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XX.?Niw 8srii8. UNION C. H.. SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 1, 1889. NUMBER 6.
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^PnlUnnr J1-* n.lli. A- - > TOADS IN histosv. -i -- . T.
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l IBEREIAD CI
: And Ri
_ ^XMUPLTNH In tlwajri ke
lhl? wectft'
) I RAVE DOW made the greatest
thing, if possible. And if Goods saori
art, I nan oonrinoe them that the.Goo
3k ARE SA<
^ ^kj3eal Plush Modjeskas advertisec
i |ftsc8 at 916 60 to 920, I will sel
% ^r^Missea Newmarkets, fine Goods,
Ladies 44 44 nice 44
m n ? j '? ? ??
jluubc vjtooub are wonn aouDie n
I have the fashionable Tricot fro
Those Goods are 54 inehes wide.
Cashmeres, doable width, from 1'
I have all dress trimmings, incla<
55c. worth 85c. Worsted aress Go
Jeans, Flannels, Tioking, Towels
^ BOOTS A1
HATS AN
- MY STOCK
is acknowledged by every persdh, to
have ever seen above Charleston.
I have thousands of other article
tion; bat if you want as many G<
for $16,
nn kto thai
W A JULA
D. C.
LEADER AND C
Hay 27
Not w Unluoky Number.
The following curious story servs
as an illustration: "A soldier in th
time of William and Mary was trie
by a court martial on a charge of hai
ing fallen asleep at midnight when o
w. duly upon the terrace at Windsoi
* He denied the charge, and solemnl
declared (as a proof of his havin
been awake at the time) that he hear
S& Paul'a clock strike tnirteen. Whil
under sentence of death affidavii
were made by several persons that th
clock actually did strike thirteen ii
stead of twelve; whereupon he n
eeived his majesty's pardon." Th
statement was engraved upon the co
fin plate of the old soldier.?Magasin
of American History.
Dnrtun Kutard.
Mustard was little known atEnglis
tables until 1729, when a Mrs. Olen
ents, residing in Durham, began 1
grind the seed in a mill, and to pa
the flour through seveml process
ma osssary to free it from the husk
She kept her secret to herself for mac
years, during which she sold lan
quantities of mustard throughout ti
country, but especially in Londoi
Here ft was introduced to the roy
table, where it received the approv
of Qeorge L From the circumstam
of Mrs. Clements being a resident t
Durham it obtained the name of Du
ham mustard.?San Francisco Arg
naut
*' > PftdMtfo Etod If Hamorous.
There is almost as much pathos
humor in the following story of i
Albany boy of tender years: Short
after, his mother's deatn, he, with b
father, visited her grave, being ca
MM mere by a norse wmcn n? rain
Eg? bad recently bought Tho fath<
standing apart from the gravo, w
naturally in a contemplative frame
mind, and ti}e boy. being unable
|jt& stand the oppressive silence as
longer, lifted nis childish voice ai
said: "Ma, we've got a new horse."
Portland (Ore.) News.
Stand for TmtK
1 am neither author nor faetor
any sect I will have no man addi
himself to me: but if 1 bavo onythii
light defend it as truth's, not mil
Save ae it conduoeth to a comm
I good. It profits not me to havo ai
I man fence or fight for mo, to flourish
take my side. Stand for truth and 1
enough.?Ben Jonaon.
mt um siiniie mi
IREFULLY
2MEMBER,
' v. ' "? "*r "
mi tkc I.Miw of Low Price* in
ib of ecnatry.
effort of my life to clean oat the whole
flood in prioo will oonviooe the oloeest buyda
3RIFIOED .
I at Evrick's Ridley s and other large
I at $12 50 and $15.
at $2 50, f2 75, 83, up to 85 50.
at |8 25, 83 75, 85.
hat wo aak for them,
m 19c. to the finest grades at 67?c.
to 8Uc.
ding watered silk, which I will sell for
ods from 4o a yard up.
i, White Couiiterpaines, very cheap.
ND SHOES,
D TRUNKS.
OF CLOTHING
j be the largest and best selected they
a that space will not admit me to menr
01 a t t ' ?
jvuo iui ?>j.u uu can do naa eisewnero
It TO CALL AT
FLYNN'S,
IHAMPION OF LOW PRICES.
21 tf
A Clever Women.
Once, while traveling in the west,
she was obliged to take a ffat i" nn*
? crowded car, While B6r Friends entered
d the next.
r- Her neighbor in the seat was a disa
n greeable looking fellow, whose feat"
ures showed on alarming amount of
y low cunning, promising actual knar
Svery. In spite of the Englishwoman's
distrust of him she fell asleep and
? was awakened by feeling her compant?
ion withdrawing his hand from her
? pocket
* Her first impulse was to raise on
alarm; hor second, to ascertain' the
>* extent of her loss. It proved that the
*- thief had only succeeded in taking her
ie baggage checks, and as his ticket was
mareod "Chicago" the lady resolved
to wait until they reached tnat place,
also her destination,
th The train ran into the station at
a* Chicago, the pickpocket made his way
to to the door, and the lady walked be*
m side him. A baggage express messen*
ss . ger was passing by the ear and the
a lady stopped him.
y ''This gentleman has the checks for
ge my baggage," she said, pointing to the
ti. The messenger turned to the man,
al who, astonished at the suddenness
al with which the tables had been turned,
ce hastily produced the checks and disat
appeared in the crowd.?An English*
r* woman iq America,
o* . 1
i Seinuu ? A.uu?i rm wmg S??if?M.
In the remarkable results it has
reached Belgium is an excellent 6xM
ample of what courage and perseverP
once can accomplish in the face of
v very discouraging circumstances?
ll? venly a model of thrift and industry
ir" that might be profitably followed by<
er the other European countries, even
ir? the largest. Nowhero else on thecon"
tinent are the benefits derivable from
industrial development and close at10
teution to business, joined to steady
conduct'mid economical habits, so con*
ttd spicuous as in (Ills little kingdom. It
~~ is n lesaon f;?vc:? I j liio woi-lu at large.
?Bullir"' *!'
The Flavor of Milk.
.of Milk ia altered both in ta*te and aplc*
pearacco by tbo character of tho food
nS> supplied to tbo cows. It is colored by
le? madder and saffron, scented by plants of
011 tho onion tribe, and changed in tasto by
Qy such articles as turniia. Certain food
o* may giro it medicinal properties, and
inilk tints medicated is proposed as a
method of treating disease.? Arkansaw
Trarakr.
I
Lescndi, Traditions and PiuimIm About '
the Hopplng^CrMtare. *
The old Persians made the toad the ;
symbol and pet of Ahrimon, the foeof
light, and declared that his Charlester,
or attendant demons, took that form
when they persecuted Ormutd, says
The St. James Gazette. Among the Ty
roleoA it, is a type of envy, whence tho
problem, "Envious as a toad." In
the Middle Ages, among artists and in
many church legends, it appears as
greed or avarice; there is even to this
aav, in some mysteripus place on the
right bank of the Rhine^ between LauJs?s?s$sm>i
coals they seem to the world; but the
pile is all pure gold, and the toad is a
devil who guards it, and he who
knows how can pronounce a spell
wVllAll ?Via 11 Knn *V>rv ? 3!
.. *>?. I/MI ?uu glim Kunniiwi.
And there is a story told by Monzel
("Christliche Symbolik," volumo one,
pago 500) that Ion? ago thero lived in
Cologne a wicked miser, who, when
old, repented and wished to leave his
monoy to tho poor. But when ho ,
opened his great iron chest ho found
that every coin in it had turned to a
horriblo toad with sharp teeth. This '
story being told to his confessor, the
priest saw in it tho divino retribution,
and told him that God would have
none of his money?nay, that it would
go bard with him to save his soul.
And he, being willing to do anything
to be free from sin, was locked up in
the chest, with the toads, and lo 1 the
next day when it was opened tho
creatures had eaten him up. Only his
clean picked bones remained.
But in the Tyrol it is bolieved that
tha toad* are thtm?!?* po?? annwa,
undergoing penace as Heetschon or
Hoppinen?as they are locally called
?for deeds done in human form.
Thereforo they aro regarded with pity
and sympathy by all good Christians.
And itis well known tliatin theChurch
of St.'Michacl, in Schwatz, on the evening
before tho great festivals, but when
no one is present, the immense toad
comes crawling beforo tho altar, where
it kneels and prays, weeping bitterly.
The general belier is that toads are, for
tho most part, people who made vows
to go on pilgrimages and died with the
vows unfulfilled. So tho poor creatures
go honping astray, bewildered and perplexed,
striving to And their way to
shrines which have perchance long
since ceased to exist.
Once thero was a toad who took,
seven years to go from Lelfers to Weis
sens torn; and when the creature !
reached the church it suddenly
changed to a resplendent white dove. 1
which, flying up to heaven, vanished
before the eyes of- m legu etwp?ji
thore assembled, who bore witness to J
the miracle. And one day, as a wag- J
oner was going from Innsbruck to J
Secfeld, as ne paused by the wayside a *
toad came hopping up and seemed desirous
of getting into tno wagon, which ?
ho, being a benevolent man, helped it !
to do, and gave it a place on the scat *
besido him. ^
There it sat like any other respectable
passenger until they come to the
side path wnich led to the church of *
Seefeld, when, wonderful to relate, :
the toad suddenly turned to a maiden '
of oncalio Wnt.T a1*/1 in wliiio *
thanking the wagoner for his kindness
to her when sho was but a poor reptile,
told him she had onco been a
young lady who had vowed a pilgrimage
to tho church of Seefeld.
But, as heedless maidens often do, she
had put it off from time to tlmA till
sho died. But now, by his help, her
soul was saved. And, saying this,
she, too. winged her way "to theTWou9
realms Wiiere tub pure dwellers
In common with the frog the 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 mado silver
toads of Arab workmanship, intended
to he worn by women who wish to become
mothors. Therefore the creature,
in the old world as well as in
tho new, appears as being earnestly
seeking the companionship of men.
Hot a Homo for Invalid*.
To be plain, tho City of Mexico is
not the proper place for a prolonged
sojourn of invalid tourists. The robust (
can do very well here for a few weeks,
but even they would enjoy the winter ]
weeks in lower level towns like Aguas
Calientes, Guadalajara, or little towns ,
like Orizaba or Cuernavaca. Here it j
is impossible to have a fire in your ho- j
tel room, as such a thing is absolutely
unknown. A lamp will, it is true, .
heat a room sufficiently to take off the
chill, but this is not the way for an invalid
to live. There are cities and
towns here where no need of a fire
will be felt tho winter through. For
those of us residents who have gone
through the not wholly comfortable
process of acclimatization and are
(airly robust a winter is quite a different
thing. Its cold is gently bracing,
the appetite, never sharp in tropical
latitudes, pick? up a bit, and one gooz
about his business with more energy.
But 1 defy any man or woman of
northern blood to live hero a few years
and have that vitality, that certain
vigor, that one possesses in ruder
climes to the northward. There are
nma cnprosnnn()an(ji ishn a air if a aiav
in this city "would be beneficial for
persons afflicted with rheumatism!"
Decidedly not Anywhere in the
country but in this ancient town,
buildea on a swamp and utterly undrained.?Cor.
Boston Herald.
A Qmw Name.
A curious local name for a plant is
"joun go 10 Dvu at noon," applied in
England to the yellow goat's beard,
which opens at 4 and closes just before
13 o'clock.
In four yearr the British museum has
acquired 270,000 specimens In thsds*
partment of roology alone.
The last census of India indicates a
population of 08,982,000. There and,000,000
more males than famalec*
gygraw or "tHectcAoe."
w| aaiiTiy iWjsy Asa m WH?a.
Are we a nation of liars, thieves,
oheatst If not, what la the meaning of
the universal suspicion whloh poisons
every brother's eupf Why these checks
In street can, these mechanical con tri-.*anoea
in barrooms, these private detective
agenoW? Yoa recstmbcr what a
hubbub was created yean ago when conductors
were compelled to wear massive
medallions, with intricate mechanism,
supposed to show correctly the a Umber of
fares tAfcem^lMw^looked like so many
bell he challenged public scrutiny, and
the suggestion came to every mind, "the
company suspects this man tk> 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,
old men, young ladies, tender children,
worklngmen in every possible disguise,
to keep tally of the number of people
who rode upon the care and paid fare
for the privilege. As it was in Boston
so it was in New York end in all the
great centers. Tho system of checkoge
in use upon our railways today is not
only expensive to the companies and an
intolerable nuisance to the traveling
public, but a direct impugning of the integrity
of every man in the employ.
T kn. . U.W * *
y?j m Nuut uuiu uere to tjoeton,
and pay in advanoe. I pay $0 for my
ticket, and $1.50, or whatever, for a seat
in a drawing room oar. It should be
suite sufficient for me to aire, up my
jfaj^teuyafrasgnns I mttgHfegfrpotr
mdtay other ticket to the poster in
charge of the drawing room car, as I
snter the oai. Instead of which, I am
stopped at the gate as I enter the
iepot, in order that a gateman may
punoh tlie ticket. I take my seat in the
?r. In comes a train conductor, who
take* my ticket and punches it in three
rr four different places. I settle down
o read my paper or my book, and along
somes the drawing room conductor, who
akee my ticket and gives me another in
ta place, on which he punches the year,
lie month, the day or the month, the
lumber of the train, the number of the
tar, the number of the seat, my destinaian
end the amount paid, all of which
akee my time and pwi him unneoe? ry
abor. we peas beyond Mew Haven, and
mother conductor comes, and be has to
pinch my ticket, and another conductor
somes at Worcester, and be han to punch
he ticket. Then they seme along again
frAm up ttnkwts
Come with me Into any, of ot Jp?c j
rnma ncr rnttanx|ij^rifn^r^lt^
ras when a man could go with ops friend
nto a cafe, order his lemonade or whatrver
he wanted, generally the latter,
hrow his money <** the ooonter and
valkcut. Now ho has to perform the
ervioe of a waiter. Having taken his
efreshment he waits while the attendant
urns to a machine at the back of the intloeure,
from which be draws a card, on
rhich is stamped the amount to be paid,
vhich amount is shown in glaring letters
ipon the machine as the impression is
node. This the customer is oompelled
o carry sometimes a distanoe of a hunlied
feet. At all events he must carry
t wherever the caahier chances to be
tested. He hands the check and the
nonev to the cashier, win? W? ?*??,. >?
md walks away. In otlver words, the
?arkeeper is distinctly informed by this
pooedure that his employer has no faith
n him, and both, he and the onshifii is
nformed by this mechanism, which regsters
the amount, that thsfe employer
And, after ail, do oheoks clkkaisi " Thieving
oosiiuots? wore .
ngenious merhanins with little aMBgtE
nents by which, while pretending to
register, they in reality pocketed the faro
without registering. Barkeepers, by oolusion
with cashiers, can, if they wish,
lefrand their employers. This very week
roe of our railroad auditors tumbled over
x plan by which fares oollected on steam
railways were retained bv conductors,
they having duplicate Blips furnished
them by the acoountant in the office.
Human ingenuity is certain to be met by
human ingenuity. In the long rpn, taking
age after age, accumulated facts
have crystallized themselves Into a prorerb,
"Honesty is the best policy," and
dishonest men know just as well as the
rood and true that the path to success
ties in that direction, ana that leaving
all question of morals out of consideration,
the best "policy," the truest way
In which to serve one's selfish purpose,
Is to be bonssh
There must bo responsibility sonnewhere.
Somebody must be faulted, and
all this intricate tyufuni of bheckage
ilnam't mmnt M llll?A? W V man 4a
dishonest and has not brains enough to
know that. In spit* of bis dishonest ton*
dency, 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 dsteonon.?
Joe Howard in Boston Globe.
A Toy Oiule? Qet.
A highly intelligent lady knontn to one
doctor rusted to him tint one day she
was walking past a public. institution
and observed a child, in whom she was
particularly interested, coming oat
through an iron fat* She saw that be
let fb the gate after opening, it, and that
It seemed likely to doss upon htm, and
oonclndsd that it would do so with each
force as to orach his ankle; however, tide
did not happen. "It was Smpoarible,*'
shs said, "by word or sot to be quiok
enough to meet the supposed eroargenoy:
sndTin fact, I found I oould not move,
* or men lnienee pain iw?w iMhMi im
ankle, ooueepooding to the ?MW,1
thought the boy would have injured, thai
I could only put my head oafttolenw
ita extreme painfullness. I am aura I did
not more so as to strain or sprain it.
The walk boons, a distance of about a
quarter of a mile, was wry Morions,
and on taking off my stocking X found a
circle round the ankle, ss it it bad beer
painted with red currant Juice, with t
large spot of the same on the qfttor part,
By morning the wbotolpot wasjStaaasd,
TAXES A ED fE MPT ATI OK.
I * ' ?
THE birriOULTIES OF THE SOU
CAROLINA SYSTEM.
. To the Editor of the Newt and Coi
x'er: The recent discussion by tho oci
U papery of a circular issued from t
Comptroller's office, on the subject
' f.* * -l "
.v?uu?, >uo urticie J rum rne V.:0!U
bit Bureau of the News and Couru
and your editorial on the same aubjei
bate brought prominently before t
public tbe subject of our present syste
of taxation.
It ia universally rminiHart - t-n
"* part of toe present property of the Sts
escape* taxation, that tnuoh of that i
turned ie at an under valuation, whi
tbe real estate is returned and assess]
at a rate far below its market value.
The difficulties in our, or tbe adv
lerem, system of taxation is tbree-fol
first, that of securing returns of all ta
able property at fair valuations; sccon
of equalizing the assessments cf proper
between individuals of the same Count
and third, that of equalizing betwec
the different Counties of the State, i
at. 1 3 ?
iu?v ius uuruens or taxation aball n
only be equal betvreeD individuals, bi
between counties. The tax returns r
veal many curiona facts.
In many instances these show thi
the greater the amount of propcrl
owned aud returnod by the person r
quired by law to list his property ft
taxation, the smaller the valuatiot
placed upon tbe items of property wbio
make'op the return, while ifr? nnmnari
pwr vaxpsyof rettTrrra mkpti
perty for taxation at a higher valuatiot
thus making the burdens of taxation ui
equal and oousequootly unjust. This i
not orly so between individuals, bu
the different valaes, placed upon prt
perty of the same kind and oharacter i
tbe Counties, make tbe Couuties bei
burdens whioh aro unequal.
To illustrate: A owns ten head o
horses, which be returns for taxation a
a valuation of fifty dollars each; ten c
his neighbors own ten horses whos
market value is not greater than thos
owned by A, yet they return them fo
9100 eaoh, thus paying on tbe sam
property twice as much taxes a9 A
Further, tbe County of A returns it
properly, which is of equal volue l
that of B, for less than the returns of H
and thus imposes on B taxation wliic!
it escapes by under valuation.
! "STafi nffse difficulties be remedied, fai
returns secured and equal valuations b
mide of property, bo that the burdeo o
taxation may be equal and just.
Experience ahows that, under the ad
valorem system of taxation, it is almotiui
possible to secure just, fair and equit
able returus. Tbe different ideas o
values entertained by individuals own
ing property and assessors of variou
counties, the deliberate efforts of soin
to eacape taxation, tho large amount o
local taxes to be raised in some Counlic
which do oot affect others, and the con
sequent intent of the Counties to kee
down assessments, are obstacles whici
in tbe praotical operation of our laws i
is diffioult to surmount. In many State
these difficulties in the way of tbe et
forcement of tax laws liavo grown s
great that the advalorem system ha
been abandoned. /
The system ol taxation whioh will t<
move these obstacles as far as possible i
by changing tbe system, anJ tak^Tng^tfi
good featuies of both the advaloret
and license system and combinin
(hem.
To do this it would, perhaps, be ne
cessary to o'aange the present Coostitu
tion. If the County and muuicipr
governments could be supported bv
tax upon real estate and the ordinar
personal property exclusively, and hav
the phosphate royalty, railroad propel
ty, banking institutions, express, tele
graph companies, liquor saloous, minin
interest and other large corporations fc
State taxation, the difficulty of equalize
tioa between counties would at once b<
oome the interest of each individual c
the same country or municipality t
have x fair return of property made. ]
the county governments were made d<
pendeBt entirely on a tax to be raise
upon the real and personal property <
thai oonnty. and this property exem]
from State exempt from State taxatio
then the diffiooliy of equalization b
tween conn tics would b- removed, an
it would theu become th 'nterest of tl
individual taxpayer of that county <
ate that every apeoiea of property was r
turned with fair valuations.
Each county could be divided into
large number of assesament districts at
tbe assessors so appointed that th<
wouia nate an accurate auowieage
the amount and aaluo of tbe property
eaoh diatriot. Tbe county governmen
being dependent for their support up<
tbe real and personal property of eat
county, and tbat property exempt fro
' State tax. the Stato tax oould be raist
from that species of property whi<
oould be readily equalised in value I
a State board ef equalisation, for ii
i. stance, railroads, backing institution
mining interest*, manufacturing cot
1 panics, telegraph, telephone com panic
| liquor salooss, insurance oompanies, &
Thtt property whose value is easily t
L eartained could be taxed sd valorei
, while other business whose profits a
I unusual on account of the peculiarity
' the bnsinesa ooald be taxed by a juc
1 oioua system of license. Tho amount
' revenue to support the State Governme
* con bo that eaaily raised without imp<
, iog on those institutions a greater ri
of taxation than that which they now
rn P'J*
The appropriatioDa to support the
State Government, for the fiscal yeai
iiy>. 1888 and 1889. amount in tho oggrors
gate to $914,165 40. This amount can
he be readily raised as follows;
0f Phosphate royalty $200,000 OC
Liquor licenses. 136,800 00
Banking capital, on an as^*1
sessmont of $7,273,000, at
et, 12} mills, present rate of
he taxation.., 90,912 00
ia Manufacturing "companies,
on assessment of $25,000,000,
at same rate... __ 312.000 OQ
A-a* aakissturnrror
te $17,000.000 212,600 00
e- Fees from secretary of State's
j]0 and comptroller's office.... 9,000 00
. The telegraph, telephone and
express oompatiies 1,688 00
a- Totnl $963,300 00
d; Appropriations, 1888-80..?... 914,165 00
1 Difference $18,136 00
ty The average rate of taxation paid by
_ these institutions on their assessments
)Q' throughout the State for all purposes,
,0 school, county and State, is 12} mills
^ on the dollar. This I have used in my
estimate.
e. The exemption of this species of
property from county taxation will not
increase tho county taxes, or make the
burdens of taxation on the ordinary
g. personal property and real estate
)r greater than now. Under this
(g system the State taxes could be paid
h 'directly into the State treasury, upon as,
equalization. Tho county taxes could
be colleoted by a county treasurer, who
i8 would be both auditor and treasurer,
lt and the present expeosivo system of
collecting taxes be abolished,
? There is a necessity for some lcgislar
tion on this subject, and I write the
suggestion contained in this paper to
f agitate tdie question of taxation, and
t secure, if possible, a more equitable
,f system than that now of foree.
e Yours, truly,
e J. S. Verner.
r Columbia, January 10, 1889.
e The Origin of a Common Saying '
' 'The divinity student's broke out again,
said the young man that boards on South
, Davidson street. 'Wo were sitting at
^ dinner to-day, and Miss Staggs she up
and says one of her pupils will never set
k tbo river on firp?Thaalixinitr stad?-1
f looked up and said: *1 see that you like
other good people, are in error occassionj.
ally,' 'What do you uiean?' said Miss
Staggs, getting red in the face. 'I mean
said the divinity student, 'that when
t you talk about setting the (river orf fire
you aie using and old saying that's got
off tbo track. It used to be. He'll
never set the Thames on fire,' and peos
plo when they said it had in mind the
river Thames; on the contrary it means
a miller's sieve, called the tcmse which
was used in tho wind and water mill
days. This tcmse had a wooden rim
which slid back and forth in a wooden
^ frame. If the man that worked it was
t energotio in his work he sometimes set
9 the temse on fire from friction. Hence
' it was said of a dull, slow person that
o he would never set the tomse on fire,
b and tho saying has been corrupted to its
present form.'
~ His DXikij&k Suit Failed.?Balti^
yore. Md? Jan.^25.?In tho \^oited
u dismissed, without costs, tho libel of
Robert A. McGuino.a colored minister,
? against the owners and Captain of the
steamer Mason L. Weems, for damages
for treatment ou hoard to which McGuiun
. was subjected because of his color. In
July 1887, ho purchased a first-class
ticket to Millenback, Va. When tho
^ supper bell rang he seated himself at
r_ the table, and upon his refusal to move, 1
tha food and dishes were removed to
another table, the passengers all taking
^ seats at their table and leaving him
alono. Afterward the passengers threatensd
him, which was the cause of his
leaving the boat before reaching his
o destination, &c.
^ Devastated by Diphtheria.?
c" Reading, Pa.,. Jan. 22.?There is no
ahatament ofthft t?rrihln annnrna nf (tinh.
,, w. -T"
theria in Eastern Berks and along the
' borders of Lehigh County. In some
n sections as many as half a dozen children
e' have been taken from a single family,
1 and the young victims thus far number
*e over one hundred. Adults also are carried
0 off with such romarkable suddenness
e~ that the doctors are astounded. Thirtytwo
adults have died this month, and
, there is no abatement.
1 Double and triple funerals are of oommon
occurence, two and three ohildren
?r plaoed in a single coffin and buried in
0 one grave being affairs of almost every
day.
The scourge extends for twenty miles
' and is worse along low streams of water.
Hj Many oases of destitution are roported.
ib *<Tt is worth its weight in gold/ is a
}y oommon expression. But, while the
"" value of gold is easily affeotod, the
?1 worth of Aye/a Sarsaparilla, as a blood
niirlfipr. npypr ilftnreciattM. It will
o eradicato scrofula from tho system when
,B* everything else faili.
u,
re Croup, whooping oough, sore throat,
sudden cold, and the lung troubles, pcouliar
to ohildren, are easily controlled
Qt by promptly administering Ayer's Cherts
ry Pectoral. This remedy is safe to take
tie and certain in its aotion.
r Tub Ironclad's Master.?For
some years punt wo bare boeu from lime
i to t'tne reminded that, for all that could
be done to prevent it, a first-olast foreign
ironclad uiight deliberately sail into New
i Yorlc Ilarbor; or oven remain on the
outside, and bombard the city at will.
' And there was enough truth in the
proposition to creste an uncomfortable
feeling whenever the possibility of i war
was referred to.
On Saturday a shell was fired from s
Zalinski pneumatic gun at Fort Lafayette
which signifies that we need no
- tuugVI' lack adequato mean* of defense
It oontaiued 200 pounds of dycamiteand
325 pounds of explosive gelatine,
and after beiug thrown a milo with great
accuracy exploded in the water with a
force sufficient to destroy the strongest
armored vessel that floats. The experiments
were not completed owing to a
remediable, flaw, but enough was demonstrated
to estnblish confidence in
the now and terrible weapon of war.
Three guus of this kind are to ba
placed upon the Vesuvius, which h&9
just proved itself to be the fastest war
boat in existence, 'lie contract being
that they can bo fired at intervals of
two minutes. With such facilities the
weapon cau be speedily brought within
rango of largo ships that might bo out
of the reach of shore batteries. This
means of coast defense, which oan bo
multiplied to any extent necessary, puts
an end t? tho supremacy of tho groat v, .
5,j^4ifoder^Ertbo old-fashioned pepperbox
forts useless.
As this new development in -warfare
is yet in its infancy, perhaps, it is
scarcely time to inquire, "What next?'*
But do wo not seem to bo approaching
the condition depicted by liulwcr in
his "Coming Race,'* wherein the power
of de.structivoDe6.s had bccomo so great
that war was made obsolet o by common
consent? '?N". Y. World.
Selling a Mule by the Pound.?
A sale of a mule by tho pound was made
in Montgomery Saturday. Mr. A. Behr
had a fine young mule, four years old,
and it was for sale at 8100 cash. Mr.
N. J. Bell offered to buy the mule, but
he oouldn't seo Mr. Behr's figures.
Finally Mr. Bell proposed to give Mr.
Behr 12} cents per pound for the mule,
and Mr. Behr accepted. This put the
p?lt?m,?i f *t fVrr-j - auU evou urali" -"~
was backing' his judgement on the mat- ^
ter of cross weicht. Mr. Behr thonorht-.
O d"w
the mulo would weigh enough to run
tho figures up to hia prico, but Mr. Hell
was willing to t&ko the chances. The
trade was closed jiccordingly, and tho
mule was lod around to tho nearest warehouse
to bo weighed. It tipped the seal
es at 670 pou.nds, and Mr. Hell got his
mule fos 883.75. It ia understood that
it was the first time that anybody ever
got away with Mr. -Bohr in a mule trade.
?Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser,
m ?
A Good New England Story.?
The following story comes from Duxbury,
Mass., by way of tho Boston
Transcript : 'Ad old couple, she a
'widow woman' and he a 'widow man,'
married after a brief courtship, and
he sold his house and moved over to
hers. The first article of furnituro
that he added to her collection was an
old Bunboonc*, which he hung in the
WtffiUMS- M^D4.-'L,CQy.ldo't ,
Betsy Ann's bunnit hangin' up there.'
Well,' said she, 'I shall go straight up
r?nrrpt. for .Tnsiah's nht hat whiph T n ?
n v " * ~ ' 1 " * """
decent enough to put.away when I
know you were coming here.' And so
she did, and Josiash's old kit and Betsy
Auu's 'bunnit' hang side by side at the
present day.'
A Fatal Practical Joke?Erie,
Pa., Jan. 21.?At the Pennsylvania
Soldiers and Sailors' Home in this city
to-day, as the inmates were seating
themselves at the dinner table, a man
named McQuinan, in sport, pul'ed a
chair away in which Louis Baobeler
was about to seat himself. Bacbeler
fell on tho floor in a sitting posturo and
streams of blood gushed from his
mouth anu nostrils. He had ruptnted
blood vessels, and almost before be
could be lifted up be was dead before
tbe eyes of hundreds of his horrified
oomrades. McQuinlan, who is distracted
over tho tragedy, has been commit
ted to jail.
An Assassin Speedily Disposed
op.?Fayetteville, N. C., Jan. 23.?At
sunrise ibis morning a burly negro forced
au entrance into Miss Charity McAllister's
residence at Loades Station
and suoceeded in killing h r beforo help
could arrive. Her shrieks and cries,
however, brought assistance too late.
A search disolosstd the assassin on the
premises and he was killed on the spot.
It is thought that he enterod tho house
for the purpose of robber?.
m ii?
Mortality iw Oni Family.?Mr.
Simmons, living at Clifton', lost one
child at 9 o'clock, the 14th instant. A
few hoars later in the day his wife died.
At 2 o'clock the next day the sooond
child died. They were all buried the
same day.?Spartan.
For more than forty years, Ayers Cher
ry Pectoral have been successfully prescribed
in oases of consumption. This
meaiome always anords groat relief in
pulmonary diaeaaea. Ask your druggist
for if