Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?VEN1NC. Across the shauows of >a dying day Soft, lonely woodland winds are whisper? in?, And o'er the silvered waters' trackless way Lova reaches oat to thee, and memories cl lug To 'son l and sense. Darkly the bonds of space Bear on the haman need to ton oh thy band; To see Ihtvlovtr-lijjht waken in tray face, While tenderness of shadow rested o'er the ? land. I THE STORY | -OF- v S A Shield Pin. ? I do not like to take np personal cases, as we 'detectives call a' coi tain class of work, so when Miss Angeli of Broadside street, sent for nie to take .ap a "small personal mystery" I re sponded with a poor grace. ' ScaTcely Had she begun to toll her story, however, than I became so in terested that I begged her to, continue and toll me the details os far as pos sible. Miss Angoll waa engaged to Mr. Cloud-a peculiar combination of names to begin with, and was devot edly attached to him. , In fact, sha confessed with tears in 'her eyes that his love was more, or had been more, than life td her. The Test of the story I will let her tell itt lier own words. . > "Mr. Clond," she said, "?3 in the habit of calling upon me almost every evening. About a week ago he came . to dinner, invited by mamma. He was to attend a supper of the Phoenix club at 10 o'clock, and wore evening dress. ;; >: ? %\ "At table we noticed an exquisite; shield pin he wore. It Rhone ao brit-^ liantly that it caught the eye at once, ' Mr. Cloud took the pin off and it was passed around the table for us all to examine. "it vr aa a shield as large as a quar ter with the outside edge'bordered with pure rubies, blood red, ali of a size and withont a flaw. The centre of the shield consisted of a large dia mond cut not very deep,.yet too deep to be sunken, so it was elevated in. a wiro setting. Around the diamonds were perfeotly matched black pearla The combination was so unusual that we exclaimed as we handled the jewel and I remarked that I had never seen it before. "When we had finished examining it Mr. Clond said: That, is my Phoenix Club badge, lt belongs to the presi dent. Whsn I was elected the badge was presented to me by the members and when I resign, and a hew presi dent comes in, I mnst give np the badge to him. It is the president's badge, to be owned by him daring his terni of office. Of course, it is only to be worn at the meetings.' "Mamma spoke 'of its great value. .Yes,' said Mr. Cloud, *it is indeed very valuable. It is worth thousands. ii I were to lose it I should feel ruined, as I could never hope to re place itv "As be spoke Mr. Cloud's face be came very serious. 'We had a case of that kind,* said he-'a most cn ri o un ease. The president lost his badge' and committed suicide next day. Yo J see he was suspected of having sold, it' ?*1 "After we had looked at the badge and talke&Vabout it, I very foolishly asked to wear it, and in a lit of way wardness I reached across the table, took it up and put it in the bow of rib bon at my throat "At the close of the meal, Mr. Cloud asked me for it, but I", to tease him, said I meant to keep it, and ran np stairs with it on. . >!*er they were seated in the par lor I B!ole quietly down the stairs and placed the pin in the lining of Mr. Cloud's overcoat, directly under the lapel. "I went back to my room and came down stairs again. I found mamma and my sister seated alone in the par lor. Mr. Clond bad gone out to send a.telegram. He would be back in a m?nate. "When he returned,which was after half an honr, he came', in for only a minuta, to say good-by, and to ask for hh pin: 'Come, Maz e,' he said, *you have teased me lori? enough. Let me have the pin now. I'must go.' - "'I gave it back-to yon,' I said, *and you have it now.' "Then I stood up and running my fingers along the lapel of his coat felt for the pin. It was gone! "I turned as white as snow and as I felt the color leaving my face, I said: 'I gave it back/ \*?My mother looked up surprised and Mr. Clond stared ct me. Tes, I gave it back, I put it on your coat You mnst have it' ".Why Maisie,' ?aid Mr. Cloud, .how can you say ao2' ' "I pass over the disagreeable scene which followed. I will not mention Mr. Cloud's chagrin or my mother's amazement, ?veu as I explained how I-h ad stolen down the stairs and had fastened the precious pin ia tbe lapel of the coat, just for--inn, and how I intended after teasing him to tell him t at it was there. As I talked I could see jpjr mother's incredulous looks and Mr. Cloud's absolute dismay. They .did not.believe.me! "Afier the.most painful quarter of an hour which I ever* expect to spend Mr. Clond left, shaking bands cor dially with my mother- and saying a cold good night to me. "After he had gone my mother said .Maizie, my darling girl, tell the truth. It is not too late. ' " There is nothiug more to tell, mother,' I said. *1 have told you the whole truth.' "After a while my mother saw that I was in earnest and she believed me. But as next day came and passed, and no word came from Mr. Cloud, I saw that be doubted me. The third day there came a formal 'note saying that if I would return the pin he would give me its value in money, paying me as 'rapidly as his cirenmstances would permit AR it was valued at many thousands, it was then beyond his means. "I tore the note into bits and did not reply. "That was a week ago. For the first three days I was too mnch over come' by mortification to take any steps towards establishing my inno cence. But now that I am in a soberer mino I wish to learn, if possible, what became of the piu after I placed it in the lining of the lapel of Mr. Cloud's coat and where if now ia" The recital took'some time for the young lady's emotion overcame her more than once. - - And I must confess that I, too, felt ' indignant ^or. ber. Pii>t that fate sh?nld have played bo unkind a trick. upon so beautiful * young girl; and secondly, that her lover, Mr. Clond, should have doubted her so aa'diy. "lam willing," she said to spend any amount to clear myself of this disgraceful suspicion, and hope, with your assistance, to solve the mystery." "It is so long a time," I began, "if ?twin " "Tes, I know," said she, impa tiently. "Still," I said, "I will do my best. But you must allow me to talk with Mr. Clond. That will be absolutely necessary. " At this she became greatly alarmed, but finally consented. That same day I called on Mr. Cloud and was received by him in his private office. He was not cordial, and I soon saw that while he wonld not acense the young lady, he thought she had kept the pin. He told me that, on leaving the parlor, he had put on his : overcoat and had gone to the uearest I telegraph office to send a message. Tlure,. meeting an old friend, he had gone into a cafe after which he had J returned to the house of his fiancee, having been goue about half an hour. "Tell me the name of the cafe," I said. Having carefully noted the names and addresses concern d during that half hour, I left Mr. Cloud'and I will do him the justice to say that.I think he was half convinced that he might have made a mistake. Going first to 'he telegraph office, I walked from there to the cafe. At that momout a wagon stood in front of the door and they were bringing ont the soiled table linen. An inspiration came to me, and I said to the driver: "How often do yon take away the linen?" "Twice a week," said be. "But this week we bad a breakdown and we are late, and it's almost eight days." As the driver started away I said: "I want to search that load of napkins and if you will drive them into tbat .vacant lot'I will, pay you well for your trouble." Once in the lot I overhauled the contents of tho wagon thoroughly; fahd was finally rewarded by feeling a L'ard lump of something which hurt my hand as I pinchen it. Looking closer 1 saw tangled in the fringe a glittering jewel, which, as I extricated improved to bethe diamond set in the gorgeous pin which had been so accurately described to me by Miss Angeli. I did not let the driver know of my booty, but making an excuse that leonid not find what I wanted, I walked away, nor did I stop until I had telegraphed to Mr. Cloud. A few minutes later I sat in the upper par lor of Miss Angeli's residence talking to her. When I had told my story and laid the pin in her lap her joy knew no bounds. Just at that mo ment Mr. Cloud was aunounced, aud Miss Angeli then and there gave him the piu. ' I never saw a girl so happy. She almost hugged me. As soon as Mr. Cloud saw his mis take he was humbly apologetic aud tried to fall at her fee", but she waved him away, and Mrs. Angeli delicately suggested that, as his presence would always remind them of a painful chap ter, it would be better if he were to go away and stay away ! I may add that when Mr. Cloud went into the cafe the pin was in the lapel of the coat, but, becoming en tangled in the fringe of his napkin, was i ulled out and would have been lost forever had it not been for the perseverance of the plucky "Miss Angeli.-New Orleans Times-Demo -cami. ,_" GENERALS SLAIN IN BATTLE. Con ti nc encl ea Which Mott Be Expected' in Every Army. "Many persons seem to consider the killing of a general officer like Law ton as nnps?aU while '-'the very oppo site is the case," said General Miles to th? Washington correspondent of the New York Post. "This impres sion is probably due to the small mor tality among officers in the Spanish war, but it must be remembered that there were few real battles in that wai*. Several generals have already been killed in the fc'outh African war, and in our civil war about 200 general offi cers were killed on the Union side. Phil. Kearny fell at Chantilly, Baker at Ball's Bluff, and Stevens at South Mountain. Beno, a great commander, was killed at Antietam. At Get ys burg we lost Reynolds and Zook. Sill fell at Stone Bi ver, Tenn., McPherson at Atlanta, Smyth near Appomattox just before the surrender, and Wads worth ' in the Wilderness fighting. Sedgwick was picked off by a sharp shooter while sitting in front of his tent at Cold Harbor, and Lyon was killed at Wilson's Creek in Missouri, one of the first deaths of commanders in the war. Among the Confederates, the losses were greater in rank, because "they had 9 full generals and 18 lieutenant generals, while we had no officer of snch high rauk in the field until Grant was commissioned lieutenant-general in 1864. The Confederates lost 15 general officers in the Nashville fight ing. Lieateuant-General Polk,a bishop in the Protestant Episcopal church, was killed at Atlanta; General Albert Sidney Johnson fell at Shilo, where Grant had a narrow escape from being shot. Stonewall -?ackson was killed at Chancellorsville by hrs own men by mistake. Zollicoffer was another Con federate general who was killed, and there were many more. The death of a general in command is a contingency for which an army must always be prepared. PEARLS OF THOUCHT. The purpose firm is equal to the deed. -Young. Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie. -Herbert Fidelity is ^even-tenths of business success. -Parton. Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies_Tacitus. , The greatest of faults is to be con scious of none.-Carlyle. The way to fame is the way to heaven; through much tribal a: ion. Sterne. He that buys what he does not want will soon want what he cannot buy. Franklin. He is a wise man who wastes no energy on pursuits for which he is not fitted.-Gladstone. . The man who can be nothing but serions, or nothing but merry, is but half a man. -Leigh Hunt His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold .the memory of wrong.-Emerson. Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.-W. R. Alger. Onr grand business in life is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Carlyle. That man is wise to some purpose who gains his wisdom at the expense and from the experience of another Plautus. Peorle can easily take the sacred name "duty" as the name for what they desire any one else to do. - George Eliot Remember that in every qua: rel the person who has been the least to blame is generally the most ready to bo rec onciled.-Bowdier. ?FOR FARM AND GARDEN, I KatilAse in a Dry Season. Ensilage is proving a great aid. In deed, our dairynieu are learning that it would be a most profitable adjunct to dairying in a dry summer, like tbe past one, when the year's profits de pend on keeping the herd from shrink ing in quantity during a critical short age of feed. Trait Trees Alon? Highways. In some sectious the farmers have set out fruit trees along the highways in place of the more ornamental shade trees. When properly pruned and cared for the practice is a most cpm mendable one, and if others would follow the example it would result in a great profit to those interested. A fruit like the apple should be chosen, as plums and cherries sprout from the root aud grow readily from the pit. If neglected the road would soon pre sent the appeal ance of a jungle. Late Varieties of appies should be chosen. Stone Crock* in tho Dalry. A word about stone crocks. Their weight alone should decide everyone against their use in the dairy. , With the most careful handling they are soon cracked, and then it is impossible to keep them sweet. Seamless tin pans are light and easily kept clean, with no possible lurking places for microbes. Of all substances milk is most susceptible to adverse influences, and from nothing else is so variable a product evolved. Over the purity of the milk the housewife has little or no control. Hundreds of women all over the land are daily disheartened by its want of.cleanliness when it reaches their hands. Slovenly milkers are responsible for a great deal of poor butter. Prime futter can never be made from milk "having the slightest taint. Milk Rhould never be allowed to stand in the stable while cooling. Cream begins to rise almost immedi ately after the milk is drawn and agi tation causes more or less loss? Money in Gin tent;. Few crops offer as promising n> turns as does ginseng when properly cared for, and where the climatic con ditions are favorable. In my experi ence I have found it more satisfactory to make the beds in the open field giving artificial shade-than in the forest or under trees of any kind. Whether the plants are raised from seed or from roots the beds must be well prepared. I tm in favor of plant ing the seed three inches apart in rows in which the plants are to re main until the roots are ready to be dug ('or market. Plants raised in this manner and proparly cared for will mature a fair quantity of seed the sec ond year and a good crop the third year. Planted in this manner the roots will be mnch larger at two years' growth than when the seeds have been planted closer. Then in trans planting the roots nearly one year's growth is lost, and the small stuuted roots that result from too close plant ing are far more apt tb be destroyed by grubs and worms infesting the ground than larger and fully devel oped roots. On sowing the seed it should be borne in mind that not every ..eed will mature a plant.' In the fall, after the first year's growth, .the vacaut spots can easily be filled with roots standing closer than de sired, or these may bo transplanted to new beds. - E. D- Crosby, in New England Homestead. Ground Food for Poultry, Every once in a while we see in some of the papers articles attacking the feeding of soft food to poultry. Yet soft feed, like most other kinds of feed, is of great value when properly fed. It may indeed be a detriment to the fowls if improperly fed. It may easily be conceived that making soft feeds a constant ration would throw out of order the entire digestive sys tems of the fowls. It would probably have this effect if fed to fowls that had a very large ration of green stuff, es pecially in the summer time; as in that case ft would be substituted for the graiu ration instead of being used to balance the grain ration. The real value of ground feed is in feeding it to take the place of part of the, grain and so render the work of the grinding organs of the fowls le?s severe. The fowl that has nothing but grain from the time the ground freezes in the fall till the time the grass starts in tho spring is the fowl that develops symptoms of a ruined digestive Bystem at the time the most eggs are expected in the spring. A warm feed of ground grain once a day has a wonderful effect in prevent ing those disorders that are so fre quent with fowls confiued and heavily fed on graiu feed. The reason that it is not more universally adopted is the disinclination of farmers to take the trouble to scald this feed over night or even in the morning. It is so easy to toss a measure of corn to the fowls that many of them get no other food. -Farm, Field and Fireside. . Cnre of the Apple Orchard. Keep the ground stirred about the trees by using the gardon rake after rains heavy enough to pa<*k the ground. This will conserve the moisture and is better than any mulch that cnn be applied, and the trees, will take deeper root. If weedB or trash of any kind have accumulated about the trees, clear away or cover up in the fall with Boil, making a little mound to prevent a harbor for mice. Remove it in the spring. There are several reasons why the young oroha d r.hould be planted to corn. The cultivation of corn is the proper cultivation for the orchard. The corn helps shelter the trees from the wind. The stalks help lodge and retain the snow, making winter pro tection, and if the corn is poor y husked there will be plenty of food for the rabbits. Crop to corn until the orchard is fruiting well, then seed to clover. Spray with kerosene emulsion just before the buds open, or apply white wash with brush to the body. A so lution made thin and strained can be applied with a spray pump to the tops. This will destroy many of tbe enemies of fruit and fruit trees that find a breeding place and winter har bor on the f Je8. Bruises om any cause that deadens the bark make an ideal spot for the propagation of the borer. In the dead bark is where the egg is deposited and by nature's law is brought into life and his work of destruction is commenced and done. Cany a roll of grafting wax and a roll of old cot ton and twine to do up any bruise or break of bark as soon as done, before the wood or bark becomes dried, and it will grow fast a .aiu.but if left until the sap in the wood and bark becomes dried yon will have a scar that will ' take two or three years to grow over and if the borer gets a lodgment thore it may be a lasting blemish- It's bet ter not to break or braise the trees, but accidents will occur, and the rem edy should be applied to save the blemish. Wat a bruise, if the bark is not broken; if broken, put the bark back and wax and wind with cloth and tie fast.-American Agriculturist Mineral Const i turn ts of Fiants. A correspondent wishes an explan ation of how mineral substances get into plants, that is, as he expresses it, "Minerals that are insoluble except in acid." Insoluble mineral matter can not get into the plant But the min eral elements of a plant are carried into it iu solution. If *lt is a mineral that water can dissolve, wholly or par tially, the particles that are' held in solution are carried by the charged water through the roots into the tree. If salt is added to water in an unglazed earthen dish, like a flower pot, with the hole in the bottom stopped np, it will be found in time that there is .a deposit on the outs.de of the pot, and, if tasted, it will be found to be salty. The moisture bas goue through the Bides of the pot and carried. the salt with whLdi the water is charged, with it. This is what water does with sol uble minerals when it enters the roots of a plant There is, too, at the end of roots an acid that aids the water in dissolving minerals. It is not true, however, that the water takes into the plant all the minerals which it holds in solution. In the economy' of na ture, the roots, in a natural condition,' permit the entrance into the plant of only such minerals as the plant needs. There is au important lesson in this connection, for the tiller of the soil to learn. We all know that, moisture is necessary for the growth of plants, bnt if it is necessary for dissolving mineral plant food in the soil, it will be seen that too much or too little moisture iu the soil must be injurious to the plant because in the one case the solution will be too weak and in the other it will be too strong, or. fail to take up as much mineral as the plant needs. To illustrate: If we place just a little salt in a glass of water, the water will have but a slight ly saltish taste. If a* plant was in need of salt that weak solu .on would not 8uj)ply it with what it required. Now if we keep adding salt to that water there will ultimately be a de posit of salt at the bottom of the glass. There will not bo enough water to hold all the salt that we have added. We have too much salt for tho. water. The tiller of the soil, therefore, can see that if his soil coutains too much water at any time, the sooner he drains it, the sooner he will feed the crops as they should be fed; and if he is irrigating he will have nb trouble in perceiving that too much water will have the effect that we have men tioned. The necessity of frequent cultivation and of keeping a soil mulch upon the surface in times of drouth will also be apparent The use of water is not its entire function in rela tion to plant g.owth, but it is an im portant one.-Agricultural Epitomist Poultry No'e.1. Never allow the mother hen to take her brood out iu the early morning. Brooder chicks should be allowed to go out during the warm portion of the day. Hens will lay more eggs when con fined in yards than when having free range. Po not let the little chicks get chilled or wet Either means death for them. Do not cross pure bred poultry. There is enough variety now for all practical purposes. One breed is enough to keep on any farm. More than that nsually re? suits in neglect of all The time to cure a sick hen is wasted. If she lingers longer than two days it is better to kill her. Do not put over eleven eggs umi?r a setting hen in the early part of the season. Later thirteen will not be too many. If there are any rats around the poultry house get rid of them before the chickens hatch. Otherwise they will soon make way with every brood that is put out COCOA PALM'S MANY USES. From It Filipinos Get Food, Drink, Shel* ter, It-i in's, ['.rooms rt nd Soap. There are several species of cocoa palms growing in the Philippine ai cbipelago but the ordinary cocoa nut tree (Cocos nuc?fera) io the most important The Indians make nee of it in a good many ways, but only the principal ones ueed-be enumerated. The kernel of the nut they use for food, while the liquid the shell con tains makes a refreshing drink. If allowed to stand for some time this liquid forms a very agi eeable milky juice, that ia relished not only by the natives, but by turopeans as well. After this juice ha9 coagulated it is mi-ed with sugar and made into bon bons, known as cocoa sugar, and also into various other delicacies. According to a report of the United States department of agriculture, by lapping the central bud that crowns the cocoanut a kiud of wine called tuba, of an agreeably pungent taste,is produced. This tuba, when allowed to fermeut, produces vinegar, and when distilled a kind of brandy, that is highly relished by the natives. From the husk of- the cocoanut the Tagals make rope aud cords and a material for calking their boats. Fr Jin the woody shells they carve spoons, cups, beads for rosaries and many other articles. The leaves they use to cover tho roofs of their houses. Boofs made in this manner are thick and tight, bat they have the disadvantage of burn ing readily, so that in the towns and villages where the houses are thus covered conflagrations spread with great rapidity. The veins and smaller ribs of the leaves are used to make brooms, -the midribs servo as fuel and the ashes are utilized in making soap. The trunk of tho palm is made to serve as a pillar to support the houses that its leaves overshadow. Oil bar rels, tuba casks and water pipes are fashioned from hollow sections of the trunk. From the roots the natives ex tract a red dying material, that they chew in place of the areca palm nuts or bonga when the latter cannot be procured. Large quantities of cocoanut oil are manufactured in the Philippines. This oil is much prized by the natives. The men and women both, use it \o anoint the thick growth of hair that adorns their heads, and it thus finds a ready sale at remunerative prices. It is also used in the lamps that take tbe place of gas bur neis in the streets and in tho c used by the natives and Chinese iu their houses. Manila exports annually about 15Q, 000 j. esos ($125,00.)) worth of cocoa nuts to China and British India, and about $25,000 worth of cocoanut oil to China. I Spring Annually Says Take Hood's j j Sarsaparilla) !. In the spring those Pimples, E0II9, Eruptions and Genera) Cud Feelings , Indicate that there are cobwebs iu F the system. It needs a thorough ? brushing, and the best brush is ? Hood's Sarsaparilla, which sweeps A v all humors before it. This great \ ' medicine eradicates Scrofula, suo- " $ dues Salt Rheum, neutralizes the () ?acidity which onuses Rheumatism \ in short, purifies tho blood and r';tlior?ughly renovates the whole 9 physical system. ? "Hood's Sarsaparilla has been ? taken in our family as a blood purl r' lier and spring medicine with satls f factory results." LENAH RICHARD* y . BOX, 135 West William streot, Bath, jj' I Ni ?. Be sure to got Hood's. -:-:-; Mani's the Word. After they had their breakfast and he was preparing to go to the office he called the eldest daughter to one side and whispered: "Anything special tc say to me this morning?" "No,.papa. Hope you'll have a pleas ant day." '?Is that all. Nothing you want to tell me about, no advice to ask, or favor, or anything of that sort?" "Only to wear your muffler and not take cold." "Very well," his voice harder and louder. "I was conceited enough to think that .you might think some con sideration due me, and confide in me. I didn't know that I might have es tablished some claim, but the fate pf the married man is to pay bills and keep out of the road." "Why, papa dear, I don't understand "you." "That's ail right. Don't try to sofl Bolder me. I nm no spring chicken, and I'll tell you right now that you're making it hard for him. I'll make him ?eel as though he'd jumped from a Turkish bath into a snow drift." "Him*! Who?" "0, drop that innocent air. What do you take me for? Do you think I have to g?t the help of an expert to add two and two? He came last evening and you said: 'Why, how do you do, Mr. Brown?' When he left it was 'Good night, George dear,' and you punctu ated audibly after each word. You -came up stairs singing and when I asked what time it was you said it seemed too sweet to be true. Now will you tell?" "I cannot. You'll never know a thing about it till he buys the ring." Detroit Free Press. "The Only Thing- That Gives Relief.? : - Mrs. M. E. Latimer, Biloxi, Minp . had an itchy breaking out on her skin, and she sends $1 for two boxes, saying: "Tettenne is the only thing that gives me relief. " This is strong language, disinterested and voluntary. It cures all skin diseases, tetter, itch, eczema, salt-rheum, etc, and never iails. 50c a box at drnggists or send stamps to J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. Hats of the Navaho indians. The Navaho Indians in Arizona live in rude, earth-covered huts scattered widely throughout the reservation and never grouped into villages. Rude as the huts appear, however, they are al ways built strictly according to rule and the building is followed by an elaborate religious ceremony by which the house is dedicated.- Each timber in it must be laid in a certain way and in a prescribed order, and finally a doorway is added not unlike the dor mer windows of our houses. This is the home proper, but all over the reser vation there are hundreds of little structures which aro miniature models, as it were, ol' the houses, except that they lack the projecting doorway. These miniature huts, scarcely as high aa a man's hip, look like children's playhouses, but they occupy an impor tant place in the Navaho system, fru ttley are the sweat houses or bath houses and are the main reliance of those people against sorcery and dis ease. Each of these structures is de signed to hold but one person at a time, and he must crawl in and squat upon his heels, with his knees drawn up to his chin.-New York Post Electricity and Soda. CorlSul Boyle of Liverpool reports Important discoveries and uses " of chemical engineering in England. He refers to the electrolytic process for decomposing common salt, with the re sult of producing soda r.nd chloride of lime at very cheap rates. The same method is being applied to the manufacture of other chemicals. Electricity, having become compara tively cheap, is now used to effect de composition with which chemists have long had a theoretical acquaintance, but which till recently remained lab oratory curiosities. . In our own country metals are now being reduced from their ores to an in creased extent by means of thc electric current Electrical engineering is now a distinct branch in most of our techui cal schools. . China Methods. Nowhere else are the principles of sound banking better known and un derstood or so universally practiced, while the word of a Chinese merchant Is accepted the world around. . The Chinese were the first to coin money and they have long since solved the problem of bank note issues. Business conditions are stable and.values set tled. Their Internal commerce Is high ly developed and all products that can stand their slow methods of transpor tation are well distributed. Yet this, the greatest country In the world, ls without any of the modern means of transportation and exchange. Its Immense traffic ls still handled In the most primitive manner-strings of camels that reach from the city gate to the horizon carry the tons of coal for the people's fuel. Pack mules from western provinces laden with dried fruits, silks and rugs, reiurn with salt fish and sea weeds. Heavy carts groan beneath casks of fragrant wines. Towboats are dragged along the canals and rivers by dozen of straining men. . The traveling merchant may make his trip by cart, boat or sedan chair, If the weather be mild, but if lt be winter, the mule litter will carry him over thc rougher country, or he may skim along the waterways on a light sled propelled by human arms and legs.-Leslie's Weekly. CHINESE POSTAL FACILITIES Letters Carried by Private Companies Slight Use of Postase Stamps. The recent establishment In Mott street of a postal sub-station with Chinese Interpreters for the particular accommodation of the inhabitants ol Chinatown may induce some inquiry about the way the Chinamen-who dc so many things backwards, according to Occidental ideas-handle their mails in their own country. Sure enough they stick stamps on the backs of let ters, though not invariably; and the stamps look like the labels on fire cracker packages, showing dragons, pagodas, and other emblems less eas ily identified, but meaning "sincerity," "longevity," and so on. But private postal companies, analo gous to our express and telegraph cor porations, do most of the business in China. They use no stamp, and it ls necessary to prepay only about a third of the postage, as the rest is collected from the recipient. The less one pre pays in excess of the minimum the surer and swifter the delivery. When a New Yorker mails a letter to interior China the stamp carries It only to some Chinese port, where'it is trans ferred to a private post at thc recipient's expense. Similarly a missionary sta tioned away from the coast has to pay two postal charges to communicate with friends here. Shanghai has a mu nicipal post for its own merchants and citizens, with branches in fifteen treaty ports. It used to charge each customer $50 a year for all his business, light or heavy, but stamps are used now. Chinese stamps are reckoned In can darlnes, approximately equivalent ', L.^.^ts. Their value used to br jased on t je silver ounce, or tael, but its vari ai'.Ity caused confusion, so now the Mexican dollar Is the basis. The first imperial set was made in Japan, and proved unsatisfactory; the current set came from England in 189S. Some stamps, notably those of Tientsin, were Issued without authority merely to sell to collectors. There was no other de mand for them, they never carried a letter, and they have been officially re pudiated. Elsewhere the regular de mand is so slight that no stock is car ried; the stamps are run off on a hand press while the buyer waits.-New York Post. No One NigiY Mother-I'm surprised nt you! Could not you tell he was going to kiss you? Daughter-Yes, ma, but there was no one for me to tell except him, and he knew it already.-Philadelphia Press. _ Dyeing is as simple aa washing when you use rtJTSAM FADELESS DIES, Sold by all druggists. "Bobbie, did you divide the orange in equal parts between your little friend and yourself?" "Yes'm; I gave him all the outside and took all the inside." Thc Best Prescription for Chills and Favor ls a bottle of GHOYE'S TASTELKSS CHILI. TOXIC. It ls simply iron and quinine In a tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Frico 50c. Unfeminine. Cumso-Tho Dowager Empress of China is very unwomanly. Cawker-Indeed? Cumso-Yos. She adds no postscript to li cr decrees--Harper's Bazar. VITALITY low, debilitated orexhausted euroa by Dr. Kline's Invigorating Tonic. FBRK SI trial bottlo for aweoks' treatment. Dr. Kllno, Ld.. 931 Arch St., FhUadelpha. Founded 1S7L No man can command othors who is una ble to command himself. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teeming, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma tion, ullays pain, cureB wind colic, i?c a bottlo. A spring overcoat on tho back ls worth two iu hock._ I use Plso's Cure for Consumption both in my fiimtlv and practice.-Dr. <f. W. PATTER SON. Inkster, Mich., Nov. 5,1S94. Mr. Green-"Billson's boy has got to be an officer in the navy!" Mrs. Green-"Well, well! I s'pose he'll wear epithets on his shoulders now. A KLONDI? uggist from Klondike tc In fact it is thc only Cc s striking evidence of every box of the genui A Good Cause. "Lady, wad yer please drop 10 cents in dis box?" "To go in bad whiskey." "Yes, ma'am, to go in whiskey." "What! yon have the bare face to stand there and ask me for money to spend for whiskey?" "Allow me to explain, ma'am. De town temperance committee has got me to be de 'horrible example.' As it takes & good quantity of liquor to make dis example horrible, de commit tee has been forced to inaugurate a house-to-house collection takin*." Indestructible. Mrs. Nuwed (to market man)-I want a ohicken that I can fry, or stew, or roast, or fix up any way I like. Market Man-Sure, mum, here's one you can do anything you like wid an' not hurt it. -Baltimore American. The Ideal Man. There ls much rivalry between the Tarions colleges as to which will produce the Ideal min. By this they mean a vigorous, honest, intellectual man, who will make the world better for having lived. Health Trill demand first considera lon, for upon that depends brain and achievement. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will keep the bowels regular and the stomach healthy by curing all stomach ' dis orders. lt also prevents malaria, lever and aguo. Try lt. Restrained By Consistency. ''You Are enough io drive a man to suicide!" exclaimed the husband. "Ihen whv dou't you go and hang your self?" tauntingly asked Mrs. Viek-Senn. "Because," he howled, "I have been all my life opposed to capital punishment."-Chi cago Tribune. To Core a Cold In One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All druggists refund the money If it falla to cure. ?. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box. 25c. No Home. Wrn?son Tatters-Say, Harv, wot's a "cos- | raopo itan?" Harvard Hassen-Well, Wragsy, that's the name they (riv? to a kind of wealthy hobo. Philadelphia Press. STA TB OP OHTO. OTT OP TOLEDO, i M LUCAS COUNTY. , FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath thathelstbe Fenior partner of the Arm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doinsr business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said firm rill Day i he sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every cate of CATARRH that cannot be curud by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before mo and FUbsorihed in my *--) presence, this 6th day of December, ?SEA i.?? A. D. 18S6. A. W, GLEASON. ?-') yotary Public. Hall's CAtarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on tho blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0. Poid by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Put His Foot in lt. "He's torry now he quarreled with her." "She has gone home to her mother, 1 sup pose." "No; she's hAd lier mother come home to hcr.:'-Philadelphia Press. SPECIAL BUGGIES with long bod nndcr seat, Steel or Rubber Tires with stick seats. Buggies with W: Pneumatic Tires and B&Jl-Beariog Axle for everybody. SEC OUR AGERT OR WRITE Oi BUGGY C< ROCK KILL Factory Loaded "LEADER" loaded with Sn RIVAL" loaded with Blac; other brands for UNIFORMITY, RELIAB STRONG S Winchester Shells are for S2 zing them when you buy a CHOICE Vegetables . will always find a ready market-but only that farmer can raise them who has studied the ereat secret how to ob tain both quality and quantity by the judicious use of well balanced fertilizers. No f?rtil izer for Vegetables can produce a large yield unless it contains at least 8% Potash. Send for our books, which furnish full information. We send them free of charge. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. TYPEWRITERS. Write for our bargain Hst. Rebuilt machines good as new (for work.) cheap. Machines shipped for examination. Largest, best and cheapost stock in the country. Wo rent typewriters. THE T?PE WRITER EXCHANGE, 208 North 9rh St.. St. Louis. MO. B^B5<n?E3QV NEW DISCOVERY; eire* mw mm \J ? v9 B quick r?lief and eurea worst cases. Book ol' testimonial!* and IO days' treatment Free Sr H. H. GREEN S BONS, Box B. Atlanta, Qa Mention this Paper7" w^^g?2S^ CE SCENE. ) Cuba sells Laxative Br ?ld and Grip prescription its virgie anj?l popular ine article, No Cure, I A MOTHER'S STOKY. Tells About Her Daughter's nirusa and How She was Believed Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkham. "Mas. PINKHAM :-I write to tell you about my daughter. She is nineteen years old and is flowing all the time, and has been for about three months. Tfce doc tor does her but very little good, if any. I thought I wouhS try Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, but ? want your advice before beginning its nee. I have become* very much alarmed about her v as she is" getting so* weak." MKS. MATILDA A. CAMP, ' Manchester Mill, Macon, Ga,, May 21, 1809. " DEAS MRS. Punt' HAM:-It afford? sn? great pleasure to WW you of the benefit nay daughter has received from the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. After beginning the use of your medicine she began! to mend rapidly and is now able to be at her work. Her menses are regular and almost painless. I feel very thankful to you and expect to always keep your Vegetable Compound in my house. It is the best medicine I ever knew. You have my permission to publish thia letter if you wish, it maybe the means of doing others good."-MKS. MATILDA A. CAMP, Manchester Mill, Macon, Ga,, RontombAr M. I**0 W. L DOUGLAS $3 & 3.50 SHOES ???Jj ~3Worth $4 to S6 compared with other makes. ^Indorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers. ' The (jennine have W. L. Douglas' name and price j stamped on bottom. Take f no substitute claimed to be as good. Your dealer should keen them - ii not, we will send a pair' TM on receipt of price and 250."^ 91 extra for carriage. State kind of leather, _fsbe, and width, plain or cap toe. Cat. free. milans W. t DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mass. M CURES WritHc ALL ELSE FAILS. E? 1 Bert Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Cse H in time. Sold bv dnicelsts. $8 ?CON SUIvtf?^ OTE les and drawers . Fane? Buggies ire Wheels, a. Buggies IRCCT.. >, - s.e. Shotgun Shells.; lokeless powder and " NEW k powder. Superior to ail ULITY AND HOOTING QUALITIES. ile by all dealers. Insist upon nd you will get the best, AGENTS, Booker T. Wash lngcun has written the storr of hi? Hf handwork. He gives his views on * the neg oprobien? and all his best speeches. Whit? and colored; people are giving advanced orders. A bonanza for agon e. Write to lay. We would like to engage a few able white men to SUDO: Intend Agents. O". NXOECOIiS ?to oo> No. 012-024 Austell Build;n^, Atilinta, Ga. Malsby & Company, 39 S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. Engines and Boilers Steam Water Heaters, Steam Pumps and Penberthy Injector?. 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