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Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
A North Carolina Hermit.

In cutting through a gorge in the
Blue Ridge Mountains, near Buncombe
County, North Carolina, recently, a
party of convicts, in charge of Captain
w. c. Troy, at work on railroad,
found an ancient hermitage dug out Of
the side of the mountain, in q secluded
place. 1t was rude hut, constructed
with few poles and boards, with one
window with single pane, 8x6, to ad-
NIT the light. The only occupants were
an old hermit, who has lived there more
than fifty years, = large yellow dog. a
big cat and raccoon. The appear
ances were those of happy family. In
conversation with the old man, Captain
Troy found him very ignorant. He
never had seen steam-engine
OF a railroad, and was great
lv disturbed because the laborers
interfered with his home. His bed
clothes were large bear-slSins sewed to-
gether, with beautiful buck hide as his
fancy spread to use on big occasions.
The brackets on the walls were Of i'm
mense deer horns, and the gun rack
over the door was OF the same material.
The old fellow is great singer, and
amused the Captain greatly with vocal
music. Chicago Times.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
WOMEN AS INVENTORS.
What Joseph IIatton Writes from Engian'
on This Subject.

What Joseph IIatton Writes from England
This Subject.
A list of American women patentees
has called the attention of social re-
formers to this interesting subject, and
while the number on this side of the
Atlantic of women who have taken out
patents for new inventions is very small
indeed, when compared with those of
the United States, the number of
patents granted to women from July,
1884, to the end of March in the cur
rent year of 1885, shows a great in
crease on previous years, and is not
without special interest at the present
moment. 1t is, however. noticeable
that while American women soar right
into the masculine atmosphere of
mechanical and scientific research and
invention, Englishwomen are mostly
content with what is generally re-
garded by men as their own particular
sphere. While an American woman
inyents the Burton horseshoe machine,
an Englishwoman takes out . patent
for an improved rea-soup; while Mrs.
Mary E. Waltren perfects q system for
deadening the sound Of elevated rail-
roads, her English sister, governess,
patents registering label and
means of attachment to boots and shoes
at hotels and other establishments;
while Mrs. A. H. Manning invents
new moving and reaping machine on
your side of the water, the English
widow of bookseller registers i'm
provements for the manufacture of
bread; Mrs. Mather, in the United
States, improves the deep sea telescope,
and Mrs. Jones. of England. makes
compound sardine paste, and so on.
Not that would infer there is no cvi-
dence of higher mechanical genius than
is represented in these English patents,
for, among others. women have taken
ont papers for improvements in piano.
forte kcy-boards, in the manufacture
Of non-aleoholic beverages from fruits,
and improvements in connection with
circular frame knitters. The compari-
son have given above is, nevertheless,
just one, although it may fairly be
said for Englishwomen that just as they
are only now entering upon course
of social and political freedom, they
are only beginning to take up the role
of inventors. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
A NEW THEORY.
prok. Nordenshjold's Startling Idea Con-
cernIng COsmic Creation.


And now comes Prof. Nordenskjold,
the great Swedish explorer, and with a
new theory of his own calmly knocks
over all former ideas concerning cosmic
creation. The ideas of Newton, Pas
chall and Laplace are set aside and the
declaration made that this earth of ours
and all and sundry other stars, planets,
comets and satellites with their respec-
tive rings, tails, horns and other ap-
purtenances, are nothing more nor less
than just so many agglomerations OF
meteoric dust. The assertion is bound
to lead to sharp and perhaps pro-
loneed scientific controversy, pending
which, however, it is to be supposed
that tho earth will continue to afford us
her seed time and harvest, summer and
winter, food and drink as usual. At
least, if these customary gifts should be
suspended until the philosophers are able
to demonstrate what they say they be-
lieve about the worlds origin, there
are some people who would go both
thirsty and hun gry.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
VALUE OF TIME.
Lessons to Be Learned from the Life OF tn,
Late Frank Hatton.

Lessons to BE Learned from the Life Of the
Late Frank Hatton.
One of the most interesting points in
the character of Frank Hatton, the
young naturalist who was accidentally
killed while making explorations in
Borneo, is his appreciation of the value
of time. He declared it to be the duty
of every one to see as much of the
world, and to do as much in it, as is
possible, in the short period allotted to
humanity "Time flies" was the motto
which urged him to eXertion. A young
man when he died, he had shown the
greatest promise for the future, and
this because he uniformly acted upon
his determination to make the most of
every moment belonging to the present.
''Hc gets to the bottom Of things; he
can't help it, said one who knew him
at what might have been called the be-
ginning of his career. eff there is any
thing in Borneo, he will find it"
Moreover, he had no time to waste
in complaints or worry. Not at all
accustomed to the hardships of travel
in uncivilized lands, he met priva-
ton and annoyances with a cheer
full spirit, eating his rice, day
in and day out, as if he were quite con-
tent with the unvarying native diet.
During his residence in England, and
while he was still very young, he re-
ceived an unexpected rebuff from an
editor, whom he had unintentionally
offended After the momentary veXa-
ton had passed, he could say, with a
smile: Little things will never bother
me. One hasn't time''
He was not in the least, however,
what healthy and fun-loving young
peple call "a prig." His father, a low
ing biographer, declares he has no
time to waste, simply because, 'when
he was not working, he was playing,
and he did both with all his might.
He entered into his recreations with
the same energy that characterized
him at work." In the sports and
healthful amusements of young men,
he distinguished himself as signally
as in his scientific studies. For certain
things he could not find time-for gen.
uine work and genuine play; but for
indolent lounging, which is like men
tai and moral opium habit, life was
too short and too precious YOUTHS
Companion.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
A DESERTED VILLAGE.
The Last Shanty of Froetown, Maryland
Is Tottering.


Is Tottering.
They were talking about dead mining
camps. "I have seen dead camps"
said the man from the east shore OF
MARYLAND, "and have seen dead oil
towns, but the deadest town ever saw
was the remains of the once prosperous
Frogtown down on Delaware Bay. 1t
was once a station on one of the first
railroads built in this country, line six
miles in length. l passed through the
place last week. The engine stopped
for water or something, and l saw q
gaunt, hungry-looking girl, clothed i'll a
greasy calico wrapper, reaching out OF
the door of howell and tearing of q
clapboard. 1t was the last board. All
the rest had been pulled off before for
| firewood, and all the other houses in the
town had gone the same way. This was
| the last house and the last inhabitant.
As soon as the gaunt, hungry woman
completes her work of destruction she,
too, will 60.
..Thcy used to have accidents on the
| roads in those old days" continued the
Mafylanucf, mcuitatfciy. 1iIo S"AS
were wheeled over wooden rails COW
| cred with thin iron strips nailed down
to the wood The ends of these rails
used to curl up and run through the
floors of the cars and out through the
| roof. Usually there would be man on
the end of 'em. And it sometimes
| took several hours to pick him oil.
"They make all sorts Of fun of East
shore people," he continued, after a
pause, land some of the inhabitants are
| queer specimens. They grow on trees,
| you know; some drop off before they
are ripe, and that accounts for the vari-
etv of the fruit. You will meet men
with one cheek bone two inches higher
than the other, others with one side Of
their mouths turning down and the
other side turning up; some without
any chins, others with chins extending
out like horns; some with feet and
hands Ike hams, others misshapen and
bent and warped and twisted out of all
semblance to humanity. A new gen.
Grafton is springing up, however, and
the latest born are very like other NOR
tails. Soon nothing will be left of the
East-shorc men but tradition. ~ Chicago
| NegCS.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
RATS ON BOARD SHIPS.
The Peculiar Lawsuit Recently Tried BE.
fore a British Court.

The Peculiar Lawsuit Recently Tried Be.
fore . British Court.
A commercial case of much interest
to shippers has been decided in the
English High Court of Justice. Messrs.
Pandorf & Co., rice merchants, of
Mincing Lane, London, sued Messrs.
Hamilton, Frazer & Co., ship-owners,
claiming fifty thousand dollars damage
done to a cargo of rice from Burmah.
During the voyage hole was made in
the vessel by rat OF rats and water
entered the ship and damaged the car
go. The plaintiffs maintained negli-
gence on the part of the defendants.
At the trial the jury found that the rats
did not 60 on board with the rice and
that the defendants used reasonable
precautions to keep down the rats.
The question argued before Lord
Justice Lopes was whether the damage
caused by the rats came withis the or
dinary exceptions of the bill of lading,
and whether the damage was caused by
a peril of the sea. In that sense Mr..
Cohn, @. c., argued that the defend
ants in their position of common car
riers were liable for negligence, and
except so far as the liability was altered
by express contract, the ship-Owner
could only excuse himself by saying
that the damage arose from perils OF
the sea, by the act of God or through
the Queens enemies, and the cases
quoted showed that damage done by
the rats was not peril peculiar to
navigation.
Mr.. Bingham submitted, on be.
half of the defendants, that where
there was no human contribu-
tory negligence, the cause must
come under the head of perils of the
sd. The ship started in proper con-
dition, as far as vermin was concerned,
and everything that foresight could do
was done to keep the vermin down. He
instanced the case of a swordfish driv-
ing its sword into ship and causing a
leak, and said there was at Liverpool
a curiosity consisting of plank of a
ship with the sword Of the swOrdfish
driven through it.
Lord Justice Lopes-You say q rat
inside is equivalent to swordfish out
side?
Mr. Bingham-Yes.
Lord Justice Lopes, who had previ.
ously suggested the case might be de-
scribed as ''scuttling by rats" said:
II can not accept the view that the
ship was unseaworthy because she
might have a rat on board. Few ships
are without rats on board" And he
concluded that the damage came under
the head of sea damage not due to any
fault of the defendants, and gave judg-
ment for them accordingly, but stayed
the execution with the view of an ap-
peal.
1t was suggested by q Queens coun.
sci that special clause of bills Of lad
ing as to rats would be useful, and he
added, quoting the old adage: .'The
presence of rats on board a ship is
prima facie evidence of her seaworthi.
ness. "-Philadelphia North Americas
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
SELF-CONTROL.
A Trait Whose Beauty and Power Can Not
Be Over-Estimatcd.

A Trait Whose Beauty and Power Can Not
Be Over-Esiimatcd.
Who does not admire the power and
beauty of this trait! To my mind, it
more than any other gives honor and
dignity to its possessor. Witness two
cases of behavior under provocation.
Abuse borne in quiet patience awakens
for the sufferer our ready sympathy;
while one who RACES and vows vcnge-
ance on his prosecutor loses part of our
pity, in the scorn which he provokes.
There is greatness in the one who holds
himself in submission. If it is 'better
to rule ones own spirit, than to take
city," how much better than
to WELD, through selfshness, the
wills of our friends There are
those who, if fearful of losing
their own way, will indulge in fit Of
passion. even to bringing on illness,
making all the other members of the
family feel obliged to lay aside their own
feelings and walk with the greatest fear
of exciting such consequences. Cases
have been known where this person was
not child but the wife and mother of
grown-up family. Father and children
may develop an unusual amount of kind
thoughtfulness, rendering them very
pleasing; but, alas! it can not prevent
the contempt they must feel for the self
ish and passionate wilfulness which has
wrought in them this result. Dear read
ers! You can not afford to grow into
such q character. Commence early to
practice self-control. - Christian at Work.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
Mr. Whittier dislikes. for himself,

biographies and biographers. "Of
course, I am glad" he said to recent
visitor, s'to have thee tell my friends
anything about me they care to know;
but such fame as man gets from books
written about him after he is dead seems
@ me worth very little. l have never
thought of myself as poet in the sense
in which we use the word when we
speak of the great poets. l have just
said from time to time the things L
had to say, and it has been series
3 of surprises to me that people should
oav so much attention to them and re-
member them so long"
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
Lon don would seem to be Fast

coming the paradise of domestic serv-
ants. A lady living in Regent.
Park, advertising for q cook and house.
maid. announces that they Twill he al
lowed. the use of piano and late din
ner." They will also be allowed out
two nights week and every other Sun
day. So considerate an employer has
right to require that candidates shall
be furnished with highest testimoni-
als.i'
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30

.-Ex-Governor Foster, Of Ohio, says
that some of the hardest work he did
While IN Congress was the preparation
OF speech on silver, and that some OF
the wisest work he did was not deliver
ing it after il was finished.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
SAT a recent Prss;d;, - p,a,c.

-"At recent Presiding Ed ers' Con.
7ention in New York, member mar
:ated G tale Of two boys in his district:
5 donkey was passing BY. Said one
bay to another, Do you know what that
iss' WAY, yes. ha answered that is q
aankey. ] haye sosa lot= of them ii Inc
shSslaslssi sseGsn = lf=sgsIssa EIhTsssss
zfs.'sAssEEs Fit
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
The British Museum has now a

partment entirely devoted to news
papers, which is a great convenience.
The number of readers by special
ticket has now increased SO largely
thss although only adalts ara adm.ttea,
maye room viii spoa hgya 10 as ps1
''ssa er sis ssy!ss::ss llsaIlasA
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
In the HCSpi.1lS,

Baltimore and Philadelphia hospital ply
sicians are prescribing the new proprietary
medicine, Ped Star Cough Cure. 1t contains
neither morphia, opium, norany other lnJu-
rious ingredients. The price is only % cents.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30

A DESIRABLE thing in gloyes-A warm
lining.-Boston Courier.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30

LOVE Is little confidence game, in which
both parties are taken in~-by the clergy
man-Detr0I Free Press.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30

Ir afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr.. Isaac
Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30

AYERS Cherry Pectoral, in thousands of
cases, has cured cough in a few days.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30

PEOPLE we must put up with-Hotsl
keepers.-LomeU Citizen.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30

For removing dandruff and promoting the
growth of the hair, use Halls Hair Renewer
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30

TIE sigh of the eamstress-A-hem.-S
PouI Herald.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30

Plies TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in l minute, 25o
Glenrs's Sulplr1u Soup heals and beautties. Z5c.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30

WHEN trains are telescoped the poor pas
vengers see stars.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
Bulgarian Army Officers.

The Bulgarian army, which, TO the
surprise of everybody, has been so
greatly Distinguishing itself against its
supposedly superior foes is, curiously
enough, commanded by mere youths
There is no officer in the field of higher
rank than that of Major, and the senior
of these passed his first military ex-
animation as recently as 1874. The
commanding officer of the artillery
brigade is only Captain. and passed
into the army in 1873 and the bat
talions and squadrons are commanded
by Lieutenants and sub-Lieutenants.
The Oldest officer in the Bulgarian army
is only thirty-five, and the remainder
average about twenty-seven. Prince
Alexander, who has the chief command,
is but twenty-eight.- Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30
THE MARKETS.

A sNow-pLow is like a bad habit-A
good thing to cut adI.jft.-Bosfon B'tlletia
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-30

Dealers in wild animals in Europe
often Jose twelve thousand dollars q
seer by death OF the animals Tho
praata q TIE deaieys are snogme.:s
HcAtef
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-09-24
Feminine Wit Came to Her A;a

It was not long ago that friend of ours
was travelling with party of excursionists
In the mining regions of Pennsylvania, She
was single lady. and did not know any Of
her male companionseven by namo She went
down into mine with the other tourists, and
with q wonan's natural curiosity thought she
would investigate little for herself The
consequences was that she got lost, and found
herself in labyrinthine passage, whose wind
ings she could not follow to the sunlight.
Vague visions of death by starvation fioated
before her mind, and she was puzzled for
few minutes to know what TO do. Feminine
wit finally came to her aid, and she shouted
at the top of her voice, sJohnn' Presently
the answer came back, What do you wantsn
4 wish You would help me to find my way
out of this hole, was the reply, and almost
Immediately manly form was at her side
which dexteroHsly Tiloted her TO the open
day. She was not acquainted with her kind
cseuer, but she said sle was sure there was
> John in every crowd, and could make no
mistake If sllecalled for him. Boston Budget
aSaunterer.p
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-09-24
Modest Mr.. Nye.

"To those who pant Il a good book with
amusing pictures and grammatical reading
matter on the inside, let me say, Pant no
more /
II will have such volume ready in few
weeks. 1t is now in the hay press, and moist
browed agents with oil-cloth grips are solicit
ing the names of our best people with marked
success.
II have been the author of other books, but
this one is greater in every way than all the
others united 1t is longer, wider and purer.
Mr.. Comstock has paved over it and gone
away perfectly delighted. Mr.. Bergh has ram
sacked its virgin pages and chaste iliustra-
tions, and states that there is in it no
specific violation Of the laws relating to
cruelty to dumb brutes. It has been tested
by the police and tried with acids, and every
body agrees that it is a good book for one and
all.
Everything that could harrow up the feel
ings or provide flow of anguish has been
carefully expunged. have had two rapid
expungers from the east working ON it night
and day for several weeks.
"The book will explain good many things
that have heretofore remained unexplained,
such as spots on the sun, how to make good
paste for wall paper that will not shrink the
room when applied, how to win the affections
of capital, how to write for the press, how to
set bread, how to purify the liver without
removing it. Personal "reminiscences, expert
ments with starvation; in all, over 600 pages
Of thinks that have thought.
"Had l not full confidence and childlike
faith in the beauty and merit of the book,
money would not hire me to thus indorse it.
Yours truly, "BILL NYE."
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-09-24

When his 1nlQuI- roSc hA1MoND.
ties began to pile up so that there was
danger of his being imprisoned, he turned
his face eastward, leaving trail of swindles
across the continent and along the Atlantic.
seaboard and in Europe. Hisexploits will be
recalled in Virginia City and on The Denver
Tribune, in Ogden, Omaha, Chicago and on
The Times and Enquirer, of Cincinnati. Here
he got into an alteration with the circus
owner Robinson's son, and a scar which he
received then has done him good service in
his stories of his alleged war experiences.
In 1877 he was on The Baltimore American
and later in Philadelphia, and finally ON The
New York Herald, where he wrote the de-
tails of President Garfeld's sickness and
death He was doing first class work, max
ing S125 week and swindling right and left.
About this time he learned that a Miss Lizzie
Linderman, whom he had known in Calf
fornia had fallen heir to 100000. He made
violent love to her on paper, induced her to
come east, married her and squandered her for
tune He then paid attention to doctors
WIFE The doctor, getting one of Raymonds
pictures from her room, used it for pistol
practice for several weeks so as to familiarize
himself with Raymond's features. After
ward he is said to have used the pistol on
himself
His career from this time on could scarcely
be credited, He made tour of the southern
states marked by u constant succession of
swn,llcs and escapes. After touching at Bos-
ton he started news bureau in London. Ho
was next war correspondent in Egypt. Then
be turned up In Australia and escaped trou-
bile there by fleeing to the Sandwich Islands.
Tie was next heard of in the East indies. I'm
Calcutta lie ran house with forty-eight SER
wants and the richest of equipages, In 1894
be loomed up again ip Paris in a red fcz and
Turkish costume as Raymond Bey, repre-
sentative of the khedive of Egypt In few
days he disappeared, leaving fabulous hotel
and other bills unpaid. He then made raid
on our foreign consuls and few of them cs-
eaped.
Raymond hos undoubted genius as a
svindler 1t was the experience of those who
knew him that he could 60 into place per-
feet stranger and in few hours SO work
upon the credulity of people he met that they
would be more than willing to trust linn with
anything. As he usually wanted to be
trusted, this mesmerizing faculty stood him
In excellent service. It is estimated that only
a small portion of bis exploits are known. 1t
Is to be hoped be will now be effectually
Gagged