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VoL XXI. GA8TON1A, N. THUB8PAY, FEB BIT A BY 8, 1900*
COSTLY FDNRRALS.
BILL ABP WBITE8 ABOUT THE EX
TXAVA6ABOE OF PEOPLE.
In Upwil— Tfcnwk «• Hmrj • IN«>
ilBf hfc>< M«B~Clip«|N>f I'BamU
VbbM low Hbbci for lto»
Dili Arv in Atuntm CoavtltuLoa.
Solomon says : “A livlug dog is lent
t»r than a dead lion.’* That may bs
ao In • worldly rum Dot tlw dead Iran
costs the most money. I was |ml
reading ao Itemis'd -Utame it of how
much it oaat to bury Srusior Morrill
Of oourae tie was buried at the govern
•mint expen so, but ll eeeuia to me lie
could have been pul away lor Ini
money. Tlie sun total (ova up (3 41$
The casket oust $400, cedar amppiug
caae $00, embalming K*), eainagc*
$107, special train from VVaeliiugum
to Spncgfietd $73$, Springfield to
Montpelier $117. fares fur alteudaiua
from Troy to Washington. 8.1*8, Tull
man Cara $300, Comuiiataritd $78
These am the largeal items. There
le a page full of smaller ones. Then
there Is deooratlou "f the senate chaur
her $100 and crape and glove* sod re
galia sod flower* $$80. advertising pro
gramme $113. muaic -40. etc. Hut the
largest Ua«D 1* 83 000. a year's eelaiy
after lie died. Tina want to Id* eon.
That la the rule If s member dies
<llna while lo uflloe Ilia salary gone on
for a year. Urn V-rauut was not so
very far away. If a membi-r from
California or Oregon dus ibe coat of
transportation fur the remains sod tfm
escort goaa up Into ilimi.nds An.
my oouotry ! Where the oaicrua te the
eagles will be gathered together. That
la ibe maano 1 reckon wby (be eagle la
oar national ^emblem (or lb* troaauiy
is the carcase.
& wmm i uujiuauu^ bwuu» hiib piauu
parade orar tbe burial o( public m»u
tbe expecee of It—Ue flitter aad galore
aud show of It. for at tbe last tt le Juu
bet, a frolic that members ot cuogreea
like aad they scheme to gut on Ui»
grand excursion. B»ksr Washington
says that tbe negro is never happier
tbau when going to a funeral. White
folks set tbeo tbeexampleeapccudly In
tbe *o»ne and clttrs. The truth Is
that a oommon man ebo barely sup
ports bis tsmlly aud wstruggling along
to ednoate bis children can’t afford Pi
die. for tbe funeral expenses take all
be has left and leaves tbe family p-nm
l-ss. four Tom liromby had no wife
or children, but bad been supporting a
poor old mother and »d nesting au or
phan nteee. lie bad when be died (TOO
In bank sod It took that-lbs last dol
lar—to bnry him. 1 Imagine that if
tie could have spoken In hi* last mo
oe&la be would said; * Give It to moth
er. Ob ! give it to my mother. A (MO
-casket will do mn no guod.” Tbe very
last latter that lie wrote her from Ma
alta said : **tf 1 do not live to get
beck there are 6700 In bank for you.”
Wall, maybe e>>ngrsm wlU jraut tbe
old lady s pension. Maybe so, but I
reckon she will die before she gets u
end as for that prlxe money. I see that
ibe government la lighting It, aud that
car ana Its nonpayment. Dewey's vic
tory la an old song now. I woudar If
they would bury him it pablto expense.
It asstaa to me that tbs cost of
fnnarals should be proportioned to tbe
condition or the family, as for me, I
feel like s meul casket that would
-keep not tbe water and the worms and
a plain marble tom atone woold be
eoowgb. No mdbamanl and but e line
of epitaph. So rue grata and lluwera
that my unchained spirit would Ilk* to
see when It hovers ovrr the place where
Its prlaon-honee was burled. Neglected
grave* a algn of Inhumanity. Costly
ones a sign of vanity. Oat monuments
to heroes and noble men are always
proper. Not that they are of any con
sequence to tbe dead, but they point a
moral to tbs lltlng. I*t us build .that
monument to the modest aud gallant
Brnmbv and place It on the cspltnl
grounds where tt oau be seen and
where It will apeak in silence to the
people aa they pass. Let the tribute be
000 Ol mrwr, uunyi r»u ttuvilavion inm
the old and the yuoog. Oar little
grandchild who waa hit olaoa sod
loved him will o|»n her llule iron
book whoa It gala full and mod $5 to
thn committee. Every Hula echo'd
girl nud boy abouid bare a dime or
ulckal In that monument, for besides
hla courage and pat riot lam ba waa
loving aud ktod to Mt aged mother.
Ha dgaervna a monument for that
Hevtral timer nf late I h.w read the
talk* of C-rncgin a> d Rockefeller to
tba young man In a Bible olam and
their Ideas about aivlugHiid helping do
not plena* me. Of oouiae. everybody
honors Uiatn f'-r their large hoanUaa
tooollegea nod librane*. but they say
that eharltlei to the poor do no listing
good nod that 00 per rant, or It la
wasted, bat that rich men abouid help
poor young men who ara struggling to
ellmb up In the world. My observa
tion Is that young men will gut up any
how Jugt like Car net la sod Rockefeller.
1 had rather sea a hood red poor paopla
raliavad from div|rvm ikaa a doaso
young man helped on tba wav to for
tune aud aooceta There Is much
grajodloe agalnat the poor. Most of
tham am woman and children who ara
balpleea and 000*1 get a start. Thera
Is no work for them and so they have
to beg or starve. The other day I
dropped a quarter In tha tin cap of a
poor old woman who waa orouebed on
tba sidewalk of Marietta street, and
bar look tt thnakfutnera paid me. Tha
winter wind waa blowing and lho
pairing Monas ware sold, but aha sal
there and watched for chanty. 8b*
was old and pale and pitiful and the
ehlo stuck dose to bar hour hands. 1
ur paged ,h* Slr***t and stood and
watched for many minute* and n**#r
•« anybody ales put any money In her
cap. m may ba a frand-so in.pnai
uw. hut I aaa earn that la not impover
ishing th* millionsrlea or anybody elas.
My Km* la that a good Hamat Man would
atop sad tavmUgate that woman’s
coadl' tan and lift her ap from the sold
sidewalk and am her to a warm, eom
forts Ms boom, and bay bar a p-lr
of Msahota and seme coal and apeak a
few kind words sad comfort lb« chil
dren If aha has any. IXty paopla cat
hardened to aucb tiling* and p t«i by
and mj why doM (ha aot go Lo the
IMiertinuM. Where la th« ptyrhouvn
and who will take her there, and would
n it ehe b-r aetwiaUd from llnte alia
hifea t 1 know a mao whom charities
are more to bo nniaium led than all the
munificent gift* of the isllllnnairmt.
lie la nut rich nor old. nor young, nor
olil!dl«aa but he oiakiH morn than a
go-id living and li always helping nnr
poor youog mtn or wo uni or orphan
Children Helping them out only with
money, but with hope and good Cheer,
lifting Uiem up oat ot deaptir and
olaiilmg them oa a *o«l foundation.
He hi* befriended huudreda In thia
quiet, unoateolMtieout way »ud it ta
not manned to the world D»r heralded
In the jireaa dlepatchea What he baa
tlooa It now hia are item emofor- Is Lila
decll til eg yea re, for be li it without ex
ceptiou tiie hive and aratllu-ht and
loyalty nf them all There H no ayatom
to III* chart1, lea for every ca-os at an da
fur Itaelf. L knew hiin oil *>ue ouo-e
a Ion to Mud a check to a poor young
girl with which lo puruham her wed
ding apparel, the deareet tiling on
earth lo a bride, fur all her earni-iga
bad iwen expended iu aupoort of a
widowed mother nod Maine children.
Well, that waa (hough; fut and gener
oua, but wbo elae would have dour It *
1 wlxh that I waa noh ao that 1 could
do aa they a»T tba g-ayrt Prince Kupert
did-go annual In dlagalae and D id
uul who were needy and rieearvmg and
help them III secret I would taka
i>cte nf the p-nr girli who helped their
■aothera and the ynuug m in who wrote
kind, loving letter* home and 1 would
art them up and wiake (hem happy.
Ve*, I Would like that sort of fuo.j
would rot yon ? It would beat lihra-1
m» and oollegra all to pitot*. Out 1 I
like Cirurgle and Rockefeller, too,
though they dost are me through ay
-imwMvw*. it »• imiv iw» ■ nininuniro
(u realise that Uio money iJ not hie —
tUat be Is only a trustee with the privi
lege of using It for Ibe good of his fel
low cre*tur«*. It has been said by
philosophsr* that no nun ever rarmd a
million boaestlv — that If tie found a
•nine and it pstd him a thousand dol
lars a day he was entitled only to go a]
livlug out of it, end the reel was God's
aiaJ was pot llirre for bis fellow mrn.
Dr. Medley told a good story about a
Persian who bought a piece of Uud f»r
a small sum and when plowlug it
found a rich vela of gold, fie careful
ly etved allUivtevo* msigbt aod took
it to Hie man from whom he bnaght
the land, saying Uial be did not our
tbe gold—he bought only the land.
Tbe man refused to receive It aod their
dispute over It got so warm they wml
before the oadl to have It decided. Tne
cadi knew them very well end know
that one of them bad a too just grown
and the other bud a pretty daughter a
little younger, and they were good, In
dustrious children. So be bad them
brought before him aud married U>rca
aod gave them the gold. Wketli-r
true or not. tills is a pretty story for
tbe child™*. Every girl I know will
auy. -I wish it was 1.”
•psalsl Sehsal Pea* Baselveg.
Bfcelby Aurora.
Treasurer Newton, last week re
ceived tbe warrant from State Tress
urer Worth to cover the special fund
appropriation of 9100,000 allowed bv
the last JGeglslatare. The amount that
Cleveland wlU receive will be about
91604.00, orlS cents per capita. This
aobool district which bas about 1040
school children will receive abunl 9166
for Its tabnola. While tbe amount per
capita It small yet It will euabte tbe
public schools to oonllnna about two
weeks lunger. It will be remembered
that I bare was some doubts a boat tbe
payment of this fund, but father
Worth, tbe watob-dng of the Treasury,
deoidrd that I hoes oouutlee whose
sheriff bad settled tbe State taxes for
1098 ooold be accommodated, and of
course old Cleveland was one of lilts
Dumber, thanks to Its model sheriff,
A. n SoUle.
. tiwrurr mm««.
Chicago TtaMO-Uarald.
“Til," be Mil m be went on hunk
lag for tbe pi*oe where hie automobile
wee broken, "the day of the Aery Meed
m peak It's a bad thing for the poet*,
but we oan't Key the much of pro
gram for tbe parpoee of looking at tbe
n**de of lb* bank. l'<wrrT without
tbe Aery steed will not be poetry, w
pee telly where It refers t» tbe ride
from Ghent to Ate, Peal Revere'* Hub*
trip. m>d that burned mwmiI in
which Mhendan plated eo Important *
put. The Aery etead *ias pasted from
the ensue loree”—
Juet then hie angers happened lo
form b eoenectlon between ike ei,<u of
e broken wire, end with k yell he came
back to a rea hr alum of the fact l hat
the Oery steed was Kill lo evidence by
e large and active majority.
SfcHS.-JB.! JSL ■ J. ■
Tv* Warm.
MM O*off* doo’l »v**r to
over tbe buttle. You'd never gH the
corkeerew to do It* duty by swearing
at Ik”
••Tbet’e ell right, but It Ukes a llt
tk profanity this time. TUI* bottle la
tbe tuegbset (blog 1 ever saw opened.”
- The toughm tbleg I aver eaw
opened was the Kentucky Legislature
■od they opened that with prayer.”
Another great discovery has bean
made, sod that too, by a lady In tbk
juuolry. -'Disease fsaleead it* cl etch
se upon her aed for aeran year* site
withstood ita severest tasu, but her
vita) organ* ware undermined end
"eatli ssemed Immliienk Per three
months she coughed InoeesanUy. and
o-'uin not sleep, Abe A natty dlaonveted
a aay to recovery, by pucka sing of ns
a boUk of Dr. Klag’e Xsw Discovery
for t> assumption, end was eo much
relloved oo uklog ink dues, th*« she
slept sD sight; sad with two InUkn,
ban been absolutely mired Her name
la Mrs. Lather Lola.” That writes
W. 0. Hamrick * Oo. of dhslby, X.
J. Trial hauls* free at J. T. Carry
A Ou-a. Drog Atere. Regular else SO*
■•d <1.00. Irery bottle guaranteed
TMi* mr* ram. iilink.
It WIHW •ribaHaora vwiim VMtia
Mifr a Ucmi Area aflka Karth'a IWa>
Iw. |
at. [amt* It jvuUIi.
Ureal preparation* are being male In '
aclcit'llj circle* through.wjv the (Tuilt-d
Stales and Europ* for •oaerving ibe
(are say apect-ttln o>->it*J for (he 2Stn
nr May next, when Ibr maun will get
directly in between ill- ealtli and sun
and oante a total Sullpie. Over to*
earth'* tor face *3 -oletl by Ui« selipsa
th* ui Kiu’a phymotl built lulerveaiug
will otMUuot the *un’e lignt nod over *
moving belt Uty mile* broad II will
caal u black *b*dow that <rill *«rr*|i
eon** lb* eailb at th* rut* of stxly
•igbl mile* n minute
Aa * partial eclipse the pbeiioaunou
will be vtalul* from begun,lug to eoil
all over Xurlb America end Central
America, iind over an upper aline of
South America as well ee over ibe
wbole of Europe except Soutbeeelern
Kuasla, and orrr Ibe weetero part of
Alriut. A* a total eellpao It will be
aeeu along a path SO miles wide eg
Umliiig northeast from Ibe west coral
or M.xic-i, traaar.lug Dm Mexican
Slate* of Jaliao-i XacaleCa*. Sail Lola
I'utOal and Cam tulip**, llteltc* cruaa
lug ibe Uull' of Mexlao and Nrlklng
lit* UuiUd States at New Orleans and
I lieu *oceea*lvelv Covering Mobile.
Ala., KaleigU. K. C., eud Noifork. V*.
Fiooi Nurture ibe path of the total
calipee will piuoge at-ros* the Atlantic
and strike the cltiea of Ouiuibra In
l'ortugal, Ciud.id Ileal In Sp*m, and
Algiers lo North Africa
Siooe the tun rlaaa in lira cast lira
eclipse and ibe diaduw cast by the
muon will oroeaearily be eeeu Orel In
lb* far Weal when the auu i* yet low
and must travel rapidly eastward a*
um ton mount* toward in# mmn.
With clear weather Um nagmlng of
Uhi partial eclipse will be visible Brat
at sunrise, a hundred miles Inland
freru Uie Pacific Coast on a line ruu
ulug parallel with lb* tsaboard and
wilting tbrougli Sicramaolo. Cal.
Ttir ohaeurauna of the »n -'» dink will
beglu there at 4 : 4i o’clock a. in. aoU
Bud at 6: #5 a. in lasting one hour nod
ten mluniss At liostvo, Mast., in the
extreme Best It will nut beglu until
8:10 a. m. but will coulluue until
10:45, lasting two bourn and thiny
Dvc inieuies.
Aloug the path uf total ecllpso lUe
Intervils between the hegiuiiihk and
ending of obscuration are pretty much
the same. Thun al Now Orleans ob
aeuratiua begin* si (I o'clock and suds
al 8:40 1 anting two hour* and forty
mluute*. At Mobile It begins at 0 : 30
and) at 8:58 Hat Interval being two
hours and thirty fire miuutra. At
Uileigb it begins at 7 :80 and nods si
10. while si Nurf-irk it beglna ut 7 :85
and end* at 10:15—the duraUou at
each uf the last two place* tube being
two hours and forty nucules. The
duration uf totality, wtieo the suu’t
disk la complataly coverall by Uie moon
will lie sixty-eight secuads ooly at
Mew Orltaai fuurLeau around* at Mo
bile owing to tin peculiar situation
along the path; ssveoly-uue Second* st
Hat vlgli and sixty flve eeeoadit at Nor
fork. It would nssm that Haleigb i*
the meat pronslalsg point to go to tee
It.
While It thus appears that tba be
ginning of the partial rcllpna will be
first teen at euurlM oo nur Pacific
Coast, Its beginning will ha nan) last
at suueal—quit* unsatisfactory to be
bolder*—la fai-off Asia, along a line
rootling through Western Siberia,
Khiva lu Torkeslao. [tpibac In Persia
Mrcca in Arabia, aua aerie* Africa
throngh Die Souldan aud Congo coun
try.
Such a general eclipse uf tho sun is
qoite jure and anientiSe Institution*
aud observations in this country end
abroad aqe carefully laying Ibelr plans
la make lbe m el ut It 8om to tba
present grnerethw may live long
enough to witness another solar eclipse
under such fav irabte auspices The
Governmaat Astrophysics! Oueervmtorv
idL WdihlnfUiii iiliffkik a —<aI*
tj of Min Mud* sod la presided over by
Professor da (Duel P. f.angley. lba ere
re'aiy of lba clmilhsoritaii Institution,
Is making speelelly elaborate prepara
tion* to witness tba sight at a point
already selected near Norfork, Y*.,
•base a temporary <ibsvmtory will ua
constructed and delicate instruments
and appliances Inatauled fur uao In
taking and measuring obaervall'Nie
lba United His lea Naval Observatory
llkewwa la prrfactiog arrangement* t„
a similar way Independent of tbe
aatrupbysical eo'Orrn and, la addlllas
l tie aalroaitmers of Uw I.tok Observv
lory In UallfornUs and of sundry col
leges throughout the country will
establish llmmaalvtw at various points
slung lba path of totality, between
New Orleans and Norfork. In anllol
palloa of ibla work the Weather bu
reau for several years book baa kept a
record of weather conditions, with
funicular reference lo cloudiness and
air wsathsr. throughout tba belt of
total obseuratloa, sad esparto la po
ssession of tbtma raanlta Imva b*oo sent
uni as advauoe pioneers alcag the line
to locate the points wham abas real Iona
can ba lakes wllb lba bast ebaaoea of
fair weather at tba tlaae of the eollpaa.
After tbo edlpe sas *otu«lly b-gun
and pragmassd for a lltlla while tbw
shadows east by foliage begin to look
pecnllar, aad lbs sunlight glinting
through every smart space between tbw
las van makes a lltlla oreeoeat—*n
Imaga of tba partially covered sun—
loMasd of a little otrole, us II does mi
dee ordinary circumstances. (tome leu
minutes before totality, tba darkneta
bugles to ba felt, aad lba remaining
Hgtit, oomlag aa It does from tba suu'a
edge only, la mnoh slur rod in quality,
producing an steal Ilka that of a cal
cium light rather than sunshine
Animals, both domestic aad wild, are
rnaoh pnrpUxail tod cor tied, and Idrda
go to moot and settle ilwtaaalvaa r.,»
sleep, Jiloklog olgblfall iseppeueohlng
only to roase up agala a> d feel
fenilah with the ratura of uoobetruMad
isaabln’’. Tbo tsmparai nr* falls eev
real degree*. and soa>atlases daw ap
pear*. la a few maaoeaU, If Uta nt>
server is so tUaatad task hla flaw
command* the distant wetter a horli >a
lit* moon's shadow Is seen coming Ilka
a draadfnl thundriatorm. advancing
with terrifying ewlftneas, until It on
velopea e very thing iron ad HI u. for a
momsQt the vary air anains to quiver,
and upon every wbila turfaco appear
b*o<ls or frmgm, alternately light and
dark. Th-y ore « taw Indio* wide md
from a fo il to Uirsn feet aptrt. and in
tba whole mem to lag parallel wltii Ilia
adgH of Uw gre it shadow. tl it IhoogHt
that they travel with the wind, ••range
as It may seaiu. and tba pbeoooiennu
Is geusraliy understood toialbn result
of an Irregular iitnotpherio telraoUoo
of light Doming fr •« the narrow strip
of Hie hum’s limb on iha pilot of iH«*ie
pstwiag.
Sevso total sntar eclipses Have bran
twin berat ifor* |U the United Stele*
within the past e-olury. The first of
them occurred oo June 10.18011. and
was visible fur four and onebsK ustis
utas In New Y'-ra and Xrw Esgland,
The next wat on November, Du. 188*.
visible for tw ■ uilnutas in UissoDri.
Arkansas Alabama and Manrgla. Tim
°f*t waa on July 18. 1800. laaliugUirse
mluutea, visible only |o Washington
Territory ami Labrador. A memor
able one occurred on August 7, 1880
lasting two sod three-fourths minutes
seen uader Ideal wmUtrr conditions
iu Iowa. Illinois. Kentucky and North
Carolina as total, and as partial over it
broad expanse of country north and
enith »f that Hue, as far east as iha
Atlantic aaahoard. That <*f July ».
1870, aaco In Wyoming, Colorado and
Texas, lasted ISM*cd ooe-bslf min
atea. Tli* total ecllpua of Jaouary 11
1880 vlslbte ooly la California, lasted
but thirty two a-c tud* and tba him on
Jauusty 1, 1880, amq In California
and Montana lasted two and odd fourth
uilouls*. |
(aknalik «• (MaM.
Bvm Htould It be decided tn amid
(isneral Haller ru-enf.woameut aod In
ailampt to reach J.sdyemitb by amove
meat Uimu*b Uie (till more difficult
country east of Catenae, It le extremely
doubtful whether the -garrison would
hold nut long eunugb, as sacb move
meat would occupy at least » month.
The Time* aaye ;
"The nod carefully planned sod ex
Muted movement of Use wlmle caiu
paigu Has eottraly failed mud It emu
hardly ba cee.weary to dwell upon the
extreme probability that we shall le.r .
a little sooner or a little le'er of a cap
ture without precedent In our military
history, a captor* which list no psr-O
lel history, a capture which has no
parallel exoapt Jo the aurreodre at
York town.
"Wa an. cheeked at every p.iot of
tbs campaign. In fab*, the campaign
I* Still to begin. W« wleh we lie*
cleared proofs that eveo now lira guy
emment hoe any odvqoote ctmon.tkin
of IIi* situation. TRe UbhW of *apui»
tible ml o i s’era have done mitiilng to
reassure the Country ou llila point.
' tleavy or light. 11m thing has In be
done and that the guTnrn until ought to
prepare for immediate dispatch of ISO
000 sms sort tn take steps to send uul
another 60,000 if these abduld he need
ed. Thu ho pa leas attempts lo curry no
the csmpiigu with four widely separa
ted ooloums, each unequal to Its task,
must be ubuodoned for a concentration
of fulcra and for Ural purpose.” -
An Two Uapsaasmowa.
To see a pin and pick It up.
All that day you'll have good luck 1
Bui vies versa such a move
If you shook! pick op aa bid glove.
A horeaeboa nailed above the door
Brluge good luck forevermore.
A sight of it when pat «p right
Will ban Ufa wltobee la a utght.
Evil to blm with thought bereft
Who mistakse right shoe for the left.
Two spoons In your cop a wedding
foretells.
Throw oM shoes after the bride aod
ring reaper belle.
To rise oa your rtubt side brings good
luck, too.
Itching uuoe, a signq(company for you.
To have picture drop Is bad luce for
the bouse.
A spider will ours this, or eveo a mouse.
Kill s lady bug. kill your lock.
To walk andrr a 1 dder require* pluck,
l. iaa a garter, lose year hirer.
Bing before breakfast, cry before sop
per.
To postpone n marriage, you merry
disgrace.
But orlckals bring luck lo every plac*.
When yna light cor burns, a friend
thteka of you;
Yout left ear burning, good thoughts
are few.
IUw AHHal rnrwea.
Wlwrn your will U reedy your feel
ere light.
In the kingdom of blind men the mm
eyed it klog.
He thnt telle e eteret le anothera'i
arrant.
One enemy ii too moob.
Fur went of a oell the etioe it loot
for wnot of a ehoo the bore* la loot
for nil of • i*o»e* the rld*r i* Lott.
A fool may threw ■ etoe* into a wel
wbleh a hundred wlaa enaa cannot pel
oat.
At the gante'e end we ahell are «tu
gel at.
The ehortret tat wee It doing.
He that commit* a fault think* thal
emery on* epee Ire of Ik
He that would bare what be batl
not ehoald do what b* doth not.
Oomre from Dr. D. H (largUa, ol
Waehlta, I T. Ha wrltee : •• Vout
bottle* of Bkotrie tttUar* ha* ear*!
Mra Drawer of etrufela, whluh hod
cmerd bar great eofferlag for year*
Terrible hom would break out on her
heed and face, and thn beet doc ton
could glra no hrlti; but bar cur* I* non*.
plnU and her health uraoetleat." Thli
•t*owt what thoiaar.de hero proeed
that Electric But** U tha belt Mood
purllhw known. It’* thn euprera* tan*
dy for eentma. tetter, nett rheum
uInert, holla and running aorta. It
etttnuiaU* llrer. k dnaya and bowela
*r»*b pnleaea. hateedigraMno build* ui
thn etrrwgtb. Only «0 emu, boM uj
J. B. Carr* and Owapany. Dragglefa
ftuemeteed
ATatamstcim
KartUae UlUuu n» «w«Ml a
Oaaaa ar ^has.
•«. Paal Okapa.
*'9o far aa attending rare) la ara eon
oerncl. raraarkod a retinal rallrnuit
1 r-ngiurar, “lira um; remurkeMe place
gambling of vrbloii f have ever
, hear J occurred am year* ar> *krg I
waa innoinx a local inaaangcr trail eo
the U. aod VV. railroad. Up train uaa
ulgbi waa aide traoked at a wap auttloo
with a washout akeed and another be
lilud ut It waa while w« war* killing
tiaia iliai Ibis game waa played, end it
maker <ejr bair stand to UiU dap wbea
I recall the wap in winch a euipae
eaiaa to life la the midst of tbs play."
Tub eoglecer rubbed e big handker
chief over bla bow end allied hi* plea.
"My train was an I) win Led to leave-'
at 3 p. to. Before leering- we had
to in aka connection with the through
train from tbe luxth. and on aeeoe.it
of tue bad coudilion of tha track It got
■o several hour* late. It was 0 o'clock
whan my train. No. 2J. pulled eat
‘‘Wahl liar* a had run tonight, I am
thinking,' Said the dreoen as lie
climbed in the cab, 'end tbgp bar* a
deed a»an in tbe baggage oar u> keep
us company. If these rain* continue.
1 think we'll bare asora cofflua to fetob
back to morrow.” {
"We travelled slowly, end wlieo
sonot 90 mitre out I eaw e dim lantare
on the truck, and the brakes weregireo
a *u4d«o Jerk.
" *Ui I” ern-d the man who had
tagged u». Tue treetla ahead load
Iwrii washed clean away. Tkere I* no
chance to crew eud you'll here to go
hook.'
back tlowty to a blgti it*.tie. In miles
in oar real. On our aide uf tba treacle
there wae a long atratch of straight track
anil alien two nule< away w« saw the
headlight of a freight Ibundertagdocrn
at f all UK. The nugl near rao right oo
to the bridge wttboal alaeaaalng hit
•paed. J oat whan tba freight got mui
wav at the bridge there was a oiaab,
and bridge train ao<l all went down.
We pulled up alowly. There to no
sign of life, and wo mails*! that wa
were out u( la both direction*. Noth
ing could be done; ao o«r train crawled
a mile or ao ao<l slopped at a sidiug.
••In tbe baggage oar lln-re waa a leio
grajdi Inatruiomt. but un operatnr.
"be ripreaa annupr aald lie knew a
lew call*, and he Ihofagbt he COD Id tell
Ibr a Jperliilcndant of lbs wrrea. A
•o*«|> waa b-iokrd no the wain wire aud
tba InKrumeut wne bonnrcced, hut tha
lummnger was not gohd at the i.usli earn
aud. aft-r trying for 30 mluulai be bad
U* aura..
" 'ft tills guy In the bos bam was mg
dead.'said Uiebaggage mao. *ww would
be lu 'own. fie was a flue operator
i adore he a ashed in b*a chip* '
“The most worried nm imtiw train
was n o iltoh denier from New Orleans
who waa Ira cel I mg wit* a barrel of
■louey. The mm came la tbe bag
gage car and ulkad tr mil sally nf the
deU>*. After a time. luiwever, lie a «t
mum eli-erf uLaad aloud amuml and
watebed ue playing cards Wlim we
changed from seven op to poker the
cotton man asked if be could get in.
aud we ware all glad lu have him
There were Ore In tba gama—tba 6nn
• loc tor, • a press sei.gr r, baggage
master cotton broker »od a newsptprr
man. Tha maaseugrr was tbe iwet
gamrdar On the tram, aud be got a
streak of lock alteT a time. Tbe news
paper man and Ui» baggage mallei
dropped nut, lbs conductor sticking to
make the thite. Tha messenger,
tiprunt was sitting on tbe foot of the
ooffln, h> d tbe llagToaa add that this
waa why be waa having lock. TliO
play lag got bottar, and the conductor
dropped out, leaving Spnini and tbe
cotton man a big fellow, who intro
duced himself as Smith. II* bad bean
toeing Meadlly. bet he hnmglil out
bunebee uf new Mils every tow mo
ments. One or two puts had been rich.
In on there was at least 11,000, and
the one following bad folly 91,000. Tbe
two pole earns ever to Syruot.
“It was not a long ssaaa. The play
ing bad been qslck, though the Onltb
came strange to eay In vtaw af anbae
q»»»t aventa. on n dual by Smith.
uui. npruat »u r> «itok Uiei I aa not
MtiaOrd to this day that tha thing waa
•quara Whan thooriaU ease, Salih
wna dealing, iln •huff'd the earda
nartlrttiy and railed -0 Un. Eearr
thing to a Jack pot. Secant and lie
oonld a.it open It. but Smith amaabad
It with a handful of hank note*.
Mpcunt auprlmd ua by eumkig baok
with a heavy tala*, nnd for a moment
iha rawing mu wild.
•’SucHot drew *m nerd. and Smith
etuod pat. Tha betting ooatioued
until 8*IUi had put bit hut dollar
Sprunt atlll bad anaaU amount, but
he aald be would oall Smith fen tare
of »b»t wna In sight whan he laid
down four rteenae. bat Me breath
•iopiwd abort urban Spreat pot daw a
four fra*.
"All tha while Sprnat bad bean alt*
ting an the ouflla. 'God. there In
*oearthing alive In ihla bex 1* be aald.
For a moment averytlilng waa atIM.
There «>e a faint Upping, and the
temdoob* took an ax, knocked the lid
oa nod (bare ana the men, with hte
eye* vpao. breathing. Tea mlnuteu
after he wultrtcd not he tana Melted
end talked. He wee Janklne. n tele
graph narrator. Wn were Mill In the
o*r (taring at Jaaklae when the report
ot a ptwol outaMe waa haard. We
went out to InveMlgaU and
found 8mlth atone And. He bed
biewn his brnlae «ut Papers In hla
poeteu allowed that be area a factor**
olerb eed area taking the money which
lose el1 #11.000 had epaM him and fear
cf rMalta oaaaad Mm cooemmlteeiulde
l W* took the body bank to the ‘-fnti
I ear to nut It In the endla foe mely need
bt Jeuklaa A bar that night Sprunt
quit the road."
I Tommy—Pew. what dean the paper
I m-40 by aayieg a premnter laa
’ moneyed men Mined hlmf Whet ere
j I hey Iwhind him tor T
kir. Pfffg—They ere acaaMy babied
I Mmm, nee, that be may he ahead ef
khwim runm mmwm.
Mrmmm raylegad IrfagHtiW atm#
■mmm Wrlbmal
1*1. Lull. rwpuhlir.
Tlt.ni ara aaaand rartlxuU of male.
Ing ftowera known ta atperta. Oaa «f
the cblaf meant* whjr thay fade la km
B«uaa Um araika am Ualaad wham i*t
mem oak or pUmf. Tba way ta
rtwdy llila la la uk» a One tbraad of
wim aod laaart U m Um aad of Um
•teaa, puWuoglt« little way by. Than
Waa round Um (talk a Hula pad of
damp out too arool or mugr. amagp Um
Aowcm tn tepid water wltb a moraof of
■ilrk charooel la eecti mat. add a raw
epmyo of graaaary If poWida.aBd la
half aa boor the flower* will iipwf
"*d leak a* If tbay kail wily joat baao
ptband- la arte to praaerm UMfr
bmuty aa loot aa pomltta. every evaw
tng pUca Um vam oa a atone floor, or
on a largo old tn; that e*auot ha la
farad by d*a«p and either eyrtnga with
iukav.no water, or pour It over Harm
from a email sail wltb a Qoa imp. la
tba morning out about a quarter of an
look from a Mb Ik. aad throw away
#mjr *PuV or miter, rrplaoiog It
with freah, from wfclch the ohUI ha*
been taken. When flawara made ap
into boqoata ara raoeivad. aa they J
tao on on birthday*. ar okbar dumaatla
analvmatlea. they look perfectly charm
lug ta Matt with, boteftau fade aa aaoa
aa they am pot to water.
Of ft’mbalk*mamhaaqaaloBodboB
W tkoy eooolat afbodo or abort
•talked Museums moanud oa aalee. tba
ooly thing to do !■ to water or ayrtaiga
them -overhead" and pal UMm for an
bobr aodar a ball gl-we Bat If lWay
am mouatad «*u <o>r«-u of ntaa nr •
bamboo tbay nay be aleaidy united and
pul la water. Capillary attract lux
the* oomeo into play, tlw Oaoa takes
op tba moistam «ud IrrasmtU to to tba
•talks of tba fljwerv, keeping tltaoa
damp enough to Ilea for a na* Urn*,
tliougb, aa they do out actually teweh
Mio water, dneay dam not art In tar
Mtvr*! days.
A capital metlind of an,rdiag oft the
*>rrupUun Uwt makea mlgnonettee.
wrtera. atoeka and aome niter dunen
mnr apradlly uuideamHt l> U> mix a
little aal tuMmwta, four graluo to the
quart being aafllclent.
Another mode hi to bold tba cm
duwan Id tba ataam «t bot water «ll
rvotly after tbey am uapaofc. *, aod
tlieo to put Uie tub of llie Unite In
boMImr water fortwa «r item ulaotea.
•mt off tba iwilailM eoda and pUem
.litem In a ram wltb tepid watar in tea
ordinary way. Tba latter part of tba
irmtomut (■ elan av.ilaU* for flower*
that me beginning to wither a lltUt.
llmuali lbe evil day nf failing cauoot te
tong pxipu.ed
PuMUiarlut SasmnNMPfMi
TwilllV I'ouMnl'U.
Even tin* iiioidoit at ihr United
Stair, »l>n is•lii.ailit if ime of *****
lianiwl «r<Ttnl um*u Id the KHintty,
muet id*; »**u**-< iun-», nr he would net
iw able U> »mk an utndi. Every prvel
drill Iwa hi* fivunle i|CrntU.i*i, and u
the America* i>r<**i«iri>t la tbaohoacu
■epvreratativa uf a great Attglo-tJnxoa
nation it la not earprlstog to lad that
P reel dr nil* I RtmUmii mi* Utneoughly
typical rf theme*.
That it to any. nearly all t h» praai.
drnta like to bant and fl*h nod drive
l*oi ova. Among norat pnaidenu
Gunnel Anhar. Gravrwl Uarrtwm nod
Mr. CVwifiid all megbt nervation in
huutlug and latalog—Mr. ClevvUnd
bring tba moat invrterata ttalirrmao of
them ad. Mr. McKinley dote not
epeod much time In bunting, but lw ie
foud «f driving end llkee u> bold the
reine over a spirited tram.
Mr. OieveUad did aot drive blnmetf
but although bo «M aotespecially food
at hotaaa, hv delighted In dogs nod
eaU. A Waehtogtoa oomepoodont
*"J» that the white twoee awe oevrr so
I full ef aolaml pete aa durian Mr.
Clevetaad’a admUtatretiona. Ua
had mveral duga. and aa aaaay
eatv that tba ralaaod wioa which bad
Uo« overrun the white baaea m
atnauet aztcrmlaated.
Now the rata and taler have ooma
beak. Mr MsKlnlay tba tame oar
raapoadant anya. does not like eitbar
dog* «r oat a. Thera ie aot a etegta dog
about Uw White hooer, mad only one
eat. Tbta eat belongs to a privileged
aid do-wkerper. who bee heee In tba
white boom sine* tba daye of Abraham
I.iocoln. Tba animal la not eJiowvd
rise where then to tba laundry
and kitchen.
Kama little Uaw ago Pimkteot Mo*
Kin ley w«* praccuted with n nnbh
Ru—tea Uoedhoaad-ea aalmol of a
vary kindly breed. Bat the president,
Ibollog that ha bod aa aea roc tba dog.
oaaaed K to be orated ap enrMoBy and
mat beak to Ike donor.
»oa» «r fungr Tom.
Mirnfflo CMot.
Tho HUtenii mud Ignorant negro
hoi hod tho ballot (or SO rr»r» th*.
loogth ot an aoorago Hla. Haabolon
nroood th* StaU not ora anal. oooaty
■evoraooant ar eMy gaorronaot* No.
u*a ho tilid to tnproro It V In
Io then n rrootd of a thoroaaUy
honrttt and idthM aogra or Btaoh*
•nd-T«a ndBotol In any KUto. bounty
nr olty odtao la North Carolina dwrtog
tho mot SO Tran ) U to. nhon or
wbora,
Thirty yoaro boro khooro two ihtnga
lo regard tn tin argro aaffrma :Y.
Tho tamtam and UlmaU a2£ oail
•ot W traotod with Iho UUat, ood
nu lmorr ho uaoud with in.
1 Tho Bioofe and Thao oaooot ho
traotrd with Uw Igaor^l aod BOurau
neoro who hao a ballot la bta hnaSn
•Ml ah.mid ho longor U iraotod wHh
BID,
That Thnahtap KnOidn
Wrnld notably tarn yoo. It yan aaad
Dr. Ih|i Vow LUb Milo. Thom
ando of tomato boat yroood Uwtr
maiot.lom norm hr dlah and Narrood
i lleadaohoo. TWy mho im Wood
'jKSRgffiS
mn<JMd hy J. S. Carry and On,
Uearn, Mk of » (tokMieltoWwt TZt
r.uM to tor toticw a abort wtilk before
»«wtomral took ptogrt,
. “5***1* tto rksa prrai
dr nt*a dr-th," 11>« relate*. "*» | waa
ri.taring Carroll uaH-tto bouaa of
Ssvwsaffsanai
«roek meat tto Uaiu into* tto
non latraaky rilmlr l mm
heard. i Ukto to ■» atwii k aaaa
M; ejoa M iifw tto t ar rtalnad face
of a ItUk bop aboat aatan yaara of mm.
Ua amd unM aka I MM
•awa uyow hto. aad attoni
tiatUljr :
“I didn’t anaa to awlMdMtoa. Ill
keep «a Matin If ttoyUtoat lat at
•uyhetat* bl. Vtotl toid Too
are. Im aw good to mm aad ay realtor
wbaa ato waa dob. Haw tab toad.
■‘••UdKlaw. to tkawria nobody
to «ai« far ar now.'
m«Aafn3fla|^!tot*lSS.^S
tha aka praaltoatk pbiUnlbrupy. tot
wraawwt aware of kla partloukr latatw»t
ta »Mk b ly*. Taa tearful lad'a aw
awrr waa i
*‘Bt #aa gaod foktoof bap*. bat
to taa ato atotor is partkakt. .Tto ;
aaa fatkar’a baaa daad a'latic U«m aad
•atkwkiloo-akfc toaatbaSd tot tor
Mr. Hobart an would bay* toaa to tto
atrtH. Ha mad to p-y tto Mat tor to
awl aeud t*w dautor wud UUato ia aat
and nib tk IKtk I aantrd «a didn’t
•taraa Bat. yoa tan. I'n awly a IKtk
i»p- If I waanaipalrUk Mmerl"
“▲to by aabbad aa though ua haart
wwakarvak. laattohun store to
tlradkto rararad kki (tot Wad woaJd
amd rent ooa to kaftkto hlat ato Mr
nwttwrlu iiUorof ttodcto vka arret
daau
•• *x»0;w MB Uwhit ptaar,' tba
boy ip«U up. Ha aovd to mHo md
pal toy baud aansttara. aad that waw
bailor lUaa tba paaataa. Mighty taw
paopta da Idol aaw. 1 mat Mch*d awa
day by • big fellow far a*}lag I'd
"“"T taw (tavta
(ircatdaot tbwi a ailv, r quarter. Tba
•MfiU waa Wag .«■ kicked m*
“®* *P*5 ■» 0t,*rT- *ba am Uaa 1
mw ike vtae makfaol M aMed aobaw
l hurt aty baud; tor It ana Ml Uad uw
in a cloth. I UMal trtt btaa, bat I
«nwa ba kooaa it tnw daub be ? He
anat know everyth tu »ow>
• Thau tba little Mi-w lifted bla
eyva laareaoa aofutaad fm a n*w«
paper two half-wii bared wbita (aav
bird*, Uambd than to Be, aod bagged
that I plain thrw In tba haoda •>( tba
Mr. Habart.'laa’tar a wwiat - Ha
■aid In aouM real happy and —itoMaf
<>y any more If tba vtaa pgdtad
ouuld hold ihaaa flowers Ma litUa
wbtia. Hall know Jobuoy sent tbvaa.
ba umcpeied.
■•1 went aarernl Dora to bm tba lit*
atoaiuvraod hla stek nine her who will
aowu Ingnwe. . It iaaata Ip aay tba
little Mkiw -lU nqt befme'W uo7
ur lifrtulipf.’r ~ '• *
UflP* ..
11»t lur mmm tn.
Hot nearly (turn oeutarM tba Bom
Ina bam drpbtlng Saalb Afrtaa af .la .
wild aulwala. Ua has brag kUHnw
a»«a> beaata and yet nun Mvaga saw
and tba akeloUna af iba tanta of tbowa
Mda <4 liana strew (ba. Midi (iob
Cape Uepa la fay warth oi ibaTnm*
Thtahaaboob tba practloe ibat
sakMtha Bnrr of to-day—i bough in.
harltaooa aad training—eebaraabooter.
When BosraeUivdlbsTniwrrali
iraiarvsiasa'ss
.■Mtou. MUM,. MIiM hum.
aprlagbok, and ao ao to tba baboaa—
eearytblag that Booth Africa taw.
aod la aboadauat. How all this tat
tbapCoaeaf artMaawTaod UwbwMar
of big gaata bna nasrly lost hta aoowpw
Uaa.
Highly laoaaaad ataphuata aea iw.
sThSM ^22
>r*“ Huath Afrtaa. Tba Baer baa
Mrttaad Horn fm tba Trnaaaant ta nil
tarnda, awdbn tan fcUtadnaralb.wnn1
bam faaaa at rip pod of Unix bides far
oewMvrtU! panwaaaa. aad taw we
■abed freaa tba *nuaaeaai Tkaptw
ga baa atanot gowa.Ua rtabiy aiewed
ostrtab ta U analog ran, aaditatatn
Kjaa. ataad, aprtagtnb, aad wild.
^rSnaa. jstrt
WJsrrswRyssts
wlM ta corn ta )ata tbaaver tnmalag
chain ad -Btaatag Haba."