Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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In 1736 over 2,000 houses were burned in Si. Petersburg. In 1212 tho central districts of Lon don were totally destroyed by fire. In 1862 the prosperous oity of Troy, N. Y., was almost blotted ont hy fire. In the year 1700 over one-half oi e oity of Edinburg was destroyed by re. In 1877 St. John, N. B., suffered from a fire which destroyed $12,500, 000 worth of property. In 1865 there was a fire in Constan tinople which destroyed 2,800 build -inge, shops and basara, In 1866 a gre&t fire occurred in Quo bec, in which 2,500 dwellings and sev enteen ohurohes were destroyed. In 1868 the town of Christiana was almost destroyed, property exceeding $1,000,000 in value being blotted ovt In 1877 occurred the great riots and fires in Pittsburg, in which over $3, 000,000 worth of property was de stroyed. In 1873 Yeddo, Japan, suffered from a fire which destroyed 10,000 houses and left over 1,000,000 persons home In 1889 occurred the "great fire" at Seattle, in Washington, in whioh prop erty to the value of $20,000,000 was destroyed. In 1805 St Thomas was devastated by fire, government and other prop erty to the value of $30,000,000 being destroyed. ^ In A. D. 70 the greater part of Jem ' salem, including the temple,waa burn ed, when the oity was stormed and taken by Titus. In 1837 St, John was almost de stroyed by fire. The estimated value of the burned houses and their con tents was $5,000,000. In 1820 the business portion of Sa vannah was blotted out by a great fire, whioh destroyed property to the value of $4,000,000. Albany, N. Y., was visited by a fire in 1848. Six hundred houses wero de stroyed, their value being estimated at $3,000,000. Thirty-five persons were burned to death in a $7,500,000 fire in 1845. In :.S65, Carlstadt, in Sweden, was destroyed by fire, and it was noted as a singular circumstance that all the buildings in the town were consumed except the bishop's palace, the oity hospital and the jail. In 1848 a great fire raged in Con stantinople along the ?hores of the Golden Horn. It is said that on this occasion 2,500 dwellings, shops and buzara were destroyed, their value be ing estimated at $15,000,000. The Size of the San? The sun, provided we measure only the disk seen with the smoked glass, is eight hundred and sixty thousand miles in diameter, i. e., one hundred and eight earths could be comfortably ranged side by side across the disk. To coyer the surface would require many thousands. To fill the interior we wouldn ed 1,300,000. On a smaller scale, we might represent the sun by a ball two feet in diameter and the earth by a good-sized grain of shot. Let the sun be hollowed out, then plaoe .he earth in its center, and let the moon revolve about it at its real distance of 240,000 miles. There wonld yet remain nearly 200,000 miles of space between the moon's orbit and theinolosing shell of the sun. Indeed, to journey from ono side of the sun to the other, through the center, wonld take one of our swift express trains nearly two year? and a half. So vast a globe must be heavy. Since its den? ty is only one quarter tbat of the earth, it only weighs as mnch as 332, 000 earths, or two octillions of tons ! The attraction of gravity on its ear face wonld cause a man whoso weight was 150 pounds to weigh two tons. Ladies' Home Journal. Merchantable, "Unless I have food, shrieked the poet, "I shall go mad, and then, me thinks,' they will buv my lines. Ha I hal" However, thero was comparatively little of mirth in his laughter-Detroit Tribune. Capable of Disturbance. Office Boy-There is a man outside who wishes to soe you. Business man-Didn't I give orders that I was not to be disturbed? Office Boy-Yes, sir ; but this is a very mild-looking man. I don't think he wonld or?ate a disturbanoe. -Truth. ? Binkiug Fand Of vital energy is easily ?nd pleasantly re plentskable. Hostetter's Stomach Bitten ts anlnvigorant without a peer, and will speedily infuse fresh stamina into an enfeebled phy sique. Besides this, lt averts and. xemedies malaria, and subdues bilious, kidney, dyspep tic and rheumatic ailments. The nervous de rive great benefit from its use. There will always be more or less political dissatisfaction until there are offices enough to so around. Buy H. 00 wort h Dobbins Floating-Boxes Soap cf your grocer, send wrappers to Dobbins 8o?p liff Co., Philadelphia, Pa. They will send yon irse of charra, postaga paid, a Worcester Pocket Dic tionary, 288 paras, bound in cloth, profusely Q instratad Offer rood until August 1st only. The situation that makes a woman sit down and cry, makes a man enss a blue streak. HM Dose Wonders. CENTREVILLE, B. L, Sept. 17, 1891. "On a recent journey to Alabama I have heard from ? Jesuit Father of Mobile College fcoroe wonderful cores from eczema, etc., from the use of TETTERINE. "I have several people of my congregation that ere suffering from eczema, tetter, etc., for a number of years. Please send me two boxes by mall. I want to see what your Trr TBRINE will do for them. I ocelote one dol lar." Yours respectfully, Rav. C. P. GABOUBY. 1 box by mail tor 50c. in stamps. J. T. SHUPZBIMX. Savannah. Ga? J. 8. Parker, Frodonla, N. Y., says: .Shall not call on you for the $103 reward, for I be lieve Hall's Catarrh Oura will cure any ca?of catarrh. Was very bad.*' Write him tor par ticulars Sold by Druggists, 75c. FlTSftoppod free by Da. KLINE'S GREAT NaavR RESTORER, SO fits after flretday's nie. Marvelous cares. Treatise and $3.00 trial bot tle free. Dr. Kline. 981 Arch St.. Ph tia.. Pa, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflam m v lion.allays pain.cures wind colic. 25c a bottle PIso's Cure for Consumption is an A No .1 jUthma medicine.-W. R. WILLIAMS. An tioch, Tis., April ll. 1?M. derful, exclaimed a druggist, how the people stick to Hood's Sarsaparilla. They all want Hood's Sarsaparilla !Tae Ono True Blood Purifier. AU druggists. H. Hood'il Pilla cure all Liver Ult. 96 cents, druggists. CP N S U M P T ION A SHERIFF'S ANIEL BHODES waa the High Sheriff of -- County, Massa chusetts, and his good name, inherited from the father and cherished by tho son, made him not only popular an an officer, but rather wealthy as a man. Why Mr. Rhodes had never got married, the ladies oonld not ascertain? though they talked the matter over and over very often, bnt almost all said there must have been some cause in his youth. (Sir. Rhodes was thirty-five, at least), whioh was known only to himself, and per haps one otb jr. "Some disappointment," said Mies Anna, a young lady who thought it wrong that gentlemen should be dis appointed; "some fatal disappoint ment" "Not at all," said her maiden aunt, "not at all, nobody ever thought that Mr. Rhodes had courage enough to offer himself to a lady. He is so modest that I should like to seo him make a proposal." "No doubt of it, aunt, no doubt of it ; and to hear him, too," said Anna. "Tour father and I," said Anna's mother, "once thought that Mr. Rhodes would certainly marry Miss Susan Morgan, who then lived in the neighborhood." "Was he accepted by Miss Morgan?" asked Anna. "I don't believe she ever had an offer," said Aunt Arabella. "Perhaps not," said Mw. Wilton; "bat she certainly deserved one from Mr. Rhodes; and I have frequently thought that, daring services in church, he was about to make proposals before the congregation, as ho kept his eyes continually on her." "Do yoa think," asked Anna, "that Miss Morgan was as fend of him os he appeared to be of her?" "She certainly did not take the same means of showing her feelings," said Mrs. Wilton, "for ehe never looked at him in ohuroh, and seemed to blush when, by any mesas, she dis covered that others had noticed his gazing apon her." "I should think," said Anno, partly aside, "that a man like Mr. Rhodes would not look confidence to address a lady, especially if she was conscious of her own feelings, and of his infirm ity." Mrs. W. smiled, andi Aunt Arabella was about to say that no lady ehoald ever evince her feelings ander such circumstances, when Sirs. Wilton re marked, that once, when ehe had joked Miss Morgan apon her conquest, she rather pettishly replied, "that she may have subdued him, but he had never acknowledged her power." "Conquest and possession did not go together, then," said Auna. "Well, is this attachment the cause of Mr. Bhodes's single oouditiou? Was there no one else at whom he could look in church, who would be likely to look at him also?" said Anna, nodding toward her aaat." "No,'' said Aaat A, with a hearty smile; "none in the pew to whioh yon allude, I at least was too strongly impressed with the force of the tenth commandment, 'thoa shalt not covet thy neighbor's ox, nor his ass,' ever to be looking over Miss Morgan at Mr. Rhodes." One morning Mr. Rhodes was sit ting in his office, when one of the the deputies read off a list of executions and attachments, whioh he had ia hand to serve, aad among them was one against a lady at a short distance. The amount was not great, bat enough to bring distress apon a family. "L?t me take that," said the Sheriff, with tomo feeling; "it is out of your walk, aad I will drive to the residence of the person to-morrow morning." The modest vehicle of the officer stopped at the door of a neat dwelling house ia a retired, delightful situa tion, where all things told of taste and economy. The Sheriff opened the gate, ascended the steps of the house, and asked if Miss Morgan was at home. Tin servant answered in the affirm ative. As Mr. Bhodes passed along tho hall, he thought over the part ho had to perform-how he should introduce the subject-how, if the debt should prove to be onerous, he should con trive to lighted the burden by his own abilities; and when tie reached the door, he had coaned his salutation to the lady, and his opening speeoh on the st.bject of his officiai call. 1 The servant opened the door-Mr. Rhodes enteied with a bow. He blushed, hesitated and at length took a seat, to which Miss Morgan directed him by a graceful turu of her hoad. After a few momeuts' hesitancy, Mr Lhodes felt that it was his busi ness tc open a conversation tbat wonk; explain the subject of his visit; so he offered, by way of preface, a few remarks upon the COUIQC-S of sprir.g. "Yus," said Miss Morgan; "but yet, cold f~s the weather has been and even notwithstanding a few frosts, yon see the trees have their richest foliage, and tje flowers aro luxuriant." "Trne," said Mr. Rhodes; "itseems that though t i ero may bo a pre.it deal cf coldness, that Nature will have her own way, and, in time, assert her perrog?tive, late, perhaps, Miss Mor gan, hat still the same." Mr. Rhodes felt rather startled at his own speech, nn-1 looking np, was infinitely astonished to see that Miss Morgnn was blashing like one of the roses that was hanging against the window. "We ore always pleased," said Miss Morgun, "to eoe what we admire breaking tbrough the chilling influ ences by whioh they have been re strained, and satisfying our hopes of their altimate disclosure. " Miss Morgan was looking directly toward the bash on whioh three roses were clustering in most gorgeous rich ness. Mr Rhodes put his hand into his pocfcbt, and felt of the official papers, to gather a little courage from their eoe tat t. "I have," uid Mr. Rhodes, "an At tachaient.1' Mis* Morgan this time lent blushes to the rose. "Hie attachment, Mis* Morgan, is ol a distant date, and I felt that too ATTACHMENT. ?mol? time already elapsed ; that, in deed, instead of intrusting it, as I might have done, to another, I thought that in a matter of so mach delicacy it would be proper for me to como in person." "Por mc, Mr. Ii ho dos? the attach ment for me?" "As I was saying, Miss Morgan, tho attachment I have; and I felt it a matter of delioaoy to como in person, thinking that my < wn means might be considered, if there was any deficiency in the value of this property." "Mr. Rhodes, you seem to ba rather enigmatical. " "I, nevertheless," said Mr. P?., "mean to speak very plainly when I say that with reference to this attach ment, Miss Morgan, should you honor me so far as so accept my profession, my pecuniary mea is would be devoted to the-to the attachment. " "I was," said Miss Morgan, "wholly unprepared for this." "I was afraid that wai the case," said Mr. Rhodes, "and therefore I thought it moro delicate to make the offer in person." "You are very considerate, Mr. Rhodes." "Am I, then, to understand, Miss Morgan, that my proposition is agree able to yon?" In other words, that it is accepted?" "Mr. Rhodes," said the lady, with muoh hesitation, "I must claim a little timo to think of it." "I will call, then, on my return from the village beyond." "Let me ask a little more time," said she ; "say next week. "Miss Morgan," said Mr. Rhodes, "tho matter requires immediate an swer ; the attachment is of an old dat?, and time now is everything. My feel ings are deeply interested ; and may I not hope that while you are using so short a time to consider a subject whioh you are pleased to view as of such great delioaoy .with regard to yourself, you will allow my feelings to weigh with you in deciding in favor of my proposition, which, I assure you, is made after due deliberation upon my ability io perform my part of the contract." Mr. Rhodos then took his, leave, as tonished at his own volubility, whioh, indeed, nothing could have induced bat his desire to relieve one so muoh esteemed as Miss Morgan from pres ent embarrassment. Mr. Rhodes drove to a neighboring place, deeply occupied with his good purposes toward Miss Morgan, satis fying himself that the pecuniary sao j rifice he had proposed was due to his untold and unknown affection for her, and not beyond his means. Miss Morgan felt n renewal of all tbo3o feelings whioh had rather been dormant than qnenohed in her bosom, ! and desired the advice of her married sister, who was unfortunately absent. That Mr. Rhodes had onoe felt a strong attachment 'to her, she could not doubt ; that ho had continued to oherisb, as she had done, the recipro cal feeling, she had not ventured to hope. But as it was evident that the proposition of Mr. Rhodes was not from any sudden impulse, Miss Mor gan resolved to signify her assent to a proposition so worthy of considera tion on all accounts. ! In less than two hoars Mr. Rhodes drove up to the door again, fastened his horse, and was readmitted to the ' little back parlor, which she hod oc cupied in an earlier part of the day. < "Misa Morgan," said Mr. Rhodes, "before receiving your answer, whioh I trust you are prepared to give in i favor of accepting my proposals, I ! wish to state to yon that I have con sidered all the oiroumstanoes of my situation and yours, and find myself better able, from some previously un considered matters, to keep my part of the arrangement than I thought my self, whon I ventured to make the offer ; so that the kindness, if you will have that word used in this matter, is all on your side." "Under present circumstances-I mean those of our long acquaintance and our family intercourse, though of late rather interrupted," said Miss Morgan, "and my right, by years (she added, casting a glance at a looking i glass that showed only matured wo manhood), to speak for myself, I have concluded to consider your proposal favorably." "Consider ! Miss Morgan, consider favorably ! May I not hope you mean that yon will acoept it !" Miss Morgan gave no answer. "Nay, then it is accepted," said Mr. Bhodes, with a vivacity that Miss Mor gan thought would havo brought him to her lips-her hand, at least. . "How happy you have made me," said Mr. Bhodes; "having now dis posed of this matter, there are ten days allowed." "That's very short," said Miss Mor gan ; "only ten days ; yon seem to be in a haste unusual to you at least." "*It is tbs attachment, and not I, that is imperative." "You speak rather abstractedly, Mr. Rhodes." "Bat truly, very truly, Miss Mor gan. "But why limit us to ten days?" "The attachment requires it." "I thought," said she, smiling, "tho attachment would be for life." Mr. Bhodes looked exceedingly con fused. At length he started suddenly toward the lady. "My dear Miss Morgan, is it pos sibio that for onoo in my life, I have blundered into the right path? Oan I have been so fortunately miscon ceived?" "If there is any mistaka," said Miss Morgan, "I hope it will be cleared up immediately. I oan scarcely think that Mr. Bhodes would intentionally offend au unprotected orphan, the daughter of his fermer friends." Mr. Bhodes hastily pulled from his pooket his writ of attachment and tho wed it to Miss Morgan. "This is oSrtainly your nome, and I this property-" "Is the disputed, possession," said Miss Morgan, "of my eister-iu-law of the same name, Mm. Susan Morgan. " Mr. Bhodes stood oonfounded. He was afraid cf the oourse whioh the : matter waa likely to take. "So, Mr. Rhode?, you see the at ! taohment was for this property. Now, 1 as it is not mine, and asu indeed, I laave little of my own, jon, of c?urso, ?iaye no claim npon my person." .1 bog your pardon, my dear i'iH?s Morgan, I beg your pardon. Yora have not the property, indeed, for mei ta*at tsch, bnt be pleased to read lower down on the writ I you will see- -look it it, if you please-'for want tliereol take the body."' "But, Mr. Bhodes, the promise wff s ?xtorted funder a misapprebensic m, so that I am released." "Not at all ; you are required on)/ to fulfill tho promise just as yen in tended wben you made it. Andi as td tbe attachment for the widow aud her property, I'll serve that by deputy. " In ten days the clergyman, and not the magistrate, was called in, and the whole arrangement was consummated. And Aunt Arabella, who was sol care ful about the tenth commandment; de clared that it said nothing about/ eov sting a neighbor's husband, and] if it bad, she did not think she should vio late it. WORDS OP rYISDOX. - i What a pity it is that the quiet mao bas so few imitators.' A wise mau keeps his own co ansel, whilo the lawyer sells his. Do noe anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. The best cross for us, is the ono thal will sooner kill our selfishness. As an omen of success, industry is better than a four-leafed olover. More people fail from discourage ment than from real misfortune. People who blow their own horns make poor music for other folk?. Befuse to allow some men to impose on you, and they hate you forever. . It isn't pride that makes a man in an attio look down on his neighbors. Whoever does a wrong thing to-day will have to another one to-morrow. The trolley is an able means of fur nishing rapid transit to another world. There can be no monopoly in these commodities of wit, honor, and wis dom. If angels had to live with some men there would probably be more fallen ones. The love that never speaks until it does it on a gravestone keeps still too long. It is only by perfect freedom-of de bate that we can hope to arrive at the truth. Every man knows a good nao "to which some other man might put his monoy. The man who oan loam from his own mistakes can always he learning something. Fortune favors him who expects her favor, but Works as if he expected to suooeed without it. Modern Nursing. Orthodox methods ot baby nursing are still followed in this and other English-speaking countries, but in France an innovation has for some time been gaining ground, which is anything but welcome to the prof os lion, whioh it threatens to supersede. An incubator is now regularly em ployed in the Paris materai ty hospi tals for tho rearing of babies, lt con sists of a case of metal mounted on an iron stand and is not unlike an old fashioned bookcase in appearance. The front is provided with a fraped glass door in two parts. Upon the left hand aide is another- smaller 4>tid ing glass door, through whioh the hospital attendant can watch the child and attend to it when the apparatus is placed by the side of the bed. In the oentre of the incubator, upon a ham mock of wire ganze, tho child is entirely isolated, so that the warm air can freely circulate around it. Heat is generated by the circulation of hot water in a coil whioh is placed in the lower part of the apparatus, communi cating with a reservoir outside.'. This thermo-syphon can be heated equally well by gas, oil or electricity. Pure air is admitted at the foot. of the incubate.-; whence ofter being filtered it is sent upward by a fan-like dink through a serpentine arrangement of pipe, in whioh it is brought up to tho proper temperature. The success ol this system of rearing very, young ohildren is said to be marvelous, as owing to the absolute isolation all danger of infeotion is obviated. It is said that as high as eighty per cent, of the ohildren admitted are saved. Rojal Revenues. 'Ihe Boyal Family of England costs the British Government in round num bers $3,000,000 annually. Of this sum the Queen receives nearly $3,000,000 a year, besides the revenues from the Duchy of Lancaster, whioh amount to a quarter of a million. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland receives $100, 000 a year for his services and ex penses, and the Prince of Wales $200, 000 a year. The President of France receives $240,000 a year for salary and expenses, an enormous salary when it is remembered that the Re public is sweating nnder a stupendous National debt of over $6,000,000,000 the largest debt ever incurred by any Nation in the world. Italy eau have 10,000 men slaughtered in Abyssinia* and still pay her King$2,600,000 a year. The civil list of the German Emperor I is about $4,000,000 a year,'-besides large revenues from vast estates be longing to the Boyal Faani?y. The Czar of all the Bussias owns in fee simple 1,000,000 square miles of culti vated land, and enjoys an income of $12,000,000. The King of Spain, little Alfonso XIII., if he is of ? sav ing disposition, will be one of the richest sovereigns in Europe when he comes of age. The State allows him $1,400,000 a year, with an additional $600,000 for family expenses. We are said to bethe richest Nation on earth, yet our President's salary is only $50, 000 a year. It was only $25,000 from 1789 to 1873-Grant's second term. Atlanta Constitution. "Condemned Cannon." "There are hundreds of cannon made by the Government ea Dh year for the express purpose of being con dy ra ned," Baid an ordnanoo officer of the War Department. ' 'Everysession Congress passes a number of resolu tions donating condemned cannon to army posts, battlefields and soldier monument associations. The supply of oondemned cannon from the war ran ont twenty years ago, bnt the donations kept on and kopt on. When one looality, town or county got oon demned cannon the others in the same or adjoining State wanted the same honor, and tho Representatives and Senators had to grant it. Then arose the practice of making cannon, scratch ing them up a little and condemning them expressly to fill the donations ordered by Congress. Daring tbe present Congress about one hundred cnodemued cannon have been donated. As there are just no .v only about sixty ou hand an extra lot will have soon to be made,"-Washington Star. A Secret. You will net tell lt? Nay, what need? Like timid bird, whose 90ft neat made Xow beneath groan and bending weed, Is by her watohful caro betrayed, Toa do but make your secret clear, Trying ?0 hard to hide lt, dear. -Madeline S. Bridges, In the Century. Compassion. Could we bat found tho depths of other hearts, and from their mirrored hop's and aspira? tlons crushed leach to ourselves the painful lessons they have learned, Methinks the cross of life would lighter be And pathways smoothed, through strongknit bonds ot haman sympathy. Bat mincing Custom, with its fawning train Of sapling brains ana ill-concealed distrust, Frowns down the rising smile, the out 'strotchod hand Sweeps off the trembling tear; dethrones the heart. Bets Pride apon its feet, and with one venge ful thrust The mordor ls complete. '-Stanleigh Moulton, in the Home Queen. Oh, Ye Faces. Crowding city streets and places, Blight with hope, and love and laughter, Dark with passions of despair! Oh, the story of the faces ; Angel faces, (lomon faoes, Faces, faoes everywhere. Oh! the beauty of the faces, Sunny looks and fairy graces, Little wandering gleams of heaven, Lost among the ways o' men. Oh, the brightness oi the faces, Malden faces, childish faces, Beauty in all forms and phases, Bojournor and denken. Oh! the pathos of the face?. Blighted hopes and dark disgraces. When the angel robe is spotted and tho White soul stained with sin; Oh! the story of the faoes Women faces, youthful faces All the harp-chords strained and broken Ere the anthem could begin. Oh! the pallor of the faoes. Flying from the cold death places; Seeking, in the shouting highway, Besplte from the nell within. Oh! the sadness of the faces, Mother faces, widow faces, Haggard with the toil and watching, By the night lamp, palo and thin. Oh! tho horror of the faces, Soowllngs. frowns and dark menaces, Sodden with a thousand vioes. Hideous .with the broad of Cain. Oh! the terror of the faces, Felon faces, traitor faces. Plague spots on the fair creation, Nightmares of a fevered brain. Faces, fices Crowding city streets and places Faces smooth with youth and beauty, Faces lined with age and care, Oh! the story ot the faces. Ol the glad and weary faces, Of tho faoes everywhere. -Chicago Inter-Ocean. Nightfall on the Farm. Upon the porch at even We two together stoo I, And listened to the tinkle Ol sheep-bolls In tho wood. The locust tre?3 bout o'er us. White blossoms dropping down, And, fringed with flowers, before as The path lay bare and brown. We heard the sheep-bells' music Far off and dreamy grow; We saw the white flowers sprinklo The la wa like flecks of snow; The roses drew book shyly Into the silent dark, Bat thongh their haunts were shaded - Their perfumo wo could mark. Up in a locust's broaches . A little bird said "cheep" 'Twas all that broke the silence, The whole world seemed asleep. "Go3d-nJgbt,"Bhesald. ''I love you!" I said. She did not speak; Bat swift she leaned toward mo With tears upon her cheek. -Phillp L. Barker. A Sheet of Paper. A sheet of paper, pare and white, Comes forth from out tho mill, In readiness for sale and uso, Its mission to fulfil! What will that uso or mission be? And who will All oat its pago? Of what import shall its impress be? And that for a day or an age? , Will its pen or print tell of noble deeds? 1 Or of Ignominy and shame? Will it tell of death and mourning weeds? ? Or of wreck by flood or flame? Will it note the loss of friends by death? Or of sad misfortune's frown? Or yet, again, of treachery baso? Of hearts with grief bowed down? Will it tell the tale of greed and wrong? Or that of the good and right? Of darkened days and dreary hours? Or those of life and light? Will it echo for good thu pulpit's voice? Of the teeming printing press? And help to choose the bettor part, Mankind and the world to bless? A minister log spirit may this paper sheet Be In dress of snowy white, Bearing messages of good to maa, Each day, from moro till night, Would that its wings might be the dove's, Whose mission ls that of peace. Of good will from heaven to maa below, Ot joys that ne'er may cease. That its virgin's surface may never ba Marred by record of wrong or sin ; That its outer garb may well reflect A mission for good within; That the pen and ink, or printer's hand. Which colors its open page, May minister only tho pare aad true, In its impress from age to age. -Clark W. Bryan, in Paper World. Oddities of Fashion. The fashionable Indies of ancient Borne prided themselves in the pos session of fall snits of flaxen hair, bleached to that hue by a secret prep aration. False hair was also exten sively worn by the haut ton of that day. The pointed too of the present day is a modification of the "piked shoes" worn as early as 1382. Fans similar to those of the prosent time made their first appearance in Italy hnndreds of years ago, and were affected by both sexes. Silk garments were first worn in Greece. From there they were intro duced into Italy and later on into other portions of the civilized world. Muffs were first worn in England prior to the year 1700, and were made of the rarest and most costly skins. Powdering the hair was first prac ticed in Franoe in 1614 at the fair of St Germaine. At one period of Frenoh history large feet were oounted a great dis tinction among the nobility. If na ture did not provide this fashionable requisite the deficiency was supplied by artificial means, and the length of the shoe indicated the rank of the wearer. A prince's shoes were two and a half feet in length ; those of a baron six inches loss ; and those of a knight were sixteen inohes from heel to toe. Dressing gowns were first worn in the early part of the eighteenth cen tury, the elegants of the day affecting them as part of their morning cos tamo at the coffee houses of London. Fainting the face became such a prevalent custom at one time that as early as 785 A. D. it was prohibited by law, offenders being punished by a heavy flue.-Detroit Free Pres?. A oompany with a capital of $3,000, . 000 has been formed for the purpose of building a railroad to the glaciers of Mount Tacoma. I THEY DIED TOO SOON. George Washington was President and hon* orod la his day, He was the father of the land and all things came hts way; He had a basketful of fun, a wagonload of fame But he nevor was a rooter- at a baseball ^ game. Napoleon conquered half the world and had a orown of gold, And in his time his cu^ was just as full as lt could hold. It looks from here as though ho should have had his share of fun But he never st rained his vocab when tho home team woo. And also Alexander, ho turnoa most e rery trick, And then shed tears because there wero no more worlds left to lick. He climbed 'way up the ladder, as high as people get But he never pawned his sceptro to pay a baseball bet. -Chicago Record. PITH AND POINT. ? married man has the same dread of a dry goods store that a farmer has of a lightning-rod agent.-Atohison Globe. "I am rednced to great extremities again," sighed the fnnny man, as he tossed off another joke or two involv ing tho Chicago girl.-Chicago Tri bune. "Don't you think that 'Charity' is a queer title for your new book?" "Not at all. Charity begins a tome, yon know. "--Philadelphia Chronicle-Dis patch. Blenkington-"I wonder why 'ohurohyajds yawn,' as Bhakspero soys?" Pemberton-"Probably the epitaphs of deceased millionaires make them tired."-Trnth. She-''What I object to in a board ing-house is the laok of tone." He "Oh, hal Ton haven't heard the girl in the next roon?, singing, 'When sum mer comes again. ' "-Jody. Miss Borely-"I called on Miss De Vere to-day. " Miss Cutting-? ?So did L" Miss Borely-"She was looking very tired." Miss Cutting-"Yes; she said yon had just called."-Tit Bits. Ferocious Visitor (entering office) "3ee here, boy, I've come to liok the editor." Office Boy-"Guess you won't like the job. He's just been tarred and feathered."-New York World. Domestic Laurels-"My wife beat the record this week." "How do you know ? Did she have a cyclometer on her wheel?" "No; she wore a pedo meter while she was cleaning house." -Chioago Record. Visitor-"I see your traoks are not depressed." Stockholder of the Old Squashvillo Railroad-"No, but the stockholders are; the blamed old con cern has just passed a dividend." New York Tribune. Doetor-"Don't be alarmed. I was sicker than you are a year ago, and with the same trouble. To-day I am well and hearty." Patient (anxiously) -"Oh, doctor, tell me who wa 3 your physician. "-Waterbury. A filip: Tom-"3o the hoiress re fused Jaok?" Harry-'Tes; but he has himself to blame. He was going through the 'only girl' formula, bnt ho forgot himself and told her she was the richest girl he ever loved."---' Puck. "See here," protested the irate cus tomer, "yon can't swindle me. Yon were to deliver enongh ice for $100 a week to make a wet spot eight inches in diameter upon the baok stoop. This 6pot is a flat five inches."-Detroit Tribune. Not Worth Mentioning: "A capi tal invention-these horseless car riages!" "Don't talk rubbish. We have had for a long time things quite as remarkable in their way as horse less carriages, and nobody. takes tho slightost notice of them." "Indeed! What, forinstanco?" "Cowless milk." -Dorfbarabier. Tho La to 3 ka Coi flu rr s. The men of tho Latookm, ono of the African tribes, wear most curious helmets, which require many years to produce in all sheir glory. First, the thick wool covering their heads is woven with a thin sort of twine made from tree bark until it forms a thiok network. In the course of years, as the hair grows through this mat of wool and twine and is likewise treated, a compact, iel ti Ice substance is formed. This is noarly one and a half inches in thickness, and has boen ' trained into the shape of a helmet. It is sewed together with thread to form a strong rim about two inches in depth. A pieoe of polished copper protects the front part of the helmet. The ci est is formed by a piece of t he tame metal shaped like the half of a bishop's mitre and a foot in length. After the completion of this frame work the owner of tho head, if he is sufficiently rich and distinguished, proceeds to decorate it elaborately with beads of red and blue porcelain the size of small peas. These are ar tistically arranged in sections of blue and red and sewn on tho surface of the felt, giving the appearance that the whole helmet is formed of beads. The helmet is completed with a row of oowrio shells sewn about the edge, and tho polished copper orest sur mounted by ostrich plumes. A period of eight or ten years is required to perfect this elaborate and extraordi nary coiffure.-New York Herald. The Bangers of lcs-Crra*ii. The ice-cream vender i.?, according to the London Lancet, a menace to health and should be very carefully looked after by all persons who have due regard for sanitary conditions. In the course of the investigation of a health commission, it was found that a great deal of the ice-oream sold by venders was made in cellars, in some instances on floor laid over wet placos where the mud spurted up through the boards at every step. A micro scopio examination ofsome of the cream made in a place of this sort revealed disgusting ingredients of all kinds insects, hairs, lint, bits of straw and filth from the streets, to say nothing of nameless unappetizing artioles not to be mentioned to ears polite. The snmming np of the situation is, that under no circumstances should ice-oream be made in cellars. There is no more desirable medinm for tho propagation of bacilli, and for this reason all operations connected with their manufacture should be conduct ed in olean, dry, above-ground places. The ingredients ought to be thoroughly cooked and oooled in vessels covered with thiok doth, Ice-oream is whole? some or other wise, depending on the care taken in ita making,-New York Ledger._^^^^ The steward of the Marlborough Hotel, New York City, has been fined $25 for using oleomargarine for cook ing purposes, instead of lard. Serious Complications. From the Star, Portsmouth, Va, An experience that ls seldom recorded bj ADV newspaper la that ot Hr. Gabriel Levy, of 631 Crawford Street, Portsmouth, Va., who, at ono time, was a sufferer from a com plication of almost incurable diseases, ard by the ase of a very simple remedy to-day is rendered fully capable of attending to his duties and ls as strong as eyer. Following is what Mr. Levy says; "Tes, lt ls trae that not long since I was a sufferer from seven different diseases, either one of which has proved fatal in many oases. I was laid up in bed for months, not able to do the slightest thing for myself, as many well known physicians who attended me can attest Today I am well and hearty, as you can soe. "I was in Columbas, Ga., when first at tacked, and went to the city hospital for treatment, I felt some little lmpro7omont, bat not enough to warrant me in doing man ual labor. My limbs were so weak that I experienced great difficulty in getting about. I grow rapidly worst and at times would ex po lenee tingling sensations through my limbs, the nature of which I cannot describe. The pains were torrib'o, and relief I sought In every conceivable shape. I triad physi cians, who were eminent in their profession, without avail, and finally begin to lose hope, when Dr. Mitchell, of Columbus. Ga., ad vised me to ase Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. "Haringlaken so mach medicine without receiving any benefit 1 was loat h to take such a simple thing as pills. However/after being persuaded I resolved to give them a triai. Within a few days I began to feel a little better. As time went on I gradually improved, aad to-day I am as healthy and strong as any one, I attribute my complete euro to tho free use of Dr. Wilhams' Pink Pills for Pale People," Mr. Levy also says that he believes If he had not used the pills he would never have beeoable to reach his home in Portsmouth; that thoy proved a blessing to him. He cheerfully recommends them to the public. To confirm his statement beyond all doubt Mr. Levy mode the following affidavit. .?I swear that the above statement of my case and the use of Dr. Wildams' Pills to bo true." (Signed.) GAE BI EL LETT. STATE OF VIROIKIA, ) CUT OP PORTSMOUTH, J Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of January, 1896. Gao*. I. BROOKS, Notary Pvblic. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all th? elements necessary to give new life and rich ness to the blood and restore sba ttored nerves. They are sold in boxes (never in loose form, by tno dozen or hundred) at 60 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.5), and may be bad of ali druggists or directly by mail from Dr. Will iams' Medicine Co., 8 benectady, N. ?. The Bicycle Business. It is estimated that there are in America 4,000,000 bicyole riders, who havo invested $300,000.000 in wheels, $10,000,000 in bicyole clothing and $200,000,000 in sundries and repairs. Two hundred and fifty bicyolo manu facturers, five large tire makers and 500 manufacturers of sundries, having a total investment of $69,000,000,have been benefited by this traffic. The estimated capital invested in re tail establishments, repair shops, race tracks and club-houses is $21,000,000, making the total American investment in cycling equal to $600,000,000. During 1896, it is claimed, 1,000,000 wheels and 3,000,000 tires will ba pro duced, giving employment to 75,000 bicycle workers and 3,000 tire em ployee. Fifty thousand persons are employed in sundries factories and 22,000 as retail dealers and repair men, making the total number of per sons connected with the bioyole indus try 4,250,000. Verily, tho cycle is getting there.-Cycle Topics. An Iconoclast From Wayback. "Things are gettin' very peculiar," ?aid an old farmer who has voted the aame way for fifty years or more. "Things are gettin' so fixed up on tariff and finance, an' things that they don't scarcely seem ter know what their politics is." "That's so," was the reply. "They've disregarded party plat forms again and agaio." "That's so. An' it's even waVn that. From all I kin jedge by haer say 'bout their doin's one er two of them fellers hez about made up their minds ter repudiate the Ten Command ments."-Washington Star. Gold Ratio 10,000 to 1. It is claimed by Professor Hunioko that he has discovered a practical pro cess by which $10,000 worth of gold can be extraoted from the sea at a cost of $1. As the sea covers over two thirds of our globe, there is apparently nmple room for every one of us to stake off his claim. DOdIESTIC METTES. Lots of women suffer constantly, and seldom utter complaint. Good men rarely know the pain endured by the women of their own household, or the efforts they make to appear cheerful and happy when they ought to be in bed, their suffering ia really so great. Our habits of life and dress tell sadly upon women' delicate organiza tions. They ought to be told just where thedanger lies, for their whole fu ture may depend upon that knowledge, a.nd how to overcome lt. There is no need of our de scribing the ex periences of euch women here, they are too well known by those who have suf fered, but we will impress upon every one that these are thc never-failing symptoms of serious womb trouble, and unless relieved at once, a life will be forfeited. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound never fails to relieve the distress ing troubles above referred to ; it has held the faith of the women of America for twenty years. It gives tone to the womb, strength ens the muscles, banishes backache and relieves all pains incident to women's diseases. / To dev \ thc you'c / /m waj But if them cle; agreeable wc do it with Pearline. And one MEANING OF FLOWERS. Mint ia symbolic- of vii tue. The peaoh blossom indicates sub nission. Tho boll flower la symbolic o! grati ?ode. The horse ohestnnt is indicativa o? mary. The American cowslip indicates de?, rotion. The honeysuckle symbolises a bong >f love. The candytuft is an emblem of io? iiference. The box is regarded aa symbol io ol jonstanoy. The oalla lily is emblematio of femi nine beauty. The primrose is in England an em? )lem of constancy. The arbor vitae is indicative of aa? manging friendship. The china aster is set down as indi? satire of remembrance. The oat plant is in Italy regarded aa emblematic of music Ibo red carnation in Spain is re* ?arded as an emblem of despair. The myrtle plant has always been regarded as an emblem of love. The pink is considered in the south af France symbolic of pure affection? The Iotas in India is emblematio of life ; in anoient Egypt it was a. death dower. The white daisy is emblematio ol inoocenoe. The purple columbino, in both Eng* land and Scotland, is symbolio of de* terzainatioo. In the south of France the handing af a sweet pea by a yonng woman to a yo mg man is a polite way of stating that she is tired of his company.-? Philadelphia Press. Too Tired. Western Train Bobber-Hold np your hands 1 Beggie Languid-Aw-go to my man, deab, fellaw ; he always awanges about my traveling bills.-Truth. Gladness Comes With a*oetter understanding of tho transient nature of thc many phys* ical ills which vanish before proper ef? forts-gentle efforts-pleasant effort*--* rightly directed. There is comfort ia tho knowledge that so many forms ol sickness are not due to any e.ctual dis ease, but simply to a constipated condi tion of tho system, which tho pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt* ly removes. That ?3 why it is the only remedy with millions of lamil ies, and ia everywhere esteemed so higriily by all who value good health. 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A DAYSMEN 'and we will show 70a how te ma^e^ a dar; ab-olutoly rurej we L and teach 7ou fro? ?end aa your nddrcmnnrt wu li nish too work and taachyoa fro. go? work In th? locality wh?ro TOO ?end us your nddrow ?nd wo will er tho builncea rall?; romemaer we tntmt clear profit of $1 tor ererj work: atolatoly ?aro; writ, ai IOIAL BA5l'FACTl IUAO CUBPA?T. B.X IX, ?.(r.lt, nCHIIV&Dd WHISKY habits enreri. Book wal HF Bill. nu. tv. a a. WOOLUT. ITLAXTA, aw LN.D . Twenly-flre, '08. elop muscle, if that is what you're doing the washing for, perhaps the L old way of washing with / soap-nibbing the clothes up and down over a. board -may be pretty good. It can't healthy, though, to breathe it tainted, fetid steam, and 1 better take your exercise r's that are pleasanter, you're washing clothes to get an, and want to do this dis? >rk easily, quickly, and safely of the strongest points about r-its economy. 4M