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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