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The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-08
CONFEDERATE FEMALE SPY.
Death of Mrs. John Nance Af-
ter an EventfuI Life in
Camp and Field.


Glasgow, Ky. June 25.-Mrs.
John Nance, one of the oldest of
odd characters, was found dead seat
ed by the road side in Clay county.
Tenn recently. Hers was indeed
q strange and eventful life. Sixty
years ago Jacob Schroeder, a Penn
sylvania Dutchman, emigrated to
this section of Kentucky and settled
down to farming and dealing in
stock. His family consisted of two
sons and a daughter. BY frugal
habits Schroeder accumulated coDsic-
cradle property, and was known as
one OF the wealthiest men of this
section. The daughter, Kate, had
many admirers, the favored suitor
being Wilson Beggman, a carpenter
Owing to fanciful insult offered
him by Beggman, old man Schroeder
was opposed to the marriage of his
daughter and forbade Beggmsn en-
tsring his house. A few days after
the wordy war between the two men
old man Schroeder was shot from
ambush. Suspicion pointed to Begg
man a. being the assassin, bu. evil
dence was not sufficient to warrant
his arrest. Two weeks after the
murder Beggman attempted to elope
with Kate Schroeder. The eloping
couple were overtaktn by the two
Schroeder boys and Beggman killed
The Schroders left for parts un-
known. Two years later Kate Schro.
der married J. NJ. Nance, a farmer
aud former admirer.
At the commencement of the war
Nance, who was strong Southern
sympathizer, was arrested and taken
to Louisville, where he died in
prison. Mrs. Nance always claimed
his death was caused by the cruel
treatment of his captors Burning
for revenge, Mrs. Nance entered the
service of the rebels in the capacity
OF a spy. She was of great value to
the Confederates. and WAS considered
one of the most daring spys 10 the
service. She was with Bragg when
he raided through Kentucky, and al
the battle of Perryville handled q
musket in the front ranks. During
the war she was usually attired in
male attire, unless feminine attire
suited her purpose better.
Many were her airbreadth es
capes from capture and death. On,
OF the closest calls che ever expert
enced was while fording Red River
In Logan Co., Ky. She had yisites
Russelville in search of information
An hour after her departure tn,
federal commander of the town
learning that she was rebel spy
dispatched company OF cavalry t,
capture or kill her. The troop
overlook the daring womar at th
river, which was bankfull and pas
fording, owing to recent rains. Wit
certain death behind aud daugerou
river in front. she plunged into th
raging torrent. When half wa
across the stream the federal cavalr
appeared and fred volley at th
fleeing woman. Her horse was killed
and she received a wound in th
shoulder. Supposing she had +,
ceived her death wound, the troop
LETT her to the mercies Of the stream
She was washed against pile {
driftwood and reached the opposii
shore. She reached her comman.
and gave information which resulte
In the capture Of Russellville Il
following week.
During her career as q scout 81
made cath that not until the ind
The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-08
CASToRIA.
Hsmburp. july 1.-The Rambt
Try Aliens Foot-Ease,

powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
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tight shoes. try Aliens Foot Ease. It coois
the feet and makes walking easy. Cures and
prevents swollen and sweating feet. blisters
and caious spots. Relieves corns and bunions
of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it
today. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores
for 25c. Trial package free. Address, Allen S.
Olmsted, lie Roy, NY.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-08
WCn3erfufl Maryaloua.,

Are expressions frequently heard about Fo-
ley's Kidney Cure. Do not fail to try this
great remedy for all kidney trouble. j. A.
Trimble, druggist, Butler Mo.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
Grants Big Heart.

General Grenville Dodge, who was
with Grant all through the war, and
who both before and after that period
was civil engineer for the Northern Pa
cific railroad, told little story illus
trating the spontaneous kindness and
thoughtfulness of Grant when young
man. Many years before the war he was
sent to Oregon as lieutenant, and while
at Vancouver started out one evening
in company with Rufus Ingalls, to ride
to Williamhamite for the purpose of
calling upon some young ladies visiting
there.
When they had covered about half the
distance, they came upon a poor emil
grant, whose heavily loaded wagon had
become hopelessly stuck i'll the mud
The young men, Of course, stopped.
After looking over the situation, Lieu
tenant Grant said to Mr. Ingalls,:
"What can we do to help this poor
fellow out?"
His companion did not seem to think
that anything could be done But after
a moments consideration Grant silent
ly dismounted, offered his horse to the
stranger in distress and gave him few
concise directions as to how to extricate
himself. Then telling the grateful emf
grant where to deliver the horse over to
him at Williamhamite, he continued
his jOurney-still distance of seven or
eight miles-on foot. -Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
Lamp Snakes.

There is III Natal-or at least so the
natives say-a kind Of snake which, if
its domestication were possible, might
make less important the question of
municipal gas works. For this serpent,
according to the stories told about it, is
provided with an illuminating apparatus
beside which that Of other light bearing
creatures, including men with lanterns,
is hardly worth consideration. The rep
tile is supposed to frequent swamps or
lakes, and it is of size SO vast that on
an occasion when one of the species was
attacked and killed by Boer hunting
party its carcass filled two wagons. In
fact, the animals proportions are al
most unlimited. The light emitted by
this monster is said to be bright and
dazzling in the extreme and easily dis
cerned from distance of several miles
Some of the negroes call the snake
'umningi, while by others it is known
as the "ivimbela, name also applied
to q serpent whose dwelling is in the
sea, and whose powers, though great
and marvellous, are not displayed in
lakes and rivers or fraught with magic
light. No European traveller has ever
seen one of these snakes, but the Zulus
declare that they are not uncommon in
the pools of the Umvoti river, and that
they are white in color, except for a
few brown patches. 1t is thought by
some that these tales may have foun-
dation in fact, as there are great brim-
stone caves in parts Of Natal, and in
them there may be a phosphorescent
fauna not yet studied or even seen by
civilized men. Another peculiar inhab-
liant of the same region-still on native
authority-is the 'intokoloch. 1t is a
species of dwarf or manikin, akin in its
attributes to the yahoo of Dean Swift,
is amphibious like the lamp snake and
bears character not unblemished. -
New York Times.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
A Small but Faithful Friend.

During the Franco German war, in
A. d. 1870, French soldier who had
been shot in tho chest lay bleeding and
in terrible pain on the battlefield. Night
came on, and he was alone with the
dead bodies of his late comrades. But
his dog, little terrier, found him and
came up to him, licking his face and
hands. After awhile it seized its mas
ter's cap and ran away. The wounded
man thought that even his dog had for
saken him and gave himself up for lost.
The terrier, however, had gone to the
nearest house, two or three miles off,
and the people. seeing soldiers cap in
its mouth and noticing its restless, ex-
cited manner, guessed that help was
needed and set Off with the little dumb
guide in front. The dog led them
straight to his master, who had tainted
with pain and loss of blood. But, thanks
to the friendly help which was thus
brought to him, his life was saved.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
The Instinct of Birds.

Some wonderful facts concerning the
instincts of birds are narrated by a
writer in The Popular Science Monthly.
The oriole, for example, has a fondness
for bright colors, and yet prudence leads
the little creature, in building his nest,
to select the least conspicuous hues. He
also shows architectural skill i'll attach
ing a string to his hanging nest and
fastening it securely, by a number of
turns and knot, to a branch above. in
order to prevent the weight of the young
brood from breaking the branch from
which the nest is suspended. Is not this
good deal like buttressing a weak
wall? Birds also show a progressive
spirit. Formerly the tailor birds of East
India used to stitch the leaves of their
nests together with fine grass or horse
hair. Since the introduction of British
manufactures they use sewing thread
and Rawlings from cloths. In the dis
tricts in Switzerland where watches are
made the wagtails have learned to
build their nests Of fine steel shavings.
Sparrows, which usually build in chinks
Of walls or under roofs, if forced 10 con-
struct their nests in trees or any I'M
sheltered spot, usually cover them with
a sort Of hood to keep out the rain.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
One of the Family.

1t may interest some of our readers
to glance through this short character
istic sketch of James Seymour, born in
London i'll 1909, which is more strongly
impressive than many longer memoirs.
The fact that he displayed fondness
for drawing and painting in boyhood
and subsequently gained celebrity by
his skill in designing horses is too we'll
known to comment upon. Once the
proud Duke Of Somerset employed Sey-
mour to paint room at his seat in
Sussex, with the portraits of his running
horses. Having admitted the artist to
his table, he one day drank to him, say
ing:
Cousin Seymour, your health. -
The painter replied, my lord. real
ly believe that have the honor of being
of your grace's family"
This hurt the pride of the duke SO
much that he rose from the table and
ordered his steward to pay Seymour and
dismiss him. Finding, however, that
no one in England could complete the
pictures begun, he condescended to send
for his cousin. The painter responded to
the message in these words:
MY lord, 1 will now prove that |
am of your grace's family, for won t
come. "-Harper's Round Table
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
The Charge of a Buffalo.

AS soon as I could steady myself I
gave the beast the contents of both bar
rels, but they seemed to have little eff
feet on him. The four hounds were tear
ing at his heels, and he was kicking,
paving and plunging like an Austria
liam buck jumper. In reloading. I got
hold Of the wrong cartridges, and while
l was fumbling about far stray ones in
my pockets the bull partially recovered
his eyesight and came at me. 1 jumped
behind a tree, and the bull struck it
such blow with his immense forehead
that l wonder he was not stunned. The
tree had far too great giTth even to be
shaken. He then tried to get round, and
l lodged him, and one Of the largest
hounds sprang and pinned him by the
nose. How he did below, to be sure.
But the mighty beast, with a toss of
his head, sent the dog flying through
the air, leaving a portion of the carti-
lage of his nostrils in the tenacious
jaws of the hound. Just then found a
solitary cartridge, and, with the muzzle
all but touching him, fired behind the
shoulder, which sickened him, and he
sought refuge in flight. But the good
hounds stuck to him. ran to where the
express was lying, picked it up and
had no difficulty in giving the great
bull his quietus. =" Fifty Years In In
dia," by Colonel Pollock.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
A Hole In His Skull.

The cast Of R. R. Merrigold, an in
mate Of the Brown county Is. D. } hos
pital, is puzzle to the medical frater-
nifty. The patient has lived for num-
Der of years with large and growing
hole in his skull. The brains are covered
only by the skin Of tire scalp. The hole
is circular in form, about five inches in
diameter and is located just above the
left ear When first brought to the at
tention of physicians, the hole in the
skull was only about two inches across.
but it has been gradually increasing in
size. The cause of the bone disease that
is eating away the skull is unknown.
Merrigold, who is rs years of age, was
taken to the hospital from the village
of Rondell about 4 q years ago. When
first taken there, he was perfectly sane,
but his mind has since been gradually
giving way.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
pearv,s Plan For Another journey.

Lieutenant Peary Is anxious to raise
enough money to buy sufficient provi-
sions to last him for ten years. He wants
to take but one or two men with him on
his journey and to get all the other peo-
pie he needs from among the Eskimos,
who are friendly to him, says The Great
Round World. His plan is to make a
number of stations along his route to
the pole and to leave party of Eskimos
at each station.
The stations are to reach from the in
habited portions of Greenland up to the
lonely north. He means them to be like
inns on post road. By this plan he
thinks he can keep himself well supplied
with provisions and everything he needs,
and in case of sickness will always have
a station near to which he can return.
AS tho Eskimos, with their wonderful
dogs, can go back and forth from station
to station, carrying and fetching all
that is needed, Lieutenant Peary thinks
that he will be able to stay in the far
north until his work is done and the
north pole has been located
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
SIR WILLIAM T. STEAD.
The Queen May Make the Great Radical
a Knight Very Soon.

Knight Very Soon.
Now that we are soon to celebrate the
queens diamond jubilee, the sixtieth
anniversary of her reign, we may also
expect big batch of new knights and
baronets, shining medals and glittering
decorations. hear that among those
who are most likely to be knighted is
W. T. Stead, the quondam radical re-
former of The Pail Mall Gazette, the
present Loyalty conservative but frankly
outspoken editor of The Review of Re-
views.
In a recent number of his periodical
Stead has given us an interesting and
ingenious account of his personal con-
version from the doctrine of republican
ism to the doctrine of royalism. He
started as young man by believing in
a president or protector like Crom-
WELL He now losses up his hat, meta
phorically, for Queen Victoria
Seven years ago Stead was sent to Jail
for writing and publishing certain SEN
sational articles in which the vices of
the nobility were pretty severely casti-
gated. I should be surprised if in this
year of grace Stead didn t receive han
die to his name as a reward for his re-
cent change of heart. Gladstone reward
ed Sir George Newnes. I shouldn't won
der if Salisbury and Balfour permanent
" conciliated Stead. Cor.
Washington Post.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
MORGAN'S ESCAPE.
The Veteran Senator just Missed Being
Hit With an Inkstand.

AhO NobcIaH SeHAtOE OusG NIlSSeu k6eIDE
Hit With an Inkstand.
A veteran correspondent was toying
innocently the other day in the senate
press gallery with an empty inkstand.
He twirled the glass cover round and
round while Senator Morgan talked and
talked of the Nicaragua canal bill and
the awful things threatened by Great
Britain.
The correspondent pulled the inkstand
out Of its place and twirled the cover
again. Senator Morgan's eloquent peri
cd drew his attention, and the inkstand
was forgotten. 1t hung in his limp fin
gers, and then there was a resembling
thud on the senate floor as an object sped
by the head of the senator who was pre-
siding over the august body.
Senator Morgan paused in the midst
of his eloquent period, and the attention
of the august body was diverted to the
fleeing form Of the correspondent He
and another who sat beside him disap-
peared through the gallery doors. They
were seen no more that afternoon at the
capitol. An officer from the sergeant-at-
arms Office is looking for them. Now
the inkstands will be clamped down.
Washington Post.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
Art and the Ballet.

The possibilities for the attainment
of very real and solid artistic success
in the direction of the ballet are not
sufficiently noted in this country. While
the ballet is not considered such an in
dispensable entree here as abroad, yet
our national fondness for comic opera
with spectacular choruses offers de-
mand that has but seldom been supplied
with adequate skill An occasional pro-
duction has, it is true, exploited bit
of good taste; but, as a rule, American
ballets, while expensive enough, are
rather gaudy than gorgeous, lacking in
unity of idea and unanswered without
much eye to effect.
The qualities that make genuine ar
tistic success possible in the ballet make
gross error more than probable. Success
here demands ability both in the large
and in the small. Working closely with
his lieutenants, the designer Of costumes
and the dancing master, the director Of
the ballet must give each coryphee or
each small group an individuality, and
this must merge smoothly into the
whole. The manipulation Of horde of
dancers in whom unusual intelligence
is rare and might be dangerous requires
a skill in the movement of large num-
bers, quick eye for effective evolu-
tions, exact tactics that will bring the
right body to the right place in the
right way, and a presence Of mind in
emergencies that demands of the ballet
director generalship of limited range
indeed, but of much acuteness and much
reSnonsihilitV -Scrihner's
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
A French View of lis.

I heard much Of the American chival-
ry to women-of how they could walk
the streets and travel alone. Let us be
frank and say that it is all nonsense!
The newspapers make free with the
names of ladies, and drag wives and
mothers and sisters into the shambles Of
every political controversy, every social
contretemps. While among the better
classes, in their clubs and drawing
rooms, one hears hints, scandals, in
nuendoes, and stories-and most Of them
about the ladies in their own circle
such as would prepare the way for q
dozen duels week in my own country.
When one hears speeches-it matters
little by whom, for they pretty much
all speak well-one is little jealous Of
q race which seems to be endowed by
the gods with gift so rare, but when
one reads them one is rather sad than
jealous. Nine tenths of them are as
sounding brass. They are for the ears
for long ears--not for the mind. A
French politician who should treat his
constituents to the quality of Oratory
that evidently sufices here would be
ridiculed by every journal in France,
and in England such a one would be
quietly shelved at the instance of his
own party leaders. - America and
Americans From a French Point Of
View. :"
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
Sources of Gutta Peroha.

Gutta pevcha, like india rubber is OBJ
tanned from the juices of certain trees
and climbers. The best is produced by a
tree, the Isonandra gutta, of the order
Sapotace@, which formerly abounded
at Singapore and in all Malaysia but
which now tends to disappear under
the ravages committed by gatherers
Gutta, in Malay, signifies gum or lime;
percha signifies scrap Incisions are
made in the bark, as on rubber trees,
and the liquor flows of perfect white
ness, darkening at contact of air. Coag-
ulation takes place spontaneously in a
short time. Like rubber, the liquid
forms a film ON top. This cream is re-
moved, kneaded into large lump and
pumped into boiling water. Under the
action of high temperature it softens
and forms the cake usually found in
commerce. Other trees in Malaysia and
farther India, in Cambodia and Cochin
China, produce good gutta.
In Hindustan different grades are
mixed by the natives. Chinese mer-
chants, in their depots, mix and manip-
ulate to give good superficial appear
ance to the product, as the price is con-
stantly advancing. AS the gatherers al
SO do not scruple to add vegetable de-
bris, earth or sand, it has become diff
cult to secure pure article. An inferi-
or quality is obtained from trees and
climbers in Africa and Madagascar,
and, with the development of those
countries, more may be expected. -
Clarke Dooley in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
In Burma During the Time of Floods.
Peary's Plan For Another Jour-
ney-Two Little Kittens.

Burma, the largest province In the
Indian empire, is beautiful and very
varied country, covered in many places
with forests which in the month of
March are bright with the many colors
and sweet with the varying scents Of
thousands of Towering trees and shrubs.
This country Is traversed by many riv-
ers, the largest of which is the Irawadi,
with course of probably LOO miles
from its unknown source among the
SHOWS of Tibet down to the bay Of
Bengal. These rivers during the rainy
season (Which lasts for long tine)
overflow their banks and spread over
the plains, the flood water Of the Irawadi
often flowing over the country for 10 or
Is miles on either side to a depth Of
from to IA feet.
The inundated villages, however, do
not suffer, as the natives, knowing what
they may expect during the rainy sea-
son, are prudent enough to build their
houses on piles, and the flood waters
move but slowly. But one can easily
A1hdSAAlO INV uullcb1OIly Uu0 llOOUGl
country must be, with great heat and
burning sun.
During the time Of the floods all hunt
ing operations are carried on by the ma
tives from boats These boats, which
are very light, are manned, according
to their size, with spearmen, paddlers
and steersmen. Hunting in this manner
is an occupation of great danger, as it
is impossible to guess what animal may
be encountered in the flooded country
and Burma has long list of wild ami
mails, including the elephant, rhinoceros,
tapir, buffalo, many kinds of deer, tigers,
leopards and bears.
But the Burmese are an excitable,
impulsive and courageous people, and
they really seem to enjoy this sport not
withstanding the risks they run. They
are also anxious to secure a hog or a
deer, for, although their staple food is
rice, which is as cheap as it is in India,
the inhabitants of Burma eat fish or
meat daily, and in all respects live bet
ter than the lower classes of India
Therefore, in going out to hunt over the
flooded country, these men are in search
not only of excitement, but Of tomor-
rows dinner.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-21
Learning by Experience.

Aswe look at young men and women
just entering consciously the world of
self directed activity it seems easy to
advise them. The desire to do so is Of
ten irresistible, and justly So We must
say to them from our own experience
the words that ought to help them avoid
the mistakes that we have made and to
hold fast the blessings that we have let
slip. Yet they must live their own
lives, and Of all we can ever say they
can use only that which really belongs
to them and has become part of their
own minds and wills. Christian Regis
ter