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?1 i ' ?'n n_ _ ?r o? m? . Tho Act IJt"^ry the Btete star8 bnoxVT5asea of >tho Doemente mad* ^' v?BU^Posoil to bo the General Am^'"001'00 ol booki in this tjx>>cU to view mLiy lit. ,of n intending ** *ft instance* there is a'copy UnqarntLa.roiHcio. published W"* t tho invention of printdated, 1403. ^ rusc*r^T<^. ? UchJ l.>18Twffi> Martin ' father's auto ;vsph on tho fly Whf. Tho r' ' K title pago of n llttlo voluino in tho hand-.' writing of Dnviil Garrick has tliis inscription j 4 4 A .Dialogue Dot ween nn Actor and ? Critic, by way of I'rologue to the English Opera Culled Tempest." An odd ehajv d 1 k is tho "Indian I'rituer, or tho firs t book by which Children may Know Truly t > ilead tlio Indian Language, and Milk for Babes." Ouo B. Green, i f Boston, printed this in 1720. llero is :.l d tho ihot ballot cast in South Carolina by a colored man. It originally iu.in.im..i <hwoi:...-.. T I.....i uviuu^ui *vy i i iiiuiui u uumouiii Lifcewi o <?11 exhibition is tho smallest complete book ever printed. It is a copy of l>nnte*s "Divina Com media," struck oif from tho cmallest typo over cast. Two elnvts of paper, cut into sixteen parts, v. o"o enough to contain tho whole 11.2215 versoa. Tho leaves measure two inches in length by ono and a half in width. Tho tyi>o was cast in 1850, but tho com pa itors and proofreaders employed on tho work repeatedly abandoned it, on account of tho cyo strain, and it was not completed until 1875. Tho typo was too small to "distribute," and so, after using, it wa3 melted and cast over again, Ai;oUicr interesting volumo is "Tho Indian Bible, Translated by tbo Apostlo John riiot." It was printed in lfcj:5 at Cambridge, in Malick dialect, a portion of t'.io typo boingsct by "praying Indians." A book dated 1573, by Latin John, tho famous negro scholar and poet, is so varo tiiat tho British museum has no copy of it* Juan Latino?as his 1UXQ I rlv vras?is celebrated as ono fcC ti: im t lor i*iioi 1 men of the Sixteenth century. 1 le v.-; > professor of Greek and Latin in ih > cathedral school of Grenada, an accompli ! < I swordsman, a beau, a wit : ",l tn.uieian?in short, a sort of Admiral thiol.ton in burnt cork, as it were. I?>i !. in love with ono of tho 1 nu ' 5 <?ft vvniuln, and thev were marli 1 !- t 1: -hop of (ho cathedral, Don John < Austria acting as best man.? itcno line i:i Mow Orleans Picayune. Y.V-ideivs of tho Dead Sea. Cneofih? most interesting lakes or inland se a in vba world is the Dead sea, vrhiah has no \ Libia outlet. It is not iv. re fenthat has clothed tho Dead neaiu | loom. Tlio.desolato shores, with : v.r-el/ ; u thin;; in sight, and seatto ! . vi " v i:h black stones and ragged driitwi 1. l'orv.i a lilting framo for tlie <:; : : waters, Covered with a t met ' , and breaking in slow, lie. vy, l .ral timed waves upon the he: . 1 : s us if tlio sinolco of the wick I civ s w.i. yet ascending up to !.< a\ a. . w a . if the moan of their fearful v; . v v.-oiill never leave that God Mv.it : va'.'. y. It is a strange tiling to sent!: - wave-. not dancing along and spnrkli-: in the sun, : j other waves do. Let iv. .via . with nuasured melancholy, and 4 to the car, as they break languid':; in tlio rock, only doleful sound.. ' i in i no doubt, owing to the great 1. avii}e$?;of. tbp water, a fact well known and which we amply verified in tho usual way, for, on attempting to swim,' vro went floating; about liko empty cask.*. ; Jr. i v.1 in i' r 3 llinn in us results, which \ve:\! a very unctuous skin and n most piv.herotss rtinging of every nerve, as if wo 1... i ben beaten with nettles. Nor v.'C- i too v. : v wo toolc into our mouth n wl.it 1 \ lio than tlio most naxiscous liu:; (f t r.pothecary. That^i.-h canr.ct live i:i iliiitlrong colutionoftbitumen rv.il rait i, { -> obvious to iTeeel' proof; but t > ray that birds cannot ily over it . vd . < i! < .i of tho exaggerations of tr:y?rj, \ ho perhaps were not, like c\:i Aw , > fortunafo as to seen flock ? f ducks r >c. big cu tho water in nppar ' i. 0.1 health. And jet this was nil i\ > v. o ?. d tee. Tlio whole valley v. r.; . i:o : celling caldron, under more ban v. 1. - leal run.?Missionary Ileruld. 0 % . Costa Iltcan Delicacy.'^' A i r.i the scant rations he brings, the Yc.l.food consists mainly o? wild hogs, or : t eh other animals as ho may be able : k::l, eked out by tortillas, and as an ? rem ional luxury a dish of red beans t te.vcil in fat. Monkeys aro considered tlie choicest of morceaux, par tieuJarly the largo red species, which arc lis bigliiy ivli. ill by Uio hunters as are raccoons by coulhern darkies or Thanksgiving turkeys by Now Englanders. Indeed. iu many parts of Spanish America lonlroy 1 -cat i> eaten by both natives :: ! foivigneir, whose gastronomic tastes re harder to pleas'* than those of the a- y Yularoi . J can, myself, testify >li:ui'aet il: t a well broiled slico of * ; *, though a trifle tough and . i not more unpalatable than r i. ak or hulYalo meat, which it ally iv.-ejiil l.s. If one could overate i! < : ii'-.ilistic ideas engendered Daw. in' *.n nonsense, and not feel as if dingey .1 1 lack baby, monkey flesh ottld 1 mIi . iiledly prtferablo to pork as . 1 article <>f diet.?Cor. Philadelphia Ikcovd. Tito Sbwt Cnmhlcn of China. (hits never failing', source of amuseirgfnfr Vrr.a "waisJiing the etiect gam blew. Von pee a man, generally tlie r.vl innocent looking of Chinamen, if i ie ( 1 inninnn can be said to look i*i ray way diU'orcnt from another, r in .sire, walking along with v.-1 t looks like a_ rather Jargo umbrella. lh Flops in what he thinks to 1 ii C'.n via limit place, e.hvnys near a ( . nor, i .i b'.s this inucliine On tho ground, which in some ingenious . i.oci>i;ua rt pfain(abb, 1 into bcjuorc*, mid spots. In an : L hn is sa;rbundpd by a crowd of a 1 n^.u, and the gnan goes merrily O.I ; : . . ;"i.'WrtV" f. cry of police goes up : ml ::i an in:,Ian t l.in and (able liavo : iv ". i*iv.i:!J d'".appeared and (ho < . i .. -t'vQirvL I Ik lioVo (bolaw i - '1, r -:I:rrt g. tabling, but (|io poll . *n . bonl i i iltcic-iit- (orlop mid ) v t ft an rye the police of our ':y. i it or or ecu id get to under.? iii?qtuko, Lai it recma (o bo run on (bo tfoOd old tlipodda ...1 i Ma favor of uio l>auk, aa llio ; . .nod always to win. After ' n?r t/ho fppno lor several! clnya, 1 < ...t Ike conclusion tliftt Uhj person cd (he ei .t of polico inu.jt l.o a j ire' at?, as it was always' done I wi * fie iitakoa wepo qpito large, that ! ir. 1 (l.'rf flfamo, as only pieces of I ec.'v . re ploccd on tlio board, and J in i; .. .nifty to get away (ho man : v,\. ,i 11 ot vir; it"fo hand hack to llio t . liionoy, but would deep ; " y, t '.blo, and all.?Samuel St. i . ,u- in Chicago Journal. ? J. ; \ f\. | MnUul Contagion. V? J FrWtr, 4ibf> tritth, nourished" fh crowds. At the hearth of sympathy each finds a homo. The fanatical lead, tho sniicr follow. When a person of nervous temperament, not strongly independent in thought aud action, enters a spiritualistic circle, where hois constantly surrounded by confident believers, all eager to have him sharo their sacred visions and profound revolutions, where the atmosphere is ropleto with -miracles aud overy choir and table may at any instant be transformed, into a proof of tl^o supernatural,is lt^tralicflC that he soon becomes one of them??Hesitatingly at finst, and perhaps yet rcstorable to his former modes of thought by tho fresh'air of another and uiore steadfast mental intercourse,, but more and morocertaiuly. and ardently convinced tho longer he breathes tho sconce atmosphere. No iorm 01 contagion is so insidious in its onset, so diilicult to check in its advance, so certain to leave germs that may at nuy moment reveal their pcrnicious power, as a mental contagion ?the contagion of fear, of panic, of fanativ,l.,r"\ of lawlessness, of superstition. The story of tlio witchcraft persecutions, were there no similar records to dcfaco tho pages of history, would sufllco as a standing illustration of tho overwhelming ]>ower of psychic contagion. To fully illustrato its importance in tho production of deception would require an essay in itself. It cutcrs at every stage of the process and in every typo of illusion. It has least otFcct when deception is carried on by external arrangements^ by skillful counterfeits of logical inferences; its power is greatest where tho subjective tactor in deception is greatest, inoro particularly in such forms of deception as have been last described.?Professor Joseph J astro w in Popular Science Monthly. Tlio Seventh Son. In Franco a seventh son in direct succession is called a marcou. In Orleans, during the presold century, tho following was written concerning the maroon: "Hainan is tho seventh son of his father, without any femalo intervening, ho is n marcou; ho has on some part of his body tho mark of a flour do lis, and, liko tho kings of France, lie has tho power of curing llltt Ivinor'R f>Vl 1 All <!??? ic nn/*nceovu ?-. ? - J to otVcct a euro is that tho marcou shonkl breathe upon tho part affected, or that the sulVcrer should touch the mark of tho ileur do lis. Of all tho mnrcous of the Orleannais, ho of Ormes is tho host known and tho most celebrated. Ilvory year, from twenty, thirty, forty leagues around, erowtln of patients come to visit him; but it is particularly in holy week that his power is most efficacious; 'and on the night of Good Friday, from midnight to sunrise, the cure is certain. A darker superstition concerning the seventh soil exists in Portugal. It is there believed that the unfortunate boing who is the seventh male in direct succession, is in tho power of the Prince of Darkness, by wliom ho is compelled, on every Saturday even ing, to assume the appcnranco of an ass. Jn this guise, and accompanied by a (roup of dogs, he is compelled to race over moor and through village until tho light of tho Sabbath dawns, when ho may rcsunio his human form l'or another week,?If. S. Bussctt iu St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ^ .J\m Muk1!! Mouuiumt. ... ... After dinner at tho leading hotel of the place, a more pretentious hostelry than they hud met since leaving the Mussnsoil, of Springfield, our friends started out for a stroll through tho town, and ultimately found them m-ivva i?i itiu rniicu/l y, W111CI1 IS 10cated upon a hill a little south of and overlooking1 the dojiot, and from which tho photographic view was taken. Hero. as they wandered among the tombs of this charming resting place of the dead, culling hits of wisdom front the various inscriptions, "all reminding them of their end, they came rather unexpectedly upon the monument of "Jim" l'isk, the financial hero of lllack Friday. It is an imposing and beautiful structure of wbito granite from tho quarries of Dummerston, a little way up the river, and was erected by his widow at a cost of nearly SiOO.OOO. It consists of a shelf mounted upon a square base, at the four corners of which are life size figures of Commerce, Finance. Banking and Railroading, all charmingly conceived and admirably executed. vEsthotically considered, it is a rare and beautiful pieco of work, hut what a commentary upon tho truthfulness of monumental fame 1 As our friends viewed the beautiful sfructuro and criticized its design and execution, tho excitablo Tinto broke out into strong animadversions against the propriety of such a contribution to posthumous glorification anent a man whose name, while living, was a synonym for every t hinsr that was '"llush, perturbed spirit," interrupted tho (Tominio. ''This memorial of liirn stands in a secluded spot, far from the eyes of men; and it was the least his widow could do in return for tlie wealth ho left her. As for the rest, judge not, lest yo ho judged." And tho perturbed spirit was hushed.? American Magazine. Hospitality of ti:e Cu!>;u:s. During theso rides the remarkable Cuban hospitality of which I have already spoken was again and again cmphasizcu. It was simply impossible to get past any habitation, from that of a decayed but still well to do planter to the humblest charcoal burner's cabin, without dismounting for a light for our cigars, or a few minute's Chatter over tho dolorous condition of all'airs in the island, during which "cotl'ce"must be taken. There being neither stoves nor fireplaces in Cuba, the question of cooking tires becomes an odd one. J n the cities, .all cooking is done on charcoal urns, in tho larger establishments these often being arranged in the form of massive 'charcoal ranges. i<ut in these rclaote country places, a little pagoda like conur is built next the house, or ft detached structure, not unlike an American farmer's largo smoko house, is seen. Hero the liiv k>. huilt squarely upon llio ?rdhnd,.or upon or within rudo stouo Iv.iaes, /md llio smoke asc ends at will, usually finding vant underneath raised r<io;fc. In this primi tivo cofcinn, or kikjicn, llio gunrda cande.la (literally eandlo, or fireguard) is riwujs smoldering. If it should linpprn /> g.? out?which is seldom permitted, as unhappy sup< rations attach to th<^ fact?on discover^, it is in.-tlantly relighted from flint ami steel pparks struck into hunches* of corn tassels, < r somo dry and splintcrpd leaves of tho palm.?Han krancisco liulictin. ./ ' .. -:""v nr.. 1 .U'CgAL^KW , A Otnntrjr Which Would Bo Prospered Coder a WIm Policy. Thero used to bo a largo commerce in mohair, which industry waa ol great value U> lb* peopla Minor, ifhd" it could have co'ntroll^ the world's market. But Turkish political economy is of that kind thai as soon as it perceives any industry tt bo in a flourishing condition it begin: to levy unbearable taxes upou^L.ajk thus the {production oft this bac&lifu wool C.tSbs Practically stifled, in ad dition to the usual four-flfths then wus placed an export tax of 8 percent upon it. besides the profit of the mid dlemon. The pcculiaf system of tax ation inado tho goats taxablo us livi stock and their milk as a food product Their hair was taxed when clipped and unain when shipped abroad. Thui tho wliolo production of this beautifu textile died out and other countries aro beginning to furnish tho Angon wool. Tho culture of tho silkworm and tin manufacture of those unique and ai most everlasting silks from Brousst might bo mudo a source of much rev enue to Turkey, were it not for th< policy which taxes every mulberrj tree, every ounce of raw silk ant every yard of goods manufactured until it is n mnttrtr of unrnrisn linw >?. poor wretches who produce them cai live. Every fruit bearing tree is taxed as are also animals, fowls and wonns and, lastly, labor itself is taxed, an< the wage workor has to surrender al that the tax gatherers con squeeze ou of him without actually starving hin vo death. Tlie laborers in thA interioi of Turkey and her dependencies an so thin that they loos like moving mummies, and they all have tho ex grcssion of utter despondency ant opclessncss on tlioir wizened features Tho collection of taxes in all the in tcrior of Turkey and her dopendencici upon farm produce, made by rovcnu< officers belonging to each narticulai pachalilc is madoin kind when then is 110 ready money. When the erops fail tho amount which each on< usually pays must bo given in money otherwise tho soldiers, or revenue oil! cers, s.eizo tho animals, implements, copper cooking utensils, and, in fact everything of sufficient value to carrj off, and tlicso aro turned into money, leaving wliolo families utterly desti tute. If tlicy make an outcry thej receive the bastinado or are thrust inU prison. Those furmers or peasants who liv< within a distance of llfty miles fron Constantinople bring their scanty stock of salaolo articles, such as smat vegetables, fruit, poultry, etc., and aL these roads converge in two, whicl have stations for tho revenue oflicen at Masliiak, which is near tho forest a! Belgrade, and another on tho Taximo, near the Grand Champs cemetery, Ilero tho trains of i>oor peasants pas: with their donkeys, with their bag: upon their shoulders or with basket: containing a little salad or a few egg: or chickens?in short, anything tlioj have to sell. They are stopped anc their produco appraised, and the peas ant must render up part of his scanty store, letting the otlicials take out who they wish a3 tax. Then he receives ( bit of red paper which permits bin to go on selling* the diminished stock Money, howovcr, is always preferrcx when tho peasant has it, but whon hi has no. money the officials help them ?elves always to the besbof the stock If he complains, which ho seldon docs, ho receives tho bastinado. N< other jxjoplo in those uuys could bo 8< submissive under such abject slavery All the drinking water is brough from long distances in barrels ant bags on tho backs of incu, and thL water is also taxed, with tho cxceptior of that which is brought for tho sui tan's household. The resources of Turkey proper nr< various and would enrieu any othci country in the world, and when w< also take into account all the tributary nations and dependencies, wo wondei at the universal poverty. The coun try is large and reaches into sevCra climates. There is scarcely anything that could not bo produced if tho in dustrics were not subject to such un just and outrageous' taxation. Wheat coffee, grai>es, raisins, tigs, prunes wool of several ouulities, tobacco o the finest possible Kind, herbs, mcdici nal and aromatic, such as moke th Scrkys tea: rhubarb, mastic, honey corn, fish of all kinds, medicinal gums dates, opium, silk, cotton, flax, petro leum, cattle, sheep, rugs and carpets attar of rose, tho beautiful Brouss: silks and embroideries, tho exquisiti gold filigree work, which cannot 1> equaled outsidoof Turkey, and manj other things. The Turkish dyestuffs wcro alwayi valuablo and in largo demand, but tin government effectually killed tho in dustry by handicapping it with taxe and export duties, until now the tradi is nominal. Indeed, the whole policy ofTurkcy has been to kill the goos< that lays tho golden egg. rrl.~.~ ~? ...1.-1.1? 1 i J.UC1U aiu uuuuuiu LUiU lllllltS 11 many parts of Turkey?one withii forty miles of Constantinople?an< they are not utilized, though the nets for fuel ill that city is groat. Tb present supply for heating house through their very rigorous winters i charcoal and Wood, brought from lonj distances on camels and hoists in in (initcsimally small quantities, and soli by the chekkce or armfuL?Cor. Ne\i York Herald. . Atio detectives of Berlin are th nearest approach in stolidity to thos of Loudon. There is really very littl crimo in tlio German empire, on ac count of tlio extraordinary sentence that are imposed and tho strict mil tai y discipline that prevails through out tho cmpiro, and which has it highest development in Berlin. 0: this account tlio most experienced ani capable detectives are taken out of th criminal service as rapidly as possible and promoted to tlio oliiciul deport meut. Their duties consist solely in watch incr socialism and rninrvlinr* ominnn Germans from bomSs nntl dynamite Bismarck, for instance, never travel without tlie protection of at least tw of tlio crack oflicers of tlio dcteetiv corps, and, when ho takes a rido in tli para, or even ventures 011 a shot official visit to ono of the department! a man precedes uiul follows nim. Tli 'vigilance is scvero and thorough. Th emperor, I may remark in passing, i never guarded by detectives, butni ]>ersonal staff* hover about him in i fashion that renders any interferenc from Nihilists or Socialists v. ell nig] impossible. As to tlio skill of tho Gei man detectives, it cannot, I think, b compared for a moment with that o >he noliceof Paris or New York,?Ne\ York Cor. Globc-Deinocrat. 1 ? j j~ l DIPLOMATIC TOMMY. i 'Hi laSwMd BU 8M?r to Attend the Foot- EpU .? baU Oimc. > "No, Tommy/' mid his sister, "I'll I q r not give you 50 cents to pay to soe the tho, football match; yoB have seen a uutujb?r hwehhll wines during tho suui- euul 1 met, and 1 think 4hat is enough." gjao | ToaUMtyfitf^WCtcd for a while nrul |,atj ^Pt qidj^lPJjiis 23-yeai-ok) sister twe ' began to ?i^gnitulate herself That she the | had silenced him for a time at least, forn | and she would not be bothered by his cvei teasing. Suddenly Tommy's face a8ilt brightened afid he turned toward his the i 3 sister, but she was busy with somo mou needlework, and was all unconscious tho of the thoughts that .woro running mar through his mind. After a whilo ho g,vi] 5 went over and stood besido hoc and moK watched her fingersasthey dexterously eiJO> * "knitted the bright colored yarn into tho * fancy mats and things without names woo ' for a church fair to do held in a short Thh * time. ' den 4 There was silence for a while, only den broken by the far away notes of a ppo, 3 harsh hand organ as it ground out, in tho spasmodic time, tho "Boulangcr wa3 1 March," in . the next block. At Inst tho Tommy broke the silence and said ti,e 3 softly: "Do you remember Mr. Nico- ^ { fellow, who used >tp talk to you so aftc 1 much at the hotel irf Saratoga?" mer . "Yes, Tommy. Why?" eoril 3 "I guess you haven't seen him re- # a 1 c?ntly, have you?" . aton ? !*No, Tommy. Wh$n we moved cani i >la?t springho was in Europe. whf j and I didmorKTiow his address, bo aid j not send him a card. What mokes drei 1 you ask tfto question?" up 1 "Oh, nothin' much; only tho last n0ig r tint? I went to the Polo grounds to see fain 3 the New Yorfcs beat the Chicagos ho tool 1 was thore in the grand Btana, and gooj i_lJ 1 TT- 1 L - -? 1 1 bu iimuy omer uimgs 10 attend to, Roc visiting sick people an' making things piCI for the poor heathens in Africa, Gf an' "?? No r "When did you ?ay the football frot 3 game was to be played, Tommy?" nro ' "On Saturday; an'" bacl p "Tommy (hesitatingly), would you con j like to take me to see tho game if I buy edh 1 the tickets?" enii ? "Why. cert" Gaz Tlien she ki$ed htm and told him ho needn*t say anything about their go- c ing, and Toitmy moyed toward tho ^ > door. When ho got outside he drew tj10 1 a long breath and exclaimed to him- eoir self: Gee! What a whopper 1 But oxc 0 it workedl"?New York Tribune. cou ' "?a. fou ; The Domrd In Shirt. the Jerry Dame is the name of 4 little the 1 boy. Last week he found a dead wit a sheep, around which a number of buz- wei u:?i. 1-^1 " j umus nsro uiJIVlUg U1U11 UlTUlVai. 1113 Hit j determined <unon catching ono of the' clbt buzzards, anil nt otico built d very abo 5 large trap. He baited it with thie dead wri 3 sheep, and In a very short time he had per captured a buzzard. cop a Ho then took one of his shirts and mei 3 fitted iton to the buzzard, cuttingotf the tho 7 sleeves and putting the bird's wings Nea a through the arm holes. Ho cut olF mei tho front tail of the shirt and sewed poii i tho garment firmly to the buzzard's froi 3 bodv, after which he liberated tho rest 1 bird. Tho bird flapped his wings and she! i flow up into the air. the toil of the tair 0 shirt fluttering behind him as ho flew. The s About twenty-five crows followed ?F s after the strange looking obiect, and j the buzzard was peeked and knocked about ct a terrible rate., t 1 Three or four days afterward Jerry ? found the buzzard a mile away, hud- ?iv? died up against a tree, dead; When c" wash day came Jerry was called upon . 0 for his shirt, and tho story leaked ouL . i 0 His father was so much amused that f ' 0 he would not allow tho boy's mother : y to whip him.?Atlanta Journal. i? * and Shock Die* for n Coffin. I jj, j 3 Ajjarabler, dying of consumption, q shu filed into nn undertaker's cstabj lishment at Stockton, C'al.. and pro- ^ o posed to the proprietor to snake dice . !f tor a coffin. The latter consented, the jrol \r money was put up against a suitable lhij coffin, anil tho gambler won, chuck- ftCli ling over his luok as ho ambled away. for t The passion for gambling is an inlio- jmt >. rent trait of character, and the men jjel a who have boon humiliated by tho set- ] o tloment of idiotio bets jvill not be any r ( 0 mom loth to make tho* same bets on ijjii c tho next erosion.? Chicago HdrpJd. CitUel) rulll B A St <11.1 kIi IllfJ . I > I ncmr! \. l' One reason why world is so ujiside A down is frotn tho astounding error in tioi "Cosmos Chronology." If .ton. 1 hur Anno Domini was first -day of h irst ily ' hentury, end of twelfth mouth, Doc. app C.t, at midnight, ended first hundred yea 1 years. If correct, Jan. 1, 1800, wa3 mo uirst day of Eighteenth century, and her ' yet for eighty-eight yoais wo have cha f [teen calling it nineteenth century, Tin when that does not begin till Jan. 1, to j 1900.?George BVancis Train in New liar York World. .* \ J J ife A VOLCANIC ERUPTION. ode In tlio Island of ToIoum?Showera of Red Uot'Stone*. n tho IJd Inst, wo had an outburst in crater, with rtones, flames, thunder uiar lightnings). It was strong igh to throw stones of oonsldernblo to tho sides of the mountain. Wo often seen euch eruptions during Ive to thirteen years I have been on island, and I hoped it would end like aer eruptions. Toward evening, howV tho rushes of smoko, steam and ? (which used to bo projected into air to about twice tho height of tho mtain) hud completely ceased. Aa night npprokched the ' leading fuolo (which was very active, ug off on ollensivo smell for iths before tho event) had begun to v a clear high flame, much paler than flames produced by tho burning of d, and somewhat greenish or bluish. > phenomenon, together with the sudstopping of tho smoko, was not evitly a good omen. Consequently I I wyaim i*j uiu. no saiu uo uiienueu? veil 1 nearly every game. He had a lady witl With nim." and "V "A lady, Tommy?" all, "Yes; I ffuess.it was his mother." tool "Oh I (relievedJ. You say ho talked whi Jto you, Tommy?'' to f * "Yes; ho said ho thought I had houi grown a great deal since ho saw mo in BO t] Saratoga, and wanted to know how ther that good looking sister of mine was." Wo ' 'Go on. Tommy." 8ton "And then he said: 'Let mo see, fmo your sister is about 19 now, isn't she?' cf ? And 1 said I guessed that was about n your ago." regr "Well" (softly). here "Then lio turned to tho lady who cf t] was with him and asked hor if she cuat didn't remember tho lady who looked . fon, so pretty that night at the hop; tho bloc one, be said, who had brown hair and i)ro1 wore a lovely palo bluo silk dress, that thrc | became her so well, and made tho wer ' Rogers girls so jealous?I guess lie the 1 Rnln fl\A MififlAO Pnrmro Aw/1 oV?*v eei/1 <.?V?VtO. AUiU D1IU DUIU lltCfi she remembered uer quite well; and Up then she turf cd to me and said: 'Are wag you the youn^ lady's brother?' An' I 6tor said I was, anc site said: 'You ought aboi to be proud of Laving such a nice sis- fait] lor ' an' I said jl was, an' it made mo the fool-good when I eeo how all the young to r ladies in tho block were jealous or (irC( her" ?'* iioa "Tommy 1" (severely). Up "Well, I couldn't help it, 'cause 1 m0? know it's so" 0 1 "Tommy" (mildly). plai "An' then Mr. Nicefellow told the tan< waiter to bring mo a glass of soda ti,e water, an! asked mo if 1 didn't mc! want some peanuts, an' I said I didn't ' bow mind, anl he bought mo some; an' just hav then BuA Kying; made a home run. fc, an' Mr.?lfld3fofldw said he guessed the thei Chicagos couldn't play ball, and he'd a rather see a game of football any day, bett especially between the college elevens, clo\ an' he said he hoped 1 would bo at tho ubo football games this fall, an' wanted to crat know if you liked athletic sports, an' 8ion 1 said I guessed you did, but you had at t it all tho night dressed en r. sofa in dressing room. Toward morning I overpowered by 6lcep and went to little bedroom which looks toward mountain, rested on the bed, and 1 was evidently sound asleep. Soon rword I was awakened by a troidous din, wluch can hardly bo debed. a I jumped up from. my bed I felt tee falling ou the.roof as hail?such bounding going on. I understood it was the matter, and ran toHho opto room, where I had mado iny cliil1 sleep that night. They were also in consequence of an indescribable 0 of thunder, rush of gases, flames, ng of huge bowlders, rocks, etc. 2 : them to tho drawing room, but as 1 as the door was opened a big stone, hot (all these 6tones were quite red i heat), fell through the roof, ceiling floor a few yards from us, smashing setting fire to everything. Now I : mv children back to tho bedroom cli looks on to tho veranda, and tried jain the terraco by tliat side. Tho so doors were shivering nnd shaking, liat it was-n difficult matter to open n. At last I succeeded, but before were out in tho veranda another io fell at our feet, was smashed to Clients, and burned tho feet and legs ly boys. ow wo passed through tho veranda, lined the house at tho top of tho stairs; 5 another stono fell very near us (nono heso stones were less tliqn two feet in nctcr). This last stono (which is tho ah that struck tho house) lia9 nearly ked our way out in the rubbish it ight from tho roof. Wo passed )Ugh over tho heap of rubbish and 0 now out iu the open to tho north of house. By this time (not many min1 after all) tho wholo place was lighted woods, grass, buildings, hedges?all on flro; tho bugo bowlders and ics were literally raining everywhere lit us?what confusion! Natali, tho liful boy, had by this time conio to help of my little boys. We all began un to Vulcanello and away from the idful thundering mountain. Toward n boats of rescuo reached us from ari, and we thus ended ono of the it eventful days of our life, in revisiting the spot I saw tho wholo n8 below the mountain, to tho dis:e of ono aud a half miles, especially neighborhood of the houso and the l's habitations, literally covered with .l.lo?> ?...1 1.? _11 ?l. _1. iUCio (Uiu 1UVUO Ul till wuiuii e embedded themselves in the ground carious depths. Tho nioefc JiUgo of it is near the well of the house, which ot lees than ten yards in diameter, or .cr, length, and' in somo ten and ren feet deep in tho ground. This is ut three-quarters of a mile from tho :cr. Another of nearly equal dimens is on the shoro near thcQuarantana, ho end of tho bay of tho Lovante. Its of ono yard in diameter aro as itiful as can bo as far as tho middle fuleanello, near tho Putito Samossa. doubt many of these bowlders aro 11 ten to fifteen yards across, and are jectcd as far as tho sea, but often fall k in tho crater itself. This stato is tinuiiig iucessantly and uninterrupt% causing further damage and frightig everybody.?Lipari Cor. Pall Mall etto. 'ontents of n North Carolina Mound. [r. J. M. Spainhour lias described, in Elisha Mitchel Scientiiic society, to relics that were discovered in tho avation of a mound in Caldwell nty, N. C. Within tho mound was nd a skeleton lying upon its faco, with head resting in a largo sea shell, inner surface of which was carved h hieroglyphics. Around tho nock o largo beads uiado of 6ea shells, t arms were extended and bent at tho >ws, so as to bring tho hands within ut a foot of tho head. Around each st was a bracelet, composed of copand shell beads, alternating. Tho per beads appeared to bavo been hamVwl JniA fliin clinnfo #t?w1 VV* ...vv v?uu fUWio (U1U * UilUU illUUUU string, n part of which was preserved, ir the right hand was an iron impleit like a chisel or punch, not sharp ited, but smaller at Hie end away n the handle. Tho left hand was ing on tho convex surface of a 6eu 11, tho concavo surface of which conicd about a hundred small beads. i shell was carved with hieroglyphics, 'opular Scienco Monthly. A Somewhat Ancleut Toad, ocal antiquarians and zoologists in jland are enchanted at present with a toad found in the courso of railway ivations at Greenock. Tho toad is ainly from 20,000 to 80,000 years as the stratum clay in which it was nd certainly dates from tho glacial iod. Its moutlv is sealed up; it ithes slightly through tho nostrils, though tho oyes are quite expressive DCS hot bcOia to ool).? 1 UbliC Opinion. I'rophecy of tho I'll onogra pit. ind now they say that Tom Hood fust ined tho phonograph; as witness this, n his "Comic Annual" for 1880: "In i century of inventions, when a self ng drawing paper has been discovered copying visible objects, who knows that a future Nicpce, or Daguerre, or scliel, or Fox Talbot, may find out 10 sort of Boswellish writing paper to iat whatever it hears?"?New York mne. i'o Care Lefthwuedwuji. i French physician, Lh*. Fel?, monis a curious apparent cause of icftidedness. A child in tfcertain fumwos lefthanded, and the second >eared to bo so at tho ago of one r. It was then learned that the Lher always carried her children on left arm. Slio was advised to .ngo, and hold it. on her other arm, s infant, having its right hand free tjrasp objects, soon became rightidciL?New York Ifelem-am. ? ? ?-?1 IN* DARKNESS. 7 1 will bo still; The terror drawing nlkh 8ball startle from my lips do coward cry: . , Nay. though U?o night my deudncnt dread fulfill, 1 will be still For olv: 1 Uoow. Thotigta mtffhrhig hours delay, 1 Yet to llterojty they |?jw away. Carrying something onward a* thb? Tow. Outlasting woe! , Yae, soitu". I dug won; Tho harvest of our toaiw? Something unfading. olucked ftnm fading Tears; Something to blossom on beyond the sun. KTom Sorrow won. . v i ... Of ot The agony, So hopeless now of balm. Shall sloop at Inst, lu light as puro ana Calm As that wherewith tho stare took down on thed, ,. i Getlitvimnuo. 1 ?wo< :> ?Florence Eorlo Qoates Lu Harper's Magnate a. i , New System of Telegraphy. Dr. J. Harris Rogers, of Washington, is responsible for u new telegraph invention, which will bo known as visual synchronism. Tlio discovery consists of n motliod by whiiih two wheels, thousands of miles apart, may bo kept revolving in porfcct Unisou, and tho application consists in the ability to print and transmit from one wheel to another about 130 words a miuute. By mcaus of a small instrument with ten keys a message is first perforated on a tape. This iapo runs through a telegraphic instrument, and the perforations permit small steel fingers to mnko electrical connections with an ordinary telegraph wire, wniqh in its turn connects with tho receiver on the other distant wheel, and influ-. enccs ten mngnes3 provided with curves and strokes, which combine to form Roman letters in accordance with tho original perforations. The two indicators or wheels which actually form tho vis.unl synchronism givo 000 involutions a minute, and each revolution form's a letter. This gives about 130 words a minute* Hie ( ulorso characters have to bo interprated, but us visual synchrononiie messages come out in Roman letters, much labor is saved. "Autographic telegraphy," said Mr. Rogers, "invented oy tho famous electrician, Bakewell, about thirty years ago, and afterward improved upon by Father Secchi, Edison, Gray and Sawyer, failed in practical applications for . want of tho rapid sync uranism now introduced by mo. With tho aid of tho new discovery it may now bo utilized."?New York Tribune. A Gorman Antl-Tlpplng Society. X11U HUWUUII Ul I I I 19 ttlr IC'H^IU lO 1)0 seriously grappled with. A Gcr? man psychologist li:is taken it in hand, and has constructed 011 elaborate plan for its solution. Tipping, in thp view of this acute person, is a human weakness, a deficiency of moral courage very similar to tippling, and should bo dealt with in tho same way. Accordingly I10 has projected an association of anti-tippers, a kind of union of total abstainers from tipping, tho members of which will be required to sign a pledge promising to give 110 more tips to waiters, servants and other persons of this class. Tho headquarters of tho association aro at Chemnitz, and although its constitution is not yet finally settled, a badge for its members has been it-solved on. This is not to be worn, like tho tcmiwrauco badgo, where it can bo readily seen, but is to bo produced from the pocket whenever waiters show a tendency to linger.? Boston Truo Flag. Good ridilng in Alaska. Fishing in Alaska is good if a;Canar dian gentlemen recently visiting there tells (no truth, llo says that ut Tongass Narrows ho saw a creek so crowded with salmon that tho surface was actually blackened with their backs mul dorsal lins. I11 somo places tliey were crowded so closely that they could hardly move and could bo picked out ol tho water by hand. At a.canning establishment ho saw 8,000 lisli just taken, waiting treatment, and in one ease 01:0 draught of a seino brought to shore 2,500 salmon.?New York Sun. Too 111 Any School Hooks. Education has been carried to such an extent i:i Germany that the government has felt it: ell' forced to step in and compel a lightening of tho weight of bclux>l books carried by tho children. German children carry their books in a knapsack The police aro ' now ordered to stop children weighted too heavilv. iret their address mid brine* their futlicrs to court to l>o tined for overloading.?New York SSun. How Wotxl Is "Metallized." A method of giving a brilliant metallic surface to wood has been brought out in Germany. Tlio wood is llrst treated in a bath of caustic alkali, then in a bath of hyposulphite of calcium to which sulphur has been added, and finally in a bath of ncetato of lead. In each of theso baths tho wood remains for several houi-s. It is then dried and may bo given a very high polish.? Arkansaw Traveler. A nijj Dfty'n Work. At Central City, Colo., tho other day, a retort containing $10,000 in gold was placed in a hank for safo keeping. Tho ?old was all produced in a single day y ono mine. Tho amount is tho greatest over taken from nay mino in 10 Baoio length of time. ? Chicago Herald. Oldest Poplar In France. Tho citizens of Dijon boast that they1 have tho oldest poplar in France, but jnot <.!/! il 1 Tl j iiou liww Wl?? it If* H\/ WUVJ UKIUWSS 11 13 122 feet liijrli, forty-live feet in circumfercnco at t'.io base, an<l twenty-throe feet in circumforonco fifteen foot from tiio base.? Foreijju inciter. Cheap GriuU's of Canity. Our bushiest is injured to a groat degreo by tho plan adopted sonio tiaio ago by retail grocers in giving awav eandv to children who conic to their stores for small articles needed in tho household. Tlio most (f thoso grocers bay n very cheap grade of candy, painted up with poisonous coloring. These nro dealt out to children whenever nn articlo is purchased, no tnatter how much or liow littlo the pure!): > may bo. It frequently h&ppcjjs the.; a child, wlrn luia become smart, v.-ill rrftl.v two or thrco * trips totho etoro v/Ixci tie errand could havo been performed, ct ono tiuia Tbis isdono to get a dcul'lo Ooro. of the i ofcon. Or tho child wi'.l lyr.vo homo with inetnictions to pu:c!i>o two cr three. ^nicies, and visit i. i iruny. different stores,' /Jetting 'taffy a stick" or sotnb other ? bucIj ptuff at <ach ono of them. Puro and healthy ?v?ndy cnirnoi bo mado and sold for tiiii pbrposo at 10 and 15 cents a pound, and thin n w hat most of this stuff costs. ?Candy Pie reliant in Globo-Democrat i *. To Save Life J Frequently roquircs prompt Action. An ^ "X hour's delay waiting foe the ddetor may J be attended with serious consequences, I ospeclalljr in cafeeS df Ooup, Pneumonia, ftud other throat and lung troubles. rafl Hence, no family should be without a bottle ol. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, yM which has proved Itself, in thousands ot aa ' I canes, the best Emergency Mefl^ay>^K. J ever diaoovcred. It gives prompt and prepares tho way for a thorough JH euro, which is certain to he effected by '1 its continued use. I 8. H. Latimer, M. D., Mt. Vernon, * 1 Oa., sayS:' "I have found Ayer's Cherry I Pectoral a porfect onre for Croup in all 1 cases. I have known tho worst cases iv 1 relieved in a very short time by its use; ] and. I aflviso all families to use it in sud- 1 rlftn ninnrffAnplpB fnr pnimhu prnnn Ar.n*9 I J. Eidson, M. D., Mlddletoven, g Tonu., Bays: "I have used Ayer'e I 1 Cherry Pectoral with tho best effect in I my practice. This wonderful prepara- 1 tion ence saved my life. 2 had A eon- I Btant cough, night awoato, wan greatly reduced in flenb, pnd given up ny my physician. Ono bottle and a half of the Pectoral curod nie." " I cannot say enough in praise of ' Ayer's Cherry Pectoral," writes K. Dragdon. of Palestine, Texas, 4* believ< ing as I do that, but for its use, I should long since have died." Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, rnxrARXD BY ? . . ,. Or, J. O. Ayer tt Co,, Lowed, Mass. ?? Bold by all Druggteia. I'rlco $1, Ms bottles, $5PIEDMONT AIR LINE RICHMOND ft- DANVILLE RAILROADC1REENVILLE & COLUMWA DIVISION condensed schedule j| In effect December 10, 1888. M (Trains run on 75th Meridian time.) {1 CSwapwBiMBaB NORTHBOUND No. 64.* Ne.il. ( ft] Leave Cha'ston 7 00 s. e. m Leave Colsmbia fIV flO 2Ga. ni, Arrive Alston....... 11 22 a. m. . Aexve Alston........ 11 25 p. m.fl Arrive Uafon 1 26 p. m. 4 25 p. as. . R Arrivo Spartanburg. 2 60 p. m. 6 46 p. m. J " Saluda ,.> (. I " Flat Rook I " Hendersonville... ^ | asnoviwe.. 7 uu p. m. JW>k' I Hot Springs....... 1 ? Peruana..... li 60 t. D. ^ ijr'rlve Prosperity... 12 122 p. In. I " Newberry..... 12 89 p. m. 1 Laurens - ->8 " Ninety-Six... 1 45 p. in. " Grceuwood...., 2 80 p. m. fl " Greenville...... 6 20 pn B " Abbeville 4 00 p. m. fl " Anderson 4 40 p. m. ' fl " Seneca..., 6 00 p.m. fl " IValhalla...... 7 00 p. m. fl Atlanta 10 40 p. it.', r SOUTHBOUND, No 65 No. 60 .1 Leave Walballa... . |8 00 a. m. j " Seneoa..8 30 a. m.' ? Anderson.... 9 |1 a..m. . I " Abbeville ..v,.w 10 50 a.m. I " Greenville..... 9 80 a. m, I < . Greenwood... 1^ ,28 p. m. ,j . ? Ninety 81x,... 1 12 p. m. *** ?? Laurens " .,Newberry 2 82 p. m, ' Prosperity..... 2 62 p^ m. Arrive Alston, . 8 80 p. m. Leave Hot Springs. .., < *0 CO a m Leave Asbeville 8 26 a. m " Ilendersonville " Flat Hock " Saluda " Tryou . " Sparluuburg.. +11 65 a. m? " Union 1 40 p. m. 9 45 a m Arrive Alston 8 80 p. m " Columbia 4 40 p. m. " Augusta....... 9 05 p. m. " Charleston yin 8. *Dnily. f Daily except Sunday BPX, Through 0*r Service. Main Line Trains Nos. 54 and. 55 daily between Columbia and Alston, and daily except Sunday between Alston and Qreenville. . Through passenger coach between Cha'etoc and.Morristown, via S. C. Railway, Columbia and Spartanburg. Tickets pn.sale at principal stations to all points. Ou train No. 50 and 51 Pullman plceper beween Charleston and.Hot Springs, N. C., via A. C. L., Columbia and Spartgnburg. ? Jan.. Taylor] D. CardwollSol. Haa * Aft (Jen'l Oen. Pats. Aj t. Pass. Agent. Traffic ManaColumbia, 8 P ger. AN END TO THE HORROR EXTRACTING TEETH, 1 am prepared to extract Teeth iriihout ' pain or danger, by the iuo of Oil, ' 1 guarantee all of my work (o give eatsi- faction. L. ?. MEAUOB. May 4 18 ft ' ' : ' <lo u John IIabkkli, Macbktu Youx Columbia, 8. C,. ? UaIod, a C. HASKELL & YCILG ATTO I!MI S AM) C0US8ELL0BS, UNION, 8. C. Office recofid floor. No. 8} Lew Bang*. Feb 10 6 If SAM'L s. STOKES, A i r u R N E Y AT LA W , . NOTARY PU BLIC . ALL Lueitiesa entrusted to hie' cere *11 The execution of ell pepere ee e Notary puhblio e epeCialtjr. Office in r?nr of th