The Gastonia G
Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Interest* of the County.
V'ol. X.X.I. illdllw «wl rra»r4laf. \ GASTONIA, N. C„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1900.
HELP THE ORPHANS.
AHP BAYS A DAY BHOOLD BE BET
APART FOR THEM.
KxiylMO •«**»• «• »'P
lt].an. u wiiiibs to silvaa iMllar
|< Bill Will Work II Val.
lUil A TV JUlanui OoiulJlmtoa.
Come now. let’.j divide out. There
■is 800 good working days lu thu
year. Sopp06« we call one of them or
phans’ day. We have a l-abor U.y
and Washiuglon'a birthday and other
days act apart for otBei vance. nl.y not
have a day fur tint urphani of Georgia'!
The orphanage at UrealUf la iu lint
uead and the good men la chatgn have
otkod thapwiple tu give tli* 2l)in day •>!
’ tbla mouth to their service. tho tabu,
and the earntnga of one day, Wl.ut
belter can w» do with it f Madam
UeStael laid that our bank account lu
heaven would be made up of the money
#• gars away in charity wl.ila lie lived
upon the earth. IiuuUugtoo dial
worth 150,000,000 but he scold not ln««
it with him, and it It fvaied that hr
will have o vcscy acn ill buu up yomler.
He could havu endowed a Hundred
orphanages and had plenty left for hi*
kindred. Surely we can all glvu some
thing co that day. 1 am going in give
5? Ur. Oraml«-y shan't shake his
Methodist locks at me. "Ua that giv
olb to tbs poor lendetb to tho laird "
"And now. If you like the security
down with tho dust'1 as I he old hootch
preacher said when he soul around the
lust for chat tty. Tire woid fatherless
swans so ocplian — a child herrft or a
protecting psrvut, either lather or
mower or corn. ™ worn motneries*
Is uot lu tbe Bible, but the word
fatherless lucluda* It, and It It found
lu tbo scripture* thirty-eight tirueo end
Is always coupled with a reward to
those who befriend tbe orphan*, or
some calamity upon thorn who oppress
them. Job saye, “If I have lifted my
hand against the failiei'ros, may mine
arm fall from my shoulder blade"
und St. Jamas aayt, “I'ara religion is
to vlalt tbe fatherless and tbo widow In
tbolr afglction." Good frlondt. It will
uot do to say you have never wronged
tbe orphans. Neglect of them la •
wrong. If nobody gave wbal would
become of them V Everybody ought
to give—give according to >uur purse
—give as tbo Lord hath hiesoed you.
K la a peril not to give tit, Peter
keeps the books, and I want him to
ilad my name on tbeoi with a good
uauk account attached.
I bad a fuooy eoufarencs with my
wife about this. She says the will give
« dollar If I will work It oat. “Wbat
do you want me to do ?”*ald I. “Pm
window cord It brokeu," sbe aald,
“aod tba sideboard lock It out of order,
and the loug-lianditid broom tbat I
brush down the spider webs with is
wont out sod ueedt au other broom oo
It," “la tbat all ?” said I. “Oh oo.
Tbe ball papering is pealing off aod
needs reposting, and there it a leak in
the roof over tbe dining room." “Is
tbat all ?” aald 1. “SVell, you can
llulsh tbe day sifting tbe ashes and
pntllug some around the rose bushes.
Mr. Berckman’s book says that ashes
are good fertiliser for tbe rosee." 1
pondered awhile and then ventured to
ask where tbe wae going to got tbe
doller to pay me. “Why from you of
course,” ebe eatd. "Where did you
expect me to get It ? Didn’t I give
you everything I had, aud didn't you
promise to gtva me eyerylblngyou bad?
Didn’t you say, •■With all my worldly
goods I tbe* eudow V" What’s mJno
la mine aud wbat’a yours Is isloe, too
according to tbat." “But my dear,"
aald I, "haven’t 1 supported you aud
maintained you for ail these years and
responded to every want sud wish 1
could T” “Why yes, of coure you
have; but If a wife waato keepaccuunta
with Mr buebftud she would bring him
Id debt every time. Board sod cloth
ing don’t pay for uurtlng aud night
watching aod seniug and darning aud
housekeeping aud raiatug up ten chil
dren through Infancy and childhood,
and doctoring measles and whouping
cough and bolls and colic, etc. I
made a thousand little garment* tor
them with my ueedle before there was
ever a sewing machine Invented."
“Tee," eatd I. “1 remember; and yon
roaua your own cumej UCQ ay »mru
—ay plaited bosom shirts, with pearl
bulloni—yve I remember, t cau’t Oud
soy sa good now.” Then «be re
marked : '‘You couldn't get a good
housekeeper for lees than 9100 per
year eou|d yon ? And that would
make over 13.000 and the Interest oom
poooded would uakeflveIlmen as muoh
more that you owe ma, and you ask
ma where 1 an going to get a dollar.”
•'lint hold oo a>y dear,” said I, “you
forget that I had to support and vdu
eat* your ton children—you always
call them yours--aod that old Abe
Lincoln set all your ’nlggere’ free, aod
that the war broke me all up and I’ve
had to souffle for a Hying ever since,
andlglvuyou money whenever you
esk for It and kuep you In ou logos and
camphor and liver medlotoa aod mis
«i on ary money aod little preaente tor
tbn oblldreo and grand children oo
lheir birthdays. Didn't 1 give you
two dollar* last week to bay amber
beads for Mary Luu. When the cook
quit* or gut« alok, don’t I gat up and
make the Bra aod oook tl<e breakfast
and move urouud oil tiptoe to keep
from waking you aod — and — and
haven't 1 made you a marble chip wtlk
to the street for yon to walk ou 1*” "Is
that all,” said my wlf* and she
laughed at m* and said. ' Ob yoa
goow I was jost Joking. I know you
have don* Ibe beat yon could, Mow
go end see if you can't climb that as*
ladder you made yesterday and get
•ome squabs for supper to-night. Tliere
must be a douen or more >p there and
tb» girls have Invltad oompeny tw taa.”
Ladder* and squab* I Well, I tried
tbe new ladder. It I* fourteen feel
long and maelie* up to the the gable
of the atnokehooaa, where the
pltenna live, and by the time 1 got
Jmatly within reach I didn't know
whether my head wav awlmmtng or
the ladder careen log. and X Jus; shot
my eyen and slid down with alacrity
*ike a liremao.and my wife Job*; laughed
at me when I told her. 1 am thn boy
and she hasn't yet realtaori that 1 mo
growing old. 1 go to tho butcher'i and
tlie baker’s and the poslofiloe and dig
the potatoes aud haul up chickens aud
sggt aud bring her fresh loses every
annulug aud look after the little
graud chlldreu while she takes her ava
iling oap. I have a lot of letters to
arawer every day. nn<l before I eau
I'mm'i one somebody wnnla HiiueUilng
•lone, and wben night comes l an as
tired an ao old dray hurra We used
to be neb but now we am as poor as
Lsatiui But still we put on alra and
keep open house just Ilka we did be
fore the war, sod our dully visitors
liavu to bn eiitnrlaia-d «od 1 must help
do it. A •(ranger earns the other day
while 1 whs working the rosebedt and
had uharge of two little grand children
sod my wife was napping, lie took a
seat on a bench uud said lie came In
ace inn ab .at lying—the rlu of iviug.
Tlilj nhtruied iuu for n moment Then
be said that 1 w> stlie writer for the
press and had mltusuce, and he wanted
me to lii-lp him reform the woild about
lying. And lie told me about the poli
tician* lies and the newspapers lied
and the mercli mis lied and mud* ttielf
clerks lie aud deceive ll.elr customers
uud bow the lawyma lied lu the court
house tu deeetvii the jury aud some of
the preachers had got to lying aud
making up seuaatlo<ml stories to lb*
pulpit, lie was wuil p sled and quoted
scripture aud talked to a stream until
1 got tired of his abstractions. Then
In’ asked me If a lie or it deception was
Justifiable under any clrenniilanoes. I
replied that there were some white lies
ordetcptl.ir.s ’hat 1 thought wore ad
mlsulhlo under certain circumsUncAt.
lie looked surprised and asked me to
give him an instance nr esamplo. Well
s.ua l, a woaiau nillyu on my wire yes
lor Jay walls il» was in Dm klloliorr
putting op pooch pickles. Tots old
woman was a lung setting hen and my
wife got very tired of her and at tail
when sue rose to iea7e. my wife said .
‘•Can't you sit longer I Why mo you
Id such a hurry 7 Well, do call again
soon—I'm sorry yon can't alt longer.'*
The etrscigar ipoiis abruptly uod said :
"Your wife deceived her and <ltd
wroutt —ab« ought In have told her she
was busy nud must he excused. Don't
you tbuiU so ?:’ Well, now, siid I, let
me put nuolber esse. You came here
and found me bard at work with my
coat oft. and bad two little children to
waich. for ray wife told me uot to let
them get out nf ray tight and oow Ibev
have goue, 1 must hunt them up, aud
I’ve listened to your abstractions for
bait an hour aod all to uo practical
purpose, supposo l should ssy to you
my friend you will bave to excuse me,
I must look after the children and
work my garden, amt f rorJrou you had
better go. What would yon think of
me aud my rudeoeaa 7 He looked sur
prised and grieved and said, “Do you
mean it 7', So said I and ir I did It
would be vary imimlita for me to tell
you so. I had rather tell a little while
lla— hadn't yuu V He wue silent for a
minute, and then said : "Well t reck
on 1 liad better go,” aod be bade ms
me an affectionate goodbye.
But let ne nut furget the orphans nor
llteday. There le uo lie about that,
cometIrnes 1 feel like au orphan mynelf
and wish my father aud mother were
here to comfort me. I reckon that is
a sign of second childhood.
Now I have s labor of love before
me, I shall ootnpile that book of poems
and I waut belp. Kind friends have
■eat me 9di copies of the poem l asked
for sod It will please me and belp me to
have the lov«ra of good, pure poetic
literature seed me tho titles of ssy Are
or more of their favurILwr. also the
names of the authors. Address Major
Charles II..Smith, Uartertvllto Gs.
Imaliil.
Youth'! Cotnpsotoa.
Wu el) know \vb*t «r« think lu our
bearls ou a raau wbo ,snaka to amuse
an acquaintance by apeak lug 111 of his
neighbor. Gossip servos to no useful
purpose, and when indulged lu it Is not
■low to bsoomu scandal. We feel bow
here the temptullou Is when we read "a
description of it io lbs language of Mr.
Iloraoa Fletcber.
A sewer Is a ehannel for tbs convey
aocs of disagreeable matter.
Auy person wbo receives and carries
Denn report or aoepieloo of hts neigh
bor Is, therefore a human sewer.
A good sewer Is a good thing. It re
ceive* dlsagrsablo matter and carries It
along hidden from sight and away from
olhar sensei, to some remote place and
discharges It thorn.
A leaky sewer la an abomination.
Human sewers usually leak.
I oooe had a friend, an otherwise
good fallow wbo had acquired the hab
it of eollsotlng and dlalrlbullug sooisl
sewerage. He was not amendable to log
leal suggestion against the habit, lin
bald that e apeda should bs called s spade
arid tfdiugreeeble things exlatadhones
ty required ttgkt tbav bs discussed. One
day wbso my frisod was carrying no
uausoally henry load uf sewerage eud
waft distributing It fresly this thought
came Into my mtud sod I gave it uner
ases .
“ You remind me of a sewersaid I
"Thars might hats bsett a. serious
Impairment of our friendship Rt the
result uf my utterance had 1 not Imme
diately followed my ofTuoalve remark
by an apology sod a brotherly explana
tion, somewhat In the vein a* ubove,
My friend la too aelfrrapeotlng lo al
low himself to be in any aray related to
a lanky sswsr, and has reformed beau
tifully. A abort time t'.ace in speak
ing or the Incident, he acknowledge Its
effectiveness by saying . • livery lime
1 think of anything mean I fancy 1 can
smell If."
V »>—■!» InftlOM
Am grand, bat Skin P.raptiona rob
Ilf* of Jay. UocklmTa Arnica Halm,
cans lh«m, nlao Old, Hartring nod
Farar Sorm, I'Iran, IVilU, Folona,
Uanta, Warta, Cata, Brulaaa, Burnt,
■tculd*. Chained llaada, Ohllblaloa.
Bast rila aura oo aarth. Dclraa oat
Paint aod Aobaa. Only 23 ota. a bos.
Cam suaraatrad. Sold by J. E. Onrry
and Company, DroggtaU.
• wit. ucu'N pm iitov rniMY.
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<t»ljr I'Milrtn lkm rraSaro mb
(ounMIliir l»nrr)jr KaRrr Iram
It writ Tlni
KjaiiaftsUly TlmeSL
Dy means of figurr* and tables In the
’ Eugtnevrlug Magaslna ahuwlug ilw re
lation between high price* of iruu and
bard lime* fur tlx MU seventy-dre
years, Mr. trnmgv II. Hull (neks to
. prove that pig In n alone is respnuelble
for Mil period* Of drprr«*lou. Be de
clares that only those countries which
am large Iron producer* suffer from
hard time*; tlie nun-iron producer* es
cape. Depression, of course, usually
sets In at tbs height of prosperity from
an nodlees clislu of Ore cause*—red ac
tion or tie maud, reduction of prudao
tlou, of eisytoyment, of esroiugs, of
expenditures. In America It has oc
curred at Irregular Intervals, ranging
In length from four 10 eleven years.
Now, Mr. Hull hold* that wlieu tbe
large demand c- mt** it Is usuelly mot
to tlx cue of si) staple* except Iron.
| Tbe output of wood or brick or doth
<»u readily b* increased. Besides.
Isige reserves ol' these material! are
idwsys laalutntued. But Iron I* at tbe
basis of tbe whole industrial system,
sod it takas :r yrar to build a furnace.
Moreover Dot a itugln month’* reserve
stock is ever carried in uruy country.
Consequently. Mr. Ilnll says, to guard
against tlie exhaustion of til* supply,
dealers make a sharp advance In the
price. Tills givsa so excuse for a ad
vance In ail materials, and bulldiox la
stopped. A large number of workmen
are tbrowo out of employment—be es
timate* tbe number at shout a fifth of
the whole Industrial force—aud lire
process of stagnation beglos. (Harem
wly I* for aacli oountrv to accumulate
* large pig Iron reserve. Such notion,
ha believes would preveot periodical
bard llmei.
uoacuoteaiy. triers is name ttuiu in
Mr. Hull'* contention. It tie] long
been 4 siying that pig iron i« tlic
barome er of trade. Uut hsflays alto
gether to much Ureas on the Impor
tance of Iron as the disturbing factor.
Oooil times stimulate every Hue of ID
duatry. Maoufsclurriers add to Utelr
plants till at last they frsr Wiry will lie
unable lo sell tlicir stock. Than they
begin lo shot down und to dismiss
their bauds. This dee;eases earniogs
and the demand for goods. Thus the
reaction lo hard times inevitably fol
io wa.
Then, tou. the vast orops of tbs West
have much to do wltb tbit country's
prosperity. Two-third* uf lba people
live uu farms or villages or fewer than
8,000 Inhabitants. Wb«o the farmers
have good crops sud gel fair prices for
thorn, they buy frosty of manufactured
products and the wbola country feels
the prosperity. Furthermore, tbe pro
duction of of pig iron responds to- an
Increased demand moch more readily
than Mr Hull (Ives It credit fordoing.
Within tbe Ian ten years the output
In tbe United States has proved re
markably eliulio. Treasury bureau
statistics show It to have gone op 44
per ceut. from ISOS to IMG. It In
creased at once very largely in rnsixma*
to the demand In the latter part of 18
03. Tbs accumulation of a pig Iron
reserve might tend to stead r prices,
but it would not prevent the loo rapid
production of msuofootured goods of
all kinds, under the allmuluus ot good
times. And these plienumans are
tho forerunners of industrial depres
sion. This remedy It not so simple as
Mr. Hull believes.
flM Flr»l Tr*tiwn.
According toGaorso MacAdsw. who
writes - ‘About clothe*” In St. Nlctulua
fur September, tba Drat pautaJoona nr
trousers were made la Assyria. In
Lite reign of King Aaliurtatpal (883 H3H
li. C.) boras* wore introduced in the
army ru cavalry. ITere, now. was n
problem. Ilia cavalryman liad to have
some suit of u uniform, and It wae lm
poeaeble for him to wear a skirl aud
ride astride a bmsa. The tellur* to hie
majesty'a arm ire wagged their heads a
long time over this problem aud Anally
decid'd that the only way out of Uie
difficulty wa* to cot th* oalvayman’s
eklrt Iron item to waletbeod lu both
front and rear letting eack pert rati on
It* respective aide of the horse. As
cao readily be Imagined, this split
skirt aoade an exceedingly poor article
of clothing. The law of hnrtdlty. how
ever Is full of sorprlaea; this hnmbln
apology for a garment was destined to
be Uie falhar of the original paolaloous
The mind of the tailor baa ever been a
assail one. It Is likely that even then,
as bow. It look “nine tailors to make a
man.” At any rale, It took tbd tailors
of Assyria over a century to solve the
problem of the horseman’* detblng.
“Why not,” said one o! these workers
with the naedl# and shears, “sew to
gether Uie edgea of each dt*|.doo of thu
skirt for aech leg ?” or. In oilier word*
he liiyenied a pair nf panleUion*.
Hints i
Haaaa mm* TH* fiMla.
Mr./ York World. .
The nest lime Mr. Hanna any* that
there are no trust* aotae one In the
atMthmc* should etk him :
1. le bow maoy oomUouttona lie Is
It/Urestod to wbleb In* Dtulry UrlfT
gives a monopoly of the domestic mar
ket.
9. flow much greater la the annual
dividend Of the oombl nation lban lbs
arrrago dividend of Uie former corpo
rations now nomposiDg the combine
Uses ?
ApttB'a UrMtNl Xm4.
Mr. B. P. Oliva, of Barcelona. Spain,
spnada hla winter* at Allien, 8 C.
Weak nerra* had eauasd aaver* paisa
In the bask of h|s brrul Da oniut Ki
te! rto Hitlers, America'* graa teat Blood
aod Berra ltrmedy. all polo anon left
him its any* this grind medletnn la
a hat hie aoi/u try need* All A mar las
knows that It sure* Hear and ktdaay
tronble, purffte* the blood, tones up
lbe atoaiaeb, afrattglbeas tba narrat,
poU rim, ytgor and new Ufa Into arery
raiaaele, nerve and organ of tba body.
If weak, tired or ailing you need It.
Every bottle goarasUed, only 10 easts.
Mold by J. K. Carry A (a, broggtata,
TiiHoraH r.anvil. *r«rr am.
i
french WallM't Iralr’InasflllH.
I(« TtUawplir-Mlivai fMionli
L»» (ho hoUom ul Not tho Top or
(ho Moot* In IIMI loroul Mpolran.
London OWc. tllfc, In Sow York Aon.
A dl«i«tcli from Patia to Tbe Dally
New# lay* that 11. WlUot. chief in
•vector nf the French telegraph*. haa
communiosUd a paper to the Klncirl
cleoi' Congiesa Indicating a belief that
either wav* telegraphy, aa recently
practised, lias alinady or Is about to
become obsolete.
Mr. Willut. vrbo is uo« of Uie loading
aclentlkta of tbe iciegiapb department
and tbs luveutor or various telegraph
cod talephooa dryicca, aeema to bare
roiot ud tbn conclusion tliat It la tba
earth and cot the air through which
siguals arc tranarnlltsd without the
uie u( wires. Tl * fart that Ddl her
Dm rnundneaa of the earth’s auifacn
our lutervonlng hills Intercepts Ibe etg
nsls auggmteu to him the question
whether the metier telegraph en left
tlKi musts, at tbe top ur bullotn. lie
conjectured that It iHt at tba bottom,
especially as the signalling U not ar-1
reeled by wind or tog, and n Improved
by giving the masts good eleotrte com
munication with tha earth.
uia uieury involves curamuuicau. g
through Uir geological bad*, lu rbleh
tbe earlh’a electricity baa the same
tension, tbe idea >*iug that any dis
turbance at one point un lire uni
electjlo level creates wbat would nat
urally be called a swell lo Uib whole
level, leaving the higher and lower
strata comparatively undisturbed. M.
vViliot proposes to tap three havuli,
bonne shaft* and measuring the site
trioal tensions with Ills electroscope.
Thu onrrespoedeut d-ws ant nitke
tbe method clear, but the iufereooe
seems to bo Hist two points, say London
aod Brighton, would communicate
through, on* lvvtl aod Birmingham and
Bristol through another.
The French Telegraph Dcp irtmaot
bat appointed • committee Co sink
sbatts to aeerrtnla the distrlbutloa of
tbeek-ctrlc level* W'ben this ia d-<ue
M tVlllol iiuderlakee to construct an
spp.in.loi that will meet every cum
The conrspundeat makes no refer
ence to the transmission of signals at
Ma.
TUa pardMlai p>«w.
H. C. Oaptlal.
Tlie Governor has luul much of Ills
time taken up of htle In the oonaldera
Uou of parduoa, oommulatluos, re
prtsves and ao on. Daring llw past
f«w mouths tbe well knowo cases at.
Rockiiighapi, I-nmherl.in. Tarlmro and .
Clinton have beau much bofoie tbo
governor aod surely they have caused
him uiuab crnetsru and worry. It Is a 1
serious thing for non msn lu have the ;
life Of a felluw man In Ula hands. With 1
a Jury It is divided among twelve men I
bat when It come to tbe Governor he
says by hi to sett whether tbe mau shall !
live SC die. Surely Iv ta a great letup
talloo before a governor lo listen to
tbe piteous cries of wlfs sod mother or
lo hear Ilia eloquent pleas of an advo
cate. Dot with all this, justice must
must be doue and tbo law uphold. It
Is to find out lliks justice that gives tbo
governor so much worry sod anxiety,
lie feels hesvlly tbe weight or responsi
bility upon blip.
now much bettel It would Is to
divide ibis rcspoostbilsy. Under tlie
UonstHotioo of Uie dials the Governor
unit have the pardoning power, but
it seems to us that tbe legislature could
select a Board of Pardons to net with
the Governor, leaving tlie tael decision
with bim. There would hardly bo a
horde of office seeker* utter this Jub.
Tat there are good men who would
take It for tbe sake of the Suite, loca
ted In Itslelgh would always heat band
In hear a esse 'and oocoael with the
Governor about such matters In
in attars of life and death lbs -most
painstaking esio should be used and
the combined wisdom of several aver
ment* better than tbe great wlsdum
of oao mao. ffi believe that the Anal
cause of jostfoe nod humanity would
be furthered by tueb a council and the
governor relieved of a great strain up
on him.
UtMIW MAOS r»R rNILIPNIU.
*» AssmMImi at (Seal
«a, Rail aa« WmR la Rrfla at Haw.
Vantu Dlapatah, IS«b, i
Tile proposals to spoenprUta $9,0011,•
000 (or mad* and bridges, >3,000 fur n
prellminsty survyy for a i allroad from
Uagupau to Dsngoat and (5,400 for Um
expenses of tlie eduoallonal ajelein ba
eome laws at the first public Icglsl-ulv*
■esslon of the Philippine commission
tills morning. All the aomt mentioned
are on the basis of Mexican money
Tho road appropriation provoked fa
vorable discussion. Two promlneol
K'lllpluo-' were present st the imsles.
as was Gen. McArthur. Engineers
will proceed loo mediately wlUi the
csnstrojllun of roods, drawing upon
lbs trensury for tbs foods needed.
The Signal Caros Is repairing the
telegraph lines on the Island of bavin
which were destroyed by tbs recent ty
phoon The lines will bs re-esUbItehsd
is n week.
The rebels in da mat bays offered to
rxeliango two American prisoners for
two Pilipinas.
Tb*> XMr* fM
Atl«AU (hMltultoo
The WhtteeU Ooorler glees us these
lotereettuf Items from IU Redbono
correspondent:
Elder Weeklni Hundayed with us
yMtarday. R la oarbnaola Is stibaidlng
and bis oaok straightening.
Ool. Btotts happened to tba aoeldont
of buelsg hi* nook broke at II otoloek
Toeaday.
Tbs beads of car school children
skew that our new barber lisa missed
his sailing, lie would h«ve mods a
splendid Carpenter
We hoes net had a funeral In our
midst since Abe Jew kins made cue owl
of Ms mothar-ln-lxw.
The new preacher Is anOostiog bis
salary wKh tbs grace of God and a
shotgun.
VITAL ftTOBM I'Arr BTCBLBOBBB
A kbrlklaa TlMwrjr Mtaaml Aw PAjral
Ml McMM,
IMwrn Breoo la el. Uaalr KovaWic.
It la not b Util* surprising that la
Uhi vast eco ration of narrative uod
I spscoleUve recital carried by tha praaa
Uicae alx days gone, regarding (Jalvee
100*1 calamity, the one fact of physical
•ciaeoe which, abort and beyond ell
otlirr facts, ■lands sponsor for Urtaloar
co«at cauiolyam and Ita ebook tag con
a<qurnora baa been wholly overlooked.
Out of all lbe mass of deecrlpUoo we
hay* llirve vUstoroUry considerations:
Klrat, lb* Itvtl of (ralyeatAin iaUnd la 9
feet abort average low tide, decoud,
tha norm banked tha water opao that
the oTtjflnr wee S feet abort the sur
face at the highest Irryla of Ute Wend
—a tidal i lee of 19 feet. Third this
overflow of A frrt el the edges of the
I aland, where the elllteda la but 4 fo 0
feet above ordinary see level, gave play
to the a walls rtf the hurricane to beat
down Ue foundations And wreck the
frail habitation* lo their path, with Hie
Inevitable concomitant of deetrootlon
to life. Ou these three elements hang
all the law and propheeyot the ooHicdm
and the pngra are have been floodtd
with from day to day.
TUM AIIKAT FACTOR*
Now should bs brought forward Ux
other sod greatest dement, which alt
•'Iters, not excepting Ux Government
"scivnilsta,” have mined. Tlx borri*
caue Ilmen tbs cnait at Galveatou la
the very Hush of the fall moon tides;
eud. moreover, tba nltx-und-a-half*
oycle or tlx moon la within tout a free*
Uan of lu perigee—I cannot give exaoi
data without acceee to tba Nautical
Almanac, or aome auob work of pra
claloa In matlH'iiMUcal astronomy.
When the moon Is at or near perigee In
tbli cycle the tide* are markedly higher
end more violent oo all east aoaala of
lha world'a surface, varying from low
ast at or about tlx equator to the
axtrame high e fleet a farthest north.
This has ooc* been tlluatrated striking*
ly hy an experience oo the North
Atlantic Coast. Jo September, 18H, I
waa aboard the Boston (Dip Wlathmp,
tixn lying at anchor lu Ux Bey of
Kuody. where Ux average tides run
from Ux neap, at fifty one. to the flood,
aa high aa seventy feat. Tba conditions
were alaxwt Manilas! with those of a
week am It was In early September,
In the full or tba moon, and at approxi
mately ilia perigee or elootel pulat of
our lunar cynic, and the tide waa about
bight feet higher than ordinary flood.
AN EXPLANATION.
The captain, a floe practical naviga
tor. who know Uowdlteh by heart and
somewhat more from a varied and rich
experience, explained the uutxual con
ditions.
••Tbia,” said be,"ii neither nAgteoleO
or uuknowo among nlue out of tan
even of the boat navigators, but at
lltuea it exerelan a vital lufluenoe In
stoma. In this perigee period, ruu
iiiog n year eueli way, the history of
Ux sr* shows wu Ixva the biggest
blows uiid tlx hlgbevt tides ”
Of oooraa in the latitude of Galves
ton the excess of Hood lu the tide over
tba average, due to tba periodical con
junction. la by oo means aa great aa In
tbe Bay of Fundy, but it ia but la any
snare exaggeration to any Ihel It haa
been from two to two and a baif feat.
UJ calculating on Lou excess si tbs
result of lbs correal extraordinary
lunar plwcomena wears now eontcm
plailog, this uuspaaxaUe dastiuotlon
of Ufa and property would bare been
saved to tbo beautiful Islaud City.
Tba water ba* on os been, within tba
experiences of tbe present arnerslloo,
so high that small boats piled from
door to door In tbe Strand, sod y«t
tliors was no great dames*. Three
feet more, with wind and wave, would
then lia«e wrought the havno of to-day,
but the conditions wars different, and
one may tay normal. Thl* Itlost com
plex combination may not come again
for two centuries, maybe not for three.
It lb* Government offloebulOtr* who
are paid to supply usoful laformstion
npon waetber condition* would wake
op and qualify tbewuelvts to anatom
thaae phenomena of nature and publish
Intelligent these* thereon as required,
they might at the present moment
omlly afford th* people of tielvsaun,
now overwhelmed with anguish and
perplexity and uneertelnty for the
future, tbe basis of enooerugooaest to
rebuild theti stricken oily.
Ttw utter failure of the weal bar ser
vice abler* to display la tbe prasset
instance anything like an adoaeate
conception of the higher possibilities
end dotlsa of mcUoroloadenl asleoea la
our of tbo striking devklopmvnts of
tbls gnateet of oomt eaUmltlm.
As on* of tbe keeper* of lb* Bolivar
l\>lnt Light, at Liu mt'rane* of Qetom
tou Bay, I observed sod mads oSolal
record soma years ago fsr a kusoamlon
of mootba, oomprehending tbo hurrl
oano season, of Lbo tides and wonthsr
phenomena of that coast, and tt la with
ikls sxpcrlonc* la vlaw. rather than
from tho laflusnc* of mere suggestive
■peculation, that I offer tbls additional
pasting note.
A »«mw fcn(i.
Thankful words written by Mr*. Ada
B. Hart, af Orotoo, t. D. -Waa taken
with a bad c«ld which stilled on ray
laaga, cough ant la and finally terrain
atedin Oooramptten. Bow Doctors
gayama op. saying Loauld lira hot a
short tlma. t gays myaalfop U ray
ftrator, datarialaad If I ooold not atey
arttb My frlruda an earth; I would moat
®y ■*•»* •»« »*"•• \£l
mm advtaod togatDr. Kbit Maw
DlMonrary far Costa**!**, Ooagha
aod Cold*. 1 gay* It a trial, took In
all tight hottla*. It kaa a a rad **,
and thank Ond 1 a* acted and now a
trail and healthy aromas." Trial hot
tlaa frru at 1. K Carry A Co’# Drag
Story. Regular ala* 00s aod «l no
Qaarainiwd nr pries ryfaadad.
faH* »M«S
ran—y
"Nytef ” oouuaalwl Ua«* Altos
Hterha. i^kav. gift chant* through
»»* must want «m.
41 Imni Thai la a tllwai UufpMa
ttoa of a ■■•!«>* Hr nh Hattiia
Idliirl M|ri Ilian
Chajlawao Men aad OMriar.
OOteiala of tha Soutliara Ballway
hm SMatTCd ■ legal ruling froai tu
wild tor regard log tba ablrt walat man
and bla right to a aaat la aatatea
paaaaogor oara. Tba hot aaaaou down
thU way hat not ended, and of ooarao
tho man with tha ablrt walat waata to
gat all tha gtorypoaathla froai Uaoloa
log anion. Altar tho **Uar ww laid
bifora tha ligal daoutmaot tha douth
m Ball way not oat tho following eIr
anian
. f41 ****** condoeton: A
Wj toting lioHOliir no—has too*
“ff—eebt the pm— of a — wbo
l—totod ape it riding in the MW Mr
wt.th »*• TWe matter waa
• at«i Mod to oar legal depart se**t —
to wbnt tbe action of the «—
totonli In under tba eirenmai—eeo. I
fire below Us* opinion of oar art tailor
w»d poo will ba geaer—g aooordlaglp:
, ‘ *1 •* —rig to aota from pour
•war of Aoguat SO that tt to aauuup
to |fn tba qoaetion wblob to Oiling
tbe nevtpapera — to Ilia shirt waist
*“•«»«« eeoeMretl—, tor 1 go a*
UtiBb HdeeKTi— of u foraatl rule of
eeadeet. Tbto U one of the com
vbeeelt seem to ate gtoonUen meal
ba left to the eondootor. go long at a
■ao to dee—tl? draoaed, whether be
be* a east — or net, bis ignermni
cannot be otaasive to map ae—(Me
pare—, sod m o— of oar object* is to
prepida for Use comfort of our peseta*
—n I do not tee wbp oe purely aca
deaale ground* we ebeuld object to It.
Tbe oood actor, however, to Ibeparaou
to determine Ula. Where be sees that
■ bp mooring bla ocmt aSecta —
oSenatra attitude, ha ought to snpprsaa
tort man promptl?. Bat If bo tush
o«—m to girra I do not think that he
•hook! Interfere.’ •*
ruamd lb« ■■ligMi WwMy.
Sdrsaca.
Tha fotura oI tha religions weekly
will drpsod ou tba future of tba oosu
try. If the oonnliy la going to elflaa
lUub arches, dismiss lu Sabbath aoboots
■law up aMouary work, and taka to
btoak aUMism or bum phltosupby.
raligtoua weakly will probably go as
the Isaacs do whoa Ujs sharp winds
whittle. But If tbs oosotry Is to bs
■ore rallgtoM Instead ot Isas, tbs re
Itgious organ will iisaa s greater gold
than ease. A produtt of the most re
ligious soutory that tbs world has rat
asso 11 Is sure to Bed a still greeter
deuaod lu tbs deeper spirituality sod
wider effort for good lu tho twentieth
century, Tbs pulpit will need a “eont
pstloii picse” sad tbs pistor oin use U
Willi Isoreascd affect io keeping tits
people brmrwl up and lu right frame of
mind for tiebbslh del lv« an ees. A
church without a religious paper itllke
s wood 1-D buekat sat out to tbs sue.
Tbs | spar helps to keep tbs hoope on
and the church watertight. Tba
twentieth century minister, who la te
be s vary wide-awake. case will under
stand this sacs batter than It Is under
stood now.
ri>* great miaatoosry operations will
atoo tuti greater me of tbe weakly or
*»n. Ooe reeeoo why the mighty ip.
peel* now made for mlmtons an not
more effective to tmoaooe a Urge pan of
tbe church membership never hears or
nee them. The splendid things pub
lished In tii* religions week I lea doom
on deoert air so far as many families
era concerned, Wbat these remittee
do an* are the tenia alar* and erltleisas
Bred at tbo mlmtoaalna by roe*. Disk
end the Old Harry. When aomebody
wbo bates tba Obrtotlaa ra
Hgion a good deal more tbaa be hates
lying says tbs missionariea ere to btoma
for all tba troebte In Cblaa, three peo
ple read It In tbe dally paper* aod it
haa It* effect. They foe* lUetr crip oa
tba graaduar or tba Cbarnb's sWon
aad tba Mil thtag you bear from them
la that querulous nod aa ask lag note:
“I dost batleve to foreign mlmtoaa.”
Tba average mao believes wbat b* la
atoffad with, aad if bo to staff ad only
with this bind of staff, h* to tost to tbo
beaavotoat operation* of tbo Choroh.
Politicians trs as wtas aa ssrpaota if
set a* banalam as doves, aad they
oould teach the churobc* a lesson In
this repecL They are buying news
papers. Saver before ware so maay
sought in s campaign. They want
organa, big. little, and In every town.
Tba churches have a campaign on
bead, a battle against alt tbe felaaheoo,
heathenism, and general wtobedeeas of
tbo world. They need orgasa. aad
they need them badly. It may eased
hba tooting your awn bon to say tats,
aovartketom k to a toot which will da
the cbmrabm good.
"worked
MMWlIf I
which an
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port a ew
•a looooly
A fralftil
aad rad
UfOoaU
ooi tleep
tattoo
taouatly
WMIUi
To wo
wrote* k
ttotbral
owl to <
Ml.
Maav
wkkk a*
boon doc
apoo wt
ty of tte
bMooat
•Mo of d
wokwoo
broke
■peolaoo
ber at irtotijal mSm.mI "with
•ubofdioata oaaa.dft^ - "
Sri'iS-1*1 1
4aU»«l ha aboal
LamAwm aaca« Wn
ooa t* IN ti #w;
ts&iX i
1
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.
ivfi
5»5
JySr'
thl* mu«t to awka'tbiapMrTymr
•* VnmnA prcparatlou for tha lo
eowlrm wt naatary. A. oti] to tau
anf la n itnaaaf to tha aamra of ifa
PaMaf data.-d i, *£**»£,
Sm ibaaa of"tha
fjSE
looAtli »od BlaOopa Gilbert, of Uin
naaata; looaard, of 0h.o; Doom, of
Altaiay; Aahaawa, of Vaw Taat. ata
Tba apcaol la to CbrtatUoa to aaaka
thayaar oaaofpntyar, woakaai Ma>
arattoa >a4 cdaoatloo by IIMnlr
Obi&aa work la ortar UtatTfma
jartrat afialWoa aaoy ba peapoMd
tar la tha opaalag yaar of tha aaw oaw»
t**T« •
aaatrm waaa.
»— Niiii«i ■« n—y m
White Uaoerel Citaflrc *4 atat toned
io irhm la 1*7* In iwaand m wte
tar ta tha laid. Tin weather waa bad.
Oaa partiauUrty wat aad rctoeratea
day Chaffee had to apaud ta b<a 8lbiey
Mat, write* • eurreeboadeat from
Phoanii. Tin An la tha little conical
abeet-ireo atom aim ply wouldn't kata.
Tha Captain aaamoad bla "do*-col>
bar," aa tba nidtera tana aa tem'i
paraoaal atleadent. "Bring none dry
wood," he eoMMnded.
The eetdfcr, aa IrUb mam known
to htetory only aa "Moldooe," ataad at
kkatteatioa" aad malted: ."Captain,
there dial be eoojrT"
"1 now belter/tha oteear enapped.
"Out oat el bora, aad don't oene back
wltbootdry wood."
Muldoon Minted, ahaal freed aad
■laahad through the Mod aa hte hope
la* 4neat. Wood Miriiy caoat have
bean bard la dad, (ac ha halted ta ta
lent that day or that yaar, aad waa
finally d ropped ad a daaartar.
Two yaua later, ChaSre, pwaatM
to ha Miter, waa la aoauaand at Port
McDowell, oa tba Lower Verba, 100
rcltee aoath af tha paint where Mel
dooa had dlaappaarad In tha rain.
Oaa hot aoatMor night tha M||w waa
alttlng oa tba Veranda of hte adobe
balld home, la enjoy weot of tha aooie
llghtaod hte cigar, whan fraaa erewod
tha ooraar of tha hnfldlng oaaaa a
of*no lMMMtaa'irwtol^at ■Mgof&!
that bad pteialy eorco Croat tbehoaee
hald woodpile. Tha flgmra aaow
atoaad la tba perch atape and halted.
The right head waaleUffy ta tha hriaa
ad • bettered tertian Oa* aad a aalaa la
ila l fa bnaghb yw th> dhry
oral' ooaarcaadlog that all ha gat waa
aU arcatbi at neat fatlgaa aad tha
gaardheaaa, with a "hah taflod" dla
eharga at the aad ad tha than Mat
doom atm Urea la Lrtaaaa, and hte
bnoptote rciwtate art thoaa whaa ha In
tailtag of rcaatlag wtth fatten.