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The Brussels Post, 1893-4-21, Page 7Al'itft 21, 1:•49'. THE BRUSSELS POST. YOUNG FOILS. FWAMPT• Est 1i• et the .'.date)) to aeree." ill ante lt1 Mur.. 110:,1 a thins,, thicker of jnpen, over which a yellow jasmine had clam tiered eo boote • anti}, old hung such a wre.tth of sweet. 5cem •,1 power bells -um to .fora, a screen al- most impervious to light, a troweling figure peered eagerly out, 'elm forst was that of a Loy perhaps 111 -ear's of 'm y a], , but is'su'e a face no thin lend 'shrewd that It might have belonged to a nem of tie, 1t was 1100(0d, freckled, and weather beaten ; and was altadawed by a Gooch of sun•blewhed hair, that the boy every now alai then pushed bawl( from ifs Oyes with an impatient gesture. The gray oyes hal a stealthy and hutted look like those of a wild animal. lie was ba'e•footodaud hare•headed,whilo his only garments were a blue cotton shirt :toil a pair of eoa)00 1/0088/13 1110011 too large for him lied turned up at the bottoms, They were supported by a leather belt, still showing patches of tawny hair anti into title was thl'ast a knife, This boy was known far and wide as Swampy," at,d tf he had ever borne any other nate he, as well ire alhere, lead for• gotten it. He 0 18 the outoast of that thinly settled Southern neighborhood ; his hand was ageing, all men and to him was credited all the mischief and thieving of the o0mmu0. ity. lie was rarely seen by daylight, but at night lie prowled about the countryside, and shadowy glimpses of ltint were always fol- lowed by the discovery of looted chicken roosts, spring houses, or melon patches. Many a 11111(10es trap was set for him,and he had eluded many a hot ohase. He laughed to scorn all efforts to bring hint to Justice, and defied his perm er from the trackless faetnes600 of the great swamp, in wnieh he always found a secure re. treat, It was generally known that somewhere within its black depths, antitl whose tangled cane brakes panthers, bears, and wild cats roamed unmolested, where water moccasins end aiigatora abounded, and where tempt- ing keds of greenest moss concealed deadly bits of shiny Ooze, old Jake Minders had for years maintained a moonshine still, though no living man had ever visited or seen it; and that here his son, the boy only known as "tiwatnpy," had remained alone ever since the disappearance of the old man who, either dead or a fugitive front justice, had now been missing for many months. How 'watnpy lived none knew nor cared. His neighbors only swore wlouever they spoke of him, and wished he would eeu8e to live at all or w mild follow his lather to parts unknown. Even Swampy wondered wiry he stayed where be did. The only reason he could give to himself was that he knew and loved the Black Cypress, with a knowledge and live belonging only to those who have pesee.! ,heir lives in a single house. Antill its glonmy shadows he had dwelt ever since he could remember, and for aught he knew he had been horn in the swamp. His life was as cheerless and lonely as can .well be aonceive'l ; but although he never worked and knew not the meaning of the word " study," it wan a fairly busy one. He had a living to get as well as any one else, and he got it byhtinting, trapping. fishing, and stealing, all of which were to hits perfectly legitimate occupations. He had never been taught that stealing was wrong, though he had received front his father many lessons of a nature that he was not, likely to forget on the enormity and diagraee of being caught at it. Thus when the boy was thrown upon his ow•n resources he stole whatever he con- sidere'1 necessary to his comfort as uaturaI. ly as he breathed or slept, and Was more than proud of the knowledge that Ile had never been caught at it. The principal scene of Swampy's depreda• (ions was Cypress Knoll, a plantation that bordered on the swamp in which Ire made his home. It was near by, abounded in the very things he most needed, end was leaa care- fully guarded than other places whose owners lived on then,. Its owner, whose name was Addis, was compelled by business to spend moat of hie time in a distant city ; but the plantation, left in charge of an overseer, was kept up after a fashion, principally, so Swampy was pleased to fanoy, for his special benefit. Although there was much thieving on this plantation of which Swampy was both inno- 0elt and ignorant, it was all credited to him in the reports made to its proprietor. About a week before the time with which this story opens, Dir. Addie, accompanied by his wife and their Only child, a little 5. year•old daughter, arrived unexpectedly at Cypress Knoll, on a visit of Inspection. Tho proprietor soon discovered that he had been system) l ically robbed on all Rides, but, so far as he could find out, every one was honest and innocent save "Dat tievin' young debbil of a Swampy. Tell ye', sal, him so keen fersteatiu' dao he steal de tool outen yo' head, an' nebber get ooteli if yo' ain't loolr cut. Yes, soh, pears like him lottin' fee to oar off der whole .plantashun 'fore him dun got troo I" So against Swampy was the proprietor's wrath directed, and vowing to bring the young rascal to ,ualeoe before he left the neighborhood ire laid many plans for the lad's eapeuee. Of all this t he boy remained in such ignor. vino that he found no reason for ceasing Ma stealthy visits to Cypress Knoll when. ever his hangar or other necessities seemed to demand them. He even began to visit the plaint by clay light and more frequently than ever, for he had learned that it possessed a new (Wren. tion for him, and one eo fascinating that he could not resist it. Dainty little Mildred Addis,with her happy laughter and bewitoh. Wig ways, was a revolution to the young outcast of the swamp, and to lie hidden in Dome tangled thicket from whioh he could watoh her became This great pleasure. He soon discovered the favorite haunts to which Mrs. Addis always accompanied by Mildred, took her week or book on warm, drowsy afternoons. Neer one of thee) he would wait for hours, and Wilen they ap. peered would watch with ahnost breathless delight the butter -Hy [',oven:sits of the ob lid. Swampy had never Iheard of angels, but he was Intinhatoly acquainted 8'.t•Ih birds, steel to his untutored mind the little one, with her brightness, dainbinese, and frons• trent motion, was like one of (he exquisite, ruby -throated humming birds thee 08810d to and fro ahneng the ,jasmine Howes, and to himself he called her "hummin q::•bird." On tells particular afternoon Mee. Addis. had sought the ehade of a giant live.oak, beneath which she sat eb58rbed in a book, while Mildred played float, he',nnd Swampy from the thicket in which, (wretched 11!'0 a wild animal, he had long waited for their appearance, leatbhed her with 0swelifttg heart and tt strange longing to he in some 0 way date era hum What he was, and in like the people 8611"11, this 11)1l cou1,1 !at anti love, At limes the chili "ante se tees', 111 e 1t the yellow dowers that lieng 1,bn't1 hln, I 110 trnubl have touched he1,10,1 1+',:10)1(1 1uw ,tell 81,1 did 1101 des orer ht. planta f Celt ld,nl(y 011 1,ne of 1110.. oceas1oo-- a 1,i f 1011 n Nen found held pep ,ippeered front 11)111 t 11(1111 of shrubbery, and with a ware 11111)) ,ling,; and loud ba'kings uta Straightfor the little girl. Witlhafrighten cry Alto ran toward Ler mother. All feat 1)1101' yw[w1p5', mn0yfng that the child r in danger, and Oat u rally' hating lags boost they were always set onto him, luta spru from his concealment, seized the 5)11)1ta tltt'oat in his sinewy' young hands, ;end wo1 have choked it to death had he not in turn been graspel ,prom behind ana forced to loose his hold, Mr. Addis and the owner of an a llao501 plantation, who had been but a few stepe behind the dog, and W110 misunderstand the 00,1)08 of Swanpy's attack ou him, had sprung to hie rescue. " Who are you 1 You young villain 1 What, are you doing here 1 And what do you meal by this oau'11ge "" demanded Mr. Addis, sternly, as he tightened his olutch on the lad's arta, and slightly shook hero, To these emotions Swampy, angry and sullen, made no reply. " It's that young oub of old ,fake Mind- er's 1" exclaimed the other gentleman, with a keen look at the boy's face, " The most 110,1501008 young 5ootu1dr8110 all these parts, and one who ought to have been sent to the chain gang long ago. Swampy, they call him, and--" Swampy 1" interrupted Mr.. Addis, " why, that i8 the 110.115 of the thief who has been robbing me right and left for some years past, 1 was going to ask you to help Inc organize a hunt for hint, Well this is a bit of luck. Aha, you young villa), 1 So yea thought yoa'd kill my dog, did you, for fear he'd interfere with your thieving His services won't be needed now, through, for tomorrow I'll put you in a place where you won't have a chance to steal nuyth!ng ore the terelr08 were hel,i 1"wet' for a',kne'1 ill - 1)v.• speetion, resolved itself into ttvo ,lead he,.ltr.„ 41 Or Um' %BS That of 11I,ogr p;ultllr, hl+,•aiaJ; 1,x1 free) at dere', weenie' and with the knife red that had "heat thane driven deep into iia 10, heart tit The other ho1v, bight 1011y tern and 11 1),nehel, but wits, a hand mull Omelette at ihe deaeh dealing Italie, wag that of .t 111tH' ,le od As one of the nu'), Gomel it over mn1 ant revealed the white, e1 l face, he started leo'k It with en oath. " 113 ---- -, teen, 11'4 tee Swampy ! ami t)0 '10 Leen 'Milling hitt while 115 he'o been here fighting to the death to sun' 1'e the child 1" dt1 They laid Swampyerv0)' next day in the family burying ground of 1'ypress Jin ell. The place from whir,, be had been driven was prima to 1'000165 111111. From Ihoso W110 had 'merited hurl he had won the lam• age doe only swill us are willing to lay down their lives for their fellows. All this happened many yours ago, lint to this day no stranger is allowed to pass through that section of the far South with- out listcnleg to the story of Swampy, the young outeeet of the lileek Cypress Knoll, more for some years in conte. In the mean• time I guess thesnhoke•house will be a good enough place for you to spend the night in." So the unhappy lad, still doggedly silent, and feeling humiliated es never -before in his life, was led away and thrust into the darkness of the stout log amoke•houae, the heavy door of which was securely padlocked behind hint, For the rest of the afternoon he remained there, and late at night the negro who oar. 110(1 111,5 a supper of corn bread and a ,jug of water reporter] that he was still safe. In the morning when they come to talo him to the county jail he had disappeared, A holo burrowed as though by a fox through the solidly packed earth underneath eee of the walls showed how he had escaped. Not only had he departed, but every ham and side of bacon that lead hung in the smoke -house had gone with him. When this was reported to Mr, Addis that gentleman's chagrin knew no bounds, and he vowed he would not ret until Swampy was again a prisoner. ""By noon tn5ssengers sent far and wide head suramooed to Cypress Knoll half a dozen nelghbouringland owners, as many servants, and a score of dogs. 11' th this useistanoe, Mr. Addis proposed to draw the swamp covers and hoped to speedily run this human fox to earth. After lunch as the hunt was ahnut to. start the sboutiog ',ren, neighing ],orses, loud.tongued dogs, created a merry' confu- sion on the broad lawn that sloped down from the house to the very edge of the great swamp. " Remember," called :lir. Addis, " the thief must sorely be taken this time. He is the curse of this community, and 'le0erves no more mercy at our hands than the beasts with wtrloh the shares his hiding. place." "Aye, nye l We'll have the young cata- mount before night, never fear!" was shout. ed in reply as the noisy cavalcade dashed away. Their leader was the last to mount ; and as he did so, little Mildred, joyously oxeft- ed by the notlivaioo whioh had no meaning to her beyond that of a frolic, darted from her mother's side and begged her papa to take her with him. Laughing at the 011110's request, and in spite of her mother's protesting exclama- tion, the indulgent father swung his date, ling up on to the saddle in front of him, put spurs to his horse, and was oft' like a shot. At the bottoln of the lawn he set the lit- lte one gently Clown and bidding her run back to her mother plunged into the gloomy shadows of the swamp, amid which his men. paniol8 had already disappeared. The sounds of merry horns, baying hounds, shouts and barkings grow fainter, until finally they were lost in the forest's depths, and the peace of silence one0 more brooded over the borders of the dao k swamp, and the sun-bathed plantation beyond. It Wes dusk ere the weary hunters, an• gered by feilure, began to struggle hack from the glades among which their ensue - easeful quest had been made. Men, horses and dogs were alike covered with the ooze and slime of the swamp. All were scratch,. el and tore by the thorns of briars and ty- ty bushes, wait•a-bits and wild rattan, Mr. Addis was among the first to emerge into the open, and as he did so he was met by a group of frightened women, one of them sprang forward Drying shrilly, " Mil- dred, my baby I where is she? Give her to me at once 1 011, it wen cruel I cruel ! to take her into that awful place I" The hunters reined shortly up, and geaect at one another with blanched faces. " Whet do you mean 1" demanded their leader husk, ily. "The child has not been with us, I sent her heck from this very spot boars go. He had hardly spolten, and had no time to spring to her aid, ere his wife fell sense. lass to tete ground. quickly, and far, the dread nerve spread. Mildred Addis was lost 1 She had not re• turned to elle house after dashing away in that mad gallop with her father, and must have followed him Otto the awful shadows of the swamp. Strongmen eluuld0101 as they pictured the helpless little one wandering, terrified aid atone, amid the horrors from whioh they had just emerged, her tenter flesh torn by thorns, and her uncertain footsteps dogged by prorating beasts. Nadal concerning her fatodismeycd and helpless 115 they wore, they were Oleo prompt to aot and, 110 quickly as torohea eould be brought, they plunged again into the weird darkness of the Va6t swamp. Within al hoer and less than a mile away they foetid the child sitting between two buttresses of a great, mosednnlg cypress sett sobbing as though her little heart, would. break, Her dainty dross was torte, mute stained, anti. thiokly epletterel wi111 blood, although silo 11015olf 890.8 as sato and mh- hartn0c1 as when last held in her mother's sane. Directly in front of he', end mine the r00ess formed by the protecting buttresses t the tr r, ey a confused masa, whiele as Shut Dpia a Goal Mine. "T'eo most horrible death of all It that of starting," observed Wear Christianson, it few Jaya ago, "The most vigor i$ lent to it by being nnprieoned in a cave or mine. Some years ago I was w01khig in a coal trine near fades, Ohio. The distance from the mouth down• to the first vein, where I was working, wee sixty-three feet. It was an eight.foot vein, and had been well worked, so that many largo chambers were made and plenty of apace Was had to move shoal in. A miner's life is rather weed. scone and lonely indeed. You have to labor all day long in darkness, with only a little wick [amp on your 0115 to break the intense darkness, The life le rnaoht too hard for the recompense. 'then, 0148 life is always in danger. Great melte are liable and do frequently' fall, explosive gases and fire• damp are generated, and the first appi'oaell of a light sere them oil: The mine is then wrecked and the miners --well, I was once caught in a mine wreak, and in that great mine at Padua. I was working very quietly away back from the shaft of the ',tine, and all alone, 1113' labors were interrupted by a dull, smothered roar that was followed by falling earth, and then I realized that I was penned in ; that the mine was wrecked, and that my life was worth very little. The noise eoondied away, and things were nettle as they were before. But a little distance from my position the earth had fallen and blocked the path, I was at first overcome with fear. 1 imagined that I could 'bear my brains griudiugin a tunnel. Then I lest all conciousceas, When I awoke again I was somewhat InOte calm, and began to :nova about. I erdwled along, over great banks of earth that had fallen fora distance of fully Be) feet, then I heard groans, and I knew I was neer some injured miner; But here my progress stopped, and .1 had to quit, A few hours later my light burned int, and then my misery wets com- plete. For eight day8 1 remained quite near that one spot, hoping against hope for deliverance. It came eve1tuelly. Iheard the sound of picks and soon the glimmer of ',deters' lamps shone through the various crevices. When an opening was made I crawled out, awl I assure you that I gave thanks. Yes, that's why people say that I look oldnow,w•hen I am only 35, and that is why my hair is gray. But I assure you that an aged expression and grey hair are endurable, but to starve to death in a mine is the awfnlost and deadliest way to beat out a man's existence in this world that I can conceive of." 'Who Invented the Lucifer Matoh? The first limiter Matohes, called friction Lucifers, were invented and made by D1r. John Walker, of Stockton•on•Tees, ahem. ist. He was preparing some lighting mix- ture for his own use, when, by tine nee/. dental friction on the hearth of a piece of wood dipped in the mixture, a light 800.8 obtained. The information thus gained led hit. Walker to commence the manufacture and sale of friction eiatcltes. Wooden splints were coated with sulphur and tip. ped with a mixture of sulphide of antimony, chlorate of potash and gum. Each box was supplied with a piece of glass-paper folded in two. When a match was rapidly drawn between the folds of the paper, it at once took fire. The matches were expensive t each box containing eighty-four cost one shilling. Mr, Walker commenced selling these matches in April, 1557, and their use continued until 1835, when the process now in use was invented, and the common Lucifer introduced. This process was introduced by Isaac Holden, and two or three others almost simultaneously in different pietas, so that it became impossible to say which of them oan really claim credit for being the drat, Many improvements have since been shade from time to time, but no funda- mental change has taken place in their manufacture. In 11)40 red or amorphous phosphorus was lnanufa1t)rod, which led to the making of what are known as safety matches, which will only liAilt when struck on a prepared box. In 1345 machinery was intl•odueed, and matches were rapidly low. ered in price, as the machinery for their manufacture was more and more unproved, and now instead of a schilling for 11 single box la dozen boxes can be obtnutetl for three. halfpence, Sweden exports one thousand million boxes of nhatehes annually, and a single atltolltatin machine in that country 0011 out ten million nmteh•sticks por clay, and it arranges them in a vat, where (heads are put on at it surprising speed. Did the Naronio Turn Turtle. Capt, Roberts of the Ntoronic told a Sandy Hook pilot that the Naronio was the deepest rolling ship he had ever seen, that she had frequently celled the ends of her bridge in the water, and that he was got1g to r00mm1nend the owner's to have keels at• (tithed to her bilges, with the trope that it tnight steady hoe somewhat, Besides, the Neuronic carried over four thousand tons of freight, with a fortyton locomotive and 80)1te oars on deck, and drew less than twentyone Feet of water. In the hurried loading Of a freight ship, eafry'!ng auoh a miscellaneous cargo as she did, it fs always a difficult matter to got all the heaviest dead weight in the bottom. So long as it is stowed so as to bring the eternal into protest trim in the smooth avatar of the dook, the officers have to be satisfied. There is too reason to 11111giae that it was otherwise in this case. With this information before us end none of the crew yet heard from, it is our arm Na belief that the ronio "turned turtle" upon being struck by te heavy beam sea std thrown on her beim ends. Another heavy sea following would complete tate work of capsizing her, after whioh site would very 15non till through the cornpa1ionways, sky. tights, end ventilators, tender smelt meet'. 1111115 the 8610010)0111,ltttsmight peeeillly be ilea. 1 by entt 171'5 the. fitlla, 8811)1), would are teem for thew 1 •'1ugsl)hted by the Cloven. ry 4lrrfn, owl. TEE ATLANTIU FLOATING ISLAND. 1 DPI IA01'd O'lere of the Continent field 3o be flouting lift 11)31 0,'oll 1), 11ilrns the bloat ntIWO rd the (hitt big i-1 Mid 11111,, Al 1411118i 1,18 hailed to 1(10 11 nettling Int-, 1 ora heard of the remark., 01 esti,), I001e, Mill Von] stir siuee was :lighto.l on September 111 heat. At rl Oleo 1110 bit of the New 11'n19tl meet 118111)1,1 to add ft Lee,le to the arra of th O1,1. it teen far tort i, rota east, ,111,1 u'it. , cl eiderfl' tr >, cul d expert+acs uunovlgatir was making good pr egress toward hAii 1 It in 0,1Wile, le, haw cver, that the 01mab 811411,5 11,1'0 it lo pie:es mid seettered fragme,,l over the ',span floor, Severs] menthe ago 0)1)110 iufofmati 11,11011ttu' t this relrl,able sailor seam give Ll1't It r1i an 171, iv ll ,1, s'.. s`,. or f ��' s� i La ., nn seat int The Most Asitoni1%f"9 x3 (%#a Medical 'e ' n1. l C�Ifii.l Disco -very of Reports les to Its sue, printed seen after ire dteerwory, seem to have been exaggerated, The mass {VILA Auld to 1,1180 1111 area of about two screw. We have no teasel], to believe, however, that it W00 seen boffin' July ee, in i into this country by the proprietors unci manufacturers 111' the Creat when It appeared to he nearly 0gn110 outline, with a length of about 11 1uuulr R11(1. ten feet on easel side, which would gis it an area of leee than a third of at act At that time it 1100 uoariy in the longitu of the Bermudas and the latitude of )Yi nlington, Del. 1t was in the 0511(1e of the' flint Narcan', a mass of earth thickly cover- ed with tropieal erase and bushes, whose roots apparently' hold it together, The mass was elevated above the general level, in one part, until the bushes that crowned it were thirty feet shove the sea, 118-)15 in plain view al a distance of seven males. Nearly ft month later the floating island was seen again. It was August 111, and the (11,1f Stream lied carried it a little north of the latitude of Heston. It was south of llowfottndlanl, was approaching the (trawl Banks, and was in the track of transatlan• tic travel, More than two weeks later, 811 September 13 and 1-1, two vessels came across the wanderer. There was a heavy seal, and the traveller fermi the tropics was Lav ing a (lard time of it. The floating masa was not, however, rlemolislted by the vie mese of the Waves, for it was soon again on September 111, It was then in the latitude of Cape Breton ]stand, was northwest of he Azores, and almost in mid -ocean, 1t las not been reported since, and probably Riled to reach Europe. From the first to he last reports, this waif from tropical Anmrica oerlllilly travelled 1,175 miles, nil its total journey may hays been at east twice that distance, Floating islands are nota novelty. farts f lerge river hanks, particularly within Ile tropias, are sometimes torn away, carry - ug not only a great maes of vegetation, hut. Iso insects and reptiles, hundreds of miles own stream. These floating masses are a •erycontnton 00eueren00 in the river Plate f South America, Floating islantla are also observed a: sea now and then, but we re not aware that they have ever before eon reported at so great a distance from. and, or that they have bean found hitherto h the northern track of tt'anslnntio corn. nurse. The island whose progress over the min has just been traced for a remarkable istanoe, suggests an idea that is of great merest to geographers and geologists, The fact that many close or complete re. emblances were found to exist between the fossil and living flora and fauna of parts of he earth fleet are separated by great oceans, as long been regarded as evidence that hese widely severed regions were once cots• acted by a land bridge which, in the course f time, sank beueelh the sea. It is well 110W 11 that seeds enclosed in shells not asilypenetrable may float in ocean currents r many hundreds of miles and pinch -ten heir kind 00 the foreign shores they reach: n1 eaten dee then have not been able to see ow' land animals and many varieties of lents, most of thong now known only 11s sails, could be identically the same 01 cry closely allied in regions severed by ide seas unless these regions were mice nnectcd by a land bridge. Ree here now 1111 100 proof that a lit. e speck of land, torn from some coast or ver bank, crowned with vegetable if not imal life, has drifted half way across the eau. It seems reasonable to suppose that Ming islands, some of then) many times rgertha0 the island we have deaoriberl, ay have played an important part in the stylisation of species with which they ve not generally been credited, the Last One I'iundredt Years. It is Pleasant to the Taste as the Sweetest Nectar. It is Safe and Harmless as the ,Purest Milk. This wonclorfnl Nervine. Tonic has only recently been introduced inti .. Great South American Norville Tonle, and yet its great value as a curative e agent 11110 long been known by a few of the most learned physicians',: r1el who have not brought its merits and value Lo the knowledge of the 1-. general imbibe This uletlieinc has completely solved the problem of the mare of indi- gestion, dyspepsia, and disease,♦ o1' the general nervous system, It is also of the greatest value in the cure of all forms of i'.ilf05 health from whatever cause. it performs this by the great nerving tonicqualities which it lossesales, oewL h • its greet curativesv t y powers upon the digestive ort sus, the stomach, the liver and the bowels. No remedy compares wit 11 this wonderfully valuable Nervine Tonic as a builder and strength- ener of the life forces of the human body, and as a great renewer of a broken-down constitution. It is also of more real permanent value in the treatment and cure of diseases nl' the lungs than any consumption remedy ever used nal this continent. It is a marvelous cure for nerv- onsness of females of all ages. Ladies who are approaching the critical period known as change in lits', should not fail to use this great Nervine Tonic, almost, cnnstant.ly, for the space of two or three I t t fie years. It will carry them Nahidy over the danger. This great strengthener and curs- tive 15 of inestimable v:1111e to the acrd and infirm, because its great' energizing properties will give them a new hold on tare. It will add ten or fifteen years to the lives nl' many of those who will use a half dozen bottles of the remedy each year, IT IS A GREAT REMEDY FOR THE CURE OF Nervousness, Broken Constitution, 1 t fn l oa d 0 b fl d i s k to b Ipl fo to CO tl 11 011 00 Ho Is m di ha The ?areal'. • Just a hundred years ago tan 1703) an in- ventive English uoblenan declared that it was possible to shake a ship move by the aid of "abeam," without " masts or sails," and, having spent as much as he was pre- pared to adord on repeated costly plans, craved some assistance from the States. 01 course the department (being0 wet blank et) stringently tied up its loan, but, having be. come persuaded by the result of his experi- ments that he had hope of suones5, it under- took to build a sena]] vessel for the would. be•favett tor, to be navigated "by the steam engine "onthe eouditlnn that if it failed " ell the expense ahenld be made gond by 1i111." Thin generous enterprise of Lord (Oteneope was (highly lauded at the time, the popular • verdict being thus expressed 1 t' If it anslver, the advantage to the pub. lio, particularly in inland navigation, will be immense." In this case the recognition of a pion- eer's possible "usefulness" was exception- ably favorable, 1f the Inquisition had then !held power it England his ignoring of the mystic wind's dnfuenee might have gotlhim into mischief, But the courage of the true disooverer sehi0in fails, When Galileo was compelled to recant his heresy about the motion of the earth he whispered to a friend, as he rose from his knees, "It moves for all that," So, too, at last does the cau- tions world when some one audaciously pro. poses to tied his way over a stream or gulf which lies never been crossed, or about oven the existence of which lone have ever troubled themselves at ail. A Bloyolist in China. Nit. Lenz, the "world blcyalist," has reaohed Kinkiang, Chita, at the latest dates. He writes: -When the lint snow fell, two weeks ago, I hired coolies to carry the bicycle, and for 15 days walked through cold, ioe, snow, and stud ]firs milds, Near Shfayuefan the 000liea crossed the river and travelled north, which compelled me to come round about to here insteaclof ateyfug on the south aide of the river, fn every town I passed through there was an uproar of excitement, and many (fume they eons. pelted me to ride through the miserable etreals, To Tatung the roads were fairly passable for a bicyele, but from there west only lit far foot, with now and then a ride• table stretch. Three nights i have camped mut since leaving Shanghai 1 1101) miles I covered to Isere. Inns and food are beast ly, but, as netted, I have become neonstom' ed to it, and eat with chep•steets. As the Chinese ern 0o fearfully, 0ntio's, although always patent and controlling my temper, yet I *nem:itpplle d to drew lt•;y revolver. Doctor-" My gond w-ontatt, ;dies your son alwaye et)tttet 4" lelothe'--" o; rel• wee's, elr, Only when he attempts to talk." Nervous Prostration, Nervous Headache, Sick Headache, Female Weakness, Nervous Chills, Paralysis, Nervous Paroxysms and Nervous Choking, Hot Flashes, Palpitation of the Heart; Mental Despondency, Sleeplessness, St. Vitus' Dance. 'Scrofulous Swellings and Ulcers, Nervousness of Females, Consumption of the Lungs, Nervousness of Old Age, Catarrh of the Lungs, Neuralgia, Bronchitis and Chronic Cough, Pains in the Heart, Liver Complaint, Pains in the Back, Chronic Diarrhea, Failing Health, Delicate and Scrofulous Children, Summer Complaint of Infants. All these and many other complaints cured by this wonclerfal Nervine Tonic. NERVOUS IDISEASES0 As a cure for every class of Nervous Diseases, no remedy has been able to compare with the Nervinc Tonic, which is very- pleasant and harmless in all its effects upon the youngest child or the oldest and most. delicate individual. Nine -tenths of ail the ailments to which the human family is heir are dependent on nervous exhaustion and impaired diges- tion. When there is an instiflicient supply of nerve food in the blood, a general state of debility of the brain, spinal marrow, and nerves is the result. Starved nerves, like starved muscles, become strong 8ti-ben the right kind of food is supplied; and a thousand weaknesses and ailmenta disappear as the nerves recover. As the nervous st-stein must supply all the power by which the vital forces of the body are carried on, it is the first to suffer for want of perfect nutrition. Ordinary foots does not con- tain asufficient quantity of the kind of nutriment necessary to repair the wear our present mode of living and labor imposes upon the nerves. For this reason it becomes necessary that a nerve food be supplied. This South American Nervine has been found by analysis to contain the essential elements out of which nerve tissue is formed. This accounts for its universal adaptability to the cure of all forms of nervous de- rangement. Debility of Old Age, Indigestion and Dyspepsia, Heartburn and Sour Stomach, Weight and Tenderness in Stoinach, loss of Appetite, Frightful Dreams, Dizziness and Ringing in the Ears, Weakness of Extremities and Fainting, Impure and Impoverished Blood, 33oils and Carbuncles, Scrofula, CRARwoaDSVILLE, Ti,,.raAug. 20, '05, To the Great Sauna A rater keo <II-edit/1w Co.: nsan Gs0To:-.I desire to say to you that T have suffered for many years with a very serious disease or the stomach mid nerves. T tried every nmdh'ine 1 could hear 01, but nothing none me any apprerloble good until 1 was advised to try your (treat South Amarleat 000103ne '(ante and 5tomarl) and elver cure, and shorn using several bottles of It T must say flint I am sur- prised at Its wonderful Tawara to euro' the stom- ach and general nervous system. If everyone knew the value el this remedy ss T do you would not be able to supply the demand. • J. A. a1,taoea, Ex-Treas. Montgomery Co, nenncr1 'Muumuus, 0t nrownsvalley, says : " l had been in a dlettsSeed condition for • three years front Nervousness, Weakness of rho Stomach, cel , n yspepela, and iudtgeadon, until my health was gone. t had been doctoring con. stnntly, with no relief. 1 bought one bottle of Routh Atnericnn Nervine, which done me more good than any 510 worth fit doctoring I ev'et' • ltd in my lite. I would advise every weakly per- 0on to 1108 this valuable and lovely remedy, a • ten' bootee of it has cured toe completely. 5 , consider It the grandest medicine in the worid," A SWORN CARE FOR ST. VITAS' DANCE OR CHOREA. CRAvvvoxnsvll,nL, 1NT)., June 220, 1887. My daughter, eleven years old, was severely afflicted with St.. Vitus' Dance or Chorea. We gave her three and one-half bottles of South American Ner- vine and she is completely restored. I believe it will cure every case of lit. Vitus' Dance. I have kept it in my family for two years, and am sure it is the greatest' remedy in the world for .Indigestion and Dyspepsia, and for all forrns of Nervous Disorders and Failing Health, from whatever cause. ,State of Indiana, Z as: JOHN T. 11,181) . Montgomery County, ) Subscribed and sworn .,0 before me this June 25, 1557, CHAS, W. Wltlotrl', Notary Public, INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA. The Great South .American Nervine Tonic Which we now offer you, is the only absolutely unfailing remedy ever discovered for the mire of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and the vast train of symptoms and horrors which etre the result of disease and debility of the human stomach, No person eau afford to pass by this jewel of incal- culable value who is affected by disease of the stomach, because the Inc. prricnce and testimony of many go to prove that this is the o8E and 0sr,v 0Nat greet; cure in the world for this universal destroyer. There is no ease of unmalignant disease of the stomach which can resist the wonderful curative powers of the South American Nervine Tonic, 1L1am,:r f9, 86101,1, el Waynetnwn, Ind„ Saye: Mns. IELLA A. n0ATTox, ni New ',mea, 0nd1ana, "0 1)888 my IncIto the (Trent South Amerlran says; "I cannot express how mach 1 oweto rho Nervine. I had harm In bed for ave months front Nervine Tonto, My system wail completely slime, the egeeta of an exhausted stomach, Indigestion, p y Serenest I'rnetration, and a general shattered leretl, appetite gone, wits eonghfng and enIttfeg condition of my whole system. Mad given up um blond; am sure t was 1n the drat Mogen 011 hope' of getting well, Nati tried three doe. 01' consumption, en Inheritance llSnded down tors, with 170 relief, '1110 Bret bottle of the Nero- l hrongh Several generations, I began taking - Ise 'fsoIO 116100864 01100 ,n,,l, 01,10111(1801011)11(0 the Nervine Tonic, and cnotnoed ire fir walk about, and a few hot ties mired me entirely. about tax menthe and nm entirely m0011. TC 1 believe it Is the hest tnerlirine In the world, 1 Is the grandestremedy for nerves, 010nadl and eaanot recommend 11 too highly."]tongs I have ever Srce, ' NM remedy enmpares with gent's An0lnimit Np.aviss as 1011100 tar ten Yerveo. Nn remedy tom- pnref with 5nuth Aaterlean Nervine es a womb on' entre fir the 5180101'1, No remedy will at all romps„ will, Smith American Norville as n cure for all forms of failing benit h. It never falls tin cure Indigestion and Dyspepsia. It never GLIM 'til Mire Chorea or fit, V11 Dance. Its powersto build up the whole 0v0tenl ere wonderful in the 00 seine. It Aires the ofd, the young, and the tele. lie 10µ1'd, It IS a urea friend to the eget and infirm. no not neglect in use this Overloud berm; It y'1) do, lin tiny neglect the only amide tet let will restore yet in health, South 1 t 000' this 0rev, fir is tur'.00sv safe.. and Very 800,01 f. 51 1.10 facer. ',meat', ladle1 do not fall 10 v1) this groat ruts, beranso it will put the bloom of freshness end beauty upon your lips and in your chocks, and gniekiy drive away your diaabllliir0 and weaknesses. .Price, Lame 16 ounce Bottle WAD; Trig t$$%ae, 15 tents, EVERY BOTTLE WARRANTED. If no:: kept by Druggists ender d'n'eet fi'rnn Or. 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