Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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- t DEVOT D TO POL[1TIC , lOlRALI Y, LDUCAION AND~ TO T;I gE6EERaIIL INT'ERM1' OF Tu~ C0U d'Y Y iBy D. F. BRADLEY ,& a0. PICKENS, S. C , THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1883. VOL. XH. NO.28. ;n;NAaL NEW$. 'khei r twelv ubdred an'd thirteer fIc In thF Geogia penitentiary. Ire 40 colored B,pyist ohuroher l' sew Orleans, w th a nkteubership o 7 000. Mhe death list of New Orleans lasi veek: wast the largest since the epidem 21 of 18878,"being 172 from all causes. 8outh Carolina has 2,078 manufactu. ; tl g tablisbments, with a capital of e ,20,5894 invested. Value of produoli 0 73 t.008. Ar ansas has doubled its population In ten years. It is now the fourth cot* ton State. Ti e Arkanxas Legislatume bas passed a t)ringent Jaw for the protection of timter, Dea'ers, in Athens, Ga.. report four times a3 many improved agricultural im plemc nts sold as last year. The pauper farm if Clarke c muty , Ga., has turnec $723 c'r>ar profit inte the State Treasury this year. Paul H. Hayne was naid $500 for W ode read at the Savannah sesqui-centen.. nial celebration. Mr. W. H. Crawford, of Jonoaboro Ga., has bought and will plant 1,200 grape vines on his place near that town. A granite monument is to be erecte.. %. "' a<Andersonville, Ga., in memory of th( Federal soldiers who are buried there. It is estimated that it will cost 0. State of Georgia 150,000 to assemble th .Ldgslature this spring to count the, vote for Governor. It is estimated that 460,000 of the 760 000 square miles of timbered lands of I country are situated in the South ern States. In some sections of Tenne..ee the far mers intend to plow up their wheat, as it has been ruined by the Hessian fly. * They will plant corn and potatoes in stead. 4 On a deed which was registered at Dresden, Tenn., a few days ago, the sig nature of ten persons was required, and o,tt of this nnmbcr nine made their mark. A tract of land, 127 acres, on Thun derbolt road, near Savannah, has just been,purchased for a fruit farm. It will be under the superintendence of experi enced gardeners from western New York. There is more building of houses going on now in Columbia, S. 0., than at any time since 1865. Within the past year real estate has edvanced twenty-five per cent in some loca!ities of the city. A man in the Goldsboro district of rulaski county. Ga., is offering $100 cash for 200 head of geese. lie wants the geese to run in his cotton fields and keep th'mi clear of grass. Atlanta Censtition: Much talk Is heard just now of Glen. Gordon's Fior.. *da road, and if completed, as originally contemplated, to Augusta, it will make one of the most important railroads in the South. Mr. Augustus Layvras, in Putnam county, Florida, is growing five or six * different kinds of olives, as many differu enct kinds of American and European prunes and sixty varieties of gra.pes. He also bas a flourishing apiary. Mr. Ri. Hunter of Alabama, will p)lanft over one hundred acres in peach trees near New Castle, not far from the souith and North Alabama railroad- i.t in-. tends to build a poach brandy manufac * tory. Savannah News: As the increase oi cotton manufactures progresses at the South the solicitude of the Northern journals increases lest the capital Inves ted here in that line be thrown away.. This friendly int erest is truly remarks. ble. Henry Clay Tihurston, who was born in Greenville, S. C., but now lives in * Titus county, Texas Is s even feet and a half inch in height, but has a foot thir teen Inches long, wears No. 15 shoes, and his hat is seven and one-eight, showing that his head is small in Proportion to his heigh t. Elder Morgan, a leading light of tie Mormon church. i.s in Ohattsnooga, ar ranging for the semi-annual immigration of Mormon converts to the Western eeL * onier, to leave about the 15th. Mor mnonism'is getting many converts in that section constantly, and recently met with such enonuragemnent that twenty * dditional missionaries have been pult to work in that fi ll. -.NG, A. Pike, Secretary of the His.. torlcal Society of Louisiana, states that at the next meeting, which is eubject to call by the Hon. Charlei Gayarre, a . proposition will he made to excavate some prominent Indian mound in that State for the purpose of ascertaining if the relics will compare with those from similaitlaces in Misouri and elsewhere. Mr. Pike is in favor of excavating the mound a few miles south of the capital. Thomasvllle Times: Tihe yellow pine belt of southern GeorgIa is, perhaps, the 4 largest and finest bodiy or unbroken, primitive yellqw itine lumlter in exis.. tence. It swceps across the entire end of the State, reaching Inland from the coast about 400 ngilep. in view of the fact that this valuable timber is being :Apidly depleted elsewhere, it behooves owb,ers of uniminoyed pino lands in th,i5 section to properly apprrciate the im.. pertance and value of their possessions. Already speculators a'rad mill men are * iewing out the land, -Labouchere says of Indiian mesl: q.,h stunlt of Imi, and a large- quiimty Wof 0a.1 a in~l ha saod addoi " t b o lAt ebko * *~ -'1. TOPICl Q T{ p AY Orzuim snokmug L :. colmun vcc in Nevada towns among all classes of peo. ple. Or the 106 members of tho Toxas FLegislature only twelvo are natives of the State. THE estimate now is that Minnesota will have $2,450,000 acres seeded to wheat this spring. A cATmLw raiser in Texas requires fifty miles of wire fence to inclose his planta. tation along the lino of the Texas and Mexican Railway. Tn reigning beauty of Ireland is a Belfast mill girl. Crowds, it is said, surround the mill daily to seo her as she takes her depar ture. ILLINOIS has $1,192,29' in savilig8 .anks, Indiana $1,793,619, and D)ela-" ware $1,554,80, while Rhodo lslam aloie has $11,000,000. Tim, curfew is still rung at ninny towns in England, and at Ripon a rn is blown at 9 p. m. in memory of ih presentation to the city of a borui, ril 9xtat-, by Kiing Alfred. Tim, Haytian Claibers havo passedt bill reducing export duties 50 p r cntt., tnd. raising import "1niti :,.- per eto Coffee will now pa;,' $1.2., per 100 pound . with the previoing additional 20 per centt. CANNING oranges is the latest Fluri+ ilea. It was started by two ma;k-t ladies) who, finding no market for thi-: ortnges, conceis :ud the plan of cannin them like other fruitc It was a perfect urecess. Accom>ING to a recent authority, it i as dangerous to life an(1 limb to ride omi mile in a passenger elevator as forty oi a surfaco railway, or, to put it different ly, thu chances of a safe delivery to Ilh pa,senger is as forty to one in fav.r m the itilroads. IT HAS been discovered th .at the prim ary cause in the break .n the cani I at Windsor Locks, Coni., oy whieh break mills were shut down, 1,000 hand: thrown out of employ mont, and $100,tf0 Lost, was the work of a muskrat that bur rowed through the emnbiankmeunt. A MICHIGAN man, detiiring to commit suicide, fired at his head four titn without hitting it. Then oe co,cltude that he had no head, and went to ai hes. pital to nee about it. The plhys.eianL - dieeidt that his head was in pla,, Iu its conte:its were wrong, and sent him tc" AU insianO Iisylui. A cEuK in the Srgeont (enr:l':, ollice in Wacshi".igton has inyc let i a teLe phone, through which, oV'( a fivc milc n"ire, his b 1 ;- (Ii:Q nc iitly e li e whisper spoken at a di.t:ct. e of*-hv( teen feet from the instru r- :t. It is said an ordintary t(oTt of voicu et I iearl when the speaker is teve.tty feet u,way. A CALNA1)A hirmer l:st ennui-r Itest two horses, and althogitl llih l( : t; e-- h way iade, no tratce of i hm n c: (l1 h ounud. S,ie two we'eks ago, in ;. c.r, ll Indian, following a mo.s,-, trak.e<. it oa yarl where lhe foundo l( h hors-S :a: du siao ynaterters in eourmo for1 1) a cu,n. liderable I tme. A (inute siSCoeIn ye? rs of . ' 'laptainl of a bamnd of L1 os An!; .':,(~ them ai to of a! Il erhaini.~ acmon of il eity. 'Theoy are not onI'!ly ti,'ee ham burglars, as they recen tl ,I:.t a p:t ir glass fromi a jewelryv show w.a . lThe 'muiden i g (apt a *-hus n allh omv. - menthi of the ;ytng. ,niferer's by the IUnAg ThIeater i.' 2\ e*nan is 1,558,750 floriins. or d.st . 1 if00. Thie lie pten-iners on the fundl - numbter 128, andl they wilIl asorb 33,000l ih,,rins;. Therto are t-wenity-$tree anuni Ibhmts for L liinitedl tnmber of t:ars to whom the 'nnna1 paymtents will muoiunt 118 ch ilrenu to bh qsuoted ont ofi them A Unrn oI-eru, Cr., man has inaside of at week forced bilossomns on a bratnch cut fromanielhorry free. Hoe kept it ini wat.r mad mitxid with. the water .te first day live grainus of nitraito of sod;., andt in (r(ensedl the doso8 one grainI every daLy, iving all the iIilgh po ssil>l-. IBefore long the hnuda began to swell laln hrst, 2onttimiuing In their growth nutil hnunuehes oft lossoms11 appaIIOred. l e declares that he w II have fnll develouped checrries in two or three0 weeks . 1 ke ptIrt-Nau lAIlVI- ivi Tros. Ocmrurm has'nT UL d a s11ulemenottal ar'gumnent w it-l bt First. CJomptrolle-r ouf the Tfreasury i:E tard to thue authority of the Treasurer to ':ithhold the payment of his salary as member of Co'ugressu uintil his accounts as Marshal of 'Texas hays been settled. This argument questilons the legality of .iuch action under the Constitution, on the ground that its operation would do ptrive a portion of the citizens of the. United States of representation in Con Tnu tide of immhigr.tion~ has decreaanti ~ery perceptibly. Dlnring the last year the failling oft'has bcon fully twouty-flye come fromGermany. 1nglah<d and Wales [urnish one-sevonth of the new comera, while only one in fifteen conies from famin-strioken Ireland. The per cent. tI >f decrease has been about the sanmo for a the different nationalties. The oflIet of c tle-embargo upol Chinese imnmigration h has been to reduce the number of arrivals it nt San Erancisco more than one-half. h Tia, New York Board of Ahlermen ti lhve been petitiond to pass al ordiunanco a aompelling dealers and peddlerw who sell furniture and other goods on the inttall- v mont plan, to give bonds in tile sui of it $2,500 for their good behavior, the se- 1: ourity to be used in indeanifying pur obasers ',ho8o goods are seized because payments havoe been a little delayed. T1he .it.y, it is said, is infested with irro sponsible dealers, who offir goods at $ surprisingly low ligureson the inst allment p)lanl, with the exp)etationl of impUhrovinIg the first opportunity to take therli away from the purchnsers, and sell them over again. The Aldermen have some doubt c as to whether they have power to past' n stcl an ordinunco as desire1d ; hnt in the a event of this question being decid(d ill thic aflirmative by the (. itror on.: e 5(11, tho ordinane will be !aote!. JU; L AWincJ::, Firct Comptroller s of the Treastiry, has rend'red his de- t< eisoil onl the que.tion suil)lmitted by, the f (Com missioner of Iutern:ti l{"-venue as to h wh(ther the tax and t.artl: t"i 'f :arl ch F 3, 1i3, either "of itSeif or 1 ( in emm lion U with exi:it'( laws, o1(erate.s tas :11 1p- i! pr )priation of money i(,r ..1Vy to any 1 elan. whieu may ie pr:.eted," under it fr u' li cetion, for at rola,te of tax on unbroken factory paCkage i of tobacco and simff, : i; ari s, cl.eroota ancd cigar- f ettes. The First Conptroll:r decides ' fhat this act does not make an plnpropri- tl at ion of money for ua.ymnirit of claims for i rebate authorized by said fomth[l section, and that thoro is no other 'tatiito whieh makes the approprii siOn of ioney ap. a plicable for that purpotie. IH alao de. it ciles that "tile sta1tut.) authorize:s the ( payment of claims for rebate to manu facturers iu Atauips at the reduced rate therein provided, but no such provisiwn is made Ior payment to dealera." A Delnsion. "Now, do you know,'' said a eigat L -i eatler to ant AJpeal reporter, yesterdiay, "I hat the peonile who arC always looking a for strog and lark cigars are the worst fooled 111011 in th( country? l)o you know th:at there isn't sneh a tllin(g as a t st rong domic, I, e't-:ir--that is, one that t is fit to slo;e? I tell you that a real - Stronlg cigar, such as is sold all OVOr the towi here, wou ld be -:o rank Vou coutldn't lmoke it. Now, lire is a (ol,rad.-a pale, rather light brown cigar. Now, I'll bet I canl proVe that tlis eigr is exactly the samne as that (lark oe yOu are sm1okinog, sir," to al, man ivlo wantl n onue Vnry dark. 'T'h:: hot Was taken, :nd the ilan stripped the wir:pner off each i igar. TIhe one in tile dark wrapper wa>: thl)e light est of t lie two. "Now, you e(I,'' s:d t.ho dlel-r, "'thlie ordinary da:trk ei(g ur is a hmhug, niade simply to gratily the eye." After the bet hadt been sett led and the ):rty (is persedl, the reporter :asked tIle cigar dealer about the lit tle t.rick of tile j trade ho had just expose(1. ''It is a lit tle Ihing,"' 110 said, "'1hi:t ispecel knowvn to cigari men0, buit nlot., I thuiunk to I lie general publlic. TIhe plopular idlet is that overyblody Imust smioke a trn hat. is aL dark oigar. Flly h nine-t enthls of mIy cuistomerCs want (lark cigars, in 5 the belief th,tt thiey are :d''ong. It is all nionsen'eo. Tlhe bodyl all (eigarsi is the f< same1 in color and1( .,Lnenflgth." ' 'it vhy dio manufacturers practice F thle deemi.? P" akedl thle reporteor. "l.ecauhse I hey have to grattify the e~ publho t ast, wich is goin~ed entirely a by the elye. It onily shows how the v sens5! of sight fools sm okers. D o youI remember that (old te4t of blind lfoling IL f man(1 and 1putItinp al Il ighited a11 nd unlt.. 5 el fILar miI is mionth inl quink sucles.. ' 50"01 .ll e enn't for thle life of himl tell C wic(h is wvhiich. It's a perIfct illutst ra, t ion1. Nob ody-thlat is, 11( 'old smoker,I if he can1 not see thle fir and th11 Ie smoke C -can tell whet her a cigar is jighted or t not. It. is julst so1 with 11ho0 dIask wvrap por's. lhndfol a 11(n and1( hIe ctoulId not tell thei dlifference1' bl wOln a so-calledl t 'da:rk' eigari fromi aL lighter 011e.' "llow (1o manufaItltilrers darkeni the c wraplIers?"' asked thei reporteri.r " There111 ar tWo) ways. One0 by 'smen t.. .ng' the leaf inI at bik (iven tilled with ul jets of steamO. Thle 5tamf moist.ens arali the heat brings out , or rather conidenmss 'I the n10iOc ie m1the toblacco, 11a1( when I agaUinlS subjec(tedI to thle airi theO leaf is dar1kSeed. Anlot her way is inl th lie p.ro('ess of manu111faue , to shovel0~ thel eigar through aI spon1 2 saLturiat ed iit < 50ome (i enrmg dbectin. Thle lattterl is 111he ways they dar kn 'u h le cheaper' grades, such as5 ius,"' and11 1 5be dealer- oeied a bIox of firi-looi'i ng cigars, wvmhih liesaid wer ol (f aL (1his sold( for tIhe uise of th110 negrloes (of 1.he( plattat ions. "' 'They, cost t,welve dolaris per1 1,0,", lie saol, ''to ,1 11.1ak(, anld of thatLl the (GovernmIlent. gelsa six d(llars, soyu * te can' h x.. tra ii1." Thie reporter0 light0d one0, alil o puff oIf thle smioko would have< dismu)feeld a sLmallll-pox hospital. .. oulttI of ,,''w 1 elk atinghed time g'i wVithI whomI lie wa:i 5u1spo edi to hie woimidid girhl requetedt' to be( allowed 1(o r'e'use to t estifty :aainst him, but, hlerl contiiedl and( the( pIrisoner wats re leasedi on bail. Then1 the young peopte Thbis step w:as taken <mi the n'avice of lawv ers, wiho (opine lhat ;1in(mneh as ai wife is not:1 ah>wed 1by New York law to I (tes fy algainlst her husband th1.Il girPiS I ('st 1n11y ii nn n'il ot be receiv'ed, even though the eventIs to whimch she' coult s ea nehod e~fore th narlao A Singular Case. Prof. E. F. Ingals introduced an in resting subIect to the class at. his clinie Rush Medical Colilgf yesterday af lrnoon--a 111111 who haud had his throat it from ear to ear, been stabbed and ng, and had his feet frozen, and yet alive to-day and e'aj'>ying uxellent calth. 'Tho nacme of this remarkable erson is Simon Ladi iski. 1Ie is a na ve of tounania, tgod twent,y-eight, 11d has a wife and four children. Ho0 quite intelligent, and has picked up a tir kuovlert''o of English during four eeks spent in London and three weeks 1 this country. A reporter saw him Lst ovening and learned his story, 'hih was substantially this: Hle lived in Jssy, and April 15, 1877, 'hile he and twelvo other wine-growerr cre returning home from Vaslin,where iey kad sold their produce for about 20,000, thay were attacked by a band f gyusies nuimboring twent,y-one. La ikirr and his whole party were left for ead, scattered over the ground. La inski, however, who had been stabbed 1 sovet al places, and whose throat was It-the windpipo being severed, but one of the arteries injured-cane to, nd, seeing the thieves quatrreling au')ng iimselvc.s about the plunder, tried to c:pe by crawling into the brush lHe ':ta discovered and strung up on the mb of a tree. Luckily the rope was laced above the cut, and, though he )On became insensible, he continued > breathe. After ho had been hanging >r ten minutes or so, being apparently feless, he was cut down aid thrown mong his murdered comlpanions. orty-oiglt hours afterward some pas ,rs-by found that lie was alive, his feet 1 the meantime having been frozen. Le and one of his townsmen, who was Iso breathing, were taken home, where 20 latter died. L,adinski was sent to Vienna fortreat i, ad reni;lined in a ho.;pital there >r live year, under the care of 1)r. choetter. lie could not swallow any idg for t.wo years, nourishment ,beiiig iven him by encimtta. I[is throat nally heai(ed, but it was found that b1er was no opening through the upper id of the windpipe to the mouih. So little tube was inserted to dilalto it, id the size of the tubes gradually in reased nrrtil one quarter of an inch in i:imeter c')nhl ho inserted in the hole. ,aiinski was then tau-ht. how to use he instruments, and he can now put in n: measuritng I bree-cighths of an inch. Ond he has a special tube which he uses very night for placing ini his windppo bove the cut a half-inch plug. lien e has dilated the hole so that lie can ti-ert a little larger plug, a com01t1etent ury golo)gist enian elose the hole in his ieck through which he now breat.hos, nd enable him to respire like the ordi tary mor at. The fc'ture of his case which is in erstineg to t he medical profession is he?'>pening of the glottis above the cut. 'here are nOt a1. few people who breat he hr'ugh a tube insorted in the neck, Ut it is rare to fiil one who=e wind >ipe hi:ts been .etot ed alter intlamiia ion h:1s Cl')scd the part leading to tle oit h. Its restoration, therefore, is a rea,t trinnph. L.adinski can breathe now as well as ver, bitt col air ihurts his lungs, :s it as no chance to get warm before it caches them. lHe is on his way to San 'ranei-co, where his brother an'd family re, but, before he leaves he will visit the ther Chicago medical colleges and give lie students an opportunity to see his ocal chords in operation. The pro 3ssion here are certainly indebted to )r. Morrill McKenzie, of London, who ent Ladinti to 'rofessor Ingals. '/ica!Jo Tribunc. , Not to lie Coerced. Celling early one hot moring in the imer of 1859 at the resi<liee of tepl'en A. Douglas, in Washington, I1 mind him earnestly engaged in conver dfion with a Northern Senator, a suip orter of the a<hniniistration of James nehanian, who was endleavoinug to se ire his vo)te in favor of a candlidaite for ni impoitanit othice, wh'o.so nomiination as to he sent to thel Seniato Onl that day. At this time Mr. D)ouglas, by his re i,al to suppo)lrt the "' L~eomnit.on Con it utio ")1 for the Goivernmentet of the erritory of Kanisas, whic~h ho consid red a ft auid, ando an insuiperale ohbstaceo lite future, prosperity of the Trritor.j,1y, aid incurred the eumity of Mr. Iha hianian and his Cahiinet adlvisers. From 1(em lie luul1, arcording to) his owin state i1int, e~xperienced( aiinoyances anmd per 'icut ionsi which lad aruised all the hit Ile listeined attenitively to the appJeal f the Seniator, anid, wvaiving a d irict iispoisc, piroc(eededl to speak of the treat it tle hid received fromn Bluhanian nd hi s subomrdinoates ini ollice. As lie ir scieded lie becam ae terril y elorpeit. hei bleed mounated to his temple's, anid is wiholhe framie qutiveredl with rage. Wh'len lMr. Doiiughts had ceasedl spenk i, the diisapp1oinited Seniator rioso to de atrt. On re'achiing the door which netned upono thli hall, ho exclaimed, 'ithi a menacinag lo)ok: "' Sir, it youn vote agaist my candi zite, I. will veo againist, every friend of ouris whose appoiiiinttmenit is sonit to the lhasperAed iimnew thIiis renma-k, Mr. )oiuglais lit erally ru-ilhedac nes the room ifth uplifted hiandi, and, stantdiing he ore thle spea~ker, rapily Stna ppedl hiis igers witini a few inches of his facie, xelaiinmg at the smone tim0 ''Sir, I care not that for you or your bireats, tand if you fhughit, to itntii ate meo yoit uid better have stayed way from my house !"' Thle Senator, evidently deeming it seless, or, perihapj s, un asafe, for him to lIply, niiiul( nto responuse, buot quick ly cft the houise, and Mr. Doiiglas no umemd his seat. At this moment the door wa-s thrown. spen, and( Mrs. D)ouglas, one of the aost beautiful women that over graced Vash ington society, eniitered thei roonm. (11 traces of anger had vanished from he face of her I hubnd, who greeted icr in tones of gentheness andl( affetioj1 rhich betrayed the deep devotion of h'! Learh.-Youtho's Companior Now fa a good tima to monao vnn. Candy-Pulling. It is understood, of course, to bo custom supported by the young folks ''ho old folks have plcd that suscept blo ago when the manipulation of taff in any form is considered necessar, t their peaco of mind, and are content t, sit at home and wonder who ''im'" o "Sal" is "sparkin' with to-night." 'l'h entertainment is given by one of t I girls at the home of her parents, ai she invites such of her friends a :l pleases. Usuilly the coterie of youn people eligible for society purpos'1s in New England country village is not. largo but that all can be invited Io1 eac social entertainment, and thu is avo d that bitterness of feeling and soci "cli<tuo-cry" which is apt, to arico in large community where "the lines mu be drawn somewhere." The voltn people assemble early in the evenin', and all sit down together to a aenerou homo-like supper, to fyrtify themselv for the labor which' is to come. 'Tlher is no mincing of dainties with altern:it prongs of :esthetic forks, and sippin from cut-glass thimbles, and dipping < lingers in perfumed finger bowls, in each sturdy lad and lass lays hold wit an honest appetite and eats what is s; before them with a veal wlieh canst the good housewife's face to shine like wintor night's moon. After supner the all go out into the big kitch n. lle o ti wit,h cheeks all a-lire, i.s stirrin a great kettle of golden molasses whir stands on the stove. Already it. has he com so thick and rich that. the iro spoon leaves a slowly-closing furrow he hind it at every revolution; and ti help avows that her "arin is broke, and pronounces the mixture done to turn and "ready for the coolin'." comes the big kettle, and goes steanin out the door for a bath in t he snlv' Now, with much laughter on Ihe part < the girlis and bashful blushing ot i part of the boys, an nstoundin_ unmh< of antiquated aprons make their atppe:i ance, and presently every lad is Iran formed into an anomalous cremut;r whose sex you are at perfect liberty t question. Then the girls tio on the own dainty little protectors, and -pr coed to roll up their sleeves. There is one reason, at least, why tl fair sex in the country will be averse giving up candy pulls, and that is b cause the occasion affords the only o portunity they have to display 'ti dimpled roundness of their arms." I o neck and short sleeves are taboocd the country. Being adjuncts only of t most fashionable extreme in dross, th are very properly considered out. place anywhere except in large toi and cities. So what would the girls but forever hide one of their prinei charms if it wasn't for the delightful unconventional candy pull? The ho awkwardly follow ;nit by pulling their cuffs and turning back their wri bands and coat-sleeves, and by thi, tir the caldron of sirup returns from ou doors in a somewhat cooler coni it Plates of melted htrd and butter a then brought out, each person taking little of the unguent to smear his or Yi hands so that the strands of molass will not stick to them. Now from va ous parts of the room may be heard t low-voiced query. "M ma' pull with vo Miss P" 'las any one asked y, to pull with him?"' (radually all p off, except here and there an over-ba. fuil lad and retiring maiden, who, afiq many deprecating glances, are Sinal brought togetier and made inexr)res: bly happy in saccharine laritner- hii The ladle, deep plumt-red in th goil mass, and brought up with viscid .strea trickling slowly from point and sid, furnishes each pair of candy-pullers wi a '"r0p0''to tie aind uintie between then wvith all the eurions figu res of t lhe gort Ii: knot, cf yout.hful fancy. Ton and l t hey go, drawinig out, I he tgoalen str and doubling it, againl, hlaild to liani eye to eye, dtrawing and dlotubling, t'wi ing aind folding, winding and breati until at last thea ambIer--coloer ; grows white and hardl, and takes th utnited strength to draw it (lit. 'lThin is carefully pulled into a long slilid rodi andc laid upion the f.all, andit llyml into sticks of the proper hliing th. W in all thle buttoed( plates ha ve Ien ti h with. the Crisp) hits, the candy I - wIndl wahtheir handS, retsumtie t hir em pa tny gsarb andl demeanitor, and1 return) thle plarlor or sitt in -o umI, wh iere ii regale themselves with thle fruit oIf t o Ilabors till fairtly su1rfiiedi wit h. swn Thletinc tIle gaumies of the evenIion blind mani's buff, dlrp the it htndG chief, tt brow to es ushin, hatton, huno whli's got thle buttoti, for feit:, <piilt ,am Italf a dozen1 othe tet xItei ' trn vai Ipoles oIf the hum: hatiletea-i t:>ge theri' (effIecting all exelhange (if (eectiel After thlis kind of th'inmg hui last ed neoarly idiln ight., the 91uddentt q ppeaurut (If tIle goodl ldy of tIhe houise, wvithi matnnet', announ(tlces that. the fist ivii gr-ows veriy uniIintere('t ing nil of au sit deti, andI a ge!ieral leave-taking beg'i i in tenm minutes th. hiouse it doi'e:t stcks (If (cand(v elinigintg to the tah1 iipre:ul and t.r(lliOdde into the carpe'it. .The Fr-ont (Onte. stretchled her leaident sc 'lter oiver thle lent, Mlumb eI'inig wiorld, antd they' wv sttll swinging on the old fr'ont gat'e. waist, andi (lrcw her1 c'loseri to hisi thrll bling bre-ast to p)rotect her from thel fa ing dews (If heaveti He ea ttd was r'l ing (on his str-olng, mlanly shoub11 ler, mn eyes as bIrighit as th hill'ad -liht (If a~ l comotive. Hfe looked her1 ('arnIest ly the e'yes, attd pattsmatetly 11nrn're0 "'Jomnima, iS your folks imdvl a mel'' spring peas yet?" TrE fmien-ds of the~ lato railro-ed plrini Mtark Hoplkiusi, of California1), hlave er. edl anI eninOiuts Ii(lmomt over 1 grave. The stonies wero broughat fr< Foert Liaramlic, and( the~ contractor as platcd the-m in posIitiont wias paid $i& 000. The tombll cost more thanU anv re USEFUL HINTS. Mo'rii.-A little spirits of turpentine, - ldded to the water with which floors are Washed, will p:event the ravages of m ntotlIs. T: ' iratovS ro'rs FnoM FUNITurn . 1 Use four ounces of vinegar, two ounces v of sweet oil, one ounce of turpontino. o Mix and apply with a tlbinnel cloth. S P'AtNT, to last long, uhould be put on i early in winter and Spring, when it is e cold and no dust flying. Point put on in cold weather forms a tuody or coat a ipoi the surf:ci of the wood that be comuie- hard and resists weather, or au ; c( 1 1 ;ol, even, like slate. 1 C;It.ar S:Ar.sNc WAx -Tho following trocipe furnisesli( a cheap scaling wax, uetnl for mnty purposes: Mix to getler two pouinltl of common beeswax, six ounces of turpentine and two ounces of olive oil ; add six ounces of red load, boil little and stir until it is almost cold then cast it into cold water and make it into rolls or cakes. . LEA'rIu CMuNT. - Dissolve gutta , percha in a stllicient quantity of chloro t forn to make it of honey-like consist h ency; it will take a few days. Cork tight; ilhako occ:eionally. Patches can he put on with it so they defy detection. Direct-ion for using: Have both parts Sclean and ough; apply the cement twice e to ,ot.h p'trts itnc). dy tell minutes; after it. I'e'coies <iry warm both parts gently hiiut il the cem'tent is thoroughly melted; apply inunxIldiately, liannnor lightly. ;I ely for use i:t tell iinuites. Shako w.ell h Iofore- using. e 'TCo PtniI-ut -i Ntni PAPEn, Lro.-Get a few quire o f b lutting-paper, sprinklo a the s-htets wsit the perfume desired; f til npt; the blotting under a weight uni ii it be-comines dry. When dry, put I :l'-Itpler, ,"ntvc"lope.4, etc., betwoen the f sIt t,a :t-l 'oi them under a weight c for a fcc%wl huors ; removO them, and they ' V iis i fouil 1rftlmed. ''he blotting. sheet.+ may he utili:od again, and can lo - miute to retain their erfutnme for a long tino, by keeping thet free from expos , ure-. to air. r A NI:w PAINT irOVRif.--A now caus tic preparation, mado from potash and soda, for the purpose of removing paint f from walls, wootwork and metal, has been introduced. It is creamy in its nature, and when spread upoli the paint sat onifies ii, w> rapidly that in a quarter I au hour all trace of the paintis gone. For delicate citrvings the compound will provo highly useful, at; there is nothing inutrious in it. Weaker compositions of of the samo kind are prepared for simple clean ing purposes, amid thoir cleansing power on greasy cloth is very striking. l or cleanimg ettShions, railway carriages and stuff st ats, theso soaps will be con vonient as they do not change the nat Vs ural color. off t- To oni:ANSE 801 liED CHIIMOIsLE ATErER. 10 -lany workshops contain a dirty vash eather, whic is thrown nai'le and wasted for the want of knowing how to r) clean it. Make a solution of weak soda a and warm water, riub plenty of soft soap into the leather and -t>"w it to remain in soak for two hours, thet rul" it well until it is quito clean. Altorwarl rinse it well in a weak solutiont compo sed of w aiti watIr, socla, Ji<ll yellow soap. It lit not I, r ins.dl in water only, for i thent it would be sot har:, when dry, as Ih to be unfit frrto use. It is the small Or ci::ttty oi soapl left in the leather that I le i te liner tut ti("h s of the leather to : jp:-rate au,l hetoile soft like silk. Alttor tnsing wring it well ini a rough towel amd lhy qu4itickly, then pull m it "l"ut ail itisli it well, and it will s letomte tote and better than most now I leathers. In u-ing i rough leather to tl:i-h up highly polished surfaces it is I inenuiithy observed to0 sratch tho work; t.hisi.isetcaused by3 paticles.' of dust, anud even liri routge, that are left in the I eathier, and if removed by a clean rougy b rush it. willI then give the brightest and beistI Iiniish , wh ich 1al1 good workmen like -to seI on1 their work.-Xyicnti/ic Amer P'rospec-t- for Hogs. o Fumers mtay rely on goodl pric&s for fait hi i s fn' at least. eighteen months rs or. The present amount of slauigh - t'-red higs sho,iw a large shortage, which lirimy its ect on' prices. Nor will t his he ne1le up by' the spring supplies. ir i l'he e beenp-'i a short. crop of corn in c. IIou aI cif t hie hoig-produicing por-tions4 'It I n Ivest for two suessivo r.. .i eis Ner'.y half of all the farmers I, hae hInghh .>r will ha:vie to boy corn, wxhoIib neer -:arily ope rat es largely to r.-rIducc I ho li - erop. lit there is an e cit hwr -eious'h b--t to tihe number of aho'-a. Thei piesent, winiter has beeni re i Oin 0-n 1. li-ben :amost impijossible eto ,ai- nii'- which were t hiiee moniths orjau iin hot bedsi at. night whereo t iur i .Vy - 4hre beil,xw zeroi and( catch coh, from11 wxlihih t her nieve4r recover. S lan di2 soon,1a0d tlhe hla'arice linger uth a onsumpve cough, w'hich, so har i tIe ownler is conierined, hotter be0 d 'e ul. Our pr1ivate information is that thle pLai winte r has hi-en verv f'atal to - pigs. Anrd t he currt, inceomiiing(er-op hasi 1)eOien so Iihoroughily wve pt away that, theire is searcely a vest ge hilt.. Conse 'quetty3, ias the cold and dee~p Snoiws haive ouverecd nearly all of the hog regIons, t hose wvho have hogs, -or- thioe who are able no0W to begin the ircdiag of pigs, will have a strong as snrancei thait it will pay. If the time from i his until the clove-cr patu.res supj tIIhIl t'ood enn he profitaibly br-id ged over, tia-ie ithe best1 p)ro)sp.'t for a good pri'.'lhe prlesotnt deiliciency cani not po ibl bimade uip, eon with the hest ci r'op. in thle futureii, until abotut the close i o'f 1881. Ilogf raisintg is one (of tho qutickest WIlyi (if riingi Ig lara money Oin the - :n m,t a.d~ wx ien it is lit t.he pr-(eent price mIf ti''aonlt ilos of hogs by ciholera ns.At ,, osenit raot(sone-foutrthI of thle -l. lirr11er t h.'u anything eilsi.- -Iow'a Stuli ni . I~--A KenutuicAtin's idea oif life Insur-. .- anc'' '-Ii d m'1.timake none) of them bets, i trantler. that a manl must dio beforo l4e PITHl AND #0I11(A. -A bad temper always man Lot on the theory that two wron omehow make it all right. -The man who never ohange his pinion ain't a-going to know much, and he one who changes it too often -i t ks ' L.going to know less.-JosiA Billings. -How sharper than a serpent's tooth t is to have a daughter marry a poor mut industrious young man instead of he rich noodle you picked out for her. --Elizabeth Cady Stanton wishes our tired girls had more manners. Don't reoe with you, Elizabeth. The hired irl has manners enough already. What he ought to have is, fewer manners and etter ones.--Detroit Free Press. -While William Gable, a deaf man vas walking on the Reading Railroad racks, near Leosport, Monday mornit.-g -but why pursue the painful subject. urther. Hie was deaf and, like all deaf non, loved to take his morning promo. lado on a railroad track. Peace to his )ioces.-N. Y. Graphic. -The honest reflections of a gentle. nan after marriage are veryinteresting, >ut it is not often that we find thom in onder verse: Wo are scratched, or we'aro bitten, 1Sy t.ho p0ts to wrhoim we cling; Oh, my love she is a kitten, And in heart's a ball of btring. -" Indeed, I shall not. buy my wife , scalskin sacquo," remarked a Philadol hia man. "They are so hard to get ff that the fair owners keep them on when making calls and are sure to take xold when they go out again into the - )pen air. I love my wife too much to sxpose her to such dangers." -She was one of those nervous, fidgety sort of women who get up on a chair to thread a needle, and when she swallowed a lively fly with her raspber rias the neighbors thought that the Fourth of July had arrived twenty-four hours too soon. Freedom, during the primest days of Kosciusko, never shrieked with greater velocity than she did. -It was down at Lancaster, Pa. The Major sat looking earnestly and affec tionately at his friend. "Bob," he said, presently, "I dreamed about you last nigjit." "l)id you, Ad ?" his friend re plied, his eyes fillipg with tears. "Yes," said the Major, in heartless tones, "I had the nightmare." And then the sounds of two strong mdn "rastling" under the table were heard in the dis tance.-Norristown Herald. --A friend informs us of the following : A man who bought a badly-fitting suit that was much too large for him, was constantly taiken to task by his good wife for the folly. One evening as their little daughter was retiring, they were much surprised to overhear the follow ing conclusion of her evening prayer: "P lease, (od, make pa over atgait, so as his clothes 'II lit him, and tkten ma won't nag at him no more!"-l)ctroit Post. -Little Johnny Fizzletop attenled a child's party at a fashionable residence on Austin avenue. W\hile the supper was progressing, it was noticed that Jojinny was weeping. "What's the nliltter, Johnny?" asked the lady of t he house. "I-can't feed any more," said Johnny, sobbing as if his little heart would break. "Well, then, put some apples and cake in your pockets" "They are full already," replied John ny, with a fresh paroxysm of grief. ''Then I'll get you a big bausket to fill up to take home with you.'' Then, the incipient little ollce- holder .smiled through his tears, harmonyv was ret m ed within the party lines, andl t lhe form t. tion of a new part.ty was htappily atverted. -Texas Si/tings3. SCIENCE AND IND)USTRLY. -A farmer living neari Maplesville, Ala., has pr-actically dlemotr tated the fact that fine rice can be grown in Ala bam a. -An inexhaustih!e quarr-y of blue marble hasi. boen discovered near- the Dalles, in Polk County, O regon. It is musceptible1 of receiving a hIgh po'lii sh, and is very hard.-Uhivago Journ',. --If Prtofessor- Kolbho is to be believed, an at.mosp hero of car-bonie acid1 gas will yreserve beef so,und( and( of good~ Ilavor (or some weeks, hut, mutton treated in the same way turn-s offensive in the rhort space of eight days. -To drill glass, M. Gougy, of P'ari, reoomnmends that athree-cornered saw file be sharpened in the usual way, bit with one corner takent off, so that ihe cross section of the dr-ill, near the point, is that of a trutncated cone, and the end of the drill is of narrow chisel shape. -Dugong oil, whicb ls vielded by an herbiverous cetacean of the wavters of Australia and the Easterin Archipelago, hasL. all the medicinal qualitics of cod liver oil, without, the repulsive taste and od(,r and tendency to decay. The (dose is the satmo in qunantity as cod-liver- oil. --l)nr-ing the past five years the aver age of export of umbrella sticks fromi J1amnaica has beeni more thatn 3,00t0 bntd l.*, each biud! ceuontalining fro m 500) tn, Xt00 sic(ks. The sticks are mfadle of y(ounig pim tento or- pepper trees, and( the~. dlemand I-s likely to cause a scarcity of poepper. -Chicago Inter- Ocean. --Somiething new tndi ver-y nice in the way of stationery is a writing ptaper' miade~ of jute stuck. Being of a deep eami tinut, it Is exerni lenally comfortai ble for otne's eye-u, wvhile the lhue pro ent s the wrv iting from showitng through. Bincg ini reality nothlin g hatt a titter k ind 'If "briowni paper,'" it ought to lbe cheap. 1kith3'n I'os(. m nacine for pilast erinig wvalls has beenlit VI m nt d . It Ciontsists oft a reet)ta ele~ for the mortar, the segmtentsu of a eiylinduer in form. It is prtocvidled withI a hinTed(5 leaf or piess 1)1ate lthatt moves raphiUy~ dint. thle nmortair, mIttl a- t ho t(Iweu ai iitimoved utpwa'itIrd oit thu wal the( plaster preOsM (iut ~ hrough ai niarrowv-gautged( einitg at the bottIiom. -l ingary is en tetinhg the field (of 'tilk cultutre on a large scale. ie porN fo r 188I shtow. that there were thien 2,974 lprodlntiers, who fture ou ii(it II ,fi37 kilo - grants oif coico--ns, wItich ',ihled a proflit that, autgmentd ''y I State aid, providled for the esab'lishmnent of a model .chlt) w hichl ha, ailready gi vern great imttos, to this 'asily mianaged attd protit,ablo mtdutstry. _____________ --)ir.s. fAiev ts'to, lit a r-eeece 0 -- Wom-m1Li Suffrtagii camiipaig(n ini Nebr askat, sajid the foreign el -t was ver-y s'ArorAg it I hat Stat'. There were whol te eoun-~ ties pout'edi by Swedles, who were a vety goodI people ; and also there were V(ory manyti~ Germans int the State. The farmiter- wVere thlei best, that couIld Ito roundtt any'wher-e. Thle women am iong theii foreit.;t plopuil tion wiorked in the fields with th amn To-.v <i~iuty, can? otiy be' (tono well to dlay. Tuimc.c :rms.aar o favoiml,, aud wo' are i.a thae best conidi tiont to pe-rtormc it. To-mnorrow all will be chantged; other exigencies will arise, other objects will claim. our aittentti(Ni, and our caaiyfor rfor'ming that spoetlMdut wil e hi imihed,