The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, May 10, 1883, Image 1
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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