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VOL. XLIII, WIXNSBORO, 8. G., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1887. # NO. 27. ? ii H???? ?? ? m-ujx' .a ^^ wigrae=MBPag?DBgHeaMac?iu .' mm. BBBBMBB ''gflagL. - HOW THE SHAH LIVES. r PERSONAL AND OFFICIAL DETAILS L OF Tin: LIFE OF 1'EliSIA'S KL LEK. y His Journal of Travels. and How It is Printed?By s. G. W. Kenjamis, Recently United States .Minister to IVreia. o ? JLH6 voice CI liiu c4 melodious chant, is heard iioatisg over the still air of morning from the towers of Teheran. At the same moment the ^ sun bursts over the eastern plains, and burnishes the Trails of the capitol with a fe- golden glow. On the lofty turret of the ; w palace gate a troop of royal trumpeters hails the coming day, while in the streets j below rings the plebian horn which an- i nounces to the people that the public baths are ready for the daily ablution. At the same time the camel bells are r heard of caravans which, after traveling all night, are now entering the city. An attendant in stocking feet raises the Heavy drapery man cxosss iac eciwuts i to the apartment where Xusr-ed-Deen J ' Shah is sleeping, and with .bowed hui; in a low tone reminds his Majesty that it is the hour of prayer. A "moonfaced" ^ maiden approaches, bearing a basin and K. ewer of gold; she pours scented water ^ over the royal hand?, and another fair atterdant, scantily clad, like her companion, dries his hands with a sort towel. JBoth kneel at this duty, for the king is yet on his couch, which is a mattress laid on the costly i ags that cover the r floor. Having accomplished the ablutions, which form one of the essential f rites of Mussulman prayer, the Shah offers his devotions on a superb prayer rug of silk pointed toward Mecca. When a Mohammedan is on a journey he carries a compass with Yrn, in order to iind the direction of Mecca. The prayer is repeated in a low tone with many genuflections, of which the chief consist of repeatedly falling flat on the face, rising to the knees, and then standing and passing both hands reverentially over the face. His morning prayer over, the Shah pastes to a steam bath partially subterranean and containing several apartments. The entire establishment is misty with steam, and a dim light pervades a hall paved with marble. The walls are encrusted with glazed tiles arf ranged in elegant floral designs. The light sifts through bulleyes in tiie vaulted ceiling, which is supported by graceful pillars. In separate alcoves are deep tanks tilled resptctively with hot and cold water. The attendants of the king are selected from the numerous lovely women whose charms qualify them al;ke fc as hand maidens and wives. - It is needV less to say that under such circumstances J ^ the morning batn of the Shah of Persia ! possesses attractions of a character as | agreeable as they are unusual. Th^ daily attention given to these i baths very likely explains in part the marvelous physical endurance of Oriental snver.-isns. who retain their powers for i domestic duties and affairs of state to old age in climates which Europeans find enervating and exhausting. * , Alter bathing, the Shah partakes of a r light meal of tea or coffee with bread, and perhaps fruits. Having thus arranged his personal wants, Xusr-ed-Deen Shah passes into one of his numerous audience chambers and receives the ministers of the rovai council or cabinet. It is composed of the Sedr Azem or Prime Minister; I he Xaib Sultaneh, minister o: war, the vizier Karadje or minister of foreign affairs; the Amin e Sultan, minister of finance; the 3Iohper-ed-Douleh, minister of mines and telegraphs; the Emin-ed-Douleh, minister of costs and J* administrator of the religious funds; the Sani-ed-Douleh, minister of printing, > and several other- high dignitaries, including the minister of arts and sciences, who is also superintendent of the arsen-\ al, and the head of the medical depart-Jf ment, called by the singular name of Hakeam-ui-^Iamoiek, or Physician of the Empire. This functionary is a Persian wno m4dnated at the medical college of Paris. He has for his colleagues several! other physicians, including* Dr. Thoiozan, c French practitioner who enjoys the copiidence of the Shah and reads to him t.j leading foreign journuls. During \ a recent severe illness the Shah called to ^ his assistance Dr. Cochrane, a talented W American missionary physician residing in Persia. x" As it is yet early morning it is evident that these dignitaries are obliged to rise even earlier tiian the Shah in order to be present at this morning audience. One by one they raise the perdeh or massive embroidered portiere, and enter the presence of the dread sovereign who r holds their lives and fortunes in his fist, and is styled the Asylum of the Universe L and. tne Jfcang ox iungs. ice xaxier uue Bk at least is capable of reasonable explanafin. fion. For in the periods of iier former greatness a monarch might be well con sidered king of kings, to whom the kings of Armenia, of Egypt, of Touran, of H 9L Lydia, of Georgia, of Afghanistan, ox India, and at one time of Byzantium paid tribute. U ^ The ministers bow low on entering the i IPI^^^Wb jessed presence" they repeat the eeref Jfcpny halt way across the apartment and i on arriving within easy speaking ^sta^ce of the bhah, where they stand in trap order of precedence with folded hand^\ the habit of the Shah to go with 3<we minuteness into the details of administration. The present Shah does this, it is i^hd, more than some of his predecessors? owing probably totne iucii m of men of ma!s?cd integrity and ability to take charg^ of dep;irtments. in former years it wyis also tlie custom to bring criminals N^ccased of capital offences before the Sjuah, and the condemned man was execiVed immediately, either in his presence oV in an adjoining cour:. But some years a]t ^usr-ed-Deen Shah practically abolished the custom oi adjudicating criminal ca*is, and his ^ morning audiences are roxk rarely the & _ scene of such painful incidents, altliougu has not altogether abandoned the exercise of ordering the execution of a 1 ?? A,.,??L.;,ir,o ( >n tllM CnillillttJL Uii. VCUUCAVUO* k-jLw journey to Mesciied in li&i, the Siiu.ii commanded the instant decapitation of a mrrderer. Tiiese audiences lust several hyurs. His majestv from time to time enjoys a cup of tea and a kalian or waterpipe ' during the session. After tbe ministers retire, the king devotes the interval U> private study or a more careful examination into the ailuirs of his administration, attended by some head of a department from whom he desires more precise information. This would be particularly the case with the ilohper-ed. Douleh, who is at once Minister of ComJr merce and Minister of Alines and Telegraphs, in whom the Shah reposes some confidence. The Sani-ed-Douleh, or Minister of Pablic Printing, is also a fnr>/?fnnrv xvlm is of ton elosrted with the Shah, as he is a public censor and hominal editor of the oilieial journals. It is said nothing goes into these periodicals without Urst passing under the eye of the fehah. But as they appear onlv ?7. jnonthly, and cover "but four pages in large type, the task oi editing is inure apparent than real. The Sani-e<l-Douleh also assists the Shall in editing his journals of travels, and preparing them for the press. The most recent work of this description is the account of tbe Shah's excursion to I Mesched in 1882, in which the loyal author gives some of his own conclusions concerning the antiquities aiong the route he followed. The work is illustrated with lithographic illustrations made from photographs. These works, as well as the official gazettes, are printed by lithography. This may seem a somewhat laborious and unnecessary process y.t tiie pi.- sent a\,e; lor the cast ing of Arabic cluoicters, which tiie Persians ust>, has been often done, and i several volumes have been printed in India in the Persian language frora metal types. Put the Persians, with their exquisite {esthetic feeling, cannot become habituated to type printing, as it is less soft, flowing and flexible than the written character. Hence the preference for lithography, which approximately gives them the delicate touches o.' the calligraphic art. A skillful scribe writes out each page as it is to appear in the printed copy. This is photographed on a stone with a prepared surface. As one may readily suppose, the facts in these oilicial periodicals are often in inverse ratio to the florid language and superfluity of high sounding titles and phrases, very like Falstaff's pennyworth of bread to an intolerable deal of sack. The correspondence from the provinces is annually summed up in some such phrase as this, for example: "The good people of Tabreez are in usual health, praise be to God, and are saving their prayers with pious regularity." But the Shah's government also employs the.columns of the ollicial journals to suggest its relations with the powers, and test the quality of their influence at the court of Persia. Sometimes it has had occasion to regret its termerity. An article once appeared which, alluding to the position of one of the rival European powers in Asia, spoke slightingly of that power, and especially of the decay of its influence in the East. The ignorance of Orientals regarding foreigners would cause such a paper, emanating from official sources, to produce a most injurious eiiect in that quarter, .and the editor of the official journal was therefore constrained to publish a retraction in the subsequent issue of the Gazette, which ludicrously contradicted the statements previously made. During my last winter in Persia an article appeared in the same periodical giving a biographical account c f the then President-elect Cleveland, with his por trait. This article was inspired by an European paper, and consequently contained several items which were either false or so expressed as to convey an impression qualified to iniuriouslv affect oar prestige among such, a people as the I'ersians, and I was soon informed that such was indeed the result.. it has always been my opinion that a United States representative abroad should uphold the honor and credit or his country and countrymen no less than ' their commercial interests, which are thereby assisted. Therefore, although fully aware that probably one cf the first official act.- of the new administration would be to call on me to give up the legation I had just established in that hir-away country, I did not allow this fact to affect my conduct in what I considered to be my duty in this case. I immediately and respectfully represent?:! the faots to the Minister of xore?'^. Affairs, who promised full satisfaction, j The delay which followed caused me to | urge the matter again, feeling that possi bly there was some concealed intention iu the publication of the off ?nsire article, suggested perhaps by one of the legations opposed to American influence in Persia, but without any intention on his jlajesty's part to prejudice our interests iu ihat country. After waiting a reasonable time without receiving any communications on the subject either from the foreign office or the editor of the official gazette, and dispatch being essential in suet, a case, I requested an audience of his majesty hkaseif, and seized that occasion to allude among other matters to rhe character of the official article on. the President-elect of the United States. The Shah was pleased to express veiy friendly feeling, and commanded the JMinisk-i of Foreign Affairs, vho was present, to carry out ray wishes regarding the matter. " I did not rest satisfied -with this, but very shortly called again on the Minister of Foreign Affairs and urged an immediate retraction of the offensive article. The result of my persistence was finally made evident by a request of the Minister of Printing for me to prepare a paper for the next issue of his journal. The proof of this was sent as evidence of good faith, and the results on our infiuence, it Heed hardly be said, were obvious and beneficial. Agricultural Experimental Stations. Tuc Agricultural Experimental Station bill passed by the Senate directs the establishment, in connection with the agricultural colleges of the department, a department to be known and designated as an Agricultural Experimental Station. Where there are two such colleges in X - Xl. ~ i. one ouu-e tnc aiiiuuiiL appiupna Leu lu each State and Territory for this purpose (.$1-3,000 a year; is to be equally divided between them unless the State Legislature shall otherwise direct. The object and duty of such experiment station is to conduct original researches or to verify experiments 011 physiology of plants and animals, the diseases to which they a;e severally subject and clie remedies therefor, chemical composition of useful plants, comparative advantages of rotative cropping, capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation, analysis of soils and water, chemical composition of manures, adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants, composition and digestibility of different kinds of food for domestic animals, scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese, and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may be deemed ad YiJ&ttJJlC. Execution by Proxy in ChinaThere is one almost incredible thing which wiii give a fair idea o? how the Chinese regard the death penalty. It is an actual fact that in some cases substitution can be instituted, and a substi-*w*?-e?ra:T>e readily found. Money li"rc will make men risk almost certain death, but it is to doubted whether Yanderbilt had millions enough to secure a man for hanging in cold blood. Anyone acquainted with the ways and customs of China will, however, testify that ?50 will at any time and in any numbers, secure men to step up beneath the executioner's sword and die.?San Francisco Call. A young writor wishes us to publish his ; contributions to "t-ncouragc" him. "VYe :in::ot afford to encourage one writer at ' the expense of discouraging many thousand . readers. AN EXi'KN'SiVJ: SI"IT OF CLOTHKS. j lielics of the Confederacy IVesewteu to the National Museum. (From tho Washington Star.) "That- suit of clothes cost rae eight thousand and two hundred dollars!" said a tall, stout, tine appearing gentleman *.nth an intelligent face half hidden by a luxuriant iron-gray beard. The gentleman was Dr. J. E. Xagle, of St. Augustine, Florida, and his listener a Star reporter. For a long time the authorities of the National Museum have endeavored to obtain a uniform worn by a Confederate officer during the late struggle. At that time Dr. Xagle was a surgeon bv commission in the Confederate service and actively employed in the field, chiefly in General W. J. Hardee's corps, known as the 3rd army corps. He lias also obtained some prominence by a gift to the National Museum of a valuable collection of United States one cent pieces. A short while after this he presented the same museum with the uniform mentioned, and also seme additional relies of the Confederacy. They have been placed by the museum authorities in a glass case?the lirst to the right on the center aisle as you enter by the north door?in which also are exhibited the clothes worn by Genera: Santa Anna, of Mexican fame. A REGCTiATIOX COX FED MUTE COAT. Pictures accompanying Dr. Xagle's coat show the pattern which was required to be worn. The collar was - 1 '1.V V "I . _ T- 1 i. *! Al- - " covered wiua oiacK veivet, aim uie msignum of rank was a large gold or embroidered star placed near tbe front and point on a line with Tie row of buttons on each side. The sleeves were covered with chevrons of gold lace, and as per pattern represented in the picture. The cuffs were of black cloth or velvet, cut with point up the outside seam of the s'eeve. Tbe vests represent full dress in blue clotb, and fatigue dress in gray cioth. The rants, of a regulation pattern, were oi dark blue cloth, having an inch stripe of black velvet the whole length oi' the outer seam and edged with narrow gold lace. Tbe buttons in cost one hundred dollars each. The gold lace one hundred dollars per yard. The gray cloth of the uniform, trimmings U>ti vj i ^ 11 Li LJU^U^llVt dollars in Confederate currency, and what is left was worn in active service from the first day that it was put on until a month or two after the explosion of the Confederacy occurred at Greensboro, X. C. The belt has the State arms of Arkansas on the buckle. It was re- ; eeived by General Hardee and presented ; by him to Surgeon Xagle when the troops and accoutrements of the Arkan- , sas contingent were transferred to the Confederacy, the pro forma ceremonies ; of which occurrcd at Pocahontas, -irk., ( in June, 1801. . A SUBSTITUTE TOK A SASH. The green cord, originally a curtain , cord, was used during the last two years of the war as a substitute for the green silk sash, which the regulations required , for a surgeon's equipments. The first one used by Surgeon Xagle was a magnificent woven silk sash, with lovely tassels and bullion ornameits. As the < tnreaus were broken ana Decame un ravelled, the pieces were plaited into < wliip crackers, and also used by the < bushelers to patch rents and broken ] places in clothes, etc. A remnant of a shirt is a specimen of what Surgeon Nagle had to wear for many months of the latter period of the war. As he started from Memphis in 1S(>1 with linen shirts, which cost six gold dollars a piece, the contrast of then and now is rather a sad commentary on the results i of war, and especially of defeat and its attendant inconveniences. A tin "kitchen," with its various appurtenances, also presented to the museum by Dr. Nagle, ' was an invaluable friend to a soldier who j could either buy, beg or steal eggs to cook, coffee to boil or rations to carry. It was a mighty useful "trick" for gen- j eral service and soldiers' purposes. '{ haf.dee's battle flag. i a i n ll,.~i: il.? 1 JX UULUC 11 ci^ lit tut' WllWUUil Wild L1IC field standard of Hardee's third corps, ; and served as a guide in many battler. , from Shiloh to Missionary ilidge and ( Atlanta. One of Colonel Sam Smiths soldiers, of the Arkansas volunteers, under General Pat Cleburn, cut from his shirt-tail the cloth which was sewed int:> and forms the white portion of the flag, i The patched and repaired blue cloth | was also sadly rent by shot and shell in j the engagements, which were partici- ; pated in by the Western army. ; The battle flag of Hardee's famous old ; third army corps consisted of a white ' moon in the centre of a blue Held. A ; bayonet, also included among Dr. Is agle's ; gifts, did more and better service in sticking pigs and as a candlestick than as as implement of legalized murder in the way of warfare. The two pieces of a venomous and villainous explosive bullet were found on the field of Shiloh. A tampod screw and brush are all that were left of an Enfield rifle which was SUiiCUSJLeU. ILL JU UUiLipttilJ' Willi a Confederate soldier at Shiloh. She Knew Her liusiness. He was naturally bashful, and in lier company was as dumb as an oyster. She understood liim, and one evening asked plainly what made him so silent whenever he called on her. "I?er?I don't know," he stammered; "I always ah?have something to say before you come in, but I can't get it out." "Indeed?" she said, encouragingly. "Yes, I aru like a bottle that is corked up tight." "Very tight, Mr. Smith?" "Yes, indeed, very." "Well, that isn't so bad as yon think. There is one good thing ubout it." vv Uiii is ac, pray: "Why, you know, tlie tighter a bottle is corked the more forcibly it pops." He grasped the situation at once, and now she doesn't care whether he talks or not. She is content to do it all herself.?Merchant Traveler. The Social Fine Art. Xot the least of the graces of socail life is the swift conversational touch and so unconsciously acquired in changing social currents. The art of expressing a thought in a sentence, of stating a fact in a word is a social ai t of the highest value. It may be set d r vn as an axiom that nobody cares for letails; no one wants precise and faithful biographical accounts sprung upon their defenseless heads; no one cares a straw for minute experiences. For one person in a group I'O iiiOlol <JI1 UCULLIUI^ bULLLC 1UHI? XZ> to be a bore of the first magnitude.? Boston Traveler. The many silly question that are asked at railroad ticket-ollices would try the patience of a saint. The other day a man stepped up to the window at the Union Depot and asked: "Will this train coining now leave before the one going next':'' The agent said he would have to give it up. wxuie man, sixty years ui a^c, u:ts just been sentenced to be hung for murder by the Orangeburg court. A BIG CLUB OF RICH MEN. ONLY KI.KVKN OF TIlK SKNATOliS AKK Kstimates <?r the \Walth of the Mem he"< of that Much A:?us<_*<! Uody?Honey liags Well rilled. Washington, January 20.?Whenever I hear anybody talking about the United States Senate as a "club of millionaires" I feel like saying, as Senator .Toe Brown said to the newspaper man who asked him if he were worth $10,000,000!? "Young man 51,000,000 is a great deal of money." The truth is there are very few millionaires in the Senate. I have just gone carefully over the list, anu out of the seventy-six I can only find eleven millionaires, and I do not feel very certain about all of them. Of course one can never feel sure about the wealth of any man in America?except that it is exaggerated by popular report. But here is my li.st: Brown, of Georgia; Camden, of West Virginia; Cameron, of Pennsylvania; Fair, of Nevada; Hale, of A TV. ~ '.n /-if JUMilCj \.n ? JUL^JXX<*?.j j- vjl "Michigan; Payne, of Ohio: Sawyer, of Wisconsin; Sherman, of Ohio, and Stanford, of California. STANFORD AT THE TOP OF THE HEAP. Of these Stanford is by far the richest. His wealth is largely "in sight" and may be safely put, I suppose, at $20,000,000, chiefly made and chiefly kept in railroads and real estate. But Stanford can well be reckoned in the "dangerous classes." Next, I should say, stands Fair, and Fair, Flood, Mackey and O'Brien whose wealth was and largely is speculative, but who is rated at about $10,000,000 by well informed nivn. Then comes old Joe Brown, of Georgia, with his railroads and real estate and his coal mines, valued by experts at ?5,000,000. Payne, of Ohio, with his real estate and oil; Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and Camden, of West Virginia, with their railroads and real estate, are millionaires. TOWAKD THE END OF THE LIST. Palmer, of Michigan, and Sawyer, of Wisconsin, with their lumber and their real estate, come next, anil then as the (iie closers I would rank Sherman, with liis real estate, Mahone, with his speculative railway stocks, and Hale, with his wife's fortune in the rear. I do not feel sure that Mahone is entitled to a place in the list; of millionaires, although he Lives like one; but I feel sure that Jones, of Nevada, cannot read his title clear to a, corner in this club, in spite of the uewspaper stories about' his success in liio recent speculations in tnc oomstocii stocks. But grunt for the time that lie is a millionaire, that will give us just a round dozen m the Senate. Surely we 2an stand that. kicii, urr sor millioxaikes. But I shall be told that many of the other sixty-four are rich men, if not actually millionaires, and that they aught to be reckoned in, in a trial of the juo warranto- which lias been served ;ipon "the money bags of the Senate." Very well. Let us run through the list. Aidrich, of Rhode Island, is a successful wholesale grocer, but not a millionaire. No, not even a half millionaire. He is >aid to be worth a quarter of a million. Perhaps so, perhaps not. Allison, of towa, is charged with a quarter of a million. I hope he has it, among the b's. Beck has had to face the same charge. He is generally regarded as having disproved it. Beck would like to have ?lO0,U00 that he could close his tin gel's on. Berry, of Arkansas, Blackburn, of IXtULUVJJlJ, UliU JJJiUi, Ui ->CVV XXUUijJaJULUC, haven't together ?50,000?no, nor 8--V J00. And if they had tliey should spend it before the year was out. Bowen, of Colorado, has one of those mythical fortunes which are credited one day to a Lucky hit in mining and the next to a lucky game of poker. Butler, of South Carolina, has the family plantation, or what is left of it. c's, d's and e's. Call has an orange grove or two; Chase, of lihode Island, has a factory. Sometimes he is rich and sometimes he isn't, like all manufacturers. Chaney, of New Hampshire, is thrifty and saving, and is "worth some property," but not much. C'ockrell, of Missouri; Coke, of Texas; Colquitt, of Georgia; Conger, of Michigan; Cullom, of Illinois, and Dawes, of Massachusetts, have little else besides their salaries. Doipli, of Oregon, was rich until Villard failed, but since then he has been floating on the planks of his fortune. Edmunds has a good Kaupa V> ava ay* avm ar\f or/1 iiUUCU T tllilVii Uj cfcJ_LVA perhaps $11)0,000 saved uj). He lives much more generously than people generally suppose. And his professional income is not' so large as is constantly claimed, and cannot be for the simple reason that he gives two-thirds of his time to his public duties. Eustis, o: Louisiana, has the remains of a great fortune; Evarts has the elements of a great fortune, but as both live expensively neither is likely to build an estate. A FURTHER ROLL CALL. Frye has a small property in real estate and factory; George, of ^Mississippi, has his salary, which he stives, by the way, with a view, I suppose, to that great wealth which some Senators have "saved out of their salaries;" (iibsou, of Louisiana, has a small fortune; Gorman, of Maryland, has the nucleus of one; Gray, of Delaware, is not a "suspect;" Hampton, of South Carolina, has his homestead plantation; Hams, of Tennessee, and Harrison, of Indiana, have their salaries and their law practices, Harri ,xf t-l,/, ir, fl?^ Wz-uf.' dUIi. ^ VJUC VX LJULW WWOU Ali. CiJ.V^ Tf W?j j Hawley has a two-thirds interest in the | Hartford Courant; Hoar has a market house in Worcester; Ingalls Luis his salary; Jones, of Arkansaw, has "oniy this and nothing xaore;" Jones, of < Florida, will soon not have even that ; Pienna, of West Virginia, has a small law practice, but has neglected -wealth for honor. THE SENATORIAL >l's. McMillan is poor. McPherson is only just recovering from his linanciul embarrassments. Manderson is building an unpretentious house in Omaha, where he is a director in a national bank, but is not regarded as rich. Maxey is poor. Warner Miller lias been poor and rich and rich and poor ! y turns, as wood pulp lulled or succeeded?gust now lxa is supposed to well off. Mitchell, of Oregon: and Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, liave what they have made or can make out of tlie law. Morgan has his salary. Morris has the $200,000 or $300,000 he saved from his '-general store" business up in Vermont before the war. rLATT, PLU3IB .VXD OTHERS. Piatt, of Connecticut, has a small law practice; Plumb his various speculative interests, and if they all turn out well he will be rich?so far his successes and failures seem to have balanced: Pugh j Las a small law practice; Hansom lias his i salary; Riddleberger does not even have tliat?the day after he gets it; Sabin is just struggling out of his failure; Salisbury has the "savings of a lifetime:" Sewell is supposed to have a small fortune; Spencer has a fine law practice, but spends bis income liberally; Teller is in a lot of schemes, which may make him a millionaire or may make him a pauper?just now he is at the golden mean of competence. VANCE, VAN WYCK, VEST. ^ance carries a small fortune; Tan Vt'yck has a little property; Vest is trying to pay for a small residence here out I . .,5.', K.va.-, + K wx jllxo saiaij , > uuiJJi to uuto uui abv^ui|/if even so sjight a financial flight as this; Walthall has saved some of his professional income; Witthorne has nothing bat his salary; Williams, of California, has ?100,000 or so in trade; Wilson, of Iowa, and Wilson, of Maryland, have paying law practices, especially Wilson, of Iowa, who has saved some monev. Do I hear the Clover Ciub responding out of the depth of its recent recollections, "Whv, it's all right?'' Macfaei^nt,. A IIOTSPl K TO DEATH. iloiv, Stun? !>y a. Taunt. Famsvrorth Went in. Never to Come Out. (Gea rfcl 'v. M. Law in the* Century.}} Farusworth and his cavalry, (on the . extreme Union left, afternoon of Lhe second day, Gettysburg,) were riding in gallant style, with drawn sabres and uu- ' opposed, up the vailev. -is they approached SJyder's house, and as I stood : intently watching them, I saw a ragged ; Confederate battle Hag iluttering among the trees at the foot of the opposite . ridge, and the men with it soon after ap- , peared, running out into the open ground on the further side of the valley. 3 It was the Fourth Alabair a Regiment, Law's Brigade, which had bee^ taken ! from the main line and sent down by * Lieutenant Wade. The men opened lire : as they ran. The course of the cavalry 1 was abruptly checked and saddles were rapidly emptied. Recoiling from this tire, they turned to their lei't and rear, j and directed their course up the hill toward the position occupied by our bat- : ti.vioc Vnit.tfvrv r?rr?TT? nf v * changed front to its left, so as to face the * approaching cavalry, and, together with ! its infantry supports, opened a withering lire at short range. Turning again to their left, Fa rnsworth and the few of his , men who remained in their saddles di- ' rected their course toward the point ( where they hud originally broken in, 1 having described by this tune almost a ; complete circle. But the gap where '! they had entered was now closed, and, receiving another lire from that point, *! they again turned to the ielt and took A refuge in the woods near the base of ] Bound Top. When the last turn to the ' left was made about half a dozen of their 1 number separated from the main body } and escaped by "running the gauntlet" 1 to the right of the First Texas Kegiment. c While these movements were m pro- \ gress I couid plainly distinguish General * Faraswortb, who led the charge, and ? whom I then supposed to be Kilpafcrick. '* He wore a linen havelock over his mili- s tar cap, and was evidently wounded at [ the time he entered the woods. Here, 1 with his little handful of gallant follow- :i crs, he rode upon the skirmish lino of v ike Fifteenth (Alabama) Regiment, and, r pistol in hand, called upon Lieutenant Adrian, who commanded the line, to surrender. The skirmishers in return tired upr,n him, killing his horse and * wounding General Farnsworth in many o places. As he fell to the ground Adrian " approached him and demanded his surrender. He curtly refused to surrender, v ai the same time killing himself with the u pistol which he still held in his hand. During the afternoon the pickets of * the First Texas Kegiment had been so near the point where the Federal cavalry . were preparing for the attack as to hear their voices distinctly when raised at all y above the ordinary tone. Just before v the charge was made they heard some one say, in an excited, ang.iy tone: a 1 :e ?:.7 .1- 1,,. . "UUiUJUClj il J UU iilV tiJri.cixU. tkj UILUCA. K/J I j , I will lead the charge myself." j i I afterward learned that tho speaker was j t General Kilpatrick, and that the words I s were addressed to General Farns worth, f who was aware of the difficulties of the ] movement and would not have made it r if the matter had been left to his own ^ judgment. However this may have been ' he certainly bore himself with the most j * conspicuous gallantry throughout that \ ; fatal charge. COST OF BKKAKINO A IIKAKT. ., A Discarded Lover's Unique l>ilI for Court- ^ ship Expenses. Wilice.sbap.ke, January 28.?A pretty t Polish maiden named Maria Luchminski ( has been playing sad liavoc with the hearts of several young Polish gentlemen residing at ZSanticoke. Maria has been in this country about six months, but during that short time she managed to win the affections of no less than a i half dozen suitors. Among the latter | j were a young drug clerk and a miner. !, These two had a lively race as to who , should win the prize. Each tried to out [ do the other in buying presents for their . idol. In the course of time the tickle , maiden became tired of both, and gave t them the mitten. John Maekinwinski, t Av.svtlioi. i-rinnrr Pnir> tlicn bftftime hf'st *, L-XJ V^JL V/ . VJ man. He proposed marriage and was '. accepted. i Vv'iien Michael Anton, one of the old ' lovers, heard of the engagement he al- 1 most went wild. He quit work in the ( mines and, coming to this city, brought : suit before Alderman Donohue for the [ recovery of presents, or their equivalent, ! presented to his false sweetheart from ; time to time. He tiled the following bill of'particulars: Dress goods for wedding dress.. ..$ G 00 Wrap to get married in 11 00 To clergyman. 5 00 Three tickets to "Wilkosbarre 1 U0 < Marriage license 50 3 llufreshmeHts while in town 1 00 ; Fiddler 1 f>0 J Making dress 50 < Tor bustle, corsets, necktie, etc... 10 U0 , After footing up the figures the 'Squire ] found th:it 87.20 had been charged for ] iniurv to heart affections, time lost iu | moving, looking up fiddler, etc., and as . the other side objected to the item it . was struck from the bill. The Alderman proposed that a compromise be afi'eeted : by Atackiuwindd paying over the amount claimed to the discarded lover. At first he refused. Maria said: "All right; I won't have anything to do with a man who refuses ic pay ?12 to keep inc out : of jail. I will marry Aziion, my old lover." The latter went into epstaoy j over this, but his joy v,M? siiorfc lived. ^ -1-- i .. it _ xv I .uu.ufa.iiiwiu.-,sulci nu wouiu pay iuc bill if 3Iaria would be his wife. The girl contented and tlie money was paid over. Never bring a human being. however silly, ignoraut and weak, above all, any liitle child, to shame and confusion of face. Never, by petulance, by suspicion, in ridicule, even by selJish and si'-ly never, above all, by indulging in the devilish pleasure of a sneer, crush wh-it is finest and rouse up what is coarsest in the heart o: any fellow-creature. X V.'i.WT TEiK CO?T*. The .S;ii::r:cs <>!"Olii'/hils ;:ml the Conlisigajst Expenses. 'Fro:n :ha \V.~u-h:r._':oaStar.) Tlxe report of the clerk of the House of Repres?:ntives of Iris expenditures for the fiscal year ending on the 30th of last June shows that the salaries of officers amounted to 8*341,449.40; salaries of Capitol police to $iS,297.i>3; materials for folding. >*13,728.34: fuel and oil for heating aparatus, S'',yl9.G2; furniture and repaid. $5,.j8-I.33 : packiDg boxes, 6*2,987; cartage, 6*000; postage, 8-00; miscellaneous, ?27,2*5. *i; stationery aod newspapers, ??U.(>32.05. Luring the year-the sum of S7S2.50 was paid to oue party for paste for the folding room. From the sime party was purchased 3,000 trunk boards 32x^0 for ?731.25. The carpet which now covers the floor of the House cost ?1.25 per yard, and it required l,370i yards, amounting to sl.i37fi.07. For the lobby Milton carpet at ?1.95 per yard was bought. For the Speaker's room the border and lining cost 8138. FUNERAL EXPENSES. The funeral expenses of the late Representative Rankin amounted to $1,481. IS The undertaker's bill was $110. Bailroad fare, sleeping berths, etc.. amounted to ??Kv}.25. Luncheon for the committee, >)-i.25; labor and material for decorating the grave, etc., $11. One bill of ?132.23 Logins with the item of "iruit bought in Washington." Another bill of ?130.75 L-ontains the item of "digging giound with team and four men," ?20.75. The it tendance of the House committee at the funeral of Vice-President Hendricks cost ?1,3S0.08. The funeral expenses of the .ate Representative Halan footed up j9.3S.10. Among the items was a funeral wreath, and a lunch for the committee, $37.25. The funeral expenses show that the .isual price charged ior caskets for deceased members was $330 each, while the iverage price for caskets for deceased ;mplojes was only ?130 each. unde;: ~ue head of statioxeky. The following are some of the articles purchased for the festive members: 'One progressive each re." That is a requent en:rv, showing that the game s a favorite with Congressmen. "Pobin;on Crusoe's Money." "One Pili and iill reader, 1 inchcs," whatever that may )Q. "One dozen cork screws" is a i'repient entry among the purchases. 'Three Yassar Girls" is another item. ['ranks, alligator bags, driving gloves, rlieck bits, traveling cases for robes, :te., figure among the things bought vith the stationery fund. The stationery iccouni of the members shows that very sw oi them use more than half the dlowanec i'ur stationery and newspapers or its legitimate purpose. As a rule aembers draw as lightly as possible on his fund and put the cash in their lockets. Many of them get their staionery in committee rooms. Tor the ust year, of the ?j2."> allowed for station'ry, the following amounts were drawn n cash: Kepresentative Holman, $50.81; dcKinley, ?32. o7; Long, ?13.4-3; Hisock, ?02.17; Willis, ?82.12; Ketcham, :*l?7.57; Y<\ 1). Kelley, ?110.02; Morrion, ?111.7G; Mr. Pulitzer, of New York, Irew .-5118.7!) in cash and ?0.21 in staionery. The figures would imply 'that n allowance of haif that now authorized rould cover the stationery demands of nomliorc The ?aivi:<;i>ii Arasy IJpcns Fir*'. The Salvation Army did no! present a cry formidable army when ii opened rirc if! the hosts of sin in front of the AVmw llici: on Sunday afternoon. It consisted >f Adjutant Newton who is ;i heavily built veil dressed young ilngiiibman, wearing a tiedium length blonde beard over his lace, ud his wife. Mr. Newton wore a retf hilt under his drejs coat and a red bind round his artillery cap. bearing the word?? "Salvation Army:" 3Its. Newton wore only he band about her bonnet. The only urnal weapon visible was a concertina on rJiich Mr. New-.on played hymn tunes vhile lie i'ud Mrs. Newton sang. After a lew remarks from Mr. Newton nd some singing before the number of >eop!e who assembled the army went to he hall, which u ::s well filled. Singing, he concertina, prayer and speaking con tituted the sei vices. Mr. and Mrs. New[.'ii both spoke, Mr. Newton's remarks be IIui a dciui?ii& wuu a uuij autouneed text. The congrega'ion was irderly, but did not seem to i>e much impressed. Adjutant Newton stated that the erviccs now beinx held are for white peo>le and that special services for colored icople will be held soon. There was nothng especially noticeable in the sermons. The service last night was well attended ud their conduct was as usual, including he collection, which "seemed to yield but a canty sum. The chief impression made sy Adjutant Xewtou is that he is much in arnest both in singing and preaching.? ireenciUe Xer--. * ? ?r~ 'i'ne Klrctoral Count Hill. Both houses of Congress have passed the sectoral comu lull, and it only need?, the President's signature to bwo.nis a law. Il.-tp>iiy thyre is tLoi;~hi to ou no doubt of the .'reydent-s approval. The bill passed so luieiiy at last through both nouses that it ' * ' ' * 1- . ._1 .1 4. 1 s uuucuh w r?:u:/.e way u iuouii; i;oi ui'.ve iconic a iu?v years ago. It nrv.ovcs all lie doubt and ( ?>::fu-i. *n about tile counting >i the i'rCviileiUi:;! vote in Congress, and IiTjs eliminates from our quadrennial cone.-ts one of the most disturbing elements i viiich have ever Keen connected v,;itii them, fids and the Preside:'.'.::;! succession l:r.v of lie last session are most important aehievencuts. If they could he supplemented low with a constitutional amendment in* reusing the Presidential term to six years md forbidding thq re el..o:ion oi an ineum icnt. we chould advance still further f>n he wr,y to stability and freedom, for :it east purt of the tunc, from political exciteneut and partisan plotting.?Xeic York Keen in'j I u?<> Acts I!tc So!:o!:ir. One of the bears in the collection in :he cage at the Central Park v?.:ii carefully and gravely :;nvoii ? paper made jito a b::;i, rater having ascertained by ;'ue scent that it is not edible, and then spreading it before him he will regard it with the care of perusal. Iviore than likely the oih?r Lears will gather about iiim us if prepared to hear him. but the inherent mischief loving spit It soon isscrts 5t'?clf, and they engage' in a rough xnd tumble for the' possession of the printed sheet, which is, o? course, torn to pieces.?Mevr York Times. ?eri?..^ j'yjjjyg ,\iVray. Oil Aioudvy afternoon i .uko Armstrong. ;i young man frojy. W{>|irr Laurens. who had been i:: ii.i" city <>:i business, >lulled for his home, driving ]r\s buggy. About dn.sk he passed the house of lit:fi\- Uabb, near Babbtown post office, jusl over the Laurens line. There was <-M qwairel between J he two, and Armstrong called ou! to Babb, who was ia front of his house, making some taunting remark. Babb dared Arm- j strong to get oat of his biiirg^, which he and the two nghtiuu;. Babb was I .letting ;U worst o? it, when lie drew :i k:ii!c and cut Armstrong several times in ho back, neck ::ud the leftside, from which it is expected hev. il! die.?Ortcndllc JVc"*. The wood-chopper is the chap who can always "make his pile.'' WOMAN' AND TEMTKKANCE. Tiie Appeal of the "World's Christian Temperance U11 ion?The Aims of the Orjjanizuiiou. Hannah TYhitall Smith, American SecreUiry of the Wcrld'y W. C. T. U. The following statement of the aims and objects of the World's W. C. T. U. is made in reply to numerous questions: The World's W. C. T. U. is proposed to be a federation of all the women's societies engaged in temperance and social purity work throughout the world, f<>r the purpose of mutual enlightenment and help;and with the object of creating a moral power that shall be felt in the governments of world. yl' /i rp tt t" v. j -Lli'J > f . Kj. JL. U . UA LJJLC V>XliCC^4. RJVMI.VO hss proved beyond tlie possibility of I question that the exigence of a common or unization binding together a largo extent of country is of great advantage in transmitting from one place to au<3tiler suggestions for work, and help ?n carrying these suggestions out. It is obvious that a "World's W. C. T. U. must necessarily multiply this effectiveness in proportion to the extent of its organisation. It will provide a worldwide network by which temperance and social purity workers of every* nation may communicate with one another, and may be enabled to help each other in their great reforms. The especial advantages resulting will be as follows: The workers in each country will have an opportunity to become informed, first, of the methods of work successfully carried on in all other countries; and secondly, of the most useful provisions of the already existing laws on tomneranee and social nuritv in all civilized States, and the methods in which these laws can be applied with the advantage and the least risk; and also of all proposed and newly executed iaws as they are brought forward in any nation. .Besides these advantages of a network ; of communication and a general intelli- 1 g'.'uce department, it is intended that the whole force of the "World's Union shall be turn d upon the international ; questions affecting social and temper- ; ance reform. There is a work to be , done in this direction in improving the ; Extradition Treaties as occasion arises, j a.'d in bringing pressure to bear against the forcing of alcohol and other stimu- : luuts and narcotics upon savage and semi-civilized communities. There are ; immense and hitherco neglected scandals : in relation to the forcing of the worst < forms of drink upon the natives through- , out the continent of Africa and in other { phccs, by th 3 so-called civilized merchants o'i all nationalities. As the uncivilized portion uf the world is at present in the course of bi-ing rapidly divi led under the nominal sovereignty of the various great powers, this is exactly the time when prompt and uniform J action ought to be taken to force every government to protect these hopeless * people iroui me artiiucuiscwi tuc jjujuui tru'iic, as the Dominion of Canada pro- ] tects the Indians of their Nortnwest 1 Territory, not only by a strictly en- < forced penal lav,- against furnishing them ' with intoxicating drink, but jiiso by J aboptiDg and maintaining, primarily for the benefit of the Indians, a rigid ex- i elusion of all alcoholic liquors from "the < whole territory. ] mere is at tins very inomeut a crying j need for international remonstrance and interference in regard to the administra- 1 ti.-n of the great Free State of Congo, < which was placed under international > control by the recent Congress at Ber- ] iiii. The liquor traffic is steadiiy a.-;sum- ' iug an appalling magnitude in tbis State * under the sanction and protection of the ? Powers, and is likely, if not arrested, to < utterly ruin the native population, who < are as helpless as children before its inroads. ( The World's Union will further he a , great protective agency encii cling the ' world lor the saving of the boys and . g)ris who Me annually scattering them- * stives ovev every quarter of the globe, search of \Vork or of education. Snares inuumeiable surround the unwary feet . of these wanderers, and the organized mother and sister love of the World's ' TV'. C. T. U. may be, and we believe will i be, the salvation of thousands. It would also be an invaluable, help to ' nnr work if the literature of temw^rance . and social purity in every country, transluted at need, could be the common property of women all over the world; and'it is intended that there shall be in each country a central depot under the control of the World's secretary for that t country, where specimens and hies oi j the litera cure can be i'ound. and where price lis?s of the larger works in all languages shall be, as far as possible, kept up to date. In order to carry out these projects the < following plan is proposed: j .1. Prayer by all the members at twelve t o'clock daily. _ II. The circulation d . > petition for ] signatures aro,osg the women of all na- < tiqns. tc. be presented tin.illy to every j government in turn, praying for protec tion for our homes aud on.v children . from the curse of the liquor trailic and its attendant evils. i III. The appointment in each affiliated oouutiy of a treasurer and secretary, | whose duties shall be as follows: The , treasurer shall receive and disburse aU i moneys subscribed or donated for the : work ci the World's Union in thatcoun- 2 try, and shall keep a strict account of , the same. The secretin* shall conduct < i XJLvJ tlWliCijpUUUCUUC KJl LJ-UIL UUUHULV 1 <JI ( tlie World's Union, and shall be a means ; of inier-eommunicetion witli other j countries in the interests of the work. ] She shall look after the temperance and social interests in the International Treaties, and partieuj&rly the treatment of unchiHsed 'nations in these respects. Slid shall establish, a central bureau of information as to all the wo;kattempted 1 or carried through, in ev^ry country, ;:long the fuuc.vving lines: 1. Organization. 2. Preventive work. o. Elocutional woik. 4. Evangelistic wcri. Social work, G. Legal work. She shall, as far as possible, keep fo file a supply of all leaflets, etz., issued by the workers in the temperance and social purity reiorms all ov -r the world, with price lists of the larger works published iu every language up to date. Sh-j sha.ll be aiithovizcil to issue from time to iimc Sv.cli leaflets, etc., a.s may be deemed necessary to iriiuer tnc work of the World's Union in her ov,a ospcejl uountiy. under the contro' of lliC I World's executive committee for that country. 'Other plans may be develop 1 later on, and suggestions and information are cordially juviied. I would also beg that the superintendents of departments will send as e.^rly as convenient, samples of all their leaflets i tu me, and to the British secretary, Mrs. B. I". C. Costelloe, 40 Grosvenor Itoad, Westminster, London, S. W. England, as the nucleus of the proposed central bureau of literature. 4C-33 3Iain Street. Germaufccwn, Pa. Education is something like love. 3Iost oien think they've got it till they come to i>e about 40 years old. CURES BY HYPNOTISM. THE 3IARVELOCS WORK OF DOCTOR CHARCOT, OF PARIS. Nervous Diseases Controlled by Transmis New Yoke, J:-' ny29.?Tlie Herald's Paris correspoi V<u s ,nds the following interview special: Dr. Charcot said: "All sorts of exaggerated accounts have appeared about tlie experiments in transmission of hypnotism. In fact, unless the public are provided -with precise information in matters of scientific discovery, they naturally mistake the Xorth Pole for the South Pole, and error and confusion be come -widely disseminated. "Will you give the Herald," I asked, "a statement making clear to the public mind the exact state of medical science concerning hypnotic discoveries?" "Certainly," replied Br. Charcot "These experiments are conducted under my general direction by Dr. Babinski. ' This is how Dr. Babinski carries them on: The subjects are seated back to back and a magnet is held to the side of one of them. It is not necessary that "there should be actual contact between the subjects, but if there is the transmission is more rapid than when they are at a distance from one another. TBIAL OF GIRL P.' TENTS, "Tlie experiments of a.-. Babinski must be divided into several categories. To the first category belong experiments made on two young girls who suffered from hysterical epilepsy and exhibited all the phenomena of extreme hypnotism as they have been described my me. The patients were first hypnotized. Then Dr. Babinski produced, first in one and then in the other, different apparent hysterical symptoms of paralysis of the irm and of the leg, coxalgia, dumbness, 2. The patient thus attacked by an ir' lfieial hysterical affection is brought into rapport with hL companion, near '.viiom the magnet has been placed. In x few moments a transfer takes place, ~'xe symptoms disappear in 2\o. 1 patient xnd reappear at the same instant in No. 2. They pass thus from one to the jther. .Moreover, it is easy, by suggestion, to rid No. 2 patient of the affecion. HOW 1LVLADIES HAY BE CUBED. "In a second category of experiments M. Bakinski took male or female patients rpQpr.f/-liiTiovATif nonCPC Trcs+ivrio :>.ot artificially induced in tliis case, but manifested spontaneously?that is to ;y, independently of all suggestion. sucii, in fact, as to lead to the admission if the patients in question into the hoso.'.taL JHe then placed them in rapport one or the other of the subjects of .-".periment referred to above. These he hypnotized preliminarily, and at their side put the magnet. The hypnotized .abject thereupon at once displayed the .. me manifestations of hysteria as those >f the patient at whose side he had been ;>laced. But the latter retained hia iialady at the end of the experiment. "M. Bakinski then, by suggestion, reieves the hypnotized subject of the ?'lection that has been transmitted to . lim, and resumes the experiment. By repeating the maneuvre a number of :imes more or less considerable he has succeeded in several cases in bringing ibout an attenuation and even a complete 5ore of the malady." DTHEIi CASES* or SUCCESSFUL TBEATMECT, "Here, for instance, are a few of the observations made by AL Bakinski: In tt'a /*ocnc 1>a o /inva J ??yj vtvc^o ug v^ium^u o* vuic >f hysteric dumbness; ore of them was jf eight days' and tlie other of two nonths' standing. He succeeded in jaubiag the disappearance in a few days )i hysteric paralysis in the right side of :he body of a year's standing. In a piarter of an hour and after four successive experiments he cured a case of lemiplugy that had arisen ten hours previously. The attempt must be the ) ,'tener repeated the older the affection lappens to be. "in a third category of experiments \I. iiakinski obtained the transmission :o a hypnotized, subject of certain phenomena. associated, with organic alfecions of the nervous system, such as softening of the brain and cerebral lemtanthropia in children. These last jxperiiaents yet needed completing. 31. CHAECOX'S COXCuCSIOXS. 'The different experimenfs here dismissed wiU be seen to have interest for psychology on the one hand and for ;!ierapcutics . on the oilier. But 3kL Bak-nski thinks that they are not yet auinerous enough to make possible the construction of any theory on the subject, and it is his intention to continue iiis researches. In the present state of science it is impossible to explain in any ivay the mechiuism of the transmission in question from one subject to another. But what of that? Facts must always be accepted when they are rigorously observed, even if their inner meaning be mivl--'''Ymv ns ttic far.ts ibove have been ascertained with all the method and vigor that ought to be employed in scientific researches; as every . ause of error?notably, the possibility A pretense?lias been'cu-efully avoided, M. Bab'nski has deemed it his duty from tois moment to msie such rcicts known to the medical put-lie." V tetorm thai bounded Like an Earthquake, The severest wind .storm known here in many years swept over our town last SunJay night about 11 o'clock, blowing down fences and rattling window shutters and loose niauk alarmingly. I; seemed at one lime as if we were in iLe midst of a gigantic hurricane, and there was considerable excitement among the inhabitants. It roared like an earthquake and some nervous people were afraid it would blow one up. The only injury dene in town was the blowing out. of the gable end of the wooden buildin?r Jw i (}w&vtc oc o * store.?li'Ck Hill Herald. On Punishing Children. Spencer says a great deal about making a child learn to do right by bung made to ti c! the consequences of doing wrong; but lie dees not, perhaps, give due weight t> makin r sure that the child connects cause and c-ll'cct. If my own children are not mi -! : s::.pid than other people's, there is frcorvntly no real understanding, and consf.M.vn-iy no value in rational punishment of ibis type, although there may be an apparent understanding. For instance, my >:x year-old boy, with perhaps an inherited passion for .v.-ribViiu^. is fond of getting at :ny blotter and pulling the cap oil my stylographic pen. 1 punished him one day by giving his sister some pensils to write \vith. \vh:le he had nothing. He .wmwl to understand, and I asked him why Ms .sister- h:Ri pencils and lie had none. "Bec;su>c:* siid be, -pencils have no caps to e?inc oil."?Vhiliy G. Hubert, Jr., in Babyhood. That only can with, propriety be styled refinement which, by strengthening the iiy* iellcct, purifies the manners.