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POLITICAL DIN AND ROAR. | ? A PEN PICTURE OF NEW YORK ON R .THE VERGE OF ELECTION. J v Seven Candidates for the Mayoralty?Wlii*- I pers of a Possible Compromise?Too Late 1 to Patch Up the Differences in the Local ^ Democracy?A Conservative Estimate of ^ Cleveland's Vote?Curly-Haired Kyrle ? Bellew Bleats for "Bind"?Young Jiaimie t Blaine's Double Trouble. i S **'r ckck -WEW X OKK, VCt. 1 wu nccao >?.- ^ fore election. The air is full of the blare t >??f brass bands. The streets are swarmii>g i with processions. Out of doors you can '< hardly hear your companion talk for the ! eternal din and roar. And as for j crossing the streets, hardly anything shoi I ] of a balloon would accomplish it -while ( one of the seemingly endless processions : is passing. Flags and banners and ban ; dannas are fluttering all about. A stranger might be pardoned for thinking that tbv only business done here at all is the business of politics. It has got to be virulently epidemic and is wholly undiscriminatinir, the bank president and the coal heaver being equally subject to tiie contagion. UI course me greater pari ui un? OCl^CV.U- | ing and tramping is done oo behalf of the National and State tickets; but the peculiar complications in local politics give tL 13 year's fight a zest which the traditional oldest inhabitant swears he has never known the like of before. Just think of it. Seven full-fledged candidates for Mayor! Seven times twentysix full-fledged candidates for Aldermen, and so many gentlemen aspiring to Congressional aud legislative honors that it would take an expert accountant to compile a table that would do justice to tbe situation! And then they have such queer ways of voting up here. It does not mat ter whether a man lives in his own district cr not. As a matter of fact, several of tie Congressmen from this city would have to rVmfrroecfrrnnl rli> iravc?c i**v vi wiw . ? tricts in going from their residences to the ones they represent. Even now there are some lingering whispers of possible compromise on a candidate for Mayor who will bring T:. turn any Hall and the County Democracy together. It is understood that negotiations to this effect are being conducted quietly by a Mr. William Steinway, the head of the great piano house of that name, and one of New York's wealthiest citizens, who has just returned from a Europe n tour. Mr. Steinway, as you may recall, was until lately the New York member of the National Democratic Committee. He wants the warring factions to settle upon Mr. Herman Oelrichs, his successor in th-?t position, for Mayor. That gentleman in turn thinks Mr. Steinway would fit the bill to a nicety. No doubt either would make a very acceptable Mayor, but it is a very late da'e tc try to patch up the differences in the local Democracy. Nothing short of a miracle could accomplish it now. In the opinion of most of the Democrats whose views I have heard a union at this stage of the game would be of very doubtful advantage to the National ticket. Nothing but wholesale slaughter of the ticket by one or the other of the factions can jeop-: ardize the chances of victory in this State. To cut off all possibility of such an occurrence?which would be easily delected and which would inevitably crush forever the organization which might be guilty of it? the National Committee will have men of its own at eveiy polling booth in the cUv from which Democratic votes are run out. Any indication of trading will be instantly reported- and as there is no question of the loyalty of the men in the upper councils of both organizations they will hold themselves in readiness to suppress it at once. But there seems no danger of anything of >?? on-t. hanneninfr. A verv conservative estimate of Cleveland's vote in this city is " 160,000 against 133,000 four years ago, allowinglOO.OOO to Harrison against 90,000 cast for Blaine. The Democratic Committee, however, thinks that Harrison -will fall short of this estimate. Again there is a fleck of war on the fashionable firmament, and a number of swallow-tailed astronomers have horrified "sassiety" by reports of huge carmine blotches on the face of the moon. Th* great and only Kyrle Bellew, society's idol, has been indulging in a very sanguinary correspondence with Mr. Pierre Lorillard whose snuff and plug tobacco have pui him on the upper crust. The trouble al grew out of the refusal of the Tuxedi Club, Gotham's most recherche resort, tc admit the Appolloan Kyrle upon its prem ises, on moral grounds. The snub wa: gainfully emphasized by the fact that Mr Bellew had been introduced to the Club bj the husband of Mrs. James Brown-Potter the quondom head of New York's selec circles, now exhibiting her handsome toil ets and her alleged histrionic abilities wit] the aid of the curly-headed Kyrle. Stuni to the quick by the rebuffs, the acto AT-r T./-iril Iflrrf TnT??n's Tvrftai dent, as the :esponsible party, and the tall is all horse pistol "bl-u-d."' Gossips have another uncommonly swee bone to pick in the lately revealed domesti difficulties of Mr. and Mrs. James G Blaine, Jr. The young wife's suit fo $100,000 against Blaine, Sr., for alienatic. her husband's affections, will make a bi; stir if it ever comes to trial. The youn lady insists that she never would "hav countenanced such summary proceeding but for the brutal way in which she wa treated by tne Blaine family upon her r< cent visit to Augusta, in quest of her hu; band, who, she says, was shut up a^ains his will in the paternal household. In tb meantime a number of tradesman of th; city are clamoring after a very livel fashion for the settlement of sundry claim against the festive scion of the "Uncrowne King." There are butcher's bills, and gr< cer's bills and dress-maker's bills 'an bills for what not. As the amount in it aggregate is scarcely one thousand dollar; it was thought that the old man woul meec, the drafts upon his purse by his soi and when he was here recently, a numb* of creditors called on him for that purpos< But never a cent did they get, riot "eve politeness they say, and a madder lot < people one does not want to see. Two Miles a Minute. Fancy travel at the rate of two miles sainute over an incline of polished ic< -r^ith an eighteen inch toboggan for carriage, a pretty girl for a bon comrad and a pair of electric balls hanging ovei head like harvest moons. Recall tl sensations of being in love or a hot batl remember the details of your first men go round, the immediate influence c champagne, chloroform or any other d< iidous intoxicant, and you have a fain: very faint idea of the positively deligh: ful sensation that a fly down a toDogga chute produces. In the decent one seen: to lose consciousness; the route lies tx tween earth and sky; you have yor heart at your tongue's end, and whe tbe bottom of the slide is reached it i with "shooting pulse," tingling bloc and flaming spirits. You feel as thoug you had at last reached the acme of ei joyment; that hfe was a dream, earth vision and tobogganing the boss game.Inter Ocean. A Marriage Easily Proved. Sai?dy Springs, Md., Oct. 24.?Pro Win. Taylor Thom, editor of the Eveni.: Telegram, and Bessie Porter Miller, daug! ier ol Benjamin Miller, were married ye terday at the home of the bride's parents Mount Airy, near this place. The cer mony was performed according to tl nt tKo fiiWiAtv nf on^ UOOgW V'i bUV/ k/VViVVJ VA A muv* VUV were 117 signers to the marriage certi cate. The daily output of 7,500.000 toothpick by a mill at Harfor Springs, Mich., seer enormous. But this is exceeded by t] manufacture of Mr. Charles Foster Buckfield, Me. The product of his m is nearly 35,000,000 picks per day. Ei ployment is given to over 100 people, ai ,- 2,500 cords of wood are consumed yearl /. /' A. gaagiiSMaij "T Tha the Irtish. Between the villages of Krutuya cud Calmakovr.. cr.-:day, we rode acrors a B teppe which was literally a great ocean f flowers. One could pick twenty <MfL-rc;:t species and a hundred specimens ** rithin the area of a single square y.Trd. ^ lere and there we deserted the miry cad and drove for miles across the g1 mooth, grassy plain, crushing flowers by n score at every revolution of our car- y iage wheels. In the middle of the t3 ;teppe I hud .our driver, stop and wait for ji lie while I alighted and walked away It hto the flowery solitude to enjoy the c itillness. the {>erfumed air, and the sea i* ;f verdure through which ran the long, r sinuous black line of the muddy high- * ivay. On my left, beyond the road, was i wide, shallow depression six or eight miles across, rising on the opposite t-ide in a long, gradual sweep to a dark blue T :.?<% forest which formed the c [>ori7.o:i. This depression was one smooth -5 expanse of close green turf dotted with j grazing cattle and sheep, and broken here s Did there by a silvery pool or lake. Around me, upon the higher ground, 1 the steppe was carpeted with flowers, 1 among which I noticed splendid orange ] asters two inches in diameter, spotted tiger lilies with strongly reflexed petals, white clover, daisies, harebells, spirea, astragalus, melliotus and a pecuiiar flower growing in long, slender, curved spikes which suggested flights of minia- ] ture carmine skyrockets sent up by the 1 fairies of the steppe. The air was still ' and warm, and had a strange, sweet fragrance which J can liken only to the taste of wild, honey. There were no sounds to break the stillness of the great plain except the drowsy hum of bees, the regular measured "Kate did, Kate did," of a few katyaias in uie grass nc-iu me, and the wailing cry of a steppe hawk hovering over the nest of some field mice. It was a delight simply to tie on the grass amidst the flowers and tee, hear and breathe.?George Kennan in The Century. How Chocolate Is Made. Chocolate is prepared from the almond shaped beans of the Theobrama cacao, a tree so named by the great Linnceus because its product was fit to be tha fruit of the gods. It is cultivated in Mexico, tiio northern states of South America and in the West Indies. The very best comes from Caracas, Venezuela. In that province the nuts are gathered in June and December, their curing for the market requiring the greatest skill and The l>eans are first roasted in large receiving cylinders, after which they are rcduced to "nibs" in the crushing machine and winnowed from the shells. Tiie nibs are then ground with granite rollers sufficiently heated to liquefy the fat, which Ls present in the_ bean to the extent of 52 per cent., which forms with the powder a pasty, brownish mass. The mass is cooled and ground with granite rollers several times, the temperature of the machines and the cooling processes between commanding the greatest care. During the latter grinding process pure sugar is added until it reaches the condition in which it is used in the confections sold today. If a person ever complains of a disagreeable Qourv paste remaining on the tongue r.ftcr slowly dissolving a piece of chocolate, they may know that the goods are not what is known as first class, as flour was used in the process of manufacture instead of sugar.?New York Mail and Express. Restlessness of Russian Students. A Moscow student wrote lately to The London Times to explain the riots wliich have broken out in several university towns between the students and the police authorities. He says that Russian students, since the accession of the present czar, have been watched and worried as if they were inmates of a reformatory prison. They do not enjoy the freedom of a peasant. Rules of the most minute description are laid down for them, extending even to the cut of their hair, the style of their ' c.lothcs, the choice of (heir companions and the nature of their amusements, tc ; say nothing of the sleepless espionage ol J their reading, writing and conversation. Detectives are ever on the alert to catch delinquents, and the slightest infractior of the most trifling rule is followed bj J, tlie penalty. The consequence of this [ policy is that every college is in a clironi< > state of suppressed rebellion, which ? > very small matter may kindle into ac - tivity.?Youth's Companion. i Co to Your Dentist. ' When your teeth ache or 'trouble yoi | in any way, don't consult a doctor Go to your dentist and lay th< 1 case before him. Doctors wil y prescribe for an ulcerated tooth I for instance, a poultice on the out side of tlie face. This is really ver i dangerous. It is apt to draw the ulcera tion out to the surface of the skin, an< t very likely produce an abscess which wi] c leave a disfiguring scar. The dentist ha now small mustard plasters, which are t r be applied directly to the troublesom ? tooth, and relieves it at or.ce without an; e Clanger Oi uisu^urciiicut.. ivcujwuuvi ? and you may save yourself no little un ? easiiiees seine time in the future, whe: ; you succumb to toothache, which is cei ^ tainly one of the most distressing ills tha 5. flesh is heir to.?Boston Herald, 5t e Utilizing tbo Empty Boxes. is An English magazine lately told th y story of the kee;)er of a wine shopi '8 Paris named Drog who, in 1871, at th d close of the war with Germany, foun himself utterly ruined, and, with li " family, on the verge of starvation. I ie >.I? ?n Kaon r\? .omnff cr>r/IIr j liia tiruat V??UJ u. u\jty v? -j : boxes. It occurred to him that the sold* 3 might be removed from them and sol and the tin boxes themselves convert g into little metal toys for children. E n set at work, succeeded, and in a year < >f two had established a factory in whic thousands of waste sardine bores we; bought, melted and sent out again, gloi ous in paint, gilding and varnish, as tc soldiers, animals, chariots, Venetian lai a terns and buttons.?Youth's Companies Horse Flosh in Paris. a The inspector of butcheries at P:ir e has just published a report on the sal < r" horse flesh in the French capital, h :i\ ie pears the consumption of this meat, in more or less concealed form, has ii y creased to- an extraordinary exten:.>f Home Journal. 3t, ?-? . Adger College Burned. 11 Walhalla. Oct. 22 ?At 12 51. todj is fKo buildine was discoven 3- to be on fire. The citizens formed buck it J brigades and made strenuous efforts to su n clue the flames, but all to no avail, and tl is building was totally destroyed. The orig d of the fire is not known. The buildir h was uninsured. The loss is estimated j. between $5,000 and $6,000. ^ -? * _ The spider-legged tables now fashions!) ~~ are blessings to brides. They set fragi and ugly wedding gifts upon them, ar some Pardiggle of a visitor is fairly certa to upset the table and break its load, ar f when this is acc >mplished, the table Cf ig be set away iu the general refuge for ug ti- things, the guest's bedroom, and happine s- will reign everywhere. a; e A Kally at Chesterfield. Senator M. C. Butler went up to Che terfield on last Wednesday, and made 01 b" of his strong speeches on tariff reform to small audience. His visit to that place w quite unexpected to the people, and th c. very few of the country people knew an DS thing about it, was the reason why tl ae court house was not filled to overflowin at There is to be a grand Democratic ma ill meeting there on the first Monday in N vember. Congressman Dargan and oth >d distinguished speakers are expected to 1 y j present > Titf-ri "ir'ii iViT^iipT<?~"?iri A TEACHER'S BUREAU. 8 Manager Explains How It? AfTairs Ar? "p Conducted. ^r Chatting' with a Chicago News reporter as ,^c ?the work done by his agcncy, the man- pj. jer said: "Our whole purpose, of course, is- w> provide teachers with schools and schools h< ith teachers, and I think we are fairly Sa iccessfuL Tbese teachers' bureaus have As ow been in existence for about twenty Ti ears. Schermerhorn in New York was ?T-cf tn flpivAion the idea, and similar ^ istitutions have been established in all th? irge cities. There is a registration fee harged and a commission when a vacancy i secured, and these produce such a evenue that the business is a fairly profit- . bleone. I suppose we find places for at jast two hundred teachers a year through ^ bis bureau." " How do you go about doing it!" " We try to get early and accurate liifornation about all vacancies throughout the- ** ountry and to so classify our teachers that re can almost always recommend the right ? >erson to the risftt place. The business is ample enough once you have the country ? veil covered with correspondents. We do f lot make any examination of the teachers ? vho apply to us, but we do examine their a references and find out something about ? ihem before we recommend them." ^ "Most of your clients go, I suppose, into 8 private schools?" I M A great many of them do." c " What do the private schools pay!" 1 " TViat. flftnenda on the school. Most of the 1 private schools have two or three first-clas3 1 teachers who are paid very well, and others J who help out in the work at smaller salaries. * In Chicago, for instance, some of the schools 3 pay $800 a year and board, and $500 a year I and board, which latter they hold to be 1 equal to $1,000 a year. It is a safe estimate ( to say that in the good private schools taach- 5 era' salaries range from $700 to $1,000 for | competent persons." " Out in the country how do wages go?" ' "Theyrange so differently in different places that it would be impossible to state a figure?from $400 a year up would be the closest estimate I would like to make." ??And are positions easy to get!" " As easy as in any other calling if tha . teacher goes about it the right way." "With the experience that you have had, do you consider teaching a vocation which ?o o^TTiQahiA fnr a voun b woman to takd Dpi" "I certainly do. I consider it the best work which an educated girl can findThere are limitations, of course, but if a young woman knows how to maintain discipline and can do the work I don't know any better calling. A schoolteacher is always received in good society, fiar work, while it is exhausting, has its limits?six hours a day and five days in the week?and it is a matter of fact that school teachers as a rule marry early and marry better than any other class of educated women." "Have you any statistics on that point!" " No. But I'm convinced that the average school life of the lady teacher is not more than two years. There are some places, particularly in Wisconsin and Colorado, where we can't put in teachers rapidly enough. They are always marrying off and resigning. Why, there are school districts in Colorado where the directors insist on having the photograph of the applicant sent on before they will make any engagement. The girl goes out and the next thing I hear she has married one of the directors or some farmer in the neighborhood. And this is natural enough, too, if you will only think of it: Women of the right sort are scarce to, the West. A girl who has education enough and grit enough to go out there and make her own living is just the kind of a girl to make somebody a good wife, and those fellows are not slow to find that out, either. I sent one young lady "West a short time ago, and I'm just as sure that I will hear about her marrying one of the school directors and that I will get another application for a teacher for that school in a short time as I am that I am talking to you now." CONFEDERATE MONEY. Some Stories of the Rapid Depreciation of the Currency. According to the Washington correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal, a group of the Southern members of the House were talking recently on the subject of the depreciation of Confederate currency dnriner the last years of the war and Iihe almost fabulous sums -which it became , necessary to pay even for. trivial articles. Mr. Grimes, who represents the Fourth 1 Georgia district, told a couple of stories very J pertinent to the subject and which greatly amused his auditors: "In the latter part of 1863," said Mr. Grimes, "a young man who t lived in La Grange, Ga., became possessed i of *500 in Confederate money. He was of a r thrifty turn and wanted to add to it With j that purpose in view, he invested his money ; In a barrel of whisky. This he sold by the | drink and at the end of a week had disposed of the whole barrel, and had ?1,200 in hand, a net profit of $700. The young man was highly elated. He saw his way clear to a fortune in a short time. "Of course he decided to buy more whisi ky at wholesale and sell it by the small . measure, but he had taken into account 9 the wear and tear which the credit 1 of the Confederacy had suffered during the week which it had taken him to ' sell out his barroL When he went to in~ vest in another supply he'found that he could not make a purchase similar to his ' first one for less than ?1,500. Tne financial 7 fluctuations involved in the transaction J knocked him so completely out that he re> 3 tired permanently from commercial life and 0 hired himself ont as an agriculturist." e When his hearers had finished laughing at 7 this story, Mr. Grimes gave tbem the other i, one. "It was in the same town?La Grange L. ?and in the latter part of 1864," he said. Q "One old gentleman there who had per._ sistently predicted the failure of the Con^ federacy, was one day deriding the currency that was then so plentiful and of such little value. He said tbat it was so worthless that nobody would even steal it or pioi it up If found on the street. He pulled .e out a ?1,000 bill, Confederate money, n of course, and declared that he could tack II ;e with a pin to the fence around the Court d house, leave it there five hours and thai ^ nobody would think enough of it to put it ir n his pocket His offer was accepted. The note was pinned to the fence, and at th< ^ end of five hours he and the man to whon he had been talking went out to seewhai ^ there was to be seen." mr. Grimes her* 3 paused. [e "Well?" inquired Mr. Allen, of Missis ;r gippL :h 'The $1,000 note was there," replied Mr :e Grimes, "and pinned beside it was anothe: 1- Confederate bill, the denomination of whlcl )V was $2,000." J, This ended the seance. 3- Combined Anaesthetics. Chloroform and cocaine have been use* is together in twenty-four surgical opera if tions by Prof. Obalinski, of Cracow. Mos r>- satisfactory result are reported, the ad a vantages claimed being: A smaller quae 2- tity of chloroform is sufficient; vomiting i _ very rare, and the depression on awakeninj "* *' ?L *- -? ^AV>lA?*Afr\wr IS mucn sjigater mau nucu vu.vivav*? alone is used- ? 1?, A Very Queer Accident. Quite a queer accident happened to et young man of Aiken about a week age A road cart that he ordered was sent hie wiih the different parts detached. In put 10 ting it togeiber he, through mistake, pu *8 the shafts on the wrong side and liitche* at to it his very spirited horse, "Shoo Fly, and drove off. The wheels caught on th taps and, as they were turning in the wroni Je direction, unscrewed the taps and ran off throwing the young man out. The hora ran and injured the vehicle considerably in id in Will Chairman Qnay Please Answer? After all, Judge Thurman is the cham pion stump-speaker of this campaign. Hi gets nearer to the people than any of tb< other fellows, and in his homely wa; makes the issue of the day very plain. Hi s- sDeecii at Fort Wayne, Ind., the othe ae day, was a model of campaign oratory, ii a said the defense of the present tariff is tha as it rMuces the price of commodities an< at raises wages. Why is it, then, that th y- protected manufacturers hire lobbies an< ie contribute "fat" to corruption funds t< g maintain present duties? Can it be tha ss they hanker after lower prices for thei o products and better wages for their work er men? Up to the present writing this ai be gument has not been answered.?Macoi Telegraph. MIDNIGHT. s nlghtfA inidglory?Earth, socaM, bo still, i couch of space is wrapped in slumber's spell; I >w soft and pure her bosom's rounded swell eath tieecy robes, and placid radiance shed om silver orb, like watcher's lamp, o'ernead: , hile scarry regions dimly throng and fill ;r airy chamber, whence all sound is fled J ve breath of rising prayer, or whir of wings i > angels viewless pass, or Heavenward sprmgs j le guardian who hath wrought the Father's wilL idnight and moonlight, silence, stars and God? 1 iblimest height Diurnal Time hath trod. < ?Edward McCarthy in Woman, 1 1 A Funeral in British Honduras. J It -was ya British Honduras that I first < ;tended a velorio, or the ceremony of < atching with a corpse. The family ome consisted of a single long and nar>w apartment, rounded at each end, "with irthen floor and roof thatched with guava javes. From the cross poles hung a few ammocks, and in the middle of the room, pon a rudo bier made of two boards upeld by casks, lay the dead woman, with wee infant clasped in her arms. The ace of the mother, who could not have een more than 14 years 9id. was calm nd peaceful, but that of the baby was trangcly distorted, as if terrified with its >rief look on life. Fresh flowers were cattered upon the scarlet blanket that lartially covered the still figures; lighted andles stood at the head and foot, and iear by sat the sisters and parents of the lead woman, silent and sad. Inquiring vhy the husband and father was not iTnAnnr thpi mnnrners. I was carelessly ill 'ormed, as though it was nothing to cause emark. that la brobraerta (the poor dear jirl) had never been wedded; and as for ;he father?quien sabe? A greet crowd >ccupied the house of mourning, laughing md jesting as though the occasion was Dne of rejoicing rather than sorrow. Many were playing cards. Outside, under a pomegranate tree, refreshments were spread, and music and uproar resounded in startling incongruity with the dread mystery of death. ? Cor. Philadelphia Record. Commutation of Sentence. The Governor has commuted the sentence of Anuie Fraser, who was sentenced to be hanged in Berkeley county on November 30, to five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The jury, in a strong petition, recommended the prisoner to the mercy of the court. The Solicitor recommended a! commutation for a term of years, and the Judge to a sentence of five years. From Out of the West. President Cleveland's vetoes of careless legislation are prdof of Lis close attention to the duties of his office. Not a single one of those vetoes has been set aside by the voice of Congress, nor the reasons contained in them successfully met. They have been applied, too, regardless of party or i-ection and with an eye single to the the public good.?Denver Daily Newa, The Keward Paid. New York, Oct#ft6.?The National Republican Committee, through its reward committee, Messrs. Cornelius N. Bliss, Elihu Root and Daniel G. Rollins, who deposited $25,COO in the Garfield National Bank as a reward for the arrest and conviction of persons guilty of illegal regis ?.... imiKi naiil nver to John UUUWU Ml Vl/uu^. 4?i?fv - _ Broderick, of No. 149 Madison street, the sum of $2,000 for causing the arrest and conviction of George Gordon, who falsely registered at the polling place at 143 Madison street. Louisiana's Sugar Industry. In 1S51 Louisiana produced 231,000,000 pounds of sugar, and 380,000,000 pounds wejc imported into this country. In lSS^ Louisiana produced only 181,000,00( pounds, and the imports aggregated th< enormous total of 3,136,000,000 pounds, lu other words, Louisiana's product ha* decreased over one-half, and the importa tions have increased nearly nine times over, These facts show the wisdom of a heavj reduction in the high tariffs on all sugars especially when such v reduction will curl the power of the oppressive and iniquitou! o A lUnv Pr*5? DUi^JU 1 I XXi UUUJ A ?VW. A Shocking Accident. Ridge Spuing, S. C., Oct. 25.?The gii bouse of Mr. Joseph JoDes was the seen' of a shocking ami fatal :iccident about 1' o'clock this morniug. Mr. Jones has i horse power gin. and a ten-year-old son o Mr. Andrew Kneece climbed upon th gearing while the horses were in motion He was caught and carried beneath th driving wheel shaft, his breast on the cogs He was dead before, any one reached him It was impossible to stop the hort-es afte he was caught in time to save him.?Sp< cial to the Charleston World. Fifteen Famous American Inventions. The fifteen great American inventions c world-wide adoption are: 1. The co!ton gin. 2. The planting machine. 3. The grass mower and reaper. 4. The rotary printing press. 5. Navigation by steam. 6 Hot air engine. 7. The sewing machine. 8 The India rubber industry. 9. The machine manufacture of hors< shoes. 10. The sand blast for carving. 11. Toe gauge lathe. 12. The'grain elevator. 13. Artificial ice making on a large seal , 14. The electric magnet and its practic application. i io. The telephone. The Gallows in Edgefield. Edgkkield, Oct. 26.?Ephraim Hay ' colored, who with Louise and Chaint 1 Burt, was convicted at the last term < ' court of the murder of Jake Burt, wj : hanged today. The doomed man ascend* I the scaffold with a steady step, and met h ? fate with calmness and composure. ' The t rap was sprung at thirty-two mi ' utes past 12, and he was pronounced de* II by the doctors in attendance in sevente< 1 minutes thereafter, death resulting from ' partly broken neck and strangulation. * White on the scaffold he made a ferve J prayer, expressing no doubt as to his pi J paration and readiness to die, and bis sou. salvation, Tbis was followed by a bisto: of tbe crime, wbicb was to the rifect th he, with the two women above named ai , Dave Graham, who is now f.t large, by * preconcerted plan assembled on the nig x of the 4th of last December at tbe bou of Jake, and there the-already conceiv murder was committed, Dave inflicting t fatal blow, an axe being tbe weapon use Tbu only part Ephraim performed in t i bloody work was to assist in tbe burial. h Dave and Ephraim lived in the slo t house with the women, who were the wi [. and daughter of the murdered man. t. Of the women, one has l>een pardone a the other's sentence has l>een commuted g life-time in the peniteutiary.?Special a Charleston World. Our acts make or mur us; uearet children of our own deeds. There are two things that a woman w jump at?a conclusion and a mouse. a He who does uot engage in Ibe quarn of others will have few of his own. a The best characters have a mixture t infirmities, and the worst have sometim $ redeeming virtues. " Calumny is like coal; if it does not bur e it will soil. ? Real glory springs from the silent co ? quest of ourselves. e The credit gained by a lie lasts only un! the truth comes out. Business failures this week number 2( in the United States, against 195 last weel - Canada had 28 this week, against 31 la ? week. The total number of failures i e the United States from January to date y 8,074, against 7,718 at same time last yea O 1 n r- OM r Whlcli are the sweetest eyes to you? e TVir. hrnwn where fire and laneruormet ! The sunny, laughing eyes of blue, Or black, with glances shy and fleet? I Or opaline, with changeful hue, 3 Or gray, where mind with beauty vie t Or violet, so soft and true? r Tell me, which are the sweetest eyes? Uy darling bent her sunny head; Her radiant face seemed fcsK-divine; a "The sweetest eyes to me,"'I said, "Are these that look with love in mine I j li V SAFEGUARDS AGAINST THIEVES. , It ^ Ki*? rincd Jiurzriar Tells fIoi:se holders I Tow to I*i'oteet Tlseir Property* I1 ir.;t or nil, 1 may buy uia.c mt !,, lolder, tS'Hvially if his house is situated n tin- suburbs, should count as next to ^ lothing the protection afforded by the ' light policeman on his beat. I don't nean to insinuate that the night police nan neglects his duty. I believe that, as dc i rule, lie performs it as well as he is able :o. and it may l>e pretty safely relied on cc :hat at each time he passes a row of vil- is las he will cast the light of his bull's eye aver the front garden, if there is one, and over the house front, and the lower ^ windows and street door. If there is no front garden, he will see that all is right p and tight in the area as well. But his beat is a long one. and it is probable he will not pass that way again for an hour, or perhaps longer. So tiiat if there is a * job afoot all that those engaged in it have & to do is to hide and see the policeman off, . and they then knew exactly now mucu ju time they have to get through their work I before he can make liis appearance again. a Speaking from my experience, and fc from that of others with whom I have been acquainted, I should say that at r lea^D a fourth part of the number of pri- g vate house burglaries that are success- <. fully committed are assisted by servants. But speaking of ordinary work it is the . female servants who are made useful. 1 and that quite innocently on their part, i Masters and mistresses have no idea what easy simpletons many girls in service are, or how easily they are induced to ] betray the secrets of the house. And not -1 only girls, but women, cooks and house- ' maids, who are old enough to know betfor A smart chaD. with plenty to say j and with money to spend, has but to < scrape acquaintance with the kind of servants I am alluding to when they are out for church on Sunday and meet them a few times afterward, and he can learn all he wants to know respecting the vali uable stuff in flie house and where it is kept, and the ways and habits of their employers and when they are at home and when away. It is not often the burglar himself who in this way goes a-fishing for useful information. Generally speaking, he is not what may be called a "ladies' man.'' Ho is very well in his own line, but he hasn't got the good looks or the insinuating ways that go down with the fair sex. That part of the programme is intrusted to the "sweet-stuff man." He is an affable, well spoken young fellow, very respectably dressed, and so respectable in his maimer that even if he was caught in the kitchen with the servants at houses where followers are strictly prohibited his appearance would disarm suspicion. It should not be forgotten that the burglar has no particular desire in the pursuit of his calling to run his head into more danger than is necessary, and there is nothing that i? so much to his liking as parapet work?getting in at attic I windows that are screened by the ruof raranet. Not one householder in a score AT gives a thought as to the security of the attic window. He will havo his street door iron plated, with a patent lock on it, and a cliain strong enough to hold an elephant, but a catch that can be pui back with a bradawl is good enough for the attic window, and all the time it is quite as easy to enter by one l way as the other?if the houses 5 stand in a row and one of them f happens to be empty. This is one ) of the opportunities the fraternity ; are always on the lookout for. Nothing can be easier than to enter an unoccu5 pied house at the basement, and once " within all a man has to do is to walk up stairs and get out on to the parapet, and r there, well screened from view by the j coping, he can creep on his hands" and 3 knees, and by means of the attic windows get into any house he has a fancy for; If it is winter time, and after dark, he will have no difficulty in taking stock of the front windows before he makes 1 tVio and so ascertaining which of -j the front rooms are occupied or if the a family uro at dinner. If the latter he f can be pretty sure that the servants are e all dowu stairs, and he can explore the . upper rooms without much fear of intere ruption. This wouldn't be called in the i. profession tip top work, but it is a means t. by which householders losea considerable r amount of portable property, and it very ' rarely happens that the robber is caught in the actAs regards house fastenings there is, in my opinion, nothing safer for windows 'f than a long thumb screw in a socket, going right through the frame and deep into the bash on both sides of the window. I don't know if there have been any wonderful inventions in tliat way since I look an interest in such things, but I never saw a door fastener except the thumb screw that should give a workman a minute's trouble. For the e. street door there is nothing so good as a fiat bar fastened to a pivot 10 me cuiki, so that it will extend across the jambs and drop into slots made on the plan of a watch and chain swivel. For window e. shutters the cheapest and best protection *1 is a lightly hung bell on a coil spring. But bolter than locks, bolts and bars is a wiry lis tie dog that, roaming loose, will open his pipes and let all the house know it the moment he hears a suspicious noise s, at door or window,?London Telegraph. >y Df Tl?e Kvil of Chewing Cloves. When I smell cloves on a man's breatl: my first, thought is, "That man is a fool.' IS He thinks he is concealing the smell oJ whisky or ?ome other vile smell, and h< j i* only advertising it. There is another lio i< ?i fool. Tlie oil o ;n ICiCVH .l.w "a cloves, which is expressed from them l>j chewing them, is an active solvent ox tin nt enamel of the teeth. Any one wh< e- chews cloves will soon notice that ii I's makes the teetli tender. That mean; ry that their enamel is disappearing, ant at the next step is a mouthful of decave< id teeth, which all the odors of Arahy tlx a Jest can never sweeten. "When wil tot people learn that the sweetest and rarcs smell of all is ho smell at all??Chicag< . - Journal. be d. lie who i.i unwilling to submit to unde he served Liaise should remember to refus< undeserved praise.?Ivan Panin. ne '*e Tlit/re arc ten ladies in the world at th prer.ent time who bear the title of em ? pivss. to 1 10 Photographs have been taken by tb li^ht from a fireplace. be Business men should remember whs Chesterfielu anid: " Whaievcr business yo j, have, do it ihe first moment you can; neve ' by halves, hut finish it without inicnuf tion, if possible." ;ls The man who speculates in breadstuff .1 --" wwaa Af ffnv tiVPr" f UQU ruub Ujf) UIC VI ??' ?? iu? vv., poor man in the country may Lave a ver es cool time of it in this life, but he will onl; need a linen duster in the next. ' Sleep is to be regarded as a divine thing It Is akin to creation. One should neve: D" pass into it without adoration. It is a re turn into the hands of God to be new made til the tire and age of the day to be taken out and the freshness and youth wrought in. The swiftest bird on the wing is th( frigate bird, a sort of nautical bird ol ,sl prey. Sailors believe that it can start witl l? the peep of dawn from the coast of Africa. 1S and, following the trade wind, land on the r- American coast before sunset. It can undoubtedly fly more than 200 miles an hour, but vre do not know of any trustworthy t( record of the speed of which it is capable, The Churchman remarks that failures ir ?v>/* norf rt-f TTiiniotopQ rlnrinor crrpt>\ uuiy uu Luc potiui miuiutv.u epidemics are almost unknown, and adds s- "The Jewish rabbi, the Roman Catholic priest, the bishop and other clergy of the church, the Protestant minister of everj name, however they may err or fail ai other times, are all alike brave and heroic ally faithful unto death in times of pesti ."Ilence." iiTrn ml ii )ii"r iTiMn finirl ir'iiiiifiiir~iiTn'ililiII wEXERAL NKW8 XOTE8 fg mi ot Interfxt Gathered from Varloot I (iuartcrn. M Senator Vest will make eight speeches at Kanftftft City. JJCHJUSOUUXAj Q __ Jeff King, colored, tlie oldest man in eorgia, is dead at the age of 128 years. ^ The St. Louis Fair, which lasted six eeks, netted nearly fifty thousand hilars. Pe^er J. O'Donohue* the millionaire >ffe merchant of Williamsburg, N. Y., dead. A New oil well on the Campbell farm ear Clarion, Pa., spouts 6,000 barrels a ay. s Lord Dufferin, formerly Viceroy of ci anada, has been made a Marquis. He H i a Catholic. 0 The American contributions to the 'arnell defense fund already amount to averal thousands of dollars. T A carp weighing nine and a quarter ounds, was caught on Monday in d ^rkins' mill pond, Greenville, S. C. li The mill and gin of the Brim Brothers, d t the Cross Roads near Dawson, Ga., ias been burned to the ground. Carl Scurz, secretary of the Interior , mdor the Hayes administration, is to . ail from Germany for New Yord next 1 Saturday. Young Mrs. Blaine is to sue her father- 1 n-law, James G. Blaine, for $1000,000 ( lam ages for alienating the affections of ier husband. ^ The eigbt counties of Connecticut will probably cast 135,000 votes this year. 1 Both parties are claiming the six electo- : rotes of the State. , Mayor Hewitt is losing in the contest in New York City. His enmity towards Cleveland is damaging him. The leading candidate now is Grant of Tammany. Gen. Sherman pronounces as false the story that his march to the sea was an afterthought, and not a part of the original programme of his invasion of Georgia. A New lorfc neraia reponsr, wuv has been investigating the condition of politics in Indiana, reports that the Democrats have four chances to one of defeating Harrison in his own State. The Czar of Bcssia will visit Berlin on his way to Copenhagen, where he will participate in the celebration on November 15, of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the coronation of King Christian. The statue of Gen. U. S. Grant, presented to the city of St. Louis by the Grant Monament Association, of Missouri, was unveiled Saturday afternoon. Judge Allen G. Thurman estimates thatlndiana will go Democratic by from twelve to sixteen thousand majority, and elect nine or ten Democratic Congressmen in its delegration of fourteen. Gen. Bragg, who once made the assertion that Cleveland was loved for the enemies he had made, is coming back from Mexico, where he is U. S. Minister, to take the stump for the Democratic ticket. The shortage in the accounts of Tax Collector Wilson, of Atlanta, Ga., amounts to thirty-three thousand dollars. He has been suspended by the county commissioners, who have appointed H. A. Boynton to take his place. A FEW SIMPLE TRUTHS. Fishes are weighed in their scales, And an elephant packs his own trunk; But rats never tell their own tails, And one seldom gets chink in a chunk. Dogs seldom wear their own pants, Which fact lay^them open to scorn; No nephew or niece fancies ants, And a cow never blows its own horn. A cat cannot parse its own claws, No porcupine nibs its own quill; Though orphan bears still have their paws, A bird will not pay its own bill. Sick ducks never go to a quack; A horse cannot plough its own mane; A ship is not hurt by a tack. And a window ne'er suffers from pane. When a man settles money on his son it frequently unsettles the son. An attractive piece of jewelry?The postman's ring. Porous glass has been produced in Paris. t* tm- Tirir?^/-vTrr_rv<inoc- and whilf XI J3 UCOlguou lui niuuuo the pores are too fine to admit a draught, they assist in ventilation; "The American people sit more than th< inhabitants of any other country in the world," said a prominent physician. "Per haps they do, doctor," replied his friend, "but I'll bet they stand more treats thar any other nation." An interesting development in photog raphy is in the use of clockwork in print ing from negatives. By this means a con tinuous web of sensitized paper is drawi at suitable intervals under a negative ex posed to a source of light. After printing the paper is drawn, still by the mechanism through "washer," "toner," and "fixer' successively, and appears finally as a seriei of finished pictures, ready for mounting ai d all alike in exposure, color, and tone THE SALE OF Barrett's Tonic, ! Decided by United States and Stat< Conrts to be no violation of the law. r [ BARRETT'S TONIC, j BEST MEDICINE > BEST SELLER, s LARGEST PROFJTS 1 1 * 1 Write G. &ARRETT & CO., Augusta I Ga., for prices and merits. Over 20,000 bottles of BARRETT'} ' TONIC sold last year on its merits. s ffe? I Danger of life lb Mother 8eChil?j 1 &1 <>PRADrttU> R^CULAfORdo. k?21J -* -*'U^T^TfO^rn J r 1V7EWC4NTONPKESi!RVEI J^j GINGER. 75 cases Canton Preserved Ginger ' best quality, in whole, half and quarte: i??o Wo nflfivr +Via alv>vfi at low Dricei ; to dealers and consumers. WELCH & EASON, 1 Charleston, S. C. PITTS CARMINATIVE FOB INFANTS Aft'B TEETHING CHILDREN. An instant relief for colio of infants Cures Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera Infantum or any diseases of the stomach | and bowels. Makes the critical period t, J of Teething sale ana easy, is a saie ana j pleasant-tonic. For sale by all druggists, i and forarolesale by Howard, Wellki Co., Augusta, Ga i, m a arok's CuamL I n Interesting Programme?Several New Features?Promise of a Splendid Time for Every e The Twentieth Animal Fair of the 8 tate Agricultural and Mechanical So;ety of South Carolina will open on ( [onday the 12th of November, and close a the following Friday. All entries should be made in person r by letter to the Secretary, Thomas V. Holloway, at Pomaria, until the 4th , ay of November; after that date at Co- . ambia. Entry books will close on Friaj, the 9th November. Decided improvements have been oade on the grounds of the Society for he convenience and comfort of exhibtors. The management is determined to eave uo effort untried to make the present Fair second to none in its history. The usual courtesies will be extended in exhibitors by the railroads in the transportation of their exhibits. The rates of passage will be within the reach of all and special trains will be run daily for the accommodation of visitors. The City of Columbia, through a select committee, will furnish unusual attractions during Fair week. An intelligence office will be established, where visitors can apply for homes in private families at reasonable rates. With cheap rates of passage, comfortable accommodations for visitors and the magnificent attractions by the City of Columbia, together with the splendid exhibit of live stock, Agricultural impliments and Machinery, and a fine display of the handiwork of the fair daughters of our State; with full exhibits in every department, we, therefore, cordially invite all citizens of the State and espe cially the fanners, to share with us tiie pleasures and benefits of the occasion in promoting the general Agricultural interests of the State. mrm Fro m m Saturday, November lOlh. Secretary HoUoway's office will be open at 8 A. M., when entries made under the rules and regulations will be assigned their proper positions. Monday, November 12th. Gates open at 9 A. M. From 10 to 11 an exhibition in the arena of all the cattle, under the direction of the Superintendent. From 11 to 2 a display of all the horses, beginning with those led by the halter, and closing with saddle, single, and matched harness horses, as directed by the Supreintendent. Tnndiy, November 13(h. Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. From 10 to 11 a general display oi cattle. The forenoon will be devoted to th< examination in the arena of the singh harness horses and mules, as directed bj the Superintendent. BA.CE PBOORAililE. First race?Three-quarter mile dashall ages. Purse $75?$50 to the first; $2.' to second. Second race?Three-quarter mile heat ?2 in 3 trotting race, S. C. owned Purse 3100?$75 to first; $25 to second Third race?Three-quarter mile das] ?for three-year-olds, S. C. raised an< f owned. Purse $75?$50 to the first $2i to second. WninMil??. IVovcmber 14th. Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. From 10 to 11 a general display o stock. ; From 11 to 12 a display, in the arena ; of all the cattle. From 12 to 2 the same by the singl [ and donble harness horses. At this coo test the Committees will tie the ribbonf BACES. First race?Three-quarter mile .Heat * ?all ages. Purse $100?$75 to first; $2 to second. Second race?Mile heats ?2 in 3 troi ' ting that never made a rtfcord under ' minutes. Parse $100- $75 to first; $2 3 to second. Third race?Three-quarter mile das . -two-year-olds, S. C. raised and ownec . Purse $75?$50 to first; $25 to second. Fourth race?One-half mile dash I saddle horses, S. C. raised and ownec .Purse $75?350 to first; $25 to second. I Thursday, November 15th. Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. From 10 to 11 a general display of a the premium stock, beginning with th a cattle. From 11 to 12 o'clock an exhibition i the arena of the saddle horse#; afte which contest the -ribbons will be tiec BACKS. ; First race?Seven-eighths mile dash' all ages. Purse $75?$50 to first; 25 t second. Second race?Mile heats?3 in 5, trol ting race. Purse $100?$75 to first; $2 to second. Third race?Mile heats?all agei Purse $100?$75 to first; $25 to seconc 4 Fourth race?Three-quaater mile das ?all ages. Purse $754-$50 to first; $2 tn sfiftond. 3 Friday, November 16th. Gates open 9 o'clock A. M. From 10 to 12 o'clock display ol a the premium harness horses. At 11 o'clock auction sales of liv stock. At 2 P. M. tbe premiums "will b awarded from the Secretary's office. the conclusion of which the Fair wi CIoph. Eiich morniDg of the week, from 9 til 12 o'clock, will be devoted to testing b the Committees all kinds of implements Exhibitors are expected to furnish thei own teams. BACES. First race?three-quarter mile dashall ages. Purse $75.00?350.00 to firsi $25.00 to second. * Second race?half mile heats?two year-olds. Purse?$75.00?$50.00 t< first; $25.00 to second. f Third race?miie dash?all agea. Pure A1AA AA Afft /\A g- A AA 1, 5 $iw.uv? o<u.uv wj iinst/, fluw.w w second. J. B. HUMBERT, Pres. Teos. W. Hollowat, Sec. PRIVATE BOARD. Visitors to Columbia will find it t< their advantage to stop at the "WILLIAMS HOUSE," Northwest Corner Plain and Stunt? Streets. Transient board a specialty Houge open all hours day and night t< suit incoming trains. ... MBS. WINTHBOP ilk ? mm u. : ..~aM 1 MOD! j K0H2T, FUECHGOTT & w., f Charleston, S. C? will, during --^Sa| he Gala Week, offer the Greatst Inducements in their line of ;oods, such as '^ja| JABPETS, DBY GOODS, SHOES, MILLINERY, &c, -M An Invitation is extended to all. E W SALT FISH! .Jygh Bloated Mackerel in 10-ponnd kits. No 1 Extra Mess in 10-ponnd kits. No 2 Fat Family in 10-ponnd kits. No 3 in 10-ponnd kits. Salmon in 10-ponnd kits. Snowflake Boneless Codfish. * Smoked Herrings. :?-M ^ T^*A/?lrAVAl rt4- 10l/I UUUU iiuicauici av Extra Fine Large Mackerel 20 to 25 each, at WELCH & EASON^, Charleston, S. C. / - . C. BART $c CO., CHABLESTOH", S. C., Jhe largest Importer of Foreign Fruits in the South, offer for sale a well selected stock of < . A -DT5T.T??? ORANGES, BANANAS, II COCOANUTS, LEMONS, DRIED FIGS, RAISINS, V POTATOES, .W CABBAGES, PEANUTS, "f|M And everything else that a first class :jsl Wholesale Emit House should have. jJS J?*Country orders filled with dis- r.jJl , 1888?SEASON?1889. Jji ; HE HoiiliTIMO n 'M No. 138 East Bay St., No. 148 Bay Htreet, [ Charleston, 6. C. gtruaab, 6a. 7 iUsafatkre the Mewing High Grade Fertilisers: ~ Track Farmers' Special G-aano. j)oQhly ^Ammojojated Track Farm- | 5 ' era' Special fiiniTiTr"'^' ^ Wilccx, Gibbs & Co.'a Manipulated ? s Guano. W - Excellent Georgia Standard Gaano. Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.'s Saperphos- 9HH ? phate. 5 Orange Growers' Special Guano. Orange Growers' Own Gaano. Pare Animal Bone Meal. Pare Animal Bone Meal and Potash. j Bone Phosphate of Lime and Pot- H f asb. / . jfl Ammoniated Bone Phosphate and. A Potash. M e Ash Element _ M i- Rice Mixture. * U And are importers and deal("^~s~",B the following Materials and C; >8 C&I8! c 0 Pare Acid Phosphate. ^ Nova Scotia Land Plaster. 3 Pare Dissolved Animal Bone. 5 Pare Peruvian Gnano. Nitrate of Soda. h Muriate Potash. Salphate of Ammonia. ' Dried Blood. tB L German Kainit Fish Scrap, Cotton Seed Meal, &c.v fl All of which are sold at low prica H for cash. \ 1 U ORDEES PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. V> e Address tv-fljj n >r Tne Wilcox czuxbbsuaaziouo' L CHA&IEimNI, 8. G. 1^|p E W DRIED FKUITi 0 1,500, pounds Good Dried Apples afr> 'dim |C 6c per pound. 1,000 pounds White Sliced Dried- .J|l 3. ipplec at 10c per pound. * 300 pounds Choice Peeled Dried! ? Peaches 15c. per pound. 1 iaa tct -n .i i t\ i js iw pouBus x aucy jreeiea readies at 20c per pound. New Evaporated Fruits now in tranrntL WELCH & EASON, lM 11 Charleston, & 0. 6 YOTJB VISIT TO CHA&LE8TOBF H J DURING 11 GAIiA ' fflH y Or any other time, will be incomplete j without a visit to Welch * EasriraHl ; MS m ^anJH 3 185 i 1S7 Meeting and 117 larkft It is literally fall to overflows the good thmes of life, and toth! lived to no purpose if yon? and see the immense variet^H ) Fine Groceries for^ kept by this Firm. Being Headqnarter^B r their line, they can A . money on your pnrcjfl > No charge tofl Coontry ordez^fl Sendfo^fcS Jj