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ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1896.
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OFF TO THE NORTH POLE.
The Final Preparations For the Andree
Expedition.
Philadelphia Record.
Scarcely a year has elapsed since
Mr. Andree, the Swedish scientist,
first gave the public details of his
proposed method of reaching the pole
by balloon, and yet in that time the
expedition has received the endorse
ment and financial support of many
notable scientific societies, all details
arranged, and at this writing the bal
loon is probably on its way, bowling
along over the ice fields at a furious
rate. If Mr. Andree's hopes arc real
ized before two weeks aro passed he
will have landed at some point on the
American continent.
The upper part of the balloon is
covered by a cap of oilcloth. In the
centre there is a wooden point holding
the strong iron ring to which the
ropes of the network are fastened,
while a little below the middle of the
balloon is a large belt which is in
tended to give strength against the
pressure of the wind. When the
lower part becomes empty of gas the
wind produces a hollow in the balloon,
this having the same effect as a sail.
The diameter of the balloon is 21i
yards, the volume nearly 5,000 cubic
yards. It has been possible to make
the balloon smaller than was at first
intended on account of the excellence
of the material obtainable. The
wicker basket is one story high, round,
and roofed, and contains sleeping
accommodation for two persons, the
third voyageur being always on the
watch. The mattresses are intended
to serve as buoys in the event of the
expedition being submerged. Within
the net is the mainsail, and outside
there are two other sails, stretched on
bamboo poles, the whole sail area
being 94 square yards, or a quarter of
the cross-section of the balloon. The
sail is attached by three straps to the
strong iron ring, and stoops forward
so that the wind tends to lift the bal
loon. The fixing points of the drag
ropes are movable, and thereby the
direction of the balloon can rapidly
be changed. It is intended to main
tain if possible a height of from 196
to 218 yards. Each of the three
drag-ropes has a length of 436 yards,
and the distance of each 100 metres
there are weak points, at which they
may be torn if thc balloon should
catch anywhere. These weak points
are protected by metal rings which
can easily be seen from the balloon.
It will only be necessary to observe
how much time elapses while two of
these metal rings pass the same spot
in order to learn the speed at which
the balloon is traveling. At the top
is thc ''cave" or storeroom for .the
provisions. The balloon carnes -1,400
pounds of ballast, provisions for four%
and a half months, a boat, clothes,
guns and ammunition for 1,500 shots.
From Spitzbergen to Behring Sound
the passage could be made in six days,
but 30 days will be allowed. The
material of which the balloon is made
is so excellent that the balloon should
be able to float for a period of 9,000
days. Herr Andree's colleagues in
this daring expedition will be Dr. N.
G. Ekholin and Herr N.<Strindberg.
The expedition was virtually organ
ized at Gothenburg. The departure
from this was to have taken place on
June 1, but it was postponed one week
out of deference to the views of
Nardenskjold, who advised waiting
until the polar ice had melted still
more. So, says Leslie's Weekly, it
was Sunday, the 7th of June, at 10
o'clock a. m., when the steamer Virgo
left Gothenburg with the Swedish
polar expedition and all paraphernalia
on board. The day was beautifully
clear and calm, and interest in the
departure was inhanced by the gala
appearance jf the city and harbor,
everything on land or afloat being
festively decorated. Thousands of
people congregated on the docks hours
before the actual starting time, while
the numerous boats were loaded with
spectators. Mr. Andree received a
telegram from the queen, and shortly
after, amid the joyful shouts of the
well-wishers, started for the run to
Tromsoe, where the first stop will be
made on the way to Spitzbergen.
Besides Mr. Andree, Dr. Ekholm
and Mr. Strindberg-the polar expe
dition trio-The Virgo had on board
Monsieur Lachambre, the maker of
the balloon, together with 31 persons
inclusive of the crew. Some of these
are members of the scientific expedition
that will explore Spitzbergen while
preparations for the balloon journey
are in progress, such as unloading
supplies, inflating thc balloon, etc.
Thc balloon once started the gas ma
chine used for thc filling, and all
other accessories will be reloaded on
the ship, but a store house of supplies
will be left behind. The scientists
will have had nearly a month for their
researches in the islands, and will
then board the steamer and head
homeward about thc first of August
for the return trip.
On thc Virgo's arrival at Tromsoe
the carrier pigeons sent on from Ham
merfest were taken on board. This
done, the steamer turned her head
straight north for Spitzbergen.
Mr. Andree allowed in his plans
two week's time for unloading the
steamer and erecting thc balloon
house. This house was taken along
in sections, having been built so as to
be ready to put up in the speediest
way possible on arrival at Spitzbergen.
It is just large enough to contain
the balloon when fully inflated, when
it can be cast off, as it were, the bal
loon standing unfettered and ready to
flr">.t away on the breeze tho moment
her courageous commander desires.
This he expected to be ready to do
about the 20th of July, not binding
.himself to an exact date and hour,
but rather being ready to seize the
most favorable opportunity permitted
by wind and weather.
Mr. Andree puts much importance
on getting a good start, so while the
actual schedule time was July 24,
there have been unavoidable delays.
With fair wind and under the most
desirable conditions, the pole can be
reached in 48 hours, but Mr. Andree
does not set any time, nor docs he
wish to be anticipated in advance of
what he considers will be thc time
required under average conditions.
This he concedes would at least be
two weeks. As to landing, that will
be made inland as far as possible with
the hope of reaching some cosmopolitan
centre, one of the large cities on this
continentbeingtbe harbor Mr. Andree
has most in view.
The scientific gaius derived from
the expedition will be geographical as
a matter of course, also hydrographie
and metcrological ; but what Mr.
Andree most particularly wishes to
demonstrate is the usefulness of the
balloon as a medium for transportation,
and especially for exploration, of un-1
known and .hitherto inaccessible por
tions of the-globe. Mr. Andree is an
enthusiastic balloonist, his confidence
in this mode of travel being most
natural in view of his oft-repeated and
entirely successful enterprises in this
direction. The ridicule of the scoffers
-of which there has been an abundance
-and thc warnings of the wiseacres
have made no impression upon him.
To him it is the initial, but ultimately
safe journey, to bc followed by many
others, when he has once cut the ice
by sailing through thc air.
That the expedition is in every way
equipped goes without telling. Every
precaution has been taken for possible
accidents, and food supplies for months.
Each of the trio has his particular
task to perform. The learned and ex
perienced Dr. Elkholm will make the
meterological and scientific observa
tions. Photography and like duties
will be in Mr. Strindberg's oharge,
while Mr. Andree will be oommander
and caretaker of the balloon. But all
will work in unison, assisting each
other whenever need be ; two will at
all times be on duty.
Mr. Andree, unlike most travelers
undertaking a long journey, was very
little bothered with missives and
messages to people living in those
parts he is bound for ; he has, however,
one letter confided to his care by an
American, and addressed to Dr.
Nansen, which he has promised to de
liver in case they should happen to
meet.
.$20,000 Worth of Cats.
A cat farm ! This will certainly
strike most people as a novel industry.
Few, probably, are aware that such
an establishment is in successful
operation in one of the suburbs of
Boston, and is paying large dividends
to those interested in the venture. It
bears the euphonious title of Walnut
Ridge Farm.
Owing to thc growing demand, the
Walnut Ridge establishment has its
hands full in supplying the orders
which pour in every day, and the
breeding of the animals promises to
become general. Exactly 1,150 cats
of various ages were shipped from this
place last year, declares the Washing
ton Star statistician, an average of
nearly 100 a month, or more than
three a day. The amount received for
the consignments footed up nearly
$20,000, and this year the business is
expected to increase at least 60 per
cent. Just as othe? fads, fashions
change in regard to breed of cats, and
Angoras are now the rage. This va
riety, being comparatively rare, has
attained a correspondingly high posi
tion in the esteem of those able to
afford such luxuries ; society demands
thoroughbred animals. This country
has been a little backward in introduc
ing the Angora, and until recently
they have not been within the reach
of the public. Not only was the cost
of importing them very considerable,
but the risk incurred in bringing the
animal to this climate was great. But
now they have become very, hardy .
here. It is said that their hair grows
longer and is much brighter, and that
in every way the American Angora is
a superlative animal.
The Angora cat, as its name indi
cates, comes from Angora, in Western
Asia-a province which is also cele
brated for itB long-haired goat. This
breed is in high favor with the Turks
and Armenians, the best commanding
a great price. The-prime points of
excellence are a small head, with nose
not too long ; large, full eyes, of a
color in harmony with that of its fur ;
ears rather large and pointed, with a
tuft of hair at the apex-the size not
showing, as they are deeply set in the
long hair on the forehead ; a very full
flowing mane about the head and neck.
This latter should not be short ; neith
er should the body, which should be
graceful and elegant and covered with
silky hair, with a slight mixture of
wolliness. In this it differs from the
Persian cat. In texture the hair
should be as fiue as possible and not
so woolly as that of the Russian cat :
the legs of moderate length ; the tail
long, curving upwards slightly toward
the end, the hair very long at the base
and less toward the tip. The colors
of these cats are quite varied, a pure
white, with blue eyes, being regarded
as perfection.
Angora cats arc very playful and
make delightful pets, as they are very
intelligent. There is something very
surprisingly aristocratic and imposing
in their appearance. In feeding the
kittens particular attention must be
given to have the food clean and
wholesome ; warm milk and oatmeal is
what should be given principally,
though cats can bc fed on most any
thing that is good.
Of the Angora cat there arc more
than eight varieties-solid black, solid
yellow, solid gray, solid white, black
and white, yellow and white, maltese,
tortoise shell and various mixed colors
-indeed, prettily marked mixed ones
seem to be in the greatest demand.
The prices vary, ranging as follows :
The best full-grown, male or female,
$10 to $25; second, $5 to $10 ; kittens,
$2 to $10 cachj either sex. The solid
colors are much more expensive than
the mixed, though many prefer the
latter.
Half of the Angoras raised now are
not strictly thoroughbreds ; there are
scarcely 20 breeders in this country
who have thc fine imported stock to
raise kittens from.
However, it must not be supposed
that Angoras alone have thc call on
public favor. The Persian cat is also
very popular. It differs from the
Angora chiefly in that its tail is larger
and thc hair fuller and coarser at the
end. The eyes should be large, full
and round, with a soft expression.
The Persian is longer in body than
the Augora and apparently more
strongly made, yet slender and elegant
and exceedingly graceful in all its
movements. The .colors comprise al
most every tint obtainable in cats.
Another popular variety is thc Rus
sian. Thc principal characteristics
are the unusually large body and rela
tively short legs. Its habits are pecu
liar and not at all like the common
short-legged cat. Thc Tabby cat is
chiefly remarkable on account of the
variety of colors in its coat. Thc
name "tabby" ha3 reference to its
peculiar markings, being derived from
a word meaning ribbed silk. The
Abyssinian cat is included in the
tabby variety. It is believed that
this breed is identical with the Egyp
tian cat, which was worshiped so many
centuries ago, and the mummies of
which are so numerous.
The Manx cat is a curious creature.
It lacks that appendage which enables
its brothers to alight upon their feet,
no matter from what distance they
may bc dropped. lu other words, it
has no tail-the best breeds none at
all, and even the less aristocratic not
enough to measure off au inch on the
tape line. The creature runs more
like a hare than a cat.
NAVAL SHIPS LOST AT SEA.
Six American Vessels That Were "Never
Heard From."
Detroit Free Dress,
The navy department has many in
teresting records of its ships that have
met with sad endings, but none more
so than the briof accounts of six dif
ferent ones summed up tersely in
these words : ''Never heard from."
This laconic expression is familiar to
all sea followers, and it contains a
world of meaning if rightly under
stood. There have been ships that
have gone down in battle with the
flags flying defiantly at the masthead,
and others that have battled bravely
against the adverse elements until
waterlogged, they have sunk within
sight of land ; but to be lost at sea,
with no mention of the disaster, be
cause of lack of all detail, is to meet a
fate hardly deserved.
Early in the history of our navy
such a mystery closed about one of the
first vessels flying the new Stars and
Stripes. The ill-fated Saratoga, an 18
gun ship, after performing a brilliant
service on the high seas, sailed forth
upon the great ocean and disappeared
forever from all human knowledge.
What we know of her is briefly sum
med up in a few sentences. After
capturing three English prizes she
was intercepted on her way to Phila
delphia with them by the British 74
gun ship of the line Intrepid, and af
ter a long fight she escaped from her
heavier adversary. No further word
from the Saratoga was ever received,
and no Bigns of her wreckage were
ever discovered. She probably foun
dered at sea in a gale, but she never
left any one behind to tell the tale.
This was in 1780, and thc next loss
of a similar character occurred 20 years
later. The 36-gun frigate Insurgent,
commanded by Capt. Patrick Fletcher,
was originally under the French flag,
but after she was captured by the
Constellation off the island of Nevis
she sailed under the American flag un
til the end of her short career. She
had sealed orders to sail from the
Chesapeake capes out to sea, but af
ter she sailed on her easterly course
no word from any ship brought tidings
of the Insurgent. She disappeared
completely. No one on board of her
was ever saved to give official confir
mation of the story of her loss.
The fourteen-gun brig Pickering
met with a similar fate. She was
cruising off Guadaloupe, with Master
Commandant Benjamin Hiller in
charge, when a severe storm arose and
swept the seas. It is generally sup
posed that the vessel, which was an
unseaworthy sea tub, foundered with
all on board. Pieces of the wreckage
were picked up along the coast, butas
so many vessels were lost during this
gale, there was no certainty of identi
fying them. It is thought also that
the same storm might have caused the
loss of the Insurgent, although as to
this no trustworthy account can be
found.
The next vessel in our navy to dis
appear in this mysterious fashion was
known as gunboat No. 7, commanded
by Lieut. Ogelvie. She sailed from
New York May 14, 1805, to increase
our naval force tben engaged in the
war with Tripoli. She returned to this
port after being out for a few days, and
then she sailed on June 29 the second
time. But she never reached her des
tination. Although nine other boats
left about the same time for the Medi
terranean service, and all reached
their points in time, gunboat No. 7
-was lost, and no word was ever re
ceived from any of her officers or
crew.
The loss of the Wasp followed this
disaster. The mystery about this
handsome naval fighter is generally
familiar to all readers of American
history. Her exploits on the water
after her first launching until the
time of her strange disappearance
were so brilliant that every school boy
knows about them. Within a period
of five months the Wasp took 15 Eng
lish merchantmen, valued at nearly a
quarter of a million dollars, and
fought several stubborn battles with
naval vessels of her own size and
strength. On Oct. 1,1814, the Wasp
hailed the Swedish bark Adonis and
took on board two of the surviving of
ficers of the old Essex after her de
struction in Valparaiso harbor, and
then passed on into the dark mystery
which has never been solved. That
was the last intelligence ever brought
to port by any ship concerning the
veteran fighter and victor. Her fate
will ever remain an unexplained puz
zle.
The last vessel of the scries to be
lost at sea without leaving any sign
behind to explain matters was the
brig Epcrvier, commanded by Lieut.
John Shubrick. When the terms of
the treaty between the United States
and Algiers were dictated to the Dey
at the point of the cannon by Decatur
in 1815, a copy of the paper was sent
home by the Epervier. The brig
passed the Straits of Gibralter on July
12, 1815, and from that time all trace
of her was lost. She sailed out upon
the ocean and was swallowed up by
the sea that has wrecked the hopes
and ambitions of so many.
In modern times the loss of naval
vessels at sea has been comparatively
limited. The United States navy has
been singularly fortunate in this re
spect during the past ha!!f century,
but this may be attributable as much
to the limited number of ships in
commission as to any skill or safe
guard. The modern navy is built up
on such different lines from the old
class of war vessels that it is difficult
to compare the two, but it is safe to
assume that the cruisers of today
could stand the elements much better
than their prototypes of 50 years ago.
The mysterious disappearance of a
member of the white squadron would
undoubtedly cause more general sor
row and comment than the loss of the
Wasp, Insurgent or Saratoga did in
their days.
A naval vessel of our modern fleet
carries a much larger complement of
men, and her cost is several times as
groat. Thc navy department proba
bly exercises more precautions than
any private company in surrounding
thc war vessels with every safeguard
known to science, and it is because of
this discipline that war vessels are so
Beldom lost. The mysterious loss of
only six war vessels during a period
of 100 years of active national exist
ence is a record that the na.vy depart
ment of any nation might be proud of,
and when it is remembered that some
of the strange disappearances recorded
were only ordinary merchant vessels
fitted up as war ships, the cause for
pride is increased.
Great Britain and France have each
a much forger list of war ships that
have sailed upon thc ocean to go
down before some heavy storm with
out leaving any message behind.
Great Britain leads the list in this re
spect, which is only natural consider
ing the size of her navy, and France
comes second, with Spain following as
a close third. On the naval list of
each nation there is written over
against the name of thc unfortunate
vessels these ominous words: "Never
heard from."
TYns "Belle lloydV Maid.
At the western base of a hill in
Berkeley county, W. Ya., about a
mile and a half back from thc river
and directly opposite Williamsport, in
a comfortable farm house, surrounded
by a family of grown children, lives
"Aunt" Mary Stripling, an old color
ed woman, who cherishes the memory
of once having been the maid, and in
a manner, the companion in her early
life of Belle Boyd, the famous female
spy of the Confederacy.
"Aunt" Mary is a relic of slavery
days. She was born in Clark county,
Virginia, on the plantation of John
Early, father of General Jubal Early,
the leader. Her childhood was spent
at the old Virginia home, but when
her young mistress, Miss Susan Early,
became the bride of James Glenn,
whose plantation bordered many miles
of the Potomac, about Sandy Bidge,
near Shepardstown, she went along to
continue in the service of her "mis
sus." It was then she first met and
became associated with the woman
whose daring wild escapes were rarely
equaled by, and often astonished, the
men in gray with whom she mingled
in the days of blood at:d strife.
Maria Belle Boyd wis born in Mar
tinsburg. She was the daughter of
Benjamin Boyd, a reputable and weal
thy resident of that place. Their
home was bright, inviting, and there
Belle and her sister, who lives in
Charles Town, and a brother, were
carefully reared. Her afterlife, how
ever, threw a black imadow athwart
the threshold of that home and the
training she received there.
James Glenn, the owner and master
of "Aunt" Mary, was the uncle of
Belle Boyd, who often visited and
spent much of her time on his planta
tion before thc war. She was describ
ed to a press representative by the old
colored woman as having been a state
ly and prepossessing young lady with
black hair and eyes, and having many
admirers among the male sex. Her
associates were classed among the best
families. She always dressed in style
and was a lover of ouv.door sport, in
which her high spirited nature was
wont to revel. She sat upon a horse
like an equestrinnc and would ride
like the wind over the country in a
fox hunt with an escort, but frequent
ly alone. In this respect her manner
often bordered on recklessness. At
times she would appear disguised in
male dress and ride horseback with
parties of her friends. These cle
ments in her nature at times, how
ever, were the only indications which,
though unforeseen, pointed unerringly
into the future to a life of stirring ro
mance and wild and reckless daring.
James Glenn had two daughters,
Florence and Lillie, who were her con
stant companions during her visits to
their home.
When the war broke out Belle
Boyd's nature was roused and her sym
pathies went out freely to the South
ern cause. She never intimated to
anyone her determination, but after
the first year of carnage passed she
quietly left home and joined General
Ashby's command. Her career then
began. She gradually overcame her
womanly timidity and the spirit of
fearlessness arose in its stead. As a
spy she won fame and figured in some
of the most daring adventures on re
cord. Her service to the Confederate
army was invaluable. The fame of
the woman spread over the country
and won at once admiration and con
tempt. Her life has been published
in full and is well known. She was
captured by Union soldiers and sent
to Fortress Monroe. Then she was
sent to the old capital prison in Wash
ington, and there married a northern
soldier. There her father found her
and died of a broken heart. Her life
was checkered, full of romance and
adventures.-Crofton. (TV. Va.,) Cor.
Philadelphia Times.
Mile in Sixty-Three Seconds.
ALTON, III., Aug. 9.-E. 0. An
derson, the intrepid young Central Il
linois wheelman, to-day reduced by
nearly a minute the bicycle record of
the world. It was a bold and original
idea that led to the accomplishment of
this marvelous feat. His plan was
simply that of riding close behind a
railroad train in the vacuum created
by the passing cars.
After considerable difficulty he suc
ceeded in inducing the officials of the
St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Rail
way to build him a board walk two
miles long between the rails between
this city and St, Louis. The fastest
engine on the road was assigned to set
the pace, and a regular passenger
coach was fitted up with a platform on
thc rear end, with a smooth, perpen
dicular surface seven feet wide paint
ed black, with the exception of one
white board in the centre, to be aimed
at by the wheelman. An iron guard
rail prevented the chance of fouling
the car with the wheel, and au over
hanging canopy protected the rider
from cinders.
The event was widely advertised by
thc railroad company, and a great
crowd of enthusiasts were taken to
day on a special train to see the re
sult. The course was two miles south
from Oldenburg Station, giving a half
mile from the start to the finish.
Anderson had previously trained on
the track, and felt confident of suc
cess, but had overestimated just a lit
tle his ability. He got off nicely, and
for the first half mile kept thoroughly
up with the flying train, but then it
became evident he could not maintain
this rate of speed. The train covered
the ground in something better than a
sixty mile gait, but the rider came
short just sufficiently to miss by three
seconds his wager to cover the mile in
one minute.
However he demonstrated thc fact
that a bicycle can be put over ground
a great deal faster than any one has
ever before thought of doing and
thereby earned the laudatiou of wheel
ing enthusiasts everywhere. A great
cheer went up from thc throng when
the result was announced. Thc first
half mile was covered at the rate of
sixty-two miles an hour.-New York
Journal.
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Tbc readers of Ibis paper will be pleased to learn
tbat lhere ls nt least one dreaded disease tbat sci
ence bas been able to cure in all its stages, and that
is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only posi
tive cure now known to tho medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a constitutional disease requires a
constitutional treatment. Hal IVs Catarrh Cure is
tsken internally, acting directly upon the blood
and raucous surfaces of the system, thereby de
stroying tho foundation of thc di ease, and giving
ibu pa tient strength by building up the constitu
tion and assisting nature in doing Its work The
proprietors have >o much faith in Its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred lollara for
any OMS that it fails to cure. Send for list of tes
timonials
BILL ARFS LETTER.
Arp Explains About the Extreme Heat
of July and August.
Atlanta Constitution.
Julius Ciosar was a very great man.
He was a Democrat and the leader of
his party when only thirty-three years
old, and held thc hilliest office before
he was forty. But I don't understand
what made him cut a slice out of the
middle of the year and name it July.
And his son Gus did the same thing
and named it August. If they wanted
to dismember tho year and add two
more months why dident they take it
off the tail end and lap them on to
December. I don't like July nor Au
gust nohow. It seems to rae they get
hotter and hotter as the years roll on.
I can't work in my garden. It is so
warm that I can't gather the vegeta
bles nor mow grass for the cow with
any comfort. I sweat all over with
perspiration and have to change my
garments every day. We don't go to
bed until ll o'clock and can't sleep
good for an hour after, but I -eckon it
will come all right again before long.
I reckon so. It always does. What
ever is is right.
My wife borrowed the baby again
last night. Ever and anon she has to
have a baby to stay over night and
sleep with her to remind her of the
good old times when she nursed her
own and fondled them and patted them
in the restless night. So little Caro
line, who is the youngest .grandchild,
was left with her to comfort her and
it made both happy, for the little thing
loves her grandma and hardly knows
which mother she belongs; to. I got
to sleep about midnight, b at my olfac
tories or esophagus or larynx or throt
tle valve or whatever you call it was
out of order and I suppose I was
snoring pretty lively when I heard r
voice calling me: ''William, Wil
liam." Asleep or awake that uxorian
voice always makes me jump with
alacrity. I hastened over to her cor
ner of the room to see what was tho
matter and ran against thc center
table and a chair and waited, for orders.
Suddenly she whispered: "I just
wanted you to turn over. You snore
so loud you will wake up the baby.
Don't snore so."
With a subdued feeling I started
back to my bed but it was awful dark
and I couldent find the round table
that was in the middle of the room.
Slowly and cautiously I felt my way
when suddenly my no3e collided with
the top of the marj tlepiece. This
guided me to my little bed again and
I assumed a tired and xecumbent posi
tion and ruminated on the battle of life.
But I mustent snore was the order.
The baby mustent be disturbed. This
injunction weighed so heavily upon
me that I was afraid to fall into a deep
sleep and of getting sonorous again,
so I slumbered along and dreamed I
was traveling to heaven or some haven
of rest and on every barn and board
fence and rocky cliff there was a red
letter sign like a patent medicine sign
and it said "Don't Snore ! Don't
Snore! Don't Snore!" and by and
by we reached a high mountain and
there was a youth climbing it with a
banner and I thought it was the ex
celsior chap we used to see in the blue
back spelling book, but as the breeze
unfolded the banner I saw it was
"Don't Snore, Don't Snore." Just
then I was awakened by a gentle
sonorous olfactory sound that came
from the other corner of the room and
so I ventured over there and touched
her tenderly and -7hispered : "Don't
snore ; you will wake up the baby."
This baby-raising business is about
the biggest business I know of and
the most responsible. I was one of
ten that my mother raised, and my
wife has raised ten, and we have rais
ed ten, and it looks like some of our
-posterity are on the same ancestral
line. But there were no grandparents
in our family and we little chaps had
to rough it like Cain and Abel did.
Nowadays it takes two parents and
three or four grand-parents and several
aunts and a nurse and a baby carriage
to raise a child, but that is all right if
the child is blessed with such privi
leges. The dear little things ought to
have a good time in infancy, for trou
ble will surely come when they get
older, and I rejoice that the modern
children have a better time than we
did. I remember the little brown
cradle that we were all rocked in, aDd
when there wasent a baby carriage in
the town. I remember when the
average child had no nurse save its
mother, and she did the housework
and made all thc garments, too, and
dident know she was having a hard
time. The little chaps dident have
their faces washed nor their clothes
changed but once or twice a day and
they were set down on the floor or
the ground and given some home-made
playthings and they, too, dident know
there was anything better. Even the
children of wealthy parents were turn
ed over to. the little darkies and were
happy in their keeping. I remember
when Evan Howell, the political 'iic
tator, was bobbing around with the
little niggers and got so dirty playing
in the sand you couldent spot him nor
tell tother from which. But now his
little grandchildren go around in laces
and ribbons and gold buttons and ride
tn a $40 baby carriage and bathe in a
$40 bath tub, and Evan thinks it is all
right, and I reckon it is. Ours come
as near doing the same thing as they
can and so do everybody clses. lt is
a beautiful trait in human nature to
improve on your own raising and to
sweeten the hardships of childhood.
But the time will come when the boys
and the girls get big enough to bc use
ful and then they should be made to
know it. They should be raised to
habits of industry. The girl of ten
years should help her mother in house
work and in nursing the baby. The
boy of teu should begin with the hoe
in the garden and the ax at the wood
pile. Thc piano is all right and so is
the pony, but work should be mixed
with pleasure. Sometimes I think
there is too much schooling and colleg
ing going on in this generation and
too little work. The curriculum of
our public schools is now nine long
years, say from eight to seventeen,
and then comes three or four more of
college and no work in all that time, 1
no habits of industry, nothing but :
books, books, books. There is hardly
a sweet girl graduate in the State who ?
can make her own dresses. She goes
to the milliner and keeps her poor old :
father on a strain. Perhaps the col
lege boy takes an honor and gets his :
name in the papers and then, of course, ;
he must study law and dabble in poli
tics and depend on the old man for a :
support. These kind of nice, smart,
good-for-nothing boys arc in every
city and town and village. They
know nothing of thc practical concerns '
of life. They couldcut plan a house
nor run a saw mill nor an ice factory ?
nor a brickyard nor even a little farm, i
They know nothing of a 'horticulture
or the science of growing flowers and
evergreens. They couldent hang a
door or make a gate latch or put up a
roller window curtain. But they
know a little Latin and Greek and
Greek and some geometry and perhaps
can tell you whether the deluge came
before or after the flood, and they can
play baseball and football and danoo
the german and wear tanned shoes and
bellybands to perfection, but they are
good boys and so smart and have such
nice manners and winning ways that
their mothers are proud of them, but
their old fathers are serious and per
plexed. College life is very fascinat
ing both to boys and girls, but to most
of them it is a waste of precious time.
Education should be mixed with labor.
It should be hard to get, not easy.
BILL AHP.
Wire Versus Cotton Ties.
COLUMBIA, August 12.-The result
of the test of the wire-bound bale of
cotton at the Champion Compress in
Charleston Tuesday was somewhat of
a disappointment to the Alliance Ex
change people, who are managing the
fight against the Cotton Tie Trust, but
it has not in the least cooled their
ardor nor lessened their determination
to push the fight to the bitter end.
Col. D. P. Duncan, the manager of.
the Alliance Exchange, who witnessed
the test, returned from Charleston
this morning. He is satisfied from
that test that wire ties can be success
fully used as a substitute for the flat
iron ties, and believes that the far
mers of the South will use them until
the trust has been compelled to reduce
the price of hoop ties to something
like that at which they were sold last
year. He is writing to the represen
tatives of the farmers in other States,
urging them to follow the example of
the South Carolina Alliance and resist
the action of the trust in advancing.
the price of hoop ties about 100 per
cent, when the price of iron had only
advanced about 10 per cent. There
does not seem to be much response
from the farmers of the other States,
who are probably content to use hoop
ties, even at the advanced price, since
the ties sell as cotton and there is a
bigger profit from this source on hoop
ties than on wire ties, which are only
about one-half as heavy. At best it
is but a sentiment that Col. Duncan
is fighting for, and. it will bc hard to
get South Carolina fanners to fight for
that sentiment when they get to study
ing about the remark of the Charles
ton cotton factor, who said that he
would substitute hoop ties for all wire
ties on bales of cotton consigned to
him and make a profit of 17 cents a
bale by the exchange, not counting
the value of the wire he would get.
The farmers see no reason why they
should throw away that profit merely
to battle for a sentiment.
Mr. J. H. Berry, the inventor of the
buckle used in the test in Charleston,
is the secretary of the Alliance Ex
change. He believes the buckle will
answer all the purposes for which it
was designed. He says that the buck
les used in Charleston were rather
smaller than he intended the buckles
to be, which was due to the hurry
with which they were made in Colum
bia so as to be sent to Charleston to
prevent delay in making the test.
With a larger buckle he thinks the
fastening can bc done more quickly.
Another disadvantage of the test in
Charleston, he says,, was the use of
hard wire tires. Annealed wire ties
have been ordered for use on the next
bale shipped for testing. The anneal
ed wire is more pliable, and it will
take less time to loop it.-Special to
News and Courier.
Faithful Dog.
The loyalty of a well-bred pointer
dog to his work is remarkable. A
writer in The American Field gives
the following instance :
"More than a month ago I was re
turning home from Old Dominion's
Kennel at White Post, Va., with my
latest purchase, Comrade, and while
visiting my cousin in Elkhart, 111.,
one morning, he'wanted me to kill him
some plovers. I drove .out on his
farm,-taking Comra.de with me. I saw
a buDch of plovers and tried to sneak
up to them, but they flushed, keeping
Comrade at heel, the birds flying close
to some osage orange brush. While
creeping up again I missed the dog,
and looking back I -saw him on a
staunch point (one of those twisted
points, with his body one way and his
head the other). Is ot knowing that
he was pointing I walked back and be
fore I had taken eight steps the dog
jumped back and changed his position
but held held his point. I then ran
up and to my surprise heard a rattle
snake, which had struck the dog and
was ready to strike again when I shot.
Just after shooting close to the snake
out flew a Bob White. The dog held,
stood, never rushing, but watched the
bird fly away. I then went to my
spring wagon, and drove as fast as I
could to the town of Elkhart. There I
procured a pint of whiskey, mixed it
with a pint of milk, and gave it to
Comrade. Thc dog then became
drowsy, fell asleep, and never awoke
until next morning, apparently none
the worse for the snake bite. He is at
present here with me in good condi
tion, not showing any effect at all of
the bite, but just a small scar above
the eye."
Baths on thc Train.
And now a bathing car for railways
bas been patented. Henceforward
there is no reason why persons travel
ing should be annoyed by the inci
dental dust and cinders. If they feel
?oilcd they can jump into a bath tub,
presently emerging therefrom clean
and freshened. The patent bathing
sar has a double row of little rooms
running from one end to the other, on
either si J of the isle. Each room
contains a bath tub and may be closed
by a sliding door, so that the strictest
privacy is secured' Each room has a
window to afford light and may be
furnished with every luxury and con
venience to be found in a hotel of the
first class. Hot water is supplied
from the locomotive, or steam may be
used, likewise obtained from the en
gine by means of pipes runniug under
the train to heat the water for bath
ing. The water for the baths is sup
posed to be contained in a tank on the
roof of the car. To each bath is to be
attached an apparatus for a shower
bath. In closets in the attendants'
rooms are to be stored such prepara
tions as are requisite for furnishing
imitation sea water or any sort of
medicated baths that may also be pro
vided. Of course, the attendants will
understand the art of massage. At
one end of the car will be a barber's
ihair. I
All Sorts ot Paragraphs.
- It is ignorance that delights in >
controversy.
- The British aristocracy includes
14,000 persons.
- It is said 21 bicycle factories 1
failed up in June.
- It is th e hasty word repressed
that makes speech golden.
- If you are successful the world
will forgive you for everything else.
- In every occupation there is but.
one safe rule, and that is always to di
one's best.
- Taking it year in and year out,
the coldest hour of each 24 is 5 o'olook
in the morning.
- Tte average walking pace of a
healthy man or woman is said to be
75 stepii a minute.
- Dr.Oinanza,ofVienna,has invent
ed a me -hod of photographically regis
tering the pulze beats. ^
- According to the most reliable
estimates, the world contains to-day
280,000,000 grown women.
- The physiologists say that the ?0
right side of the brain is of more im- J
portance to organic life than the left.
- A fossilized tooth of some ex- .
tinct species of animal recently found
in Cedar County, Nebraska, ' weighs- '..'?
14$ pounds.
- Rira pie-Does your wife obey : 3
you as she promised to do at the altar?
Simple-Well, the fact is I never
dared to test her.
- Moral courage is the only true J
courage. The other is possessed by <Sg|
all thing3 in common. The snake has |||
it as well as the lion.
-The latest style of waltzing is call- ^
cd tandem.She stands with her back to 1
her partner, who holds her right hand
extended while her left hand is put be
hind her.
- Lyell, the geologist, says : At a
period comparatively recent all that
portion ol: the United State? south of
the Black Hills was under from 500 to
900 feet cf water.
- On the eastern coast oil Ireland
it rains on an average of 208Hays in
the year ; in England about 150 days ;
at Kazan about 90 days, and in Sibe
ria only 60 days.
- A German physician naya? that
thrist arises from the loss of liquid in.
food whi:h is cooked. He advises
fresh fruit and oysters for medicine in
gout and indigestion.
- Twenty-four governments, in
cluding thc United States, Japan,
China, Persia and nearly all the Euro- -
pean countries, ha.ve given official
notice that they will exhibit in Paris
in 1900.
- A nurse girl in St. Louis waa i.;>i?
discharged without her wages. She
took the baby with her, and refused
to tell where it was until her wages
were paid, claiming that shehad alien
on her former charge.
- Only 70 years have elapsed since
the first railway in t?e world was fin-:
ished. During thtit* comparatively
brief period -400,000 miles have been
constructed, the British empire ac
counting for about one-sixth.
- The children of the blackest Af
ricans are born whitish. In ?. month *'
they become pale yellow, in a year
brown, at Four dirty black, at six or
seven glossy black. The change is in
the mucus membrance below the cu
ticle.
- Lemons are u?ed for soap in
many countries where they grow.
When the men and women of the
West Indies want to wash their hands
they squeeze the juice of a lemon over
them briskly in water until they are
clean.
- Husband-These trousers that I - . H
want to wear at the fishing party have
not a single brace britton on. Wife
(sweetly)-Then, John, if your party
is drowned, I shall be able to identify
your body from the oiihers. Husband
(savagely)-No you won't; the others
are all married men, too.
- Six weeks ago I suffered with a
very severe cold; was almost unable to
speak. My friends all advised me to
consult a physician. Noticing Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy advertised
in the St. Paul Volks Zeitung I pro
cured a bottle, and after taking it a
short while was entirely well. I now
most heartily recommend this remedy
to anyone suffering with a cold. WM.
KEIL, 678 Selby Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
For sale by Hill Bros.
- If we only could recognize them,
probably we should be surprised to
see how oftenr a piece of money re
turns to us, and wouldn't it be inter
esting if we could trace their travels?
A Yinalhaven merehant has thought
of this several times lately as he look
ed at his favorite pocket piece. He
stamp 2d his; name on it 25 years ago
when a young man working at Hurri
cane and sent it out on its wanderings.
He did not see it again until n few
days ago, when somebody gave it to
him in exchange for a bag of fruit.
He does not mean to part with it.
again.-Lewiston Journal. -
Since 1878 there have been nine
epidemics of .dysentery in different
parts of the country in which Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy was used with perfect suc
cess. Dysentery, when epidemic, is
almost as severe and dangerous as
Asiatic cholera. Heretofore tho best
efforts of the most skilled physicians
have failed tc check its ravages, this
remedy, however, has cured the most
malignant cases, both of children and
adults, and under the most trying con
ditions, which proves it to be the best
medicine in the world for "bowel com
plaints. For sale by Hill Bros.
- Two amateur hunters in . the
northern woods, not long ago, taw a -
deer, and both fired at once. ''That
is my deer," said A; "I shot it."
"No, you did not," hotly replied B.
"It is my deer, because I killed it."
A third party was approaching the
deer from the opposite direction, with
fury in his eye aad a club in his hand.
"Which of you two rascals shot, my
calf?" roared ohe farmer. "That fel
low, B, just now told me he did it."
said A. And B, now thoroughly
alarmed for his personal safety, an
swered : "He lies. He shot it him
self, I saw him do it, and I'll swear to
it."
- My little boy, when two years of
age, was taken very ill with bloody
flux. I was advised to use Chamber
lain's Colic, Colera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, and luckily procured pa?t of
a bottle. I carefully read the direc
tions and gave it accordingly. Hewas
very low, but slowly and surely he
began to improve, gradually recovered,
and is now as stout and as stron,; as
ever. I feel sure it saved his life! I
never can praise the Remedy hall' its
worth. I am ?orry every one iv the
world docs not know how good it is,
as I do.-Mrs. Lina S. Hinton, Gra
hamsville,. jfclarion Co., Florida*. For
sale by Hill Bros.