Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?? ? The Abbeville Press and Banner BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE. 8. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1909. ESTABLISHED 1844 I have moved next door to the K< sure and call to see I oner you m hp?? SHOES, CL01 I Shoes at WUc We will sell you S Shoes for $2.98; $3. Suits at a Bai $15 Suits for $9.89; #1 Union Overalls f< 6si|rnj yp ? ? ? I Groceries at I I A full line of Groc I Sugar, Coffee, Rice 1 Be sure and give | filled J. W PELLEGRA AND CORN. Dr. Woodley's Views in Accord With Tendency of Present Thought Upon ills Subject. Knoxville Sentinel. The dread now disease which lirst made its appearenee in the South several years ago, lias invaded several parts of the North. Fifty eases are now under treatment in Peoria, 111. It has probably existed undetected in the North many years. J?r. Lavinder of the I'nitcd States marine hospital service, has proved that j>ellogru j caused the death of two patents who were supposed to have been scalded to death in > tiie Hartonville, Illinois, insane asylum in! 11104 and 11107. They died in bath tubs and j their bodies looked like they had been I toiled and the nurse who was in charge of the last ease was dismissed for supposed criminal corelessness. Dr. Lavindar says the appearenee of being boiled alive is typical of the disease of pellegra and that death in the bath tubs was a mere coinei dence. The result is that the nurse has been reinstated. Dr. Lavinder found forty cases in this asylum on his arrival there." Referring to the theory that musty corn causes pellegra. we expressed the "belief sometime ago that the spread of the disease was due to the use of carelessly selected corn ground by steam rolling mills instead of the coarse ground corn meal of It f A. 1 flM . .1 water inuis in me rMiiuii. iiio view Mas been growing in strength. Dr. William T. Woodley,of Charlotte, N. has written The Observer 011 this subject. He blames the use of shook eured corn which, he says, is not given time enough to dry thoroughly before it is husky and marketed. He says that sixty days longer should he allowed to com in the shock than to corn standi UK in the field. The season in the North is much shorter than in the youth and the farmers push their work so as to tret through with cleaning their liehls before winter. Dr. Woodley proposes therelore, that mills be required to use only corn that has been cured under supervision. Corn for the table should be cured without stripping the fodder in order to give tho ears all the nutriment possible. The amount of corn ground for human fixid is small compared with the total grown and it would be no great hardship to require the mills to be careful in selecting it. Corn has been the staple food of the South too long to allow any room for condemning it wholesale as has been done by hasty thinkers. Hut it was home-grown corn that was eaten and home ground too until a few years ago when I he markets of the South were invated by the products of the steam rolling mill. The housekeepers who insist on getting the coarse meal of the local mill will probably make no mistake and may rest assured that they are eating one of the finest food-stuffs given bv God. In the meantime there is 110 subject more urgent for the attention of the pure food experts than the corn meal on the market. ? ? ? Miss Lila Itichardson was the guest of her sister Mrs. Jones, of Greenwood last week. at:.... v..i .1 . . .Mir-.- A II III** .^**I^?1I I> III'* jjlli'M M| .?!!?? > Ira and Maggie Douglas, at there home near Long Cane. Miss UiODiile RoM.^onof Central spent last Saturday and Sunday in Greenwood the guest of her sister Mrs. John Malny. i *? V ) V E my stock of goo< 3rr Furniture Co., ( s us. We have son DHING and D! >lesale Cost hoes at wholesale cost. 50 Shoes for $2.78. "gain $12.50 Suits for $7.68; 3r 87c. All Pants at cos attr/-\n4- LJui rjnn iU W CO L JT J. IUCO :eries at lowest prices: ] Canned Goods, In fact us a call or Phoi and delivered pror . IT II Court News. In tiie ease of C. M. Cochran, charged witli murder the Jury, W. L. Killingswortl: foreman, brought in a verdict of "Not Guilty." No argument was made on eithei side. Sam Calhoun, charged with larceny oi live Stock, pleaded guilty and was lined and sentenced to county gang for the term of one year. Henry James, charged with breaking in railroad car and larceny, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years on county works. Sam Calhoun, charged with assault and battery with attempt to kill, was tried. Counsel fordefendent, W.PGreene;counsel for state K. A. Cooper. A verdict of "not guilty" was rendered by Jury, with T. W. Graham, foreman. Charley Wright, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, pleaded guilty ana was sentenced 10 one year on punne works. Jim* Gary, alias Joe Edmonds, charged with the same, was tried. Frank Clinkscales attorney for the Defendant, and R. A. Cooper for the State. The defendant was found guilty Jury with, W'.L. Killingsworth foreman, and was sentenced to h months on public works. The State vs. Lewis Cowan, assalt with intent to ravish. J. F. Clinkscales for Defendant. Sol. Cooper for state was tried and found "not guilty." Eftie Sibert pleaded guilty of house breaking and larceny and was sentenced to 12 months on puMic works. Charlie Johnson pleaded guilty to house breaking ami larceny and was sentenced for a like term. State vs. Lem Strother for murder. Strother was arraingcd and pleaded "not guiliv." The Defendant was represented by J. Moore Mars, Esq. and J. M. Moore Esq. a verdict of guilty was returned, with recommendations to mercy of the Court. \V. K. Leslie was foreman of.Jury. Motion for a new trial was refused and the defendant was sentenced to the Penitentiary for the term of his natural life. William Duiilap was tried ami found guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and of" carrying coneeuled weapons. Foreman of the Jury was Grandillo bealc, Esq. J. Moore Mars. Esq. argued for Defendant. No argument was made by Solicetor. The sentence was 8 months on County works. Carrie House was tried for assalt and battery and carrying concealed weapons. She was found guilty on the last count ami riot guilty 011 the first, G rand i lie lit-ale foreman of Jury. She was lined :tu days or by his honor, the Judge. Milliard Allen and Issac Allen were tried for stealing grain from field. Attorney for defemlents were: Frank b. Gary and J. F. Clinkscales. A Jury with Bradley Morrah, foreman, returned a verdict of not guilty. The following members were down to serve as grand Jurors for l'.UO:?T. II. Cordon, H. M. Mundy, H. \V. Cochran. J. H. i Hell. Thos. Stevenson J A. Wilson The case of the State vs. R. A. Richey, charged with rape was continued. Albert. Dodson was tried for assault and battery and found guilty by a Jury, with Granille Reale foreman. J. H. " Moore Esq. and J. Moore Mars Esq. counsel foi | the Defendant. A motion for a new trial | was refused and the defendent sentenced to two years on public works. S. A. New, charged with rape, was tried Wm. Graydon counsel for the Defendenl made motion that his Honor direct a ver Is to our old stand )n Main Sreet. Be le bargains we can RESS GOODS. $5 Shoes for #3.98; $4 $10 Suits for $6.38. it. Flour, Corn, Meat, Meal, anything in the Grocery ne 13p. All orders nptly. k i: > 1 diet for the defendent. After argument l>y Wm. Graydon for defendent and Sol. 11 Cooper for the State the ease was turned , over to a Jury, with J. P. Holloway as fore1 man, which brought in a verdict of not ; guilty. Dave Alexander charged with burglary .| and larceny was tried and found guilty oh ; second eount. Defendent was sentenced to two years on public works. ' Henry Mars, charged with murder, was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to the ; Penitentiary for the of his natural life, J. W. Drake was foreman of the Jury in the case. THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE The old adage that "changes" are good is ofterner true than otherwise, especialy when applied to public offices when politics is invobed. But in such institutions as the "Lithe Industional" school and when It is evident that the institution is being judicioilslv and eennoniicnllv nuninrm/i n change is not only detrimental but almost crimininal. Being the father of three children, who j have been inmates of the school for several years I beg to say that the institution is truly fortunate in having at its head such an hononable scholarly and lightened gentelman as W. E .Hagan the superintendent. I have been attending the closing exercises of each school term since my children have been there and find it not only a real pleasure, but a duty to say that I have noticed upon each occasion a constant and ever increasing inpro vement in the general apperanee of the exterior and interior of the buildings and grounds surrounding while the educational advancement and improvement as shown in the students was marlreil imtanrl Upon mv iirst visit I was most favorably impressed with Superintendent Hagans excellent management of the institution, amla ften nothing the constantly increasing improvement upon the siibse<iue nt anual visits as stilted in the begining of this article I feel it not simply a pleasure I >111 an absolute duty to give public expression to my views for whatever benefit they might be to either or both Supt. Hagan and the Leihe Industnal school and I positivily assure the (public that the publication of this article is purely voluntary on my part and is wholly unsolicited and unknown to Mr. Hagan or any one else connected with the institution, * Very truly yours. Isaac Edwards. | RCQM FOR MOOE VETERANS. Columbia, Septeinlter 11, -- Special; At a meeting of the board of commissioners of the Confederate Infirmary, held yesterday after-noon, it was resolved that on and after October 1 next the home will be i thrown open to any Co fed 8 rate Verteran who comes inun nis county pension board with the bltuik application preperly filled up. regardless of the minimum of two from each county, as heretofore. There are now about fifty men in the I home and there is room for thirty-four i more. Blank forms will be furnished pension boards or old soldiers on application by [ Mr. David Cardwell, chairman of the board I Columbia S. C. Mrs. M. E. Hollintfsworth after a plea[ sant visit with i eatives in Athens, returned too her home Saturday. THE "GRAFTERS" ComunieatedIt is noted in our exchange that formal charges have been made against many men who had something to do with the buying of liquor for the State dispensary We do not knuw what statutes or law these men have violated. And we do not know wherein these men have Injured the State. It is not doubted that there were rebates or profits of some kind to the dealer the individual buyers and sellers of liquor It is not doubted that the great State o. South Carolina prolited by the acts of those whom the State is persecutions theState of South Carolina, we believe made a clear profit in dollars and cents on every deal for which the State agents are now charged with crimes, the State was the big partner in the rascality and now the State turn on its little partners and as for as we have noticed holds on to its ill gotten gain with never a word about restitution to the buyers of liquor at high prices. The State of South Carolina has a record in money matters which would disgrace any citizen. What shall we say of a States honesty that would repudiate the bond for the money with which its magnificent State house was built?What about the trick by which the State relieved itself of its liabilitv on the Snartanburtr and Union bonds? What about th<> money which was bor owed from Westley to compromise the Blue Ridge bonds and which debt for borrowed money, the State has persistently refused to pay? What about the States forcing its legalconstituted officers to take fifty cents on the dollar of their salaries. Now what about the States refusing to pay the stiputated price for liquor which Urn Rfnto hiul ?inld tr? its ciH7.pns RnH for which liquor the State received the cash. What about the States prosecuting its own partner in the crime of swindling th# people in their liquor purchase s, the State realizing the money. Speaknig for this individual writer we hope that no jury may he found to convict the little grafters while the great big beneficiary pockets the money. HUNTING MEN WITH DOGS. Various newspapers have recently spoken as we thought opproving of the acts of constables or others hunting, alleged crim inals with dogs. As we look at it the hunting of men with dogs is degrading not only to the hunted but more so to the hunters. A self respecting Legislator should for bid the barbarity. Better a thousand times that a petty criminal should escape than that the officers of the law should bedegraded in the eyes of a righteous and a sell ie?puruuK 1jlw hijiuuik emztjuoiup, A* a rule it is only petty orimiiialg who are hunted with dogs. The big off?ndere can give bonds in case they belong to the "influential" or the "prominent" set. Would It not be better for all of our law breakers to move over In the great State Georgia rather than to enforce their reten tion by the use of dogs? The Right of Petition. We publish elsewhere the petitions oi the Lethe school children and their parents. The right of petition is undoubtedly inalienable. Every citizen has the right of petition. In this instance, the manager'of the De'La Howe estate waf elected for one year, and is legally entitled to the position for that length of time, and no longer. He has no more moral right to claim the position after the expl ration of the terra to which he was elected than has any other citizen. All applicants, or candidates, for the position for the ensuing year are placed or exactly the same footing. The position ol the manager of the De La Howe estate is not different from that of a county officei who has 6erved out his term. The manager of the De La Howe estate like a county officer, has no proprietary interest in the office, after the expiration of his term, and he must therefore seek reelection without prejudice to the interest of a new man, or new men, who may seek the coveted place. The fact that Mr, Hagan was not re-elected is no more of a reflection on him than is the failure of a candidate for county office to get a majority of the votes. Mr. Hagan submitted his chances ol election as manager of the De La Howe estate, exactly as other candidates did The fact that he served faithfully during the last year gave him no sort of advantage over other candidates. ic. The board of trustees of the DeLa Howe estate, comi>osed as it is of intelligent and conscientious men from different parts ol the county, cannot possibly have any other end in view than the best interests of the institution. And personal interest ol individuals, whether on the board or ofl the board, could ^not enter, At the recent election for manager ol the De La Howe estate, there were three candidates before the board, all of whom were good men. The board with these good men before it, could not err very much. The board however, was compelled to make a choice, and they chose Mr, George Watkins, who is as good a man as.there is in Abbeville county, and whose election will meet Tthe approval ol tne peopie 01 Auoeviue county, ine board as it now is, discharged its delicate and important duty for the best interests of the institution. The best biography? the life that writes charity in the largest letters. A big lot of standard Dovelf?"repilnts" on ly fifty cents each al Speed's Drug Store. Tbe ladles of Sharon will serve refreshments at tbe fchcol boufe next Friday for tbe benefit of the Cburcb. dinner will be free. If yon want to sell your real estate list it wltb me. ilobt. S. Link. Money to loan on improved city or county property. J. S. Stark, President; J. E. McTiariH. S<>f>rAtarc I > ?J f r-C. ^ *'?ViS' ' ti-V'.ii " * Discriminating Against the Automobile. If an automobile iB required to honk' ' honk, honk, as it goes around a corner or passes a deaf man on the side walk, why p should not a Balaam animal be required to b bray when he turns a corner or speeds ? along a straight line in passing an automo- * bile? t a On the same principle that governs an * automobile why 6hould not a horse that * exceeds the speed limit be required to c neigh when he passes a pedestrian? a Again, why should not the same horse be t required to whinny when he stops in front of a man's house or halts in front of a man's piace of business? J We 'are not particularly Interested in ^ this matter, but we do not see why the au- ^ tomobllo Is discriminated against. We do || not see the necessity of its constant honk- a ing while a Balaam animal goes about * without giving notice of his presence. The noblest animal of them all, the horse, should be required to whinny when he ? stops a car load of beauty in front of any v place where masculine idolartrous men * congregate. t . ? 1 c Is it Peace? (Contributed) Do the records of the daily press indicate that the country and the State of South Carolina especially, is in a condition of peace? If people of the city of Manilla, were to gee our daily newspapers, it is possible that they would want to send missionaries to this country. If our good and pious people would preach the gospel of peace and good will to our own people, instead of trying to proselyte Catholics by weak brethren singing psalms, they might do some good. We do not know if our missionaries do all the singing in Mexico for the delectation of Catholics. The Catholic service is a congregational worship in which all the people may participate, The idea of proselytinc a DeoDle who are accustomed to a con gregational worship to a form where [ the people take no part In the worship, g but must sit with open mouths to swallow i all that may be .thrown in is too preposterous to excite respectful consideration f by thoughtful people. J FAIRFIELD. 1 Fair and pleasant to day Mr. F. T. Young Spent yesterday with his brother Mr. E. C. Young, f Mis* Zellie Langley is Sick. F Miss Myra Young Spent last week with her Uncles Mr. Joe and Cowan t Young She will tech tbe Puckett t ' School next session hope, her much Sinnneea. There was a reunion of the Youngs - on last rnonday at the home of Mr. Joe Young, there being 42 grand children All were present and had a happy day playing and singing. Everything 1 was pleasant a nice dinner, plenty 1 of hash was left. We hope to enjoy many such happy days as this one was. , Some of our good fellowmen have been Seining last week and had spendid luck Mr. Joe and Cawan Young and Mr. John Brown went Saturday, they report a lot of fish. We learn a crew is out this afternoon to try their luck. ' Mrs. Dr. Abney and pretty daughters spent last week with Mr. and Mrs R. . A. Crawford they spent Wednesday at ( the home of Mr. Joe Young and | ihursday with Mrs. Bowen they are ' pretty jolly girls, Mr. Joe Young gave 1 them a pound party Wednesday Dight " that was enjoyed by all who were ? present. There were two cakes thai [ had a ring in each cake a grain of cof. fee was.also in them. The coffee denoted I the old maid, the ring the first to gel married. Mr. T. C. Liles got one ring and Miss. Burnice Abney, the other Miss Jamie Youug the grain of coffee 1 and the other grain wasplaced back on the plate by some one who would s not own it. * ' ' ? 1 \f? TXT Oue of AbDevnie'8 goou men, ivir. v*. | R. Bradlay is down visiting relative? t iu Troy. We naw his bright little boo on t I the street Thursday. 1 The price of cotton i? doing well but t 1 has i:ot reached fifteen ceuls yet it ? brought twelve and a half last week. o ' We don't mind voting the dispensary r : dry but did not aim to cause the crop9 t to to dry too. \ Miss Belle Creswell is spending a t , few days with Miss Martha Creswell Miss Willie and Jamie Young ppent one day last week with Miss Belle , Creswell. a One sweet girl in Loves valley \ 1 picked 221 lbs of cotton Wednesday l mna nr^aant nt thfl nlnv ftt Mr. Joe t ' a U U YT no pivsvu? ~ r ^ _ Young9. This sweet little girl whs R Young. Miss Willie aud Mary Youug spent , Saturday at Mrs John YouDgs, Miss Myra Youug and Alma Young , spent last friday with Miss Belle C res well, MARBLE AND GRANITE, | I am in the marble and granite busi- ? , new*. I represent Owen Bros. Mar- r bie Company, of Greenwood, S. C. We P?y Ihe Freight J and guarantee satisfaction, ff work ii does not come up to contract it does g not cost you a cent. Any one wanting Monuments, , Toombs, Slab Work or Curbing I will be pleased to have them call ou me at n Abbeville, S. C., or at the shops iu E Greenwood. Ii , Joe F. Edmunds, I Director of Agents. w I " v> -/" ? ... HIS SECOND ASSICiNMtNT. i Leaf Oat of m Newspaper Report?r*i Early Experience. "My first assignment," said an old p?orter, "was to find out whether someody was in town, or something of that art. I know there was nothing to b? written about it. I got the information nd reported to the city editor. That was 11I had to do that day. For the rest of be day I sat around the office and looked n with an infatuation that has never dereased. The next day I got my second ssignment. In this there was something o write about. "The city editor banded me a narrow Ittle strip of white tissue paper oat from a heet of ship news and containing, in two ines of writing, information that two la iorers had been washed overboard from he barge So-and-so, laden with ore, com g up the bay in tow of the tug So-ando. What I was to do was to get the facts bout the oocurrence and write thom. , "The city editor 6aid that if I would Ind the consignees of the barge or the wner of the tug I would get on the trace f the story. The names of the oonslgnoes fere in the two lines of ship news, and imply by looking in the directory I found heir office without the slightest trouble. ?here I learned where the cargo was tied ip! It was at a wharf in Hoboken or veehawken, I don't remember which, and made for that. When I turned from the trcet down the wharf, there she was, tied ip alongside, her name on the wbeelbouse. Ibe was about half unloaded, and men rere still at work carrying off the ore. "I was not altogether without experlnee in life, but I bad never done anything bat gave me quite the satisfaction that it lid to find that ore barge in my first aoual experience as a reporter. The captain vas aboard, and so were the surviving nemberB .of the little party of laborers ivho had started up the bay in her, and so he whole story was right there. I sat on be stringplece of the wharf and talked rlth the captain of the boat. He told the tory with entire willingness. Of course here was do reason why he shouldn't, and hen I west baok to tbe office and wrote tup. Itwas not a great story. I knew bat It was like thousands of stories tbat be newspapers are sending after all tbe lme, of tbe manifold dally occurrence of lfe, but 1 must put It together in good bape, get in all the faots and put the tory la the smallest space. "In tbe mornlug I went out and got a taper before breakfast. I wanted to read y story of the loss of the men from tbe ire barge. I looked the paper over, and, oy gracious, I couldn't find It All 1 1 bought they must have left it out alto* [ether, but when I came to look tbe paper iver again I found it?a scant stlokful, eitb a single line bead. "But when I came to read It over 1 ound tbat tbe facts were all there. They tad simply been brought closer together >y a method of condensation far more acute ban mine and had then been set in agate ype."?New York Sun. Important* of Regular Living. A question has lately arisen as to the Inrease or tbe reverse In nervous diseases, ome arguing tbat tbe cause of tbe suplosed Increase in euob nervous diseases lies n tbe increased demand made by tbe conlltlonH ol modern life upon the brain. It a quite true that the conditions of life are ery different nowadays from what they vere a few years ago. Wenowllvain abigb treasure age, and in one of keen ccmpetlion, when greater effort is needed in every iranch of life to attain a suooessful poslion, when the brain Is always working tnd there is constant tension. Such con* litions, It will be perfeotly obvious to all, ire not favorable to a diminution of nervms diseases, but rather the reverse. At * ? Va flnn If koft ne BALUO blUiU) IW uiuuuv iaj uouivu vuuv be oomforts of life have increased. We lave better sanitation, cleaner houses and resber air. There >oan be no question that men of ?gular habits are healthier, happier, live onger and do more than those who obey nprice and impulse. The adoption of lygienio habits saves the nervous system in enormous amount of frlotlon and waste, t preserves vitality. Regularity etononlaes not only physical stamina, but time iP well. The man who knows no system n the details of his life, who exhausts naure at the instanoe of a passing whim, vbo drinks and smoke* to excess, who rastes the talents bestowed upon him, Is be one who must sooner or later fall a vlo1m to disease. Regularity and mod eraIon in all things should be the motto of lfe. and It should be remembered that egularlty does not necessarily preoludo the injoymeot of variety. A certain amount .f mirbiv Tvmventii man from becoming a ere machine, but variety should not inerfere with those regular habits of life rhioh are necessary to the maintenance of lealth.?New York Ledger. A Furiled Author. The Sao Francisco Argonaut tells an iinuslng story about Alpbonse Daudet ?hen be brought out" Sappho, "an Aruercan publishing bouse that issuesreligious looks, not knowing its character, offered A. Daudet a large sum for advance sheets f tbe work. He accepted the offer, and he advance sheets were sent. When the lubllshers received them, they decided that hey could not issue tbe book, and they abled to tbe author, " 'Sappho' will not lo.' This dispatch puuled Daudet. He onsulted with numbers of friends, and bis was tbe ooncluslon at whloh they ventually arrived: "Sappho" in French i spelled with one 11 p"?"Sapbo," after ke Greek fashion. In English it is spelled rlth two. An unupually acute friend olnted this out to Dqndet, wbioh much elieved the novelist, aad he oabled btfok o the publishers, "Spell it with two p's." t is needless to state that the publishers of no lldAf.' TPnif ifero ilium uibvuiouou ?? ? .?rv ban be had been at tbelr oablo dispatch. JtpueH Journalism. "Japanese Journalism," says a missionry's wife, "Is a singular profession in any of its features. There Is prtctioally 10 suob thing as freedom of the press In apan. Whenever a newspaper pnbllsbea omethlng unfriendly to the government b is suppressed and the editor is sent to rison. The real editor is never imprisned, though. Every newspaper baa what be Japanese call a 'dummy editor,' and il I his solo duty to go to jail every time the aper is suppressed for offending the olkado. Then the real edltorobanges the tame of the paper and keeps on publishing L Dummy editors spend most of their iaoe in prison." Big Efp. Jn the British museum, London, tne ausouw of the Academy of Solence at 'arte, the National museum at Vienna and a the several institutions for the advance* lent of science there may be seen specimens of birds' eggs which are almost as irge as a two gallon jug. These eggs rare laid by iho splornis, an eztiool an! lgantlo bird a/ Madagascarr. TWO "SPOOKY" STORIES. 4 Cruh That Broke Nothing ul Vanished Dinner. When Spiritualism was comparatively new and we were youngsters, we used to hear delightful spooky storle* about my* terious actions of furniture and things which one never seems to hear nowaday*. I remember one about some poople who had guests Invited to a grand dinner. The table was spread with all the dishes, bat the meal had not yet been served. Tho family had a great store of beautiful glass and china, and it was all on the table. For a moment the servants wore all out of tbe dining room, and just at that moment all tho people in the rest of tho house heard a deafening crash of falling dishes. From the dining room there caihe the sound of glassware precipitated upon the floor and crushing into fragments, and in the midst of the roar of this wreck there rose to the terrified ears of the host and hostess the high, clear note of the smashing of much thin china. Everybody in the house?family, guests, servants?rushed to the dining room door at the same moment, expecting to see nothing less than the table overthrown and every precious dish on it broken. And what did they behold? The table set in perfect order, with not a thing on it disWViof. V?q/1 -maAn nwfnl r/raiahf Nobody ever knew. Not a dish was even nicked in that house that day. The spirits, so the story ran to us, had just made terrible ghostly crash for the fun of it and the alarm of the household. I remember that this story impressed me a great deal more than it would hava impressed me if the dishes had really been found smashed, though it could have been proved that no human being had been in the room at the time. I had never before heard of a ghost that wu a crash and nothing more. I fancy the astonishment of those alleged people wai not greatel a# o an on1. luau tuau vi o iitvuu w* wtuv wtv* mu vy* sode not at all similar. This gentleman'l wife and daughter were out shopping on? afternoon, and he reached home ahead oI them. So far from feeling grieved and outraged at not finding them there tc make him welcome, he set to work pleasantly to give them a surprise by getting them their supper. He hadn't much in the house, but he set out what he had and placed on each of three plates a nice lot oi sardines and then went out to make them tea. He got it made and came back and looked at his table in astonishment. Hli supper was gone I The plates were then just where he had placed them, but they were as clean as when he put them on. He knew that there was not another hu? man being in the house. What sprite had wafted away those sardines? This is a true story. There was not aw other human being in the house, but th? gentleman owned two delightful oookel spaniels, and they were in the house. Whl can doubt that, aa they licked the plate! which had contained the sardines, they had said to themselves: "Go to. We will make it unnecessary for our dear mastel to wash these plates?"?Boston Tran> script. Anthony Trollope'a Fan. Mr. Trollope's big voice drowned everj one elso as he chaffed my father down thl length of tho dinner table. He had jested over golf (John Blackwood was a devote* and attained to being captain of the St. Andrew's club). What would he not d? next? He used to make daring assault! upon the most cherished articles of th? Blackwood faith. Blind, unswerving demotion to the sovereign was one of his fa* rorite points of attack. ''Now, Blackwood, how could the death of the sovereign possibly affect youf" ha would say. ,-If you heard of it tomorrow morning, you know perfectly well yoa would eat just as good a breakfast?you would not even deny yourself that seoond kidney." It was in vain to protest that In face of such a calamity the very though! of broiled kidneys would be distasteful Mr. Trollope bore everything before him J 1 ama?VA? nffa/>V OUll prtpfkiU\i. iur UUUUUW auvava. The Conservative party and Dizzy W8W a tempting subject for a tit. "You know, Blackwood?you know you think exactly about Dizzy as I do. You know you would be very glad to hear ho had been had up for?for shoplifting." Tableau, all hold* ing up their hands and Mr. Trollope lighted with the sensation ha had pro duced.?"Annals of a PublishingHoum^" by Mrs. G. Porter. Egrptlon MornJitie*. Here are some extracts from the ndvlot that Ani, an Egyptian scribe, gave hli son In the thirteenth century before Christ: "If a man cometh to thee for counsel, let this drive thee to books for information." "Consider what hath l>een; set befor* thee a correct rule of life as an example ta follow. The messenger of death will com# to thee as to all others to carry thee away] yea, he standeth ready." "Take heed with all diligenoe that tho* woundest no man with thy words." "The man who, having received moon, givcth little, id as one who committeth MM Injury." "Whosoever speaketh evil rooelvethn# good." "When thou hast arrived at years of maturity and art married and hast house, forget never the pains whioh thou hast cost thy mother, nor the care which she hath bestowed upon thee. Never giv? her cause to complain of thee, lest she lift up her hands to God in heaven, and hi listen to her complaint." "Be watchful to keep silence."-Wirtminster Review. rinr Pvonle In 1789? My lady was as reckless as 1117 lord and 9 rattled the d icebox and shuffled the card* Q from dusk till morning, going home with B ruined fortuues in her sedan chair when 9 workmen were going home from lathe and H loom to breakfast. Family diamonds and B jewels and plate were ataked when the H guineas were exhausted, and when these B possessions had gone farms and estate* O | were sacrificed. The amusements, too, of H 1 wealthy people wero of a coarse and cruel H 1 description. Eat worrying, oockflghting jffl and badger baiting were favorite diver" B| sions. Prizefighting was regarded as ee-| H sential to keep up the courage of Engllah- M ' men.?Chambers' Journal. GB Mexican Fanerala. H The Mexicans have a queer way of bury- fl , lng the dead. The corpse is tightly wrap- SB ped in century plant matting and placed . in a coffin hired for about a shilling. One 91 | or twonatives, as tbo case may be, plaoe jHB 1 the collin on tneir neaus nnu guana __ ; to the grave, where the body is Interred, jHj and tlie coffin is then returned. CM Air In Cave*. H Certain caves havo boon reported aa Hj maintaining a uniform temperature, summer and winter, of 34 degrees F. Th*7 aa may bo said to breathe twice a year?Inhaling during the winter and aihallnj BH faring the summer.