The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, February 08, 1883, Image 1
DITOTJD TO rOLITICN, JORAL1ITY, 1l1UCATION AND TO TOEl GENKR4L INTEREST OF THE COUTiEY.
ly D. F. IRADLEY & 00,._.. PICKENS SCT
-S. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1883. VOL. XII. NO. 20
11 deeline of Raleigh's trade dung
sat twelve months 4 said. to be
z gtsed by freight disorimiotions.
l"' iird's-eye maple, i4Ieh"sells for $160
t 000 feet in .nglawn, is uced for
{' wRod in Westeen North Carolina.
, T2to sheep 90,*n of Texas are losing
.;heaviy. Ooh W. H. Martin, from a
4oo of fine merino sheep numbering
{ 3 2,500, lost 1,200.
Abol500) negroes have left North
Carolina through fear of small-pax, and
have gone to work on the turpentine
farms of Georgia.
There is talk of an elevated railway at
New Orleans, to run along the river
front at a heighth of i.teen feet above
the surface of the ground.
In jrexas the State accommodations
for the insane are utteriy inadequate.
There are more than 1,000 subjects fit
for an asylum, who are dependent on
private care.
Information from various sections of
North Carolina is to the effect that the
cot tn crop of that State will be over
50,000 bales less than last year, and
that great quantities of cotton left in
Ilds unpiclred hab been badly damaged
by snow.
A "Spinster Club" was organized at
Athens, Ga., for the purpose of demon
?tratingithe social independence of young
women, and no men were suffered to at
tend. Then a bachelors' club was or
ganized in self-defense, and at last ac
counts they were holding joint sessions.
In consequence of the recent mileage
system of may adopted by the Richmond
and Danville railroad, all the freight
car Vonductors save four have thrown
up their jobs. One conductor who tried
the new arrangement was not able to
make more than $19 in the, last two
weeks with all the running he could do.
Salt Lake City has projected five Mor
mon missionaries into Chattanooga, who
will diitribute themselves through the
adjacent region. These young men were
originally residents of the Southern
states, having emigrated about five
yeArs ago. It is said that sixty-five
missionaries are already at work in the
South.
A statement just prepared by the
Commissioner of"Agriculture shows that
there are twenty-seven cotton mills in
South Carolina now in operation or near
ing completion. These mills have an
aggregate capital of $4,547,000, run 4,
120 looms, and 180,721 spindles. They
give employment- to 4,262 hands, and
pay out $728,9. 0 in wages annually.
It is estimated that the cotton crop or
1882 yielded 8,250,000 tons of seed. The
oil men now pay $12 a ton for seed de
livered at a railroad station or river
landmng, which would make the seed
crop worth $89,000,000. Deducting fifty
per cent, of the ieed for planting pur
poses, the remnainder would bring $19,
.500,000 in the market. Only ten per
cent. of the entire seed crop is brought
to market and an immense quantity of
seed is wasted, but what is utilized for
commercial purposes is worth from $8,
000,000 to $10,000,000. As long ago:as
1884 an oil mill was started at Natchez
Miss., by two Georgians and a Kentuck
ian, Mr. Anderson Miller. They lost
money in it and abandoned the business.
In 1847 another unsuccessful venture
was madle at New Orleans, hut in 1855'
several mills were successfulliy operated
in that city, which were closed on ac
ecount cf the war. Since the war closed
the business has assumed larger propor
tions, and it is probable that in a few
years every poundl of thie cotton seed
will be utilized for oil and oil cake, at a
large profit.
Bruder UJni Schwester.
A tonching sceno was witncssed onU th
steamboat dock this morning on the ar
rival of the City of Hartford. A mant,
short in stature, and about fort years
old, had been waiting on the doe for a
~ength of time to meet his emigrant sis
ter, who was to arrive by the boat.
(When nearly all of the p)assenlgers had
disappeared from the vessel he approach
ad the patrolman on dluty there and told
'bi ho guessed his sister did not come
the steamer. A short investigation,
however, discovered a little, old German
rwoman carting her baggage from the
-,vessei's deck to the wvharf. Nouicing
theresemblanco between the man and
* woman the patrolman hinted to hiam that
*the German woman must be his sister.
Striding up in front of her he said in his
lown language :"Biat dui meine Seh wes.
ter?" to which she in turni asked him
"We heissen sic ?" To this uajstionm ho
Ive his name in response.'1lho look of
fjyon the little woman's face was won
drl. Spreading open her arms sheo
Itook a step towards him saying: "i
~bist mein bruder," and followed up the
exolamation with a kiss on each of his
cheekd Then standi(ing off a short (is
ttance she took a survey of him, noted his
~good clothing and general good app)ear
ance, and then sank down on her bundles
and, holding his hands in her rugged
palms, mingled her tears with exclamna.
Itions of joy. Brother and sister had not
met for 80 years.-N. Y. Sun.
Not a Sulker.
Thiefirstdassh ablack bass makesant
' ter feeling the steel, is toward his lair mi
other hidinqg plaoe; failing in this his
next move isto tear himself loose la~
constant motion and main strength, o'i
by breaking water and violently shakin'.
his head-to endeavor to dislodge the
hook in this manner. He will always,
if possible, take refuge under a rock of
snag at the bottom, or go to-the weeds,
and will surely snooeed uhould the ang
ler lack skill, or his tackle be insuffleient
to prevent it ; and once wedged beneath
a rock, Iig. or other obstruction, or set
tied among weeds, he will rub out the
hook or part the line without miuch
trul and this bysome anglers is or
rnouaycalled "solking," But that
the blac bas ever sulks in the maffner
aswbed to the salmion, bvy settlinjg ul
ontY i the bottom, I y ~iively gy
States Senator from West Virginia, will
be one of the youngest men in the Son
ate, being only thirty-fivo. His early
life was spent on a farm, and he won hisi
education in a fierce struggle with diffi.
-ulties and obstacles that would havc
>roved too much for most men to over
c>me.
AT a recent fire in the Cambridge,
Mass., car shops, one of the engineers
wanted help in raising a ladder, and see
ng a man, standing on the sidewalk near
by, he called to him, " Hero, you, give
11s at lift." The min responded with alac
ity, and a moment later when the on
gineor took a better look at him, ho dis
covered that his assistant was President
l:liott, of Harvard University.
A WOMAN riding on a Pennsylvania
railroad on a free pass was badly injured
by a collision, and the company resisted
her claim for danages on the ground
that by one of the conditions on the
ticket the user assumed all risks. The
jury gave her a verdicc for $2,000, and,
the caso being appealed, th8 Supreme
Court affirmed the decision in favor of
the plaintiff.
AT the Drury Lano pantomime in Lon
don, one of the actors, made up as a
poodle dog, runs entirely around on the
edge of tho dress circle, and the other
night went to the royal box, stood up,
begged and had his ''paw" shaken by
the Prince and Princess of Wales. This 1
set the house wild, far beyond anytItin
that was either cleverly or powcrfully
performed on the stage.
Tm: entire supply of white pine grow
ing in the United States and ready for
the ax does not to-day gre'tly, if at all,
exceed 80,000,000,000 feet., and this enti
imate includes the small and inferior tree-,
which, a few years ago, would not hav"
been considered worth counting. '1e
annual production of this lumber is not
far from 10,0i0,000,000 feet, end the
cldmand is constaatly and rapidly in
creasing.
A FnENcR scientist, explaining why
fish eaten in Holland are superior to
those eaten in Frauce, says that the
Dutch fishermen kill their fist as soon
as taken from the water by making a
slight longitudinal ineiton under the
tail with. a very sharp instrument. The
French fishermen, on the contrary,,
allow their fish to dio slowly, and this
slow death softens the ti.=suse and ron
ders them more liable to undergo
change.
A FIRE baljoon has been nade in
which the lower parwt is constrneted of
asbesto:a cloth, whilo the upper part is
covered with a. fire-proof solution. A
spirit lamp i, used to sapply the hot air
for. inflating it, and, being fire-proof,
there is no risk, as wit i orlinary hot air
balloons. The system is said to be
sp;ecially valuabl for war balloons, as a
supply of spih i' can h) easily carried
where it would he dillit.nIt to take the
appliances for preparing gag.
TnosE who are tinder the impression
that the standard of comsfort in Fr"ane is
high w,ill e sullrprir d to learn that
3,000,000, in round nunihmers, out of the
9,000,000 of d wellings it eonh tins have
Only four1 opinitgs Iand less-an openi
ig bing anl ouit:dd dloor or a window.
There are 250,0t)0t. dwellings in that
countr-y t hat are r-ogatcared a having
'only onie optein1g, and nearly 2,000,000
that have only t wo-a: doer andi a win
dow. The munua of hxouses that have
six openinigs a l abo)~ve are 3l,00, 030, 01r
very little mor~e than a third of the
whole inmber.
TI'ii improvedt hives which have taken
the plameo of the old enobiirous) ones, that
were so awkwar-d in lunailing, and failod
to yield an equal tupply]: of honey, when
compared to the: c reodaeled onts, makeJ(
thme car-e of hee-keeping muclh easier- and
plhoasanIter. The smell sect ions of honey
make thle article muchI ivra sahih!o than
formerly, thbough they re<piire car-efuol
hanidilig. A] toget her, with (due care
and p)roperI man4Iagemenit oft this bietti
ful andl initere;ting branch of dlomlestio
indutstry, tho apiary should lhe found
upon a1 dozen ftarm-s where it is now
found only upon oneo.
Fr is said the total Ccl ip)so of the i-un
on theo 6th of May next will last six min
utes, and ino longer onto will pr hiably
occur within th neoitxt 100i m. -rs. It will
ho parthy visible in many pl ces but
few wvill see it in its entirety, as its path
lies almfott entirely through the ocean.
touching land n;owhere but at a little is
land in the Southt Pacille called ('aoohno
Island, which is4 out of thej tr-ack of any
e stablished cotmml(eres or travel. TIho
French (lovern,twnnt has determined to
send an expedhit ionit to that island and it
is probable a grand internationail gat her
ing of atronomers will meet there to
take pairt in t-hist scietittic quiest.
A PANIC in roses is roer ted fromen N cw
York, with a corsv'spondhing down f.aI ll i
*the prices of of.ha'-( flors. Last autumitn
Roman htyaeinth hulbt. coi.,t S0 a hun
dIred, and nowv the fr-agr-ant spikes of
whtitebloom, which they have nuirAed
into yielding, soil for only $1 a hundred.
Lilies-of-the-valloy and other- stdrd
blooms aro sold at almiost as great a sac
rifico. The growers aro hoping that
some chanco wvill bring a rally ini pries5,
*but it is feared that the trade will not be
propoou again before Eastertido. The
explanation is that the soarity of flow
$fs $$6beoua* ia dg WO40?.
Ait the prices up to the highest figuresI
iver attained, and this in time resulted
n an overproduction since, which is A
low having its effect. on
Ing
Zie
grafted Teeth. zig
milil
Transplanting sound teeth from the the
aws of healthy persons who could spare pa p
.hem to those who needed them has been avl
)racticed by advanced dentists for some Spec
ime. The modus operandi was as fol- mar
ows: The individual with the super. othc
luous sound tooth and he with the do- tion
Mayed molar were mated together and geo
he freshly drawn good tooth iniuedi- eigl
tely placed in the cavity made by ex. a I
.racting the other. But it often hap. feet
)ered to be necessary to remove a sound The
.ooth from a patient at a time when no at e
p01011 of whom the dentist had any -lenf
c1nowledge needed just such a one. It thrc
vould therefore be lost, for only "living" ters
:eeth could be made to grow in a strange are
tuouth, and they died very soon after ann
bcin, torn from their parent gums. ' eno,
.feeth are "living" so long as the muem- ret
arane covering the roots has any vi- fine
ality. It has been a problem of great toce
nterest to dentists throughout Amci'iea tior
o devise some means by which the and
ound extracted teeth could be kept flai
dive indetinitely, until it should be Zie
iceded, and to a San Francisco dentist she
elongs the honor of solving the prob- are
em. )r. W. J. Younger, of this city, an
ays the Cll, has been conductin a jel
cries of experiments, which have' r- thi
ulted in the discovery of a means of wei
)reserving the life of the extracted stat
ooth. It is nothing more or less than she
'grafting'' it, as soon as it is drawn,upon ma
he engorged comb of a healthy rooster, ref<
tnd leaving it there properly secured faol
lntil it is wanted. Then it is cut away, pet
he cock being placed under the influ- per
meeC of chloroform, washed, and evecry- hoti
hing removed down to the nenbrane, an(,
(nd plaed in the freshly made cavity bor
here it, is needed. A representative of 1m1
he all was permitted yesterday to ex. ',s
mi1ne the motth of a gentleman in sho
which there was a tooth that had been the
planted there a week or so before, and the
which was apparently as firm as those pal
w heh had always been there. It. had by
bleen kept tlive on a cock's comb for mil
en days, and had been taken from the wit
mouth of a young lady, whose looks iol
were benefited by the removal. or
opi
4411,
Pie in New York. SW
A la:rre pie imanufncturer in New tot
York say:" his tirm's present rate of con- th
su"mIptiolt oftt'(ourt alone is G.185 pounds
dl.aily, representig at a rough estimate up
,25,000 pies. '1'ho daily receipts are ref
abou111 .1,:5>1t. The firmn emnploys 1" 0 lint
persons, and the weekly wages bill th
amo:uis to ,,. ;0. tht
"'To whom (o volt tsell?" was asked. tht
"To bakeries, test aurants, hotels, and shP
latterly to a larg number of private m4
faunilies. We keep sixty-si' horses Fr
conltanti' gointg, and our constiilucy 1)1
(cver New York City, ;rookllynt, .er- as
sev City, W\illiam>:bur;"t, State 'Island, thi
Moelnt Verinon and11 tergei Point. inf
" ' 'you not ice anly periodIical change stAl
im the public taste for pies?"' ter
" Yes. A t t Its season we are rittn on ap
largely for mine pies, p:umpkin and ap- th(
ple. The Sat iurda p rece ing ( his mtas t(m
we used ten tons If linee. a id made it tilt
all ourselves. Into this mintee we tht
polured the contents of fifty ensks of col
wine and One hundre I )arels of br,tm- be
dy. You look surprised, but this ls a col
fact. fac
"In addition to this we are no01 Conl- she
sumit;" daily six hogshead.s o the best
New Orleans sugar, six tWereeS of tire- p1
dried lard, :i:J3 pound(1 to the tierce. En
We (1O not use any ste:au-dlr:''d lard at th(
all. asi it lowes its sweetness15. T'hien we
co)nsuett forty batrrels of gr'eetn appes pr
teti batrrels of eg and foroh-at if
a day. ..~ tufu 1.tt':nI i
SIn the fruit seas'JI on or dal (on
sumtitftton averaa'es onte htutndred barrels ,f
of lit.e'kle' rtries andl torty e rates of
b vkherIes''t S.Yo seett5 th at'pile of eases 0.n
tict're. \\'ell, thter COntaini teni htsotud
usei, : taring t welve nltou ':ans in t
in
ense. TheIse ate for utse itt AprIl, May at
atld dJilne. I
" loes t hie pumltpkin pie hold its owtie
as formerly ' m
"No. Tlhis goodi oldi ':institu:ti, ' as sh
I tmay tetrm it. seemis to b:e go0inag ot of ra
fashi 'i. Pumtipkini pi i now1 'atent
most ly hby (chlerly folk". A mon1 - I to fe
'ttain ' ittlae -~ J'o n,-wdtt 2111. al
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Therotghttdly Marr'iel.'I
Mr. and Mrs. Ha:rvey Cutrtis, color'ed tI
residenit <(of S'ipio, N. Y.,. have ocea- s
siona2l miSisunertandttingsl' which resutlt i
in comphdete, uitter andi. tnal sepatationi.
Itt a t ow weeks t hey be '-iil t o \'e'tlAli or
eachm other, am1t u4t(tieutkinig mu11tual
enneesstions, mai:ke uip, am Il, itn order i to
observe thle propIIrielt.eS, caIitll uon Calt
the P'eatce, to mtarryv tem again. Itt a
brief s eason, misunders4 tm!aldim'g aain
ari ses, comp~11lete, uttter' atid tinat saa h
r'marit iiage ('(li i nit at last, a's usuial. a
lKveryv t itme l'saur tl' I racy per'fortms the
'4v I ('lrtis s.tat. t. lot' hiomie 'us happy
and14 a5 j,oyous as' when'l this ex~:pOeince
w st 'i irt.'I til'; repetho e s not 'i.e
dampnt 1 th hapnesofte vely re
inwd 1pa .. nor1 (doe. ('xper'ince pre
V4'n: the' q14uarrlmgIls and1 comprommes'4c t
h lowm oftent this 111tforn'lmnLo'4 has4 be)en r-IC
Ie: I'it have jut,g'one( pa:st; and ,
divoirce excep(1jt suich a: t hey ha:1 nu12e1"
C'Jnp1le1 tt, has 1been 'sI tfquetfly atiud (i
thorotu-2lhly mied,i'i1 as" Mu'. 2(11( Mrs. 1(h
Ciurt!is have been, by Mr. Triacy. -Dc/r,oit pi
P'os/. hr
--A Gecorgia paper says that New
Yolk liandied e.0,0O bales of real
I o2tou !ast year, but sold :L,700,000it
bales on ''futures.," and1 wotnders thatth
New Yorkers sho:'ld call this "doin th
buisiness.'JIhe beorgia man shoulj
knowv that all of' it wva' not, strictly
ihpeaking, doing "butsin''ss."' Sonme of
d,wa diu' amnbs fit for *laughter. .wu
A Dissertatiov. on Shoes.
Geneva correspondent of the Lon
Times writes: At the recent meet- t
>f the hyIeuic congress here Col. n
lcr, who in addition to his strictly 2
ary :-ank is also chief surgeon of
Federal army, read an interesting y
r on shoemaking, or, rather, on the (
effects of badly-made shoes, with 1
iat reference to hygiene and the t
ching powers of soldiers. Among
r interesting facts Col. Ziegler men- t
ed that the Swiss examining sur
is at-e compelled to reject every year
t hundred recruits-the strergth of
attalion-for malformation of the
resulting from badly-fitting shoes.
foot is in reality a bow so elastic that
very step it contracts and expands,
;thens and shortens, and a line drawn
ugh the center of the great toe in
cets the heel. But shoemakers, who
generally utterly ignorant of the
tomy of the foot, do not give room
agh for the lateral axtension of the
it too. They crib, cabin, and con
it until it is forced against the other
Hence arises frequent inilamma
s of the great toe, corns, ulceratiois,
sometimes veritable articular in
imation. Another evil which Col.
ler ascribes in great measure to bad
eing, is flat-footedness, whereby the
h is converted into a straight line,
I prolongsd walking and marching
dered impossible. Another cause of
I defect is the habit of carrying heavy
ghts at an early age; but in most in
ices, llerr Ziegler contends, perfect
es would restore the foot to its nor
I condition. The first obstacle to a
>rm in the shape of shoes lies in the
that it would involve a great ex
so in the shape of new lasts, an ex
so that shoemakers are naturally
i to incur. Fashion has also its lasts,
shoemakers consider themselves
and to conform to the prevailing
e. A. test of a perect pair of shoes
that when placed together, they
uld touch only at the toes and heels;
soles shoul follow the sinuosities of
feet., and to give room for their ex
sion should exceed them in length
lifteen to twenty milimeters. As for
itary foot-gear, the Colonel said,
bout answering the question whether
liers should wear shoes, "laceups,"
''bluchers,'' that is a matter of
nion. Although the principle of the
nrmal" shoe has been accepted in
itzerland, it, is so far without result,
Swiss soldiers shoe themselves at
ir own expense.
['he queston i-t, however, being takeni
by the Confederation, and a new
ulation on the subject is about to be
roduced. The only armies in which
normal shoe has been adopted are
)se of Germany and Italy. In 1876
Government of linden ornanized a
>e exhibition, in which tfi Italian
>del carried off the honors. The
ench army is shod on the old vicious
nciple. the Russian shoe is about
bad as it can be. The ordering of
s important article of military clo)t h
should bo assigned to the medical
ff. '[ho shoeing of children is a mat
of great import ance,nnd shoemakers'
)rentices should be instructed in the
ory of their calling. As further means
rard a reform,t ie Colonel recoinends
t in all establishments controlled by
State the normal shoe be made
npulsory, that militarv -hoemnakers
properly instructed, and that in ev.'ry
tntrv there should be a ni del shoe
tory for the making of "physiologic
>es."
\fter Col. Ziegler had read the pa
, )r. lI-th, of Loti(lon, pr"-,dc"eel an
glish-made shoe which aniiwered to
s conditions laid down b the Swiss
-geon, and lhe conitendted that for the
wailing defects in foot-gear- the in
ference omf the medical facult.y wvas
it as much to blamoe as the ignorance
the shoemaking fraternity.
[Dr. .Jager, the great German nut hority
clothinig and hygiene, cailledl at ten
ni to the materials of whlichi shoes are
tile. The leat her in ardi nry use, he
asiders, has quite as miany sinis to
swer as thle shoes into which it is con
rted. Instead of tannewd and( black.
ad leather, he would have wool, fe,
d above all deerskiti. Of all these he
mved specimens, "'which appearedl
tional."'
After a dliscuission on the cause of tlat
~t, D)r. Vallin. of P'aris, ad mitted that
trance slioes for t he most part ares
omninaly bad, andl thle feet of theoir
uarers almost invairiabty dleformned.
bie slioes worn by Paiia tns are, how
er, not qulite so contrary to nature as
rse worn b)y Pairisiennen, whome aim
ems to be to make thmeir- feet re-semnble
shiape the hoofs of horses.
Iiniuming up, D r. Ziegler expressed
-tre.t that fashion was allowed t
wve so great atn itinitence on the shoe
Ig Of human 'kind(, andl thait, in this, w'
in>metie itm other mat ters, huii band,
ionid live under their- wives' sli p pers
Thew toldeest place oc earth is not as
i hitm to beuen beolieved by meteorol
iwIts, Yakutsk, int Siberia, butt Ve rkoy
e,in thet samne region, lying in sixty
ven en1 one-hlif degrees north lati
,on the' River- Yana. It.s lowest
ennt wit Ir templ)rartture is forty-eight
dl six- tenth de'grees below zero Con
r~ade(. This is the cold pole of the
et h in Asia, the c'orrespjoninig polo0
Amtoerica being to the northw rard of
Parry Talanids, and the lineo joining
ise two) latces doeiis not piass through
- noth polo itself, wichl is thtus m
I probabil ity', outside the line of great
I. cold. Ont thle other hand, the great
I heat int thle t roies is not at the
pmtor, but some distane north and
nth.---New Yor-k Sun.
-'1 perfume note paper, get a few
tires of blotting paper and sprinkle the
ets with the perfumnii de-sired ; then
t them under a weight until they
conic dry. When dIry put note paper,
velopes, etc., between the sheets, and
tee them under a weight for a few
nt-a ; whien removed thiiy will be found
rfunmed. TIhie blotting sheets may ho
ili-zed again, and can be0 made to retain
air perf umc for a long time by keeping
amn free from exposure to air. ----CIMoago
--riendship is the only thing in the
trld concerning the usefulness of which
a aamia saa sarQd...0rw
FACTS AND FIGURES.
-It is estimated that Virginia will
Ils year make 2,000,000 bushels of pea:
tits, Tonnessee 500,000 busheis, and
orth Carolina 125,000 bushels.
--It is asserted that, in tho three
enrs ended 180 there weru no fewer
tIa 252 theaters destroyed by tire, or
)rtly so, resulting in 4,370 deaths and
bout 3,400 injuries.-N. Y. Sun.
--The Paris Jioirsa estimates the
otal stock of Lold in the world in uso
,8 COil or as banking reserves in one
lape or other at about. ?:80,000,001),
>f which England has ?126,000,001,
rance ?13ti,000,000, Germatny ?80,- 1
)00,000, and the United States ?92,
)0,000.
--Silver veins have been found in the
alo l'into Mountains of 'Texas. 'The
ie has been assayed at 171 ounce to
ho tosn. Negotiations are now being
tarried on with two mining companie4 1
-one of Now Mexico and tho other of
(triiona-to open up these nines.--'hi
ago 'lits.
-Statistics from trust worthy sources
in e been furnished the Kansas State
forticultural Society, showing the per
'nt. of the apple crop in' seven of the
Vestern States, as follows: Kansas,
6 per ceni.; Miehigan, 10 Illilois, ::3;
nduciaua, 20; Iowat, 30; Ohio, :ii; Mis
ouri, 75.
"\ir. .1o111 Field has pt*eplred an os
imate from the at counts 01 the con
innies of the q:antity of *as. lusel in
'ondon last a. It. was. iInl toundcl
I tubers, 20,2:30,000,000 cub,ie feet.
Ilis is e iual to at bulk of one mile sqIulare
iv 720 feet hi;:h. Consumersp aid - 1-I,
i5.5,0() for this imensl'e su+,ply.--Chi
tJ', '7ri',tne.
- The lumber cut in t i e Sicrra-t will
his senl1 :n reach 4ti,t.1 ',00,0 feet, andl
>i this probably -t0,0(,U feet. sold for
tiout" l2 at 1housandlc, footing up1 ab1out
$500,0N0), ::nd the rea suill aI c!-ar 1i1m
I er for about :15, mlalking o cr ;,
10( norpt---over .:70o,i.0 e'irnlings for
the nine miil; that run, somue of them
only iart. of tlt' tinue.
-W esson, TIiis5., was 1not. long sin"eO
it i:ine :or-t. It now i i:h . a eotton-iill,
the insurance c'n whlich, w;tI eucontentl ,
is .1)0,10). It gives work to 1,OIH)
pcoplc, uses ulp -1,:00 bales of cotton it
year, has a ret of hiais at work all tac",
and ano'Iher atll niirht, and is lIghtiel by
ele: tricity. It. mnakcs doe-sk nit, ca;si
mer"es, jeanls, coltonades, knittinlg-c"ot
ton, a"ewinr-th end, towe's, etc. WYes
sol has ta poulation of 2 ,0.
--'I he 11umb,e " butsiness of Pug1et
Sound, W. ''., is inmcn'c, aint the dis
tribution is very widtce. Iln one day, r0
centl, -esstls wero seen loading for
Boston, ntili Francisco, \'alparal.o, the
Sandwich Iwlinds, Vallejo. \lexillo.
Japan, - China, France, England and
Australia. The ex:ort inl 1881 was
about I75,000,00) feet, valued at $I,
700,000. Some of the lo;;s are immen se.
Many mleasure live tvet in diameter.
From one tree lately cllt there wer
sawvn t w: logs of ihirt .-t wo and t wenty
six and two of t hir t v feet, il all I 18 feet
in length. The top of the tree m11ils
ured sixty-one inches across.--) 1,oit
Post.
Evening on tile Farm.
There is no more real entjoyment in
this world than the wintor eve n'1: el
tertainments and instruction on the
farm with pareuts siulrrotndedl by noble
sons and datlughters seeking knowledge
and moral power. ''he larger the 'almi
ly the greater the variety and spirit
which can be thrown into such evening
entertainments. And near neighhors
can fr-u Iently Le broight ilto the
circle. Th'Iis e.miRuseent attl en1 forinenlt
can be mingled withii itellectuatl im1
prsovemenCt. 15ult fun ainti firivol -y shldt
not be inidulged in to thie detrI imet of
the maitin o'bje:-t- -preparalstion for- the
grecat tduties andI( bttl tes of life. And
while it is aidr'isable 1(totae a course of
readings froin the. mslt inSstru-iveP antd
scient.i lCIe books, tcare. mtu:;I e t akesi
that thecy are lio?t too1) protactedl, nor of
Suchl ai chasrater asI ito be un interestiung
to tany nitember of! the famnily.- The
paren('tt shot)l tatke a leadlinig part in
these exercises sand. make instrut,ion
tamuising andii c,heer1fl, so thait hiomei to
hie chlibiren, as wvell as8 p)arensts, will toe
thet mlost pleasant place ton earth. (ilI
dr sen ra'sdt by~ sitch surrTounid igs
thiir piar-ents to mfosirn over thlir I conl
dutct , but will glow up hiloorable andit
useful membhers of thi,econmmunity. Andi
this costs nothing, n(ir dectrat?s in the
lteast fr-om the hiosme comf/os-t andi
1bit, a1 house whllich is dar-k anti
glJoomy, one hi-ad tf the family dlozing
away tse e4eingi or absent, nit onei
knowtas wheitri', andi thle tther heoad uin
easy, peish ande unsciab) le, theso li-y-c
problty bevyond thle r-each of puattrnial
im -IonceO, andit the girls as a niecessit.y
w illI 04ecept lie companflly of yousng men('
not- sit ab le compan411ionis for t hem'.
'There is a fearfull respoi nsiility rvies?tin
onl parenlts sur irotutde w ithi budd14ing
sons1 andl dhaug'hter. It isi enoughJ to
awaiKen all of the energies antI virtuens
o thle wisesSt me4 i'nl Thebtestitd nob)lest
wosrk anIy manll andl womantt can dlo on
ear-th is 'reair:ngi a inmily of chiildrien so
thIat t hey wvIlilliono t heir parent, (tin
scieni tiuly obiserve the laws of ( d,
andit bless thle woldlt withi faithful ser-v
iices. And it is airoundi the family altair
that tIs enni he easiest andit most (el1et
ivlr d onec. An onh 5 the f armi thr 111CIS
no0 tim so1 coinvenientst ais the wVit-r
eveninisgs. Asnd tlhis opens11 a field witdo
enIouIgh to satisfy thle amblit ion, or0 inl
dlge the, desire for happiness of any
p aroent or chiild. Matke thlIe hiomei happ y
Ma:kte it a school of instruction. Make
youIr childre Ic5iompanuions, and exert all
yourIl time andt eniergies to ho ahlb to
lead them in all branches of infor-ma
Lion. It is a notble work, thle bost sman
or womnan can be engaged in, asnd if
faithfully per1f ormeid youtr evensing skies
will be cloudless, and yossr sunset clear
andt loious. - Iowa Stale Reiere.
-iiido by chiihiresn is becomlig
freqnent, a fact that is r-emarkable no
10e11 thatn distrssinig, Trhe latest was
the ten-.year-old Nebraska lad, whoe
mind seems to have been injutred by the
reading of blood-and-thundler niovela.
Too little care is given to the literature
the nhildren ame readina..--Ohintwo rI.
-- 'hb w0 wotioef
woman said when she got.i ? -'
s thlrteen-years' courtship.
--A member of th4 8hb1DBo4eigfds4
'Well, children, you spell well and yd 1t:,
-eadswell, but you hatn't sot still."
--Lots of people pay Ave pr obL
nore for goods In Canada tor the sake
f smuling them over the border.
Det Press.
--"The best conductor of electricity at
>resent known is silver." The best
onductor into $*society" at present
:nown is gold. It used to be brains.
Vorristown Hlerald.
-There is a disgusting amount of
rime in the newspapers, but the man
sho has a pimple on his nose can't
)lame the looking-glass for showing it.
-Cincinnati Gazette.
-A New York genius has discovered
way of making leather out of banana
kins. They will thus be able to kick
he man who left them on the flag-stones
o endanger human life.
-No man living walks in a straight.
inc. The squarest-footed walker walks >
o the right or left a distance of thirty
lx feet [n a mile. In case there is a
aloon on the way he may diverge -as
nuch as 150 feet.-Detroit Post.
-"Oh, yes," said the euginer,"I had
t chance to become a hero by sticking
o my post when the collision came,
ut when I reflected that my name
would be spelled five hundred different
ways in the newspapers I changed my
mund and jumped ."
-The prosperous hardware clerk is
known by his stove-pipe hat.--Bloom
ington Eye. And the carpenter by his
olaw-hammer coat.-Gold Leaf. And
the lawyer by his whole suit.--Bruce.
But the lover you must discover by his
sighs.-Elevated Raitway Journal.
-"What are you looking around' for
so much?" asked an Austin mother of
her fifteen-year-old son, with whom she.
.was walking; "I am looking around on.
Your account." "On my account?".
"Yes. I want to pick you out a good
looking daughter-in-law."-Texas Sift
ings.
-When a man is excited he is very
apt to talk without thinking. An Aus
tin landlord called on his tenant the
tenth time for his tent. "I haven't got
any money," was the response. "Well,
if you haven't got money enough to pay
your rent you ought to build yourself a
house."
-Two rival belles at an evening
party were seated in the conservatory
with their respective cavaliers, enjoying
their supper. The gas was turned down
somewhat, as it should be in a conserva
tory at an evening party. "My dear
Julia," said one of the fascinating crea
tures, "how beautiful your complexion
is--in this dim light!" "Oh, thank
you," responded her rival, "and how
lovely you look-in the dark!"
-Let her whistle
What if a girl whistle?
'Twon't make your heart bristle
Or scratch lik.+ a thistle.
A whistling lassio
Need not. be sassy,
Or viigar, or brassy.
No psaln or opistle
Has thrown thu first missile
At women who whi-tie.
It's quite as becoming
As sinrinc or humning,
Or playinug or strumming.
o meni, ''n this topio;
Not misogynistic
Nor grumpy nor mystie.
_________ -N. Y. SS.L
The Expedlitlon for the Relief of
ieouteniant GIreeley's Party.
A tele!ra phic dispatch has been for
wardied biy Genera! TI erry to the Secre
tary of WVar giving the names of the
persons selectedl from tihe Department
of l>akota to take part in the expodi
tiont which is to be sent out for the re
lief of Lietetnant Gireeley and his
party at Lady Franklin Bay in the
Aretic regions. Th'le detail consists of
a commissioned otliccr and four enlisted
muen, who have beent chosen as espe
cially well qualified for the duties wvhich
will be required of them. The selco
tion was nar-rowved down to the regi
Imenits which hadi servedl longest ill the
diepartmenlt, as it was thought, that men
who had seeni service in the Northwest
would be better able to withstand the
hiardships of~ an Arctic winter; hut
even withi this rest rict;on there has been
no lack of app)licat ions, and ever since
the call for voluniteers wvas issued a
mont h ago, the l ist h1as been length
ened until it. included the names of
more than one htdred persons First
Lieutenanit Ernest A. G;artinigton, Sov
enth ('avalry, who has bcen selected to
commandi the~ exp)edition. wvas bor-n in
N-outhi Carolina anid graduated from tile
Military Academy in 187ti. The others
of the detail are Serge.ant Johin Kenny.
Tro I, Seventh Cavalry: Corpioral
Frank Elwell, Company E. Thi rdln
eatry c.t F. Moritzt, Comlpany A, Sv
enenhInfantry, and 1lrivat' J. J.
Murphly, Company F, Eleventh Infant
ry. 'Three of these have hadi expern
ence as sailors, and all have been
chosen wit h specdial re:orence to
thei r phyvsi al qual:ticat ions Lieuten
alit Gartington s less thani thirty years
old, ai>ove the avera re hghit, with a
strong, well built, sol'eroly phlysiquie,
ami strictly temperate in his habits.
lie is vety intel i,ent, andi possesses
more than ordinary qpuickness and en
ergy. lie is conisidleredl by all who
know him esp)ecially adiaptetd for such
a commnan-i. In addtition to Lieutenant
G arrington and the above-designated
foutr, others have been selected, and
with two men from the signal corps and
a medical o!licer will comprise tihe party.
It is proposedi thlat the expedition shall
leave St. .Johns. N. F., abouit June 15
next, so as to take advantage of all favor
able cond;ttons of tho ice, and if possi
bie reach l)iscovery Harbor. Should this
not lbe possi ble tile vessel would land the
party andl( store at Life-Boat Cove and
return souithwatrd. The1i party would
thin establish itself for tihe winter and
enldeavo)r to openf comunication with
Lieutenant Girceley by sledges antd as
sist him in his ret rent from Lady Frank
lin Bay. It wouild not be exp)eted thaf.
thc st ation at iAfe-Buoat Cove w'uld be
kept op longer than August, 1884, when
a vessel would bring the entire party
away. Shoutld the vessel senmt in 1843
reacih Lieutenanut Greeley, mind his party
be furinishedt withI the neessary sup
plies, it illI be desirable that the -eta
tiion at L.ady I- ranklin Bay be main
tained at least one year longer in order
to reailize the( full purposes ior which It
was originally eAtabbishied. - -St. -Paul
(Minn.) .SpciLal to Chicago 'iribune.
-The expression "white as snow" is
not strictly accurate, for there is such a
thing as red snowv. Aristotle, in his
writ ings, meintionied thle phenomenon,
hut coulinot explain it. M. Sossure, 6
French scientist, observedsred snow on
the Alps, and upon examtiuning It with a
microscope discovered that the snow
owed its retd hue to a miniute plant,
ProtococcuLs Niralts, wich consists of a
sir 7u cell. lRed snow has been observed
in c u; e ntcy on the Wa-ratch Mop
lamins, ten th maiand feet atbovo the
It looks like snlow that has beent
kldWN dbiuee.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
THE last alleged discovery is that
there are horned men in Africa.
Tuz loe-gorge at Niagara recently was
fifty feet in height and two miles long.
POPULAn feeling in France is reporteci
to be an alarmed demand for leaders of
ability.
A GONTEsT of fat people for a prize to
the weightiest, is the latest Now York
sensation.
AN Iowa town of 1,800 inhabitants is
endeavoring to maintain twelve church
organizations.
HENuRY BEBoH is about to visit several
Western cities as the guest of societhi
for the prevention of cruelty ;to animals.
CHARLES H, liaLL, of Exeter, N. If.,
the President of the Webster Society,
wants to raise $100,000 to found a Web
ater free library in Boston. *
ITALIANS are the most zealous theater
goers of Europe. The French and Ger
mans come next in the list, while the
people of Great Britain are the sixth.
Tint Empress of Austria is so hostih.
to female doctors that no graduate is
allowed to practice in that country. She
prefers a male quack to a female physi.
Sian.
IT is said that Mrs. Da Ponte, of New
Drleans, has gone to Washington for the
purpose of selling to the United States
the original parchment draft of the Con
federate States' Constitution for $30,000.
Miss JENNIE E. DAvIs, who has been
chosen to the head of the female depart
ment of Liberia College, Liberia, was
graduated at the Girls high School, Bos
ton, ten years ago, and has since been
teaching in Missouri.
PRINCE CHARnEs, of Prussia, who has
just died at the age of eighty-threo,
owes his untimely death to the exces
sive use of tobacco. For the past sixty
years he has smoked a couple dozen of
strong Havana cigars daily.
This Emperor of Germany's gift of
$125,000 to his inundated people is
worthy of his rank, and it may bo hoped
will make an impression on Queen Vic
toria, whose benefactions are usually
quite unworthy of her purse And posi
tion.
A PLAN is suggested for mechanically
removing scars left by small-pox and ul
cerations. It is by daily rubbing the
part with fine sand. A small sponge
tilled with soap lather and dipped in
marble dust, offers a convenient way of
doing this.
Tau New York Ierald thinks that
theaters should be compelled to.securely
inclose every burner or row of lights in
glassed frames as well as in wiro netting;
then there could not be breakage of the
glass or inflammable material come in
contact with the gas flame.
ACCORDING to the Ch1icaag& Idcer
Ocean, the appointment of women as
school superintendents in:Illiuoisi has
been notably successful. They bing a
painstaking care and thoroughness to
their work not always shown by their
their masculine colleagues.
Tun invalid wife of Wendell Phillips
keeps her husband confined to the old
house, their new home, on Common
street, Boston, and his withdrawal from
the lecture field and public occasions is
not due to any failing of his own powers
or lessening of his interests.
A nor of eight years (lied in Eng
land, poisoned by the action of a 5t >.
stance used in dyeing stockings. e it
John Humphireys testified that sevoral
striking proofs had como under Ihis ino.
tie of the danger of weaving many of the
dyed steekings offered for sale.
DF., EhrLns, of the Cainadiani Associa
tion, has made analyses of the milk of
cows fed with different kinds of food.
HeI finds there is a gruater amount of
fatty matter in thte milk of cows fed on
dlistillery refuse, but he saw nto evidouce
that the milk was imnpaiica by such feed
ing. ___ _
Mius. MARI Arirrany, who died ro
cently at Morristown, N. J1., aged 105,
left behind her uinexpected1 wealtht.
Nearly every article of clothing belong
ing to her was found to contain rolls ofl
hank bills. andl a nair of shoox in hex
burean were filled with coin. Nearly
$8,000 was found.
IT is commonly thought that thte fre,'s.
ing of water eliminates its impu)trities.
Under some circumstances this is so, but
anybody can see for himself that the
grosser impurities are often captured or
enclosed in tire ice, and so also are im
perecptiblo impurities of water whtiebt
may be coiuntedjgn tis its really unhealthy
properties.
IT appears from the thirty-fourth
annual report of the Astor Library that
during the year the sum of $18,200.35
has been expended. The fund for main -
tenance was 481,500, and the endow
ment fund $1,b45,816.48; 5,725 volunmes
have been added during the year. There
were 51;858 readers, The income was
S23828.54 the eEpeises$18,161.2.
. CONGEiSMAN X, who will BUC.