Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tra th's Fables Up M Date, Two malea were di: cu-sing ethical questions in a barber shop, whilo wait ing to be shaved. Ono of thom was a gty and frolicsome creature, who ca ve ried about town at night and other wise enjoyed himself. The other was ft iiolemn ass, who looked up^n life as ft very serious matter indeed. "I intend to lead a life of virtue and probity," said the soloma one. "I muy never accumulate property, but I oaa at least leave an honorable name for my children-a name which they will reveronco and point to with pride, as the oandidate says.'.' ? "But suppose you die childless?" in terposed the other. "What of that?" said the first. "Will not my honored name be just as saorod to and cherished by my grandchildren?" Mored-Loam to shave yourself and thus avoid barber shops. The Commissary Department Of the human system ls the stomach. In consequence of it* activity, the body ls sup plied with the elements of bone, brain, uer vous and muscular tissue. When Indigestion impedes its functions, the best agent for im parting a healthful Impetus to its operations la Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, also a curative for malaria, bilious and kidney complaints, nervousness and constipation. Whiskey generally preaches its own tem perance lecture. Mer? rUneaacia are produced by using- brown ?oap than by anything else. Why run such ter rible risks when you know that Dobbins' Floating Borax Soop is absolutely pure? Tour grocer has K or win get it for you. In red wrapper* only. The British postofflce makes fu'ly $20,000 by unclaimed money orders each year. Mn. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain.cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. We have not been without Piso's Cure for Consumption for 20 years.-Lan FERREL, Camp St., Harrisburg, Pa., May 4, 'S*. That Extreme tired feeling afflicts nearly every* tody at this season. The bustlers cease to puah, the tireless grow weary, the euer? tretio become enervated. You know just what wo mean. Borne men and women endeavor temporarily to overe?me that Tired Peeling by great foros ot wllL But this Is unsafe, as lt pulls powerfully upon the nervous system, which will not long stand ?ooh strain. Too many people "work on their nerves," and the result is seen In un fortunate wrecks marked "nervous pros tration,*' fa every direction. That tired Feel tog ts a positive proof ot thin, weak, Im puro blood} for it the blood ls rlob, red, vitalized and vigorous, it Imparts life and energy to every nerve, organ and uvsuo of the body. The necessity ol taking Hood's Sarsaparilla for that tired feeling ls, there fore, apparent to everyone, and the good it jwlll do you is equally beyond question. Bemomber that Sarsaparilla lithe One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. SI Tnpartw only by C. L .Hood ft Co* lowell, Mass. 'fi Dllfe are easy to toke, easy io 5 rlllS operate. S3 cents. Old Veterans to Meet. * The sixth annual reunion of Confed erate Veterans, to be held at Kich mond, Va., in June, promises to wit ness one of the largest assemblies of old soldiers in years. The arrange ments Xor tiie reunion haye been com pleted and indications as to tho num ber of veterans who will be present is very encouraging. The corner stone of the mausoleum which is to be erected to the memory of Jefferson Davis will be laid on that occasion and it will also be decided at the same time where will be located the south's battle abbey. Ciroular letters have been sent out from head quarters of the Army of Tennessee de partment and all ex-Confederate vet erans of the south have been notified. In Sunday-School. The Teacher-What are the two things necessary to baptism? Small Girl-Please, sir, water and a baby.-Life. BACKACHE. A Very Significant Indication of Organic Derangement. The back, " the mainspring of wo man's organism," quickly calls atten tion to trouble by aching. It tells with other symptoms, such as nervous ness, head ache, pains in loins, and weight in low er part of body.blues and "all grono "feel-/ lng, that nature requires assist ance, and at once. Lydia E. Pink ham's Vege table Compound for twenty years has been the one and only effective remedy in such cases. It speedily removes the cause and effectually restores the organs to a healthy and normal condi tion. Mrs. Pinkham cheerfully answers all letters from ailing women who require tfdvice, without charge. Thou sands of cases like this are recorded. " I have taken one-half dozen bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, and it has relieved me from all pam. I cannot tell yon the agony I endured for years ; pains in my back (Oh, the backache was dreadful !) and bearing-down pains in the abdomen extending down into my limbs ; head ache and nausea, and very painful menstruations. I had grown very thin, ft mere shadow of my former self. Now I am without a single pain and am gaining in flesh rapidly. "-MATTES Gur.55,1561 Dudley Sr, Cincinnati, FOH AB Old Postage SLID. Fl Will pay from Mo. to 9100 for stamps fuutd by different Southern olties dorina the War. WlS buy any old itamw Issued before 1870, alto oom?, relioi. Promhrn Hat for stamp, J. R SMITfl, 14 & State St, Cufcago, 111. y A quarter spent in HIRES Raotbeer does you dollar/ worth of good* . T ?i tal/ tt 7h* Ckarki I. filrt* Ctn fUadtltallr bitted Me*?MO?*) ffftrtrftatr* A PONGEE H {.^fm* ARGAINS, eh?" said ***tfc?' Mrs. Pilkington. .^o/j?ooo "Guess I'll a look at ''.jwZ^y Of all things, Mrs. f iojrj jB Pilkington was least ^JNK B ablo to resist a bar Tho old Pilkington farm house at homo was crammed full of "bargains," possible and impossible. The burean drawers overflowed with "bargains," wbioh were of no neo to anyone ; tho trunks were packed full of "bar gains." And here, on the crowded curb stones of Grand street, tho swinging pasteboard sign of "Great Bargains Within I" attracted her attention, hur riod though she was with tho manifold errands which yet remained incom plete. Sho had a lot of damaged table linen under ber arm, and some oheap hosiery in her bag, and a dozen tow els with misprinted borders in hor pocket, and here she was crowding into tho Grand street store to buy a blue spotted pongeo neckerchief for eighteen cents ! "It'll do for Sara Janetta to wa'ar around her neck of a cool ovonin'," said Mrs. Pilkington, "and eighteen cents is really very cheap for roal pon gee." Mrs. Pilkington lived in a little brown roofed farm house on the Hous atonio Biver, and her main errand up to town had been to buy a "atoro car pet" for her bodroom floor, and to ex change an old sowing machine for something of a newer order. Her cousin, Mrs. Unico Babb'tt, who had spent the summer months at the farm, and made tho most possible trouble for tho least possible pay, had also engaged to hunt her up a "help" from tho nearest intelligence office, and have tho same on hand when the "five-four train" left the Grand Cen tral Depot that afternoon ! And sure enough, when the lady from tho country arrived, rod and panting, at the depot, with disheveled hair, bent bonnet and shawl dragged all awry* a modeat young girl stood at tho door with a card bearing tho name of "Mrs. Bruce Babbitt" in her hand. "Is it Mrs. Pilkington?" eaid she. "You ain't the now sowing machine, be you?" said Mrs. Pilkington, rub bing her no io with a puzzled air. "Nor yet tho eighteen yards of carpet from Stonoybridge and Bounce's?" "I am Phcabe," said tho young wo man-"Phoebe, 'at nine dollars a month, if I am lucky enough to suit you, ma'am?" She waa o pretty, blue eyed lass, with a fresh complexion, and a neat gown of green aad white seer-sucker, and she wore o bonnet "of her own trimming, with fl cluster oi buttercups on the side. Mrs. Pilkington looked ciubiously at her. Sho had prepared herself to ex pect a stout, 'red-handed drudge. It did not seem possible that this delicate little apple blossom of a girl, oould bo a ecrvant-of-all-work. But there, sure enough, wore her credentials, and the bel), even then, was clanging for tho closing of tho gates. "Come on ?"said Mrs. Pilkington? j and sho rushed through, dragging Phobo after her. 4 'It's strange, though, that the carpet and the sewing ma chino ain't here." "Did you expect carpet and a sew ing machine, ma'am?" Phobo asked respectfully. "1 bought 'em and paid for 'om," said -Mrs. Pilkington impressively, "and 1 don't see why they ain't here." "Perhaps they will be sent by ex press," suggested Phoebe. "1 declare to goodness, I never thought of that!" said Mrs. Pilking ton. And she skurried through the crowd ed car to find a seat. It was the dusk of a chilly May evening when they roached Black bird's Hollow, and alighted in the midst of dense pineo and sighing tam aracks. "If Pilkington hain't remembered to como and meet us I shall be mad I" said Mrs. Pilkington, stretching her neck forward the better to survey the glimmering curves ol the road. "And Pilkington is always forgetting ! My goodness, gracious me, what's that?" as Phoebe stooped to reoover some thing which sho had inadvertently let fall. "My handkerchief, ma'am." Mrs. Pilkington made a grasp at it. "Your handkerchief ?" she screamed. "Mine, you mean-minx ! thief ! good for-nothing !-my pongee handker chief, that you have stolon right ont of my bag! Well, I never I" She shook Phobo vehemently. Phobo began to cry in mingled ter ror and resentment, and just then up drove the farm wagon ut a gallop. "Hello, mother 1" ?aid Ezra Pilking ton's cheerful voice, "i'm afraid I've kept you waiting a bit, but the linch pin carno out of the wheel ind I had to stop at Tony DcuphiU's .to got it fixed. Now, then!" Ho drove the stout pony close to the raised platform which extended away from the station. Mrs. Pilkington pushed Phobo into tho back seat and . followed her with lightning ha3te. "Not that way !" she cried, grasping at tho reins, as Ezra would have head ed for tho highroad. "Drive straight to Squire Pulteney's. Ti is gal's a thief! I'm going to have beT; arrested before she is a day older !" "Eh!" said Ezira, staring from his mother to Phoebe, and then back again. "She's 6tolo/ my sported pongee handkerchief-my haudkeroluaf that I bought at a bargain on Grand street thia very morning!" ehwek.id Mrs. Pilkington, "ItWit's wy handkerchief," fait ered poor Phoebe, feeling as it she were m % terrihlo night-oaro from which there was no awakeiWog, "A likely, otnry I" olamoted the en raged housewife, "I've alvrays heard of the wiles sad trioki of these city ttioK??, bu; 1 serer reaJfvd St until aov, Drive on, ??zrft-drivo quick I She shall bd lodged ia the comity jail ?his very night t" "Are you sure you ain't mistaken, motlier ?" said kind Bira, eempasiioa? [ANDKBRCHIEF. atiog the look of pallid misery in thc yonng girl's face. ?Mistaken, indeed!" sniffed the old lady. "Drive on, I say ! Don't lose any moro time, or Squire Pulteney will have gone home for tho night." Sho herself took possession of the reins add sho spoke and chirruped to tho horses. "Eut, mother-" pleaded Ezra.. Even as ho spoko, however, poor Phoebe, 'driven wild by vague terror and au instinctive desire to escape, had flung herself from the wagon to tho ground. "Stop-for heaven's sake, mother, stop !" shouted Ezra. "Don't you see that her dreas is caught in the wheels ?" The little horse stopped. Ho ah ways stopped, on general principles, whenever a suitable opportunity pre* sented itself, and ?the very slightest "Whoa!" would invrriably bring him to a dead standstill. Ezra spring from the wagon to dis entangle the holpless figure in the dust, and Mrs. Pilkington scrambled after with a vague idea that Phoebe might yet get up and try to run away. As she jumped down her satchel fell prone into tbe road, and bursting open the overstrained latcb, disgorged its contents on tho dewy grass of the roadside, first and foremost among which was-a spotted pongee hand kerchief. "Good Land o'Moses!" piously in terjected Mrs. Pilkington, "if there ain't the dratted old pongee handker chief, arter all !" And she stared helplessly, first at its prim and undisturbed folds, and then at Phobe's handkerchief-exactly tho same in color, pattern and fabric. "3he ain't a thief, arter all I" said Mrs. Pilkington, her wbolo nature overflooded by tho rising tido of re morse. "Poor child! and I'm af ear d she's hurt a try in' to run away from nothing at all." Phobe's ankle was slightly sprained, that was all, and by this time she was able to smile and answer kindly Mrs. Pil king ton's numerous questions and condolences. "Can I ride home? Oh, of course I can !" said she, in reply to Ezra's in terrogations. "My ankle is only the least bit lame. " Old Father Pilkington was anxious ly looking out for them, when, con siderably later than he had expected, tho wag an drove up and Mrs. Pilking ton made haste to explain everything to,him. "And ain't it queer," said she, "that me and Phoebe should both hov bought pongee hankerohiefs just alike ou Grand street? If ever there was bargainii, they bo! Half a yard scour, real China* goods, with a hem _> "Fidcilcsfioks!" said old Mr. Pilk ington. "Is there's anything I hate, it's bargains !" Little Fhoabo Primrose stayed on at the farm. She liked the daisies and rod clover, tho sound of rnnuing brooks, tho smell of tho cow's breath And-Ezra Pilkington liked her. Charing Cross. In reading English history you will happen across numerous references to Charing Cross, but the chances are yon will wonder if the allusion is to a real ero; s ?rooted as a memorial or simply a oross roads. Charing Cross was formerly ono of the noted land marks o' Eritian, and its history is as follows: In November of the year 1291, "Good Queen Eleanor," as she was called by her loyal subjects, was called to join her husband, who was then making an expedition into Scot land. When Eleanor had gotten ae far on h<;r way as Grantham she sick ened and died. The remains must, of course, be buried at Westminster, and the funeral cortege started in that di rection. During the time this royal funeral procession was slowly winding its weary way toward the capital thou sands of people docked to the wayside to get a glimpse of it. It was a great event in tho history of the rural dis tricts, and they did everything possi ble to make the solemn occasion a memorable one. Wherever tho pro cession halted for the night or for other cause tho people afterward set up a memorial. Ono of tho longest stops was made at Charing, and sub sequently a richly carvod memorial oross wa:? erected on tho site ot tho camp. This was the Charing Cross history. It stood until 1617. when the last vestige of it was destroyed during tho Civil Wars of Charles, tho vandals who destroyed the relic claim ing it to bo a monument of Popish su perstition. Charing Cross as soen to day was erected by tho Southern Rail way Company in the year 18GD.- St. Louis Republic Volcanic Bast. Volcanic dust is so light that it will float in tho air for a long time, and may often be carried to a distance that in tho light of our ordinary knowledge seems incredible. Passen gers on a ship nearly 900 miles from a volcano found dust that had been carried through the air by currents, and had settled on tho vessel in suffi cient quantity to bo easily gathered and examined. Mioroscopio investi gation fixed the substance as positive ly volcanic. It is somewhat in thc nature of glass or a vitrified substance very strongly resembling it. In Tex as, Nebraska and various part3 of tho West, thero are enormous deposits of volcanic dust. Just whore this carno from is a source of much speculation, I and scientists are trying to fix the lo cality whenco it proceeded. Of oourse, it is not imposcible that there may havo been voloanoes in somo portions of our land, but that the site of them is obscuiod by ordinary earth, vege table growth and other snbstanoes which hapo resolved themselves into the usual soil ot snob localities,-Pop ular Soienoe Nows. Ono of t?e Wonders of Holrylncr, Tho rapid manner in whian uer cai a modern churos convert cream into butter is one of tbe wonders of tho darywg age. Butter eau now bo made whilo tbo breakfast table is being laid, five or ai:; minutes bel?g all tho timu needed tc eburoi while In a few moro minutei> tbs butter can be made up and btoujiht to the tobie. pDGET OE FUN.7 HUMOROUS SKETCHES FBOM .VAB?OUS SOURCES. A Modern KaJteht-^n^cUed-Tho " '.Yonne Ide^Afioth?r Difference ,y \_- Quite jProper-The Prob? _ ~) Jem Solved, Etc., Etc. Just under th? window The knight stopped his wheel, ! And sang to his lady fat*. In notes sweet and tender Ho told ol his love The molody fllledtho air. His passion ho warbled, In words from his heart. And, ob, how bravely ho saug. Tint a rudo voiceshoutoJ, .'YOU'VH got the wrong houso," * And tbe window went down with abane. -New York Telegram. SPECIFIED. ?leatl o? Firm-"What time does that funeral you want to go to this af ternoon take place?" Clerk-"It is called at half-past three, sir."-Life. EVIDENTLY FAITHFUL POBTBAITS. "I think Noll's new photographs must look exactly liko her." "Why?" *'3ho hasn't shown them to a living coal"-Chicago Record. THE YOUNG IDEA. Teacher-"What is philosophy, John Henry?" John Henry-"Philosophy is taking the air out of a pump to see whether there's any in it or not."-Boxbury Gazette. fi PHKDIOUON. Mamma-"I wish Georgo woaldn't marry that girl, but I suppose he'll have his own way." Papa-"I suppose he will just now, but it won't happen again for some time/'-Truth. QUITE PBOPEB. <. Nurse-"Come, Kathie, it's bed time. 'Early to bed aud early to rise makes a maa healthy, wealthy, and wise,' you know." Ruthie-"Is that so? Well, I ro ?ase to bo mauoish. "-Pack. 1,1 EKE CASE OF SUBTBACTION. Aunt Dorothy-"How many com mandmeuts are there, Johnny?" Johnny (glibly)-"Ten." Aunt Dorothy-"And now, suppose you were to break one of them?" Johnny (tentatively)-"Theathere'd be nine."-Amusing Journal. . ,r " ""' AN OTHES DIFFERENCE. Watts-"I guess it is a fact that there is no difference between genius and insanity.''.,.-7 ..-?,.>* , Potts-''Ihero is somo, anyway. Man can't very well got oat of a mur der scrape oa the plea that ho isa genius."-Indianapolis Journal. A KINDLY PBOVLSION OF NATURE. "Tho codfish," said the professor, "lays coLsiderably moro than a mill ion eggs." "It is mighty lucky for the codQsh that she doesn't have to cookie over every egg," said tho student who oame lr om a farm.-Indianapolis Journal. SHE LOST NO TIME. "Miss Paukjs a mighty bright wo man." "What makes yon think sot" "It took me four yeara.to learn my business. " "Yes??' "Well, sho learned it in ten min utes." THE PROBLEM SOLVED. "I will dovote my life to you," said tho first suitor. "I will die for yon," said the sec ond. "Very well," said tho fair maid, "I'll marry the one who'll die forme first, and then when he dies 111 marry the other. I love you both equally. " -^Harper's Bazar. SHE WAS TOUCHED. ' "* Miss Newwomau-"I don't ask special privileges, Mr. Jones. What I do ask is that you, for instance, a man, should trent mo exactly as you would another man. Instead of talking amall-tulk and troating me like a thing to bo protected and all that, .as sume toward me the attitude you do to Jack Cashly. Treat me like a good fellow-" Mr. Jones (quickly)-"Why, cer tainly, old chap. Lend mo ten dol lars-will you?"-Harper's Bazar. Adjustable Foundations. A sky scraping structure is being erected in St. Paul, Minn., with an adjustable foundation standing on hydraulio jacks. This device has been adopted to overoomo snoh disturbances in equilibrium of tho building os aro liable to occur owing to the soft foun dation on whioh it stands. Forty seven steel uprights placed at regular intervals over au area of 6500 square feot support the entire weight of the building, under which the hydraulio jacks are being introduced, which will alter tho level of tho building at any time during its construction, or evon after the whole of tho material hos been placed in position. At the foot of each of these columns may be seen a support consisting of rolled steel sections, u.aited at an angle. Between this conical support and tho bate of each column aro inserted half a dozen steel plates. It is the removal nr in sertion of these plates whioh will alter tho height of tho building either low ering or raising it. The actual work of raising tho building will be done by tho hydraulic jacks. A Diminutive Republic. Eairt of Australia and north of Now Caledonia is tho Bopubho of Frnuces ville, an island with aa area of about eigbty-iivo mile?. Its iahabitants number 550, of whom forty are whites and 510 natives. It was ouco ? colony of France, but in 1S79 it was declared independent, and its people at onco adopted a Republican Constitution. It is governed by a President and a Coun cil of eight, elected by tho people Maok aud white, men and women, Only white male3 hold office. The President clectod recently is B. D. Polk, a nativo of. Tennessee, and a relative of James K. Polk, one of tho Presidents of our own Bepublio, Nut a Rad Idea, A gentleman unco asked a lawyer what ho would do provided he had loaned a maa $500, and tho mau had left the country without eendiug any acknowledgment, "Why, that's simple ; just write him to Guau an acknowledgment for tho $5000 you lout him, and he will doubtl?BB reply stating it was only 8500. That will suffice fot a receipt and you can proceed against him li uwecwary." I *f. WORJ)S OF WISDOM,' Wit, liko cutlery, needs whetting occasionally. Some people marry bad luck, and others inherit it. The man who never kicks is pretty sure to bo kicked. The best memory is the one that knows how to forget judiciously. No man likes to hear his wife talk of what she will do after he is dead. There is no more dangerous disease, than wanting to get rich in a hurry. When two discourse, if one's anger rise, the man who lets the contest fall ia wise. Tho trouble with cute children is they soon outgrow it and become im pudent. No mau ever criticises his wife's coking until they havo been married some time. A man gets so that an alarm olock has no more effect on him than his conscience. To convinco a fool against his will is on a par with arguing with a mule not to kick. A man's tendon cy to givo advice is in indirect ratio to his ability to mind own business. It is only the habitually silent man that can occasionally realize that he talks too much. Thousands of people would appre ciate sympathy and help who never ask for it and never get it. Somo people have moral sentimont who havo no moral sense. There is a distinction and difference. When girls pass the giggling age, they reach a period when they talk 'ariously about on "affinity." There is a good deal of satisfaction to be had from comparing other peo ple's faults with our own virtues. We'd be much moro thankful for the things we have if thcro were not so many other things that wo want. A Splendid Military Spectacle. Tho journal of Miss Mary Grace Thornton, daughter of the British Ambassador, desoribing tho corona tion of the late Czar of Bussia, is printed in tho Century. Miss Thorn ton says : The programmo here announced representatives of the haute noblesse I didn't see them. I did eoe sixty foot mon, the Emperor's Arabs, and twen ty-five chassenrs on foot, all looking very muoh ont of place. Then began a long line of State carriages, contain ing various State dignitaries. These carriages bad each six white horse?, and were very well appointed. Indeed, thc number ?f fino horses, fino car riages, and fine things altogether, and tho sumptuousness of nil the arrange ments, wero very remarkable, as were the qnantities of troops collected in Moscow-an army in themselves. Then came a blaze. of color, tho first de tachment of the Chevaliers Gardes, in their whito uniform, with shining breastplates and helmet?, above which soared the imperial eagle, followed by tho Gardo a Cheval on their splendid black horses, their uniform ir jvcry point the same except that of color. To seo theBe troops sweep np toward tho Kremlin, tho light catching their shining silver and gold, and their red and yellow pennons Hutting in tho wind, was a magnificent sight. Two military men who were with us wero much impressed ; and though in mat ter of detail these men are nowhere near oura at home, yet they, thought it remarkable that such numbers should be turned out so well, and that the horses, for instance, far surpassed ours. Wonderful Career of a Great Trotter. Mr. Jonas Hawkins, " of Orange County, obtained from a strolling gypsy band a brown mare, 15.2, with four whito feet. He used Uer for a family nag and by Seely's American Star got a black filly, foaled in IS 18, which was named Clara. Tho filly be came tho property of his son, Jona than Hawkins, and she grew into a maro of ld.3. She had a ?tar, snip and three white feet, and was driven pretty hard on tho country roads by her young master. In 1857, by Bys dyk's Hambletonian, sho had tho paragon, Dexter. Tho brown gelding with blazo and four white feet was purchased by Mr. George B. Alley for $100, and he subsequently became the property of Mr. A. F. Fawcett. Dex ter, under tho tutorship of Hiram Woodruff, made his first publio ap pearance at Fashion Course, May 4, 1864. He met and defeated, during his short but brilliant turf career, 6uch horses as General Butler, Goorge M. Patchen, Jr., Lady Thorne and Goldsmith Maid, and ho probably was in tho enjoyment of moro world-wide fame than any hcrse foaled on Ameri can soil. Ho brought Budd Doblo into public notice, and tho sight of tho white-faced gelding coming with tremendous farco down the home stretch inspired the loftiest dreams. The peoplo swung their hats and shouted, "Hurrah for Dexter ! Long live tho horse of the century !"-Scrib ner's. Suicide of a Sparrow. "It was a simplo incident in it; way, but very interesting," remarned a well-known physician, "and attracted tho attention of hundreds of peoplo during tho day. What I refer to was tho suicido or accidental hauging of a sparrow on Sunday last, in a bunch of string that still hangs from the c?mico of a houso on Third street northwest, just abovo B street. My attention was attracted by tho unusual amount of chattering of a number of sparrows who seemed to bo much excited by tho occurrence. Tho birds held a kind of a council on tho matter, and then di vided themselves into relief parties and went to work in great earnest in their unsuccessful efforts to chew off tho strands of tho striog that held the unfortunate bird tightly around tho neck. At times during the day tbero were as many as fifty persons gathered watching tho efforts of tho birds. All kinds of sympathy was expressed, but no relief con?d bo extended. Shortly after noon it was apparent that tho sparrow was dead, but still tho efforts of tho birds were kopt up until nearly sundown."-Washington Star. Tenacity of Life in Insects. J. C. Warburg writes to tho Ento mologist: "When I was still new to collecting in South France, I discovered ono day, to my great joy, a large fe male of Saturnia pyri hidden away in como blithe?. Tho speoimen was the first 1 had ever caught; andi dooided, on account uf ita targe body, to stuff it (a quite unnecessary operation ; I havo kept dozens si ooo unstuffod), Tho moth was first apparently killed by being forced into a cyanide bottle, wbcro it was left about an hour. Thn Abdomen waa then emptied and the envlty filled with cottonwool soaked, in a ffttnratod solution ol mercurio oelorldc. The inaaot, pinuod and bet, was discovered next day attempting to fly ftwuy from the Mittag board," . tifo, A warmth, Q glow, a light; Smoldering embers, night, A sood, a bad, a bloom; A pod, a shell, a tomb. A spring, a summer, fall; A frost, a scow, u pall. A aulvor, c motion, breath ; A song, u sigh, thon death. -Slgol Bousb, in New York SUD. To the Lily-Purity's Emblem. Sweet Lily, Parity In theo shines forth; No snows of North Thy whiteness match; No sun rays catch EiTalgonco equals co thine own; Modestly bending In whate'or dire ;tion blown, Charmh^Ij blending Royal stateliness with yioldlng grac-o, Thou of ull flowers art Queen, I ween, Thou of tbe spotless face. -C. C. Marrin, in Now York Suburban WcoJtly Time's Tyranny. 0, whon roy love is far away, Why dost thou linger, leaden footed? Why dost thou torture mo, 0 Time, By halting hero as tho' thou'rt rooted To this one spot? I'd swear I've watched A whole ugo thro', while thou didst linger, E'er pointing to tho self-same hour With cold, outstretched, unfriondlyflngor! But when my lovo is hore, O Timo, When every breath bus heaven la it, 0, then thou lt span a whole hour's spacn While wo have counted scarce a minuit! Thus, thus thou wagest war 'gaiDSt Joy, And must so lon? as man may lot theo; 7ot, till he hath forgot to love. O Timo, pray how can man forget thee? -Mary Norton Bradford, in Boston Globe. When the Singer ls Dead, Bright ls the ring of words When the right mau rings them, Fair tho fall of songs When tho singer sings thom. Still they are carolled and said On wings they are carried- * After the singer ls dead And tho maker buried. Low as rho dinger lies In tho fluid of heather, Buugs of his fashion brin j Tho swains together. And whon the west is red With the funstit ember?, Tiie lover lingers and sings And tho maid remembers. -R. L. Stovonson. God's Mirado of May*. There came a message to tho vine, A whisper to thc treo, Tho blue-bird saw tho secret sign And merrily sung hot And like a silver string the brook Tremble'. ,. ith music sweet Enchanting notes in evory nool: For echo to repoat. i magic touch transformed the Holds, Greener ouch hour thoy grew. Until they shone Uko burnished shields All jowolod o'er with dew. Scattered upou tho forest floor A million bits of bloom Breathed fragrance forth* thro' morning's door Into tho day's bright room. Then bud by bud tho vino confessoU Tho secret it had heard, Aud in tho leaves the azure-breast Sang tho delightful word: Glad flowers upsprang amid tho grass And flung their banners gay, And suddenly it came to pass God's mirado of May! -F. D. Sharman, la Ladies' Home Journal. On tho Diamond. The crook of tho bat and the whizz of the baU, / ' And tho umpire's foghorn shout Will now be heard, and on every hand Good men will bo striking out. Tho pitcher will tio himself into a knot, With a fiendish twist on his fuce, And tho ball will como in, with a corkscrew, ourve. And a butter will fall from grace. Tho catcher will stand in his armor of pads, With a bustle strapped over his phiz, And when a foul pops up over his hoad Ho will struggle to soo whoro it is. The coachers will hug up ns close as they dnro To tho bnso lines, and cheer up tho mea With hoarso cries of "Go lt, Tim!" "Slido. Kelly, slide!" And "Now you're off! Como back again! ' Way out at right Hold, with tho sun in bia eyes. A player will put up his hand; "f" Tho ball will como sailing along through tho sky He'll muff it-then hear the grnnd stund! While Murphy at short-blost child of the' gods! As a screaming hot liner spins by, Will put out his hand, and by mere lucky chance, Will gather lt in on tho fly! Thon, oh! what a howl from tho bleachers will rise! And Murphy will tako off hts hat, As if 'twere tho commonest everyday thing To capture balls hot from tho bat. Yes, tho craok of tho bat, and tho swish of the ball, And the umpire's foghorn cry Will now be hoard. And ibo championship? ?.Well, wo'll talk about that by and by. -Somerville (Moss.) Journal. Fighting tho Squirrel Pest. "It seems strange that squiirelt should be so plentiful as to be a pest in any settled country," said E. B. Breed, of Spokane, Washington, at tho National, "but such is the case in the northeastern part ot the State of Wash ington. They ruin vegetation, and farmers can Und no way to get rid of them. A favorite plan is for the owner of a ranch to have a squirrel shooting match. Sportsmen's clubs from Spo kane, Tacoma, Seattlo and elsewhere are invited to a squirrel hunt. The ranchman entertains them loyally, and prizes are given for tho most squir rels, while tho club having the smallest ] number pays all of the expense;; of tho trip. Bivalry runs high, and the clubs send their very best men to competo for the prizes, lt is not at all uncom mon for tho loaders to have i-overal hundred to their credit'at tho cud of a six days' match, and a thousand a day, where several clubs compete, is by no moans a big record. Yet, not withstanding this wholesale elaughter, there does not seem to be any percep tible diminution in their numbers." Washington Star. Beal Fire is Invisible. No oye, says a scientific writer, has ever seen roal fire. Tho flame is leap ing in strange, fantastic form, fifteen or twenty indies upward from the'eoal and with it is a good deal of black, sooty smoke. The sooty smoke and the flames aro one and tho same, with only a difference of temperature. The soot whioh forms the flame is red bot. Every particle of tho flame is a red hot coal or a particle of carbon. The real fire we do not see. Tho instant that the carbon atoms become really barned, eaton up by the oxygen ol combustion, they are invisible. In burning three pounds of carbon, tho heated state of whioh Rives as flame, the Are work ia done by eight pounds of oxygen. Tho oxygen we do not sec. Tho carbon wo only see just before it ia burned ; and the result uf the barning is eleven poonda of tba compound of oxygen and carbon which ii invisible* Feathered Weather Prophet?. Birds and fowls oiling their fea thers indicates rain. When birds ocaso to si.-g rain and thunder will probably oooar. Birds flying in groups daring rain Dr wind indicates hail Blackbirds bring healthy weather. Blookbirds' notes are very shrill in idvanoe of rain. A solitary turkey buzzard at a great altitude indicates rain. If the rooster crows more than usual, jr earlier, expect rain. Boosters aro said to clap their wings in an unusual manner before rain, and hens to iuu in dust and seem very un easy. If the crows make much noise and fly round and round, expect rain. Ono crow flying alone is a sign of foul weater, but if crows fly in pairs Dxpect fine weather. Cnckos hallooing on low lands indi cate rain; on high lands, fair weather. Whon fowls roost iu daytime, expeot rain. When the hen crows, expect a storm within and without. When you seo geese in water wash ing themselves, expect rain. Geese wash and sparrows fly in flocks before rain. When quails are heard in the even ing, fair weather is indicated for next day. When mon-of-war hawks fly high, it is a sign of a clear sky ; when they fly low, prepare for a blow.-Transcript. He Felt for Them. First Convict-They say us fellers is hard hearted and cruel, but I allus had a great deal of feeling for my fol low-men. Socond Conviot-What waa your line beforo they nabbed you? First Convict-I was a pickpocket, cully !-Detroit Freo Press. ??Ho Was After the Fish." Mr. Wag-"You Charles, dont you know that you will catoh cold sitting lhere on that damp ground?" Charles, (who is fishing) -"Nope, my hook ain't baited fer thet." The Blue ant Both men and women blue, when tho gray hairs a very natural feeling. IE of things gray hairs belc They have no business v man or woman, who h down tho slopo of lifo, tho hair turn3 cray roz life's seasons ; somotim sickness, but moro oftei When tho hair fados or need to resort to hair dy of tho hair is restor ed anc Ayer's Ha Ayer's Curebook, "a ?tory o? loo pages, free. J. C. Ayi "Contains More ing Matter Tha That is what an ei says of good coo made by Walter B Dorchester, Mass., See that Imitations are i When the girl comes to be a woman ook out. It she starts ont in vigorous, vomanly health then it is pretty safe to lay she will be a healthy, attractive, beautiful woman. The beginning of womanhood is the real crisis in a woman's life. Nearly llways something is wrong then in the listinctly feminine organs. Maybe it isn't very serious-no matter-the time :o stop disease is when it starts. McELREE'S WINEOFCARDUI will bring girls safely through the crisis. Taken at the first indication of weak ness, it never fails. It regulates the monthly periods with perfect precision. Its action is direct upon the feminine organs that above all others, ought to bc strong and well. ?Start the girl right. Don't expose her to thc dangers and tortures of dragging weakness, bearing down pains, nervous prostration and the debilitating drains so common it> women. McElrce's Wino of Cardui, is a home treatment. It does away entirely with abhorrent "local examinations." Sc'.d at S 1.00 a Bottle by Dealnrt In Medicino. "Blight costs cotton planters more than five million dollars an nually. This is an enormous waste, and can be prevented. Practical experiments at Ala bama Experiment Station show conclusively that the use of "Kainit" will prevent that dreaded plant disease, Our pamphlet! ir? not ndwtliln? circular? boom? Inf spacial lertllinn, but ar? practical wodli, contain. lng th? multi of latest enetinioM la Mi lint. Erny eottoa temi* should bare . copy, Tnt)' art KOI if? fur Ibo ftlftl?g, GERMAN KALI WORKS, gj Narnu St., lu? York. Af&ll I Afl Morphia* Habit Ciir?4 III 1* OPIUM Klf?fttK!^ The Cow Pen. Tho cow pea is gradually being ashed farther north, and we believe y next season there will be few com moiti?s in the whole country where ;s usefulness will not ho demonstrated, [ay is a good mooth io which to spw ; for soiling purposes, giving you the sa of the crop for eight or nine weeks, od leaving a large mat of roots in ie ground wheo frost comes. If none f your neighbors have yet grown the ow pea, it would hardly be wise for on to spend a great deal of mooey ad time oa the crop this year, bat it iii pay you big to experimeut io a nail way with the cow pea OD your wo farm. If you eau grow it, you ave one of tho most valuable crops in io world.-Exchaoge. What He Wanted. She-Take care, Alfred ! That ?SD'? he remedy for seasickoess. Dou'fc OD. seo the bottle is marked poison ? Ho-That's the ooo I waut.-Truth. When Kalara Jeo?s ns.Vat.mro it may bo best to reader lt Tomptly, but ono shoaU remember to ai? voa the most perfect remo Hos only whea ceded. Tho bo3t and most simple and sentie emedy is the Syrup of Fi?s, manufactured hf he California Fis Syrup Company. With the real Christian nil conditions tba ould hinder Lim are altogether out of the ucstion. _ From a Prominent ( rr^ man, LAKELAKD, FLA. "I WM affltoted with eczema, or some kin red (-kin disease, for more than twenty ) care, nd in addition to prescriptions from a jrro.it laity prominent physicians I had used t v. ry liing 1 knew of. recommended a? cures for kin diseases without tho tligblest '.encflt. everal month? ago one box o' TETTKRIXE W.IB i ven me, and by its use I hare been t ared, h rec months hi. ve passed, and no Mern o: its eturn. I shall ever remember tho makers of a s valuable remedy wfth gratitude." REV. A. C. TDKKEO. 1 IMX by mail for 50e. in stamp?. J. T. SntTFTRiNB, Savannah, Ga. We will give $100 rewan! for any eaio Of cv. arrh that cannot be cured with Hall's Catarrh Juro. Taken internally. F. J. CHEEKY ?fe Co.. Props.. Toledo, O. FITS ?topped free by Du. Kr.it?B's Wac AI ?EKVE It Ksroit p'rt. So tits aft i? . tiru day's nie. Tarvelnns enres. Treatise and $2.00 trial bol le free. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch St.. Ph Ila.. Pa. f n.Hloted with .?oreeye-use Dr. IsaacTliomp nn'sF.ve-WROT.DnifrL'lKtssoll nt.2Sc nerbottle. 1 the Gray. aro apt to feel a .ttle i begin to show. It's i tho normal condition rap; to advanced ago. whitening the hoad of as not begun to go A3 a matter of fact, ardless of ago, or of cs it io whitened by a from lack of caro, turns gray there's no BS. The normal color I retained by the uso of ir Vigor. cures told by the cured." ir Co., Lowell. Mass. Flesh Form in Bed." ninent physician oa. The Cocoa iaker & Co., Ltd., is the best. iot palmed off on you. August 8,1893. In an interview with Ur. Chas, E. Johnson, man ager gents' furnishing goods de partment, "The Fair," Sovtmth and Fran kihi avenues, St. Louis, he enid: "Sevoml yoars,ago I was troubled wilh on aggravnto.1 caso ot I)/sp jpsi a, and of course tb o first lb lng I di-! was consult a physician, As I bod always enjoyed the best of health I was worried a good deal over this, my first il lness-that is, the flr.it I could remember sin co the nllments common to childhood-and my only desire was to got well ns speedily os I coulJ. I took regu larly oil ibo medidnos ns my doctor prescribed thom. I must say tbat In a short limo I felt all rigbr, tbougbt I was cured, and stopped taking thc modlclno. Hut lt wasn't long before I was feeling as badly as over, and again I had recourse to tho doctor. Th? kopt up for soino time, until at last I mado up my mind I would quit doctoring and (ry . some of tho remedies I siw adver tised from dav to day. Well, this was worse than ever, and ia most cases I didn't oven got temporary relief. So I didn't kuow wbnt lo do, und modo up my mind that I would have to pass tho remainder ot my days in suffering. Well, to cut a long story short, I had read so much ot Blpans Tabales that I concluded I would givo thom a good trial. It said, 'ono would give relief,' and I thought if ono could glvo relief a whole lot might cure mo. I pur chased two boxea from a druggist for one dollar, and when I had fin ished thom I was feeling botter than - I bad for years, I continued to use; them, and to-day bol leve lama well man. Once in a great while I do] navo a slight touch of the old malady, but a few of the Tabules Axes that all right. I generally keep a box in my house." Hipans Tabulos aro sold by druggists, or by nail it the prico (60 cents a box) t* ?ont to The tipans Ctiomlcal Companv, No. 10 Sprucest., lew York. Sample vial, IO cents. Planter s CUBAN OIL *" For yoursolf and your Stock. Good for man and beast. Finest Nerve "?and Bone Liniment made. Cure? resli euts, wound", bruises, eores, rheumatism nd pains of all kinds. Sold by al? medicine eaters Price. 25and 50 cents. GetGUtMW tellef for summer complaint. Manu fae uredoniybytbeNevyspeneorMadlolnff }0.i CHATTANOOGA, TENN. and WHISKY habits enrtd, Book teal ian. a?, E. M. woouiY. ?TURA, CA? OPIUM N. D.T*enty.twa, 'ft