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VOL. XLV. WINNSBORO, S. C-, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1888. ' NO, 22.
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
A man who'd lead a happy life
Mast hand his earnings to his wife,
And lot her, with a woman's sense,
tPay oat and plan the home's expense.
He'll save himself a world of care;
He'll have far more to eat and wear;
80 will hi* wife, who'll also lay
By something for a rainy day.
FThe pennies, man will never prize.
Are big as dollars In her eyes;
She weighs eAch wall before it's spent
And, when thoy'ro gone, knows where they
went.
A woman asks: "how mnch," be tore*
She boys, and not a fraction more
j Than what she orders will she take;
And always connts the change they make.
A man, afraid of seeming mean,
And vainly hiding that he's green,
"Won't ask the price at all, and beys
yv, Whatever meets his eager eyas.
Then, grandly throwing down a bill,
_ He. victim of the tradesman's skill.
And paying twice the right amount.
jf octets tn? cnango ne rears 10 count
--? __ The money that a husband earns,
^?Kept in his pocket, always horns,
AncLtJll It's squandered, lost or lent*
He, soihchow, nerer feels content.
Stan's forte*i-to earn, but not to spend;
SJb wife's ambition, too, will end
f Jf she sees money slip away
>_ ,Wlth debts increasing day by day.
43q he who'll wisely lead a life
Of perfect bliss will let his wife
Be treasurer, as nature meant,
And owe no man a single cent.
?3. 0. Dodge, in GoodalVt Sm.
"WILT THOU BE MINE?"
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Shought-Reader's Recipe for Making
a Proposal.
Jcsfe Bow a Man Should Ask the Woman
\ So Lore* to Harry Him?Stick to
the Point, State Tour Salary
Pa r.nnruoNHAn<i,
A girl may, in the sweetness of her heart, :
o^rlook the clumsiness of a wooer, and j
L pledge herself to a man whose offer has not
been made in the proper form; life is full of
uch instances of feminine charity. But
he thing will rankle in her mind, be she
at* lotDV T*nll
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encounter the rebuff his awkwardness do- I
served at the outset, and suffer the more j
because he has hoped to escape his punishaient.
How then ought a man to propose! How
to he to avoid the method lacking in adroitness,
the which, if he haplessly employ it,
hk ?uat result iu his more or less immediate
discomfiture?
B The first rule which I submit to the consideration
of the faculty has more in it than
HB m?ets the eye.
When you promote to a lady, ask her to
marry you.
I Under the seeming of a truism, this is a
most subtle regulation.
You must ask.
You must make it clear that you ask her,
lor men have been known to betroth themselves
tc Angela when they really meant to
ask Angela to countenance their suit to
Angela's, sister. A proposal is like a bullet
from a oae hundred-ton gun, a forcible and
weighty missive, which must be speeded in
the right direction and no other.
You must be sure that you ask her to
Has arranged-a marriage wiui
when in fact he has only secured her hand
lor the cotillion. The converse obtains, too
^ ?it is a dreadful position in -which you place
yourself if you want to dance with Angela
fyr an hour, and in your fervor give her to
understand that it is a life-long partnership
which you propose.
Again, you must ask her to marry you.
31ft fre it plain mat u is ior yourseiL you pruyose;
Miles Standish did well on the other
^ tack, bat his was an exceptional case. If
B* Angela had been in donbt whether to give
tior heart to you or to your frieud Billy, and
you, in the obliquity of your wretched deliBr
cacy, begin your set speech with a modest
disquisition upon Billy's superior claims to
ter favor (and men not uncommonly grow
mock modest in affairs of the heart) Angela
may suppose that it is for Billy that you
plead, and be disgusted with you both,
B thinking you a numskull not to speak for
L yourself, and Billy doubly a numskull to let
you conduct for him a negotiation which
every man should conduct for himself.
Next:
Bk Avoid figures of speech and circumlocuIII
lions.
I have heard a man (he subsequently
warrled a. termasrant. and served himself
jaghtly) boast that he had never put it in
W, way Roman's power to say him no, plumps'
ly. It was the habilf of this ruffian, when
fce desired to offer his hand to a lady, to
disguise his meaning in a parable; so to put
L the matter to her that if she wanted to
B marry him she might say so, and if not
might avoid the issue. He was a coward,
Of course, and a sneak as well Think of it
from the standpoint of Angela! In leaving
jrfmaetf safe he put her in the most hideous
0 position imaginable. For if she inclined to
H marry him, and said so, sho left it quite
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*Qpen xor timi w "?
.ABgela, you altogether misunderstood me.
"When I asked you if you would confide
your life to my keeping I had no such pur.
- yow as you imagine, but intended merely
^ to ask it you would share my baggy with
W~ me to-morrow evening, and rely upon my
bringing you home in safety and without an
txpset."
Such cowardice is quite unpardonable.
"The worst that can happen x> the man who
proposes is to be rejected, which is surely
so dreadful matter. Iam at the present
moment most desperately ii. love with the
impress Dowager of I have made
no declaration of my passion, because the
disparity between her exalted siatiort and
n Any own comparatively humble^jftg* would
Arader such a union iU-ad?asMp0eside which
^^is old enough to be afy grandmother,
Hp H^orbidly ill-temper^ But would I
Hteto offer her-rrn^Band, if I wished
the ^HRnnity presented
HI itself, because I I should be said i
Hfe. Bay? Not a bit no disgrace to
be refused. 1 am r^EHre tnat it is aiways
a calamity. are not less
than a dozen women whoin^if I proposed
to them, I should sincerely tha^ic for refusing
me. I remember, one very cold evening
in St. Petersburg, an experience mtch in
A point. I was numbed and blind with front;
Pt it was in a sleigh on the ice of the Neva.
and I was unmarried at the moment. There
JT were two sisters, one young, beautiful, ao
oomplished and fabulously rich, the other a
. mere nonenity and cross-eyed, and in my
dense frigidity i onerea my aaau w uio uuo
I didn't want. She declined me (perhaps
"because the cold, which was extreme, even
tor a person aoclimatized by some five and
forty Russian winters, had benumbed her
too), and did I feel unhappy, do 1 regret my
rejection? On the contrary, I rejoice at it,
it is the only circumstance associated with
cold weather?a condition I abhor?which I
recall with any satisfaction.
And yet how many men dodge about the
v*rr . ^ question a3 if it would blast their whole
lives to meet with a refusal. It is a pity, in
this connect!', n, tlir.t Th? oM custom of
kneeling to mahc u:i offer ever die J cut.
The attitude has its inconveniences, un- >
. doubtedly. It is not suited to our modern
dress, and results in abominable kneeing
" ?-j
Oi ones trousers, in is a musu uuwufortable
position in which to bo surprised by
an inopportune stranger. But it was definite?there
was no feeling one's way about
. it. Toe lady couldn't dpubt your meaning, j
^ once to uwere literally at her feet.
Another rule, and one especially to be
. considered, is:
' Avoid digressions.
7 Nothiag is more deplorable than an interval
in a proposal. The natter should be
gone through with speedily, once your
attack begins. It is an attack, always. No
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uww reaay-nearted Angela may be,
there is a little perfurictory hesitancy, only
natural to her modesty; and you must not
give her the opportunity to turn the current
of her wooing. Do not stop to tell her
that you only take three glasses of claret
with your dinner, or that you don't owe a
penny in the world. Information of this
sort you should convey to her long before
you ask the momentous question; it is rele
rant, no doubt, and may abet your enorc
greatly, but yet it is prosaic ?nd out of keeping
just at the moment of crisis. The more
nakedly you confine yourself to declaring
your love and asking her hand, the better.
Bear in mind always that a proposal partakes
of the nature of an onslaught; that no
matter how apt and willing your lady love
may be, she has still a maidenly sense of
preservation, and you must afford her no opportunity
of avoidance, but bind her most
strenuously to the issue. Give her but the
slightest pretest for branching off upon a
side issue of controversy, and you will never
nin her to the ooint.
The last rule with which I propose at
present to burden the diffident courtier is
at any rate not less important than 1fce
others:
Eschew elaborations.
Under the head of elabo? ations I include
exaggerations, affectation and false pretenses
of all sorts, objecting to them not
upon the ground of their vitiating dishonesty,
for I entertain a certain regard for
the immoral maxim that all is fair in love
and war, but upon the score of inexpediency.
At all times a woman's perception of deceit
is keener than a man's, and it is peculiarly
so when the matter under consid???
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charity, not the blindness, of women which
makes them tolerant of a want of clarity m
men they love. You can. not cozen Angela,
and it is distinctly indiscreet to make the
attempt. Do not try to make he? believe
that you are a better fellow than you are.
If she gives you her heart it is not because
you are the noblest of men. If we were
loved for our deserts only we should all die
lorn bachelors; it Is in spite of your defects
that she loves you, and it would do you no
Rood to trick ber if you could. Tell her
honestly that you are but an indifferent,
honest fellow, not more than passably clevflr
not too well furnished in worldlv erear?
say this by way of preface, leaving her no
opportunity for other interruption than a
formal protest at your self-depreciation?
and then?then at her, my merry man; tell
her how you love her, and have no fear of
pitching your song too high on this pointswear
that you love the street she lives upon,
and if you do not you are no true lover.
?Washington Irving Bishop, in San Francisco
Examiner.
A WEDDING STORY.
An Englishman Who Had Not Much Faith
In St. Paul's Exhortation.
The homily with which our marriage service
closes lacks intrinsic cheerfulness and its
peculiar charms, actual or suggestive, are
seldom appreciated by the more youthful
class of brides, says the London Telegraph.
Neither, despite its slight delicacy do all
bridegrooms relish it with a perfect zest,
although, in summarizing the obligations of
matrimony it puts the case for the husband
a good deal more advantageously than for
the wife. I remember an odd incident, illustrative
of the objections entertained toward
this tiresome exordium by men of the
"time is money " and "self help" ways
of thinking. It took place at the second
wedding of an honorable and gallant friend
or mmo^jTose numor was aounaant, ouu
_of as "dry." He was be
"m8 B^'say, at South Shields, a
and, having bee^n
through the ceremony before as a principal,
was sharply on the lookout for the homily
which he regarded in the light of a vexatious
superfluity. Accordingly, when the
curate?a young and somewhat nervous ec
clesiastic?had completed the "buckl ng-to "
part of the service and was mildly bleating
out the exhortations to " bear what Samt
Paul saith," Captain P held up
his hand, to the officiant's uttar dismay,
and interrupted him with the
words, "I | beg your pardon, sir; but are
we legally married?" ''Why, yes; certainly
you are," was the hesitating' reply.
" Then, sir," rejoined the captain, "I'll not
trouble you to tell us what Saint Paul said.
Saint Paul may havo been a very good fellow,
but he -wasn't a South Shields man."
This said, he gave his arm to his newlymade
wife, and led her away calmJy in the
direction of the vestry.
The curate, it appears, entertained. so hi>:h
an opinion of the occult virtues of the homily
and of the beneficial eftect they could
not fail to exercise upon a young married
couple, that he took my friend ar.ide a few
minutes before the wedding breakfast anl
timidly asked him whathar he would permit
him, the said curate, to impart Samt Paul:s
views to him and Mr3. P? oraliy on their
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return irom tao aoneymoyn mpr j.v ijuao i
question, dictated by professional zeal which
would have done credit to an Early Christian,
my friend returned a polite, but evasive,
answer. When, however, husband and
wife came back to their native town, at the
conclusion of what th? Germans so happily
term "Die Flitterwcchen," they were so
obviously a happy pair, and the subsequent
harmony of their married life proved so delightfully
continuous, as far as their many
friends and acquaintances knew, taat the
reverend enthusiast never found occasion
to "place'' his favorite homily, and wisely
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to work out their connubial felicity in their
own way.
GRACEFUL WALKING.
An Art Understood by Fovr and Practiced
by a Still Smaller Number.
Did you ever have an opportunity to observe
carefully the walk or gait of a large
number of people? asks a writer in the St.
Louis Republic. There are gaits and gaits,
yet how few really know how to walk.
This lack of grace is especially noticeable in
tha ferairv'-.; V1 crowd. To be
sure the ladies have a great deal to contend
with during the present mode of dress.
What with tight lacing, big bustles, ex ?ni1o?c
?anf) ru-iirTtT>H-t/w?fi hi<?h-heeled Ox
ford ties, it is a hard matter for them to
manage to sustain their equilibrium even.
Now, men have nothing of ail this to cope
with. They need not wear the above-mentioned
articles and still be in style. That
little five-lettered word I How many have
died martyrs to it!
Naturally the first thing to be considered
is the dress. To begin with the shoes:
They must neither be too long nor too short,
too wide nor too narrow, too light nor too
heavy. They must be just right. Your
feet will bo blistered alike if your shoes are
too heavy or too light. Have amediumweisrht,
flexible, broad-heeled shoe. It depends
entirely on the shape of the foot
whether the heel should be high or low. A
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Now for the walk. Throw your shoulders
well back; hold your head up, with your
chin drawn in; throw your whole body from
the hips up slightly forward. Now step out,
moving the less from the hips with the
slightest possible bend ia the knee, to prevent
a stiff-legged appearance. Take steps
of moderate length, with the toes turned
out. "When walking, the best position for
the arm is to let it hang easily at the side.
Do not swing them, but do not hold them
perfectly sti?.
Systematic i'unctuarion.
Ia a Boston newspaper oSce not long ago
the chief proof-reader had been greatly annoyed
by the extraordinary use of commas
that cropped out in occasional "takes" on
his proofs, and, finding that they occurred
regularly under a certain "slug," he went
to 'Slug Fifteen's" frame to expostulate
with him. He found that the man was a new
"sub," who said he cams lately from Nova
Sootia, and had learned his trade m a firstilass
office in Halifax- "For pity's sake,"
exclaimed the proof-reader, "what sort of a
system of punctuation do they employ In
Halifax?" "The rule in our office," replied
the compositor, with a patronizing air,
"was to put in about three commas to %
Line." , , .. ,
NOTES OF THE SESSION.
A GLANCE INJO SOUTH CAROLINA'S
LEGISLATIVE I1ALL?.
Some Important and 3Iany Unimportant
Mcasarv* Considered?A Great Dejil ol
Work with. Kather Little Speech Making.
CoLrnBU, S. C., December 22.?Tbe
Session of 1888 is about over. Uy tbe
time this paper is read the members will
all have gone home?in time to eojoy
their Christmas dinner. Both houses
adopted a resolution io adjourn sine die
on Monday next. Below will be found
a synopsis of the proceedings since the
last report.
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLABS FOR PENSIONS.
The Pope bill to establish a home for
disabled Confederate soldieis. (bearing
an unfavorable report,) the bill io repeal
the .State Pension Act of last year (with
a favorable report) and the military com
mitteo'd substitute bill to appropriate
annually $50,000 to pensions for the
most needy ana deserving applicants
came np together for consideration in
the Senate.
There was a loDg ai_d earnest debate.
Senator Murray moved to table tiie
soldiers' home bill with a view to taking
it up tho committee's bill.
Yeas?Alexander, Bvrd, Bui&t, Donaldson,
Edwards, Erwin, Feld, Hemp
hill, Ho well, Iziar, Mason, McMaster,
McCall, Moise, Moody, Moore, Munro,
Murray, Ready, Sinkler, Smith, of
Horry, Smith, of Spartanburg, Verdier,
"Wilson and Woodward?25.
Nave?Dozier, Ferguson, Patterson,
Pope and Sojourner?5.
So the motion prevailed.
The committee's bill then came up.
Senator Pope's motion to table it "was
lost.
Sen? t-3 Pope then moveu. to strike out
the provisions for county boards of veterans
to pass upon claims.
Agreed to on a division by 16 to 7.
The bill then passed without a division.
Sentt ;r Murray next moved to conu
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cinue iiie suiuier? uumo um uuuz iuc
next st saion so as to let it be on hand
when tiie pnbiic had observed the working
of the committee's bill. Lost 14 to
15.
The bill was then indefinitely pottpone
d and the fight was 07er.
CUTTING DOWN SALAKTTS.
The last special order was Senator
Field's bill to cat down the salaries of
State officers and clerks. Contrary to
expect itions, there was no debate on
this bill. On Senator Howell's motion
it was immediately killed by the following
vote:
Yeas?Senators Byrd, Bnist, Dozier,
XT' Tr,]av Af/?\fOC
JULUUJyiiia) JUiUU) ?uul\/.mm?u
ter, McCail, Moise, Moore, Monro,
Murray, Pope, Smkler, Smith, of Horry,
Verdier acd Woociward.?18.
Nays?Senators Alexander, Ed words,
Ferguson, Field, Meetze, Moore, Patterson,
lleady and Wilson?9.
At a tete hour Senators Donaldson
and Mason rose to a quebtion of privilege
and announced that if they had
vscii pivsent- at, tue time of vote, the\
would hiivo Vwtid for the bill.
LIQU0B BILLS.
Two bills relating to the sale of liquor
in the town of Chtster were considered
1?it f->,A pftch liavinc been ere
pared by representatives of the two
factions into which the people of Chester
appear to be divided on the liquor question.
Tha firtt on the calendar was one to
enforce the present prohibitory law in
Chester by prohiliting druggitts &c. from
frilling liquor, even under prescription,
to any one whaisuever, and even from
giving it away. Heavy penalties weie
provided for violation of tiie bill.
The second was one to repeal the
present prohibitory law of 1882, and provide
for local optican elections and the
granting of licenses, in case they are
authorized, at the high figure of $500
each.
? O v.!,*nA + *-?nrron
Xlie OtLlittUi iJLUJLU iuutvu
to substitute the prohibitory bill for the
license bill. This motion was tabled by
a vote of 21 to 11, and the high license
bill passed -without debate, the prohibition
bill being killed.
THE STATE TAX.
The bill to levy taxes for the payment
of the gen? rai expenses of the fctate arid
county governments excited muoh discussion.
Mr. Haskell first made a statement in
behalf of the committee of the financial
aspect oi the situation. The Legislature,
he said, would have to provide for about
?910,000 to meet this. The committee
calculated upon $175,00!) phosphate royalty,
which ieit $73(5,000 to be provided
by taxation. Their calculation was oased
tirwn an ChS# <??# <! Vfllne of S14r5.000.000.
and they estimated that a mill would
yield about $137,000, making allowances
:or delinquent taxes &e. Thus a tax of
mills would yield about $620,1)00. Add
$175,000 of phosphate royalty and the
fund woaid reach $^91,000, about $16,000
short of the needs of the State.
i"he committee thought the State
could t-qutc-ze through on a levy
of oi mills, bu'i the House must remember
tbat tie State was now drawing
against an empty treasury, and the members
must decide whether it would be
the better policy to just squeeze through,
or endeavor to accumulate a fund that
could bo held in reserve for future contingencies
which were liable to arise at
any time.
Air. Waller, of Abbeville, moved to
amend by rnsbiog the levy 5 mills instead
of 6 mills, fired off a volley of figures
compiled from the comptroller general's
report to show that 5 mills would be
cnoagli. The figures were as follows:
Appropriations, SST^UlKJitt'SfeseK vame,
31*0,000,000; a 5 mill tax would yield
3700,000; the phosphate royalty is placed
at ?190,000; total revenue, $890,000. Mr.
Waller calculated that a 5 mill levy
would leave a surplus in the treasury of
about $40,000.
Mr. Wilson, of Sumter, advocated a
oi mill levy, and he too fired off figures
to prove it. He advocated the gradual
accumulation of a reserve fund in the
treasury.
Alter some further discussion Mr.
Waller and his friends accepted miiie
as a compromise. Mr. Haskeli, however,
if-lied a vote to test the sen~e of a the
Hocs-5 on a levy of Sfjnills. Only live
or f-ix members voted with him. then
v<.-to oi: "? mills with little
r sacct-5?. i'he Ho use then adopted,
oy an overwhelming vote, the amendment
of mills and the bill was thereupon
ordered to be engrossed for the
third reading.
TOWNSHIP BONDS.
The House judiciary committee
reported a bill whieLi is intended ss a
substitute 'or all townthip railroad bills.
It is as foloisrs:
"Whereas, certain townships in this
| State have by their vote expressed their
willingness to subject themselves to taxation
for the purpose of paying bonds
issued by them in aid of certain railroads;
and, whereas, by by reason of a defect
\
in the Acts authorizing the issue of said
bonds they have been declared invalid:
"Now, therefore, for the purpose of
carrying into effect the expressed will of
the people of said townships, be it enacted,
&c.:
"Section 1. That the township bonds
heretofore issued by county commissioners,
as the corporate agents of any township
in the State, in aid of any railroad,
by vote of the inhabitants of said town
snip, are nereoy aeciarea so oe aeois 01
said townships respectively, having authorized
the issue of the same, and the
interest and the prinoipal thereof shall
be paid according to the terms of the
said bonds or tax, by the assessment,
levying and collection of an annual tax
upon the available property in said
townships, as may be necessary, in like
manner and by the same county officials
&s the tax levied for county bonds in aid
of railroads is assessed, levied and collected;
said tax to be known and styled
in the tax books as the township railroad
tax, and when collected shall be paid
over by the treasurer of the county to
to the holders of said bonds as the,
interest thereon may become due and
according to the terms thereof."
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J.uo uvuog liau n *cij \awwmww
on the bill reported by the committee
relative to township bonds issued in aid
of railroads.
Mr. Brawley moved to amend by
striking oat all after the title oi the bill
and inserting the following as section 1:
Section 1. That the township bonds
heretofore itsaed by county commissioners
as the corporate agents of any townships,
are hereby declared to be debts
of said townships respectively having
authorized the issue of the same: And
the interest and principal thereof shall
be paid according to the terms of the
( aid bonds, or tax, by the assessment,
levying and collection of an annual tax
upon the taxable property in said town
oui?J ac JLU?j uc nc^ceoaij, m lu?uuox
aud by the same county officials as the
tax levied for county bonds in aid of
railroads is assotsed, levied and collected.
There was a long and spirited debate.
Finally the bill passed with an amendment
to the effect that no township
should be liable on its bonds unlets the
road subscribed to should be actually
built through the township.
THE CLEMSON COLLEGE.
When the CJemson Agricultural Col
lege Dili came oeiore iiae oenaw it was
debated for three hours and passed,
seventeen Senators voting for and fifteen
against it.
The biil came up at fifteen minutes
after ten o'clock as a special order. The
debate was opened by Senator Edwards,
of Darlington, in a long and forcible
argument in support of agricultural education
in general and of the acceptance
of the Clemson bequest in particular.
Mr. Sojourner, of Barnwell, followed
in a spcecn in which he declared himself
as a tanner in favor pf agricultural education,
bat opposed to the establishment
of the Clemson College, on the ground
of its location at one end of the State
acd because the property was to be used
as an endowment and not for building
an agricultural college.
Mr. Murray, of Anderson, headed the .
thft hill in a brilliavfc I
speech, in which he enlarged on the
Clemson Collej. e movement as a covert
attack on the South Carolina College.
He attacked the legality of Mr. Clemsou's
will, and called on the Senate not
to follow the lower House and put the
Staie in the undignified position of contenting
with the great granddaughter of
Caihoun for the possession of historic
Fort Hill.
Col. McMaster, of Richland, spoke
briefly against the pending measure and
against agricultural education, which he
believed to be a humbug, and moved to
postpone the bill.
This motion was withdrawn to allow
the debate to continue and Mr. Pope, of
Newberry, took the floor to advocate
the bill, wliich he did in an eloquent
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epeecn iqu ox ttrguuicuL nuu jp^ucp w
the positions taken by the opposition.
He discussed the legal difficulties alleged
to be in the way and described them as
"bagbears" by which no oue would be
frightened.
Mr. Buist, of Charleston, advocated
the postponement of further consideration
of the bill to the nest session, pointing
out that immediate action was not
imperative and declaring that the only
way to secure a prompt hearing of the
will contest in the United States Supreme
Court would be for the State to
hold off, when the interest of the State
in the decision would cause the case to
be advanced on the docket. He declared
his willingness to vote a hundred thousand
dollars a year if necossary to run a
grand Agricultural College, provided the
bUte should have its absolute control.
?>lr. Donaldson, of GrtetviJle, called
on the friends of the bill not to be led
" xv . x 2 U-.
away irom cue true jsauo uj mc piut iui
delay. He demanded that the representatives
of the people should come
squarely out and say whether or not the
cry for an Agricultural College should
be* heeded. He made a strong plea fcr
education for the farmers' sons and
urged that the State accept now the
grand gift of Mr. Ciemson ior that purpose.
Mr. Patterson, of Chester, opposed
the bill as failing to meet the demand
for an Agricultural College for the State.
Mr. Hemphill, of Abbeville, arraigned
the opponents of the bill for voting
money "to the Winthrop Training School
ovt-r which the State had no control and
refusing Mr. Clemson's because the
State's control was not absolute.
Mr. Sinkier, of Berkeley, stated his
position as being in favor cf postponement
though he was not opposed to the
Clemson College.
The debate then closed and the roll
w&3 caKed 01 the motion to postpone
the bill to tbe next session.
Tne following Senators voted "aye":
Byrd, Buist, Dozier, Erwin, Howell,
Izlar, McMahtsr, Moore, Murray, Patterson,
Sinkler, Jeremiah Scr'th,
Sraythc, S-.-journer, Verdier, Woodward?sixteen.
The fallowing Senators voted "nay":
Alexander, Bell, Donaldson, Edwards,
Ferguson, Field, Hemphill, Mason, McCall,
Meetze, Moise, MuDro, Pope,
a-.-iU drW
JL\6UUT, -IV. JJLL* Oi-U.ILi-lj TT XICVJJl oiavuwui
The result was a tie. Lieutenant
Governor Mauldin, occupying the chair,
voted "nay," and the Senate refused to
postpone the bill.
The ayes and nays were then called
on the motion to pass the bill to a third
j ceding. The on]y change in the vote
v/as by Mr. Sinkler, who had voted for
postponement, but on the direct question
voted for the bill, making the rrnal
res-nit seventeen ayos and fifteen nays.
Senator Moody, who would have voted
f->r the bill, was paired with Senator
Rhame.
When the Senate met the next morning
and the Senate Clemson College bill
came up for its final reading, ana toe
HoUbS bill to the same effect being substituted,
Senator Murray moved to adjourn
the debate until 11.30 a. m. The
vote resulted:
Yeas?Byrd, Buist, Dozier, Erwin,
i Howell, Izlar, Moore, Murray, Patter
son, SinMer, Smith, of Horry, Verdier
Woodward?13. 1
Nays?Donaldson, Edwards, Fergu- :
son, Field, Hemphill, Mason, McCall,
Metz, Moise, Mnnro, Pope, Ready, :
and Wilson?13.
Senators Smythe, Sojourner and :
Rhame, who would have voted in affirm- i
ative, were paired with Senators Smith, 1
of Spartanburg, Bell and Moody. ;
The Chair (Lieutenant Governor
Maul din) voted "no," so that t'ie motion :
was defeated. <
Senator Buift offered an amendment
providing that the bequest be not accept- '
ed'by the State until the injunction <
granted be dissolved. Senator Pope :
moved to table. The vote and the pans <
were the same. The tie was broken by the
Chair, who voted "noi' thus definitely
committing the Lieutenant Governor
to the support of the bill. Then Senator '
M array moved to continue the bill to
the next session.
Yeas?Byrd, Dozier, Erwin, Howel-, :
Izla", Moore, Murray, Patterson, Sink- ;
ler, -Smith, of Horry, Yerdier and "Wood- '
ward?12.
Nay e?Donaldson, Edwards, F^rgn- :
son, Field, Mason, McC.iU, JL c: z.,
Moise, Munro, Pope, Readv and Wilson
?12.
Senators, Buitt, Rhame, Smjthe,
Sojourner, and McMaster, who would j
hav6 voted for the motion, were paired '
with Senators Hemphill, Moody, Smith,
of Spartanburg and Bell, who would
have voted against it. Senators Mc- '
Master and Sojourner were both paired :
with Senator Bell. Messrs. McMaster
and Sojourner were both present. The '
point is two votes in favor of the motion
to continue were swapped for one against .
it. Jf Mr. Bell's pair had been only one ;
Senator, the bill would have been continued
until the next session. As it was
a tie, the Chair voted "no," and the
? <3 A#Art+a/<
1UUMUU waa ucioai-cu. i
Seuator Murray next moved to recommit
the bill. On this vote Senators ]
Rhame, S my the and Sojourner were
paired with Senators Alexander, Smith <
of Spartainburg and BeJl. The vote
stood 14 to 14. The Chair voted "no,"
and the motion was lost. Then, by the i
$-ame vote, the bill passed its second 3
reading, and the Senate bill to the same j
effect was given its final reading and
sent to the House. ?
IXOREN'OE COUSTT.
Wben the Florence County bill was j
taken up, the walls of the House were f
decorated with maps of the new county, j
the desks of doubtful members loaded i
with pamphlets, statistics and appeals,
and the floor crowded with lobbyists. 1
The fight was opened by Mr. Nettles of
Darlington, who opposed the bill in an 1
elaborate argument. He was followed <
by Mr. R. G. Evans of Darlington, who
ravored the new county. Speeches were ]
made by Messrs. Cannon of Darlington, j
Mosea of Sumter, Graydon of Abbeville,
in opposition, and Mesar3. Peurifoy of j
Edgefield, J. G. Evans cf Aiken, and {
O'Brien of Colleton, in favor of the bill, j
Finally Mr. Kelly, in behalf of the <
Williamsburg delegation, made the an- i
rouncement that Williamsburg county
no longer opposed the bill, which was 1
subsequently passed by a vote of 83 <
to 27. 1
THE PBI>UR? ELECTION BILL, {
passed the Senate, was substituted
for Mr. McCrady's House bill. It went 1
through without opposition. The penalty
for wilful violation of duties by ]
managers of primary elections is fixed at
$100 cr six months' imprisonment, and ]
for fraud and corruption at $500 or j
twelve months. The managers and
voters are to be sworn and made liable <
to indictment for perjury if they sw.ar ]
falsely. i
THE RAILROAD BILL. f
Tiie bill to amend an act entitled "An *
Act to amend an act entitled an act to <
provide a general railroad law for the 1
matagtment and regulation of railroads
in the Stite, and for the appointment of
a railroad commissioner, and to provide ?
for his powers and duties," approved
February 9,1882, said act being incorpo- <
rated with and known as Chapter IL, ?
General Statutes, 1882, and therein en- 1
titled of "Kailroad corporations, general t
railroad law." J
Mr. Heskt-U opened the debate by I <
moving to strike out the enacting words. J ?
He said he thought the bill would briiig
injury not only to the railroads, but to (
tbe people of the State. He reviewed ?
the history of the railroad law, showing i
how powers were given the commission
before, but on petition of 10,000 citizens ]
t'ae law wes repealed; but in twelve i
months the Richmond and Danvi'ile read
had losses of $150,000 on account of mis- J
managenent by the commission. There <
was no justice in putting millions of 1
property into the hands of men nolo- 1
riously unfit. He would be willing to i
vote to amend the law, but would not i
vote for a bill to give the whole manage- J
ment of the roads into the hands of a <
commission. t
Mr. Moses said he thought it time to
give the people a chance. The railroads i
have been robbing and swinging the
people long enough, and it was time for i
it to stop. <
Mr. I ^rifoy made a characteristic 1
argument in favor of the bill. The people
in bis S9c;ion had been swindled by <
the railroads, and were tired of it. The i
bill v. as a good one. If tho commission
has no power we bad better abolish it. <
Mr. itaysor opposed the bill. lie 3
said the constant tendency to leg??late 1
on private matters kept capital away f
from the State.
Mr. Buchanan made a strong and f-arcastic
argument in favor of the bill. He
said the railroads were trying to take ,
rights from the State in the name of the j
people. The railroads didn't want time,
as claimed, but wanted eternity. The j
qaestion bad been ctiscuaeea in twotuirds
of the counties during the campaign,
and the people wanted the bill.
Mr. Graydon opposed tue bill not on
account of any fri^dship for the roads,
but for the people of the State.
Mr. Kaysor moved to reconsider the
vote by which the House refused t ; continue
the bill to the next f-essioa, bat
the motion was lost on a divided House.
Mr. Haskell here withdrew his motion
to strike out the enacting words, and
: ffcrtd the following amendment to
S rction 2: <
"Provided, said commission shall fix \
r>r, vntoc virtlfttinff Sf.fitioil 1443 of the
General Statutes."
The amendment was adopted
Mr. Haskell moved to add to Section
4: "Provided, if any rule or schedule i
directed by said commission, .shall ia ;
any respect be a vioiution of the law, no J
railroact company shall be held liable for j
snc'n violation." ]
This was adopted. i
Mr. Haskell also moved to amend by :
adding after Section 6: "Provided, ]
further, that until the election herein !
rM-oj^rihprl oVifi.il hp held, thft nresent i
commission shall continue in office";
adopted. He farther moved to amend
by adding the following: "Provided
further that the salaries of said commission
be paid from the state treasury like j
other State officers." ,
Mr. John Gary Evans moved to lay (
the amendment on table. The yeas and 1
nays were demanded, resulting yeas 52, .
i nays 34, so the amendment was tabled, i
Mr. Bang moved to amend by making
the term of commissioners four years
instead of six.
Mr. Kaysor moved to table, "which
motion was carried.
The opponents of the bill, it seemed,
if they could not defeat it, determined to
amend it to death, if possible, and Mr.
Gray don followed with another amendmatin
or fVio +Arm twrt vpftrfl.
Mr. Gueaa moved to lay the amendment
on the table, wiiicli motion was
sarried with the usual large majority
which supported the bill. The bill then
went to a third reading, and Mr. Moses
:imeltfcd the matter by moving to reconsider
aud lay on the table, which was
.lone.
KHXIXGS OX CALENI'AE.
The House bill reducing the salaries
of Circuit Judges from 33,fc00 to $3,000
sra.'- killed by the following vote:
Yeae?Bui6t, Byrd, Dozier, Howell,
Fzlar, McMaster, McCall, Moise, Moore,
Munro, Murray, Rhaxne, Siakier,
Smythe, Yerdier and Woodward?16.
N&vs?Donaldson. Edwards. Erwin.
Ferguson, Field, Hemphill, Masor,
Meetze, Moody, Patterson, Pope,
Lieatf.7, Smith cf Horry, Sojourner and
Wilson?15.
'lilt killing was effected by reason of
bhe abseace oi Senators Alexander and
3mitb, of Sijartaiibnrg, ^ho were expected
to vote against it.
The* House biii to amend Section 2,037
of the Revised Statutes relating the
power of marrit d women to make contracts
was Killed after considerable
speech-making.
Senator Field's bill to reduce the per
3iem and mileage of members of the
Legislature was killed after debate by a
rote of 24 to 6.
other matters.
In the Houee the salary redaction bill
*as continued until the nex; session.
The Cook's Creek, Berkeley County, |
bill wss r-ssed.
Mr. Berkeley's $1 per diem and five
;ents a mileage bill was indefinitely
postponed.
Mr. Trantham's bill to give to coul ties
which have aided in the construction of
railroads all funds collected by taxation
ior State purposes was, on mot'on of
Mr. Trantham, continued till next session.
The bill to repeal the seed cotton traf
ic law, passed at last session, was passed
jO a third reading. It withdraws. Berke.ey
and Aiken connties from the provisoes
of the Act.
The following were among the bills
!?hich passed a second reading:
Bill to require county auditors to file
ivith the comptroller general certified
jopits of the returns of banks, &c.
Bill to exempt school teachers from
road duty only while engaged in teaehag.
The bill to reqr-r-jthe agricultural bn*
reau to pay over ail its receipts to the
State treasury passed, with an amendment
providing that it shall not go in
effect until twelve mouth-' hence. It
tvili probably be killed in the Senate.
The bill to require tue Circuit Judges
:o arrange the r?- ler of the Circuit
Sfcurts, aud to fix the time for holding
;he same in the different counties of the
3iate evtry five jears, was killed.
The bill to repeal the agricultural lien
anr TOo-i J-i i fho cor
The following passed their second
reading:
To amend Section 1,457 of the General
Statutes, relating to the duties of
railroad commissioners.
Authorizing the county commissioners
of Greenville, Pickens, Berkely,
Kershaw, Anderson, Georgetown, York
md Samter counties to borrow money
;o pay ordinary county expenses, jnrors
md witness certificates and teachers'
;lairas and past due claims against counies.
To incorporate the Sumter Institute.
To pay the widow of Secretary of
State Leitner $1,407.
To amend an Act limiting the number
>f justices in certain counties", &c., with
senate amendment, excepting the folowing
counties from the provisions
ihereof: Newberry, Laurene, Oconee,
Sichknd, Charleston, Lexington, Lancaster,
Barnwell, Colleton and Ander
iOE.
To amend subdivi?ion 4, Section 919,
)f the General Statutes, relating to physician?,
and to repeal subdivision; 6 of
;aid section.
To amend the law with reference to
mc-xpended school funds remaining on
land at the end of any fiscal year.
To provide for tho establishment of
separate school districts in the several
lities, iucorporated towns and villages of
;he State, to authorize the levy and colccfion
of spocial taxes therein, and to
mtkorize the levy and collection of specal
taxes in the several school districts
3ow formed or hereafter to be formed
outside of cities, incorporated towns
ind villages.
To incorporate tho Industrial Buildng
and Loan Association of Charleston.
Trt nrnliihif t.lio cbIa r>f aniritnnTis ( r '
riv-?" -i- -.nroxicatmg
liquors by apothecaries,
Iruggists or any other persons in the
:own of Yorkville.
This di*pos>d of all tho Senate bills |
m the Calendar np for a second reading.
A message was received from the Govirnor
transmitting a letter from Govorlor
Scales, of North Carolina, in rela;ion
to the boundary line between North
ind South Carolina.
A Great Invention.
The Palmetto Hoe is the greatest, indention
of the age, in the way of a IIuo
'or field and garden use, having an ad
ran tag e over all other hoes now m rise,
n th it it baa four cutting edges and is
so constructed that the handle can be
jhanged so thitt each edge e>in b9 ntilzed.
.iJy reversing the hoo it btcomes
jerpencieuiar with the plant, and
,hereby prevents) any injury to the piant
n taking away i<vuss cirtetiy from the
root cf the plant. Besides these advantages
the blade can be replaced when
Torn out, at one-third cf the original
jost of the boe. The Palmetto Hoe can
3e bought at the same cost as the goose
leek, or any other steel hoe now in use.
5old by all hardware dealer*, or can be
>idered from Sheble & Klemm, Manufacturers,
Philadelphia, Pa.
PIANOS A.>1> OUUAAS.
Pianos $225. Organs $50. ChickerDg,
Mathhushek, Mason Sc Hamiin,
Sterling and Arion Pianos. Mason &
Hamlin, Packard and Waterloo Organs,
it Factory prices for cash or on easy
[nstalments. Fifteen days test trial and
freight paid both ways if not satisfactory.
Order and test in your own homes.
Delivered to Dearest depot freight free.
Don't forget bottom prices and square
iealing. Write for cuts and prices.
N. W. THUMP,
Columbia, S. 0.
Mll : t
It is reported that the Malaga grape crop
is short this year, and only one hundred
and fifty thousand barrels are coming to
this country in place of three hundred
thousand barrels that were expected. A
single storm destroyed one hundred thousand
barrels of the fruit.
%
FASHION NOTES FROM PARIS.
Dresses Seen on the Stage and Elsewhere.
(From the New York Times.)
Oil Tuesday subscription nights commenced
at the Francis, and on Saturdays
they occur at the Opera Comique. These,
with the Patti representation, call my
attention first to evening dress. Empire
styles modified to long waists seem to
enjoy unlimited favor. Golded satin,
with a band of Russian sable around the
bottom and a scarf of the same encircling
the low corsage and crossing in front,
meet with general attention. A wide
satin sash did not bunch np under the
arm, but was shaped downward, giving
to the slight figure all its grace of outline.
A large feather fan of the same
shade as the dress completed the toilet,
and the hair, which was dressed on top
of the head, was a diamond and black
pearl corent. Three rows of Oriental
pearls of goodly size were carelessly
thrown aronnd the throat beneath. The
usual band of fur was tied on one side,
with a yellow bow. The lady had a
long half-fitting opera cloak of cream
cr?ue de chine heavilv embroidered like
an ordinary shawl, but all the outlines
of the flowers were defined in gold
thread. The long sleeves were finely
phited and seemed like hnge white
wings. The collar came up very high.
It was lined with feather bands, and on
the outside an ostrich boa fell to the
feet.
The toilets worn in the unsuccessful
play "Jealousy" at the gymnase are not
remarkable except for simplicity. Mde
Malvan has a delicate lilac satin, perfectly
plain, but embroideried with narrow
columns of gold reaching to the waist
On OLe tide was thrown a cluster of embroidered
morning glories in all their
delicate shades twining in and out of the
glittering columns. The lovely draped
stripes are of crepe de liase, with also
j frills about the V-^haped throat. Mile
iuaxvj.li wears aisu a pa-.e grajr c^ksiimcic
braided or embroidered in black, with a
tight-fitting half-open jacket of natural
seal. Inside tiie vest is made of piaitid
cream tulle under cross bands of black
velvet. The otner toilets were neither
novel nor interesting.
On the Paris bouievards a fancy ball
dress could find many a delightful idea.
A fio wer quartet is charming in a costume.
The lilly is represented by short white
. aiin fringed out around the bottom in
iiiJy leaves. The wai&t is a mixture of
satin and crepe de lisse, the latter foimj
ing folds and the former a sore of twist
braiding to confine them all. One side
is made of lilies pointing upward, making
an epaulette of diamonds and flowers.
I Tn lie encircles the throat and arms and
lilies crowd the bionde curl of iht
| coiffure. Violets pick out tulle of a verj
pale shade, and a fringe at the bottom
sho ts a pale green underskirt An
emerald-greun satin sash seems to confine
a shower of violets making the corsage.
There are no sleevts, only jewel
bauds of amethyst poppy.
' A dress in sattin over pale-lemon tulle
skirts has a coxsige made like leaves of
flowers in satin, and green satin leaves
reach higher still, making a low neck
with diamond dewdrops sparkling between.
A beautiful dress is one that is a mass
of embroidery on tulle, with a broad
sash oi tendrils and green grasses tnd
brown stalks. A. head dress is most
curious, the back of the head being
*? a* a J ~ 7^
covered wiui xmy nowers maue i>u xxc
flat and compact and increasing in size
to the front, where they form a cornet.
Stockings are all flesh-color embroidered
in flowers to unit the costume.
Daisy garlands are seen to twist around
a bare leg, while the poppy gathers itself
on the instep and aukle. Violets dot
oniy pale rose tint, and a lily points
downward from the knee. The dresses,
os they are, might be found too short
for parlor wear, but otherwise they are
exquisitely faultless.
THAT TO>"GUiS OF 1XGALLS.
The Way It Wagged When It* Owner Wa?
the President's Guest.
/Frn-m th? Vpw York World A
Washington, December 18.?A characteristic
story is in circulation in clubdom
here with regard to Senator Ingalls and
his "bitter and vindictive" sentiments
towards tiie President. During the latter
part of January President Cleveland
gave a dinner at which a number of
Senators among other distinguished
guests were present. Senator Ingalls
was among them. It so happened that
j when the party gathered around the
great table in the dining-room, Senator
Ingalls found himself seated by the side
of a well known society lady. The
Senator had very little that was pleasant
to say of any subject broached by his
neighbors at table. He indulged in a
number of disagreeable personalities,
and finally began a tirade of abuse oi
President Cleveland, at whose dinner
table he was then sitting. The lady referred
to was extremely annoyed and
:iia her best to let the Senator see it without
being obtrusive. The Senator,
however, apeared to be oblivious or -ndifferent
to the feelings of the President's
guests who sat about him, and
continued to speak in disrespectiui terms
of his host. The lady is possessed ol
remarkable tact; she is also very patient,
but tliis latter quality was weil-nigh ex
Uau t-.d. Turning to Senator Lngalls,
she ta d in her very sweetest tones;
i "Senator. when I invite vou to dinner
I shall certainly give joa the pea^e of
| honor, on my right." The Senator
I promptly expressed hia appreciation 01
this prospective courtesy, and was about
to indulge in a more effusive compliment
vlion his fair neighbor interrupted him:
"Btcaus .', Senator/' taxd she, "if I have
you vvitbin earshot I shall be sure you
:iru noi; paying >e\*t ro things about me."
Don't bo deceived by fictitious or paid
f-;r ;:exLliodtes. All testimonials printed
in i.ur paper concerning the merit ol
B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) are true ,
Wyifii T^lnn/1 ( lil I
Atlanta, Ga., for "Book of Wonders."
An enterprising man who had just embarked
in the milk business distributed &
lot of circulars announcing that be was
prepared to ser^e his patroDS with "milk
of the lirt>t water." As a failure he was a
success.
The corner in copper has caused an al
most clean sweep ot the old brr?ss household
utensils that artists and b.ic-a-brac
hunters covet. ?nd yet tho syndicate is
not broken.
"Worrtcn rauH hare lie'a happy :p 'h*
tiu;o of Noah." " Z hy k>?" Because it
Jr o l/-\n rr tim/i tr\ rrn\cit /J/1 in t V\r?C?j
C* '?/l\ C* blWUkV IV V II ViU IMVfcV
days."
How strange it. is that as soon as a wealthy
man dies in the United States the
widow and daughter seek consolation in
the sorrowful city of Paris.
lime aiiu wiuc nan ?\ji uu mau, uut
when & woman is In the case, even time
and tide must wait or go on wit&out her.
"What is the best position in which to
sleep?'' asked the patient. "I usually lie
down," replied the doctor.
An outsider going into a newspaper
office on publication day can readily see
that it is by no means a bed of roses.
ARIZONA'S BURIED CITY. ^
Lieut. Gushing Describes the Relics of the
Fast Unearthed at Los Muertos.
"In to-night's lecture," said Lieut.
Frank Hamilton Cushing at a special
meeting of the Academy of Science, "I
will detail, first, the circumstances which
led up to my discovery of ancient Los
Muertos, or the City of the Dead, in the
Salt River valley of Arizona, and then
sjqow cue relations ui uie tmarauwarisucTs
of this city to those of the modern Zuni,
and vice versa.
"At an early age I contracted the habit
of wandering about the woods of western
New York and discovering fossils, curious
stones, etc., and from their resemblance
to living forms I had seen I tried
to formuiate some theory as to their
origin. These theories, I subsequently
found, harmoDizedvery wonderfully with
those entertained by a whole people as a
religious belief. I refer to the Zunis. I
began to ponder whether there was any
/skfAw/wl Krr fliAon nAAmla in -fViia
ajctcui WOCJi?*;u wj nuwv iu WAM
matter, and I was led to observe charac- _ _
teristics of soil and topography wliich ao "
companied the occurrence of a camp site
among the Indians."
After minutely describing his course of
training in this respect, and showing
how, even in plowed fields, traces of
former human occupation had been discovered.
Professor Cushing referred to
the five or six years he had lived with
the Zunis, and said that the narration of
his experiences and discoveries had so interested
a New England lady named lira.
TT?ry?infra*t lint, clip nr<rrmi7<vl flip TT<->rr>
ingway Southwestern Etletiological expedition
to carry out the line of his explorations.
and this led to the discovery
of Los JIuretos.
"A number of like mounds," continued
the speaker, '"happened to meet
my gaze, and hidden away under the
mesquite forest I saw unmistakable signs
of an ancient Indian village. Art remains?fragments
of pottery and other
peculiarities precisely similar to those
found in Zuni?were discovered. After
several feet of excavation had been made
the walls of a veritable city more than
three miles in length were laid bare.
From deductions made from all the surroundings
I concluded that the newiy
discovered city was about twenty times
tlio cisro tVio rrtn^orn Tlio
tecture may be characterized as composed
of terra cotta.
' Thirty-three blocks of houses have
already been excavated. The population
of Zuni being 1,G00 souls, that of Los
Muertos may be estimated at that about
eleven centuries ago, when it was abandoned.
The most interesting characteristic
which proved that the city had been
overwhelmed by a succession of earthquakes
was that the walls opened up, as
it were, as though they were on hinge3
at the bottom. Similar peculiarities havt?
been observed during the recent earthquakes
in Mexico. '
"On account of the suddenness cf tf?J
catastrophe the inhabitants had no time
to remove a single article, and, therefore,
all that could withstand the effect
of time are scattered about as in the days
of their use, such as ancient jars, mills
and axes. The latter bunches, with their
handles burned off, lie on the ground as
they fell. p
"A most interesting discovery was
mnde," said tho lecturer, "respecting the
pottery in this ancient village-.^ The^-J
water jars contained an apparently arHT^^I
tificial break in the continuity of an ornamental
band on the exterior a?d the " -.-z
food jars on the interior precisely s^i]^
to those of the Zunis. so that I am lw
believe from this and other peculiar-^
that the inhabitants of Los Muertos
the ancestors of the Zunis. Tliese banc
I found, while living with the latU
people, were not caused accidently, ana
possessed a deep meaning.
"I endeavored to learn the unmanly
art of making pottery, for the women
always make it, and while sitting among
them molding some clay, I commenced ,
to whistle softly. The women rose in
horror arid exclaimed: 'Child! child!'
I was amazed, but an old woman led me
aside and said: 'You must never whistle
or sing or make any sound that would
awake an echo in the canyon while mak
ing pottery, ior u you uo iue vujw ?m
go out while it is burning and the pottery
will crack.'
"All savages, I found, believed that ?? ??
everytliing that has motion, heat or sound
of itself must have life. The Zunis have
observed that whenever a vessel breaks
or becomes useless, in other words when
it dies, it gives a loud twang, especially
during the burning process, and they
think a vessel is imitative like the echo.
Furthermore, they think when a vessel is
put on the fire that it sings, and they believe
that the vague existence they give to
the vessels has something to do with the
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them.
' They would not let me whistle because
they believe the sound of my voice
would enter the clay and break it when it
was subjected to heat. These ideas give
a more rational aspect to the superstitious
feeling the savages bear towards their
fetiches and idols.
"I supposed there were no Zuni ruing.1
west of the center of Arizona, but here,
much further in that direction than I
could ever have imagined. I found this
marvelous city of the dead. The Zunis
consider their households as entities, and
by a natural course of reasoning they
have been led to believe th?t their house
hoM articles should take their place
among their gods. Hie Zunis' conception
of the soul is "very curious. It is
supposed that the priests of heredity have
also by heredity power over "their owa
souls, which enables them on great occasions
to separate their souls?from- their . ^ ?
bodies, and at death they do not require ?
any ceremonial or sacrifice, like ordinary
mortals."?San Francisco Examiner. ??*
Main Field of Educ;it: t?.
A physician declares that our adu
rational sysienis overlook the fact that
the main field of education is the nervous
system. A comprehensive system of
physicial education is necessary for the
development of latent power, so that
thought, desire and will shall take the
form of action.?Chicago Times.
Berlin has a Technical high school,
built by the city at a cost.of ?4,800.000,
and maintained at an annual cost of
$190,000.
There is nothing in life that slips by
more stealthily than an opportunity.
As usual on the eve of the new year, and ^
the day of 6naDcial reckoning, the exodus
of American embezzlers to Canada increases.
It is doubtful if Edison's new talkicg
machine will ever supersede the old reliable
sewing societies.
"All men are born free and equal," but
unfortunately some are born equal to two
or three of their fellows.
It doesn't matter how homely a man is;
if he is only rich, some beautiful women
trill thinlr fKot ?a '*1 /-viraltt 99
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monthly disorders, are cured by the j
timely use of Bradfield's Female Regulator.
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