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PNOW - y ~2 r-r- 6 ... - .- - A Farnily .Paper Devoted to Liter a Air, NEWBER.Y, S C. TH S " F RLB, I~d; ,rigt ma Squre. Fhe rpeiority of the "'TIEFF' tanoss recogi ze. an a cJcuowedged 13ubh .L mias icibefle. 'and' T Jeli'forthem '" us steadU,' n .4e ttiriei are li ..i Overasirrahsi Eiari Euan - .. Is'rthat-e. * Pai~. S7S Eave .the Enlorsemeut of oer O diff&rhint Coll ees miheris"and - SehooLs ato thefiryutrabltyf. They are. Zerfecin 'one'a Work itih airud Elegant in Appearaice. - A 'arge :assor.Lment of seetOncd-handl Piu an-sstway;on hani -*igral-Wh'ol"ale Agent< for Burdett. 'Palace, Sterling.J ew Eng gland..and Wilcx and White 'OR 6ANS. ANO8uniIRGlNS sold on EASY IN. STALLMENTS. ei dios taken'n E bchauge also 'tior . yea-rEptre. - i shend Car lnustrted Piano or Or gan Cataloge. Chas. M. Stieff, Nt. 9. NORTH LIBERTY-STREET, A"BLT1MORE. MD. F. erber,fr.x Agent, Newberry.. - We desire to announce to the citizens of Newbe:ryan surrounding Cotnties, that we.have located aMARBLE YARD C Ofb.2 3and are pre trrnei'dlln&hid of MARBLE AND -GRA.NEITTOMB STONES and MONUMENTS, I first ciassFtyle and 20 per cent chea er.th#ln:h da.m e s 'f v for lias it grto bee- dd in i1 bdrf; Conseq'enti Tywe i-espetftiy seluftt lberafsiare of their patronage' One' block north west-of Crotwell Botel. Oct 3D tf~ . MILLER & HOOF. W4 N +t ** en fo he bt sehingbodMoL.- Beginners succeed grandly. None. fail Terma tree.- ilarL.T Boot Co., Portaa. Maine. Nov. 27.t-ly. RL recetve fee, a ootl ox of t goods which will hel Tou to more money aijht away than anything else in tbis rord.s ..ef ectber sex, snccled from Srst lZgg*...Tbe bad-. load to fortune opens betore t e workers. absolutely sure. At once address, TEUE & Co.. Augusta, Maine, - * Nov. i7-84-ly. *Llid Toi~ Sale. A'TEACT of ,.LA. , containing Seventy-seven (77 Acres, more or less, bonndedb WKt oI?r.$, W. Qldn,_ Edgar.Sflo and th' Wilson Place. is offered for sale. It'Is welf-.watered, 'wood dia It. MAgainjap :p4.3 Hma .n n !EWS OFPICE - Obtained, sa s.'FA T ENT BUSI3ESS attended to for NOtERX rXE FS. Our AMO ikapo.e 2?h".U. S. atmnt Omoe. gad we can oLt.in 7atents In less time than those rmov"d frot WA AH1NUTON. Sead MQDEL ORDRAWING. -We advise s to pstats bility .fre..f ce ; and we make EOTH A RGE U$L-ESS*YFT10 ECUlui We rezr b:ers..to the 'oi'tm~ater,.the Suot.r. )Ie Old aInV~ 4teeoaii *ftl$ U. refeoe n Itt1~ y' ur ~own Stat. 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C.u hum .90-f We now announce that our stock of 3 LO THM NG -and FOR en, Youths, uoys and Childran, 'IsWoW COMPLETE, ani we think UNSURPASSED in r t'ends taot taf' Y iA p First-(Jas5 Stocc line of was never MORE HANDSOME, I while.our Business Suits are a decided improvement on any thing g e erpemen aWe _t ge.i j Special attention given to the se. ' lection of Youths' and Boys' Goods. No doubt every mother will be grat ined at the improvement in this line. .' . We claim to sell the 'BEST GE T8'SIIIT MIDE, for the amount charged, and no one will dcubt the assertion when a -domparison is made. Indeed, our whole line of FurnishingGoods was Never So Good as Now, sand in every instance we :will give as full value for the amount invest ed-as any other house can afford to do, and we guarantee satisfaction. Respectfully, - a Fl-ont of Court House, Oct 9 41 Newberry, S. C. Ceugho, Colds, Catarrh, Consumption. 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ContuntnAa&Jne. .,I. of' N. York Ins.- (ompany &f -North America rcutfQrd Fire Ins. C'o. of Hartford, Thelr combined Cai,ta anzd Assetso' Ocapianies in our a2olILy. focts up *$22,S81,8.. ao gpess work, have tiures to show, It'yngi ;yant posiuve [usnruanc agaInst og,y ;pili 1e pleaed to write It for .you. Gin HoLrsp ts' ta.kern with eIther Mtam, water o;- h.ose power. S. P. BD~OZER & 80%N HE BUILDING OF TIE HOUSE CHARLES MACKEY. have a . ondrous house to build, A dwelling, humble yet divine; L lowly cottage to be filled With all the jewels of the mine. low shall I build -it strong and fair, his noble house, this lodging rare. So'small and modest, yet so great? low shall i fill its chambers bafe With use, with ornaments, withstate iu.~just fashion m ataut;~ Iis I must hol.I them day by day, And make my labor my delight ; 'his cot, this palace. this fair home, his pleasure house, this holy dome, Must be in all proporti ,ns fit, hat heavenly messengers maV come To lodge with him' who tenants it. Vith three compar:ments furnished wel The house shall be a home complete ; Vherein, should circumstances rebel, The humble tenant may retreat, he first, a room- wherein to deal ith men for baman nature'a:vreal, A room where he may work or pl iy, .nd all his,social life reveal In its pure.texture, day.by-day.. 'he second, for his wisdom soughf, W here, with his chosen book or frien< le may employ his active thought To virtuous or exalted enr, 1 chamber lofty and serene, Virh a door-window to the green. Smooth shaven sward, and arch!n bowers. Vhere lore or talk, or song between. afay gild his intellectual houre. lie third an oratory. dim But beautil, where he may raise, nheard-of men, his daily hymn Where he may revel in the light Of things unseen and infinite. Lud learn how little he may be. And how awful in thy sight, Ineffable Eternity! uch is the house that I miust buiTd ; This is the cottage, this the dome. Lad this the palace, t-easurefilled, For an immotal's earthly home. noble work of toil and care ! task most difficult and rare! O simple bit mast arduous plan o raise a dwelling-place so fair, The anctuary of a man. ittlttmtans. GORDON, - The standing order of the life' dim who was stricken down by: ti Lssassin .at Khartonm was: "Tr' n the Lord - rwtli all-thy heart, 'W ean not unto thi-ne own understan, ng. In all thy ways acknowledi im and hers)allelAirect thy pitfis [n the Lord he trusted, and, ponde ng his views of the future state, B some consoiation to have the a urance that he accepted death as -elease and as an-entry upon a wor >f greater activity. Trhus lhe wro .n 1876: "Here I am a lump of cIa 'hou art the Potter. Mould me i'iou in Thy wisdom wilt. Nev niud my cries. Cut my life off >e it. Prolong it-.so be it. Ju ~s Thou wilt, but I rely on Thy u ~hangng guidance during the trii )h h comnf'ort; that comes fro ~h.s !" Comfort it is to those wi vaited with arnxious heart for tidin >f the hero of the Soudan.. Charles George Gordon, bett cown as Chinese Gordon or Gordt Lasbia, e'ntered the Royal Enginee is second lieutenant in* 1852,' at eived in the (Jrime4 with distin< an. While pn dujty in the trenchi .)fore , 8eba.stopol he won a reput ~ion for gret acuteness in detectir hie manxLlvers of the enemy. Pep >eing concluded, he was emiployed srveying the Turkish and Runssii rronier In Asia and deported hmnse ao eieintly that his application f Leave to return home was disappra ed. In 1560O, after, the repulse ~he attack on 'the Taku Forts, Gord< oined the Anglo Frepch in an ext: hilon against Pelsin, and4 was enga xt in the operations which termi sted in. the diestruction of the Summn ine Peace having been conclu ad between e.i gllies and the Celt ial Empire. Gordon entered the ge reof the Empire of China, an< a commander of the "Ever Victo rus Army," sppessed the forid be Tai-F'ing rebellion, reglaimned t perishiing cities and drove the mart der,a back to their stronghold, Nanki All this he accomplished after a tin we are told, as muchi by the terror is name as by the power of his aru Gordon was promoted to the ma1 af lieutenant-colonel iin February,'t and was nominated Compan.on he Bath in December of the sai year, His next appointment was British y!c:ongi of the Delta the Danube, from 1eil to 1.87. that time he was sumaon ed to Egy by the late Khedive,under whose at pices he undertook an expedition it A frica,and by whorh he wats appoint movrn. of the Provinces of t Equatorial Lakes. His task.-n*reWW more difficu!t even than that' wil which 'he 'had so .succ:ssfully deS in China. . Here some of his gre tei difficulties, were unknown .and:tat fore unforeseen. Later he wi ] pointed pisha and then gover-11 the Soudan. As s'hampionoi.i tressed. humanity he did noblie rl sparing no-effort to lighten:the.sut ings. RArely has so, much 1' achieved with so - smaH-nd;' untrustwoi-thy a force. Gor slattered the reb*Iiion, and creasete en ruler. Serving with reduced pay an " without any desire for fame, he toile for five years in this cause, succce ing. iir that time, in putting a!) er to the worst evils of the slave trad and in paving the way for the futai emancipation of the So:ulanese. For some time Gen. Gordon wf without special employment, and i the winter of 1883, was requested b the King of the Belgians 'to go t the Congo on a mission for ire Inte national Society. There was a chs n the Soudan. "The Mahdi was gro1 .ing rapidly and had annihilated ti Egyptian army, commanded'by Hiei t, Pasha. The English Governmet had not determined what course I take, and it was suggested that was a rare piece of good fortune the at the critical moment in the' desti: ies of the Soudun and the Nile Vs ley, the ablest Englishman whd ev held command in Equatorial Afri should be within reach of Londo At this point it was announced th Gen. Gondon, in order to'fulfil h engagement on the Congo, had bee eompelled to resign his commission the British army. The official o jections w.-re overruled, howeve itd Gen. Gordon prepared.to stat - e pepnlar sentimzent in favor securing the services of Gordon: tle Soudan expressed itself in u r$iistakable terms. He was recall( to London on Jan.17. 1884,and on tl following day he started for Kartoul as the accredited representative tfie BritisbGoyernment.Jeaoaa v.s his progress - watched, and the was a sigh of relief -when the nei was received that Gordon had reac ed his destination safely. The was. a wonderful demonstration f welcome by the people, thousands 8 them crowding to kiss his hands at t ret. The Government books,recor irig from 'time immemorial the .0 . standing debts of the overtaxed p e ple, were publicly burned ini front the palace. The kourboshes, whi r and implemerits for a.dinini-strig t it bastinado from Government Hion . were all placed on the blazing pi a The evidence of debts and the imp d ments of oppression perished'1 e gether. Gen. Gordon was confide 7that there was not the least cliance a danger being incurred by Khartou r and this opinion ho held long aft ~ward. It is doubtfnl that. he ev t reaIlize< t!he extent of his danger, . fulny un1drstod the&character of:r .1. barbarians 'whom h e had d.al.ng af m Thbe news of Gordon's death brini 10 a co;nnn pain an.d sorrow to eve s part of the civilized world, not on because of the metcaric b~flhiancy r his career, but because of the nobili n ancd j.hi minglin'g sweetness a: s fierceness of bib chiaracter, 'Pte d canic- fire of his nuture blaged c t. when during the. Tai 'iag -wp, ae hund .Li-Uung,Chang, ~'y1eie ahand, from house ta hogse, day .fi Sday, in order to slay the -maw had dishonored 4ncd in4ssgered t L prisoners whtni he bg pledged I word to se,Btthe'e :was al fin him the tend1ermness,of a..womi >r nd the gentleness of.gchild; a i'es .symnpat.hy with4the sorrows anid -e Sfering,iof othes, combinied wit. Siron will a.nd hai,dne'ss whIic'ee ~dispensible to the rmuler of 'meni thme Sogdan, in pa.rly d4ys,. Ie was inparnste terror $p evil dloerg. g'rr r province to prvie he eyed like . angel of wrath,. Yet, while. .e&ve.n' s- rage of the Berserker fla.h- in I e ye, infinite compassion for-the wri the helple.s anObe gppreg~ed t.re -i bled in his voice. A&gain and g -in his letters, he refers with pity a eaffection to the poor people of t Saudan. ."1 would give my lifei .them," -he said ; How cgu I Lg *feeling for them ? All the timi ofwas there, every night I used to pr .that God would lay upon me the bi kden of their sins and crush me wi 4it instead of' these poor sheep." fthem aind not for' them bie I.as gi e his exalted lif'e. These poor she s are ravening wolves. of~ "Beautiful, great soul," said C t lisle of one to whom Gordon bore pt s;ngil resemblance in char acter a a in faith. eegtifi,i greag spugl, to whom the temporal is eiradicated w d the Eternal and'God is everywh< mi I divinelvsem In the ffr aof i is himself is, as it were, t h cQme4_ ne." And.. as he spoke so may we speak of G( it ^ n those who depend t l V e guidance of providen wished that Gordon's u if nfidence should once mo by success. It was not rdon, -at least, would n wisdom of the decre rote, "is truth, love, w 11-might. We are, as By degrees He ope d enables us by dint know Him little by I da e e. fesh is foil it,so often is a'et rma d in aveiand we know more of Gc .Eveyar timethe reverse; takes pla< d so often does the veil fall again a1 e, God disappears from our view. Wh, e death occurs, the veil is rent all gether and no mystery rem,ins. T L flesh' is finally vanquished by t n spirit, who "lives the conqueror his life-long foe.".- For him the v has fallen, indeed, -and no myste r remains. The soldier of humani s is dead: in the flesh, but will live . song and story so long as the E e glish. tongue is spoken.--News a " Courier. t o BISHOPHOWE'SPASTOR A it LETTER. r,- -- - r.- CaLESTON, February 13, -1885. .l. My Dear Brethren of the Dioci ar of Sukdh Caroli4a : At a late me ing of the eity clergy to consider t u. matter.of Lenten services I was t quested to address you a pastol is letter, and if it:appears in the seen1 n rather than the Church 'press. it u because our diocesan paper is st b- pended, and also because ibron; r, the News and Courier I shall meet t. larger number of the mecibers of t Df' diocese. i>r I write you, my dear' brethren, n. a time when, throughout the wor -d the fountains of the great deep, b< ne in social life and social order, app< n to be breaking np, or as o:r L of expresses it, "the sea and the wa Iy r, ,.pp. mr+n'a _hearts failing th re for fi ar and fur looking after th rs things which .are coming on h- earth ; "and I write as belongs to c re to whom is appointed the care of of our churches to urge upon you d of ing the approaching Lent, so far id shall beconisstent with other dati d- the duty of frequent prayer, b< it. publie and private-a -fregnent o- ception of the Holy ,Communior of and asuch a measure of abstinea ps as is more'eepeeially suited to est he ordin~ary acts and exercises of de se toi Le. Our blessed Lord had times of le- tirement even -when people presi :0, upon Him to hear the. Word of G nt His holy spostles.had theirs, and of too, the Charabs of., Christ,.. followi Sin their footsteps; has from a v< ~r, egi"y period observed the Leni er sesn Sager your. chief past or then, in these .trouiblons time~s, tp be Vite yen dnuing...the comingf; bh. daiys.. to take holiday, as far . as .j gs can,' froip care.and anxiety arnd g ry it to pompoion3 Withl .hi ly not let, a busy life, or indiferent e of spiritual ;things, deprive yonu ty Lent's. blessingjs..,.Seeve me.. id mat' starve o1)r souls. as well as:. )lbocjes., If you. pannt, J.y reason. 1 distance froin.te patish cha.rch,s b' ests.it'lacks. a.clergyman1 attn pobHe woI~rship fregniently,..you la: er vo;ir e;tmher inw whiel; to prey ioyour f'ather~ ip secret and read] be Holy Word., Watch,yourrecreatio ic your lawful pleasnrea; .deny ye so selves that yon may haye to give g' Chitt.not -because r.nch self dem ly is jour xighteonsness, but. becausi ~f- 'is" a spiritual . discipliDe - nd .the. 1e phabiet .of yourY celesti*it.educatil p Tu word, "So rup thatye may In tain. . . ~r* T one mpore point onply would I ti ret your atteptjon at this:time'. .]! an only 'a prayerPg at our alms q he should come up together with. iis prayers as a "memorial before Go Lk, Let the-comiing Lent witness foryoi un- your alms. Make to yoursei in, friepds ont pf ths Mfaynbp of ad righteousness, that when you' he they may receive you into everlast 'or habitations. The~precious blood Kip Jesus Christ alone cleanseth us f I sin, but nevertheless our labors ay love shall not be in vain in the Lc ~r- Not many, but some of yon.have I th world's goods. God gives as ['o things ricbly to enjoy, and means en1 to e1njoy them, bat believe me, ep will not be able to give in a comf< able account of vour stewards ir- when the day of reckoning comes, no it shall then appear that God's nid vice has cost you little -or noth Swhen comnpared with~ expenditg L Pap the tja,tre 94 the pgers sre social entertainzments: u,Tha C'hurch In this dinCa rA e- brethren, is "sorely let and hinderi of in running the race that is set b >r- fore" her, owing to the lack of m e ney to carry on her work. I do ce wish to distract attention from p n- -rish needs which usnall in Lent r re ceive your offerings, but I wish .o emphasize three in particular, ot suggested at the meeting of tl ;- clergy mentioned above, and f is which I shall be glad to receive sni it offerings as you may be able, consi as tently with other claims, to send mi of Ist. Diocesan Board of Mission it- 2d. Church work among the color d- people; 3d. Theological faculty . d. divided equally to those three anle e, specially designated. 1 Oar board of missions needs yo en kid if the vacant and weak church ;o- in the diocese. are to be -suppli4 be with services. As to work amor he the colored people we shall lea of only a name to live,.in my judgmer ?il if we do not 'iddres.3 ourselves to ry as we have opportunity and accor ty 'ing to our ability. Last, but n, in least, the theological professors ' 'Sewanee can only: serve - the char ad as the church in the ten Southe: dioceses'"shall give them 'food at raiment.' L To these three objects the Charl( ton clergy have agreed to.devote tl offerings of the united Lenten se vices of the present year. 'se May' God, my dear brethren, I with you all- and help you by a d he vont use of the coming Lent to grc re- riper and'stronger in His love ai "al in the knowledge of His Son. ' L ar us work whila it. is-otr day,. and is anticipation of' the higher life and s- the city which bath foundatior h where there will be' no more Ler a or tears, but one bright, eternal Et he ter. I remain, most faithfully and at feetionately youhrs, Id, W. B. W. HOWE. th Bishop of the Diocese of South 4 ?ar rolina. >rd - W ves SERIAL SHIRT FRONTS em ____ ,se "If anybody thinks that the inv the :tive genius of the American peopli ne' on the wane lie's hopelessly left, thi all all," remarked one of the'leading r ar- ent lawyers of Philadelphia, as he as with his' feet on the ofilce table r as, -smoked. a pateat Connecticut ci >th warranted to dedeive the most ep re-' Judge of flavana tobacco.- "Jame I- he- ctie d ressing the~.of ice l2oy, "'rng me~ that package il ra. tame. from Washington yesterda; yo. ' The - lad produced a large pa] pai'cel,~-from which the lawyer tc re. .wa was to all appearances an 0r enary co'ored shirt, being apparen Sof white linen, with the small desi ''in the form of' a horse shoe and Jos ng.'sey cap stamped all over the bosa "'Yf and coffs,. :en "I have ,just. taken Gut a patent 0' this fora madl in Lackawanni 'en m-ty, win eaTied it the8 Eelsior par rty- 'shirt anid'noydlctte," Yleke tlhe spel on r 'inBerted his th'umrb nail at ive bottom of the ]shir:t-bosom and p Do "ceeded'tn.tear of a:layer of the pai .to of -whlub the' hirt'-'was made. 1 Of th'en tui-e off'a.other layer, iial U1 we- andther an nohr unil.lsix ',el "r- ra'e siheets in:the'shape 'of:the bos of lay on thie table, and lhe still la or' what looked lieM.rgnlihf fld1 bi1 han4 'No4 ~el IL's~eally a iv '-atkabIe idlea. Fere is this shirt m1a to of very~ tough paper that won't ti Iis -without a good'deal of pressured ne, the'bosam is made of ueven layers.c or- 'foi"-eaclh dag'in tihe week, 1f ~a z 'to -chooses to be jlavish with his linen, )iai'le like .bsn out and out -s it :he can ciangehala doze'n'timesad al- NIow, on .this sample gil the frof 2n. -are:thIe same, het they will be.mi 2b-' in all sprt.s of styles, so a fellow.4 west a horse-shoe figere if he -wal di- torgp to Coney Islandc to ph r49e, rot' s ecr(sse4' bgge-bp4 bp4"deuign. if. leo ja gairig to see th.e Philadelphias p >ur Athletics, or a .neat -l.ttle design d." dots and ibars, or'somethiig'of t u n sort, if h,eipig to Atlantic' C yes or the ImalpI4ee. ThaCll be all fi: I.n- by giving a card with each shirt t die ing the pattern of each of' the se' ing fronts, which will be numbered fr of one to seven; enough collars om go with .each shirt for the se' of fronts, and the whole outfit will rd. sold for the small sum of' fifty ce his for the assorted patterns and thir all five cents for all-white. Why, us the biggest thing that has been stri ro gne the telephone was patented >rt- "'But what about the noveletterp bip of the scheme ?" if "Ahb! I had forgotten to show yt jer- see this,'' and the lawyer handed o ing one of' the torn-off sbirt frongs, pp res p whif h gag prnted in fine t) on e phaptev osf a story entitledi ' Phantom Jockey; a Romance my Slhapahead Bay." "TIhere you ,d chapter i. of"a "sporting nvelette, e and it's continued and finished on o the other six fronts. Of course, some ot times you will run across the same a- yarn twice on two shirts, but, some . thousaid of different stories will be to printed, and the lots made so i as t: g'e each city and town as ze few duplicates as possible. Anyhow t or the card will tell you what story is h on the shirt, and you can oe careful s. not to bry the same story twice..1 Some men will get so interested in " the story wheii they rip.off Monday's d front that they will tear off the whole at weekt learn fhe hero fate, but that : part of thieeci2m ' all. d 'I tellyou this . inventioni goingto be all the go; and,ide from its other virtues, -will <o more toward es driving the Chinese larndryrren-back to their' native land than all the po litical howls that were ever heard." t, it ISLAMA'S DEATH STRJG d GLE. (From the New Yorz Times.) -"In the last dajs, said Mobammed, m unconsciously echoing almost ,the; d Aery words of Scripture, "there shall come great trouble and distress, and s: many The grim prophecy is se now"fulfiling itself in the progressive r-downfall of his empire and the,terrif ic convulsions attending it. This it it beis which- gives such a formidable e- significande to the Mahdi's present crusade and other Mussulman out breaks.~ All alike a single combats in that woild-wide* battle which is. the death struggle of Islam. Ofthe 11.0, . of 000,000 souls peopling, the Moslem world-i. e., . 40,000,000 in British s India, 10,000,000 in Central Asia. 6,000,000 in Afghanistan, 8,000,000 Ls- --' - 1 in lrsia," 5,000,006 in European Turlief, 2,000,000 in Algeria, 1,i50, .000 in Tunis and Tripoli, and the rest in Arabia, 'Asiatic Turkey and Equatorial Africa-fully one-half are already either' d.rectly or indirectly under Christian coi:trol. and the re mainder, dreading a similar.fate, are girding themselves for the great con of their race and- theifr rligion. - It is a grievous error 'to suppose, as msny 'do,thi these scattered'i lions have no power of coxination. Mahommedanism possesses~ fiv se ~nd dcrel societies of propagandists, as thoroughly organized and disciplined e. as.anyt 'Nihilist' association. Every pilgrim'" oaravai to' ecca. bears with - it the e' ssidies ofd?ne" of other of t,bdie 'gloomy' brother. __hoods, and Tecca itself is aidhis ok long ber as 'ftilly recognized a di- place of -meieting for Messulmnan 'plotters as Paris for ~conspfrats of another kind. 'These stern apos -ties preach incessanitTy thiat Islam is n "'ange an ht its disciples mnust, rise as one 'man to defend it, while the formidable -Da:tawi Soty f ifeal and perelatent advocaey of the most violet 'raesres, may be held1 -h to represent the "dynamite party" of, c haiedaniI5m-go)e' so far~asito er menace openily the'Sttan ofTire and othier !Maassnii Prnades whio enhave 'allowed1 themsel.es to bebwayed 'by the inniuence ofh acecursed M'atir8" of" Fringistan* ( European ~ anbelievers.) -~ ThroiwgWthe ',action of' thfs' great rc- ?eligidus Fiq5ema'si'ry-.-whtoh Is still de ry im$ertectyinaderstedby most ti e as' absodtey nigthicsT byy nidt few-not one ab'f8 ofamcnb anjarred without' the'shIocl%eft g e or, through6it'thivhble body. "R u'ssia's ex qerthrow dIP orkey,' France's an 'nexaton'l-f i'is, ngliid'Ne eareadon,kf anna a bSaeusad e'fet Ilcli' these fierce missries never Tail to im at prove' to the utmiost. At 'tis'avery moment the latest nces freni the la felds of Usaiget.' in th6 bazaars'of nif Catidahir, on''the bdudless st4pges tof Central A sia; beiieath t(UK clus r. jing palms~that overhang 'she~Eupira ~ed tee by swarthy, wiTdo-Tdbkirig men, who mutter with set teeth and flash en ing eyes that the green standard of the Prophet will soon be unfurled once more and the spears of the nfaithful be red 'with infidel blood. be Islam is indeed doomed to die, but sits death struggle will make the whole earth tremble. it' SAr LAKE, U'AH, January 14-A ick special from Little Cottonwood says: "At a quarter past 8 last night a snow art si de swept through thTe mining town of Alta, destroying three-fourths of mn; the town an4 1411ing sIxteen persons, ver ngding Sve chidren,' PeA eat, when pursued by a fet'oeiona he dlog, may not be feeling gniite as well of as3 nL, u,neetels,sh r There is som-g' ery..rg - .nd inexplicabrilibout' coicien6 C , for instance, in" ia gn#yhiee hou ight of keahtlt#, K4idtW njiWf hance they will meet each other con inuslly 'on theears, or in tbhetie," on the street " -* ' - An illustration df this r n, zew York notlong%fn e. A itll - ged ladyw issated i acbin c' ,entral- railroad:-Oppbs .: rj, ras'g gentlemai, who Uad ,a soii :. vhat'literary appearance, *h hea tore a"verycyn lon - on i heI *At "one of the "stations;told0 ot into thi car and took the.two T acant seats. One of the ladies was ,ery talkative. She and he p anion were soon eng aed 7rardiscs - ing the werits of a tical,per-. brmance, in which a celebrated ac ress, whom wgshall call Damocheck, >layed an important part . .., , "Ithink," said' the:lady, wanrml it is a.shame. to put thatpnd creatre in the stage. She was tayed n. ong ago. Twenty years ago, be nay bare been suitable for tat. role: >dt for her to attempt to pl i now s imply ridiculous. Do you not gree with me?" continuedthe crit urning to the gentleman who, was eading the newspaper, who repliea vith a cynical smile - "Perhaps you had better tell that,, - o Madame Daniocheck yourself. She s itting oppoElte to yoU." There was a most painful pag sp. L'he lady who-had criticise Madame Da4nocheck so harshly was ve7 nuch confuse and began to make mcases. ?I beg your pardon," she saud Was not welf when I saw jou on the tage. In 'fact-I only saw you in ne act. Besides, I had. conceived a prejudice against you from reading an unfavorable criticism or your. acting in the norning .., ,i p critic does not understand his basiv ness. He is an ignorams, a silly scribbler, and an impndent puppy." .Madame had.yo better not tell the gentlemng. himself all $hat,Be is"sitting by your si'e,"said Msaaag -Damocheck'smiling. The man read ing the paper was none other than the theatrical teporter 0p whom the lady albnded.o . - When th.'eze tation.maieache& Mad mrngeh~eea al to herself her admpianions.g.hving scattered themselves All . over te -a train.. - . TIIEBRAN ASCRAP-BOOK - What is the br bu a -kb~~Z when we aele[p Ol2'6ne 9oir epIin th~ete,'wlist w'o6dle flTI nes from-f'avnte potts',riy ts of tunes and snatches from songs, melodies fromopeas,sentcesstrom books. strange meaning5ss., re colectons c -hihso.vague :aad ' gradually growing faint, iIouients of perfect happiness, hours of despar ad misery. -The -ftst'kIs-bf 'hfd hood 1lpesthe.It.prting.of bos. om friends,'theiword of pisae-or the wore of blaa of afoIfrir pictures oftmen. and .wodderb,pi and dream4.that'ea&'tonohiig,b~ a reqdited kindness, .grattudefr" fa vors, quayes recon4lidiiois,: old jdEel, and'.throughi them.all.4he tkdof one, deep and enduring pWe s4ersomeonessa or woman.that isnaghave1been.s. misery or a delight. Thz M4 aRoZEmoAD - Cox. ? i-Tbd. corpotatoi's- of-the Mid. Iand m1s cm~v"et at.the roims o f , h habo Comrse. on $tlidayj evening at 6 o'clock and. remaine'd in :sessba several-ors The: substance of a-letter, geplying to the commuication frnathe citi zeas 6fGioenfille, reently publish. ed,-',f.sfagee4.to,.and. ordered to be. signed, and forwarded by the ex ecative ooemmitteep- In~behalf: of the. corporators. 1 It iras; after a full con sidlerat ion oftie inessitythmore dir-ect .and rapid .railroad communi tion between Chiarlesson and the uip. per counties of the State,:determinied to .prepare a prospectus~for the pro posed lineaandthe corporators pre-. sent pledged themselves to. contri bute $100,000 to the enterprise as proof of their confidence in the road as-a business investment, and in the belief that the busins men -of Charleston and the people of the several counties -through which the road will pass will r-egard a main trunk road,' on~a short -line, built at present low prices for rails, equip ment and labor. through. South Carolina from the seashore to the mountains, as a public work wor thy of their highest effort anad speediest accompl1shmenzt. -Netoe and eourler, It is estimated that the,e are the wqrld over, 87 deaths, a minute, 9'7, 790 a day, and 85,689,8f5 a year; and that the births are 70 a minute. iOnn.nnna a 6se. &A id an79.G a ent