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SET~b. To F Ies, Nonarar, sNU4ATION AND TO THE NRAL INEBUT WF TEE UUWTUY. By D. F. BRADLEY & 00. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 21 1881 - VOL. X.AO.45 NEWS GLEANINGS. There wete 26 deaths in Pensacola during the month of June. An epidemic in Pulaski county, Ky., is sweeping off' the dogs. The glbss factory at Moss Poin t, Mis sisippi, has commenced operations. The wheat crop of North Carolina is about twice as large as was expected. 'the Springfield coal pits, of Henrico county, Virginia, i ve been sold for *286,000. Three men recently killed in ten days 300 alligators in the Miaka lakes, Flor ida. Judge McGehee has ten century plants in bloom on his place, thirteen miles from Madison, Florida. Tennessee is fait taking foremost rank as the leading wool growing State of the South. From 8,000 to 4,000 pounds of toma toes are being shipped .daily from Chat tanooga to Cincinnati. One man in Tampa, Florida, has five varieties of the Japan persimmon, and also a Chinese prune. Satw- Clay, of Bourbon 'county, Ky., has sold from his farm this season 15,000 bushels of blue-grass seed. Over $1,030,00) in the Texas state treasurv to the general revenue, and the a total cash balance edges closely to t $1,810,000. In Hernando county, Fla, the carna t tion pink, the calla lily, the verbena 0 honeysuckle and the woodbine bloom all the year. Since the season in Charlotte, North Carolina, *500,000 worth of steai en gines and other improved machinery has c been sold. t Andrew Fitzpatrick, of St. A'igus I tine, Fla., recently found on the coast C in St. Johns county in one evening seventy doze:n turtle eggs. Every dollar of taxes paid by the colored people of Texas, and every dol lar of fines asseswed against criminals by the circuit cou rts of the State, goes into S the c:lored schocl fund. A marble mine has been discovered on ( the tarm of Eph. Erwin. a few miles r from Columbia, Tenn. j The theory that a negro can not be sun-struck is over thrown. A plantation t darkey was a victim at Madison, La. I Thirtpen new babies have inade their r ie)pjeynce on one street in WVarrenton, ( Georgia. this~ year. Thle republic still ~ goes on,. The negro church of Cedar Grove, I Bibb county, Ala., was burned recently ~ by white incendiaries. The next night thie white church was burned by black ( incendiaries. ,.An aerolite or meteoric stone fell 3 with a fearful report near Mr. .Jack e Pearsoni's, near Tuscaloosa, A la barma, tearing up the ground with a tremen tlouts hole. Mr. P~earson is going to dig for it. Ov'er 2,0)0,0. 0 feet of lumher was cut by the St Simon's mills, Birunswick, during the mi rathi of May. Thei nine fo rests of Georgia wouh~ll give out ini the cbise of timne with muany suich mills1 rt ing. There is an Englishmanit living in Pen field, Greene couunty, (Ga., who makes a gopd support for hims~elf and a help less sister by working a single acre of landi. Of course, he~ has it very rich, Using only a sp vie ii cui ti ivation. A s soon as one crop, c ~me, off he plant.s an oil r. TIhis shows what. energy can ac pliunder ad verse ci rcum stances. Mr. WV. B.- Williams cauhtout o f the Canaochiee river two hundred and thirty fishes, niearly all of .i hich were jack. His mode of ettching them is very sim ple, but reliable. 'lie takes a bateau and builds fires to it, conducts it near 4 'the bank of the river and sti1kes the water with a piece of wood, at which the fish henm frightened and jump -out of the water towards the fire when the boat catches them. In rgtany parts of Ogle thorpc Cottnty are vast beds of kaolin, only used by otur god ladies to Wvbiten their hearth8 with. This is a very valuable tnineral, anil when purifled sells for $40 a ton Itis larzenly usedl to adulterate sugar, candy, flour, etc., besides supplying other more legitimate needis. It an swers the purpose of fire brick, and will some da~y be~ worth a fortune to landi ownera lucky enough to have banks of ' it on their farms. Large quantities of it are shipped from near Augusta to the ethof Erope, BOWL EGGED o70E. In the dark and gloomy shadow Of a cliff in Colorado gSt Bowlegged Joe, a chieftain of the Utes; Frown as black as French oil blacking O'er his features (beauty lacking) Somber hung-the buck was mad, you bet your boots I For his painted, howling whopers Had been scattered by the troopers [n a scrimmage on the range an hour before; And his heart was Alled with vorrow When he thought that, on the morrow, rhey might come and wax it to his crowd some more, Round him stood his warriors savage-. Heroes bold of many a ravage )n the smokehouse of the settler far below And their murderous eyeballs glistened As they silent stood and listened ro the curses of infuriated Joe. Suddenly the chieftain pointed Sainny finger, ugly. jointed, it the homes of settlers far out on the plain. " There," he oried, "the pale face dwelleth, And my nostril murder-r-r smelleth, While thoughts of gory vengeance fire my brain!" With a yell that loud resounded 'Mid the mountain peaks, he bounded ['o his feet, and danced as ne'er he'd danced before. Was't the war-dance he was dancing? 0 what meant that fearf ul prancing ? Vould he flood that settler's peaceful home with gore? Was the dance preliminary To a swoop down from his eyrie, )r did the aborigine but jest? Jest? Ah, no! a thousand swarming Insects were his bronze hide warming te'd been sitting on a yellow-jacket's nest. -Kit Adams. Progress of Christianity. The Rev. Dr. Dorchester delivered an ddresp in Wsleyan Hall, Boston, on lie progress of Christianity, Papal and Orotestant, in the whole world, since 500. Until the present century, said ie lecturer, there were no trustworthy ata of the world's population. Prior D 1830.it was variously estimated from 42,0001000 to 737,000,000. In 1850 it ea reckoned at 1,000,000,000. Prof. kchem's estimate makes the present opulation 1,437,000,000. The progress f Christianmty from the fourth or fifth entury up to 1500 was confined almost ntirely to Europe. The nominal Chris ians in the world in the third century aumberqd 5,000,000 ; up to the eighth entury they had increased 30,000,000; a the tenth century 50,000,000; in the ifteenth' century 100,000,000; in the ast 300,years the increase has been 00,000,%0, or as much as' in the pre ijous fif 'en centuries. In 1880 there vere 41 900,000 nominal Christians. n 1500 there were 80,000,000 Catholics, 0,000,00 Greek Christians, and no rotestants; in 1830, 116,000,000 Roman jatholies, 70,000,000 Greek Christians, nd 42,000,0(0 Protestants; in 1880, the espective numbers were 209,200,000, 8,000,000 and 113,700,000, showing an acrease of 80 per cent. among the Pa >ists, 26 per cent. in the Greek Church, ,d 176per cent. among Protestants. The >rohable mumber of nominal Christians ui the world in the year 2000 was esti Iiatedl by Dr. Dorchester at from 1,200, '00,000 tot 1,950,000,000. The plaL ions living under Christian govern Lments in 1500 numbered 100,000i,000 I; ui 1700, 155,000,000; 1830, 388,000,000 ; 876, 685,000,000 ; divided as follows : "apai, 80,000,000 in 1500, 90,000,000 in 700, 134,000,000 in 1830, 181,000,000 in 876 ; Greek, 20,000,000 in 1500, 33, 00,000 in 1700, 60,000,000 in 1830, 96, 00,000 in 1876; Protestants, none 1500, 2,000,04)0 in 1700, 194,000,000 in 1830, 0)8,000,000 in 1876. Of the 52,000,000 quare miles of the earth's surface 32, 00,000 are under control of Christian overnments, and 20,000,000 under Pa ~an andl Mohammedan). Of the area uni ler Christian domination, 14.500,000 quare miles are ruled by Protestant ~overnments, 9,500,000 by Roman Cath lie, and 8,500,000 by the Greek Church. Jut France, Italy and Mexico are in a ransition state, and the next thirty roars will settle the question as to which~ ide 75,000,000 people are to be counted ipon. In 1800 the Bible wats printed in meo-ffth the languages of the world ; it a now printed in nine-tenths. Tihree nillion Bibles had been printed in 1800; .60,000,000 in from 200 to 250 languages ind dialects have since been circulated. ii the Sunday-schools in 1830 thiere vere 2,000,000 officers, teachera and chelars ;there are now over 4000, 000. [ni the Protestant foreign missions ini L830 there were 70,289 communicants ; ni 1850, 210,957; in 1880, 857,332. Add ng those at missions not reporting, the iggregate would probably be 1,050,000 -,ommnunicants and 2,600,000 hearers and idherento. Of the 857,332 comimuni-. sants, 663,818 were formerly Pagan, and [96,549 Papal, Jewish, or Rationalistic. Amusing, Blunders. Blunders on public occasions are often as mortifying as they are amusing. For instance : At a military diner in Ireland1, the following was on thie toast-list: "May the man who has lost one eye in the glorious service of his beloved country never see distress wah the other." But the person irhose 'auty it was to read the toast accidentally omitted the word " distress," which ompletely changed the sentiment, and caused no end of mnerrimient by the blunder. Another instance snay be quoted, if only to show how caitful people should be mn expressing thenselves on public occasions : A church in South London had been erected, when a dinner was given, at the conclusion of which the health of the builder wa pro when he rather enigmatically rp at he was "more fited for the soaffold than for p)ublic speaking." A W3ATaTRY oity mtm have a peft The Pueblo Indians and Their Religious Beliefs. The word Pueblo means villages; and the tribe of Indians that have lived in this region take their name, Pueblo, from the fact that they lived in Pueblos, or villages. The Pueblos have some pcculiar ideas of the ftiture. They believe that at death they will be carried away in some mysterious manner to a place beneath a vast underground lake, where melons aund peaches and beautiful maidens and6 horses are in never-ending supply for the good. The Zuni Indians have a tradition tliat Lhey were placed where they are in order to be out of the reach of the deluge, of which they have some account. The tradition relates how the Great Spirit iet them apart as a chosen people, and preserved them while all other tribes md nations were drowned. They also believe that all the people of the earth ire descended from the Zuni thus saved1 [rom the deluge. This tradition lis its parallel with that given us in the Sacred Scriptures. They also believe that in Pecos (a vil [age) Montezuma was born; that he grew Lip with extraordinary mental powers; that he traveled a great deal and taught tlc people many good things; that ho isually rode on the back of an eagle and dways went ahead of those who trav fled with him, and thus was, as was "he star to the wise men of the East, a Iuide to them both day and night, and, 6vhenever the eagle stopped at night, Slhere was planted an Indian Pueblo. Lie sign where the great capital should be >Mit Was the alighting of tihe eagle non I large cactus-busl, and there devour ng a rattlesnake. This, tradition has t, was on Montezuma's journey south, mud was his great and last journey. The agle stopped where the City of Mexico ow stands. The Mexican Government mas adopted the alighting of the eagle is the design of the national Heal, and LAhus mado memorable the legend. The iame design is also staniped oil Mexican :oin. ontezumia never returned from his southern trip, but inl some mysteri )ius manner passed away to the land of the blessed, and since leads his people by his spirit. The City of Mexico was founded in 1325.-Ncw Mc.rieo C(r. Chicago Tribune. Among the Turks. As to tihe character of the Turks, it ias been said by one of the highest con milar authorities that the poorer and nunbler lie is, the better lie is. As lie geta money and power, lie deteriorates. [ni the lowest classes you may and do neet with honesty; in the middle class s, seldom; in the highest, never. The ['urk, above all, is a good host. Inl leed, hospitality is enjoined by the Ko -an. We may well take a lesson from lila, too, in politeness, especially in onversation. If you are privileged to lave an interview with a Turk, you will hid him a good listener ; he never ii errupIs, and never wastes words to nake talk. When lhe has finished, lhe taks p~ermission to go, andi vanmishmes. lHe s not given to the odious, b~ecauso L1hused, custom of the ''shake-hands." [uis salute, the Tenmenas, is most grace uln. He makes the motion as if t o iweep) tihe ground with his right hand, >riniginig it to his heart, lips and fore ed, thius indicating that all he has on 'arth is yours, as wvell asa showing his riendlinessu and constant thoughtfulness or your welfare. Listen to a true story illustrating theo I'urk in all his dealings, whether com rnereially, politically, or as a diphlmat st. A peasant was summoned before Lthe Cadi for stealing a sack of onions. " Now we have thee on thme hip, and thou shalt know what it is to incur our lispleasure. Bismillah I Choose, slave -wilt thou pay 1,000 piasters, receive 100 blows of the bastinado, or wilt thou Bat the contents of the sack of onions ? Quick ; choose!'," "Gracious Lord, I have no money wherewith to satisfy thee ; I fear the bastinado, and will choose rather to eat my onions." He ate, and was fain to stop), and pre ferred thme bastinado. After some fifty strokes lie repents, and thinks ho can find somewhere in his house 500 p~ias ters. But this money was not enough t~o release him from his troulhes ; he ato nmore onions, then there was alittle~ more bastinado. Eventually he received eighty strokes, ate nearly all the onions, and paid the penalty of 1,000 piasters in full. A Wicked Man's Ilary of Hils Wife's Temper. Monday-4 thick fog ; no seeing through it. Tuesday-Gloomy and very chilly; unseasonable weather. *Wednes day-Frosty; at times sharp. Thurs day-Bitter cold in the morning ; red sunset, with flying clouds, portending hard weather. Friday-Storm in the morning, with peals of thunder;- air clear afterward. Saturday-Gleams of sunshine,with partial thaw; frost agin at night. Sunday-A light southiwester ini the morning ; calm and pleasant at din ner-time ; hurricane an d earthquake at night. Wanted to Find Out. A burly ruflian, who has already served five or six sentences, is brought beforo, the police. Just as they are about to begin the examination, "Mr. President," says he, "m lawyer is indisposed. I call for a dea of one week." "But you have been caught in open misdemeanor, your hand ini the p ocket of the plaintiff. What could your lawyer say for you?" "Precisely, Mr. President; I'm quite curious to know."---P IariR paper. AN OnD lady says it is remarkable the number of people willing to take foreipl missions, and she fears thme home nus sionary cause will suffer. Cobblers Who Went Beyond Their Last. No one but a shoemaker could have thought Coleridge serious in his strange saying that the shoemaker's bench had produced more eminent men than any (ther handieraft. The hoc and Leath (r Reporter has, however, Compiled a " bill of particulars " in the shape of a list of famous cobblers, which seems to act as an effectual estopel on all jealous crafftgmien. Hans Uhristian Andersen, w-ho needs no introduction, may head the list, and Hans Sach, of Nureinberg, who, though he niade shoes all his life, yet also iade 6,000 lxxems, plays, farces ntild rhyming fables, may be piut next. Sir Oloudesley Shovel was a shoemaker until he enlisted in the navy and so was Sir Christopher Minus, anotier English Admiral. John Hewson, one of Croi well's Colonels, and a signer of Charles I.'s death-warrant ; Saniel Bradburn, the " Deniosthenes of Methodism," as well as a Bishop ; James Lackinton, whose catalogue of publications reached the total-enornious for that tinie-of 30,000 volumes, in 1787-all these were cobblers at first, if not at the last. Con tinuing the English list, William Gif ford, whose memory is preserved by a comnplimemntary allusion in Byron's "1 En glish Bards and Scotch leviewers," and who;e 1boldy is buried in Westminster Abbey ; (eorge Fox, the arch Quaker; Williani Carey, a missionary famous a century ago, and who read the proofs of the Bible in twenty-seven Oriental lan guages ; Samuel Drew, "the Locke of the nineteenth century," whose experi elee $as all author led him to formulate the sa( truth that "1 the man who makes shoes is sure of his wages, but the man who makes books is iever sure of any thing ;" Thomas Holeroft, whose name is not nearly so well known as that of a single one of his plays, "4 The Road to Rum ;" the Bloomnfield brothers, whom Byron thus apostrophized: Yo timeful cobblers, titill yomr notes prolong, 'opol o at once a lliper andt asong; John Pounds, Whom sich(ool-children cried at hIei:g turned away from--all these and lesser lights too numerous to mention were Eiglish shoemakers. Coming to our own country, Roger Sherman, one of the 'signers," leads the list ill time, but Vice President Hen ry Wilson in rank. Beside these were Congressmen Shelfey and Noah Worces ter, not the lexicographer, but the founder of the Massachusetts Peace So ciety. And ex-Govs. H. P. Baldwin, of Michigan, and William Claflin, of Maui sachusetts, if tiey never made shoes, at least (lealt in tiei largely enough to be unied here. Altogether, the list is suffi ciently imposing and convin cing to justi fy a verdict in favor of Coleridge's say ing. How to Dress the Children. Tile capacity of our ancestors to ac moiuinodate themselves to every climate dlepended iot Only on their physiological faculty of adaptation, but also on their skill ill protecting themselves by artiil cial mnls from tile inielemnency of the higher latitudes. H~oulses and clothes are a blessinig if they ansawer thlis pur Ipose by a (lose imitation of nature's own pilan inl shielterinig her children from at mnosph eric vic issituides, but in degree as they deviate fromn that plan11 their hygi enic disadv'antages balance, or even out weigh, tile gain ill other respects. A swallow's nlest protects her brood from (cold an~d rin~ without debarring them fromn the freshl air ; a human domicile. too, should comb~ine comfort with tile advant age of p~erfect ventilation, and ou r c'lothies, like the fur t: a squirrel or tile feathecr-lmntle of a hawvk, should keep us warnmi and dIry without initerferinig withl the ent aneous exc retions and~ the free muovemnent of our limbs. Measured 1by thes~e stanidards, the winl ter dress of an American schoolboy is nearly the best, the summer dlress of the average Amnericani, Frenicih, and German nursling about tile worst that couild be devised. At ani age when tile rapid de velopmient of the whlole organism re (uires thle uitmnost freedom of mnovemnent, oJur cihlren aie kept ill tile fetters of garmllenlts tat cheek the activity of theo bodly ini every way ; swaddlling-clothes, Illiidersiirts, overshlirts, neck-wrappers, trailinlg go wnsX, garniitsires, flunlcet and( shawlsh rednee thle htelpless hloIlmnclusl to a bundle of dry goods, unale to move or turn1, incapable of relieving or inti matong its uneasiness ill any1 way save b y the use0 of its squlealing appa~frattus, andl conisequentl y squlealig violently from morning till n~iht. Outdoors, in the h)ahy carriage, "cold1( draughts" hlave to be guarded against, and a load of e'xtra wrapplers comlektely counteract tile benef~it of the fresh air ; faint withl nausea and suffocating hleat, the little donmy lies mlotionlless on its back, re sp~lendenlt in its white surplhice, a fit canl~ida2te for the hlonors of a life whose every movemlent of a natural impulse will be0 supp1ressedl as a revival of bar bairism, and an insurrection against tile statutes of aIn oirthodlox community. Hence, in a great degree, the dispropor tionate mortality ini all niorthiern coun tries of Christendom among infants under 2 years. In Spanish America, where infantile dliseasesS are as rare as in Hindoostan, babies of all classes and sizes todd(le about naked, nearly the year round ; and the Ind~ians of the Tamaulipas, between Tampico and Mat aumoras, raise an astonishing number of hbrownI bantlin gs who are never troubled with clothes till they are big enough to carry garden-stuff to the city, where the p~olic(e enforces the apron regulation. - P'opular Sciecel Monthly for June. WASN'y it rough on Ella, just as she Iwas telling F~red erick, at lunch, how ethereal her appetite was, to have the cook bawl out, " Say, will ye have yer pork and beans now, or Wait till yer fel icr's gone ?" A Welsh Opinion of Royallty. It is, we think, to be regretted that the Prhice of Wales has declined to allow his name to be used in connection with the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Tle loyalty of the Welsh people is beVond question, but when they ask a little favor it ought, if possible, to be granted. As there must have been reasons why his Royal Highness declined to have any thing to do with the Eisteddfod it seems a pity they were not stated. We make these remarks because the refusal of the Prince to patronize the Eistoddfod has not only created a sore feeling in the Principality, but it has also exposed him to vulgar abuse, and has given the en emies of the Monarchy the opportunity of attacking not merely the Prince him self, but also the Queen and the Royal family. Thus, a contributor to a Welsh news paper elegantly declares that the inci dent has "shortened Royality's life in this country fifty years." "Already," he continues "the Welsh press have been heard to grumble, not only loudly but angrily, at this ungra ciotus conduct of him who sone (lay hopes to be called His Most Gracious Majesty. In the columns of an English daily last week appeared an article which, though not (because of the old absurd veneration for Royalty s6 long prevail ing) so outspoken as it might have been, may yet be considered the first mutter ings of a storm which will one day burst as surely as it is now brewing. Men, who, if you had spoken to them sneer ingly or slightingly of the principle of Royalty a few months back, would have turned away from you in disgust, are now beginning to see through the mists of prejudice, and to question the use of the thing. When not only the utter uselessness, but the plositive evil, of that which they have to pay so dearly for shall become apparent, then will it and other fooleries and sins be sent packing. As a beginning in the ri lit direction, allow me to suggest the t ropping from all toasts lists of the insane custom of drinking the healths of the Queen, the Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal family. Welshmen have (although not for the first time) received proof positive that none of them are of any use to Wales. Even the musical and literary members of that family-the fiddling Duke of Edinburgh and the studious little Leopold, w hon the ir reverent believe to be in training for the Arbishopric of Canterbury-have thought themselves above patronizing Welshmen of like pursuits with themselves.--Lon don Figaro. The Daughter of Ethan Allen. In his reminiscences of Montreal, in the Star, of that city, Mr. J. H. Dorwin writes: "I have one more little event to mention, one that is searcely wortih re cording, only that it interested me very much at the time it happened, anld re calls the nanme of a man somewhat i ntownjed in the Re3volutionafry Wa~r, anid connluectedl with an important event ini Montreal's history. On the 10(th of Decemnber, 1819, there (lied at thme Hotel Dieu, on St. Paul street, a nun knownm as Sister Allen. Her full name wvas Margaret Allen, and she was the daught er of thme famous Colonel Ethian Allen, w~hmo, it will be remembered, accomnui ~ed Montgomery ini his inivasioni of CJanadaL in 1 775, and attempted, with a sinanl dletachmient, t~o surp~rise Mont real, but was dlefeated and cap~turedl and sent to) England in irons. She camne from her home in Burlington, Vermont~, in 1 80), when twenty-four years ol, and thus spent eleven years in the imulnery. T never knew of her presence here unit il one afternoon I hecardi on thme street that a danghter of thme brave but unfortunate old soldlier had just died in the Hfotel D)ieu, and 1 hurried over to see hmer. Her body was lying in state in the chapel, and, it being my first visit to aL Convent, the solemn stillness of the phiwe, the wax lights burning beside the coffin, the nuns kneeling there repeating prayers for the dleprtedl soul, and ab~ove all thme thoughts called up by thme name amid presen(en of tihe (lead woman, all made a strong impression upon me. Th'le body lay thuns for three days, anid wuas vIisite'd by a great ninny people. She was one of thme most beautiful women, even ini death, that I ever sawr, and be loniged1 to one of thme best families in New Emigland, and why she left thme world to become a nun I never knew. It was strange, too, that the (daughter should seek refuge in the very city which the father had invaded, andl where he met with his worst misfortune." Village Tree P~lantinmg. Our enthusiastic young minister, with an eye and a heart for what is beautiful and good, devised the plan, anmd it wasI executed to the letter. The sturdy far mers, old and young, gathered on an aip p)ointed afternoon, and planted a goodly number of trees, elms, maples and ever greens, ab~out the church. At the close of the day, thre lauies pro vided a sumptuous repast, and the even ing was spent in social enjoynment. Years have passed away, and so have many of those whose hands wrought sio worthily and cheerfully on that autumn day. 'the youths and maidens of that time are mature men and matrons now. Fifteen years of toil and care have sprink led gray hairs on many a head; but thos trees are growing and increasing ivior every year--and now, in their yotful prime, cast a grateful shodow over man ard beast. -Connieticut Coure ant. THE FI'rcman's .Jomvrnal suggests thal the netting which tapeze performern use to break their fall in' case of accideni might inlrnish a valuable hint to the firE departmnnt offnials. HUMORS OF THE DAY. IbAAN with mo for a while," is what Brnitn said wien he affectionately em )raeed the tramp. W11., the coming man wear a stove pipe hat? is asked. Not unless he smokes, replies the Elmira F1rec Pren8. l E A 1) beenl telling her stories of him self, andl had done a great amount of bragging. When he had finished she kissed him and murmured, "This is a kiss for a blow." A C(oNI'acrITr man has invented a pipe that will light itself. This is an underliaided attempt to force house paiiiters to find somo now way to kill time.- Roston Post. "Now I lay me down to sleep," said little Toddlepins. Then stopping a min ute, "hut I ain't going to pray for mam mI's sole to keep, 'cause it hurts." He is regaided as the Bob Ingersoll of the fam iIy. "'2E'rnTfm DAMsEra." The most chiarmiig decoration for a plate is a good piece of beefsteak with well cooked po tatoes and just a sufficiency of gravy. II '1 lay over trailing vines or a sunflower any day. --loson Post. "Tnu. ripest peach is on the highest tree," says James Vhitcomb Riley. ,laies shows his ignorance. The ripest peach is in the bottom layer of the bas ket every time, and it is generally about niie shades too ripe. New%' Yoi's latest lah-da-dah: "Do you play the piano?" "No; I don't p lay the pianio, but my sister hannah, who is in Havannah, sh plays the piano in the most ellarlitig ninnRh." ''llaveaban ana?" --Nciw Iurck l/er. Tin dithiculty origiinated in this way. Said (rallagher to Ragbag --"I heard a story just now that was funny enough to make a jaekass laugh. Let ic tell it to you." I)o't you slur me in any such remark as that," roa)flred Ragbag, angrily. "' How many of you are there?" asked a voice from an inpper window, of a sere nadiang party. "Four," was the reply. 'Divide that among you," said a voice, as a buc'ket of slop fell "like the gentle dew of heaven," on those beneath. Tu.ii Norristown JHra/d is accounta ble for the statement that a New York ''ninety-nine cent store" was robbed of eleven gold bracelets, six watches, threo diamond pins, fourteen gold brooches and tifty-fotir linger rings. The loss is estimated.at 2.'-!0. --(Oil ('i/ Derrick. S4uu Maguire to Finnegan--'"When you see Vic aeting like a fool, tell me so." And Finnegan said he would. And in about half an hor lie called out-"MIL guire, you're making a fool of yourself.'' And then Maguiro got mad and thumped Finnegan. It always works that way. Boston Pst CAN Oi' one tell us why a woman, emerging fromi I crowded car, always makes believe she is going to get out at onie side of tie plit form, until two or thre men have jumped off in the mud, and then steps off at thle other side . She always does it., andt we want to know the reasoni why.--Ph1,i/Uad /phlia Iiiul/ebu. A CONUxNues' --"What is the differ enece between a man goting to Plymouth C~hurchm and a lover ab)out to propos5e?" asks the thiston ( 'ourier. Don't know. - B~os/ou /'os/. Thlen you had better go back to school. O ne is going to see Beeeber andi~ thle other, to beseech her. - Tr1janii is lots of enterprise~ in this world. A (Chicago salooni-keepecr offers p)riz/es to perisoils wlhio take thie greatest number of drinks at his bar in a given time. And it may not he long before enterp)ris'ing undertakers oIffer premiums to families iij wih ich there are the largest inmber of deaths duiring* the green ap ple and1( cunmmher season.--Norristow'n lierPu/d. Thie Iniflumence of JIce. Poe, like Pope, threw himself into a war with dlun(ees. Hfe hit and thrust at them'n vigorously; lhe exposedl a score of cheap pop1ulariit ies ; lie wvas merciless to the iniexpensive repultationis then readily acquired b y every tootler on thme whistle of Miss E'liz,'a Cook. Since the time of Poe A me rican l iterature has wonderfully advnced in the acquisition of force andl p ohish . A merican novelists, for exam pie, almost give us lessons in careful (daboration of style, in retiwence andi~ in well-ealculated (efleets, American poets aire, perhaps, too numeroIus. That they get a hearing as they do, and1 appeal to a really-largo public, says much for the interest of the pe~ople in contemporary verse. In form, in the mere art of versi fying, oven the minor American poets of to-daiy show woniderful versatility and deftness. Commonplace is much loss successful than it was of old. Tn fiction, analysis is almost too careful. We can not but think that this rapid ripening of the American muse (who was a raw, un informed school-girl in the life-time of Poe) is due in part to the influence of that eritic., His method is as unlike the miethmod of Mr'. Matthew Arnold as pos 5ib)le. But lhe exercised the same kind of influnnce. Like Mr. Arnold, lie in troducedl some tinge of French thought and of French literature into the work manship of his countryman. Perhaps lie wais not a wide reader, and the ele mneit of affectation in his nature may be dletctedl in his quotations of obscure Latin authors and in his Oriental alht sions. Tt is hard to say how much knowledge was imlieid 'in these allui sions-how rich thme mine was from which Poe dug these sparkling fragments. Still, he judged the writers of his coun try with somew knowledge of other litera tuires. As he was quite ruthless in his criticisms hie did good, but at his own c osft.-Jd~on NewsD. IAhnnEss, solitude and remorse are grim and hateful companly,