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* K ' * - VOL XL 11. WLNNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17,1886. NO. 29. ^ 1 - ?Ml ^ Sert:ie:i. are tN- hi'": ' ; < r.wy i'1 tfc?* 'Hsmnce, Ami sKijhily the 1. ci:?t his lay, Dre:;niM:\r b'-conioth a j# irt ??i' exi'-tencc\ And tlie v.inf! as : siiive" away. KJKlirvr the r:::p I'-nvr - t-:il ;:si:I q:ii"< r. k. And blades of briAvri-iusseled c? ni. ^ S'.vayinar The rr.-'(]?,a-r"<:. r:p;>M;:'.r river. All uniiuerpivud. .; ! a::;: i'i?;-:or:i. The stillness is ?t:;rtl- <2 by s of nuts <lrr>p* pia.ir: The creek is half-cover: i with butternut leaves: r White cow* in the sunshine ;t::d shadow are The thresher is grinding the #oM from the sheaves. Now sail throu;:a the azure the spirit of flowWit h white v.-i*j-.-s outspread in a jrioriiied way: Moths nervously l it !>>r t!.:<-:;- fc.v lr:ppy h"':rs^ Jl Sf'UIVlH UW wi lii- ?>'>iu ^ Day. And hark! at the sunrise the chanticleer's crowinjr. That n'list'th as sweet as pure Itrufeol's voice I To school. novr, the shcutir.;r. jray children are , XiiiK'? The < mi-' "ctivitv, co'or nn.l noise. Ah. d"ai . tli" children!?the tidy girl airy? The bov li?ratiiirf Hornets, who taketh no don , W\\*r t'nrr- thr. !??<.?irv1 i Nf>"" .o*"inir to si;;) 111 tlx> f-::r I I ttrr o' eninjr the k"tyOi<l shn!!'-ih n:ul rn<p<-;h. Tb > l'roy utul tav screech-owi?and lire-Mies lit; k <"he ;i:oon in pale gossamer stificth and sraspm*. eth. pn S< fl'lod *.vi;h ]jcr passion and sorrowed by ' 4.: f ooxot'i on lovors. and scemeth us sadJ'-n'-d ? chn i-.-wl i,,<f .mi! \v;k fwr tr.oro dr<-:ir: T' < Nijrhfs lus'rons eyes are ;iil troubled ahd .nil down en the rnariirold trickles a tear! ?C. L. Fliifer. in The Current. i 1-5 I] TEL KG I5APIIIC SIGNAL, j John Mills, the hero of this sketch, was a railroad engineer, and had been j for a ion<; time in uie company s cmploy. When lii new engine was completed and placed on the read. John was given charge of it. and he cvinccd a natural pride in his preferment. At one of the stations there was a youn^f ^ ? girl, a teh'-graph operator, between whom and the engineer there had sprung up a mutual attachment, and whenever "o9" came along. Kate generally managed to be at the door and exchange signals with her lover. One day the train was detained at the station, and the locomotive detached and sent up the road, to do some additional work, and Kate went along for a ride. As she listened to the p- sharp, shrill notes of the whistle, it occurred to her that slu: might teach John fo sound her name in the Morse telegraphic characters, so that could distinguish his signal from that of the other engines, whenever his train apkproached. The plan worked to a charm, and far and near the whistle shrieked rK-a-t-c. until one day. as the operator stepped upon the platform, she overheard a conversation between two young men. anu learned that they understood die signal, and were laughingly wondering who Kate eoulu be. Their means of communication having been discovered they w; re obliged to discontinue it. In the meantime. Kate had, by / - means of the telegraph, made the acijuaititance of a young lady, an operator ^ in a distant city, but whom she had sever seen, and to her she made known ... PPfP plan as brillhirvt-.*:* it was ingenious. It was simply to arrana means of telegraphic communication between the approaching train and the station, so as to ring a'bell hidden away iu the c!os?-t of Kate't; otlice, engine **00" being the only one provided with the means of completing the circuit, which was done by laying the poker upon the tenderbrake so as to touch the wire in p.tssing. r - Kate found an opportunity to acquaint John with the proposed plan, and in the meantime had found an abandoned ' - 1 T - - 1 wire wincn ran lor a :ong ?;.ji:anea ci?se by the track. and which sh" proposed to use fur carrying out her purpose. Thanksgiving day can:-.*.?;>!>n after. and John fortauatJy having a holiday. lie and Kate went bravely t;> work. and be. io-rc the day had ended the task was V completed, and proved a complete success. The dramatic finale of their love episode is old in following sketch:? It was vciy singular how absent-mind a and inattentive (he operator wa on the day that the groat scientific enteqiri.se was finished. * No wonder she was disfl^p turbed. Would the new line work? is? Would her little battery he strong enough for such a great circuit? Would John be able to close it? The people heorjm to assemble for the train. The ^ _ clock pointed to the hour for its arrival. Suddenly, with start'ing distinctness, the bell rang el. arand loud in the echoing room. With a cry of delight she ^ put on her dainty hat and ran in haste '' out upon the .platform. Tlic whistle broke loud and clear on the cool, crisp air, and ".39" appeared round the curve Ill IIIC v. U'JUN .1 lit.? 5|;.v;iiuiu slid swiftly up to her feet and paused. Perfect, John! Perfect! It works to a c-harm." "With a spring she reached the cub and ^ sat down 0:1 the fireman's seat. x "Blessed if I could teil what he was goin? to do," said the iiroman. "He told me about it. Awful bright ideal 'You see, he laid the poker on the tender brake there, and it hit the tree slam, and I saw the wires touch. It was just prime?'' But the happy moments sped, and **5S" groaned and slowly departed, while Kate stood on the platform, her face wreathed in smiles and white r steam. So the lovers met each day. and none knew how she was inr.de aware of his Lapproaeii Willi mien ;iu?oiiuv ithuiih;. Science applied to love, or rather love applied to science, can move the world. Two whole weeks passed, and then there suddenly arrived at the station, late one evening, a special, with the directors' car attached. The honorable directors were hungry?they always are ?and would pa::se on their journey and take a cup of tea and a bit of supper. The honorable* and >hoir wives and children filled the station, and th > place ..it?*--. o it-li.i 'ktvlf.* fr\t she demurely sat in her den. book in Jiand. and over its unread pact's admired the jjay party in the bri^'miy lighted vraitin^-room. Suddenly wwh furious rattle, her electric bell sprung into life. Every spark of color left her face, and her book fell pyith a dull slam to the floor. What eras it? What did it mean? Wi;o rani; |t? Wi'i: affrighted faee she burst from er ofilcc and bru.-h< d through ti;e astnished people and out upon the saowIveivd platform. There stood the Sectors' train upon thy truck of the ttomin^ engine. Tiie condia-tor! Where is he? Oh. jStart! Start! Get to the siding! 2' expjvss! The express is coming!"' I'ith a cry s!io snatched a lantern j : a brakeman's hand, anil in a 1 was irone. They saw her light ling ami dancing through the darkand they were lost in wonder and zemcnt. The girl U crazy! No l is due now! Tii.-re can be no jer. She must be hi that horrible whisile. Such a 1 shriek on a winter s. night! The J men sijrnn^ t-> the train. the women J and children lied in frantic terror in | cv;-rv direction. j "Iii;:! for your lives," .-e:v::m d ilic I conductor. "There's m .sn:as!i-up omin-J ' A .short. ?h:irp s-.Torsm from the j whistle. hc::*!-IijLrht jfj?.;tn!fdon the snow-eov.;\ u iraek, and tin-re was a ni:;d rn<h ox slitting wheels and the jrigamic engine roared like a demon. TJie great ".Vj" slow'.v drew m ar and stopped in the woods. A hundred heads looked out, and a stalwart figure leaped down from the engine and ran on into the bright glow of the head-light. | "Kate!** | "Oh: John, i " j She into his arms senseless and I white, and tiic lantern dropped from her nervsrh ss hand. I They took her up tenderly and bore her into the station-house and laid her i upon the sofa in the "ladies* room.*' ! XI'M. i... 1.- .1 <: Willi HiiMlUU \ UILX'" ltn*> lv>uuu to offer aid and comfort. Who was she? How did she save the train? How did she know ;>r* i: - :;p?:ro:seJi? i? inv daUt," said the old srationmnsfer. "She tends the telegraph.*' The president of the railroad, in his gold-bowed spcetaeles. drew near. One grand lady in silk anil satin pillowed Kate's head on her breast. They all gathered near to sec if she revived. She opened her eyes andga/.'jd about dreamily. as if in search of something. "Do you wish anything, my dear?"1 said the president, taking her hand. "Some water, if you please, sir: and 1 want?I want " They handed her s<-me wine in a silver goblet. 5>he sipped a little, and then looked anion;* the strange faces as if in search cf someone. Are yon looking for anyone, miss?" "Yes?no?it is no matter. Thank you, ma'am, 1 feel better. I sprained my foot on the sleepers \\ .en I ran down the track. Ir is not severe, and I'll sit up." They were greatly pleased to see her recover, and a quiet buzz of conversation lilled the room. IIow did she know it? How could she tell the- special was chasing us? Good heavens! if she had not known it. what an awful loss ol life there would have been; it was very careless of the superintendent to follow our train in such a reckless manner. ' You feel better, my dear.** said the pres'dent. "Yes. sir. thank you. I'm sure I'm thankful. 1 knew John?I mean the engine was coming.1* "You cannot be more grateful than we are to you for averting such a disastrous collision." "I'm sure i'm pleased, sir. I never thought the telegraph She paused abruptly. ' What telegraph?'' "I'd rather not tell, sir." "But you will tell us how you knew 'he engine was coming?" "Must you know?" "We ought to know in order to reward you proper]}-." She put up her hand in a gesture of refusal, and was silent. The "president and din dors consulted together, and two cf them came to her and briefly said i.l 1? -1-.1 1 U?.\. iiad ocen muilo aware 01 use a.|>pro;icu- j '1112: danger. "Vv'eli. sir, if John is willing, I will tell you all." John M:l!s, the engineer, was called, and hi- cam.' in, cap in hand, and the enti'.o company gathered round in the grea test cage mess. Without the slightest affectation she put her hand on John's grimy arm, and "Shall I toll them, John? They wish to know about it. It saved their lives, they say." "And mine, too." said John, reverently. "You had best tell them, or let m*'." She sat dov.-n ajrain. and viicn and there John explained how the open circuit line had been built, how it was iisL-d. and frankly told why it had been erected. Never did story create profounder sensation. The gentlemen shook hands with him, and the president actually kissed her for the company. A real corporation ki.ss. loud and hearty. The .allies fell upon her neck, and actually cried over the splendid girl. Even the children pulled her dress, and put their arms about her neck, and kissed away *.1-- I v- !?..+ ?/] /^1-ioolrc lilU I1Umuii \^kj > uvu il\,l vaa\^v?w Poor child! She was covcreil with confusion, and knew not what to say or do. and looked imploringly to John. He drew near, and proudly took her hand in his. and she brushed away the tears and smiled. The gentlemen suddenly seemed to have found something vastly interesting to talk a' )ut. for th?y gathered in a knot in tne corner of the room. Pres ently the president said aloud? Gentlemen and directors, you must pardon me, and I trust the ladies will do the same, if I call you to order for a brief matter of business. There was a Midden hush, and the room, now packed u> sijflb:-a*ion. was pai ally <;uUJ. "The secretary wiil plesse tftk?* ininute.s of this njf'Jin^." Tile secretary sat down at Kate's desk, and then tin re was a little pause. "Mr. President!*' Every ;v::s to a corner where a ?rti\- ?:?-r*?l gentleman had monn'ifxl a . hair. -Mr. Pn-.sit "Mr. (-rrivs. director for the State, p-ntleiy.; n." "I bejf leave. sir, ? .? olV<T a resolution.1' Then h<? be?ra!i to read from a slip of paper? "VVhen-as. John Mills, engineer of <1?:C IVrilwflV lillG. erected :i private telegraph: and whereas he. with tlic- assistance of tlic telejrraph operator of tlsrs" station (! leave a blank for her name). r.<- d the *:iid line without the consent of this Company, and for other than railway business: "It is resolved that he be suspended permanently from his position as engineer. and that the said operator be requested to resign " " *' i .. i!n A murmur oi insapprooaiion nuuu mv room, but tin; president commanded silence, and the Stale director wont on. "?re-ipi her place. "It is farther resolved, and is hereby ordered, that the said John M'lls be and is appointed chief engineer of the new repair shops at Shnvson." A tremendous chetr broke from the assembled company, and the resolution was passed with a shout of assent. How it all ended they never knew. It seemed like a dream. and they could j not believe it true till they stood alone in the winter's night on the track beside that glorious The few ears the engine had brought u>> had been joined to the train, and vl'" had been rolled out on the siding. With many r....-.,-j .fn'nn l??v>r!v kisses for Kale. and a round of parting \ cheers for the two. the train had sped j j away. The idlers had ui.-jK-rsod. and j j none lingered about the abandoned ' | station save the lovers, 4\r>9"* would | slay that ni'j;!:; ?>n :!) -V:i.: *nl th?*v had walked up : 11: {rack to !?<1 if a. Ir-ng farewell. For a fi.w moments rlvy j.;ood in the ; glow of t!::- gr'*at lamp. and t'en h;' ! quietly pr:i it < ut. and :Ht the ginni to i breathe awav its liv-rv life in ? . clouds of \v!i;t * steam. A- for t!>i iowrs j they hail no n.-c.l of its *i ln> { winter stars shor.:* tlir-p.i. and the j calm, cold n'.-rht M-i-nr-ii a paradise j below. TVhif ic T.i*r#V The follow".];;.' r.e onsit of tlie sensa- J tions of lumpn>r is s -nr us by a correspondent who is a member of a ki: 1 I of 'Suicide Club," and was actually, he says, partly Imn;' the oilier day. in the presence of several friends: A <rood stoiit rope had been obtained. This was securely fastened to the rafters of the barn roof. I nulled at the ron-> i with my hands 1<> make sure th:it i: would not break. Then I permitted myself to be biind-foidrd ;md mounted on :i cluiir. For the moment. I admit, 1 was weak cno::;rh to : jm j::ih* and tremble. I soon, however, recovered ir.y presence of mind. Putr.n^my head through the nnn<f>. I <r:lVl. il;.- signal. I f it the chair drawn from under mt*. There v.w. a great, jerk. ;ar.u i f? It a violent pain in my neck. as my s-arf had ail of a sudden become tight. Now eonu'S the most curious part of my experience. After the iirst feeling of torture. which I admit was decid. dly very severe. I lost consciousness. 1 seemed to be transported into a new world, more beautiful than anything imagined by the poet. I was swimming. meihought, in a s-a of oil. The feeling wn- rs-juisstely delicious. A< 1 warn t:>.s:!y and without efi'oit through the mass I noticed afar otf an island of th mo-t gSorioas emerald gre; n in color. Tips it was my wish to reach. I swam easily and contentedly on. The sea kept i wry instant changing its hue. though it remained of the same substance throughout. At one inct-int if \VK ;i IV) MS.; of (mill. :IS the SUH a as shining brilliantly 0:1 it. The next moment it was a vivid blood red: bi:t there was nothing terrible or disgusting in this new color. It kept changing, in fact, to all the hues of the rainbow, yellow and red being the predominant tints. I got nearer and nearer to the isle. As 1 approached it there sprang out suddenly from the ground a number of people strangely disfigured, whose faces seemed to be known to me. 1 at iast leached tIn* land. A magnificent chorus of voices, human and those of birds burst forth. I closed my eyes in ecstacy. I llo:i!i d calmyon ;o the shore, and lay as a child in it.- era die, slightly weakened from. I supposed. iJie enervating edect of the oiiy ma: ter in which 1 had been swimming. At last I opened my eyes. The magic charm was at once dispelled. The divine harmony eiased. 1 he faces were still piercing at me with an expression of eager curiosity, but 1 perceived that they belonged to the members of our society. The pain in my neck was great. I was now in entire possession of my senses. My friends had fortunately cut mo down in time. 1 was still weak.?too weak to at once relieve my friends' curiosity. When I was able to speak 1 told them my experi >-li:)rm:ng picture of tbo *>Mss whifh I had felt, not orttrorrnom would consent to (w-mycx-periment. They all considered my <eon- " duct heroic, but absolutely refused io emulate me. They said i looked so ghastly!?l'all Mali Gazette, m ? ? Empress Josephine's Last Days. There is something very touching in the account of the meeting between the husband and wife at Fontainebleau after the return of Napoleon from his Aus- | trian campaign. Josephine well knew ,v ? T?? ! *.?ivv?irAAoKIT- I mat me jum uivw>.vv cidcd upon the divorce, yet. womanlike, she called in the aid of her charms and fascinations once more, as though to strivo to win back the spouse who was about to repudiate her. At dinner that d:iy she appeared in a very elegant and singularly becoming toilet?a polonaise in white" satin trimmed with swansdown, while in her hair were placed clusters of com-liowers intermingled with silver wh -at. Never had she look ed more charming or shown herself more winning, and tiie Emperor, who was morose and silent at the commencement of the dinner, regained his spirit and made himself agreeable. But that evening he avoided Josephine in a manner that gave her to understand that all was indeed at an end between them, and that their formal separation was only a question of time. A few months later Josephine made her last appearance in public as Empress of France at a fete given by Berthier, Prince De Wagram, at the Chateau de Grosbois. A curious contretemps marked the end of this festivity. One or' the diversions of the evening was a comedy in which Brunet, the favorite comedian of the day. sustained the principal part. This little piece was the well-known play of '"'Cadet Roussel." Unfortunately it contains numerous allusions to divorce, and one can easily imagine the embarrassment of the ho>t and the spectators when Cadet Roussel declares that he means to ?et a divorce "to have some inooctrtrs" and afterwards" remarks; "I know what kind of a wife I have now, and I do not know what sort of a one I shall take.'" Napoleon sat glowering at the stage in evident ill-humor. As to the Empress, she could with difficulty restrain her tears. Four days later Josephine took her departure from the Tuileries forever. A iramp's .>cw xric*. An elderly, charitable-looking gentleman, wearing an air of prosperity, was rubbing into the postoffiee on Sunday when be was approached by. a dilapidated, seedy-looking tramp. The latter bold in his hand a sealed envelope directed in lead-pancil am! smeared with the marks of grimy fingers. "Will you please give me a couple of pennies to send a letter to my mother, oir? I have just got out of a hospital and I want to send for money to go home.'" The gentleman was overcome by the piteous appeal and dropped a coin in the outstretched hand. As he issued forth from the other end of the bis" sranite structure be was mel by the same individual with the same story and the same dirty envelope. "Why. you scoundrel, I just gave you enough to send your mother a. dozen letters,'1 shouted the benevolent gentleman. "You miserable wretch. You're an impostor.': ' i hat's a new racket," said the policeman on the corner, "and that rascal has been working it very successfully, too. Nearly everyone he asks gives him something. 1 have driven him away again and again, but lie conies back.11? lJk iladclplt id Rccord. Baroness Burdett Coutts has the satisfaction of knowing that her young American-born husband beat the marquis of Lome for a seat in the house of com mons. juu- manjuis is tne queen s sonin-Iaw, and it was her majesty who snubbed the baroness because she married a young man. QUEER THINGS IN TEXAS. Characteristics of Some of the Nutive Growths* The centipede is not a very pretty insect. He runs too much io leg's. Once I thought them of no use, but after seeing a lot of Chiricahua Indian papooses " i-- r a.:. pumn^ cenupcucs irouu men uuiw ?uu greedily devouring them, legs, poison and all", I no longer doubted the wisdom and beneficence of their creation. In the course of my checkered career I have had several adventures with centipedes and always came out second best. A centipede can raise a blister on a man's body quicker than a red hot _ 1 a ? : UUII.UUU U VUU UUU I Illinium.utiy a remedial poultice of funded prickly poar and dose yourself inwardly with post whiskj-?which latter is warranted to kill anything but an army mule?the resultant effects may be serious. Centipedes usually attack their victim at night, when he is asleep and can't defend himself. They are armed with about 200 little lances conveniently lashed to the tot: of each foot?of which T- ~ ~ a Vioca r\f UltJV I1UVC SCVUiiH iiuu ai< me uoov Vi each lance is a tiny sack of venom. If a centipede crawls across your body? which he'll most likely do if you lie down anywhere within a half a mile of him?you'll have no difficulty in follovring his trail, and vou'Il remember his visit for weeks. Sfo man ever died from the bite of a centipede, but I have known one to make a man wish he were dead. TARANTULAS. The tarantula is an exasperated spi tier, with teeth and hair. They are always ready for a tight and will tackle anything, not excluding a buzz-saw. In days gone by I have often amused myself by teasing one with a red-hot coal. At first they would fight shy, but after they once got mad they would attack that coal and never surrender until they were burned to a crisp. I never heard of any one eating a tarantula. If one bites Vou use same remedies as prescribed for centipede sting, only more so. THE VIN EGA BOAS'. The vinegaroan has never been scien ~ i .1 - ?j. ^ J tincauy ciassmea, anu is consent to piuu through life undistinguished. save by his humble frontier patronymic. The Mexicans and Indians, who have been acquainted with the vinegaroan longer than I have, solemnly assert that nis bite is deadly. I have always taken their word for it. The vinegaroan lives under decaying logs, and. if disturbed, scorns to run. I saw a light once between a vinegaroan and a tarantula. - --i . J -..i inc larimuia was iuw:u out ui iuu yiu dead in one minute. THE STINGING JLIZZARD is found most anywhere, but principally snugly ensconced in the "foI<ls of your blanket when you lie down at night. He always lets you know that he is there, and i have known strong men to tear their hair and dance and pray in a very .irwl f:i ilimn nnr>71 UUUI-UUIVV. ...... ~~T -j discovering that a stinging lizzard hud selected them as a bedfellow. The stinging lizzard's weapon of defense and offense is his tail, which is long and as full of joints as a bamboo pole. When he punches you with the sharp end of this cauda^ appendage . yon think . of: sheol's fire .. -zarct is not good to eat. The application of a fresh quid of tobacco will take the tire out of the spot where lie salutes you. THE DEVIL nr/{SE. The body of a devil horse is all of the same size, and he looks not unlike a green walking-stick set up on twelve other walking-sticks, six on a side. The scientific men who have sought to classify the fauna of Texas have somehow overlooked the devil horse, but he doesn't seem to minci the siignt ana continues catching flies with monotonous persistency. I was never bitten by a devil horse, and I never met any one who had been,but the natives class them among the poisonous, and they ought to know. A COLONY OF FIRE ANTS. My camp was once invaded by fire ants. It was a good place, convenient to wood and water,and I hated to leave. X UJajpiU*^ I LIU" U1 V/U/UpiUVJ Milii them for three weeks, at the end of which time I incontinently surrendered and tied. During that three weeks I dug them out, burned them out and drowned them out, but they didn't seem to mind it in the least. Tltey went, on burrowing the building and exploring the surrounding country, and when my tent got full of them, and I had been Kitfxin ir> lvtiif. 3 oOO 000 flifforrint places, I thought it time to move. The bite of the fire ant is like the sting of the stinging lizzard. It hints and makes a sore place. They increase with a rapidity that is alarming, and the more you try to exterminate them the more numerous they become. It used to be a test of courage among the Comanche Indians for a brave to thrust his bared arm into a nest of fire ants and hold it there without flinching, while his com panions went tlirougft tiie movements or a somewhat complicated dance around h?s tortured body. They don't do it any more. Once near Pope's Crossing, on the Pecos river, I reached a village of fire ants and started to make a detour. We discovered Indian signs of recent 1 :???:?A Ucltu, ttUU IlilUUU IU lllVL-Mlgau;. A UAUM of Indians had camped on the edge of the ant village, and a prisoner, who afterward proved to bt: a bear-huaier^ named Goggin, was stripped, bound hand and foot, and laid down among the ant hills, l'ou can imagine his horrible sufferings. We found his bones and gave them a decent burial. The tire ant is pugnacious, and his mode of warfare is always aggressive. In the -xfr<rvo<rnf*v will nrt;ink anv living BO'" O J ~ . o thing, from an elephant down, kill him by sheer force of numbers, and devour all but the bowels.?Sanderson. Texas, Cor. of the Philadelphia Times. A story is going the rounds about the unique Mr. nenry rrouse cooper, tne tailor, who has figured somewhat in New York courts in times past. One day, just after Mr. Cooper had been arreted at the instance of somebody who didn't like the way that Mr. Cooper spent his own money, a young man who happened to be running an Ishmaelite sort of paper printed an editorial paragraph pitching into Mr. Coopers wicked enemies and setting Mr. Cooper himself up for little less than an archangel. Mr. Cooper saw this paragraph in due time, and made a call upon the young man to render thanks. "I believe vou have an account with me," said ^ir. Cooper before he left. "I asked my bookkeeper for it before I came downtown to-day, and here it is, all receipted, my friend/ Take it as a token of my innrnpifitinn1 vr.nr hill is all witwl ont." "Receipted!" ejaculated that practical journalist. "Wiped out! Wiped out be blanked! What you want to do is to set up a new suit right quick. Don't come around here with your ancient history. I wiped out that bill myself eight months ago."' This sort of financiering captivated Mr. Henry Prouse Cooper, and the young man got just what he wanted. ' Flattering Recognition. A tfiemory of names afcd faces not only.contributes to social success but to eminence in official positions. A teacher who always succeeded in memorizing the names of her fifty pupils withm the first forenoon of the term, has declared that in th;it faculty lay one cause 01 ner enecuve discipline. can say,*' she explained, "on the very'first day" of school. 'Mary Jones, what are you doing?' Tom Brown, where is your book?' the scholars begin to fear my quickness of thought. Each one-r has an ill-defined feeling that I mav not only know his name, but all his traits.^' iSe man who aspires to be a leader of the people will do well to cultivate a memory of faces. President Van Buren was said to possess that faculty in a high decree of perfection. A gentleman was once introducing a party of friends to him. and Tr-V?o<> l>o thn fourth mprnhpl' of the^roap, Mr, Yan. Buren anticipated hircuby saying,? "This is Mr. Thompson." ^Yes," said the gentleman, "I was once introduced to you, but did not suppose you would remember it." 44Oh, yes, certainly I do. You were introduced to me at" Syracuse, in 1835, on the occasion of the visit of General Jackson to that city, and with you were fhr/% ftf-TiPr crpntlpmr-n. Yon were the secqhd. presented,M?a statement which the gentleman confirmed. On the occasion of the meeting, at Montreal, of scientists from all parts of ther world last year, many of these leaded gentlemen desired to be presented to General Grant, who accordingly received them; but their guide was greatly astonished at finding that he recognized many of them before their names were mentioned. A frequent for? of salutation was, 'How do you do, ^Professor? I met you at Liverpo<*" or, "I saw you last in Manchester.?* m-incfe Viorl toL-on tVioir Ipfl VW the, general's friend asked where he could have become acquainted with so many foreigners. "Oh, I met them abroad." was the answer. They had been introduced to him there among crowds of other strangers, but he had fixed their faces indelibly upon his memory. At another time, he recognized a lady whom he had seen for a few moments only, years before, and then as one of several hundred schoolgirls. A delicate flattery is implied in the fact, that one's name or face has made so deep an impression upon a stranger that he has ba?n able to retain it through a period of years. And since it shows a truer kindliness to preserve a gracious attitude towards the world at large rather than a hostile one, such a flattery of strangers may spring from something nobler that mere seif-interest.? Youth's Companion. 4 Some Street-Car Xuisancos. Men who have been eating onions Men who smoke bad cigars on the front platform. Men who chew and expectorate in the cars. Pcdle? who fill the cars with their ' wirres aneFsm^ll.badly? The stareful dude. """" ? The awful masher. Men who talk so loudly that no one else can hope to be heard by his neighbor. Men who sit sideways when people are looking for seats. Men who crowd the platform so that people are squeezed nearly to death in getting on or off the cars. Men who pick their teeth in public. Men who clean their linger-nails in public. Juveniles who insist on sky-larking. Boys who eat pea-nuts. The small boy who. on muddy days, insists on knbeling on the seats. Squalling babies. Men who hum all the way. Men who want to know where the car is going to and when they get there. Women who flirt with the wrong fellow. The girl who hangs on to him all the way. The bundle woman. The lady who has just l>een doing a little shopping and bought out the store. Giggling girls. The umbrella fiend who always pokes the driver in the back or the conductor in the stomach. The stout indv who. when the ear lurches, subsides in one's lap. The shrill-voiced female. The mother of six who brings the whole six along. The lady who will mistake the bellrope for the strap. The woman who at every street corner asks where she is to get out. The gum-eating girl. Ti.. l.? J.JU5 WUIIil'JI Willi aiLUl tHO car only take five minutes to kiss and say good-by. The old young girl. The musical enthusiast. The stage-str-rk girl. The girl wh.> captures the conductor's attention so ihat he lias no eyes or ears lett for his business. The loud jrirl. The women who paint. The stalwart party who challenges you for your seat. The girl who looks at vou too hard. The girl who won't look at you at all.?y. Y. Graphic. Concerning Xames. The fact is, scarcely any nuisance is j a greater nuisance than that pertaining I to ill-assorted names. Why, for in stance, with our beautiiui ana musical; Indian nomenclature, should we have our Syracuse, Memphis, Thebes, Toledo, St. Louis, San Francisco. Cairo, Babylon, Jerusalem? What an uneuphonious, ill-assorted name is New York when we can have Manhattan for the taking! Why should racing: mares be named Miss Woodford and Flora Tem-1 pie??or an Indian Hole-in-the-Wrall, Man-Afraid-of-His-IIorse, etc.? Why should a harmony composed for a relicrio :k hvmn be named Federal street O"" ?" "J and another Bowdoin square? Why should two of our gunboats be called Terror and Vixen? Why should so many names of hamlets, villages, towns and cities be repeated in thirty-eteht states and seven territories, and give rise to innumerable \Yashingtons, Jack- j sonvilles. jeffersons, Adamses, and so j on??Christian at Work. m + ^ The ministers, it seems, trouble the librarians as much as any other class of persons. At a recent conference of librarians in New York Dr. Btiel, Librarian of Union Theological Seminary, was asked how he got along. He said he was afraid that ministers were as bad as any one else, for since he had been librarian more .than 1,000 volumes had been taken. "One minister," he said. lil _ 1 1. < *1 V.,if AvpL it UUUtk. iwiruij-mi W out finally returned it, with a note to the efiect that he neoded the book no longer, as he had obtained a better edition.' CONVERSATIONAL* Advice to Those Who Desire to Become I'rolielent iii the Art of Belngr Agreeable. A young lady, whose man 'mgo is in prospect. writes to us that she would i:ke to become export in conversation. She realizes that as a wife .she must cany herself with dig nty and selfpossession, and that her conversation ought to be ready and intelligent What she particularly desires is the ability to talk with "a whole company," and even 1 to 1)0 the leader oi' conversation. She fears that the meeting of many strangers in her new home will appall her conver- ] '? " "'I' ? ' !? /?L1 MUlUIlili [JUWl'lJ?. U jitui ill iiiTi \fi\k livixiv | rarely failed her. The foundation of a new home circle is in the special province of Good Housekeeping, ami we will respond to the letter on this page. A trying ordeal it is for a woman to break away from her home where she has always lived and where everything and almost everybody whom she sees is familiar, and enter a strange home where nearly all are strangers and where manv new acquaintances are to be noquirccl. Next to her care that she I shall look well, which is usually easily provided for, is a woman's concern that siie shall appear to lx: intelligent, an end that she regards as of uncertain attainment, because her feelings greatly predominating over her intellect, she contrasts herself with the other sex, whose intellect is more conspicuous than hers. A natural timidity, arising from almost exclusive home experience, is I sure to magnify every difficulty, and she approaches the ordeal with misgivings. The principles that underlie conversational ability fully cover this case. The very first requisite of all, compared with which all the rest are insufficient, is confidence, without whicli no one can tnlk well, neither privately nor publicly. It comes in various ways to different people, being inborn in some, knocked into other;; by contact with the world, and, in a conversational way, in the case of still others, often acquired by practice under disciplining circumstances. Bearing upon all these instances is the command that one has over the language, and his ready use of words. In short, good conversationalists arc born as well as made. With inborn assurance and loquacity, no one will falter in conversation, and, though his part may not be well sustained, he will be likely to monopolize attention. If to these be added practice. an extensive knowledge of the world, varied reading and thoughtful intelligence, spiced with story-telling powers, a person will shine in conversation above most of his fellows and may pardonably take the lead in it. At the other extreme, one whose power owr language is very limited, whoh as been so homekeeping that ho knows little of the world, who is timid and fears to tnut himself in the mazes of connected sentences, and never h:is conversed mucft, will be a failure conversationally, no matter how intelligent he may be. The average person is :i mean between these extremes, and such we will assume onr correspondent to be. The average lady will gain confidence when she finds herself constantly where she needs it, and, with ordinary com manci 01 language, sne may ueciueaiy ; improve her conversational .ibilit*-. 4wtpWtfewHn V?<v>oiTIO fl, leader, is doubtful?certainly*n<3t~1r~?tic is in the presence of a gifted talker, though otherwise she may train herself to take a stand in the front rank among others. Practice must be persisted in constantly, taking advantage of every opportunity to converse, and making a study of the matter. Newspapers should be read thoroughly, for they supply sul)jeets that arc timely, and often much in addition. Takinsr care to note the sub ! jects that may be conversed ::bout. the reader will cultivate her memory and provide herself with ready material for discussion. The fresh and best literature of the day outside of newsp.:oers should be treated in the same way. j Ladies usually narrate the incidents of their life, both great and small, re; mote and recent. feelrnjfiv :: id entertainingly. and these may be depended upon for conversational stock, where propc-r. They>hoii!d be enjoined to ac(juire an intelligent comprehension of the affairs of the town or city where I iii-nn r\f thn Lllt!\ 1IYI". U1 IJII'll v?? ?. .?.? Nation, not only current events, but historical. Tims' prepared the average lady, keeping in <r?-x><I practice, will have a capital si art f? *r conversational conquests, and will then i>e aide to do well on a higher plane of >td>j et> of a more abstract and 5nu*il?v:ii:i! nature. To sustain a conversation of this kind much reading of the !>vst. sort and considerable study are necessary, the particulars of which would need a special article for their treatment. With all these preparations in training I confident?, in practice :uid in providing I the subject matters, our correspondent ought to become a very good conversationalist. But it should be remembered that one should possess an art in conversation beside talking -th? nrt of making others fciik. One who is a <renius in this social duty may monopolize most of the time and so charm his hearers that they will be content to be silent: but, if he is not a genius, he may make himself obtrusive and cad forth unpleasant criticisms. Therefore, to give others an opportunity to talk, who may stand in danger of finding none, a talented conversationalist will ascertain their favorite and most familiar fields of knowledge for purposes of enticement. ^ 3 . AfKoiv' IrtKJU 5U?^t?llU!lS Ui .1UUJCV,U) JLW1 conversation arc sometimes more advisable for one than taking the lead. However easy conversation may be under other circumstances, tlio most unfortunate and unsatisfactorv attempt will be found to be in a miscellaneous small assemblage, endeavoring to sustain only one subject, when the assemblage ought to be divided into groups, each engrossed with its own topics. Conversational power, then, our correspondent, will find, may be acquired, even among strangers, by one who is not gifted iu this particular, by assiduous attention to the matter. . by forcing confidence through making demand." upon it, by unremitting practice, by providing the materials in many ways, and by attending to those arts and expedients that make it possible for others to take part in a conversation.?Good Housekeeping. The fact that :i commercial agency has been beaten in a suit to collect damages for an injurious report and ordered by a Montreal court to pay 84.000 ought to have a wholesome effect on concerns I * o- n *:i_ .. 01 IUU fctU'l. AUlWiiUUit; iJgrutico mxi | useful institutions beyond doubt, but j they blunder miserably at times and l ought to suffer for it when they injure business reputations.?Chicago Tribune. j According to the Southern Practitioner, the City of Mexico, being entirely j without sewers or drainage, the mortalI ity is at the high rate of 50 per 1,000 of v.*: .ii? T? o I popuiilliuu UllllUUIl^ . 111 uiiaiirtjuuu/t a I city of 58,000 inhabitants, the death rate is said to bo 74 per 1,000. I An Athlete's Diet. I eat, and always have eaten since 1 was a boy, a plenty of nourishing, generous food; and I am very wide "in my choice, eating as a rule any good food that tenants mv annetite. and that is " ' . 1 . "%. ? rr ? hearty enough to be easily tempted. For myself I am not especially fond of wnat you call made dishes, but prefer food in its plainer forms. For meats, I eat chiefly mutton and beef; and I use a good deal of bread, of course being as careful as I can to get the best. My own idea is, tnar so long as you nave sound, sweet food it doesn't make much difference what kind it is or how much you eat of it. I am very particular to eat slowly. I eat three times a day. Breakfast is a light or hearty meal according to how I feel about it at the same time. Lunch in the middle of the day is always light, and dinner at 6:30 or 7 is the principal meal of the day. I always take an hour for that If I haven't an "hour to spare at dinnertime I put off dinner till I have the time. I find, though, that aside from meat and bread I must have nlentv of vegetables. No man can make any kind of an athlete without eating plenty of vegetables. I take all kinds, and pretty much of all fruit too. Fruits are food. A man can't stay without that ind of food. He has ho endurance. Yes, Tm Scotch, and I believe in oatmeal, but I don't think you ought to eat too much of it. I have it at breakfast about three times a week. I am fond of milk too. and am especially careful to drink it slowly. It is excellent food, but it is very bad to drink it fast And it isn't p-ood to take too much liquid at any time, especially at meals. I have a habit of always drinking a glass of water when I first got up ?spring-water if I can get it. 1 don't exactly know why I do it. I don't know that it is very good for me. I guess it is because I like it. There's no accounting for taste, you know. Tea is mv greatest stimulant. I don't drink mucR coffee, but I do take considerable tea? black tea always. I never use green? and I take it with sugar and milk, and never take it iced. 1 don't mean when I sav it is mv greatest stimulant that I never take anything stronger. I very. seldom do, but sometimes, just before a race, for instance, if I need it I take some brandy?no malt liquor. That's bad, especially lager. La?rer is very bad. In training? Well, I make no difference in my diet in training. I only try- to keep more regular hours, especially in sleeping. And I take no physic. Physic is baa always. In training it's fatal?Wallace Ross in the Cook. Resent ing an Intruder. From John Burrough's paper on BirdF.npmjps. in the December Centum, we ouote the following: "One day a tragedy was enacted a tew yards from where I was sitting with a book; two songsparrows were trying to defend their nest against a black snake. The curious, interrogating note of a chicken who had suddenly come upon the scene in his walk, first caused me to look up from my reading. There were the spar rows, with wings raised in a way peculiarly expressive of horror and dismay,rushing about a low clump of grass and bushes. Then, looking more close~4y, I saw the_..glistening form of the "Lick snake, and the quick movement"" or nis neatt-as iw-wreu ** - ? - t ^ The sparrows darted about and through the grass and weeds, trying to beat the snake off. Their tails and wings were spread, and, panting with the neat and the desperate struggle, they presented a most singular spectacle. They uttered no cry, not a sound escaped them; they were plainly speechless with horror and dismay. Not once did they drop their wings, and the peculiar expression of those uplifted palms, as it were, I soall never forget It occurred to me that, perhaps, here was a case of attempted bird-charming on the part of the snake, T J ? 1 4-U^ /nn/ui feU X iUUAtU UU JLTU111 UCUIUU uvt. The birds charged the snake and harrassed him from every side, but were evidently under no spell save that of courage in defending their nest Every moment or two I could see the head ana neck of the serpent make a sweep at the birds, when the one struck at would fall back, and the other would renew the assault from the rear. There appeared to be little danger that the snake could strike and hold one of the birds, though I trembled for them, they were so bold and approached so near to the snake's head. * Time and again he sprang at them, but without success. How the nnor thintrs r>antpd. and held UD their wings appealingly! Then- the snake glided off to the near fence, barely escaping the-stone which I hurled at him. I found the nest rilled and deranged; whether it had contained eggs or youn<* I know not. The male sparrow haa cheered me many a day with his song, and I blamed myself" for not having rushed at once to" the rescue when the arch enemy was upon him. There is probably little truth in the popular notion that snakes charm birds. The black snake is the most subtle, alert, ana devilish of our snakes, and I have never seen him have any but young, helpless birds id his mouth.'1 Hare-and-Hounds. Next to foot-ball, the most important amusement?or shall I say work??at Ru^by is hare-and-hounds/ Every boy is obliged to go on these runs just as he is obliged to play foot-ball, unless, of course, his physician has forbidden him to take this exercise. There are what arc called "house" runs and 4'Big Side" runs, or those in which the whole school is represented. In the former, the smaller boys arc helped by the older, so that they nave an easy enough time; but on the latter, "every man for himself1 is the rule of the day. The runs are necessarily made every year over the same ground, and in whichever direction the boys go. they must cross plowed fields or grc-en meadows, with sheep scattering to every side: they must leap over hedges and brooks, mount little hills and jump ditches. And fortunate they are indeed, if the sun shines and the grass is dry and the roads hard; for, in rainv England, in the winter and .it .1 .u? -l, IUU tarn IUU wiirtuvv.^ iuw man rain or fog will add to the trials of a run. Tiresome as the runs are. the lx>ys find real pleasure in them. There is. for example, all the pride of coming in lirst, of gaining a reputation as a run-, ner. or of being appointed the "holder of the bags," These are the bags in which the "hares" earn* their paper, or "scent,'' and are looked upon as symbols of authority.?Elizabeth Robins Penncll, in St. Nicholas. A certain Methodist preacher of this j county tells it upon himself that while j on his travels recently he stopped a j while before sundown at a house to j spenu me nignt, ana alter entering tne j house the dog came in. approached him j good-naturedly, and then, as if he had ascertained who the visitor was, immediately went out and got after the ir? tVw? vowl ? ihWi'voam /s! \ Journal. * 1 MISSING LIXKS. A Japanese judge lately fined a newspaper man for not crediting an article clipped from a contemporary. Nearly GO) newspapers in the United U A W AmA A4? TT*V? 1 AVI UUllCO UCtU LJ1AJ Ul Wi H U1WI thirty-fcnr are located in Pennsylvania. The*-e is a demand from China for Christian missionaries at once. Converts arc multiplying in all parts of the empire. An English lockmakcr has constructed a key which he says is capable of opening 22.600 patent lever locks, all of which aift'er in their combinations. Dr. Albeit Thompson, a young Irish physician, has been presented with the Albert medal for removing poison in a ea-e of diphtheria by sucking it away. M de Lesseps is said to look wonderfully well, although for several months past he has been harassed by puny syndicates gotten up for the purpose of ousting nim from his position as presi tion. Mr. George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, has added an interesting item to American annals by his discovery that Commodore Stewart, grandfather of Charles Stewart Parnell, is the one who induced Joseph Bonaparte to buy land and build his house at Bordentown, X. J. A boy in Cleveland fell from a tree and dislocated his neck. A surgeon was sent for, who replaced tbe disjointed vertebras so skillfully that the boy recovered. and is to-dav as well as ever. This operation has been frequently attempted, but very seldom with success. Judging from a paragraph now going the rounds of the medical press, the higher education of women does not eonduce to connubiality and fecundity. Of 759 female college graduates only 196 are married. Of these, 66 have no children, and 130 have had 263 children, of which 232 are living. A well-known scientist says the feeling of one while standing on a high mountain or on the edge of a deep abyss is to fly. Instances are noted where persons,' unable to resist this impulse, have cast themselves headlong into dark, yawning chasms, in the belief that they would reach the bottom in safety. Of all the eminent jurists who have Mil Upvil II1C KJUyiClXlO wuiu vv,uvu vi the United states from the organization of the government to tie present time, only one of them has been impeached? Samuel Chase, in 1804. He was accused of unjust, tyrannical and arbitrary conduct at certain trials, but was acquitted. By an automatic tea or coffee-pot used by the French army it is impossible to obtain a drop of coffee unless the water is lmilinor. The water is underneath the coffee but when it boils it rises up through a central tube and falls over the coffee or tea, percolates, goes down to the lower part of the apparatus, is warmed again and once more travels upward. Near Odessa two Greek merchants by mistake purchased the same lot in a cemetery. The matter was referred, after a warra dispute, to the District Judge, who decided "first come, first servcS^ ^ and that whichever died first should j have the coveted resting-place, it "being unfair advantage of the^offier"by com- - ?; *..^1 mtrttg^ uniwirlo. While I am on the subject of heraldry let me recall a good story credited-' to * ?. William R. Travcrs. It was told that * * when A. T. Stewart conceived the idea ?TA?f f/\ <ji seiiuig up cv uvut ui aiina u.^ tv Mr. Travers for advice. Mr. Travers suggested an employer rampant,' chasing a lazy salesman with a yardstick; and Mr. Stewart did not speak to him again for a month. This anecdote is probably about as authentic as the other, which states that Mr. Stewart, being extremely loquacious at a State banquet at Delmonico"s, Mr. Travers silenced him by calling the length of the table, 4>Cash!v?A". Y. Today. Agriculture is the basis of the prosperity of the world. If he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one sprang up before deserves well of his country, then Mr. Mitchell Henry, M. P. for Gal way County, deserves a statue as a public benefactor. On his estate at Kylemorc, Connemara, he has planted "the Caucasian variety of the prickly Comfrev {Symphytum, aspetrimum)\ and from it has already produced this year, by five cuttings, forty tons to the acre, and another cutting is yet to come. This has been grown upon reclaimed peat land, of which millions of acres could be had in Ireland, and is excellent for fattening. Cattle eat it greedily; it is excellent for dairy cows; it fattens pheasants, ducks, and all sorts oi fowls, and in feeding them saves two-thirds of the grain that could not otherwise be used.?English paper. Others besides Miss Anderson have suffered from the too fervent idolatry of Dublin worshippers. Titiens relates -? ? ?i- -.1 -1 i j T>: mat one uigm taere sue piaytru xueua m Weber's "0heron" for her benefit But a whole evening of tuneful Weber was not enough for the Dublinitcs. Is the middle of the opera the cantatrice had to sing a few verses written to the tune of "St. Patrick's Day*' by a local poet This performance aroused the enthusiasm and flattered the vanity of the audience, and "The Last Hose of Summer' was demanded. Already overtaxed, she bowed and bowed again and shook her head. But the gods were inexorable. She was forced to comply. At the end of of the opera, she was dragged, as usual, by a great crowd, as Mary Anderson was, to the Sliel bourne Hotel. \\ lien sue appeared at the window to l)o\v her thanks, shouts came from hundreds of voices of The Last Rose." "Gentlemen, I am extremely obliged, but I am too tired to sing." spoke l he exhausted diva. But all in vain. Her gallant Irish admirers remained shouting "R??o" until a deputation <?f would-lx* sloejxjrs from the hotel begged lu-r to sivsg the air for the 6.1 ke of quiet, and she- had comply. JoueuaUsni in the Galloping "West. Any galoot -who wants the Rip snorter for a year can have it left at his barroom "or. payment of three red chips in advance. Xow's your time to chip in. Boys, she's a dandy. Advertisements wiH be stuck in at liberal terms and dust and mules taken in exchange. J6@?*You ducks who haven't paid up -.-our subscriptions want to hustle. We warn you that we know who you are and wc are going out collecting in a day or two with a new brace of Colts ready for all. low customers. Wc mean business. JBSF*Funeral notices must be aceomnoir?rl Kr rtf tV?c v*a> yCA ii IV, V4. ?/l I IIV Vi liiv uwc for publication, but as a guarantee of prompt payment.?Rwl Gulch (Arizona) Ripxviortcr. ?souoq jo suoj.-.pv* on inq 'pnnoj tiooq qawi{ jo **rq -cay,, oijj ui poquos^p a[&juuuu os p.iiq OpUU^olja Ot(J \)0.l I)tji JO SUIKUiai JOJ -iparns sr sjspuw* ipn%iff jo Aj-trd y