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This bank solicits a share, if not all, of your business, and wil giant every favor consistent with safe and sound banking. January 29. 1897?ly. Saw Milis, Light and ff^ary, and Supplies. CHEAPEST AND BEST, cyca-t everv day; vror< 180 handa. Lombard iron Works and Supply Co., AUGUSTA* GEORGIA. January 27 i GE0EGE BRTOS MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C., TT*T*7T7T W VWMW.7) U JJ VV JU4JJ.U*W AWA Has a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Silverware. A fine line of Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one, all for sale at lowest prices. Bepairs on Watche.s first class qnickly done and guaranteed, at moderate prices fiO?tf. W 4. RECKLNG, -SuZSTIST, COLL3IBIA, 8. CM IS NOW MAKING THE BEST PIC tnres that can be bad in this country, and all who have never had a roal fine pictnre, should now try some of bis latest styles Specimen^ can be seen at his Gallery, up stairs, next to the Hub. DRIFTED INTO STORY ' THE BEGINNINGS OF SOME FAMOUS LITERARY CAREERS. How Some of the Xoted Men and Women Who Have Conqnered the World of Letters C'ame to Invade the Domain of Fiction. There is an unfailing fascination in the story of the beginnings of brilliant careers, and especially of the careers of men and women who have conquered the world of readers, and have won fame and fortune in the difficult path of letters. One of the most successful of literary partnerships had its origin is a casual supper conversation at a Bohemian club. Walter Besant and James Rice, both young men of literary ambitions, were discussing one of Dickens' novels, when Rice said, casually: "If I give you the plot of a story, Besant, will you write It?" "I don't mind trying," Besant answered; and within a few weeks the first of a brilliant series 1 of novels was under way. Rider Haggard was reading for the bar in the early eighties with an eye on the woolsack, and no dream of the ' career in fiction that awaited him, when it occurred to him, as a recrea- \ tion from the dry bones of the law, to weave a story out of his South African , experiences. To his surprise and de- ] light the story flowed fluently under j his pen, and finally assumed ample shape as "The Witch's Head." That 1 it was not a success mattered little; 1 for it had shown him his true metier, ( and paved the way ror "iving soiomon's Mines," and all tlie gold they yielded. ' It was only when briefs resolutely ( declined to drift to his chambers that 1 Anthony Hope Hawkins, a young bar- J rister, in all the modified glory of an untarnished wig, turned his thoughts to the pen to while away the hours of j waiting for solicitors who never came. ! It was thus that he wrote "A Men of Mark," which was rather suggestive of future distinction than productive of present profit. But fame came quicker 1 than briefs after all, and his "Prisoner of Zenda," four years later, gave him < ? all the start he desired. Grant Allen had wooed science to lit- 1 tie pecuniary purpose for many years 1 before he was tempted to stray into fietion, for which he never had much c respect. Ferhaps no one was as sur- 1 prised as himself to find that he could write a story quite as cleverly as a scientific treatise, and while "Physiological Aesthetics" brought him repute s as a man of science, "Philistia" point- ' ed the way to gold, which in these days y of stress is so much better. The science s which he designed for a staff became a ( recreation, but his heart was in it rather than in his novels. M. Zola was tying up parcels in * Hachette's publishing house when he 1 was tempted to read one of Flaubert's ( novels. Much as the young packer was impressed with its cleverness, he thought he could write a novel quite as 1 good, and he immediately set to work with the results known equally to the s world and his bankers. It was the memory of bis long tramps 1 through the Australian bush that turn- 1 ed Guy Boothby's thought to fiction. 1 He had new material full of interest to 1 the reading world. Why not present it 5 in the marketable form of a novel? me suggestion took suape in uq xue Wallaby," and the world knows what ^ that led to. With Morley Roberts it was the same. He had for many years led a life of adventure, which was stranger than fiction, in every part of the world, and in all characters from cowboy to common seaman. It was easy from such rich material to weave the "Western Avernus," the first of his long series of thrilling romances. .Jerome lv. Jerome's Bohemian life and stage experiences suggested to ^ him the idea of his first venture in letters, "On the Stage and Off," as at ^ least a variant from teaching, clerk's . work and acting, which had made up his precarious existence for some years: and when Mr. Zangwill grew sick of teaching the three It's to young Jews, what more natural than, with his skill with the pen, he should weave a story of the "Children of the Ghetto," although this was not his first venture in literature? Marie Corelli had no thought of fic tion when she was training for the career of a musician and composer; and it was a strange psychical experience that turned her thoughts to the pen and inspired her "Romauee of Two Worlds," which took uovpl read- ; er^by storm. It was loneliness and weird inspiration of the South African veldt that impelled Olive Schreiner, a dreamy girl in her teens, to speak her thoughts od paper in "The Story of an African Tarm." Mrs. Hodgson Burnett was only a schoolgirl, busy with her books, when a group of factory girls streamed past the window through which she was gazing. One of tliem, unlike the rest, a tall, striking girl, arrested her attention; and it was around this single figure, seen for a moment, that she wrote her beautiful story, "That Lass o' Lowrie's." Professor Green, the lovable Oxford tutor and author, was the inspiration of Mrs. Humphry Ward's "Robert Elsnicre," in which he figures as the hero, Grey. But Mrs. Ward's first boolc. "Milly and Oily," was written for her own children. Miss Florence Marryat's first novel, "Love's Conflict," was written at the time of great trouble and suffering, and served the double purpose of distracting her thoughts from her grief and pointing ont a career that was to bring much compensating pleasure as well as profit. . * | If you want nice candies, cakee and crackers, always go to the Bazaar. wwwwwqn?b^pamwt i jmjihj.h wwbpct?a?wpw A STICK WITH A STORY. The Odd Office Which It Performed In n OnniliilnK Den. "There's an odd little story eoanoctod with this old cane," said a New Orleans sporting man the other day. "Von wiil observe how heavy it is and how th'e ferrule comes down to a sharp point. It used to be carried by an old chap who was a well known character here back in the seventies. lie had an interest in a very crooked gambling house. I won't hurt anybody's feelings by mentioning the exact location, but it was a saying that you might as well slide your money under the door and walk off. It saved time. "This old felfow I'm speaking of never operated any of the games, but was apparently a mere spectator. Ilis business was to dispose of what were known technically as 'knockers.' A knocker was anybody who attempted to put a victim on his guard, usually a well meaning but officious friend. For example, a visitor would he playing at uue Vk iiiu mm ma LUCIIU, ing on, would smell :i rat.. As a rule lie would feel it his duty to say something, and such suggestions were naturally reseuted by the house. "When the old man would see a knocker about to knock lie would hobble up, leaning heavily on his cane, and plant the ferrule, as if by accident, squarely cn the offender's foot. Such a prod would cause the victim excruciating agony, and he would immediately lose all interest in exposing fraud. While lie was writhing and groaning the old fellow would overwhelm him with apologies and insist upon his coming into the back room to get a drink. Meantime the other ?hnp would be losing his money as fast is he could get it out. "There's no telling how much plunder tbis stick has been the means if securing. Its original owner has oeen dead these many years, and I keep it as a curiosity."?New Orleans rimes-Democrat. AN EFFECTIVE SERMON. j L Trumpet Blast That Drove the Peo- < I?le to Repentance. I A prominent Methodist churchman ] ecently told the following story of old ] ?eter Cartwright, the famous preacher s ind circuit rider of many years ago: ( The exhorter was holding a camp neeting in Ohio. There was a great lumber of campers on the Geld, and he eccentric speaker addressed vast j :oueourses at every service, but he bought too few were being converted. I rle felt that something should be done 1 :o stir the sinners to repentance, so < te prepared a strong sermon on the ] second coming of Christ, lie told how j lie world would go on in its sin and vickedness, and at last Gabriel would f iouud his trumpet and -time would :ome to an end. lie described the lorrors of.the lost and the joys of hose who were saved. The sermon jrew in intensity, and he brought his ! i >eople up to a grand climax when sud- j < 1 nnlr flifl r\ f O tl'limildt CTtlfltP I < he ears of the anxious throng. i s There was a great sensation, and 1 nany fell upon their knees in terror j md began to repent and pray. Women ] screamed and strong men groaned; ] landemonium was let loose for a few ] ninutes. After the terror had some- 1 That ceased the preacher called to a ] nan np a tree and he descended with < i long tin horn in his hand. The j speaker then turned in fierce wrath < tnd upbraided the people. He cried < nit in stentorian tones that if a man < Tith a tin horn up a tree could 'lighten them so, how would it be in he last great end when Gabriel's runipet sounded the knell of the vorld. The sermon had a great effect ipon the. vast audience, and many < lundreds flocked to the front and were 1 :onverted.?New York Tribune. { 1 Three IJites by n Shark. J. Morris and Loren Hill relate a pemliar experience with a tarpon and an mmense shark near Panta Gorda. ; kVliile they were playing a large tarpon i i shark came up and bit a half moon veighing about ten pounds out of the ] anion's belly. This killed the tarpon. < Sick Headache] g Is the cause of untold suffering ra I to many women; of neglected ul families and unhappy homes, wj ! Pleasure is banished from the jf5 life that is subject to these at- 0] tacks, and yet it is possible to ? I be free forever from such trying 'jfi ordeals. Dr. Williams' Pink Pi g riching the blood, toning up the I the stomach, make sick headache ? vous energy to the despondent su Dr. Will Pink Pills for 5 3 is n*i M'pr^r nrir-t-orro I J Mr?. Fannie Th StofHe, of Martins'? ' terrible Pick headaches, which I had Jn recent years they were getting wors mentof a specialist jn KansasCity, ha "When I came hero two years ago my : band, who had great faith in Dr. Will insisted that I commence using them, ceo an improvement, and my headar used four boxes, and since tliat time ] j tacks, and I never felt so well in my lif ?Ft'Oh No discovery of modern times has kind as I)r.Williams' Pink Pills for P the blood and nerves, invigorating the % thev restore the strength and health every effort of the physician {troves un Thiyo pills are sold in boxes at 50 cer I may bo had of ail druggists, or direct by m Schenectady, N.Y. ?mmbm??ot? mn buf before if'could be gaffed and pull- i cd in tlie shark took out another half j moon a size larger. As they were hauling the tarpon aboard the shark ; bit off the tail, equaling one-third the j length and about one-fourth the weight 1 of the fish. The part that was left over weighed 1H4 pounds. They beat the shark over the head with the oars. J The fish would have been a record : breaker and would have weighed about ; 220 pounds. The scales were prcserv- ; ed and measured j by 4b. inches. Hindoo Confectionery. Like the American girls, Hindoo girls are passionately fond of sweet things. One of their candies, sadu, is very much like our plain sugar candy. It is made of sugar and milk and flavored with attar of roses. Buddhikahal, or hair of Buddha, is one of their most popular sweetmeats. It is so called because it is in fine, long strings like vermicelli. This is made of sugar and cream from buffalo's milk, which is exceedingly rich. The wr-nen pass most of their time eating candy and gossiping.?Baltimore News. Her Own Prescription. Dr. Young?My dear, your throat demands better protection from the drafts of the opera house. Mrs. Young?Yes. darling; I ought to have a three rope pearl necklace for such occasions.?Jewelers' Weekly. j I , Among the Vosges peasants children 1 born at the new moon are supposed tc have better hung tongues than others and those born at the last quarter to have keener reasoning powers. It is nonsense to say wealth doesn't bring true happiness when a fortune teller can be hired for Si to predict any i ' girl's marriage.?Detroit Journal. A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. ida E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. "Was j aken with a bad cold which Fettled ! ' >n my lungs: cough set in aDd finally terminated in Consumption. Four : : Doctors gave me up, saying I could | , live but a short time. I gave my-j j 3elf up to my Savior, determined if I ] ;ould not stay with my friends on j ?arth, I would meet my absent ones ; ibove. My husband was advised to jet Dr. King's New Discovery for | < Consumption, Cough3 and Colds. I ! ( gave it a trial, took in ell eight bot- j lies. It has cured me, and thank God, I am saved and now a well and bealtby woman." Trial bottles free at J. E. Kaufmann's Drug Store. . Regular size 50c and $110. Guar- ] anteed or price refunded. < * + i The Bachelor. ( A bachelor is a coward and a fail- j are. He shaves and primps, but is too ( :owardly to put his arm around sue- ( :-ess and press it to his bosom. lie re- ; solves to marry every day for 40 years, < j but when the hour for the duel ar- j rives, when in the presence of trem- I j bling, rosy cheeks, when beauty shakes j lier curls, his courage cozes, and he j flees the field without even learning of j Ihe c-owpath that leads to matrimony. ^ Ootter be old darky 'Rastus in his T i-abin. where lie holds old Dinah's hand ? ind asks, "Who's sweet?" and Dinah ( Irops her head on his shoulder and , ?ays. "Bofe of us."?Shawnee Daily j [Thief. Those Amiable Creatures. Maud?This is my engagement ring. * Isn't it lovely? Edith?Perfectly adorable! How gen?rous Fred was to give you such a valuable one! And to think that folks ji >ay that your father paid for it!?Boston Transcript. ; a I C'lenr I nderMtanding at Start. Newly wed (after the ceremony)?Do ' } rou really think 1 shall make a good , mate, darling? Mrs. Xewlywed?Oh, you're all right. j flow do you like your captain??Fliila- j lelphia Record. I ^ ^ ^ ^ j f*n ills for Pale People, by en: nerves, and strengthening | } : impossible, and restore ner- i i .fferer. The fulLuamc: 15 lams' J If Pale People I !;; of the genuine. E | < ille. Mo., pays: "I used to have 1 } 9 far hack hs I cum remember. ; o. A few years ago 1 took troalt it only relieved me for u while. I j health "was miserable. My 1ms- I i 1; iams' Pink Pills for Palo People. After taking a few doses I coul-l 'I I he spells w< re not to severe. I [ j [ I: I have not had any of those at- j v e." j i the Republican, Bethany, IIo. ; proved such a blessing to man- ! j ale People. Acting directly on 11 ! <y body, regulating the functions, j a i v in liic exiiaustca pauent v.iien a j ^ availing. I ' its a box,or six boxes for 82.SO, and | ail from Dr. WillianjB Medicine Co., I ^ African Cannibals, j HORRIBLE PRACTICES OF THE MAN j EATERS OF THE KONGO. j | Tho Victim* I/C<1 Front Flacc to Place, So That Prospective Pnrclmstor* May Mark Portion* Thc> t I)onirc When the Killing Occur*. j Of the numerous instances that might ! he recorded in illustration of the organized traffic in human beings which exists, reference may be made to the conditions which hold in the district ! through which the Luluugu river passes. This river, which constitutes a con- 1 siderable affluent of the Kongo, empties into the latter river, on the south bank, at a point some 800 miles from the Atlantic coast. Within a short distance of the confluence is to be found a series of strongly fortified villages, representing the headquarters of tiie Ngoinbi. wherein numbers of slaves are j imprisoned pending the periodical visits ; of traders from ihe Ubangi country, i which is situated on the opposite side j of the Kongo. A visit to one of these slave depots at the mouth of the Lulungu river reveals a condition of savagery and suffering beyond all ordinary powers of description. At.the period to which these remarks bear reference, it was no uncommon experience to witness at one time upward of a hundred captives, of both sexes and of all ages, including infants in their wretched mothers' arms, lying in groups; masses of utter- | ly forlorn humanity, with eyes down- | cast in a stony stare, with bodies at- i tcnuated by starvation, and with skin I of that dull gray hue which among ! colored races is always indicative of : physical distress. In cases when a suspicion existed of ! an Individual captive's intention or j ability to escape, such unfortunate ; creature was doomed to lie hobbled I with one foot forced through a hole j cut in the section of a log, while a j spearhead was driven into the wood j close beside the limb, rendering it iin- i possible to move except at the ex- j pense of laceration. Other means to j insure the prisoner's safe custody con- j sisted in binding both bauds above the j head to the king post of a bunt, or in | binding the arms and plaiting the hair I into a braid, which was made fast to ' a branch overhead. At intervals these villages were visit- j imI by the U'bangi, who came in large | ilugout war canoes, and the process j of barter commenced, elephant tusks j being the medium of currency used j in the purchase of the slaves. Upon ! ihe conclusion of this unnatural trans- j action, the visitors retired, taking with | , I hem as many of the individuals as j \ad been transferred to their posses- I don in the tedious process of bargain- | ing. Upon reaching their destination the captives were, in most cases, sublected to many further ordeals, being exchanged into other hands, until eventually, after having been deliber- J j itely fattened, they met their tragic ate, and their bodies were consumed. There is a prevalent belief among nany of the riverine tribes of the upper Kongo that the flavor of human lesli is improved by submerging the j prospective victim up to the neck in j , he water for two or three days pre- : idous to the sacrifice. Indeed, upon two j separate occasions it was my privilege j o release several poor creatures who vere bound hand and foot to stakes II 11IU I I U'l . ( In certain native market places, not- j ' ibly in the vicinity of the Ubangi, it j 1 s an ordinary occurrence for captives ! o be exposed for sale, in most cases 8 vith the sinister fate in view of being tilled and eaten. Proportionately, a ,'renter number of men than women j 1 all victims to cannibalism, the reason j >eing that women who are still young j ire esteemed as being of greater value, i 1 >y reason of their utility in growing | md cooking food. This rule does not, : 1 lowever. bold good throughout, for in i he vicinity of the Aruimi river our ob- j 1 ervations revealed a contrary order of 1 ustoni. j 8 Probably the most inhuman practice | >f all is to be met with among the j ribes who deliberately hawk the vie- i im piecemeal while still alive. Incredi- j ; de as it may appear, the fact remains j ustitied by an only too abundant ; * iroof. Captives are led from place to j dace in order that individuals may ! iave the opportunity of indicating, by j xternal marks upon the body, the por- t ion tliey desire to acquire. The dis- s iuguishing marks are generally made j ? ?y means of colored clay or strips of ! t rnss tied in a particular fashion. i t The astounding stoicism of the vie- j a im, who thus witnesses the bargaining 1 or his limbs, is only equaled by the 1 1 allousuess with which lie walks for- c card to meet his fate. In explanation I f the extraordinary indifference thus | t isplayed it can only be assumed that ; r oath is robbed of all terror, life under ! f oiulitious of slavery offering so little t rtraction.?Herbert Ward iu Cassell's I i lagaziue. i v I c \ot Disputing It. j v "Anybody who knows enough," said | Jr. .Spifiins, "can learn something i * rom anybody else, however ignorant i . he latter may be." j . "That is true," assented Mrs. Spiffing j hcerfully. "Xow, I can occasionally i am something from you."?Pittsburg 'hroniele-Tclegraph. ; ^ ( ii totlioiiiahle Mjntcrj-. "What is the greatest mystery of ; ^ "It is why a hat that looked stylish j < i*t year doesn't look stylish tbis ^ ear."- Chieago Kccord. ' (i The proportion of genius to the vtil- a nr is like one to a million; but gonitis t -iiliout tyranny, without pretension, ,, iiat jmlges the weak with equity, the ;1 iiperior with humanity ami equals e *i111 justice, is like 1 to 10,tMK?,<X>0. 1 v Pay your dues to tbe Dispatch. Makes the food more d BQv*l. BAKING P WHEN MEN MISS SUCCESS. IdlencR* nnd lacomprfcnrj- Keep the llusiiios* .\oviee Donti, "Walter r. Phillips, the founder of the national newspaper corporation known as the l.'nited Press, and I lie inventor of Phillips' telegraphic code, a typical, energetic American, who has put many young men in the news gathering busi uess, believes that the cause ol failure everywhere among young business beginners lies in incompetence. Niue-teutlis of the young men who are struggling for a name and place in the world are unfitted for the callings they have picked out for themselves. Hesides an unlimited supply of energy and whole heartedness in the work hefore him, the successful man of the future must know his business from A to Z. 41'he next great drawback to success is Idleness. Nothing worth wt.;e is accomplished without work, and plenty of it. Things do not happen without a cause, and behind every great life there are years of concentrated energy and tireless industry. Idleness will make any man a failure; intelligent work will land any man among the successful. It is all so simple and so trite that one hesitates to put the fact down in cold blood, and yet bow few men recognize, or, recognizing, live up to the axiom that labor conquers all things. Idleness and the consciousness of incompetency should make any man ashamed of himself and drive him to do something that is worth the doing. It is within the grasp of every one to learn some otto thing that will yield both pleasure and profit. Success comes only to those who seek it. The young man who is really in earnest will not have to be advised how to succeed. lie may learn much by studying the failures of others, however, and lie will always find, after a survey of the great legion of the unsuccessful, that two causes have brought them to their present misery ?idleness and incompetency?Saturday Evenincr Post. A SUSPICIOUS VISITOR. L'ncle Hirnm Wasn't Mnrh Impressed by the Kelnllonwhlp. "How be ye?" :islcoH the stranger cordially, as he stopped his buckboarJ in front of the gate. l'ncle Iliram surveyed the outf.t suspiciously from where he sat on the farmhouse steps waiting for dinner end evidently reached his own conclusions as to its nature. "Waal," he replied slowly, "I dunno as I need no elixyer o' life er sure cure fer consumption terday." "I ain't no patent med'ciue vender, I'm"? began the stranger. "Xer air lightniu rods a fav'rite investment o' mine," broke in l'ncle Hiram emphatically. "I tell ye I'm"? Again the stranger started to explain. "And I got all the books I want, got more roadin 'n can 'tend tor since tliet Dncyclopedyer feller roped me in," anaotinccd Uncle Hiram decidedly. "I ain't no book agent," denied the stranger earnestly, "I'm"? "Xuther do I hold by patent plows, tier churns, nor windmills, uer nuthn," interrupted l'ncle iliram. "I ain't selliu nuthiu; I'm sorter a :ounsiu o' your'n," announced the stranger, with desp.erate rapidity. "Ye be?" queried Uncle Hiram doubtfully. "I be," affirmed the stranger. "My naw's cousin, Ainander Meddergrass, married a uncle o' your'n, Sile narrower." "Ya-as, I've hearn tell o' sometliin ike thet," acknowledged Uncle Iliram thoughtfully. "Waal, put yer boss in the barn; thet's good enuff fer dinner, jut ye can't stay all night on it, mind re."?New Y'ork World. I The Cavalry Home. A veteran cavalry horse partakes of lie hopes and fears of battle just the ;ame as his rider. As the column iwings into line and waits the horse jrows nervous over the waiting. If he wait is spun out, he will tremble ind sweat and grow apprehensive. If le has been six months in service, he cnows every bugle call. Jis the call oines to advance the rider can feci lini working at the bit with his tongue o get it between his teeth. As he novrs out he will either seek to get 011 aster than he should or bolt. He eauiot holt, however. The Hues will cary him forward, and after a miuute he vill grip, lay back his ears, and one j an feel his sudden resolve to brave the I vorst aud have done with it as soon as 1 >ossible. A man seldom cries out vhen hit in the lurmoil of battle. It j s the same with a horse.?Buffalo ' Iorsc World. _ . ^ A Torrific Tnintdo. Most marvelous of a:i the stories of j :reat falls is the account of Charles Voolcot's terriiic rumbie from a height J if 110 less than foot. It was in | "enezueln, and lie was making a pa rail 11 to descent. The para huto refused 1 o open till within 1'm) <>r 2<mi t'eet from I ho ground. Then it spread out sud- i only and split. The unfortunate nmn crushed both nkles and lmtli knoos. broke his right j high and hip. dislocated his spinal col- j nnu and suffered other injuries. Yet ! ft or a year in a hospital he rceov- ' rod sufficiently to write an account of that was probably the most fearful 1 ceidont mortal man ever survived. Come to see us when in town. kg Baking M" Powder Pure lelicious and wholesome A MECHANICAL MARVEL. What Sixty Mllon an Honr Meant to the Locomotive. It all sounds .simple iu the recital. The wonder of the thing comes into i view only when one retlects on the speed and nicety with which cumbrous parts are made to do their duty. The piston and connecting bar of a modern locomotive weigh some tUX) pounds. HMvAtV AUa a1w,a,1 1- /'A A.. 1va?... i >> ntru itic is iuutv* mi jmmii, I those parts travel back ami forth Ave times a second. Teu times a second, at the end of every stroke, the piston head is at rest. It must pass from this condition to a velocity of 1,800 feet per minute in one-twentieth of a second. The drive wheels measure more than a rod at every revolution, but when going 00 miles an hour they must turn more than 300 times a minute. Sixty miles an hour is the merest commonplace to the mind of the up to date railroad man, but it means other things besides those described that are wonderful to the outsider. It means a steam pressure blow of 20 tons on each piston head every tenth of a second. It means that up* in the cab the fireman is throwing into the furnace two-thirds of a ton of coal every hour. No. 900 burns coal faster than ton men can mine it. It means two quarts of oil every hour to kc p her jourual boxes greased and everything running smoothly. It means that the engine with its half dozen cars and load of human freight is moving through space with twice the power of a shot from a 100 ton gnu. It means that the engineer has worked her up to the point where she can use every once of steam, that he is coaxing her as a jockey urges his mount in a fierce I race, and yet it means that he is ready .it n second's notice to move the reversing lever and apply the airbrakes that will stop the mighty avalanche within the distance that it covers as it stands on the tracks.?Earl \Y. Mayo in Ainslee's. WINGS OF THE HONEYBEE. A Microscopic View of One of \ntnre'n Wondorfnl Schemer. At a meeting of tiie New York Microscopical society the president of the organization exhibited, besides other things, the honeybee's wing, showing the booklets by means of which the lower of the two wings of the bee is joined to the upper wing in flying, thus making them practically a single wing. The upper of the two wings is about half an inch in length, the lower a little shorter. The wings come together | where they are joined to the body; they are otherwise separate. When the bee goes into its hive, it folds its wings I together, one leaf over tho other, so that they will take up less room. When it goes abroad, it spreads its wings and couples them together with the hooks. When looked at under the microscope, the upper edge of the lower wing is seen to lie re-enforced as though it had an extra plate or rib stretched along there, and to this rib, spaced apart at regular intervals, though they are all contained within a total space of little more than a quarter of an inch, there are attached 19 or 20 tiny, bony hooks. There is a little thickening at the base of each hook,- where nature has strengthened it, and one is Inclined to regard the hooks as inset separately and to look for the rivets wherewith they were secured to the plate or rib from which they spring. The lower edge of the upper wing, as looked at under the microscope, is seen to be curled up into a flange or trough. When the bee comes out of the hive, it hooks the hooks on the upper edge of the lower wing into that flange or trough at the lower edge of the upper wing and so makes the two wings practically one.?New York Sun. Japan'* Queer Store*. Japanese are very fond of strolling through their bazaars. You enter at one door and leave by another, floods for sale are displayed on each side of aisles that wind through the length of the shop. Passing up and down these aisles, they lead you to the second and often third story of the building and then back again through different aisles, causing you to travel the length of the establishment many times. Finally you see the doorway a few feet distant, but even then you must travel this maze several times its length to escape. Usually shopping is very restful in Japan. You sit aro? ud on the floor, and in some shops tl _>y bring you cups of tea to sip and a "hibaehi" from which to light your pipe.?Baltimore Sun. Spain's Greatest Need. Mr. It P. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, ?S. C. "Weak nerves hail caused severe pains in the lack of bis head Oj using Electric Bitters, America's greatest Blood and Nerve Remedy, ail pain soon left him. He says this grand medicine is what his country needs. All America knows that it cures liver and kidney trouble, puii tics the blood, tones up tie stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts vim, i vigor and new life it t) twrv muscle, t i i T; I nerve una organ ox mo oouv ju weak, tire J or ailing you nerd it Every bottle guaranteed, only ">0 cents. Sold by J. E Kaufmann, Druggibt. If a man is too fly he is apt to get into the soup. ADVERTISING RATES. 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FROM THE SHADOW. ^ I. j the an<1 under the dew, bca?j - but the dreaming, de*r heart, of you! For ihe d.iv \n<: knelt n-ar the d.atb veiled plac? I felt your teais fall over n.y face. Aral (!:? rose that you left where my dreams must L? 1 'Ilni'.lcd the thought of you down to me! And I said, from my couch in the white walled dust, ' She is true to her love, she is true to her trust, "And her tenderest tears will fall for me Till we meet in God's eternity." " i t nder the rose and under the dew, Dead?hut 1 dream no more of you! The stormy winds o'er my dwelling rave; Dead arc the roses that blessed my grave. For you never I.necl by my couch to say Hie loving words that you aaid that day. i Crumbles my name on the marble's crust. My dreams are dead, and my heart is dust! ?Atlanta Constitution. ? SIBERIA'S BIG GOLD CROP. . > Large Quantities of i? "mcggled Out of tbe Country. In spite of tlie most stringent Russian laws on the subject?the taking away of gold without government consent?there is an enormous business done all over Siberia in gold, both dust and, especially, nuggets stolen from the workings. It is a criminal offense to be found in possession of gold; but as so large a proportion of the popula- _ tiou of Siberia consists of those sent there for punishment, and the only fuctiini' mitiianmcnf tliev have to fear is deportation to some yet more distant region of the ?ame barren and joyless land, the deterrent is by no means so . formidable as a mere perusal of the awful menaces of the statutes at first sight seems to convey. Moreover, tiie successful dealer in stolen gold rarely fails to escape the penalties of his offense, even when caught red banded. The Russian official, even In Russia proper, is seldom altogether unreasonable; and in Siberia, where the pregnant saying of the dishonest "chinovnik," "It's a long way to Peter"?that is, St. Petersburg-is especially significant, the official is "good natured" In the extreme, and a substitute can always be bought to accept unpleasant responsibilities. A great part of the gold is conveyed over the Chinese froutier?that Is, across the river Amur, which is the sole defense of the frontier against smuggling from both sides-and finds a ready sale at ruinous sacrifices in exchange for a certain fiery Chinese vodka. The valuable properties of this spirit, much esteemed by Russian and native alike, are that it gives the customer the beatitude of intoxication oue day, and on the next be can attain the same exalted state by the cheap expedient of drinking water.?Chambers' Journal. Tlie Drtrolhnl Itlnsr. The early history of the wedding ring is not easy to trace, as it was apt to be confused with the betrothal ring. This was once the more important of *1... Its 4l?yv /lrt t?e All<*AfrtfO _ I III? LIU ill 11IV Kit IJ O VI Vwll IVlt?athers the betrothal was the great ceremony aud marriage ouly the ratification of the contract. Then a spouse was a betrothed person, and to espouse was to be betrothed. The ceremony of espousal or betrothal was celebrated with all possible solemnity as the contract of a future "eternal bond of love." No doubt the reason for thus solemnizing an engagement was that in times of violence and lawlessness the church thought it ueedful to protect the woman and therefore made the betrothal so sacred that a violation of the coutract was punished with excommunication. 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