Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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l+ W r I " . '~ , . n' .. DETOTED TO rOL[tic , >ORALITY, IUC%TION AND TO TEE 4WIItAL INTRUST OF TUE COUNTR L. By D, F. BRADLEY IT1 0'PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1883. VOL. III. NO.3. NEWS GLEANINGS. A $160,000 factory will be erected at Len Island shoals, on the Coosa river, Alabama. With $1,200,000 in the state treasury, Virginia offers' a fine field for an enter pnsing treasurer. Sullivan county, Tenn., has some rich sine deposits that only need capitrl to be properly developed. The water power on the Chattahoochee river, in the vicinity of Columbus, is esE timated at 100,000 horse power. Mississippi has 1,479 manufacturing establishments with a capital of $4,727, 000 ; value of products, $7,618,802. The vonreoerate cemetery at Raleigh, bas recently been much iniproved through the exertions of,the women of that oa.y. South Carolina has 2,078 manufactu ring establishments, with a capital of $1,205,894 invested. Value of products $16,738,008. " he manufacture of whale oil is among now Southern industries. Over $30, 000 worth of it has been shipped from Brunswick. There are 40,000 square miles of al most unbroken forests in North Caro lina, comprising pine, chestnut, oak, maple, beach and hickory timber. Nearly 19,000.000 feet of lumber has 1 cen shipped from Pensacola this season. Chattanooga wants to tax the drum. mers $100 each. 'T he cotton crop of 1882 is oflicially estimated nl 6,800,000 bales, Texas heading the hst with 1,329,000, and Mississppi coming next with 1,042,000 bales. Two prominent s8t amrhip owners from Liverpool are in Savannan in con, suliation with merchants with a view of putting on several new steamships in the foreign trade next season. There are ninety Mormon missionaries in the South who calculate to secure about 700 converts this year. The El 4 ders say East and Middle Tennessee are the most fruitful fields for the mission aries. A gentleman an'Fiig through Worth Ga., counted a flock of about fifty sheep and found only four lambs. The mor tality is attributed solely to the weather. No cause is known for the murrain among the cattle. Two miles south of Montgomery, Als. Mr. Glass has 220 mulberry trees and 70,000 worms are at work in the first and second steps which terminate in the gaudy silk. He expects to realize a profit this year of $3,000. There are nearly 100 persons in Glou cester, King and Queen and King Henry counties in"Virginia, between the ages of 80 and 100 years, who are in good health and of sound mind. These per sons are all nis.. Mobile Register: The statement is going the rounds of the press that Wmn. K. Vanderbilt's wife is of Virginia ori gin. She was born in Mobile, where her father, Murray F. Smith lived for ma ray years previous to the war. Chicago lhas 5,000 bars, 01 one to ev ery 120 inhabitants, while there are n(ot much more than twice that number of stores for the supply of food. Fifteen blocks, Covering three-tenths of a square mile, contain 225 groggericas. A large amount of orange wine is now being shipped North through JTackson ville. On Friday last the Waycross train took out seventeen cases and1 two kegs of thi' wvine. It was consigned to parties in New York and New Jersey, and was man ufact ured at St. Augustine. Fort Valley (Ga.) Mirror : Messrs T. 0. Skellie and J. F. Parham, who have eased the Wester place, are now plant. ing one hundred acres in wvatermelon, Mr. Skellie will also plant twenty-five acres on his home place, making one hundred and twenty,(ive acres in all. The watermelon crop promises to be very large in this section, as hiundreds of acres have already been plan ted, Florida Tlimes-Union : Mr. Fitzgerald presidlent of the P'almn Paper Company, of Washington, D). C., which owns the patent for manufacturing paper fronm palmetto fibre, is in the city. His visit has been (he is now on his way homne) for theo purpose of exploring the exterit of the palmetto growth of the State, and g for the selection of a site for an immnens( Sulp mill, which it, is tne l)ipurpos of the company to erect in this State. A niuber of ladies of Sumter, 8. C. have originated a silk association, boughi land n'.ar the town, purchased M ulberry trees and silk worm eggs, given notice o: a pplying for a charter, and( entered u por the ventunre in a most businesslike man nor. The 'ladies propose to~ buy a ree and reel off' the silk in Sumter instear of sendcing the cocoons oil, andl 1hope t< have, at some tinme, a silk manufactory The Wership of tIhe Drum. A writer in a contemporary speaks c the extensaive p)revalenIce at ono time o the worship of the drum or rattle. Ha.v ago people have a singular tendency U venerate whatever makes a noise. Ii, great seat of drum worship was ohumt! America. Even at the present dla,y iti found in full vitality in the interioro Brazil; but a hundred years ago it coul he sadthat "'the drum was the 'inly ob ject of worship from tho Orinoco to th, La Plata." TVhis is two thirds of Sooti America, and, as .,it is more than proba bl1e that Patagonia should be added too this would make the area'of the practic< nearly co-equal with that of tIhe coniti nenmt. In former times drum worshij also pirevailed ini Lapland. MUswGA. notes were first printed 1] the s at IWO'. The first authentic us< , irnmsieal instrument constructed or iha piinciple o)f the modern organ wai TOPICS OF TIE DAY. A FoUSIDA gentleman spreads muslin under his orange trees to catch the bles soms when they fall. 1e will convert thorn into perfumery. A SET of paper wheels under a truck of an engine on the Central Vermont Railroad, have been in use. twelve years, and they are still apparently sound. A CnoAoo syndicate purchased, one year ago, from the Texas Legislature, 3,000,000 acres of land for $1,500,000. The land has now been sold to a Lon don syndicate for $10,000,000. ALEXANDER DoYLE, the New Orleans sculptor, who has furnished several statues of General Lee, General John ston and other Southern warriors, has sent North, at Mr. Corcoran's request, a model for the monument to the poet Payne. IT is said that some of the female op eratives obtained from England to work in the new cotton factory at Halifax. N. S., are in the habit of taking their infant children to liquor shops and stu pefying them with raw spirits prcpnra tory to leaving for their work. Ma. H. A. W. TABOR, of Colorado, who will be remembered as a United States Senator during a few days of the last session, is reported to contemplate the building of a hotel in Denver. It will be the finest hostelry in the world, and, exclusive of the furnishing, willcost more than $1,000,000. Wr.xnnr. Puir.r,rs' wife has been an, invalid for over thirty years, and during all this time the groat orator has bees. untiring in his attention to her. ''N one but you can know what it has bee: to care for her," was remarked to hims: recently. ''Ai! No one but mo kr.on how good she is," was hts heartaome answer. Two important now lines of railwaj a are now being surveyed in East Tennes see. One is to extend from Sparta, ov<r the Cumberland Mountains, to the Cin cinnati Southern Railway, near Rugby, and the other is to extend from the Ciu cinnati Soutnern, near Sunbright, to Knoxville. YoUNG Alexander Saivini, who has been performing with Margaret Mither, will return to Italy soon, to be examined for the military service, all young men in that country being compel led to serve three years in the army. Ie will prob ably be excused on account of the weak ness of hi; eyes, but it is not probable that he will return to the United States. A YOUNO laxly elywno eiteere( a Convent in Mllontreal about four years ago, is now tired of her soeclusion from the world, and in failing health. IHor relatives have applied for her release, but the Bishop replies that they have no right to intcr fere. The young lady is deterred from acting herself through fear of XeCoi nunication, and the family are tellking of resorting to a writ of habeas corpus. Mn. CrAnR, the architect of the C1 pi tol at V*hington, suggests to Gover nor Foster that the Ohio statue of Mr. Glarfield, to) be placed in Statuary Hall at the Capitol, shall correspond in size with the other statues there, Hie enls attentiou to the general condemr,ation that the statue of lEthan Allen has pro voked on account of its colossal size, which dwarfs the stirrounding statues. COMPLAINT is made that there has been very little social gaycty in the American circle in Paris this year, Mrs. Mackey being at Meutono recuper.atiju. her health. On the other hand, strange as it, may seem, a correspondent, writ ing from Alexandria, says that the town has been very gay, that there is an ex cellent clubi there, and very agreeablo society, with an abundance of dinner parties and dances. Tar. Bankrupt Co-operative Dress As so'ciat ion, of New York, whlich went into a receiver's hands about huree mniuthus ago, appears to have been mere fortu nate than the average of such concerns in that State. A dlividendt( of GO per cent. has been declared to the credlitors and they are as,unred by the reeiver that tLoere is mere to filllow. Noin g hais beenx paid to lawyers and ino fees re tained by the( receiver. TH'r, representatie of tiilu I r 'state in MNemph,lis, TIe, have eiut-d oni -eit-eoent hImongKI' the C. tho i(s l feneing ott one.half of Calvary C -meIery It is claimedl that a p.o of thelil pnn.hite rioney for the land hass beenu duei atine, 18 66i, which the managers of the estate have been unable to collect. In the pr, tio'n fenced otf lie hermisof tety me Catholic p)riestta, and many othet whose relatives are prominent people of a \lomphis D foMs-rm servants are accua3tomold to' --ubmit to more rigid control than people Sin other kinds of employment ; but it is rarely that tihe head of the household stretches his authority so far as to ordor what a servant shall or shaill not do when out of doors. Sir JTohn Cowell, the nm-tster of the Queen's household at Windsor, has forbidden even those ser vants who are living at their own homes to visit a theatre, a music hall, or any other public place. I CrneUr,Aus have heen re.eived a te cities of the United States offering a re ward of ?1,000 for the apprehension of 11ny of the persons coneernuc in the at t 'mpr t1 blow up the Governmout(ficCs and the Tinwa office. The circular promises the recommendation of Her Majesty's most gracious pardon, i. ad. 'lition to the payment of the reward, to any accomplioo giving information, who w.%s not the actual porpotrator of either outrage. A Dim, passed socon'd reading in the California Legislature which provided in substance that the Attorney General might, on application of any oilizon of the State, bring an action for divorce in any case whero the parties had beer separated for four years. Before the bi!l otme up for final passage a letter roach ed the Speaker from the wife of a hegis lator showing that the proposed law waa merely a devico to secure for this logis, lator a decree which the courts refused to grant. The letter provoed to b) 0 convincing argument, and the bill fniled Accomn)lN( to the Isirance ('Idronire,!, the firo losses in the Jnited States <lttr. ing the year 1882, were G'{. 00uco0. This sumn, if substracted from the lrofiti of the ye ir, would mlake ai very p rccp. tible doereaso, and the wondler is thai the reducing of so larg act nu amnut of capital to ashes is not more seriously felt. Thcre are whole States that conld have been blotted out of existence with less pecuiniary loss than that caused in one year by fire. The taxable value of property, real and personal, in even so old a State as Arkansas, is loss than la> year's loss by fire. A FEMMAHKAnn inventi"'n is desr"ribed by the Ele1rical Review. It. is a device for photographing in a telcephoner, ex. chang3 all persons using the telepliones on wires emanating therefrom. Th( photograph appears on a ribbon winc" runs under the eye of the operator. IJ the person using the instrument is not t subscriber, the fact is at onco apparent, and the person in whose office thee tel ephone is located is charged a fixed sun for allowing his instrument to bee ue by one not entitled to use it. Each rib bon will hold two hundred and fift, photographs, and wlen full will be file< away. It is claimed that the telephon service can be much improved if the us of the instrument is restricted to sub scribers only, as is likely to be the cas if the device is attached. " James, Is That You Women are timid creatures, and imi be left in a house alone at night, So, when ir. Gallagher went away fronf home, leaving his wife with only an ig ntranllt servant, she was very much war ried, anl readily arkened to the ve of an agent. who eel led just after Gal lagher hl, gone nrounel ihe corner, wit wantte'd to sell her a machin'e whiel vould prevent burglars front g;ettin; into the house. lihe englht three Thoise phaced it the front and hatel loers we e so a rrange:1 that, wlen li. dooeer wvis openedl , at hnun,mev woml strik< down froml above and nc1nteak ed(,ewn ti1 pe'rseton trying to enter. A third ("ontriv anee of editferent, pattern wets )l.ieed'(1 o thn stairs and another at the troat wiin dw. (lalla;igter unccexIce<l'elY retn nea' late that Iiglt, and, attempt tetin:g t,e fer the fti t doer, get. a, lelw < flt noie 'thaet knoc'leld hcicm edowne the 'tpt ito thee street. lie waes efIc th jriei anid annoyeeed cat. thj~e;iciestccc, emal, uttter'ly uenable toe ute and e it,I trie hee edeoor ain~~cI. S:nne icult. lie fher thoueght somcc'eebod was b ehcddim Ihe el01 tryitng tee assassintee im,c and, g ettiocr til v'ery ma:al, ran1 aroumecel toe fle bct(l etceer tee get ini thact wa.4 ' l'ti- he set C ltonyl theet sentf hiim bcek intthfe e~. bearrel, andee hce wats terriily crc: h Ihe gt~et tile lice graede e n ax,l an id, at it. But lie hcit nic>dyl, cand gee anocthter knoucck-dl' wn. Then lie wene ccncd go t, a pllditc'tman, so lhi' e. couldl ttaclle eailc cccir, ancl dcc'ne'b stire lee get. iw, btet afler boeth lchn'tn jcyced thee knick-downvcs tlcc'y tucet itle compan-dcec ntcesc', ande ecicded tlcmt tw< ini't iccmst bc: ini thle hiutsee. Thiey~ fleet friced the firont weindowv, aede1, raeisineg if, elliugc'ectf icy water' fromic ca hcse arrancgec toe brineg it llcew uponet thcemc. itt the; braed'e thae ted goat ice. Thicen they'~ rani eecckhede thec h>er par'et o f thI eouse, bne (., upl-atadir iheanl thcem, cand cnearc; ediedI ee fright.f They startedl upj-stacirs ( allaegh.'r lfir, maiccl n er thce tope ac staic lixedl ont a pivofteclledc miaclc'r Gaclle andee huirledllcc h icacward, andie he well toe th e bottome, tcakini the c poi eceeci with heim. They bheyell led but Ic al(b Ilagher veiled the loudceat. acii hies wtif recogneized hiis voice ancd lhis favorelite'e call0 lieri coccrage return-ied. Shie wcenct to tIh h ecad of t,he stairs and cei e ",Jamcesi thaet you?'" James wias pacinfuilly hmec andce awful madi then, cand the pcoliceumi wasc triying toe get hack the brcith ''li (b ligher hteasucashied out ouf him.e C "Ne, ciied Jacmes, "il's not me; if' .esomcc other fellow. JTim Galliaghier wcas iceve kniocked docwn seveniteeic t iime in oc neighet I"' Buit she know~ it weas hce, cci explinced mtlI era. Ande( thiein Gaclclgh gave the poclicemain $10 toe say noic n c abuctt the mattecr, aned tolicer'i reftirec anid thien Glallaigher jaewedl his wife fe two heours, and the ciext dciy went seve miles to overtake the maon who sold Ice lice meachinces anid kicked the Ilife ncearl out of him. He adcmits thatd the thlincg would bec dr'eadfuclly di.coeuraginig fto hucrglar, thouigh. -ks/cn P~ost. -Thomas Chadwick, wheo d'c-l Farmington, N. HT., reenitly-, hca I h'' a coflin for !eimself ouit of sechdc greenit and on his dleaLih-bed e'ijo'icine h Ice.c to put him in it, wichi they cdef, though it reuired a 1big t. >ce- wie and four horses to ecnver it to te ien etery. Hto requested th .,t he shcu'd ee buried in Great Falls, cand tc bet his f rie anid mourners should, afte r the fuc c have agood dinner at ac t.oe 1 ancd 'C' no one should mouecrn er i' lite, cli whioh was dono., A beucc teventcy pcr nartook of theo iuneral renast HOW THOUGHTLESS! a When I was only twenty-two, b And Adia sevoteen, t I thought her teinper, entre n(oth, The Swectist ever seen. Tis grief to find a turtlo-dove A Orow up a tiger-cat.; C n t in my days of early lovo I never thought of that. t1 Our yoing affection grow apaco; C Our future seeined so fairI I thollght she played with such a graoo, And sang with such an air. Tis rnrely now that Ada sings, And mostly rather Ilat: Sha plays but halft a dozen things- 1 I never thought of thtt. C 'Twas not alotu her lovely looks r 'ihat. boutld I.. heat"t ii thbrall; My Ada reaI (l 111(lny hooks, t Anld iunler-stoodi t hen all. But. now she might as well ho blind Afs blind as any haIt ; She u'o't inlrove. her lackward inid I never thought of that. Tier cheeks were like the dlaisk rose, f Ihehir tint fron Nature eune: Though A rt, as (v'ry Cockney kInows, Call enll(tte the sall'. ' t And lately on ny Atla's face ''hey botl platy tit for tat; It strikes me Art will will the rnee Ine- never thought of that. I deemnedl my pathway all serene, With such a model wile; No eare could come to eloln tlhe sceno 'I'l broughout. oil w" 1"edtel li fe. 'i,iough Cupid wreckel my love anil me, 'Iwere sin to 1bnie O.e hilt bat ; Poor little wretch, lu' oin not see I never thought of that. -Londion ,ocietyl. 1 BUDELL'S PROPOSAL: This tImle two years agrO Oulr 8(<p:re Club was flourishinlg; now .vI o l sole member. Bu(lell, Marby, Siithers andl, myself had form;ed oursel('vs into Ia pri vate bachelor's club for the purposes of whist and other intellectual occupa tions, and a very good time we ('on trived to have togecther. Wo hadn't many rules and by-laws for our club. We were sworn bachelors, and each of ns had to allege a reason why he did not, intecnd to wed; hut we had so far reeognized the possibility of a change in our sentiments as to solemnly hind curselves to inform tie club at once if wo sh,(oul ever mlledit a l 1 lving Otir pleasures and doubling our expenses." Sinithers said he hadn' I. time to marrv; I waIS to() poor; and Marby, who was regarded as our romant ic member, gave Us indefinitely to understand Ihat "blighted aflections" stood betWeen him and t'.c hymeneal altar. Budell at first laughed at the idea of assigning a reason; and he Wishedl to allege as his that he hadn't met Mirs. lindell yet. That was unallimously rejected by the rest, of the club; whereupon lie insisted Upon our accepting as an alternative that, he was afraid of ladies. We were willin7 to stretch a point in favor of Budel, who Was one of the jolliest. pos - sible fellows at a bachelor supper, and so we received this second reason. For the rest we noblv resolved not to 1ly, but to withstand tempt:ation; our max im was that ev'er' lady is ('harming so Iong as one is not married to her; and we were all ready to go into society, and even sustain the repultation of he ing " dancing" men.' l'e use to relite to each other over our1 celibalte pipes wollderftul stories of 11arro"( w escalws fromi guileful women evert season; but if these were all as lllmn'lt"nl upon the narrator's fan' for theitr ilpolrtant dc tails as um/ con'tributio ns to the conver sation, t he ese:11)ms wteIre somtewh:at nioe than hlair's-br(edIth. 13uoell was es pecially a favorite in societ y ; lie was one of those r:are phenloInIl, young barristers with sonic pr:-tiee, and he had besidles a very c forltable allowance from his fath1er. Like the rest, of the club, 1 )1ln a1. first taken as a joke his assertion that, lie was afraid of lahdies; but I gra<illy cante to see that there wssome .: ut h in it. So long as Bud}ell was in a -nre collipaiy --ill a ba:ll-roomli 0r an!y plac'e like ihait -h' was <p1lt at1 his lase, 11(l as5 h114t1 as a jilin; bt if by anyi lianili heIt hap1 pened1!4 Io fall a temnpor'ary ('apt iv to! ( a solit ary damsel's bow :1 mii spear, lie was almo1(st oiverwhtelmed!( witIih ner'vouisness5, aind his uisua:l power!Is of con)1verlsat ion omplej14tel deser1'5'Itedl him . I once met himn at. the4 Royal Ae:uleml~, e'soinilbg a very'~ pre4'tty4 younllg holy, and1( liookingE as scienI' thlan Kino JIer'od; and1( 1 have seen hliln iremiblo at a merie pass!~ingi mienita oli(f Ite 'onlservat Iory liy his part1 nt'r at. a dance. lIlow'eer, inl thei Squai:re Club hel was0 our11 m111Sft nt5usiati mem1141 fact t.ha:t Budell wais ini lolvi, andii doiii; his lie-st to1 b)e malrr'ied. iTad we beein womnic we muigh t prohl aly hiave seen'Y thie sympilioms1 4of th4 ad1 vaninrg mialaidy; but we wVeri'ei nly (41) tulsI and4 shoriit-sighited menl. Nm'4 ais I -look back olver thlese' monthis I rll4i: Iin t eidenits that mfight ha:ve' bleen warn'inlis. - The gra dua l de'(cal oI tf Hudi ell% 'hIilar - oif hiis e'x4'ursionls inito s1ociety,~' ul 11than lth' riist. 1(f us.i hil lit iet a llu ion whai:t I ':ill a pretty gui, 'hr wh'lisper''edl i there ill th14 warm'l, lle'4'ey. l brownT shal:\I ninl o14 (f '4ourl tiimli-Vsy I w itl' operai: clloas. The'11 guIl'4i w a'ipretty, inla fresh~l n141 piquantii sirt o1.f way11; and11 e!ven celiv ig suh a franik smiili as5 stil d: ...,Me l i i Ii mii'' girl lat i ght,ie f0 1uit agree witl h no-!' 111 n1 vi t he suliat fi nat-. li ma1y1i bil:ie; enised fr nelin thlisl hit;:t udil hi r bthnk iwoul haveI (fi) und1 a,ol(l mu) t"tint'ere 4rstin"in it, had onl agreed4'' wit him that ther v.as'4il' nohm miorIe ' objletialthay t have''s544 ont' n:it1n11 murdfer edi.. Blirtov,s nervousivtt anx'Iii\o that l hsl nano-shoub. bie preonounced and I aftderwrs ou~t nd thatthe had wI " Just11 as thughl eorhymed aond :lit" - s het- m:idinatd ex1! pressedii yli it But 51he .Q mo-st ipotat1 hntwasven yti h igt ad maidens. "That's all nonsense," roke in Budell; "' It's your own fault, t any rate. Why, last night I had quito serious and interesting conversation bout woman's education with a ' maid 3.' I even (uoted Scripture to her." "Bet you a hat you misquoted," said e irreverent Smi*hers, who thought very one was as ignorant as himself. " No; I'm not joking; it's a fact, and got an idea or two, let me tell you.' [ad lie only told us that ho had vent red into the conservatory in order to arry on his conversation without inter uption, I am convinced that I at. leasi hould have surmised that the aequisi Ion of an idea or two was not the only esult. However 1 was not long in mt tate of ignorance. One day, a montI r so after, Bludell hunted Inme up to con ide to ie that the bachelors' club was .11 bosh; ho was over head and ears i1 ove, and did I think he ought to tel he other men? 'T'hen there followed i hower of a#pologeties, in which "sof rowii eyes' and goodness knows wha ther personal attractions were promi tent. When I recovered breath, I as ured him that I thought it quite incuim )ent upon him to inform the club. vas rigid and cold with him, for I fel ndignant.; it was almost an insult. t elcet me as his contidant. as thounrl ny celibate principles were less fixe( han 11arhy's or Smitliers'. His announcement. that, evening wa received in solemn silence by t lie Sqiuar (lub; even Smithers had at lirst noth ing to say. At last Marby asked. " I It permitted to inquire the lady's nam t and when the marriage is to tak 1)lace?" Budell looked uncomfortable "Well, the fact is," he said, "I though [ ou-ht to tell the club at once; but really haven't,-tha is, I don't quit know how to set abont nskingthe lady. Budell looked so comically dist.ressei as he maIde this confession that the clu bi le< it. with a shout of laughter. ''h notion of the bold and confideant Bude finding himself muzzled by the tendh passionl was too suggestive for our ris bility. Budell was seriously annoye< " 1 don't think," he said, " that in courtesy to the club has been met wit courtesy." He glared at me as if penially had been guilty of revealIn1 lis contideice. We apologiaed humbly tnd at last. pacitied him. IIe really wa puzzled as to how to accomplish li proposal. Marl iy suggested the ol] uashioned plan of plumping down on hi knees, like a swain in a valentine; hi lhulell paled visib)ly. It was such cold-bloodled way, ho objected; yet appeared le had almost adopted it c two occasions. The lirst time a litt brute of a brother had inopportunel appeared--''I never knew a nice gi that. haun't. a little brute of a brother, exclatimed Bud1(ell, hastily- generalizinr and oi the second occasion he had eve got. 'o the length of informiiigthe ob)je of his aflTetions (to adopt a phrase th: used to mathnell B1lell) tait lie hi sometIing to tell her, when her iiotlh< entered. and lie had hastily to devis sone idiotic fart about a flower-shov It was quite evident, that, his nerve w: not equal to a third attempt. I si; gest.ed that, lie should write; hut seemed I hat thIte young lady, in talkin about a certain novel, had 'laughed ti hero to scorn for resort ing to so cowar< ly ia plan as wiit ing his propo)4sal. " Can't you save her life in soir thrilliner manner, antd then cast you self at. I er feet?" asked the romant Marby. Or can't you get ovrertaken in shower, and then you could neatly is her to share your lot as well as you umbrellll?" suggested Smithers. ]indell smiled faintly. "It's all ve well for you fellows to make fun of wvhen you hi aven' t t o do it yourselves; h)1 all the samie it's a tickhili thing to (I well. I wish to (do it in a neat an dIireel. mantiine r, wit hout any lhumllbug. "that~ you'll endi bty 'j loppjinig the qhuef. andi absuird ilmnn'r." (dign ity, " we shall see." lit whiein we le'ft huimi, the idea (of li irrepiressib)le Buidell heing t ongule-t if b)efoire a diainity little damsel, wvl couini't eveni sit. ni a jiiry, (camel( up 1 us a gain with redlouled force, and w awoke tile echoes of the silent st re< withI renieed shout s of laughrte r. P~ioor liuell coul iind mno oppolfrtunil t.v of selinhg his fate. lIe irevoivr direarily roiiiid myi rooms, where lhe mm terial ly initerf eed withi any work by com stantl putt111ing sk illfuully elabioratr qJuesions to mue, devised to ext raeit. ni op)linion as to his ldy-love, withbout r yeatling her name11. 1 rose0 and fell hiis e'sti imation as myi anusweris were w lhe desiredh or not: aiid I coniiiited msI silf to an iinuinense munbier of detii pinlilons ats to the piriference betwel b)lindle4 aitdl)bruniettes, large iiioii and sinuihi ears, etc., etc. "'WhethI do y'ou prefer Greek'l or Saixon inaim for hoeliies?" lie onicc ask,'d mc. I a swveredi at, ranidoii t hat. [ liked the lioth equIahlly. "'No, but. realy ," per'isistedi, " I mneani modierni imns ii "vwhy, so1 (10 . lFor examople, 1 (do think yo(u coubll hind~ a pret tier inar than ECdith anywhere.'' "Oh)lo!'" cried, ''her muii Edhith, is it?'" I dcll blushedi, but. couhin'ut. diiny. it; a 1 dar1 say bi~'le woubihl hiavie r'evealedi b Will CarIyonIto I pendii a fitnight at I fat her's ilacre inl Scot land. atiil have shot at the- grfouse.I. " l've aisked Miiirl Smil hersi and( ihuilel," 'hle wriote, "'a I expret the aIlitl. I kniow you fe have~' frightful rhbains-anduh-.lave'ry I of nice giirls st:uyini! hiere withI Faiin and( if you don'it all go home wvith I full intenition o (f fort h'withl b)ecomi Be nedivtis I shall be sirprisedh. A nyhoi we have ilenty of birds.'' When I airrivedt I found the house f of pleasant men anud atgrefeahle gil while the grouse gave very fair syn~ The club was there in full force. Htl was in tolerable spirits, and came in grand style as master of the ce monies, aind as thec originator of sorts of amuiisemenits. Hewas too bi to iinflict any more contideunes, bui hiad noi reasxon 'o suppose that hue I yet accomplished his proposal. Onatranhaeei.a- 1 driven the sportsmen in sooner thak usual; I was examining my breech. loader in the gun-room when Smitheri mysteriously requested me to come tc the smoking-room at once. There I found Budoll and Marby. Smithert had convened the club, and we had the room to ourselves. He briefly ex. plained his object. "I ha --, an announee ment to make," ho s id, "similar to one made by Budoll not long since. I'm going to follow his example, and 1 hereby invite you all to the wedding. Liko l%udell, I haven't yet put the final question, but I anm not afraid of the an swer. I have no objection to tell you that the young lady is at present in this house, and that her namo is Miss Max well." "Good heavens!" ejaculated Budell, "Well," said Marby, "I may as well take this opportunity of informing the club that 1, too, am going to follow suit, Only I've taken the precaution to speala to the young lady first, and Fann3 Carlyon is shortly going to become Mrs Marby." I was thunderstruck. " In that case,' I said, with dignity, -is I strode fron the room, "I am now the only membe of the Square Club." Just as I was tying my r.ecktio a feV minutes before dinner, and reflectinl that, though nervousness, want of lEi ure and even blighted affections mnigh b he got over. I at least had n reason th . woul preservo mfe from natriuony . Budell hurried into mly room. "Look here," he said, " I'm in th p deuce of a box! Snlithers is going t propose to Miss Maxwell; and hang it t that's Edith!" "What! you're both in love with Nis n MaxwellP" "Yes, and that forward beast, Smith e ers, will be sure to propose right ofi and I've never had a ood opportunity.' " My dear Budell, you must. mak your opportunity. Do it to-night.'' r "To-night? Why, it's dinner-tim already! and after dinner we're to hav these blessed tableaux virants: and good ness knows what Smithers will do wiil I'm looking after the wretched affair: And then to-morrow, I've promise Carlyon to start for the east moor r nine o'clock." I 1 endeavored to comfort him by suf gesting that possibly Miss Maxwe - might refuse Snit hers; but. liudoll shm s dered at the possibility of being for, ,t stalled. He was lp)l ably upset, at a he looked nervous and anxious all dii it ner-time. ''ho company generally a n tributed it to ..ient responsiilit iu but thev were wrong; Budell was t( y old a hand to be : nxiuus about. an rl thing so sitmptle as tableaux Vivan Smitl:ers, on the other hand, had s cured a seat beside Miss Maxwell, at n scemed to be making himself vast t agreeable. it The tablcaux hegan immediately afta d dinner, and they were a great. succes r Budell had skilfully aringed t her e without atteipting to make them in a series; and mitc1is, sutps(wel to be a s propriate or to have sonmo refer "1 co each tableau, was played while the eu it tain was up. Curiously enough, in ti second last ta/>/mu. "Att Ma:xwel e 8 .er, and Fude' w -re to ap twarI 1. i telves; and st..1 more iurious th subject, of it was "'*I e Rivals." Where Bulell had got I don't know; probably in hI S inner consciousness. P. was suppos( to be i woodlai sce,le in the pain a and-powder days. A young lady w k diseoveredl seat ed oni a bantk, wvithI r lover kneeling at. her feet, and holdih one of her hands. At, t little distane y and uiseen by eit.her of tie lovers, w a rival glaring fron among the trees t the unisuispect ing pair. Tfhe tabler was very effective. Miss Maxw< looked very chiarminoe in her costumt andI Smnithers glare' l splend idlly. B (dell's face it. was imupossiblei to see, f< his Iback was t urnied t.t the aud(liene Up till now the performiers had all ma agred to remain as riid as5 sttues; I in~A this tablcan Miss Muaxwvell. who h already appearedt sever-~ I times, see.m to lose her nerve. Tit- curtain nel tn Ct been upl a minute whin she sta:rte tI looked down at Budell, ami at Ia, "flushing crims~on, fairly rani off t "stage. IIo'wever, the last /lea'u v:4 4 off without hitch, and the slighta. m t tak(e dlid not affect the goer .i verdi An adjoutrnmnent wa.s made. to have lance in te hall, andI i was standli i lly looking otn when Budell, once tnc n i u sual1 gairb, rushed up to inc inl tner tf exeCit ement. Si "I~ y Gerge, sir,'' he whisptered, "'cc y '1ta t t Oe! I've dlone it; it s all right Antd lhe draggedl me along with hi Y- \ I tlame. ''Whlat 'have' y'ou donei Ie l' pro poedt, sir; and J vo bet 1(4 Ieted." lcritally uonramttubitedl hirm; a, ~ler h I tiitred "lw du iid you in toig it wiu hen di ititthe I imoc-- at it ta/u/4w. Ume noI o iver ef the music 544 hitt lithnht in all sober earnestne Iwas a ther feet , tot in jes5t alone; ai SI asketd her to Ite nmy wvifc. That's wI she ran away.'' ' No wondi''! T itterleted. - ~ Wasn't it Itplendhid doting it und I Smtithter's very ees And then, 4~ four4 I >aw ftjiti afterwards in tl ii lit? trwing-room;n andt she'll bie he or~ e t itl, whiieever sIhe ha.s chnnged 1h cost titme."' I..Wel I'mni ghotd you've settled IS and I t hink Smitither's was right when aL taidl youi wouthi (end by propos~intg 7' titnw ext raotrdintary way. And it se.eu iito rue that. it. was deciidedly embarra Sig for' M%iss IMaixwvell.' " SomithIers married Edith Maxwei ti s9ist er eight cen month's after the tablez Y' -lielqra via. ng -A man who was kept in the leck w, over ntighit for hissing a performance the theater in WVhieoling, WV. Va., ill extamined next morning by the PoI Is; Jumstic.e. One of the witnesses said f rt.. other persons in the audienee hail I "hi plaunded the same performer, ''D)id mit officeer arrest them?" asked the Juid re-. "No, sir." "D)id not the applause nm all more noise thanu the hissing?" "Ye' isy suptpose it did." "Well, I wi& discha1 Ithe prisoner. The right to applaud tad lilies the~ right to hise, You mayi sir" -tU reply to the quiYos: 3 Winter a poet?" the P6iladetp is t says: "'He used to be, but he I his hair out." -A r1 just retur,)ed from a Bosto lhigh said upon seeing a fire-en.-O glne at work: " Who would evah -hav weamed such a vowy diminutive look. In apawatus would hold so much wat tah.- . Louis Globe., -Fred, a,dseven, was haln a valuable bo.o carelessly, and his ao(ter told him to put it down on the table He did so unwillingly, and remarkedt "When Im married, I shall not have to obey mamma. -When we see a tightlylaced womaa trying to enjoy a good laugh with a smile on her mouth and tears in her eyes. we think of the dear old hymn which begins: "Let joy be unoonsned." -Boston Post. -A German at a hotel table In this city the other day had some Limburger cheese sent to him. A little boy who sat beside him turned to his mother and exclaimed: "Mamma, how IwishIwas deaf and dumb in my nose."-CJ4ioago News. -"Yes, sir," replied a meek-lookin man who was asked if he had suffered any reverses; "I've seen more ups and downs during my life than most men." "Indeed! What do you do for a live Ing?" inquired the ilanthropist. "0, I run an elevator,sir. '-Chicago Herald. -The Mayor and members of the Board of Aldermen of Brookton are anti tobacco men, and the Mayor of 'Boston has forbidden smoking in the City Hall; but after all an American sovereign may use tobacco in that building if he chews.-Lowel Courr. -"What's orbs, Sallie?" "Orbs? Why, as to how, Maggie? Who said so?" "Well, you know that city chap was sparking m) last night, an' he looked me square in the face and sung out: "Oh! If could always bask in the eilulgenco of those bright orbs." "llum>hl 1 guess that must be what they call eyes that squint; but what do you suppose he wanted of a basqueP" t -Footpads on dark street-' "Hold up t your hands." Victim-"All right; but what do you want?" "Your watchand money." "Yes, of course, but beg your pardon, you don't reoognizt me; ? the plumber took down that next street a few minutes ago; I'm an editor, and -" "Here, take this quarter to buy a S lunch of cheese and something warm ing, and go about your business."-To ledo.,merican. The Associated Press. The association is merely a business ? copartnership. f4 is not incorporated. a It depends upon no special legislation, - but merely upon its own capital and o exertion. Seven New York daily news papers form its membership. The policy d of a journal may change while it still ro t mains within the association. The cost of obtaining the news is divided between - all the members. News is furnished to 1 other papers as oumstomers. Local as I- sociations were established in Boston, Hartford and New Haven, and these d form the New England association, which I- contracts for Now York news. The t- Western Press asociatjon lh vr-miihm'an- ---- ', position. The Now York ofice is the so clearing-house of the country. A flex.-le .. method of adjusting prices is followed. s, the strong helping the weak. It has c- nothing to do with special dispatches. ,Eighteen or twenty-eight thousand words are telegraphed daily. There is a system of comnbination reports in use. By a er single wire New York is'put into intstn a. taneous connection with New Hatven, Hartford and Worcester, and the reports oare manifolded at all points in the cirenit, " pony" reports being scut to the smallhor town.Receivers must read by sound(. r- All towns in circuit get their own a "locals" sent back to them, which is a I drawback, hut the p)lan lessens the cost. All New York Stats "locals" are sent yhero to be distributed. Drop-copies of San Frbecisco dispatches are taken at it Chicago and Cheyenne. is The sovcn newspapers which control athe associatior. hold monthly meetings. t, The deta.ils are in the bands of the ,a superintender.t and executive committee. a Associated P- es news generally escapes ~. betrayal. P'ometimnes a leak is sprung, ~7but it is 'Suickly traced by decoy te Sgrams. Errors often occur in transmnis at ien. Strange words are coie for the m sake of brevity, such na "suicidal" and 'II "conifagrated. ' These philological her ,. rors are resolved into their original clo uf rea A dispatch from the West was <> ed Troops all scalped." It should e. have been, "Troops all escaped." A a- railroad conductor's message road, "W3 itt killed a dead mule." Of course, a deaf si mute was meant. The agents of the .d Associated Press must be0 geographers, ot must know publlic character, and( have d, an acquaintance 'with parliamentary st practice. They must be intellcotual he machines-entitled only to industry and nt conscience-they must not make coin is. monte. Home papers pay only $15 a ot. week for the privileges of the association, a but the weekly deficit is divided among the seven New York dailies, and the i:share of each averages $.300 a week. ra Among the objections to the association, ait is a!lleged that i tis a mono , and .that it lives by favor of the Wstern Union Telegraph Com pany. But there is no combination between the telegraph company and the association, which is simp)ly a wholesale customer. Th p)oer of the Associated Press would 1be inc-roasedl b~ly the Postal Telegraph system. A mil. lion men may photograph the sun, if they will get up early in the morning. -Until the law makes -a felony of copart norship it cannot interfere. It ha-s a vast ,( educational influence, and is one of the mightiest force in American civilization. SThe apers go to press at 2 a. mn. "Gand nighe is echoed along the line adtemagnetic pulse is silent till the morrow.-Lecture by Jamies W. Simon Prognostics of Weather Derived fromi er Twilight. of Since the colors and duration of twi tO bght, especially at evening, depend rnO upon the amount of condensed vapor ar wich the atmosphere contains, theso i, appearances should afford some intdica hepected to succeed. " The following are some of the rules a which are relied upon by seamen: s- When, after sunset, the western sky is of a whitish yellow, and this tint ex.. l's tends a great height, it is probable that u- it will rain during the night or next day. Gaudy or unusual hues, with hard, definitel outlined clouds, foretell rain' "Eand pobably wind. a I the sun before setting aars dif fuse and of a brilliant white, Ioretells afatorm, tat iIf it sets ina sk y slightly purple, the bI-atmosphere near the senith being of a le bright blue, we may rely upon fine k ' eter.-Prof. Loomis.__ , -The bill e submitting to the vote of rge the peopl of Iodathe question of ttie in- remova of the oapitul from Tallahass'ee go, I tolaineeville was defeated is th9Q As *elnly of that tato,