The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 5, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 1, 1887 Page: 8 of 12
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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS. SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1887.
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THE
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the Year at
'Jul i liu
TEXAS.
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By Subscribers who have availed themselves
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aar^omerous other testimonials are con-
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J. F. Schramm, Spanish Camp, Tex.—I have
had several machines, and different friends
have paid as high as $60 for their machines, yet
it is considered tho Premium High Arm Sew-
ing Machine is equal to the best.
W. E. Allison, Lexington, Tex.— After a
thorough trial, I find your Premium Sewing
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commend it.
J. P. Brown, Waverly, Tex.—Gives better
satisfaction than any we have ever tried.
M. E. Richardson, Colmesneil.—I have never
yet found any machine that does better work,
Mrs. Emma Norwood, Kountze, Tex.—I cheer-
fully lecommend it to all who wish a first class
machine "v\ itliout having to pay ?40 to $50 for it.
I would not give mine for any of them, and I
have used several—the Singer, White and Wil-
son—the Premium however excels all.
Mrs. Ella Anderson, Field Creek, Tex.—It has
given perfect satisfaction in every particular,
and is as good as any of the high-priced ma-
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J. V. Easley, Dromond, Tex.—I do not hesi-
tate to recommend the machine to all persons
wishing a first-class machine.
C. C. Frankland, East Day, Chambers conn
ty, Tc-x.—It has given perfect satisfaction, and
is in every respect as you represent it.
F. W. Abel, Bellvllie, Tex.—It is much bet-
tor than I expected for the money. My wife
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1). W. Cox, Willard, Tex.-It has given per-
fect satisfaction. My neighbors use my ma-
chine in preference to their own; tlicy say it
ia Hie lightest running and easiest managed
machine they ever saw, and is worth twice the
money charged for it.
J. T. Meek, Pidcock Ranch, Tex.—My wife
likes the machine for its simplicity ancl ease
of running, besides being noiseless. She con-
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class machines, and a great den! cheaper.
Helen Dugat, Wiufree, Tex.—I am thorough-
ly satisfied with it, as well as all the attach-
ments accompanying it. I would not be with-
out it lor double tho price.
Mrs. M. A. Dunn, Tascosa, Tex.—It has given
full satisfaction in every particular, being far
superior to any j have seen and tried. I bought
ore two yearsago, for which I paid $60, but it
could not com pare with tho one lately pro
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aim Premium Machine ordered from you gives
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Mrs. Delia Welsford, Minor, Tex.—I can fully
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l;. M. Womack, Hound Hock, Tex—Mrs. Pen-
nington sa>s she would not exchange it for a
Domestic or New Jlome.
S.S.Wilson, Iola, Tex.—I can honestly re-
commend it to all in want of a good machine.
Mrs. S. C. Bennett, Andersen, Tex.—I have
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thing ; ou claim it to he.
Mrs. K» A. Owen, Strickling, Tex.—I have
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ft. C. Bennett, Anderson, Tex.—It gives per-
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i machines on the market, . "
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i R. W. Coy, l;ivaveiu*;'Tex.'-- It lias proved to
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» u-y, and third, doing tho best kind of work.
Even ti ing is so exact ti at it can not, do othei
tlnni p( rform good work. It is cheap, useful
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chine has been fully tested; gives perfect sat
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ly pleased with it; think it Is superior to any
of the higli-priced machines and do not hesi
late to recommend the "Premium High-Arm
Machine" to auy & oil persons in noed of one.
Mis. S. A. Wasson, Trinity, Tex.—It is very
easv to manage, never gets out 01 running or-
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Mrs. I). McBiide, Calveston, Tex.—It has
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J. Pratt, Rosenberg, Tex.—Tho "Premium
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tiie satisfaction and 1 firmly believe a better
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are to be obtained for from you.
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st cond 10 no other.
J. H. Ward, Temple, Tex.—I find it to be all
that you claim for it and recommend it to every
011c wishing a machine.
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not exchange it for nny machine she has evei
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is just what you represent it to be.
J. P. Day, Liberty, Tex.—My wife is perfectly
satisfied with it; it is all and more than you
claim for it.
Mis. C. B. Nichols, Bedias, Tex.—I do not
hesitate to pronounce it the best Sewing Ma-
chine I have ever used.
r. Bempsey, Edna, Tex.—It does better
work, and is a better machine in every respect
than machines sold here for $10.
Mrs. L. A. Robinson, New Caney, Tex.—I can
conscientiously recommend it to all persons
in neeci of a Machine. The attachments are
the linest 1 have ever used, and give perfect
satisfaction.
Mrs. J. W. Hancock, Austin, Tex.—I find it
in every respect satisfactory, and a first-class
machine.
These machines can only be disposed of to
bona-Gdo subscribers to The News, although
"old" as weil as "new" subscribers maybe
supplied,
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or express charges from tho manufactory in
Chicago to bo borne by the purchaser. To save
expense ail machines are ordered shinped by
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cost would be much higher.
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GAX.VE5TOS. TE2V
POSITIVELY
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IN ALL ITS FORMS.
msm
msstt
HEADACHE,
CONSTIPATION,
BILIOUSNESS,
"I was for many years a perfect martyr to
Headache and Ds'spepsia, and sometimes
thought it would liill me. After trying so many
remedies I began to think them of no account
until 1 tried Simmons Liver Reeuiator, and I
am now and have been for fifteen years a
stranger to a Headache."—E. D. Odom, Put-
nam Co., Ga.
.See that you get the Genuine, prepared by
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irASHl'
BITTERS
! CURES
ALWISEWESOrTI-S
LIVER
K5DMEYS
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AND
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IT IS A PURELY VE5STABLE PREHAHAIICrt
5EfiflA-MANDHAKE-BUCHU
OTSSS EHU.HLYF5FICIEM REMSOIES
It has stood the Test of Years,
Curiiig all Diseases of th9
BLOOD, LIVEK, STOM
&CH, KIDNEYS,BOW-
ELS, &c. ItPurihe3the
lilood, lavigorates and
Cleanses the System.
IlYSI'KPSU,CONSTI-
PATION, JAUNDIC:
SICKHEADAOHB,BIL-
IOUS C0M?LAIWTli,4c
disappear at once under
its beneficial influence.
It is purely a Modirir.e
83 its cathartic proper-
ties forbids its ttse as a
boverasre. It in pieas-
jj ant to th3 tas'e, and ae
i easily takea b > cbild-
!rea as r.d-aitii.
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A KATUHAL TGHIC
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?'8AL<g Basis.
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PEASANT TS THE TASTE,
TUB IBM BLOOD FUIIFIEE!
eSite Organs an^l tfa*
Urer, SKitt l?is»asea, Caw,
HUd Einsisf», ACiiJ" S£l&13
EJhSlTL'fS i* a
Chronic an<! «!^
«!:iw ctiiips ct SI'otKl I'oisont&g;
wilHont fail t'l* w®
C. W. Herod, of Thornton, Limestone county,
Tex., writes that hall a bottle ot Acid Iron
Kart11 cured liin; perfectly of nervous debility.
M. G. Lonji', of Thornton, Limeatone county,
Tex., certifies that be was cured of neuralgia
and eczema by the use of Acid Iron Earth.
Ash for Croe pamphlet, to be had
of all dealers or sent* postpaid,
fl ora t)*e A. I, E, Co»» Mobile, 4.1a,
PRICE, FiFTY CENTS.
FOR SALE SY ALL 0HUQ81STS,
AtT/holesale hy
T.W. Tavraiit & Co. and Thompson Srug Co ,
Galveston. '!Vx
fjoilcsl apcp^zln?tcn!c cf?xqi:!site fftvor, now nseloverthj
vhole vor!Ji, cures J)hrrl. ri, Ft Tir nn-l an I &U
di<ord*rj of the l>ig.fli'> v, Oriram. A ':r drop* iuij-avt ^ d«li • u« tiavor
to a Rinia of chim^v;:ie, na-1 to all snmsner arir»!ts. Try it, an l
bewara of i-oacterf./,i,{ \\%t ^rov? or lr>:.;,-i ; !'• r ii.s^cuiutf
itfUclo, taanufactured l>f I>H. S. G. li. bl£OtilT & tUNS.
1. V7. WKfUEHAHiJ, S0I3 A9SST,
CI liltCAVWAY, X. y.
TOSIIMption,
i have a positive* remedy for the tbove dieeaeo; l>> 'U
050 thonsiimls of cases of the \rorit lclnd and of icni
utiindlnf?have boen cured. Indeed, sostronp is myfalti
In its elQcacy, that 1 will Bend TWO BOTTLES FKEB,
together with OVALUABLK THE ATI SB on tliii ciiaaafl'
to any sufferer. Give express and P. O. addresg.
BE. T. A. SLOCLM. Ut reulSt.-N.w Totl!
0 U C R 0 'F
Its principle ingredient, Pure Meat, is PcientiflcaUy
iprmidatea with medical remedies, Kivintr it w )«-
derfully etimidating propertien; inviiroratincr tho
vital forces without fati^uiiiK the dierefetive organs.
Iu Typhoid,Yellow and Mai arial fevere.itioin.
valuable, tfiviiitr strength to ovtrcome these maliwr.
nant diseases. Highly recommended by leadinsr Phy-
sicians of Pans as a tonic for Convalescents and Weak
persons,rdBo forlur<f?-diseapes. E. Fonwrn. A' C'o.j
Asenta. W. i'. 80UD iiy AlX DRnooigrfl.
It?
WINCHESTER'S HYPOPHOSPHITE OT? LIME AKO
SODA is u match lei-;h remady for Con*unim«:3»>n in
every Stage of the Dieenen. For Coiiffli*, Wcnk
Jjunst, Thronl lllseuaoM. I^oss ol Fifth uiul
ApjHJtate, and aJl forms ol €5ci»eral Uebsilty it is
nn uneoualed Specific Remedy. sunn an > gi:x*
W INpllKSTEll'S Piu:p.Aitatjr.>;, j$i and JSC p«--.» bottle.
Sold by I>xug£i3ts. 1VIXCJIKSTF.K A: f <).,
SSS William st.. Saw York,
T CURE FITS!
When I Bay cure 1 do not menn merely to atop them for
a tirno and then have them return ftPrvlo. 1 mean a rad-
ical cure. I have mtd« tho disease of FITS, EPI-
LEPSY or PALLING SICKNESS a -Ufa Iod;? Btai7. S
warrant my lea.etly to euro tlio wor«t cases. UecsW
ethers havo failed Ia no reason for not now receiving,«
care. Send at onco for a treatiao nr.d a Free Pottle of my
fcfalUble remely. Give T xprens and I'ostOQlcd. It costd yo»
•otiiiag for a trial, and I v/ill enra yon.
Addreui Da. IL G. JiOOT. 183 Pearl St.. Kew YeriL
immm-
I sn JTaring from tne et-
lfectsof youthful or-
m w 1 ro"s. early decay, lost
manhood, etc. I will send a valuable treatise (pealed?
containing full particulars for home cure, ire* oi
n'riarira. Ad&TGMPriif .F. Q VOWLJi-R.Moouua. OottC.
DEAD
FOR BED BUGS. Dutcher's lin-
proved Kills upon touch and remrlns
J AT n trap to catch Intruders. Use it
thoroughly and sleep in peace.
Use Butcher's Fly Killer.
BEN FRAHKLIN'S GRAVE.
Neglected in the Busie«t Section oi Phila-
delphia'
l*he baro, blank wells of a very old bury-
ing ground are frowned down upon by the
towc-ring structures of manufacture and
business that surround and hem them in in
one of tho busiest parts of Philadelphia.
I11 side the hurting ground walls are trees
planted by men who died from old age
years ego. Birds come and rear their
wide mouthed families in this cool oasis iu
the great desert of throbbing city streets.
On6 o3d man, bent and wrinkled, takes an
occasional walk over the scarcely discerni-
ble, grass grown paths, and his are the ouly
feet that tread the silent city of the dead.
In the Arch street wall, very near the
corner, an opening has been made. The
bricks have been taken away for a sp.ice
of perhaps a dozen feet. Through aa iron
fence which covers this opening one can
get a glimpse of the peaceful' grounds
within. That graveyard was marie long
years ago, and the noisy city has grown all
about it, crowding it and jostling it, but
never encroaching beyond its walls. From
sun-up to midnight there is a constant
hurrying of wagons and cars aud human
beings by this necropolis. Yet that grated
opening has seldom a visitor, though there
Jits within a few feet of it the dust of a man
whose profound wisdom and humanity
moved the whole civilized world.
Kot three blceks away stands a great in-
stitution bearing his name—an institution
fo&teiiEg all that is scientific and that
lives to learn the hidden things of nature's
laws; that fosters and encourages tho
genius of men aud teaches industry and
the value of solid learning. Less distant
in the opposite direction lies a great public
squaie, one of those beneficiat breathing
spaces of the city's pent up masses, bearing
his name. By its side there runs a long,
wide street bearing his name. And ail
over the city there are mills and printing
shops and factories and foundries bearing
his name, while all over the state and the
country there are towni and townships and
and counties also bearing his name. Yet
there lies bis bones down in the heart of
this big city, with arteries throbbing with
the work aEil pleasures of men, beneath a
thin stone slab, which grows greener and
thinner year by year, obscured by the
lightest snows of winter, the earliest
glasses of summer, and the first fall of
autumn leaves. A singular end of a mar-
velous man!
I looked through the bars. With much
craning of my neck and much pressing of
my face against tbe bars I made out this
simple, fast fadiLg inscription in the thin
muible slab:
: Benjamin :
ANl) :
; l>Ei:or.Aii Frank UN. :
Benjamin Franklin, after many years
spent abroad enlightening men, gaining
fresh wisdom and laurels, came homo to
live in ouiet retirement with his son-in-law,
Colonel'llichard Bache. at the old mansion
which stood in a liirge park on Market
sheet, near Fourth, this city. Shortly after
that he wrote a friend: "I am now in the
bosom of my family and find our four little
pratilers, who cling about the knees of their
grandpapa, afford me great pleasure. I am
surrounded by my friends aud have a good
daughter and son-in-law to take care of me.
I have got into my niche, a very good house
which I built twenty-four years ago aud out
of which I have been kept ever since by
employments."
I raiiklin had a small printing-press set
up on one of the upper floors of the house,
with which he amused himself many an
hour by his experiments. Bat so busy a life
was not destined to be prolonged in quiet-
ness. He had been settled but a short time
wren his life-light went out, on Saturday,
April 17, 1700, when he was nearly 85. Three
dajs later, now nearly a hundred years
ago, bis remains were conveyed to the old
Fr.ends'buiying-ground and placed beside
those of his wife "and tho thin stone slab
lr.id over them.
There was mourning throughout this and
other lands. Twenty thousand people
crowded tbestreets aroundthatold burying
ground cn the day of the funeral, and as
the simple cortege passed over the few
squares between th6 house and the groye
bell6 throughout the city tolled and minute
st'.rs boomed mournfully. Clergymen of
the city of all denominations, the supremo
executive council of the state (of which
Franklin had been president), the state
assembly, judges of "the supreme court,
members ot the bar, the officials of the city,
pjinters and their workmen, the Philo-
sophical society, the College ot Physicians,
the (students and faculty of the Philadelphia
college and many civic organizations
attended the funeral. The pall-bearers
v. ej<-• Governor Thomas Kifilin, Chief
JuEtics SltKeap, Thomas Willing,
president of the back of North America;
Mayor Samuel Powell, William Bingham
nnd David Ritteuhouse. Following the
oeath ard burial of Fraukliu came honors
and eulcgiums from everywhere. In con-
gress Madison offered a resolution which
said: "Benjamin Frankliu was a citizen
whcfe nf-tive genius was not more anorna-
lient to iuinau nature than his various ex-
ertieus of it have been precious to sci-
ence."
'■Friends of Liberty" in B'rance erected a
mausoleum, but Franklin's unhonored
grave rests amid the turmoil and confusion
of a great, busy city. [Philadelphia Cor.
Kew Yoik World.
WEAK, UNDEVELOPED PARTS ;
of the body eDlargi-.d aiiilstreJi-itUcnctl, T ud mrtlculara
senWeealed) free. KKIK ilKDlCALOO.. liuftalo. J«. X. 1
Dcitiny Showain a Gem.
'Ihe recent lecture by Mr. Alfred Phillips
has aroused the dormant interest in a sub-
ject which, until lately, occupied so much
attention among connoisseurs in, perhaps,
the most refined of all the arts—that of the
gem engraver, which, in the mediieval ages
in Italy ranked higher than that of either
painting or sculpture, says the Birmingham
(Eng,) Post. It was curious to observe that
tbe specimens furnished as illustrations in
the lecture given by Mr. Alfred Phillips be-
long to English amateurs. Lord Revel-
stroke, one of the last of the enthusiasts,
contributed his famous saphirtnerveilleux,
once belonging to the famous Egalite, Duke
of Orleans, which has been carefully pre-
served from publicity for so many years.
It was said that the late Emperor Napo-
leon III had expressed such earnest desire '
for possession of the gem that he had more
than once offered tbe most fabulous sums
to obtain it. The superstition of tbe time
iu which it flourished on Egalite'a fat finger
ascribed miraculous powers to the stone,
and that in its depths had been rwealed
the fatal destiny of Its owner, when he one
day had lain himself down to rest in the
paik at St. Cloud.
The weather was hot (so goes the story),
and as the duke lay musing on the varied
chances of his own aud of his father's life,
wondering whether the sweeping doctrines
of the encyclopedists would lead the peo-
ple, a Winding ray of noonday sun, pierc-
ing like a flaming shaft through the leaves
just stirred by the wind above his head, foil
straight (as he afterward described the oc-
currence) like a pointed fluger upon the
supphiro which adorned his hand. Beneath
tbe ray of light it seemed to increase in size
ard grow all aflame.
3t!n astonishment be raised it to his eye
and there beheld the scaffold and the
headsman and the surging crowd; nay, so
excited did he become that he actually fan-
cied he could hear the trampling of tho
horses of the guard aud the roll of the
drums which announced the arrival of the
cart bearing the prisoner to his dojm.
Presently the victim ascended toe steps,
bis back was turned; in another second ho
wasmsde to kneel before the block, and
then tbe face, pale and livid, full of horror
end indignation, was recognized by tho ter-
rified gazer as his own.
Mme. de Genlis refers more than onco in
her Memoirs to the secret circnmstance,
tbe memory of which now .and then over-
can e the poor debauched' Egalite with
dread find melancholy, but of course was
turned to laughter and mockery by the
high-born gamblers of whom the duke's so-
ciety ^as composed.
Tie diamond naturally occupied the
greater portion of the lecturer's attention,
and he expressed the greatest objection to
tho engraving of the diamond which lias
been essayed of late, as it deteriorates
from the value of the stone, which is de-
pendent on its brilliancy. The largest dia-
mond in the world—the Draganza, belong-
ing to the King of Portugal—is said to
weigh 1COO carats, and to be worth £2-24,000,-
000. It is to be supposed that nobody has,
however, offered to purchase it. The mad
Queen Joanna always carried it about har
person, and every morning dedicated it :n
all solemnity to bt. Jago, holding it iu her
grasp all the time she laid it on the altar.
The three historical rubies once also be-
longed to the crown of Portugal, said to
have been dropped by Don Sebastian jo the
sand of tbe beach at Tangiers, when he
lended ou his flight from his country, are
still hunted for by credulous treasure seek-
ers, end are supposed to be only concealed
for n while until some fisharmau more
lucky than his fellows may bring them to
lieht.
Polish tradition tells of a diamond oon-
ct aieu in tLe treasure vaults of th3Sipieha
fiiitjily at Warsaw, which is unique iu the
woiid, possessing the faculty of redacting
in brilliancy of color every object placed
near it.
in short, there is no end to the legends
furnished by the diamond in all countries
and it is a pity to behold the trade decrease
of its value in consequence of the great
quantity being poured upon us from the
cape. Never did fashion show more malev-
olent caprice than in the case of the dia-
mond, for just as it becomes more easy of
acquisition the usual, and once the only,
wearers of the precious gem refuse to ac-
knowledge ltd value as an adjunct to the
full dress toilet.
A Town i»Ceylon.
We left Colombo on the evening of the
Mh and reached Trincomalie, Ceylon, a dis-
tance of 270 mileE, by noon of the 8th. We
kept in sight of the cocoanut-bound coast
all the way, but had to steam against a
strong monsoon current. The entrance to
'frincomalie is very narrow, but once in-
side of it we found ourselves almost com-
pletely land-locked in a spacious harbor,
dotted here and there with beautiful little
islands and surrounded by an almost un-
broken fringe of bread-fruit trees and co-
ccanut palms, having in the background
occasional high green hills, one of which,
at the very entiance to the harbor, was
crowned by the imposing and massive-
looking Fort 03tenberg, originally con-
structed by the Dutch in the seventeenth
century, but now occupied by a working
force of English royal engineers. J ust un-
der this hill, and consequently protected
from an> great-gun fire from seaward, are
the neat-looking white buildings and store-
houses cf the naval depot, which always
contain sufficient supplic-s to victual the
British East India fleet for six months. The
English officers at Trincomalie are busy all
the time exercising and practicing with
grourd and contact torpedoes, and I have
no dcubt but that every prepara-
tion bus been made to thoroughly
defend the harbor by mines and auto mo-
bile torpedoes. In the event of a foreign
war th:s harbor would become England's
only naval depot of any importance be-
tween Hong Kong and Bombay. A small
native town containing less thau 2000 in-
habitants is situated at the head of the har-
bor, but offers nothing of special interest to
the visitor, Trincomalie being a place of no
importance in any respect save that of pos-
sessing the best harbor in either India or
Ceylon. The inhabitants are nearly all
Tamils—descendants of natives of south-
ern. India—and are spoken very high-
ly of by Europeans stationed there.
Thev do a small export trade in
cocoanuts, fine shells, ebony-wood, and
satin-wood, and from the cleau appear-
ance of their streets and homes and the
general air of prosperity which surrounds
fhem, they must find it quite profitable.
Just below the naval depot, on a beautiful
little island, is a fine looking white bunga-
low, which is for the use of the admiral of
the station when he comos here, once oach
year, to have fleet exercises and drills.
Excepting a visit to the sacred Salmi rock,
and to each of the old forts, there is noth-
ing to amuse a stranger save shooting,
fishing and shell collecting. Snipe were
numerous and quite easily shot. The na
tives claim that deer and elephants can ba
found within ten miles of the town, bat a
royalty of 10 rupees is claimed by the gov-
ernment on each elephant that is killed.
Landing one afternoon for a visit to Sal-
mi lock we found awaiting us at the wharf
one of the four only carriages of tho place,
a closed concern drawn by one poor horse
which had been obtained for us by a native
dv.basch who went by the name of Shooting
lbriham. On first starting off it became
necessary for the driver to get down and
lead the horse, and after riding about a
mile in the rickety old concern we began to
fear that the bottom boards might drop
through, so we got out and walked. Less
than a mile beyond we came to the remain-
ing fort of the place—Fort Frederick—a
massive structure built by the Dutch in
1070 to resist land attacks from the interior,
hut now occupied by an armed garrison of
English heavy artillery.
E» Passing through the fort and out to the
< xtreme point we came to a large, rugged
rock rising precipitously out of the sea to a
height of nearly two hundred feet. It is
known as Salmi rock, and the natives have
a tradition that it is occupied by one of
i heir evil deities, to propitiate whom their
Hindoo priest holds a sacred service on the
lock twice a week. The Europeans here
know of only one event that has occurred
to make the rook memorable siuce the first
Dutch settlers arrived here. The daughter
of one of the old Dutch governors fell in
leve with a young lieutenant stationed on a
man-of-war in the harbor. Her irascible old
father opposed their union because the
young lieutenant had nothing but his pay,
and in order to separate them he orelered
the man-of-war to sea on a long cruise. As
the ship sailed out of the harbor the young
girl went out to the rock, waved a last fare-
well to her lover, and then threw herself off
into the sea and was drowned.
Fortunately we got to tbe rock just as the
service was about to begin. On a narrow
ledge right over the sea stood the priest, a
fine'looking, gray-headed old fellow, who
was attired, in the narrowest loin-clotb I
have yet seen. Near to him, but clear of the
rock, were about fifty or sixty natives, the
men attired very much like the priest, but
the women resplendent in skirts of many
colors and fairly loaded down with gold
and silver ornaments in nose and ears, and
on arms, ankles and toes.
The priest w-as fairly surrounded with a
load of fruits, flowers, rice and cocoanuts,
the offerings of his congregation. He com-
menced the service by ringing a bell. Then
holding a brass vessel in which was a blaz-
ing fire in his hand before him, and appar-
ently invoking some spirit in it, he first
threw some slips of paper over the face of
Ihe lock, his congregation facing the sea,
clasping the hands in front of the body and
engaging in prayer. After this was over
tbe priest opened all of the cocoanuts, emp-
tying the milk into a brass vessel. After-
ward he made a final prayer in regard to
keeping the sea quiet so that vessels could
swim ejn it, and then commenced to throw a
part cf the offerings into the sea; first soino
flowers, then a little rice, and finally some
cocoanuts. How they were to reach the
evil deity I could not learn. During the
praying of the priests these poor natives
looked every bit as earnost and devout as
any of our congregations at home would
look during divine service. [Correspon-
dence Baltimore Sun.
Absentmindo 'ness.
An old bachelor noted for his absent-
mindedness was lately wedded at Atlanta,
Ga. In the marriage ceremony, when it
became his duty to place the ring on the
fair maid's finger, he drew a silver quarter
from his pocket and handed it to the bride,
to the consternation and confusion of all
parties. After he had embarked on a train
for the wedding tour, and the conductor
came around for tickets, be discovered ihit
bo had bought only one ticket, forgetting
that he had doubled his expenses aud re-
sponsibilities that day. [Chicago Tiirte3.
Ihe arnrunceicent that Jeff Davis has
bought a rew gun is a wholesome indiea
tionof reform. The last time Mr. DaVis
wanted firearms he took slot belonging to
the government and carried them off with-
out pnyiDg for them. [ Philadelphia Proas.
YANKEE NOTIONS IN THE SOUIH.
Why the World Knows tho North Alone as !
" America."
The two sections began life together and
formed a government. The South had the
advantage of soil, climate and wealth. At
the end of eighty-four years the two grap-
pled an el fought. The Yankee section came
to fhe fight richer and stronger than our
southern section and beat OS into the earth,
while w e did our best. To day those Yan-
kees fire rich in everything, and we are
poor in everything but manhood and
womanhood, and have less than wa began
with 100 years back. These same Yankees
furnish the bulk of the capital we ti3e, the
food we cat, the clothes we wear, the books
we lead and study, the high grade teaching
in the normal schools of the southern
states.
Almost every convenience of life and in-
vention of art or science we know coma3
from these same people, who have in ten
years done more with Florida than the
Florida natives have done in fifty. Almost
any one of their largo communities could
buy the whole South for a park, if thejr
liked it that purpose. In a fight they could
crush us like egg shells. Iu politics they
are our masters, and we have to hold onr
breath iu every big campaign to avoid
offending them. Their percentage of ignor-
ance is one tenth of ours. When trouble
comes on lis we depend on them for most of
the help, and get it.
Tbe world knows them as America, and
us as outlying aud unconsidered pro-
vinces. They are producing the represent-
ative poets, painters and authors of the
country, while we trail alon^ behind with
our eyes fixed on them, hardly daring to
hope that we may become as strong and
lich and enlightened as they are by years
of bard work.
The majority understand that while wa
were making statesmen and warriors and
ruling politics, the Yankees were making
territories, building manufactories and de-
veloping a countless army ot trained minds
end liatds. strengthening and enlightening
Iheir masses and making them an exhaust-
less reservoir of intellectual and physical
power, and that, if we are to share the
Yankee wealth, strength and place in the
world, we mus t see some (not all) Yankee
ideas ard abandon some (not all) of our
own. [Greenville (S. C.) News.
A Story About a Successful Man.
Here is a story about a well-known rail-
road iran which a Chicago railroader, who
used to work with him, asks "Train Talk"
to print. It is about William M. Clementsjl
who leaves the Erie Express to become1
general manager of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad east of the Ohio river, and is
from tbe columns of the New York Sun: *v_J
Clements's career has been a remarkable
one in many respects, and he certainly is
a remarkable man in every respect. Prior
to tbe war he was a freight conductor on
tbe Baltimore and Ohio, and he first met
John W. Garrett, th6n president of the
road, near Wheeling, W. Va. Three rear
cars of Conductor Clemeu.ts's train were
derailed one day near Wheeling, and Clem-
ents took the red signal and went
back to flag an express, which he
knew was followine. He sent the
engineer and fireman ahead to stop all
trains coming from that direction and to
get assistance, hurriedly calling out to a
stupid brakeman: "Pull the train ahead
about o hundred yards." The rear cars
had commenced to burn from the broken
stove in the caboose, and Clements wanted
to save tbe valuable freight in the others.
The brakeman climbed aboard the engine
but was too stupid to open the throttle. The
v.hole train was burned, causing a lo3s of
over $73,(W0.
When Clements returned to the scene
with Eomo of the passengers from the ex-
press, which be had stopped halt a mile
away, he looted at the burning cars and,
stepping up to the stupid brakeman, floored
hiin with one powerful blow. A stout, quiet
looking passenger walked up to Clements
and said: "Why did you desert your train?
You could have sent that man back with
tbe flag and saved these cars yourself. It
seems to me that you don't know your busi-
ness."
Clements is a broad shoulderod six-
footer, and when he glared at his audacious
otitic, many people supposed there would
be another kuock-down. "Why, you d—
fool!" ho replied contemptuously, "do yon
suppose I was going to trust that man. I
knew he was a fool, like yourself, and
that's tbe reason I let him monkey with the
cars while I went back to look after human
lives."
'Conductor, do you know who I am?"
'No; and 1 don't care a d—."
'1 am John W. Garrett."
'Well, 1 don't care if you are. If you
value freight more than human lives, I
don't. Ar.d I'll burn up a dozen trains be-
fore I'll let one of your Cheap John brake-
men kill a few dozen people."
Clements stalked away and busied him-
self directing the wreckingcrew engaged in
clearing tbe track. Old mau Garrett looked
quietly on without luttering another word.
The following week elements was made a
passenger conductor, whereas every ona
supposed that he would be discharged. Ha
rose steadily until he became master of
transportation of the whole road. [Chicago
Herald.
Many valuable improvements have late-
ly been made in the manufacture of asbes-
tos paint in England. In the tests made of
its efficiency, a piece of light pine wood,
about six inches long by four inches square,
painted with five coats, was placed for up-
ward of half an hour in an ordinary grate <
fire, but, although the wood within was re-
duced to charcoal, there was no blaze what-
ever emitted duiing the charring. Again, a
small model theater, built of wood, with set
scenes and accessories, was sprinkled with
turpentine and set on fire; every portion
ignited, ar.d tbe whole was consumed. A
similar model, with the set scenes and tho
wood framing all painted with asbestos,
was drenched with turpentine and set on
fire but, the thin scenes were only partially
charred at tho lower ends with theturpen'
tine flames, while the timbering was not
even ignited.
Injection 7, curtfs In 2 to C days.
Injection Z can oot cause stricture.
Iiijection 7. most reliable.
Injection 7. full and complete.
lujcctlon Z at all druggists.
A CORr.BSPOKDENT Of Notes HH'l QU6rie3
says there is little doubt that Dickens took
the name of Pickwick from "Moses Pick-
wick," on many of the stage coaches that
plied between Blist. 1 and London sixty or
seventy years ago, and of which a man by
that name was the. proprietor.
faiaiw 'rruuu.et
-AiiK FOR-
SSiiaHCSBATS.
The supper was laid on the table trim i
When out coines, roaring, my j-ouug son, Jim,
Oh 1 daddy, tho ratal A dozen or two.
Are gobbling the supper, and baby too."
My wife, with a scream, seised iron and broom, \
I clutched a botUe, and made for the room.
Never was hoard such a hullabaloo I
It woke up the cat, ond tho tt-rrier, too ' '
The terrier thought we were hunting tho cat.
Got a grip of her tail, as she went for the rat.
Jim, with his hatchet, tumbled over n nail. «,
And tried to hold terrier back by the tail vi
£ caught Jim by tiie wool, but rather too fate—
The table received such a bump from his pata
Tniit tnnnnf nl^toa Inmn i i._ ^ .n
H Xliepeopiea muuc irac. «
And the police rushed in the cause to inqinro ,
They'd listen to nothing, we wonted to state-*
But to the next station lugged me off straight
Swore I was drunk—nearly murdered my wife*.
And of niv poor infant endangered the life*
Broke tables, chairs, and the crockery ware J
When the Justice said,what a savage oldbear%"
Isot needing a word my poor wife did swear.
Imprisoned and fined, I cursed my sad fate%
When lately I learned, but rather too late, «
Instead of depending on traps, dogs or cats.
My only protection was " liuuaa on kais.'1
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