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TUOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1, 1896. VOL. LXI. NO. 10 The whole English press is foll of ridicule for Poet Laursate Austin. A Georgia paper complains that the Atlanta Fair "scatteied measles all over the State." It is claimed that the "honor sys tem" in colleges originated in the Uni versity of Virginia. General Campos says of Woyler'R coming to Coba that "the dead will rise and fight him. " Fish' planting has proved a success in France, Ihongh its profit in the United States has been disputed. Andrew Carnegie says that he never met a man who thoroughly understood two different kind3 of business. Baltimore as well as Brooklyn is a .city of churches, eaoh having a greater number in proportion to the popula tion than any other cities in the United State?. Says the London Sketch: "The War of 1812, about which books are written in America, has scarcely got five lines devoted to it in any one of the popular English histories." The New Orleans Picayune ann ounces, that "the Keeley motor is moting again, hut in the line of its former wonder ful achievements in moting cash out of its stockholders' pockets." The late Congressman Lawler, of Chicago, once told a Chicago audience that tho majority of the people of this country constituted the bulk of the population and was vociferously apr plauded. A London weekly paper recalls the fact that at the breaking out of the : Napoleonic wars, which lasted, in all, ; twenty-two years, England had about j 16, OOO mercantile seagoing vessels. ?During the wars no less than 10,871 lof them were destroyed or captured by the enemy. The Southern States Magazine, of Baltimore, publishes reports from over 500 correspondents in all parts of the South as to the financial condition of farmers. "These reports show that the Southern farmers as a class are less -burdened with debt than they have beer, at any previous time since ; the war." "In a hundred years," said Napo will be Cossack or" Republican.' Russia has been doing her part to realiza the prediction for the Cossack, observes the Chicago Times-Herald. The Russian frontier has been moved toward Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Vienna and Paris about 700 miles. It has been moved a thousand miles in the direction of Teheran, 1300 miles nearer British India and 500 milesjon the road to Constantinople. Professor Becker, of the United States Geological Survey, who has just returned from the Alaska gold fields, states that although the precious metal abounds in different parts of Alaska, gold seekers should take into account the hardships and chances of ill-for tune that they will encounter. Food and other necessaries are very expen sive. Notably rich zniues already developed are the Treadwell, on Doug las Island, which produces $500,000 worth of ore yearly, and the Apolle mine, near Delaroff Bay, with a yearly output of $300,000. Mutual fire insurance among farm ers has proven wonderfully success ful, remarks the American Agricul turist. The Legislatures of the Mid dle States have done much to aid thin movement by passing about all the laws they have been asked to. The huuJicds of farmers' mutuals in Now York and Pennsylvania represent many millions of dollars' worth of property and without exception the members report adequate protection and a - great saving in premiums. Actual losses and the necessary operating ex penses are very small. The money is retained in the community and does not go to fill the coffers of those al ready rich, lt is a practical demon stration of co-operation which can be practiced in other lines where farmers are honsst and oan trust themselves and each other. Dr. Jameson is reported to have taid in an interview that "our Maxims could have knocked the spots out of them, but we had no ammunition." That is going to be the trouble with the machine suns, especially for armies of invasion, predicts the Atlanta Con stitution. No ammunition train, no matter how long, can carry cartridges enough to feed these greedy corn poppers which shoot away in a min ute as many round? as a soldier cac carry. The Maxims and Gitlings are all right in their place, bpt they will not lessen the importance of accurate small arm fire. A beleaguered fortress with big magazines might be able to fill the a:r so full of lead that no liv ing thing could approach, but an army in the field will still find it nec essary to shoot to hit, and it will take sharp oversight to keep the soldiers from wasting too much lead even with a magazine ride, to say nothing of a j machine guu spitting from 600 to 1000 bullets ? minute. SALVATION AMY; WITH THE CORI'S THAT FIGHTS SIN ONLY. A Day's Campaign With Com mander Booth's Salvation ists In the Slums of New York. WITH the coming of the news that Commander and Mrs. Ballington Booth were to he relieved of their command of the American branch of the Salvation Army.therehas arisen once more a discussion, more or less public, in regard to the work done'by that large organization. - With the merits or demerits of the Salvation Army it is not the purpose of this articlo to deal. Tho matter has been argued and discussed pro and con for the past nine years. It is rather tho purpose to set forth simply and in an unbiased way what is done in New York City by the mem bers of tho Salvation Army every one of the 365 days in the year. Recently a reporter for the Mail J. HE SLUM and Express spent twenty-four hours in the Salvation Army. The day be gan in the slams. It ended there, too; bat the night was longer than the day and fuller of misery and sin and shame. The day bagan for the slum workers while tho gaslights were still flickering and flaring in the cold, raw breeze that came rushing in over tho city from the East River. The slam 'house, situated in Cherry street, hus sis workers, who live there constantly. Their uniform is not that of the army, for the simple army garb was far too gay and flne for these women who go way down into the very depths of human sin and suffering to ?nd those whom they would succor. The day began with prayer. Then a simple breakfast of tea, oatmeal and hash, with plenty of bread and butter. The workers chatted happily over their breakfast. Laughter was freo and frequent. These women who de vote their lives'to this work are happy. Indeed, the dominant note in the whole army is joyousness. It was hardly six when tho "sister" (they are all brother and sister in the army, unless they happen to bo adju tant or major or colonel or captain), who kindly allowed the writer to ac company her, began her day's work. Down Cherry street she went, past that little white house where that old hag, "Shakespeare," was so foully mur dered some years ago through an alley way which would bo dark on a sun shiny day, but which at six in the morning was inky in its blackness. Into a still darker hall and thence up four flights of stairs. On the third landing the woman stumbled and felh A man was lying asleep on the floor. "Have yon a match?" asked the slam worker, calmly, as she rose; "please light it ; this man may be in need of help." The flickering flame from the match showed a huge, filthy brute lying di rect ly aorcss the stairs. "Will you please help me with him ?" said the girl ; "some one may stumble over him and fall down stairs." Then this young woman stooped in the darkness, and, putting her arms about tho shoulders of the sodden brute lying there, half dragged and half carried him out of the way. "Poor fellow !" she sighed to her self, as she continued on her way up stairs. In a small eight-by-ten room on the top floor of this rear tenement was found the objeot of the slum worker's visit. The room itself was as dark as the hall. A. oandle was soon lit, how ever, which, to a slight extent, dis pelled the gloom. This room was bare. In lieu of a carpet the floor was covered with filth. On a bundle* of ragSrWbich, for want of a better name, might be called a bed, lay a woman groaning with pain. It would not be possible to tell her age. She might have been thirty, she may have been sixty, she probably was forty. Her face, wasted by disease and sin, was covered with dirt; her black, deop snnken eyes glared ont from under a tangled mas? of gray hair. Save for this woman, the bed upon which she lay and the filth, the room w*s empty. As tho young woman lighted her candle, the older one half rose from the bed. "Wot der y er want 'ith me?" she growled. "We have come to help yon," said the girl, gently; "they told me you were sick, so I came," she added, simply. "They lied," said the woman; "I don't want no help; wot be ye?" she continued, "one of them rich folks; I hate 'em all." "No," replied the girl, "I am as poor as you. That's why I've como to help you. We ought to help each other." The sun had begun to crawl up out of the eastern hoxizon by this time, and the candle was snufled oat. The woman eyed the young woman and her companion suspiciously for a few minutes. Finally, she recognized the Binni uniform of the Salvation Army, for sha said, surlily : "Ye're one o' them Salvationers?" "Through the grace of Christ, yes," said the girl. "Don't want ter know nuthin' about it," said the woman. "Of course you don't," replied the youngwoman, cheerfully; "butyou'd like to have a doctor, and be cleaned np and have something to cat, wouldn't you?" '-ft "You bet," said the woman. "Will you go back to the house, please," said the slum worker to her companion, "and ask them to send mc these things." She handed the re porter a list of what was wanted. "Are you not afraid to stay here alone?" was asked. "No," said the girl. ?'I am not afraid." "What 'nd she be 'fraid ov, ye jay?" snarled the woman. In half an hour the things needed were on hand. There was a single bnrner oil stove, a bed comfortable and some sheets, some warm and suit able clothing for the woman, a nail and scrubbing brash and food. Then WORKERS. the young woman set to work. First she eent the reporter away for half an hour. When he returned the sick woman had been washed and dressed in clean garments. A bed had been mad o of the rags she had lain on, but they were covered by clean sheets. The woman's tangled hair had been combed out and braided. Water had been heat?d, hud the Salvation Army--wo-, aian was on her knees scrubbing the floor. ' ? "We're getting cleaned up a little," she called oheerily, as the reporter en tered the room. "Umph!" growled tho woman on the bed. By 10 o'clock the room had been cleaned and swept, the woman cared for and fed, and a doctor sent for. Then the slum worker started to go. In all the time she had been working the young woman had not spoken one word of religion, or given the slight est hint that she was more than a neighbor who had dropped in to help about the place. The neighbors could not have dono the work, of course, be cause none of them had probably ever known the meaning of cleanliness. "My whole day," said the girl, as she walked down the riokety stairs, "will be occupied in this way. It is the only way to reach these poor out caste. " "How many such visits are paid in a year?" was asked. 'There are three slum corps in this oity. Last year we visited ll,85i per sons in this way. We gave away 5318 meals. You have seen what a meal means. We prepare everything our selves, just as you saw mo do this morning. It is a blessed work. Qod is so good to allow us to do it, for we have helped these poor people so much, and our labor ha* been so well re warded 1" "What other work has been done by the Blum corps?" was asked. NOONDAY PRAYER MEETING "The figures mean so little," said the girl, "but wo talked with 18,235 different people in the slums, urging them to reform. We have visited 15, . 322 saloons and places of evil resort. Three hundred homeless persons were provided with homes, 4208 garments were procured and given away. It is so muoh harder to get the clothes than to give them away. Wo could use twice as many as we get." CARINO FOR THE BABIES. The reporter then left the young woman to her work and visited the creche, where the children of poor women who have to go out by the day to work are cared for. There are two of those institutions conneoted with the Salvation Army of this city-one in the Cherry street ' district and one down in the First Ward. The Cherry street creche has a daily attendance of twenty-five to thirty little ones, all under three years of age, while only ten can be oared for in the other. In all, seven young women act aa nurses, and spend the day in coddling and loving the poor little ones, whoso li vos are so empty of love. No effort is mada to teach the babes anything. They are simply cared for and petted and made much of. Toys and swings are provided for them, and. they are given three hearty meals of tho prop er sort for young children ; and how they thrive and blossom out under this kindly care ! From the oreche tho reporter went to the new Memorial Building in "West Fourteenth street, which has only re cently been completed. The building was erected by popular subscription from all parts of the country, and is a monument to the unfailing energy and work of Commander and Mra. Balling ton Booth. The building is practically a nino siory structure. On the ground floor is a small meeting room, where meet ings are held nightly ; on the second, third and fourth floors is a huge audi torium, taking np the greater part of the building, although the front part is devoted to offices. In tho basement is the printing room, -where the army publications are run from the presses. All of the work for the army ?B done in this building. Every uniform worn is made in the tailor shops by mem bers of the army. The War Cry edi torial rooms, employing four editors and three reporters, are on the seventh floor. Two large, light composing rooms take up the space on the eighth, floor, while the ninth floor is occupied by the art department of the papers. All of the illustrating work is done here, and done well, too. In the printing room are six modern presses, that are kept very busy run ning off an edition of 90,000 WarCrys a week. A NOONDAY MEETING. It was nearly noon when the Mail and Express reporter reached the Army Headquarters. Tho crowd was already beginning to assemble in the large auditorium. It was an i rt er cit ing crowd and a motley. Mon old and young women and girls, maids and matrons, all crowded together, rush ing and pushing in their efforts to get into the hall. It was the first meet ing at which Mrs. Booth was to be present since her trip to the far West. As the noon whistles began blowing, the army band crowded up on the platform ; then cams the officers, and. finally Commander and Mrs. Balling ton Booth. There was not a vacant seat In the auditorium. Bullington Booth, tall, commanding in presence, the light of enthusiasm beaming from his eyes, stands on the dais of tho platform. He leans well over the assembled multitude and speaks slowly. "It is my deep wish that this meeting be conducted on-the usual lines. I know that many o^you are anxious to hear us speak of the sad tidings that have come to us from. England, but th id is not tho time. Let us pray." Instantly every one in that huge place knelt. They did not bow their heads, but fell upon their knees The [prayer was short. Then, with a bound, Commander Booth was on his feet again. '. ? . "NQW," he said, with a glad jdfrg in: Bis voiceT^w?^wu?^?ug. " I IWD? everybody to eing, and to sing out loud. Those who are afraid to sing had better go away. There is nothing delicate and refined about this faith of ours. We are glad and happy, and we are not ashamed of it. Now, then, everybody sing." Using his long arm as a baton. Commander Booth stood half turned toward the people, and half toward the hand, leading both in this song, which waa sung with great strength, the voices rising loud and clear and triumphant : Oh. what a redeemer is Jesus, my Saviour, Forgiving my sins and healing my woe: Oh, what a redeemer is Jesus, my Saviour. Proclaiming my liberty and washing mo white as snow. It is not possible to express in words the exaltation of those voices, or the ring and swing of that song of praise. "That's pretty fair," said the Com mander, but it is not good enough. Now we will sing it once more, and after that still again, to show that wo are not afraid to sing." As the song died away an old man in the crowd rose. "I am F.O glad that I am happy," he shout' L "Prise God, I was led to Jesus. I know the error of my ways and now Jesus is my own personal Saviour." "Praise God," "That's so," and similar cries como from all parts of the house. "Good enough," shouts Comman der Booth. "Don't bo afraid to tell the truth. There is hope and salva tion for every one." \ OF THE SALVATION AJtMT. A small old man rose painfully and limped out into au aisle where every one could see him. "Thank God I am saved," he said slowly. "I was a miserable sinner till laat week, ft ow I am saved. I drank for twenty years ; now, praise Jesus, I'll never drink again. I am happy." Once more Commander Booth's long right arm rose toward heaven. "Sing, "' he cried, and they did. Bring thy burden, every burden, Down to Jesus s feet, While He's waiting, doubt forsaking, He'll stoop thy soul to greet. For an hour this goes on. Young and old risa and tell of their salva tion, their happiness in their faith. Then a hush comes over the crowd, while their leader, loaning well for ward over them all, begins to talk. He speaks very slow at first, and with some hesitation. Then he grows more eloquent and earnest, and suddenly in the middle of a sontenceho stops,und, turning to Mrs. Booth, draws her to his side. She speaks for a few min utes on tho same topic chosen by her husband-"Love and Law." lt is easy to see how great is her influence. When she has ended ihe rnnsio begins agai'S, and to strains of ?rsat, jojoas melody they sing : Awpnderfnl Saviour te Jesu?, Saving my soul, making mu who'.o, A wonderful Saviour is Jesus; I've proved Ho ls mighty to save. A man rises from his seat and slow ly, with downcast head, comes for ward? and kneels before the leader. Then another, and still another, como forward while tho refrain is sung, each time/louder and clearer than tue last. Then a woman rises. She is richly dressed. There can bo no mistake aboqt her. Her terrible sin has left its mal upon her face. Half walking, hal flailing, the woman makes her way, foriferd and falls on her knees. In staiffcly^by her 6ido there is a young woman in the garb of tho army. Her arm is about tho Magdalen's neck, her cheek pressed close to hers. There the, two kneel during tho rest of tho service, tho Salvationist whispering to tho repentant one gently and quiet ly. ^When the service is over they go oat; into the street hand in hand. NEW BIBI) OF PARADISE. Magnificent Plumage of Specimens 'Brought From New Guinea. A new bird of paradise has heon dis .covered, says the New York Journal. Only two specimens are in captivity. One is in t]ie Royal Zoological Museum of Dresden, and the other is afforded a conspicuous place in the Museum of Natural History in Paris. This remarkable bird is a rara avis par excellence. Strange to say, al though its rango ia limited to New Oninea and the adjacent Papua Isl ands, tho Paradiscidae occur in in finite variety. Ornithologists have been dnmfonnded by the distinction in plumage and colors of the numer ous specimens that have been brought from that far away region during this century. 3?oth sexes of these birds of para dise are distinguished by the enormous development of certain parts of their plumage, but the mates are favored with an .exceedingly beautiful varie gated covering. They are about the eiae of the common jay. Their heads O?0:- necks aro covered with short, feathers, resembling velvet, of ?right straw color above and a Uiant emerald green beneath, taa ' under the shoulders on each ai^te springs a dense tuft of golden orange plumes, about two feet in length, which the hird can raise at pleasure, so as to incloso the greater p?|jrt of its body. The two centre tail feathers attain a length of thirty-four ?inslies, and being destitute of webs, h?ve a thin, wire-like appearance. The females aro of a dusky brown eclor and pos30S3 neither plumes nor Snhened tail feathers. BAUEST ni RD IN* THE WOULD. In the breeding seasons the males assemble in numbers varying from twelve to twenty on certain trees and there disport themselves so as to dis play their feathery charms in the pres ence of tho females. The natives call these affairs sacalcli or dancing parties. Tho birds' wings ore raised vertically over the back, the head is bent down and stretched out and tho long plumes are raised up and ex panded till they form two magnificent golden fans striped with deep red at tlie base, and fading off into a palo brown tint. It is only at this season that the birds can bo captured. Tho nativo bird catcher, having found a tree selected for the dancing party, con ceals himself among the lower branches. As soon ns thc male birds have begun their graceful antics, he shoots them one after the other with blunt arrows for the purpose of stunning them and bringing them to the ground without drawing blood. It is almost impos sible, however, to make them survive in captivity. They invariably die of a broken heart after a few weeks' ab sence from the forests. A Nap in Church. -The Waterbury. SPRIM FASHIONS. WHAT WELL-DRESSED WOMEN WILL WEAR. It Will Bc a Flower Season In MUU nery-A Young Lady's Co rs ap; o -Basque of Mixed Cheviot. SO far, says the New York Sun, it appears to be the same old millinery story as to shape, bonnets, toques and hats hav ing hardly a thing to choose between them. One thing is certain, however, so far as trimming is concerned it will be a flower season. Those who have THE VEBY NEWE looked upon present headgear as ail that was conservatorial will open their eyes pretty wide when they see the perfect flower-beds that will blossom forth upon the heads of femininity. Roses by the bushel, violets hy f;hou Bands and poppies by pounds will en hance the beauty and increase the cost of. the great millinery epooh of the year. Tulle promises to be another feature of hat-trimming. A rnche of .this in blue or green appears to smart advantage upon a small toque with a low pointed crown and rosettes of the same tulle on either side, the whole being trimmed entirely with ivy and turquoise, a marked combination of colors. On many of the hats appear bows of black lace with a white ap plique design, while large white aig rettes are conspicuous in all millinery. There is a decided tendency to strings, tullo being used most, although wide ribbon is also frequently employed. CORSAGE FOR A YOUNO LADY. Tho wasit illustrated in the two column engraving is designed for re ceptions or general wear, the material chosen and the addition of yoke col lar and lower sleeves of velvet making all the difierence as shown in back view. Silver spangled silk gauze is here chosen for full dress occa sions, mado of tarquoiso blue satin, with silver spangled passementerie forming tho square yoke. Trilby bows of blue satin ribbon stand up on the shoulders, falling in loops on each Bide of the slveeves. The glove-fitted linings aro shaped with double bust darts, and the usual seams over which YOUNG LADIES' CORSAGE-E the full fronts and back are grace fully disposed by gathers top and bot tom. The closing can be effected in visibly in centre front, or the lining can be closed in centre and the yoke .With full front arranged to close at the left shoulder and under arm seam if so preferred. Tho fronts droop stylishly over the belt of turquois blue velvet that closes at the left aide. Fnll three-quarter puffs reaoh below the elbow, which aro stylishly arranged over satin linings. Wuists by the mode can be handsomely developed from soft silks, crepe, chiffon, mousseline de soie, crepon, cashmere or other soft woolens with yoke, lower sleeves and collar of velvet or silk for ordinary wear. The quantity of 44-inoh wido ma terial required to^ mako this corsage for a lady having a 30-mch bust meas ure is 3 yards ; for a 34-inch size, 3J yards; for a 33-iuch size, 3J yards. HANDSOME 15ASQUE. Mixed cheviot is hero stylishly dec orated with pipings of dark green vel vet and small smoked pearl button?. The seamless chemisette, with stand ing collar of tho material here pic tured, can be changed for ene of white linen or pique, and a bow or a four in-hand necktie is G natty finish to this stylo of bflsqne. The basque is glove fitting, shaped with single bust darts in front that are piped with vel vet, the small buttons being sewed on each side of seam. The closing is in visible on the left side, or buttonholes can be made to adjust to the first row of buttons. The upper portions nra faced and reversed in stylieh lapels that meet the rolling collar in notches. The back has the usual seams and gores that adjust it closely to the waist line, under which it is widely sprung to stand out in fashionable ripples with fluted effect. The full mandolin sleeves are piped with velvet on the 1ST HEADGEAR. wo upper seams, a do ublo row of but ons ornamenting the wrists. Basques n this style are among the first spring mportations, and are stylish and com ortable for walking, . shopping, cy? ding or general wear. Tweed, chev ot, camel's hair, serge, mohair and all >lain or mixed woolens, with smooth. )r rough surfaces, are chosen for BASQUE OF MIXED CHEVIOT._ basques by the mode, Rnd worn with jkirts of tuc same fabric. The quantity of -14-inch wide ma terial required to make this basque tot % lady having a 32-inch bust measure is 2} yards; for a 36-inch size, 3J pards;fora 40-inch size, 3} yards; [or a 42 inch size, 3 J yards. NEW SHAPE OF JACKET. A new shape of jacket that is likely to find favor appears in a plain gray cloth, with just sufficient spring on tho hips in the basque to give it the necessary fulness so becoming to the waist, which it makes much more slen der. Tho jacket is double-breasted, fastened with six big pearl buttons. The garment's chief novelty lies in the out of the lapel?, whioh are much slashed, sharply pointed and faced with velvet in marked contrast to a darker velvet vest. The sleeves aro cut large from tho shoulders to tho elbows, whence they fit closely to the wrist. A charming accompaniment to this coat is a hat of heliotrope felt, trimmed with heliotrope and white asters, cream lace and a heron osprey. THE NEW LAWNS. The new lawns and dimities aro ex ceedingly pretty, with Howerml stripes in s-oft, laded colorp, and plain stripes of color on a while ?rouud. Swiss muslins, too, uro quite new in design, with iines of color and Dresden bou quets scattered all over them in ad dition to the usual white dot*. Are you taking SIMMONS LIVER REG ULATOR, the "KING OP LIVER MED? CINES?" That is vhat our readers want, and nothing but that. It is the same old friend to which the old folks pinned their faith and were never dis appointed. But another good recom mendation fo? it is, that it Is BETTER THAN PILLS, never gripes, never weak ens, but works in such an easy and natur.il way, just like naturi, itself, that relief comes quick and sure, and one 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. 1 For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhoea, Dysen tery, Nausea, Coughs, Cholera In fantum, Teething Chilar an, Cholera Morbus, Unnatural Dirains from tie Bowels, Fains, Griping, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion and all Dis eases of the Stomach and Bowels. PITT'S CARMINATIVE . ? Is the standard. It carries children over tic critical period of teething, and is recommended by physicians as 4 tie friend of Mothers, Adulta and5 Children. It is pleasant to the taste, a od never fails to give satisfaction. A few doses will demonstrate its su perlative virtues. Price, 25 cts. per ? bottle. Por salo by druggists. BEAR'S OIL. An Old Remedy Supplanted Patent Medicine:? Several letters have been written to The Sun recently inquiring about bear's oil Or bear's grease, at one time a standard household remedy in cases of aches, pains, or bruises of any klud. Nowadays, bear's oil, the ordinary ren dered fat of the bear, has been sup planted by the many patent liniments on the.market. Its use In cities Is almost obsolete, and apothecaries have f jr the past ten or twelve years ceased to carry it in stock, ns x ie cali for the article lias so diminished as to render Irs Immediate sale extremely doubtful, aud the genuine bear's oil or greaso soon Uecomes rancid, ia spite of aU ef forts 1:0 prevent it, owing to the large amount of albuminous matter lt con tains. The reputation of the article which fulfilled the purpose of both unguent and liniment, according to the temper ature at which it was used, was great among the Indians. The athletic members of the tribe, before partici pating in games, anointed themselves with the oil, rubbing it well into the joints and believed that It; rendered them more lithe and agile. The In dian wrestlers were especially devoted to Its use, and one of the chief ele ments of their training consisted in being well rubbed with the unctuous matter for a week or twoepreceding the match. It was also used to heal bruises and to reduce the inflamma tion caused by the bites and stings of Insects. The early settlers had as high an opinion of it as the Indians, and few were the bears killed by them from which the fat which lay directly be tween the flesh and the hide was not extracted. Nearly all the older mem bers of the present generation will re member the stubby rouud bottles upon which was printed the picture of a bear, and wmch were resorted to after little ficcidents. The increasing scarc ity of bears gradually forced the phar macists to substitute other matter for the real bear's oil, which became very expensive, and under the label of the bear many imitations of the genuine articles were sold. The United States Dispensatory, edition of 1864, makes note of this. It says: "Castor oil is much employed in the preparation of an article which, is ex tensively sold throughout the country for bear's oil. lt is composed of four fluid ounces of castor oil mixed with two fluid drahms of an aqueous solu tion of salts of tartar (carbonate of potassa), and scented with berga niot or other aromatic oil." Patent medicines also ingratiated themselves into the confidence of the public, and the call for bear's oil ia cities gradually fell off, until tho drug gists dropped the article in its crude . form altoge?ier. Several pomades and preparations for the hair are still sold. Even these, although they command a high price, are generally composed principally of other than the genuine bear's grease. Odds and Ends. Probably in London alone over 20, 000,000 matches are used every twenty four hours. In battle only one ball out of eighty five ti kes effect. Englishmen have Introduced football into the Lake Nyassa region, Africa. Montana raised aud sold something more than $7,000,000 worth of cattle last year. In China ordinary day board can'be had for a Chinaman for about 4 cents. Several G. A. R. posts have declared against smoking at their camp fires. Gold is reported to have been found near Ducktown, Polk county, Tenn. Indian oak, one of the hardest of woods, will sink in water. Gun springs are now tempered by electricity in France. Tho process is rapid and satisfactory. Most Europeans nations average for the male 5 feet G inches in height; but the Austrians, Spaniards and Portu guese fall short of this standard.