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^ - y£. T * WW ' ' :v‘T' THE HERALD. “IF FOR THE LIBERTY OF THE WORLD WE CAN DO ANYTHING.” VOL. IT. DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1892. NO. 49. Urai4 Lodge Proceedings. [From the Urmul Axe ] The Grand I-iodge I. 0. G. T., of South ChioHuu met with Floreuci I/xlge on Tuesday morning July ‘JO, G. C. T., J. E. Brunson, presiding. The delegates and visitors present numbered ovtr one hundred. All of the ofl'c rs were present except the Grand Chaplain and Grand Treas urer and one or two others of minor importance. The attendance is certainly good, both as to the officers and delegates. The new court house of Florence County was kindly tendered the G. L. for the meeting. , It da certomiy a handsome building and a most de* si ruble placo to hold the The G.. L. highly the in tfc apiWrttSifg of the various standing committees, and of bearing tiie reports of same. The G. L. worked in the sub-or dinate degree throughout the session. The G. L was warmly welcomed to Florence by Rev. II. B. Browne and Mr. Z T. Kershaw. They were responded to on the part of the G. 1m tty Rev. H. M. Mood. The advantages of Keeley Institute at Greensboro were very clearly set forth by Mr. Miles Johnson, in a short talk. He himself had been a patient and could speak very intelli gently as to the treatment and ulti mate good resulting thereform. All that he said was heartily seconded by Rev. E.O.Watson, who has seen many graduates, as they are called. Two of the ladies present, Miss Norma Howie and Mrs. Temple were ap|H>inted to solicit subscribers to the official organ of the G. L, The Broad Axe. Thispaner is certainly worthy of the aid of all Good Tem plars, and no one of them should be Bros. Smith and Mor- put in nomination for next place of meeting. Yorkville unanimously selected. The Jr. P. G. C. T. was added to the Executive Committee. Mrs. J. II. E. Milhous was elected delegate to Findlay, Ohio, with Mrs. G. II. Center, alternate. A committee consisting of Revs. II. F. Chriotzberg, II. B. Browne and J. L. Sifley were appointed to nominate a Board of Directors for the Broad Axe, reported the following: Rev. H. F. Chrietzberg, Chas. A. Smith, Z. T. Kershaw, Joel E. Brun son and C. M. Hurst, Jr. Bro. Kershaw declined, and Bro. H. B. :g tt>passing"Tinsihess Engage ments, Bro, Chas. A-Smith declined to-serve as chairman for next year. - Bros. H. F. Chrietzberg and B. Wallace Jones were made alternates to the Columbian Exposition. A resolution thanking the members of Florence Lodge and the citizens gen erally for tile kind hospitality shown this body, the county officials for use of Court House,■ the Killough Music Company for the use of one of their handsome pianos, the Methodist Church for the use of their organ, and the railroads for reduced rates, was adopted by a rising vote. Bro. Brunson then presented the G. L Banner to Elko Ixidge, it hav ing made the largest per cent, gain in membership during past year. Bro. J. Rice (Smith suggested that the name of The Broad Axe lie changed to that of Carol naor South ern Prohibitionist. Bro. H. B. Browne suggested that the county papers be used as a me dium of communication. Bro. Chreitzberg—That all per sons do what they can in the way of writing on the subject of prohibition for the next 30 days. The Grand Lodge then adjourned t > meet at Yorkville on the fth Tues- 1 a lington, No 25?—T J Drew, A F Mixson, J L Parrott, Miss Bertha Bland. Steadfast, No 201—W E Finklea. Friendlielit, No iJiS—A 11 Glusque, R I, Leo. Heranton. No 2<i4—Mins Hattie Han ders, T O NVilloujfbliy, .1 (' MeKnight. Iteulali, No gift—T \V Allen. St Stephens, No gliti—T L .laudou, P. KluUvortli. Ridgeway, No gw—\V Bur Hogan. Suininerton, No giiil—J C Lunlmm, A Pluiner Burgess. Ml Klon, No 271—Woislliaiu, F. J. Waters, RHJosey, Miss Annie Josey. Lydia, No 272—J A Field, Miss Mag gie Gallowav. <'artersville, No 273—(! H Fountain. Bruns m, No 274—Janies (’ Preacher. No 2H0—.1 P Mozlngo, W ElwelK No 2S1—K.H Dlxsiu. .'■Udisto I) L, No 1—C <1 Seboenlierg Rev W .1 Snider. Chester D L, No 3—Rev E O Wat son. Palmetto D L, No 4—Chas A Smith, Mrs C II Rieliardsoii, Miss Lily Ives. TKMIM.KS. Evening Slur, No 1—MrsC II Center! Llackville, No4—MissJnliu Milhous. terday by a reporter, and asked if the rumor was true. “No: we have nominated no candi dates,” he said. “Dur association is purely uonpolitical, and intended for mutual protection. We do not deny that it is within our province to en dorse certain men, but we will non*- exp( , dition(t WONDERFUL TENACITY. A. Hunter Who Survived a Terrible Kn* cou ter. 6ome years ayo, writes Henry Nowt* the historian of the western pioneers, a party of trappers were on their way to HANDLING A WATCH. r.iiifl Ktiles Tliat Will Save >l;'.ny .Jeweler’s If Folloa ed. “Yon want to know how to care for a fine watch, eh?” said the old watch* _ maker, as he took ofl his glasses and the mountains, led, we believe, by old 1 ,viped them with his handkerchief. Sublette, a well-known captain of such j “l.ct me see your wat< h.” Among them Was John inatc no ticket. Prohibition threatene ^fass, who had been all his life among our business, and we Must protecjlj the mountains, and had seen number- V less TIIE CIRSE OF illEROZ. without it. Bros. rison hav.- b. en untiring in their ef- j ’ of Jul im forts to bring the paper up to iMngh ( ; . , , standard, and too much cannot be 1 he fl,llo ' vl "b' “"J ^ said in their praise; but it ..litters f^s »ere p.-eseut at Hore.ico not how hard they may work or how earnest they may be, they can not be successful nuless we give them a helping hand. Remember this pa per is published in the interest of the temperance cause, consequently we must *11 have it. Just before the morning session adjourned MK 8. A. Nettle^ ofjared de- Joel E Brunson, G C T, Hinuter. Rev J L Sifley, G C, Allendale. Miss Ida L Guess, G V 'I’, Den mark. Mrs J II E Milhous, G S J T, Blackville. Jos Lindsay, G H, Chester. E H Ktiame, G A S, Suniter. Titos. Black, G M/Bamberg. Mias Belle Thodjpson, U. D served at the coming election in JJ ,, X’ November, etc. A committee was ! iev .. *' Chrietzberg, ap|H)inted and reported on them in the afternoon session. Their report An Appeal to the Eighty Thousand White Baptists of South Carolina. [From the Baptist Courier ] At the primary election to be held the 3oth of August, the opportunity will be given to the voters of South Carolina to decide by their bullots for or against Prol ibitiou. If a ma jority of t he votes of the State are cast for Prohibition, then the next legislature will be instructed and feel duty bound to pass a piohibitory law, and there will be no killing the bill in the Senate, but if Prohibition fails of a majority of the vote, then the great plague of whiskey will con tinue to curse our p ople through the licensed barrooms. This question of Prohibition has come up not through designing politicians and office-seek ers, nor through “Prohibition cranks,” but through the influence and power i of the Gospel in our age. It is there- ! fore not dishonoring, but honoring the Gospel to vote for Prohibition. The Gospel has been the “schoolmas ter” to get us ready for Prohibition. Can there bea question of which side Christian men ought to he on, in this tight for Prohibition? I )oes any one d mht that barrooms are a curse, and the cause of untold miseries and evil to our State and people? Cuii their work of ruined- degradation be gera'ted? Are they not outlawed ourselves.” Mark t he last sentence: “Prohibi tion threatens our business, and we must protect ourselves.” Preachers, church members, voters, all of you who are opjiosed to prohi bitions see where the results of your work must be. Can you vote against prohibition? Can yon remain neu tral? Cun you?. Then yon ate ortlv helping the whiskey sellers to pro tect their business. The brand of-cain will rist upon tl e clergyman or the professed Chris tian who can do any such thing. He—Mancke—says, “oir associa tion is non jKiliti :al. anil intended f. r mutual protection!” Then anti prohibition preachers and churc members are “mutual” prelectors o ! the whiskey business- W'e feel like asking the devil noi to laugh at such fellows: They an to be pitied. H. F. Ch heitziieko. Prohibition Prohibits. P G C T, the afternoon session. Their repor calltRl forth a great deal of discuss ion and ended in the whole matter being laid on the table. The meet ing then adjourned until the 27th. A public meeting was held at night in the court house. Messrs. A. S. Rowell and J. Rice Smith ad dressed the meeting. Mr. Rowell's speech was brief, but full of good sound advice to those who have an Interest in this great work. Mr. Smith is a fine speaker, an 1 he could sway the audience at h's will. His illustrations were apt and to th< point. His wit fine, and never failed to bring down the house. His arguments were clear and good, and he proved them by quoting law, which defended his position. When he closed he was most nnananimnusly applauded; and we believe everyone present enjoyed his speech very mneh. At the morning session of the 27th officers for the ensuing year were nominated and elected. The install ation will take place this afternoon. Reports from the various lodges were in order, but on account of the election of officers this matter was pi s poned. The discussion of Jnve- n : le work was made a special order for this afternoon also. The rest of the session was taken up in the reports of committees, which are too lengthy to be recorded here. Several more committees reported at the afternoon session. The following officers were in stalled for the ensuing yean Rev. E. O. Watson, G. C. T. Rev. .1. L. S' fly, G. Conn. Miss Hetty Miirphy, 0. V. T. Mrs. J. H. E. Milhous, G. S. J.T. Jos. Lindsay G. Sec’y. W. L Bass, 0. Treasurer. Rev. W. J. Snider, W. Chap. Z. T. Kershaw, G. Mar. E. H. Rhatne, G. A. S. Miss Belle Thompson, G. 1). J. (1. McCullough, G. Mess C, E. Timmons, G. G. ‘ R» K. Wilder, G. Sentinel. J. E. Brunson, P. G. C. T. J. E. Brunson and C. A. were elected as delegates to W. G. 1m Col. T. N. Berry. Revs. J. L. Sifly and H. F. Chreitzberg, alternates. Juvenile work was also thoroughly discussed. A committee consisting of Bros- P. E. Rowell, 8. A. Nettles and J. E. Hendrix were appointed to confer with G. 8. J. T. in reference to Ju venile work, recommended that the charter fee for Juvenile Temple 1* fixed at $6.00. The G. C. T., G. Conn., and G. Sec. were appointed a committee an District Lodges. On motion of Bro. 8. A. Nettles it was determined to hold a night session beginning after the public meeting. . 11 P. — V motion to reconsider the action of O. L. in reference to bolding a night session was lost. Columbia. Sumter, No S—W R M. Smith tiie R. M Hurst, Ji, Mrs M M Brunson K Wilder and Rev 11 M Wood. Winnsboro, No 9—R H Jennings. Laurens, No 40—) H O’D II. Clinton, No48—D B McLaughlin and L A McCall. Easley, No 118—Miss Maggie Wells. Piedmont No D44—A S Rowell. Pelzor, No H57—J J McAber. Manning, No. 100, 8 A Nettles and Win (J Chandler. Grahams, No 189—Miss Ida L G ness. Elloree, No 180—J C Evans. Bamberg. No 191—A B Hootan, Thus Black. Salem, No 193—II D Kittrell. Chester, No 194—Miss C McEl- Jicnney, Thos N Berry L D Childs and Jos Lindsay. Rock Hill, No 195—Miles John son. Boiling Springs, No 198—E R Clement. Springfield, No. 199—L B Bolin and F E Porter. Jefferson Davis, No 202—W L Bass, W W MeCutehen, J E Me Cutchen, R E Morris and B Wallace Jones. Sandy River, No 206—MissSallie Darby. loiiicaster, No 214—J L Tillman. Jr. Camden, No 215—Mrs M E Schrock, G C Bruce, J A Smith and Miss Belle Thompson. Timmonsville, No 216—Mrs.! I, Traxler, W II Keith, Mrs E A Rol lins and Miss Lizzie Ragsdale. Bethel, No 218—B C Truluck and Miss Pauline Truluck. Blackville, No220---F M Mixson, W F Cross, Misses Jessie Martin, Clara Dodenhoof and Mrs J II K Milhous. Demaree, No 224—R N Low ranee and Rev II F Chrietzberg. Florence, No 225—Mrs J W Stroud, Miss Ruth Allen, Rev II B Browne, T N Rhodes. W R Hines. Cornwell, No 220—J M Grant and S C McKeown. Elko, No 228—H S Cunningham and V S Owens. Wagners, No 229—A M Jones. Cellar Swamp, No 230—J G McCullough and \V E Snowden. Rock Spring, No 231—II I Judy. Rocky Creek, No 232—A Gibson. Union, No 233—Misses Hettie Murphy, Annie Briggs, A W Greene and Thus B Butler. Lexington, No 237—Janies E Hendrix and P E Rowell. Leesville, No 238—Misses Lizzie Mooneyhan and Annie Driggers. Aiken, No 241—J Rice Smith. Double Pond, No 243—M Dycher. Williston, No 24.6—Dr W C Smith. Holly Hill, No 251—11 G Sheri- flan, Jr. Peniel, No 253—W E MeKnight. Clio, No 235—J A Calhoun and Miss Alice Medlin. Bennettsville. No 257—J Preston exagger by business, by decency and by reli gion? How then cun Christian nun and church members vote for their M Graham, L (.QnHumuu'e? Is there any doubt on which side God is? What reason then can a man claiming to be a God fearing man give at the juilgmcntfor voting against Prohibition and for barrooms? Remeinbe*,bn threi:, th it you will be judged for your voting, Christian men should always vote for God and never against him. Would any one dare to pray for the contin uance of barrooms, how then dare he vote fir them? A Christian man’s vote ought to go with his prayer. To pray against whiskey and then vote for whiskey is trifling with God and committing a sin not unlike that of Ananias. Praying one way and voting against yoni own prayer, does seem to me, to say the least, to be a kind of lying to God. Issik well how you vote, I charge you, O ye Chris tian men and Baptist brethren! Quit you like men in this fight for Prohibi- t'on, and agairfst the unholy licens ing of the liquor traffic, tmd come up “to the help of the Lord, to the help of the I»rd against the mighty:” Beware of the curse of Meroz, whom God “cursed,” yea cursed “bitterly,” not because Meroz fought against his people Israel, but because Meroz stood by and saw Israel sorepiessed i,nl outnumbered, ami didn’t help them. Meroz was cowardly nentral— was bound to help by friendly and I o'itieal allianic l/atw. uldn’t. Me- roz’s sin was simply that that they “l amenot up to help the Lord against the mighty.” Let there be no cow ardly staying away from the polls on the 30th-of August. A great battle is to lx- fought, that forGod and South ('arolina. May there beagreat gath ering of the laird’s hosts to the bat tlefield, and may the Lord be with us and give us victory. To this end let every Christian man and woman in the State pray and work. The side opposed to Prohibition will work and work desperately, but tl e. can’t pray for the success of their cause. They won’t be so wicked as to do that. IjOt us cry earnestly to God for help “against the mighty,” but let us set to it that earnest persevering, hard work giK*s with earnest believinc rnyer to God. Don’t let the friends of barrooms lie more earnest ami de- eriniiied than the enemies of bar rooms, as all Christian men and wo men are bound to he. Remember he 30th of August. Jno. G. Williams. The whiskey men are fond of cit mg Kansas as a State hi which Pro hibition has failed to prohibit. Every now a id thei, however, wo i re furn ished with evidence from unquestion able s ill tees that the claims of the whiskey men are not well founded. In a recent communication to the o lie Mission Society, the First Bap- tis church of Topeka, says: ^ we desire to reiterate out belief that Prohibition is the only prqpyj ^ a.id effective way of dealing with-lljp ^ liquor traffic. ‘"Li) Anl father, we wish to deny tin truth of all reports which dechn'i fiat Prohibition has proveiiu faflrae in Kansas. On the contrary, the Chief Justice of our State,d^iWytl but recently before our church 'that Prohibition is as well enforced as any criminal law upon onr stiltilt&j,Adi! that high license laws and low licafse laws, as shown in other States, Are violated a thousand times where the Prohibition law is viidmed lance in Kansas. This statement, made by him who occupies, the highest judi crarjiisition in our HtatV, OtcAt'cAr i v 'rent weight, and but voices the sen timent of a great majority of out citizens. We therefore recommend Prohibi tion to t lie people of every State in t he I’nion, and believe that aggressive work should be done by the church of God. And we ask and trust that our leiioniiinition may take such steps in he interest of Prohibition ns an commensurate with our numbers atm i leans. We respectfully commend the fore ,oing to the voters of South G’aroli- ia.--Baptist Courier. TALLEYRAND’S WIT. Tlin Kre cltuian Nevwr l.urktul For a Cot- ting Itetort. Few men whose snyimrs have been preserved have equalled Talleyrand in •he invention of cynical phrases, witty- but ill-natured. He was a master of words, and had a face so impassive that Marshal Lanneg declared that if, while speahlnjf to you, Talleyrand were to be kicked in the back, his face would show no sign of the insult An English writer, who likens him to a eat tliat scratches and bites, dealing wounds tliat fester and inflame, though the}- do not kill, gives some examples of his irribitiug wit The Director Rewbell, in a fit of rage. Hung an inkstand at Talleyrand's head, exclaiming: “Vile rmigre, your mind hi as crooked as your feet!” The witty cripple waited for his revenge. • “How are things going?” asked Rew- bell one day of the prince. “Crossways, <u vuit mr’’ reniicd Tal leyrand, Rewbell squinted. M. Simonville bad a reputation fot exciting adventures and hair breadth escapes. On the present expe dition he and a companion were one day passing through a cherry thicket in the lllack Hills when Glass descried a largo grizzly feeding on pig nuts. He at once gave the alarm and both men crept cautiously to the skirt of the thicket They took careful aim and fired their guns at the same moment Both balls tp$k effect but not fatally. The bear, gro'MJuur with pain and fury, charged upon Mflpes. "Run for shouted Glass, “or we’ll be made meirt of, sureassho lin’!" Both men bolted through the thicket, but the heavy brush obr^ucted their progress, while the weight and strei.gth of the grizzly bpre him on, and lie w soon close JSfJon the men. They uiiiu- agedtogtft through the thicket, how- and were hurrying across a little opening toward a bluff where Glass tripped and fell. Before he could rise the bear was upon him! Glass did not lose his presence of mind, but discharged his pistol in the brute’s face. The next moment the bear, blood streaming from his nose and mouth, struck the pistol from his enemy’s hand, and fixing his claws deep into the poor man’s flesh, rolled with him to the ground. The hunter strug gled manfully, drew his knife and plunged it several times into the body of the furious animal, which was tear ing his face and body, baring the bone in many places. Glass, weak from loss of blood, at length dropped his knife and fell over in a fi^k. Bill, who hfikl waTOed the conflict up to this motnei^ too badly dazed and terror-strickei^Ko do anything, now thought Glass ms dead, and ran to the mp with the awful tale. The captain sent a man back to the spot with BilL They found the bear dead and stiff, ly ing on the body of the unfoi’unate hunter, whom they likewise called dead. His body was torn and lacerated in a shocking manner; and the,bear, besides the three bullets in his body, bore the marks of twenty knife state, showing how desperately Glass had fought. The two men collected their lute com rade's arms, removed his hunting shirt and moccasins and left him beside the carcass of the grizzly. They reported at the camp that they had bnried him. In a few days the hunters moved on, and soon the fate of poor Glass was in a measure forgotten. Months elapsed, the hunt was over and the trappers were returning with their peltaetothe trad ing fBITT^Wn their last evening out. Just as they were making ready to camp, a horseman .was discerned coming to ward them, and when he drew near the hunters saw a lank, cadaverous form, with face so scarred and disfigured that scarcely a feature was normal. “Bill, my boy,” called the stranger, as he rode up, “you thought I was gone under that time, did you? Hand over ray horse and gun. I aiu't dead yet by a long shot!" What was the astonishment of the party to hear the well-known voice of John Glass, whom they had supposed dead and buried. The two men who had left him for doad. and thus made their report, were horrified. Glass, it appeared, after the lapse of he knew not how long a time, gradually recovered consciousness. He lived upon the carcass of the bear for several days, nntil he had regained suflieient strength to crawl, when, tearing off as much of the meat as he could carry, he crept down the river toward the fort He had suffered much, but had reached the fort eighty miles distant alive, and concluded his story by declaring: “I’m as slick as a peeled onion.”—Youth’s Companion. YACHTING DRESSES. rattema of Some of the Uowne VVoro on Sen Tripe, A new design for serge yachting gowns has a bodice smixithly fitted, like a cuirass, from the throat to the waist, then curving out on the hips, and evenly all around. This plain bodice is banded across with row after row of red or blue braid edged with gilt—a very effective trimming on a white serge cuirass. A short Figaro jacket of the white serge covers the top of this corsage, and extends only two or three inches below the armholes. It is cut in sharp Vandyke points, and bordered with four rows of the braid, greed and selfishness, and for doing I The sleeves are one extremely large nothing that did not promise to be for P“ff to ‘he elbow, then are close below, his advantage. This describes exactly and nearly covered there with rows of the character of Talleyrand himself, braid. The round skirt escapes the but that fact did not prevent him from floor, and is bordered to match the jacket. A sailor cap of white serge is The Mail and Exp: ess man handed over his timepiece, ami the old man handled it carefully. “’Veil, my boy,” he said finally, “bear in mind contlnu illy that a watch Is, in its way, almost r s delicate a piece of mechanism as tiie h nnan system. As it is necessary for a m in who wishes to keep in good health t i take his meals regularly, so is it neiessary to feed a watch at regular intei vals. You feed a watch by winding i., up. Therefore have a certain hour for winding your watch and never deviu tc frpm it. “In this ease there ire probably one hundred watches. N< t one of them is running. On this rael. there are eight een, and all are going. I wind them the first thing in the -or ling, start them with the one in the lower left hand cor ner. They get their n.eals regularly. “You can regulate y >ur own watch if you will only study its peculiarities. See this little arm. Well, if your watch is rutiniug slow, turn that arm with the blade of your penknife a trifle toward the letter ‘F.’ If it is running fast turn in the opposite diree -ion toward ‘S.’ Don't move the arm more than a frac tion of an inch, for if i hat will not suf fice your watch needs a watchmaker’s care. “Don't open the inner ease of your watch more than is absolutely neces sary. Every time you open it dust sweeps in upon the works, and it takes very little dust to put a watch out of order. In nine times out of ten when a watch is brought to me to be cleaned I can tell with my glass the business the owner of the watch ollows. I exam ined a watch the othei day and told my customer that he worl ed in wool. He admitted tiie fact. 1 had found small particles of wool in the works of his watch. “Have a chamois ease for your watch, pr a chamois lining to your watch pocket. It preserves toe ease and keeps it from getting scratched. I have heard men say that a watch with a chamois case will keep bcttei time than one without sueli protect on, but that is nonsense. “If you work near electric instru ments or ride on electric cars, you should have your wab h demagnetized. A few years ago such nn operation cost a great deal of money. Unprincipled jewelers would tell a customer that in order to make a thorough job of it every piece in the watch vould have to be treated independently—first positively and then negatively—in order to receive a magnetic or electric equilibrium. I have known watchmakers to charge- twenty-five dollars for demagnetizibg a watch. - , “The real cost is almost nothing. There is a machine Lor the purpose. You place the watch on the positive side and then on the negative. There is no more work about it than there is in the baking of a loaf of bread.' “I have heard men say that it was impossible to take r. sick watch to a jeweler without lieing told that the trouble lay in ii broken main spring. But how littli- men who wear watches know abort mainsprings. Broken mainsprings i mio as a sort of epidemic. Don’t laug i. I am simply telling you a fact A year ago this spring 1 was flooded with watches, the mainsprings of which had snapped. A peculiarity of the br -aking was that each of the twenty-fivi or more turns to the spring was sever id and tliat tiie breaks were in a strai; lit line from the center to the circumference of the spring. “Every watchmaker in New York had an experience similai to my own last spring. We have oftei compared notes, but we have bceu unable to account for the epidemics, except ipon the hypoth esis that atmospheric i onditions arc tiie cause. What those conditions are, re mains to be determined. It has been asserted that when th ■ northern lights are tiie brightest mail springs are most apt to snap. You pn bably remember tliat in February the aurora borealis was phenomenally brilliant, and yet during tliat period n » watch witli a broken mainspring was brought to me. I can’t account for the phenomenon, and I don't believe t iere is a watch- I maker in Now York who knows more about it than I do. “Now let me say a few words us a sort of finale. The b.-st as well as the i cheapest watch movements in the world ; are made in Ainerieu It's all well [ enough to talk abou Swiss watches, but let me tell you tlm' in point of nceu- ] rate time-keeping tliei : never has been made a five hundred dollar Swiss watch that was a whit supt rior to a twenty five dollar watch in America.”—N. Y Mail and Express. A DWARF ARTIST. The Story of a Little Man Who Won Re nown. Gibson, commonly called the Dwarf Artist, was born in 1015 in the north west corner of England, where the picturesque crags and peaks of Cum- berland are mirrored in the beautiful lakes at their feet. His parents were in very humble circumstances, and his father tended sheep and tilled a little farm. In those days dwarfs were in such demand among the nobility tliat poor people were inclined to regard the birth of one ns a piece of good luck for the family: and when it became known tliat Dame Gibson’s baby was a very small specimen of humanity, all the kind neighbors came in to congratulate and perhaps to envy her on account of what the future might have in store. “He's a bonny wee bairn, indeed,” ex claimed the mother, who was not alto gether of this way of thinking. “Many a small babie has made a big man. and God grant he may reach the height of his father; but little or big, not a lord nor a lady iu the land shall take him fra’ me—no, not even the king hissel’ and she clasped the infant tighter to her heart “We’ll see about that when the time comes; but little he is, and little he’ll be, and small danger that anybody’ll want the boy, much less his majesty, God bless him!” replied an old beldam who was blessed with a larger family of grown-up children than she could well care for. The woman’s prophecy as to the in fant's size proved quite true, for he was always “Little Gibson;” but she shot wide of the mark regarding the royal favor. The child's intellect developed much faster than did his body: he grew fond of outdoor sports, and archery and drawing became his favorite amuse ments. His bows and arrows were made of suitable size for him by his father, and his pencils and crayons were home-made. When Richard was a tiny, toddling boy his hands and face were seldom free from the black marks of the lead that he always carried about with him. He used frequently to be found roughly sketching on some piece of board or plank any scene that pleased his fancy. Sometimes it would be a flock of sheep with their shepherd, or again the out line of the lofty mountain-peaks that surrounded his humble house. For archery Ids eye was as true as for sketching, and that is saying a good deal. At an early age, however, against the entreaties of ids fond mother, his father was persuaded to take the little fellow away from his outdoor sports and pas times and to carry him to London town. Here he was known for a time as the Cumberland pigmy, but he disliked be ing placed QA exhibition and he missed the free air of. his native hills. The rd'ses were, leaving his cheeks and he waA be>g5fftdng to droop, when fortu nately he attracted the notice of a rich and noble lady, who lived at a place called Mortlake. This kind dame took a great fancy to the little dwarf, and wanted him for a page. His father, by this time grown quite tired of London, readily consented to allow the child to enter her service. The old shepherd, who was out of place iu a big city, parted with genuine sor row from his sou, and speedily returned to the sheepfold in tiie mountains, while Richard went with his mistress to her fine house at Mortlake. His duties were light, and his spirits re vived in his new home, which was close to the famous Mortlake tapestry-works, at that time under the direct patronage of the king.—St. Nicholas. ETRUSCAN TOMBS. E making the unpleasant trait the occa sion of a bitter jest. “How is Simonville?” asked Talley rand one day of a gentleman. “Oh. very well, monseigneur. He is even growing fat" “Simonville growing fat? I cannot understand it." “Why not, monseigneur?” “No, I cannot understand what inter est Simonville has in growing fat!’ banded with tiie braid. Royal middy suits for yachting are of blue or white cloth of very lightweight made with a little jacket reaching only to the waist and open in frbnt, with tapering revers and a square collar. Bright gold and red braids forming a wide galloon are the gay trimming. The skirt in slight bell shape is at tached to a pointed belt, which is also Madame de Stael was suspected of 1 braided. Surah shirts with two frills Prohibition Don’t Prohibit. Yorkville and Bounetteville were | Gibson and Geo W Vaildill. From the Broad Axe.] Who Hiiyw so? Saloon keejx'rs and whiskey drinkers. Then saloon keep ers and whiskey drinkers are the main ones who want whiskey. Why is it then that they contend against prohibition s» hard? Why? Gannot any simpleton answer? 1‘rohihition does prohibit. Here is what Mr. Julius II. Mancke is made to say in the Colum bia Daily Register, July 30—Mr. Ju lius li. mancke, a member of^the Liq uor Dealers Association, was seen yes- painting herself as the heroine in her romance of “Delphine,” and Talleyrand in the character of the greedy and arti ficial Madame de Vernon. "They tell me," said the wit, meeting her shortly after the book had appeared, “tliat both you and I are in the book, madaine, disguised as females.” One evening a person asked Talley rand's opinion on a certain subject “Oh, I have one opinion in the morning, another in tiie afternoon, but none in the evening,” said the cautious states man. Charles X., affecting a heroism that was foreign to his nature, once said to Talleyrand: “For a king who is menaced there is no choice between the throne and the scaffold.” “Your Majesty,” replied the wit “for gets the post-chaise.” It was not long Ix-fore the revolution of 1830 compelled the king to make use of Talleyrand's suggestion, and to flee in a carriage from the Parisian mob.—Youth’s Com- uanion. „ —“John,” she said, gently, “you are interested in temperance movements, are you not?” “(V course I am," he an swered. “Well, suppose you go and make a few of them with th: Dump- handle. I need a pail of water .fight a wav.” ._ .— down the front and turned-over collar are worn in white, red, or blue, as most becomes the wearer. A white suit with a red shirt is very pretty at sea.— Harper's Bazar. He Welshed HU Words. He was a ponderous preacher, or rather Ids sermons were ponderous, and the young people of his congtegauMi w*rs prone to complain of th— “I always weigh well wna*> » , «a my sermons," lie said ta a M* »»i —SI parishioner with a shor* eci—e. “Indeed!"she respond#*faif** 1 * you use hay scales?"— 1 |hsak»ad4g -“You look pule —* »*•' barter’s wife, when hs MMtedW «MWa ids day’s work. ‘Tvu U "auMg day,’ said the barber. X JpMMg MU- low came in this morning nio Mkavtd so like a puppy that I nude a MMMm and cut his ears instead his hahr.’te- Uarper's Bazar. •lam. Gooseberry jam is me of the most delicious of our preserves, if it is made as it should be, when the fruit is not fully ripe and still retains the acid flavor of the unripened berry. Full off the stems mid tops from three pounds of berries, w ish and put them over to b >il iu just wnter to cook them. A half-pint will be suflieient. Let them cook for about twent- minutes. Then add about three pounds of sugar, or, it you like a very aui I preserve, two pounds anil a half. C, ok the sugar and fruit together ten oi tifteen minutes longer. Four it into n-urmaladc jars or jelly tumblers, and when it is cold cover it with brandy papers and seal it up, or cover it with paper and a layer j of cotton batting pi sled over it and then another pap -r. When cotton i batting is used, it is tl e te-st protection ; preserves or jelly cun have, and it is not necessary or desi ralde o put braufiy pa- i per over it, but it is <li sirable to >ave a layer of thin paper ts twen the tAtting i and fruit, and it is n- eetsary to have a layer of paper over t ic batting in pre- ; vent its being puiiot jred in hurdling ! after it is scaled up. Frescrves Sealed up In cotton butting are not fcltclj Id mold as those put away UteAndy espc'’-—N Y. Tribune. —The blindest men are tlio «•?*■ who -tali they have no faults. —R*uii litre. Some Remarkably littereating lll.roverle. In the Cemeterlea of Ktrtirla. The Egyptians made much of their dead, but the Etruscans seem to have made almost more, since we hear of cemeteries sixteen square miles in ex tent, while in their provision for the comfort of the dead in the matter of chairs and tables, pictorial adornment of walls, and ample supply of all useful implements for daily life, they fell no whit behind. These tombs seem to have tecome larger and more useful as treasure- houses as the race increased in prosper ity and riches. In the earliest form of sepulture the cremated body was placed in an earthen vase, sometimes simple in form and sometimes shaped like a little hut, decorated with simple arabexquo designs, and this was buried in a pitliko excavation, generally lined with tiles and having above it no sign or mark of its existence. In their earliest burying places many small objects of clay and bronze are found, generally toys or small articles of toilet, knives, helmets, etc., and in a few rare cases the bettei made of the bronze articles are gilt The urns containing the cremated-dead were gradually superseded by larger cottins and the bodies were no longer burned. In these cottins finer speci mens of work of all kind arc -found, and’ gold jewelry becomes more and more frequent; but it is the latest form of burial, when the richer persons were laid to rest in large chambers, highly decorated, and containing many vases and much treasure of gold and silver, that lias yielded up the richest harvest of black and red vases of ex quisite workmanship, gold jewelry si finely wrought that it is quite beyond been so carefully organized and well conducted that probably we are already in possession of specimens of all the best of the many kinds of work done by the Etruscans, although doubtless there is much more yet to be discovered. M. Castellan!, a jeweler of Rome, became one of the most ardent seek ers and collectors among these old storehouses, and he made great efforts to produce work resembling the granu lated work he found on the finer pieces of gold-work. He found that there ex isted at St. Angelo, in Vado, a remote district in the Apennines, a traditional knowledge of this particular art, neck laces, ear-rings, and other ornaments known as “navicelle” made there close ly resembling the old work both in de sign and workmanship. Neither M. Castelini, however, nor his workmen succeeded in producing the grains of gold as small as the older work, and how it was done remains a secret to this day. Many other antiquarians have devoted themselves to the exploration of these old Italian tombs, notably Cam- panari at Toscanella, the Marquis Cam- pana at Ciera, Frince Torlonia and M. des Vergers and Alessandro Francois at Vulci, and to these gentlemen and many others we owe a great debt of gratitude, not only for their indefatigable energy in the face of difficulties of all kinds, but also for their success in revealing to us a glimpse of the luxurious lives the art-loving race of Etruria must have led, as shown by the treasures that have been preserved side by side with the bones of their quondam owners. — Cyril Humphreys-Davenport, F.S.A., iu Harper’s Magazine. THE CHARM OF A VOICE. Sweet Toned More Attractive Than Actual lieauty. “I remember,” said a well known writer, “the first ‘queen of society’ that I met. She was a Scotch woman who married an American while he was in Europe. Rumors came before her to his home of her brilliant success iu London society and in the Austrian court, where her brother held a diplo matic position; and when she arrived with her husband the society of the lit tle city where he lived was soon at her feet. “I was a child of twelve visiting in a country house near the town. “One morning some one said: ‘There comes Madam L.’ I ran to the window to see coming through the frees a stout, freckled, red-haired woman without a single agreeable feature in her face. “1 was amazed and disgusted. But when she came in and talked to me I sat breathless under a charm never felt in my life before. I was her slave from that moment Her fascination was wholly in her voice. It was low, clear, musicaL Tiie woman’s nature was ex pressed in it—unpretentious, keenly sympathetic, but above all, genuine. It was her one power, but it was irrt>-_ sistible. ” The charm of a sincere, sweet voice never fails to influence us, though we are often unconscious as to what it is that has touched us. Madame de Main- tenon is said to have maintained her power over Louis XIV. when she was old and ugly by her strong sense and exquisite voice. It is strange that while young people are so careful to improve every advan tage which nature has given them to make themselves attractive, they neg lect this, probably the most wonderful of all. Voices, it is true, differ naturally in sweetness and range of tone, but they may be trained as thoroughly ix sneaking as in singing. The first aim should be to rid the voice of all affecta tion. It may be hopelessly harsh and unmusical; but it can always be mada clear and natural; your own, not a lisp ing imitation of that of some other per son. Be careful, too, to speak from the throat and not through the nose. A throat-voice is easily controlled and subdued to the quiet distinct tones used by well-bred people. —Fhiladelphia Fress. TABLE MATS. How to 1'reveut the Scratching of Ta bles. Now that many persons are using ele gant mahogany tables without covers, it is important to make provision fo» the safety of the high polish which is considered necessary. Heavy articles placed on tiie tables are quite likely to scratch it, and this means refinishing it, or a great deal of hard work. Mats for placing under heavy articles may be made of squares of table felt covered with silk or linen. A very pretty mat for a large piece is made of one of these squares covered with China silk and edged with a narrow rulfie of lace. For every-day use, where the mats are likely to be soiled, they may be made with linen covers arranged after the fashion of a pillow case. These covers can then be removed and laun- dried and replaced, and are always fresh and attractive-looking. Fine lin en with a hem-stitched rulfie or a bit of lace edging is very dainty. Squares of wool felt with covers are also used. Where hot articles must be placed on the table, it is well to have a bit of wicker or a straw mat which is covered with table felt above and below, and then with a fanciful cover, or one of embroidered linen. Any one who is skillful in folding napkins may have the foundation of It Took Her I.miner TOM' Rowne de Bout-r-What 4id say when you got IiohS l| Cross? Chris Cross—First tell mt I time you have to spare Rowne de Bout—AbosA tea Chris Cross—Then I Mai 4 Puck. .. —. Qamso (to Threds) Noi i how many clerks ire tin i who can’t tell th truth* •M/ntfa* smA&S Threads (highly ind {iiant)—dfcil Cumso—Oh, well, do I’t be crate <vttea4 it. How many are tin re, counting jam, I then?—Brooklyn Life. | tiie powers of modern experts to guest straw and felt, and then fold and ar range the napkin to receive the dish in a sort of calyx fashion. Cosies of various sorts are popular. Each has its special stiape and patterns of all kinds may be had at the fancy stores, or one can arrange them sons to have an entirely original set. This is very easy, all tliat is necessary being to place the dishes to be covered on the j table and pin paper patterns around them, fitting them as one would a gar- | ment. The patterns can then be re moved, laid together and cut exactly alike, when they can be readjusted and perfectly fitted before cutting out the cloth. A little practice in this line will ena ble one to make charming novelties, thereby avoiding tiie monotony of pat terns which one is sure to get from fancy stores and professional design- •rs.—N. Y. Ledger. ‘Hie cost of the American revolution mo, of course, only be estimated, siu< e no authentic data arc: available for an exact statement. According to the besr information obtainable, its cost to the American colonics was about $13a,000,- 000, and to England the expense of the war exceeded $500,000,000, besides the loss of 50,000 soldiers and the American in what manner it was made, and mud other treasure. Naturally, the most beautiful specimens of art recovered from the old burial-grounds have beer preserved in Italy, and in the Musec Gregoriano and the Musho Campanil it Rome are splendid collections. Nearei home, however, is to lie seen some fine representative work of the Etruscans, both at the Louvre iu Faris and the British museum in London; ami at the old Hermitage palace at St. I’etersburg is a largo and splendid collection ol gold-work of Etruscan origin, that was discovered mostly in the catacombs ol ICerteh and in the scattered graves oi the Crimean peninsula, and in tombson the shore* of the Cimmerian Bosporus. The dUoovcrles of these depositories have Wan generally of recent date, but noTOrtheless tiie explorations have Until similarly Amirreit. Miss Calumetia Dearborn (of Chicago) —My watch runs fast. Miss Russellina Dorchester (of Bos ton)—My horologe, also, is inclined to exercise too excessive an acceleration in the movements of the elements of its mechanism. —Jewelers’ Circular. J) THIS PAGE CONTAINS FLAWS AND OTHER OFFFCTS WHICH MAY APPEAR ON THE FILM.