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9*: f VOL. XLII. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1885. NO. 16. One of the Pack. I see how it Is; I'm one of the pack? A paltry playinj? card: nothing' more. You shuffl'j and deal, then take me back. Or toss me to lie vhere I was before. There arc royal heads at your mimic court. But they fare no better; they're in the same fix; For you vary the usual order of sport: Yon takp what vou nlease while VOU Dlav your tricks. No doubt It serves well as a source of fun To nuitch your lovers, this one against that; Though perhaps, when the evening's amusement is-done And the pack put aside, we seem rather fiat. But suppose that by chance in the dead of the When you dream with disdain of our being Inert. We should break your repose, rising1 up in our might, And declare to your face that our feelings are hurt? TTnr* rrV?orckt-CiT* vaii fonM* \vr> c.?r?h >i51VY? Ji RfJlll. And the rules that apply here are oddly so planned That while we seem bent to your finger's control. And are played with, yet we two are taking , a hand. Don't yon see that a sequence of hearts you , ma** break While attempting one mean little trumpspot to save. Or succumb to an equally luckless mistake And let a king go tor the sake of a knave? Does Tom's Diamond take you, or is it my The deuce, after all, will perhaps end the race: Then, again, you may yield to young- Algernon Smart, Or I he one-eyed old banker's Cyclopean nee. The game's to be Lottery?so you said? Or Matrimony? No; ooth, 1 declare! Why, the next thing I know you'll take to Old Maid. And leave me to sorrow and Solitaire. Cr< ss purposes still I This never will do." You ve begun Vingt-et-un: I'm at Thirtyone? .i Just ten years apart. Ah. I wish I knew Some smoother way to make matters run! You change the game like a pantomime; And now it's Euchre, i reaJly believe, v j; or you re crying: xo cneat mo nan: or me time. With a"iittle joker"?a laugh in your sleeve. Let us end this nonsense! What do you say? , Leave me out, and go on with the rest. Or throw the whole heap of cards away, And stake your all on a man as the best. You can't manage love according to Hoyle, And your effort to do so you surely would rue: Besides, what's the use of such intricate toil? lou snail win an too games 11 r only win you! ?Geo. Parson.Lathrop, in Editor's Drawer, Harper's Magazine for September. HE WAS AX ARTIST. He had a studio on Chestnut street? before his arrival it was known as an attic. It had that trade mark peculiar to an artist's den, namely, dust and disorder. But this morning there was ? fAmn Af nnntnocc in tho orronn'^ ; a \j? uvaiuvoo AM meat of many unfinished canvases; some of the dust and dirt had been removed, though a few spider-webs lurked in the corners. However, taking ail into consideration, it was not so bad a place as it might be. So thought its "sole lord and master, ^ guaxne David Marvin, as he sat before his easel, "putting in a little darker " background to the lovely face he was painting. Perhaps you might not call it lovely, but I assure you that the artist thought those deep brown eyes, the auburn hair, and the firm red lips something extraordinary. 44Sn von think a broom rind watfvr has somewnat improved the appearance of my room, Miss Lothorp," he P was saying to the original of the porS trait. "I do, indeed; I belieTe if I hadn't reminded jou in time you would have been entirely lost in thelacework those little creatures were spinning about you," she replied, laughing, and flashing a glance of those liquid orbs at JIarvin. "1 wish she wouldn't do that," he tVievnrrHfr Kunninir hie fltivon trw avoid any more flashes let us suppose. "By the way, you wished to see those new water-color sketches of mice,didn't you?" "Yes, I should like very much to see them, Mr. Marvin." . There was no mistake this time; the . eyes had a curious gleam that caused the painter to dive into a corner in an agony of search for the sketches. Bat what was this? Bump, bump, up the stairs it came, and amid a great 'v,, hcaval of si^hs the door was swung open, and in the open portal appeared a personage of great proportions; an immense white chip bonnet adorned with flaming red roses and blue ribbons, a purple gown, green-flannel bag of dimensions unknown, and a white cotton umbrella made the tout ensemble. "Laws a mercy, Davy! But them be the awfulest stairs I ever seen. Heream I, a-blowing like an old whale, and. never a breath of air in this stujo of yours; it .oughter been called stewpan, it's my opinion. He, he!" Miss Lothorp had withdrawn into a , corner by the window at the panting J dame's unceremonious arrival, and was ! now eyeing her gaudy attire with badly concealed merriment on her face. "And never a cheer, nuther. Bless .my soul, Davy, yer getting airy in yer sky parlor; but you hain't larning no j sense, that's one thin?: a tumblin' out yer cheers for this rubbish," she continued, with a majestic wave of her hand to the works of art lying around.. "Well, upon my word, Aunt Eliza, you've taken me by storm. Idid not look for you on such a hot day as this," at last gasped David. "Oh, no! I was sarten sure of that. I knew I wasn't wanted; that's just why I came, Dave Marvin!" snapped Aunt Eliza,looking vindictively at Miss j Lothorp. "Who's that?" she asked, in a stage wmsper. "I Deg your pardon, Aunt Eliza," said David, recovering his lost euergy and pulling himself up with a jerk. "Miss Lothorp, allow me to introduce my aunt. Miss Hawkins." "I'm from Kedington, Fa.; ye've heerd of Redington, miss?" inquired the old lady, with some pride. "It's a real smart town, Davy was brung up there," she went on, seating herself. - "Indeed!" Miss Lothorp murmured, endeavoring to appear interested,while Mr. Marvin inwardly cursed his fate. "I hope that feller hasn't been telling C ye yarns about his an--an, ob, whatev<v%? aoII 'nm* tkav cor oil ir? PKilo Cl J UU VAil ViAij KUVJ |JUJ WI4 4U A M?AM~ delphy do, you know. Why, do you know, I 'member Davy when he were a little chap in petticoats, fetching water from the well, and mindin the babies, carryin' them pig-a-back. Ye needn't blush, Davy; it's gospel truth. I wonder what yer mother would say if she seen ye now, uabblin' in those nasty paints? Like as not she's washing your father's clotiics; his father's a miner, Miss Lothorp. Why, yer surely not going?" **xes; you wiu piease excuse lae, out I remember that 1 have a pressing engagement that I cannot slight Goodbye." "Iain sorry, Miss Lolhorp," said David, in a husky voice, surprise and indignation making his naturaily stupid tongue dumb. "Good morning. Oh, aunt! What have you done?' he exclaimed, as he closed the door after the young lady. "I can hardly say I thank yoa for airing those spicy anecdotes of my juvenile days," he continued, bitterly, as he busied himself before his es3el. "What will she think?" was the next thought. "Ami she'll never come back!" he unluckily muttered aloud. Alas, poor Dave! "You blamed fool, Dave Marvin!" exclaimed Aunt Eiiza, grasping the ferule of her utrfbreila. "You blamed IOOii "Aunt!" "Y'are. I s'pose ye'il be bringing that proud hussy home tcr Redington when yc git her. He, he! When you do! But, never fear, Dave, no one that's insulted me " "Once for all, aunt " Oae-half hour afterwarl Aunt Eliza came out into tiie orouu daylight, mopping her ruoist brows, and frowning darkly at the fifth floor window, from whence iier painter nepliew was g;.zing down stupidly on the crowded street. Auother morning two weeks later, David was at his easel, working on the deep brown eyes, with the heavily fringed lashes. Was it?no?uit it was the original again sitting before him. "Yes I really thought that you would, never come again, xou wc.e so terribly put out, you know," iie was saying the hot blood mounting to his brow. "Why, what made you think that? I was very ruuch amused by the old lady; she is very communicative, don't you think?" she asked with a queer gleam in her eyes that the poor fellow. dreaded so much. "Ah, yes?that is??" he stammered, then quitted his work, and brush and palette were thrown down "Miss Lothorp! "Mr. Marvin!' He stopped and looked doubtingly around him. ? "Miss Lothorp, don't you?I mean? would you mind hearing more about that little fellow who carried his sisters ?the way s"hc said?" No answer; the eyes were hidden by thp long lashes, and a faint, shell-like tint crept over her face. "You will not say that you have an engagement?" he "asked,- thinking he hud the upper hand, and consequently feeling brave. ' "On, will you not believe me? 1. was really the truth. Why should I make an excuse when I like " A full stop. "What? Whom?" "What were you going to say, Mr. Marvin?" she inquired, ignoring his /"inocfinn "Q/imoHiinrr oKrtiif vnnraf>lf ^iUVVU.U- ,.Uv??;v?w you'll remember." "It was?not until you finish your sentence," he said. "Mr. Marvin, yourself or nothing." "Myself! Do you mean it, Mabel? I was going to say that I love you, my Queen Mab!" That incorrigible young man was on his knees, grasping the two warm palms of Miss Lothorp. Her dark head was bent over him, the bonnie brown eyes that David both loved and feared were iooking down in his blue orbs with unutterable tenderness. What more was needed? "Darling:, your turn now," he whispered. "You liked?whom?" "I! 0, David! I intended to tell you?not now, due somewnere on in me vague ages?that I liked to listen to the lady's chat about " A pause. "Me! O darling of darlings!" The postures were something artis^ tic, since their attitudes were struck quite innocently, somewhat after that painting of Romeo and Juliet in Friar Lawrence's cell. The friar alone was needed. But lo and behold! Who made an appearance at this moment but that venerable gentleman in feminine garb nf?Annt "David Marvin! Ye blamed Sakes alive! I'm sure I beg yer pardon, Miss Lothorp. I " "Aunt Eiiza, allow me to introduce my little wife to be," David said,rising from his cramped position. "My soul! Ye don't say! Would you marry an artist, Miss Lothorp?" "Yes, indeed, any amount of them," she answered, with a fond glance at uavia. "One at a time, darling; I think would be best," he suggested. "Tate me first for a trial."?Wavcrlv Magazine. An Entomological Horror. A party of Frenchmen who were out sailing on Jamaica bay were caught in a suddea squall, the other night, says the New York Herald, and compelled to stop over at one of the small hotels j at Rockaway beach. One of them, a late arrival, was greatly exercised over the discomforts 01 the place, and complained bitterly about the lack of elegance in the fittings and tho inadequacy of the menu to satisfy a refined palate. A member of a fishing club, who had been out crabbing, courteous- 1 *" "?TTA V?ie rAAm fi-%. fKn Cm&T uy UiO ^WIU bV wuv t.v4v*^Mw?y and shared the "bed of one of his companions. But in vacating the i apartment he left behind his fishing tackle and a basketful of the crabs he i had caught. < The frenchman sought the chamber : rather late, and retired at once- Dur?/?ui? k/v a*>/4 to i buo ui^ub xag iirr v?/ixc, uuu *ai4v*vv4 ? he heard a noise that was not the murmur of the surf on the beach beneath his window. He sat up and listened, i Yes. He was sure of it then. A strange, scratching sound. In a mo- : ment he was out of his bed. for it came i from the floor underneath his feet, and from different parts of it, too. In a ; fright he groped for his matches and struck a light. Then with a yell ho made for the door. The basket in the corner had tilted over and released the crabs, which were straggling about all over. In the gloom the frightened foreigner could hardly make out the appearance of the misshapen creatures, and ho never stopped to investigate. It was midnight; and a few sirag gler? were going out of the barroom down-stairs, when he burst into it in essential!y brief appareL "Zee propree-ataire!" he shouted."Show to me zee propree-ataire!" "What's wrong, sir?" asked that functionary, coming from behind the bar. %*Wrong, sare?" cried the other. "Everysing is wrong. Zees is onesituation diabolique. I can not of zee souper eat. I can not of zee beer drink. Jr ask for my chamber and you show heem to me. "Diable! Zee peelow so small is I lose heem in one moment. But I no mind zat. I try tc myseii compose, zen zere is one scretch, scretch. scretch, and one clack, clack, clack all ozee chambro over. Zee candle I been illnmine. Ciel! What you link I see? Boogs,. zare, monstair boogs. Beeg as my bead. Go, zare. Take zee chain'oreI do not beern no more want. Zere is not room in heem for tree or four boog like zat." As a curious statistical trifle it may be mentioned that tho United States has over fitty penitentiaries and :2,400 jails. These institutions contain over 50,000 boarders. W1NTKK1NO CORN. A. Practical Manner of ArrHnsing Corn- j Cribs With aVirw to Utility. One of the objections often stated against farmers is an assorted habit of working on the hand-to-mouth principle. In other words, to answer a temporary purpose ru'.hcr th:in n permanent one. In the settlement of a new country this is often n? eessary from the want of uioncy, wljcro so many things must be accomplished, ami is unwarrantable. Hut a habit once fixed is apt to be followed, an<J hi no resjx:ct more often than in cribb'ng corn. The result is a loss lj < in raited, bitter, moldy, or rotten com, and to a degree capable of paying all the way f?*e:u 10 to 20 percent, on the investment necessary to build permanent cribs that i would keep the corn perfectly Irom year to year. An examination as to the result ,of imperfectiy-built cribs in deteriorating the value of corn, and the rule will apply measureably to all grain, will show that a crib infested with rats and mice the difficulty is not alone in what the vermin destroy by eating out the chit or germ of the corn, but also from the jffluvia arising from and contaminating the corn from their ncsting-places. It is also known that bitter corn arises largely from fermentation of the cob, which, put in wet, does not dry out ] properly. Mold is incipient decay from < too compact storing when damp and i rotting is an advanced stage of decay, i The loss of a few conts per bushel in < selling makes a large aggregate in the O O CO o crop. Hence, however the crib is built, it should be only of such size as to give circulation of air, immunity from rain, and safety against vermin. The writer has never known a crib made of rails, eight feet at the bottom, flared to twelve feet at the top, and covered securely from rain, to fail in preserving corn perfectly if dry enough to crib. The reason is, the air circulates freely all around the crib. If a crib eight feet at bottom and twelvo /",!?/> mIi-1 l\/? Avf o a r? t ICC i. Ub LUJl? 3UUU1U UC UAkUUUUUt OUJ f % 100 feet, the case would be different, and if the crib is uniformly twelve feet wide the danger of injury will be increased in a large degree. Twelve feet cribs are not unusual in the dry autumn aud winter climate of tho West, and if lilied so full that the rain and snow cannot beat in under tho roof, in ordinary seasons they keep the corn perfectly. In seasons when corn does not ripen perfectly, or when from a long spell of foggy weather penetrating the crib, the corn becomes damp through and through. If warm weatnn?cnoc tittfnra lh?. wind Hriot if nut the germ is attacked, producing bitter- ^ ness and mold, and at length rotten- 1 ness ensues. s The fact tlut corn kept compactly in i wide cribs never dare be used for seed t is sufficient evidence that such are not i calculated to season corn in the best i manner for commercial uses. It is s questionable if it really is for animal t feeding purposes. It is therefore wise I economy that every farmer build crib- c room enough to properly savo all corn c must remain with him after the t first of March or April. s In building a crib there arc three a things to be taken into consideration. 1 Immunity from rats aud other vermin, ? provision against the leakage of roofs, and the driving in of rain or snow next the eaves, and safety from heating. Protection against vermin is provided ^ by elevating the crib eighteen inches above ground on posts, placing an in- j verted tin pan on a larsre, flat, smooth ? stone between the top of the post and * the sills of the crib. Danger from leaky roof is secured by a proper in- ^ eliuation?not less than a quarter pitch ?and attention to keeping the roof ^ boards, if so made, carefully nailed. A ( roof of grooved boards, properly bat- ^ tened, makes a perfect roof. It should j be a double pitched roof for obvious , reasons, and extend over the sides of the crib twelve inches to prevent the i ? J ? ? /\r? krt Unp ilUili Ui n 111^ ill vu ui mv vv4.1a. ^ Ii before snow is expected it be temporarily boarded tight from under the eaves, six inches below the top of the corn, this boarding to be removed early in the spring, no danger from driving snow will be experienced. To prevent heating or fermentation in the bedy of a crib twelve feet wide, the writerhas found the following plan safe and practicable: Form a skeleton of six-inch fencing two or three feet wide at the bottom and half the height-. ^ of the crib, carried to a sharp peak at?g the top of the skeleton, running the en-? |g tire length of tiic cri&, tnc spaces ne-:rg tween the bonrds six inches wide*f fij Thus you virtually divide the crib-itttoi ^ two, the bases of each being ontjN' ft?|| 3 and a half or five feet wide. Tlie^cffot will thus have a horizontal and sj tical circulation of air through I tre, ana at a mere nominal cost pared to that of flaring the outsides of?i the crib. The projection of the rooffjl prevents drip being blown in. thatfjh! striking the sides never penetrating .tov ft do damage. If, in addition, the sfcte4 ?*' strips are put on diagonally instead ^ | vertically, this drip will be distributed? i still more equally along the oute&Je fA and quickly dries. Built in the nisn-: ner described, the writer has never had 1 corn spoil that was pnt in the crib in 1 the ordinarily dry condition as it comes i from the field at husking time, nor j even when other cribs of the same dimensions. but not so protected, were seriously injured. Good Advice to Country Boys. Every man who livos in New York ] and has acquaintances in the rural districts knows that the majority of coun- j try boys and young men think that the ] 1Annnrtiinltr rvf llfft IS a <*HanC6 I ^UlUVU V^Vibwuivj V* ? ? , to enter business in a large city. It is also a fact that country boys who come to the city are reasonably sure to wear < away the best years of their lives be- i fore they realize that they would have i succeeded better had they remained at ; home. The following bit of advice, which the Nashville American offers, is ? - v.. worth preserving ior use in cases v? special application: "Intelligent boys in the country, however poor, should take comfort Let them consider their present hardships as a gymnasium for the develop- < ment of their many qualities of mind ] and body. Let them practice industry and honesty, acquire knowledge, culti- i Trot** Hf?nisinn of character, suffer pa- ! tiently and endure cheerfully privations and self-denial, labor with a singleness of purpose and strengthen their characters by winning success in every undertaking, however small. Let them cultivate habits of thrift, economy and persistency, and their time of influence and power will come?come as surely as effects follow cause, as wealth follows prudence and industry, as intelligence follows inquiry, as light follows darkness."?New York Herald. There are 12,000,000 acres of uncultivated land in the State of New York, of which 5,000,000 are covered with forests. . - General Grant'* Career. The stoiy of General Grant's life savors more of romance than Teality; it is more like a fable of ancient days than the history of an American citizen of the nineteenth century. *As light and shade produce the most attractive effects in a picture, so the AAnfi.ni.ft. rn fitn nni>Aor r\i tKn lomontflH V/VUVLtMbO 1U bUV va?vw4 v* *>uw General, the strange vicissitudes of his eventful life, surround him wkh an interest which attaches to few characters in history^ His rise from the obscure lieutenant to the commander of the veteran armies of the great republic, his transition from a frontier post of the untrodden West to the Executive Maa-_. sion of the nation; his sitting at one time in a little store in Galena, not even known to the Congressman from his district; at another time striding through the palaces of the Old World with the descendcnts of aline of kings rising and standing uncovered in his l:_ i v'i_ u:_il presence; uu uumuie uirm m an v/uiu town scarcely known to the geographer; his distressing illness una courageous death in the bosom of the nation he had saved?these are the features of his marvellous eareer which appeal to the imagination, excite men's wonder, and fascinate the minds of all who make a study of his life. Many of the motives which actuated bim and the real sources ol strength employed in the putting forth of hia singular powers will never be felly understood, for added to a habit of communing much with himself was a modesty which always seemed to make him shrink from speaking of a matter jo personal to him as an analysis of bis own mental powers* and those who knew him best sometimes understood him the least. His most intimate as* sociates often had to judge the man by the results accomplished^ without comprehending the causes which produced them. Even to the writer of ;hi? article, after having served with :hc General for nine years continuously, both in the field and at the Presiiential Mansion, he Will in some re* ipects always remain an enigma. His nemoirs, written on his death-bed, to ae puDiisQCQ only alter nis decease, [urnish the first instance of his consent to unbosom himself to the world, [n his intercourse he did not study to :>e reticent about himself; he seemed rather to be unconscious of self. Whan risiting St Louis with him while he aras President, he made a characteris;ic remark showing how little his Noughts dwelt upon those events of lis life which made such a deep im-. jression upon others. Upon his arrival a horse and buggy1 vere ordered, and a drive taken to fqrrr. ahnnt Aiirht riietftnfc. Ha itopped on the high ground overlook- . ng the city, and stood for a time by he side of the little log house which ic had built partly with hia own hands n the days of his poverty and early itruggles. Upon boing asked whether he events of the past txfteen years of lis life did not seem to him like a tale >f the Arabian Mights, especially in :oming from the White House to visit hq little farm-house of early days, ihe imnlv ronlioH "Wall T "~rv ibout it in that light"?Uen. Eoracc \Jor(er, in. Harper's Magazine for, Sej> ember. Stace Iutoxlcation. ^ McCullough's last performance?in Chicago?was under the cffect of excessive stimulus, and this reminds us ,hat most of our actors are great drink? ;rs. Old Junius Brutus Booth (father >f EdwiD) was rarely sober on the itage, and required incredible potaions to enable him to go through bis role. Sometimes he got drunk before *aa nour, aau mu nus iuuu obliged to submit to disappointment George Frederick Cooke, the lirst British star that appeared on our shore, ivas also a victim to strong drink, which iestroyed a constitution of rare vigor. Edmund Keanwas another brilliant victim to intemperance. He was the most wonderful performer of his day, out he required great quantities o1 itrong drink, and the habit increased :ill it destroyed him. This took, place in his 46th year. Like McCullough, he broke down while on the stage, and sank into the arms of his son, who bore iita off, and thej>lay was stopped. He allied, but never reappeared, and in a :ew weeks death closed his fevered career. Forrest, in his heavy efforts,used rtrq^drtgfcHWEftit never got that-derP l^^e^^^fe^as the most musee-; ever produoe^ How to ^fteV-Pitl."" y ^.. - * '4'4| ipS^ttJ'jast read/ in-your issue 4'How b^Qfc.Asthalter. Now, if t&e: pills ar&>t^t^cfoatecl, his methif they are not, ihp pa&pit;wiiFgdtf fSiily get the bad is really the i^t-;wi^aiB^w$edtt^ to pills. You i^o^^^^?^WP5^Jinajority of cases &?*piHs "are^V-ooaSStt- When a phy sician orders medtcme in pifls the apothecary docs not sugar-coat them. L will describe to you a method that I have been using, which I discovered last year, which carries the pill down without the patient feeling its presence in the mouth or throat, and never permits the pill to be tasted when it is not coated. Take a swallow of water and bold the head back, so that the water will bo in the back of tho mouth. Do not swallow the water until the pill has been dropped on its surface. Take the pill betweqp the finger and thumb (still holding; head back), and carry it well back, without touching the inaid* of the mouth v^ith it: then drop it oa the water and swallow. The head will f?omo fnrw?vr<r n.nd thn watflr orxinin<r and wetting-thb -csoph^Tiff tilfss the pili instantly to thestbi&ach. - It does not "stop halfway down," and ; is not tasted. Footc and the Lawyers. Foote never tired of roasting the lawyers with his wit, of which, a sample may be given. A simple country far mer, wtio nail jus: Duriea a ricn relation, an attorney, was complaining to him that the expenses of a country funeral, in respect to carraiges, hat bands, scarls, etc., were very great "What, do you bury your attorneys here?" asked Foote. "Yes, to be sure we do; how else?" "Oh. we never do that in London." "No!" exclaimed the astonished countryman. "How do you manage?" "Why, when the patient happens to die we lay him out ? wnr\m ftvop ni<rht hv himsftlf. throw * * ? -J , open the sash, lock the door, and in the morning ho is entirely off." "Indeed!" said the other amazed. "What becomes of him?" "Why that we can? not teli exactly; all we know is there's a strong smell of brimstone in the I room next morning."? Temple Bar. j MEN OE THE PEOPLE. Distinguished .Personage*G-atbered at the 7.,*"^ QnaitQbseqtoies. Posaibly so many distinguished men 1 hare never before been brought together in New York on any one occasion. In the groups that gathered now and again, there were to be seen the Incised features of Senator Evarts; "the cultured Lincoln," as I heard him called; Senator Morrill, of Vermont, tall, stoop-shouldered, with a white, student face, something in appearance like Charles Sumner's, but not so heavy or leonine and vigorous; short and inclined to be stout, with a soldier; ly mustache and goatee, gold eye-glasses and a light slouch hat, and handsome and dapper enough for the admiration of all the fair sex; Senator Warner Miller, with his large round face, blonde mustache, heavy weight and slow movement; John Sherman, erect and angular as a guide-post, with his keen face lifted above all his fel1^^-. Tnknm n Too. i-\j no. kjuuatui u. uaiiio vi a tunessee, with bald and shining head; ex?Br?sideni Hayes, with sandy hair and^freckied face, stouter than of yore; ex-president Arthur, also grown a trifle grey and a little stoat, elegant in attirei as always; ex-Attorney General Pierrepont, who, by his ent of whiskers and facial expression, might have ; stepped from a picture of a Puritan gathering into his modern garb and modern surroundings; the smoothchoTOn OTrintrlnrl ann qmilincr visaerft nf Governor Oglesby, of Illinois; Henry Watterson, in a brown business suit, brusque and nervous, with his head turned slightly to one side and moviug constantly about to secure for his one eye the vision of two; Murat Halstead, with a Field Marshal air, and mustache and goatee white as the driven snow; Speaker Carlisle, with a dark suit str&nffelv in contrast with a hisrh white bat, under which the same cynical smile is constantly to be seen on his bare face; Samuel J. Randall, standing by. him, heavier in form, larger in mold and feature, with the same thin-lipped smile, bnt dressed in better taste, Gen. Nil P. Banks, of Red river fame- These and hundreds of others command attention, by reason of their prominence In public life or their personal appearance. Nearly all of the throng have risen, as Grant rose, from the ordinary Walks of life. It is a revelation of the possibilities of the new world, of which General Grant wrote to General Buckner, 4,I know now the value of oar inhMMfcaTTftA." I saw General Sherman moving about the Fifth Avenue Hotel corridors in an old straw hat, an alpaca blouse with a single button, and a pair of battered slippers, and then . blossoming out in full uniform, tall, erect, martial and proud, a tine type of the American citizen soldier. The quaint manners and the freedom with which he can be approached by any one and every one, are not least of the features of his character that draw men involuntarily to like "Oid Tecumseh," the leader of the March to the Sea, that cut the rebellion in two. Altogether different is General Phil Sheridan, who went about with his brother, Colonel "Mike1' Sheridan, who is frequently ajistaken for him, as a sort of twin Sheridan, in a crowd, and would be picked out by a stranger as a prosperous turfman. In civilian's dress he looks as if he had just stepped out of a bandbox, except that bis Xace Is bronzed and reddened. His suit of grey En glish goods fits him like wax. In the wearer of a high white hat it would be difficult to discover off-hand the hero of Winchester and the gallant cavalryman wbo cut out the Qonfederacy at Ricmond. These men were Grant's foremost lieutenants. In the group of Senators called here by the Vice-President, a third type of soldier was presented to view in the swarthy face and raven mustache ot General Logan, who, perhaps, more than any other man, is to-day the iavorite of the volunteer soldiery, whose deeds and valor -? TT - Y A. 1.1 I J saveu me union. At wouiu uv uuru iu find, the country over, or the world over, a handsomer lypicai warrior tnan General Hancock, whose 250 pounds arc carried in military harness with a martial air and gallantry beyond all criticism. These four men, like Gen. Grant are of humble origin. Glancing through the gathering crowds I saw General Lew Wallace, looking sober and thoughtful, through cold-bowed succtaelcs under a brown jsfouchhat, but missed his fellow officer, i kmefdl McGiernami, who fell with him leadertfeewrathfulcriticism of Grant' :?fr'ShHob and-J>t>nelson. General Wallace has aeted with a manly dignity in :tfao matter that I hear is likely to be rewarded, though he may not know it, by words of justice to him which Gen. Grant has written and left behind in his memoirs. General Wallace has claimed that, but for himself and Modern and, Grant would have been crushed in either or those oaccies. u Grant should have so written it, Wallace may well have wai&d in silence until now.?N. T. Tribune's "Groups at the Hotels." Great Men's F<*et. "Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the pas tor of Plymouth," continued JL>r. rainier, "has soft, chubby feet. He always wears a broad-soled, easy-fitting shoo of the finest kid made, and suffers but little from corns or bunions. I brighten up his finger and toe nails about once a month. Mr., Beecher is a most interesting talker. The last time he was here he related many pleasant anecdotes of his home in Peckskill, where he resides with his family during the summer. In speaking of the regiments' encampment at Peekskill, Mr. jBeecher remarked that the boys in blue greatly added to the income of the shopkeepers of the town, and taken upon the whole they improved its social and moral condition. "P.6Y. Dr. Talmage, who recently sailed for Europe to rejoin his family in London, is also one of my customers. His feet in some respects "resemble a canoe, being long and narrow. I cannot say tiiev are iree irom wiua and bunions, like Mr. Beecber's, but nevertheless they are pleasant to look upon. Dr. Talmage's toe-nails grow out perfectly straight, and are as pink and white as a woman's."?New lor/c World. - ^ "I have not read Miss Cleveland's book," said Col. Ingersoil to a reporter. "but if the author condemns the poetry of George Eliot she has made a mistake. There is no poem in our language more beautiful than 'The Lovers,' and none loftier and purer than the 'Choir Invisible.' There is no poetry in the 'beyond.' The poetry is here?here in this worid where love is ?in the heart. The poetry of the 'beyond' is too faraway?a little too general. Shelley's 'Sty Lark' was in our sky?the 'Daisy,' of Burns, grew in our ground, and between t atlr.rkand ? -II . u ? 1 mat Uaisv is room tur an iuc i?i poetry of the earth."' ' r Desiccated Cocoanut. "No, sir, we don't make cocoannts," said a member of a firm whose sig read, "Cocoanut Manufacturing Company," in response to an inquiry of a reporter for the New York Mail and Express. "What we do is to prepare cocoannt for confectioners, bakers, and families, to be used for pies andpastryr The nuts are brought here by the vessel-load, some ships bringing as many as 400,000 in one cargo. They are put up in bags of one hundred each. The average weight of the green nut is one and one-half pounds., The best are those thickest in meat and richest in natural oil and sugar. They come from San Bias, Cow island, San Andreas, Kuatans, Jamaica, and Baracoa. They grow on the islands of the- Carribean sea, and the trees ares<^planted thflt.r.Vio rnot-a ftra. urnQhpf' with salt water. The nuts are not pieked from the tree, but fall to the ground when ripe because of the decay of the stems. When the hask is taken off they are ready for shipping. The perishable nature of the green nut has made desiccated cocoanut more desirable in the market, and this ia zx- J tide we manufacture and seU." ~ "What is the operation "The cocoanuts are placed in a large i + L..*v* n iiuppcr, Hum vyui^u-tucy iaa t\j a idiuv covered table' on a lower floor. In front of this table several men' are placed, who crack the shell of the nut with a hatchet as it fails on the table. Then the shell is pried off, leaving the meat whole. From 6 to 11 o'clock six men at this work open twelve thousand nuts. A peeling machine then takes off the brown skiu oi the nuts, after which the meats are broken into pieces, the miik drawn off, and the pieces put f i?^n * nl'A.>n rtrtM nrotar WA iiltu IUU? Ul VU1U TT Ck bVi Jk. UP meat is then inspected as to its quality, and next it is pui into a grinding mill turning four hundred revolutions a minute. The puip thus made is mixed with granulated sugar and put in long pans of gaivan.zed iron, which are put in the desiccators and the water extracted at a high temperature. An interesting fact about the work is that tlio entire mnst hft nnmr>!fit.pii by 2 o'clock ia the afternoon, because of the delicate nature of the fruit The number of people employed in this department is forty-six. The desiccated nut is white as snow, and perfectly dry, when it has been through the process, and it is then allowed to cool, and is left in a dry temperature f/vr tori (Jars it is fin&ihr nut un "W4* "" " ? j r? ?r for the market. At 3 o clock each day the work is ail done." "What about the idea that cocoanut is indigestible?" "It is supposed by many persons to be so. But the best growths snow by analysis about 48 per cent 01 digestible oils, 5 per cent of sugar, about 46 per cent of water, and only 1 per cent of ash. This being* the case, there is scarcely anything people eat more digestible and nutritious." ? A Bright Boy Without Legs And Arms. There arc many who have to go through a part of life at least with the loss of an ai;m or a leg, and anyone can realize in a measure the privations sacn a loss can occasion; but very few are UUiieU. Upuii LU CAIJl luuiuui vnuvi, auu very few realize the extent to which human ingenuity can provide menus of compensation- iu such cases. Sometimes it seems as if nature gives what aid it can, and when the physical completeness has been denied sought to make up the deficiency with more than average mental gifts. Such observations might naturally occur to the individual who was acquainted with the son of G. B. Williams, of Mendon, Mass., who was born without arms and legs, and yet goes around the village and fills a worthy place in the youthful society of the town, with promise of an active and useful manhood in the years to come. The young man is 12 years of age. His features are rather old looking for his i- -i.. . ? J years, ana tne expression is origui aim intelligent. His language and looks indicate a belief in his ability to take care of himself before a great while. He is nearly qualilied to enter the high school of the town, and bis handwriting is above the average. In accomplishing the latter work the pen is held under the chin, and with the aid of the snouiaer tue iracings arc maue. He attends the public school and goes around the village without the aid cf any other person, but the means to this end were not invented until within a year or'so, and not uniil after a long time of study upon,, the subject .and trial of several aids, which proved by f tn tin /"if litf!/* 11 CP T"Tf> Onlllfi .V, ? get up ana down stairs, put on his cap, and roll and throw himself from one point in the room to another without help, but to go much outside' of the house it was necessary to carry him. Now he carries himself. For this purpose a pair of wheels similar to those on a boy's velocipede were procured and the axle paddec _ne Doy resis his chest on the pad and by means of his imperfect lower limb propels himself around the town. It required some practice to learn to balance himseif at first, but bo soon overcame the difficulty. The wheels were obtained in Detroit, efforts to find the kind nearer home having been without success. "I can go anywhere I want to," said the lad. "Can 20 down hill faster than a walk, but have to rest on up grades." He does not complain of any pain or trouble in the stomach from restingthe weight of his body on it so much. In spite of bis affliction and the way he is handicapped in the race for worldly rewards, he impresses the stranger as one who bids lair to make his mark by ' strong mental attainments.?Boston Olobc. Very few people know Low to eat a watermelon,, just as not. one man in ten thousand knows how to eat an orange. To be properly enjoyed the perfect watermelon should be pounced on in the patch just after sun-up. It should' be carefully selected. In response to an eager thump there should follow a dead and mealy sound, aud the melon should weigh not less than twenty-five pounds. After it is pulled it should be split end to end with a short-bladed pocket-knife, so that iu tearing it open the glowing and juicy heart, bursting ioose from its coulinement, shall find a lnHonnont'nn nni> side nnlv. At this foirtf. the knife is to be flung away, 'or a moment the eye should be allowed to feast itself on the vision thus suddenly brought to view, then the heart should be ;coo:>ed out with the hand and its nectarous meat thrust upon the hot and thirstv nalate. There ou^ht to be something savage in the enjoyment of a watermelon; it ought to bo crushed anil swallowed witu avidity. Tne man who knows i;ow to enjoy one wii] cum.- away from tne fray with the a wee 1.1 m nis beard, iu his hair, :inii on his elotnes.?Atlanta tonstuuLon. c Offending an Alligator, "Now, then," said the colonel, "here's the rifle and there's the alligator* Get down behind this log and take a dead rest and aim for his eye." The reptiie wasn't over 100 feet *\T\ fliA a K rvra rsf tKn I o /TAATI awuj9 1J iU& cuc WJ. iub aa^vvu to dry bis scaly back. If be had eyes they were shut, but I got down with the determination to plant a bullet somewhere back' of the base of his great jaws. "Hold on!" whispered the colonel, "you can't hit nothing with the gun urA^hlmor nil fhp lftor. StonrJr vw?-0 ?a' j? now!" I got my eye down to the gun and was fishing for the right spot when the colonel broke in with: "Great lands! but see him shaking! If you fire now the"bullet will go clear over Baton Rouge!"1 " I sat up and drew a long breath and then got down and pulled the trigger. 1 was' still puliing when the colonel whimpered: 'Well, I declare! but the gun isn't cocked!" i drew up the hammer and took auoth"* iortir breath, and just _then_ the.,. alligator opencorTirfT?mouttr like the door of asbed, and ya/trnejaVis natural ly as a human being. I looked at him instead of tuo sights, and the colonel nudged me, and said: "S;iv. I don't believe vre loaded that . gun alter shooting .it that buzzard!" He was right. We bad to load it, and just as we had finished' the operation 1 detected a smell of musk and heard a wallowing in the sand, and as we rose up tuat '.leased oid reptiie put ins tore leet on the log to look over. "Now give it to him!" shouted the colonel, and I raised tnogun and banged away. It was a WmoUester, and I ba.n truii ao-.iin. Tiie alligator looked at me in :l pti'zz eil way, auu at the third report he backed off- and headed lor tite hike. 1 followed aud opened a "leaden hail" on him. Twice he turned his head and gave me a look of reproach, and as he was about to enter tiie water he put up his forefoot and wiped a tear from the corner of his left eye. -I" had grieved his feelings? intentionally and maliciously insulted a crocodile who had perhaps been a philanthropist all his days. "Gimme that gun!" said the colonel in a husky voice. "I brought you out here to give you a chance to kill an alligator, but I'll be hanged if I'll be a party to any such conduct as yours. Xuat 'gator has been shamefully treated, and he feeis it, and ten to one if he doesn't hold mo responsible and give it away to every durnod reptile in Louisiana. Lei's go home!"?Detroit Fret i / esj. < < ' Lakes of Solid Salt in Asia. ^ i f_ n.i J: rom a paper rcau uy oir ireter Lumsden before the Royal Geographical Society: Yaroilan means "the sunken ground,"und no word can better describe the general appearance of the valley of these lakes. The total length of the valley from Kangruali road on the west to the Band-i-Dozan, which bounds it on the east, is about thirty miles, and its greatest breadth about eleven miles, divided into two parts by a connecting ridge which runs across from north to south, with an average height of about 1.800 feet, but - - - inn Has a narrow, wmcn rises some ieei a&ove the general average. To the west of this rid^e lies the lake from which the Tekke Turcomans from Merv get their salt The valley of this lake is some six miles square, and is surrounded on all sides by a steep, almost precipitous descent, impassable for baggage animals, so far as I am aware, except by the Merv road, in the northwest corner. The level of the lake I made to be about 1,430 feet above the sea level, which gives it a descent of some 400 feet from the level of the connecting ridge, and of some 950 feet below the general plateau above. The lake itself lies in the center of the basin, and the supply of salt is apparently unlimited. The bed of the lake is one solid mass of hard salt, perfectly level, and covered by only an inch or two of water. To ride over it was like riding over ice or cement. The bottom was covered with a slight sediment, but when that was scraped away the pure white salt shone out below. How deep this deposit may be it is impossible to say, for no one has yet got to the bottom of it To the east of the dividing ridge io tViQ MKftm! - from which the Saryk3 of Penjdeh take their salt The valley in which this lake is situated is much the larger of the two. ' The valley proper i3 itself some fifteen miles in length by about ten miles, in breadth. The descent to it is precipitous on the north and west sides only, the eastern and southeastern end sloping gradually up in a succession of undulations. The level of this is apparently lower than that of the other. I made it out to be some 800 feet above the sea level. m, -. - - 1 -1-- : .. J. 136 SH1C 112 CU1S IUKU IS uuv su oiuuuiu as in the other and does not look so pure. It is dug out in flakes or strata, generally of some four inches in thickness, is loaded into bags, and carried off on camels for sale without further preparation. Might We All Go Naked? I have lived seven years in Colorado, and have herded sheep in weather so cold that the food I took out for lunch froze hard in my pockets?thermometer sometimes fifteen or twenty decrees below zero?and I used to wear less clothing than I do now, although naturally sensitive to cold, owing to a weak circulation. I well remember a half-witted man, , Marvin by name (who has since then committed a dreadful crime), who used to get a precarious living by hunting in the mountains, and who,, in the coldest winter weather, went about in rags? practically undothcd. Another "oldtimer," who was a teamster, invariably went about in the severest weather and most biting winds, with his coat open and his chest perfectly naKea ana exposed. Surely the street Arabs, who are at once-half-starved aad halfnaked, prove that. Jlhc power to resist cold is merely a matter of habit, and that we might make ourselves "''all face" if we liked, though doubtless a modicum of clothing is comfortable, if of doubtful sanitary value. I lirmly believe tuat overcoats are the most fruitful causc of winter colds, and that the best and safest plan is to make lit+1^ ?? nrt r?itrf>rpr>r>r> hi'tween summer WAV VI JU\S ? ? ? and winter clothing. ? JK. AI. Williams, in Clothier and Furnisher. Of all the states in the Unrou, Georgia brings the most fantastic things to the suiface. Its very latest oddity is a spider as big as a hickory hut,thc"long, curved back whereof shows the human face in Drofilc. The face is like that of a man of the Malay type, the brow, the eyes, the nose, the mouth and the chin bcMiigf imitated with a precision quite startling in its way. 1 WIT Ayp HUMOB. A druggist at Quincy.IlL, advertised kauffdropps to those suffering with colds. Abraham Kauff, a citizen of the town, called on the druggist, and: pnt out his left eye as a reward for being funnv. "A curioas negro superstition is that a man who has been struck by lightning can not swim," says an exchange. Weh ave noticed the same thing*' too, about negroes who have died from yellow fever.?tuck. ' .w A London paper lays it down editorially that "the man that would not kiss a woman when she tells him with her eyes that her lips are yearnins is an idiot" This, we think, depends upon the woman. ?Leavenworth(Kas.) Times. i'red Archer is the most, successful jockey in the world because he picks out winning horses before he mounts them. There would be some great doctors in the world if they could choose their patients.?A'eto Orleans Picayune. Mamma?Did you liave a nice time, dear, at church? Youthful son?Splendid! Papa enjoyed himself, too. But it made him Doctor? "You need exercise; what is your employment?" JPatieat?"I am a mason." 'Doctor?4'But then you can not lack exercise.'' Mason?r"That depends, sometimes, you snow, we work by the day and sometimes by the job."?German Paper. "Bobby," said the minister at the dinner table, "what do you expcct to do when you grow up." " "I'll be a minister, i think." "Thai's a laudable ambition, indeed, Bobby. Do you think you would like to be a minister?" *' ' ;~ :1 "O, yes," Bobby replied. "Pa says you've got the softest job in to*?n."? New York Hun. A New Jersey-man, hearing that his wife intended to elope, considerately went away from home the eveniDg named, so as to remove every obstacle. . His wife suspected the cause of his absence, and dismissed her clandestine suitor. Moral: Never ti^ to be smarter than a woman. If you do, you will get 1/j-ff* P.iirlrr)nfn)T h'rpp Wrong Diagnosis. Physician?"Yes, sir; you must stop, <?ai>ng between meals. That is what is the matter with you." Patient?"But if I did not eat between meals I should starve to death." "Nonsense." "But I should, doctor. Indeed I should." "How can that possibly be?" "I board."?Philadelphia Call "My dear friend," said a minister at the bedside of a sick man, "do you feel that you are prepared to die?" "I realize only too 'well that I am not," replied the sick man, feebly. "I would be glad to speak with you concerning matters waicu aiiirn uma must concern " "You are very kind, sir," Interrupted the patient: "but the physicians are holding a consultation, and I would like to learn their verdict tirst/'?New York Times. A minister at a recent wedding came very near being broke up rigrhfc in the midst of the ceremony, and all by the bride, a pretty, fragile, young little thing, and one of his favorite parishioners. She had insisted on the most rigid of the Episcopal Church, .forms. , *" and her Unitarian minister had humored her. Imagine, then, his surprise as he dictated the lines: "Promising to love, honor, and obey," to have her distinctly alter her oath to: "Promising to love, conor, ana oe gay, looting him directly in the face the while. He had some difficulty to control his inclination to laugh, and, not being prepared for the contingency, let it slip.? boston Home JottmaU "How fresh everything seems tonight," said he. 4,Do you know anything fresher than a spring zephyr?" * .XT _ 11 J i.l 1 1 ii- ^ 4. "i?o, saiu uic young iauj; unless it is the fresh paint you are sitting on. It has not been on the piazza four hours." The young man went through a back street to a hotel and sent the porter out on an errand. A few minutes later an odor of benzine tilled the hotel.?Port Jcrvis Union. They tell a story on the SpringHouse balcony at 'Richfield Springs, about William M. Evarts. Chauncey Depew says Evarts onco sent a donkey up to his "Windsor farm in Vermont. Ahonfc n wpok afterwards Mr. Evarts received the following letter from his little grandchild: Dear Grandpa: The little donkey i& very gentle, but he makes a big noiso nights. He is very louesoxne. I guess lie misses you. I hope you will come up soon and then he won't be so lonesome.?Minnie. "Where are the American poets?" an .fcngiisn criticaemanas. wnere are the American poets? Why, bless your soul, they are everywhere and their name is legion. You will find one in nearly every newspaper office in the United States, with his machine rigged up in the corner of his room ready at a moment's notice to respond to" the call of copy, and a great many more besides chained in the basement dungeons under the pressrooms ready to do iec loose woen occasion acmanas. None of your "Yoa, yon" poets, either, such as the English make laureates of, but real bona tule "yi, yi" poets, all wool and a yard_ wide, . and closely woven at that- VV here are the Amei> ican poets? You should rather ask. Where is the American that isn't a poet? The Nine have remorcd their abode from Parnassus To our sky-kissing mountains, their health to repair, And we beg to assure English critics, who sass us, That they're growing quite fat on American air. ?Boston Courier. A Kockiand household was made proud and happy by the introduction nf a ofthinet orcan. The mother conld play a little, and there was'*'"popular collection of music" included, in the purchase; she lost no time in getting every note and stop into practice. The organ groaned, ana wheezed, and complained', with the most astotiiafcing music, night and day, day and night, for a week. Then one morning there was _ i?. T _ u niiuvjf*. at iuc uuui, auu a uhue from the next house shrilly said: "Please marm, mother wants to know if you won'tlend heryour music book?" This was a surprising request, inasmuch as the woman next door was known to be organless. After gasping once or twice, tne amateur organist asjcea: "What does she want of it?" The child hadn't been loaded for this question, so she straightforwardly replied: "I don't know, I'm sure, only -1 heard mother tell father that if she had hold of that book for a day or two mebby somebodv could set a rest" The wo man softly shttt the door in the little girl's face, and went and carefully locked the cabinet organ with a brass key.?Eockiand Courier-Gazelle,