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Among the Missing. There was once a man named Blanco, And he stirred up quite a row; For a time he kept us guessing? Aii, but what's he doing now? There was once a politician ; Hill was what they called him then? What has happened unto David? Has he left the haunts of men? There was once a man named Hobson Who had everything his way; But is anybody able To tell where he is to-day? There was once a gallant consul And his name was Fitzhugh Lee; Is he still among the living. And if so, oh where is he? There was once a Captain Sigsbee, Who was famous near and far; Bet us hope nothing's happened To that sturdy, fearless tar. There was once a man from Texas? Mr. Bailey was his name? He was noisy, hut lie seems to Have retired troin the game. O. the world is full of people Famous once from shore to shore, But whose names are never printed In the papers any more. 'Tis a rapid age we live in ; Greatness quirkly fades away ; They that keep on being famous Have to do things every day. ?s. e. kisek. WORTH $40 A GALLON. Four Hundred Barrels of Kentucky Whiskey Found After Fffty Year* Search. After years of futile effort the wreck of the steamer Arabia, a steri: wheeler boat that was lost in the Hfioonnri Riror 1 tl HUH. near Parks Hi lOdUUI I AVI * Vft ... ville, Mo., has been located. Th Arabia carried a cargo of 400 barrels of Kentucky whiskey, and men have hunted for it in vain for over fiftj years. It was not until last fall thai the discovery was made. Previous to that the search had been conducted in or near the. river channel As told recently in the Sunday InterOcean the channel of the Missouri i* constantly changing, and for this reason no wrecks are ever found ir bed of the stream?they are coverec up by made land, washed down hj the spring floods, and over their grow crops of grain and grass. The wreck of the Arabia was located by sounding rods in a cornfield, a mile away from the presenl river channel, and buried undei thirty-two feet of soil. Over 1G( acres of land had been sounded anc examined .before the strike was . made, the search being conducted bj a syndicate who knew there was ? fortune in the cargo if it could be recovered. If*- : When the Arabia was sunk the whiskey it carried was worth 71 cents a gallon. To-day there are men in New York ready to pay $40 ? gallon for the same liquor, the ad vance in value being due to its ini provement in quality brought abou by its fifty-three years of "aging.' At $40 a gallon, allowing for leakage etc., the whiskey is now worlt about $1,250 a barrel, or $500,000 fo the entire cargo. A $40.00 Bicycle Given Away Daily The publishers of The New Yor] Star, the handsomely ;llustrate< Sunday newspaper, are giving , High Grade Bicycle each day fo the largest list of words made by us ing the letters contained in X ?T H E N-E-W Y O R-K S T-A-R' no more times in any one word tha it is found in The New York Stai Webster's Dictionary to be consider ed as authority, Two Gold Watch es (first class time-keepers) will b given daily for second and third be* lists, and many other valuable re wards, including Dinner Sets, Te Sets,- China, Sterling Silverware etc, etc*, in order of merit. This eci ucationai contest is being given t jL advertise anil introduce this success ful weekly Into new homes, and a prizes will be awarded prompt! without partiality. Twelve 2-cei stamps must be inclosed for thirtee weeks trial subscription with fu ? > particulars and list of over 300 vali able rewards. Contest opens an 8p~- awards commence Monday, Juri ~ 2Jth, 1899, and closes Monday, Augu* 2tst, 1899. Your list can reach i k" any day between these dates, an .will receive the rewards which may be entitled for that day, an your name will bejprinted in the fo lowing issae of The New Yor Star. Only one list can be entere by the same person. Prizes are o exhibition at The Star's businet offices. Persons securing bicycle may have choice of Ladies', Gentb man's Juvenile's 1899 model, color < size desired. Call <>r address Dep "E," The New York Star, 280 V 39th Street, New York City. ?:- ? Singular Coin. Dr. Herrington exhibited in our offii quite a singular coin which he sa: was dng np or plowed up on his pla< in this county near Girth. It is of bra and copper ("more brass than coppe and about the size of onr 25 cent silv coin. It has on one face a United Stat flag and aronnd it the legend "Calif o nia Counter." On the reverse side is * United States eagle, with the arro\ and olive branch in his talons, aroni which are the words "United States America." It has no date. The woi counter means a "false piece of mom cr stamped metal, used as means of r coining." Another meaning is "mom in contempt." This may have be< made long ago by some private ente prise for convenience and not for cor mon use as money.?Waynesboro Tin k Citizen. \ Ste&mboatinsr on the Jordan. V The progress of civilization has; | last reached the Jordan, and a stear V boat churns the water in which Jol baptized. The Abbc t Pachomius of tl monastery of St John at Jericho ma< the first attempt at steam navigafcit with a diminutive launch about thr years ago. The experiment was so su cessful that a small steamer was pu chased a year later and taken to ti Jordan. This boat, the Prodromus, now mai tains a regular passenger service b tween the bridge near Jericho and t) southern end of the Dead sea and well patronized by the tourists ai pilgrims A Big- Chunk of Ice. James Garrison, a farmer living Camden county. Mo., put up ice du ing the winter, and his crop is all one pieca It measures 20 feet ea< way. He constructed a box into whic by means of troughs, he convey* streams of water from a spring in t] hillsida The water froze, and wh< the box was filled the troughs were r m- moved. Around this box Mr. Garris< f. built a larger one, filling the space b tween the two with charcoal and sa> [ . dust He says he will drill and bla f his huge cube of ice as may have o casion to use it during the summer. WASHINGTON LETTER. | Store Thorough Inspection of National Bank*?New Fad of Wa?h- SI lngtou N'egroei. s< [Special Correspondence.] I Comptroller Dawes of Washington ! has formulated plans for a more tliorough inspection of national banks throughout the country, and the new system will be put in operation as soon as the necessary arrangements can be v made. In spite of the rigid inspection 0 banks fail disastrously from time to 0 t>ia ^Amntrnllpr has been LIUit', auu w?r? searching vigorously for a remedy. The examiners, as a rule, have been ,] j faithful and intelligent, and yet it has 5" been easy for dishonest bank officials c to "cook" the books almost up to the 0 day of failure. The comptroller has decided, therefore, to try the experi- i inent of examinations by men who are ( not amenable to local influences, lie L proposes to put into the field a corps of c expert examiners who will travel about the country and investigate banks at 3 unexpected times. He hopes in this t way to have each institution examined i at least once a year by an official from c another part of the country whose t coming will be entirely unannounced, and whose social, political and finan- ^ cial affiliations will not be so easy to t reach. ? The comptroller feels that the local ^ examiners are apt to take too many t things for granted in the case of men or institutions with carefully built up < reputations, and to counteract this ( ' j dangerous familiarity he proposes to t Inaugurate a system of frequent trans- t . fers from one district to another. t ( These changes are not intended to ) harass or embarrass solvent instltu- ( tions in any way, but are expected to ^ throw additional safeguards around * the national banks and thus protect 5 depositors better. * ) Xew Fad of Waahinyton Negroea. r Wcto fraternal societies of Wash I ington have adopted the peculiar eus. torn of utilizing the stone steps of the war department for being photographed. Nearly every Sunday afternoon * 200 or 300 colored brethren clothed in " the most grotesque costumes imagin? able march to the big structure just i west of the White House, take their i places on the steps and are photographI ed. This is an extremely amusing . spectacle to the white spectators, a large number of whom are usually on hand to watch the fun. Without reflecting on General Miles or trying to " rob him of any glory due him or his uniform, it is certain the gaudy full t dress regalia of the commanding genr eral would not attract attention In this ) gayly attired body. I Although there is a police ordinance , prohibiting Sunday parades the color* ed brethren arrayed in costumes which it is impossible to describe, headed by 1 a band of music, march along the side5 walks until they reach the department Here the fun begins and cake walk ar? tists at a loss for poses would do well 3 to witness the maneuvers. Consciousj ness of their importance is written In ^ every feature of each of the grotesque , band, and the attitudes assumed by some of them would be worth a for" tune to a living picture show artist t The other Sunday President McKln' ley's coachman was among those who , stood before the camera. While he is ! a modest gentleman of color and did r not attempt to make himself conspicuous, his regalia on this occasion outshone those of his associates. It was manifest to the spectators who were aware.of his presence, and his associ? ates were extremely proud of him. He j was the envy of all. a Perry Heath's Water Habit. r Perry Heath, assistant postmaster i- J general, has the water habit. Firm of SKID a Liu clear 01 eje uc siwu uivu>uua " to two stenographers at the same time, n turning from one to the other and incl . dentally directing a few words to a - visitor. [- "Water is a great flesh builder," said e he, "and my physician advised me to ^ drink it. When I was working 20 ^ hours a day In Cincinnati, I lost flesh ? ! rapidly. I drank that Cincinnati river \1 water and gained 11 pounds in five o weeks. Now I drink the ordinary Poj tomac river water and am increasing II in weight. My secretary brings me a y glassful every hour, and I never pass the pitcher without taking a drink." j'| In the departments they do not drink j_ from the ordinary ice cooler. In every d room there is a beantifully wrought sil,e ver pitcher filled with ice cold water, jt Washington is nothing if not exquisite. IS Veteran Government Employees, d In one of the offices of thepostofflce de' | partment at Washington is a little book ,(' kept by one of the old clerks, which gives the time record of every clerk 1(j who is now considered a veteran In the ,n service. This contains the names of ss 25 clerks who have been in the postjs office department for 30 years and upward. The oldest in point of service >r is Louis Watkins, who was appointed 5* May 22, 1S54. After 45 years as a clerk k * he is today able to keep up his records and write letters on the typewriter with the agility of younger people. ce The second In rank is J. L. Elliott., ^ whose term extends x>ver 41 years. CQ! The west is represented by Daniel S. aa ! Christy of Iowa. 37 years; A. W. Bingr) ham of Michigan, 32 years, and G. F. ei White of Indiana. 30 years. yg Young;eit Man In the Army. r. It has just been discovereu that one a of the young lieutenants recently apPs pointed in the army has yet to cele1(j brate the fifth anniversary of his birth. 0f The discovery created a good deal of r<3 talk In army circles and set every one to asking why the president had nome. Inated such a child to a command in ay the army. It was then explained that the young man was 19 years old, hav,r. Ing been born on the 29th of February, q. 1880, and therefore only had a birthjQ day once in four years. He is beyond doubt the youngest man In the United States army so far as birthdays go. Cabl Schofield. at a* Some close-fisted men die of the Te grip* , Don't be over-confident when jB there's a woman around. >n e0 It must be confessed that Aguinalc. do is harder to catch than the Spanish fleet. Be We suppose it is better after all. that a comet destroy us than that it n. be left to the corset and cigarette. ,0. What can't be cured must be enhe dured; but nothing else should be endured. 2(j The rain descends upon the just and the unjust; but the just sometimes have rheumatism to admonish them of what is coming, in The chief business of some theolur gians seems to be to cut the Lord's in vineyard all up with partition fences. h, A good many people who think ^ they are nervous are really only kQ iruuuie. ?n The difference between our ac' quaintance and a friend is, that our acquaintance seldom feels at liberty tojtell us for our own good, thing's that he knows we don't want to hear. How Are Your Kidneys t Dr. Hobbs' Sparagus puis cure all kidney ills. Sample free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N. Y. FACTS IN A FEW LINES. Loudon Is to have a school of induction for wireless telegraphy. Brazil will exhibit 500 varieties of erpeuts, big aud little, at the Paris xposition. During 1898 the number of persons rho made Alpine tours necessitating uides in the Tyrol was lii.ooo. ! Medical men now regard typhoid feer as a disease so preventable that, as ne of them declares, "for every case f typhoid fever somebody ought to be lung." There are 5,000 licensed liquor shops a St. Petersburg agaiust 25,000 a few ears ago, aud uuder the law a person an obtain but one drink of liquor in ue tavern. English missionaries who have studed the languages of the Fuegiaus there are three) declare that they iave distinguished 16 vowels aud 20 onsonauts. The Ethical Culture society of New fork city lias raised a fund of more hau $1S0,0<*) for its permanent home. Ctiis creation of Felix Adler has beome an important feature in Manhatan. Asia Minor was the chief opium mar:et until the twelfth century, and from hen on it was gradually distributed dl over the globe. The Chinese obained the drug in the thirteenth cenury. Last year the people of the United States used about 71,000,000 pounds of ea, which cost $10,000,000. The secretary of agriculture favors another at:empt at raising this commodity in his country. A Kansas soldier who was present at s>n>\tiii>?k nf MfllnlitS SJ1VS tliat tlie .UC V.U|/tUi v v* - ?t. - lag of truce displayed by the natives vho remained in the town when the Vmerican troops advanced was a pair >f white trousers. The federal telegraph system of Mesco, which Is controlled by the government, Is being rapidly extended, and ilready many of the small mining ?amps in the Sierras are in telegraphic ounection with the rest of the world. On Sept. 9 next people will date their etters?not all people, but a large num>er?9-9-99. How long will it be before i similar collection of numbers occurs, md how often will it occur in the twentieth century? asks the London j chronicle. The director of the mint gives It as his opinion that the production of gold during 1900 will amount to $400,000,000. This will be the largest amount ever produced in one year and will be In line with an upward movement of the gold product since 1885. The French have laid a claim to Dewey on the ground that he descends from a Huguenot family named De Huoy, and the Belgians luive put in a plea for him as De Wey. The Spanlards, as the Buffalo Commercial observes, have not yet filed their claim. A German chemist explains in Prometheus why Rhine wines ore famous, even if they are too apt to be sour. They have more than the usual amount of bouquet, due to lack of excessive sunshine and heat, which in all countries diminish the fragrance of fruits and wines. A Llrv Af TQ rfca nncp A rt'UIttl KilUIC UVIICVUVU VI dwarf plants has been exhibited in London. Not one was less than a century old, and the tallest was only 18 Inches high, although It had all the characteristics of a forest giant. These trees are dwarfed in their growth by man, not by. nature. During the cholera epidemic of 1892 Hamburg had 18.000 cases, with 7,164 deaths, while Altona had only 5T>0 cases, though it gets the Elbe water with the added contaminations of Hamburg. The difference between the two cities was that Altona had a filtration plant and Hamburg drank the water unfiltered. The Japanese have built a ship for the treatment of the wounded in war. The Hakuai Maim, which is about 2,000 tons, has a large troop deck, with beds for some 300 patients. The cabins and saloons have been arranged to furnish further accommodation for sick and wounded, with the necessary staff of doctors, nurses and attendants. Spanish army officers are receiving honors and rewards on a lavish scale, notwithstanding their ill success In the war. It is said that the honor list for the campaign will contain the names of between 500 and GOO officers. For their services in Cuba In 1896 and the following year 58 generals, 1,382 other officers and 680 noncommissioned officers have been rewarded. The beer which is consumed throughout the world in a single year would make a lake 6 feet deep, 3% miles long, a mile wide, or 2,319 acres in area. In this vast lake of beer we could easily drown all the English speaking people, to the number of 120,000,000, throughout the entire world, or we could give a beer bath to every man, woman and child at the same time in the entire continent of America. Instances of carnivorous animals turning to a vegetable diet are rare. One noted instance Is a Scotch deerhound, which is so fond of peaches that it will stand on its hind legs to reach them on the trees. In New Zealand a parrot took to sheep killing and eating and some pigs evinced a preference for a diet of young lamb, while some Australian sheep became not only carnivorous but cannibal. The figure 9 plays an important part in the history of the English royal family. Queen Victoria's father was one of nine sous; the queen is the ninta sovereign since the revolution and was born in the nineteenth century, Id 1819. The queen has had nine chil dren. The Prince of Wales was bore on Nov. 9 and married the Princess oi Wales in her nineteenth year. The princess, too, is the daughter of Christian IX of Denmark. Don't talk all the time or you may miss hearing some gossip that would lend spice to your subsequent conversation.? Truth, crushed to earth, doesn't get half so angry about it as the man whose silk hat .is accidentally subjected to similar treatment. It is light, not darkness, that hides the stars; just as prospei ity, and not adversity, dims our virtue. There is so much territory we know to be right and so much we know to he wrong that there is small excuse for camping on doubtful grounu. A Dilemma.' First Tramp (in the road)?Why don't you go in? The dog's all right. Don't you see him waggiti' his tail? Second Tramp?Yes, and he's growlin' at the same time. I dunno which end to believe.?Tid-Bits. Men who expect to be patted on the back for simply doing their duty are mighty risky things to bet on. The trouble with the average business woman is that she studied stenography the same way as she used to study music, and knows just about as much about it. ? THE CENTER OF POPULATION t , Where It Has Been and Where the Next Cenans May Show It to Be. By the first national census taken in 1790. when the population of the country was not much greater than of New York city today, the center of population was 23 miles east of Baltimore. It was still in the neighborhood of Baltimore, though to the west of that city, in 1S00. In 1810 it was near Washington. In 1820 it was at Woodstock, Ya., ot^i iftan and 1850 in the pres UUU <U AWV.V . ent state of West Virginia. In 1800 it was a little to the south of Chilicothe, 0., this being the ilrst official appearance of Ohio as the center of population, though it has remained the political center of population steadily ever since. In 1870 the center of population was on a line in Ohio between Chilicothe and Cincinnati; in 1880 it was in the neighborhood of Cincinnati, and in 1800, the year of the last national census. it was in Decatur co lty, Ind., near the Ohio boundary and on a line between Cincinnati and Indianapolis. The government estimate of the present population of the United States, exclusive of countries over which its sovereignty has l>een extended, was 75,000,000 on June 1. and all sections of the country have participated though not equally, in the growth of population since 1890, when it was 02,000,000. By the coming census the Ohio and Mississippi valley states will probably be shown to have gained less from direct foreign immigration than in any 1 previous decade, while the citizens of the middle and New England states have, relatively, gained more. There has been a substantial increase in population, larger probably than In any period since the close of the civil war, in the southern and south border states and a much larger increase in j those of the southwest, most notably in Texas, the total vote of which increased from 239,000 in 1880 to 340,000 in 1890 and 550,000 in 1890. The population of Texas (2.200,000 in is90) is probably near 3,090,000. A state census taken of Kansas in 1895, on the other hand, showed the population of that state to be less than . in 1S90, while in the same period the population of New Jersey had increased 10 per cent. Between 1890 and 1895 the population of Florida Increased from 390.000 to 405,000, \ idle the population of South Dakota (328,000 in 1890) was returned as 330,000 five years later. The growth of population in American states between 1890 and 1900 will be in accordance with tJbe increase rf the urban population in each rather than with the gain in agricultural districts. As a majority of the cities are in the north it appears likely that the "center of population" In 1900 will be on or near the banks of the Wabash, in the state of Indiana, at some point northwesterly from the present center and nearer the Illinois than the Ohio state line.?New York Sun. A Queer Investment. As a money making scheme a monument in a graveyard would ordinarily be considered a queer investment, yet In the Williamstown cemetery there is such a monument that has answered its purpose well. Twelve years ago a marble works company made a proposition to W. G. Cram, one of the rich men of Grant county, to erect a monument In his private lot, to be paid for at once, but to pay interest at the rate of 10 per cent upon the cost price to himself as long as he should live. It was to cost $1,500. The company's terms were accepted and the monument was built, a space being left vacant whereon to chronicle the birth and death of Mr. uram, Together with his good deeds. Mr. Cram Is yet alive and bids fair to live many years more, though he has passed the age of threescore and ten, and the monument has already paid him In dividends $300 more than the original cost of building.?Williamstown (Ky.) Dispatch. An Obliging Policeman. One of the smart sportsmen who were arrested during the row at Auteuil after being conducted to the temporary lockup persistently cried: "Let me go for a few minutes. I will come back." Finding that the officers were obdurate, the young gentleman eventually took one of them aside and said: "At all events do me a little favor. The third race is about to be run. Go and put these 10 louls on horse Xo. 7." The officer went and presently returned with the tiAet.?Cri de Paris. . Liquid Air Power. Wide currency having been given to the statement that liquid air promises to do the work of coal at next to no cost because an experimenter claims to have produced "ten gallons of liquid air by the use of three gallons in an en1 gine," President Henry Morton of the 1 Stevens institute has pointed out the fallacy of the claim. He shows that it really takes 12 times as much power to make a gallon of liquid air as that 1 gallon could develop in an Ideally perfect engine. A Lotion That Removes Freckles. I To remove freckles mix one ounce of i lemon juice, a quarter of a dram of i powdered borax, half a dram of pul1 verized sugar, and let it stand in a glass i for a few days; then apply it and let it /irv nn thp skin Or anulv with a linen i cloth two teacupfuls of sour milk. If > a girl freckle easily, she should keet > this lotion and use It frequently, being . careful not to allow it to touch her eyes.?Ladies' Home Journal. The people who can't see a joke ' are not half so exasperating as those who do see it, but don't think much of it. A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero. He can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there is not enough to go round. When a courting man has the mumps and his best girl follows in due season with a swelling of the jaw, then look out for a wedding announcement. Cirenmstai.tial evidence demands it. The millenium, like many other good things, will have to he earned before we get it. it is awful hard to get people to pay any attention to us when we are <-.-.iiii.fr Hmm 111 ii<r< for their own - good. Some men will believe nothing but what they can comprehend; and there are but few things that such are able to comprehend. He who laughs at his troubles soon has nothing to laugh at. When the office seeks the man, it is apt to be held up on the way. Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. WOMAN AND FASHION. >resn For the Promenade?A Pretty Bloune?Tie Hack Day* Surpassed. The little checks are in favor with j very one. This jjoods is a very handy issue for dresses, walking or promelade. It is made of cotton Just IN FAVOP. WITH EVERY ONE. as strong and just as pretty in color as the woolen checks. The corsage is a blouse with a large pleat in front, lined with lining to fit. Materials: Lainage, white silk and lining.?New York Telegram. A Pretty Bloaae. This blouse is of black and white checked silk, opening in front on a vest of rose pink silk, tucked perpendicularly, with a high collar band of ho cn mo nrottv silk, encircled with tucks and enriched at the back with a BLACK. AMJ HMHR. frill of tucked silk. A stylish revers collar of pink silk trims the back, either side of the front being bordered with cordiugs. Just below this collar are two large jet buttons, while the same button, in a smaller size, adorns the rose pink cuffs, which are bound with black taffeta.?Philadelphia Ledger. Tie Back Days Surpassed. The lankuess and Soppiness of the women of fashion of today has never been surpassed, even in the days of the tie back. If tie back we have not, it is only because the gowns are cut so scantily and so flatly that there is nothing to tie back. The narrowness reaches below the knees, and the trailing petticoat is equally soft and clinging, although as wide as it can be made and allow one to walk at all?Jupe evasee the French call it, likening it to the fluted lip of an upturned vase. On cloths and such heavy materials the foot flare is very slight?in fact, on the most advanced gowns it has disappeared altogether, the skirt drawing in about the ankles in straight, scanl breadths that touch the ground all about even if they do not trail. A navy blue serge yachung gown, for instance, is built in this way for s leader of fashion. The skirt is a. gored one and perfectly straight and hardlj three yards at the hem. The trimming on the handsome suit consists of narrow collar and lapels and narrow turned up cuffs of light blue face cloth, tht buttons of light blue glass. The ne^ shaped sailor, with a crown higher be hind than In front, is of turquoise blut straw, and it has a soft drapery and ? - ??? 1'- Ucvo 1,1 DOW or wuue iLiusnu.?L)u3iuu u?uiu. Scarf Trimmings For Hats. Leghorns and tuscan shapes, bott plain and fancy, will carry the day foi smart summer hats. There are alsc some cliurming fine fancy straws ir mother of pearl tints obtained by th( plaiting together of palest gray wit! very light pink and blue, which an much patronized by some of the firs milliners. The last is used for a cap* line, to which the name of "Otero" ha* been given and the principal featun of which is a long lace scarf folder lengthwise and plaited to the base ol the crown and with the ends falling ii 9 cascade at the back. The center 01 the scarf passes through a large squar* buckle, which stands up against th< front of the crown, and beneath It li fixed a sheaf of white aigret and i white amazon plume that sweeps bacl over the hat.?Millinery Trade Review The street roller is a great institu tion. The most sensible woman wil "put on'^p little before a preacher. Some preachers aim to make plair things mysteries, instead of making mysteries plain. If you are shrewd enough to re spect the shrewdness of the mar witli whom you are dealing, there is a chance that you might come oul ahead. Capt. William Astok Chandler, Congressman from New York is the president of The New York Star, which is giving away a Forty Dollar Bicycle daily, as offered by their advertisement Jn anothei column. Hon. Amos J. minings. M. C., Col. Asa Hird Gardner, District Attorney of New York. ex-Govetnor Hogg, of Texas, and Col. Fred, Feigl, of New York, are among the well known names in their Board ol Directors. Good Flour and Good Soda Mako Good Gookory. Poor soda will spoil good flour while good soda will make poor flour better. ANVIL BRAND SODA b a good soda. Not like the ordinary kinds, some* imes good and the next time poor, but GOOD EVERY TIME. \ 4 HUMOR OF THE HOUR. They became acquainted on one of the ferryboats while riding just for the sake of keeping cool. There happened to be a bridal couple billing and cooing near them, and the old gentlemau from Grand Rapids had an internal convulsion of laughter which lasted so long that he felt called upon to explain. "That recalls my own wedding trip." he began between chuckles; "it was so different. I suppose I had about as tough an experience as ever fell to the lot of a new and bashful husband. I lived in York state and was married there. Just between ourselves, I won the prettiest and best girl in the county. We had a flue wedding and a great send off when we left for our o,,+ 4-1*am fvnnKlii hiijrtin At my. Dui ilieu me uvuuiv. vf \... the very first statiou people came in, studied the appearance of each one till they reached us, looked startled and hastened out, the men rushing in a group to the telegraph office. "At the next depot there was the same invasion. Some big voiced man yelled, 'That's them!' and then there was a scramble for the telegraph window. By this time my new wife was very nervous, and I was very mad. At the next stop the rush was still larger, we were carefully looked over, and the usual stampede followed. I grabbed the hind fellow in the chase, whirled him around, caught him by the throat and demanded an explanation. He couldn't speak, so he gave me a handbill. It offered a reward of $100 to any one discovering and reporting a youthful 'green looking' couple answering our description. We hid for the rest of the bridal tour over that line, and when we reached home my best chum j got the all flredest thrashing he ever had."?Detroit Free Press. Ne Plus Ultra. In Boston people were felicitating a young pers^u upon her approaching marriage. "He's a fine catch!" they exclaimed in delicate compliment of her future husband. "Oh, a veritable cod!" she replied with considerable enthusiasm and then blushed deeply to think how very boastful that must sound.?Detroit Journal. At Cross Purposes. "Do you make much out of your apples?" asked the visitor. "Oh, pretty considerable," answered the farmer; "but I*re got a son up in the town who makes more out of the apples in a month than I make the whole season." "A farmer, is he?" "No; he's a doctor. I'm talking about green apples now."?Yonkers Statesman. * Wonders Promised. "I'm going to organize a Filipino ball team as soon as the war is over and star the country." "You won't make a cent." "I'll bet they beat everything that comes against them. Just think what base runners they would be."?Indianapolis Journal. An Incidental. Hibbs?See that striking looking girl there? She married millions. Hobbs?Who's the insignificant look lng fellow with her? Hibbs?Oh, he's the man she married.?Philadelphia North American. Johnny Shows HI* Agility. "Step up, fellers, an see Willie do his great trick of jumpin into a barrel!" i \ "Watch him close, now!" ; f | !?!?!???7?x?x?x?! b I ? * i ?New York Journal. r ? His Native Soil. - "Well, Dreyfus is on his native soil * again." 1 "Yes. and he must notice that it is c more soiled, if possible, than ever."? Chicago Times-Herald. Intemperance (n Dragi. There is a source of nervous ailments entirely special to this age and the unexpected outcome of our present day ' chemistry and advertising, fntemper1 ance in drugs is becoming more common. and it may possibly outstrip the abuse of alcohol in its evil results. The ! manufacture of new chemical products I is supplying the public with endless carbon derivates of high molecular power and of imperfectly known physiological action Some are most dangerous, and ; their continued indulgence leads to con; firmed neurosis or hopeless neurastheI nia, and it thus comes to pass that a9 . the therapeutic activity of the profession tends to abolish disease that of the pub. lie is manufacturing it.?Medical Jour nal. PlMter of Paris. The setting of plaster of paris may be retarded by the addition of 2 to 4 . per cent of powdered althea root This addition not only retards the hardening of the plaster, but also enables it to be cut, filed, sawed and turned. An addition of 8 per cent retards the complete setting of the plaster for about an hoar, so that the mass may be used for any purpose where it is to remain plastio during at least a portion of that time. A FARMER'S WORKSHOP. A. Convenience That Will Soon Pay for Itself in Money Saved. The farmer who has once experienced the benefits of a well furnished and orderly kept workshop would not do without it for many times its first cost, especially that part which is shown in one corner of the illustration and called by its owner a "variety case." He writes in the Ohio Farmer as follows concerning it: I became tired of the old way of having bolts, screws, nails, rivets, wire, buckles, etc., in boxes standing here and rwi'iiiiuiiira^il n I* ?i t IT T ?> > |Tl|I |i I .11 B ||| ft? I V j l - ? i?, .0 ? is 1 A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERY- t THING IN ITS PLACE. t there, oftentimes all sizes in the same ^ box, just because there was no other place t for them. The bother and loss of time a were great, as I had to open sometimes nearly a dozen boxes to find the thing 1 t wanted. Thus necessity became the y mother of invention, and the result was fi a "case" in which there is a place for , everything, as shown in the cut. ? The drawers are made of small, light t boxes (which can be had at the grocery ^ stores) sawed to the right size, and then ? ^nailing a side, bottom or end to them as ^ | required.. The lower ones are shallow ^ for nails, etc., two or three inches deep: j those intended for more bulky articles, , I as bolts, etc., deeper. For knobs, take common sewing thread spools and saw , them in two. The half of one spool, ^ with a wood screw through the hole of ( it and into the drawer, makes the knob. , For convenience, drawers for screws, rivets, small nails, tacks, etc., are partitioned into two, three or four parts, and can also be taken out and carried to , where wanted. A sample of the article or articles (size and kind) in each drawer is fastened on the outside of it by a j double pointed carpet tack, and when , anything is wanted, from a quarter inch tack to a halt inch bolt it is a pleasure and satisfaction to be able to put your , hand on it in a moment. Fowl* in Small Buns. Mr. Legetmeir, the well known English authority, says concerning the keeping of fowls in small runs by suburban | residents: "These attempts are usually successful in the first instance, the fowls when bought being young, healthy and vigorous, but if kept on the same ground for any length of time it becomes tainted, and the laying falls off very considerably. By adopting a more rational system, even in an area of somewhat limited size, a few fowls can be kept for egg production with success. This is to be accomplished by securing a succession of new pullets; by careful feeding, with the elimination of all fat house scraps; the abundance of green food, with a constant renewal of fresh earth and of means to be adopted whereby the fowls should not pick their food from the tainted ground. The rearing of chickens in confined runs is undesirable, and the employment of a chanticleer to disturb the neighbors during the early morning is a mere useless addition and not attended with an increased production of eggs." A Clean Well. A filthy well is an abomination, and if you would keep your well clean you must keep it covered. Here is a sketch of a cheap but effective covering, reproduced from The New England Homestead, and in use in one of Connecticut's attractive villages. Observe that the lid is in two pieces, one hinged on either side. When the bucket is in use these are lifted and but A COVERED WELL. toned against the po9ts. Several wells in one pretty village are neatly framed in above the curb and the frame covered with wire cloth. This is more expensive, but decidedly ornamental, especially if white houses and green blinds prevail. Lattice work with apertures 1% inches square looks well and is better than no protection, but is not so desirable as the close covers described. Here and There. The state of Illinois is credited with being the first in the Union to establish an efficient bureau of entomology. According to a recent estimate there are under ditch in the west 18,533,107 acres. Of this Colorado has 3,009,050. . The number of artesian wells in the west have been reported to be 13,690. Colorado owning 4,500 and California following with 3,500. A San Jose fruit grower says that ground squirrels can be smothered out by the use of gasoline in the same manner in which bisulphide of carbon is used. Outdoor protection in spring was considered at the Wisconsin state bee keepers' convention. It was thought by the majority of the members that special outdoor protection to hives in spring would not pay for the extra expense and trouble, but that protecting the yard by high board fences or otherwise would pay. 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Write for oarticulars to GENTLEWOMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, Gentleieoman Building, New York City, N. Y. V f 1 li IflTl PATENT Goad Ideas , 1.1^ 'i may be secured by ll Ik I our aid. Address, U II ll THE PATENT RECORD, , 1 gi 1 Hi Baltimore, Md. Subicrlptlons to Tbe Patent Becord 11X0 per annuo. IN THE TWILIGHT OF LOVE. If years ago yon told me, dear, That on day our dreams would fad* To thf*e halt hearted fancies drear, I should have grieved and felt dismayed. But yet bo softly has the rain Of dead years' ashes settled on Each glowing passion that the pain Was smothered ere all light had gone. Ah, be it thus with love's decease! Its day is done; its shrine too high To brave time's destined tragedies. Let us steal down ere night comes by. ?Thomas Walsh in Bookman. EYES LIKE TELESCOPES. he South African Bushmen Are Gift* ed With Marvelooa Sight. It has often been remarked that civil zed people tend to become short sighted, "his is because in towns and cities their ision is mostly confined to short disances. Savage races, on the other tand, are generally gifted with remarkbly keen sight, and few tribes are ore noteworthy in this respect than he African bushmen, whose eyes are eritable telescopes. This power ia no loubt a wise provision of nature, for he bnshmen are a small race, and if hey were not able to see danger a long vay off they would soon be exterminated >y their various enemies, whether aaviges of other tribes or wild beasts. A traveler in South Africa relates hat while walking one day in company vith a friendly bushman the savage nddenly stopped, and gazing across the )lain cried out that there was a lion ihead. The traveler gazed long and earnestly in the direction indicated by :he bushman, but could see nothing. 'Nonsense," he said, "there's nothing here." And he went forward again, vith the bushman following at his leels. trembling and unwilling and still isserting that he could see a lion. Presently the native came to a dead itop and refused to budge another inch, :or this time, he declared, he could aee i lioness with a number of cubs, a fact fvhich made the animal more danger AT fhn PnriTTVUin wfco )U? LUiXLl CV CI. XIUV vuv ^.V.. :ould see no lioness, much less its cubs, pushed ahead, declaring the bnshman was dreaming. After walking a quarter ot a mile, however, he could dimly make out an object moving across the borizon. Still doubting that it could be the object which the bnshman said he bad seen, he continued to advance, and st last was able to distinguish a lionets, with her cubs around her, walking leisurely toward the woods.?Chums. la the Hands of am Eaemr* "Saw a strange thing in Toledo the . , other day," said a citizen who was being shaved in a Griswold street barber Bhop. "I was walking from the hotel to the office of a lumber firm and met a man one side of whose face waa black - % v as your hat" Every razor along the line was suspended in the air and the white of every eye became more prominent "Wouldn't datkill you?" gasped the artist in charge of the narrator. "Dat takes de rag su'. An de odder side wa' white?" "No; that was black too." There was no work done for some time, as all but the man who had done * the questioning were shouting their hilarity. He looked so fierce and made such unprofessional slashes with his razor that the citizen decided to let hia mustache grow, didn't want his haif combed and left a half a dollar without mentioning change. ? Detroit Free Press Gusale's Biff Brothers. "Yes," said the principal of the young ladies' seminary to the proud n -nno'ht to he verv happy. ?/ MV4IV, J w-Q ..w - , my dear sir, to be the father of so large ' a family, all the members of which ap- 1 pear to be so devoted to one another." "Devoted I Large family 1" gasped the old gentleman iB amazement "What on earth do yon mean, ma'am ?" * "Why, yes, indeed," said the principal, beaming throngh her glasses. "No W, fewer than 11 of Gnssie's brothers have |j been here this term to take her out and she tells me she expects the tall one with the bine eyes again tomorrow. "?London Tit-Bits. A Remembrance. "Have yon anything besides this photograph by which I can identify "<j him?" asked the detective. "Yefc, I have," replied the hard featured matron, whose husband had deserted her. And, going to her bureau drawer, she took out a bunch of ginger colored hair, tied with a ribbon. "Him and me had some words one day," she said, "and I pulled all this out of his head."?Chicago Tribune. Bird* of Significance. "Peace is represented by a dove, isn't it?" asked the man who was looking over some allegorical pictures. "Well," answered the official who had hflcn to & dinlomatic banquet. "doves used to figure in that connection. But qnail on toast appears to bo more popular now."?Washington Star. Why He Stays. "No, sir," said the red faced alder- - H man with great emphasis, "I'm in the franchise fight to stay." "I suppose, then." said the little man with wide ears, "that they don't give you your wad until the whole thing's ended." ? Cleveland Plain Dealer. Not Entitled to It. ^ 8 "He wants a divorce," said the law- . fjj yer, "because he says his wife refuses- ! to cook for him." "He's not entitled to it," replied the .> dyspeptic partner. "No man is entitled to a divorce unless his wife insists upon cooking when she can't" ? Chicago Post On the Tukon at a distance of from 700 to 800 miles from the sea there are many points where the river is 20 mike wide. A Chinaman eats twice as much meat as a Japanese. WIICflN ? SIlMMFRTftN R R. ^ Til LiUV/l 1 - ? Time Table No. 1, to take effect Monday, June 13,1898. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Lv Wilsons Mill 9 10a in . -,i Ar Jordan 9 36am Ar Da vis Station 9 46am Ar Summerton 10 10 a m Ar Millard 1016 am Ar Millard 10 45 a m Ar Silver 11 10 a in Ar Packsville 1130am Ar Tindal 11 66 a m Ar W. & S. Junction 12 27 p m Ar Sumter 12 30 p m . TRAINS GOING 80UTH. Lv Sumter 200pm Lv W. & S. Junction 203pm Ar Tindal 2 20pm Ar Packsville 2 38 p m ArSilver 2 60pm Ar Millard 3 06pm Ar Millard 3 35pm Ar Summerton 360pm Ar Davis 4 20 p m Ar Jordan 4 46 p m Ar Wilsons Mill 516pm BETWEEN MILLABD A ST. PAtH*. ' Ar Mil lard 1015 a Ar St Paul 10 25 a nLijgli^ Lv St Paul :. 10 36 a hBmHKHHh Ar Millard 1046 a All tiaius daily except THOMAS