The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, December 13, 1893, Image 1
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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.
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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
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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,