Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I ■fr'-c: “IF FOll THE LIBE11TY OF THE WOULD WE CAN DO ANYTHING,” VOL.III. DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1892 NO. 1(3. GOLDS, COUGHS, GROUP Sore Throat, and Bronchitis are liable to invade the household at any bour ol the da; or night. They often come when least expected. Before the doctor can reach you, the' consequences may be serious or oren fatal; but,.with Ayeh’s Cueiuiy Pectoral in the house, you are assure^ of speedy relief. It soothes the inflamed membrane, loosens the phlegm, stops coughing, and induces repose, Every household, In which thort lire young children, should be supplied with Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, l!Iq raising a lamb"I hare mod ly, I hare had occa-, Blou tq om remedies for eolds, couffhl, IP (fqqp,ete.,an4 mu familiar with most of the prenantipw reoommwtded ter these pomjdalnts. Ay«f<s Cherry Pectoral fahes the lead. % Use that altogether now,w. Mortarty, Opelousas. La. repeated testa la my family, Pectoral has proved It- Bronchitis ootds, thera- dlsordert of Cured by the throat sad lungs. It effects a onto whoa ordinary medicines fall."—A. W. Bartlett, Ptttafleld, K. H. M I use Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral in prof- sroaoo to oay other cough wodlclno."— Post Master, Capon Bridge, W. Va. Ayer’s Cherry Pec. toral with happy re sults, and consider it a necessity in my household, recom mending it aa a remedy tor colds and coughs,"—P, H. Acevedo, San Domingo. "One of our customers, a lady, was afflicted for a long tlmo with chronic bronchitis. la the summer of 1890, after having used various remedies without benefit, she tried Ayer’s Cherry Pec toral, and almost Immediately she was relieved, and In a short tlmo com pletely cured."-B. S, Webster A Co., Udora, Ont. "I find that whore all other cough med icines iail, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral proves suooossful. t, —Ji ft. White, Gilead, Ind. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral fhpanii hp Dr. J. 0. Aytr A Co., LovhU, Mau. Hold by DrugyUlt ENrpw^ft. Prompt to act, gure t» sum BOOKS. Stationary Novelties. ■ SCHOOL SUPPLIES I SPE.CIILH A}1 Sejiool Bppks have been rp(iiicp4 • ' iji pjiloe gtooe Ja«t tmm . Toys, Wagons &c. . Full line small Musical Instruments, ‘ ..V • -r- - PIANOS, ORGANS «&c. DABUN6T0N BOOK STOKE. E. C. ROTHOLZ. J -i- later Mats is Iasi hi Persian Hulls, in very neat design. ^Iseijt Sheer Stripe and P|ald Li^wps. Ilyw stripes, black ground and handsome figures, Linen chambrays. Inunenw line of ParasoU with pretty handles, Ladles' summ-r undervests. 10 cents and upward. Silk* mlUi in all length*. CORSETS! We have six grade* of the 11. A S. corsets; best value for the mony, The largest assortment of cream and black laces In all widths. W« hare open up some very desirable Point DeJenes, Point De Guipure and Point D* Irlande in white and ecru. Our - MILI.INBRV ts Still conducted by Mlse HAootd iditSs, who ks proven to the Itb’les that ur she osn and tries to pies m. Jgj lout till It requesteil. E.C ROTHOLZ, MAIL ORDERS promptly attended to. - Ill :ii; •• L.i «h : i . John G. White, Darlington, South Carolina. Stoves, Tinware, Pumps, Piping, House Furnishing Goods, Bolts, Tobacco J, Flues, <fec. . ; (>.i '' * • ■ ' * t l » " , • • ^ i • l ' • ' * Dor Stodi, aii vo cai Plea w." i ' r S' t l* • . • ' ;'./ r # «9f| p H Ortirrt fw Ih. A HOC LAW, A COW LiW. A Sheep Law, A Horse Ltw, and no Pog Law. The laws of South Carolina provide for the recovery of damages commit ted by all our domestic animals ex cept the dog, whether the owner of such auimal-bc of standird responsi bility or not; and recent decisions of the conrts have added onr poultry to the list, and the “poor dog” has been left out in the cold. Why is this? Is the whole race of dogs so insignifi cantly small ami worthless? Good authority states that onr dogs out number our sheep nud hogs com- binod, and all owners of good, dogs into their value as high, npon an average, as sheep and bogs sre held. I, for one, have always had a place for good dogs on the farm and am willing to pay all damages they may commit Upon tliy neighbors' proper ty, and only desire a law that wlllre- qnlre all other owners of dogs to do the lame, and to keep them at their own expense. If a trifling, lasy, thriftless negro,' or "hoodlum” white m, living in the suburbs *' town OF other place, does flo| feed his pfiw or hofj it will’ naturally starve and die; but his dog will not. He.,will climb over, dig under, or go through the imalleet oraok, in or out at tho gate, or broken window pane. He will stand at the corner and wait, or go ten miles around to eome hen’s, nest, slop tub or sheep pasture, or coru field—he Cannot be starved out) be will ilaVe his living at sUmfe one's expense, and the law should provide a dog fund to pay hts board bill, or -kill slioh dogs Us ate considered a roving nuisance. Some good cliixeus advocate and practice p^omisqiqiis slaughtering w'ith the shot gun qr poison, qs we ha'C Ufl low to reach such cases and no way to collect damages for such depredation; bnt I trust that our law makers will agree that our growth in civilization has now advanced beyond the age when the shot gun and poison should be the only resort to defend our proper ty. We farmers pay our proportion of taxes which go to pay the expenses of our courts and government, and it is but fair that the irresponsible dog-, owner and hjs dpg b,g looked after by the law the same as other animals are, and not force the otherwise law- abiding citizen to splice out the laws of our State with his shot gun or poisou. Let’s have no privileged characters among us, neither rich or poor, high or low people, or spotted dogs or “yaller” dogs. Unjust discriminations and partial administration of our laws are no doubt at the bottom of a large pro portion of our neighborhood feuds and law suits. Where the dog law is good outside of the sheep-fold: A farmer toasted that he had kept sheep sixteen years and never lost a sheep, woke up one morning and found his whole flock killed by dogs in a single night. He aqd hffl friends killed nine dogs the next day before noon, and he got shot in the leg himself, besides shoot ing through a man’s hat in a fuss over a dog; made about a dozen life- time enemies among his neighbors, got into a law suit with two prongs to it—all in one day. His sheep are all gone and his spirit and courage in this enterprise, along with the pe- cuuia .y loss of his hard turnings, went with it; but his enemies still stay. Now, |f We had u dog fund to pay such damoges-^or in other words a law to defend anti protect this class of property—this man, no doubt, would have gone quietly to the au thorities, collected tho damages, and went abont his business; and could have afforded to retain his reputation as a law-abiding bhU peaceable citi zen. Will our paid servants of the State, who are sworn to udministei the law in equity to all men and to preserve peace among men,, take charge of this .case. -Let ^ no hungry negro or vvhite man kill a sheep or rob a ben’s ne«t and the law will hunt him down with guns and pistols, while the roving, mongrel dog that commits the same act es cape* outside of the law. How much better cun a dog be than its own er! If your cow, bog, horse or sheep get over into your neighbor’s grain field, the animal nmy'be held and •oid lo pay the damages; but his dog may come ever to your yard, rob H*ry hen’s nest in it, dig under the dairy, turn, over bud destroy all its content*, eat roaeting ears all the season, or kill your sheep, and you have practically no redress, if *hU owner has not a property-value above the homeiteod.—Cotton P>mt. J. C. SttUlUip. hmdletofl, & Ci IV* Tea Dbllar Immigrants. It is a suicidal policy to allow this country to become a swarming place for the ten dollar immigrants of Eu rope. It is agreatprivilege for a foreign- laborer, who has everything against him in England or in any nati.m on tho Continent, to take up his lot in America, where the drift of oppor tunity is in his favor. Ont of respect for our institutions and for ourselves we are bound to make that faot known to the whole world. also bound to be discriminating and to say in sharply defined terms that a certain class will be welcomed and that a certain other class will not be received under any circumstances. If a man living in Germany, Eng land, Italy or anywhere else has any capital ou which to build, the capi tal of brains, or the capital of skilled labor, if he is industrious and honest and has a dean record—if such a man wants to come here, and pro poses to adopt this country as his home, to earn his wages here and to spend them here, bur latch string is on the outside. . But when a horde of ten dollar immigrant* alight ou onr shores they are us Undesirable aS a clutld Of lo- CUsls, for they alight on the labor market, in onr mills, every place where something to eat can be found, and leave nothing but low wages and general discontent. There was a t|me in America when We had millions of spare acres aud when our population was sparse. In those old duyi—now a part of onr ancient history—wo were engaged in building the o le hundred and seven ty five thousand miles of isilroud which make tteurly every State look like a spider’s Web. We could then make available every one who bad a pair of strong arms with which to swing a pick or use a spade. But the complexioa of affairs- has seare^ changed, and it is necessary for us to 0 j nnelfle change with then. The country is iu danger of being glutted, and it behooves Congress to order the sluice gates shut down. We must say to the world:—If your people want to come to Americaiend the best you have and we w II receive them; if you send your worst we will reject them. This country is no ua- lion’s cesspool, y-qu can’t empty your almshouses on these shores. We are not a dumping ground for your criminals, your paupers, your lame, halt and blind—your ten dollar im migrants.” In othef words, we should treat tho subject according to business methods. If a servant girl applies for employment iu a family we de mand, first of all, a recommendation fnqm her former mistress. If a clerk is searching for work he carries with him, as the sine qua non of success, cei ta'n letters which vouch for bis honesty and ability. If a skilled workman becomes discontented and throws up his job be has a right to ask of his employer an indorsement, and armed with that he feels secure. Why should we not reqit'mof every immigrant also bis letter of recommendation? Why should weal- low the whole riffraff of crcatiou to come herey oilliei to become a burden on our charitable institutions or to lower tho wegCsof our own laborers by a Cut throat competition? We have already had too much of that sort of thing. If a foreigner has notified the near est United States Consul uf his in tention to emigrate, and the Consul, after due examination',' has pronoun ced him a proper person, let him come, by all means. Wo have room enongh for such persons. But for immigrants who have neither capital ir, nor skill, who never earned a living iu their own country and will never earn .one here, we have no room what- ev.f. Popular opinion throughout the country is running In this direction and Congress will do well to take heed—N. Y: Herald. AAvMlagM of Education. Sueccst fnl Parmer (whose eon has been to college)—"What was all that howlin’ you was doin’ out iu th’ grove?” Cultured Son—"1 was merely showing Miss Bngbteyes what u col lege yell is like.” Farmer-“* , Well, Iswanl Colleges .’i some good after all. I’m goia’ into town to sell some trnek to-morrow. You kin go along an’ do th -New York Weekly, LIVING ON LOW WAGE. HOW - TWO younTj fellows man aged to exist IN NEW YORK. Tirolro Dalian a Week Dues Not Go Vcrj For in a Ill(- City, but Those Twn Dennonilcal Men Made Their Money Go a Pretty Good Distance for a Tlmo. A magazine writer, who claimed tc have investigated tho subject, recently stated that there are several liundredl of young and old bachelors in this town who BjKtnd All the way from #10,000 to ♦75,000 a year tor their personal comfort There is>certain delirious excitation ’ *Mch wants the policy. evw in ^Wlng the details of how these P® 116 ” who ,nfonu hini ‘Hat fne mo All Eminent i > oHticiun. How any one should ever desire to be- ;ome an eminent politician pusses one's somprehension. It is amazing. He Is everybody's slave. Me is the slave of his party, ho is the slave of the wire pullers, he is the slave of the press, he is the slave of tlie great British public. Let him refuse obedience to any one of his owners, and before he can say Jack mson he is out of the running, smashed, aone for. We are told from the house- !ops that tho great Mr. Blank is going to make a declaration of his policy—his policy, wind. I doubt If th* great Mr Blank has very much to do with the dedaration « the policy either It is (he party It t* t, is the press which has warned him of the lars a week, for instance, the account oi. i le receives tho doctrine, hot pressed, cut how a #711,000 per annum bachelor words and dried, which ho is to preach. Onu off ennui and retains his flesh reads like , may venture to doubt if he over had a a saturnalia. , policy which ho could legitimately cull I know the effect of all this on a #20 a his own. He would scarcely be the week man, because 1 myself belong to great Mr. Blank if ho had. the #S0 a week class. .Twenty dollars a | It is the rank and file of the party week is about IJI,000 a year, and I have who -have policies, ideas, theories of had u lot of fun out of life for tho past ' ' ~ three years on that sum. 1 know a lot of other (ellows who do the samo thing, 1 for #20 n week is about the average in come of half tho neat looking chnps wearing chrysanthemums pinned to ker sey (op coats that you run across In the course of a day. When 1 came to this town from a farm their own, Tho great Mr. Blanks are like BiwngoR. They nra codden with moisture which they receive from every side. It is rained on them from a thou sand waterspouts. This mixture of all tho rains of all tho heavens, when squeezed out • by their several proprio- toi'ki, drop by dr< p, is 'called their policy. Surely an eminent, a truly eminent, in western New York, 1 thought the politician Is tho most wonderful work of man who offered mo a permanent Job os man.—All tho Year Bound salesman nt n salary of #13 a week was widely extravagant, for 1 had alreod; learned Some rcrimplud lessons. It dL nut take me lung to (ind but hii’ ihistuito, and so 1 devised u system of expendi tures, and though in live yeures my in come has increased, as 1 have told you, 1 have stuck to it ever since. Here it isi I discovered to my complete satisfac tion that a single man can't get any sort of nourishment, comfort or reposo in n boarding bonce in Now York city for lens than eight dollars a week. Even the eight dollar variety of Now York' wife, hoard is not in all respects desirable,' man, and when some dismal experiences had, and I wondered' whether 1 ought or hummerod this knowledge into mo I set : ought not offer to pay my faro through about to (ind a better scheme. In the, the three changes ot transportation we same store with mo was another young must make to reach our destinuliotl, follow, who was contributing his colos*! "All doubt, however, was quickly re- sal Intellect and energies for twelve dol- J moved by the cause himself, who loaned lars a Week, und Wo entered into d tJOU-, over, sifter finding his own coin, with spiracy to shako off ft^oVet the land-, tho inquiry, ‘Got your tuppence ready?' Indies Who were getting most of our pay. 1 I found over Iheru that even when a We decided to hire a room together ’ U»an was taking you about by invitation und to got our meals in pot luck fashion car fares, etc., woro to be individually The MallSr of Cor Vdtu*. Speaking of embarrassment In tho matter of car fares when a mule friend going tho same way as yourself is en countered on route to bridge or ferry,' a woman says; "I really wish there was an Inviolate rule, us there is among Eng lishmen. I remember soon after my ar rival in England happening to meet as I was boarding an omnibus an English friend, to whoso house I was bound at tho moment by appointment will; his He was a reserved and distant though scrupulously courteous, —"hustle for our grub on the outside,” os my chum put it. After a pretty caro- •ful search,^ bit upon a large, com for t- ^ * tewvoom in the homo elderly widow in Harlom, whom wo soon jollied into the belief that wo were the salt of the earth, with tho re sult that she couldn’t take too good care of us. Wo agreed to pay her five dollars a Week for that room, which took #2,50 of toy wages, When we had stuck Up ou tho walls the cabinet photos of ou the girls we knew, and had distributed looked after. 1 wish tho matter were so absolutely fixed hero.” It would seem as if tho question is readily settled lu a doubtful case by leaving It to tho man. Part of the mat ter is disposed of absolutely. No man in America would think of asking to es cort a woman on a trip abont tho city without assuring elk Its expenses. In tho matter of u chance encounter then.- can bo no harm in making tho effort to pay one's fare, which, if tho man pre fers to do. way bo permitted without the knickknacks which these girls bad | protest,—Her Point of View iu New given us, the room looked simply, im- York Times. 1 (#414* *-A*» v meiise. The sating problem was then to be overcome. Alter sundry experiences wo adjusted it ou this basis; Breakfast of rolls and good coffee in a little shop a block from where' we lived, 15 cents; luncheon of a sandwich, glass of milk and piece of pie, in a lunchroom near the store, 15 cents; first class entire din ner, from soup to French coffee, in a neat little obscure restaurant which we run across, US cents. Total for day’s eating, 05 cents; for the week (of six working days), #8.90. On Sunday wo stuck to the week day programme as far a* breakfast aud luncheon were con cerned, and paid fifty cents, for a good Hun day dinner. Thu* a week’s good, substantial food costs me #4.70, which, with the #2,50 room rent, amounts to #7.20. It costs mo sixty cents a week to ride to and from my work. Figuring at ten cents a week for my Press, seventy cents is added to the #7.20. My smoking is confined to a couple of pipes every even ing, and a ten cent package of tobacco seas mo through the week, Total, eight dollars. * 1 have a permanent arrangement with a Celtic lady to do my washing for fifty cents n week, and I have my collars and cuffs polished at a laundry at a wee Jr t? outlay of. tv»,vuty-fivocents, Total, #8.75. •,'Ohiee every week 1 invest one dollar for two balcony seats at a first class thoatef—#0.75. 1 invariably lay aside tWo dollars a week for raiment of all sorts, fixed on this basis! Two dollafs A Week is #104 a year. 1 have two suits of slothes every twelve months, each suit costing uio tweuty dollars, and 1 can gef natty clothes made to (q'der at that 1 fig ure. f don’t got a new overcoat, every Wlhteri nut when I do 1 get a good, well made heavy ono for fifteen dollars. Cull It fifty-five dollars. Two pairs of shoes at four dollars a pair got me through a year, and two hats, also at four dollars each, are my allowance fq; the twelve months. Twq pairs of gloves a winter, at one 'dollar, a pair, keep my hands sheltered from the olasts, and eight fifty cent cravats ore enough .for the year. This figures up seventy-seven dollars, and tho remaining twenty-seven of my dress allowance of #104 a year are spent in collars, cuffs, underwear and soon. Tho #75,000 a year bachelor will be tstonishou to road that I am frequently referred to os a man who "looks as though he had just jumped qut of a bandbox. ’ When I have laid aside the two dol lars q week fot dress 1'have just #8.23 left for inlarity und tempestuous plung ing into the boisterous stream of New York life. It very frequently happens that 1 have some of thisetill iumy right hand pantaloons pocket when 1 get through the week. That’s the way I live. 1 do it because it’s A ease of must, although I never have a poverty stricken sensation.—New York Press. A Lucid DctmltloHi A flostoh editor, asked to define th* difference between A cult and a fad, K e to tho emergency in this manner! "A ‘fad’ Is anything that arouses evan- Meant mentality, while a 'salt' is any thing that inspires bsma&eot ificuul- ltr, ,r -?bU*4efphi« Ledger, A SOLDIER HERMIT. Clencrul rieuKoutou's Life of Utter Seclu sion In a Washington Hotel. "Alone in a great city; practically a hermit amid the throngs of the nation's capital; livtug a life of comfort and con tentment, but a life of seclusion and ex elusive retirement.” Sueli was tho answer given in reply to an inquiry a few days ago regarding the welfare and whereabouts of Major Gen- iral Alfred Pleatonton, whose name and fame a few years ago were on the Iijik of nine-tenths of tho American -people and tho records of w' ot the great*** Cavalry Ie*dst*,nf out war Would (Ul volumes Of graph)' exploit* as .-Uyeblpta^li noL-sbe AUo|Wa«llua tl;*-water* vast The Heart of England, In tho midst of thoold city of London, whero the heart cf human life boats fastest, etends the church of 8t. 8 with- in’s, an old edifice rebuilt by Wren upon its ancient foundations, but recently re duced by modem taste to a most com monplace uir of comfort and newness. If tho curious traveler will step out of the passing throng and edge his way through the hucksters of flowers and stale fruit squatted around the church, he will find imbedded in the bluish slabs of its foundation a largo oblong stone aa gray ns tho heard of Time himself. This is Loudon stone, erected by the Romans half a century before tho birth of the SaViour as tho central milestone l or point of their positions in Britain. From it ail roads, divisions of property and distances throughout the province were measured. It has been recognized as tho heart of England, from which all its articles flowed, "by every historian, dramatist or antiquary known to English litera ture.” A feeling has always existed among Englishmen about this stone which was not altogether superstition, tfiut; as all was in 'a certain way the base of the stability of England,—Youth’s Compan ion, CtallSty Audiences, "Gallery audiences,” said A Veteran attache of oho nf Philadelphia's theaters Apparently in-the full possession of aii bis menial faculties, and with noseriou- physical ailment, this man of genius, ;• soldier of two great wars, and explore' nearly fifty years ago of the then un known domain of our great western ter ritory—an Indian fighter of great re nown, a traveler whoso face rind flgur were at one time well known in even court of all the great powers of the Ul World, a scholar, bon vivutt, wit am most companionable of all the ugrecabi public men of his day—voluntarily b; took himself to his private apartment i- a Ming little hotel in tho very heart e Washington ou May 15, 1890, and ha not since been seen or talked with by all told, more than a dozen of his felloe beings. And, with two or three oxeep tions, those who have seen or talker with him since that date haVt! been o: those hecessary to him hi administering todiis personal Wants.' There was a bill pending in emigres to retire him as a brigadier general. Hi felt that so much us that reengnitiot was liis duo at the bands of tho countn ho had served so faithfully. lie huii been u major general in command of tl|< cuvulry corps of the Army of the Polo mac; ho had fought the first foal cavalr- fight of tho War at Brandy Station, Jum is, 1688, und then and there proved hi: superior abilities as a dashing and al most invincible commander; had me; and thwarted the advance of tho cneim npon Gettysburg, holding Lee’s nrimc.- iu doubt and abeyance until -Meade’s in funtry came up to light the decisive bat tie of tin) war ( tinil had never been found wanting When duty and patriotism re- buifetl liis pmfcnco cither iu camp or in iho field. Tho eanvnsback, tho terrapin and all tho dishes lie relished so highly in day; of yoro have Item; abandoned, bnt he 1ms everything liis appetite may crave, and with gcod digestion waiting upon it lit eats to live and contentedly remark, that lie no longer lives to eat. In other matters liis habits are regular, fur, lilu clockwork, he gets all tho daily papers, keeping well pcstfldregardiugtho affair of tho world of winch ho is part ami parcel, but which ho holds away off a; arm's length, and with which he oeso dates us little as possible. No one of tho few who see him eve; thinks of asking him a reason for thi. most marvelous change in his inannci of living, for they know it would bt useless. In fact ho has resented several inquiries of that kind in such a muuuei as to show that they are extremely dis tasteful to him. General Rosecrum wroto to him about n year - and a half ago asking about his health and othei questions that any old timu friend would bo apt to ask, bnt ho did not answer the letter for months.—Washington Star. Character tn tho Walk. To the attentive cyo hone of tho ordi nary gestures or movements betrays pe culiarities of individual character more plainly than the gait—the sailor’s roll ing, tho soldier’s stiff, tho countryman’s jolting gait aro immediately recognized Slow steps, whether long or short, sug gest a gentle or rcflectivb state of mind, as the ease may be, while, on the con trary, quick steps seem to speak of agi tation and energy. Reflection is revealed in frequent pauses and walking to and fro, backward and forward. Tho direc tion cf tho steps, wavering and follow ing every changing impulse of the mind, inevitably betrays uncertainty, hesita tion and indecision. - Tho proud step is slow and measured; tho toes aro conspicuously turped out, the leg is straightened, hi vanity the toes arc Luther tonre gracefully turned strides a little shorter,.and there is Very often an affectation of modesty. distances were reckoned from it, so it ^' P t t00 ,, symbolizes surprise, was in 'a eartnin n-nv ttm tmiia *t'« 1 discre.iou or tuyulei yPoll Mall Gazette. Tuned I* for Wueiicr's Miis(e« "Bill," said the pi,-no pterebant to the man who swept the i-lliee, “I want you tq go down the street and tune a piano recently, "are made upof'som'eafVkl » family. They’re iu a great hurry most intelli -out plavgoers. to tho city. or * wouldn’t ask yen to do it, but the playgoers, to tho city. Young mett of. jnodferato iucomes pre vail. bbt’often wealthy youths go among the gods, as tbeir elevated station af fords in many resiiocts the most advan tageous place from which to view tho stage. Tho receipts from tho gallery, moreover, are a very importw-t B«m, and tho people in it Jugood work in leading the applause, Edwin Booth always be*, gins an after the play speech by gazing up at tbs gallery in recognition of its en thusiasm in greeting him. “Lawrence Barrett was always popu lar with tho gods in Philadelphia, and h* used to say their applause was as a re freshing drink to him. For tho most part tho gallery audiences were well be haved, critical and intelligent, aud for tnysolf 1 should feci sorry to see them relegated, in this city anyhow, to the ’pit,’ as tho English call the parquet."— Philadelphia Pres*, Travel Iu tho East. How winderful and ever present U the contrast in eastern travel to all lib and movement at homo. No heavy carts and lumbering wagons jolt to and fre between the farmyard and the fields. No light vehicles and swift ‘ equipage.- dash past on macadamized roads. Alas! there arc no roads—and if uo roads, how much less any vehicles or wagons. Thatched roofs and tiled cottages, lanes and hedgerow* and trim fields, rivers coursing ixitween fall banks, beyond all the roar and sudden smoky rush of the train—theso might hot exist lu the world at uU» und do hot exist in the world of the Persian, straitened and stnuted, but inexpressibly tranquil in his existence. Here all i* movement and bustle, flux and speed | there everything is imper turbable, immemorial, immutable, view, •""fwita mxI tb« ftttiiM quvttUm," regular tuner has 'gone for the day." "1 can’t tune pianos,” replied the man. "Oh, yes, you can," said tho dealer cheerfully. "Just open the Kd and you’ll see a lot of keys. Give ’em a few twists so as to tighten tho wires, thump on the keyboard like a crazy man Tor fifteen minutes, charge them four dollars and then comeback iulimo to put the coal in.” And the sweeper did it; That evening the daughter of the house remarked to her fiance: "How charmingly he tuned it! I was never able to play Wagner's music so deliciously.”-Now York Herald, i. Iiigratltmlo or Parties. The ingratitude of party is proverbial. One need go no further back in search of an example than tho first Lord Iddes- leigh; instructivo stories have been told of tho ingratitude which was shown toward him. The late Robert Lowe did something for his party ouco npon a time. What did his party ever do for him? But the examples which, on a moment's reflection, occur to ono’s mind arc too numerous to mention. A man may, and frequently does, give all—time, money, intellect, his whole life—to tho so called public service, to bo shelved at last. Aud suppose ho is not shelved; suppose, that is, ho dies in harness. What then?—All the Year Round. * Driver'* Chuff. Bus Driver (to conductor of opposi- Hon bus)—Tvie ttnow'd yer ever since yer was born. I know'd yer poor mother ; she had two on yer at that time. Ono .was a werry nice llulo liny, t'other was half iildlot—a sort of a brown ptiner tel ler. The worry iilee littlo boy worry youuff, no did.-London TiC-LiU. 'ir • ‘ .‘y*i MOURNERS BY THE SEA. By tho side of tho sea three mourners palo i Sat idly watching an idle sail. “Where eauk your bl»ii>?“ Ono turned her head. “By the sweet Spice islands it lies,” she said. “Aud often I fancy on .days ! l kc theso Their breath floats to me o'er southern seas.” “Where sank your ship?” “By tempests tossed. On a shore of ainlicr and pearls ’twos lost. “Oh, often 1 dream of its beautiful bed And tbe rainbow gleams that ore round U v shod!" V , 'JP. .. JMt» Does &Ue kpt)# not. rbeivber H„r Itaf ship lies fi Tuwwlclce. —Christian RegisUr. Tho Action of a Spinet. The spinet instrument was an improve ment upon what was known as tbe clavi chord, the tone of which, although weak, was capable, unlike that of the harpsi chord or spinet, of increase or decrease, reflecting the finest gradations of the touch of tbe player. In this ism-er of expression it was without a rival until tho piano was invented. Tho early his tory of the clavichord previous to the Fifteenth century rests in profound ob scurity, but it is said that there is one bearing tho date 1520 having four oc tavos without tho D sharp und G sharp notes. Tim spinet Was tho invention of the VotlCtiiMi tipinetta. Thu action is unique. Tim Instrument is similar to a email hamdoliord with ono string to each not«. Tim strings ur« set in vibration by points of quills els- voted on wooden uprights known as jacks, and tlm depression of tho keys causes tho points to jsiss upward, pro* dueing a tons similar to that of a harp. Springs are Used to draw tlm quills buck into position, Tim keyboard is arranged in u manner after tho present ntudyth piano.—Prorldonco Journal, Similarity lu ttio h’nuios of I’evM, Several peers havo names nearly nlike. There aro Lord Amherst of Hackney, and Earl Amherst, There are two peer* with only the difference of a letter in the spoiling of their names—the Earl of Lindsay and the Earl of Lindsey, the former being a Scotch representative peer ami tlm latter un English peer, There is only Urn difference of a letter also in the names of Viscount Midluton aud Lord Middleton, blit there is a dif ference in rank Which makes the dis tinction easy. •• •• There aro several instances in which tho territorial title is ueeusiiui'y to distin guish peers, the more liotublo being Lord Stanley of Alderley and Lord Stanley of Preston, and Lord Howard de Walden und Howard of GIossop. Formerly Lord Willoughby de Broke and Lord Wil loughby do Eresby sat in the house, but the latter lias been made an call, aud will henceforth bo known ua the Earl of Alienator.'—Loudon Tit-Bits. Tho Titles of Unuks. A book title, like a woman’s face, ought to bo pretty. And if u bewitch ing, diaphanous veil, in tho shape of A slight curiosity reusing cloudiness of meaning can be thrown over it, so much tho better. Readers delight to bo half taken iu by books, just as men do by women, so long—aud this isumostim- fiortant proviso—so long as their vanity iR not piqUod, The object of a title should be to seem simple, unless, naive and quito naturally charming, but this as in tho case of so many of its feminino analogues—is often to ho attained only by the most done animate art—Black wood’s Magazine. , Two Greatest of Stump Collectors. The two greatest stamp collectors in Iho world were M. Philippe Ferrari, son of tho late Duchesso do Galliera, and tbe czar, whoso collection is said by experts to bo worth 3,000,000 francs. Ho began to make it when lie was czarowitz, and has been adding to it ever since. M. Ferrari, who cast away a fortune, or rather several fortunes which he con ceived to bo ill gotten and said he had no right to inherit, hoards stamps ns misers hoard money. Ho lias quantities, which ho says will bo valuable to his heirs should he live to a grout uge.— Loudon Truth. The Value of a Hussion Ucurd. Tho Russians h id an old law by which- anyone who drew hair fruu another’s heard should be tincJ four times as much as fur cutting off a fingt^md the im portance and vu)uu-of tho api>enUsge1» further illustrated by the fact that, although the low; of a leg was estimated at 12 shillings, the loss of the heard was estimated at 20,-English Illustrated Magazine. A Girl Colonvl. Littlo Dot — You think girJy isn’t brave. Thu queen of Holland is a little bit of a girl, and mamma road in the paper that she was a colonel—so therel Littlo Dick—Hull! The paper said elio wne only a colonel of infantry, Mua’ bo a baby regiment.—Good News. Some curious pipes have been found in tho vast guano deposits of Peru, tho date of which is fixed by scientists, to whom they havo been submitted as co equal with tho famous Peruvian pot tery, the Eleventh or Twelfth century. If tho sun gave forth sounds loud enough to reach tho earth, such sounds, instead of reaching us in tho space of about eight minutes, as light does,would only arrive after a period of nearly four teen years. A Now England college uumtiers among its students scholars from Kioto, Japan, Thessaloniea, European Turkey and Iceland. Henry of Navarro was saved from death at tho massacre of St. Bartholo mew by hiding under his wife’s immense fardingalc. General George B. McClellan, wha Was a prime favorite with his men, be came bndeared to them as "Little Mac." At Dundenong, Australia, there is «' blue gum tree w’hich has an.estiinated height of 450 feet. It is beflived to bt; the tallest tree in the worldMi OrtTernl Philip Kearny left an arm ico, and was known amorn "Uan Ann*4 BML'Ij- ■Sjff* i in Mexico,; njun AS"Um