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rtu O.XVII. _YICKENS, S. C., ThIURSVAY, MAY 17,1888 r. J. THE GRUMBLER. . b1118 YOUTl1. e His cap was too thick and his coat was too - ~ thin lie couldn't be quiet, he hated a din; He hated to write and he hated to read ; Ite certainly was very much injured indeed ! lie must study and toll, overwork he do 1119 parents were strict, and he never was Re rested; le newhe was wretched, as wretched * Could be, ih.Zere was no one so wretchedly wretched as he. 111 MANlilOOD. His farm was too small and his taxes too big He was selfish andt lazy and cross as a pig; .iis wife was too silly, his children too rude, And just becauso he was uncommonly goocl ! He hadn't got ioney enough to spare ; lie had nothing at all it to eat or to wear; de knew he was wretched, as wretched couild be, h TlIeoe was no one so wretchedlly wreched as lbe. 1118 OLl) AOIC. tHle lnds he has sorrows more deep thau his fears; dept- i lio grum yes to think he has grumbleid for lie grumbles to think he has grumbled away ils home and hischiildron, lila life's little day. But alas l 'Uie too late ! it Is no use to say That, his eyes are too dim and his hair 1s too g ray; lie knows he is wretcled, as wretched can be There is no one so wretchedly wretched as he. THE NEGRO IN TILE OIUICI. A 6tatement freim Those Wio Seceded from the Epl.oopal Convention. Messrs. Edward Mocrady, Jr., Chas. Richardson Miles and W. C. Benet, rep resenting those who took no part in the Diocesan Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina, re cently hold at Anderson, have published a statement of their position in the pres ent aspect of the controversy. The statement sets forth the wish of the secoders for a settlement on the basis arranged at the conference in Charleston on the 21st March, believing that t'uch settlement would have been generally approved by clergy as well as laity. 'lhe statement then recites the resolu tions odiered respectively by the Rev. Ellison Capers and the Rev. A. T. Por ter, and discusses them as follows: Mr. Capers, being satisfied, as we are. assured, that the resolutions introduce "' . by him to carry out the agreement at the conference in Charleston would be re jected, withdrew them, and those of Dr. Porter were adopted on Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday night the Rev. Dr. Pinckney, Rev. Mr. Capers and Rev. Dr. Wilson communicated to the above mentioned deputies, who were in attend ance awaiting the action of the clergy, and of the laymen co-operating with them, the adoptior 'f Dr. Porter's reso lutions in substitution for those of Mr. Capers. These gentlemen did not constitute a committee of any body, nor was the adoption of these resolutions communi cated to us by any authority of those acting as the Convention, nor did these gentlemen urge or even request us to attlind or outer that body; but, on the contrary, disclaimed any intention of doing so, although they expressed a hope that we might see our way clear to enter the Convention. No formal action or resolution was adopted by the depu ties thus assembled, but after full con ference, the individuals present each an nounced his decision that the resolutions of Dr. Porter, which had been substi tuted for those of the Charleston Con ference, were unsatisfactory and incon sequential. The preamble, it was agreed, was strong enough; the resolution im potent. Separate organization had been declared an absolute necessity; the means of effecting it had not been pro vided. Mr. E. A. Bell, delegate from Grace Church, Anderson, considered himself instructed by his parish to take his seat in the Convention, and the two delegates from Trinity, Columbia, Messrs. Des portes and Beibels, while holding that Sthe adoption of Dr. Porter's resolutions did not justify our going into that body as a Convention, felt that they were ex ~eted to do so to counteract the action ~f their two colleagues of opposing views Who had taken their seats. 9 The undersigned were requested by he:deputies who determined not to go that body to prepare and publish a ent of the reasons which ifl them. ~ :doing this let us say we recognize great advance of opinion which the lutions show. The separate and et organization of the colored race their entire exclusion from the log tion of the Church, which has been therto urged as permissible, expedient 1and desirable, is now declared to be ab *solutoly necessary to the well-being of ~the Church in the dliocese. And this, too, by those some of whom have hith erto persistently opposed such separate organization as unohurchliko, un icatholic and even unchristian. We gratefully recognize this advance, whether it be duo or not to the action as well as arguments of those whose views we represent, and we accept the declara tion of the resolutions as sincere and as intended to be carried out in good faith. But at the same time we are constrained to regard the rejection of the resolution offered b)y the R1ev. Mr. Capers to in struct the commission to provide the necessary changes in the constitution as an indication of an unwillingness on the part of the clergy to commit themiselves to the only action by which sueh separa tion can be lawfully accomplishetl. The committee ap)pointedI under the resolutions adopted are not charged to provide- the changes in the constitution l)y which~ only such action can be dtihlnitely and finally takan, but are oharged with the duty of conferring with certain congregations of colored persons not in union with the Convention inor hitherto in any mianor officially recognized, and to endeavor to obtin their assent to the legislation reqluisito to carry into effect the separate organi zation. The assent of those v:hose assent is not necessary is made a condition precedent of any action, and if such -assent is obtained no action is after all guaranteed to us. The refusal of such asent-which refusal is already by some annohnced in advance-renders the 'schetie of the resolutions adopted im EL prac cable. h le resolutions offered by Mr. Capers urrsuance of the plan proposed by 'Charleston conference, and whicoh ied for a revision of the constitution, mons and rules of order so as to pre nt the recurrence of the quiestion as to ie organization of the Cnonntion, which, though arising incidentally to the great race quesdon, having arisen, now demands to be settled. These are ignored under the resolutions adopted, and are loft to disturb the peace of the Church at every meeting of the Conven tion. There are other objections, obvious and serious, to the resolutions adopted, as for example the provision whereby to the three clergymen selected by the clergy the Bishop was added as ex-ofilcio chairman, thus securing a decided ma jority for the clergy, and thereby alter ing materially the character of the com mission as an important tribunal to die cuss and decide upon the differences which have arisen between the clergy and the laity in this diocese. In the opion of all the deputies who attended the lay conference, and, as we are informed, of several of the clergy and laity who attended the Convention, the resolutions offered by Mr. Capers were unequivocal, concise and complete, and conferred powers upon the proposed commission adequate to the fulfillment of their difficult task; that, on the other hand, Dr. Porter's resolutions were vague, indefinite, imperfect, the limited powers of the committee being depend ent upon a contingency. It is greatly to be regretted that resolutions, evident ly written in haste, crude and ill-digest od, should have been so hurriedly adopt ed in lieu of resolutions which, we be lieve, would have settled the differences between the clergy and the laity and brought harmony and lasting peace into this disquieted diocese. With these views of the scope and efiocts of these resolutions, we deter mined it was better for us to loavo to those who adopted them not only the responsibility of carrying into ef1ect their declared purpose, but the srcdit and thanks to which they will be entitled should they succeed. And that the committee chosen may achieve success is our earnest wish; nor shall we place any the least hindrame in their way, but bid them "God-speed." THE HIR1) WHllEI'K THIE 1)00. .Terrlfic Combat on a Horse Car Ile ween a Crane and a Terrier. There was a big time in a Ridge avenue car, Philadelphia, last Thursday night, in which a dog, a crane, the conductor, two men, three women, a broom and n boy participated. William Jones, a news agent on the Reading railroad, got on the ear at Twenty-fifth street in com pany with a huge crane about three and one-half feet tall and with three stripes down its breast. The crane had a light dog chain attached to its right leg and when Jones sat down he fastened the chain to a buttonhole of his coat. The crane stood up in the centre of the aisle and went to sleep. At Twentieth street three women got on and awoke the bird with their laugh ter. At Eighteenth street a small boy and a big brown terrier got on the car. The boy looked at the crane and laughed. Then he looked at the dog and said: "Sic him, Cario." ,Jones quickly unfastened the chain which held the crane and said: "Shake him, Bis marok." The dog made a rush for the bird and for about a minute nothing was seen but flying hair and two long skinny legs which flashed in the air like streaks of light. Then there was yell. The dog vent fly and howling down the aisle fol lowed by the bird shaking with rage and uttering a shrill piping noise, and drag ging his owner, who held on to the chain. The conductor stopped the dog at the door, and as he came flying back, followed by the crane, the women jump ed up on the seats, gathered up their skirts and screamed. T 1ho driver stop)ped the car just as the bird caught the dog at the rear door, and, making one suap at him, ripped ab)out six inches of hair from his back with its bill and sent him yelping into the street. Then the crane shook itself and made a desperate attack on a broom which lay beside the seats. It shook t he broom up and was beginning on the conductor when its owner lassoed it with a piceo of clothesline and threwv it on the floor. By tho time Green street wvas reached Bismarck was faking another- standing nap and made no resistance when his owner lifted him oil' the car. Jones; called the bird a "mountain crrno" and said it was caught in the woods around Williamsport. Ho has been keeping it chained up in his back yard at Twenty fifth and Ridge avenue, but it whipped his dog so badly last Saturday and gave him so much trouble on Sunday, when it broke loose and gave him a chase of four squares with a lasso before he caught it, that he decided to return it to its moun tain home. He was taking it to the dlepot for shipment when the fight oc curred. The newly created chairs in the Southl Carolina University have been filled as follows: Veterinary medicine and veteronarian to the station, WV. B. Niles; phlysiology and hygiene and microscopist andl bac teriologist to the station, II. M%. Boltoni; botany arnd 'zoology and botanist and( entomologist to the station, George I?. Atkinson; agriculture and1 vice director of the station, Milton Whitney; peda gogics, JE. E. fShoib; mathematics and astronomy, E. W. D)avis; Latin, J. S. Murray, ,Jr. ; moral philosophy and chaplain, \V. Ji. Flynn; English, F. (1. Woeodward; assistant professor of analyt ical chemistry an1d matoria medica, Ri. . Davidson; instructor in miodlern lan guages, . -J. McMahian; instructor in dr awin g, W. (*. RlandallI. (T1ho election of instructors in mathematics and book keeping and shop and machinoe worik was postponed until the J uno meeting.) Ina structor in pharmacy, Milas J. Duilie. Decan of the college of agriculture and mechanic arts, Prof. Slona; of the col lege of liberal arts and sciences, Prof. Wood row; of pharmacy, Prof. Burnoy; of the normal school, Prof. Sheib; of the law school, Prof. Pope. The following nominations by the President were confirmed: Secretary of the Station, I. L. Withers; Assistant Chemist of the Station, C. W. Mime; Physicians of the Infirmary, Dra. TIaylor and Talley. lIe (mackig a longj. callI)- - Whait a very othl-lookinlg Clclck! Is it an hirloom? he (suppressilng a yawn) ( no; it is a reont purchase of p)apa's. lie his a penchanit for such things. I was ab iout to call your at temtlon to It. A NEW INI)USTRY. alsling Vhales as an Experiment In ti Great Malt Lake. Intelligent newspaper readers have ns forgotten the inauguration fifteen yea ago by Mr. James Wiokham, a scientis English gentlemen, of the whale indust: in the Great Salt Lake. As considerab time was required for the developmes of the experiment, the subject has passt out of the public mind, but it has by r means been forgotten by naturalisL; capitalists interested in the ?ha fishery. The whale is the largest at probably the longest lived animal. Th< have been known to grow to 100 feet j length and live to the age of 400 year It is a mammal, or, in other word suckles its young The project of M Whickham was greatly assisted by th fact, for the difficulty that would attoL the obtaining of whale eggs in the det seas is at once apparent. It was on] necessary to obtain a pair of whales i order to begin the propagation 4 animals under domestication. The soi thern or Australian whale was selected s best suited to the climate of the (Irci Salt Lake. T'ho greater part of tR years was occupied off the coasts Australia by a vessel sent especially fc the purpose in continued efforts to~ cal ture the young whales without injur; The feat, however, was acomphished, ani the boasts, each about thirty-five ft long, were shipped to San Francisco i 1873 in tanks built expressly for then Fifty tanks of sea water accompanie their overland shipment to insure plont ful supplies of the natural element. Mr. Wickham cane from London i person to superintend the "planting" his leviathan pets. Ho selected a sma bay near the mouth of Bear Rivu connected with the main water by shallow straight half a mile wide. Acro: this strait he built a wire fence, an inside the pen so formed ho turned tL whales loose. After a few minutes < inactivity they disported themselves in lively manner, spouting water us in mi ocean, but as if taking in by instinct < intention the cramped character of thei now home, they suddenly made a be line for deep water, atd shot tlroug the wire fence as if it had been mado t threads. In twenty minutes they wei out of sight, and the chagrined Mi Wickhalm stood gazing helplessly at tL big salt water. If Great Salt Lake woru in Asia would be called a sea. It is seveuty-fiv miles long and from thirty to forty wids so it is easy to perceive how readily tL whales could vanish from sight. Thorg the enterprising owner was, of conis disappointed and doubtful of results, li left an agent behind him to look afh4 his floating property. Six mouths later Mr. Wickham's rel resentativc, came upon the whales lift miles from the bay where they had br< ken away, and from that time to the pru sent they have been abserved at interval 1by him and the watermen who ply tL lake sporting and playing. Within the last few days, however, Mi Wiekham cabled directions to make careful inspcctiou and report develoi nents, and the agent followed the whak for five successive days and nights, dii coverering that the origatal pair are no sixty feet in length, and are followe about by a school of several hnuudre young, varying in length from three t lifteen feet. The scheme is a surprisin and completesuccess, and Mr. Wickhai has earned the thanks of lankind. Catching whales in Great Salt Lah and following that business ofl the dat gerous Greenland coast are two quit littoront things. The enormous vahu of the now industry can be better appra ciated by remembering ihat a singl whale p)roduces twenty tons of pure oil lIIAUiTV'S IiATil. Sei rnia of at Canaaianhu i(eauty's Sjl,eudi A famous Canadian beauty who boast that she has never applied a particle o any cosmetic to her face, yet can kcoj her freshness and brilliancy duiring tiresome WVashington season, gives a the secret of her good complexion th fact that her bathing is regular, method ical and judicious; that she never washe. her face during the day, but cares fori thoroughly at the stated times. On ro turning from a walk or drives she wipe every particle of dust from her face with a soft chamois leather and takes partieu lar pains not to sit too near a lire or in: draft af ter exercise. Another point upon01 which she dwoll very carefully is the arrangement of lie: dressing room. There is nothing eve luxurious to the eye in the simple, wol ventilated and unadorned room. Miss undersan(mds thoroughly3 the aidvanatage of not bathing in her sleeping apartmien andI having her spongos, towels, ete., a, well aired as though they were article: of dress. 11cr tub is cleamsed thoroughl, each (lay, the water used is always al fresh as possible and theoshelf containing the articles used5 ini her toilet is in a well ventilated high part of the wall, ann only a small quantity of any article i: kept at a time, since almost anythinj too long corked loses its best qualities even distill10( water abHorbing Sola< germs of unipleasantness if retainedl tou long. The sponges in this room, threa in number, are hung from a projecting strip) of woodl. Th'ley are never expose< to the aun amby way of sweetening them accordling to the (erronieu nmotion of si nony people, and they are never left ii the water af ter use, excep1t abouit once ii two weoks, when they ar(i soaked in b)asin of fresh water, to whtich a hunip a soda hams been add(ed for purpIoseS o ti-orough cleansing. Now let usi 500 what aire the toilet arti eles in this famous beauty's dresin room: Distilled water, rose wrater, glyce rimo, cold cream, vasel in e, eca-de cologne, a lotion for which we will pres ently give the receipt, orris root ai camphor. We have enumerated onl; those whiih Mademoiselle uses for ho bathing or with distinct reference to hei skin after or before washing. Now he us see how these are employed. Or rising she t'skes a quick cold bath, using the flesh brash application imimediatl) afterwirds. Five minutes' moderato us< of timeohumb-bolls follow this, after whiclh Miss - - quiickly comp)letes 1hcr toilotte, breakfa its and remains quite indolently still foi fiftcon muinutets. Then thor< comecs a b)risk walk. What the routtin< of her (lay is to ho0 is the result oif cir cumstainces, but to those so situated tha they cannot govern their time, lot us s that the maorning ab1utions, owxaig an walk need only occupy one hour and will by methodical use lengthen the healthy hour of life tenfold. During the day Miss - washes her )t hands frequently in tepid distilled water, re to which some of the rose water is added; o and before drying them applies very .y cuickly and yet thoroughly some glyco le r ', taking caro however to completely r wasu it off after it has done its work oi lubrication, since otherwise it would o make the hands sallow and the skin over ,r tender. lc We might, with advantage, go on to d retail this charming young person's sin. y ple and wholesome customs of the day r for preserving her strength, good spirits y and good looks, but must keop to our one especial point at present. Before r. dressing for dinner or an evening on is gagemont, spongo No. -that of the (1 morning being left on its line-is em p ployed with tol,id water to bathe quickly the neck and arms, but nothing is done n which could possibly promote a chill. Returning to her dressirn room, the -_ night bath is taken with which glycerine e and rose water are mingled, and the ablution is followed by a gentle friction, the face, after being thoroughly washed ,f ----especially about the roots of the hair r is subjected to a rapid and soft rubbing, ,. after which a sponge soaked in very hot water is quickly passed over it for the d purpose of reopening the thoroughly t cleansed pores. Now remember what these pores moan to the whole system as well as to the d complexion itself, so in applying any _ unguent be careful what you deposit into those swift . canals. Miss - , whose n skin has a tendency to over dryness, , rubs it softly, lightly, but very firmly 1l with a pure cold cream. Where thoro is r too much natural oil it is best to have a the face free from any greasing. A care is ful examination is then made by Miss to discover the existence of acne punc. e tata, those distressing little black marks, , often more disfiguring than limples. A a variety of remedies and means of eradi :1 cation are to be suggested, but results r are not always gratifying. We know a r charming American girl who passed e threo months at a German sanitarium h for the purpose of removing these tor ,f menting little spots from her face and without any especially good results. A system of exercise and bathing and the use of the lotion whose formula .l give was suggested with absolute satisfaction. it Generally speaking these marks arise e from an accumulation of solid m'itter in the pores. This must be forced out in some way and it stands to reason that h after ejecting it forcibly by means of pressure there must be applied sonic e thing soothing to the skin. Warm soap r and water is excellent and sometimes a little diluted lemon juice proves satisfue tory. But the lotion most conducive to an absolute cure and which prevents . their re-formation is the following: Jordan almonds (blanched), one s ounce. c Bitter almonds (blanched), two to three drachms. .Distilled water, half a pint. Form into an emulsion by bruising the almonds and adding eight ounces of s water. Strain -it. )issolve fifteen grains of bichloride of t mercury in boiling water. Then mix the :1 two solutions. l Apply the lotion to the black spots or acne by wetting a piece of soft linen uith it, moistening the part of the face adlected and then wiping it off softly with a clean cloth. Great care must be - taken in applying this lotion to any part of the face where there is an opening of e the skin, such as results from a cut or ' eruption. Should this he the case the - formula given above may be used with out the ingredient of bichloride of mor cury. Where there are small skin eruptions or fever sores about the mouth Miss - uses, daintily, a trifle of camphor, also applied with a soft linen cloth. LJUcY O1. Li hidE. fIC. CLEVEI.%Ni'S P'ONI ES. T1he Toucintg Letter Riecelived by the P iresjident from a Southerner. ( Froi im Ph IiliatIlpima NorthI Ame&rican.) - Tho P'residlent has so far relented from a his original determination as to buy for t his wife a pretty phiacton, with a seat -behind for the groom, and a pair of a small brown horses for her exclusive use, and thereby hangs a tale. A man in .. Richmond wrote a pathetic letter to the i President not long ago, which, by some inadvertence on the part of the wise a "private sec.retary," fell into his own hands. In it the man went on to say r that he had married a young and beauti fuil girl three months bofore, and had bought for hor, with many fend antici patioiis, a pair of hlorses, for which he had searched the South over, aiid she drove them for a few short weeks, and then, on returning from a drive one afternoon, died suddenly in his arms from heart disease, Ue could not bear to see these reminders of a happ)y past any more, and Mrs. Cleveland was the only woman into whose hands lie was willing to have them fall. Heoconcluded hby saying that lie was too poor to give thomn to her, but ho wantod her to have these treasures of his pretty, dead wife. Th'lo P.resident, without having seen the horses at all, telegraphed to have them sent on, and in a letter following inelosedh a cheek for them. They canmo, 51aw and( conquered at once, as they are piretty, gentle little animals, and smiling peano(~ reigns everywhere. Theo Waste, of Steea m ower. F In a paper recently read before onie of the Englishi associations of eng ineers the writer assertedi that, according to the present mletho(ds of (ealhng with thme motive powver of the steam engine, only sotme 2( por~ cent, was made avaIlable, - 80h per cent, of the energy developed in the furnace being thrown away, and itis I quito common to realizAo no greater P efliciency than about 4 per cent, on the egross or potential energy of the fnel. In large factories that aamit of the power h oing concentrated in one or two greiat machines, condensation can be takenu advantage of, and with water heaters and other appliances double thxe above figure can be realize.d; but in the bost engines, with all latest improvements and elaborations, not more than 124 per cent, has ever been realized, nor is it possibile to realize more and even 124 per cent, can only he obt.ained by the finest of wire drawings antd the best of coal. How many hearts arc eaten out in hon, tog for what they have no poW^At to reach. CHKYSANTHEMUSI CULTURE. Some PoInts About How to Grow and (raft Then--Whrat They Like. The chrysanthemum is by no means a modern plant, in so far at least as its in troduction into Europe and thenco to this country is concerned. As far back as 1689 plants wore sent from China to holland, the botanical garden at that time of all Europe, The Indian species were known about the year 1699, and this variety was the fore runner of all the small flowering kinds. During the past five years not less than ten thousand seedlings are rep rted raised, out of which probably five hun dred varieties have boon selected for dis tribution. Standard, or tree chrysanthemums, which have appeared at exhibitions this year, have caused much comment re garding their mode of propagation. It was at first suppose(l that they wore of several years growth, but as a matter of fact chrysanthemums aro what are known among botanists as strictly herbaceous plants, dying each year after flowering season, and succeeded every spring by a new growth. This variety was, thrre fore, rarely grown by extra and export attention in one season, but remarkable as this innovation was, it was exceeded by the experiment made by Mr. W. ~~ttv., N. Y., who ac lit vn ri Ii ft tl ci ta th p: stc phi grc no h,e ch be p v' Ib TI to of le b bi d e (l Si I. ci of .~ - CIIICAGO'8 Illi TEl.I:SCOI'IE. 7'Tho PIanM AdIoptod or Er-tcing Ih Ie or born Ohxervatory at, EvasNton. (FIro the (ii Dngo Ii 19:1 Ii.) A joint committee represonating the Chicago Astronomical Society and the North weston University was busy at Ivanston all Saturday after.,oon exami ning plans and proposed locations on which to erect the Dearborn Observatory, in which is to ho placed the big telescope formerly located at the Chicago Univer sity. 'T'lio society was represenated by )r. L. A. Johnson, Professor Mixed, J. Young Scammon. Professor lIough, Iro fossor Colbert being absent, while the committee for the university was P'resi dent Cummings. .J. II, Hobbs. Orring ton Lunt, Professor R. D. Sheppard and D)r. Bonbright. After examing the different sites the committee aigreed to ocate the observatory at a~ point on the bluffs about four hundredt feet north of the Swedish Seminary, and about maid way between Chicago avenue and the lake. The observatory will be about two hundred and fifty feet from the beach, experiments madte by P'rofessor Houghi having demonistrated that the waves make no impression at that distance, even in the severest storms. The plans sub nitted by Cobb N F"rost were adopted as a wvhole, the details of the construct ion being left to a committee coneisting of President Cummings, J. II. H obbs, .1. Y. Scammon andi [Professor Elias (Colbert. Mr. Hobbs has donated the sum of $25,000, and at least that amount will bo spent on the observatory building. The only matter of detail left undecided was as to wvhether a Wane & Swvazoy dome, costing $8,500, or a Breeder d ome, at $4,500, should be erected. The former domo weighs 23,)000 poundls, and is guaranteedl to move unider a pressure of only 35s pounds. The11 lanU as adopted provide' for a building 7ixi;5 feet, facing to the west. The dome room is 34 feet in dliamneter Onl the inside. lIn the center of this is the central pier oni which the telescope is placed, with a diamoter of 15 feet at the base and 10 foot at the top), and( entirely disconnected from the exterior wvalls and the floors. The p)ier will ho 30 feet above the grade, as comparetd with 66 feet in the old struc ture. The observer will be p)laced 27 feot above the grondt, and the top of [lhe dlome wilt be about 45 feet, the tole scopoe rising 14 foot 10 inches above the floor. The old capstones will be usedl in the new observatory. Th'le meridian circle room will have a southern expo sure, as is necessary, andl its inisidoe dimensions will be 25x38 feet. hlore will be placed the instrumenits for furnish ing true time to) the city. P'rofessor llough is now doing this work by tolo grap)h from a termpoary building onx the campus. There will also ho a library 23x30 feet insido and a room of similar dimensions over it, in addlition to five large working rooms. It will take at least six months after the contracts are lot to finish the dome, which will be of iron and stool, but the work will be puahed forward as rap)idly as possibln. Thea telescope is one of the largest in theo world, and by the end of November (Jhi e.ago will have an observatoty worthy of the bme refractor. The name of Deoar b)orn Observatory will lbe retained. You may make homes enchantIngly beautiful, hang them with pICtures, have thiemi clean, airy and convenIent, bus If the stOmach is fed wIth sour bread or burned uthe It wIll raIe tuch rebeWli that the eye will soo n y ENOKIAVINO A "CRItELCNBACK." A Itrief Explanatiou of the Various Proeess eoM Lv Which the Vork in I)oni. (Froi the 'iillielpIian Times So vague is the general idea as to how a bank note is naa<de that we propose to explain briefly the various processes it goes through bofore it is issued as a part of the "money of the realm," saying, by way of introduction, that this country leads the world in bank-note engraving. Unfortunately, the $1 rt consideration in making a bank note is to prevcnt bad mon from making a counterfcit of it, and therefore all the notes of a certain do nomination or value must be exact dupli catos of each other. If they wore engra ved by haud this would not be the case; and, another thing, hand engraving is more easily counterfeited than the work done by the processes which we arc going to describe. Ivery note is printed from a steel 'late, in the properat ion of which many persons take part. If you will look at a livo-dollar "greenlback" you will see a pict.tre in the centre; a sniall portrait. 01lled a vignette, on the left, and in each of the upper corners a nt work of fine lines with a dark ground, one hf tlmm containing the letter V anl the other the tigue 5. These four parts are made on srparato plates. To make a vign't to it is necessary lirst to uake a large drawing on paper with great care, ati l a daguler +po is then taken of the drawing the t size of the engraving desired. lagulerreotvpe is then gtven to the Vet'. wil) 115s a steel poi lnt to iii ark all the outlines of the piettre. '1'he in iii ked and a prtut taken from it. to the ink is still dlauup the print it ar( tWi on a steel p lte, which toen softeietl by h" t.ing it red hot .nd letting it cool slowly. It is then n at pruss aru1 an eitet eopy of the tue is thus iiiule ol the steel plate. i the engraver linishes wit I his 'er, a tool with a tlireo-rornero,i point, clh cuts a clean Ii ne without leaving a zh edge. ow, this plato is used for making r plates-- it is never ised to prinit It must be malo very hard, and "1o nhe by heating it and cooling it t. A httle roller of softentedi steel . rolled over it by a p''werful ma . t il its surfate las be,sen forced au the lines cut intrs the plato. ''he lines of tho vignette are thiuns transfer to the roller ii raised lines, ani afta+r roller is hardened it is used to roll r plates of boftened steel and Ihs te in theim sunken lines exactly like o im the plate originall,y engraved. he centre picture is engravel and 'ssferred to a roller like the vignette, the network in the upper corners also on the back of the note, is 1(e Fho lathe. ''his machine costs $5,000, rice that puta it beyond the reach of uterfeiters, and its work is so perfect it cannot be imitated by hand ''he e engraves the network on softened I,Eand the ligure iii the middle of it is I engrave<l I y hand. It is new h'rd d and transferred to a roller like the .R:ers. '.i'he plate from which the notes are to 1)0 printed is of sot tened steel and large enough to print four notes at once. 1 Four engravings of thso notes must, I therefiore, he miadeon it, an this is dotie t by rolling the hardened steel rollers con- t taining the raised pictures over it in their < appropriate )laces iintil the pictures are I pressed into its surlace. The line letter ing around the border of the note is transferred in the same way, but the other 4 lettering is put on 1by hand. This process t saves a great deal of time and it secures < absolute uniformity in the four ongrav a ings on the plate. t The black parts of the note are printed I first, and when the ink is dry the green i back in printed, to be followed b)y the.i rod stanips and14 numibers. it is then '( signed and issued. t"or greater security, iu one0 part of the note in eongraived and t print(d at (on1 pla1ce and another plart at y ainother place, when it is sent to WVash- a ington to ih inishod and signed- La But ('venf after- all thin care and all ij these safeguards, many (kilfully-execuited counterfeits have b)ee1 nma(d and(4 issued, hi nsomo of them so goodl an to dlecive the i~ most expoert judges (of mloniey. . t. A Myntec 4rIinn Ii nre1 r4. l.AurlN4 ToN, Mlay i.( )n 'l'uesday t night, Ahly 8, Alr. dJoo Jhames, an 01h1 b man alh out 4> yearn of age, watS assass5i- ] nalted ini a most cowarnly manner, lie y lhas been boarding with Mlr. II. If. w llowell, unear Cypress, a(bout twenoty t. miiles fronitualinigtoni. Last night lie mi had just finished suipper and4 was going oj through the back pialzza to Is room, pj when he was ired upon01 by some0 11 on who imint have beent <I iito neaIr. Thle al1 whole load, together with ilhe wadd(inig p, of the gun, was fouand inl the 1body of m~ the unfortunaito mailn. lie was shiot ini dl the right side. it is thought that the villain who dlid ni the shooting 11ad1 his gu n resting on the t(] railing. As seo011 as the report (If the gunt wuas hecard those who were( at the tI supper tabhIl rushed out and1( hound the w 01(1 man11 lying ou the( flonor. Ile had1( Hi cailledl out when hi rst sho' t, bu1t. whe lithe.1iy fh relachedllili hun (1 ntaked Iwhlo had( shIot a him i, ho coubl not ariswei, h)tit dlied ini a if few mlomfents. This in the fourth attempt to kill this t, old1 man. Each time thle party whom lie accusedl has been51 brouight to trial. -Two have been0( a1equiit ted, and( 0140 1has j ((St ill Iliniheud a term in the1( pen11itentialry. Oin in two of the o(casioliS mnut ioned he( was o1 tired (11on1 while oni thle piazza iafter si. dairk ; and1( ' eet while ridhing addiing alon[g w tIle road a1 iegro rose up from a flitch tt where lhe 141d csonceaLled an f111 ired upon)1 ii him. When killed the (ohl man had1 a ti large amni4it (If mon4iey oni his per-son, oI about $3,t000t, butt Ho hohl( an( assass5ina)- hi tion could not have been for the pulrpose I of robblery- cl A Nowv soup,. Take eight large potatoes ando three oions; out them in sIinalH piecos and boil 0r 'Jhom in a pint of water until soft. Pass w ~hem through a fine 'lolander. Have oi ready two qusarts of skim-med milk; boil wI it; add1( a very little p)owder 'd mace and th [1mo pioce of loaf suigfr, a p)inch of 01 [ayonne and( H4Idt and1( the p' iree of pota- j] toes. 'When all1 boils toge ther, thlickon the soup with two tablespoonfuls of potato Iflour or ordinary flour. Beforo p( pourmng the sotty into thietureeon, pla,ce re in thle latter a tablespoonful of butter. Fry some orutons in good beeof dIripping si and serve them with the soup, but on a hi separate dish.- -"Madge" in 'Truth,. n I.OVERS OF THE HORSE. Istingut.hea coniresnmen Who Attend the Races at Warhlngton. WASHINOTON, May 8.-Horse races seem to have a great attraction for states men, and the dry tarifldebate of the peast two weeks has given them an opportuni ty to gratify their desires. In fact on a number of afternoons a quorum of members could be found on the race track, while the halls of Congress were practically deserted. Our statesmen not only go to the track for the purpose of enjoying the races, but to place their "hard-earned" money on their favorites. Some few have won, but the majority have lost, and lost heavily. Georgia and South Carolina are both somewhat be hind, and, indeed, the Kentucky and New York statesmen are the only ones who have been winners. Congressman Matson, of Indiana, who was recently nominated for Governor of that State, is an enthusiastic horseman, every afternoon occupies a place in the front ranks of the Congressional delega tion. Senators Blackburn and Beck, and, indeed, the entire Kentucky dele gation, are there a most every afternoon. Ingalls has also been there two or three afternoons, and the friendly drink he and Blackburn indulged in together has ben the subject of much ecomient, owing to the bitter hostility which exists between these two mon in the Senate chambr. It is said that while these two Senators were drinking together a Ken tucky horseman walked up and said: 'Are you two fellows friends? I thought you were thirsting for each other's blood?" "Yes," replied the Senator from Kan sas; "Oh, yes, wore are friends-here." Mr. C rimes is probably more fond of a horse race than any other member of the Georgia delegation, although the lumaj;rity of thon have taken a turn on the track. Mr. Perry, of South Carolina, loves a borse race as much as any man in Con !ress, and is often on the track. But 1lr. Perry is not the only one of the -oitli Carolina delegation who loves a iorso race, for loth Senators and most ,f the Rupresentatives have been fre lnunt atten(ant.s upon the spring meet ug of the National .1 ockey Club. Mr. U. 11. Kernaghan, of Augusta, ias his stalle of fleet-footed flyers here, onsisting of a half dozen splendid ani ais, among the number being Bureh, 'the fastest living." Mr. Kornaghan is, lowever, holding llurch for lhe Saratoga stakes. A couple of his two-year-olds wore the only entries he made in the -ace, the balance of his stable not being n proper condition to run at present. Lie carried his stable over to Baltimore r'esterday. HAI N1iOW% sUJi'EICCsT LIONS. ;JrI,,s liefO i' Ent1ertaInte(i by Varioue 1'eoi,l+ (oncernin g thei lieauteou Arch. (1-'r , tiw ('Ilengo ilerald.) The rainbow is frequently credited vith great pow.-r for good or evil. It is wide spreal belief that it hides great -icles, or brings fortune or good luck vith it. In Swabia it is said to rest on sowls of gold; in Hungary that cups of dlver will he found where it touches the arth or water, and the finder will divine he future. It is quito likely that a shoe ast over it will fall on the other side illed with gold, as it is believed in ierno and among Swabian peasants. lho dilliculty is to get it over. In Jarinthia it is a hat. Czech tradition ays that if iron or other base metal be ast into the rainbow it will turn to gold, nd similar things are recorded of it in he Tyrol. In many parts of Germany golden key, or a treasure, is said to be ound where the bow touches the earth; n Portugal a silver hion, and in modern i reece a curious By zantine coin, called Constantine coin. Any one finding his will be endowed with marvelous ower. in Norway it is said that a cup nd spoon, with a kind of gruel, will e found where the bow rests. It is also elieved to bestow health. Among the Lette if you can reach the ow and touch it you will have the heal ig power. The water found beneath is arch will, it is believed, cure those Illicted with demoniacy. Old women eop this water in trenches dug in tivi round or in a hollow tree, but not in Xe house, where it will lose its force or ring some disaster to the household. is also Said that flocks should not be lstured1 where the how rests, or they ill fall sick. (Gornman peasants say the inch of tho bow will render plants odor it. On the other hand, in some parts France the rainbow is said to injure ants on which it rests, to dry up vines id to rini the harvest. In Bohemia, so, it withers up the herbago, say the asinsts, In Ukraine you mgst not l)it it your tongue at the rainbow or it will 'y up. in ilungary there is a Vila or fairy ting on the water where the rainbow uchies it, and whos.>over she sees first Ii(lie. Estho(nians say the bow is but e scythe used by the thunder to chiaso icked souls. in Austro-liungary the kare not allowed to lie stretched at 11 longth when the first bow of spring hears, for it is thought the y would die permhitto3d to do so. Many ordinary sks must not then be performed for ar ol evil cons4equences. Jiohn Sherman is already weakening his candidacy for the rop)ubliean nom ation for the p)residlency, and evidences a rap)idly deccaymng boom are to be cin on all sides. Sherman has aJready ithdtrawn his "biar'1" and says that it is boi no longer oni tap) They were bleed g the poor fellow to death, andl he saw at lie would either have to call a halt, that l>y the time the convention met wouild have nothing loft of his large irtune. Several Ohio Reopublican ubs, have adldressed the senator asking mntribuitions, and insteadl of anteing up he used to do, the senator responds at his campaign expenses have out own his means. The things may be true not, but they are guaranteed by the ashiington correspondlent of the (in~ mnati Enquirer who says he knows iat lie is talking about, and is confident at Sherman has seen the handwriting the wall, and is now retreating befora Sonme men are good because goodness sys lest, and then, agaIn, some are good r nothhng. A worn-out society belle Is "ke old maple gar. It has a certin kInd o it hais to he laid on sw crop con eiat.