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1. U tfritfoc tb tbu oflM OB bad |lTt jimf 8MM ud Pott office 1 Bartaon let ten aad eoa»ani« ffirtrt to W p«bliab*d ikoald bo wrlttoo «■ wponto abort*, and tb* object of oacb 'elaarlj iadicated by noaaaary not* whoa •Cfaiiad. «. Artlelao for publication abould bo ^nttoa in a clear, legible hand, and on oaly oao aid* of tho pace. d, All c'langai in adTartlao aaonta maat loach ua on Friadr. ^ • DR. J. H. f. MILHOUS, DENTAL SURGEON,' BLACKVFLLE, 8. O. Officenear hi* reaiderce on R R. Atenue. Fatiaata will And it more comfortable ta baT* their work dona at the oflee, aa ha baa a good Dental Chair, good livfct and tha naoat improTad appliance*. He .hould ba infonned aareral data preriona to theircob- lac (o prevent any diaaprointment—tboach will f anarally be fonnd at hia office oa Bat- nrdaya. He wtH atill conlinoa to attend ealle throagbout Barnwell and adjoining eon*- Dfl. B. J. QUATTlEtAUM, SURGEON DENTIST,: WILLISFON, 8. G: - ^^*i f Ter Kennedy’* ator* Oalla attended tbrou(|hout Ba-nwe’ and adjacentenunliea. Patientawi'l find it to their adyantatagea td hay* »oik one at his office. aeplM_ DK. J. RYERSON SMITH, Opritive ud Mcrbaiif-al Dentist. WIIJ ISTON, 8. C. Will attend ralla throughout thia and ai*. jaceot countiea. Operatioaa can be more aatiafactorily par* ■*"«<* « hif P«rimy, which me a^ied epprored appliance#, than at tha reaidaneaa of patianta. Topreyent diaappointmanta, patient, in tending to yiait him at Williatoa are re- anaated to cerreapond by mail bafora leay- i*g boma. [##pUf YOL VI. NO. 30. BARNWELL. C. UNFINISHED TOKM BF BEY- ANT. The reader of Mr. Oryant'. poern* will n- id|. Iy rcmotnlx-r tae tnany verso* inldre <«e«110 h 9 ,®® l 'h u* "<>h fair st or ihe Uurui Maid*,” written about tho I mo of the r inor- rhino; “The Future Life,” Hpe uhiting as to the un on of their »p rlt* in the worlo too >nie: "Mck-Ded," doaoriblnir an illnooi; “The life Th t la,” n-J long In recovery: “'Ihe Tw< nt»-* Tenth of March,” tho b nth-lay of Mr*, lirvaut: “Oetobcr, IMHit," d. .ertptivo he-death and bur al; and ‘Mav I- vetilnn,” a gentle referent e to her loaa. Itut In addtlori to theac. na we b am from Mr. Godwin'* orlh « m ng bloyr.ttihy of the poet a rraymens wm found am h * paper*, wh eh foe l's hot memory In a very tender wav, go t n yem* after her death. The Hue* we u. tin r. ^bisl and unc irrected; but wo t annot r.-lriMti fr'im • viag them aa they wane written—datwrl "Ho* !j'n, WTtj: ’ The morn ha'b not the glory that It wore. * Nor doth the day go beautifully die. “'"c 0 • win call thee to my aide no more, Toya/.o u|-on the gky. For thy dear hand, with oa< h return of gprln-r. 1 gougbt in gunny nooks the tlow.-rg ghe 1 *< ok f' . ok them gtlll, and gorrowfully br.ng bo eboiceat to thy grave. Here, wh -ro 1 tdt alone. Ig sometime* heard, l-nim the great world, a whisper of ninne. Joined, bnyly, to gome k nd, commending Ily tboa- whose pral«e ig (aino. And th-n. hs If I thought thou atili wert n gh 1 turn me half forgett'ng thou art dead, Tor nd the gentle gladnesi i i thine eje That onoo 1 might haw read. I turn, but geo thee n-|t: liefoi-o my eyes The Image of a hill-sid" mound appear) Where all of tt.t>e that passtsl not to ttn: sk'os Was laid w th tiitter t urg. And I, wh<'8e th< urhts go back to liapp or i.yo; my lEMME’S.ilESM, 238 King Street, Opposite Academy of Music, CHARLESTON, 8. C. Boom, to let at .M) cenfa a Bight. Maela at all hour.—Oyster, in every atyl*. Alee, Winre, Liquor*, Hegar»,-Ac.[mar.V)ly CHARLES C. LESLIE Wholeeala and Retail JD^dar ta Fi»i. 6anf. 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The nearest | or odi- nl store \va* twelve milesawav, and. wi h- out or papers, time hung heavy on my hantls. The only break in my monotonous life wa) the arrival of tho trains twice a day. anti in the d ai calm of my exist ence this little ripple of exc tement l>o- came as much to me a* the opera under more fa orable circumstances. It was while lounging upon the platform that I became acquainted with (Iconic t-ea- forth, engineer on the 1'-. C. A- M. Kail- road. lie was a man about thirty-five years of age, Not what would be called an educated man but sensible and clear-headed. II s homo was in Con- cord, where he had :i wife ttnd 'wo chil dren. He ra"n from < on ord to 1)— , and for t wo- hpuFsT while wrJt ng for the "down tram,” he was in I)——. The acquajiitart -e at first begun to while away an jd'c hour, tm mv pa t, at least, grew to a strong liking, and to day there is no one among mj’acquaint ances for who n 1 feel a gre iter respect, and esteem than 'or < corge Sea'orth. He had been on the cars since he wa* si'teen, first a* train-1 ov. then as brake- roan, fireman, and for the lost ten yeais as engineer. “You must have had some strange adventures in that time,” I said one day, as wc sat upon tho platform of the little station, watting for the train. trange adventures ” he repeated, taking his pipe from hirTBouth. anti looking mediiatively acr W* the g eon : elds. '‘Strange adventures You may well say that, sir. We train mm are alwa\8 having adventures.” t “Suppo eyou tell me son eof them.” I suggested. "Well,” looking at his waUh, “as there’s plenty of tTmo, l don't mind I ell- ing-you of one queer one I hod six years ago, c >me all, though 1 don’t orten speak o it; for you see when a man’s been 'ace to face with death, he can’t talk of it very well.” I sol tied myself on the rough bench that did dutv as a chair, as comfortably :;s I could, took a fresh cigar, and ho beian: “It happened in Inis way. I was run ning the old l.ion from Lee to Fa r;o \ n. If you know anything about New^ En gland, you know that Se t tember’s a gre t month fpr fairs, and this particu lar September was no exception to tho general tule. We had lots of extra work to do, but, as we had extra pay. there was no grumbl ng. It was toward Ihe last of the month that the lair at M came oT. Two or three extras were put on, timed so as to run between the regular trains. Jim Turn r lire t or i e then. Jim was as good a fellow aa ever lived, with but one fault lie would go off on ‘a time’ once i i a while. He didn’t do it very of:on. and as he’d do more work than any other man on the road, the company kept him. But Jim had been pretty sober lately. I believe he hadn t drunk any thing for as much as s x months; so I k no of got out of the habit of watching h m, and he wenLand came pretty much as he chose. —; ‘ Well, we got along all right th's time, till e’most night we stooped at U--— for wood and water. Wnile wo were waiting, March, the depot-master, came along, and sa}a he: ‘Seatonh. I want you to do me a favor.” “ • What is itr’” says I, for March and I were pretty good friends. “ • Well.’ savs he, ‘there’s a young woman here wh > wants to go to Fair- town, and she hasn’t a cent of money. She came here to get work, and she’s lost her pocket-book, and hasn’t any way to get back home. I don’t feel at liberty to piss her over the road, (they’d been making a row about free passes', and she a v u’t the kind that you'd feel like offering money to. So 1 thought may be you’d let her ride on the engine.’ “Well, I didn’t like to refuse March, for. ae I said before, be and I were good friends, and be had done me ninny • mod tarn; bat 1 mart say the idea of baviiura woman in the cab all the way to Fairtown wa’n’t very pleasant, and I said so to March, but h sr along. She cable out upon the platform, a little, pale faced thing, who looked at mo with great, frigli ened eyes, as though she thought I w.ts a bear, and would eat her up as soon as we loft tne station. March introdu ed her as Miss Lord, and seemed to ex pect me to say something to make her feel at home, but l was all out of sorts, and I only nodded in a surly sort of Way. I saw tho tears come into her eyes, and you b Iter believe I felt kind of mean, but I didn't say anyth ng, and March helped her on the engine.” I saw her put out a litt’e white hand, not much b gjrer’n a child’s, and lay it on drt» nrm, awslre sa’dr “ ‘God bless.you, Mr. March.’ “And then I went off to look for Jim, who wa* late. “ 1 found him the other side of the depot, with a two-gallon can of kerosene in his hand. t ‘ ‘ You see,’ he said, as I asked rath er sharply where he’d been. ‘Ic’ngit this a good deal cheaper here than at Fairtown, an’ my wife thinks it’s asight better, too.’ “•Well, come a’ong,’ 1 said," ‘for we’re two minutes behind time now.’ “ When we got back to tho engine March had gone, and Miss Lord sat there alone. Jim stared, but I said; “ ‘ This \oung woman’s going to ride on the engine to Fairtown. She is a fr.end of A r. March.’ tio he put down his kero «nc, and took his place on tho cab “I heard the conductor's ‘ All aboard,’ a-j fj-’ Vf' , "I wa-; busy wnn »«v«iu and valves, for a man who drives a train holds the lives ot hundreds in h s hand, and one eare'es* motion mav send them a'l into eternity. So you see I hadn’t much time to think of anything but n y ma chine, but 1 noticed that Jim was pretty ta laTve. At I rst I thought it v\ as because wo na., a woman aboard, but by and by 1 began to suspect it was something worse titan that. His voice grew thick and his movements un ertan. and at last I could no longer hide from nr. self the fact .that he had been Urinkiiig. Still I antieiuated no trouble. \Ve were already more than ha f way tc Fairtown. ami I thought he would keep up till we got there. “At A — tlie station master handed the conductor a telegram. He read it, nn I then handed it to n e. It ordered u.s to go on to N to meet the special. I liad expected to stop at the next sta tion, ami N was ten miles beyond, but orders are orders and m ist I e obeyo I. So 1 told .Jim to pile on the woo i. and 1 put on all the steam I dared, and we went Spinning over the road at a rate that artist have astonished the passengers; * “ We had gone a little more than half way. and 1 \vi& begi-ning to think we ini lit ma e tho distance without much trouble, when Jim sat right down on the I'oor of tho cab, anil l>cgan to wiiirnper. '“Get up, you fool, and go to work,’ I cried. “•I can’t,’ he whimpered.' ‘Tm tiled, an’ mus’ go er sleep.’ “‘Got up,-you rascal!’ 1 shouted. ‘Don’t you know we’ve got to get to N— in ten minutes, or meet the Bpcc'nl tra il? -‘“I can’t help it, lot thcr ol’ train come. I tell ye I’m tired. Now, look here, Sen'orth,’ nodding h : s head with drunken g avity. ‘You're workin’ too hard. Why, man. _ypu won’t live out half your days, if you don’t take some rest. I tell ye what ’t is you'd better take things easy. I rngoin' to, any wav. nd he laid down on the floor of the cab. and shut his eyes, mutter ng: ‘‘J ako it easy, easy. Jim' 11 take it easy.’ ‘ 1 suppose 1 must have acted like a wild man, for I knew that before I could let the conductor know the fix that wt w re in, and get help, it would be too late to save the train, and I’m afraid 1 use I fonr 1 pretty strong words, as a man is apt to when he gets in a tight place. Not tha* the wonts help him out o it. 1 suppose they o dy let off some of the extra steam, and make him th nk quicker. So I stormed away there, all the t me trying to do my work . nd Jin’s, and knowing ever moment that we were losing ground. The steam was going down, and the engine slowing up, spite of all I could do. “ 1 tell you.” ami he passed his hand o er his forehead, “ it ma os the sweat start on m^ now. when I think of that run. It seems to me that 1 lived a life time in those few minut *. It’s an awful thing to have so many lives de pen ling on you In the ears behinJ me were hundreds of human bo ngs, and the other train had hundreds more, and only a s’ep between them and eternity. All this time, the girl M reh had put on th - engine had been sitting perfectly still, watching everyth ng that went on, an 1 now, when.everything seemed lost. she threw o V her shawl, and stepped in to Jim’s place, say ng qu etly: “Til take that man’s place, Mr. See'orth.’ “ ‘You?’ and I looked at the slight, almost girlish, figure in astonishment. “ ^T. s,’ she saiii. ‘I am stronger than I look, and I've been watching the man. so I know 1 can do his work.” “It was a forlorn hope, but our only one. and. afte.- one brief moment of hesitation. I said: “ ‘Very well, you can but try, and if you fail’ — “I d d not finish the sentence, for, rt the thought of failure, the terrible pict ure of mangled, heeding bodies, crushed out of all semblance of human ity. rose be ore me, and I turned awav with a groan. A slight shudder parsed over the gir', and she seemed to grow paler, but, without a word, she took her place, throwing on the wood as I directed, and doing so well. that, spite of my anxiety, I could not hut not.ee the dexterity with which she handled heavy sticks. The strength o a half-a- dozen men seemed concentrated in tier slender arms, but. spite of her efforts, we hardly seemed to gain ground. “I looked at my watch, and fairly groaned aloud as I saw that it wanted ten minutes of six, and at six we were expected to pose tha extra at N . There was no tun* to put back, and no chcnoe to stop till we reaoi-ed N . There was nothing for us to do but to go straight oh, though I felt that w* were going to destruction. As the bends turning to atont. W. il. if you’ll believe me, that girl, instead of making a row, as most wotnen would have done, never sa d a single word, though she seemed to know jnst how things were going, but, afu r one look at my face-—snd i Suppose I must have looked pretty bad —almost by inspiration it seemed to m* she did one of those things a man won never have thought of. R ght bch nd her Was the oil-can Jim had. got at D—• With a steady hand she lifted the heavy can, and poured hah' its con tents on the wood, then she threw the wood upon the fire, and it bbued up with a quick, fierce heat, that St,at th ■ caghra -llyiag over tfip Tftlls et a rate that fairly ma h* one dizzy. StiH abe piled on tn oiled wood, ami r.iill w r e w nt on faster, and faster. The train rocked from side to s de, and the ongit.e seemed hardly to touch 'he rail-. 1 looked at my watch, and then an ionsly < In the direction of N . It wanted th’ee minutes of dxi Oh, i' there might be some delay, sometliing tomnk* the other train e en o - ie minute late. But no, away in the distance I could see a fa nt line of smoke coming nearer and nearer. The girl saw it too, and reached for the oil-can. ** 4?* of no use.’1 said. ‘We can’I get there, and we’ve all the steam w# can safely carry now.’ “‘Are you sure it won’t bear an« mire? 1 she asked, anxiously. * J shook my head “ Tm afraid not,’ I said. " ‘But it's possible that it may?’ she asked again. “ ‘Yes, possible, but not probable,’ I Mnwered “She asked the questions in a calm, even voice, and I think I answered in much the same tone, for, now that tho danger 1 had feared wa.s really upon us, I seemed to have lost all fear, and I watched the line of smoke nearing us so last with a sort of vague wonder as to what the engmecr of the other train would do when he saw us coming, too late to save his tra : n. I was roused from this sort of'stupor ihTo which l seemed in danger of falling, by seeing the g rl again reach for the oil-can. 1 shook my head. ‘“It won’t do,’ I said. ‘It may bo death.’ “■•But,’ she said, ‘it is death if I don't.’ “I nodded, and, without a ttyord, she . poured the remainder of the oil upon the wood, and thr w it into the fire. YYe were close to the station now. and I could see people running aen.s* the p’atform, and hear the women scream as they saw our danger; for right in front of us was he extra, so near that it seemed as if noth ing but a miracle could sate us I looked at Misi Lotd. With that tart ef fort her strength seemed to leave her, and she sank upon the seat, covering her face with her hands, waiting for tho death that seemed so near. “ There was a moment of awfu sus pense, and thenAve were safe upon the side track, just as the e tra train went thundering by, so near that s< areely an inch separated the engine from the hindmost ear The brakes were put on, and the long line of ears came to a stand still justbeiond the station, and then slowly ran back to where tho crowd of alarmed and curious men stood watching us. At the shrill sound of the escaping steam. Miss Lord raised her head, and looked anxiously around, then, seeming to rca i/.e that we wi re safe, she tried to say something, but the words died away in a murmur, and the next moment she fell on the t oor of the cab like a dead woman. But be fore I eou d call any one to help her. for I was pretty well shaken imse'f, one of the airectors, who was on the tra h? came along in a fearful passion. He wanted to i now what I meant by run ning the risk that 1 had done. “ • Haven't you any brains? and don’t you care nnv more for human life than a donkey?’ he blustere L “I handed him the telegram I had received at A , snd which, fortu nately for myseif, l had put into my pocket, and then I pointed to the f’o -r of the cab. where Jim lay in a drunken sleep, and Miss Lord in a dead fainq and I told the story as well as 1 could. I tell you there was pretty lively times there Tor a iew minutes. Tho passen gers found out that something was tho ■natter, and they c. me pouring out of the rare, and crowded round the en gine, and I had to tell my story over and over to them. Well, some of th# men carried Jim oT to the station, and dumped him down on the fioor, and M ss Lord was taken into one of the drawing-room cars, and fussed over as though she was one of the greatest ladies in the land. and. before she came to herself enough to sit up, th re was a purse made up for her, of more dollars th n Hie’ ever had in her life, and that wa’n’t all. for Mr. Runals—the director that was aboa d the tra;a—found that she knew soa.ething of telegraph). and put her in the office at C for awhjle. ami in a ew months gave her a steady job. So you see it wa'n’t a bad ride for ner. a ter all.” * But what became of her? ’ I asked. “Is she still in the o 1 ce?” “Oh, bless you, no, sir. f- be did what most all the women do, soom-r or later —get married.” “Well,” .‘aid I.“such a womtm de serve I a good husband; I hope she got one.” “Well, I don’t know; pr tty middling, I guess,” and then he nodded, with a laugh: “She seems to be satisfied, so I suppose there's no occasion for any one else to find fault.” . u-t then there was a whistle, and the down train came into view, and, putt ng his pipe in his pocket, the en gineer made ready for his homeward trip, saying, with a sly smile, as he sprang on the engine and said good-by: ‘ “If ever you oome to Concord I shall be glad to see you, and von can ask my wie what she thinks of the husband Mias Ford got.”—Ballou'* Monthly. Tree Lore. Do yoh know what it is so to live up on a person who is present with yon that your eres follow hie; that you read hie soul; tort yon see the changes in hie countenance; that yon anticipate hie wishes: that yon smile in hia smile, end are sad in hie sadness, and ere down- cert whan he is vexed, sq4 rejoiced in Raising Poultry for the Market. Raising poultry for the market can be made quite a profitable business if prop erly managed. By faulty management the profit can be made very small or be made to disappear entirely. In raising chickens for market it makes a groat differenoe whether they attain a good ■ize and are sent in early in the season when poultry is scarce and high, or are. marketed late when there is plenty of poultry offered at low prices. The prices of chickens in August and Sep tember are usually fifty to one hundred percent, iugher lima they are in Octo ber and November. By having the chickens hatched early in the spring they may easily be made ready for the market early and then secure the high prices which prevail during the latter part of summer and first part of autumn. In order to succeed in raising poultry extensively, plenty ol room must be pro vided for it. There must be suitable shelter, and plenty of yard room. The f 'ard should be large enough so that a arge part of tho ground can be kept in grass, to afford tho poultry a supply of green food. They need a daily supply of green vegetables. Cabbage and let tuce are best, but young and tender grass is good. Shade is needful in the yard to afford the birds a chance to re treat from the hot rays of the sun in summer. F'ruit trees may advanta geously be placed in the vard They will afford tho needed nhaile, and the presence of the fowls will help to pro tect the trees from insects and insure their thriftiness and fruitfulness. Poultry yards ere generally too small. If the i ard is large enough the fowls will keep ealthy. A New York hotel-keeper a few years ago had a poultry yard Which contained fifteen acres, in which he kept large nnmbers of turkeys, dneks and fowls. T hey had the range of the lot and during the summer obtained a Ikrge part of their food from the yard, and were free from diseases usually incident to poultry. The owner was wont to de clare that he could raise a thousand pounds of poultry as easily and as cheaply as he could a thousand pounds oLlreef, mutton or pork. Under good management It is probably true that a thousand pouuds of poultry can be pro duced as cheaply as a thousand pounds of beef, mutton or pork. The fact that poultry usually sells at two or three times the price of beef, mutton or pork, sufficiently indicates how much greater the profit must be in poultry raising than in raising beef, mutton or pork. In raising poultry for the market the importance of having the chickens hatched early should be insisted upon. Next in importance is the feeding of them to insure their rapid and continu ous growth. The food for the young chicks should be such as is adapted to S romote growth, and should be abun- ant in quantity. Skimmed milk,either sweet or sour, is an excellent article to feed young chicks, along with Indian meal or oat meal cr bread made of these articles. The chickens should be given about all the food they wdFeat so as to keep them growing thriftily, all the time. Many allow their young chickens to be only about half fed for the first three or four months and then by extra feeding endeavor to bring them into condition for the market. By feeding well froffi the first the chickens are hastened to maturity, kept in good condition and are ready for tne market at en early age. If poultrv can be brought to maturity early in tlie season and sent to market when there is a scarcity of poultry offered, a high price will be obtained for it. The quicker poultry can be grown ready for market, the cheaper can it be produced. A cer tain amount of food daily is required to supply the waste of the system, main tain animal heat and so forth, and what is consumed in excess of that amount increases growth and flesh. If a flock of chickens can be brought to maturity ready for the market in four munth* instead of six, the cost of keeping them alive or simply maintaining their con dition for two months will be saved The more the chickens can be made to eat and digest the faster they will grow and the less will be the cost of maturing them. Neglect to feed ge*erously is the cause of many failures in raising E poultry for the market. The greatest rofit is obtained only by feeding all the irds can eat, while the least profit is obtained by keeping them about half starved. Generous feeding afid profit go together and that fact should lie suf ficient inducement to secure good treat ment of poultry.—Practical Farmer. Reserved Seat*. In traveling, one meets with many selfish people ; among them countless women who insist on monopolizing two seats in a railway car unaer tlie pre tense that one of them is engaged by an attendant gentleman, supposedly in the smoking-car for a brief interval. We saw two women of thia sort lightly served daring a summer trip. For fifty miles they succeeded in warding off traveler* who sought the shady side of the car, and the seat in front of them was tlie convenient receptacle of their baggage. Finally, however, an ancon th- lodking individual quickly removed the baggage and turned the seat The astonished ladies paused in their con versation to each other and raised their hands as if in remonstrance, but it was too latefc; the thing was quietly and quickly'accomplished, and the two for eigners who were seated there seemed to understand no words or gestures. Public opinion, in that car, rt least, sided with them. On another occasion, when onr party entered a car, not a seat was available. One person was guard ing four, othefh one and two; tlie aisle was uncomfortably crowded. “ This said the conductor, “room in the car for those who are standing. ” le engaged seats were at a discount (plenty of room now), bnt the conductor insisted that they should be retained by their occupant*, and all were made com fortable. "Do aa you would be d<ne by,” la a good rule when traveling aa eWwhere. —New Enrteod sometime* boerta el tta influence In Chicago, but It kas only about one-flfih es muy representatives ; there as Germany, end a Utile (rear * third aa many as Ireland, ft** Twifp wa .ce and anow are unknown; yet strnne* u it may seem, on tha last day of the fear, suddenly, without warning, we were treated to n genuine snow-storm. Hurrah* from thousands dt boyish voices filled the eir as the feathery anowflakes fell swiftly, and when they continued to fall, hour after hour, cov ering the earth with a snowy mantle, boyish enthusiasm knew no bounds; such snowballing, Mich coasting on im provised sleds, such giant ball*, such •now men, such forts I They knew what to do with it, our California boys, though nnless they had been out of the State they had never scon snow before. They tried to cram the fun and frolic of * #hole winter Into one day. Nor were the girls less wild; quiet, sedate maid ens romped; they greeted the passing stranger, the family milkman, their friends young and old, with snowballs; dignity was thrown aside; young ladies forgot they were grown up, dandies threw away their canes, put their gloves in their pockets,'to return the bells thrown from every side. Such a anow carnival was never seen. As for th* old folks, why we were as bad as the yoqng. The snow-storm came to us like an old friend, bringing to many of us happy memories of our childhood’s home. Many a dear grandma let the snow settle on her cap as she stood on the sidewalk regardless ol the pelting of a roguish grandson. Papa snd mamma threw balls at each other. We all for got it was Sunday. It was not so funny when the Sunday-schools were out, soon after the storm began, that the children should shout, scream and roll in the snow, as it was, about two hours la’er when the churches Were out, and the grown people acted like children. Coming out of one of the largest churches in town, a grave, sedate member slipped and fell; before be was allowed to rise, other sedate members had rolled him in the snow. Every one, old and young, rich and poor—was in tho streets; we can give f ’ou but a faint idea of the wild Irolics udulged in. They were yoang ladies and gentlemen, not bad boys, who put a big snowball on the track, making the car-driver get off of his clt to roll it away, and, when a policeman appeared, snowballing him so he bad to run. Standing in onr dummy cars, the -en gineer proved so tempting a target be tlie print stead of was maid before. A that its candidate for mort efoqnent fipcf i ▲ dowk-towk phyddkaa ness “ terribly doll coartch ot the markets.**—-A?j«0s6n* Tm bhaar *ow*4 ti* aoi And saaad tka fwrmrt‘1 With her a cfcwMias . For mum giie’d *e4* wtm, ... I* la asud that Ohio whiai own houses ork. Now, that 1* of an no hire idea w* like.- Stateeman. Hahoock's father wanted liter's trade. Had be done so. In- being a Wert Painter he might have been a setter. Tie sweet to dye far thcee we love,"’ exclaimed a young man when hie heel girl asked hue way be didn't wear * black instead of a light mustache The animal carries Ma tail at pneite extremity ffoaa Ma heed; a carries hia tale In his mouth, does many a man make both It is learned from the Belt lake jETomlcf that Galileo discovered Limbagwr eliaaae floating through space in 1000, and made an entry in his diary at the time Ait he thought it in a vary poor state ot ye*- acrvatioQ. Smith aaya: " My wffia, who ba* fort reed that 'it takes a Japeneeegirl thir teen hoars to draaa for a party,’be* eeeO to Japan to know how she dm* it She can't occupy more than four, for tiaahfe of her.” As theyvfere about to hang en Irielh- man in London, one of Me friends who' hadoometowitneasthe ceremony, cried: “ I always told you you Would oome to thia!" "And yon hare always Bed I I have notoosne—I wee brought!" A omreuMAM who % any i Poor fellows, they could not stand it, the oars stopped running. People on top of high houses would make im mense balls, letting them fall on unsus pecting pedestrians. Many silk hats- were made unfit for New Year’s calling. The few Chinamen who ventured out had a hard time. Our China-boy stand ing on the step*, asked: "What for him boys heap laugh? cold very bad?’’ He had reason to think so before the end of the day; some boys caught him, buried him in tbe snow till tie was nearly smothered, and sent him home crying like a baby. We lived many years in the East, but never saw a snow-storm like thi-, for there all the trees (but tbe evergreens) are bare, the rose bushes are covered with brown branches, bushes and plants are dark and with ered ; but here everything was different —the grass, trees, bushes all green. Many rose bushes covered with buds and roses, the climbing fuchsias red with flowers, the A bullion gay with its swing ing bells. In our garden we had smOax. heliotrope, geraniums, fuchsias and rosea. \Ve picked our New Year bou quet after the storm began. Think of picking beautiful tea-roses and whit* rosebuds in a snow-storm!—Cbr. Baton Trantcrtpf. A Lang Nay. tion rat tobacco pouch, thought enjoy the nervous shook at a friend fay placlngit where hia frieod’sey# would aa# it suddenly. He was much mortified whea the friend ((uletly took it up, hripedhiafc' self, and then paea edit about tiUtheeSu- tenta were gone. "William, you have again eomanp unprepared!" "Tee, air. "But from what causef* “Larin***, air." " John son, give William a good merit for me* rightness.” “Bates, yonpremed.” *1 have not prepared, too, rir. “ “From levin sea, d d mark for TXT- .. ^ M notr give Bates * bed mark i Tn young Positivist# are multip^yfof, Passing a group of children tb* aftir evening, we heard a little gjriof u dwlertie turn of mind remark toe tittle boy per suaaively, “ Now. you ere a bed afopel, aren’t youT ‘fNo/’wa# tile ilnKHieti* rejoinder, " I ain’t a bed angel andT rint a good angel There’# no such things as angels, anyway." ~ ' . . ay M ■ '-ill ■ TV ! .‘4 - ; J % A recent dispatch from Buffalo says: A very peculiar and remarkable case has just oome to light iu this city, but has not aa yet, strange to say, attracted the notice of the local press. The State Tom for the Insane W located here la one of the largest and finest In stitutions of this kino in the world. It contains at present about 260 patients, the most remarkable case among them being that of a man of German descent, who nails from a large town in southern Ohio. He was found lying in a street here one day over a year ago, and waa taken to the police station by an ignor ant policeman whs believed him to be intoxicated. There his real condi tion was discovered by a physician, and he was hurried away to the insane Asylum. The man has spoken but once during the time he has been au inmate of the Asylum. Then he declared inco herently that the "Lord had commanded him to sleep” and that he "would be awakened by the Lord when it suited His pleasure,” or words to the same effect. The ma» is insane, hia peculiar delusion being that he must sleep, and aleep he certainly does, for he is utterly I unconscious, and has been for over a year, being fed on liquid food jnst as an infant would be. Hia eyes never open, end when raised up in bed, if his sup port ia withdrawn, he will sink down ae limp as a dead person. Various devices have been resorted to in the vain en- ] deavor to arouse him from his lethargic condition, including electricity, shower baths, trickery, etc. In presence of the writer, Dr. Granger, one of th* attend ing physicians, pinched the patient’s flesh in sensitive parts, but not a muscle moved or quivered, vet when the head- hoard of his bedstead was soundly rapped upon with a brass key, tbe patient’s face twitched con refovely. The man ha* excellent family con nections, and a brother rt his declares that no insanity was ever noticed in his brother previous to his coming to Buf falo on a visit, when he was overtaken by his .present great misfortune. Dr. Granger states that the oaae is a rare one, only one or two such being oa record. He also states that the patient la liable to arise at any momeat, either a perfectly aeo* man or a combative, destruetire, raving maniac. He' Mm to be oogniaaotrt ail Utattr to hia pres sea*. Harir thirty yeersef Th* Malice rt Inanimate TMag*. A certain young man iKtMs city enn never be argued out rt n belief m tae total depravity of Inanimate things, which has been impressed upon him m a singular and foreHtie manner. Last Saturday night he came boma very tot* from the dab—although that met i* neither here nor there. On sleeping apartment he drew according to aa into which he had faUerf. his ooat and vist and bung them over the back rt a chair. Then he sat dowft and took off his shoe*. He ttafb time? off a certain other garmeet—toehoft, Ml trousers—in one pocket rt wMefc he wne : accustomed to carry a peri key to hia office daak. On heard the knife fail upoa t It up, he pieced id and flniahed the morning be arose resuming hU' trousers, discovered his key was misting. He over the floor looking after out effect, end aht and low, could find stormed that day and the bad he pot oa n pair ef 1 which he worn in day, i •gain on Monday morning, he tried all manner rt keys « but, owing to the diehoBeel rt tbe ioekmaker, none would on Monday he got a loek-atith ■p, who. after a long trial ptaked thi look,and at bis order made Mm two keys, ■o thai no such calamity ee he ’ dared should again fallapoa M these two keys in Ua pocket 1 home Monday night to prepare theater, and on putting on the •hoes he had worn ettheetoh 1 misting key in the toe rt one rt The language that he need at •overy was rt a somewhat lurid actor, but it seemed to do hhu And he swears and affirm* that the lamped into the shoe ■"%* r*i ** MV WEST'S*'.V 8L. ■ • ti-; , -V \ iMfew-'-rW Iu m%ni iy'•’grgc’'-'' SQCT’F- rfo^HT. ^ -v •'«-*" r v 1 \ • v