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wmm p?if: 'M'iJ ?VU MIA^'i n M I.1, 'I ' ' FRANK P. BEARD, Publisher. , i. ., VOL. X. fci r ritit ? TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. CAMDEN, KERSHtflW-CO ? ? I ft)'*". ? V'fV'V;-1* , S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1883. NO. 22. Se?l,.?3|fjpi: ? ?" 1^ "-'"jy '?!? V *?*?*>?' V "!?? nnuns at oaxdbi, *. ?. FRANK \ BEARD. Publisher. AH comiuuulcaUont for tbU paper UtouU to? ?? eonpMilad tor ttt? namo of tho ?uU?or, not MMt virtly f* publication, but M an eTUnet ? I good fkltfco* tl? part of tJi?wrlt?r. Wrltioplroaoce ?I.Uof lh*p*jn?r. flo particularly careful la fltvliig Miifi aud date* t? ha*o %hm Utltn plain aod <U? t 1 U ? ? 1 . jfc, ? I ? . w ' * v*- **<* <*t> ?. The Gazbttb^ ' * ? . v.? 4* k i Job Printing Office ?' '*? *1x It uttu prtptnd ttia wy odMr <iM U Ml, to txacutc in UxiMit attr?cttT?atriM**My4taU>^r Hon oi Job Priottag. ??ch m FuopbM*, LmM^ U1U noftds, Letter and Note JImmU. Law AMI Poster*. Dodjrer*, Circular*, Hand Btlta, VUftl|< vi?:um ??il Addr*M tv-d*. PuainoM Carta. UM^ As. ' ' -'?!? Work doQo In Bronze, TU>d, Blue ana Stock j Tho raWic miut rwuMBbor that tt>? beat Italvay* U>? chopcst. Wo do work at Clivtoatoo PrloM, and runiM entire satisfaction to our patron l. Wo korp constantly on band tbe Ui|Ml ?tock c4 P?rcrsatid Cards In town. . ? *e Watery 3E55T Vmr day Is a fresh beginning, Irtry morn is the world trade new, Too who are weary of sorrow and sinning, - Beta Is a beautiful hope for 70a. A hope for me and a hope for you. All the pact things are pant and orer, The tasks are done and the tears are shed, Yesterday's errors let yeeterday oover; Yesterday's wounds, whioh smarted and bled, Arc healed with the healing which night has shed. Yesterday now is a part of forever; Bound up in a sheaf, which Ood holds tight, With f lad days and sad days, and bad days * wh'oh never Shall via it us more with their bloom and their blight, Their fullness of sunshine or sorrowful . night. Let them go, sinoe we cannot re-live them, Cannot undo and cannot atonet God? in His mercy receive and forgive them; Only the new days are our own. To-day is ours and to-day alone. W -1 ? * Here are the skies all burnished brightly, Here is the spent earth all re-born, Here are the tired limbs springing lightly To facothe sun aud to share with the morn, In the chrism of dew and the 000! of dawn. Every day is a fresh beginning; Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain; And spite of old sorrow aud older sinning, And puusles forecof ted and possible pain, Take heart wiih the day, and begin again. -Awan Coolridgt, in Christian Union . I* A TUNNEL-SPOUT. ^ <?>, A REVENUE OFFICER'S AfiVENTUBE. "Charles Corliss, when you ventured here to ferret out the secrets of the smugglers of Cape Zoar, you took your life in your hands, and by reason thereof it seems but Just to deprive you of a thing held so lightly. But my men, not 1, shall decide whut the penalty shall be for your foolhafdineas. ?k^ye, what say youV Shall life or death be the portion of this revenue spy?" "Death !" was the unanimous reply from the grim-lipped, lowering-faced men gathered about the young fellow, who jstood, with His arms bound be hind him, calmy facing the smuggler dhief. Yet all the ominous darknees of the faces bent upon him could no form ?a accent of fear into the ctflm tomes of the young revenue officer's voice, as he said : ? Well, Chief Coram, I should like to know what ^oU propose to do with me; for it is quite natural that 1 should wish to be prepared to receive the grim stranger to whom you are about to introduce me, in whatever guise he may come." "The villagers of Blakeville will find you on the sands In the morning." " So you intend that the sea shall throttle me? " " Ay 1 " " So be it. 1 am in your power and you arc able to work your will as far ?6 I am concerned. May you sleep as soundly as I to-night." An involuntary exclamation broke from one of tho smugglers ? an ex clamation of admiration at beholding one face death so courageously, but a scowl from Chiet Coram silenced hiin. "McOrnville, Hewett, Burchard, lead this man out into tho night," he said, sternly; " and see to it, my men, that fce does not bear you company when you return." Three men started to fulfill their ohlef's murderous behest. Two of them took firm hold of Corliss' arms and the third lighted a dark lantern and led the way. ? Two minutes afterward the four were out In the night, which * had set in very dark, with a high wind and threatened rain. Surely it was a fitting night in which to hurl a man down from towering Cape Zoar into the hungry man of the from the dep artment' Safely hidden on bis person, he hadtftarted forth Alone to gain the ttU-l? stronghold of Ch whose renown wholo coast^T Cool of head, st^tfgjb&jjitve, with a large frame and |pwflrength,Chkf Gorara's career had be$n one contin uous round of daring adventures and hairbreadth escapes. Hitherto' he bad ^chuckled mightily overjth^ many, failures. of the sharp the ft pot' he had .selected for hit rendewo ?s. ^Jlnt this beirdl&w stapling, in the , character .of a half-ldtotio fljsherman. tiad fooled hlrn ddmpletcly for a tlmej, had supped with him in his cunning retreat among the rocks, had marked eurely his swift and sliarp-stemnmx'i eraft~~a thing that hid Herself / in the : elements, that Jaunted tho horizons and mingled with the tints of evening J X~?Aighi bird of the waters. ? When, therefore ,thq dUguisp of the ytohg. revenue officer was torn from Ufylh<rAatuiWvlAdiKl?ta^f tlie ?muggier was augmented by a flaming wrath because of being to efmntngly tricked* and he had jwflgned a terrible < fate tohls prlsoper * itl* km llttlo mercy as one would place his foot on a ser^l pent's head. But the man Who' had hazarded his life ifi the discharge bf his duty was not one to give it up without a Struggle. A seemingly ornamental buckle was on the back of the belt which girded Cojrllss' waist } but its edges were sharp as razors. Across one of these edges he stretched his hempen bonds. Strabd after strand ia mar>t>od in twain, and at last his hands freed. ; Then ho toro his arms de>dt a couplo of powerful blows wh\*h felled his would-be executioners v to^be'j^rouna, and then fled f^y in \ Ot course he was pursued by the smuggler who acted as guide, but he eared ilttlo.. for that, as he foujid It ? treated- sensitiveness of tonoh than Increase;! senaltlveness of vision. His feet accommodated themselves to the ?.Inequalities of the ground ; his hands ' \nftinetivel* outstretched themselvea . ? 1 toward the overhanging boughs ; hi? bead ducked of its own accord to any Obtrusive sapling which bent to obstruct his -progress. But his pur suer was not so fortunate. Thrice did the young revenue officer laugh mentally at a crash and a scram ble that told of a fall. At last, on reaching a little* rise, Corliss doubled his efforts,* trusting to his superior muscular energy to shake off his pur- 1 iuer. lie breasted the rise and paused i to listen. He seemed to be alone. He was at the odge of the cliffs of Cape Zoar. Below him lay the sea. Out of the black emptiness came puffs of sharp, salt wind. The tops of the rollors that broke below were blown off and whirled away into the night white patches swallowed up immedi ately in the increasing darkness. At his feet arose a frightful shrieking and whistling, broken at intervals by re ports like claps of thunder. What could it be ? All at once, on the track over which ' u.S?? PR8a.e<1, ho he*rd a sound that chilled the blood iibout his heart ? the bay of a dog. The whole smuggler force was on his track. The dog, crashing through the un derbrush, gave one short, sharp howl, and ran mute. And Corliss stood for a moment chained to the spot. The shrieking which Corliss had heard but a moment ago had ceased, but every now and then dull but im mense shocks, as of some mighty bird flapping the cliff with monstrous wings, reverberated around him, and shook th<*ground whrcre he stood. He looked awny from thb ocean, and a tall, misty form ? white against the all-per vading darkness? -beckoned and bowed to him. Ho saw it distinctly for an instant, and theu, with an awful t shriek, it vanished. " Oh, heaven !" ejaculated the hunted man. v- ,4That bloodhound is almost upon me," and he' bounded forward. *?. in his, face arose that mistjyforin, breathing chill warn ing as though to wavo him* back. The terror at his heels drove him on. The column disappeared ; and in a lull of the wind arose suoh a medley of ! and exultant wrath, that ^Charles Corliss paused in horror. ' - ^he ground gave wav be neath hie feet. He wai falling?fall ing I 1 hank heaven ! A friendly tree^.met his frantically clutching A groan was o*st up to him from the depths below him? atr roan that changed ihto a roar as of tortured wf forced upward? and Chatfes Corliss know where he was. i down in a tunnel-spout, Whiohjjad been bored upward through the cliff by the sea, and a water-spout was coming. . " 0]i? Father Almighty t" gasped the T>oor fellow, as, withooth hands round the tree, lie clutched his sleeves with either hand, "help me! help mel" And then the hideous, mounting col- i umn caught him. , I He felt his feet rudely seized, as i though by the hand of a giant, and 1 >Iucked upward. Water gurgled in lis ears. Jlis arms seemed about to be torn from their sockets. Had the strain lasted another instant, he must have loosed his hold; but, with a wild, hoarse snarl as though it wore some sea monster baffled of its prey, the : column sunk, and left him gasping, ! half-drowned, but aliVe. It was impossible that he could sur vive another pulsation of the sea be low him, and he knew it. He loosed his stiffened fingers, and prepared himself for his fato. As he uttered a prayer as fervent as may leave tho lips of one who stands on the brink of eternity, he involuntarily cast his eyes upward. ' ? " Is the mouth of the tunnel-spout aflame ?" he questioned, in amaze, as a lurid light above him caught his strain ing vision; "No; a lantern is being lowered - into this abyss. Tho smug glers are ..taking adyantage of this pause to examino the sides of this ao h alSrp'? 0 wh ()^ e- Death is on every *wtogto? There ? ho is I" shouted one of the *' He's alive; but the *ftt*Mbout Will look after hirri, and itV<^mW^jow.?' For A bellow which preceded the flerctfVUelohing forth of the torrent came tff> from the depths below. But Corliss scarcely heard it, ho was so occupied with ono last dbsperato hope. About two feet away from him ? M as bloe<| it}' the glow of the lantern,' a round, shining stream of water slipped out of tho rock into the dark ness like* n serpent from itfrhole."*' p tlvely at the thought that close beside him witooneof {Hose tortuous drives off b> The bellow changed into that hide-' ous roar, and with a gust of wind and sbrav the Seething sea leaped up out oftnogolfi' i v . v' With tho red light streaming from the lantern about him, and the white spuflne athlsfeot, Clyfrjt* rolehsed his hold of the ^ree, and thrust himself forward into the black hole at his side. The immense volume of water forced into this drive struck him and polled him forward, over and ?vef, afcd&y its fUry saved him frtfm l?elng Washed out H^/t of the wave. Colioetlng all his energies, Corliss scrambled up a little incline, and as he fell forwardin a swoon, it was Avith the blessed thought that he was out of danger lit last. ^ ? . ? ? ? ift + Whon Corliss opened his eyes a soft that frightful night of tempest. lie rained liinmolf son stretched his stlff j ened limbs, for it was Imperative that he should bestir himself. Crawling ns near to the edge (if the oriftce, by whloh he hnd been enabled to enter the heart of the cliffs, n* lie the sullenly frothing water creaming and gurgling hoarsely to itself. " tfo chanoeto get down there," he muttered, discohsolstely. . Turning his head, ho gave a grate ful glance at the scrubby little trees thai had saved his life the night be tori. As he did so, something caught hif | eye which caused ft cry of intense sur prise and Joy to leap to his lips, al though it was strangled before it lefi i them for fear that unfriendly ean might hear it. <rA rope ( Right here at hand, al tangled up in the branchee of this blessed littlo tree ! It must be that the smuggler, who was lowering the lantern by means of this rope, dropped it, together with the lantern, when the water-spout rose right up in his Very face, and the lecoll of the wave dragged it down among the branchee of tnie little tree which caught and held it Thank heaven 1 The way is cleai now." Catching firm hold of the gnarled branches which scratched the very edge of the otltf^e, Corliss fcwung him self out of his rocky refuge into the tree. It was but a few minutes' work to disentangle the rope, and then fasten ing one end of it firmly to the tree trunk, he allowed the coils, weighted with the battered frame of the lantern, to drop from his hand. The ropo was long enough to allow the lantern frame to sink below the water. Down, hand-over-hand, wont the young revenue ofllcer, then he dashed out through the narrow arch through whioh the,, sea found entrance to the tunnel-spout. Outside a placid ocean wrinkled all its lazy length under the soft touches of a faint breeze. Not a soul was to b* seen on the cliffs; so, undisturbed, Corliss floated around the point dl Cape Zoar, and out of the reach of the men who would have sacrificed him on the altar of that great Moloch ? Fear. In a few days the revenue cuttei, Osprey, swooped down on the smug gler rendezvous of Cape Zoar, and thoroughly did her blue-coated crew accomplish their mission. The swift-sailing smugglor craft wa*> burned to the water's edge, and thirty ironed, sullen-faced prisoners were passed up over the side of the Osprey. Years have como and gone sinde Chief Coram's haunt was Droken up, but a night of tempest and darkness never fails to bring to Charles Corliss a viyid reminder of that terrible night "in a tunnel-spout." * A Chinese Child's Funeral. Many ?> curious sightseers stood around Wall Sing's laundry in New Y ork. On tho bare floor in the rear room in the basement rested "a coffin, which contained the remains of Fung Oy, a girl five years old, and at the bead or tho coffin stood Cha Lee, her sister, three and one-half years old, the only two Chinese children of unmixed blood that have ever been in the city. A Chinaman engraved the plate upon the coflln, and, according to Chinese custom, the parents nailed it down. Forty small candles stuck on eight small pine sticks, inserted in five wooden sockets, shed a grim glare on the surroundings. The lunertil cortege consisted of two carriages, one of which bore the corpse. The remains were buried in Evei reen cemetery, where the Chinese ave a plot. The coflln was quickly lowered into it3 resting-place and hastily covered with a few shovelfuls of dirt. Then flrcB were lighted about the grave, into which the effects of the dead child were thrown and burned. While they wore being consumed the mourners sprinkled a white powder from their paper bags into the flames. It burned with a bluish light and emitted a disagreeable odor. When the flre had completed its work the gravo was filled up and at the foot of It was placed a pine board inscribed with the name of the dead. Dr. Chew' Kin Fong, the Chines*, physician who attended Fung Oy, and who signed the certificate of nor death, which wai rejected by Dr. Jayrfe, of the health board, because he was not a registered physician, said, through an interpreter, that when he was first called ib to se^ the little girl, he saw at a first glance that her days were numbered an^i that no medicaments 'oould be of the slightest benefit to her, and he so informed her parents, who were very lcth to give up all hppe of their child's recovery as long as the breath of life remained in her body. When at last she dlod, he gave the usual certificate as ^o the cause of her death, supposing Was all right, and did not khow to tho contrary utftil so informed by the health officer. He said he would go before the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and submit ting his Chinese certificate, will under go syph; f xaminatf on. with regard to Ms qualifications as a physician as may : be deal UK ? > fi& m ' ... ? : v '? i " Hogmanay." ? Dr. IX G. F. Mao Donalrl writes. Antiquarians still seem puzzled as to the moaning of the Word M Hogma nay," It is a name given by the Scotch to the last day in the yea*, when they hold high carnival seeing the old year ont and the now year in. Many fami lies visit cach other) add sing merry paroR It is a Jolly tifnA, too, with rr children, who, aa Guisers dressed fantastio costumes, indulge in all kinds of unties, going from house to house chanting favorite rhymes for doles of oat-cake and eheese, coming in at times for the toothsome short* cake,' decked in lemon pert or sweeties. Thousands of small oases containing shortbread a .d oatmeal cakes are dispatched yearlv by the Scotch to all parts of the world in tipae to arrive at i their destination on Jtfew Year's eve, and thus roiuind friends, though septi* rated lny sea and land, that their thoughts are of those thoy love It is ; at the periods of Hogmanay and New Yfear that Highland hearts at home and abroad tarn fondly to each other and think more warmly tha.i at any other time of the liilK the straths and glens of bonnio Scotland. Ftshtar. A man ordered two small mackerel for his dinner at a cheap New York eating-house. When the oheck was brought to him he reminded the pro Krletor that he had not charged for all e had beon served with. M Why, you had two mackerel, had : you not?" fcdtod tho proprietor. M Yes," replied tho customer. '4X hat. two inaokerel and oAC smelt!" The charge was not increased. FARM, (JABDEN A IS D HOUSEHOLD. ' r > ? ? f ?/ ? ?< fH tk? BrathFrtflr Ml Ailmkh. ? Qrutbihg imd: carding stimulate the vital action of the animal, and there fore bring an increased flow of milk. If the brushing Is done daily, only a little time is required to keep the ani mals clean. An old broom is often tho only implement noedcd, if abund ant litter is used. Give the cattle, horses and other farm animals a good supply of bedding, and use the brush as much as necessary to keep theto neat and clean. (lathering and Pluutlng Doi?. The value of bones as a fertilizer, In their various forms, is well known. The co it, some thirty to forty dollars A ton, is the chief objection to their use by the average farmer. It Is' not so generally unoerstood that whole bone?, as they are gathered from the refuse of families in the streets and yards of our villages, are quite as available and within reach of many thrifty wto have business every wc .< ir tho neighboring, towns. They are especially valuable for plant ing around fruit trees and vines. They can be put in trenches within reach of the roots of trees already planted, with great advantago to tho wood and fruit of the trees. They are rich in am monia, as well as phosphoric acid, and will show their effects in the increased yield of fruit for twenty years or more. They have no standard value, and can generally be purchased of the boys, who aro glad to get thirty-five or forty cents a barrel for them. Soinotlmes a bonanza can be struek at tho slaughter house of the village butcher, where the refuse of slaughtered animals, mixed with absorbents, make a powerful fer tilizer. This is much more valuable manure than that of tho barnyard. Tho buried bones gradually soften under the influences of the soil, of heat and frost, until the fine plant rootlets penetrate the substance of the bono and absorb the nourishment. If you take up a grapevine that has been planted over a bod of bones, after a few years, you will find the bones firmly grasped by the roots and in a decaying condition. From one to three bushels may safely be planted under every pear and apple tree *nd grapevine. ? American Agriculturist Farm and Garde* Notes. Draughts in poultry houses cause roup. Turnips take a great deal of Btrength from the soil. Pepper put into tho warm food for fowls will give thorn a better appetite. The droppings of sheep are much more concentrated ai>d yaluablo than those from any other domestic ani mals. A farm of 100 acres of good arablo land should keep at least six work horses, twenty milch cows and twenty hogs. Karth floors keep so constantly damp that they aro apt to soften tho hoofs of a horse, or otherwise injure them and fjive rheumatism to the limbs, partlcu arly in cold weather. ? tea vines and bean vines are very rich in albunoids, and if as manv tons could be grown to an acre as or corn fodder, they would make one of the most valuable of fodder crops. The hoof print of a grazing animr.) should never be found upon a clovei field, or even a rod of good available land. It should only be found upo 1 hillsides, rocky or low unavailable land. In winter fowls require a varied diet to do well. It nmst not be forgotten if wo expect them early in Kprlhg to have full vigor and bo productive that the necessarv kinds of food must be provided and fed regularly and judi ciously. Frozen roots, or, indeed, frozen food of any kind, is very pernicious to swine and all other stock, as it is apt tosoour them badly, and 1a any event disturbs their digestion and rendors the other food taken into the stomach less nutri tious to the animals. The United States Veterinary Jour nal, Chicago, recommends the follow ing as a remedy for heaves: Powdered resin, two ounces; tartar emetic, two ounces; Spanish brown, two onncea, and Cayenne p&pper, two ounces. Mix and give two teaspoonfuls twice a day In soft feed. Soidns cut now will grow when grafted, if kept in a 6ool, moist place. The dirt floor 01 a cellar is as good a place for storaae as any, and is im proved by a little moist, loose soil, in whioh the cuttings may be buried. It is better, in fact, to cut them early, if caref ully kept, than, to wait uijtU Just before grafting time. Sets, as well as large onions, accord ing to the Aineriwn Garden, should l>e kept as dry and cool as possible, without being actually froeen, although they are not injured materially by frost, provided they are not handled while frocen. If spread on a tight barn floor and covered thickly with ohalt or cut straw they will keep well till spring. At this season Of the te fur foot-rot In sheep can be oured with oomparative ease by paring away all loose and dis eased parts of the hoofs, then placing the foot in*a strong solution of sul phate of copper (bine vitriol). Borne put powdered blue vitriol on the af fected parts after dipping the foot In the solution, and then bind the foOt with a cloth. Winter food for fowls : Scraps should be broken np, says an ex change, and soakod over ntgfit, and warmed and fed in the morning. Moot may be added. Hens also require veg etable food. Carrots are best. Chop as. fine as kernels of corn and about twice a week ahd ft Kw onions. Fof shell material use oyster or elam shells, both browned and raw. Break them There is a diWe wa^ by 4hi6h flat turnips may be kept crjsp and fresh all winter. Prepare a bin, or box, large enough to hold as "taany **< may be re quired for uso, put in the bottom a layer of flno earth, then a layer of tur nips, alternating till all are 1ft, then cover slightly witfc Ane oarth, qnd the turnips Trill come out as fresh as when pulled, even it not taken out until "Pring. _ v ' " " * ' ; 1 Harness should never be kept In the stable, where manure is constantly | generating 'large ; quantities of am- ? monla. This ammonia is rapidly . absorbed by the leather, and the effect | upon the leather is about the same as would result from saturating it with strong lye,-* In a word ammonia rots leather, and hence keeping harness in the stable is sure to result in its damage inoro or less. A cow will give more milk and make more butter on a bright sunshiny day than during one of a dull, dark ? character. The animal eats more [ heartily, digests hotter, while the vital ! forces are active during the pleasant xlay. These facts , aro not, In them selves, very Important, yet they sug gest the query whether close stabling of cows in winter or summer is better than giving them the run of a yard or ; pasture lot. Turnips, according to the P oultry Yard, are good for fowls in winter, when the ground is covered with snow and no grass is obtainable. I (says a Correspondent) give two flocks of Ply mouth Rocks, thirty in each, six uarts of yellow j^lobe turnips, once in wo days, alternately with a little ani mal food. The turnips are chopped fine enough to be eaten without diffi culty. Tnfl skin of this vegetable is j pungent and has a somewhat stimula- , ting effect. floiineliold Hint*. When carpets are well cleaned sprinkle with salt and fold. When laid strew with slightly moistened bran before sweeping. This with salt will freshen up wonderfully. Silk handkerchiefs washed in clear yf&ter with pure white castile soap look like new. Do not iron, but sn tp between the fiogers until almost dry and then press under a weight. Black stockings should be washed in scool lather of plain white soap, a little ammonia and rain water. Do not wring, but press the uioisturo out, and roll in a cloth and keep from the air while drying. To repolish old mahogany, first wash it well with warm water in whioh a little soda has been dissolved, and let It dry thoroughly. Then apply with a Siece of cotton-wool, rolled into a rub fr, a mixture composed of half a pint of alcohol, quarter of a pint of linseed oil, and one ounce of butter of anti mony, shaken well together. It is well to know how to clean car pets nicely and without much trouble. Procure some papers, wet them, wring them out well and scatter them over the floor, sweep thoroughly, going over the carpet several times; then niop the carpet as you would an oil-cloth with a slightly damp cloth and it will look as bright and as nice as new. OiU Hickory's Challenge. A curious relic of Andrew Jackson has just found its way into print through the New York Ledger, to which paper it was sent by a grand daughter of Jackson's antagonist. It is related in Parton's " Life of Jackson," that when Old Hickory was Young Hickory, just twenty-one years of age, he fought the first duel of his life ?with Colonel Wrightstill Avery, a dis tinguished member of the bar of North Carolina. Young Jackson had a crim inal case before tho court at Jones boro, in which ho was deeply inter ested, Colonel Avery being counsel on the other side. In the courso of the trial Avery was severe in his com ments upon some of the legal positions taken by the young lawyer, and used language which he afterward admit ted was too personal and sarcastic On the second morning of the trial, Jackson, acutely mortified by the repe tition of the offense, tore a blank leaf from a law book, wrote a challenge upon it and gave it to his antagonist with his own hands. This challenge, yellow with its ninety-five years, is as follows: V. \ , \ v knavaT 12. 1788. Bib? When a mane filings and ohareotor are injured he ought to seek spoedy redress: Yon reo'd a few linen from me yesterday, <fe undoubtedly yon understand roe. My ohar eotor you hev injured; and further you hev Insulted me in the presence of a dburt and a large nudienoe I therefore oall upon you an a gentleman to give me satisfaction for the tame ; nnu T farther ea)1 upon you to -*g|Te me an annwor immediately without Equivocation and I hope you can do without dinner, until the businesa in done t lor it is oonntatont with the ohareotor of a gentleman when he injnree a man to make immediate reparation; therefore I hope you will not fail in meeting me this da^from yr. lib]. nt. , , A?pw. J^k^on. P. 8. Thin evening Ufter court In ad journed. ? The duel was not fought bofore din ner as the impetuoui young advocate desired, since Colonel Avery oould not immediately *' And a friend." It oo curred Just after sunset. Fortunately neither was hit, and they left the ground wyy r ? r{ Steam fthlpDIsnfttrrs . A list of marine losses in 1882 gives a total Of 284 steamships and large river steamboats which have met with disaster. Only a few of theso have & Of these the British vessels numbered 192, with a total of 286,516 tona; American ' 16, - and 18,972 tonsi Austrian " 2, and 8,062 torts; Helginn 8. and 4,247 tons; Chil ian 1, Danish 6, 6,018 tons; Dutch 6, 9?228; French 16, 12, 847 tons; German 17, 14,785 tons; Ital 2,802 tons; Oieek 1, 1,280 tons; un known natinality 40. Of this list 141 were stranded, 82 were surk by colli sion, 4 were destroyed by explosion, 62 in a sinking condition and 25 are miss ing. The total number of lives lost was 2,002. ? fot .f.t - A Knffalo-ltoho King. Did you dver hear of the buffalo robe ring in New York? asks a cor respondent. Mr. Loader, a furrier in Bt. Louis, told mo that two New York firms controlled the entire buffalo trade now, rapturing all tho catches in quantities of >8,000 to 6,000 robes per hurtt. A buffalo rot>e nn lined Is now worth $18 to #19 in n*. Louis, where the very beet could once be bought for $5. The world is being cleared of all its animals except three? the rat, the moth and the worm. Theee will sur Hv* man. FOB THE TUB SEX* The Khedive** Wift. The wife of the khedive of Egypt 1b a remarkable woman, both by de scent and for her personal qualities. | Her mother was the daughter of a j Turkish sultan; her father, the son of I an Egyptian khedive and a descend ant or Mohammedan Ali, the founder j of the present dynasty. Tcwtlk i Pwdm, who married her ten years ago, j when she wns ouly twenty, lias nover | given her any rival in hii affections or In his household. They have four children, two sons and two daughters, who aro educated by Englisn gov ernesses in English ways. FnaWlon Note*. Black silk beaded jerseys are favor ite waists for young ladies' black dresses. The mingling of two kinds of lace is in good taste both for drees and bon- [ net trimmings. Plaid and check goods are some what used, but are preferred in very dull and confused colors. Tan-colored silk stockings are worn with the tan-colored gloves that are part of many full dress toilets. Turbans with a fur band and gath ered cloth crowns are worn with red ingotes of cloth trimmed with fur. Dashes of red appear everywhere in the toilet, from the plumes on the bon net to the " clocks" of black silk hose. Many of the buttoned boots are with very pointed toes and foxed similar to the laced shoee which have been so popular. Pompon fringes are the latest, though the chenillo and plain silk knotted are in steady demand and ex tensively used. Out-of-door costumes, plain or elab orate, are frequently draped with a large, brooch or antique silver looping the tunic or the scarf tablier. Heal bullion embroidery decorates the dog collars of black velvet which aro worn with low dress waists, and which greatly enchance the fairness of the complexion. The fashionable fan Is of large ostrich feathers, mounted with shell, amber, ivory or pearl, and ornamented with a bird with long tail plumage falling on the sticks. Gauze Balbrlggan stockings are worn inside of silk and cashmere stockings, giving additional warmth, and protecting the skin from the dye or roughness of the outer stocking. Very large masculine hats of beaver plushj are revived, the favorite trim mings for them being a band around the crown and a large buckle in front or ostrich tips or plumes in a tuft on the side. The favorite visite has square close sleeves and two thick box plaits with long fronts, tied by ribbons to form a tassel near the foot. Brandenburg* | across the front and in the back are I tho trimmings. Black lace flounces and a back drapery of a black lace shawl may be very effective on buttercup or jonquil yellow dresses, but nono but a married woman or young lady in tl,e thirties i should wear such drosses. The trains and tabliers of dresses of white-colored silk are embroidered with English crewels in mixed color ings, and have metallic threads intro duced at intervals. The effect Is ori ental and very handsome. Kuttercup and jonquil yellow have been discovered to be very becoming evening colors, particularly when trimmed with tinsel and white marabout, feathers, or with humming bird and lmpeyan crest and neck feathers. Tho plain cloth and flannel suits are made effective by embroideries of sou tache braid, which is used in several different widths for the same suit. Crochet buttons are in voguo with these costumes, and great quantities of them garnish one suit. In London feljb hats aro gonorally adopted. Some are small, trimmed with gossamer, caught together with a bird's plumage, sometimes tying underneath the chin; or else large, tnmed up on one side, with an ostrich feather curling gracefully over tho brim at the back and showing at one side. Folded bands of plush or velvet, fastened with a handsome buckle, trim the hat on the other side. Ladles who cannot afford many hats wear black felt, and alter the color of tho folded band of plush or velvet to match that of the dress to be worn. HIxty-Thren Indian T. ibon. The following list of the aborigines of North America in as compluto a? any that 1b at present available: Apaches, Arrapahoos, Arricarees, Blackfeet, Bloods, Br tiles, Camanches, Cayugas, Benecas, Cherokees, Chey cnnes, Chiokseaws, Chippewas, Otta wafl, Pottawatomie*, Ohoctaws, Mun ses, Creeks, Crows, Delaware*, Gros Ventres, lowas, Kaws, Kaskasklos, Weas Poories, Weas Miamies, Plan Keshaws, Klokapoos, Kiaways, Man dans* Menomonces, Mia^mijis, Missou ris, Ottoes, Mlunecongoux, Muhuache, Utahs, Navajoes, Moqnis, Omahas, Onondagas, Oneldas, Btoekbridge, Oregon tribes, Usages, Pawner, I'ri mos, Mescaleros, Poncas, Pueblos, Quapaws, Sacs, Foxes, Sans Arcs, HefMnoles, Sioux, Tuscaroras, Two Kettles, Uncopapas, Wlnnobagoes, Wyandots and Yanotonnais. Tricking Brain. The Laps and Fins have an idoa that when thev kill an animal it has the power or haunting them If it condescends to take that advantage. When, therefore, thoy have slain a bear, they surround the oody and ut ter loud lament atlons, expressive of the deepest regret. Presently One of them asks, in pltyiftg tones, " Who killed thee, poof creature? Who de stroyed thy beautiful life?" Another of the party replies, on behalf of the bear, " It was the wicked 8wedo who lives across the mountain." And there is a chorus of ?* What a cruel deed I What a dreadful crime I" ? Dr. Foot*'* Health Monthly. Newmarket (N. H.) girls and l>oys march in and onto! school to the musio of flf? and drnr HOME DOCTOE. WeakrulDc TreiUuteot. It Is a law of our nature that weak ness will r?sult not only from violent and un?iuo labor, but n-s well ft* from indolence and inactivity, but no more certainly than insutlleient clothing, bathing in water to cold as to produce a shock and a permanent chill, etc., must prove as adverse to the health as the opposito extreme. It is no moro foolish, foolhardy, to brave >?11 weath ers insufficiently clad, than to attempt , to endure as much heat a^ possible, to which foul air is added. While a proper amount of exposure in the cool 1 and cold season, if properly clad, will invigorate, promote the health and fortify one so as to bo able to endure oold weather with impunity, and thus enable them to escape the ordinary "colds," it is equally true that the " fussy" may and do so debilitate themselves by the opposito extremes as to suffer unusu ally from colds and sickness. Just to the extent that one is deprived of the invigorating influences of pure air and out-of-door exercise, weakness must result, in addition to the debili tating result of indolence and of un nu'ural heat. Tho individual, there fore, who, with a false and absurd idea of carelessness, remains in a hot and uncomfortable room, at a temper ature which would be oppressive in tho summer, enduring all possible heat, does violence to nature, and is thus predisposed to colds and conse quent disease. The individual who wears as much clothing as can be borne, and tho same on a mild day as on tho coldest, will certainly reduce tho power of the body to generate heat and jiibt to that extent induce sickness. That, one who, for fear of having cold feet, puts them in the oven on every convenient occasion, and who carries the hot brick to bed, in the mildest and coldest weather alike, until they secure cold feet and a hot head. In other words, nature evolves only just the heat needed under tho circum stances?less and less the more arti ficial heat is supplied ? necessarily re ducing the strength. Avoid alike unnecesrary exposure to both heat and cold, both debilitating in their extremes, while the medium is invigorating. It is safe to be com fortable. Drink for thn (Sick. An agreeable draught in made by add ing to a tumbler of water a teaspoon fur of good vinegar and tho same of orange v ater. For those who are weak and have a cough, beat a fresh-laid egg and mix with it one gill of new milk and a tea spoonful each i?f rose water and orange water and a little nutmeg. Water added to tamarinds, currants or cranberries, fresh or in jelly, makes excellent beverages, with a little sngar or not, <is may be agreeable. Barley water is a nutritious drink, and is one of the best known for in valids. Take one ounce of barley, half an ounce of sugar, the rinds of a lemon, and pour on one quart of water. After it has stood < ight houss pour off the liquor and add tho juice of one lemon. To make apple water cut the apple in small pieces and pour on boiling water. Strain in three hours and sweeten. For those troubled with tho gout ? Heat two ounces of almonds with a teaspoonful of rose water, and then pour on one quart of milk and water and sweeton to taste. Beef tea ? Cut raw beof into small pieces; to a half pound of meat pour on a pint of cold water; set on the stove and let it simmer until all the juico is extracted from the meat. When wanted for us? skim and let it boil just two minutes. To make panada, soak stale bread in cold water for an hour; mash and {dace on the (Ire, with a little salt, Hitter and sugar; cook slowly an hour, and when ready to serve add the yolks of two eggs, well beaten, and two tablespoonfuls of inilk. For a cough make flax-seed tea a< follows: One-half pound each of flax seed and rock candy, threo 1-mons pared and sliced ; pour over this two quarts of boiling water; when cold, strain. Toast water ? Toast stale bread until very brown, pour over it boiling water let it stand for an hour, then strain and put in a piece of ice before drink ing. Milk porridge ? Make a thin battel of flour and milk, or corn starch and milk; stir into boiling milk, with a little salt; let it boil a fow minutes, stirring constantly. fttrange Meteoric Displays. A letter from an officer of tho United States steamer Alaska gives an account of a meteor which was nwin from thf Bhip ono evening a few minutes aftei sunset. All at once a loud rushing noise was heard like that of a larg? rock descending from the heavens witli Immense force and velocity. It proved to he a meteor, and when within ten degrees of the horizon it exploded with much noise and (lame, the fragment; streaming down into the ocean li k? great sparks and sprays of fire. Tin most wonderful part of tho phenom enon then followed, for at the point in the heavens where the meteor burst there appeared a figure shaped like an immense distaff, all aglow with a bin ish light of intense brilliancy . It kept that form for perhaps two minutes j when it began to lengthen upward and. crowing wavy and zigzag in out line, diminished In breadth until It be- j came a fine, faint spiral line at it? j upper end, dissolving into gatherinp clouds. It remained for about ter. j minutes, when it. began to fade and finally disappeared at eleven minute.1 [ past ft o'clock. A girl of Wankon, Iowa, being ex cessively fond of babies, borrowed oni ; of a neighbor for the day. It fell int< a ftro and was burned to death. Th? f lrl was not immediately the cause ol , he accident, and yet she was sc grieved and frightened by it that sh 1 (lied within an hour. Records of tho progress of the tele phone in various part* of the work show that in the number of absolute subscribers Paris stands third on tin list- and after New York and Chicago ft had on October 1. 1 .4*22 subscribers Day Mad flight. Day like a warrior stood Upon the mountain height, And poured his bright spe&rs Ilk? a flood Against the hosts of night \ While banner, cloud andpenacm high, Growcrimsou in the custom ?ky. Night called her hosts of pride, To mark tho Sun King die ; Ami strode with starry legions wida In triumph o'er tho sky. The monarch of tho world of light Foil thionole&a neath the foot of Night I HUMOROUS. Rifle practice ? Pit-king pockets. The lather of twin babies needs no alarm clock. Whenever a dentist takes the stutfjp ho draws well. Extraordinary feat of nature: Jump ing from winter to summer without a spring. ? Tin Jiidyc. An Englishman dropped a letter Id tho postodice the other day, and it was never aft . r ward found. Indefatiga ble inquii y developed tho fact that it was the letter " h. ? Xew York Com mercial. It is said that everything is mads for something, and even cockro^chet have been found efficacious in the ma* teria mcdiea, but we have yet to find a scientist who can explain what pil* low shams are made for. ? Philadel phia JY< No word was spoken when they met, B> either? sad or ^ny ; And yet 0110 badly smitten was, Twin mentioned tho next day. Tl.ev met by clumeo this winter W it!1, neither ^luice nor bow i They > f .en came toeotlier so? ? A freight train and n cow. ? A California man, coming homo in the night recently, stumbled over some i tiling furry in the hall. With rare | presence of mind he did not give the I alarm, but. crept abound tho animal which ho judged to bo a bear, gob, his shotgun and lired both barrels into\ho beast. T tat awoke his wife and gavo her the hysterics, and when ho got a light and took account of results, ho found ho had shot his bearskin CDatalJ to pieces.? Boston Fost. A hunter fired at a bird as it flow over the dooryard of an Arkansaw resid'-nro. A boy that was playing around was struck by a couple ot shot and his loud cries brought the farmer to the scene. " What have you done?" he demanded of the hunter, drawing a revolver. " I- beg ten thousand par 1 dons," exclaimed the hunter. " In ray i eagerness to secure the bird I fired I thoughtlessly, and I fear I lmvo serl ouslv wounded your son." "Son I" said i the, o'd man, " i thought that you had ! hit my dog. Mind how you shoot I around here, for if you put a shot into tluit dog I'll etil off both your ears."? Ar/.ansatr Trurtler. Don't use big words. In promui : gating your esoteric cogitations, or ar ticulating superficial sentimentalities I and philosophical or psychological ob servations beware of platitudinous | ponderosity. Let your conversations I possess a clarified conciseness, eompre i iiensiblcness, eoalescent consistency and a concatenated cogency. Eschew all conglomerations of flatulent garru lity, jejune babblement and asinine ! affectations. Let your extemporane ous de.eantings and tin premeditated expatiations have intelligibility and veracious vi\aeity, without rodomon j tade or thrasonical bombast. Sedu lously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pom i tons prolixity, ventrlloquial ver bosity and vaniloquent vapidity. In jther words, talk sense. Young Husbands and Old WItos. Tim Washington correspondent of the Cleveland Herald tells how two poor young men found rich wives of the liurdette-Coutta kind at the na tional capital. Lust woek a ladv well known in Georgetown for her brilliant Ancestors, her charity, het* youthful toilets, blonde wigs and bright rouge, was joined by holy church to a roan just twenty-threo years old. It is conjecture that tho bride's age is flfty (1 v ?5 or sixty, and you can wager that tho sum of her years was greater than the sum of tho youth's toi;tune. One hopes tl at he will be aa well sat isfied with his bargain as another young man about twonty -eight yearn if ago, who has a wife of sixty sum mers. This was a famous misalliance several seasons ago, and people Who ?arc to remember can once more shud ler over tho hold air with whioh the jld bride carrlod the poor young gov ernment clerk home to hor elegant mansion near the English minister's residence. Whatever ambition that {(room ever had has long since fled, 'b\it hy his appearanco on tho avenue ho must take a somber sort of satisfaction ?n bis clothes. Within two weeks I liave seen him in a Prince Albert In ?loth, another In worsted, & three-but toned blue cutaway, a fonr-buttoned black cutaway, a double-breasted Mel* ton sack and a single-breasted green ?ack and livo difroront overcoats. /Vnd yet ho alwnvs bears a humorouf resemblance to that disappointed boj over of " Little Porrit, who, being ?ejected of his lovo, walked every aight between the lines of clotheshung >ut 'to dry in liis mother's yard, in his ?Sabbath clothes, and mourned ovsrthe ranitles of thin world. An Emperor's Wardrobe. The Emperor William's uniforms ?om prise one of each of the regiments >f the guards and of tho body regl nents, one caoli of Hiulen, Bavaria, Saxony, Wnrt.omberg, four Russian iniforms, one each of his Austrian egimonts of the ltr.o and hus.ars. The ?.iviiiari suits are elegant and chiefly lark, although a pair of light trousers h now and then tolorated. The regu lar head covering is tho high silk hat. Die hunting suits are rarely renewed, in the principle, probably, that tho aider the better. Perhaps tho most remarkable piece is tho emperor's orownish gray havelock, which he wears in the spring and fall in his irivos, and with which, though twenty Ivo year < old, be is not willing to part. All bis uniforms and suits ^Vere made oy a member of the same family, whose predecessors prosontftd the poiing Prince William with his first uniform. Numerous a< the contents if his wardrobe are and have hcen, it ia? never held a dressing-gown.