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> ... IF FOIi THE EIHKKTY OF THE WORLD WE CAN DO ANYTIliNO. ,) VOL. II. DAHLIXGTON, SOUTH CAHOLIXA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1SJ)2. NO. 38 Tillman's Promises. I Why Net! Quite a number of orators and editors are speaking of Tillmans failure to fulfill the promises which he in the campaign. As far as the Press and Banner is concerned, we arc not disappointed on that score. He never made any promise which we expected him to fulfill, and would now dislike to I the issue stpiarely before the Demo- r p]lK MAN IN THE CAI» j eratic partv in South Carolina. i Senator Irby got on a high moral Tllt ,. efurC) W( . llie undersigned, at horse and instructed the bank of Q le urgent solicitation of a large Laurens to sell his .thousand dollars ] number of the _ , invite all worth of bank stock which he hadn’t Democratic voters favoring the pro- paid for, rather than be criminis in “exorting the common decency will allow h he hadn’t * Democratic voters favoring the pro-! .■ particcps j hi,J , i , ti 1 on of the li.p.or traflic to meet; * 1 in ( olumbia, 1 hursday, .May 2>>, at e last Cent /. ,,, ji. file Ibill of the out of the farmers on the loan of money.” In view of Senator Irbv’s action, acknowledge that we ever thought | the Laurens Advertiser suggests “a he could work miracles. i bank of benevolence,” to be '•stab- Indeed, we are profounly grateful j lisped by some of the rich men who to the last legislature for its failure j are living high oil the taxes of the to put on the statute books the many farmers and flourishing on big sal- bad laws which he recommended. | aries like a green bay tree, and why Take for instance, the County Bov-1 not.'' eminent bill, which he earnestly re- j There is Senator Irby commended, and his school district! instaitce, born to large plan was no better. [—a rich man—and no Feeling as we do, very grateful to ’ salary of $5,000 a year for six years; the Legislature for what it did not i by the grace of the farmers. And of, we think we have no just cause | there is Congressman Shell—not a it o’clock p. in., in the Hall of the House of Kepresentatives, there to form andadopt the best plan for pre senting the question at the coming election through the regular Demo cratic organisation: himself, for possessions drawing a ecute all the mischief which promised. Then gentlemen, please hold up on the Governor in this line. Another matter: Many remarks have been made about the Governor in regard to pardons. He has not in our opinion, granted half the par dons that should be issued. We know of our own knowledge that he! of Court, by the grace of the farmers I for—ten years, isn’t it!'—is now draw ing a salary of $5,000 a year, by the grace of the same farmers. 'Then there is Gov. Tillman. Isn’t he par excellence “the farmers’ Gover nor”!'' He is drawing a salary of .>S- 500 a year, by the graceof the farm ers. The three together are drawing salaries aggre gatng $15,500 a year— Abbeville has a good delegation in | all by the grace of the farmers, the penitentiary which should be Now what’s to hinder them—thev pardoned without further delay. ; a| . t . .,,,,,,1^. u bl c _aiid other men like I hen, we hope that no furthei j jj lcni; f rom establishing a bank and criticisms may be heard in this line. ^ lending money to the farmers at a Dress and Banner. j low rate of interest!'—-Newbery Ob- Tlic May to Kerp Cool. ‘Doctor,’ 1 ■ server. said a reporter of the Louisville Tost, “give me a sugges tion as to the best way to stand this hot weather.” “Well” replied a prominent physician, “there area few simple things to remember. I’ll j A Sailor llesrrlbes an Anthem. Did you ever, says'The Sun, hear the English sailor's description of a modern Church anthem!' If not, | you will enjoy it. He had been in duced to attend service at a great where he of course heard , . , , .some very fine music, lleturniug lit supper, with very little | . . , 11 , • . from service, he was descanting par- aim but a month- , , , ,, , , „ , ,, , , ., , ; ticulurlv upon an anthem which gave ful of beefsteak. My days work!.. ' . , . mm much pleasure. His shipmate 1 listened for a time, and then said: tell you how 1 doit In the first place! ( .| u|| . I get plenty of sleep, eating a fluid of anv sort. I do this by and after sunset without my coat ends with the day, I just sit around and vest.* About !> o'clock I slip! quietly into my bath room and soak myself ten or fifteen minutes in a’ bath tub full of cold water. With out drying myself I draw on my sleeping garments and go to bed. ! My toipcrature has been reduced: and my pulse has slowed up. Thici condition is preserved by the evapor ation which goes on for half an hourj or more, during which I go to sleep Try it. Now, for the day time, I eat a moderate breakfast, with but I little hot coffee or tea. 1 avoid the butter and anything else very greasy. 1 eat my till of bread, toast, tomatoes! cold milk, etc, with a small piece of j lean, raresteak. I do not smoke, | nor drink anything alcoholic. I j occasionally take a glass of aerated water like vichv or seltzer. I wear! j “I say, Bill, what’s a hautheni!'” What! replied Bill, “do you mean [to say yer don’t know what a hand’ them his!'” “Notice." “Well, then I’ll tell yer. If I wa: to tell yer ‘Ere, Bill, give me that ’andspike, | that would not be a hnnthcm. But | was I to say “J>ill, Bill, give, give i me. give mu that; Bill, give me that hand, handspike, spike, spike; Bill, j give: give me that, that hand, hnnd- | spike, hand, ’ " _";e, spike, spike ahiiien ah-men; Bill,givemethatband spike, spike, spike; ah-men’—why, j that would be a hanthem.” The Sabbath Stronger Than Armies. Count Montalembert, one of the most eminent French statesmen, once, wrote: “Men light clothes and but a few of them, | sometimes by the ease with which and I am not ashamed to carry an the immense city of London is kept umbrella. The result is that I suf- \ in order by a garrison of three small fer as little from the heat as is pos-j battalions and two squadrons, while sible during this sultry weather.” ! to control, the ci ’ ’ of France, M Oman's Love., 1 of the line ars and fit),000 nat nccesNirv. But Robt. G. Ingersol pays the follow- j guards ing tribute to woman’s love. stranger who arrives in London on a The one thing in this world that Sunday morning, when he sees every- is constant, the one peak that rises thing suspended in that gigantic almve all clouds, the one window in capital in obedience to God—-when, which light forever burns, the one the centre of that colossal business star that darkness cannot quench is | l' c finds silence and repose scarcely woman’s love It arises to the great- interrupted by the bells which call est heights, it sinks to the lowest | to prayer,and by the immense crowds depths, it forgives the most cruel in- 0,1 their way to churcli—then his juries. It is perennial of life, and | astonishment ceases. He under grows in every clinic, neither coldness I •dands that there is another curb nor neglect, harshness nor cruelty j fo| 5 « t hristian people besides that can extinguish it. A woman's lore (made by bayonets, and that when is the perfume of the heart. 'This , the law of God is fulfilled with such is the real love that subdues the’“solemn submhsiveness, God Mini mi raeles in art, that gives us music all the way from the cradle song to the grand symphony that bears the soul away on wings of fire. A love that is greater than power, sweeter | than life, and stronger than death; himself with the police arrange ments.” 1 — The Call lor a Convention. They have strange in Cairo. A lady declares that the one who waited on her room and at tended to all thedulies of the calling was a Frenchman dressed, as if for a dinner parly, in white waistcoat (From The Broad Ave.) The follow ing call, signed by gf l i itizens from all parts of the State, chambermaids ( ; l | ) | l( . ;tlV( | {,, the daily papers of May and dress coat, and haying the air Bit It. The list of signers include the names of prominent farmers, bankers, mcrchanfs, and professional men, ami is we honestly believe, thoroughly representative, not only of all classes, but also of a majoritv of the whiie democratic voters of of a refined and educated gentleman Nouth Carolina. The cull and the It was really embarrassing to accept signers is as follows: • i • vv hereas, the traflic in intoxical im' Ins services ... such « capacity On a,.,,,,,,,., Q one of the most prolific arriving at the hotel she rangfor the causes of degredation and ruin to the chambermaid, and this gentleman individual, poverty and wretchedness appeared. Supposing him to be the bi the h“me, disorder, pauperism and proprietor, she said, “I wish to seei™" 16 "'f, wealth and an * * . ! enormous tinancial drain upon our K already impoverished people; and the chambermaid.” “Madam,” replied in the very best English he j whereas the agitation of lust w inter: Joseph Lindsav, could muster, “she am I.” I in the General Assembly has placed J L Billy, .1 hi Moffatt, E A Crawford, ,1 A Blake, J E McLin, Janies Hninillon, William Lindsay, li D Childs, George Snmniey, Ilinion Curtis, • J W Daniel, I N Cross, 'J' M Sanders, T B Woods, J (' Owen, Jose]ill Wiley, li W Sanders, li C Stewart, W W Coogler, G II Kirkland, L B Havncs, S M liiuhnrdson, J II E Milhous, S G Major, J 1! Leave] 1, J F Davis, J K Durst, A (i Youngblood,P K Howell, Z T Kershaw, C L Like, W L Gray, G A Bark-dal, S K Miller, ‘ 1! P Blake, L .M Moore, J T Simmous, K 11 Tarrant, 1! G McEees, J S Bailey, W T Matthews, P F Kilgo, DA P Jordan, K J Forester, W L Durst, P L Starkey, J W Gtinel, J T Med lock, li W Maj ir, W I, lioddev, W J Hoddev, PC Pong, E li Mills,' N L Held, .) F Workman, A KSmith, J J Waters, George Beaeh, G T Harmon, 1! () Willson, W S Creighton, D lliiluhinsoii, T E Bailey, J L Walker, W A Xieholson, II F Senile, L P Mitrphv, T K Palmer, W 11 Milled J A McCullough, G W Sinine, J C Bailey, W Goldsmith, Jr. 1? M McGee, G T Walker, T 11 Leith, Samuel Chirk, J W Kidd, TM Boswell, il W Hawkins, J T Tohitid. A T Sloan, M II Green, W A Ilar]>er, Jesse Morgan, B F 1 lixon, PH Walker, J S McCullough, J E Scott, II A McCullough ,J S Tisdale, J B Chandler, W D Snowden, J X Greer, A II Stokes, T ( 1 Stokes, J il O’Dell, I'll llopi.-r, EH Holier, W 1 Herbert, J S Davidson, II 'Ferry, J T Poole, J B Deshields, S 1) (iarlingloi), L li Ives, li E Hi vers, I-! P Pawlev, B G Gregg. W li 1 lines, C M Covington, F P Covington, F II McEcnd, J A Petcrkin, il F Spann, S W Ackerman, M II Ackirnian, J J Fox, CM lliers, J P Pritchard, ED Bryan, li T ('ittisey, G W Don-, J J Cummings, B Holder, James Thompson. W E Cross. 11 X Askew, W M Hardin, I.C Stephens, J D Edwards, A F 11 Dukes, Samuel Byrd, Thomas Black, W J Snider, J A Parler, J E Hollins, L J (io.-dou. C i 1 1 icrdoil, W C Hollins, C J Hollins, W B Miller. W J M Thomas, Daniel Durant. John G Williams, li X Wells, C M Boozer, J B C Gilmore, li F Wav, Jr., J M Parler, W D Wav, D D Dantzler, J M Way, S J McCoy, 11 G Sbindarp, J B Wiggins, E D Dantzler, 11 D Dantzler, D A Hart, A F Hare, W S Hutto, PC May, J W Hart. L L Dantzler, L C Millard, F Conner, J W S Boland, 11 W Hhitmc, E H Hast, T S Carter, J E Stewman, .1 K ('raig, D A Williams, W C Thompson, Il B Blakely, J 1) Coskev, J li Knight, W P Caskey, A J Clark, : A McManus, KG 1 ’rice, J X Ks! ridge, M W liankin, C L McManus, C W Humphries, T B Hough, J M P Canthcu, H X Montgomerv, It M Kirk, G W Phillips, M C Gardner, | li J Harper, J W A Porter, J M Fitzpatrick, C A PI tier, Jr., J B White, J D Bailey. J li A Yongiic, K D Andrews, D B Douglass, 1) M Barchtine, L L Picket t, J 1) Evans, J A Spann, J J Khtirlcv, J W Spann, A P West,' Joab Edwards, 11 E Spann, D D P Mitchell, B M Bodic, J McCullough, M 1. Donaldson, J li lioliiuson, II T < 'ouk. L X ('hainhcrlnin , B F ('reighlon, [J W Porte!, M E It Stnrkey, J M Steadman, \\ OSturkcv. !(! W Andrews, W M Grier, M B McGee, PL Grier, J K Todd, li S (iallowa'. .1 W Wideuiau, J L Pressley, T W Sloan, < Hiver Johnson, J F Widcmau, J M Cochrane, li <' Brownlee, J D Brownlee, K H Edwards, D W lit id, W T Cot-van, \\ C Brock, 1 A II Sullivan, O 5 Bonner, H D Cutliui), George Manolle, D W Cuttino, A J Stokes, HO Pitrdv, Bartow Walsh, 'S P 11 El well, L 1) Childs, jC D Stanley, J A Glenn, B (■ <'ollins. E W Not lev. J D Craig, C M 1 hirst. Jr., M W Gordon, J E Kcmhcrt, W M Graham, II II Newton, S W G Shipp, J F Everett, DC Holier, S A Brown, W S Wight man. Hoi,-ert Chaffin. 1 A S Townsend, L E Cr.ston, J E Briiiisoi), 11 F Chreitzlierg. I Joseph Lindsav, Holier!. Morrison, J L Silly, W F lihume. I A GAME WHERE THE WINNER LOST. HAMEOIt DEFENSES. A VIEW AT CLOSE RANGE OF THE MEN WHO GUIDE "i KAINS. The Cub—What It Meant* to the Anieri- eun Engineer, Though II Ik English It rot her liivle.N in the Open Air—The Whittle siimI IIs I ml i vid utility. Tlio average Auieriean engineer amt his liremaii would think tliemselves very ill used if an order were issued for the abolishment of the cabs—that friendly retreat from inclement weather that is now considered an absolute necessity on all engines. And yet iu civilized Bag- land, on a majority of the railroads, the engines in use are built minus the cab. tlms forcing the oi>eratovs to work with out shelter in all kinds of weather. It sounds inhuman, and yet in refutation tliorailroadeouipanicsn.sk whether the soldier should eurry an umbrella when it rains or the sailor he allowed to work under an awning? The claim is that the railroad employees become inured to se vere weather and the absence of cover ing keeps them alert, so that the po.ssi hility of danger from inattention to duty is mim ed to a minimum Subtle argument, perhaps, hut hardly tenable. If this practice was adopted on some of our western roads where the temperature ranges from 50 to 50 degs below zero how many engineers would live to carry their trains from one station to the nc::f: The unpardonable sin iu an engineer is to let the water get out of tlio. boiler of the engine in his charge. No matter what excuse he may oifer, if he lives to make Ins report in turn, his dismissal will he peremptory, for by this action ho lias proved himself incompetent anil unworthy of future responsibilities. It is better for an engineer that lie had never been horn when he reaches this stage of self lor lure. Fortunately such cases are rare. The man on all well conducted railroads must have shown himself to lie trusty and true before he is given charge of an engine, and the rigid inspection to which he is sub joclcd before an engagement is a guar antce of future conduct. One weakness nearly every engineer has, and that is a penchant for “doctor ing" the steam whistle on hi.s pet engine livery hoy in a country town familiar izes himself at an early age with the different "toots" that by day and night wail through the unhappy village. He can detect No Ts whistle when the train is live miles distant, and in like manner the approach ol Nos. 1 and 5 are herald ed to his keen car. Of course all whis ties are alike when they leave the shops Out the engineer tills in tlie sounding hell with a piece of turned wood that tits snug and changes the tone to a short, sharp scream or an angry, impatient howl, as his fancy may dictate The close observer may lie snugly in his bed and yet lie able to detect the pissing of eitlcr a freighl or passenger train The engine on the former an noiinces its approach by emitting a sharp, shrill scream that is sold piercing enough to waken the dead, while the passenger engine, with due respect t i tjje living freight it carries, sounds a' long, deep warning note that does not hring tlio occupant of a berth to his feet 'all standing.” ready to curse the com puny in general terms and the engineer in particular ones for such an act of folly and inconsideratcness On the freight train a sharp, shrill scream is es sential, for it nolilies the hrakemen, who are perhaps forty ears in the rear of the engineand separated from the occupants of the call by many ways of ear piercing .sound; just what work is required at their hands. This whistle is to them what the cry of thecal) hoy on the Thames steamboat used to ho to the engineer down below before the advent of electric hells, j 'Ease her!" the captain would remark j in his ordinary tone of conversation to the small Isiy that followed him like a shadow, and “Esso her!" the youngster would scream in his sharp, shrill stac cato down the companionway. “Stop ert" "Turn 'ey astern!” “Go ahead!" would perhaps follow in rapid succes sion, and in this decidedly crude fashion tho London steamboat captains did their | steering by proxy only a dozen years | ago. Ono wonders what has become of i those call hoys. Perhaps they spend their hours in spinning yarns to the j younger cockneys of the past glories of steamboating in much tho same nmnner that our dethroned stage drivers of the | west now regale the tenderfoot with glimpses of bygone acts of heroism and feats of impossible horsemanship. This j is somewhat of a digression from tho topic under discussion, hut perhaps tho I reader will excuse its insertion. Ono thought naturally suggested the other. As a class engineers are usually good j uatured, kind hearted, though a hit rough; deep thinkers, duo to their lixed habits of attention and long hours of enforced silence, and of good morals. | An engineer who drinks cannot hope to ! hold hi.s position long, for no master mo- ! chanic will tolerate confirmed tippling ! in a subordinate whoso duties are so re- I sponsible as those of an engineer, lie must ho abstinent, prompt at his |Mist of duty, and ever vigilant if he hopes to maintain his position. His hands may lie black and his face grimy, hut that his heart is all right was evidenced not long ago in a railroad terminus on tlio Pacific coast when the engine, piifling and laboring from its dizzy ride over mountain passes and along , dangerous precipices, was approached by a golden haired miss of six, who patted one of the lingo driving wheels caressingly and lisping, “You dear, big black thing, how I love you for bring ing my sweet mamma and papa homo to mo from across Ihoso horrid mountains, and yon too,” she exclaim' I, lifting her pretty face to the black bearded engin eer, who had been watching her from | Ids cab. The tear that sprang instantly to Ids eye was not an evidence of weak- I ness, hut of a warm, impassienate heart, ! and tho father of the little girl that oc casioned this touch of human nature furtively readied for his liuudkcrcldcf just as the engineer drew his grimy sleeve across Ids sooty face.—Chicago Herald. It is said Unit iu all the forests of the earth there are no two leaves exactly the j same. It is also said that amid all peoples of the earth there are no two i faces precisely alike. Watch a mail reading Ids own contri bution to a magazine, and you will get u 1 j picture of absolute tuuceutruliuu. ' PLANTING DEADLY EXPLOSIVES TO PROTECT THE COAST. He Won His Csise, but He Made lip His Mint! That There Was No Fun in It. It makes tho man who would rather go to law than go on a good old time hay ride mad enough to lose a suit, hut when he brings suit, wins his case, gets damages and then finds that ho is out of pocket a fine round sum, he can give the ordinary man points and discount him besides at the Diogenes game of hating tlio world. One New Yorker got a taste of a legal doso tlio other day which is special stmly of t he subject" liia’t"ti 'nK.'- likely to inako linn hesitate about using does, and torpedoes alone, can defend • What ;i Time pleie Vast A mount of Euhor, Shill, nml Money Is Needed to Com* a Thorough System of Coast De fense— Advantages of tho Torpedo. There is a very widely diffused idea 1 among people wiio have not made a the same prescription again. He wanted damages from a man who j ho declared had injured his property. Ho wanted all the damages he could get 1 too. Ho was earnest enough to insist that the damages ought to ho run up in tho thousands. Now if he had been con tented to take his case into a district court this story would probably never have been written. But as he estimated his wVongs not by single, plain, every day “cart wheel” dollars, hut in blocks of 1,000 each, he was forced to take hi.s , suit into tlio court of common pleas. Everything went swimmingly for his side. His lawyer proved beyond a doubt that the defendant had caused damages i to thi« plaintiff's property. The judge be lieved it, the jury believed it. in fact the defendant himself and the defendant's counsel believed it. If ever lhere was a clear case of damages it was right there in the com mon pleas court. And so the plaintiff got a verdict for forty-nine dollars. But it is one thing to get a verdict and another thing to take what goes with it. It happened in ibis case that if the defendant received a verdict for less than fifty dollars ho was liable for costs. He did not know much about law, and, though lie was disappointed at the any harbor against a hostile attack. The destructive effects of a few tor-! pedo explosions under the most favor-, able circumstances have caused tliia branch of warfare to assume an undue importance, an importance wholly tin- 1 warranted by the results and created by ; generalizations from isolated instances, ^ entirely without regard to tho natural I limitations of the efficiency of any tor- pedo system, however perfect. It is the object of this article to en deavor to show tho actual capabilities of torpedoes, the results attainable by their use, and tho resfrictions inevitably at tending their indefinite expansion into a complete system of defense. Great guns must play an important part in all harbor defense, hut for the proper and adequate defending of navi gable chenncls houyant mines, exploded by contact, are tho mainstays. With their use, however, a host of per plexing conditions arise, the twisting and wearing of the cables and moorings, the depression duo to the currents, the danger of sympathetic explosions, the leaking of the cases, the obstruction of tlie channel fer friendly navigation—all these have to lie ovcrcomo as liest they may he. Where a port has several navigable If nusee lie 1 y Kugllsli Spamms. A loving student of tho English spar row as tlio bird is to he seen in Brooklyn \ finds that the little creature has in his 1 domestic relations many human traits. V\ hen the sparrows nro mating and building, tlio inalo sinks into insignifi cance beside tlio female. When a nest ing place is to he selected tho male looks jauntily about and is ready to accept anything that comes to hand, hut the lien examines each proposed sito with ! critical care, apparently studies tho re- 1 hit ions of the place to sun, wind and 1 rain, and finally decides the question with small consideration for the opin-; ions of her spouse. When the nest is to ha builtthc house-! wifely character of the hen again asserts itself. She is busy all day long gather ing sticks and straws to serve as building i material. Nothing is taken haphazard, hut every stick or straw fits to a nicely and is admirably adapted to the end for which it is selected. As to the male, he gives moral support and littlo else. . While the hen is devoting all her oner-, gies to tho task in hand lie sits on a neighboring bough and encourages her with music. Nor does she expect or wish more at Ins hands. Now and then, apparently pricked by conscience, he leaves his perch, picks up 1 a clumsy stick or straw and carries it to the scene of the building operations. But his contribution is seldom received with favor. The lien u. tially examines it with the ill concealed scorn thal wives sometimes accord to domestic perform ances of husbands, and in nine cases out of ten she losses away the proffered mn-; terial as soon as the hack of her spouse ! is turned.—New York Sun. STATUE OF CHARLES THE FIRST. amount of the damages, he looked tri- channels, and it is practicable to umphantly at the other side. He was disgusted to see the calm smile on the face of llie defendant's lawyer. But a moment later there was gnashing of teeth when his counsel lold him about tho costs. “I have to pay the costs, do I?” he snapped. “Yes." ‘After 1 have* won my case pay costs for the other side?" “That is the law." •‘Well, it's a mighty nice law that makes the winner lose, ain't it? What do you think I went to law for? Do you Ihiak I wanted to spend money for fun? Do you think after that fellow lias spoiled my property I want to pay him for doing it? What do you think lam anyway—a muddy liiained, cross eyed, half hearted lunatic? How much tfre tho costs?” '•Three hundred and sixty dollars." cTTiree hundred and sixty dollars! I (ice one or more, their closure by means of self acting torpedoes is easy. Where a channel, however, cannot lie > entirely abandoned, self acting mines are useless, for in order to bo thorough- : ly reliable they must lie as dangerous to a friend as loan enemy. Furthermore, j their planting, and much more, their re-1 | moval upon the cessation of hostilities have to | ia to he accomplished only at great risk, j 1 The limited applicability of ground | mines is well known. Torpedo science ! furnishes twoother types for harbor do- ; fcusc; the buoyant mine and the dirig- ! iblc torpedo, although tho hitter proper- i ly forms a distinct class. Great nicety in planting torpedoes ' cannot ho expected, and this fact, cott- 1 pled with the inevitable shifting of the i mines from various causes, leads direct ly to tho conclusion that a great num ber of mines must ho relied upon rather than precision in their manipulation. Despite the number of mines, a vessel wfnt ra.se ami get damages and lose l-.aM“mtiti«g Id pus* the lines may still $;;il, ilu-lt I caii suhstract the amount | fail to strike a initio hard enough to | of the damage from tho cost and make j work tho circuit closer. To meet this I out a check lor llie balance, can I? contingency a perfect loi'picdo system W^jll, I suppose I can so long as I have must provide mentis for firing tho mines tqji But 1 want yon to understand that at will in groups Of three or four. It the next titno 1 go to law -it will lie he- will always he possible to accurately lo calise I am a candidate for a lunatic cate a vessel within a dangerous space asylum. The next time I have you for j of this number of ini ms, a ml 1 heir siinu 1- a lawyer it will be when I in the do- l taneous explosion will have the desired fondant in ax-ase like this and want to j effect. lose. 1 To furnish a passage for the electric “Do you hear?” he screiimci}. “When [ current many cables are needed, and to l want to lose I'll have you-, 1 say, so ! avoid confusion some regular method of that I can come out ahead of the game. ! planting must he adopted. It is eon- And the - next time a man damages my property I'll invite him to come in and knock .tlie roof off' the house IT! have him use my piano for a toboggan on the hall stairs I'll itivite him to play a game of tenpins in my dining room and will use iny great-grandmother's tea service for [tins, and if he wants to jump through otir$ti00 Japanese screen like a ; circus rider he can do it. dittTien maybe lie'll want mo to sue him. so that 1 can get stuck for costs | again. And I’ll sue him; oh, yes, I'll sue him!'.' and he snorted so loudly that ! the-con'rt usher's afternoon napwasdis turboil.—New York Tribune. Douml to i-sc a “K.” There was onco in eastern Tennessee a judge well versed in tho law, hut en tirely self educated, who had this same obstacle of orthography to contend with all his days. In early life lie had lived in Knoxville, and for a long time in sisted upon spelling tlie mime Noxville. His friends at last educated him np to tho point of adding the K; so thorough ly, in fact, did lie learn this lesson that when a few years afterward ho removed to Naxlu ille, nothing could prevent hint from spelling Hie name “Knashville.” After a few years’ residence there the judge moved again, this time to Mur freesboro. One day lie sat down to write hi.s first letter from this place. He scratched his head in perplexity a ino- nietit and finally exclaimed: “Well, I’ll give it up! How in the world can they spell the name of this place with a ‘K?”' —Sttn Francisco Argonaut. * Nrt «ls o! h IMiysician. The physician needs more mental di version. It would he well for him to cul tivate flowers, to study some science, or some department of history, literature or art. or to take up some simple mechan ical occupation, to which ho could turn from titno to time for refreshment. He needs more active exercise. It would he well for him oftener to suh- stitnte the bicycle for the carriage. He needs more sleep, too—fully seven hours —and as his sleep is often broken in upon at night, he should form the habit of sleeping at odd moments, even by day - Dr. Minot. N«nYK|»u|»ci’rt Have The number of newspapers published iu the whole United States thirty years ago was less than 5,01)0. Now the uum her of newspapers published in ihe re gion west of the Mississippi aggregates 5,500, of which nuuilier 0,1'.*5 are pub lished west of tho Missouri river.—Ed ward Rosewater’s Omaha Address. One Way of (aolliiiK Kill of Sinirrowh. There are families in Germantown that havo sparrow iiutpio frequently. They don't shoot tho birds and fill them with shot, hut trap them instead.— Philadelphia Be, ud. A Inin I n I ii m nu<l in,I llrnss. Tho addition of aluminium when smelting down old brass and other me tallic scraps is recommended. In this case an admixture of one to five parts of aluminium to I,(XX) parts of tho other metal is necessary. — Currier's Maga zine. venient to plant the torpedoes iu groups capable of being find by judgment, these groups constituting tlio unit:, which arc combined into Hie larger unit whose limit is generally the number of mines that can ho operated through a single seven core cable. The grand groups lints formed arc ar ranged in lines, tho latter radiating iu such a manner from the operating case ments that tho separate units can he easily located by triangulution. The intervals between ‘.he lines are filled with skirmish lines—single mines strung on a single conductor cable and exploding by | contact only. Many fontis of movable torpedoes for j harlmr defense have been tried in differ ent countries with varying degrees of success. For accuracy of direction and j range of destructive power tlie Sims-Ed- ison fish torpedo is perhaps unexcelled. Extended trials tit Willet's point have satisfactorily demonstrated its ability to carry 200 pounds of dynamite to a dis tance of two miles at it speed of about twenty miles per hour. The charge is exploded upon contact with the vessel or by the action of the operator on shore. The dirigihility of the torpedo is per fect. It follows its prey as though endowed with life, swerving to the right or left as necessary, diving under booms or other obstructions, culling through nets, ami never slackening its great i speed until the end of its cable is reached. At present a two mile radius is deemed sufficient, although this could he increased if necessary by enlarging the ‘Tisli” itself.—Cosmopolitan. Oinfeileratu Klags. Tho Confederate stars and bars were iu ISO:! supplemented by Hie camp flag, i This was in size and shape like tlie other, except that it was white, with no stripes, and the battle Hag in the upper comer next tlio staff. It was found deficient in actual service in that, displaying so much white, it was sometimes apt to lie mistaken for a (lag of truce, and on Feb. 1 21, 1*05, it gave place to the last flag of the Confederacy, the ouier half being a red vertical bar. Appearing so late iu the war, it was not so familiar ns the ' others—in fact, it was comparatively littlo known.—New Orleans Times- ■ Democrat. Tlie Enroot Ocean Steamers. The largest passenger stcainsllips in commission are the sister ships City of ! New York and City of Paris, each hav ing 10, H!) tons displacement. Tlie steam ship having the largest accommodations for cabin passengers is tho Ctmarder Etruria, which can carry 550. The longest steamship is tlio Teutonic, 505 feet.—New York Advertiser. Iliiivknoth Still in l-'uvor. Tho rage for bowkuots shows no sign- of abating. Easter gilts were devise- of them in every form. ? i ii ii tv It Was Ills. Mr. DeAvuoo—tsaw our baby way around on a side street today Tho baby should he kept iu the par!?. Mrs. Do Avnoo—That's where she is You must he mistaken. Mr. Do Avnoo—No, I'm not. Don’t you suppose 1 know that perambulator that l paid sixty-two dollars for? - New ' York Week I v. A Cowboy’?* Sense of Humor. A globe trotting Englishman told mo this story: “To show you that the cow- hoys are not as had as they have been ' painted- in fact, that they are opposed to anything like l.twbre,-iking and vio- ! lence—let mo relate an incident. There was a poor clerk standing up over his books at a desk in a shop on tho main street, and there was a cowboy riding ! up and down tho-street. Well, tho cow boy saw tlie clerk and his sen.-e of Im- nior was aroused by the idea of shooting at him, d'you know. Those cowboys have a very remarkable sense of humor, i So tho cowboy ups with his pistol, d'you ! know, and he shoots the poor clerk right 1 through the head, killing him instantly. | “Well, now, that sort of thing is very j distinctly frowned upon by cowboys, as j a rule, and in this ease tho cowboys held f a meeting and resolved that tlie follow J with tho lively hut dangerous sense of! humor should ho hanged at once. They | put a rope around hi.s neck, and there being no tree anywhere in sight they 1 hung him to the side of a Pullman as j tho train came roiling in. I've scon a I number of occurrences i f that sort which makes'mo quite positive iu stat ing that though they are a very rnhi; sort of beggars they are really not a had lot.”—Julian Ralph in Harper's Weekly A Eii/.y, Though Shr«:w<l I-Vllow. Tulkinsou —a barrister and bachelor combined, by the way—is a very sys tematic- man The other day he had Ids house fitted with electrical appliances, and giving instructions to his servant Joseph, he said “Now ! want you to understand, Joseph, that when 1 ring once that means for you, and when i ring twice that means for Maggie, the housemaid." Joseph, who is the laziest wrotcai that ever accepted wages he did not earn, bowed respectfully and withdrew. A little later the hell rang. Joseph never moved. Presently it rang again, and according to instructions Maggie came i hurrying lo her master, who was very angry. “Why didn't that rascal, Joseph, come ! when I rang for him?” said the bar rister bachelor disgustedly. “Why, sir,” answered Maggie, /‘Jo seph is busy in tlio office reading your newspaper. When he heard the first ring lie said to me, -Now, Maggio, wait until he rings tlie second time, and then ] it will ho you ho wants.’ "—Loudon Tit- | Bits. Strange Cave Dwellers in N|>:iin. At a meeting of the Royal Geograph ical society, of Madrid, Dr. Bide gave an account of his exploration of a wild district in tho province of Cuceres, which lie represented as still inhabited by a strange people who speak a curious patois and live in eaves and inaccessible retreats. They have a hairy skin and have hitherto displayed a strong repug nance to mixing with their Spanish and Portugese neighbors. Roads have lately been pushed into tlio district inhabited by' tho “Jiirdes,” and they are begin ning to learn the Castilian language and attend the fairs and markets.— W. II. Larnibce in Popular Science Monthly. The Grmvtli uf U'liIr<el11 Mileage. la 1X30 there were twenty-three miles of railway in operation in the United States. By 1X32 the mileage had in creased to 22!) miles, and in 1X35 the country had 1,11'JX miles of railroad. The 1 first through railroad from tho east , westward was completed in 1X12 between - Boston and Albany, connecting at tho | latter place with the Erie canal. In tho same year the last link of the line from Albany to Boli'alo was opened At the end of IXIXtlio total mileage of all the railroads in tin country was 5,DUO miles, or about 5lX) miles nioro than there are; now in tho state of Nebraska.—Edward Rosewater's Omaha Address. The l liitu Is Very Olil. The Unto is very old in its origin, hut the Hutu of today is different from that of tlio ancients. It lias been improved upon from time to time, and tho old people would probably fail to recognize it now. Tho flageolet, which is some what similar, is credited to Juvigny about 15X1. Harper's Young People. lii'si li me. “What he you after now, SamuT Pay son?” inquired a brisk and thril'ty Yer- t mont farmer of a shiftle s neighbor, 1 who came sliullling across tlio liarnyurd one morning with as much of a business like nir tis he was able to assuino. “I jest wanted t’ know,” replied the amiable S.uuuT. with his usual vac illating smile; “I'mtryin t’ fix tV place up a little,'gain, t some vis’tois wo've got comm, an 1 jest wanted (’ know it so Imj't you c'd givo me an empty bariT o' Hour t' inako a hencoop t’ put a pig . in; for 1 ain't got nothing at all t’ put I nothin at all into!”—Y’outh'a Compau- | Comely and calm he rides Hard by bis own Whitehall; Only the night wind glides; No crowds, nor rebels, brawL Gone, too, bis court, and yet. The stars Ids courtiers. Stars in their stations set; And every wandering st«. Alone he rides, alone. The fair and fatal king; Dark night is all bis own. That strange and solemn thing. Which arc more full of fate, The stars, or those sad eyes? W Inch are more slid and great. Those brows, or the dark skies? -Lionel Johnson. Symbols of ti,,. Thunderbolt. Tho different nations of the world, both ancient and modem, have employed various symbols to represent the fires that (lash from the thuuderejoud. The Chaldeans symbolized it with a trident tho learned Babylonians used a human arm for tlie same purpose. The bas-re liefs of Nimrud and Malthia, the work of later and more refined Assyrian artists, show tho trident doubled or transformed into a trifid fascicle. This triumph of tho classic art secured for tlie ancient Mesopotamian symbol tin- advantage over all other representations of the thunderbolt. The Greeks represented the storm fire with the features of a bird of prey Later on, when they had begun the use of the Asiatic form of the symbol, they put it in tlio claws of an eagle and made it the scepter of Zeus. Gaul received the symbol from Italy’, hut soon altered it to Hie familiar two headed hammer seen on the Gallo-Roman monuments Tite same symbol is seen on amulets found in Germany, Scandinavia and Brittany.—St. l.ottis Republic. Tlio Color of I lie Complexion. if Mrs. Emily Crawford's dedncltous are true, beauty and such a hitherto dtf fieult achievement a.s a complexion are mere matters of determination. Mrs Crawford says that Frenchwomen used to ho hrown as a berry; hut of late years they are conspicuous for their marble charm. The expression is Mrs. Craw ford's. This, she says, is simply the re sult of their intense desire for beauty m pallor; it is altogether a matter of will power. It is elsewhere admitted that the Parisian has been giving a great deal of consideration to her diet, and lias found that poultry and milk are better allies, so far as her skin is concerned than butcher's meat and wine. San Francisco Argonaut. IN'rfmtios* I lie Horse Likes. There are some perfumes that are very grateful to horses, however little credit a horse may commonly receive for pos sessing delicacy of scent. Horse train tvs are aware of the fact and make use of their knowledge in training stubborn and apparently intractable animals Many trainers have favorite perfumes the composition of which they keep a secret, and it is llie possession of this means of appealing to tlie horse's a-Ktlicticism that enables so many of them lo accomplish such wonderful re sults.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat An Itlectric Hell Call. One of the patents for electrical con trivances issued from tlie patent office is for an automatic guest call for use in hotels. !t consists of a combination of a clock connected through a series of relays and contacts with an annuncia tor bell system. A guest wishing a call at a certain time lias his bell connected to this time strip on the clock fcireuit; at the designated hour the bell iu hi.s room rings for a certain period, or until iio stops it.—New York World. ISurhcrs Use Little Wax Now. Says a barber: “A thing that isn’t used ninch these days is grease. This store consumed three pounds of it a day ten years ago, and wo don't get away with a solitary ixiund now. 1 once cal culated that 100,000 New York men car ried around 150 pounds of wax iu their mustaches. This was at tho rate of one ouuceof wax to forty mustaches.”—New York Herald. Enemies of (lie Salmon Fisheries. Seals and sea lions are a great nui sance lot lie salmon fishermen. At tho mouth of Hie Columbia river they watch the gill nets and grab the caught salmon by tlio throats, devouring those parts which they regard especially as tidbits. Bears are very fund of salmon and catch a great many of them in tho streams. They eat only tho heads.—Washington Star. Frit Flattered. Enxluud is» lauuhiii^ at the story told in Mr ii it Xoi'inan’s ‘'Real Japan” of the AiiDTican minister at Tokio,\vho thought the .Japanese * tlarne»l rlever” people be cause they greeted him with cries of “Ohavo.” “How did they know that 1 was from Ohio:” he asked. ITraHiin;; ;tml Tract ice. They were two bright women—one culler and the other hostess—a;:d they had been discussing tlio value of tem perance in eating as a means to prevent illness. “I do not see,” said the hostess, “that our boasted advance in civilization has been anything hut a failure in regard to Hie preservation of health. With phy sicians I letter able than at any time in Hie wnrld's history to cope with disease, this sudden snapping of vitality goes on all about us. 1 consider it entirely the fault of persons whodo not take the care of themselves which t. ir intelligence points out as imperative. I am always well, but it is at tho price of constant denials of appetite.” “Yes,” echoed tho caller, “it must bo so. 1 have to ho firm in tho matter of tee cream, which, wholesome for most people, is not so for me." Tho hostess did not wait for this speech to he done. “Why, that makes me think,” she said cordially, "I gave a luncheon today and there is some de licious banana, cream going to waste down stairs. Can't you cat just a lit tle?" The caller hesitated. “Bananacream fa my weakni - ," she .confessed, "and" —but the reader can guess tho rest. The health diseimr.-o ended in an enjoy able round of banana ice cream, and tho caller went on her way holdly to meet digestive consequences, while the hostess took her valuable food theories hack to her embrace prepared to air them on tho next occasion which presented itself.— New York Turns.