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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

INTO THE BOAT THE CAPTAIN LIFTED THE BOT.
had dealt blow bitterer than death,
whose happiness on earth he had killed
with a lie
Edgar he said, softly, ignoring mill
tary discipline in the intensity OF the mo-
ment, "you loved her, did you notr
"Silenceln Numbered the Captain,
+" Breathe her name to me, and, by Heav-
ensi brother OF mine as you are, will sink
this boat and end your life and mine.
Love her!n he added, fiercely, "aye, love
her so we'll that it would be the sweetest
balm on earth for me to know that you
were deadn
The wounded boy covered back into tho
tern-sheets, his face very white and wan
in the fast-breaking dawn. Then there was
silence between them, while the boat
drifted slowly down the stream towards
the sleeping army-and to safety.
Slowly the Captains great tired head
dropped, lower, lower, until It rested upon
his knees. Then he turned about aud
stretched himself out upon the bottom OF
the boat, his massive limbs across the
thwart- Unconsciously his head, with its
weight of damp curis, rested upon the
knees Of his half brother; aud he slept so,
almost in the arms of the man he hated.
Onward, ever onward upon the placid
bosom Of the stream drifted the boat.
The boy sat there still, calm, watching
for the lights. All! they twinkled through
the trees. The army was close by. Their
peril was ended. Only q half-mile more
and then life-freedom- Virginia.
In the light of the early morning the
smoke Of the camp-fires was ascending In
eddying circles TO the sky. all flushed
with the crimson OF the risi ng sun. The
picture was fair. But the Captain slept
on, unheeding.
His brother bent forward stopped low,
and looked long and earnestly into the
brave, rugged face. Still lower he leaned
and kissed him on the forehead, once,
twice, thrice,
The tiny boat scarcely swayed with his
light weight as he rose from his seat, re-
moving his tunic as he did so and forming
1t into pillow for the unconscious head.
To it he pinned a leaf hastily torn from a
tiny memorandum book, on which nc
scribbled two words: " For Virginia"
Slowly, majestically arose the sun, gild-
ing the crests of the great pine trees upon
the bank, and turning the myriad ripples
upon the face OF the water into limpid
hillocks of silver and gold And the swal-
lows that fitted from shore TO shore cir
cled inquisitively about the white, still
face that rested for one brief moment upon
the surface and then sank silently down
out of sight
And the Captain floated into the camp
asleep and-alone, the morning after
Thanksgiving Day. HAROLD r. VrSNE.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

for you know he is your fathers son, and
almost your brother. Promise me, Edgar,
promise me by this kiss"
And he had kissed her, and given his
promise. And for year he had kept it
well.
But even as his battle was fought and
won the Captain remembered tho duty that
lay before him--a duty that must be car
rled out at any hazard, that Of awakening
the army to sense of the approaching
peril. He placed the boy on the crupper in
front OF him, mounted, and rode away.
He had no knowledge Of his whereabouts
now, and his bodily pain was almost too
great for him TO care. He could only trust
blindly to the instinct Of the noble animal
that bore him. All, what torture IL was I
Even the slight exertion necessary to hold
the boy in his place entailed incessant
pain.
And II only he would still that inces-
SAINT cry: "virginial Virginiaw It was
worse than death TO the man who was
compelled to listen.
In an hour they came TO the river, and
on its brink the brave horse stumbled and
fell. She could bear her double burden
no further
As by miracle, a tiny slxiff lay rock
ing at the waters edge. 1t was dainty
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29
LlrERARY SWEATERS.
One Unfortunate with Record OF rhirt,
Stories In Three Years.

One Unfortunate with . Record OF thirty
Stories In Three Years.
IL the word sweater" is 10 stray
nom the manual industries into liter
ature, II should mean the shabby and
extortionate employer. not the en-
ployed. An author, however, who calls
himself Literary Sweater" in q popu-
lar journal means that he Is the UNDER
paid employed. not the stlngy employer.
A wondrous tale he tells. II we are TO
take his confession literally; and II he
Is writing truth. and not merely ro-
nance, Grub street Is with us still, and
ms wretched as In the time OF Savage
According TO this writer he commenced
author at nineteen, which. perhaps,
accounts for good deal. At nineteen
man can hardly have read enough TO
justify him In attempting the career OF
letters which. when he has once begun.
will leave him scant opportunity
or time for reading. He will al
ways be raising crops of a
faugued and starveling wit, and
can hardly prosper The Literary
Sweater" began as sub-editor on
salary OF one guinea week. For this
he worked twelve hours a day and n
good many hours Of the night. Since
those days (and after an attack OF
brain feyer) the child OF Grub street
has written sermons and penny novels
and biographies and verses and comic
copy. and, In three years. thirty tales
OF twenty-five thousand words eachl
Compared with this fertility Mrs. Oil
phant and the late Mr.. Trollope are in
dolent For one novel the victim WINS
paid E22s.. while for volume Of child
ren's tales. 100 pages, he received Is.
In short, out OF all these enormous
miscellaneous labor the victim OF COM
petition has earned about E200 The
story scarcely seems credible TO literary
gentlemen more fortunate and less In
dustrious, perhaps well endowed by
nature. But whence comes the differ
ence. and why is one laborcr paid so
differently from other toilers In the
same field. He who would solve the
question must learn very
great deal more than most
OF us about the intricacies OF the
literary market and the supply OF and
demand for copy" But II any capt.
talists are really making fortunes out
this employment of pen-man at starva-
ton wages. why, 1t is high time that a
literary trades union WINS started by the
oppressed class, the unknown toilers
who write penny novels and Sunday
books and London correspondence and
biographies and report cricket and
football Matches Can not they COM
bine not 10 write three-volume novel
under-any sum they please to tixp I'm
luckily they will be undcrsold by au-
thors who willingly pay to have their
novels printed, and who, II they could,
would gladly subsidize world OF read
ers But II match-glrls Gun combine.
MS it seems they can. into trades
union, literary hacks should not log be-
hind them In organized assertion OF
their interests. --At'dreD Lang, IN Long
mans Magazine.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

On winged feet then sped the boy
Upon the soribe's command,
Returning speedily again
A wealth OF goods in hand;
Then cheek by jowl the twain set TO
Upon the viands rare,
While laugh and joke went freely round
Ger such unwonted fare.
They Toasted long and feasted WELL
Not marking times swift flight,
paused until their empty skins
Were filed exceeding tight;
Upon that strange Thanksgiving feast
Great was the havoc wrought
Ere each within his Lowry cot
The god somnolent sought.
FRANK b. WEIGH
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29
A DOUBLE SACRIFICE.
The Romantic Story Of a Memora-
BILE Thanksgiving.
Written for this paper. ]

rough-a ar i n 6
company that had
gathered here on this
d ark Nov ember
night. Two heavy
parafiin lamps, hung
by cords to the
main support OF the
tent, shed a sickly
yellow light over the
faces Of the dozen
men asse m b l e d
there. They were,
for the most part,
grave, earnest faces,
with the heavy lines
wrought by care,
hardship and suf-
fering; but there
were also two or
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

Ia excusable, because involuntary IN tho
rheur6atic, One severe twinge is suiiicient
10 mike any one twist the oountenance OUT
Of shape. Persons troubled with inoiplent
rheumatism might save themselves years
OF pain II they would only use Hostetters
Stomach Bitters at the start bignaliy EN-,
caoious is IL, too, for neuralgia, fever ana
ague, dyspepsia, debility, inactivity OF the
kidneys and biliousness.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29
HOME HAPPINESS.
Taffy the Lubricator Which Make HUI
Drum Life Endurable.

Tafy the Lubricator which Make Hum
Drum Life Endurable.
If there is friction, out with your oil
can. If there is quarrel pour on oil.
Blessed are the peace-makers.
But the oil-can is for the rarer emer-
gencies. 1t is not every body that has the
gift Of putting oil on just the spot that
CRATES; and it is not every day that quar-
rels occur which call for the oil dan.
But blessed be taffyi X is wanted
every day and from every body. It is the
universal sweetness of social and domestic
life.
Husband, have you come home and do
you find your wife tired and hot with the
days work in chamber and kitcheni Give
her little taffy. Say sweet thing TO
her Praise her for something Tell her
how nice the bread is, so much better than
the bakers; that the ketchup is the best
she ever made; that the house looked SO
sweet and restful when you came in; that
she has the dearest children that ever
lived; and at your leisure, before she goes
to bed, tell her she is your own hearts
treasure. 1t will do her good; il will make
the smiles come. She may box your cars
when you say sweet, petting things, and
tell you are talking as YOU would to tho
Chb, Uub Suc Will ~ Iubb VIC .
Wife, does your good man come homo
weary and burdened, exhausted atfd-no,
not cross, but undemonstrative and silenti
Go up to him with sweet welcome. Say
something pretty to him. Men all love to
be appreciated and fiattered. Give him
the sugar stick Tell him some pretty
thing some body said about him. Tell him
how much you admire what he has done;
and when you can sit down alone with him
take his hand and pet him and tell him
you love him more than tongue can tell;
don't be afraid of overriding il and using
comical little exaggerations. lie may
know, and you may know that there is
taffy in it: but 1t IS very nice ta.y. We
all like It; we all like to be told we are
loved, and the saying II makes II all the
trucr 1t is agreatndeal better to cultivate
ones love with warm expressions than to
blight 1t with frost Pretty nothingsl
Why, they are big realities, the stufr hap
piness feeds on. Give us moro taffy
Did you ever see doves rub each othcr's
billsi What is kissi Taffy. What is
compliment! Tafy. What is politeness
Taffy. The good Lord Himself praises HIS
loved ones with Q well-done far beyond
their deserts For quarrels gives us oil;
but give us tafSy every day, all we de-
serve, much more than we deserve. Don't
be over conscientious about it; let it DO
full and abundant and very sweet; sweet
with smiles and love and laughter. Give
| it to your father, your mother, your hus-
band, your wife, your brother, sister,
child, friend. How your child loves i'll
So do you. More, more taffy.-N. y IN.
dependent
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

DANGER Signaled by q Cough ia avertet
with Hale's Honey OF Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure In one minute
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29
THE scRIBE's THANKSGIVING.
written for this paper.l

IN 1 N the uluEy
sanctum OF
A one-horse coun
try sheet
A mournful scribe
passed TO and
fro
With slipshod,
sha m bin 6
feet;
Behind his back
= in listless way
HIS In XII stained
hands " ere
clasped,
Aud rs he paced,
18th fretful
voice
The gloomy air he
rasped:
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

SOCIAL anomaly-the fact that people
who "get on" should DO "well on I"
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

can II be
Thanksgiving here againi
And what weight OF woe II brings
Upon my tired brain;
Head-over-heels In debt, no cash
Expenses 10 defray,
Grim creditors swarm in aud cen
Tho "devil" is TO pay.
% How can o stricken mortal lift
A song OF soulful praise:
How can o being in fix
thankful voice upraiset
All, 70, my harp is all unstrung,
My stomaoh's caving In;
The purse within my WORKOUT duds
Yawns hungrily for tin.
Bewailing thus his cherries lot
The scribe tramped up and down,
The while Thanksgiving's shades were fast
Descending on the town;
But ere daylight had taken flight
Within the sanctum door
Appeared man unto the scribe
He ne'er had seen before.
With gracious air the stranger came,
smile upon his face,
And MS before the scribe he paused
He bowed with easy grace;
" Are you The cdtorF' he asked,
"Of Slagtown's Daily Dump!
You ares" (hcre on the desk he laid
Some coin all in lump,
swell sir, your sheetI CHANGED TO SEQ
Up at the town hotel.
And in its pages much found
That suited me full wen.
Now send, pray you, 10 my friends
Who IN your town reside,
A copy each TO ten or twelve
Who by your views abide.
The scribe expressed his thanks forthwith
In calm and stately way,
AS though TO him the order were
Athing OF every day;
He entertained his cailerin
A manner grave and learned,
The while to clasp that glittering pile
HIS fingers llercely burned.
Betimes the visitor withdrew, ests
whereat the scr be rejoiced,
And scooping in the precious coin
HIS feelings thus he voiced:
" Ha ha no 10, by all the powers,
Well deck the festal boardW
And through the press-room door he then
Unto the "devil roared:
= What no there, Chrome, hither, pray,
Don quickly cap and gown,
And haste thee to yon market man
On t'other side the town
And bid him send me in q trice
The choicest oth!s wares,
Ofwhch make certain that his nibs
Agoodly store preparesT
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29
Cure of Pneumonia.
HESS ROAD, NlAcAnA Co, n; y,

HISS ROAD. NIAGARA Co. N. ",
March 81, issd
About year ago was taken with y
severe pain in both lunga was first at
tackled with violent chill, then dreadful
pain and then a cough accompanied by con
siderable fever. II looked very much like
a bad attack Of pneumonia A friend OF
mine procured i've ALLcocK's PLAsTEns.
One he put under each arm, one under each
shoulder blade, and one on my chest close
around my throat. In few hours the
cough ceased, the pain gradually abated
and / broke out In profuse perspiration.
fell into profound sleep, and the next
day was almost well. wore tho Plasters
eight days afterwards, and have never had
any trouble since.
A WILLIAM A. SAWYER.
IT is q mistaken notion that woman's
nature Is 70 DO extravagant Doesn't q
corset indicate desire for small wastcl
THROAT DISEASES commence with Cough,
Cold or Sore Throat. "Brotcn's bronchial
TroehSs'' give immediate relief. Sold only IN
bora. Price 20 cts.
A DurGu timepleco-the Watch on tho
Rhine. -LVe.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

GEPPERT Mediclnum, Cincinnati, cures
lung, nerve, throat diseases. Sendfor book
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

To Consumptives and Delicate Persons.
Bakers Norwegian Cod Liver on heals
the lungs, builds up waste, and strengthens
Jno. O. Baker & Co., Philadelphia.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

The honey ,bee is q regular merchant II
cells combs for living.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

On the fence-men who practice with
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

AN out (and out) lying dlstrict-the wit
ness box Of n police-court.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

DoN'T worry about the future. The lions
we see in the distance are very likely fct-
tered and harmless. There is n proverb
to the effect that "thc most disastrous
troubles are those which never come"
The burdens OF to day are hard enough Il
carry, witbalt Increasing their weight by
the burdens of to-mNrow. Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thorcof.r United
Preslutcridn.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29

1T is q mistaken notion that woman's
nature Is 70 DO extravagant Doesn't O
corset indicate desire for q small waste
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-29
THE MARKETS.

A Durcu timepleco-tho Watch on tho
Rhine -LVe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-08
RAN INTO THE PIER.
The ST. Nicholas Collides with the
Tybee Railroad Draw-Bridge.


Shortly after o'clock Monday afternoon
the steamer ST. Nicholas left her dock at
the foot of Lincoln street for DobOy, Da-
rien, Brunswick and Fernandina. She ad
on board fun cargo of freight and about
twenty passengers. About o'clock she ar
rived at the Tybee railroad drawbrldge,
across st. Augustine creek, and in attempt
ing 70 pass through the draw she collided
with the western abutment The night was
clear, but the tide forced the steamer on,
striking the pier on her starbOard side. The
boat was going at fair speed, and the
crash tore out the side Of the wheelhouse and
Outboard bearing Of the A frame and her
frame bulWarks and stanchlous. The engl'
neer's room and the oil room, and a portion
of the raul were also torn away. She was i'm
mediately headed for the city on her return
and came up the river about II o'clock IN
dense fog.
The bridge was considerably damaged.
The track was so badly bent that trains
could not be run over the road, and the
draw cannot be closed. On the
arrival of the st. Nicholas at her wharf her
freight and passengers were transferred TO
the David Clark, which left yesterday
morning T Fernandina and intermediate
landings.
This is the third time that the St. Nicholas
has collided with the bridge since last May,
although she has frequently struck it
without any material damage. In the pre-
vIous collision she struck on exactly the
same side, although going in an opposite
direction. Her repairs then cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000 This time the cost
Will probably not exceed 5000 or S1OO 4
force Of workmen were put TO work on her
yesterday morning, and her repairs will be
completed in about a week.
Superintendent Haines says that the dam
age to the pier will be repaired in a couple
OF days, and there viii be no interruption Of
travel. The railroad authorities say that
they do not consider themselves responsible
for the collision, although the steamer peo-
pie claim that they are responsible. In
order to protect the bridge from further
damage, and to remove, if possible, any
cause Tor collisions, the railroad company
will close up the eastern opening of the
draw and will drive piling at both ends of
the western abutment aud pier in the shape
of funnel, so as to protect the bridge and
give clear channel for vessels to pass
through. Ross & Sanford have the CON
tract for the job and Will begin work next
week
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-08
BIG MONEY IN CHINA.
What DR.. Young Allen Says About
Capitals Opportunity There.


DIR. Young Allen, who lectured at Trinity
church few nights ago on China, is thor
oughly posted on Chinese affairs. He says
that American capitalists do not understand
the great opportunities for the profitable
investment of money in China.
The Chinese, he says, have the kind
lest feeling for Americans, and would
willingly throw their trade to the
United States, If any effort were
made to establish commercial rela-
tions between the two countries. Now they
trade with England, on account of the mail
steamships running between China and
Liverpool. The Chinese have fear Of the
European nations that does not extend to
America.
DR.. Allen has Gen. John D. Kennedy,
formerly of Camden, S. c., for near
neighbor, and says that he sees him every
day. He says that Gen. Kennedy has I'M
pressed the Chinese as & very dignified gen
tleman, who must have held important po-
sitions at home. He is exceedingly popular
with all classes, and is the acknowledged
favorite in consular circles.
DR.. Allen says that the missionary work
OF the Methodist Episcopal church, South,
is on rising ground. He feels encouraged Mt
the progress that has been made, and is
very hopeful of the future The Woman
Missionary Society has done much to help
the regular missionary board of the church,
and now it has fourteen trained and
educated ladies at work in China The
church has men at work in teaching,
preaching, and in medical work. The
AnglO-Chinese college, which is controlled
by the Southern Methodist church, IS doing
a most successful work. There IS great de-
mand for men and women in all depart
ments of the work.
DR.. Aliens son, who was recently gradu-
ated from Emory College, the alma mater
Of his father, is now at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, at Baltimore, taking special
course in Semitic language as a preparation
for literary work in China
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-08
Economy" Wall Desks.

For neatness of design and beauty of
finish the Economy" Wall Desk has no SUI
perior. and. in fact, not an equal, that can
be bought for anything like our prices
A writing outfit mas become one of the
necessities of every home,
The object Of this desk is to furnish
more complete answer to the wants of the
general public than has heretofore been put
upon the market. 1t is simple in construc-
ton, and at the same time contains all the
necessary elements to form complete
writing desk, suitable for the home or Office.
and one that comes within the reach of all
because of its cheapness
This desk is to be fastened 10 the wall at
any desired height convenient for either
standing or sitting, and will afford more
convenience and satisfaction, for the money
invested, than any other piece of furniture
that can be named In any place where
room is limited it isindispensable 1t occu-
pies no floor space, and when closed projects
but nine inches from the wall, forming
handsome wall cabinet, suited to the most
luxuriously furnished apartment. The ar
rangement of the inside utilities every inch
of space. giving it a capacity Of an ordinary
desk Of three times its size.
To be fully appreciated the desk should
be seen, and it will afford us pleasure to
have all interested call and examine.
l.. q B. s. NJ H.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-08
THE QUARANTINE STATION.

The Mayor and Aldermen Make an
Official Visit-What They Found.
The building of the ietty from Terrapin
beach 10 the oyster beds has caused the an
chorage at the quarantine to >hoal, and it
is very probable that before the next season
it Will not be possible for vessels to Law at
that point with safety or even at all. The
quarantine of the port is matter of great
Importance to the commerce as well as the
health of the city, and the question, what
shall be done, is one that Is now receiving
the attention Of the city authorities
The Mayor and several of the
Board of Aldermen visited the
quarantine station yesterday for the
purpose of making personal inspection of
the state of affairs. They found that the
river to the north of the oyster beds is
rapidly filling up, owing to the closing of
the channel in that direction and the
divertlng of the water into the main ship
channel.
There appears to be no remedy, as the i'm
proYement of the river at the OYSTER beds re
quires the closing of one of the channels, and
new quarantine station will have to be
established at some ether point Where it
shall be is a mooted question. If it were
possible to do so it would be well to re-
establish the station in CalaboPa sound. but
as that is within the limits of South
Carolina there would have to be interstate
action on the subject.
A quarantine station requires deep water
and healthy locality If national quar-
antine station could be established in Gala
boga sound, with hospitals on Hilton Head
Island, 1t would serve the purpose and save
the city a considerable expense If such
measure is practicable it would also greatly
simplify the quarantine system.