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Richland beacon., 1888-04-14
Seen I'm the Embers.

''It will storm in twenty four hours"
said my friend. "How so." "Oh! the
embers are white. Do you sec." he adds
quietly. "Watch that re,l one. See!
Hegrows paler and paler, and now pearly
ashy white, and therel he dies, He is
telling story, and it begins with snow
and ends with snow, and there is snow
in the interval. 1t is my barometer,
these embers, and like to watch them.
Sometimes they turn black when pulled
into the air. That means rain, and if l
was hnying would accept the word and
make ready for it. Sometimes they
would turn white and then black. That
is snow followed by rain. Sometimes it
is black followed by white. That IS rain
followed by snow. The more solid and
perfect the white, the heavier the fall of
snow. The same of the black and the
rain it presagcs. Why, sir, these en-
bers would tell the whole story if you
would cnly hearken to them. Some
times they don't just hit it, but 1 have
foretold some of the biggest storms of the
season in years gone by"
''How do thCy tell fair weather."
"Howi Why, simply the ember burns
out, glowing well down to the last. Why
shouldn't it. Less moisture in the air,
anil more air to free combustion. The
cmberd ar, all right l say. am in
clined 10 play with them, and yet have
lots of fellows who come here for my
latest weather bureau reports, just as
though these were based en- the eternal
things of mathematics. Probably they
are. There certainly must be much of
mathematical exactness even in the dy-
ing embers. God didn't make anything
to die away more than to be 'orne
away" Just here the cat yawns and the
winds whistle. Everybody else tells us
that the embers predicted the recent big
snow storm forty-eight hour. in advance.
and said that it would be Of unexsmpled
severity.
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14
COTTON RECEIPTS.

The total receipts from the plantations
since September 1, 1887, are $3.50, 306
bales, IN 1867 were S, 154, 35l bales; in
1856 were 5,195, SS3 bales. Although
the receipts at the outports the past week
were 80, 563 bales, the actual movement
from plantations was only 26,3G2 bales,
the balance being taken from the stocks
at the interior towns. Last year the re-
ceipts from the plantations for the same
week were IS, 36O bales, and for 1886
they were j.473 bales
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14
POISONED BY BLONOINE.

A sad case of insanity was developed
in Louisville, KY, from using "b.ondine"
for bleaching the hair. Six months ago
Louise Starr, girl about twenty years
old, ,~commenced to blondine her raven
hair. The poison of the dye affected her
brain and finally dethroncd her mind,
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14

Miss Clara Ito Featherly. who is max
ing an evening calD-Poor little Bobby
swallowed . penny to-day, and we'ye
been 90 much worried about il.
etheriy (somewhat at q loss for o
word Of encouragement)-Oh, 1 would
not worry, Miss Clara; . penny isn't
much,
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14
GOSSIP.

Attorney ncra. Earle, of South Car
olila, argued case before the United
States Supreme Court, Louis d. DeSaus-
sure against Peter G. Gaillard, involving
the validity of $500, 600 of South Care
lima bonds
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14
THEY HA DYNAM TIE,

Five miners brought frc m South Pitts.
burg, Tenn. were locked up at Chatta.
nooga on a charge of larceny. They
were examined By the jailer, and five
dynamite cartridges were found on them
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14
MYSTERIES OF A DAY.
NOTABLE EVENTS THOUGHT
WORTHY OF RECORD.
Log-The WaSsidc Tramp-The
Hanging Delayed-A Naughty Girl
"A Western Boom, etc, etc.
' 1AT&HE THiladelphia Ne0s

HE Philadelphia Ne1s
tolls this in
cident: "What do
You get for car
rying that thingl"
l asked a man yes
terday who W a S
struggling un der
the weight of an
advertising banner
thatappeared twice
too heavy for him.
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14
THE WHITE HOySE.
WHAT THE l.. =. OFFICIALS ARE
DOING.

Two Bills PRs.sd-The Pre.idcut'. Nc..-
age Considered for Bureau An.
Imaf Industry Laid Asids-Direct Tax
biII Canses n Dead lock -Freedmnu'.
bnnk Bill Goes Over Wiihou, Amend.
ment~.
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14
Virginia Delegates to the General
Conference.

Rev. F.. II. Bolden, Rev. w. II
Hunter, Rev. George D. Jimmerson
Rev. ]. Strange.
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14
4 TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.

Engineer John BOdine, Conductor John
Clarke and Fireman Boyce were standing
on the ground beside large mogul en-
gine on the Erie railroad, at Craigvillc, N.
Y, when the engines boiler exploded,
hurling the boiler several hundred feet
over the stream and into an adjoining
fed. The fire tox was thrown high into
the air and down into the stream. A
heavy iron rod was thrown a quarter of a
mile, and other parts of the machine
scattered in all directions. Only the
heavy driving wheels were left on the
track. The engineer and fireman were
thrown on either side of the track, and
when assistance came they were dead, and
the conductor died soon after.
NOTI. T.: WILBEKTORCE UNITER.
SITY.
Wilberforce Quarto- Centennial Ami
versary having important business to
transact with every graduate and under
graduate of WilberfOrce University, we
ask every one who can, to forward ms as
many addresses of ex-students as he may
know-not forgetting his own if he be
one. Address,
Miss. A. II. JONES.
Sec'y Com. OH Fine Arts,
Will,erforce, Greene Co.. o.
(Pres. S. T. Mitchell, Ch'm'n,
Mrs. w. s. Scarborough,
Com. Miss F. F.,Jones,
Miss NJ. F. Roberts,
Miss A. ii. Jones.
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14
An Editor Paid With Oysters.

Who would look for humor in a con-
sular reportl The English Consul at
Baltimore, in a report to his Govern
ment on the oyster fisheries Of Mary
land, gays:
"In some of the lower counties, down
the Chesapeake Bay, oysters pass as
current money, and in one town which
boasts of weekly newspaper large per-
centage of its readers pay their subscrip-
tons to it in oysters; thus the editor re-
ceives from $50 ~ sushels of oysters
yearly, which he6 forced to consume in
his own family; ia, as oysters are de-
clared by the faculty TO be most effica-
cious in producing and increasing brain
power, it is to be hoped that the sub
scribers to that journal get good value
for their oysters.
IT is proposed during the present ses-
s;o- OF PS-i.s7nc' - p'.s, 'he Suffers
Relief bill to unlse tho cali;1r OF Darr;s-
ters and solicitors. 1t provides that
every suitor shall he heard by either
barrister or solicitor before anv tribunal
and that counsel shall be entitled to
practice a. solicitors and yic0 versa.
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14
Table Of Advertising Rates

8 Tasie OF Advertising Rates
'aecommended by the Louisiana Press Asso-
clation sor adoption by the publishers of
country newspapers in this State, in ac-
agents:
Transient advertising, one inch, one time,
SL'o; each subsequent time, 75c
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14
Terms Of Subscriptiou.

communications must reach this Office by
or oeiore Thursday mornings, if they appear
"a the first issue after they are received, and
fay noon.
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14

n original ''board Of tr.ds"-shipboard.
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14

10 cents per line, each insertion, for read
5lg matter or local notices. % per cent. ad-
1ed to qbOve rates for each change of yearly
saif yearly or quarterly advertisements.
iositively no reduction from the above
"As tor The accommodation of any one.
Cash must accompany every order unless
ne advertiser or agent is known by the pro-
'rietor to be u responsible party
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14

ACE. NO. 3 MOS 6 MOS. o MOS. 12 MOS
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14

he above rates.
Richland beacon., 1888-04-14

The fellow dropped the handle of the
banner on the pavement and looked up
with broad grin.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-07
Cause Of Mental Dyspepsia

Teachers have often told ne that they
do not require their pupils to study at
home. Doubtless they spoke the truth.
They should have gone farther; they
should not have allowed their pupils to
study at home; and if their injunctions
to that effect were not sufficient they
should have made them known to the
parents and have insisted upon their en-
forcement. Many children are ambitious
TO excel in their classes or have an in
satiable desire for knowledge, the result
of an abnormally developed brain They
should no more be allowed 70 use that
organ 20 excess than they should be per
mitted to overload their stomachs with
variety OF food. Yet parents who would
unhesitatingly cut off the extra piece Of
pie for fear Of indigestion viii not hest
tate to encourage the effort to absorb
some additional branch of knowledge.
There is mental dyspepsia, the result of
redundancy, as surely as there is that
form which results from repletion of the
digestive organs.-Dr. William A. Ham
mond IN New FORK World.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-07

CAV, you can imagine how the tecium
and nonotony of this life is made almost
intolerable by the exasperating shoppers
We learn to remember their faces, though.
and even recognize them from their
actions and conversation
The clerks have long since learned to
handle these shoppers very adroitly. We
play q trick called srailroading." When
q shopper comes in and clerk shows her
q few pieces Of goods n his department.
he then begins to e1tol the good quail
ties of some very exquisite designs K
dress goods or shifts the conversation TO
some other counter than his own OF
course, the shopper wants to see the new
goods, and the clerk railroads" her to
the other department and then blesses his
soul that he is nd of her. The second
clerk follows up the plan. and thus the
shopper is '-railroaded" through every de-
partment in the store, and she then
leaves for some other store to go the
rounds in the same style But the shop
per is looked upon by Us as an excrescenee
Of the trade that must be tolerated. and
we treat her as politely as our severely
tested patience viii allow. = Clerk IN
Globe Democrat.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-07
Ieau,s Eat Served Science.

When the great Leary raft went to
pieces of Nantucket last December no
one thought Of regarding it as anything
except an unqualified disaster entaiLng
serious pecuniary loss Oh the owners OF
the raft However, this view was very
erroneous, for it is now found that real
and permanent good has resulted from
the accident The raft was composed OF
thousands OF logs, and of course when it
broke up each log became what may be
termed special observing station for the
photographic Office Since December each
log that has been observed has had its
position noted by passing vessels, and
now, after the lapse OF several months.
the Office at Washington has compiled
these observations and issued carefully
prepared pilot chart. This chart, which
represents tie courses which the logs
took after the raft was broken up. and
the points in midocean in which they
were found, shows at glance the general
direction of the currents. and gives an
object lesson to the mariner that could
scarcely have been given In any other
way.
OF course Mr.. Leary's contribution to
science was an involuntary one. but il
has been no less valuable on that account,
and has advanced the study Of ocean cur
rents in g. way that no one deemed posi-
bic before the disaster occurred One Of
the peculiar features OF the affair is that
what happened was just what the scien-
fists desired, but it was rather too ex-
pensive an experiment to be made volun-
tarily. Thousands Of floating logs on the
Atlantic meant too much danger for ship
ping to permit of the government placing
them there However, no serious disaster
has occurred from collision with any Of
these logs, and the wreck Of the great log
raft has therefore been both instructive
and harmless, except to the gentlemen
who owned it.-Galvestol News.
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-07

4 traveller from Iceland asserts that the
people OF that country are so honest that
crime is almost unknown They never
lock their doors, and but two cases Of
thieving are known 20 have taken place
within many years One wss 81 Icelsnder
who had broken his am. and whose fam
lily IN the winter were suffering for food.
he stole several sheep and was finally de-
tecteo- Re was a. once put under medi-
cal care for his injury. provisions were
furnished for his family, and IN time be
was given work This was Us punish
meat- The other case was a German who
stole seventeen sheep he was in com
Portable circumstances ard the theft was
malicious his punishment was TO sell
AL his property, restore the value Of his
thefss AID leave the country, or be exc
cUteG de left Ct o1ce.-Chicaro Hersld
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-07
The Kid Grew We>sv.

Laughing over the story recently told
about the old Chatham theatre, W. B.
Gregg recalls that in 1916 or lS47 sn old
actor named Kirby was the favorite there.
Kirby was strong on melodrsma and
could die so pathetically that he always
captivated the house in that scene Once
he was going through a particularly dull
play and kid in the pit grew weary.
Stretching himself for nap he requested
his nearest neighbor in tone Clearly
audible. Wake ne up when Kirby
dies
The expression raised hurrah- The
curtain was rurg down and KIRBY was
obliged 10 make speech Wake ne up
when Kirby dies" was q Bovery express
sion from that time down 10 very
short time aSo--New York Evening
World
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-07
Daily = eagle
The RUINED Castle.

The north wind sweeps amid the leafes trees.
Tearing the ivy from the castle wan.
While borne along upon the stormy bree1s
The ice cold raincrops fan
Ali in this brave cid castle long ago
Mirth used to reign, with childhooc,s gfeerr,
singing,
When Christmas came, with softly falling snow,
And Joy bells gladly ringing.
But now the once warm hearth is dull and cold,
The stout old walls are crumbled, rent and
broken
And the Wild night bird screams, where nzusht
OF old
Was heard, save kind words spoken
The hands thai clasped, the hearts that warmly
beat
Are laid 70 rest beside the restless wave:
And few there be who come on friendly feet
To lay loves token on the messy grave.
But this Life is not all; kind hands viii meet
Once more within q fairer world than ours
And our lost little ones on JOYOUS feet
VIII gather heavenly flowers
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-07

Tia EnTR vics0h - rrUu1psd thss
% hsoEEpAy q EAs~ frsx shah BE- pub-
ISasd fur fve yex1 nv i 10 drnd Il =
sAc<R1 sAE1<0D At rrUuk
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-07
,u- nzuurs OF rsscr.r1A

German scientists have Just laid bare the
latest haaii.s u bacteria The surfaces Of
coins are found 70 be coated with them, and
with species characteristic Of putref2ctioa
Old bank notes snd even new ones are alive
with micro organisms, which, in fact, would
seem to abound on al objects which are ex-
posed 70 frequent handling. Her
IL
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-07

Mach has been written abogt the way fo
which tie proprieenrs OK E1an candy ssores
adjacent 70 school houses II this city cater %
depraved sasts IN Their small pae-uos through
tire fo6iscr;uinase sale q GSa-ees9 sd tie
Introduction Of Al snrss Of .p<iae packag-'
gambling dsviceS Ttere Is Ee nAn vho
TITS place of sAis sort across tie way tcn
SoCtd SIDE school hocse who taxes rhe gaia
money ard tic hels for r,eanneR OF course
he sells cigarettes, a1d be has taken sdva1-
tsse q the caEdrn's q.D fx the -e1Sa1sss
psct-- These be 0rsfaliy removes frurs
al tie packages u his stock AID pcddis shez.
cut as tie rata o< tEo for . cent 10 The fssxls
ooIIecarrA SIS nerve wo1d b Aeood uiro-
rops ser1yh which sDSraJ Id pEtsGpA-
Chicago E9-A.d
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-07

OF al the troublesome people n the
world the confirmed shoppers are surely
with some hdies. and generally fron the
to tear down every sample OF fne en-
broiderv xnd lace, and, lot satisfied with
seeing yard or SO of it. they invariably
want several yards uuwound. But they
rarely bay any Of the goods Il they do
buy, it Is Of . cheaper grade Now. when
has space of about twenty Eve feet IN
length and only four feet II width behind
the counter. I'll The long hours car after
Wichita eagle., 1888-10-07
Christian Police Association.

Fire years ago a Christian Police asso-
citation was organized in London 1t now
has a membership Of 1900 and 15j
branches, which extend as far as Singa-
pore, Tasmania, South Africa, and Canada
New YORK Sun
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05

him quite paid-I'm figuring on
some plan to work the draft on
Canada, and if can I'll bet it will
finish the war pretty quick. S'pose
1 can make it%
"Why-oh, I wouldn't be surpris-
ed if you could"
Pm going to try it anyhow. Do
you know anything about loading
a cannon~
"Well, not much"
~ have an idea that the powder
goes in first and then the bullet but
I may be wrong. guess perhaps
it wouldn't make much difference
for the first few times till could
catch on. I have q lot of petitions
here from widows and orphans ask
ing that l sign pension bills fol-
them, and 1 think they will make
first-rate stuff to wad a cannon
with-I'll try anyhow. Get uI
there with the umbrella, Lamont
till 1 drill you a little. About
face! Fold-arms! At-ten.shun
Load--gun! Shotgun! Stand-gur
in-corner! Sit-downw
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05
Don't Co, Johnny, Don't Col"

An indignant father, in Mary
vile, recently ordered his hayward
son to leave home, on account of
the sons bad conduct. Sadly the
boy gathered the very few articles
of this worlds goods that belonged
to him, babe his mother, brothers
and sisters fearful farewell, cast
a long, yearning, last look at the
home of his childhood, shouldered
his bundle and started out to fight
the battles of life. No sooner had
he gone than remorse set in upon
the conscience of the father, who
remembered the boy that had
learned to lisp his name in the era.
die and who was after all his own
flesh and blood. He forgot how
the boy had vexed and worried him
by his bad conduct, and started out
to find him. At length he found
him, but persuasions were vain fol-
a long time, until he began to point
out the trouble the boy would have
in finding food which argument, to-
gether with a quarter Of dollar,
prevailed. They both returned anG
verify l say unto you, there was re
joicing in that family. We coult
hear the last wall of the fatted cal
in the fifth story of the TIMES build
ing.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05
TANNED BY THE BREEZE.
The Grand Old Stars and Stripes
Run up and Two Thousand voices
Applaud the Act.

The beautiful, symmetrical and
lengthy flag pole which has been
seasoning in the summer sun for
several weeks, was raised into mid
air on Monday. A thousand farm
ers came in and lent their hardened
muscles in promoting the cause
which to them is dearest. The
pole, which consisted of two pieces,
was spliced and fastened together
by iron bands. Heavy ropes were
attached, muscle applied, and the
pole began to arise, higher and
higher, till at lenght it stood a
mighty tower of republican princi.
pies, rooted and grounded, as firm
as when the winds beat against it
as tree of the forest. The old flag
was fastened to the rope and good
old radical hands pulled it aloft,
when, at the top of the pole, the
breezes caught in its folds and
spread our emblem open to the
world. The pole is 40 feet high,
five feet being in the ground. tits
the highest one ever erected in the
county and gave the voters who
were present an inspiration to work
for the party which has ever been
the protector of that flag, and which
has to-day adopted it as their EN-.
blem.
Shortly before o'clock the Court
house was filed to listen to Hon
D. R. Nelson, of Loudon, the repub.
lican candidate for State Senator
for this district. Mr.. Nelson was in
excellent spirits, and when he
mounted the stage his splendid
physique and brilliant counte'
nance told beyond doubt that hi
was able to speak to and enlighter
the thousand voters before him. HI
opened up in q cool, dignified man
ner, and turned his argument, hi
logic and, ere long, his eloquence
onto the protection idea and com
pletely riddled the free trade buga
boo. He advanced new ideas ant
new arguments and did it in sucl
a manner that the youngest perso,
could readily comprehend. Demo
cratic speakers may sweat AM
foam and blow and buster, in al
attempt to answer his argument:
but after the buster has subside,
the arguments remain as invincibl
as before. His exposition Of tn
tariff was by far the best we hav
ever heard in Maryville.
Touching briefly, but effectivel!
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05
PREPARING FOR WAR.
President Cleveland on the Parade
Ground with his Secretary-Mate-
RAILS for Battle.

President Cleveland on the PARADE
Ground with his Secretary Mate
RAILS for Battle.
New York Tribune.
All the morning after the Presi-
dent sent his Canadian retaliatory
message to congress, Lamont MOTTO
ed that he was nervous. Twice he
caught him looking at a little TWEEN
ty-two-calibre revolver, and slip
ping the cartrige out and in and
polishing the barrel with his hand
kerchief.
"Lamont," said he, after some
time; "s'pcsen we should have war
with Canada
"There wouldn't be anything very
pleasant about it," replied the
assistant president.
mo, l guess there wouldn't" said
Mr.. Cleveland. "The trouble is
that I would be COMMANDMENTS
chief of the my,and you know, l
don't know much about war. Dur
ing the last war l was unavoidably
detained in Buffalo, you know;
couldn't seem to get away at all.
l sent man though-good sized
lnan-said he knew all about a gun
claimed he wasn't afraid Of eth
err end of a gun. By the way,
which is the trigger and which Is
the cylinder on this pistol?" and
he drew forth the little revolver
again.
Lamont explained, and the Presi-
dent slipped it back into his vest
pocket, and said:
"Well, I've got that much toward
war, anyhow. II the struggle
comes mean to sell my life ~
dearly as possible. I suppose I
would have to put myself It the
head OF the forces,eh?"
VI presume SOL
u almost wish ! had gone into
~ - gss = at ! c ,'', q !
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05

JIG UtOOuy uoIuSuoW ADAet A>O0S vssC
field really get bloody and kind Of
sloppy all around?"
III believe so," said Lamont.
"Well, I've got a pair of gum
boots, anyhow, that got for fish,
ing trips, and I can wear them.
Cannon are those big iron things
that shoot like thunder, aren't
they Lamont?"
eyes"
"You see I wasn't in the war, SO
I never had q chance to learn
about these things. George, that
was my mans name, found out all
about them, and I would, of course,
let him take my place in the com.
ing war, but he is dead. He was
stopping at the poor.house two or
three years ago, you know, and 1
guess they fed him too high or
something, it killed him. I wish
he was here now; I would ask him
to explain to me just exactly the
difference between infantry and
cavalry"
1.-THE infantry 60 afoot and the
cavalry ahorseback," explained La.
mont.
"Er-I think l will be cavalry-I
had rather ride than walk. I'll get
me new sword at the hardware
store, and in the first fight I'll just
wave it and shout for my men to
come on, and they'll each one
throw up his entrenchment, and
we'll charge right in on the enemy
with a flank movement and make
him rum"
Dyes" -
"Then II pulling the trigger
makes gun Shoot I'll have my
men keep pulling their triggers all
the time. / wonder il 1t wouldn't
be a good plan to tie the triggers
back with a piece Of string so the
guns would keep shooting all the
time. I'll speak to Mr.. Endicot'
about it. I've heard George tell
about fixing the bayonets. I'll have
ell the bayonets sent to the shop
and fixed before we start-nO stop
ping to tinker bayonets in my war
I read somewhere about battles
stern array, but that isn't my ides
Of it. That isn't where the enemy
is unless you are retreating. A
stern array is all right if you have
got men and guns and horses
enough so you can afford it, but ii
my battles you'll see magnificent
front array first. Isn't that your
idea, too"
"Er-y-e-s, l guess so,"said La
mont.
"Then there's the draft; that's
the worst thing 1 saw about thu
last war-it made George necessa
ry,and George cost $i3OOthough HI
went and up and died before l 90
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05

The Empire Drill has the best
fertilizer feed in the world. This is
straight goods; we mean what we
say. EAGLETON & AMBRIsTER, II