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i TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C.. AUGUST 9. 1883. ESTABLISHED 1848 OUR A NOELS. Oh! not y> ith any sound they come, or sign, Which fleshly ear and eye can recognize; No curiosity can compass or surpass The secret of that intercourse divine Which God permits, ordains, across the line- The changeless line which bars Our earth from other s t ars. But they do come and go continually, Our blessed angels, no less ours than Hi-'— The blessed angels whom we think we miss, Whose empty graves we weep to name or OvJ* | And vainly watch, as once in Galilee, One, weeping, watched in vain Where her lost Chiist had lain. Whenever in some bitter grief we find, All unawares, a deep, mysterious sense Of hidden comfort come, we know not whence; When suddenly we see, where we were blind; Where we had struggled, are content, re- • signed; Are strong where we were weak— And no more strive or seek— Then we may know that from the far, glad skies, To note our need, the watchful God has bent, And for our instant help has called and sent, Of ali our loving angels, the most wise And tender one, to point to us where lies The path that will be best— The path of peace and rest. SET WITH THORNS. Rose Gurney came slowly down the broad path, and pausing before an old- fashioned red-rose bush, began to select with dainty fingers some partly-oitened buds which she fastened with deliliera- tion in the knot of lace at her bosom. A broad straw hat, with a scarf of white muslin shaded her features; and her morning robe of white lawn daintily ruffled and draped in spotless purity, the little nosegay of roses being the only bit of color about her. Philip Grantley, smoking his morning cigar under one of the big elms, stepped forward, tossing the fragrant weed aside, and doffing his straw hat. He was a fine looking fellow', with wav ing, jet black hair, and bold gray eyes; and when you find such a combination— black hair and gray eyes, you will gen erally find a will as indomitable and im movable as a pyramid. “How do you do, Cousin Rose?” he said. The young lady surveyed him with great calmness, quite ignorant of his ex tended hand. “I suppose you are Mr. Grantley,” she said with the slightest possible bend of her head; but I am not aware of any existing relationship between us.” “No? Then I am not,” rejoined the young man, philosophically, as he drop ped his neglected hand into the pocket of his loose flannel coat. She looked at him with some perplex ity now, but his face was inscrutable. “May I have a rose. Miss Gurney?” he asked with great politeness, his eyes fixed upon the little cluster at her bosom. “Oh, certainlyl Help yourself!” with a little graceful gesture towards the blos som laden bush. But he only glanced upon it with a smile and turned away as the breakfast bell rung out an imperative summons from the house. “You will come in to breakfast?” said Rose, with a stiffness not at all natural to her. “How very kind you are,” murmured Philip, languidly, as he sauntered on by her side. “Papa, how can you expect me to marry that man?” cried Rose, an hour later as she joined her father in the library. “Is he not agreeable to you ray dear?” queried Papa Gurney, a shade of anxiety drifting over his handsome face. “Agreeable? why papa, he is the most —insufferable man I ever saw! Such ceolness, and such insolent grand seignor ways. Why, I wouldn’t marry him if he was the last man on the face of the earth!” “Well, well, Rosamundi, there’s no compulsion about it. ” And Mr. G urney smothered a sigh. “But I had hoped you might fancy each other; the boy’s father was an old friend of mini. At least you can treat him courteously while he stays w r ith us. He is our guest, re member.” Rose left the room silently, with com pressed lips. “Treat him courteously,” indeed! Conventional courtesy seemed utterly lost on this young fellow, who made himself so entirely at home, who was discomposed at nothing. In the days that followed, Philip was like the girl’s shadow, waiting upon her with the most scrupulous attention, yet not hesitating to criticise her playing, her singing and her riding. Rose quarreled with him unconsciously. As for Philip, he was as impertubable as mortal man could be. After all he could be a most delightful companion when he chose. Rose reali zed this when on rainy days he read ex quisitely bits of her favorite authors, while she busied herself at sewing! or when in the long scented twilights he re lated strange adventures in far-away countries. There had not been the slightest word of love between them; therefore it was a good deal of a surprise when Philip, lin gering with her over the piano one lovely summer night, said suddenly: “Rose, will you be my wife?” With her heart in her mouth, and angry astonishment in her wide eyes, Rose answered directly, “No sir!” Philip did not seem to take her refusa much to heart. He drummed out a little opera snatch rather absently on the white keys, and presently went out on the lawn for a smoke; whiieRose, very much dis turbed, ran up to her room and came down ho more that night. The next day Mr. Guniey was stricken down with paralysis. He was quite conscious, but as helpless as a little child, with no control of hands or tongue. The attempt at speech, the wistlul en treaty of his large eyes, wrung the heart of poor little Rose, who was sure that he desired to communicate something to her. When Philip came to the bedside, that same dumb, passionate beseeching glance went to him. The young man seemed to understand it. He bent over the stricken man quietly, and said, with his hands upon the poor helpless hands on the spread: “I know what you wish to say, my dear friend. Do not lie troubled—everything is right. Be comforted. Tears gathered in the old man’s eyes, and he motioned Rose and the house-keep er from the room. They could hear his voice low and steady and soothing; and w'hen they returned Philip went away, but the anxious, eager, expression was gone from Mr. Gurney’s eyes; and when, later, Rose questioned Philip concerning ter father’s uneasiness, she got no satis faction. It was then, in the days of her sorrow', that the girl learned the real nobility and gentleless of Philip Grantley’s heart. Never was there such an unwearying nurse as he. He took all troublesome duties upon himself. Rose gladly gave the reins of governmeut into his steady hands. Rose thought with a dreadful heart sinking of his departure. She broached the subject one day. “Mr. Grantley,’’she said, “Ifeelthatit is selfish in us to lean so thoroughly upon yon- We must learn to do without you. Some time again if you will viisit us when papa is better—” Her voice broke here; everything in the future looked so hopeless, and she knew' herself to be young and inexperienced. He was watching her attentively w'ith very gray eyes; and when she paused he took her hand and drew her unresistingly in the circle of his arm. “Rose, do you want me to go away. She shook her head. She dare not trust herself to speak. “Rose, I will not attempt to disguise from you the fact that your father will never again be well. Some time, perhaps months hence, he may regain the power of his speech. But, Rose, he will be an invalid always; and I am going to ask j'ou to let me share with you the care of him. Ileis dear to me, and I suit him. Rose, dear little red Rose, I want you for my own; we need each other—don’t you see? Can you love me a little?” She w’as weeping wildly in his arms now, and he w aited for her to grow calm er, and then led her to the sick room. Mr. Gurney listened, with such un mistakable rapture and assent in his eyes to the young man’s story, that Rose could not doubt what the desire of his heart had been. They w r ere married very quietly a few weeks later: and then a few words from Mrs. Barton, the housekeeper, opened Rose’s eyes, “So you are not going to leave the old place after all, Miss Rose?” “Leave the Hall? What do you mean, Mrs. Barton?” “Then Mr. Grantley has not told you!” • XXXO “Miss Rose, just before your father’s illness, he had decided to sell the old rouse, as he had met with heavy losses. Mr, Grantley bought the place of him in order that it might not go into the market ; le has probably been keeping this from you in order to save your feelings; and I must say, Miss Rose”—with the respect ful freedom of an old servant-“you have got one of the kindest-hearted gentlemen in the country.” Rose went silently in search of her hus band. When she found him in the libra ry her face was very pale, and her eyes very big. Philip.” she said, “I have just learned that this house belongs to you.” “What’s mine is yours, my dear; and what’s yours is—” But Rose had thrown herself upon his bieast and was crying heartily. “Philip! How rude, and unkind, and ungenerous I have been to you. who are so noble!” “Softly, little one! You are always my own red Rose; a little thorny, perhaps, but that is the nature of roses.” Home Lite lu Brazil. Tomato Flour. The Italians dry and pulverize the pulp of the tomato. Large districts ere devoted to the culture of the fruit for this purpose, the plant being usually raised between rows of vines in vine yards for the sake of economy of land. The ripe fruit is macerated in water, and when reduced to a thin pulp is strained to take out the seeds, cores etc., and then spread in the sun to dry. It is afterward ground and put up for market. There seems to be no reason why evaporating ovens, so muon in use for drying less succulent fruit, as apples, might not be utilized in this country for preparing tomatoes by dry ing. Of course powdered tomato might not supersede the canned fresh fruit. Its chief use would be for soups, sauces and other auxiliary uses in cooking. But there are many consumer! of the fresh tomato who refuse the tinned canned tomato from fear of the action of the acid of the fruit on the leaded tin of the can, the resultant being in their estimation a virulent lead poison. Tomatoes put up in glass--quite high- priced—have therefore been welcomed by lovers of the fruits—or vegetable. Possibly there is room here for an ad dition to our list of dried or evaporated food articles. Hudson Kiver Excursions via Pennsylvania K. K. Commencing Thursday, the 5th instant, and conrinu'.ug on Thursday only until further no'ice, this most delightful of all the one-day ‘ixcursions will be commenced by the Pennsylvania R. R. by rail to Jer sey City, arid thence via the favorite steamer, “RicLyrd Stockton,” to West Point and Newburgh. The beauties of the Hudson river has** been pronounced by great travelers as eq al to any in the world, and by some said to exceed the world-fa mous scenery of the Rhine. Certainly there is nothing to compare with it in point of convenience and cheapness, as the entire tnpean be comfortably taken between early breakfast and late supper. A special train to connect with the boat will leave Broad Street Station at 7.00 A. M., on Thursday only, to stop at Powelton avenue, Ridge avenue, Germantown J unc tion, Frankford Junction, Torresdale, Bris tol, and Trenton. Connection will be made at Trenton by the train which leaves foot of Market street at 6.20 A. M., which train stops regularly at ail principal stations be tween Camden and Trenton. The tare for the entire round trip is only $2.50; children between the ages of five and twelve, half price. The streets of the business parts of the city of Para are very narrow'. A few are well paved with limestone., im ported at an enormous expense from Portugal. The other streets of the town are macadanmed with the one sort of stone that is common in Brazil. Tins common stone is composed of very small quartz crystals and ochre cement. It is exceedingly soft, and under the heavy wheels of the clumsy vehicles rapidly crumbles to a fine, red dust, which would lie intolerable but for fre quent wetting. Street sprinkling is wholly performed by the clouds, and as this section lies in the zone of calms a daily shower is expected. It usually falls about 4 p. m. and with so great re gularity that daily appointments are made with reference to the rain No “outlandish invention” could so thoroughly wash through the best pav ed parts of the city, and it is to be boil ed that no other sprinkler would leave such wretched pools of water in the fine red sand of the macadamized streets. Winding among the elegant dwellings of the more wealthy classes of people the streets are wide and beautifully planted with trees of various sorts. Sometimes the palm is chosen and sometimes the far-famed “ siik-cottou ” trees are planted, but by far the com monest are the mangoes. Brought from the East Indies, the mango flour ishes in luxuriant beauty and its thick, clustering foliage forms one of the most striking features of Para, making this city stand out in bold relief among the other individualities and peculiarities of various Brazilian cities. In studying the habits of birds there is nothing more interesting than to mark each tribe’s special manner of constructing its nests. So, too, in mak ing the acquaintance of a new i>eople, nothing seems more important than a consideration of their houses and home life, and they are first to attract the at tention of a foreigner. One might naturally expect wood to be the most common building material in a country of such vast forests of huge trees. This however, is far from being the case, There are only about a half-dozen saw mills on the whole Amazon river; con sequently home-manufactured lumber is not abundant and all of the stone used in building is imported. But the clayey soil bordering the small streams and many parts of the larger rivers makes brick a far cheaper building material and it is also a much better means of protection from the fierce heat of tropic suns. The outer walls and even the partitions are built three feet thick, in order to support the crushing weight of the heavy earthen tiles of the roof. The outsides of the brick houses are sometimes colored 1/iiiX, Vllup, Kiouii, jbllvn WlllbC, l_'Ut they are for the most part covered with porcelain tiling, in which blue and white predominate, but in which al most every color or combination of col ors may sometimes be seen. This til ing is always of the same form, five indies square and nearly half an inch in thickness. Sometimes one piece forms a design, but commonly it takes four of the pieces set together to form a figure. The figure is fastened either with cement or with mortar on the brick walls. When not of glass the outer doors are almost invariably paint ed bright green, and without exception both windows and doors open in the centre and swing on hinges into the room. In many cases blinds or “ lat ticed windows ” are used in place of glass windows, and these are frequent ly suspended at the top, so that they may be turned outward and propped into a kind of awning for the windows. The outer doors and windows are all provided with wooden shutters, which are made to exclude the hot sun and are faithfully closed to shut out the night air, of which the people are so much afraid that every house looks like a dungeon when its inmates are sleep ing. Jferhaps one reason for these well- nigh hermetically sealed windows and doors is found the fact that vampire bats abound, and they are sometimes so bloodthirsty that a strong horse that has been exposed to their ravenous ap petites for a single night will be stag gering and weak in the morning. They seem to be possessed of very fastidious tastes, and the bats that fieely bleed one person will never be known to bite another, even if the two individuals are sleeping always in the same room. But to return to the houses. All the doors of a common dwelling-house are wide and high enough to admit two mounted horsemen riding abreast. As for the interior, paper-hangings are not very common, the walls being covered from the floor to a height of three feet with glazed tiling, like that used for exterior walls, and the remainder simply whitewashed to the ceiling, which is made of wood and painted white. Sometimes for better ventila tion the ceiling is constructed of slats that are arranged in diamond form and the diamonds expand in size from the chandelier to the edge of the room. Insect life is so vigorous and so en croaching that even oilcloth is not com mon and other carpets are out of the question—even the most elegantly fur nished houses only boast of a rug or two. The floors are, however, quite ornamental, being composed of alter nate strips of light and dark wood. The roofs, as 1 have said, are tiled, and the red tiling is made in oblong, curv ed pieces which are so laid on the wooden frame that the roof is of con tinuous and parallel rows of earthen gutters; the scalloped edge of the eaves being hidden in nicer houses by build ing the front wall a foot or two higher than the roof, and placing upon the top of this parapet a row of porcelain or marble vases, urns or monster acorns and beautiful statues. Among the flowers and shrubbery of the gardens there is often a fountain and around their marble basins statuary is arranged. No high winds or winter frosts ever blight the verdure in this land of perpetual summer, and every yard with its sanded pavements or its gravel walks is provided with a high iron fence, over which no thief could possibly; climb. Above the head of him who passes the guarded entrance a pair of crouching lions or porcelain dogs seem to threaten violence to him who enters unbidden. Some of these gates are provided with bells, others have only the cord of the house bell dangling in the street, at the mercy of many a saucy and mischievous boy, who catch es the cord as he ruiis and is far from the reach of the angry servant who comes to answer tlie summons. Door bells are not the most common means of warning to those approached by visi tors. Knockers are seldom seen, and as the heavy doors would never echo from tapping knuckles, the only way would seem to be to call out for admit tance. Not so. The Brazilian pauses on the threshold of his neighbor’s castle and claps his hands two or three times 1 Sometimes this sound of clapping will be heard under your window, aud stay- ping to the balconyilt is according to chance whether you will be saluted by a beggar, by one of your best friends, or by a man who most respectfully in vites you to purchase a ticket to a circus or a sleight-of-hand performance. The poorer classes and slaves live in a sort of house whose floors are of mud, whose walls of sash-like framework are filled with unburned clay and whose roofs are covered with the well-dried leaves of the “ thatch palm.” Cremation in the EhnI. Among the Hindoos, as every one knows, the process of cremation is common, and at Berares its practice may lie observed at any hour, alike be neath the burning rays of the noonday sun and by the light of the pale moon. Many a poor sufferer strains his last ef forts to reach the shore of the Ganges, there to die on the hallowed ground. The expense of wood for the funeral pyre being too great to secure the burn ing of the whole body, it is partly charred, and then sent to float down the holy stream into the eternity of the sea. The w'ealthier Hindoos are more formal in the disposal of the dead. Af ter bathing the body in the river it is swathed in a shroud of white, scarlet or saffron colored material; sometimes even covered with cloth of gold or sil ver, some vermilion paint, symbolizing the blood of sprinkling, is then thrown over it, and the body is laid upon the pyre, After adding sweet grass, pre cious oil, and more wood, the chief mourner bears a lighted torch three or nine times round the body, touches the dead lips with the holy flame, and lights the pyre. Then it is kindled in several other places, and in a very short time the body is consumed by the flame the ashes are gathered up, and the Ganges bears them away. In Japan cremation is not so publicly performed. A plain-looking house in the comer of^the'lSountry cemetery, » uii HI Igir ■ i side or eight low stone enclosures, serves as a crematory. The body, iq,a sstting attitude, is plac ed on a heap of dry fagots in one of the enclosures, and when after six or eight hours the fire is burned out, nothing is left but a tew white ashes, those are put into an earthenware urn and buried with or without religious rites. The burning of the bodies is not compulsory in Japan, but Buddhists of the Monto sect are nearly without exception cre mated. The town crematories differ only from those in the country by their tall chimneys, by which unpleasant odors are kept from becoming troublesome to the neighborhood. There is a small room kept separate for the wealthier people in which they have their dead burned apart. For the use of this pri vate apartment they pay twenty shill- lings, while those who prefer to be burned in company pay about the fifth part of this sum. The fuel only costs about one shilling. From 8 p. ji. to G A. M. the fires burn on the granite sup ports wliich are laid on the earthen floor, and from each of these hearths the ashes are gathered and put separa tely into an urn. There is no smell to annoy any one, and no nuisance. Terri ble as cremation may appear to some, the process is far less hideous in its de tails than that wliich has its slow course in the deep narrow bed into whicli the flower-covered coffin is lowered from our sight. An AeHtlietlo Kitchen. John Gilbert’ll Boot*. Flngft For the NuUon. It is wonderful now pretty even a kitchen may be made to look by the woman of aesthetic tastes. Calling on a lady who, tired of boarding, dabbled in “light house-keeping,” she showed us her kitchen with pardonable pride, iretty cluna was displayed on shelves, brackets, and in a tiny cupboard; Japan ese scrolls, fans and plates hung upon the walls, and there was nothing about the room suggestive of cooking except an innocent-looking oil stove, which stood on a box curtained with chintz, bearing printed figures from the opera of “Patience,” in soft, »ithetic colors. A breakfast-table stood at one side of the room- -which was little larger than a hall bed-room—a pretty dressing-case occu pied one corner, and the only remaining corner was filled by a small wardrobe. “But where do you keep things? Where are your kitchen utensils—your kettles, lins and broilers?” With a smile our friend pulled aside the curtain which bung below the oil store, and there in a box were all the utensils necessary in cooking. Further investigation revealed the fact that the dressing case was only used to hold groceries, while the wash- stand concealed tbe tin dish-basin, soap, etc. Market baskets, tea towels, work aprons and the like were stored away in the wardrobe. “How do you dispose of refuse scraps; truit and vegetable panngs and tbe like!” we asked, bbe beckoned us to the window, where a basket hung by a long rope reaching clear to the basement. “I send them down m that; the girl empties the basket, and I draw it up again whenever I need it. It saves running up and down stairs, and besides bas a favor of ‘The Princess m the Tower’ about it which relieves it from absolute commen- place.” This woman moves in the best society, drives in a stylish coupe, dresses well, and, in tbe current phrase, “goes everywhere,” yet there are probably few *J>o Know about her oozy little kitchen and her dry slop-basket Verily,' “one- half the world doesn’t know how the other half lives. Toward the close of one of these trips through the border States, the company to which Mr. Gilbert was at tached played in St. Louis, then an in significant town of a few thousand in habitants, paved principally with mud six inches deep, and boasting one theater, transformed out of an old salt- house, the only entrance to which was by w'ay of a long and rickety flight of steps built on the outside of the end wall. From his share of the receipts of a performance in this establisliment young Gilbert bought a pair of very fine-looking boots, and, on account of them, was for the moment the envy of his companions, several of whom were without adequate covering for their pedal extremities. They said very lit tle regarding Ms purchase, -however, until some days afterwards, when, on the way down the Mississippi to New Orleans, the boat in wliich they had taken passage stopped at Vicksburg for a load of cotton. There two or three of the actors, knowing that the boat would be detained all night, deter mined to give a performance on their own account, and hired a negro to make the announcement. Toward evening it became evident that the tumble-down shed in which the enter- ment was to lie given would he filled; and old “ Sol ” Smith—“ the original Sol ’’—who was to he one of the per formers, came to Gilbert, and dolefully displayed a pair of shoes through which a torn stocking was only too plainly visible, said, in tones which would have done credit to Forrest or the elder Booth : “John, friend of me youth, let me have your opinion of these shoes.” “They are very bad shoes,” replied Gilbert, with equal solemnity ; exceed ingly had shoes, my friend.” “ In fact it would be injudicious, as it were, to appear before the culture and fashion of Vicksburg in such shoes ? queried “ Sol; ” and Gilbert be ginning to see what was coming, reluct antly admitted that “the culture and fashion of Vicksburg ” might indeed object to so lavish a display of worn stockings. “ Then me friend, me noble friend!” continued “ the inimitable Sol ” with increasing animation, “ there is abso lutely no help for it. Me very s ml re volts at being compelled to ask the sacrifice, hut in the name of our friend ship I conjure—nay, I command you— to lend me your new boots 1 ” What warm-hearted man could have withstood such an appeal ? Certainly not John Gilbert. Without further ado he pulled off the new hoots and gave them to his friend ? They w'ere several sizes too large for “ Sol;” still, happy in their possession, he hurried away to TkSkV^ ^ y - ..... me nouse jii as well filled. “ Sol ” received nearl y $20 as his share of tne proceeds, aud, having the night before him, wandered about “just to see the town, you know,” happened into a gambling saloon, lost his money, took a brandy-smash or two, became happily oblivious to what w r as going on about him, staggered out into the street to ward his boat, and at last arrived in tlie very best of healtli and spirits, hut w ithout anything on his feet. He left John Gilbert’s new boots sticking in tbe black mud of Vicksburg. During the rest of the trip to New Or leans that eminent comedian was ob liged to wear the “ holey ” shoes of his friend “Sol,” while “ Sol ” himself—a w’iser, if not a sadder, man—wus oblig ed to walk about in a pair of dilapidat ed slippers furnished by the liberality of the steamboat captain. Food Make* tbe Man. Speaking roughly, about three fourths, by weight, of the body of man is constitu ted t>y the fluid he consumes, and the re maining fourth by the solid material he appropnatea. It is therefore no figure ot speech to say that food makes the man. VVe might even put the case in a stronger light and affirm that man is his food. It is strictly and literally true that “A man who drinks beer thinks baer.” We make this concession to the tee totallors, and will add that good sound beer is by no means a bad thought factor, whatever may be the intellectual value of the comm'xiity commonly sold and consumed under that namel It can not obviously be a matter of indifference what a man eats and drinks. He is, in fact, choosing his ani mal and moral character when he selects his food. It is impossible for him to change his inherited nature, simply be cause modifications of development occupy more than an individual life, but he can help to make the particular stock to which he belongs more or leas beery or fleshy, or watery, and so on, by the way he feeds. We know the effect the feeding of animals has on their temper and very natures; how tue dog fed on raw meat and chained up so that he can not work off the super fluous mtrogenised material by exercise becomes a savage beast, while the same creature fed on bread and milk would be tame as a lamb. The same law of results is applicable to man, and every living or ganism is propagated “in its kind” with a physical and mental likeness. This is the underlying principle of development. Happily the truth is beginning, though slowly and imperfectly, to find a recognition it bas long been denied. It is possible that in the natural desire to secure the best and purest supplies of food and drink for man we are pushing matters l littls to extremes and becoming ridiculous. Uto pia is a long way off, and “Hygeia” has not been built. It is, however, desirable that we should aim high and make the teach ings of physiological science the precepts of our daily life and conduct. We may not be able to reach our ideal, but prog ress will be advanced by striving to make its attainment an object. “What to eat, drink, and avoid” is a rational proposi tion; and if some of us are becoming a little unreasonable in tbe attempt to solve it, at least we are on the right road, and ought to be euc'mraged rather than abashed by the not unkindly criticism our endeavors are colling forth. —The eleven surviving members of the Class of ’33 of Bowdoin College, of whom there were 26, are to have their semi-centennial reunion in Brunswick, Me., at the coming Comr oncement. Nine of the eleven are clergymen. “What can you tell about il igs that is interesting I” was asked of the proprietor of one of the largest factories in New York. “A great deal,’' he said. ‘*The trade Is booming; that’t interesting to us. The Fourth makes the trade lively just now, of course; but trade tor the last year has been much better than it was last. Flags form one of the necessities of life. They are the most prominent outgrowth of American enthusiasm. We get married at an altar draped with the national colors. Sunday schools parade the streets and go picnick ing With flags in the hands of the children. Christmas trees are decorated with them. The advent of bock beer or the openintt of a bar-room calls for the use of the patrio tic emblem of freedom. We nominate political candidates uu flag-draped haUs. The opening of the great bridge called f&r thousands of flags. We honor the memory of the soldier dead by decorating their graves with the flag they fought for. We listen to stones of the wrongs infl cted on the oppressed in another land in halls where the stars and stripes are twined with the emerald field and the narp. Every thing that excites jur emotions cells our flags. There is uo place like America for flags; there is no flag so beautiful as the American flag.” “Have you any Idea how many flags are made and sold in a year!” “Not a very accurate one. They are made by the million. Our concern turned out a million and a quarter last year. There are dozens of other firms turning out other millions. We fill orders for a thousand gross of the small ones. We keep hundreds of thousands constantly in stock. Flags are perishable. When the present excite ment is over the flags are thrown away. When the future excitement comes new ones are bought. They are so very cheap that no one cares to keep them. Thus we make small paper flags, one by one and a half Inch large, mounted on a pm, that wo sell at thirty cents a gross. From that figure the price runs up to $200 for a very large and elegant silk banner handsomely embroidered. Tbe largest bunting flags seldom exceed 36x$0 feet in size, 8uch flags are used by hotels. Then there are the streamers, the burgees or banners with mottoes, tbe signs' flags lor merchant ships and yachts. Those may be called side issues to the flag business, bu they are a large factor in the trade.” “What do you make your flags of?” “Silk, bunting, muslin, and paper. Silk fl igs are usually made to order. We keep a great variety of bunting flags in stock. These flags are made by sewing the dif ferent colored ciothes together. The bunt ing was formerly imported, but a number of years ago Gov. Ben Butler, of Massa chusetts, mado up his mind that he could make better good? for less money. The opposition he encountered encouraged him. He now sells the best bunting in —rfwVi-. - tMfc-vrw* vvfrtcrovi rrvao \AA fenor imparted stuff costs $14. The next caeaper graue or nags in made by printing tbe colors on the white cotton cloth. We can print them as large as six feet in length. They are printed on hand presses much the same as newspapers were printed years ago. All attempts to cheapen the work by steam power have failed.” “Do you ever make foreign fligs ?” “Thousands of them. They are wanted for decorating purposes chiefly. Ships buy some, but not many. They get them abroad. The foreign consuls give us orders for some very elegant flags. “To what territory do you look for your trade?” “The whole country, New York sup plies the nation, although many flags are made elsewhere. Here is an order from Cincinnati. Over there is a bundle for San Francisco. You can say that iu the new trade, as iu a great many other things New York city leads the world.” Don’t. Don’t go to bed with cold feet. Don’t sleep in the same undergarments that are worn during the day. Don’t sleep in a room that is not well ventilated. Don’t sit or sleep in a draught. Don’t lie on tbe left side too much. Don’t lie on the back, to keep from snoring. Don t try to get along with less than seven or eight hours’ sleep out of twenty-four. Don't jump out of bed immediately on awaking in the morning. Don’t forget to mb yourself well all over witb crash towel or bauds before dressing. Don’t forget to take a good drink of pure water before breakfast. Don’t take long walks when the stomach is entirely empty. Don’t start to do a day’s work without eating a good break fast. Don’t eat anything but well-cooked aud nutritious foods. Don’t eat what you don’t want just to save it. Don’t cat be tween meals nor enough to cause uneasi ness at meal-time. Don't eat the smallest morsel unless hungry, n well Don’t try to keep up on coffee or alcoholic stimu lants, when nature is calling you to sleep. Don’t stand over hot-air registers. Don’t inhale hot air, or fumes of any adds Don’t fill the gash with soot, sugar, or anything else to arrest the hemorrhage when you cut yourself, but bnug the parts together with strips of adhesive plaster. Don’t wear thin hose or light-soled shoes in cold or wet weather. Don’t strain your eyes by reading on an empty stomach or when ill. Don’t strain your eyes by read ing or sewing at dusk, by a dim light, or flickering candle, or when very tired. Don’t sing or halloo when your throat is sore or you are hoarse. Don’t drink ice- water when you are very warm, and never a glassful at a time, but simply up it slowly. Don’t take some other person’s medicine because you are similarly afS c- ted Don’t bathe in less than two hours after eating. Don't eat in leas than two hours after bathing. Don’t call so ire- quently on your sick friend as to mate your company and conversation a bore. Don’t make a practice of relating scandal, or stories calculated to depress the spirits of the sick. Don’t forget to cheer and gently amuse invalids when visiting them. Don’t call on your sick friend and advise him to t&Ke some other medicine, get an other doctor, eat more, eat less, ut up longer, go out more frequently; stay a week, or talk him to death before you think of leaving. —A curious freak of nature can be seen at Solomon Marsh’s f»nn, near Norton, Kansas. The curiosity is a calf bom without eyes. The calf is perfectly formed, active and all right, with the exception that it has no sign of an eyeball. THE VERDICT —OF— THE PEOPLE BUY THE BEST! Mr. J. O. Boag- Dear Sir: I bought the flrst Davis Machine sold bv you over five years ago for my wife, who has givei, it a long and fair trial. I am well pleaaed with <t. It never gives any rouble, and la as good as i.'hen flrst bought. J. W. UOLICK. Wlnnaboro, S. C., April 1883. Mr. Boas: Ton wish to know what I cave to say In regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three yean. ago. I feel I can’t say too much in tu favor. I made about S80,oo within five months, at limes running It ao fast that the needle would get per fectly hot from friction. I feel confident I could not nave done the same work with as much ease and so well with any other machine. No time lest In adjusting attachments. The lightest running machine I have ever treadled. Brother James and Williams’ families are as mnch pleased with their Davis Machines bought or you. I want no better machine. As 1 said before, I don’t think too much can be said for the Davis Machine. Uespect fully. Ellen ste Fairfl“ld County, April, 1838. STEVENSON, Mr. Boao : My machine gives me perfect satis faction. I And no fault with It. The attachments are so simple. 1 wish for no better than the Davi* Vertical Feed. Respectfully. ...... Mrs. R. Millino. r airfield county, Apr! 1 , 1883. MR. Boao: I bought a Davis Vertical Feed e wing Machine from you four years ago. I am slighted with it. It never has given me any trouble, and has never been the least out of order. It is as good as when 1 first bought it. I can cheerfully recommend It. Respectfully, Mrs. M. J. Kirkland. Montlcello, April 30,1883. This Is to certify that I have been using a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for over twoyears, purchased of Mr. J. o. Boag. 1 haven’t found It possessed of any fault—all the attachments are ao simple. It neverrefuses to work, and Is eertaluly the lightest running In the market. I consider it a flrst-class machine. Very respectfully. Minnie M. Willingham. Oakland, Fairfield county, 8. C. Mr boao : i am wen pieaseu in every particuia with the Davis Machine bought of you. 1 think 1 u flrst-claas machine In every respect. You knew you sold several machines ot the same make to different members of our families, all of whom, as tar as I know, are well pleaaed with them. Respectfully, Mas. M. H. Moblrt. Fairfield county, April, 1883. QOMtytt nae ago. As we take In work, and Have made th« p >4m> o» a several limes over, we don’t want aay tetter mai-h ins it is always ready to do any kind of work we have to do. No pnoaefiug u. stitches. We can only say we are well pleased and wish no better machine, CATHERINE WVLIE AND SISTER. April as, 1888. I save no fault to find with my machine, and don’t want any better. I have made the price of it several times by taking lu sewing. It is always ready to do its work. I think it a flrst-clasa ma chine. I feel I can’t say too much for the Davis Vertical Feed Machine. Mrs. Thomas Smith. Fairfield county, April, 1883. Mr. J. O. Boag—Dear Sir: It gives me much pleasure to testify to the merits of the Davis Ver tical Feed Sewing Machine. The machine I got of you about five years ago. bas been almost In con stant uae ever since that time. I cannot aee that It la worn any, and bat not coat me one cent for repairs since we have had It. Am well pleased and don’t wish for any better. Yours tru'y, Rout. Crawford, Granite Quarry, near Winnsboro 8. C. We have used the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for the last five years. We would not have any other make at any price. The machine has given ns unbounded eatlsfactlon. Very respectfully, Mrs. W. K. Turner and Daughter^ FalrfleM county, S. C„ Jan. ST, 1888. Having bought a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine from Mr. J. O. Boag some three years ago, and It having given me perfect aatiafaction lu every respect as a family machine, both for heavy and fight sewing, and never needed the least re pair in any way, I can cheerfully recommend it to any one as a flrst-claas machine in every particu lar, and think It second to none. It U one ot the simplest machines made; my children use It with all ease. The attachments are more easily ad justed aud it does a greater range of work by means of its Vertical Feed than any other ma chine I have ever seen or used. Mrs. Thomas owinos. Winnsboro, Fairfield county, S. C. We have had one of the Davis Machines about four years and have always found it ready to do all kinds of work we have had occasion to da Can’t see that the machine la worn any, and works as well as wnen new. Mrs. W. J. Crawford, Jackson’s Creek, Fairfield county, 8. C. My wife Is highly pleased with the Davis Ma chine bought of you. She would not take double wnat sue gave for it. The machine baa not been out of order atnoe she had It, and she can do any kind of work on it. Very Respectfully, jab. F. Free. Mouticello, Fairfield county, 8. C. The Davie Sewing Machine U simply a treas ure Mrs. J. A. Gqodwtn. Ridgeway, N. C, Jan. 10, 1888. J, O Boao, Esq., Agynt—Dear 81r: My wife has been using a Davis Sewing Machine constant ly for the past four years, and It has never needed any repair* and works just as well as when flrat bought She says It will do a greater range of practical work ond do it easier and better than any machine she has ever used. We cheerfully recommend It as a No. 1 family machine, You tntj, jas. q. Davis. Winnsboro, S. C., Jan. 3, 1883. Mr. Boao : I have always found my Davis Ma chine ready do all kinds of to work I have had oc casion to do. I cannot see that the machine la worn a particle and It works as wed as when new. Respectfully, Mrs. R. C. Goodino. Winnsboro, S. C., April, 1888, Mr. Boao : My wife has been constantly using the Davis Machine bought of you about nve years ‘ ' ing It, as it is sewing, either orneed tlx repairs. edlng Fairfield, & C., March, 1888. Very respectfully M