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~ml % a e on, ,. nI ai AUTOBIOGRAPHY. ) Y PLORENCE E DIAMON>. i ',..j 1. CHAPTER XIL - -. will not weary the reader with minute &etails of my establishment at Caledon 8eights, suffice it that in loss than three months after Miss Armund's death I found myself fnstalled as mistress there, though I could hardly make mysolf boliove it, and it was long before I could make myself at home in the grand old house whose rooms I had once stolen through like a thief. I then turned my attention to the Barrotts and Claytons. They had at first attempted to dispute my claim, but unable to do so they had vacated the Heights, refusing, how e r, to speak or recognize me in any way xoept Bertie Clayton, who came to visit ainio6emed really pleased at my rein station. Ho bogged me earnestly, however, to go and see if anything could be done for Irving Barrett; ho was a wild, reckless fol low, Bert declared, yet he was his brotbor and it drove him wild to think of his dis grace. I promised to do what I could, but I feared it would be little. I will confess that at first my hatred of Irving Barrett and my remembrance of his unkind treatment of me for awhile hardened my heart and made me half decide not to keep my promise to Bert, especially when I remembered the blow ho had given mo and the scar I still carried of it on my temple. But I renem bored the words: "Except ye forgive ye can not be forgiven," and I relented. Irma, too, excited my sympathy. Bort declared she was wearing herself to a shadow griev ing over her brother's misfortune and re fusing to go out and seo any one. I felt for the girl after all-proud and haughty as she was. This was a terrible blow to her. I en gaged tho services of the best criminal law yer in t.ho"Stato to defend Irving, and with the influence of Mr. )udloy, Mr. Leiberg and other rich and influential mnCU whoso favor I secured, and by a most liberal sup ply of money I managed to secure Irving's acquittal. Whether he really felt the extravagant expressions of gratitudo ho expressed I can not toll. But that he was exceedingly glad to escape from the predicaments in to which ho had gotten himself I am certain. I then proceeded to offer the liarretts the amount of the legacy provided for them in my father's will. Irving took his share eagerly, and scon after left for the Vest. But Irma utterly refused to touch a cent of r - / . ;" II ) "YOU nAvN tnnn M.' the money I offered her. I went to see her, anxloua to conciliate her if possible. I touna er ll'\ng with her -parents in a rather small but comfortablo houo in t street. I w:.A ushered into the parlor where Irma sat, her hanids foldedl listlessly on her lap, her goildeni hair hianginig in caro less disorder about her face and neck. She greeted moe coldly, yet with a cdreanmy sort o,f absent -mindednmess thait miado mae tinkml her thoughts were far away. "I1 havo come, I rma,'" I said, "'to endeavor to be friends with you. Let the past be past; we can not alter it. I know thatV you have beeni brought up to thinmk yourself an heiress. Irmia, people hav'e honored and flattered y'ou bcause you haid wvealt hi, and it is, of course4, a great trial to yeou 1to .tnd that such is not thle caso. Yet, I aim not to blmen for this.- Hurely you should feel no enmity aiginist, m1 for claiiminig (only3 what is my just right. Wo have not, been to blam,ne irma, you or I, for the wicked scheme. I.et us be Iriends. I helped your brot her, let me help you. Aly fat her left you a legacy of live thousand. 1'leaso neceptl it, and I wvill aidl youi in anyI other way 1 can, also. Irma (lid noti answer mo1 at, iirst. 11cr faco showed noe emlot.ion util I hade Iiniishmed speaklinIg. Thien she arose, lier featuires working convulsively, and came~ and stood be fore us. "1 (d0 not want your bount y, 1)oreas C'al (d01,'' she almost hissed bet.ween her shut teeth. "Yous have wroniged me h)evond1( re pair. Monmey, I do not car0 for t hat , but you "HAva rf\v .om o, ocs have robbed moi of the love of t lie man11 1 lovo aind have alwvays loved. 11 is 1or and eiic s teem I valued teni times imor'e than1 thme (Cal eden estate, and you havo robbed mno of both." She p)ausedl with a dry~ sob,h,buit. went on in a moment. "You (oifer mie friendship, as if all the friendshlip in the worb old com111(01 pensato me for 1my3 love. I (do niot wanit you1r friendship or your mbney, for siooner ihan11 -touch a cent of it I wvould1 starve in the street. You are mistress of Caledon now. Oliver D)udley is your devoted slav'e. May you be ver'y happy." She paused. I knew no t what to say3. Heir wild, impassioned wo1rds showed nio thle depth of her passionate, willfl atu 11lre, and1( her bold( amlsion to Ol)iver D udley mado(1 my1 cheek crimson, yet my heart swelled with pity for lher. Once more I end(ealvoredl to comfort her. ''You speak wildly, Irma,'' I said. "Mr. Dudley is nothing to 11e except a friend.'' I blushed the neoxt inlstant, t hough, re mnemberinig that I dlid regardl him ini a dif forent light., though that lhe had aught ex cept a friendly feolinig for inc remnainmed to be seen. "And you refuse miy offer of friendship, Miss Barrett," I said, rising. She bowed her head. "You are wrong, fearfully wrong," I cried. "Believe me, Oliver D)udley is only a friend to me." She raised her eyes, hard and stony, to mine. Never shall I forget their cold, hope lecs look. "You waste your words, Miss Caledon," was all she said, and I walked away, leav ing her, as I had found her, sitting Idly by ?4Idow, her Waren hands folded in her lefrauding a helpless orphan, Irma would o-day have bon a happy girl, and we A hould have been as dear sistors to fether." "I had been at Caledon Heights a year rhen Mr. Dudley, returning from tho e orth where he had boen attending the tettling of his father's estate, made me a ormal offer of his hand and heart. "I iavo always luved you, Dorcas," ho ;aid. You are the one woman in the world I would choose for my wife. Without your love I am miserable, indeod. Surely you will not send me away, 1)orcas. Only give fo the stallest sharo of your love and I shall be content." It is needless to record my answer. Suf- c flco to say that Mr. Dudley did not leave, and that ho confessed the share I granted him of my love proved quite sufilcient. We were married quietly, only the dear n friends I had known in tho years of my ad versity being present. Among these wore let"tio Clayton, whoso congratulations wore as warm and hearty as one would wish. My honored rgrandparents, in whose good graces I am happy to say I at once found myself, immediately took up their residence at the lleightit at my earnest solic itation. Also.my dear adopted mother be cano an inmate of my home, for I could not bear to be separated from tier who had been to me nloth('r, friend tiand sister in the 1 timo when friendly hands were rare. A few words more, and 1 will close. Irma Barrett ever refused stiubbornly to aecept I my fritnship or my love; she married a1 wealthy piniter in after years, but I fear was never hiappy or coatented. Irving profitel by the lesson taught. him, for there is to-day no more upright or hotnest man or one moro respreted i t(l((inh coinnmity in which he lives. Itert1 ('laylon is a talented young lawyer aud lov(i by all Who know him. ?iIr. and Mirs. ('layton ae hot I sleep ing qluiety itt I(ose 1ill ('rnuotery ntd have b een for inany ya is. Near Itir graves is that of Atgnos A rntiund ; let us hop after life's lit ful fever tlwir sleep is sweet. to ci this short, and sintplc atory of my life. After till the dark1 tout1s were sWIept ttway ane1(1 the strt shote brighter thul ever, tlieII is otly one regret, one sor row over which I tan never fedl (uito ree onciled, that is that ny dear hiind, father's (lying twish tid prayer for ono tore sight ot his chit cottl sot, have been grnttetd. Ittt after atll whtatt ut ters it I Will thero not be sufllh"ietit tit' ini till eternity, whno we shall ituet to cotipetsato for all tho little trials here. And so, dear reader, ends the story of Dorcas Caledon, the last heiress of Calc<lon heights. r1tE ENn.] Not at ]iomno to 111m. . tuabbs (hard-headed proser, to Gush, ro mantie. young loet) - t,pos you vwork reg'- c lar h(ours on your po'try \tus\nnan, dot't ye, (lush I rn(o right %own to %t., undx grin't tt your grist, every dty. (iotht Wpeo you hey motney rollin in front the tiagazine edi tors by every mailf lush-- HIt, no; I write for no mor cenary rewartd. I tetderly woo the 1itnusc, an<d speak only when the spirit, itoves. I place mynself on the tripod and wait, the divino iulluence of tlhe gotless. A poetio soul, may good M1r. St ttbs, catn not e'n tine lbilf-tt+a ittvislh systetu of rout in e. I work sitinply whten the fit Is ot tie. A muan can never write gomi poot ry ultlss he is ini the fullest, cotnntuition with his own soul. Aa cordingly, when my inspiration fails, I d cept Wait Whititan's advice, and 'loaf and invite mty musc.' Gtubbs (who has tried to red. his poetry) -II'm. Guess she don't accept your invi tation very often, bigosh - -- . 'he Ifonr Anendriet. ''he llous' of 1 eptresentatives wisely re fuse"d to ado(pt the I loar' resolution nnmend1 int' the Constitutiont s(o1as to mraklethe precs Idential atnd tlie co.ngre.ssionl . terms btegini ont thIe 30thtl of April. uha change woul only' aggravate the evils tof It sht, session, which arte dute to Ithe fact tit (h>nitgre~ss continues to sit, after thle elction~ ts ii to ttex I Co ngress have beoen bteli. iTtese evils winil lie increased'( by mainitg te secotnt 5Cessin loinger thanit it nttw is. ''The Congrtess wvlh'lt wtillibe (elected ini Ih-oeinbeir, 1889l, anid shtitihi tete heO a pr'esentt Ii lttse oft liepr'esettive4, which was oiseit int I sst. It is itst iinpi tantfil (I'titgrtess shoul tttctt ats soont afltr its ('letion ai s poi ssibI le, thte liou(se whit-h was ireturtt at the i We bteliteve ithat this is lth' only (Govetrn meoti itt ithe witrhi whore a i hegis:lttre hithttls ai sessitont afte th Ile election oifit its sute 'esso r. Int the Statles lt. nt'eshitt itres mee'tt soon1 after elect ion int i Newt Yotrk lihe ol I,eg islatitre ('onit inu es to exi st. un til Ih ltieetl ig siOtn, ntti tenn it do sit tunless the Goiverisor Mr. Clin t fitrntishI tho trute sotluttin oif t his iltliculy. They ' tadk I thecontgressiionatl intg Ithe eliecition,t IfII ithpestidentItial termii wete to b1 egini on the' 141I 0tth of t nex.\t A prti lie artraii 'inet woitt ho tittitep<rifect. In Ilinit cise, if itr if there wetr' dIisptels as lto telttns, the itite ttotught lto providt foir the etnt-rgenty. It is oblvittus thait itf tr. Cnr~iit's resohltins gr.'ssiotnal tetrtn shtoubl ntot begini at the samie titite. For,' if there is tno choticet ini theo Ilhect orat (ol lece, (Conigress muist have ant oppurtuntiity toi ttke the elettionit, :titi itt anty evenI ttii toun thIe votes tand ti'cire tlte tesutlt.- New York Star. A St rnng m i~, lil Aitnmai ini ' New Jriey. Onte of the motslt hideouts-liiiokinig iin ials ever' sen lat this lur t ofthe (outry is itt vtili,iN O, it iwo lie charge 'o tstbleis are ttmd(er Itie jaw's, aind thle tngute pro. tratdes friomi the|mintthi. 'The top of thle heaid is perfectly rouiI, til tiI he tail is aboutt ais ltong tas thait of a NewIVftoudlandd dog. IDriseroll says heo was otferedl $1,I00t0t for te calf biy ta liwery ituiseuim keeipter. I,enjimt to it:M Detath. At ium;', Febhruatry 22. -(horge Powers, tif Pot Mn,Ae., a guest at Ite lI ighbo,ul IPartk Hoittel, jiinpe< fronm a foutrthI story windiow oif the hutcl abutt ti :t0 ti''clc list ntightt, duringiu a fit of temnporatry insatnity, utii diedi fromn the eli ('Is of thte'fall within hatlf taniit~ hou fter'ward. rThe onlhy oIlher oi'tupatnt of his roomli iat Ithe time was his ttturse, 3I1r. FItlis. Thle htribl te fall w as birotken 1by Ite iazza rioof. and fromtt thit e lie fell lt Ithe groundtt. Anii iiist wals btehl td at nIa a vt-idiot that th le de'(ceased ir. Sitnttiter Salter, wht wenit to Atlianta severlnthtths iagio, tii wats recived withI Ooen aurms by thle imutsic loivinig petople of Atlainta, hats Statedt't i up<iite ai senstion by the dilscove'ry of the fact that lie hats ta tItus of colored peoiple to whott Ite is tetcieng ri muisic tat (one of lhe negro chturiches of that city. Prof. Salter Is the orgatnist of thte 4 syntagoguie, also of thle First Methodist Churieb, whIte hits wife is a mtettber otf the rhoir. Th'lere Is somte talk otn the streets of 'tsking him to resign his positioni as organidst [it the Methodist Churcheh. Prof. Stilter akes the grotund that his professioni Is that f a miusie teacher, and( that,hie tils as much(1 right to teach both.1 races separately, as5 a ilhysiciatn has to vIsit tihe aick of any race whio pay him for his services. A cheerful friend Is like a suniny day, ai Ahioh ahcns is brIhtessa nnt alt aond, a 'I/LED WITH A VHRISTITIAN!" Fourteep.Year.Old Hebrew Maiden Elopes with a lenUe. About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a irriage drove up to the residence of Rev.* T. C. Lindsay. A couple alighted and, itering the house, requested the divine to e the golden knot that should make the rain one fleh. They were made man ad wife, and the marriage certificate bore ie names of Camille Peixotto and Win. . McCartha. Ordinarily there is no romance or excite ient attaching to such an affair, but the ircu.mstances of this union are such as to lake it of more than usual interest. It was an alliance of Jewess and Gentile, ontracted without the knowledge and gainst the wishes of the former's parents. Ir. McCartha is a native of Alabama and as been in this city for the last eight aonths, and lately has been teaching school t Spring Hill, Lexington county. H is bout 26 years of age. The youthful bride s a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Peix tto, and has not reached her fifteenth ear. The couple had been enamored of ach other for some time, and despite pa ental opposition, had plighted their troth. About (lark yesterday evening a note rom the bride conveyed to her astonished tarent the news of the marriage They vere very much shocked, and the father mmediatuly went in cluest of the clopers, it they had left by the afternoon train for pring Ilill.-Colutmbia )aily lecord. The Cort at ttmiter. SurtriEu, Feb. 22.-In consequence of oday being Washintgton's Ilirthday, ite Uourt of Sessions adjourned last night to aeet tomorrow mourning. The grand jury brought in yesterday the following true bills: I)avid 11. llowen, ma icius mischief; I)avit 11. Bowin, Benj. It. Bowen, John E. Ilowen and Belfast llowen, burglary and larceny; Chatles willians, assault and battery wlih intent to kill; Sanitel acriven, robbery antd lar seny; A(ddison Wilson, burglary tit lar :eny; I'cyton G. 1lowman and Walter I. lirly, nurder; John R. Keels and Kin -hcon Pennington, murder; Joln 1{. Keels, issault and battery with intent to kill, ssault and battery of a high and aggra rated natire, and carrying concealed weap mns; Walter I. lIarby, carrying concealed veapons; I'oyton (1. Bowman, carrying :oncealed( wcapons; Walter I. liarby, as atlt antd battery with intent to kill, as ault and battery of a high and aggravated ature, and carrying concealed weapons; 'eyton (. llownian, assault and battery of high an(1 augravated natiure, assault and attery with intent to kill, and carrying oncealed weapons; P'evtotn U. BOwmaiin ud \Wnlter I. Itarby, saine. The Court has appointedi Monday next, 1the WIth instant, to hear the trial of Pey ton (1. Bowman ant Walter 1. larhy for murder. 'he trial of K eels and Penning ton vill follow directly upon it. NO11y lia lein at for hearing the otlher cases coi ne(tedl wit ii the liaynesworth shooting alfair. 'F ie gand jry yesterday returned "no bill" against .lohn 1lowtia, chiarged with carrying co nccalel weapons.--Special to News anid Cnurier. St wt rt";u, l"eb. 21. --'i'lie cases against P'cyton U. l;owattn an11d \Valer I. llarby, charged with iiassault and battery with in tent to kill, and nggravated assault antid b:ittery, wet e enlled I his afternoon. The defemdit were in court, represented by Mcesrs. Moises & Lee. This case is that of the second Bilishopville shooting, in which (1. N. Barrett was wounded by P'eyton (1. I,kmvan1111. When the case was cal1(d, e t l tIon. Marion Moise made a tao lion ott behalf of the defence to have the 'tse leferredi until a later day, on the ,round1 that counsel engaged in the case was absent, and, further, that the defend anlts we e to bte tried on Mondlay for their lives, and it wvouldi be unjust to thienm to harass thIem with lighter charges before the min charge was heard. Mr. Molse was ably seondedl by Mr. Ri. D). Lee int ar giing tIhe miotin for a postponement. Solicitor (Gilland and( Attorney General Eairle replied for the State, urging an im 'he C' ort deccidedl that it. wotild grant a pos5t llonieent of the case, as the defend ants Imdt (only three days left itn which to preipare for trial oni the charge (of murder, antd it dlid not ptropose to alloiw their tinme to beC t inmbered by thir havintg to stand itr1ii iuring thle thr ee (lays oin Iiliter inirg s. 'The (Court, however, dlid not lieny thle right of thle St ate tI dleiiiand a ial ot thle case Ibefore t he tmurder ease wa eardtitI, aiid theme is a possibility that h le east' nmy be heard on Monday before h le mou d er case is taIled. TIhe case against Ilienrmy D ennih for larceny from the SoothI rn l'xpress CJomplany was taken uip late hiis alfteroon.l 'The New Fishiery Treaty. T[li' new fishiery) treaty between the l'nit ed States and Canada, sent to the knaite 'Tuesdlay,, together with the Presi lent's mlesSage accomlpaniying the same, make1(4s 41 abot ti,t)00t words. This treaty w'hichel replaces that (If October 2th, 1818, petrimits thle free ntavigation of the straits of :lanSo by) fishinig vessels of the Un iite'd Stat es, allows United States vessels to enter (Camtuiliaii ports for bait acali repairs withot liv~ing tt formally enlter or clear wh'len heatving;' fisinIig vessels of Canada and1( New I aindbd 111 slim I ('njiy in thle wvaters of thle 'iitill Staitts till thle pri vilegrs thatt Uniited Sl ate 5ve ssels aie aillo)wted it thle wateis otf anadait and New Fouttndland; Uitted Sttates fishinig vessels shitll display oflicial nm hters consi'piciouisly otn the btow~; pentalties fitr fishinig in the prescribedl litmits whieb ar e given are three dol11lars for eyery toil of eslso otfending. Various other nmior dletaiils are aigreedl upont. Thle Pr'iesitdett '4tideili;s thle t reaity stiisfactory, ur ges its ratiieation by the Senate timd stiys: "The trleity iow soubitited to youi hats illeni ftrtamted in a spir it of liberal equtity antd re eipro(al beiteli ts, fit the ctonivielt i tat mutt toil audvanitage tindt 'ontveniience arce lie tilly permanitent fotundation oIf peace anid friendshtip between Sttates, anid that withI I lie ad(otiont of thle agreemnti no0w placedl before thle Senate, a beneficial atnd satis factory intercouirse betwveen the cotunitries wt ill bte e'stabllishetd so as to scr epta peace til,d hiarmonty." scr er)~a 'The "iRebet" latitle Flag. The r-eply tf thle Secretary (of War to the "bat the tIgs resoltion"' is presented. It makiles necarfy one huniidred ptages tf large mianuscript ~. Th'fe ansawer give's the history f.atll ('itutred hlags fromt thle timtie otf the Miex icani wair, antd a list otf thle flags retturnedi to N ortitern regimtenits in caises where their (oss wais iiot, tdisgrta-eful in ehiaracter'. The fullI list olf all thle flags catptuiired is giveni, wvith Itall thte ciorr-espondence (on thei sitblject. It says t wvent.y two C ontfederate flaigs and we-two 'Union fliigs w'ere returnietd by forimer idmist iitrat ins, ahll, hiowe'ver, given 't Nt thiern States, thle Cotnfederate ihigs sinig sent toI Unaiton re'gimients which cttp tured I iem.l None oif thle (tatfetderate flags myve at iiny tinme hbeen returnmed to te soutthiern States. No fltags. it s'tys, have >eent returntied bty tis admttinistrat ion. It leinies thait there is any law~ requiting thiemt o bte kept otn exhilbition, butt saiys a law of hant nature was pas8sed iii 1814i, relating to lags catuttred itn prior 'virs, has been re tlel ill part, andi does niot tapply to thte jonfederate flags. It also denitea thtat thte lags love been removed from thte depart nentt or "contceatled from the puici," as .Ileged hn the resolution. A hong list of lags now oin hiand is also given. Thle Medical Society of New York State 1st ycar huntted dIown eighty-five illegal ted ial practitiotners, who were hitmbug ing ignorant people outt of their money. 'en of the swindlers were sent to prison, nd from the othter seventy five fines mount.ing to $6,000 were collected. THB IIATH)gNS BLUBHED 1s They Feadtd Their Kyer Upon Wasaigton - odety Women. A Washington dispatch says at the Chi aes3 ball last night the (Jorean Legation was present in court costume, and its mem bers moved about through the big parlors Df Senator Stewart's aco with their big black sugar loaf hats held on to their cur ously shaped heads by a string of long glass beads of different colors which ran around under their yellow chins. Their almond. eyes curiously watched the beautiful bare neeks and shoulders of the fair ladies pres ent, and the Corean Minister says the women of this country, as they appear at evening receptions, look as thoug,h they grew up out of their clothes. The (oreans first appeared at a White House reception --it was in the jam of last week-their lemon colored cheeks blushed to a decided t orange .hue, and the leading members of the Legation came up to Dr. Allen, their American Secretary, and asked him if he really thought it would be etiquette for them to look at these women. Allen told c them to feast their eyes, and the indica tions at the ball last night showed that r they were following his suggestion with a vengeance. In the mean time the young girls at Washington, at least some of them, secteel to enjoy the admiration of these Cyrei.n nobles, and they hung around them at this ball like the beautiful nymphs about the ugliest satyr. A lirnal HuNband (Conulitted to JaIl. On Tuesday last, Mr. t. 1). Barrier, of Mount Pleasant., N. C., in response to a message from his sister, Mrs. B. F. Welsh, swore out a peace warrant, at her request., against B. F. Welsh, and the matter came up at OnCe for a hearing before Trial Jus tire 13. .1. Witherspoon, Mrs. B. F. Welsh, his wife, John It. Wel:;'r, his father and Mrs. Ilarriet Welsh, his mother, all appeared as witnesses against the defend ant. The testimony was such a narrative of brutality and cruelty on the part. of B. F. Welsh to his wife as to arouse the hot indignation of the many spectators who had gone into Court to hear the proecedings. If it had not been for the long and pa tient endurance of his noble wife, who has, for so long a time, sought to hide her troubles from the public, the savage hus band would long ago have been incarcerated to prevent his outrages. On Tuesday, however, her patience was exhausted and the story of her wrongs was told. We venture to say that a more shocking history of cruel and brtal Ireatmrent by a Ii usband to a wife has rarely, if ever, been tolhl in a court before. The testimony clych ped that lie had cursed her, kicked and beaten her, leaving his marks and bruises on her body, that he had pursued her wit h1 sticks, on one occasion with a butcher knife, pre sented pistols at her headi threatening to blow her brains out, pursuing her from her home to her nother-in-laws in the dead hours of the xight where she fled for pro tection. 'l'h Trial ,lustlce, after hearing the tes timilony, was so inpressed with the gravity of tle ch:rges against. the lefendant andh the lanrger that his wife was in, that he re luirecl a bondl in the sun of $5,000 to keep the peace. lie was committed to jail in default of bail.-Lancaster Ledger. 1'ncertain MaladieN. There are at least a thousand doctors in the United States who wish they had the Crown Prince for a patient. This is not becatuse they think they could cure him, nor for the sake of the money they could make out of the royal patietnt, but they honestly believe they could give that myg terious malady a namre. For the past five or six months )r. Mackenzie has been in constant attendalnce upon the patient. lIe has poulticed the larynx and bled it and leached it, and, at last, he has cut a hole in the windpipe and putt a tubhe for the breath to pass through; and now, after all this fuss, lie comestC out and says he (does not knowv whether it is a case of perichrondites or cantert. if an ordinary mtan had a doctor of this kind the pat,ient would be excutsedl for kicking himt downt the fronit steps andl tell ing him.to hand in his bill at once. People are biegining to dlcuibt if thte so-called '"emtinenit" physicians, the men with big watchchains and fline turntouts, the men who make short calls and pt in long bills, know anything. If they do, It is time they showed it. The cases of President Glartiehi and1( Gheneral Griant are still fresh int the umindls of all. T1here were fromt live to a dhozen of thme best (doctors int the coutn try' in constant attendlance iupon Garfield, yet theiy knew next to nothing about the locationi of that fatal bullet unmtil he (lied. If skillful phlysicians are as ignorantt as those who attend(edl Presidhent Gartield and those who tnow have charge of the Crown Prince, the average man will prVefer those who charge less and know more. It is about time thte (lays of eminent ineilleiency were ended.-Boston Globe. Ttm.: Naiw Yon(h TluM-s publishes a five columitn history of the various trusts no0w kntownt to be operaititng. At the head of the list stands the sugar truist, thle value of its "plants'' being $1h5,000t,000t, capitalized at $60,000,000. Thle stock actually sells at 80), making $'18.000t,000 the actual basis for dlividends-so that the increase in value, abuove the worth of the pi operty, is $331, Ot0,t)00. Tlen firms own the controlling interest int the con(erti. The ('astor oil trutst is next ott the list. It has raisedl the price tfromn t0 cents to $1. 24, hut is not a very extensive atfair so far ats cap)ital is coneerm ed1. School slates are "'trusted" and have advanced 17A pter cent. in price. Linseedi oil has advainced itn price front 38 cents per gallon ini 1887 to 561 cents now. The capital of t his trust is $11 ,000,00t0. 'Tibc steel rail trust forced tip prices from $27 to $40( p)er ton, but have been unable to keel) theta there, and are now accepting $31.50. Ai.drew Carnegie is saidh to have miadle $5,000 a day for 800 days while the p)rice was upt. Thle iroii ore trusts is a hbig affair, btut f)iures seem iliicult to get con cerning its operattions. It sents p)retty certain, however,-that the builk of the best ore lands of the country are it the hantds of the syntdicate. The Bessemer steel trust, the pl1ow trust and the thresher trust, are dhoinig well, but figures are lacking. 'rThe steel and iron beam trust is said to be get. ting $73.92 a ton for what costs it $20) a tont to make. rlThe nail triust is too recntly formed to permit of figures being given, bitt p)rices have already advanced. The wroughtt iron pipe trust has put prices up 23 per centt. aiid put watges diown 10 per cent. The iron nut trust was formied on July 20), antd is a quiet, bitt lucrative com hiniation. Th'le stonie trust is yet in its in. fancey, buit with immense pib1ilities5. Th'le )ipaper bag trmst hats $2,0040,000) (apital. There is a trust of hontey p)roduicers being formed-not. of bees, but the owvners of bees. '1The oil cloth I rust is said to have aidvanced p)rics (15 per cent. TLhie 'I'7mes points to the fact that nearly all the pro. ducts thtus conttr-o.ed biy trusts are protect edl by heavy cusitomis dties. RHtE KNICtI 'TE (CRii'. Thiey stoodi a moment at the gate, A mtaidenu fair, was she, A Junnior lie, and there, !'ughi late, They talked fraternally. "'And so yoit think that no onte knows, So strong thte tics are bounid, And that the members ne'er disclose TIhe secrets deep, pirofoundl. 'Learn your mistake," sIte laughing cried; "I know the grip of each, "'I thtink," the Jiitior slow rep)lied, "'There's one that I could teach. "'Tbc Sigma Phi it is."' he said; Anid yielding then, at last, That lie shoul teach it her, lie caught And hold her fair form fast. She pouted, lushted, and smiling said, When shte to earth did slip, "I think 'twas very mean of you, . at But thn-I know the grin,"a BW.A-BBAO. TUU D1IFlLBCR.E I have observed that if by chance, On some elite occasion, A swell doth on a lad 's train Make damaging invasion, The etiquette-of time and place The lady's rage will scatter, And with a smile she'll say, "Good, sir, It isn't any matter." But should her lord make that misstep In going to their carriage, As like as not she'd season the Amenities of marriage With, "There, you horrid, clumsy lout! Was ever such vexation? Some (lay those hoofs of yours will rip The earth from its foundation." To rule oneself is in reality the greatest riumph. Trifles make perfection, and perfection no trifle. Friendship gives no privilege to make urselves disagreeable. Zll men are not homeless, but some men re home less than others. Pulling the wool over people's eyes elling mutton for spring lamb. A contemporary calls a sleeping car 'that m-)dern masterpiece of misery." Woman exacts love from man as a duty, nit confers it on him as a favor. A general advance agent-The pawn )roker. Clocks are awfully dissipated; they keep all kinds of hours. It is not hard to get a woman to tell her age. The dilliculty is in getting her to tell he truth about it. ''there are no counterfeits in our cloth ug," advertises a (lealer. )oes he refuse o sell to dhdes?" The policemen of the country say they will make no reduction in their clubbing rates to arnarchists. It is generally the idle who complain hey cannot Ilfd time to do( that which they fancy they wish. If we are ever in (loubt what to do, it, is 1 goo(l rule to ask otlrselves what we shall wish on tle morrow that we had done. People in this world almost always have ideals, and they are generally strenuous tbout having other people live up to them. lie was fond of singing revival hymns, inl his wife named the baby Fort, so that bIe wouhl want to hold it. Much as worthy friends (1(1 to the hap piness an1 value of life, we must in the main depend on ourselves, adi ( every one is bis own best friend or worst enemy. A man who had grown rich selling hamns built a country seat, but hla( sonC difliculty in finding a name to suit. A friend sug ested that lie call it the All-ham-bra. 'l'h theory that corsets cause consump tion is slightly disturbed by the discovery that there are more deaths from consump t\on among men than among women. Look out for the man who is always sus piciou's of everybody else's motives. The chances are that he has some motives him self. "I charged a battery myself once," ex claimed an ex-sutler. ''You did,'' replied an old artilleryman who knew him. ''You charged our battery fifty cents a drink for whiskey!" Keep your combs and brushes sweet and clean. Wash them in tepid water con taining a few drops of amnonie. Place the brushes bristles down to dry, and del eate celluloid han(lles will not be injured. Very little pure cinnamon is put upon the market in this country. True cinna mnuu comies from Ceylon, and costs one dollar a pound-. Cassa, the outside bark, costs one tenth as much, and is the article wec use. ''All minkind are happier for having been happy," says a pihilosopher; but he dloesn't want to argue the p)rop)osition wvith a man who enjoyed eating a platterful of lobster salad and( two-thirdls of ai mice life the night before just before he went to bed. Wife-The question, "How to get rid of the surplus?'' is an impiortant one in politi cal economy, Is it. not, John? IIusband Yes, may dear; but the (juestionl in private economiy, '"Ilow to obtain a surplus 'to get rid of," is of the grcate-r imiportance. '[le barber's pole used to replresent ani arm with blood strecaming dlown, as5 bar1 bers of tihe oldlen times were also surgeons. There is a qfuestioni as to the origin of the blue stripes, hut is suipposed to have taken from the patient's counltenanco wheni the (doctor's lill clame in. ('~of our Western exchanges says that a p)ractical revivalist' requiestedl all his coni gregation who paid their debts to rise. The risi.ng was general. After they had taken their seaits a call was made for those who dlidn't pay their debts, and one solitary in t'ividuanl arose, who explained that, lie wvas the editor, and1( could niot becauise the rest of the congregation were owing him their Blibseri ptionis, Theuu Uses of higla IAc'ens. Sonme of theC results of high liecnse are is followvs: Illinois, wvith a tax of $500, has reduced saloolns one-third, and more than six-fol multipliedl revenue from those that remain ChIiago hazs 4,000 saloons in place of (,000, and r-eceives $2,000,000 in pilacec of $200,000. '[le Minne'sota high license has knocked ouit 16,000 saloons. In Missour-i the laconic is threefold, and the cleerease of saloons conslierab le. The Affect in Neb)raska has been a-cut of one half the saloons and1( a live timies increaise )f the incomie. In Michigan 10,000 saloons have dlroppedl to 5,000. The effect ini Ohio ias also been favoi able. It is diflicult to urguie from such statistics otherwise than liat high license is a benefIt. It is non2 ense to say it crowdls hard oni poor people. 'le man who runs a clieap) whiskey hole ~an have no greater kindness per formed han to cr'owdl him and his family Into a infer and better business, Th'le wo(rst evil o the saloon is to the saloon-keeper.-St Loulis GIlobe-Democrat. t Instrucions ror Penskion AppItCcants. 'The followIng circular rcspec-ting pen - uionis has been 15ssued fromi tihe Comnptrollei Jenieral's ofli1ce: 1st. 'The applicant miuist till ouIt the Ilank, sign and( imake allidavit to the samlle. i'iis mullst lbe alccomipaniied by aflIda(vit of mze or moore disinterested wvitnesses. 2d. Th'ie appllicant must have certificate roml two hysicians showing disaillity and 3xtenit of d1isabhlinlg woulnds, and such other ietailed informiation as wvill show applli -ant's inlabilit.y to eairn a living. 3d. The certiflente of the County Audi oir with complete return of app)llicant's >roperty, r'- shown by lalnk, both of ap ihicant andL his wife (if appllicant is a sol 1icr or sailor) showing that app)licanit's nnlual inicome (does not exceedl $250 per nnum., If applicant is a widow she must ill out anud sign the return oft property as icr blank. 4th. The certificate (If Clerk of Court nust also accolmpanly the application as bown biy blan1k. J1. 5. VI-nUNU, Comptroller Genieral. Tlih' Slate Exhibit. Mr. J1. HI. Alexander, Secretary of thme ational Expositioin Company, of Augusta, as written to Comlmisioner Butler urging him to send( the Stato exhibit over to the lational Exih-tion to be hiolden in Aum usfa in Ocetoicr and November next, It to be a gra'id affair, A dlegatioin from luusta will appear before the Board of ~griculture it their meetimng on March 1st, >urge upoa thme D)epartment the adlvant' go of havi ig South Carolina represented the exlnns'tion..-Columui Daily ieO.., ETBMADE B 5:5 R0 DO.OPERATIVE CLUBS. This is the .eet. b.a.ent, Most VOUV@ai.mt, L d ounly co-operative System of *e ling wath. rhe watches are American Lover Stem Win ontalning every essential to accuracy and dur . ty, and have, in addition, numerous patented Im. >rovoments found In no other watch. They are ab. olutely the only Duet and Dam proo.Moe. nenta made t the World, and are Joweledthrough. tut with ' QEN UINE I UBIZ. The .Pat. Iten Wdnd antd Be is the strongest and simplest nado. 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"A couple of mysterious bottles were then brought out, and a mixture from one applied for nearly a quarter of an hour to the champion's face for the pur pose of hardening the skin. Next a darker liquid was brought into play, another quarter of an hour being spent in rubbing the hands and wrists. "Sullivan, who was in excellient spir its, then entered freely into conversation and amused all present by relating with great pith and humor several anecdotes of his early career. "In this manner the time slipped by until Sullivan was due to punch the ball. This was a now one, the other having been used up with a smashing right hander. Sullivan donned an extra jor sey and took up his position in front of a football suspended by a cord from the ceiling. Eight or ton times in succes sion the ball was sent with terrific force by means of a punch from the left; then a crashing blow, delivered with the other hand, threatened to bring the ceiling, ball and rafters down upon us. "Sullivan's terrible right has been much talked of, and yesterday I saw it to perfection. Utilizing all his weight John L. sends every ounce of his four teen stone into the .blow, and, as Mac Donald remarked, 'a man would bo very greedy to want two such hits.' "\Iore walking, rubbing down and tea followed, during which Sullivan told me he hardly knew what training was until in England, an3 that he never felt so well in all his life. Sullivan will step into the ring as near fourteen stone as possible, as Lit as hands can make him and, moreover, as confident as a man who has never known defeat can possi bly be." 'lThe Latent Fad in l'inte Socety. '"The latest fad,'' said a shrewd old maid, vho keeps a keen eye on all that goes on in society and has the entree everywhere, is for the young men of twenty or twenty live to flirt with some woman of thirty-five or forty. I don't think there is anything wrong in these attachments-the friendship is luirely Platonic. I asked for an expla nation from my big brother, and he says a woman is never interestinu until she is thirty. 'Girls say yes to everything you say,' he said, 'or else they are so smart there is no enduring them.' A woman, when she gets to he twenty eight or thirty, finds out that if she holds her own she must h' ve something beyond a handsome face, so she ieads and tries to be well in formed. They learn to be tolerant of others' Ioa... Young Ien of twenty to twenty five know more tin their seniors in liter ary matters, and more than they d-> thn selves later. They are awfully book learned, I tell you, and use less slang, but a great deal more profanity than we do. So I suppose that Is why they catch on tIhe old girls. You just talk with a mian of thirty-five and you find that all he thinks of is business. Oh, yes! You just talk wvith a girl-one of our set-andl its dress, dress, andi nothing~ else.--BunI'alo News. Ms,afactumre or Ladlen' (CIgarette. 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