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a en r -- -)LYOI'Ell TO 1'OIICN,~~ MOIRALITY, ED)UC%T ION AND) TO THE~ GENER. L INTERtEST OF THlE COUNTh~Y. V Bya Da F.BALY&01ICKENS, S._(.G, IIIURISJ)AY, MAY 10, 1883, VOL.XII.Ni t GENERAL NEWS. Charlotte, N. C., pays four doll per thousand feet for its gas, A Baltimore capitalist intends est: * lishing a vegetable canning factory Vicksburg. One mile from Monroe, Ga., stand log cabin that was once the home Gov. Lumpkin. A goose farm with 500 birds has be established in Talladega, county, A Three hundred dollars an acre v #aid for fitteen acres of land in Volu county, Fla., the other day. $ A $15,000 stock of goods is the pr of a shooting match at Meridian, Mii the chances being held at $100 a shot, The Board of Health of Cedar Ke Fla., has prohibited the sale of oyst< from now until the close of the wai seaeon. There are said to be 2,200 convicts the Texas penitentiary. Of this nu f her three-fifths are negroes and111 Me: leans. Since the railroad has been complet< to Anniston, efforts are beiog made develop the gold and copper mines Oleburne county, Ala. An arrangement is on foot in Augu ta, Ga., to have cooking taught in tl public schools. Much trouble is expel enced with the (lompstic servants. A new enterprise, the " South Geo gia Real Estate Guide," is now pu lished at Americus, Ga. It is publish< by W. J. Dibble, who is trying to ii duce immigration. Many of the Northern tourists their way home from Florida carry wil them ret alligators. At the Charlest( Hotel a waiter is detailed especially feed and water the aligators. An English company have purcha' 90.000 acres iron lands in East Tenn( see. They supply a capital of $1,000 000, and will erect furnaces at one giving employment to 300 men, The past seafon in Jacksonville, FIr though rather short, has been the mo prosperous in the city's history. careful investigation show3 that .14,1( tourists have visited the city during tl past winter. Gen. Levi Iwlor, of Mobile, an others are forming a company wil $200,000 capital, to establish at an ear day a pig iron furnace of 60 tons dai capacity, at Alpine, on the Selma, Ron & Dalton railroad. Truck farmers of South Georgia ai said to be shipping cabbage and res izing from five to feven cents a poun they make from $75 to $I00 per acre < them. The reed were sown last sui mer and the plants set out in the fa The killing of shcep by dogs is distrc singly on the increase throughout Tel nessee, w here dogs are protected by la and the bloodthirhty sheep are permitt< to rogm at leasure. Tennessee wi preuently be contesting with Georg for the prize mad-dog. Albany, (Ga.) special :Several Te: ans have been buying up cattle in tI wire-.grasst region around here for sever weeks for shipment to Fort Worth, T1e: It is saidl they have thus far procur< about 41,000 head at an average of $7. rer head. The rates of shipping will 1 $80 pter car load. The Drinks of all Nations. "Drinks of All Nations'' was the sul j(ect of President t.Cotten's lecture 1before Boston tenmperanico meeting. "'Britonts, ho said, "' spend ammnally ?1 40,000,01 in drink, an average of $19 each. T1h does not include the sitmi paid for in p)orted French wines. I have learnec that America is now exporting larp quantities of whisky to England. so, God help England. In Ruissia il commona people drink entormouis numtf tit ies of strong beer. Th'le ntobility com same a greait amtotimi of brandy. Tl Government has retcenttly appointed commiissioni to devise a scheme of nat iol al reCformti oln. But one dram shop to lbe allowed in (eh village, and whet two villages ore in close proximity or shtop must do for both. At preset 8,000),000 gallonts of winte and branidy ai ainnually consumed in Ruissia. Hi ota era drin1k giln and beer. G ermtans ut heer and wine as heverages. In 185 cdlicial reports shtow~ that there wei 11,80)0 breweties int the (Gerialt speal intg (conntr ies, turnting out 816,01)0,01 imperial ga'llons of beer. Jn1 Cope1 hagent tho nuthIorit ies have decided reduce the 1 ,350) beer shtops to eight. E prett y harmttaids tile to lbe allowed serve lh inort, antd thle d runkhen mantt nm1 of tin list mnm wh o soldd him ht eer. TI 'T'trks tire thte otnly tmperate racee of civili',di ntionsil. iNo gootd \lohtammn den touches dist ill or i matlt liiquor,." 'Ilhe Old Chart. A good stoty is told of Capt. Witlt Poor, whlo took outt the Midtas, piroptelle to China early' in tIhe (ighteeni hundrei antd fotties. All whIo knew~ Poor we, re of his goid seamaniishiip, his pluiel atnd his good inttetionts. After i tIhe continanod of the shtip (Ireat Britai heloningii to miysIlf anid othters. Th:i iihip was chatileted to Admtiral1 Rigan no (Grentuity to1 take home1 the crews< Itho Magiciennte anid thle C apricemis frigateis, which Iltad hett Ilost on son ,;hoal ntetr the coast of Chtiina. (Goh downm thte Chtitna Sea, the anixiouts Adirj atskedl Capt. Poi or biy whaItti. ihart lhe w; natvigta tig. P oor0 pent hltis clht lockeri andi pulled ott a cht of Attrm sntithI's dtatedi .17)8. Th'le Adil w tIx astotni:.tedl atnd extlaimIed, ' M \ein t Captain, wo shatll till agii lie wr eke I have oteto chatrt shtowintg tall ti dangers, antd I give it toi youi to stail lhv Ptoor answered, 'i'hat is just thle w<'ai chatrt I couldIc sail lhy; I shtotuld never ay test if stailed through ttll thtese nI shtoals; wvhelena by myi (1ld clmrit theree not lting to pgrevet m.y gettiing mty tnatmt test, for it is all p)laint sail in:g."' lHion..-For a qluarter of a century Mt L. dia Mar in Chtild and hetr hulsbant'l liv, wvi htont a servanut, in t heir humblle at plasantt htome ill Wayland, Mass. Otne r:elates Zion's He(rald, when ho stid her, "I. wish for yottr sake, dear, I w a.s rich as Crosuts," shre responded, iiY< izo TOPICS OF TIIE DAY. 5., AT a recent stonographic exhibition il Paris a postal card was exhibited whicl rs boro 4,000 words. un Tut, green thrce cent stamp will hav been in use thirteen years, when the noy in rate goes into effect next October. _ A MURDERER, who was hanged by mob at Jacksonville, Ill., sOme tim I ago, turns out to have been i son c Quantrell, the Missouri guerrilla. f A sront comes from Canton, China,o a woman who, to punish a female slav s- who had stolen some food, eit a liie te from the girl's thigh and made her ce, , and eat it. r UNDER a law making vaccination com i- pulsory, there has been very little kumall , pox in Massaehueotts. For this anm other retsons the L"git;laturo does no find it expedient to repeal the law. tn A M1Istssipri man has diseoverei h that an excellent quality of sugar cat n ho made from sweet potatoes. If thi t proves true a now uso has boon founi for one of the best and most prolific o American prodnets. s [ T ReadnIing. Pa., a disease ti tsilar t - the pink-eye among lorsets has broke( , uut among the people. It temnporari! destroys the eye-sight, and the troblc lasts about ton days. No permanent in st jury follows the attack. A ~- ~ - - ;7 IN every t9haeco factory at Key Wes e there is a "reader." Cubans can no talk without gesticulation, and in or d ter to keep tlem from talking a per h son is eiploytd to read aloud to th "hands" during working hours. A VAsurN(S"ro, I). C., man name King, has invented a suicide pellet They are the si'e of a capsulo, and ar e hhu.oredl to) -uit any1 tasti'. When swal ' lowed by the(. victira the moisture of th . atomtr catsuw them to explode. an, nl the usani is bl.)wn' to atom=. . Arrrtstcs of crime inl Peven of th s. largest citios of the Uuitel States, an _ based up)n p)ptlation, show that S1 y lrancisco leadi in the nitbr of Ihtani c cides, followed in the order of metio by Cincinnati, Baltimore, New York Philadelphia, Chicago and oton, a - JAMES LICK left $1 50,00: to establis C and inainttin free baths in S,n Fratcih co. Ono of thte trustees, 1)r. Stillwa now proposes to increlwe the find b1 C. popular subscription to $25:),000, and t d erect salt water baths largo enctugh 1. 0 the acconim odatlion of the whole city. e---- - A Mo)v[C:Mtr is on toot in\ Ne l and elsewhere to rusa i a fnul for tit erctiion of a n uenttmert over the grav of (Jhirlott1 Cn-,dtnan, the ac.res, a - Mount Aubrn, lbston. The grave i in a lot soleted and paid for by Mii Cushmruan only a few months before be i death. TH. greatest qlnftutity of ste iips eve 0 sent from Washington at one t inme wer if ahipped on the 23d1 of Apri bn y the Intei e nal Revenue Bureau. Threy were th~ rebate tobacco stmps for rise after M epre.Te wege fifteern toris, awrei a rprseneda great minyc hundrec thousands of dollar-; in valu. e AN ii n(ertaker in IPhitliel pia r o cently advertised for a ful btIeardel. tmoa t of iniddle ago arid ot gotod ii idess, anj ' explained thrat he wanted Ihire to vis 1. families which death had enterarlt 8 take inst.rnet.ii)ns regardmng thle fiuera -o etc., anid that there is somlethinOg atmt~ - bearded man thart inspiresu respet anr 0 corihidenco. 0 A PrrrsnUrima clergyman thinka thr Shakspeare was a great man but orn i rated. Hie contenrts that the prncipi re characters of "Machroth" are to hai formi mu in the Book of K ingrs in the Bible, an 11remarkcs that Dr. H!alsty. in his lectui on " Shakspearo"' at IPrinrrc(tor r (ollege stated that Shnakspear'e's regrlitr per tieo was to study theo Bible seven how;r a day. n~ (Coy. R(ocerr,n is enigage t ini tIre ta of editing amid comrpitirng tihe sperchr deil iveredl byGen. (Gar!field durring i last year or so) of Ihis life, ii.ehrdinrg It nttecrahiees a.t tire Chiicaigo (oelnti o his responrse to tIre nutime ru s dleh ionlors that visited him at M n tori, at IIothers delive red at. the Wtililiamns (Ctle SAlunri mreetinrg at Cininnariti, rn.l o other ocams ions rafler ius inaullgurati On. .Mra. ,JPfrA Wo(CrAM Lu mum, whor die ~jin New Yorki (Cit.y a few dtays rro, Wt 10Once, a niolable womnan. Hhro was lii was ai Uoitedt Staites S.nturlor frm Vi t' gmain from I1835 to 1811, and whour di 1; in 1819- Shl was ailso the <hmutier< me Juohr Wickuh:rnin, ('o oif till c'onnt.te f, ." ite dtefenrrs in tlie. triail of Aaron Iri st for hnigh tr'ason! in 1801 , rwt wtho hi (l marny yeis stood ait the heatd (of tIle Vi - W inia bar. al A (tOMm'.NY 1s tOorung mi the Stato (Ohi:o, knrownr as the "TI'i Teletgira; CXopany,"' tIle obl ject oft wili is to pr Sin b)).usns arid di wItling thirs h - murn andi regulhatedib lec "t iiiy . I ti e, branch of a comnparny in Ni w \i orL~ 'l to idea is that a sruber'iber tmy havetp .. is in iris house, for thle ru r n of ~I- l p i ' n,ii a clock that wvill neied rur Wi ld i'g * other attention, b)Ut willb onno,,e by wire witi a central ofilco, from which every pendulum in the grand systen of clocks will be ulado to swing with one comumon inlulse. ALtiArI>nZ F. vIILtin9, who died at vhiiladelphia a few (lays ago, left this odd will, which was drawn up inl July last: "My last will and testtment: 1 leavo my body to the University of Peunsylvauia for disseetiug purposes, f and wish to bo cremated at the samo in st:tution. In casO I should have any money or property at the time of iy f death, I leave the whole to thme doctor at tending me. Iu ease 1 am cremated, 1 wish my ashes to b_' thrown away and rat givon to or viewed by auvboly that hlad been acquai.uted with tull." AMONo osome of the (tsativattages of royalty is the lack of privacy accordled to it, and the royal p rsouagues arfrequent t ly in the habit of soeuriug this privaey, when on a journey, by traveling ineog nito. The ling and Queen of the Netll 1 erlan(ds are now passiu through England 'nt this wny, and are said to be eujoyiug Stem(s"lvos like two childreu lot out of I sohool. Thougl it is perfeody well known who thuy ure, by a couveniant fiction thio kntowledge is not uiizet d ven Queen Vitoria has given no tlitcial recogni5ionl of their vi.at to her 1 do,nminions. So\ after th3 (.1ne.le ti i.a was cstablished itn its prct;ilt <quarters at \Vashington at begg.r e al1d on proft a isional business. 'Te his amazenmeit he was ushasred with elab)Iratu b.>ws and gestures into a luxurious room, where - an attache kindly asked how L:e might serve him. A colletionl wits then taicn up for his bolnetlt amo:ug time members of the embassy, and he was invited to refreoh himself with a lunch of dulisato 1 oonfeotioas. As a matter of cour: hi. siwgular expurience was known to overv beggar in towu within twouty.f(dr hours, - and the legation lhai been besieged ever since by uupropossossing visitors. A ('oli:sPoNmlTN'r of The Bostem Post, writing ab:oult the remnants of Indian tribes survivin; in Massachusetts, says : "It is believed by those who have an op portunity to know, that no Indian of pire aborigiual blood, is nowt a resident in the ecimouwealth, they having from time to time interlnlrrited with the whites and those of A fricin descent. Cotmiing all those v.ho h1ae It. di ian i)bood in their veins in tlh-" thte, in the vestiges of trib:-s rem aininug, there are to-da1ty not far from 1, lt(lsonls, em v brlaced in 225 fi ianlies, atd it must It horne inl mind11l that tlie niml)rs Cul r ttited inl tl(e t ibis) have ieen it 1l'.-se for or;'l ?t): ycar'_. ! t, i.; a ver'k signi!i .ant fact that no trib. now exist i:g i1 l'n'rel-iltg lilttnericalV ill the cent flow Hle Was Lald. s It. was in It u +mkintge-rar on tho Iiison river riad. A New Yo irker wits exlib+it ' itlg all ilt:elitioll to o s-v'era! gettltlne, whitet al oltl f;miumi, with : a s{ttled Ieo of 'altu:is ott his f,.o, lteaveml i all r s:id '' I Iev"r see' snehli a tlingi, w.thouit weet3p tover, tIhatt I ean x -e,"' replic 1 the litvelt<)r. " Wall. it soirtto' eall:: uip old re'ollte.. Stiomt". TJ.wenty year ts agot thxis fall I tought I hitd a fortuntte in mty grasMp. res -ir, I halievedi I Ittal structk thte bui' g;eat t ing sinte at -unt was br-ought ittN "One, daty wh'n itm oldi womanti was t flt t<ttwn wtith her l'utnebye I. htad to ) tcookI\ ny twnt tlitoer*. After I td got. thte ptitwake-hsatter till ixttd up I tstuldni't, titiul IhIo gn-aisedl ag Ite ol w,oman~ tt'ed to tubt ttver ih sItI idli. Sort oi' abs;et mni:uit' ike I pited tuj pa pituo of' rta w t i:r tip tromt the tablle -aitt utsed it intstea.n] t ite to ala-,h;n.sug n Il p:mtsedl here ft ipet aw1ay a teari' (I "lTheitri s the; finnte. I figu red d ttat , ix t0,000t~ greasetd rag;s weret ui -in tedao-i gont. ( )ta tuip1 woutt 's makt e six grea:re i;, I til butshtel: w<ibttl tumako tittn::.h to supplt!y tm tmtittry. ki in1to fantty lyh-, at!b: a lauithe andit go iito supply the denoutttliat 10 ''entls eah." andi hiretd twit itent ft go tot workl, aOi thou I took ia greamser andm wen-t otver itrkn d1 Vermon~it to Set' ht.w it, wiouldl tale; ty "itit Whtcbithvben" "T'li"'y mqtit ont the spider '!" . tlimd tha old numit't, a:s a teatri (( mado a break dow his Iotttand tiIwits tswallowedei up iii thfei <hst on the nuot r.. - Jn,H Soreet Ibirlied AllIe in a Tunnitel, 'Te A thanta (un ///u/Non says:-An r thet id. - fa imt a. tieb deoit of gol ex. 154tId ont lis plaite. So trontigly '.1( this tml ntomtaia onC(. thIle sub jet. Lat ely, as lt hewas . digging initt selc of Ithe p)re-tittusi stuff, andt hiad udelved some1 titteeo int wet y y-ards uner ta hill!, whten a litrge rolk fell tant etTee'tally closxed hti tese . -t Aft-i vatiinly attfemtin g to diig taoml ouIt it of his prIeaiousi position, l i failuy, whoi hadmi hteromite aniouis oni ,m aint oif his ptrolonged1 ibsncem, went itin searchl of him i, andt, discein.ig It s ,ttonition, b.y great exertiont exIrienmtted r hhu. Ilo The citdent has,t had1 tino effect o{ ii oiui his hallucination. 3MAKING A REPUTATION. A 8ceue In a Western Town and What Came of It. A Western paper tells of a scono that took place in i Texas frontier town, as follows :-As Dusenbery walked into Cal. lahan's Retreat, the .bitues saw at a glance that scnethiug was about to hap pen, and something did happen ; for in about half a minute there entered four of the most ferocious-looking ruflians who had ever been seen in Fort Worth. They Cane with clankinr spurs and fierce beards, two revolvers to eawh man and a large bowie knife for lagniappo, and they sat down to a table and called for whisky all around. A tremor ran through the assenily. Fort Worth's best citizens were for a moment staggered. But )usenbery never quniled. On the con trary lhe alnost. snorted with joy as he saw his opportumity to make a repuhtation for courage. These men were strnmgers, he was lacked by a large nuinber of Fort Worth's sharpshooters ; yea, ho would pick a fuss with them, and henceforth he known as a terror. I[e had not long to wait. The atrangers empt ied t beir glasses, called for more, and then, glancing ma lignantly around, they launched forth in furious abuse of Texas and Texans, their languago being garnislhed with that pro fusion and orn amuentation of profanity peculiar to the guileless cattle-drover. As they ceased, Dusenbery, havig taken im the situation at a glanee, arose and advanced toward the straune i's. 'The Fort. Worth men put lp their piAols and sank back in breathless amaz/.el,ent as Dusenberv marched up to the table at, which the strangers satt. Hfis flashing eves, his heaving breasf, his five feet of towering form reducoed tho spectators to slechlessiess. Even the strangers paused and seemed impressed. "'itlemen," said Dusenhery, diving into his trousers and bringing up an ancient silver watch, "you have wounded the finest feelings of my nature in your remarks about Texas, nid you must re tract them, or-but never mind. I give you ive minutes to retract it. Five minl utes to secure your safo return to home amd friends. Five minutes to avoid a grave upon the lonesome plains. Five iinutes !" An awful silence fell upon the crowd. The lood curdled in the vein of every F'ort 'Worthian present. What. ! had they been treating this fire-eating Terror with seircley veiled contempt ? IHad they been absolutely courting death for years ? But just then one of the strangers re covered his power of speech and said : "Why, straniger, if you feel tliat way about it, of course we'll cut it short. \'e didni't. mean it for you or any of your friends, but was just talking on loose like." And with that they all four got up and slink out, their six-shooters tlopping feI,l' a.iii:st their hips, and Iheir spin' I" oking drooped and weedy as they went. With the closing of the door. Dise'bury's eve rec led in its socket. The exeitemit which hr:id thus far held hin up give way, and he coll:psed, a fll,bby little heap Il.on thi' tlcor. The nasst'mbled citize-:!t en'wilthd rotuld him, eagr to oiler ittteiti,m to the hero of tlhe hour, aiii at la he w s r.-habilitatced sutlici ently to adi(ii1t of li., being sent hionw in cirligi' t a sp'ecii, il nd confident ial iond. I , ,i w:c'. , mily b,oy, yout took us aill by,- suirpri'se. \': never thouight yoiu were a fi:i;h .' " Didni't y.ui?" '"No. Why, don't you know those are four of the worst. ne; in the cat b u,nsi ness? And we expected everv mlintite to see them go to shooting. Wr ie you armed ?" "Well, I had a pistol for show, lt [ (iton't 1believ'e it wais 10:'a1d<d, aid 1 counldni't have lined it, anyhiow." "G-nt hecavents, m1:11i, supphi io they hiad refused to retiet, wlmit on tarth would you have done ?'" D is usenktry stop ped , loo ked all around to se' if anly onme wlere Ipa;ssing, p uilhed his fr'ienid's ear closeo downi to his l ips, and whisperetd ''J'd Ihave extended ft time.",'-Nw Sillver-Gr'ay I'oxes. A comimtlietn in fte Rutland (Vt.) Hera/d says: " In a ireci'nt Iissue T noticeo that hia.s lately bieen killed ini thti: 'iin-. ity. 1t. is a genieral htilie'f that this fox is a distinct spees fromii thei rid fitx, lmt th is belitef is witong. 'TIhe silver-gray or black fox btelonigs to the oi'dinai'y it'd ftx family, aii1 its coilor is siinly a' freak (if niatur'e, whliich, hiowov< r, liceur s nit>ro' frt'quently ini wooidid distiits thain ini te se'ttledi portionts oif the counti'y.I have oftin beeii inftormedt' by Nor'thierni tr'apper's tha:t wherei' t' <hun ori shie-foix waus sil ver-giray or b~ lck i'l t'' ii-rofpig kno wn abu11t one instance whelare miiore thian one silvor-gray foix has b een foliii among a lit ter of younig foxes. Onie itf thema wa's pr'esentted tot me by the tiap tel' whoe f tui it. I si 'lt this fox toi a reiltativ'e of miniio in Sheblonih, whlee r'emaiinetd until two years of age and was (oie of the motst bteautifiul aitnimals I evier sawv. lle' was afttriwarud ptur'chasi'd bis an an agenit (If Lordi linhgtoni andl if nli' is Wherte'i the~ endts ef the moajtorit y of thli lonig hiris (if this fox art tippedtt with wite it is called ilver'-gray, bu t if thle hirs art tipi'd witlihblaek it. is then iknowni as a 1black foix. I oin't' saw a lot oif several diozen of thI eso sin is thait wei'e if ill ales from tea rly whtito toi je t biltack. Mri i. IX W. (eer, of Shii'loi, iak fox, w'hiebl wast purchatedl biy a ast baistanil, aiid thto nex t gradie iabove', crto:;s foxes." IIe (a rtie'fitlly A tce'rpled. thnet upll' h t ing th pr',fiton, tha t Iatie lue Itmis ofghto me,i'iands nt i~ thi Ia othat myui~ sbthn to tubilthi'' Aition1 SPOTTING THE SPOTTERS. E'e eccret Means by Whlch Rnilread De tectives are Found Out. "The present system of spotting is a prettty clever way of heading off dishon "sty, ' said the reporter to a sleeping car porter who was brushing him. "I pre. me it works like a charm ?" "Oh, ccrt'ily it works like a charm. [hat is, it costs the company thousands Af dollars were it saves the company housands of cents. We just sit still and let theso fellows get on to us-we lo," and the sleek mulatto ohuckled mudibly as ho agan applied the brush to the reportorial overcoat. "Every Bpot ter is known to us the moment he sets his foot upon the platform, and it is sel loin one of the )loodhtounds has an op )ortunity to do Pny spotting. We tun lo to him in a minute, and if any steal ng took placo ordinarily, it would cer ainly stop short whilo the spotter was n sight." "Do the porters stand in with the con luctors ?" "The porter is the dishonest conduc or's best bcwor. If it were not for us he spotter system would be, to some ex ent, a sucecs." "How do you help the conductor ?" "Why, we spot the spotters, so to peak. We have a way of marking ,very mother's son of them, and that is how I know that that man I pointed out to you is a detective. I shined his boots iwhile ago and discovered who he was. I've got. his boots in here nlow, and if you will come in I'll show you one of them and you can easily guess how ] know him to be a spotter." The porter led the way to one of the apartments of the car, and picking up ,no of the boots held the solo upper Most, showing three X's cut on the heel :>f the boot. "That's the way we size 'em up," said the porter with a triumphant smile. ''It was a close call, and if I hadn't shined his boots he might have gone through uolbserved. Of course everything would have been all right, anyway, for my conductor is a square man, but I like to be on to these fellows who pry into our 1mttsiness. ]t's a cold day w'hen they get ahead of the conductors and porters, I can tell you." "Whit do these three X's cut on the heel of the boot mean ?" " Why, that's just the point. It is a private mark by which I recognized the man as a spotter. ie was probably m:trked -ome time ago, and he has been wearing these hoots around just the same, never dreaming that ho was giving iiuself away right along. It could not be plainer if lie wore a star bearing tho word 'spotter.'" " Iow do you find out these men to start, with ?" "That's easy enough. Do you think we have no friendls at all to tell us about ihese tlings? Well, we have, in the company and outside, too. For instance, a spotter gets on at St. Louis, or Chi cago, or Kansas City, or New York. Somebody goes to the conductor and says 'You've got a spotter on board to night, watcl out for him.' A deserip tion is furnished and I go in, and in blacking his boots mark one of the soles with my three X's. That ends his uso futlness a.s a detective until he buys a new pair of boots or shoes. That is one way to get on to them, but there are others. 1 c~Inctor sometimes receives a noto omethiiig like this: 'A spotter will go nut with you to-night. Ito is a tall nan, with sandy moustache and well Iressed. Yours, J---.' The writer is aomcetimes an) cmpI:yee of the company, Znd stands ini with the men. This is not iften the case, bu,t, at anly rate, we don't myae nmueh troule in tumbaling to the letectives. "- Ka nsas C,ity TJimo;c. DRINK OR iWIlT. Anm Anecdlote about Oie Huui. Going down the Mississippi, Ole Bull met onl thle steambo tat a party of half savage men, colonists from the far West. While reading his newspaiper lie was no costed by one of the meni, who had1( been se.nt as at spokesmiani by his comnpanions, with the request that the fidler woul take a dirink with them, offerinig him a whisky flask at the same time. "'I thank you,'' said Ole Bull, "buet I ntever drink whisky." With a eurse the fellow asked him if he was a tee-tot aler. "'No, but whisky is like poisoni to mul.'' "If yucan't drink, conmo anid light then." round himi meant ime, andi they all cried:I "'If you won't drink, you must fight. You look diarni stronig; show us what you are goold forl." ''A. Norsemani ean tight as well as any boIdy whe-n his blood is lip. but I carn't fight w,hien liy blood is col, and wh'y should F ?'' '"You look hike a stronig fellow, anid darn it, y'ou shall light.'' -eeing no( way of eseap)e, Oli Bimll <jtiietly saitd: "'Sinen you insist orii testilig miy stren'igth, iandt there is not reason11 fori tight ing, I will tell yo'u what I will do. f4tt any', toe of you take hold of lao in any way In' likes, iand I'll wang'r thai. in i-lf a minte lie shatll lie on his hack at A h ig fel lo w was chosen, who st-ppead ftrwar and iii graspj ed thet v'iolinistt rouiznd tewaist, buit w as inustantly3 thIirowni over his hetadI by a smildon wvrenich, and lay ~;sns-les on the deek. Ole lhilIl no0w felt huiraself in a very uincomfoIrtabtle poitionit, for lie saw one oif the moan's om ratdtes d raw a lhtowie kniiife, butit was re li-ved when itwa usn;rted only t) tpeni a flask. A gotsd dose of its ctontentsa "'hftw t'ie deire wars I thirownu dlownv hite?'' waiiL anlsweredl by ai slout of laiughtetr fitomi his compaio(ns ini whiich he' himself joinetd. Ho stprang to his feet, antd after vainly try-ing to peorsulade )le Ituill to showu him how h e had thrnuown him, ho saiti: "TIake t his knife hiomna with you; you tigh t d,arn well; you are as quick as ligh t ting I" 'The artist I-:..d of tIhe same fellowu liter as. b'', aog goIne to ani editor to ('all htim to an acctount for an adverse a iti t-ism on hiis playing ready to figt for for "the atronfgest fiddler lhe hiad ever sen. anyhow. SCRAPS OF SCIENCE. (lo o mlNo the cause of Londonfogc It ix -now suggested that they are largely du to the liurn ing of suiphur, 200 tons of this substane being daily burned in h,ondou. Ir las been fo(und necessary to begin tue fornntion of a new c-ntrance to the Muut ('ellis 'TIullel on the French side. .'ho former entrance showed dangerous ';igns of siking. M. Bolcnur"r has foundi that the juice of the fig tree contains a powerful fer mlent, caplable of digesting alltuniuoid matters as they are digested by the juices of the stomach. Tam inquiries of Professor Cohn, of Ireslau, inlicato that sh1ort-slghteduro- 5 is rarely or never born with thosmo sub jeet to it, and that it is ahnost always the result of strains su:3taineld by the eye during study in early youtlh. Tie force exert xi by the discharge of heavy guns i:; something treineiilous. In sole experilien"ts at WO,>lwiCI it was es1t3im1atod that the pressure upon the ba1se of tho gun at the moment of the (txp losion was moro thau sixty tons por stluare inch. M. )ol[u; is stated toliavo introduced the telelioue in colmec"tion with his sc entilic explloratious of the bed of the Bay of Naples. By this means the diver and the boatiuon ove'rh('Id are able to con Imunicate with each other as quickly and intelligently as can he wished. ANo-rur.u scarm is to follow that in re gard to color bliidnc;s. Stivtics have 1bcon pmblished by a learned i leidelberg pressor. to pri"ove that (1nigineers cn railways are peneliarly stibj. t to affee tiolls of tih; air, which Im1iglht conpro nise the safety ( paseng'rs. 1-r is asscrted1 timt it a person exploses himself to tie (elcetrie light for 81111o iine inl a close inspectiuin Of the mine, his han1ds and ehe.kHs will sh"ow- -if lie ho of fair roniilexionl--ltll thce lsimuptolms of "stun1huiirn," ween inl midwinter, and ho will dcvelop freek(le,; on his comntenaneo as iluickl as witeni he goes thut ltupro tcetedl by a sil iimnbrlcla in midsmul Lost Babies. A reporter in a New York paper thi kctelis one of his enc(unters with the little burdin-hIeIaring children who go wandering iii the streets of the great cities. The incident occurred last Sep temcher, biut if Septenhr incidents of the sorrows of poverty out of doors are sad enough, wintil time ad<s anguislh to the tra{ edy: At the foot of the lamp-post at the unhctioni of Park R1ow and Broaldway sat Swanl, desl,indent group. A pale littlo girl, i>t. mor tha(n st-ven, held in her rigged lap a Iththy on wthose pallid brow the :e:l Of dIatlI selieml set. Ju1.st :s the r11p1rtter realchdI timmil at ili(cienan cam1e alon g, waml look inIg shaiply at the group, excihaimied: '"(lit.''ut o' Ilha't !"' "1lold on. litt le one. Otlbcer, you can 'git' youcrelf. \!a:re vou, little girl ?" "he nm' '\ pingr, and i yive in dayi street, 1it-.'" ""rt tok ly v,t " "Yus, ii. Ml mlldeli"'s sick, and I ('[tce t o1er with the hahty amd I've 1ost I tie way.' "I ow did yui " rot s the ferry ?" "I od"d, 'm, :ir." lb r"e tht+ hahytt", ',i'gugl, tlirt'y, begall to cry. 'The lit I1e gir eutldlled it to her I 11 yt ' ic <- ti,I y cg -. "N, sir Now, i> staee ivTrI would stop for th li keii of thin," cil it was rather einuharraics:ic. 'Tc call ai IcoupIc wast ah Surd; soic, hiig thec little child by thie shcould..r-- lot h her- clins were full of baby c-- the reploru tcr tok Itwhr to the cor nier ot lhc-lmum 1tr-ct anI put hier' iln a hohci tail ('ar. Wiu hi t.wc oielihes ini her' pocke~t ndi a iGuacrjcr mi her gip tih' littlei mactr'on abnosc):t sm ii led is she id~ic "good--hy," but her siltk ainc feeblco chiargc enddleid close asci*i- sheW sicept. and oIf they wenit towu-d thin (ity- of (Chucrc'hes. )t thc muillio n ift, mandy, very mancly, aro Marcuy Kpc~ pinugirs. Sick amlc tin to'n bl1e, iimioils and Jicst, they roamn the The Griain Crops of I188g. By~ the latesat figurcing~ of the Agrienl, ( nial ilhireani at WVashingiton it is re poritd th Ile cor1 n ol o f I 882 is pllaced at I1335,000lt,000I) i hushl -s, and the vield of whecat ait 51 ),000lt,0t00 hnuhels. 'These ectini msh ay bcive ncecpted as probabily isct facr fromiu the muiocintsc wich will be sho wn Iby th e otliciali ancd fhbil ret urns, on te reslts ae chig lecuiragig. Conidinlg thce tears wh Iich were freely (xpressed fo tr theIcc cr1 c'rp ini the early partt of last c succmwr it appccearsc fiom the A giriculIt uratl Bure-au'is data to havtxe beCen excepctionacclly goccod. Up to 1871) the caxilinuinn ymiihl of fIndlian corn'l in this tcounitry (which occuiired in thait year) ws 1,517,011,(tt00 hcuslwcl. Last year's -rolp Iby thIe ablvce esciicnait, exc'cedcs thait cf I870t by 87,00t0,(l00L bushtl, iandc faclla ocnly aboccut 2Ic7,(ItH,0001 inic-l the crop) of 18s'-0. It, fully juistille-s the prcediction whuichi the i//c nt/d muadci as ear'ly as A lgcust I that th es;c-liintcc then1 madeIc ocf lwe problcoc yielof the Ilcrop11 wouildi hav'm " co bc revisc-cl ad enlarcuged."' Thoc hctcst oftiil c imiiatc ofl t hat yeiar's wh1Iaat. crc plcs-c it at ablout 80),000,000 bcimbc-ls mor icctcmc tact oh 1878, f0,tt0,Of0t 00 >rc lih,a thcat cf 1879 andi 50,000l,000i ruere ilu t hatit tf 1884). The paust year will, thueref o, hce )ommorable ill the acgric,unroi';l annacls oIf the country as one ccl fruit ful -casoncis, tilhlincg noct only our cowni lacnd butt othecrsc withI food and glad nc'c. Whlile the present wiinter beIgau wmi thI some~ sevo wIc mvi aher in t ho North wemcst t he recen t ccniiclonis have bleen coim pacrat ivcly mciiil over theo coury gcnerallyv, soc t hiat thicrc is niowm 1no un miist a cale nwnn ccce cof a hardc wm inter, suchI is that of l18-0)H8 (ini wmhiich on Decemr bhr 2!) thd terriildecol of fifty-nine decrics bel1 cc 'my rc-o was reg isteredl in) Mon)ltanac) tic marci thiecop Iprospects of the nowmc. yccc;. -'w Y'ork/ IIcrald, .4 Troubled Famiuly. At a mee-t ing of thec Philelphia (Cccunty Mcedicacl Scieity atili num'mwas ex.. hibI ited whouc has- noct nod( nOeer has had teethI, haoir, taste cor smell. l[oreover, hco micro'cscopo; cdeclares that his skini isc abshc,iitcely) wmi tho ult po rc's, 1an oissiiont on thei parit ct Naturec whichi has h itheri.to lbi i ons ccidlredc fatalh. Jut Air. Peter W%c:clincg hi c livced to1 1) forty-eight yeam- cl, hasc- enjoyecd uiiiformn iealth, iccan stA'cr frccm thec lac,k of pores only inc hot) wacit her, when hce Iincds it nceco's. sat y toc ee hi1 s clothin ig c-aoaking wet to) recdco thic t-emperaitur ilo f hisi bdyl. Sfe liy'm- ini the little v'ilicg (of Bismacrch', nceir Ic 11hanon, and is thc father of eight checihie all cif whiom are freo from his p)hical peculhiartities, bairring theO fact that ther'e ic3)t a full set of teeth in thai timily, FOR THE SCRAP BOOK. The First Appenrnnee of tho Notnble i1n. Yentiontr of tlse (outry. Envelopes wero first lled in 1839. Aluestlaia was discovered in 1844. The first steel pen was mna(dt in 1:39. The first air" pump111 was imlade in 1654. Tho first lucifer match was mado in 1798. Mohammed was born at Mecca about 570 Tho first iron steamlship was built in 1830. The first balloon ascent was made in 1798. Coaches were first used in England in 1569. The first steel plate was disc'verte in 1830. The first horso railroad wa bmilt in 182(-27. The Franciscans arrived in Enugland in 1224. '1'he first stcabi,oat plied the l1iIason in 1807. The entire Hebrew 1ile was printed in 1488. Ships were first ' copper bot tt med " in 1783. Gold was first discovered in California im 1848. The first telescope was used in Englaud in 1608. Christianity was introduced into Japan im 1549. The first watches were made at Nuren bturg in 1477. First saw maker's anvil hrough;llt to America in 1819. First almatnae printed by Geo. Von Furlnch inl 1460. The first nowsl)aper a(vertisemeIt a). )eared in 1652. Percussion arms wero used in the U. S. Army in 1830. The first use of a locomotive inl this country was in 1829. Omnibuses were first iitroduce,d in New York inl 1830. Keroseno was first used for lighting purposes in 1826. '1'he first copper celt was coined in New lltven in 1687. The first glass factory in the United 4tates was built in 178'). The first. printing pre-s in the United States was worked in 1620. Glass windows were fir intriduced ill ti) EnIgland in the eighth cetlury-. The first steamt eilgine on thia' conti nent was brousght from Eighald in 1753. The first coinplte ewing muach"inI" we platented by E';lias llttowe, Jr., iin 181;. The first St1ciet y for thlie Pr',tmoUti(n of Christian Kinowledge was or"aniedl i 1698. 'T'he first attempt to maiinufaett:o pins ii this country Wias made soon after t'eo w"ar of 1812. The first prayer book of Elwltn( VI. camllei into use by aihiority of Palrliauenit on Whit Sidaly, 15419. The first temlperalnce society ini this rolu itry was organized in Saratoga Couty, New York, in Mlareb1, 1808. The first coach inl Seo'tn ud was )rought thither in 1561, when Queen Mallrv (u11moo from France. It belonged to A lb:elider Lord St'at.on. The first daily ne wsi,l1mr alw)ari in 1702. 'h e first, newsp1a11-r printed inl thle Unittel States was pln1)ishled il I34toni (.1u 3ep1t. 25, 1790. 'T'le namiifactur" of ponlt1:inl was in. troduced into the 1ln-vil'e (tf llezin, Ja1pall, froln (hi'n in 1.513, and I lezin var still bears (CIhinwse marks. The first so iety fotr the exelusive punr pose of circu1lating the lilhle was iorgal izeid inl 18(5, radu1(r the 1am1e of tho British nd o1'reign Bible Sori t v. 'I'he first telegraphie iil:1t1unn'-ni was sueet 'ssful ly oirtat e'd by S. . I s . a., the inivenitor, inl 1885, thon.'i;h its ut slit -, 1842. Thie first UJion1 thi was uIfuil oni thei 1st of .J:aiary,ii 17;; overi til ':lip it C:unblridgie. 1t bid thiirteen shiip a if w~hiite 33nd( rid, aind r'etniinel th t' un;i ih the ntives wereu iusing~ na,ils if wood' 1i onei, shwll, Itial sftonii. Wh'enii tiey 14. . 00ronin:uls they funiuiidu tlwm to 1 be",ats of somen very )intrd wood, mal die i iros securmliig uc(h aL valuih! counittlii 'lity, How Somne Womuenl Sleep. "'TIow do you sleep ?"' asked thle doc tor oif miy fri<end. tein hiours; w'ithou-t a 'hr :an; butl wheni I awaktho I hmve at dn-fn!i h'~ Iwa la'ht." I had seen this prit tir,t 'f ]itg*iablo nests, mnit [ (hipp'edi in uit h at d.erip t.ionh of it.. Nothbin) cidt 1h> wronig iabout thio vial Iihaitin, Iil d a ' Ira, fo'r t he iarv.ed oli ove Ii li iI riosew-iool;] th hair and r',t''l on sprin;.; the linen waIs of the wh,itlt d t M; ft hmk:a is Wile a gift froii 'Kin iuni, whireu the sotest aon Ilt ou 1 'Ift a ie n uiThe reco llecion of1wii the dw pul''ilw st tew' me nt rapituros pri' inf the miirise ''ilk of ' whit their yoe;it wre l , "'Ifl onty' el"l ithraut a,'l T dictor "yoare not' wiLltigl a fash iltbh let, asoihli, ''in t hi wo(h u lly beaun lltifli ("Yes, oly yioish nla'iy morig."H1 i. "here wasi thou osle?"so h.i ) "Ifat ml lowi. Ohi m i, til; it wa muler'iii (fthe lankelt" .~tra "Tr' covtr my' hem annhnn fit int abed,''p :e('hiei sto hi o all~' n iit" i lsis5 "Pr'obabl t h ~ata'i fh tut , mll iour ieig rtei hours iveryiight. ivtop it.' this s ater an barrsiniga ofo a shop-i