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Appointments for 1SST. rp.7. - n : ~ ru,v Xliti iujuu u iuc uj.v made by the annual conference of the M. E. Church, South, for the ensuing year: Charleston District?J..Marion Boyd, presiding elder; Charleston: Trinity, John O. Wilson; Bethel, B. X. Wells; Spring Street, L. F. Beaty: Cumberland, H. Bascom Browne; Cainhoy, W. W. Jones; Berkely, L. C. Loyal; Summerville, J. M. Pike; Cypress, J. W. Brown; Ridgeville, J. B. IPlatt; St. George's, Thomas Raysor; Beesville Mission, to be supplied by*W. Patrick; Colleton, J. C. Young; Bound 0,_W. W. Williams; Walterboro", JE. B. JLoyiess; lemassee, J. A. Mood: Allendale, K. H. Jones; Black Swamp, C. E. Wiggins: Hardeeville, G. K. Whitaker; Beaufort, E. J. Meynardie; Brunson Academy, J. E. Watson, principal. Orangeburg District?T. J. Clyde, # presiding elder: Orangeburg, J. E. Carlisle: Orangeburg circuit, M. Dargan; Elloree, J. W. Humbert: Providence, W. H. Kirton; Branchville, D. Tiller; Bamberg and Buford's Bridge, C. R Smith: (Graham's, J. T. Siriey; Edisto, W. H. Lawton; Upper Edisto, M. M. Ferguson ; Blackville, P. F. Kigtler; Boiling Springs, L. S. Bellinger; Orange, B. M. Grier; Williston, J. W. Elkins; South Branchville, J. J. Workman. Columbia District?S. B, Jones, presiding elder; Columbia: Washington street, W. K. Bichardson: Marion street, '->? - * T -vr T T. Jii Moms; uny mission, ju. ai. xjitue, Winnsboro', G. P. Watson; Fairfield, X. K. Melton; Blythewood,J. W. Neely; Lexington Fork, John Atta way; Lexington, C. W. Creigliton; Leesville and Concord, S. H. Browne; Batesburg, S. D. Vaughn; Johnston, J. A. Porter; Edgefield, E. P. Franks; St. Matthew's, A.. M. Chrietzberg; Graniteville and Langley, W. H. Wroton; Aiken, W. M. Duncan; Chaplain to Penitentiary, W. Martin; Columbia Female College, O. A. Darby, president; Paine Institute, G. W. Walker, president; Editor Southern Christian Advocate, W. D. Kirk land. Cokesbury District?B. D. Smart, presiding elder ; Cokesbury, R. B. Dagnall; Greenwood, F. Auld; Ninety-Six, W. P. Meadors; Donnald's, C. H. Pritchard; Abbeville, P. B. Jackson; Abbeville circuit, S. J. Bethea: McCormick, J. C. "I1 "* -1 Ml- TIT O . unancuer; ljowiiuesviiie, >v. u. ;uitmu, Tumbling Skoals, W. A. Clarke; North EdgeMeld, !M. E. Pooser: Newberry, J. L. Stokes; Newberry circuit, M. M. Brabham, A. W. Attaway; Kinard's, T. P. Phillips; Saluda, C. D. Mann; Parksville, J. M. Steadman. Greenville District?J. Walter Dickson, presiding elder; Greenville, J. B. Campbell: Greenville circuit, A. A. Gilbert; Reidville, W. H. Airial, J. A. Wood, supernumerary; North Greenville, A. C. Walker; Fork Shoals, J. D. Frierson; Williamsten and Beiton, W. A. Betts; Piedmont, T. C. Ligon; Anderson, W. ^ A rt^nrcATl /?V1Y?rnf. f/\ V? T T Jl^U lULLCirli . .MIUWUV** VAJbSSlMVy w supplied by A. T. Dunlop; "West Anderson,^ A. W. C. Attaway; Townviile, to be supplied by C. V. Barnes; Pendleton, J. K. McCain; Pickens, J. C. Davis; Pickens mission, to be supplied by O. L. Durant; Seneca City, J. J. Neville; Walhalla, S. F. Anderson; Oconee mission, to be supplied by J. N. Wright; "Williamston Female College, S. Lander, president. ? Spartanburg District?T. G. Herbert, presiding elder; Spartanburg, J. 4. Clifton; R. C. Oliver, supernumerary; city mission to be supplied by J. A. H. Harmon, J. F. Smith, supernumerary; Union, S. A. Weber; Cherokee, A. P. Avant; South Union, J. M. Friday; ? Jonesville, C. D. Rowell; Gaffney City, J. B. Wilson; Laurens, J. M. Carlisle; North Laurens, J. C Counts; Clinton, D. P. Boyd; Belmont, S. J. McLeode; Campobeila, A. W. Walker, R. W. Barber, supernumerary; Pacolet, Dr. Broivn; Clifton, M. L. Carlisle; Wofi'ord College, A. Coke Smith, professor. l. TY:~l?z~J. A T n i/u ^nester x/ibiaiut?a. v. picsiding elder; Chester, H. F. Clireitzberg; Chester circuit, J. B. Traywick; East Chester, G. T. Harmon; Rock Hill, J. C. Kilgo; North Rock Hill, E. G. Price; Yorkville, W. W. Daniel; York circuit, J. W. Airairl; York mission, M. A. Connelly; Kings Mountain, L. A. Johnson; Fort Mill, J. W. McRay; Lancaster, A. J. Stafford; West Lancaster, John Owen; Tradesville, J. E. Grier; Chesterfield, H. W. Whitaker. Sumter District?J. S. Beasley, presiding elder; Sumter, T. E. Wannamaker: Sumter circuit, J. T. Kilgo; Lynchburg. J. S. Mattison; Wedgefield, E. 0. Watson; Bishopville, S. P. H. Elwell; Santee, J. L. Shuford; Forreston, J. S. Porter; Manning, H. M. Mood; Clarendon, W. C. Gleaton; Camden, P. A. Murray; Hanging Rock, T. W. Munnerlyn; Richland, G. H. Pooser; East Kershaw, D. Z. JJanrzIer; West Wateree, G. W. Gatlin. Florence District?W. C. Powers, presiding elder; Florence, J. T. Pate; Darlington, J. E. Beard; Cheraw, W. .J. Herbert; Society Kill, J. E. Kushton, one to be supplied by C. G. Hannon; Darlington circuit, E. T. Hodges; Lower Darlington, J. W. Murray; Timmonsville, A. W. Jackson; Effingham, M. W..Hook, D. Durant; Lake City, N. B. Clarkson; Kingstrec, B. J. Guess; Salters, P. A. Calhoun, H. C. Bethea; Georgetown, A. H. Lester; Georgetown circuit, M. H. Mayor; Johnsonville, W. B. Baker; Mars Blurt', W. T. Capers. Marion District?A, J. Stokes, presiding elder: Marion, W. A. Bogers; Centenary, G. H. Waddiil; Britton's Neck, W. Carson; North Marlboro, L. "Wood; Bennettsville. J. "W. Daniels; Bennettsville circuit, J. C. Stoll, J. A. Kice; Clio, G. M. Boyd, John Manning, J. Iv. JLittie supernumerary; .Little ICock. ]). D. Dantzler; Mullins, J. C. Bissell; Little Pee-Dee, T. C. Odell; Conway, W. Thomas; Conway circuit, W. L. Pegues; Bayboro, Wm. Harden, P. L. Kirton; Bucksville, 31. L. Banks; Waccamaw, A. F. Berry: Pee-Dee mission, to be supplied by B. O. Berry: J. W. Wolling and J. W. Tarboux transferred to Brazil Mission Conference. A Voting Married Woman .Shoots Herself. ?> part am bu kg , December 22.?Mrs. Xannie Smith, wife of Ed. C. Smith, shot herself last night about 6 o'clock, evidently intending to take her own life. About six years ago she was married to Ed. Smith, a house carpenter. A year or two ago he went to Florida without her and remained several months. He was preparing to leave again to-day. and had sold his lot and asked her to sign the dower. She refused, and for a few days past has been oppressed in mind and even morose. Smith states that she rose before daylight yesterday and lighted a lamp, and was up for some time. A She returned* to l>ed, however. During >? ^ot" elm tr\ cor Thnv worr* iC -; > ,T'Jx#ng;with 3Irs. Cynthia Smith, his mother. I On reaching home. Smith went in the Z house and "took a seat by the tire, but his wife did not zo in. The report of a pistol was-heard by the family, but it did not attract special attention. After sitting by y the fire awhile, he said he wondered what v j had become of Nan. and went out to look for her. Kc found her lying within a few feet of the house, apparently dead, lie called in some neighbors and sent for Dr. Russell, who ascertained that she was shot, the ball entering the body just below the left breast. The pistol was 22 calibre. She tlno ?w\rn?nir lui? if hope of recovery.?Cor. S'an arid Courier. 1 6 BRIC-A-BRAC. Good for boils?The teakettle. On fatigue duty?TIjc 'tiring woman. j A see change?Putting on green goggles. A blunder-buss?Kissing the wrong girl. A bad sign?Endorsing anothing man's note. The grandest verse ever composed?The universe. The sculptor should always have "'ahead for figures.'' The thermometer gains notoriety by de grces, so to speak. It takes two women, his mother and his wire, to make a great man. Experience costs more than advice, but it is cheaper in the long run. Can anybody improve his condition by whining? If uot, whine not. The best adhesive label you can put on luggage is to stick to it yourself. Where was ticie raised? In the lapse of ages. Love is blind, but it generally pulls down the curtains, too. Can a man intoxicated by music be said to be air tight? "This beats me," as the egg remarked when it saw the spoon. Does death end all? Alas no; there is the monument subscription fnnd. "Who shall decide when doctors disagree?'' Alas! sometimes the undertaker. Silence may be golden, but it doesn't necessarily make a millionaire of a mute. The amines probably got their bark when somebody "threw physic to the dogs.'' When the roast turkey is stuffed with chesnuts, it will be time to ring the dinner bell. The labor troubles have become so general that even bells on railway engines are striking. ' It is the Washington critic that thinks that an honest alderman is the scarcest work nf flf.fl Most men like to see themselves iu "print," but women don't. They prefer silks and satins. A poet claims that nothing is warmer than woman's love. Woman's love never reaches to her feet, then. A Xew York proof-reader was found dead the other day. All the editors are suspected. Card parties are again in vogue and will Ik; inaugurated in most charming fashion this week. It is a word and a blow when the trom bone man gets his order from the leader of the orchestra. Practical and successful farmers are already making their arrangements for the worn 01 anotner year. Give a tramp a cold shoulder one day. and he will come back the next- for gravy and potatoes to go with it. The man who likes whisky better than beef walks not after the flesh, but after the spirit. The man who expectorates in the ladies' waiting-room surely does not expect to rate as a gentleman. The spider would not make a good baseball player, because it so frequently goes "out on the fly.'' A costermonger's cap and a cape overcoat are tbe correct thing for the youths of the period. Quite English, you know. When the old gentleman deeded all his property to one son, the other referred to it as one of the old man's misdeeds. A man who saw ail apparition of Iris de censed wife said he was not scared but sort of surprised, because he didn't exspectre. Political economy seems to be passing into oblivion in this country, ejections are getting so expensive and appropriation bills growing so. Congress had to adjourn over the Christmas holidays, or else the season of "peace on earth and good will to men" would be a hollow mockery. "With a grape crop equal to five millions of gallons of wine in prospect for rest year, California is not in a favorable frame of mind to listed to prohibition. A little boy who had been used to receive his elder brother's old toys and clothes recently asked: "Ma, shall I have'to marry his widow when he dies?" Nothing recalls to the mind of the married man the joys of his single life so vividly as to find that the baby has been eating crackers in bed. Conscience is said to be the voice of the soul, but it does not follow that the man whnsfi snlft srmpnks all fhp rlnwn thp broad aisle lias a troublesome "conscience. An agricultural paper discusses the subject '"How to Keep Cider from Working." That's easy enough. Just give some small boy a straw and leave him alone with a bltrreiful. There is a great depression in the business of making bottles. The business of emptying them seems to be carried on as briskly as ever. The true use of a porous plaster, according to a Milwaukee druggist, is "to retain the back in^its proper place and let the pain crawl out through the holes." Two of a kind?The youth who wishes nc uaa me money oaes. wincu ne uaa puiu for a present to a girl, and the girl who wishes the mean thing had his old present back. Josh Billings says it is a good plan to como up to the buck side of things and work towards the front, but his philosophy wo?'Jd not work very well if applied to a mule. Thousands of families are now receiving an earnest of the horrid possibilities of the tin trumphct in the hands of the small boy, and so far as the returns show they don't like it. Before offering to ring a street car bell for a lady about getting off look closely at her right hand. If she wears a diamond ring and you pull the strap she will be your enemy for life. "There is nothing impossible to the determined spirit," says a philosopher. Evidently that philosopher never tried to reach up behind his shoulder to get hold of the end of a broken suspender. "Mother," said a little girl to her parent, who takes a great interest in charitable institutions, "I wish I were an orphan." "Why so, my dear?" "Because I should see more of you, for you are all the time going to the orphan asylum." It is said that a year in which there is much snow will always turn out to be a good crop year. An excellent beginning has been made, and we sincerely hope that the old-saying will be abundantly verified this coming year. Tailor?"Married or unmarried? Customer?Married. Tailor (to cutter)?One pocket concealed in lining of vest. Customer?Kh? What? Tailor (explaining)?To hide your change, you know, at night: I'm married myself. *i think you ought to be a congressman," snarled Mrs. Shuffiebottom, the other evening. as she prepared to make a clearing to receive the lamp. "Why so?" inquired Shufllebottom. "Because" everything you /liNrt't l'MArr tA TTA11 ]fttT AM th^t ( t\iiU > w AJCIU iv uu nuu JIV;U xaj wu ixic. table/' The greatest barrier to-day to the success of the drama is the high velvet hat. and the dear girls who wear them should know that-Mrs. Cleveland, "the first lady of the land," is in favor of ladies removing their headgear when at the theatre, and has already set the example. It is to be hoped that our young ladies will bear this in mind and pull down their milinery baricades whenever they appear at places of public amusement. / ** * GENERAL XEUiS .\OTEN. France. Italy and Germany are making extensive preparations for war. Mr. Elliot Kennemore. of Pickens, killed a hog Isst week that weighed S46 pound? net.' An ot-oi..r>r-liA killed :i band of IT smujr glers who were in hiding near Yi/.ien/.a. Austria. The steamship Leanelly. sailing from Liverpool, lias foundered" at Holyhead. Twelve persons were drowned. The residence p;'-rt of Galveston was aga i u visited by the lire fiend yesterday and 2S dwellings and 2 stores burned. ' Tin- steamer La Champagne, which arrived in New York ??[onday from Havre, brought 8,183,349 francs in gold bars. A terrible railway collision occurred at Charkov, Russia, on Saturday, resulting in killing 13 persons and injuring 30 others. A preliminary meeting of railroad men will be held in St. Louis to-day to form a pool of cotton-carrying roads south of the Ohio. The American District and San Francisco District Telegraph Companies have con ceded the demands of the striking messengers for 7") cents a day of 12 hours. Ex-Alderman McQuude was sentenced yesterday to seven years' imprisonment and to pay a fine of so,000. McQuade's coun sel have appealed. The government will soon institute proceedings in Boston to test the validity of the patent granted to the Bell Telephone Company. At Macon, Ga., Thulon Preston, 1(> year old, son of State Senator Preston, was accidentally shot and killed by his younger brother. The lads were out hunting. At "Winchester, Va.. in the local election the Prohibitionists were defeated in every district, their opponents carrying Clarke County by 300 majority. Richard Shin nick was yesterday arrested in Cincinnati and will be held for the Richmond (Va.) authorities, who want 1dm for a murder committed last fall. Kobert rrusnamer, 01 raierson, xn. .j., o yc:irs old, liad his arm crushed by a passing train. Sunday, and submitted to two amputations without taking chloroform. He is expected to recover. News from Jearcy county, Ark., says that valuable silver mines have "recently been discovered on the Tomaha Creek, in that county. The steamship Aranas, while attempting to cross the bar at Iiockport, Texas, yesterday afternoon, was driven ashore by the hieh wind and breakers, and now lies in a dangerous position. The jury in the Colin-Campbell cuse has found a verdict exonerating both Lord and Lady Campbell from the grave crime mutually charged, and denouncing Gcd. Buller for failing to appear as a witness for Lady Campbell. The report that Count Herbert Bismarck has advised the Bulgarian delegates to accept Prince Nicholas of 3Iingrelia as ruler of Bulgaria has; caused great disappointment in Sofia. Colonel George Northrop, one of the best known railroad men iu the South, and the drill-master who developed the invincible DeMolay Commander}*, Knights Templar, of Louisville, Ivy., has been adjudged a lunatic. Yesterday Dr. O'Reilly, of Detroit, cabled to Dr.'Kenney, Treasurer of the Irish National League in Dublin, -Co,000. This makes ?40,000 transmitted by Treasurer \J HCllJJr SiUV,<5 LUG- V/V^il > V.UUUU. At Midland Junction Monday an attempt w;u> made at C o'clock in the morning to blow up Major Harris's foundry with dynamite. The windows of the casing room and of an adjoining building were shattered. Xo arrests. lie v. Charles Mennigrode, I>. D., of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va., Jc!" Davis's old pastor, has resigned his position on account of feeble health. He is To years old. At St. Louis, Mo., the death from hydrophobia of a daughter of Louis Grand, ex chairman of the Republican city central committee, is announced. She was 16 years old. and was bitten some time ago by a puppy only two mouths old. At Laurens, on Fridav night, during a colored people's frolic. Wat Ellison drew a revolver and fired at a, man named Little. The bullet missed its mark, and passed through the body of an old colored woman, inllicting a mortal wound. Chattel mortgages are becoming more irou-clad than ever. There are several on file in the Clerk's office in which the following words are printed: "Householdand kitchen furniture, books, pictures, jewelry, musical instruments, saddles, buggy andwagon harness, farming tools all crops raised by me or any one else for me, an} wnere, but particularly on my place tor or during the years, 1886, 1S87,1888 and 1689. ?Pickens Sentinel. The North Carolina delegation held an informal conference at the Metropolitan Hotel in Washington at which Mr. J. W. Reiu's brother. Turner.Rdd, was desired to lie present that the delegation mi<;ht put itself in communication with the still missing Congressman. The object of the conference was to make it as easy as possible for Mr. Reid to return to his seat in Congress, or to induce him to give some satisfactory explanation of his absence. Mr. Turner Rcid failed to keep the appointment, and the general belief is that Mr. J. W. Reid is in Canada. While tli re is Life There is Hope. Many of the diseases of this season of the year can be averted by a small amount of care and at little cost, by the timely use of Ewbank's Topajz Cinchona Cordial. It cures Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Choiera Morbus and like complaints. No traveler should be without a boitle, as it will prevent any disease that would no doubt arise from the change 01 water, food and climate, without its use. The most valuable medicine in the world, contains all the best and most curative properties of all other Tonics, fitters, etc., etc., Deing ttie greatest Biood Purifier, Liver Regulator and Life and Health-Restoring Agent in existence. For Malaria, Fever and Agae, Chills and Fever, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sick Headache, Nervous Headache, Chronic Rheumatism, etc., etc., it is truly a Herculean Remedy. It gives new life and vigor to the aged. For ladies m delicate health, weak and sickly children, nursing mothers. See circulars wrapped with bottle. Charleston, S. C., Sept. 1, 1885. H. B. Ewbank, Esq., Preside!)t of The Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co., Spartanburg, S. C.: Dear Sir?I have used a case of your Topaz Cordial in my family, and as a Tonic and Appetizer I can cheerfully recommend i: to all who are suffering from Debility and lack of appetite. My children, especially, have been much benefitted by its us'c. Kc-pcctfcliy, Hutson Lee. Ask your druggist for Ewbank's Topaz Cinchona" Cordial and take no other. The Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co. , * Spartanburg, S. C.,-U. S. A. The Xorristown Herald wants the Con cord school of philosophy to explain why all the poisoned ice cream Unds its way to tbe Sunday School festival. It is a question of theology rather than philosophy: and we beg to hastily suggest, previous to escaping from the impendi ngdiscussion, that the responsibility lies between the devil and the amateur manufacturer. ' * - * A MOW ORDER. M. QUAD RELATES HIS EXPERIENCE n. WITH A POSTOFFICE CLERK. A Nice, Easy Way to Send Money?Had to l>e Identified?Identification of the Identifier?Heroic Attempt to Cut tlio Gordian Knot. One of the reasons that induced me to have a remittance sent to Atlantic City in the way of a postoffice money order was the fact that the express company or a bank would demand personal identification. Almost everybody is certain of his own identity, but when it comes to some one else being certain the case assumes a different aspect, especially if a sum of money is concerned. However, this great and glorious government, in its praiseworthy desire to help a stranger in a strange land out of a bad box, will permit a friend to deposit money in one posftoffice and let you draw it out at another. The man at the desk v. iu asK you wuo sent 3r? proviamg you are a stranger to him, and when you have replied that the sender was John Smith, your brother-in-law, and a good fellow generally, and that you have been expecting the order for two days, and that the folks around the hotel can no longer look upon you without suspicion, lie will hand it over without a doubt that yon are the person for whom it was intended. It's a nice, easy way, you see, and the bank tellers and express agents are awfully put out because they can no longer bluff strapped strangers. "I have a little order," I said to the money order clerk as I went back into his den. ttV rs 7? lin /rvii/l/vinf?lTr i?Ar\11'a/) 00 U/% JL-c-o, lie gx uu^uigij ao uc; x ceived it. "Is this your nanc?" "Yes." "Who was it sent by?" "John Doe, of Detroit." "Yes?um! You'll have to be identified V "Why so? Haven't I told you who it was sent by, and didn't I receive it in this letter directed to me and deposited in a box which I rent here?" "Yes. but " "If this isn't my name how do I get the letter addressed to it? If I am somebody else what right have^-ou to hand me another person"* mail?" "I know, but you must be identified." "But there isn't a person here who knows me a*d I am dead broke and far from home." "Can't help that." "And you won't pay?"' "Not unless you are identified." I went back to the hotel and asked the Hr-rk- if hp would idprtfifv mf> ' Well, I don't know yon, you see/' ' But ain't I registered and haven't I been here several daysi" ''Oh, yes, but you might liave assumed this* nun's name, you see. People often do that." '* Well, come up and look over my trunk. Look at these half dozen envelopes. Go ask my wife who I am. "Yes, but. you must excuse me. It's against owfcis, you know.*' "Orders be hanged! i owe you $30: here's an order for &30. Either help me to get it cashed or I'lf walk off with your bill unpaid." He concluded to identify me. He wrote a note to the postmaster to- the effect that he believed that the bearer was the person named in the order, and I returned to the postoffice. shoved the note through the window and asked: "Well, what do vou think of that?" The clerk looked at the signature, scratched his head, and mused: ' Boggs, of the Gilsey house? Who in Halifax is Boggs?-' "Perhaps you want him identified.'" I asked. "I do!" he coolly replied as he handed the note back. "Can't say that .I ever heard of Boggs." Something was said about some one getting licked if he would come out of doors, but he wouldn't come. I went back and told Boggs the result, and he looked at me in a vacant way and replied: uile not Boggs? Well, he may be right. We can't take no chances here." Xext day I went down for the mail, having determined to let the order cash itself. There was a card in the box asking me to call at the money order office, and when I showed up the cleric said: "Who sent you that order'" ' John Doe." "Where does he live?" ''Detroit." "Oh?ah. I guess it's all right, but you'll have to get your money at the bank across the way." "Are you sure I'm the man?" "You may or may not be, but we'll cash it." He cave me an order on the bank, and I skipped across and handed it to' the paying teller. . "Y-e-s," he said as he seized it, "youll have to be identified." "What!" "Have to be identified." "I'll S>e durued if I do! I just got that order from the money clerk, who kept m<* out of it three days, and I don't propose to fool away any more time." -Can't help it." "Will you come'out doors?" "2so. sir!" t-TTm vnn let 111? in fliers?" "No. sir!'' I was going out. leaving the order in his hands, when Boggs came in. I told him of the difficulty, and he said to the cashier: ' It's ail right?I know him." ' But I don't know you !v replied the teller. . Boggs then offered to fight him inside or outside the railing, and after we had got the board of directors out and a crowd around the door some one came in who identified Boggs. Boggs identified me, the teller handed over the money, and the postmaster, whom I met at the door, paralyzed everybody by calling out: ' Hello! Mr. King, did you get that money all right Bo<rcrs almost fainted awav. and the teller shouted for me to return, but I slipped [into the crowd and got safely away.?M. Quad in Detroit Free Press. A Curions Phenomenon. . On the eastern coast of the Caspian sea a curious phenomenon is in progress. The Kara Bobhaz is an estuary nearly separated from the main body of the sea by a bank through which there is an inlet. The evaporation from this gulf is so great that a current continually sets in from the Caspian; and as there is no return current the water of the gulf becomes more and more salifercus, and a deposit of salt is in course of formation. In time this gulf will be cut off from the Caspian, and will then be dried up and bemmc an pTtpnsive salt bed.?Frank Leslie's. Moving a Grave by Express. A Chicago expressman says that the oddest thing he fcver received by express was a grave. It was in a box four feet long, covered with a glass. Inside was the earth of a child's grave ?the turf, flowers, headstone and all. It was going from this state to California. Some man had moved out there, and had the body of a dear child taken up and shipped to him. The thought struck him that he would like to have a little of the sod from tk^old homestead. and so he sent for the top of the grave. ?New York ?SUn. Kuri?d in Her Bridal Robea. "Wilkeskaree. Pa.. December 21.?Miss Matilda Meyrich, daughter of a mine superintendent in Luzerne borough, 23 years old. and-very pretty, committed suicide yesterday. She first tried to take her life by sticking pins in her neck, but failed. She then took laudanum. She was to have been married to-day. Her lover. Charles Bradbury, took sick and the wedding was postponed. The postponement preyed on tiie mmci or me onae-eiect, uecause sue had been told by a fortune-teller liiat she would lie married on a certain day; but if anything should to prevent it her life would be a burden to lier. She will be burial in her bridal robes. * * 1 S -? ? ; j .' 7 ' n KEEPING WELL Exercise for Aged People?Hunger Cure. Fa?ting is Good. M. Buchardt. professor of hygiene at the Paris Faculty of Sledicine, declares that aged Tw\nio cVinnM have exerrise for the benciifc of all the organs of nutrition and locomotion as well as young people. He says tliat the tendency to rest brings on a gradual diminution of strength. Moderate exercise, particularly walking, is commended. It is -.veil known tfiat the disuse of any organ impairs its powers. Why then shouid not the :;ged lose the use of their members the sooner from giving way to an inclination for rest? Tli? HHnger Cure. Not favoring any thing which may lxi fairly called starvation, it is unquestionably true that there is a manifest advantage, as a curative means, in reasonable fasting, at least to an extent to allow the system to rid itself of oil nMmntjAnc Ac wl"t>n to Iir.vo. more Ala VWJLi UV. l iVil.'. -- ..X.. labor on hand than can be possibly clone today, some ol' it must remain till to-morrow, so when we take more food than can Indigested in the allotted time, or that so difiieult of digestion that it cannot be disposed of in the usual time, there must be an accumulation, something which serves as an obstruction, an accumulation of materials which need to be disposed of, the whole system i>eiug more or less clogged. Fasting, therefore, under such circumstances, is among the most imj.vrtant of the remedial measures. When this is not <lone. nature, as the next best means to be employed, throws off such offending matter by <rmvii(inof nr nnrcrm'r thus avoiding C'theS r?0?e>> c forms of disease, if as disease these friendly manifestations may be regarded. I well know that there are persons who believe that ono mast eas or soon die, but they forget that Dr. Tanner lived for forty days, taking only water, and that others have lived still longer, and that in high fevers and acute diseases, when the appetite is entirely suspended, several weeks may pass while the patient is fasting. The danger of starvation is not as great as is usually supposed by any means, since the body is composed mainly of the elements of air and water, which, we suppose, may be appropriated in an emergency. Therefore, J am firm in the opinion that at the commenccrriMit of an acute disease, decided sickness may be averted, in nine cases out o? ten, by reasonable fasting, at least so long as there is no appetite, with extra bathing, friction the surface, quiet, rest, a good supply of air and sunlight.?Dr. Hanaford. Pare Air. The atmosphere is a most important factor in disease. It is always contaminated with dust containing minute particles which cause putrefaction and fermentation. It is now asserted that these cause all malarial and contagious diseases. Stagnation in the atmos phere acts as stagnation in water, which every one knows is unwholesome. The body requires a vast amount of air, and the poisons cast off by the human system arc deadly. If breathed over and over again they ar? deleterious to the strongest constitution. Defective sewer pipes are perhaps the most serious cause of fevers. These should receive immediate attention as soon as oau oaors are detected. Especially, let tbe house bo well and frequently aired and its impurities swept away, as the tide draws off the drainage of a city and carries it out to tbe ocean. Cholera in Corea. The deaths from cholera in Corea were reported forawhiloat 1,000 per day. Seoul, the chief city of tbe peninsula, contains less than 250,009 inhabitants within its walls. An important point to r.ote is that tbe sanitary condition of the capital has been for a Ion? time horrible, in spite of excellent natural drainage. Tbe sewers were oncc very good, although open on tbe streets; but of late the houses have encroached on tba thoroughfares, and have been recklessly built up to and even over the sevrers, leaving only the space necessaiy for these conduits, WHICH nave oecomesnuujer ana njiuier. x w; lesson of this devastation of Seoul is tbe oi.e that would be taught in any other city of the world under like circumstances; and horribly and pitiable as was the mortality, insomuch as the dead lay ions unburied, it cannot be called surprising. SOCIAL INTERCOURSE. Be Careful to Answer Invitations?Attention to a Speaker. One of the most frequent breaches of good breeding is tbe interruption of one who is speaking. It requires considerable practice, especially for a naturally impatient person, to become habituated to listening attentively to what a companion .is saying. One who can stand where a great deal is passing which it is desirable to see and can look directly at and listen attentively to one who is speaking, to the exclusion of all else, shows an unmistakable mark of the highest breeding. The Terms Men and Women. A singular change in tbe use of the orda men and women has come about within the last fifty years. In the middle of the present century it was common to speak of a man's wife as "his lady." To-day such a use of the word would be regarded by many as an insult. Neither the word gentleman nor lady is used as frequently as formerly. 11 used to be common for a young girl to speak of Ler male friends ss gentlemen. Now. .she would say a man had called on her, or four men were presented to her during the evening. One is more likely to hear his barber spoken of as the gentleman who shaves him than hear the president of the United States called the gentleman who occupies the Wkite House. It would be the man who is president. The terms gentleman and lady were originally used to designate a class in England with special privileges-. There is no distinction in class in the United States, and people are all men and women alike. Answers to Invitations. It may be laid down as a rule that any invitation requires an answer, however etiquette changes the method of reply, or at least tie acknowledgment of an attention. Invitations to parties, dinners and the like always require a reply, even if one is not asked for. An invitation to dinner should receive a reply at once, that the host may have ample time to till the place if the invitation declined. And the guest should arrive exactly on time: not too late because the dinner should not be kept waiting: not too early, since the host or hostess may dfcsire to superintend the arrangement of the table, and might not be ready to receive guests. Invitations to receptions do not need a reply if the invitation is accepted. If it is not accept ed a card sbouid tie sent with regrets. The Polite Boy. A boy who is polite to his father and mother is likely to be polite to everybody else. A boy lacking politeness to his paren ts may have the semblance of courtcsy in society, but is never truly polite in spirit. As lie becomes familiar he will betray his real want of courtesy in spite of all his attempt* not to. Swallowed Carbolic Acid. Robert J. Watson, a brother of Supervisor Thomas B. Watson, of Brooklyn, committed suicide yesterday by taking an ounce of carbolic acid. Mr. Watson was a well to-do plasterer, and lived at No. 12 Butler street. He had been acting strange ly for a "week or ten days. Yesterday ne propose'.! to his wife, "who is not in good health, that they should visit some friends in a distant part of the city. At 1 o'clock he said he .would go out and get a $10 bill changed, so he would have car fare handy. He went to Dennin's drug store, at the corner of Court stree' and First place, and purchased a two ounce bottle of early)!ic acid. " rm iii >imi11 am in i i if i?inTir'rrm mm mini HTiairn MP A INFORMATION i persons at thts season TTWT'rl^V ,M^'W* froin s &Li} aJtf-ij-fllJLsOffl *fe'"ter X / Headache, j cUP ' *' - '' * ** / y("Hrn"Jia' / Rheumatism, | Pa,1 n* 7 th? N^-Csi sJJS'S LtVtZs, liach and \ / Sides, Bad Hlood, \/ Indigestion,Dyspepsia, 21alana, Constipation & Kidney Troubles. VOLINA CORDIAL CURES RHEUMATISM, ?:;d Bio<vl arifl KUiaoy Trouble, by cloanjin? the blood of all i^iuip;:rities, streagtheaiag ill purt3 of ihe body. YOLiHA CORDIAL CURES SSOK-HEADAGHE, ! T>.?^amVftT.{mKe TWfr ?r,A Kir toning the nerves and sir^n^llieuing tLe mcsclos* mm CORDIAL l-JRES DYSPEPSIA, ! 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