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t 7, , > f ' " ~"fc " :f \ I L & ' % 1 ^ ? ; , ? , THURLOW 8 CARTER, Editor and Mauagcr A Family Newspaper: For the Promotiou of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests. Terms $1.80 a Year. Pavablo in Advance. SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION. LANCASTER, S.C.. DECEMBER I.!, 1893. ESTABLISHED 1812. mm??mmmm^mmmmmmmmrnrn,mmmmmmi?immmmmm*M?m.-??MnMmmMM*MMMMMMm ? ? The agricultural capital of Furopr has doubled since 18IO; that of the United Stilton 1ms increased over six- , or fohl. J* ? ' ror As lias been anticipated, observes For tho Boston Jonrnnl, orange culture in *"or the United StutoH bus outgrown the *?r ability of the country to consume tho production. It is estimated thut tho coming crop will exceed tho detnnnd p0, by lit least one million boxes. Of the For whole production, Florida is expected ^or to furnish 4,500,050 boxes nnd Culi* ^or foruift 2,500,000 boxes. ; For President H. S. Haines, of tho Amor- p* 'f ican Railway Association, says tlmt por gradually the rate of wagos of railway For employes has been raised until now the percentage of payrolls to total operating expenses is higher than ever before. Sixty per cent, of the railroads pay no dividends, and there is 110 hope of a change for the better "until the rate per ton-mile increases, or tlic cost per ton-mile decreases." (I sny Tho Adjutant (leneral of the United pad Htatea, in his recent report, expresses the himself ?|iiit" strongly against tho In dinii us ft soldier. lie makes n good pro, scout, and that is about the best that ltd ran begotten out of him. Havs the f?01 . i- " d ? report : The Indian is not very udap- cjjlr table to discipline at best, and to sta- tho tion liim as a soldier near the reserva- WM tror tion is fruitful of discontent, because stn* li" will compare the restraints of mili- ovei I iry life with the freedom and indo- H'0' lenee of his brethren on the reserva- *??,r r* tion. A luck of knowledge of the Kng- ovei lisli language, a strong repuguauco to N work,illiteracv and no fniuiliaritv witli 8IIS' * as ?u.i. ... . -i - . .1 i ii l ii it 'I it' in ill i limn iiguiusi lliu 111 gOO iliuns' development its ii 11 arm of the yoai , the regular :ir in v. ? trim p,,, It is said Unit the introduction ol rem physical training into t he public school* ^ ' of Itostoii has lieoti fullowoil l?y most ^ lien* lieinl results. It has now been the trieil long enough to lie able to preili- wnl] rem eate men thing about its rflVjets. In r4>| IS!).) the Sweilish educational system tcni of gymnastic* wan introilueeil, ami sinee then the |m|?i 1m have been comje lle 1 t i go through certain exercises torn every <lny. At thu opcuin? in Hep- j'J'y tenibcrof the pr sent school year compnrisou* were made between the bear- scoi in ; ami physique of the scholar* to- Miw lay ami their appearance of three years ago. It was the unanimous uf | opinion of the teachers th it their him charges ha 1 become much more grace- J ".'J' fill . carriage, stronger and inoro ro- ?0jj bust. In the high school there has Cor never before been a brighter an I jm| healthier lot of boys. The system in Wft8 vogue is thorough. Ivieh teacher re- T reives a lesson hi the exercises every two weeks, an 1 the scholars devote I f- ^ j teen minutes a day to "physical cuj- tiu> lure." liov 11 Various cities in (Sermany have es* j tablished municipal eating houses as n first moans for minimizing hogging and to "IUH roliovo the worthy poor of tho neeessity of accepting food given in charity, infi Our Consul at Chemnitz, Janen 0. 1dm Monaglian, in a report to tho Htate I>e- ./ partment, given a most favorable a?count of an institution of this kind in pun that city, ah the result of a visit. "Tho food is substantial," he declares. "To a hard-working man with appetite mini sharpened by exercise, tho dinner is n"w excellent. The meats, vegetables, etc., ore properly cleaned and prepared Ihj- whe fore they ar.' cooked. Kverything in ',u* kept clean, and sinellsswect and whole- ?e some. Tho people, who look hearty, vet 3 gather in largo rooms on benohos placed by long tables. Besides tho dinner, tho midday ineAl, supper is thut served to (hose who wish it." From mlh tho list of the food given, olmervos tho Boston Herald, it appears to bo sub- (j,0j stantial and oxcellent in kind and nuti variety, and that tho institution is approciated is ovidoneod by tho fa<*t that }lJU, lost year 435,SCO dinners wero sold- Tho The food is sold'by the portion, and ^|,aI an ample dinner never costs more than wo oodm. i no esiaoustiiuent is mi on 1 practically managed that it yield* tlmt something of a protit to tho city : the expenditure*last year were $ 15,557.28, 'jand tho receipt* wore #17,6411.68, lonv- "Ira ing n halunec of $1644.40. At our juw municipal lodging Itouao here in Ho*- j,n,.j ton, meals and lodgiug are paiil for in the work. Our cuatom of giving out freo aonp at tho polioo station* through tho no ( winter haa little to commend it. It ia II demoralizing and encourages vagrancy c*hi and pan per i*ra. The bounty often goes to unworthy reeipienta, and iuatancea n ki havo boon related of koopgrs of ohoap tcct boarding houaea obtaining supplies for their tables regularly in this way. On wnn the other hand, many who may really Inki need tho food aro too sensitive to reeeive it in charity. It would be innch on|^ better to sell the soup ateoat, together of li with bread and perhaps other simple kinds of food. _ I that LET US GIVE THANKS. all that Qo?l in mercy sonds: health ami children, home and friend*, comfort in tho time of mod, every Kindly word and d od, happy thought and lio'y talk, guidanco in oar daily wj|k? For everything give thank*! r beauty in tlii* world of ou *, verdant grass and lovely flower*, aong of bird*, f.r hum of bocs, tho rcf oBhing Hummer breeze, hill and plain, for atroums and wood, tho gr at oocan'e mighty flood? In everything give thauka ! tho ?w<ot elcop which comes with night, tho returning morning'* light, tho bright ?un th it shities ou high, tliobtarB glittering In the sky; ttieno and everything wo eoe, >nl! our lieatte wc lift to Tlioo, For tverytbing give thank*! ?[Ellen I*nbollo Topper. TWO THANKSGIVINGS. nv RRCIt. CtlAKI.K*. Down ou my luck? Well, I should bo." Cory Dickinson shouldered hi* ! k and got up. He leit the shadow of mountain foliage reluctantly and nn again his toilsome ascent of tl:c 1. The hiazo of tho troplenl biiii luccd upon him n strange scusution. id not blind him: on tho contrary, it ned to stimulate his faculties. Or was rholly the varied atmosphere as he thod higher and higher? No, it was suu, lie decided. The atmosphere partly responsible, but the suit?the >icol sun ?seemed to show him conitly now, strange sight*, somewhat i as the tropical night *ky with its isand new stars, had divulged new cts to hiK marveling senses. i? lie trudged under his small puck r the mountain to reach tho oupital. letting him, one would have hnrdly iiccted him to he "down 011 his luck," ho had hut lately declared. Tall, d looking, well dressed, barely thirty rsof age, Cory Dickinson looked like son of a rich man out on n pleasure lp?not like a self-exiled evader of law scrkiug an unknown field in u ote Central American republic. ui mai whs wiiai Uory Dickinson doing. ? ho plodded along tlio dusty road in afternoon splendor, his thoughts idorcd faraway from his actual sur tidings. Ho lost sight of the distant, uny peaks, the still hollows, tho in le emerald hues of foliage, the trick;, musical mountain streams and saw f the email New Kngland town nee ho ha 1 lately lied, late Autumnlire, staid, matter of fact and t>uu obeerviug. He saw his late homo, stern-faoed uncle, his invalid aunt, on, the. iced man, with his grim vl, ;o <i on y lm the yrriot girl, ton's face and llntitialVs stood out tieul irly clear and obnoxious Mason rejoiced ut his trouble, revengeful llio day when Cory lia<l come upon iirutally kicking the |K>or old family ic, and struck him a smart blow with iimhrulta. Mason had never for ten that blow nor the way in which y iiad threatened him if he ever ill ted the animal again. Hannah, too. been overjoyed i?t lits disgrace; she M a> on'* sweetheart. 'bou, nil nt once, there came another s that Cor) couhl only see in a thick of -something like mist. The face ittle Lydia I'o.it, the school teacher, only one of those who knew, who heed in him. Ic had to dash something away from eyes as he strode on. ate in the afternoon he c?mo to the outskirts of thfcH.f-s tel. entered a II road- w'r?> ' couhl ilt no Spa,.,'*.'' wlt'' ',cr lcroua children r''Ogin/r j -her could lit no English. Mot she looked at with gi uciou* eyes u.i * him sit n on the best sent room, made a motion of drfoaing and said iitlingly "A?)ua #" For bo had not sed to drink at y'nu Inst mountain urn, tenting night iniglji overtake on the way. She brought water ?kiy, ??d when lie would have risen, Ic signs for him to wait, that she ht prepare food for him. lie drew the last hit of money left him?lens i a dollar, for ho had little remaining n lie left the steamer nt the port? she waved it away and tnade linn see > she desired no pay. lie humble food of the country was J good, In* thought, lie bad bad ling but it biscuit mure early uiorn lie ate the eggs and black beans tortillas and drank the black coffee ; had grown Mild blossomed out a few is away as if they wise the choicest cuoies. As he sat eating lie wondered itthoy were doing at home; it was r supper time, and it was a bleak nun day?a I tie November day, al t the lust of tho month. .Something in his (hroat, lump like, and he made ic to Ihiish, fearful of breaking down. woman would take no pay; lie iked her over nud over in words that couhl not comprehend, but with is that site surely read, sttd continued lis way. lint continuing on, he found this was but a small villog and that e were vet some few miles t* traverse >rc he came to the capital, he upland fconcry seemed less ago to him now, hut for tlio ijueer, house-1, with the heavy tilo roofs, could almost have fancied himself i in the States. Only, all at once, twillL lit had turned to m mnruli irloi.ni he rcmciiilxrvd that ho was very far roni home?under tlio equator?with >1 ice to lay his hcnil. c Rntllnwii hy the roadside, utterly sustrd, "I cannot ? any further, dead tired," lie murmured exhaustr. ilo leaned hie head hack against nd of atone wall that seemed to pro property of eome sort, possibly a deed country home. It had heen Rotrhiily since sundown, l>ut the ground dry. lie began to undo his puck to loot the blanket. lie apread it out ilrop|H-d hia weary hcail upon it. Ilo id have fallen asleep at that instant, r Hint he wu startled by tbe clatter otae'a hoofs that seemed to ride up lido. Ola!" raid a voice, and other words | be could net understand. llo sat up ami spoke with appealing r.tim gestures in tlio clear starlight. main I "No 6penk Spanish; 1 American." have The rider dismounted. procl "American, nro you?" Ho ppoke with a roll i hn;*d!y any accent, a tall, fine-look big laugl fellow, not <piilo middle-aged. "Just But j arrived? But why do you lio on tho as fa ground? It'a not good. You'll have You fever. You're not acclimated." won' Cory was on his feet. At "This is providential," lie cried. "If dogg you knew sir, how teirihle it is to he cntly dumb?unable to ask for anything. I've town just come up from tho port -walked up Host, from the cnu of the rnilrond line." "I "A pretty long walk. T don't wonder oil \v you feel it. And it's a good five miles on no m to tho city. I've only this one little don't horse, you see. It won't ctrry double "t or I'd take you along. Who ure you, by faltei the way?/ * hers "My name is Dickinson," said Cory. A1 '1 suppose I'vo como down here on n Dick foil's errand Had a quarrel with my wliic relatives aud left in a hurry. Brought "dov no money. Just a dollar left in tho B|i world." Uneonsoiously he adopted the it wii short phrns 's of the otheis, as if thus to now be more easily comprehended. capit "Well, you are not the lirst," said his passu new acquaintance. "Some sureecd, moui: some don't. If you only knew a a sail little Spanish, you see. However, by up a the way. this is im old hacienda of mine. Varg There's a house and you can sleep in it? "I under shelter, you know. There's the uw plank of a bod, that used to he a serv- only nut's. You'll bo safer inside. Como, grocs I'll take you in. Tomorrow come into hottown and inquire for Julio Vargas Veres; It 1 spelt with a J in Knglish ami prouonuccd and i like an 11, remember. lug. Cory hail followed him in with a feel- at on ing of unreality. Julio struck a match "I and showed bun the hoards on trestles shall that should he his bod. "By Jove I frien there's a hit of candle," he said. "I'ut 'no, 1 your blanket double on the boards and en's y creep into it. Wrap it well around you. An You'll be safe from insects, nlncranos 'hi and tho like. I'm off cow. luck tn<> beaut door rare fully in the morning and come went to town as early as |>ossihl . Vou can hupp take coflco wilh mo if you're In before take eight. Good night." the fi Cory locked the door after him nnd was i heard him ride away in the calm night; waya then went hack and crept hetwrcn his Hut 1 blanket folds and blew out the candle. Bc;ieo As ho drifted into a first do/.e ho sud huiui dctily remembered that this was Thu'a- Af day?the last Thursday of the month? days, and therefore it was Thanksgiving Day port, at home. delay lie wmdered if Lydia had thought of pecte him. lie hardly believed that she had 1" 'h goue to take Thanksgiving < inncr with three his aunt, us alio had formerly done. She I'lyloved him a little?perhaps a good dcul trem ? If only as a sister. She was too loyal AI for that. Thus ho foil asleep and slept y*-'t a steadily, dt spite his uncomfortable com h And aud the chill temperature. Novt i give Julio Vcrgas Vcrea wns protty well '?VCI known in town. A lawyer by profos slon. with hardly nny practice, because ~ ?/ he had neglected it; formerly a Legation d'1 ' attache abroad?the husband of a pietty woman and father of several pretty cliil XVS 1 dren?a thoroughly honorable fellow with one deplorable passion for gambling *!or at the exciting country cock fights. . m' W till .la.) II.O v. > Hon I---? - ? ?" ? UI Kiml 1.11 Cory fount] his way to his new friend's . house- without trouble nn<] had colTeo with him as agreed. Antl Julio Verges "#s Veren bade him consider himself a wcl coinc guest at his house until lie should ,p,' limI wotk. l-'or Cory was (tenniless. ' lie would noccpt nny situation, he Kni<l, J\w ' anything, however huinb'o. Shame antl , ' humiliation wore his, to litnl himself helpless, a follow t-f twenty nine, lie had suppnol a strong young fellow of that ago oould timl wt?rk in any part of ' the globe, lie hud forgotten the tlilli .j.J cnlty ttf a ditTerent language. And so for weeks lie had a blue time 1 ' of it. Ife wanted to go back to the port, ca8 where some English was spoken, but neBr Vargas Vorea objoctetl. lie wanted to set k employment on the primitive little l'kou | railway, but Vargas Verca objeetcd. done | Vaigns Verea was the kintlust fellow on W',CI I eaith, but over proml. An I Cory chafed '"f* j under his objections. Night after night "I* I ho lay awnko suppressing groans at his n ' helplessness ami his tormenting mom- 1 '"1 orios. Oh, to have come to this land of wo1" eternal sunshine under ditTerent circuin- ul)0.r stances ! Oh, to have come to this land ** \ of eternal sunshino under dilTeient cir- {'? cumstancee! Oh, not to have bad to ". run away from home ami friends! Hut could lie iiavo remained there after the r 1 occusation of theft? Ami who had l>cen rc8 tlie thief? Who had taken ids uncle's >u,|* thousand dollars from tho open safe on '' that latal afternoon when lie bad sat wa8 reading in the next room ami had hardly knei noticed his uncle passing out into the And kitchen for a moment? Ilo had sat in mon tho sitting rooin; tho Rafo was in tho were sitting-room bedroom; one could only 'mtl enter the bedroom from tbe sitting-room. '?rK 11 is uncle bad gone into the kitchen? who and lied left the safe unlocked. I Ian help nali, tho servant girl, had let a kettle of 1 soap grcaso boil over, and for a brief y?.u time tho kitchen was almost on fire. !* ? Cory, a littlo % lazy, had heard 'j,n tho uj roar, and had gone to see wlint *'rea the trouble wns. llis uncle, in a fury nt tho servant's carelessness, called him a Wfty stupid fool mid ordered him angrily not to , ' stand gaping I here. And Cory, angry in 'bin turn,had quickly come hack,seized his hat I"1"' <> 11 urn Hilling ruuiu UIIIIH nnu ll'll tile ,u" ' Iioiikc. lie hud not returned very toon. ' ' 11 in uncle I rid M-emcd to hate him of late. ?ou And ho hud gono olT with some young h-ttc friendn of his to n neighboring town, not And venturing Imck until thu next afternoon. Ami Then ho had found hit uncle in a sin'e of excitement bordering on insanity. , The thou*.and dollars that hud Ihx n des- . lined for the |>nyment of a mortgage was ['"'J gone from the safe. It had been taken 'ltt whilo Cory's uncle win in the kitchen conn helping extinguish the Are. No ono oould ' have entercl the house in that brief ",lt space, and no one hut Cory, Ids undo and cr*his invalid aitnt was aware of tlio pri*once of the money in the safe. Nothing '',nK elae had been disturlic 1. It had been but were au instant's work to extract the park igo n. , for ono who knew it was there and in " . precisely what spot. And?but for tlio tf'v" shock and misery for the invalid aunt Cory's uncle would, he said, have sent lb an otfiocr nfter the young rascal, all of intr? which Cory had listened to in a doinV <b founde I wny and then said: l<art "You are o.thcr crazy or dsn you mit. thlok me capable of stealing. I will I Hi never pesa another night or eat another | Hen It under your > frf^*nucb "ess to in your enii?loy?tG*. it you wish v mo arrested go <.i vu- it quickly nr.* aim your inhuman t.'dings toward utivc io thu world. You will Itc [km 1 at when the true thcif in found, ^o about it quickly, lor I am going r nwny from you us I possibly can. can keep my lust mouth's salary. 1 t touch it." id, its bis uncle was silent and cd, (Jory left the house and pres the town. But before leaving the he had coutiiled his story to Lydia t is true," lie said, "that I did go ith the fellows last night, but I took oney to speak of. You believe me, i you, Lydia?" !an you risk?" she said, her voioc ring a little and tears rushing into oft eyes. 1 this came back vividly to Cory inson during the weary weeks in h ho felt himself so thoroughly in on his luck." it at last a chance cn'ue. He seized th avidity. It was to go out on a cacao plantation, remote from the nl, sixty miles by laid through imiblo woods ami over dangerous itain paths, or sixty miles by sea in boat down the const and by canoes river of dangerous rapids. Julio as Yerea shook liis head, in ahuid you will die out there. It ay from all civilization. There is an Indian settlement and s une tie '. 'The climate is had it is very -and thoro are marshes just below, a four day's journey at the very best, nails nre a week in coining and goI'm afraid you will have the fever ce." am not afraid," said Cory. "I have fever if I stay here, my dear d. You nre good as gold to >ut 1 rnn't stand idleness. For henvuke. lot me go." id so ho went. t into the wilds? imponc'. ruble, Li fill, silent, tropical wilds. And he faithfully to work and became y with a new hope. lie did not the fever. He got fairly started by >llov\ inir ir.idsiiminer. That is. what Midsummer at homo, for it was nl midsummer in this new country. iu had never censed to reckon by ttic ns of the far North. And by midner lie wrote to I.ydin l'ust. ter bo hud written lie counted the A week to take the letter to the A fortnight more?allowing for of t lie steamer to sail as he laid e* d ? for it to reach the United States, ree weeks I.ydia would have it. In weeks more in; would have her re lie knew thkt his lingers would hie so that he could hardly open it. as! the six weeks had passed, and nether and another. And no reply, as another month drifted along and miber was begun, Cory began to up hope. ilaO she not received bis i? Had she ro? cared to reply? he lost to her even to little Lydia wb<mc fuith 'tie had dreamed in rst hours? illy lie realized one evening that it ihc 10th of November, just a year i he bad left home. A day or two he fell ill. It rfrns not from the ite, not from the heat. The plantnwas not as deadly as Vargas Vareu believed. lint it was the snapping s lunt hope liin hope of h\dia. If more of n low nervous fever. Ami milil not rise from his lwsil any more. lie did not enre if death came e was no doctor near; there were h tiinple remedies on the shelves of ana hut, hut ho hardly eared to take le night his fever was higher - much er--mid he raved of hydiatotho in woman who sat beside him and legro si rvant who liked liiin well, le next day he was conscious again very week. He felt as if he could y slip away. And he asked the 0 to seud to the post a certain letter was goiug to the United States, sands of miles away, llardly had he 1 giving liis fi w, feeble instructions a some of the Indian boys mine liurryin to tell him that n canoe hnd come lie river with people, white, tall,and ly, with many bundles and other Ifs. A beautiful young lady. Cory ilcred vaguely until a shadow fell i the threshold ?and a moment later, f nn angel dawning from heaven, a stood beside him. and bent to tako Into her arms. [ knew," she sobbed softly, and in tears his fruo ff|t as cool and reicd and joy lighted as a rose in the mcr rain. "I knew thai you would I. And I would not witte?for 1 almost ready to fetch you. For I v you w ould not come lark alone. I had Iteen working and saving the ey f<?r mouths -and only a fow weeks i larking. 80 I would not write-cnine. And your uncle n*ks you to ivo and forget. For it was Msson stole the monoy?with Hannah's . And so you will go ba< k with me." L*y<ti.i." l.e whispered, "how could come to this plnoc?thousands oi s?through all these dangers by and sen nn J sea and land ? Am I niing, Lydia ? Have you come all wny alone I Through all these strange ? ?" Do you think," sho sobbed, "do you k there is any road too long, too for a woman to travel if the one she s is at the end ?" S'o road," said Cory, softly. "But knew I loved you?even licforo inv r ? and then you knew it again. you tooK winj^s and ilew to me, so wo shall go imck together, dear' i?othor shadow crossed the threshold i Vargas Vcrea, also on his way to Cory, having hcaid of his illuoss, mot with I,ydia at tho port and hud s with her in a snilhont nnd canoe, ad discreetly^remained outside the until after tho meeting of the lovr>t many days later thcro was a wed; at the capital. Cory and Lydin i married by tho American Minister, Julio Vargas Verra ?<??*! sponsor to >Hd?. It was Thursday?and I hunks Igga S;?j, old man, 1 want jou to mIucc me to your eluh. rigg* (dolefully)?They are very icular, old fellow, whom they ad iggs?Hut you got in.?(New York dd. AN ENKMY T.) TtlK OYSTER. tiroat Destruction In the Delaware Hay Hods l>y I he " Borer." The " borer," a post of nl>out tlic si/o of n small strawberry, is working great I havoc among the oyster beds in Delaware I Bay and tributary streams. Capt. Moses Veale, of the oyster schoouer White Lily, says that the destructive powers of the "borer" have r been known to oystermcn only a few years, lie has followed oyster dredging nearly thirty-live years, and the tirst " borer" lie saw was about ten years ago, but their ravages in the oyster beds were comparatively unnoticed until last year. Capt. Veale said that " last year the * number of dead oysters with holes made by borers In the shell became so groat that oysterrnen were alartncd. The year I the work of the borers has become a grnve matter, and if it contiuurs n any bays will bo depopulated of oysters. From one bed wo nredged on this trip we got 1,200 i baskets of oysters, but out of these only jj ?0') were good, the dead oysters having l>ccn killed by borers. A peculiar thing about the ravages of the ' boreis ' is their ^ apparent select ion of the best oyster-beds. We have folind this to be true several times this season. We have found a bed v of small oysters almost entirely frco from ' borers.' This bed will bo separated ' from another bed of larger oysters, l?y 200 feet, but this latter bod will 1 o so V badly atfectod by the creatures that it will hardly pay to work it. " From what I can leain from oystermcn the destruction wrought by borers is much more severe in Delaware Bay than in other places. "The work of the borer this year makes a double inisfot tune, for the oyster ( I eds were badly damaged by the big storms in August and September. Very few people who are not in the oysterdredging business know anything of the methods of the borer. When I tirst took 11 notice of its work I secured several <>ys- J t?rs just after the borer bad fastened it self to the shell. When the borer fastens itself it holds on like a leech, and it is j with difficulty that it can be removed with the lingers. "Sometimes the ' borer1 fastens itself V to tlie oyster shell near the edge, :in< 1 I then the oyster is not killed. Wlun the whole of the * borer* is made near the ecntro of the shell tho oyster is attacked j( in its vital parts and dies in thiec or four days after the hole is lirst made." Some of tho beil-owmis near Maurice f Kivcr have lost large sums of money this o y?air on account of the " borer." Thomas Monacy, who haaanutniierof large beds, n it is said, will lose $10,000. Several () other men have lost nearly as much ^ through this unlooked for calamity, and a number of men have lost in the neighborhood of or $3,000. All oys- c tetmcn say there can be no way of taking ? away the "borer" without destroying h the oyster beds.?[Philadelphia Ledger.] C1TV OK 8ANTAXDKK. A Town of Commercial mid Historical Iuterest. Santandcr, whose opera house was the scene of the recent awful boiuli throwing outrage, is the capital of the province healing the same name, and is one . of the leading seaports of Spain. It has la., lli.. .1 iw? I ?,, ..f In S >, ,* ll>? O...I g n; , " h wi tt biahroprie. The |>i? nt population in 1 between 10,0(10 iiinl 50.000, having doubled during the last <|ti:irter ofaceti n tury, ami the commercial prosperity of h the town has even surpassed this proper* h tion. ,\ The city is situated on the inside of a rocky peninsula which separates it from the bay of Biscay. forming an excellent harbor for two or thr< n mi|<s wide and " four miles long. The entrance is at the v eastern ex rcmil\ of the promontory,au J ' (bough somewhat dillionlt for sailing v?k sels in certain winds li.is depths of water } for the largtsi ships. The exports con n fdsts chiefly of iron ore to Great Britain , and wine and olive oil to France. * Slander is divided into two sections, an upp? r and a lower town, There are ' very few buildings of any prominence. ^ The catludral was undoubtedly intended for an immense struc ture, the original * design being Gothic, hut it has been so altered by later additions that but little of the old work remains. There is also a theatre, formerly a convent, of some pretensions, and a hospital and Jesuits v church, which lay claim to architectural beauty. . The city, taken as a whole, is essentially modern, iis chief interest lying in its strongly constructed residences, 1 cjuays and numerous factories. In ad ' clition to the above Sinlander has a gas ( works, phosphorus, sulphuric acid and sail n anufac lories. \ Besides being n trading port of no r mean pretensions, Santandc r is a water , ing place of great reputation. The . bathing establishment on the seaward . side of the strip of land on which the town is built contain* all the latest Im- !j provements nn l is ranked with the best continental watering places. There is communication by rail with Madrid, I which is JIB miles distant, and by ( Ht(* rnor with Idvcrpool, Loudon ami c Hsinburg, as well as with Havana and t all the leading Spanish scajMirts. 1 There is considerable historical interest | centered in this town. The part wns in ( l"5t given the privilege to tiade with , America and in 17">5 was created a J Ciudad." Charles V*. landed hi Sin lander in 1.122, when he enrno to take possession of the Spanish crown, and from there departed. Charles I., of Knglaml, embarked on his return from his ill fated visit incognito in search of ' it tun. 111 ini.-i mi' i'ujt tvn? mkkcii uy tlttr French under Soldi. 1 A Dog's Ihiiik hunt. The story cornM from Camilla that < John Joiner and acvcial other* were out t hunting Home time ngo, when Mr. Join- ( er'a dog fell into an ohl well. It was | not known at the time where the dog was , and no hunt was made for hint. Mr. j Joiner thinking he would ooma homo in a short time. Kighteen days after the dog wan lost Mr. Joiner was out hunting again and hoard his dog howl. At tint it wna haul to locate the sound, hut the dog was dually discovered in an old 1 dry well, where lie had been for eighteen days without fond fir water. The dog was drawn to the surfaoc and is now at "well as ever.?[Atlanta Constitution. T A MAN MlirJULKjfc,L). I'he world goes by, and fancies ho is cold. Hoif-wrapt in colls of egotistic thought? ^ Fettered with links of sulitlo cobweb, wrought ly sottish meditation. Men bavo told ^ Cacli other laughingly that onco ho sold llis heart for lovo of knowledge?that 1 1 bought r(Ji A calm coutent (so oft and vainly sought) (>|J ty breaking every dear afToction'a hold. p, 'hey read him lightly ; ho has never known The loose emotions that can weep at will, .c 'lie void that makes each passing wind its own; up Yet in his breast are caverns hard to All? hi lot to bo fathomed by tho careless stono |>n Of those that cast to show their petty wi skill. ti lels of alien character to theirs Who brand him with their foolish, worthloss scorn ; ^ His careless seeming Is a vesture worn 'o hide the troubled trout of many cares ; teneuth the cloak ot callousness be bears SIC A boating heart, with sorrow often torn ; He has a burden lioavy to be borno If love and sympathy; his thoughts nro vc pray rs. j? If lien most he seems unhoo Iful he is s.id 'or that vast trouble which Is life's below? f.> iongiugto teach the tearful to be glad. in: The helpless hopeful wearying lo know ifhnt food for famished spirits may he had, 111 What solace for tho mass of human woo. I'1 ? Arthur .Salmon, in Temple 15ar. 'ol w I II I'M OK OF TIIP. DAY. ,.f it Ainu's a fool ami Cupid can prove it. hi; lalveston News. livery dog Iims its time, especially ho watch-dog.?Statesman. Apropos of college colors, the favor- < ,| le seems to bo yelkr.? Philadelphia ! ;% lecoril. b) Football players might rightly bo "I1 lassed as chronic kickers. ?Hartford a" ournul. t14; "This is a still hunt," said the man , rho was looking for moonshiners.? 1(|.( Jnion County Standard. ,mu ft is a trying ordeal to bo drawn on by jury and quartered in a fourth-rate lotol. ? Boston Transcript. op Sowing schools arc not a bad idea. ' lirls generally nre not too much stuck i " ?i.., ......11.. IU.;i..,I..I..I.:.. T; - ! n" .. .... ........... x ......*i.uus, "f, 1 il lson says Hint, the man who is hah- ' hially non-committal has no business ! 11 a police court lunch.?Buffalo Jouricr. nrl A man is very much like a razor, be- ' " Huso yon can't tell how sharp he can 1,11 ?e until ho is completely strapped.? liftings. ?* lie?"What do you think of croma- j ion? Do you believe in it?" Hhe? ^ 'So; 1 think it is a burning shame." | . -Rochester Democrat. i , <ln Tills question every man iuust faeo wj As lie looks his ll'iiinelr through : 'Must I pur.shasan now stock. Or can I make thosn do?" wi Dansvlllo (N. Y.) breeze. j1( There is a great denl of truth in the rn aving that polities makes strange he.l- ,!:l allows. Billots of all parties lie to- ill ether in the ballot box. ?llnrrisburg w; 'atriof. In N'o marriage engagement should l?o I" nore than six months long; tlio most rl rdeut lover gets tired of living up to ' lis girl's ideal any longer than that.? hi it eh'son (llolie. Mrs. Wiekwire ? "Just think?" Mr. v> Vickwire?"(bless I'll have to. I lover get a I'liuuco to <lo anything else irhou you have started iu to talk."? ndianapolis Journal. ' Fin de Sicclo You no; Ladies: Fan 1 ilothor?"My daughters lmvo receive 1 . thoroughly practical education ; oach f them is capable of making work for en servants. " ?Fliogende Mutter. Iho's ddieato, she s tender, often times ol ,, frail physique, Hi" Is ilovc-lik", sheis gontlo.sho Li mild and Hh? is meek, ih9 is mo lost an I retiring, liut somehow she Iln Is her way 'hrougb the crow I to reach the counter on a bargain day. ' ?N'cw York Press, s "Hakes alive," said grandmn, "what kill they think of next? Hero's an idvertiseinent in the paper 'Watches deduced,' 1 ain't got any watches hat's too big, but if they would roluee our big clock about one-half, I liink I'd like it better."?Dausvillo X. Y.) Breeze. "What is the mnttcr with Dickie 'an Wihides? I saw him in the gymloajiim just now going through the nost horrible facial contortions." * 'Oh, that's nil right. Dickie is do eloping his facial muscles, so as to n' ;ct a good grip on his monocle."? ?' iV'iishuigtou Star. " ".4ee here," exclaimed tlio red- 01 jea le I woman in wrath, "if you ain't ^ mt of this yard in ten minutes I de larc I'll run this umbrella down your liruat and open it." 'Tlicro ain't a it o' use of that, innm," responded )istual Dawson; "anybody that's as I ft- 1 _ . t a. Jl-f . I i try msino as hiu inn i. novum no ^ imbrella in him."- -Indianapolis Jour* ial. . . ?t tl How The Indian* Tmde. )> Ah the furs ?American furs in gen* " >ra!?aro'brought in by tho I ntlimi-t hey aro trailed by tlio person in ihargo of tho trade shop. If an Julian brings 100 skins of different torts, or all alike, lio trades off every ^ >kin separately, and insists on pay ^ nent for eaeh skin as it is ha tide.I ^ ?ver the counter. Honoa it ofte i ^ akes several days to barter a bnt h >f hkins. The skins, as purchased, are .hrown behind the counter, and after ^ vard carried to the fur room, piled n great heaps, and constantly tnri. id tnd aired. In the spring, as soon in j lie hiimw is gone, generally in Apri', ' , he skins are put into eighty |?onn I . tales, tied upon horses, and sliippe I , ?t market. - Chicago Times. a tlohl ill large tpiantities wits pro- p Iticed by itusMinu miucs last year. fi THE PROCEEDING f tho General Assembly at.the bV 7e Capitol, Columbia. Resume of the Business Transacted from Day to Bay. ?th I),iy. ? In the House the only (hit I ibing hill, "to prohibit the selling or tiring to drink spirituous or malt juois ut and nrir c.ectiou precincts on rciion ilnys, was passed and ord.rtd ut to the Senate. When the regular calendar was taken i there was no stopping place until the II to require the owners of all dogs to >y a licun.c for them was reached. Tins is debated and discussed fo.- hours and ally pus.pound until the next session the A einbly. At the joir t session of the two Houses \V. Budinnun wis elected attorney ucr.il; in plncj of Major Towuccnd, ct d judge. Hth da Iu the House there was conlerable school talk. A bill providing at fchoo! teacher ' first grade ce'tifltes rhould he good and valid for live sirs, prsscd i's seeond reading, witn a oviso th it the provisions of the iiill ?>ubl l ot apply to ccitillcatcs now iu ice an I that rhe tvachcrs should ietiii in active service. An amendment to the act ridding t i r establishment of school dislrics, si i* t | el it ions of t wo thirds of I h votei s r a sepeiate distiicl should bcgran'cd, is agreed to. The Senate bill to prohibit the owner Miy sheep killing dug from allowing to run at large, passed its third read A bill to exempt ca'tlo from taxat'oa i live years was kdled. In the Senate the bill providing f> r e cieuion of school ilistr.ets occas'oneonr.iderablu debate. John (buy miis champion* d it and Senators Kin Ilanisi n and Hemphill led :n the position. The bill pavsed with an it ndmcut fixing the limit of school vis in such districts to three miles. Tl le hill to repeal charters was called by Si nstor Wilson on the special hi It was opposed (by Senator i\the in a stneig speech and defeudu I Scii itor Wilso Scant rs Fin ley nn<t Timnurinai alnt I?<i?cd tin: I?l', S< intor Timuieri.ii.il I?r? s o? 1 his high > ilmiration an-i reill for lit (Inventor hut could nut i-vowith Ii i .ii in t It is measure. 10 F..ist <?l ;i i'rolossiiuinl Dnolisl. "I was standing hero yesterday ternooii," nuiil !>o Vinne N'icklin, .'.vii i.t lli?' Ilnworv, "wondering liow hiv tuns of swords iiihI pistols and e like I had stacked up in the back iny simp, when n slender figure, hc'.l in hhiok nn?l thickly vciloil, euro I the dour ami lai.l upon the sliowse in front of inc an ebony cuso con* iuing tiio liuest pair of (lint lock i-liiiK pistols I ev? r saw. (lonviils. il tli suits, the lady in black, who drew i.le li.-r veil to let me see that alio is of 1 iaii ei iiiln.it beauty manage.I inform me that the pistols which ' *.v before me were tlie lust and most. ' re I relic of a one-primely fortune it had belonged to In r biisbaml. lie is a 'professional duelist,' she said, it had been out of work for a long lie an 1 was utterly unable to Iiml 11 ploy me nt on Manhattan Island, lie by on bis black coats ami beaut iI pray trousers? implements of Ins t had been pawned, and now tln-ru is notliing left but the baby ami the - tols. They had prayed for heavenly reel ion in their decision as to which these they should hypothecate, mi l though In r heart misgave her sorely t<> the result, her goo l husband had lally decided that the pistols should ) 'spouted.' They were something in io nature uf a family bible to her, alio id, because tho birthdsy of her in* ti 1 boy, the date of her marriage and her interesting domestic events had .<< 11 neatly nicked with a bowie-knife i the ivory handles of their beautiful capons. In the little silver-clasped ivities, always provided in the butt of toliiig pistols for caps and tlio lii;e, in had instead been accustomed to ep ii lock of hers and her husband's lir, neatly intertwined. I bought the istols from her, of course, being uch moved by her suffering, <ni<l slio II me with a i.right smile upon her promising, when these funds van ut, that .ho would bring 'round lite iiby,"?New York tteeordor. Perfumed Virata. On certain parts of the c#asl of ranee, including the channel /"mists scasionnlly appear which are gonerlly called "perfumed mists." They >nio in the morning, especially dnrig the spring, and, strangely enough, illy when the wind is in the northvst. Sometimes they only ladt for a )W minutes, at others thoy hang bout all day. They haveaeliaraeteritic smell, similar to that of a lime ilu. Tho origin of these mints is a myfi>ry. In one district the inhabitants liought tho smell came from soma me kilns some miles to the northeast, n<i they may liave been right; hut tint was not an explanation of the honoinenon, because the smell from !?ose lime kilns could not have hi en irried by a northeast wind to nil the tlier places where tho iniats were soon nd the smell noticed. In one of these places the northeast 111 < t iruill HH" m'ji, iii iiimmik'i . comes froin overland; tins smell oca not, therefore, necessarily corno roin tho ground. During tins past w weeks tho northeast wirul has been cry prevalent and the mists frequent. The best explanation given is that ho blustering northeast ami east winds weep np the dust, Rases and germs of he ground over which they pass and rive them toward tho sea. When his wind has continued for some time t contains aneh n quantity of these hings as to afTeet all our organs;that s the caiiso of the complaints which ppear when tho east wind blow , an I f may bo the caqko of th<?s?? "'j oritmed mints. "?Paris Petit Kevno,