Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 08, 1896, Image 1

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THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. The inhabitants of British India a beginning to devote themselves athletic sports. - . It is snid that the Chinese gover ment is preparing to remove the ca ital of the kingdom to soma placo central China. A rongh estimate places the arnon of fruit shipped from southern Cai fornia this season at 8,000 oar load For the transportation of tins tl growers have paid the railroads aboi $1,600,000. In England the gymnasium is ut known. The evenness of the clima! makes outdoor exercise possib throughout the year, and a warn blooded Englishman develops his mu cle and brawn from walking, rowin and running in the open sir. A lady who Baw the Prince of Wale at Hamburg, says he looked like some thing out of a comic opera, dressed i: a light blue suit, with a yellowish ha and shoes. It was most comical t see the ladies introduced io him evei in the pnblio places dropping courte si?e before him, and when they wer young and pretty he pat cat his hau< and lifted them np. "The average woman clerk," says i head of department at Washington "put~ in solid work, is earnest, paine taking and faithful, striving at al times to please her superiors, and t give no possible cause for critic'.m, j The average man in departir cuts ii discontented." After all the fun thal has been poked at the new woman, il IB refreshing to read a tribute to hei 'ike that, declares thc Louisville Cour ier Journal. . There is no doubt that there is a relation between education and crime. British statistics show plainly enough /or a bliad man to see that the wider the educational privileges are ex tended the lower is the ratio of crime. How could it be otherwise? A great many crimes are committed by men who are not totally depraved, because they have no resources and don't know how to get a living. An education _^_gives them opportunities. It makes them self-rehunt, and if they can't do one thing they do another. Tho temp tation to lead a vicious life is thereby weakened. ' Major Handy,in the Chicago Times has the best chance to win the great ' P^?.-ia. politics. Take the States -*^withlh1i^ft^^?ties-New York, Ma*8&cbnsett?, Pennsylvania Louis iana, Illinois, Ohio, California, ?ttry land and Missouri-their senators all hail from the country. Tho Major then takes np the presidency and says: "Did yon ever notice how few presidents of tho United States were city-bred, and how few hailed from cities when elected. Come to think of it New York city has contributed only one president, Chester A, ? Ar thur, and bis presidency CH me about by act of providence, Arthur,the solitary urban president, was country born,his birthplace being Fairfield, Yt. In fact,-it may be said that no man born m a largo city ever became president of the United States. Jefferson, Mon roe and Madison were country gentle men before aud after taking the presi. dency. The two Adamses, father and son, were natives of Braintree, Mass., and lived at Quincy. Audrew Jack eon was an out-and-out countryman. Martin Yan Buren was boru at Kin derhook, N. Y., and began a life of office-holding as surrogate of Colum bia county. Polk was a countryman all his life. The elder Harrison was farmer born,and theyounger,although hailing from Indianapolis when elected was born at North Bend, a small vil lage m Ohio, and was countrybred. Taylor and Tyler were "born and raised" as they say down sooth, on Virginia plantation*, Fillmore was a countryman, born st Summerhill, Ca yuga county^ New York, but lived in Buffalo when it began to pul on city airs, Buohanan was boru at Stony Batter, died at Wheatland and prided himself os being a farmer. Lincoln, Johnson and Grant-all three were countrym th* hearest to city born being Andrew Johnson, who w?e a native of Raleigh, N. C., when it had the popnlation of a village. It is the same way in business maintains the Atlanta Constitution. Almost every great capitalist, merchant and professional man in the United States is country-bred. The man born in cities who inherit fortunes and step into the shoes of their fathers find it difficult to hold their own against country boys. And it is so in litera tare. Nearly every famous writer is the product of the coan try. The countryman has the best of it. Whether on the farm or in the city, he bosses the job. Hopeless. "Tom hos proposed, and asks me to give him his answer ia a letter." "Sholl you do it?" '*No ; I will be moro liberal, and give him his answer in two letters." Harper's ?Bazar. ? mill owner of Z ir nitz, sear Op pel na, bas invented a new military rifle, whieb L now being tested by the Trar department It fire* twenty shots ft minute without reloading. A BIG BELL LARGEST EVER CAST ON THIS CONTINENT. /?o Welsn Nearly Firteen Tons, and to Hans: In the Suburbs of Cin cinnati-A Uuique Feature. "T T3ERTY|Bell is at last, to have p a rival. Not, indeed, ia fame, _V nor in the hearts of the peo ple. Tn those respects it will ever stand unrivalled. Bet, in size, at least, a rival is now being made ready for a massive belfry in the suburbs of Cincinnati, where it is soon to ring ont the loudest peal that has ever vibrated upon the free air of America. The new bell is to weigh nearly fifteen tons, and the great bell in the cathedral at Moutreal, hitherto the largest on the American continent, weighs loss than thirteen tons. The largest in England, the Westminster bell, weighs about the same, while one in Vienna, the largest in actual ase in Earope, weighs about twenty tons. The monster of Moscow, which lies broken end prostrate, weighod more than 200 tona mt it was simply a huge mistake, which having failed as a bell is now used as a chapel. It is stated, too, that there is a mon stronsity somewbero in China that weighs aboat sixty conn. The great Chinese cr.t call ia said to be about fourteen feet in height and shaped li ie a barrel. The Cincinnati bell, which is modelled after a bell in Erfurt, Prussia, is accounted the sweetest ia the world, is sevea feet ia height and aine ia diameter at the base. The clapper will weigh 640 poudds. It is stipulated that the bell shall be so poised that one man can ring it. WORKMAN POLISHING THE INTERIOR The ornamentation of the Cincin nati bell is believed to be more elab orate than that of any other in exist ence. Civic and ecclesiastical decora tKmsjgj?? both have place, makio* it "at once an emblem of patriotic feeling and a consecrated instrument of wor ship. Encircling the body ol the bell, just above the sounding blow, is the Latin text of the Lord's prayer in true Gothic characters about seven inches high. Above this, on the civio half, the Arrerican eagle hovers over CORE OF MOULD IN TETE CASTING PIT. the great seal of the United States. Beneath this is the seal of Ohio, pierced by the stalls that support the Stars and Stripes, which fall in grace ful folds on either side ; ai i beneath this is the seal of the city of Cincin nati. Medallions of the deceased donor and family complete the design. On the ecclesiastical half, under the surmounting tiara, is a medallion of Pope Leo XIII., with his seal beneath it. Just below is the medallion of the Bight Bev. William Henry Elder, Archbishop of Cincinnati, through whioh are crossed the staffs of the Papa1 banners. Bight and left of this medallion are two others-of Arch bishop Purcell and Bishop Fenwick, the first Bishop of Cincinnati. Be neath thu oentral medallion is one of Vicar-General Albrink. Around the orown, in Gothic relief, are two verses of mediaeval Latia hexameters relating to the bells, whioh read as follows : Laudo De'im verum, plebt.m voco congrego clerum; Fu?era prango, fulgura frango, Sabbata pango. This may be approximately, though not completely, rendered by the quaint old Engl ish lines : To calle ye folde at to meeting tyme, We cb y me; Wheo joye and myrth are on ye wynge We rynge; When wo lamente a passyng soule, We tollu. It will be noticed that great sym metry has been attained by this ar rangement. The eagle is opposite the tiara, and the American flag to the Papal emo'zn ; the seal of the United States corresponds to that of Borne, and the aime artistic balance is main tained in all the parts. This ornamentation of bells is a pe- j cul i ar and difficult task. Tho decora tions munt be in relief to avoid inter fering with the tone. The medallions, for example, after being designed by the artist, and passing through a whole series of transformations, mast at last lie accurately impressed upon the clay of the mould, an op-irution requiring ??reat dexterity-. The metal need is the usual alloy of m copper and tia in the ratio of 78 to 22. No other metals or proportions give so satisfactory a result. The idea that an admixture of silver will sweeten the tone is a popular de lusion. From the foundry the bell will be taken to a vacant ?nace adjoining Federa1 square, there to be exhibited for a month. Finally, before bein? placed in position, tho great bell will be consecrated according to the Roman Catholic oustom. The bell will then be raised to the belfry, where it is to be mounted in connection with a chime of twenty-six smaller bells, yet to be cast. A novel feature in the proposed peal of bells will be it3 connection, by an ingenious device, with the organ, so that it will be under the control of the ororanist, and may be used to reinforce the rendering of the solemn anthems. Frank Wilson, the organist, is looking forward to the time when ho will be enabled to achieve something unique in the his tory c f music. The pastor is the Rev. A. M. Quart man. A parishioner, Joseph G. Bnd deke, bequeathed 810,003 to defray the cost, but at least $5000 more will be expended before Cincinnati's noble bells sound.-New York Herald. Catch iu? the Captain. The captain of a certain large sail ing vessel is probably the most polite officer in the whole mercantile ser vice. He has, however, a great idea of his importance, and loses no oppor tunity of impressing it upon his crew. In particular, he insists upon being addressed as "sir" by every one on board. One day a new hand joined the ship, and a short time after leav ing harbor, being a seasoned old salt, he wa3 intrusted with the wheel. The captain came up and put the usual question ; OF THE L?RGE3T BELL IN AMERICA. "How's her head?" "Nor'-by-eftBt, " answered the old tar, very gruffly. "My man," suavely answered the nantain. "on this craft, when one of crew speaks to iwutj gives rn?. uue of respect. Don't you think you might do so, too? Now, how's her head?", "Nor'-br-ea^t, I tell yer," shouted the tar, displaying not a little irrita tion. "I'm afraid you don't quite under stand me," responded the captain, good-humored ly. "Let me relieve you at tue wheel, and then do you take my place and ask me the ques tion. 1 will then ?how you how it should be answered." They accord ingly changed places. " 'Ow'6 her head?" roared the tar. "Nor'-by-eastj sir," ieplied the cap tain, with emphasis on tue sir. "Then keep her 60, my man, whilst I goes forrard and has a smoke, " was the startling rejoinder from the old reprobate, who calmly commenced to suit the action to the word. For the first time on reoord the cap tain lost his temper.-London Tit Bits. Attar of roses is $100 an ounce. i OUT Y YEARS II HON. JOHN Among the notables who have lai;eb was Senator John Sherman, of Maus?e to numerous interviews, some of which and charges concerning the devious wa* widespread discussion and some b.uter reporters the Senator was rerely r.nticii "John Sherman's Recollections of Fe Cabinet ; an Autobiography. " MARRIED EIGHT! YEARS. Oldest Living Couple la the United States. The oldest living couple in the Uni ted States beyond a doubt has for the Inst forty year3 resided within three milos of Black River Falls, Wis. Lonis and Amelia Darwin were born in the Province of Ontario, not far from Montreal. The Husband was born on September 24, 17SS, or one year be t?re th? inauguration of the first Pres ident of tho United States. The wife was born at La Pero's Isle on March 17, 1791, and is now past her lOlRt year. The aged people are descend LOUIS DABWINc ants irom a race which for many gen* orations was noted for remarkable longevity. Eighty years have possed since they were joined in wedlock^ and a family of twelve obildren was tkp fruits of their marriage. Five are still living in the vicinity, ranging Irom seventy to fifty-four years. The oldest child, were he living to-day, would be sev enty-nine years old. For thirty years Grandma Darwin was totally blind. Strange and incred ible as it may seem, in her ninety ninth year she recovered her second sight and was able to distinguish her children. Yet during the period ol her blindness she performed her household duties without any assist ance! The old gentleman bas been a re markable man. When he was 100 years old he could dance a jig equal to i dancing master, but the past four years he has gradually wasted away, until to-day he is but a shadow of. his former self. Every day is telling Mi \ MBS. AMELIA DARWIN. upon his great vitality, and his disso lution is daily looked for. The old lady, whose health has been poorly of late, is somewhat improved, and she is likely to live to as great an age as her venerable consort, now nearing his end. The Longest Telegraph Line. The longest telegraph line in the world, above ground and without a break, has just been completed in Aus tralia, that land of long distances. The line runs from Rockhampton, in Queensland, to Broome, in Western Australia, and crosses about two-thirds of the entire continent. The total length is something over 6000 miles. London Globe. J PUBLIC LIFE. SHERMAN. j made pilgrimages to ?7ew York City ld, Ohio. He submitted while there contained such sensational revelations rs of politics that they have provoked . Replies. Tn these statements to the pating what is to appear in his book >rty Years in the llou.-c. Senate and EMPIRE *0E DRESS. DAINTY DESIGN'S TUAT APPEAL TO fJSMlnriXIfi H KARTS. Makc-Up and Materini of n Qtyllsh linsqucAVaist-Pretty and Com* iortahJo House Gown-Latest in Walkin?: Jackets. ?N thn basque waist pictured in the tworcolnmn illustration French wool plaid in harmonizing shades of brown- and taD, having black bonck- cross stripes ou a creamy grouud, is Ptylisbly made np with a smooth vest of chamois wool crepe, and r?vrrs collar of cream colored broadcloth, faced with black satin and edged with successive rows of .black soutache braid. Stylish pointed cuffs of clotij, faced and decorated wich braid tn match, complete tho wrists. A stock collar of black satin ii Dishes the neck. The waist is arranged over glove fitting liniugs that close in cen tre iront. Thf seamless back (of the material) extends oyer the back and side back portions of lining, ?nd is FASHIONABLE I separated from tba fronts by smooth nader arm gores.^The vest is' sewed in th?; right front and invifjj?lv ulu?cd on thrt/i?f tTtnrk5-Tp*c',y ThVshbn basque is shaped in roanded outline. ? lar bow covers the closing of the stock/collar in the back of the neck. The Stylish ' gi?Ot "l<">"oa Ko.-- thp foll"l~ 1 having a 32-inoh bust mi" ~r?[ yards; for a 36-inch, 51z?* d* Q for a 40-inoy^' d* yaras' - ..0TION8 IN FUR. Fashions in furs bring chinchilla to the i ore. It will be much worn dur ing ' >he winter, and is shown in com bina tion with white furs. This is quit a new and rather cold in appear ance , but the woman with a faultless com plexion and a lot of color will havt! an opportunity to make the oth er w omen feel envious. Auother new noti an is the encrusting fnr with lace, pasE ementerie and with bead work of allports. The effect of a chincailla fur {with a velvet-like depth of soft ness) and smoothness, all laid over thickly at tho throat with a yoke of spangling beanery, the jewels half | buiijed in the pile of the fur, is most artistic and luxurious, but it seems dreadful to crush down real, fresh fur thav way, though for last year's cape or collar no notion could be better. Ermine is not quite as expensive nor quite as exclusive as it was last year, but it holds its own as the handsomest land most correct of peltry, lt is now made up with allsorts of white furs, the fluffy lamb's wool being really more becoming about the face than the trying white of the er mime. It is also oom bined with a lot of plain white HANDSOME Hi fe called by various names, but that wioh might cry for the "cat's meat mn" if its wearer happened by a burner's cart is shown made up with jct a relish of touch at the edge, so tire's less danger. STILISH WALKIE TACK KT. Jlaok, rough-faoed diagonal oloth made this stylish coat, the rolling col lar being faced with black velvet. The I loose-fitting fronts are closed invisibly with a ily. in centre, and above tho closiug the fionts are reversed in square-shaped lapels, the coat collar meeting the lapels in ends of the same width, which flare bat little, as is the latest vogne. The hack fits olosely, the shaping below the wp'st line pro ducing tho fashionable fluted effect now so popular. The ihree center back seams are' strapped with braid that end in points just below the waist line, the shallow darts and lapels in front also being outlined with the braid. Machine stitching finishes the front and lower edges, or the braid can be used it preferred. Full gigot sleeves, shaped with one seam, are plaited at the top and inserted into enlarged arm's eye that adapt them to an easy adjustment over the dress sleeves. This natty jacket is simple in construction and gracefully defines the lines of the figure. It can be stylishly developed in cloth, serge, tweed or covert suiting in plain or mixed varieties to match the street gown, lining and interlining impart ing warmth and style. Heavier cloth, '?SQUE WAIST. with smooth and rough-faced surfaces, can he made up without lining and plainly completed. Battons can be VLaA in closing if desired. Th?~q'u??*ti*t?^p? 5?-inoh wide: ma terial required to uTt?k.ethiB jacket for a lady having a. 32-iuoh"Bi??Jneasure WALKING JACKET OF DIAGONAL CLOTH. is 2{ yards; for a 36-iuch size, 2$ yards; for a 10-inch size, 2\ yards; for a 42-iuch size, 3 yards. CRESCENT-SHAPED BONNETS. An odd little bounet looks much like a velvet crescent resting upon thc hair. It :s trimmed with two small curly tip?. Veiy wide ribbons aro fastened at tho back of the crescent, one at each side. They are supposed to encircle tbe English bun coiffure and tie beneath it in a huge bow. COLLARS AND CUFFS. Linen collars and cuffs are seen on a few women, but they are generally considered too stiff for graceful attire. The very prettiest collars and cuffs are made of the sheerest of lawn. Just a tiny bit of narrowest Valenoiennes lace, all to tit around inside the neck of the gown. Then a bit of a point like the corner off an embroidered handkerchief to fall over the collar of the dress from this band on each side, the points not quite meeting in froat. Cuffs of the same may be worn. Don't 3?8E GOWX. go and make plain straight cuffs of lawn, for those and a plaiu lawn collar falling over the neck of the d;ess will stamp you as a widow. You may put a row of five of these points | around the cellar it you like, ruakin^ them overlap each other. And you eau-make the collar &ud points of j satin or bright silk, lace trinia>e?l. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIKS. A CURIOUS BOASTING PAN. A roasting pan made of paper 'n new. The paper is compressed sid coated with a wax preparation. In annearance it resembles parchment. The inventor claims that paper can bo nsed for baking, and where the fire does not come io contact .with the pan it will be found to be far superior to iron. New York Advertiser. A LINEN PICTUBK FBAME. Three-eighths of a yard of fine linen v; ,i make two frames. Cut them of the desired size and have each stamped with a graceful design of maidenhair fern or any other that yonr fanoy dic tates, leaving space at one side to oat oat for the photograph. Embroider them in solid embroidery with filo selle, in shades of green, if yon usa tba maidenhair. In art stores you can get the linen ready stamped and the frames for covering, bat you caa easily make your owa frames out of pasteboard by catting the size yoar linen will cover, catting oat the Same place for tho picture and covering tua frame with a piece of sheet wadding before putting'on the linen. Where you buy the frames ready for cover ing, they do not reqaira the wadding. ^New'England Homestead. INEXPENSIVE PILLOWS. If you livo in a locality where cat tails grow abundantly, you may have all the pillows you want at small ex pense. Gather cat tails when ripe, piok carefully to pieces and pat in a case of heavy muslin or ticking. This makes a pillow as soft as down and much more durable. Paper torn into tiny pieces, as small as can be pinched off with the thumb and forefinger, makes a very good pillow. This is excellent rainy day work for the children and w . often keep them happy and am asad for quite a long time. Newspaper should not be used, as the odor >f the ink soon becomes disagreeable, but ' any other clean white or. manilla pap-, er will do nicely, the softer, of courue, the better.-American Farmer. TO BKNOVATE HULLS AND LACES. In looking over a friend's wardrobe recently returned from the "other side," I was surprised to fiad a tea gown of pink-mall, made over a silk slip, perfectly fresh in spite of. the fact that I had seen it go into the trank when leaving America a deoid i Hy passe bit of daintiness. Upon my exclamation of surprise she told me her maid, a Parisienne^ had washed the mull, which was very faded and limp, in water in which ti?e dissolved ( a "pink" ball, similar to the balls ot: blue, or bining, used in ordi?arr - -~. -AIT ..?*a~ueen discarded because of its seeming hopelessness, but res cued by this thrifty femme de toilette* and entirely restored to its original freshness by wetting it in powdered pipe clay such as is used for whiten ing white canvas shoes. The ve;l was allowed to remain in the powder over night, and when it was shakea oat all the foreign matter went with it, thus leaviDg it white and wearable. -Vogue. QUINCE CONSERVES AND DESERTS. Preserved Quinces-Pare and feed the fruit ard cut into quarters; place in a deep kettle wita just enough water to cover them, and boil until they can ba readily pierced with a fork ; when done take out the quar ters, strain '.ho water and in it dissolve i pound of sugar for every pound of quinces; sot over the fire and cook until the BJ rup is quite thick; thea xetarn the fruit and boil together five minutes. Can in glass jars. Quince Marmalade-This requires that the fruit be pared, cored and quartered the same as for preserving; boil them gently in water uncovered until.they oegin to soften ; strain off the water and beat the quince ia a mortar or a woodea bowl to a thick pulp; stir ia poundj of sugar for every pound of fruit and if lemon flavor be liked, the joice and skin of a large lemon may be added ; cook unt l it becomes stiff; put up in small molds. This marmalade is the foundation for a nice desert known as Quince Fritters-These, with mar malade, are also excellent. Over three tablespoonfuls of flour pour enough boiling water to form a stiff paste, stirriag carefully to prevent its becoming lumpy ; allow it to cool aal then break into it the yolks of four eggs and the whites of two, without whipping them ; stir and beat all vig orously together; heat } pound of lard very hot, drop in a desert spoon ful of the batter at a time and fry a delicate brown ; between each two frit ters pat a spoonful of quince marma lade, sticking them together. Anoth er way is to stir pieces of preserved quice, chopped fine, through the bat ter before frying. Serve oa a heated platter and eat with batter and sugar. Quince Saow-Beat the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth, sweeten with i pound of sagar aud ia this meringue stir i poaad of qaince marmalade; pile lightly on a dish in a pyramid and bake a pale yellow. Baked quinces are done exactly tho same as apples ; remove the cores aud fill the space with sugar ; set the freie in a pan, poor a little water over ii and bake in a hot oven until quite soft.-American Agriculturist. The Horse Jumped on a Sleeping Bear. A hunter riding through the wood < near Gray's Biver, Wash., the other day came to a big fallen tree in his path. The ground seemed olear ou the other side, and he leaped his horse over the tiunk. The horse landed squarely on the back of a bear, which evidently had been asleep there. T?e hear was as much startled as the hor?.u ?nd quickly made off, while the hunt er was thrown to the ground, the horso pitching him out ol the saddle sid- - ways in its frightened leap away trot the bear.-New York S'in. Are you taking SIMMONS LIVER REG ULATOR, the "KING OF LIVER MEDI CINES?" That is what our .readers want, and nothing but that It is the same olcHriend to which the old folks pinned their faith and were never dis appointed. But another good recom mendation for it is, that it is BETTEK THAN PILLS, never gripes, never weak ens, but works in such an easy and natural way, just like nature itself; that relief comes quick and sure, and ono feels new all over. It never fails. Everybody needs take a liver remedy, and everyone should take only Sim mons Liver Regulator. Be sure you get it. The Red Z is on the wrapper. J. H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia. MOTHERS READ THIS. The Best Remedy. For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhoea, Dysen tery, Nausea, Coughs, Cholera In fantum, Teething Children, Cholera Morbus, Unnatural Drains from th'e" BOWBBS; Fains, Griping, Loss of. Appetite, Indigestion and all Dis eases of the Stomach and Bowels. PITT'S CARMINATIVE * I Is tho standard. It carries children oT?r' the critical ^period of teething, and< is recommended hy physicians ai. the friend of fothers, Ad alu and' Children. It is pleasant to tho taste, ( end never f ills to give satisfaction.. A few dose: will demonstrate its su-' perlative virtues. Price, 25 ct3. poM J boole. For sale by drusf^ts A Bicycle that Fits Into n Valisa. A Frenchman bas invented.a bicycle that can be taken apart, packed it: a valise and carried, it is cfainied, with ease and comfort whenever the wheelman Is trav eling by rail. If fie wheel breaks down on Hie ron'l. the rider can uncouple the ". ii~rvkol?. weight of the ma chine is 18 -iA pounds. "itK-.,c?'heelman breaks down on the road he divides o?a machine into four pi2ces and balances the parts over his shoulder with a padded strap provided for the purpose. The in ventor insists that this is a great deal bet ter than having to hold a crippled ma chine up and trundle it. The machine can be put together or taken apart in about two minutes. Liable for Scolding Wives. A decision by the Minnesota Su preme Court indicates that Minne sota husbands with hot-tempered wives will either have to keep them at home or send them out calling, muzzled. The decision is in the case of William Pett Morgan against Esther Kennedy et al., and Will ?ara Kennedy, her husband. The court holds that the common law rule mak ing the husband liable for damages for slanderous words uttered by his wife, even though he was not pr?sent and had not participated, is not abro gated by any of the statutes relating to 'meninges, but still holds good. The court finds that the words used hy Mrs. Kennedy against Morgan, '*He has been drunk throughout Thanksgiving week," involve moral turpitude on plaintiff's part, as well as charging him with the commission of an indictable offence . A Sculptor's Puzzle. . The Brooklyn Soldier's and Sail or "sMumorial Arch,which has already liost the City ol! Churches at east $350,000, will be fur ther adorned ai: a cost of (??u.OOO more. Life size bas relief .igures of Lincoln and Grant will soon be in position upon the inner sides} ot the pediments of the arch. The sculptor. McMonnies, is at work upon a bronze quadriga to be placed upon the top of the arch surmount ing the structure, and bronze groups will be placed upon the pedestals erected for the purpose, on cither side of the pediments. A puzzle which the sculptor has to solve is co place a group of eight feet in depth upon a pedestal which is only four feet deep. How to enlarge it, or reduce the groups to fit the plac for them seems impossible, and the so:ution of tho problem has not yet been reached. Funereal Heart. I attended a funeral in a Dauish village recently. The sexton of the village church, who. ns is customary in those parts, was also the village schoolmaster, and whose wardrobe was limited, pr?, seuted himself in black frock coat and trousers and a vest of homespun material, red of color and with big silver buttons, such as one could see the peasants wear thirty years ago. The minister roproved him for not wearing a more somber colored vest. ..Dominie." said the good old schoolmas ter, "whal difference drun it make fiat my vest is red? 1 assure you my heart is black. .' . HE WAS OBTUSE. A.-Wheu I sou you I always think ot the proverb, "To whom God gives an office he gives, an uudf-rstnudiug." B -But I have no office. A.-Well, don't you see how that Hts;'