Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BIG THINGS. The costliest mansion in Great Brit ain belongs to Lord or Marquis Bate. He has expended over $8,OOO,OOO up on it. Tho tallest chimney in the world is at Friendburg, Germany. It is 4G0 feet high, and cost in the neighbor hood of S30.000. The largest orchard in the world is situated near Santa Barbara, Cal., bo longing to Elwood Cooper. It com prises 1,700 acres. The largest estate in Russia is the "crown laude." It beloDgs exclusive ly to tho czars, nod is an estate of over 100,000,000 ucres. The largest check ever drawn on a bank was one of $12,287,750. It was drawn by G. W. Young, in favor of Thomas A. McEntyre, of Brooklyn, N. Y. The great Hamburg (Germany) grapevine, which was planted in the year 1751, and is now sixty inches in circumference, is tho largest in the world. The largest state building in the United States is the capitol of Texas. It is also seventh in sizo among the great buildings of the world. It cost $3,500,000. The largest electric generator in the world belongs to the Edison Illumina ting company, of St. Louis. It is situated at Nineteenth and Gratiot streets. The largest aerolite which has fallen ?nco the dawn of history tumbled into the frozen soil of Greenland in 1870. It is now in the museum at Copen hagen. It weighs 49,000 pounds. ?>'t. Louis Republic Sllver-Plated Wedding. She-Was that their silver wedding? He-So they announced ; but, when they come to examine the presents, they will more likely call it a silver plated one. Don't Get Neared If you should hear that in some piare to which you arc going malaria is prevalent. To the air p'i'on which producen chills and fevt r. I ilious remittent and dumb ?auo there is a safe mid thorough antidoto and pre ventive, viz., Uostetter's Stomach Bitter-1. Tiip erent anti-malarial ?peeifle i* also a remedy for biliousness constipation, dys pepsia, rheumatic and kidney trimble, ner vousness and debility. Each ono can see what lie carries in h's heart. _ Dr. Ki mer's S IV A MP -ROOT cures ali Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation fr- c. Laboratory Binghamton, N. V. Human science is sometimes au uncertain guess. _ .Mn <ln ni Hol-V? rr. I am a mid.wife and have been Riving Mc Eiree's Wine of Cardui and Black Dr night tea to my lady patient", both during preg nancy and after birth as a tonic, nnd have found the treatment will do more than is claimed for it. Two years aso I was so trou bled with fema'e weakness myself, that I could not work at a"l. I heard Mc-Klree's Wilie of Cardui recommend!d, and got six bottles ot it. and a mammoth package of Th ed ford "a Black-Draught- I heyan thc treatment as directed, and in two weeks I had Improved so much I could do my work, an I have never been troubled with it since. Mus. V. M. B0I8VKBT. Zurich, Kansa?. Mrs. MARY F. MCCI.AIUS, Rockmart. Ga., writes: "I have always been a gr. at sufferer during child birth. I used McElrcc's Wine of Cardui before confinement the last time, and thc pains were much less and shorter than ever before, and my baby is larder and much healthier than any of tho others. . H icolinlzoO N?rrvC*. Men old at thirty. Chew and chew, eat JitUe, drink, or want to. all thc t!:ne. Nerves tingle, never satisfied, nothing's beautiful, happiness gone, a tobacco-satnrntcd system tells tho story. There's an easy way out. No-Tcf-Bac will kill the nerve-craving effects for tobacco and make you strong, vigorous and manly. Sold and guaranteed to cure by Druggists everywhere. Book, "Don't To j bocco Spit or Smoke Your Lifo Away," free. Ad. Sterling Remedy Co., Now York City or citkasi?. SlS.OO To Baltimore and Return. On July IC and 17 the Southern Itv. will sell round trip tickets from Atlanta to Bait more via Washington City for $13.00. T c-e tickets gund returning until Awrust 5th, iso. Tickets poodou all t'lilns. Including the fast and fa mous Vestibule Lim ted. The Southern Ky. makes the trip Atlanta to Baltimore in nine teen hours. For sleeping cir b rth-wind information ap ply ST. II. Tayloe, District Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. Alway? Curr* Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Bad Breath, Debility, Sour Stomach, Want of Appetite. Distress After Eat inp, and all evils arising from a weak or disordered stomach. It builds up from the first dose, and a bottle or two will euro tho worst cases, and Insure a ?nod appe tite, excellent diction and result in \igor ons health and buoyancy of spirits. There <a no better way to Insure good health and a long Ufe than to keep the Stomach ri j ht. Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy ia guaranteed to do this. "Tile Tranquilizing Alter-Dinner Drink. For sale by Druggist Manufactured by C. 0. Tyner, Atlanta. Tnke Parker's (?Inger Tonie Home With yon. lt w ill exceed your cxpeeta1 ions in abat ing cold-, and many ills and aches. You rri'1 " L'nAftfl" Someta!?* Kine. The "why"^p|| |apkfeeling ls what puz zles you. U YU ?BJm*?lne so many eausi-s. when tJH ^fcainditesMon. You think It'ssomctH ?feauirr is Kipans Tabules. A singH MW teilet. Ask tho druggist. ?M Hp I WANT every man and woman in HIP Lnitod Ptat-sinterested in the Opium and Whl-ky habits to have my book on these fliseaa s. Address B. M. Woolley. Atlanta, Ga., Box381, and one will he sent you free. For Whooping Cough, PI*o'? Cure is a suc cessful reined v.-M. P. DlKTER. CT Throop Ave., Brooklyn. N. Y., Nov. M, "M. E. B. Waltball & Co.. Drugs ist?, Horse Cave, Ky., say: "Hall's Catarrh Cure curer, every otic that takes lt." Sold by Drusgi-ts, T5c. How to secure st rom; mrvesn nd you tb fi'' v g Dr. To d free by tl.c ExceUoCo.. Pittsbui-, Pa. All Out of Sorts Tired, weak and weary. If this is your condition, stop and think. You arc a sufferer from dyspepsia and great misery awaits yon if you do not check lt now. Hood's Sarsaparilla ls tho best medicine yon can take. It has peculiar power to tone and strengthen tho stomach. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilla Is tho only truo blood purifier prominent ly in tho public eye today. $1; six for $3. U/\A#4'o Dille nc' harmoniously with nUUU D "I I ID Hool'sSarsapHrll a. Sc. * ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR * ? THE BEST ? /NURSING HOTHERSJNFANTS^ CHILDREN * JOHN CARLE & SONS. New York. * THE OGLETHORPE Brunswick, Ca. This is the finest Hotel In its appointments south of Baltimore. The tabb- is supplied with all the delicacies the market can alford. The Cuisine is excellent? and service prompt and attentive. Open all tl?*- rear. Bat? s rea sonable. J. H. STILWELL, Manager. so PI so:S CUR^ FOR CURES .WHERE ALL ELSE rAIU>. Best Cough Syrup. Tut? Good. Uso] In time. Sold by drugging SOME ?WEET TO-DAY. [ will not light tho lamps until I've thought What was the sweetest thing lu nil roy day, I will not seek to speed Thc lingering ray until my anxious eye somewhere hath caught A word, a smile, or something thut hath passed lu uv ?aiall sphere. 0 memory, thou hast Soine sweet to-day! Kow Fancy travels ont and conjures up A long aud brilliant tralu, I? all floats by, Joy aud sadness go With hugh and sigh, And dregs o? pain Ho dwp iu plea^ui^'s cup Hut now I see two tender hazel eyes rani on mc-lips thut sinilo -Ah, herein Iles My sweet to-day: A perfumo breathes from pictures of tho mind, Aud iu our fancy memory carves her lore, Oar dearest treasures in tho n:r we find." 1 know my happiness to-night was for Some sweet to-day' -Boston Transcript. A PATCHWORK QUILT, Bl* HATTIE WJUZNKX, IGGINSVILLE was very eure that Rob Rod w o o d and Charity Mead ows would make a match of it if they could keep from fall ing out with each other loug enough at a time. But Charity was pretty and liked to flirt nt least Bob thought she did-and Bob was jealous, especially of Jake Hargood. "I don't care for him. Bob,"Chari ly said once, glancing np at him,, with soft depreciation, from under her curled brown lashes. "Then tell him so," said blunt Rob. "What a big silly you are, RoU!" she answered. "He might say I better wait till he asked me to eire. The lime to refuse anything is when it is ottered." But RoI> shook his head, and failed to see the logic of this. "Better let him know before he does ask," he paid, sagely. Notwithstanding this good advice, Miss Charity very reprehensively weut buggy-riding that same evening with Jake Hargood. But as she tied on her hat and smiled at theprotty visiou of blue eyes, corn-silk curls and baby pinkness in tho looking-glass, the thought of Rob did come np and trouble her peace and her conscience. "He's a dear boy," soid she, "and it's too bad to be tieacherouB to him ; but it shall be the last time. After this evening I'll reform right straight." . But the "last time" often proves the fatal one time too many. Rob saw them as he was driving up the cows from pasture, weut home in a rage, and did not go near Charity that week. "Reckon you're about to lose y er beau. Charity," said Aunt Hulda Pitcher, who dropped in one day to borrow a yeast cate. "I hear tell how Rob Redwood is going off to the Injies or some sich furria placo,,to stay with a uncle." "Lawsy!" said good Mrs, Mead ows, concernedly. "1 hope not. That's awful hot land. He'll get pl am scorched up yaller 1" ? "Oh, I reckon he won't staud no chance of that,"replied Aunt Hulda, cheerfully. "Betwixt tho wild ani miles and the savages, he'll git eat be fore he gits scorched." Anything at all "furrin" necessorily embraced cannibals and wild beasts ic Aunt Hulda's mind. "I don't believe it!" said Charity, to herself. "I don't think Rob would make up Li s mind togo oilthcre with out letting me know about it." Biit the nest day Rob's mother was over. Charity 6aw her from a window where the was sitting, busily engaged in putting squares of patchwork to gether with blocks of pink and white muslin for a quilt. She was going to have a quilting the next day, and had not quite lini6hed her own work on it; so she did not go down stairs now, but she could hear the conversation on the porch below. "This here they're a-tellin' about Rob a-goin' oQ to tho Injies ain't true, is it?" Mrs. Meadows asked, as she Bet out thc big cushioned rocker for her visitor. "Yes, shouldn't wonder if H wn6," returned Mrs. Redwood, shaking her black sunbonnet dolefully. ."His Uncle 'Lijah, he got rich out there, and wants him to come mighty bad, and he ain't plum made up his mind, but he's n-studyin' about it consider able." "Shucks! I hate to see him a-goin' off there. He'll get baked to a crisp. I 'low to tell him so. I e'poso him and Tillie'll be over to Charity's porty to-morrow?" "Tillie will," replied Mrs. Redwood. "I do'no whether Rob will or. not. Ho says maybe he might and maybe he mightn't. It'd depend on circum stances." "Now, that's too bad of Rob," said Charity, dropping her head on the window sill and brushing away a sud den tear with n square of patchwork, "when he's went and stayed away so long already. He's just right cruel to me ! But if he don't want to come to my party he needn't, and I'll dance with Juke Hargood till I drop on tho floor. " According to the Higginsville "etiquette regulating quiltings, the ladies usually assemble in tho morn ing, and on the principle of duty be fore pleasure, devote themselves wholly to the task of getting the quilt done. By the time that is accomplished, the young men begiu to drop in, and so continue to do until dark, when "the fiddler" arrives, aud the grand fun of the occasion commences. The morning of the quilting, while Miss Tillie Redwood was embellishing her charms as bofittol the occasion, her brother Rob sought the privacy of the smoke-house, there to address himself to tho business of writing u note to Charity. After an hour's hard work he wiped his perspiring brow, and surveyed the following : "HEAR CHABITV: I want everything to b; settled to-night for good and all. If you can! lor me more than for Jake Harwood, and will drop him and set our wedding day. pond w ird by Jimmy Tibbs before nijriit, Rud I'll come tu your dance too happy to llvo, for you don't know how good 1 love you. ir you're oiulecided-llke and want to stick t. Jake, don't mn? ito word nor look for in?. I'll to th? Indio?, ami I don't keer if I se.ireli ?iud nil s'rlvel up and die. "i'our loving Ron. .T. s. -Please sand Jimmy'mick If lt'.? yI m i-.vroi narvotuf-like. ' "Look-a-here, Tillie," said Rob, wy lining bis sister at the gate as she was setting out for the festal gather? ing, "you give this here note to Char ity, but not till you find her alone. You hear ?" "I hear," said Tillie, securing the note in her blue-bordered handker chief, which she tucked through her belt, "and all right 1" Charity, in morning costume of pink gingham, and several other young ladies were on their knees on the sitting-room carpet, spreading layers of white cotton upon the lining of the quilt when Tillie arrived. "It's a scandal I didn't have it all ready," apologized Charity. "There's been such piles to do. We're all ready now for the top. Tillie, we'll get you to help us spread it on. "It's awful hot," said Tillie, pulling out her handkerchief, forgetful for the moment of its contents, and wip ing her round face, which her walk had heated. Charity brought forth the gorgeous hued patch-work of her quilt. "How pretty that basket pattern is !" said Tillie. "I'm a-making tho mousechase pattern." And then the top was spread on, and no one saw anything in the cotton that did not belong there. Bat an hour after, when Tillie: j found Charity alone, and prepared to fulfill her brother's behest, she found no note in her handkerchief, and no ideas in her head as to what could have become of it. Hunting for it was vain. "Oh, dear !" sobbed Tillie, "Rob'Jl be so mad. I duren't tell him I lost it" Tillie Redwood was one of that numerous class of feminine cowards who will stoop to deceit, subterfuge, or even lies, rather than encounter tho just wrath of any dark-browed lord of creation for any sin or blunder com mitted against him*. "Anyhow," she quieted her con science with, "if it was so awful im 1 portant he can come over and tell her himself. And if he finds out she didn't get it, I'll go home with Jinny Hioks and stay till they've fixed it all right, and by that time he won't care." And so Rob waited in vain for Jimmy Tibbs-Farmer Meadows's choro boy-whose tow head and freckles he would have hailed as a wel come vision that day. He cherished a feeble hope until after dark. "It's just possiblo," he said, loth to resign himself to his doom, "that Til lie forgot to give her the note, or something. I'll step in there for minute, and I'll know mighty quick by tho looks how things air." So Rob stepped io, and ran against Tillie in the passage way, on her way to the kitchen. He clutched her by tho arm. "Tillie," said he, "did you give it to her?" And Tillie laid up future worry for herself by telling a flat fib, as the only way of dodging an immediate scolding. "Did she say anything?" queried Rob, anxiously. "No! Lot go, Rob!" said Tillie, twisting her arm away and darting off. Tho door of the dancing room swung open, and Rob could seo in. A quad rille was in progress, in which Charity -having concluded that he was not coming-was dancing spiritedly with Jake Hargood. A couple of young fellows arriving at that moment swept Rob into the room, and tho swinging door concealed him. Jake ad Charity were not far away, but had their backs toward him. "They say Rob Redwood's goin' pfi to furrin parts,"said somu one in tho panse, of the dance. "Is that so, Charity?" "I supposo it is," replied Charity, coolly. Rob slipped from the shadow of the door and walked out uuobsorved. "Rob Redwood's gono to the In dies, " was the news Charity heard two days later. It was Aunt Hulda Pitcher who brought it. "For a whole year," she added. "His uncle made him promise to stny that long, if ho como at all, an' I reckon he will." "A year---a whole year?" went echo ing through Charity's head. How would the world seem without any Rob Redwood for a whole year twelve months-threo hundred and sixty-five days? She went into a brown study over tho matter, while her mother and Aunt Hulda talked ou indifferently about the fall soap making, preserv ing, quilt-piercing, etc. "I've got a awful nico new pattern of a quilt," Auot Hulda was saying. "Hit's called tho Calendar--takes three hundred and sixty-five squares to make it. Bettor 6en' an' git tho put tern, Charity." ".Maybe I will," answered Chority. "Rob don't caro for me-not a bit,' said Charity, that night. "He wouldn't have gone off this way if he did. And I'll be a fool if I don't marry Jake Hargood if he asks me. But.then," she added, half ruolully, "I always was a fool?" In proof of which she flatly refused Jake Hargood when he did ask her. And she borrowed Aunt Hulda's quilt pattern, and straightway sot to work piercing her "Calendar" quilt, making only one square a day, and remarking to herself as she finished each one : "One day less to wait. Not, "she added, shaking her hoad, dismally, "that it'll do mo any good when the time is up. If he didn't care for me then, he won't now. But it'll be a comfort to know it when he's homo again. " There were several squares yet to be pierced before thc quilt would be fin ished, when word came to the Red woods that Rob would bo home in three days. .'Ju6t tho day of that quilting last year," said Charity, all in a nervous flutter. "I'll hurry and finish this right off, and have a quilting the very same time ; and maybe Rob'll come to this one." She got out her invitations in a tre mendous hurry, pressed Aunt Hulda into immediate service to get the re quisite amount of cooking done for the occasion, and devoted herself to the finishing of her quilt. "Rob'll be home to-morrow morn ing, sure," said Tillie, wiio had run over the day before the quilting to render Charity what assistance she might. "We had a telegram. Un cle's coming, too, to start an estab lishment here and take Rob into part nership. He'll be awful rich- Why, Charity Meadows, what are you rip ping up that lovely basket quilt for?" "Have to," answered Charity, "to viet the cotton for my new quilt. The .tore was plum out, and wouldn't get any before next week ; and besides, I never could bear the sight of this quilt. I wanted to get rid of it-- Look a-here, Tillie, how do you reckon a letter got inside of it? Why, it's sealed, and it's for me, an- Ob, Tillie, it's from Rob, as sure a?? you live!" Charity tore it open with breathless agerness, while. Tillie looked on, -carlet and apprehensive. "Charity," said she, "itmu?t 'a fell >ut of my handkerchief that day when we was putf?i?g on the top of the quilt. Rob did give it to me for you, but I lost it, and didn't want to tell yon nor him ; and I didn't s'pose it would make a sight of difference. " ' 'It's kept Bob and me apart for a whole year," said Charity, almost breaking into a sob. "Oh," said Tillie, remorsefully, "I never s'posod 'twas that 11-I thought 'twas your flirting with Jake Hargood did the harm, an' danoin' SQ hard with him that night. Bob was there, and seen it; hut. he saved afterward I shouldn't tell he was there. An' I just 'lowed all along 'twas Jake made him get mad an' go off. I B'pose," added Tillie, faintly, as Charity read her noto again, with dewy eyes and flushed, dimpled cheeks, "that Bob's got to know all about it now." "I reokon he has 1" said Charity, in a tone that left no room for doubt. And so, the next afternoon, Bob Bodwood, smoking his pipe on the porch of his ancestral halls, was startled by the vision he had looked so eagerly and so vainly that day a year ago-of Jimmy Tibbs, freckled and tow-headed as of yore, scrambling over the fence and making toward him, flourishing a note. "Good land 1" quoth Mrs. Bedwood, a3 she looked out of the window, Ehortly afterward, "Whatever's the matter with Bob? He's a-dancin' round there on the porch like as if he .was a plum idi't." " Charity's quilting wos a brilliant success this time, as far as she and Rob were concerned; and.they never fell out again-at least not before they were married. And of all her house-* keeping outfit, Charity most prizes her Calendar quilt.-Satnrday Night. WORDS OF WISDOM. I love to lose myself in other men's minds.-Lamb. Next to excellence is the apprecia tion of it.-Thackeray. Short sentences drawn from a long experience.-Cervantes. Our souls see much farther than our eyes can see.-Dray ton. The greatest medicine is a true friend.-Sir W. Temple. Good taste is the modesty of the mind.-Mme. de Girardm. Fortune gives too much to many, but to none enough.-Martial. The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark onough.-- -Carlyle. When a man is wrong and won't ad mit it he always gets angry.--Hali bnrton. Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.-H. W. Beecher. A prince who has falleth out with bis Jaws breakest with his best friends. -Saville. The art of conversation consists of much in listening politely as in talk ing agreeably.-Atwell. Our doubts are traitors, and makes us lose the good we oft win by fearing to attempt.-Shakespeare. Virtue and decency aro so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other.-Cicero. The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.--Johnson. The worse education teaches that self-denial is better than the best that teaches everything else and not that. -Sterling-. When the savages wish to. have fm it they cut down the tree and gather it. That is exactly a despotic govern ment.-Montesquieu. No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to bo under some degreo of restraint. -Chesterfield. Two Remarkable Orioles. Mrs. Carson, the wife of an Oconee River planter, relates the following interesting episode, which is given in the Philadelphia Times, as unique in bird lore : "Early this spring," eaid Mrs. Car son, "a pair of mocking birds bnilt their nest in a slender young elm tree just outside my window. Before a single egg had been laid therein, a violent wind came, tossing tho tree hither and thither, utterly destroying the nest. With patient perseverance tho birds went again to work, and 6oon had tho uest rebuilt in the Belf snme crotch, and this time the female deposited two eggs within. One day but a short time thereafter, during a pretty severe blow of wind, I observed tho two mockingbirds in considerable commotion, and suspected that they feared another catastrophe to their domicile. Feeling particular interest in tho result of thc storm for them I kept a pretty close outlook, and by and by saw the mnlo bird fly away, leaving the female sole protector of the home. Wondering considerably at this, and feeling an intense sympa thy for the poor female, I went ont to sec if I could not devise some way to assist her in her distress. "Beforo I arrived at any definite plan of action, however, the male bird came flitting back, bringing with him a couple of orioles that I had seen from time to time in the orchard be hind tho house. Perfectly familiar as I was with tho ingenuity of the oriole, I was not prepared for what I now Baw this pair accomplish. After a hurried consultation with the mocking birds, the two yellow fellows began to cast alpout for material with which to oper ate in their friends' behalf, and ono of them soon found a twine 6tring nearly five feet in length, which I had left out in the garden aftor twining my sweet peas. As soon nahe lit upon it ho called his mate, and the serious difficulty of tho rescue seemed solved, for they went to work with a despatch that would have done credit to a greater intelligence than theirs is sup posed to be. Each one of tho orioles grasped an end of the string in his mouth and flew with it to the tree, deftly looping it over the swinging limb, just abovo tho nest. This dono, they took the loo3o end and flew with it to the rose lattice, about throe feet distant, and soon had it bound hard aud fast to the frame, thus holding the limb securely in position." Everything Comas to (lie Walter. The great rise in the price of oil has gladdened tho heart of nt least one Philadelphian who has been waiting sinco 1878, with about 3000 barrels in storage, for a favorable turn in tho market. This gentleman was at one ti mo largely interested in the produc tion of oil, and is to-day the owner of ?000 acres of land in the West Vir ginia oil fields. He was one of the independent producers, whose well spouted forth a lubricating oil of thc finest quality, and who refused to sub mit to the dictates of the Standard Oil Company. Ho stood out until thc price of his lubricant had fallen tc twenty-five cents a gallon, when he determined to lock np his oil until he could get his price. Having his own iron tanks and storehouses, he stored his oil, and there it hus remained to this day.-Philadeloh'a Record. BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. She Probably W1I1-A Great Chinner -Bad Company-Papa's Thorn The Trials of Life Etc., Etc, The female of the future will Be nothing more than human, If, when the curtain falls, she goes Outside "to seo a woman." -Brooklyn Eagle. A GREAT CHINNER. "That's a speaking likeness of Obese." "Yes, it briners out hts double chin in great shape. "-Harper's Bazar. PAPA'S THURN". Wife-"How sweetly the baby sleeps." Husband-"Yes. The poor fellow, he doesn't know I've come home." Life. IN HIS SALAD DATS. Cannibal Wife -"We hare no greens for the salad." Cannibal-"Chop up that dude we caught yesterday. He's green onough. " -Harper's Bazar. WOULD TAKE HIM IN. He--"I wonder what I'd do if I had a million?" The Widow-"I know." "What?" "Marry mc."-Life. BAD COMPANY. nor Rival-"You are driving Charles to the dogs. What have you to say for yourself?" The Girl-"I feel sorry for t?e dogs."- Syracuse Post. AS HE KNOWS HIM. Bumpus-"There goes a man who has a very peculiar way of weighing things. McSmith-"Who is ho?" Bumpus-"My butcher." THE TRIALS OF LIFE. Lawyer Quibble- "What was the greatest trial you ever presided over, Judge?" Judge Kidby--"Bringing up ten daughters, sir!"-Harper's Bazar. ~" ' . ONE REDEEMING QUAL1T?. Zazzleton-"The pugilist has* at least ono virtue." O?zzledoff-"What is that?" Zozzletou-"He is always more will ing to give than receive."-Brooklyn Eagle. AN ANSWER FOR THE INQUISITIVE. Inquisitive Party (willing to show off)-"What aro you going to do with thoso wild flowers, dirty littlo boy?" . The Dirty Little Boy-"Take 'em home an' tame- 'em t whut ye think?" -Puck. NOT HAPPILY EXPRESSED. New Office Boy-"A man called hero to thrash you a few miuutos ago." Editor-"What did you say to him?" "I told him I was sorry you weren't in. "-Life. AMERICAN INVENTORS. Little Boy-"Pop?, what is an in ventor?" Papa-"He is a man who invents something that everybody else manu factures, and then spends all his money trying to stop thom. "-Good News. STRUCK OIL. "Simon is in a fair way o ; making a fortune." "What at?" "He invented a contrivance by whioh two people can make love while riding their wheels."-Brooklyn Lifo. WHY IT WAS STRANGE. Hortenso-"Well, my dear, has Mr. Montrose proposed to you yet?" Adelaide-"No." Hortense-"That is strange." Adelaide-"Why is it strange?" Hortense-"Why, I refused him last week." A PUZZLER. The Merry Fool-"I was just won dering." The Weary Scribe-"What?" The Merry Fool-"Suppose Trilby's father had been living, would Little Billee have asked him for her hand or her foot?" HIS VIEW. Fond Father-"What is Decoration Day, my son?" Little George-' It's do day whon dey-have two baseball gamos, an' bi cycle races, an' everybody has a day off exeep' de sogers an' de Grand Army."-Brooklyn Eagle. EXPERIENCED REASONING. Millicent-"Here comes that horrid Miss Smith ! I am suro she will stop and talk to ns." Lillian-"Ob, I don't think sho will; my dear. Millicent-"Why?" Lillian-"Becauso she hasn't any thing new on. " A CLEVER SALESMAN. Venus Armstrong-"But those ber ries are all mashed!" Harry Devero (licensed)-"Mashed is it? Faith, and why wouldn't they get mashed when they have had a peep at your eyes?" Venus (coldly and sternly)-"I will take two boxes."-Harlem Life. HOW HE DID IT. "There's no money in literature," said the man who had become dis couraged. '.'I know a man who is getting rich out of stories." "A publisher?" "No. He built a big apartment house. It has twelve stories, and every one brings him in at least throe hundred dollars a month."-Washing ton Star. A TREASURE. "There's a fine horse," said tho owner of the animal, proudly. "Yes?" "Most valuable animal on this track." "Is he fast?" "Bather. But that isn't what makes him worth so much, lt's his intelli gence. All you have to do is to whisper 'whoa' to him and he comes to a dead stand-still."-Washington Star. FOR A OnEAT NAME. Her eyes flashed. "I would do anything for a great name," she exclaimed. He glanced uneasily in the direction of the door. "Madame," bo faltered, "I must venture to inquire if you hav? inatri mony in view or are yon an autograph fiend?" He was plainly npon the verge of hysterics in spite of his effort to be calm.-Detroit Tribune. LET DOWH EASILY. "I proposed to Miss Gladys Beau ti girl last night." "Ah I And she accepted you?" "Well, no-o-o, not exactly, but sho came so near doing so that a great deal of tho sting was taken out of her refusal. She said she would have ac cepted me if I had had plenty of money and a perfect disposition, and my eyes were brown instead of blue, and my hair curly, and I was two inches taller, and was winning fame in my profession, and possessed personal magnetism, and came of an old and blue-blooded family, and would al ways let her have her own way, and never smoked nor wanted to stay out late at night, and did not belong to any lodge, and would keep a stylish turnout and plenty of servants, and really wanted her mamma to live with us, and a few other thing3 which I have forgotten. But if a fellow must fail in an undertaking, it is encourag ing to him to think that he came very near winning."-Harper's Bazar. A Bowl ot Kava. Kava is the native drink, and its use and the manner and ceremony of its prepnration being among the most ancient customs of Polynesia, it mer its, I think, ivshort description. Kava is au indigenous tree, moro or less plentiful throughout the South Sea Islands), tho root of which is employed in tho manufacture of the drink. When visitors are present much cere mony is observed in its preparation. A beautiful round bowl of dark col ored wood is produced, its interior shining with a blue enamel-like coat ing, caused by the deposit of the root. Generally speaking, the best bowl is the property of the village, and much care is taken and time spent in polish ing and preserving the enamel in the interior. Threo young girls, with shining white teeth, ohosen usually from the "belles" of the village, seat themselves around tho bowl, eaoh having a piece of the kava root. This they proceed to break up into small pieces, and, putting them into their mouths, chew the dry root till it is reduced to a pulp, which is plac?d from time to timo in tho bowl. A sufficiency hav ing been thus prepared, water is poured in and the whole mixture stirred up ; bunches of fine fibre are then drawn through the liquid to strain out any small piece3 of the root which may remain. The drink is now complete, and is passed around in cups of cocoanut shell to the chiefs and principal peoplo of the assembly in order of rank. On my first attempt at drinking kava I was strongly reminded of soap suds ; but this unpleasant idea wore off after a time. A refusal to drink, or even not to droin the cup, is con sidered a grave impoliteness. The solution of the kava root is non-in toxicating, but, taken in excess, pro duces a loss of power in the lower limbs. Many of the European resi dents driuk it regularly, but, of course, it is then prepared in a differ ent manner.-Westminster Review. Uncles Nesting In Trees. "At last I hayo boen able," writes a correspondent, "to decide by personal observation a point that has often been discussed by London naturalists. Many of the duoks in Hyde Park and Eon ungi on Gardens prefer the trees as nesting-places to the low-lying thickets where dogs and boys might molest them. The question was, how the young brood got conveyed to the water, some of tho keepers assorting that they were transported on tho back of the parent bird. On Satur day evening I happened to pass one of the old elms, encircled by a railing about 200 yards northoast of the boat house on the Serpentine, just at the moment when oue of these family flit tings took place. Tho nest was in a hollow about twelve or fifteen feet above tho ground, and at tbo moment of my arrival the fond mothor, in a great state of excitement, had already got three or four of her youngsters on terra firma. Then she flew up and brought down another in her beak, repeating this operation haifa dozen times; but meanwhile the other duck ling?, impatient of delny, scrambled over the edge of the hole and tumbled into thc grass, much to their mamma's distress. Au intelligent policeman now came up, and we found that out of tho brood of fourteen ouly one seemed a trifle damagod. In a minute or two tho wholo party waddled off composedly to the water's edge."-St. James's Gazette. A Darin? Peruvian Indian. Tho truth of the following anecdote can bo vouched for : An Indian montonero, alone, with his rifle on his shoulder, carno ont of San Cristobal street to that of Pileta de Santa Catalina; on facing the fort of Santa Catalina and as he advancod in that direction, rides and mitrail leuse wore tired at him, but tho fellow weut on the even tonor of his way, letting them blaze away at him with out touching his rifle or turning his head, until he reached the corner of General street, where he performed a right about faeo, took off his kepi, and mado a polito bow to those on the fort who had taken so much trouble to kill him. Tho officer in command on Santa Catalina was so impressed with the cool and undaunted bearing ol this montonero that he ordered his sol diers to givo him a choer, and they did so.-Panama Star and Herald. Each to His Trade. Knllack, tho famous pianist, was once invited to diuner by a wealthy Berlinor, who was the owner of a largo boot manufactory and had been u shoemaker in his time. After tbo repast Knllack was requested to play something, and he consented. rNot long afterwards tho virtuoso invited tho boot manufacturer, and after din ner handed him a pair of old boots. "What am I to do with these?" in quired tho rich mau. With a genial smile Knllack re* plied : "Why, the other day you asked mo after dinner to make a little music for you, and now I ask you to mend these boots for me. Each to his trade." Musikzeitung. Carriage Heated and Lighted. There has just been completed the first carriage ever equipped with elec tricity for lighting and heating. Storage batteries aro placed nuder the driver's seat, and they supply four incandescent lights, two on the oui sido in the ordinary side lamps, and two on the inside. The heater is placed under the front seat on the in side. The carriage is a standard brougham,--Atlunta Constitution. Highest of all in Leavening Poi ?BSOMJ1 A Substituto for Ice. Chicago has been iLtercsted recently by some experiments with a new chem ical compound designed to take the place of ice. The chemical costs 20 cents a pound. It is placed in the ice box Of a refrigerator, a s nail amount of water is added to cause it to dis solve; the refrigerator is then closed and cold results immediately. The inventor says that the compound con tains ll iogredicnts, and the formula is a secret. The mixture is light pi uk in color, and is in tho form of crys tals like coarse salt. It is said to be perfectly harmless, and has an alka line taste. When moistened it instant ly becomes intensely cold. The effect lasts wenty-four hourn, or until the crystals are entirely dissolved. Then it is placed on a fire and "boiled down" until tho water evaporates and the crystals are left in their original form. It is then ready for use again by simply adding fresh water. It is asserted that the chemicals loso none of their properties by the process and that the crystals can bo used for yours. During the Chicago tests ice was frozen to the thickness of window glafs in a few minutes, and to the thickness of two or three inches in less than six boure. The experiments were successful in every way, and ice dealers ought to be particularly interested in them. There is little doubt that before many years a refrigerating appartus will be devised by which houses may be cooled in summer as easily as they are now warmed in winter. The new refrigera ting compound may bc an important factor in the solution of this problem. Counterfeit Dimes. Counterfeit silver 10 cent pieces that contain as much, if not more silver than genuine coin, have been discov ered in the United States subtrensury. They have been received from bunks and are so carefully made tbat it re quires the trained eye of an expert to detect their bogus character. Thc coins have the appearance of being well worn, a result of careful work on tho part of the counterfeiter and a valuable aid to their circulation. Sev eral of the coins have been sent to the secret service officials, who pronounce them most dangerous counterfeits and express the belief that they were made in Europe and sent to this country for circulation. -Ph il adelph ia Record.. Appreciative but Mixed. "I enjoyed your lecture on the fin ancial issue very much," said tho citi zen to the orator, "but I would like to ask yon ono question." "Certainly," said the orator, "go ahead." "Which side of the question are you on?" _. Trust and Bust. "Trust men and they will trust yon," said Emerson. "Trust men and they will bust you, " says the average business man. Pain ts Not Conducive ofl'lcusurc, especially when occa-ioned by corn?. Hln'ler corns will plea-c; it removes them perfectly. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the ?um?, reduce? inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25?. a bottle OXIS ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs ia taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the tacto, and acts ?entry yet promptly on tho Kidneys, <iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro ducer, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial ia its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. I)o not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. N Y. mm "Wash us wi ".That's all we ask. Save us It's wearing us outl "We want Pearline-the the one that has proved tha Don't experiment on us with rubbed to pieces than eaten i The One C of farming gradually exhausts the h high percentage of Potash is uscc larger bank account can only then I Write for our "Farmers' Guide is brim full of useful information for will make and save you money. A GERMAN ?er.-Latest U. S. Gov*t Report Baking Powder rEEV PURE ODDS AND ENDS. Almost five-eighths of the steamers in the world are under the British flag. The first steam engine of this con tingent was brought from England in 1753. Excavations in Egypt have brought to light evidence that tho game of chess was known and played there 3300 B. C. That game is still going on. At Salta, in Argentina, a list of boys and girls who havo failed to attend school regularly is published in the newspapers. They don't do things in a half-heart ed way in China. Tbeir national hymn is so long that people take half a day to listen to it. . The Chinese believed when telegra phy was introduced into their country that foreigners cut off the tongues of children and suspended them on the insulators to tiansmit the message from pole to pole. The two most widely separated post offlea in the United States are those of Key West, Ela., and O ti ri alaska, Alas ka, 6,271 miles apart. Two cents will insure thc carriage of a letter between those distant points. A Rebutting Argument. Gent-Look here, how you have swindled mo over these pants! Why, they have .shrunk to half their length. Dealer-How can you say so? Didn't I let you have them at half-price? Hausfreund. Dr. PIERCE'S Golden fled ?cal DISCOVERY Cures Ninety-eight per cent, of all cases of Consumption, in all Its Earlier Stages. Although by many believed to be incura ble, there is the evidence of hundreds of living witnesses to thc fact that, in all its earlier stages, consumption is a curable disease. Not every case, but a large per centage of eases, and we believe, fully oj per cent, arc cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, even after the disease has progressed so far as to induce repeated bleedings from thc lungs, severe lingering cough with copious expectoration (includ ing tuhercular matter), great loss of flesh and extreme emaciation and weakness. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Tulane University of Louisiana. Its advnntsgs? for practical instruction, both ia ampin laboratorio* nnd abnn Innt hospital materials nro unequaled. Fret access is given to the great Charity Hospital with Tim bods and 311,0*1 patient ? an nual y. .Special instruction in given dsi y ATTBEBRD MPCQrTHK BICE. Tin next ? ix.ion bogus October 17th, 18?I5. For, cataloga % nnd information addresi Prof. S. E. CH AILLE, M. D., Dean. far P. 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