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? lUrofcd to ^firiraltor^ lortiralhir^ ^omisiit (Stonomij, flotife Sitqratnrc, fofitfts, and tlif (lurrtnt |ttios of the $ag. XX.?New Series. ONION C. H.. SOUTH CAROLINA. FEBRUARY 1, 1889. . , NUMBER 6. V' Selling Out, Selli IB|:REIAD CA And Re That FLYBW baa always be? tbia aeclio I RAVE now made the greatest i thing, if possible. And if Goods sacrifi era, I can convince them that the.Good ARE SAC Seal Plush Modjeskas advertised houses at $16 60 to $20, I will sell Misses Newmarkets, fine Goods, i Ladies " " nice " Those Goods are worth double wl I have the fashionable Tricot fron Those Goods are 64 inches wide. Cashmeres, double width, from 14 I have all dress trimmings, includ 55c. worth 85c. Worsted dress Goo Jeans, Flannels, Ticking, Towels, BOOTS AI HATS AN J MY STOCK is acknowledged by every persdh, to have ever seen above Charleston. I have thousands of other articles tion ; but if you want as many Goi for $16, DO NO FAI] B. C. J LEADER AND CI May 27 Not nn linlucky Number. The following curious story serves as an illustration: "A soldier in the timo of William and Mary was tried !>y a court martial on a chargo of having fallen asleep at midnight when on duty upon tho tcrraco at Windsor. * Ho denied tho chargo, and solemnly declared (as a proof of his having boon awalco at tho time) that ho heart! St Paul's clock striko thirteen. While under sentcnco of death affidavits wero mado by several persons that the clock actually did striko thirteen in stead of twelve; whereupon ho ro ceivcd his majesty's pardon." Thi: statement was ongraved upon tho cof fin plato of the old soldier.?Magazim of American History. Durliam Mustard. Mustard was little known atEnglisl tables until 1729, when a Mrs. Clem ents, residing in Durham, began b Sind tho seed in a mill, and to pas e flour through several processe .necessary to freo it from the husks She kept her secret to herself for man; years, during which sho sold larg quantities of mustard throughout th country, but especially in London Here it was introduced to tho royo table, whero it received tho approve of Georgo I. From tho circumstanc of Mrs. Clements boing a resident ? Durham it obtained tho namoof Dui ham mustard.?San Francisco Argf , inaut, I'athetlo Even If Humorous. There is almost as much pathos c humor in tho following story of a Albany boy of tender years: Shortl after his mother's death, ho, with h fathor, visited her grave, being ca ried there by a horso which his lathe had recently bought. Tho fathe standing apart from the grave, wj naturally in a contemplative frame < mind, and the boy, being unable 1 stand tho onpressivo silence an longer, lifted nis childish voice an sain: "Ma, wo'vo got a new horsc."Portlnnd (Ore.) News. Stand for Trutli. I nin neither author nor factor < any scot. I will have no man addi himself to me; but if 1 have anythii right, defend it as truth's, not min savo us it eonduceth to a commc <good. It profits not me to have nr man fence or fight for me, to llourish < take my side. Stand for truth and '1 enough.?Don Jonson. ill Oil Selling Oil REFULLY MEMBER, N ? **'' * n the Leader of Low Prices in n of country. * 1 i \ ] jffort of my life to clean out the whole ' cod in price will convince the closest buy? i I JRIFICED. i at Evrick's Ridley s and other large < at $12 50 and $15. ' at $2 50, $2 75, $3, up to $5 50. < at $3 25, $3 75, $5. j lut we ask for them. a 19c. to the finest grades at G74c. i Jc to 30c. ing watered silk, which I will sell for \ ds from 4c a yard up. White Counterpaincs, very cheap. , !TD shoes, I I D TRUNKS. ' j i OF CLOTHING j I < be the largest and best selected they | t ; that space will not admit me to men- 1 ods for $10 as can be had elsewhere j L TO CALL AT j FLYNN'S, i I IAMPION OF LOW PRICES. j 21 tf j A Clever Woman. I Oncfi, while traveling in tho went, ? i sho was obliged to take a seat in one i 1 crowded car, while her friends entered > tho next. # i Ilcr neighbor in tho scat was a disar j i grceablo looking fellow, whoso feat- < ures showed an alarming amount of i ' low cunning, promising actual knar i ' very. In spito of tho Englishwoman's 1 L distrust of him sho fell asleep and < > was awakened by feeling her compan1 ion withdrawing bis hand from hor > pocket. i Her first impulse was to raiso an alarm; her second, to ascertain tlio * extent of her loss. It proved that the * thief had only succeeded in taking her , > baggago checlcs, and as his ticket was , marked "Chicago" tlio lady resolved ( to wait until they reached that place, also her destination. i Tho train ran into the station at i - Chicago, tho pickpocket mado his way 0 to tho door, and tlio lady walked bos side him. A baggago express messens ger was passing by tho car and the 1 lady stopped him. y "This gentleman has tho checks for e my baggage," she said, pointing to the e tlnef. i, Tho messenger turned to tho man, kl who, astonished at tho suddenness tl with which tho tables had been turned, o hastily produced tho checks and disit appeared in tho crowd.?An English> woman in America. y. . llclglum n Model Among Nations. In tho remarkable results it has reached Belgium is an excellent cx19 ample of what courago and pcrscvern anco can accomplish in tho face of y very discouraging circumstances? 19 verily a model of thrift and industry ^ that might bo profitably followed by > )r tlio other European countries, even r? tho largest. Nowhere else on thecontinent are the benefits derivable from }I I industrial development and close attent ion to business, joined to steady y conduct and economical habits, soconBpicuous as in this little kingdom. It is ft I( . ron ; ive:i t .? t!:o world ut larjpe. -Br. Hit The Fluror of Mlllt. Milk is altered both in lasts and nppoarnncn by the character of tho food 'ff supplied to the cows. It is colored by ?? madder and saffron. scented by plants of >u the onion tribe, end changed in tasto by y sue It articles as turnips. Certain food ?r may /rive it medicinal properties, and milk lints medicated is proposed as a method ef treat in. g disease.?Arkansas Traveler. TOADS IN HISTORY. I^goncls, Traditions and Prorerba Abont the Hopplng,Cisatnn. * The old Persians made the toad the ; symbol and pet of Ahriman, tho foe of light, and declared that his Charlester, or attendant demons, took that form when they persecuted Ormuzd, says Tho St. James Gazette. Among tho Tyroleso it is a typo of envy, whence the problem, "Envious as a toad." In the Middle Ages, among artists and in many church legends, it appears as greod or avarico; there is evon to this day, in some mysterious place on the right bank of tho Rhine' between Laufenbergand Binzgun, apiloof ooahMMs* ? which aits a toad. That is to say, coals they seem to tho world; hut the Silo is all pure gold, and the toad is a evil who guards it, and ho who knows how can pronounce a spell ?11 1 11? :? T Huitu Ductii uu.li tiiu jrrmi timroian. And thero is n story tola by Monzol ("Cliristliclio Symbolik," volume one, pago 500) that long ago thcro lived in Cologne a wicked miser, who, when old, repented and wished to leave his monoy to tho poor. But when lie opened his great iron chest ho found that every coin in it had turned to a borriblo toad with sharp teeth. This story being told to his confessor, tho priest saw in it tho divino retribution, ! and told him that God would have ' uouo of his money?nay, that it would ' jo hard with him to save his soul. And ho, being willing to do anything j to bo free from sin, was lockca up in tho chest, with tho toads, and lo I the , next day when it was opened tho . creatures had oaten him up. Only his i dean picked bones remained. But in tho Tyrol it is believed that tho toads oro tliamaal va? ??or tiuuuiu, - ! undergoing penaco as Ileetschon or Hoppincn?as tlioy aro locally called ?for deeds done in human form, rhereforo they aro regarded with pity ind sympathy by all good Christians. ' And it is well known that in the Church ] 3f St. Michael, in Schwatz, on the even- . ing beforo tho great festivals, but when ao 0110 is present, tho immense toad . ximes crawling beforo tho altar, where it kneels and prays, weeping bitterly. . Tho general be lie i ia thai toads arc, for , tho most part, people who mado vows . to go on pilgrimages and died with tho rows unf ullillcd. So tho poor creatures jo hopping astray, bewildered and per- . plcxcd, striving to find their way to ^ shrines which have perclianco long . since ceased to exist. ' Onco thero was a toad who took * seven years to go from T olfers to \Yois- ' iensioin; and when the creature . reached tho church it suddenly changed to a resplcndont white dove, which, flying up to heaven, vanished Ijefore the eyes of a largo company [here assembled, who boro witness to the miracle. And one day, as a wagoner was going from Innsbruck to Sccfeld, as Iio paused by tho wayside a load camo hopping up and seemed desirous of getting into tlio wngon, which lie, being a benevolent man, helped it Lo do, and gave it a place on tho seat Ixvsido liim. There it sat liko any other rcspectlblo passenger until they camo to the side path which led to tho church of scefold, when, wonderful to relate, [ho toad suddenly turned to a maiden ?f angelic beauty clad in white, who, [hanking tho wagoner foi uis kindness [o her when sho was but a poor rcpLile, told him sho had onco been a young lady who had vowed a pil?rimago to tho church of Scefcld. But, as heedless maidens often do, sho bad put it off from timo to time till ! >lio died. But now, by his help, her joul was saved. Ana, saying this, she, too, winged her way "to the ' cms realms wncre iho "puro dwellers xro." In common with tho frog tho toad is an emblem of productiveness and raks among creatures which are types of erotic passion. I have in my possession a necklace of rudely made silver toads of Arab workmanship, intended Lo bo worn by women who wish to become mothers. Therefore tho creature, in tho old world as well as in tlio now, appeal's as being earnestly seeking tho companionship of men. Not a Home for Invalid*. To bo plain, tho City of Mexico is not tho proper placo for a prolonged sojourn of invalid tourists. Tlio robust can do very well hero for a few weeks, but even they would enjoy the winter weeks in lower level towns liko Aguns Calicntes, Guadalajara, or littlo towns liko Orizaba or Cuernavaca. Hero it is impossiblo to havo a firo in your hotel room, as such n thing is absolutely unknown. A lamp will, it is true, heat a room sufficiently to tako off the chill, but this is not thoway for an invalid to live. Tlicro aro cities and towns hero where no need of a fire will bo felt tlio winter through. For those of us residents who havo gone through tlio not wholly comfortable process of acclimatization and are fairly robust, a winter is quite a different tiling. Its cold is gently bracing, tlio anpetito, never shurp in tropical latitudes, nicies up a bit, and ono goes about his business with moro energy. But I defy nny man or woman of northern blood to livo hero a few years and havo that vitality, that certain vigor, that ono dosscsscs in ruder climes to the nortaward. There are some correspondents who ask if a stay in this city "would bo benoflcial for B?rsons afflicted with rheumatism?" ecidedly not. Anywlicro in the country but in this ancient town, buildeu on a swamp and utterly undrained.?Cor. Boston Herald. A Queer Kunr. A curious local nnmo for n plant is "John go to bed at noon," applied in England to tho yellow goat's lieard, which o]icns at 4 aud closes ju6t before 13 o'clock. In four years tho British museum has , acquired 270,000 specimens in tho department of zoology alone. Tho last census of India indicates a population of 08,082,000. There are 0,? 000,000 more males than female#. SYSTEMS OP "CHECKAQE." ks ** Hi * y Are we a nation of liars, thieves, cheats! If not, what is the meaning of the universal suspicion which poisons . i every brother's cup? Why these checks in street oars, these mechanical contriv- , ancee in barrooms, these private detective agencies? You remember what a hubbub was created years ago when oon- 1 doctors were compelled to wear massive 1 medallions, with intricate mechanism, I supposed to show correctly the number of j fares taken. They looked like tto many , Japanese gods with bungling, onerous, ' doctor polled the spring that rang the 1 bell he challenged public scrutiny, and I the suggestion came to every mind, "the t company suspects this man to be a thief," and so they did suspect every man to be | a thief, and they doubtod the accuracy , of their mechanism as well, because covertly and secretly they sent spotters, 1 old men, young ladies, tender children, < workingmen in every possiblo disguise, t to keep tally of the number of people c who rode upon the cars and paid fare t for the privilege. As it was in Boston t so it was in Now York and in all the great centers. Tho system of checkoge (. In uso upon our railways today is not * only expensive to the companies and an v intolerable nuisanco to tho traveling 0 publio, but a direct impugning of tho in- t tegrity of every man in the employ. 0 I buy a ticket from hero to Boston, Mid pay in advance. I pay $5 for my } ticket, and $1.50, or whatever, for a seat [n a drawing room car. It should be f ^uito sufficient for mo to give up my E lnd my other ticket to tho porter in p charge of the drawing room car, as I { enter the car. Instead of which, I am stopped at the gate as I enter tho ispot, in order that a gateman may 11 punch tho ticket. I take my seat in tho 1 car. In comes a train conductor, who f takes my ticket and punches it in three t ir four different places. I settle down t, to read my paper or my book, and along comes the drawing room conductor, who takes my ticket and gives me another in its place, on which he nunches the year, * ho month, the day or the month, the " lumber of the train, the number of the u car, the number of the seat, my destina- o ion and the amount paid, all of which 3 takes my time and gives him unnecwiry _ abor. Wo pass beyond New Haven, and t mother conductor -?mas. and he hiss to punch my ticket, and another conductor P jomea at Worcester, and he has. to punch t he ticket. Then they oomo along again a rnd take an the tickets. ii Come with me into anypf our bar, j ? looms, onr n*taxn^ilpB. our ciuJflRTime 8 vas when a manoould go with bis friend f nto a cafe, order his lemonade or whatever he wanted, generally the latter, 11 hrow his money on the oounter and ' valk nut. "New h.1 hnn tft nnrfrtrm I service of a waiter. Having taken his v efreshment he waits while the attendant \, urns to a machine at the back of the in- a JoEuro, from which he draws a card, on which is stamped the amount to be paid, v which amount is shown in glaring letters 11 lpon the machine as the impression is c node. This the customer is compelled t jo carry sometimes a distance of a hun- |, Ired feet. At all events he must carry v t wherever the cashier chances to be seated. He hands the check and the , noney to the cashier, wipes his mouth ; md walks away. In other words, the ) barkeeper is distinctly informed by this i procedure that his employer has no faith t n him, and both he and the eaahier is f hformed by this mechanism, which reg- f isters the amount, th$t their employer ? nUU4tui?l>~- - IllWBi V 1 And, after all, do checks Thieving conductors were j I ingenious mechanics with little arranges- ? ments by which, while pretending to I register, they in reality pocketed the faro k without registering. Barkeepers, by col- a lusion with cashiers, can, if they wish, t iefraud their employers. This very week duo of our railroad auditors tumbled over i plan by which fores collected on steam c railways were retained by conductors, t they having duplicate slips furnished j. them by the accountant in tho office, t Human ingenuity is certain to be met by . human ingenuity. In the long ryn, tak- , ing ago after age, accumulated facts havo crystallized themselves into a pro- ' verb, "Honesty is the best policy," and 1 dishonest men know just as well as the good and true that the path to success lies in that direction, and that leaving all question of morals out of consideration, the best "policy," the truest way in which to servo one's selfish purpose, is to be honest. There must be responsibility somewhere. Somebody must be truUed, and all this intricate system of checkage doesn't amount to shucks. If a man is dishonest and has not brains enough to know that, in spite of his dishonest tendency, success can be obtained by honest methods alone, no power this side of heaven can keep him from cheating, and cheating for a while without detection.? Joe Howard in Boston Globe, A Very Curl on* Case. A highly intelligent lady known to one doctor related to him that one day ahe was walking past a public, institution and observed a child, in whom she was particularly interested, coming out through an iron gate. She saw that he let go the gate after opening it, and that it seemed likely to close upon him, and concluded that it would do so with such .force as to crush his ankle; however, this did not happen. "It was impossible," she said, "by word or act to be quick enough to meet the supposed emergency; and, in fact, I found 1 could not move, for such intense pain came-JK^Jn the ankle, corresponding to the one which I thought the boy would have injured, that I could only put my hand on it to lessen its extreme poinfillness. I am sure I did not move so as to strain or sprain it. Tho walk home, a distance of about a quarter of a mile, was very laborious, and on taking off my stocking I found a circle round the ankle, as if it had been painted with red currant juice, with a large spot of the same on the outer part. 13y morning the whole foot was inflamed, and I was a prisoner to my bed many days."?W. H. HawfcRin Bodo* CHobe. TAXES AND TEMPTATION. toe Difficulties of the sout carolina system. . To the Editor of the News ami Cou ier: The recent discussion by tho ncv paper* of a circular issued from tli Comptroller's office, on tho subject c tax returns, the article from the Colun bis Bureau of the News autl Courier ind your editorial on the same subjec bare brought prominently before tli publie the subject of our present systet ?f taxation. It.is universally ennnariad th?4 U.m part of me present property of the Stat meapa* taxation, that much of that r< urncd ie at an under valuation, whi] ;he real estato ia returned and nssesso it a rate far below its market value. Tbe difficulties in our, or tbo adva erem, system of taxation is three-fold irst, that of securing returns of all tax ible property at fair valuations; second >f equalizing the assessments of propcrt; >etween individuals of the same County ind third, that of equalizing betweei he different Counties of tho State, s< hat th A hnr^Ano nf InvntiAn oKnll r??v mly be equal between individuals, bui letween counties. The tax returns re 'eal many curions facts. In many instunccs these show tha he greater the amouut of propcrtj iwned aud returnod by the person re |uircd by law to list his property foi axation, the smaller the valuation! ilaced upon the items of property which uako up the return^ wfrUn Mitt cqmnsrs. rrrrtj?pour tax payer returns his pro terty for taxation at a higher valuation hus making tho burdens of taxation un qual and cousequenily unjust. This ie tot orly so between individuals, bul he different values, placed upon pro lerty of tho same kind and character it bo Counties, make the Counties beai Hardens which aro unequal. To illustrate: A owns ten head of orses, which he returns for taxation at valuation of fifty dollars each; ten ol >is neighbors owu ten horses whose inrket value is not greater than those wned by A, yet they return them foi 100 each, thus paying on the same Toperty twice as much taxes as A, further, the County of A returns iu iroperly, which is of equal value tc bat of B, for less than tho retu.-ns of B nd thus imposes on B taxation whicti t escapes by under valuation. ?CW ui??h ultatirti tyawrtim?tw?Ww I all these difficulties bo remedied, fail cturn8 secured and equal valuations be uade of property, so that the burdeu ol ration may be equal and just. Experience shows that, under the adalorem system of taxation, it is almost mpossiblc to secure just, fair and equitble returus. The different ideas ol alues entertained by individuals ownDg property and assessors of various ounties, the deliberate efforts of some o escape taxation, the large amount ol ocal taxes to be raised in some Counties cinch do not affect others, and the con equent intent of the Counties to kcej lawn assessments, are obstacles whicl n the practical operation of our laws it s difficult to surmount. In mnny State: hese difficulties in the way of the en brcement of tax laws havo grown st jrcat that the advalorcm system hai >een abandoned. The system ol taxation which will rc nove these obstacles as far as possible it ? J- ? U Hvfw >y changing the system, and taking tin cood featuies of both the advaloren ind license system and couibiniuf hem. To do this it would, perhaps, be ne:essary to c lange the present Constitutor If the CouDty aud municipu tovcrnments could be supported by a ax upon real estate and the ordinary lersooal property exclusively, and havt he pbosphato royalty, railroad proper j, banking institutions, express, tele ;raph companies, liquor saloons, uiininj interest and other larire corporations fo State taxation, tbo difficulty of cqualiza tioD between counties would at ouce be il. :_i i. i. :?J:..:,I?.I ? l>ouiu lue micrvBt ui uauu iuuivjuuui vj iho same country or municipality ti have a fair return of property made. I the county governments were made dt pendent entirely on a tax to be raise' upon the real and personal property o that county, and this property exernp from State exempt from State tuxatio then the difficulty of equalization be tween conntics would be removed, an it would then become the interest of th individual taxpayer of that county t see that every species of property was r< turned with fair valuations. Each county could be divided into large number of assessment districts an tho assessors so appointed that the would have an accurate knowledge c the amount and value of the property c each district. The county government being dependent for their support upo tbe real and personal property of eao county, and tbat property exempt frot State tax, the Stato tax could be raise from tbat species of property whic could be readily equalized in value b a State board of equalization, for if stance, railroads, banking institution! mining interest*, manufacturing con {tanies, telegraph, telephone couipaniei iquor saloons, insurance companies, & Thr.t property whose value is easily a certaioed could be taxed ad valoren while other business whose profi's ai unusual on account of the peculiarity (ho business coold be taxed by a jud cious system of license. The amount i revenue to support tho State Governmei can bo thns easily raided without impo ing on those institutions a greater ra of taxation than that which t hey now H W , . 1 The appropriations to support tho ( State Government, for tho 6scaj year I r_ 1888 and 1889. amount in tho appro- i s. pato to $914,165 40. This amount cau ie be readily raised as follows: c jp Phosphate royalty $'200,000 00 j Liquor licenses 130,800 00 . Banking eapitnl, on an osr? sessmsnt of $7,273,000, at t, 12} mills, present rate of v e taxation.., 90,912 00 n Manufacturing ?couipanioe, '/ on assessment of $25,000,- e 000, at taosa rate 812.000 00 0- mm uSujBiiiim Ut r e $17,000,000 212,500 00 1 j. Fees from secretary of State's a 0 and comptroller's office.... 9,000 00 a j The telegraph, telephone and R cA|>res3 companies 1,DS8 IK) j. i- Total $903,300 00 11 |j Appropriations, 1888-80...... 914,1G5 00 u r Difference $18,135 00 u ' The average rnto of taxation paid by t! these institutions on their nssossuicnts i throughout the State for all purposes, p j school, county and State, is 12} mills t on the dollar. This 1 have used in my b t estimate. tl The exemption of this species of ti property from county taxation will not w I increase tho county taxes, or tnako the ri . burdens ot taxation on the ordinary ol . personal property and ronl estate m r greater than now. Under this ni system tho State taxes could be paid ai , directly into tho State treasury, upon as- ir yMmenti mxjp U ~ - ~r"?11 - fcuu ^ "TiraJ and equalized by a State board of b< equalization. Tho county taxes could ' bo collcoted by a county treasurer, who is ( would bo both auditor and treasurer, sc . and tho present expensivo system of 11 collecting taxeB bo abolished, it , There is a necessity for rodio legisla- h . lion on this subject, and I write the ol suggestion contained in this paper to tl agitato the question of taxation, and cr secure, if possible, a more equitable f system than that now of force. , Yours, truly, , J. S. Vkrner. A Columbia, January 10, 188*J. 'c 1>, hi The Origin of a Common Saying ' at | 'The divinity student's broke out again, N ( naid the young man that boards on South h< Davidson street. 'Wo were sitting at F | dinner to-day. and Miss Staggs she up 13 and savn one of her pupils will never set ai tlin rjT?f nn fira., .THa ilisinitv aluA?-1 ? [ looked up and 6aid: '{ seo that you like w other good people, are in error occasBion- tc ally.' 'What do yon mean?' said Misa tl Staggs, getting red in the face. 'I mean tl said the diviuity etudcut, 'that when w you talk about sotting the river on' Ore ti you aie using and old saying that's got m j. off the track. It used to bo. He'll h never set the Thames on fire,' and peo- es | pie when they said it had in mind the ui s river Thames; on the contrary it means it j. a miller's sieve, called the teniae which gi was used in tho wind and water mill ? days. This teniae had a wooden rim ( which slid back and forth in a wooden ^ frame. If the uiau that worked it was rp , energotic in his work he sometimes set ^ ' the temse on fire I'roui friction, llenco q it was said of a dull, slow person that } he would never set tho teuiso on fire, Q s and tho saying has been corrupted to its ^ present form.' jj Hyp,, * (| j IIis DamAu* Suit Failed.?Haiti- 0 ? more, Md.t Jan.^25.?In tho IJ^iited ^ dismissed, wifliout costs, tho libel uf j llobert A. MeGuinn, a colored minister, ,1 ' against the owners and Cuptain of the ? steamer Mason L. Weems, for damages (j for treatment on hoard to which McG uiun j. i was subiee'ed because of his color. In .1 1 " V k July 1887, he purchased a first-class ? f ticket to Milleuback, Va. When the 3 supper bell rang he seated himself at the table, and upon his refusal to move, I tin food and dishes were removed to another table, the passengers all taking 1 r seats at their table and leaving hiui ^ alone. Afterward the passengers threat- fl ensd him, which was the causo of his I p loaving the boat before reaching his 11 . destination, &c. b .. v Devastated hy Diphtheria.? f j Reading, Pa.,. Jan. 22.?There is no s f abatement ofthe terrible scourge of diph- n tberia in Kastern Berks and along tho b borders of Lebigh County. In sotno c D sections as many as half a dozen children t ' have been taken from a single family, c and the young victims thus far number t c overone hundred. Adults also are carried t J off with such remarkable suddenness that the doctors are astounded. Thirtytwo adults havo died this month, and c 1 there is no abatement. e Double and triple funerals &ro of com- c ^ mon occurence, two and three children i placed in a single coffin and buried in a 1 odo grave being atFairs of almost every ( u day- , , 1 The scourge extends for twenty miles i and is worse along low streams of water. . . Many eases of destitution are reported. ] a b ''It is worth its weight in gold/ is a J common expression. Hut, while the p valuo of gold is easily affoctod, the < ,! worth of Ayer's Sa.aaparilla, as a blood , f, purifier, never depreciates. It will I c eradicato scrofula from the system when e" everything else fails. u, 3 _ .. i re Croup, whooping cough, sore throat, ^ sudden cold, and the lung troubles, pc'j. culiar to ohildren, are easily controlled 1 n by promptly administering Ayer's Cher- 1 s- ry Pectoral. This remedy is safe to take to and certain in its action. j % The Ironclad's Master.?For iouio years pant wo hare beeo from time to tiuie reuiindod that, for all that could So done to prevent it, u first-olass foreign ironclad uiight deliberutely sail into New ITork Harbor; or even remain on tho mtside, nud bombard tho city at will. \ud there was enough truth in the proposition to create un uncomfortable eeling whenever tho possibility of a war v.ib referred to. On Saturday a shell was fired from a '.alinski pneumatio gun at Fort Lafaytte whioh signifies thai we need no nwgw lac* adequato moan* of defense t oontaiued 200 pounds of dynamiteud 325 pounds of explosive gelatine, nd after beiug thrown a milo with great ccurncy exploded iu the wator with a oroo sufficient to destroy the strongest rmored vessel that floats. Tho experiments were not completed owing to a umodinblc. flaw, but enough was dclonstruted to cstnblish confidence in bo new aud terrible weapon of war. Three guns of this kind are to ba laced upon tho Vesuvius, which has jRt proved itself to be the fastest war oat iu existence, the contract boing it i? r. ? J .. 1 " in. nii jr ujiu uo urcu at, intervals 01 no minute."'. With such facilities the onpon can bo speedily brought within lugo of Inrgo ships that might bo out f the reach of shore batteries. This icnns of coast defense, which can bo lulliplicd to auy extent nocossary, puts a end t > tho supremacy of tho groat ^ . ^ .< j jjt?^omf ere(ftbo" olif-TashVoned' popperox forts useless. As this new development in warfare yet in its infancy, perhaps, it is sarcely time to inquire, "What next?'1 lut do wo not seem to be npproaohing io condition depicted by Rulwor in is''Coming Race,'" wherein the power * destruetivoucBS had becomo so great mt war was made obsolet o by common msent?'? AT. World. * Selling a Mule ijy tiif. Pound.? . sale of a mule by tho pouod was made i Montgomery Saturday. Mr. A. Bebr ad a fine young tnulo, four years old, 3d it was for salo at 8100 cash. Mr. . J. Rell offered to buy tho mule, but o couldn't sec Mr. Hohr's figures. inally Mr. lJell proposed to give Mr. ehr 124 oeuts per pound for the tuulo, id Mr. Bebr accepted. This put the Uyw), aim ?*0u * S.-^y as baekiog his judgomeot on the matir of gross weight. Mr. Behr thought ic tnulo would weigh enough to run >o figures up to his prico, but Mr. Boll as willing to tako the chnnces. The 'ado was closed .peoordingly, and the lule was led around to tho nearest waroouso to bo weighed. It tipped the seal i at C70 pounds, and Mr. Hell got his lulo fos $83.75. It is understood that was tho first timo that atybody ovor ot away with Mr. -Bohr in a muletradc. -Montgomery (Afa.) Advertiser, A Good New England Stoky.? ho following story comes from Duxury, Mass., by way oi' tho Boston 1rnnscript : 'An old couple, sho a vidow woman' and he a 'widow man,' larrisd after a brief courtship, and o sold his house and moved over to ers. Tho first article of furniture bat ho added to her collection was an * Id sunbonnc*, which bo hung in the fttt&FAS' JWIj|pfr 'f. oottlda-f be oou letsy Ann's hunnit hangin' up there.' Well,' said she, 'I shall go straight up arret for Josiah's old hat, which I was i. T I'UUIll tuuu^ll 11' |I#UW jinujr ptijou i now you were coming here.' And so ho did, nod Josiash's old bit and lielsy Lun's 'bunnit' hang bide by side at tho resent day.' A Fatal Piiactical Joke?Erie, 'a., Jan. 21.? At the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors' Home in this city D-day, as the inmates were seating hemsclvcH at the dinner table, a man lamed McQuinan, in sport, pul'ed a hair away in which Louis Haobcler ras about to seat himself, liacbeler ell on tho floor in n sitting posturo and trcams of blood gushed from bis nouth and nostrils. He had rupiuted"' ' 7"** dood vessels, nod nlmost before be . *. ould bo lifted up bo was dead before he oyes of hundreds of his horrified omrades. McQuinlan, who is distraced over tho tragedy, has been eommitcd to jail. An Assassin Spf.bdily Disposed ip.?Fayeltevillo, N. C., Jan. 23.?At unriso this morning a burly negro forcid an entrance into Miss Charity McAllister's residence at lioades Station md succeeded in killing h r before help sould arrive. ller shrieks and cries, lowever, brought assistance too late. \ search disclosscd the assassin on the premises and he tw9 killed on the spot. It is thought that he eoterod tho house for tho purpose of robbery. Mortality in Onr Family.?Mr. Simmons, living at C if ton, lost one shild at 9 o'clock, tho 14th instant. A few hours later in the day his wife died. At 2 o'clock the next day the sooond child died. They were all buried the jauie day.?Spartan. For more than forty years, Ayers Cherry Pectoral have been successfully prescribed in cases of consumption. This medicine always affords groat relief in pulmonary disoases. Ask your druggist for if /