: any who believed in protective tariff doctrine, into this new organization which was to be used as an annex to the Republican party. The make-up cf tint convention showed no Democrats, and we doubt if. it showed a single man who was manufacturer of any article which is protected by the tariff. It wasn't to organize a League to support and maintain thu protective tariff, to protect and fonteif American Industries' bnt to orchnize ft League to prottct and foster the Republi can party, in which they are,' much more Interested than they are in any protective tariff..' :- . ' - . ; ' : There may Le somo Democrats ia .North Carolina, as there may also . be in other Southern States, who believe that the pro tective tariff la a good thiug and that it is proving a powerful agent iu building np Southern ' industries. These peoplo uuav believe this, and they may be sincere and honest iu the belief,' but they are terribly uustaken,V i Iuntead of benefitting the 3outh in any way w hatever it is doing incalcula. ble injury in narnerous ways. ; ' In the first place it levies heavy tribute ou the Southern "people as a whole, and take's out of their pockets iu the aggregate somewhere in the neighborhood of $200, 000, W)0 ayear, money enough to build and eqaip 400 colossal cotton factories, and thus it help's to'kep money scarce in the South.' It iiurt the Southern farmer because the manufactured things which he bays ; are heavily taxed, and he has to pay for" hih. priced articles with low-priced products. ' J IJ hurts the Sonthcru merchant, epecLi) Jy tae cpuntry inerchaut j oi small ; meanR, froth whom the; farme re mainly buy, by compelling hihi to pnrchube . 6raalt stocks, and to charge, high to makq profit'enough to pay for his time, whereas if there were no tariff added to the original cost of his goods he could sell more and with a much smaller profit do a much larger business and make more money with his largo sales, j But this is not all, It is an obstacle, end a 6eiiousohet in the vvay of the South'a in. dustiial development and progress. It U conceded that, all things else being eqaal, mannfactnrere will seek that section where thVsupply of the raw' material, fuel, &o , are the most abundant and consequently the cheapest, - - - .. "'Now, as a matter of fact, those things hi manufacture of which the South ia princi. pally tCRajed, have little or no protection from the tariff.; In the finer grades of cot. ion fabrics shehau to compete with the already long established and rich manufac tories of New England, and in the ruauu. facture of irou iu its different frms -with the long established and already, rich; mil In of Pennsylvania, bhe has not the capital at present to compete with either of these 1 the' more co fy articles of manufacture although in the abundance of raw material, in fuel, iu water powers end in several oth er particulars ehe has theadyautngs of both. But they ure already eUblished and with the bonus which they receive in the. shape cf the protective tariff, they can continue in operation and make handsome profits al though they have to pay more for the raw material than they would have to pay for it in the Sodthi .; If it were not for this .they would be 'compelled, for a living profit, to get nearer the cheap raw material. This they do not deny, aud no on can deny, 60 that tho protective tariff helps to sustain and keep up, where they ore, these aged eoiuptdilors of , biinilur infant iudiitri9 which have been started iu the South, with pinited means to contend against those of practically unlimited ineanx. Th .t'a one way, the lariff retards Southern ludnstrial development and progress. Wipe it out and within a quarter of a century the Soath would bd: TUB 1 manufacturing section of this country, not only for cottou goods, but for irou in its various forms, . aud for the numerous kindred, industries which go with them. ' ' ' ' ' Leurn to cxplr.i:i thy doctrine by tby life. , .. , , i ' Death breaks the lautem, but cannot put out thecand.hr - . - i' - Lapgnn,ge whs given that wo might say plctavut things to each oihter. j ;TSfa exeni o of every mau whft Aon not mind hla own busincwj is that he is trying to do .good. . . ' " 'T.'r.i-'f-.m-c rialiMv rn;?.f(in,l. ?a lifil r. fnfjtjg to Bptiid inoucy; it is uvcuP.iu mouoy juuicion-.iiy. : ItiB at.ou. as iiara to inula man w n will not help you spend mov.oy as it ia to find a man who will help y.:u to earn ii. THAT'S NO WAY. Arisona Kicker. ( Two or three weeks ago we had an item to the effect that the County Clerk of this county was drinking" bo much tanglefoot that public business was being sadly neglec ted. We meant it iu all kindness, and hoped he would take it that way, but it seems that the iron struck home. Instead of coming to thhi office and talkiag the mat. ter over in a friendly way, r he banged our sanctum door open last Monday and began blazing away at as with an old revolver as long as a rait and as noisy as a cannon. lie shot a bole in our offioe clock, perforated a State map of Nebraska, and knocked the end off a horn of plenty we hid hanging up for an ornament. The rest of his lead went wild, - . . " ; -, .- -We don't want to bo captious about these, things, but we have feelings to be hurt.' . After the blithe young man had got through we rose up and diced tha lobe of his : left ear off as a souvenir and then threw him into the street - We were somewhat riled for a minute, but when he broke down and ' cried we went out and stuck the lobe in place and made friends with him. His ear will be as good at ever in a couple of weks, , and we hope the matter will prove a great moral lesson to him. '- TEN EYESIGHT DONT'S 1 ' Do' not allow light to fall upon the face of a sleeping infant. - -' -1 - - 2 Do not allow 5 babies to gaze at a bright light; . y "''", 3 Do not . send : children to school be-, fore the age of 10, ; ..... v - . -. ; 44 Do j not aUow childreu to keep their ; eyes .too long pn a near object at any one time. . : ' " ' ,5 Do not allow them to study much by artificial light. ' " . ' . 6 'Do not allow them to uso books - with small typa.-v - ;.,' t f - 7 Do not allow them to read in a rail Vaycarrihga.v ...,, ! R Do not ftllow Iiovh to smnkn tcihiw.nn especially cigarettes. ' -- 0 ' Do not neceKsarially ascribe headaches to indigestion, the ey us may be the excir ing cause. ... , v. - - .. '... .r . : : ; 10 ' Do not allow the itinerant spectacle Vender to prescribe glasses.., ; ; ( , . " "(. The Farmors ' Opportunity No matter if your county n as not honored the Southern Inter-Slate Exposition by making an appropriation, which ' would have secured .a distinctive- exhibit, to tha credit and C ratification of our neoDia. there, is yet open a tnans for our farmers to "g")t therj1 with 6mali samples of fhSir best corn,, wheats oats. iioe, rye," barley, buckwheat, beets,' sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, or. anything elso ,woxtii flhfwlriiif ty"lt need bo done in to carefully pack, say m bushel, hot less,5 'of either, and send by freight at once a marked an .follows : " "dOCTHEnir iHTEltOTATES EXPOSITIOIT, . Raleigh, N.U. fcPACa A.' Suh articles will be taken charge of by the State Da. partment of 'Agriculture and displayed to the beet ad vat tage. Now don't be laggard in this matter ueiid a bushel of turnips if they are nice aud bo sure to .write, to the Department of Agriculture, giving it notice of the shipment, and describe how you wish tho exhibit marked Who will lead in this . matter ? Do not have it said that the came of our county was not attached to a single article at the Exposition. " "Why not send a bale of haj, cotton. Clover nay, pea-vino hay, or a bal of any--thing elate. We are assured . that the De partment of Agriculture will sell .for exhib itors at the close of the Exposition, articles . entrusted to it, and return the exhibitor the proceed. Try and send something., MR. MILLS IN OHIO. N. Y World '- ' '' ..' ' ' The campaign of tin pane and ciap-lra-p which the Republicans have been tarrying on iu Ohio must now confront a campaign of hard facts aud sound reasoning. Gov. Campbell has opened with a strong and eloquent speech and Mr. Mills haa gone to Ohio to make an appeal to the intelligence -of the people and not to their eyes and ears, ''- ' "' '. . :- ' His first speech is a masterly presenta tion of faots which cannot be put aside by any noisy demonstration, but must be met and answered to the satisfaction of intelli gent minds If their ' force is not to play havoc with the McKinley plauB. . Mr, Mills puts the silver issue practically out of the campaign, lie reminds his hearers that he has always favored free eilverf that ho has upokon for iV'written for it aud voted for It Bat he shows them clearly that free silver offers no remedy lor" the evi, conditions that create discon tent, no hope of that protperity of which the people feci the need.- ' ' It i not the amount of money per capita in the country that determines prosperity, but In distribution. It is of no advantage to' the poor man that there is plenty of money In tha country if it is all iu the hands of a small clusaJ It ' doea hha ho good to know that the coffers of millionaires are full of nioudy if he'oannot get enough for his labor to provide for the needs of hid. family. ' ' ' '. ; ' -" "fc Ad Mr. Mills thows very clearly and conclusively why rocu cannot do this. It is because they arc iasiaiously taxed ' into poverty, because unjust and unwisa laws artificially depress the price of 'what tho Atntncau worker him to sell ana raise lite price of what he haa to buy. Ilifi array facts is liuprotftiive,' anaiyain of them is effective iu its simplicity. Ho ireaks directly to tin mi;d cf phi.j