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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-01
a mUN TO FLH[EEUWZWND
By GEORGE GRIFFITH.
I opyright, 1897, by George Grifiith.)

too much respect for your honorable
department to think of removing its re-
spected chief to another, and may be,
less congenial sphere on account of an
honestly expressed opinion-not me, sir!
So now, n. G. and name the poison.
Will you join us, gentlemen?'
The crowd joined as one man. and,
under the circumstances, the inspector
could do nothing less than come in with
them. But for all that he felt a trif1e
puzzled, though he took care not to
show it.
After that the conversation became
general and perfectly amicable, albeit
dwelling mainly on the somewhat tick
lish subject which possessed the chief
interest for every one present. But as
drinks multiplied and lies got more
complicated. the inspector began to
grown taciturn. Liquor has that effect
on some natures, and his was possibly
one of them.
At last the Yankee rallied him, quite
goodhumordly, on his lack of festiv-
ity, but rather unfortunately, as it SEEM
ed to the company, dragged in something
about shortage on mine returns. That
was too much for the inspector, and his
long bottled-up wrath suddenly flared
out.
Shortage, confound it! You're nice
one to talk about shortage, Mr. Salter.
You know as well as / do that there's
about $15, 900 short of the months aver
age on De Beers and Kimberley returns,
and you know a big sight better than L
where the stones have gone to-
But we'll have you yet. You're wide and
you're deep. but you're not quite the
cleverest man on earth, and when we do
get you"
swell, whyn thunder don't you. boss"
the Yankee laughed, with still undis-
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ever been run out of camp, and then
suddenly his strained ears caught the
sound of a voice in the distance, fol-
lowed by clinking of horses's bits and
the ominous ''click-click" of rifle locks.
He was sitting, as usual, on the seat
behind the driver, and just as the boy
turned round and whispered in fright
ened way, "P'lice. baas, better pull up,
Ell? might get shot he thrust the barrel
of his revolver under his nose, and said
in low. but very business-like tone:
You yellow swine, you've sold me!
Now you whip them horses up, and
make 'em go for all they're worth BY
thunder, you shall drive to Freetown
or Glory tonight, for if / see you pull
those reins I'll blow the top of your
ugly head off, just so sure as you'll never
see the other side of Jordan. Whip up
now! You've got to get through or go
home, I tell you"
The road just here ran for some dis
! lance through lot of broken ground
and surface workings, so there was no
chance of making a detour to avoid
the mounted police whose moving forms
Salter could now see dimly in the dis
lance. The terrified cape boy, feeling
the cold revolver muzzle in the nape
of his neck, dashed his horses into a
gallop. The shapes on ahead grew
more and more distinct, and presently
there rang out the short, sharp order:
| Halt or Wen shoot
! Halt, and I'll shoot" Salter Missed
into the drivers ear, and the cart sped
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Just tell them that you saw me sm0a-
ing the Magistrate cigar.
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on at gallop.
New mounted forms seemed to rush
out of the. darkness and close round.
Meanwhile the lights of Freetown were
getting quite near now. A few minutes
more and-crack, crack, crack, went the
rifles to right and left and in front. The
off leader reared up with shrill neigh,
and then pitched on to his head, with
the others and the cart on top of him.
K. gentlemen, may l ask what is
II k-a Of this re- on asaf1nfosr
Tending ,raveler?' SAL Salter, in cool
but angry voice, as the police rode up.
"That'l do, Mr.. Salter," said Inspector
! Lipinski's voice out of the darkness
"the bluffs played out. Push up will
the klips, and come along quietly. Dom
shoot, for that's murder, and you're
covered three times over"
The Yankee climbed down out of thu
cart with an audible chuckle, walked
quietly to Lipinsk's stirrup, and held VI
his hand saying:
'Ah, it's you, inspector, is it? Sorr!
I've brought YOU a BOBBY hunt like this
and given the department n horse t,
pay for. Klips? WAL, / did hear o
some going across last night inside
Kaffir dog, but you've struck the wron,
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ana kidneys.
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For fever. chills, debility and kidney
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For blotches and pimples on the face
take Lemon Elixir.
Ladies, for natural and thorough or
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Fifty cents and 81 bottles, at drug
gists.
Prepared only by DR.. Fl. Motley, At
lanta, Ga.
\ PROMINENT MINISTER WRITES
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A PROMINENT MEMPHIAN
WRITES.

DR.. III. Motley, Atlanta: Having been
great sufferer for three years from
indigestion, and been treated by many
physicians, who failed to give me any
relief. Continuing to grow worse my
brother advised my to try DR.. Motley s
Lemon Elixir, which remedy he had
used for several years. l commenced
its use, and must say that your Lemon
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] have never suffered a day since | COM
menced using Lemon Elixir. Thanking
my brother for his advice and you for
Lemon Elixir, am forever your friend,
B. l.. ROCCO.
206 fernando ST., Memphis.
Refer anyone in Memphis to me.
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Oxford Seminary, 0%Fo .

The next session opens September l. 1897.
Conservatory of Music and Art thoroughly
equipped. Prof, JAS Riggs with two sstst-
ants Ia cha ge of music. Piano, vfslt ., man
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partment now in the North doing Special
work Board, fuel, light, full Literary course
for the annual session. Apply for cata oeue.
Ftp. HOBG00D, Pres.
Tgn 0u
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Virginia Military Institute,
LEXINGTON. VA.

LEAFINA ON VA
9th Year. State Military, Scientific
aI Technical School. Thorough course
i4 general and applied Chemistry, and
idEng{neering. Degrees conferred in
curse: Grad: V. M. l., and Bachelor
Silence; in Post Grad. courses, Master
Silence, Civil Engineer. All expenses,
itluding clothing and incidentals, pro-
Yled ait an average rate of $36.50 per
bnth exclusive of outfit. New cadets
rIport Sept. 1.
Q1N. SCOTT SHIPP, Superintendent.
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WASHINGTON COLLEGE FOR YOUNG LADIES.

Thorough courses. Experienced facul-
ty. Superior home accommodations and
opportunities for social culture. Charm
ing location. Buildings in a beautiful
park of ten acres, and overlook the Cap
itol, other Government buildings, and
portions of the city. +. Menefee, Presi-
dent; J. Robert Gould, Secretary, Wash
ington, D. O.
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Located IS miles west of Raleigh, in Pied
mont section; elegant buildings; all depart
ments well equipped faculty or eleven mem
bers; co educational; curriculum equal of
best male colleges; NEST reasonable rate
Address j. o ATKINSON, Ch'inn.,
Elon College. N. G,
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UNION FEMALE COLLEGE,

EUFAULA, ALA.
Charming location; delightful climate;
wonderful health record. This is a char
tered college, of highest grade. Literary
Faculty unsurpassed in the South. Art,
Elocution, Physical Culture, ETC., under
the finest instructors. Unequaled adj
vantages are offered in our Conservatory
of Music. School select. Fare excellent.
Terms very reasonable. Next term
opens September 23rd. Please write for
catalogue.
T. J. SIMMONS. A. NJ. President.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-28

that 1916 would be remembered by the
existing generation as the year in which
there was no summer. Very little
corn ripened in New England. There
was great privaton, and thousands of
persons would have perished in this
country had It not been for the abun-
dance of fish and wild game.
In direct contrast with 1916 appears
the year 1S27-2S, when there was no
winter. Captain Daniel Lyon, who
died some years ago in Burlington, VT,
used to relate his experience in 1S27-2s.
He was a walking encyclopaedia of To-
cal events. He said: IL knew but one
season when winter was almost like
summer, the winter of 1S27-2S. ] was
running the steamboat General Green
between Burlington, VT, and Port Kent
and Plattsburg, N. Y, and during the
year there was not a bit of ice in the
whole lake from one end to the other.
The old Lake Champlain Steamboat
company hauled out the steamboats,
Phoenix and Congress, and hardly a
bit of ice appeared in Shelburne Bay,
near Burlington, during the winter.
THE Phoenix had a new engine built
in Albany, and the whole outfit had
to be carried from that city to Shell
burne Harbor by teams through the
mud. At Middlebury. VT, the mud
was more than foot deep. The Phoe-
nix was rebuilt and ready to launch
by January 10. January Is was the day
fixed for the launching, and ] took
over a large party from Burlington on
the General Green. The sun was shin
ing with the warmth of a July day.
The women who sat on deck raised
their parasols."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-28
A NEW wOMANLY VIRTUE,
Treats Stranger Sister in Gracious
Fashion Altogether Manly.
From the Delineator.


The new woman might well emulate
the virtues in which men excel. The
kindliness of intercourse found among
men does not characterize the attitude
of woman toward woman. A man will
made himself comfortable on a long
journey and at its conclusion will have
an acquaintance and, perhaps, a friend
of his neighbor But for a woman to
speak to fellow traveller of her own
sex without the conventional introduc-
ton is To invite a snub. Should she
inform her neighbor at the dry goods
counter that she has found certain
new lining for her frock most satisfac-
tory the informant would very likely
be received with a naughty stare, plain
ly declaring the suspicion that the in
former gets a percentage on sales
There is small opportunity under such
circumstances to love your neighbor
as yourself.
The experiment has but to be tried
to demonstrate to the graciously in
clined woman that there is little room
for her who would, even in a small
way, wish her sister woman good luck
upon her way Steamers in passing
each other display white futter Of
handkerchiefs from the human freight
aboard, but the wayfaring woman is
considered a fool If she inclines to that
sort of graciousness on land. And yet
woman is not necessarily either dis
reputable or designing simply because
she speaks to another woman without
introduction. Graciousness, however,
need never suggest familiarity. A help
full word may be spoken with dignity
and yet with kindly interest, and she
who resents 1t is to be pitied for her
lack of understanding. A gracious
THANK you," even If the well-meant
information is not needed, proclaims
the gentlewoman.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-28
AUGUST STILL WORSE.

To the surprise of everybody August
proved the worse month of all. Almost
every green thing in this country and
Europe was blasted with frost. Snow
fell at Barnet thirty miles from Lon
don, England, on August 80. News
papers received from England stated
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-28
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE.

That was queer story about man
In Minnesota being treed by wolves
while on his way to be married." said
the shoe clerk boarder.
Most remarkable exhibition of animal
intelligence | know Of" said the Cheer
full Idiot.
animal intelligence?"
yes. They must have realized how
tender he would be at that time."-In-
dianapolis Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-28
ALMOST FROZEN.

On July II there was a heavy fall of
snow. A Vermont farmer sent a flock
of sheep to pasture on June 16. The
morning of the 18th dawned with the
thermometer below the freezing point.
owner Of the sheep started to look up
his flock. Before leaving home he
turned to his wife and said, jokingly:
Better start the neighbors soon; it is
the middle Of June and / may get
lost in the snow" An hour after he
left home a terrible snow storm came
up. The snow fell thick and fast, and,
as there was so much wind, the fieecy
masses piled in great drifts along the
windward side of the fences and out
buildings. Night came and the farmer
had not been heard Of. His wife be-
came frightened and alarmed the
neighborhood. All the neighbors join
ed the searching party. On the third
day they found him. He was lying in
a hollow on a side hill, with both feet
frozen; he was half covered with snow,
but alive. Most of the sheep were
lost.
A farmer near Tewsbury. VT, owned
a large field of corn. He built fires
around the field to keep off the frost.
Nearly every night he and his men
took turns in keeping up the fires and
watching that the corn did not freeze.
The farmer was rewarded for his tire
less labors by having the only crop of
corn in the region.
July came in with ice and snow.
On the Fourth of July ice as thick
as window glass formed throughout
New England, New York and in some
parts of the state of Pennsylvania.
Indian corn, which in some parts Of the
east had struggled through May and
June gave up, froze and died.
AIrcJrcr crITJ uopcE
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-28
ONE YEAR THAT HAD
NO SIGN OF SUMMER
What an Old Mans Diary Tells OF the
Frigidity OF 1916.
FIRES WERE PUT OUT IN JANUARY
But June and July More Than
CounterbaIauced the Account, Cor
on Independence Day the Ponds
Were Covered with Ice a Quarter of
an Inch Thick.

The year 1916 was known throughout
the United States and Europe, says the
Sun, as the codest ever experienced by
any persoon then living. There are
persons in northern New York who
have been in the habit of keeping diar-
les for years, and it is from the pages
of an old diary, begun in 1910 and kept
unbroken until 1910, that the following
information regarding this year with
out a summer has been taken.
January was so mild that most per-
sons allowed their fires to go out and
did not burn wood except for cooking.
There were a few cool days, but they
were very few. Most of the time the
air was warm and springlike. Febru-
airy was not cold. Some davs were
colder than any in January, but the
weather was about the same. March,
from the 1st to the 9Th, was inclined to
be windy. 1t came in like a small lion
and went out like a very innocent
sheep.
April came in warm, but, as the days
grew longer, the air became colder, and
by the first of May there was a tenn
perature like that of winter with plenty
of snow and ice. In May the young
an inch thick on ponds and rivers, corn
was killed. and the corn fields were
planted again and again, until it be-
came too late TO raise a crop. BY the
last of May in this climate the trees
are usually in leaf and birds and flow
ers are plentiful. When the last Of
May arrived in 1916 everything had
been killed by the cold.
June was the coolest month of roses
ever experienced in this latitude. Frost
and ice were as common as buttercups
usually are. Almost every green thing
was killed; all fruit was destroyed.
Snow fell ten inches deep in Vermont.
Thre was a seven-inch snowfall in
Maine, a three-inch fall in the interior
of New York state. and the same in
Massachusetts. There were only a few
moderately warm days. Everybody
looked, longed and waited for warm
weather, but warm weather did not
come. 1t was also dry; very little rain
fell. All summer long the wind blew
steadily from the north in blasts laden
with snow and ice. Mothers knit socks
of double thickness for their children,
and made thick mittens. Planting and
shivering were done together, and the
farmers who worked out their taxes on
the country roads wore overcoats and
mittens.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-28
HOTELS AND SUMNER. RE.
SORTS.
FERN HAIL.;
CRYSTAL LAKE, PA.

The opening of this famous resort un-
der new management will take place
early in June.
Situated in the southern corner of
Susquehanna county on the shores of
beautiful Crystal Lake, Fern Hall is
one of the most attractive places in the
State of Pennsylvania to spend a few
weeks during the heated term.
Every facility is affordtd for the en-
tertainment of its guests.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-28
Doesn't Know what Trouble Is.

81 would like my bill paid" said the
tailor to an impecunous customer.
do you not owe any one anything?"
asked the debtor.
mo, sir, l am thankful to say / do
not"
Then you can afford to wait" was
the answer, IA the customer walked
away.-Tid-Bits.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-22
THE STREET GAR CONDUCTOR.
Not the Least of His Trials Is the
Wear and Tear Upon HIS Hands.

Not the Least of His Trials Is the
Wear and Tear Upon His Hands.
That the lot Of the summer car con-
ductor is not an enviable one can read
lily be seen from the following story of
one who has charge of an open car on
one of the Traction company's lines in
this city, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord: "Just look at these hands," he
said, exhibiting pair of palms that
were chapped, hardened and covered
with q yellowish substance. Anyone
looking at them would naturally sup
pose that it has been long while since
soap has been used on them, and yet
I washed them thoroughly before leav-
ing the depot for this trip. This yellow
color is caused by the bars, which /
handle going from one step to another
to collect the fares. The handle bars
are of brass, and, as this metal is very
sensitive and subject to weather
changes, which affect it In the form of
layer of rust, /. using thel bars as a
support, get the same on my hands.
While this polishes the brass, it makes
my hands coarse and hardened, and this
also accounts for their yellow appear
ance. It is very bad for the hands, es-
pecially If you happen to have flesh
wound or sore, which, coming in con-
tact with the rusty bars, is liable to
poison your blood, but what is to be
done? You can't wear gloves, as it is
hard to handle cash with the mittens
IN -
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-22
vENDIsH WORDS REMAIN.

Germany Is Full of Places Bearing
the Old-Time Names.
Consul General De Kay writes for the
Century paper on the Serbian swamp
Vendland, under the title of "An In
land Venice" Mr. De Kay says: ''These
people speak German to the lordings
as we pass Vendish to our boatman, but
the Vendish is disappearing because,
for the sake of the army, its teaching Is
discouraged. Throughout all this dis
trict, far over into Saxony, only few
churches still offer sermons In the
old tongue. Yet if the Vendish
tongue disappears the names of places
will tell the tale, even as such names as
Brandenburg and Saxony still do.
Dresden, Leipsic, these are Vendish
words-or call them Slavic, with the
broader term that now means the race.
And hereabout are Cottbus, Vetschau,
Muschen, Brahmow, Babow, Dlugy,
Raddush, Leipe, Lehde, Byhleguhre,
Straupitz and Lub(ben. And the fiesses
that wind or shoot straight in and out
of forest and cleared fields retain
Vendish names: Mutniza, Blushnitza,
Rogazo, Zschapigk, Polenzo, Groblitzo
and Nabasatz. Efforts have been made
to give German names to many of them,
but country people everywhere are
great holders to precedent, and the peo-
pie who stick SO tightly to their old
costume are not going to give up their
place names without struggle"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-22
The Doucet skirt.

The doueet skirt shirred on fine cords
around the waist, the shirring extend
ing below the hips, is popular feature
of summer frocks. In organdie this
fashion is particularly adaptable. A
pretty summer girl, - who looked as
if she had stepped cut of a picture at a
wedding in the country recently, had
an organdie with white ground, pow
dered with tiny pink rosebuds. the skirt
made in this way and worn over white
taffeta slip. The waist had little full
ness gathered on the right shoulder and
under the. arm. the folds being brought
across the breast diagonally and fas-
tened with a ruffie on the left side,
forming d curve around the collarless
neck, which was left little bare, the
organdie forming sort Of bolero, which
was drawn tightly across the figure and
the waist defined by high draped belt.
The sleeves were made without being
gathered and drawn tightly around the
arms, except at the top. where smart
looking puff accentuated the shoulders
With this pretty frock was worn a
leghorn hat tilted over on the side by a
cluster of pink roses. Roses also formed
a garniture on top. with loops of black
velvet ribbon forming an aigret on one
side. New York Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-22
BUTCHER GOWNS.

And Gowns, busters, Coats and
Sleeves in Various Occupations.
Butchers gowns, which are made of
cotton and linen, come often in all white.
sometimes in blue check, often in MAJ
terial that is plaided off with lines on
white ground. Sometimes the lines are
all of the same color; sometimes lines
of two or three different colors are
woven into the fabric. There are many
tasteful designs in the materials used
for butcher gowns. Beef handlers wear
usually gown or duster made Of a
dark blue material. says the New York
Sun.
Fish dealers wear a duster or gown
of blue check. Grocer's busters are
made most commonly Of blue linen, as
are the busters worn by druggists;
they are sometimes made of striped
cotton material. The bartender wears
a white duck coat, and there are white
duck coats made for BARRIERS.
There are aprons made in various
styles, for butchers. bartenders, and
Others. Aprons are almost always
white. Sleeves are sold for butchers
made of white material, and also of ma
terial to match the gown. Straw cuffs
are worn by many. Winter ulsters are
made for butchers and others whose
business or occupation may make them
desirable.
There are tailors who confine their at
tention to the making and selling OF
butcher and other gowns, busters
and coats, and the aprons. sleeves and
cuffs commonly worn with them.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-22

THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
"A Brief Consideration OF Matche
from His Point of View.

from His Point of View.
''There is this to be said In favor of
the sulphur match said the retired
burglar, reports the New York Sun,
"that it is noiseless when struck; but
It's odor is decidedly against it. More
than once, when have struck sui
phur match In the hall, have heard
some light sleeper, when the pungent
fumes of the sulphur permeated the at
mosphere, turn in bed in the adjacent
room.
"I stuck to sulphur matches for a
long time-naturally enough, ! sup
pose-but finally came to use parlor
matches altogether. They are noisy,
but odorless, and it may be possible
to scratch them when teams are pass
ing, or when the wind is blowing, or
there is some other noise abroad. At
any rate came to prefer, from expert
ence, the noisy, odorless match to the
silent sulphur.
20 course the ideal match for any
body in my business would be one that
should be both silent and odorless. It
is a wonder to me that nobody has in
vented such match; it is greatly need
ed. and l should say that it would be
comparatively easy Of invention. Now
that I have retired, maybe will devote
myself to the invention of such match
and to do something to promote the in
terests of an arduous and none too re-
munerative calling"