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D 1'OLITICS, NOIIAI'ITY, FIUCATION AND TO 'hE IIENERIL INTE'ESC OF TIIE COUNTY : By D. F BRADLEY & CO -'CKIN -. - HRDY . BR. PICKENS, S. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1883. VOL. XII. NO. 22 - - - - - - - - t NEWS GLEANINGS. There are 60,000 colored Baptists in sfneesee, with 150 churches. West Virginia contains 62,C00 persons ver ten years of age who cannot read. .'According to the official statistics there gere. in Arkansa on June 30, 1882, 1,415 school-houses. The new city hall at Rome, Ga.-, has just been completed at a cost of $15,000. The street car companies of New Or -" leena /altogether collect about 70,000 fares daly. Ex-Gov. Warmoth, of Louisiana, has been in Maine buying machinery ror a beet-root factory on his plantation. Two years ago Weeson, Miss., was on 'ly a pine forest. It has now a cotton mill empleying 1,000 bands, and nearly 8,00 inhabitants. The Texas cattle drive for the coming spring is estimated at 220,000 head. Of these not more than 120,000 will reach the open market. The rest will be re served for ranch purpoes. Convict labor is being utilized upon plAntations in Arkanas. One hundred are now employed upon the plantation of Mr. Neil, below Little Rock. They profess to like working there better than staying in prison. The question of .a canning factory is 1 beginniuig to be agitated in Greenville, f 8.'C. Practical men are figuring on the subject, . and have demonstrated that such a factory will pay large profits on the small capital required. Northern nanufacturers are exploring 1 the Virginia mineral lands. Recently a purchase of 13,000 acres was made by a Pe?nsylvania company. A superior quality of ore has been found, and it will be shipped to Pennsylvania fur naces. In the seven months of this fiscal year the public debt has been reduced a tri fie over ninety five millions. This gives 1 promise of a total reduction in a year of e fully 150 millions. We still owe nearly , 1,600 millions, about one half of which arpeunt is now redeemable, but one half of the redeemable debt does not bear iht,rest. Memphis Avalanche : The Atlanta Constitution states that the Marietta and North Georgia road is the great route for quail hunters. The other day there was $2,000 worth of dogs (cash valuation) in the baggage car on that road, attended by $6,000 worth of ne- I groes (old valuation.) On the return tip they had $5.80 worth of birds, which they counted while eating $20 worth of lunch. Jim Chang, a Chinese merchant who recently established in Waynesboro,t Burke county, Ga,, was visitedI by a I party of men who proceeded to break up1 his show cases and otherwise abuse hi property. They then ordered him to sbut up his store and leave at once, which he did. The indignation seems due to the fact that a Burke county white girl had sometime before married a Chinaman, and indiscriminate veni gene was considered in order. There are 40,0(0 square m1ile3 of al most unbroken forests in North Caroli na, comprising pine, chestnut, oaik, ma ple, beach And hickory timber in their finest growth. It is estimated that in ten years the timber:alone in North Car olina will exceed in value the present total valuation of 'all the property in the State, including land. The State grows nineteen varieties of oak, and its pine forests are of the heaviest. The build ngof new railroads will rapidly open this region to the Northern and Eastern lumber r'arkets. An inebriated citizen of Butts county, -Ga., got In. front of ain approachiug train en the new roadl not long since, and - by wildly waving the tattered remains of a sanguinary-looking kerchief suc ceeded In stopping it. The conductor alighted and inquired the object of the danger signal, when the inebriated citi zen solemnly drew a bottle from the depths of his inner pocket and remarked that he merely wanted to "set 'em up." It is recorda' of the ungrateful oflicial that he acknowledged the kind invita tion by the vigorous application of a box-toedinumber 10. There was a new dleparture a few nightsesince at McMlnnville,'1Tenn., to raise mohey to buy at church organ. The plan devised was a sale of the young la dies to the highest bidder. The young men were out en masse, and one by one the fair ladies were knocked down by he anebioneer to the highest bidder. Many of the belles brought fabulous prices, one ecstatic bachelor bidding "heaven and earth" for the girl of his choice. As barter was~not taken, he wvas required to make his bid in dollars and cents, which he did in a handsome price and got his prize. The sale resulted in plenty of money and Iota of fun. , Or,soma4Ananth is a word of recent origin, f#om the French oleine, Latin oleum/.oi1, the thin, oil part of fat, anid from niargarir>, a pearly-like substance, extrad frond vegetables, oils an animal fate. Te butter flavor comes from mix ing milk, cream and unsalable butter with colored tallow and other unctuous ingredients. The lard may come from ca-loads of Jead hogs, or suet from cat,. tie that may haye ded in overcrowded oars, or animals that died1 of disease or even 'mpre questionable sourcee, Iikae som .;ot 'the : oil extracted from soap. ge.Zollections from the city, exported the 'West, whence comes the ladle packe&buttr._ __ are you doing out there, my ghs,in the night dow?"~ said the klin ld' ~teman onl the piazr.a. "p n~'~ning," was the sweet replyg'~ sh louned over the pickets till her fica was dread~fully' close to Wil. tier desist she had not only been carried a couple of blocks beyond her destina tion. but had registered not less than twenty fares, for which, according to the company's rules, the conductor was re sponsible. THE, robust health of the English in general is said to be due to their diet. They are good and substantial eaters. They like plain, solid food, well cooked, and do not, as a rule, demand variety. Meat, vegetables, and puddings are their staple dishes, and thin soups and foreign kickshaws find no favor in their eyes. They despise alike French dishes as rich and unwholesome, and German cookery as coarse and unpalatable. The roast beef of Old England is their staff of life, and ham and eggs come next in their good graces. Ice. water is a rarity among the mass of the population, who look on it almost as poison. EVIDENCE of the extent of the busi- p ness done by Fleming and Meriam and t other professional grain brokers at Chi cago, the delivery of money letters to e whom was stopped by the Postal De- r partment a few days ago, accumulates t from day to day. It appears they not only received money from farms, towns and villages all over the country, but also from Canada, and even from some points in England and Scotland. The i sums transmitted to them, for invest- i meat in grain futures, are estimated to reach into the millions, and it is inti mated that certain respected and highly connected persons joined hands with the r recognized gambling element in working f the scheme. Pcrr,Anpr,rmTAawyers have a question i which stumps them at last. The Con trollership of that city became vacant by resignation. The Common Council elected a now man. The person left in charge by the renigning Controller ro fuses to give up the office, and the Court sustains him. Lawyers are divided upon the point whether the oflico is a county or a city one, to be filled by the State Governor or city goverment in case of vacancy. The most serious "feature of the whole trouble is that all the police men, school teachers, department clerks and laborers are kept out of their pay, because no bills can be cashed before they are approved by the Controller, and there is no recognized Controller to do it. JOHN W. BAnRON, Treasurer of the Dexter (Me.) Savings Bank, was found in the vault of the bank on February 22, 1878, dying from wounds wihich he re ceive" during the night. Many will recall the thrill of admiration that swept over the country when the news was published of Barron's heroic death in defense of the treasure in his keeping, and the painful reaction when the charge was made that the wounds were self-inflicted to bido a defalcation. suit brought by the bank against Barron's estate led to an examination. For four years the trial has been postponed, and is now about to be resumed. Now evi dence is said to have been found to prove flint Cashier Barron was really murdered at his post of duty. It is worth much to have this almost solitary instance of fidelity in a wide waste of banking treachery and criminality. M2cRETARY l'or,oEn has sent aletter to Congress recomnmending the consol i dation of customs districts in many in stances, in ordecr to effect a saving in the salaries of officers at p)orts where the business is v-ery small and does not in crease from year to year. The Secre tar.y's recommendations would in effect not lessen tho number of collection dis tricts, but in some cases reduce the number of oflieers at the port which, after the reorganization, would comnpr iso all the consolidated po(rts, and redluce the aggregate cost for salaries $194,295. The Western ports which would bo0 affected by the proposed consolidations are the followving: It is proposed to consolidate with the district of Chicago, the districts of Qalena, Omaha, D)ubuque, and Bur lington; to increase the number of officers land employes from seventy-sir, to ninety one, and the ecst for salaries from $941,.. 418 to $111,880. It is prop)osed to con solidate with the Minnesota District, at St. Paul, the districta of D)uluth, Montana and Idaho, to increase the numbe)r of officers and employes from twenty-five to thirty-two, and the cost for salaries from S32.302 to $38,800. The greatest reduction of officers and employcs will take placo at the chief eastern ports. NO-r a few of the thinking farmers of Il liniois and the States adjoinig, express lhe conmviction that lie who would raise cattle in the future without p)ositivo loss, mnut r-aise thiose which will at ani early age deOveopeh) into ripo, heav-y animals of good style and in every way suiitedl to the needs of the lest and most exacting markets, there and abroad. THE following process is rec(Jifommeded( for cleaning white Shetland shawls. lPut the soiled article inito a larg~e b owl; throw over it half a t-eupiml of flour, "dry," rub thoroughly, as if washiing, then thor'oughily shake <mt the flour. If' the article is not clean repeat the pro. Qess in clea. flour. Articles cleaned by tiS p'roces will retain a now look as long as there is :.thread left. TrW man who ate his dEmier with the fork of a rver liislen b*6-inu~ to toini a ivrau U THE DAY. TiE French army is reported not to like the expulsion bill adopted by the 5abinet, and an intimation to that effect ias been carried to President Grovy. THE United States Government pays oreign steamers an average of two cents oer letter for postage. During the past orty years the mails have cost $30,204, [67. GEN. CHARLES P. STONE, who has for rears been an officer in high command n the Khedive's army, has left Egypt, oud will return to live in the United tates. WALco1rr, the thirty-day quail cater, inished his task, said he never felt bot er in his life, and pocketed the $500, >eeides winning any number of bets rom silly people. MONTGOMERY BLAr is reported to be eriously ill at his country place, Silver spring, a few miles from Washington. dr. Herndon, the Alabama Congress nan, is now on the road to full recovery. Tim scandal about the failure of Mr. rulian Hawthorne to finish "Foiune's ?ool," is increased by the announce nent that he had received pay in full in LAvance. Mr. Hawthorne is thus far si ent on the subject. WILLIAM GAaAOWAY, the oldest loco notive engineer in this country, recent y guided a train at the speed of a mile minute ovei a portion of the Baltimore nd Ohio railroad. Mr. Galloway is eventy-four years old. AIR. W. C. CARRINTON, a Richmond Va.) attorney, has received from Lon Ion the certificate of marriage of Mr. ,nd Mrs. Pigeon (Labourchere). It was ntended to be used in the divorce suit i Mrs. Pigeon v.3. Mr. Pigeon. A NEW protes3ion, that of accompany ag young girls to and from balls, is re >orted to have ben recently started. Iairdressers advertise that they wl1 tress the hair of ladies and then escort hem to their place of destination. IN some parts of Germany the police iave lately had the new duty instructed o them of prohibiting boys under six cen from smoking in the streets or rom entering alone establishments where intoxicating liquors are sold. Ma. HoLAN HUNT spent five years in he Holy Land in painting "The Flight nto Egypt," and, when he had finished t, found that the Syrian canvas, which ie had used, was too rotten to bear the train of travel. The picture fell to >Ieces and was patched, but is now an rretrievable ruin. CAIr. R. B. Fonuss, of Boston, makes he sensible suggestion that there is al ogether too much signaling in naviga ion rules, which leads to confusion. He iays "on the ocean it is enough to indi ate northerly, southerly, easterly and westerly. In narrow waters where many teamers are apt to congregate the less :ooting the better." TIE Emperor of Austro-Hungary has :ecorated Hon. CharL ; Gibson, of St. Louis, his counsel in the cease against Baron Von Bechtolsheim, late Austre, Hlungary consul at St. Louis, who em bezzled funds of his office, as Knight Commander of the Order of Franz Joseph. The order itself is as high as aity in the empire or in Europe. TurE practicability of photographing andscapes from the windows of trains -unning at a rate of forty miles an hour, 2as been recently proved by Dr. Can jize, who uses 'what he calls a gyrograph for the purpose. An exposure of only ne one-hundredth of a second was needed, and after a little practice wvon. lerfully distinct views were obtained. Ross, the shotgun messenger of Wells, Farg & Co.'s Express, who saved the treasure when the recent cfli,rt was made to rob the east-bound express of the Central Pacific, in California, stands six feet four in his stockings, and b)egan life as a gambler. This is the fourth time that he has beaten off the roadl agents. EDWIN FoRREST's costumes and silver ware, loft by him to the Forest Homo, Philadelphia, are soon to be sold at pub lic auction. Among the costuxmes are those worn by the characters of Coriola nuis, Lear, Tell and Spartacus, and the silverware includes fifteen pieces besides a dlozen knives, four dozen forks, and four dozen spoons. WHAT is claimed to be the largest pen sion paid to one person in the United States has been settled in St. Louis. The pensioner was honorably discharged1 from the army in 1864 on account of injuries, and in four days thereafter lhe became totally blind, and has so remain ed ever since. His case has been perLd ing for sixteen years. The aggregate sum accruing to date, and which he re cived, was $9j,063.47. He will hereafter receive duming his life $72 per month. THE Metropolitan Horse tlar Cemn pany, of Boston, has recently introduced the registering clock for recording fares. The other day an elderly lady desired to get off the ear. She rose energetically and pulled the strap which rang in the fas Defore the ondnaan.o .a4u - FAIR IJUI' COT. Her cheek's a sentry in advance, A noon that makes the darkness day t Her stature is like any lance And like a waving reed dolh away. Her eyes are ever wide awake, Though dreamy as a fawn's to see. The moon is blurred fnr her sweet sake The branch is drooping on the tree. The fawn before her flies for shame toward the desert far and wide; No peer has she, and none can clai' To be regarded by her side. The fawn that in the glade doth stray The idol of the fano is she ! Thou who didst bid me hope. I pray rhat I may ne'er despair of thee I To me thou art so coy and col;1 To others, ever kind and nar. Our quarrel like the wars of old Doth linger on froen year to year. Al I that is why thy young cheek glows With yonder ruddy hue so fair, As though it were a dtistant roan Thou takost for a voil to wear. Zaandam Windmills. Zaandam is rather an important lace. Many ships and boats are built hero, many windmills thresh the air ith their white arins And grind every ort of thing that can lie ground, and then they don't, do that. thel" saw wood id Pump water. Its inhabitants are earfully ricb,l at orery jaunty villa we ame to our guide stopped us to impress 1n Us some notioln of its owner's 'ealth. ' .l/I these rich Ope are win'1 niillcrs:" he could spea k tolerable En lish, so we were spared the wild panto uime which, when expressive of four undrod windmills, takes some consid raile room in a village street. We vero ferried over the watery avenue vhich seems to be really the main thor umhifare of the town. There were the nils, sure enough, miles of them--some our, I think--in each side of the way, as far into the dim distance ai the eve o111(1 reach. It looked like a lesson in >erspective to try for the exact vanish ng point. * * * e * If any one desires to see I olland from is windinilly side, let t hat person by all neanis come to Zaandaml, andlo hts Sur cited forever after. Thev all seemed o -e thriving at ilourisliing, too; and vhent a winlmilly totvn does flourish, it s (from a flourishing point of view) a hing to remember. It seems to lack "eposefullness, if onr caros for it, but for mne of an active temperament it. is high ly stimulating. It is not. the place for a moony or absent-minded person, as there is always a -:hance of ieing irainll by the merry wind-sail, unless one is omewliatt alert. There seems to be an unfathomable variety of individualtaste in the matter of 'adorning and dce arating some of these mills. They were nearly all as bright as pa lit or wash of every known liue e"ouldl make them. None of the westhetic, faded-leaf tones here either, but good, riotous, roaring reds, greens and blues, that seemed to sit itt Once on any mild talk of 'broken tints" or "melting combinations." Somehow they seemed to get the right tone lder that. delicious gray-blue haze that. hangs so often over the landscape in Iolland. Many mills had their little flower-gardens ru'nling down to the river's edge, and the little summor house overhanging the water, with its inevitable little motto expressire of the owner's sweet con:ellt, like "Lust in 1ust," which at first sight looks like had and improper English. It only means IR..stie felicity. Hero sit Van D)unk and friends in the shades of even ing, smoking their pipes, sipping their beverages, and listening to tie frogs. -- Georic 1. Boughton, in Halrper's Maca ifl1e. Arctie lee. The ululcky pirisoner in the immenlcIse fIeld ie' dulring tie imposing, unlbroken loneliness of the long Arctic ntighit, when the wind is calm, can hear the crackle oIf the snoew unlder the stealthy trAd( of the polar bear at an astonishling dlistance, and hear what a man, speaking loud, says at 1,000 mietres distancee. It call, therefore, he well understood hew the sounid of ice-pressures mulst travel to is ear from en1ormlous5 distances. "Sometimes,'' tile author writes, "' thie noise of tile ice mlovemets' wats scarcely to be heardI--a mere murmur-anld came toI our cars as (does tihe p.ay of the waves on a steep coast from the far dlistanle. So metimes itI hummned anid ro ared cl oser to u1s, Ias if a whole column of heavily laden wagonus were bleing drawn I over t 't ulnev'en ice surface." In the sound wae combilinied all manner of noises causet 1hy crackling, grinidinlg, falling of blocks tcriuing and m ianiy other phlenlomenaI oI ic*e life. "' In. is astonihini.g hlow far an< hmow clearly every 1nois0 is condulIcted ii the ice. 'jih noise at the very margil oIf the. field on which we were seemed t< oticuir immediately at Our feet. II pIlace'd our ears to tile icO, tihesHound wat heard so loudly that we might have ex preted tihe ice too pen under our feet th ering was a vast rJounding--hoar( W'henlever, as I lay downi to sleep, phaced my ear against tile dry, woode si p's side, I heard a hummlfingl andl 1h1 z1mg whichu was notlhinig else hut ii sumlf of all the nises5C whichl occuirred i tile 1c0 at a grcat distanlce from~ th ship1." The suurfaco of an expansel5 of youni sailt-wter~ ic( on which ino sno,,. has- yE fallen is soft, so that tile footstep is in pressed uplonl its white c'overinig asi imcIting snow. This is to he obsterve eveii at a templeratulre of 40 deg. ( Th'le unlfrozen fhuda is niot water, lIut -concentrated solution of salt thrown on by the freezing of tile ice beneath. When summer begins iho thauwin; that occurs is very local and( unliequal A ny (dark body, snhci na9 a hleap o)f ash>e~ othe ( d10roppinlg of h)ears, eats its wa., iinto the tinow, ablsoring the rays t heat whdicht are relfletedl off again b. (1h( genleral whmite surface. The hearl dlropIings eat their waly into the sno'w antd thlen into tile ice, and the conien1 1101e thus fornmetd fills itself with water It may at last eat its way right throug1 the ice where not very thick. Thus ar< formed the greater part of thotse hole in drift-ice which are usually1 ascrihet to seals. Tho author never sawv a seal' hole in winte. WHY is pap r money more valuabhi tihan gold? ~Vhen you1 pu1t it ill youl p)ocket you1doule it, aund whenu you tak it ut ouAnditsMit increase Money by Telephone. "Say, miss," said a rather hard-look ing customer to the young lady in charge of the central telephone oflice, one day last week, "say, miss, I'd like to talk s with Mr. .Toseph Snooks a moment." t The lady called Snooks and turned the instrument over to the guest. "Hello, hello! Mr. Snooks!" Snooks answered, and in the ensuing colloquy the lady could of course only ,ear the hard-looking customer. "Snooks, old boy, I can't. com up for that money to-day; I'm too busy." "Elh?" "No, can't got away." "I know, but I'm sorry; I've got to meet Brace about your aftliir." "But I'd jeopardize all our interests. I postively can't come. Can you n;'dul the money down?" ''Down here." "I don't believe she'll do it, -rill she?" "No, I don't know her. She's a hand(l somo girl with blue eyes and light hair. Know her?" "I'll ask her about it. Wait, keep your car there [miss, Mr. Snooks wants to pay me four dollars, and says for you to lot mo have the money. I'll ask again to nmake sure.] Snooks, did you ntnn for this fine young lady to pay me and charge it to you?" "Don't hear you." "Yes, yes, all right. [He says, miss, for you to take my receipts and lt. me have the cash. You are to pnt it in his telephone hill.] All right, Snooks, got d by, see you to-morrow," and lie lmng the mouthpiece on the hoo]k. "Fine fellow, Snooks," le continued, looking pleasantly at the nmanuagress. "I never heard of senling money by tele phone before, did you?" "No," respondel the lady. "Perhaps you haven't the change handy?" "i ts," said she. "You'll trust Snooks, I per"sumei(," he R ent on in a faltering manner. "Certainly," she replied, ''if lie says to let you have it." "You don't think the telephone would lie, do you?" "Assuredly not.. I'll just ask Mr. Snooks." "No, no. He's a sensitive mann; le wouldin't like to have so much fuss over a small amount. Make it two dollars and I will give him a receipt on ac count." "I'll pay anything Mr. Snooks says. I'll call him." "Rather than bother him again, I'll make it a dollar. Give me a dollar-" "But I perfer to call him." ''Miss," said the man, "don't go near the wire now. Thero's a cloud comnnillg up. You're going to be struck by light - mng. Rather than that, I'd take fifty conts, a quarter." "Oh! I'm not afraid," and she ap proached the instrument. "Keep away from that wire!" lie howled, "don't call Snooks. lie might be struck. If yon don't care for yourself, have some mercy on his family. Ytnu needn't pay the amount at all. .1 vouldn't risk Snooks for all the money in Brook lyn." "I shall either call Snooks or a police man," said the girl firmly. "Make it a p(ieemtan and I'll go fo. him myself,'' shouted the tramp, as lie jumped over the rail. And thcn she called Snooks, who had been swearing at his and of the wire in the ho )o of making some one hear himli, and told him it was all right, she hadn't quite paid the money. Ihow She Won ilm. I have ju-t hearl the most remarka ble story of t he evynness of the femalu temper. It is a hoe;'utiful little fairy~ storyV, atnd mayi. appropr'iately be eihl '"How She W~on hlimi."' It hiappeneud here in P'hiladelphiia, and is oni this wise: T1here was a beautifuil dinner given "many years ago.'' anud she sat opp~o site him and looked ever so elharm ing ini a winie-'olor'ed silk withI a squar' neck, iatnd otheriwise 'rr'ayed ais nieve r were the lilies In any valley of this poor1 earth. Well the wai ter' in handing thies oup upset thle ent ire conit ents of a phlate in her ap ,Just think of it, girls! lThe whole front breadlthI i uei'ly r'uinied, and it could not be maitched' Well, what did( she do? D idl she fainut.? D id she say: 'Y on ho rrid miian'" ' )id she scream? Not at all; she paissed iho thing oIl in some witty~ remark abiout lieryv h aptlism, aiid cahnly re-numed heir dlinner. Ile, of course, was delighted. thnoughit her' a monst remark able woman, andi(, ina deed. she wvas; becamne at teintive to, lier, and linally mlarri'<l her. One evening, long after the event, they were sit t.ig before the fi re, thle children hav'in g gono1( ' to hed, andi( were U alkinig about ol -times, when lie saId: My dea', I.-neveir told( you, I thIink, - how I Iirst t honghit I woul like to mar - ry you, did( I?"'10nvr' "Well,' lhe sain ", do you rm'emn her that (dinnier at Mirs. Simpijkins', where yonir di'ess wias spoilt by te nsoup?'' C ' I ndeedI 1 do!'' she r'ep! ied. ''1 shall never' forget it a-s long as I lire.'" "Well," 'hle con tin ued, " you he haved t o well about it that I thocughtl yon a perfect jewel." " Yes,'' she answered, "'I rem embher behaving very weoll about it at thle tiime; hut, good land. you should hia,ve seen the marks oif niy teeth on the bed- post tthat nihght' "'hfladclphia (,ui. -Medicine was administered to a si('k c lergyman on Lonig Island by several of his kindly disposed parishioners. In stead of giving him pills and pilasters, they gave him somel woodl andl coaul, which they, put in the cellar. TIo this they added some money, which they ple!" antly p)lacedl in his hand as they shook hands at his bedside. It was agreed by all concerned that these remedies were the best that could have been admniLs tered to the suffering pastor. Hie is now oonvalescent-N._Y. Sun. Tue oinly cooi thjng which has been seen ist town for the past weck is the fel. low who comes into the 03lce, smokes a some ether fellow's pipe, uses some ether r fellow's desk, amid then asks if you are LI not goimr to sav beer beforn ha ha tn go. The Sick Room. From an interesting paper on this he iubject in the Christian Union, by Miss oI L:. I. Scovil, of the Massachusetts Gen- sh ,ral Hospital, we cull the following hints 14 mld recipes: " Tihe pure juice may be extracted from de )Cef in two ways: Pirst, by cutting the as neat in small pieces, putting them in a igltly corked bottle, i1mersing it in pi i'ot water, and boiling for several hours. ic second, by taking a thick pivee of juicy a 3teak, broiling it on a gridiron over a hev !lear lire for a few nionenits, then cutting tht it in strips and pressing it in a lemou in leezer. Ti juice thus obtained may th be given eitlher cold or hot. It may be lhi frozen, 1broken, ilto lumps, and given like cracked ice. A little silt should bo hi added Iefre using it. .1 An invalid who is tired of hot beef tea i will sometinnes drink it. cold or iced with t i great relish. Enough isinglass or gelatine -- may be added to the juice to make a el jelly, which can be flavored with sherry, c essence of celery, or anything the patient y may fancy. ataw meat is very nutritious, and may : be prepared by s iredding the beef ex trenely line, removing every iarticle of p skin or fat, and mixing it witi cracker erumbliIs. A little salt and1(' ipper may be dded, and the mnixture rolled into tiny 3 balls. In convalescenco after typhoid fever the greitest care is necessary with regard i> the food, and no new article of diet shouldi be given without the express per- c mnissi'in of the doctor. Evon so slight an A iillpruideneo a eating a raw ap)le has k bcel known to calls deatl. V While rast, boiled and broiled chicken, mutton chop and bcef steak have long held a recognized position in the Invalid's bill of fare, the merits of a veal sweet bread have been sadly overl(x)ked. ' Wenit properly cooked it is a delicious e b, and may tempt a capriciius aip i grown wearv of other viands. .A sweetIread should be par- ' boiled for a short, time until quite soft, t and then fried in a little iitter to it delicate brown. It may be served with gravy or white sauce. C Port wine jelly may souetimles be I given where the wine itself would excite list,(st. Dissolve half an oulice of gelatino in three tablespoonfuls of water; add a little white sugar, and nutmeg or cinnamon if the taste is liked; let it mnelt over a very gentle heat, put in live w"ine glassfuls of port, and stir conste'ntly fir tenl mnilutes. Strain it into a mtlolc1 moistened with cold water. A piece as large as an egg should be caten two or three times a diy. Delicious oatmeal gruel may be miade by stirring a cupful of oatmeal intot a bowl of water, allowing it to stand for a few minutes until the coarsest particles have fallen to the bottom, pourintg oil' the water, and'repeating this once or twice. 'lho water must then be boiled, stirring it constantly until it is stilicient cooked. Fow persons ltderstand p roperly the art of making lemonade. The lenonI should first Ie rolled between the hans until it is quite soft, the skin remloved 4 with a sharp knife, antid every pip ox- 1 tracte(d, the lemon being held over a tumbler that no juice numy be lost in tlio 1 op)eratio n. 'The pulp siould lhen beo divided into sniall pieces, and t lie sugar ( thoroughly iixed with it. Last of all 1 the reiquisite mn(iiut of watte sluiiilil ho adlded. ()raigenlie nuy be unule in tlo samnie Wiay as lemliiile, y sing less siigir. They should be icedi. IOiperial drink is m1ad1e by adlling a smllall taspioonfiil of crenini of t:rtar dlissolvedl iii boiiinig water to each pint of emii:onaIe. In sone disieases it is inpossible to give anythiiig cottiining acid, and then the iiigennity of the n1uirse is testeI to pro)vid(t soine Ibeverage at o-e coi(linag excellhnt wlwin they ar'e liked, andi may lie takenm iite wth orii witlin milIk. ] arleiy wuater is nmii bcI y haniiig t w ounlces of piearl Ibarle.y, pirevio iusdy wevllI wiashedi, for t wenity muiinutes ini a pi'it and a half (if water. .1t is thieni st rainied and flavored wit ihi'imoii peel amiii sugar to taste. 'Thiis may lie alteriiatedl with flaxsced iva. Steep halif an oince of uni 1briised flaxsi ed ini a piint o f iiin g wiiter. Let it sthsai in a coivred jar uiear a tire for three or four huours; then strain aiid flavor. The Salt of the Ocean. Even~ the p)rimfit ive sea must have been highly cirgtid with sahinme miatters of all kiids. When th e earth was still intenise ly hated, thei whlo o~ f thle water now~ oin its surface inust liavo I Meli iresenit an gas ini its at ius,li arc, at first,a n )iht dissassoiatied, buiit iifterward ani aque (ils vsapir. Sinace, if thle sea-hbot tom aindl ciiitiiiints wire smiootlilthddown to ii iini feiri livih, thle sta wouhll still aitliice tK2 cieri the enitire eaithi to a deputh of over a laver oif waiter oif tha lihi iicknessi muisit hiavi cx istedi inI theu amsp hire and hiave piriiiuciii a preissure of mire thanii a ton un thei siquare inch at I lie tarthm's surface. To t his pressure iimst hiavo beien addied thiat priuiiiced biy all te oIler vaiiim withi whlich the pimiitive atmoishe(re mu tst have b ieen fiilled. Asi the earth ciol th aOviter ciondisted on thme cool est spots from timoe to time, 1boiled, anud rose as8 vaplor again. Mr. Miallet con. jectaures that the first water formed (in the cart h's surface may hiavo heen even as hiot as4 molteni east iron. At last pe manen113t seas were estaldished. Thue waters of theso hieated to an inteaisely high temnperatuarii uinder great pressure, must have (dissoilved salts ini abiunidanic friom thle freshlhy .sonsolidlated earth's crust, and1( being conistaintly iai a state of (bllitiona as the pressurei diinuishied at the surface with the( growth of the seas,, or the temnperatunre of the earth's sur face variedl ini diferenit places, must hiave taken upl vaist quianitities (if rock mat tot ini suispenisioni, iandt become thickly ch arged with volcanic lanud. Iiiteinsely hit raini must have fallen on the 11and1 aani have washied down more saltsanid riund into the sea. Tihme whole oce'an iimist have conlsisted of a viist mass of seething nuid. ft must hove req(juired a protracted period (or th e ocean to bccome clear, and for its deposit, which was per Iaps somewhuat like the p)rleent doop1 se red mud, to settle, and possibly time deepor water long remained uinhaliita ble, beng overcharged withl various gases and alta a,nd suspended mud. -hThere' is an, enraollm nent of 196,574 In the NI inanesota sehionls, theo Statehy rr. HUIOROUS. -"Selection:" Brown (as he .was lving Qur art conversazione, after a ttling scramble in the cloak room) Jonfound itt Got my own hat after* LI" - -London Punch. -An obscure, but yet not wholly un telligible joke In regard to the mule that 'though he cares very little for ecious stones in g enoral, yet he gen ally affects topaz. '-N. Y. Graphic. nal mules do soP--Bo.4ton Post. -Judge Tourgee is delivering a lect o on "A Family of Fools." We ven't heard it, but presumo he refers the girl who kindled a fire with rosone, the boy who "didn't linow it A loaded," and the man who asks: s it cold enough for youP"-N. '. lvertiser. -High claic-" Can you oompre nd me?" "I am, perhaps, a little tuse, but you may be sure that I all get at your meaning presently." w elassic-" Can you catch on?" Well, perhaps I don't dro as stid nly as some, but you bet I 11 tumble quick as the average."-The Judge. -A magazine writer has recently blished a long article about " women's ses." The best thing we know about voinan's nose is a mustache. The st kind is a pale brown, and waxed at a ends. For sample, and instruction best method of application, apply at is oice, after business hours.-Bur tylon lawkeiye. ---So you have got twins at your ause?" said Mrs. Be mimbe to little )nmy Samuelson. " Yes, ima'am, two 'em." '' What are you going to call ,n1?" "Thunder and Lightning." Why, those are stra:nre names to call ihlren." 'Well, tld's what pa lied them as soon as he hoard they ero in the house."-Texas Siftings. -".Justico,your Honor!"exclaimed a gal comet in one of his eccontric por atiois, 'is not like the fabulated riariotis of old, whose oyes were as multiplical as the santlds of the sea, nor et like the famed Cyclops whose vision erforated only the arena of the coming iturity, but like the sportivo (lenon tration of 'blind man's hat' She ursues her way unseeing and unseen, olding the stoelyards that weigh w ith oeval vieissitudle the carats of gold nid the carrots of horticulture, and now'n:'C no North. no South, no East,no Vest !'-- tome (N Y ) ,Sentincl. -A report comes from London that icre is a change in the fashion in ogs. Young fadies who have been 'eat ing English pugs to match their mmplex.on, trimme(d with plastrons nd things, or the Italian greyhound or ing Charles spaniel, cut entrain with t' ot and polonaise. will regret to learn mat. they have gone out of lashion, and bey might as well be given to the poor r sold to the old rag-man. 'Te ne w style f dog is the llul'y white Pomeranian, vith a nose in point applique and shir ed ears: or the 1lalteso terrier, with a ilk jacket. and velvet lingerio---orsome hinr tlhat way.-Iorristown llerald. FACTS AND FIGURES. --Alalamahas 1,919 miles of railroad, nl the railroads furnish elevon per ent. of all the taxable property in the tato. - -lirovard County, Fla., is the largest >f the 2,559 counties in the United states. It has ian area of over 5,000 iqular mliles. *-The first appearance of cotton as mn article of comlmerce was a shipment fseven bales fromChlarlestown in 1757. n 1880-81 the crop wvas 6,t00,000 bales. ----According to a comp rehiensive sta istloal return lately pubhlishled in Ger.. nainy, therce ar*e in Euiropo ninmety -two it ies withi moro than i t0, 000 in habit mis, ot of which four capitals show achi over a millioii populiation, as fol ows: [1(ndon, 3,8:12,4-40; P'aris, 2,225, 10; ltirlin, 1.1 22,5~00: Vienna, I, 103,110. hit of te inoty-two cities andl( towns eferred to, England <laims 2'6, Gerimaniy i;, ital 11 , I-rance It), and lIussia 8. he otheris areO dlivided1 amoing thie mialler States. TIhere woere in the Unit 'd St ates in 188t1 t wenty eites haviner aebi 10 I, I00t inhabaitants~andi ulpwar' *The first aniual report of theo State 'ommiissioner of Hailroadl T1axation in New .Jerso - contains the following par igraph:' "OW ,Ieirsey lias in all some 81,8 miles of road, stand ing second in the list of States in the matter of rail wvay faoilities. Thfe only State whlich mlimi's to havo moro1 miles of road( than mr owii is Massachuisotts. Now deorsey ins nearly a nule of track for every four iuaro miles of area, which is considlered thie mlaximnm. Th'le total cap)ital in vested ini rai lroadi prope rty3 in this State is $214,0;8,349. Th'1e cost of railroads anal t heir e quipment s has been $1G8,61 8, 355." --The industrial census of Philadel phia, as taken by the Police l)e part.ment under the diirect ion of I.orin lodge('tt, is substantially complete, and the ro turns are so fully compiled as to show a large increase as 'omplaredl withI thmo cnsus of 188t0. From the figures atl re'ady coimpiledl over 10,0010 establish. mnts aro shiown, withI 222, 15.2 opera tivos, showing" in inecrcase of 2,000 establishmnents anId of fat, 000 persons empl)oyed, anid it is believed thbat the ent ro comi >)0loio of thle rmi sioin will show I12,0t() estab)lishmelnts, with 2410, 000) plersonls empaloyed1. - Pasilade/hia l'ress. - Various signs of the unsatisfactory state of htussian finanlces are costantly no; cairinf iin the St. Il'etersbuirg press. Alt bougfh the genoir al ta\ses coliectedi in 1881 oxceeded thiose of thle present year by :,871, 108 ruhies, ne(vertihcless tihe generlal amount of arrears ini 1881 was very largely increased. For 1881 they were calcualat odl at :31,2133,629 rubles, and for thie year 1882 these figures rose toi :5,547,707 rubles, or 41,284,078 rubles more, indlepJ'iedetly of 1,673,321 rules of arrears excludedl from the general sum11 on accounit of irregultaritics, and of the hiopelessnless of any attempt at get tin.r them t)aid. CHAmTJs Pr.antAurr, a French iter was the author of ''Cinderella's Slipper ' story. At tile ne(cssion of Francis IL Shiusband of Mary Queen of Soots), 'aria was inlvolved1 in continlued broils lby tho strulggles for procedloncy between thle conifraterniities5 of the~ drapers, thae mreers and the furriers, in which the furriers finIally triumphed. Two cent uiries ago furs were so rare, and there fore so highly vailed, that the wearing of them was restricted by several sumpt uary laws to 'E"'q and Princes. Bamle, i.e tic.so !.ws calfed va'r, was the subject oif oounltle'ss ro uations, The exact quality permnitte<a o be worn by pers.ons of diff'erent gjrades, and the articles of dress to which it raight be apphied were defined miost stric dy. Perrault'& tale of Cindereh.. nriginally marked the dig nity conferred on het by the fairy, hy her wearing a slipper of vair, a privilege then confined to the highest rank of Princesses, An error of the press, now bocomoe inveterate, changed vair into verro, and the slipper of sable was at:d 49.1 0rY60 t @o glMu $$0