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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19
LETT no PERISH IN FLAMES.


six Inmates Burned to Death--The
Building In Ashes.
NASHVILLE, TENN, March H.-This
morning the beautiful Central Insane
ASYLUM, situated seven miles from this
city, is almost mass of ruins, and be-
meath il are the charred bodies OF hall n
dozen Of the unfortunate inmates. In the
outhouses nearby are huddled the poor de
mented creatures who found an asylum in
the old structure.
At 1918 last night, Watchman Fitzhugh
discovered an ugly tongue of flame break
ing through the roof of the western main
wing Of the building How it caught none
could divine but il reached from the
ground through the second and third
stories and cut off the rooms that We're he
hind it, In moment the alarm was
given, and the 400 inmates Of the institu-
ton were thrown into wild commotiOn.
CONSERVATION was depicted on each face
as the gravity of the situation burst upon
them There were 2S men in the wing
when the fire caught and p of them were
quickly removed to the main hall, the
other six being left to their fatcs behind
their impossible wall of flames,
The city was telephoncd to for aid, but
Chief Carrel of the fire department could
not be found, and his subOrdinates refused
to move without Instructions. Finally
after two hours delay the chief was found,
and lie with two engines left for the scene
of the disaster. In the meantime the west
wall had collapsed, the lire had caught,
and the inmates, made frantic ny their
danger, were beginning to break from the
guard and scatter like frightened animals
over the surrounding country.
The fire engines arrived Mt 2.lb and i'll a
few minutes a fine stream Of water was
playing on the main building. Previously
the inmates of the asylum, the servants
and the guards had rendered fine service
with buckets and succeeded in holding the
fire in check to some extent. Had il not
been for their valiant service the entire
structure would have been m flames before
the arrival of the fire department. The
unfortunate inmates We're in the west
wing. They were all males and white.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 16.-Hun-
dreds and perhaps thousands of people
drove out yesterday to see the devasta-
ton wrought at the Central Tennessee
Insane Asylum. Strict orders had been
issued to deny admittance except TO
those who were connected with the
press of this city. A reporter was
the first man to go through the
heated chambers in search of
the bodies of the unfortunatcs. The
smell of burning flesh permeated the at
mospherc, but only one body was visi-
BILE and il was impossible to identify, as
only charred mass Of flesh and bone
could be seen projecting from the heated
bricks on the floor. M effort has as yet
been made to recover the bodies.
The list of the dead was yesterday
heightened to II. Aside from those
known to be dead there is now only one
patient missing from the asylum, James
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19

Ex-Councilman William II. Quinn
who was committed to New Castle inii
ON March 9th, in default of fine of
S25 and costs imposed upon him by
Judge Ball in the municipal court for
beating his wife was released on Satur-
day night. The fine was paid.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19

have been a sufferer from catarIh for 10
years. found immediate relief in the use Of
Ey's Cream Bam. Since using II have not
suffered a moment from headache, sore throat
or loss of sleep, from which ! previously sui
fered, caused by catarrh. / consider your
Balm valuable remedy.-k. &. Nassar, So
Warren street, New ork.
Ely's Cream Balm is worth its weight in gold
as a cure for catarrh. One bottle cured me-
5. A. Layeu, Franklin, Pa.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19
Death Of Judge Brady.

NEW YORK, March 16.--Judge John
r. Brady of the state supreme court is
dead. The judge was stricken with
paralysis last night and died early this
morning
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19

The Jackson Is Sharp Company has
contracted to build for the Salem 81
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Of Salem, N. j., wooden hull steam
barge 10S feet long, 234 feet beam and
" feet deep
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19

WAsntNGToN, March i4.-Pension certifi-
Gates have been issued as follows Issue of
February 2lth, 1891. Delaware original,
Andrew Wilson, Henry sharp Frederick
Wales. Increase. William Backus.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19
SUBTRACTION.

The above represents the class in
mathematics five minutes after the
teacher had given out the following:
From six take nine, from nine take
ten, and from forty take fifty, so that
One-half dozen remain. What was
he boys answer?
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19
Horsrord's AcId Phosphate.
Useful in an forms Of dyspepsia.

Elwood Patterson, engineer on the r.,
w. & h. railroad has received an increase
Of pension; William w. Fleetwood has
also received an original pension. Both
pensions were obtained BY w. S. McNair,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19

During the year just ending Grace M.
r. Church has raised $5,l77 for confer
ence benevolences.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19

If YOU decide, from what you have heard or
not be Induced to buy any euh.tltuts Instead.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19

Howard NJ Hayes has accepted po-
sitlon on the engineering corps Of the
West Virginia Central railroad
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19
FIRE IN u ran.


Danger.
LOWELL, Mass, March liza fire has
broken ont III the basement of the Mid
dleseX county Jail building, where 200 bales
of cotton are stored.
There are several hundred prisoners in
the Jail who will probably be removed in
safety, though the dense smoke is imped-
ing the work of the tiremen and endangeI-
ing the lives OF the inmates.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19

Miss Fannie Abel of Baltimore, has
presented the Rev, George l., OFT with
800 for the purchase of a bell for st.
Peters and St. Paul's Church, Easton,
Md.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
L0custs in Australia.

Much has been heard Of the plague oI
rabbits in Australia, but the ravages OF
locusts are sometimes as disastrous. Al
one place in Victoria, about the begin
ming of December, the hot season in
those regions, the arrival of an army oI
locusts from the north presented the
appearance in the air, it is reported, "as
of a snowstorm," and the ground was
covered to the depth of three or foul
inches where they alighted. In Adel'
aide, the wind bore them to the sea
and the shore was lined with myriad:
that thus perished. In many places th'
vegetation was destroyed by tie in
vaders. Caterpillars are among the
occasional plaques of Australia, oae
farmer being reported to have lost $1,000
through the loss of his barley crop. a
writer in the Sydney Morning Herald
says he finds that planting larkspm
round (. field greatly protects any crop
and tell how myriads of "grasshoppers
Qoc:.stsD we're thus poisoned. This is {,
statement which is important, If con
frmed by further trials. Agriculture
has its risks and its disasters all over th
world, and those due to living enemie'
as we'll as atmospheric Influences
Leisure Hours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
Hoods
SarsapariIIa
Syrup"

Here is an incident from the South
mississippi, written in April, 1890,
just after the Grippe had visited that
country II am farmer, one of
those who have to rise early and
work late. Atthe beginning of last
Winter / was on a trip to the City
ofVicksburg, Miss. where I got we'll
drenched i'll shower of rain. I
went home and wassoon after seized
with dry. hacking cough. This
grew worse every day. until I had
to seek relief I consulted DR.. Dixon
who has since died. and he told me
to geta bottle of Boschee's German
Syrup. Meantime my cough grew
worse and worse and then the Grippe
came along and I caught that also
very severely. My condition then
compelled me to do something. I
got two bottleso Of German Syrup. I
began using them, and before taking
much of the second bottle, I was
entirely clear ofthe Cough that had
hung TO me so long, the Grippe, and
all its bad effects. Ifelt tip-top and
have felt that way ever since"
PETER !. BRIALs, Jr., Cayuga, Hines
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
Cut Off From the World.

DR.. H. Darlington Bolton, in one OF
his recent lectures. told of visiting the
little island of Niihau, one OF the small
est of the Hawaiian group, and of the
pleasant days he spent there as the guest
of the only white family OH the island.
This is the family of Mr.. Georges. Gay,
and the entire island has been owned by
this family for twenty-five years past.
The family includes Mr.. and Mrs. Gay,
and three or four chill iren, and except
for an occasional guest, they seldom see
any white people. The island is great
sheep ranch, embracing about 10000
acres, and with native population OF
less than 100, all that remains of nearly
1000 natives who in 1882 inhabited the
island. Even in this favored spot, where
Mr.. Gay has done everything in his
power to preserve the natives from the
evils attendant upon civilization, they arc
rapidly dying out, just as in all parts OF
the little kingdom the native race is
dwindling away, and will before many
generations probably disappear entirely.
Mr.. Gay and his family are very well-to-
do people, and they seem to be very
happy in their quiet, isolated home. Mr..
Gay is Governor of the little island, at
tends to the welfare of all his people,
and sort of patriarchal life exists there.
The white family receives tribute from
the natives, who give them at stated
times certain amount of labor and such
supplies of fish, cocoanuts and sweet
potatoes. OF course, the children have
no white comrades to play with, but they
seem to be just as happy as children any
where are. They make playmates of va
nous animals, which they tame and care
for, and beside, they have their ponies
and number of dogs, which afford
them a great deal of entertainmsnt.-
Gpkithwaite's Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Policy is successful hypocrisy.
The best books are those that are not
written.
Adversely is the only balance to weigh
friends.
He that increaseth in knowledge, in
creaseth sorrow.
Tell me whom you love and Ill tell
you who you are.
Do not trust in the beggar who asks
for "a little assistance
Notoriety is a froth that intoxicates
shallow men and women.
For insult given, the noblest ven
geance is forgetfulness forever.
Happiness is the health of the soul;
therefore the soul is always sick.
War, unless waged for liberty or self
preservation. is simply grotesque.
You have sometimes known happiness,
eh2 Yes, the happiness Of others.
All the great generals had great SOL
diers to fight their battles for Them.
The number of asses paradiug around
in lions skins is frightful to conten-
plate.
Don't let US speak i'll of our enemies ;
they are the only persons who do not de-
ceive US.
What are some mems skulls filled with
that they should cut such fantastic mea-
tai capers3
The majority of the people live poor in
order to die rich; it is great deal wiser
to live rich and die poor.
Woman is perfect in good as in evil
while man, pretending to be reasonable
animal, is nothing but an animal.
He who is not born with a grain Of
madnessin his composition is disinherited
by Fate. He will be neither poetic nor
artistic, nor victorious, nor amorous, MOI
Young.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
Formulation Of Germany.

The figures of the census taken in
Germany last December have been pub
hshed, and are regarded with satisfaction
by the Germans, for they STOW that Ger
many grows more rapidly than any other
European state, EXCEPT Russia. The
population last December was 49,420.-
900, as against 46.SS5,70+ in 1885,
showing gain of 5,O96 in the five
years and the largest gain in any five
years since the establishment of the em-
pire. In 1871 the population was A.
1872. In the next five years it in
cresed 1,65S,56S. From 1875 to 1880
tic gain was 2.506,7 ,7O1, but from 1880
to 1885 it decreased to 1921, ,643-a
period during which immigration to this
country was very heavy. As to the
character of the increase, the same rule
holds good as in this country. The bulk
of it was in the cities. Ten per cent of
it was in Berlin and more than one-half
of,it in the ten largest cities of the en-
pire. As compared with European coun-
tries, Germany in the last ten years has
grown about 4, 200, 900, Austria less tina n
5000, 900, the British Islands is esti-
mated about $500, 900, Italy about g.
750, 900, and France less than 1, 600, 600
probably much less. The huge en-
pire of Russia shows gain during the
same period of nearly Is, 900, 900, which
can be accounted for in part by the oom-
paratively small outflow of immigrants.
Thus with the exception of the latter
country, Germany heads the list.-Re-
cor3er.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
Tests OF Maple Sugar and Syrup.

In selecting cake of maple sugar to
eat, shun the small, square, hard bricks
that look as though they were composed
of coarse sand and pounded glass, and
choose from the larger cakes that have a
fine, smooth grain and delicate, golden.
brown tint. To be fresh and pule it
should cut almost as easily as cheese,
and melt in your mouth without leaving
any unpleasant gritty taste. Some people
have an idea that the dark, wet, soggy
cakes are the purest and more like the
old-fashioned sugar made by their
fathers. This is not 50. 1t is not nat
ural for mable sugar to be black any
more than for it to be white, and while
the dark sugar shows the presence of
dirt and leaves and smoke from the boil
ing place, and the addition of the
cheapest cane sugar, so the almost white,
glistening, coarse grained maple sugar
shows that it was made by melting over
some of last years stock and adding to
it the common coffee sugar of the store.
Maple syrup, to be pure and just right
to eat, should weigh about eleven aud
one-half pounds to the gallon. When
poured out in glass it should be clear
and amber-hued without containing dark
streaks. If, after it has stood in the dish
a few hours, a dark sediment is found in
the bottom, it is not pure maple syrup,
even though the man who made it should
cut down the tree from which he claimed
the sap was drawn and haul it to your
door in proof of his claim.-Jtica o.
eerrtr
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
A Creek Execution.

When q citizen of the Creek Nation
Is condemned to death he is released on
parole until the fatal day arrived, when
he invariably shows up without any sort
of restraint or duress having been en-
ployed. The Sheriff shoots the culprit
through the heart with rifle. The re.
dcmption of his parole of honor has
been a distinguishing characteristic of
the Creek Indian for ages, and the most
red-handed criminals among them, from
a superstitious belief that to flee would
be useless, rush to the executioner as a
bridegroom rushes to his bride, once the
law says he is worthy of death, but not
worthy of bonds. The Creeks, being a
civilized tribe, with excellent schools,
courts, Judges and criminal and civil
codes, perhaps the Caucasian virtue of
Inconsistency has invaded the Territory,
and Sheriffs have learned to lock up
their prisoners.
remembered an execution that oc-
Cured in the Creek Nation less than ten
years ago. The condemned was young
farmer who had killed his neighbor. A
little before sunrise crowd had gath
cred in the open space back of the court
house where the ready coffin had been
brought to receive the tenement of clay
after its tenant had been evictcd by q
rife ball. In the crowd we're the father
and the brother of the condemned.
When the sun began to paint the tree
tops and he had not yet appeared, some
one suggested that he might have flown.
His kinsmen indignantly denied the pos
sibility Of such cravenness in one of their
family and quarrel ensued. It was
interrupted by horseinsn galloping up
and dismounting near the coffin. He
spoke to no one, not even recognizing
his relatives-having already taken
leave of them. A Ietty officer led the
riderless horse away, slipped its bride,
and 1t began to crop the prairie grass.
The horseman himself walked directly
to the ominous black box, turned his
face to the rising sun, held his hands
stifiy at his sides and awaited motion
less. The Sheriff had already driven a
stake fifteen PAGES from the coffin. He
advanced to this, raised his rifle to his
shoulder, took deliberate aim at the
fellows breast and fired. The latter
fell without groan, and his relatives
took charge Of his body.--&. Loui'
ReDuJlc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
A New Remedy for Cancer.

The juice Of the Papaw has long been
known to have the remarkable property
of softening flesh, and leaves are often
used by natives of tropical America tol
wrapping around meat to render it ten
der. Dr.. Mortimer Granville believe.
that this property will prove of great
value IN the treatment of cancer. He
has studied the matter for considerable
time, and has convinced himself that the
juice, or its active principles, would
prove an effective solvent for cancer It's
sue when used with some other sub
stance, such, for instance, as periodohy.
Observation-Disclosures (N. J) Inner
icla.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
A Child's Twelve Grandparents.

Elsie Chase, daughter of Charles and
Clara Chase, of Yarmouth, has more
grandfathers and graudmothers than any
child in Massachusetts,. all of whom are
now living. Igive below the names:
Edward and Mary Chase, grandfa- -er
and grandmother.
Charles and Emma Ellis, grandfather
and grs ndmother.
Charles and Jane Ellis, grand
father and great-grandmother.
Jerry and Cordelia Chase, great
grandfather and grandmother.
Matthews and Ruth B. Gray, great
grandfather and great-grandmother.
Adeline Nickerson, great-great-grand-
mother.
sJerry Walker, ,great-great-graudfather
This is very remarkable; six grand
fathers and six graadmothers, and all
living, making a collection that has no
equal in this count:y.-Cape Col (Ncss.)
Item.
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A Soldiers Savings.

The wages of private soldiers in the
army is not more than S11 OF S13 a
month and rations. 1t does not seem
easy for soldler to become rich, but
they can save something. According to
the Omaha Bee, Colonel Stanton, Pay
master of the Department OF the Platte,
recently paid a soldier Sl04S.S9 as the
savings of five years enlistment. Said
that officer: IL have paid quite num-
Der of men amounts ranging all the way
from $500 to $4,000. The largest sum
I ever knew soldier to have deposited
with the United States when he was
finally paid of was S5O12.45. That man
was hospital steward at Fort Meade.
He had served several terms of enlist
ment, and had not only saved what
money the Government paid him, but ne
had made some more by lending. When
paid him the sS5012.45 he Immediately
re-enlisted for hSssgears more, and de-
posted the entire amount again with
the United States. Soldiers are just like
men in every other occupation. Some OF
them save money and Others do not.
They could all save money if they
would" ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
Didn't Know the War Was Over.

According to story in Mr.. Albert
Lawson's War Anecdotes the last Con-
federate did not surrender until fifteen
months after Appomattox. The story is
that on the morning of Fourth of July,
1866, the Secretary of War, who had
planned fishing excursion to the Falls
Of the Potomac, received telegram
from the Provost Marshal at Richmond
saying that squad of Confederate SOL
diers were at his office ready to deliver
up their arms and be amuestied. Know
ing that joking of that sort would subject
the perpetrator to court-martial, the Sec
retary hastened to the White House to
consult with President johnson. The
result was telegram to the Provost
Marshal.
"Who are they, and where did they
come from2"
Answer was prompt and to the point:
"Sergeant Tewsbury and guard from
Dismal Swamp. Did not know the war
was over"
After a good deal of laughter the
Provost Marshal was ordered to receive
their capitulation, which was conducted
in due form. Tewsbury, an old Virgin
ian, ordered his sluad-a couple of
Georgians-to give up their guns and
sign the papers, Teserving himself as the
last man of all the Confederate forces to
surrender.
The old Sergeant's description of the
way he found out the war was over was
amusing. He and his companions had
been posted on the edge of the swamp
to watch movements of the Union troops
from Norfolk, with orders to remain
until relieved, and subsisted on game
and fish for three years. At last he met
an old colored man who told him the war
had been over about year, which
"tickled him better than if he had been
kicked by q mule, as he expressed it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
Rapid-Transit Mails.

The experiments conducted at Laurel
Station, Md, make it probable that be-
fore long hight packages of mail-mattel
will be forwarded by a combination
of pneumatic tubes and electric motors
at the rate of $50 miles an hour, or 12O
miles allowing for the delays at midway
distributing Offices. In that way fifty
letter packages mailed at Baltimore on
Monday morning might reach San Fran.
cisco about Tuesday noon.-Bslford. p,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
A Most Extraordinary Winter.

Last winter was the most extraordi-
nary one of this century in England, and
NJ. Mares reports that the weather in AL
geria was quite as remarkable as in
Europe. In many places sowing was
prevented by excessive rainfall, and in
Others the torrents swept the seeds
away. A heavy fall of snow lay on the
mountain sides for two whole days, the
first enow that NJ. Mares had seen in
thirty-fve years that did not melt the
instant it reached the groInd.-.lrentos
M ~ american. .. g..
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How's Thiss

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, O.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions, and financially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm:
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
WALDISG, K1SHAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls CAarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by al druggists.
The yearly importation Of eggs in England
amounts to S1,GU,WU.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
The Car Laughed.

A Russian newspaper published and
the press censor overlooked joke about
the Gar recently. The monarch hap
peued to read the paper, laughed
heartily, and sent the newspaper editor,
the writer of the joke, and the careless
censor to Siberia. All three ere Gen.
fenced for Gfe.-Caicago Times
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03
That
Tired Feeling

Whether caused by change
of climate, season or life, by
overwork or illness, is driv-
en- off by Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, which imparts great
nerve, mental and bodily
strength. Be sure to get