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BEFORE THE GLASS.
Bhs stood before * looking glass?
A winsome, pretty dark eyed law ,
Her bead a little to one side
< As though all mankind she defltxL
With cheeks so rosy, neck so white.
Her long hair o'er her shoulders fell.
Her brown eyes sparkled with delight;
? It needed no soft speech to tell
That she was fair; she knew It well.
And her soliloquy ran thus;
i "How awful alow the time would pass
* If It wasn't for this looking glass!"
?F. 8. U. In Harper's Basar. v
CHIP'S CURE.
' Every now and then a horseman,
broad hatted and bo-weaponcd, with
jangling Mexican spurs and leather
"chap" leggings, dismounted, tied his
"cayuso" pony to tho gnawed rack,
and joined tne group of cowboys
lounging in tho shado of Ashburn's
postofflco. With each comer tho first
miMtinn wn<s;
"How's Chip?"
"No bettor," Old Man Asliburn replied,
each timo.
"Looks to mo liko that tliar was a
mighty heavy load to nut onto a child
like Chip," said Santa Fe, Iho cowboy,
with tlio gaudy Mexican sash about
his waist. "A load uv pain an' misery
big enough to break a man down, an'
she notliV but a child 1"
"Ycr right, only sho h'ain'tachild,"
Soko red checked Posy; she's?
ow old, Asliburn?"
"Seventeen " Asliburn answered.
"Hanged if I knowed." said Santa
Fe. "Reckon yer right: but I got so
ust to seein' her amongst us, a-ridin'
the cayuses an dancin' an' laughin' an'
singin liko a happy child, that I'd
plumb forgot sho'u growed up."
"Me, too," said Rcddy Rose.
"I'm mightily afcard she'll never
rido nur run 110 more," said Old Man
Asliburn. "Ever senco sho was atlirowed
she's bo'11 a-gittiu' slowly but
6horely worse an' worse, an' "
"Wal," intorruptcd Santo Fe, with
grim earnestness, "I h'ain't never bo'n
sorry fer tlio way wo run out o' the
Rango tho cuss that roped the cayuso
an' got her tlirowed."
"Nur me I" cried a cowboy chorus.
At tho sound of a faint call, Old
Man Asliburn li:i.sfoiir<l witliin flio
building. Presently ho appeared,
dragging carefully behind nim a
splint bottomed rocking chair, in
which reclined the wasted form of
littlo Chip, Ash burn's crippled daughter.
At sight of her, tho impulsivo cowboys
waved their broad hats and went
through tho motions of shouting lustily.
But very littlo sound came from
tlicir distended mouths.
"Hello, boys!" tho littlo cripple
saluted, weakly. "I jest couldn't stay
in thcro any longer when 1 heard you
all talking. Pa didn't want mo to
como, but I told him"
"Sho 'lowed," interrupted Ashburn,
"tbat she'd como out yero if she'd to
crawl on her hands an' knees, an' I
reckon she'd"
"You bet she'd a-dono it!" broko in
Santa Fo.
"That's what she'd a-doue," agreed
Reddy Rose.
"How nico tho sunsliino seems!"
said tho littlo cripple. "I've been
a-thinkin' often that mebby I'll never
fit out into it ag'in to run an' rido as
ust to. Somo way"
"Sant," whispered Posy, "hanged if
I h'ain't sorry wo stopped at runnin'
out the cuss that got her throwed."
"Mo, too!" returned Santa Fc. "Ort
to a-killed him then an' tliarl"
"That's what wo ort I" agreed Rcddy
Rose.
Even the slight exertion attendant
upon tho short trip from tho littlo bedroom
to tho door seemed utmost too
much for Chip's enfeebled frame. Iicr
faco grew paler, and sho leaned wearily
back in tho old rocking chair.
"Alobby I'll never sco you again,
boys." sho piped. "I"
"Old man," interrupted Posy, "you
bettor tako her back now."
"But I don't want to go," the girl
protested. "I want to stay an' seo the
boys, an'"
As easily as if she had been of but
a feather's weight, Posy took her in
his strong arms and carried her back
into her littlo bedroom carefully and
very tenderly. His brown check was
close to Ii?*? -?
-"/fti* who, Chip?" ho whispered.
?"?~ "An' you, Posy," slio answered,
softly.
"Boys," Old Man Asliburn was saying
as Posy rejoined the group about
tho door, "things looks mighty black.
She's a - sull'erin' an' a - sutl'crin'
on' "
Posv rushed to his cayuse, Hung
himself into the saddle, and dashed
away across the prairie, followed by
his comrades.
"I couldn't stand it." he told them,
as tho ponies bounded away to tho
eastward. "I jest couldn't, stand to
hear that poreolo cuss a-tellin' of littlo
Chip a-gettin' nearder an' Hoarder
death, an' he, her dad, not ablo to help
her 1"
"Say," said Santa Fe, suddenly, "wo
orfc"
"You bet I" interrupted Posy. "Wo
ort, an' wo will do"
"Thar comes 1 lank 1" brolco in Roddy
Prvcn ??o tl?n little ??. l/x?? " ! i*.? J...1
XWOU, (IO lliu IllllU UIUH7) iUlU 1 iUUUU
huckboard that comprised the turnout
of Hank Bitters, tho mail carrier,
emerged from tho distant timber.
"Hunk's got a passenger."
Obedient to tho touch of tho nugo
Mexican spurs, tho onyuses hounded
toward tho approaching vchiclo at tho
cowhoy's favorite gait, a keen run.
Hank Bitters' passenger, an old
gentleman with a phenomenally bald
head and a general appearanco of
almost owlish wisdom, had he en growing
more and moro unromfortahlo
ever since entering the cattle country.
Tho conversation of tho stago driver,
and later of llank Bitters, had not
served to allay any of his apprehension.
, "W'y," said Hank* with great gravity,
"somo uv.theso yero cowboys is
pizon?plumb pizonl. An' rcclclcss!
.AVol, reckless h ain't no nanto for it!
They're had 1"^
iiis auditor *sliiv.ercd. '
f' '"Kill a "man! Jest as quick as to
?atlv i>iknn sight quifcker. sumo of 'cm.,
T> 1 ?
? * X TO IVUWYUU ? ? ,
. # ' '* U ? , J.
. . **11?T paused hnd gazed thbvJjghtfully
at t'ho fall liat of his companion.
"l'vo knowed 'cui to shoot a states
man jest fer wearin' a plug hat!"
"My starsl" shivered the passongcr.
"Knowcd wuss'n that. \v 'y, out on
tho Soap River range"
And Hank Bitters luridly pictured
the depravity of the cowboys of tho
Soap river region.
"But surely they would not harm
me," quavered tho passenger, "if they
wore apprised of my identity 1"
"If they"knew who I was."
"Mebby thoy'd let you off easy," consoled
Hank.
"And when we do come in contact
with them, you will do your best to
soothe them?"
"I'll do what I kin," returned Hank.
"But it's mighty finnicky business."
And bo ho worked upon the fears of
his passenger till the old gentleman
gazed appi ohonsively about, as if he
expected to seo a dozen fierce cowboys
leap from behind every bush, to make
of his person an impromptu revolver
target He was nearly ready to cry
out with alarm when, as they emerged
from the timber, he beheld Santa Fe
and his comrades careering towards
thorn. The yells of recognition with
which tlioy greeted Hank, wliilo 6till
rods away, sent a great thrill of terror
through the eld gentleman.
''Tell them who I am 1" he whispered,
hoarsely. "Tell them I am a man of
peaeo bound on an errand of mercy I"
"I'll do tho best I kin," returned
Hank, with an inward convulsion.
"But it's mighty risky businees!
They're pizon, plumb pizon f"
As tho cowboys circled about the
buckboard tho passenger almost gave
up all hopo.
"Tell them!" ho wliisporcd to Hank.
That worthy, with n tremendous
wink at Santa re, cailcd out:
"Don't bo brash, boys! This ycro
ecnt's on his way to visit a olo time
friend down on tno Cimarron, what's
Sot n crippled boy. As a favor to mo,
on't hurt him. Name's Doe Bristow,
M. D.. uv"
"What?" cried Posy. "A doctor!
Got yer tools an' mcdicino along,
doc?"
"Yes, sir," quavered tho physician.
"Got them along 1" cried Posy.
"Thcu yer jest"
"Hold on!" broko in Santa Fo,
catching Posy's idea. "Wo don't want
110 botcn doctor. Doc, air you up to
yer game?"
"I hardly"
"I mean, do you know yer biz? Do
you sizo up with tho balaneo uv the
doctors?"
Dr. Bristow's professional pride, up
in arms in an instant, ovcrcamo his
fears.
"Know my business, sir? Up with
other physicians, sir? Why, sir, I can
say. without a uarticlo 01 boasting,
that I stand head and shoulders abovo
my professional rivals?hoad and
shoulders, sirl I am tho author
of"
Ho named a work with a sonorous
and complicated medical title, that
conveyed littlo or no meaning to his
hearers.
"I performed, sir, ono of tho most
rcmarkablo cures of tho present century
by rostoring Senutor lleywood to
vigorous health."
"13'liovo I ycarcd about that," said
Santa Fo. " Lowed ho'd die, didn't
thoy?"
"Certainly 1 Nincty-nino cases out
of every hundred thus attacked succumb.
Thcreforo I am justly accorded
great credit for my almost miraculous
cure. I"
"Hoys," said Tosy, "wo want him 1"
"That's what wo uo," agreed Reddy
Rose.
As tho cowboys reached this decision
tlio party was witliin a hundred yards
of Ashburn's postotlicc.
"Doc," said Posy, "you'll have to
nVop yoro jv. wUilo.
The physician's air of gratified professional
prido was instantly superseded
by fear.
"Oh, gentlemen, spare mo I" ho
quavered. "I will not wear it again
if you object to its appearance!"
" 'Pearanco uv whatV" asked Santa
Fe.
"My hat?'plug,' I think you call it I"
Ilank Hitters threatened to explode
with delight, but tho cowboys never
even smiled.
Tho physician was so loath to loavo
the vehicle that ho had to bo dragged
out bv force.
i "Tiiko it easy, doc," soothed Pocy.
"Wo don't moan no harml"
Dr. Bristow, littlo reassured, mentally
anathematized tho day ho left his
city homo to throw himself into the
clutches of theso whito savages.
"Doc," began Posy, "kin you euro a
girl what's mighty nigh dead frum
hem' tlirowcd frum a cayuso?"
Dr. Bristow's professional instinct
got tho better of a portion of his fears.
"I think I w sj/elv ftav I can, sir,
if a euro is possible, ho said.
Posy led tho way to Chip's bedside.
"Cliip, this yero is Doc Bristow.
Doe, this yero is Olo Man Ashburn,
Chip's dad. Come, olo man 1"
Ashburn followed him out of doors,
and Dr. Bristow was alono with his
patient.
Tho cowboys wero very gravo when
tho physician reappeared.
"Gentlemen"? ho began.
"Means you an' Sunt, I reckon,
Posy," said Redely Rose.
"Wliat'll it bo with little Chip, doc?"
asked Posy.
"Although her caso is extremely
precarious," replied tho physician, deliberately,
"with proper nursing and
tho euro of a skilled physician, sho
can bo restored to health. A dclicato
21 nd iliinwrniif; (infralifin in nmotcnpr
If sho survives that and is attended
by"
"She will bcl Tho big doctor'll bo
tliar," said Posy.
"Who might ho be, if I may ask?"
questioned tho physician.
"Doe Bristow," answered Posy.
"But I cannot remain. My engagement"
"Blank your engagement! In that
tliar room lies Chip?littlo Chip
that"
"That wo all lovc,cvcry last one uv
us," broko in Santa Fc.
"You bet!" cried Reddy Rose.
"But"
"An'," interrupted Posy, "tho cuss
that got her hurt was run otT the
Range, but tho cuss that kin euro her,
hut won't, will never leavo tho Range
n-runnin' nur no way."
"That's what ho won't!"' agreed
Reddy Rose.
Dr. Bristow seamed to -fully ealizc
what Posy's words implied.
Next day, long before the hour for
performing tho operation that was to
end or savo Chip s life, the cowboys
had congregated in the shade of Asliburn's
postolllce. Posy was not with
them.
"Posy," littlo Chip was saving, as
sho feebly stroked tho rougli head
bent abovo her, "if I ?if I don't get
out again, give each of tho boys one
of these."
Then she weakly drew from lieneatli
her pillow as many locks of hair, tied
with little pieces of ribbon, as there
wcro cowboys in tho group outside.
(There was one for Posy, also, ho noticed
through tho mist of tears that
dimmed his eyes.
.Chin softly .stroked Posv's
rougn neiid, as no Mnt still lbwer til]
his lips touched hers, and a hot tear
foil on each chock. Then, far braver
than he, she turned her faco away.
"Good-by, Posy," she said.
"Good-by, Chip."
Ho staggered out of tho room, and
dashing the tears from his eyes, ho
grasped the doctor's arm with a force
that mado him wince, and whispered
hoarsely:
"Go in, now, an'?an' if her good*
bv was the last one, God forgive yel
Tuis yero iron"?half drawing his revolver
? "never misses Are, an'?
Wal, you'll never go offen the Range I"
Dr. Bristow had mado no idle boast
when liosnokoof his professional skill,
and all of that skill was called into
action to preserve unsnapped tho chord
that bound poor little sutfering Chip
10 mo. w lion 1110 operation was oyer
and the crisis past, tho great physician
tottered through tho door and fell
fuinting into Posy's arms.
"Sho is safof ho gasped, as ho
opened his eyes.
As if moved by a common impulso,
tho cowboys mounted their cayuses
and galloped ofF across tho prairie at
whirlwind speed. Two miles away
they halted, and gavo vent to their
rejoicing in yells both long and loud.
A month lator, when littlo Chip was
ablo to hop about quito smartly oil her
crutches, Dr. Bristow asked of Posy,
of whom ho seemed to stand in dreadful
fear, if ho might lcavo for his
eastern homo on tho following day.
"But, doc, I thought you was keen
to go out on tho Cimarron?"
Nothing was further from Dr. Brislow's
desire. IIo told himself that if
lio could but return homo, it would
takoamost powerful attraction indeed
to draw him away from it.
Santa Fo and Old Man Ashburn held
several mysterious conferences, in
which Posy was not invited to tako
part. Tho result wus apparent next
day. Instead of tho faded backboard,
Ilank Bitters arrived in a long spring
wagon, which, as Reddy Itoso saicT
was simply "gorgis" with red paint of
tho reddest red; and Hank nimself
was gotten up for tho great occasion
"regardless," in nn uncomfortable suit
of new store clothes, topped off by a
collar that persisted in ruling his red
neck most outrageously. A clerical
looking personage who accompanied
him was saluted by tho cowboys with
shouts of "Preacher Bluel"
Tho cowboys woro all in holiday attire,
and even Old Man Asliburn wa?-quito
"smartly" arrayed. Posy stared
in wonder at tho group, but from tho
way littlo Chip smiled and blushed, it
was evidently not at all a mystery to
her.
"Posy," began Santa Fc, awkwardly,
"I want to say for mo an'
tho boys an' Old Man, ycrc, that we
'low wo know how you an' Chip feel
towards each other, an'?an'"
"Wo reckon you both show mighty
good taste," broko in Reddy Rose.
"Knowin' this," went on Banta Fe,
"wo ? that is ? you ? wal?darn it,
you're goin' to git married yerc, an'
now,'an'?an' ycro's ycr wcdctin' present
from mo an' tho boys I Soon's it's
over you'ro goin' ?to start on a weddin'
tower. Wo ""low Chip needs travel;"
and Santa Fo thrust a roll of bills into
tho lmiul of the astonished Posv.
The latter presently essayed to express
ail his thanks, but tho cowboys,
uooinfc his embarrassment, drowned his
words by wild yells.
After Posy and Chip had been mado
one, Dr. Bristow was the first to bo
equal to tho occasion. Ho first proposed
and carried out the kissing of
ilm l.ri/ln Tlin nnu'linvQ fnllnivoil ciiif
H1U tviv. A '?vy VV .. UUIV)
and Posy, still half dazed, was noarly
knocked off his feet by a rush of comrades
to claim tribute from the tempting1
mouth of tlio now mado brido.
When tho very red spring wagon
departed, its occupants wero Posy,
Chip, Dr. Bristow, besides Hank Bitters,
tho truthful. Just beforo they
entered tho timber they waved an
adieu to tho cowboys congregated before
Ashburn's postoflicc.
Santa Fo unwound his guady Mexican
scarf and waved it in response,
and tho other cowboys industriously
swung their hats and yelled till tho
red wagon and its occupants had
passed from sight.
"Ashburn, you olo fool, you're
a-cryin'," said Santa Fo, presently.
"?>o uir you 1" spoko lieddy Bfltftl
"Wat, you're not aDTlbetter yer"selfl"
retorted Santa Fo.?Frank Leslie's.
A Fascinating Young Lady.
In Tipton county, Tcnn., lives a
young lady, who exorcises a fascinating
power over animals. Tho Journal
of Man says that slio is ablo to conquer
and rido in a moment's timo horses
and mules that 110 ono elso has evor
been ublo to handle. Tho most savage
dog in tho neighborhood nuails before
licr. Squirrels and birds como tc
her in tho woods and cat from her
hand, und many times sho has been
known to pick up a rabbit in tlio path.
Slio says that from infancy sho has
had this remarkublo power over wild
animals, but only within tho past few
years was sho aware that sho was also
a "horso tamer." She says sho is not
conscious of putting forth any effort
in this.
Thrifty I.noimlu.
Miss Lucinda Washburn, a nativo
of Kingston, Mass., died in this city,
aged 78 years 7 months and 19 days.
She camo to Sacramento in tho early
fifties, was nn industrious woman, a
good financier, nnd at her death was
ono of the wealthiest individuals in
tho city. The bulk of her property
consists of good paying real estato in
many portions of (his city. Sho was
somewhat eccentric, and went about
looking after her diversified interests
dressed in cheap calico and a white
apron, while her headgear was invariably
an old fashioned sunhonnot of
somo light colored material. Her estate
will appraise tin into the hundreds
of thousands, ana it is doubtful if
many women in America by their individual
efforts havo amassed so largo
a fortune. ?Sacramento Record-Union.
Improving a I'rorerb. '
Tvo always admired proverbs, my
dear," Mr. Dusenberry said, as ho
I rubbed his chin in a contcmplativo
way. "They aro chock full of siff|
nilicanco. They aro laconic and loglI
cal. Now, for instance, thero is tno
, saying. 'Straws show which way tlio
waul blows.' What could moro
tersely"
"Yes," interrupted Mrs. Dusenberry,
with a twinklo in licr starboanl eye.
i "If you'd sift tho ashes every inorn- I
ing, instead of letting mo sift them, |
you'd know moro about tho direction i
| of tho wind than all tho straws in
] creation would show you."?Detroit 1
[ Free Press.
W
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Tan Taw* on on Engraving.
Rudolph Stang, of Dusscldorf, has
lately completed, after mora than ten
years' work, a copper plate engraving
of Leonardo da Vinci's great fresco.
It is believed that this is the (lrst timo
the famo us picturo has been directly
studied by th? engraver. Ruphnel
EMorghen's splendid engraving was
made from a drawing of a copy of tho
mil painting, ana all other plates
d since its publication in 1800
bean more or less imitations
of it.
The history of Morghen's work is
instructive. TTio monks at Castelazzo
hearing of the famo of the fresco in
the refectory of tho monks of Santa
Maria delle Grazio, at Milan, commissioned
Marco d'Oggiono, a pupil of
Leonardo, to paint them a copy for
their rofoctory. But being himself a
distinguished artist ho could hardly bo
expected to abstain from introducing
8omo variations of liis oiui. A drawing
of Oggiono'8 copy, which was in
fur better preservation than tho original,
was mado for Morghen by Mattoini,
himself an excellent nrtist, who
was moro intent on tho artistic porfeeAl
_ # I_ 1. it 1 /? 1 N I ' -
uuu ui nia worn iuuii on lis nueuiy 10
tho original. Then caino tho engraver
who is credited with having produced
a work of consummato technical excellence,
but which cannot claim to
be on exact reproduction of Leonardo's
picture.
Stang betook himself to tho spot,
studied tho fresco in its present state,
and mado uso of all available sketches
and original sketches mado by tho
painter for his work, some of which
wcro to bo found in England. Tho result
is what ho believes to bo a reproduction
in copper of tho work os it
camo from Leonardo's pencil, executed
as perfectly as modern art can effect.
Tho engraving has been much praised
by German art critics.?London Times. |
Hrlp for Deserving People.
Tho board of associated charities aids
families almost exclusively, and very
material aid it is. As soon as tbo agent
of the society starts out ho makes inquiries
in reliablo circles ns to tho
habits ajul characteristics of tho peoplo
?applying about tho head of the
family, if ono exists, about tho children,
now many, if any, aro at work,
and if they, singly nnd collectively,
arc honost and industrious, or if they
would bo industrious if they had the
opportunity. Tho society naturally
will want to know about tho revenues
of tho family and of their expenses and
debts, and if theso answers are all
right his report to tho board will bo a
favorable ono, nnd in a short timo the
necessaries of life, usually flour, meal.
coal and wood in bulk, "will bo forthcoming.
It docs take time, however,
to do this, and if tho family were in
distress and needed immediate nid
there are several individual means by
which they might tide over their wants
temporarily.
This Is ?no form of charity which, if
it is slow, is certainly suro and substantial
once it is secured. It takes
care exclusively of thoso who linvo
lodgings, who livo in tenements somowhere
in tho city and receive charity
in that way. Thoso are usually very
deserving peoplo and thoir histories
are often sad and pathetic. Thoso who
ore invariably tho most deserving of
charity are always tho most reluctant
about uaXlllg fur it. Poor but proud,
they will often sell every piece of furniture
and household effects that somotimes
havo tender and pleasant recollections
in order to keep tho wolf from
tho door, and defer, if not permanently
dispenso with, tho necossitv of asking
aid.?McGratli in Boston Globe.
The Titlue? of Diamonds.
Values of diamonds never change.
Liko pure gold they havo a fixed
valuo. Their prices change with the
dealer and liis opportunity for their
sale. Then again tho prico of diamonds
is lurgely affected by their
quality and color. A stone that shows
sand cracks is rated low. A diamond,
however perfect, if of a yellowish hue,
is not highly priced. There arc 6tones
of a reddish tint which nro very beautiful,
but tho pure white diamond outranks
them all. The test of tho white
diamond is that it shall bo perfectly
invisiblo when immersed in a vial of
tthcruieally pure water, such as is collected
from condensed steam. A din
mond is perfectly indestructiblo and is
seldom, if ever, lost to tlio world. If
tlio owner should lose a stono another
person finds it, and tho quantity of
g>ms goes on steadily increasing.?
iamond Broker in Cilobc-Domocrat.
The llaby King of Spain.
Stories of the eccentricities of the
baby king of Spain continuo to amuso
Europe. The continent is laughing at
his latest escapade, which canio near
to involving his country in serious
trouble. A newly appointed minister
to Spain from an influential European
country readied Madrid, ami after a
time was presented to tho young potentate.
The minister is bald bended,
but wears a long, Mowing beard. "Oh,
mother 1" exclaimed Alfonso when ho
caught sight of tho diplomat, "he's
combed his hair tho wrong way."
Tho relations between Spain and tlio
minister's country nro somewhat
strained at present, but a settlement of
tho misunderstanding is hoped for.?
Now York World.
An Oild Dining Organization.
A very odd dining organisation in
Philadelphia is known us the Ishmaelitcs.
Tho apurtment in which tho
feast is held is always decorated in tho
oriental fashion, some of tho features
introduced being very luxurious and
striking. During each season there is
n muezzin who presides and rules tho
feast, and who also delivers a mock
prayer and has a peculiar song All
wear turbans or fez caps, with long
robes and ornaments around their
necks.?Chicago Herald.
DlMlpation of Vital l.timprj.
Truly did Emerson designate dissipation
as tho greatest evil m life, llo
aid not mean aissipation in the narrow
and common sense of excess of drinking.
Ho meant dissipation of ull sorts
?tho dissipation of vital energy in
tho pursuit of trivial objects, social
dissipation, wasto of time, wasto of
money, wasto in general. Bocial dissipation
is o?io of tlio most harmful
forms of dissipation, because it is so
insidious, upnarently so innocent. Wo
nro commanded to lovo our neighbor,
but wo are not commanded to call 011
them two or throe times u week. The
amount of timo consumed in superfluous
and purj>oseloss social intcrcourso
in this world is something positively
appalling.?New York Commercial
Aavortiaor.
HOW RAMS FIGHT.
Dueling According to the Code ot Their
Royal SheepUhnenftes.
It may perhaps throw some light on
the obscure causes of tho stupidity of
sheep to see them fight. To watch two
rams ongugo in a duel, which they do
in a most gentlemanly manner, ae if
it were as much a matter of etiquette
as an engagement with swords in the
environs of Paris, is better than most
farces nowadays.
Perhaps there are some ten or twenty
rams in a yard or corral, and prescutly
two put their heads togethor. Probably
they are having a conversation,
and in it some debatablo matter crops
up, for one shakes his head impa
tiently as if doubting trio word or his
interlocutor. Tho insulted ram looks
up, advances a step or two, and they
rattlo tlieir horns together. Instantly
all the other gentlemen gather round
us tho two intending coiubutants march
backward step by step with an admirablo
slowness and deliberation. They
nro tho two knights at tho ends of tho
lists. There is an instant's pause, and
then they hurl themselves violently
forward to meet forehead to forehead
with a shock that ought to break their
skulls.
Then tho solemn backward march
recommences, tho pause is made, and
the two belligerents leap at each other
once more, and tho terrible thud is
heard again. Sometimes they run ton
courses before one turns dizzy and declines
tho battle, butoftenor five or six
blows mako tho thinner skulled turn
away, to bo contemptuously hustled
in tho rear by tho conqueror.
Occasionally tho sight of ono set of
duelists inspires tho unoccupied
lookers on with a noblo ardor, and
couplo after couplo join in to march
backward side by side and rush forward
in lino to moot tho opposing
forces. It seems to mo that there is
moro intorest in this than tho mero
farce of tho display. Ilowever such a
lmbit arose it can hardly now be advantageous
to tho species, and must
tend to lower them in tho scale of intellect,
for while tho thickest skulled
remain lords, thoso with tho most room
for brains ofton get their craniums
cracked with fatal results.
This may help to explain th? very
uncommon idiocy of domesticated
sheop, just as tho duello among Australian
blnckfellows may throw light
on tho dull, thick headednoss of some
of tho native humans in that country.
For their favorite methcfclof dueling?
at least it was that of which I heard
most?is to take two clubs, and, having
drawn lots in some manner for tho
first blow, to striko tho loser on the
head as ho bends down with tho utmost
force possiblo. If (hat blow is
not decisive?and It is not always so
?it is tho turn of tho other man to do
hie best, and so on until a skull is
cracked.?Tho Coruhill Magazine.
Author* nnri l'ubllsliera.
Mr. Rider Haggard's friends complain
that while no received only $W0
for the original edition of "King Solomon's
Mines," the publishers have
mado $60,000 out of tne book. This is
"business." Why should tho author
and his friends bo aggrieved? Mr.
Ilaggard should haro mado a better
bargain, and, undoubtedly, in tho future
Mr. Ilaggard will do so. Those
inequalities of profit will by and by
teaoli authors to change their methous
of book publication. Meanwhile they
have no right to blame publishers,
and must quietly submit to the plar
of makintr their successful honks com
pensate tlioso publishers for the lossei
incurred on other people's unsuccess
ful books. Mr. Haggard, as a country
squire, with a fortune, might hav?
tnod experiments with safoty. Why
should not a man who can afford f<
publish his own book, "taking tin
risk," as lie would any other buslnes;
cnterpriso? If this became the custom,
woulu not fewer and better books be
Eublished? And would not this ba e
lessing to the reading world??Pittsburg
Bulletin.
Peculiar Idea About Religion.
A student deeply versod in occlaaiaa
tical matters recently advanced a very
peculiar idea while conversing with r
menu. lie said mat the establishec
religion of a country owed its princi
pal doctrines less to faith than to th(
conditions of its climate and surround
ings. He cited tho beautiful religior
of tho natives of India, whowoulanoi
eat anything that had once lived, bo
cause, while all could take away life
only One could give it. Ho arguoc
that a religious belief like that coulc
only have it? origin in on intensely
hot oliinnto liko that of India, when
animal food is not ncceesarv to sue
tain life. Among the Laplanders such
a roligion could never obtain, booaus<
it was absolutely necessary for the
Inhabitants of so high a latitude tc
;eop tho warmth of the body up to s
certain heat. Nothing but animal fui
could do that.?Now York Sun.
A Rope Walker's Coolness.
If I myself do not feel norvous, 1
am nfmid the many persons I have
carried on mv Hnflr ?<- )>>? k?tvi
have folt a trlfto perturbed, gave whon
they have been professional assistants.
In reality tliero is nothing in the
world for them to bo afraid of. All
tlioy liavo to do is to sit perfectly still,
refrain from clutching ine too tightly
around tho neck and leave tho rest te
mo. When I ajn carrying any one
over for tho first time, I chat to him
continuously on any indifferent subjects
I can tiiink about, and try in this
manner to rolievo his anxiety, and I
always caution him ugninst looking
downward when in mid air. Somehow,
though, ho never seoms quite
happy, and 1 always detect a gasp of
relief whon tho end of tho rope and
tho platform aro reached. More than
onco the victim has dovoutly ox_1_i
1 UK' . ? " "
vmuiifu, jNcver again i"?J. 15. l5ioudin
iu Lippiiicott'*.
I)c>?s Duty for All.
In dozens of restaurants one kind of
"stock" coutinues to do duty for many
differently named soups. tlio great
varioty of names astonishing tho unsophisticated
country cousin.?Boston
True Flag.
Tlio constitution of Costa Kica proscribes
hospitality to strangers as a
sacred duty, and declares citizenship
to bo forfeited by ingratitude to parents,
abandomnant of wife or children
and neglect of tho obligation*
j duo to tho family.
Thcro has been consecrated In Pliila
delphia a church for tho oxclusivo uso
of tho (leaf. It is the first and only
placoof worship in this country, if not
Im tho world, that is managed entirely
by deaf mutes.
HORSE CAR MANNERS.
Men lAi'klnj; tn Manners, dud Women
Wlio Ait to Some Extent Responsible.
"Tho manners of people in Brooklyn
and New York horse cars are
; abominable," said rfin elderly gentleman
who stood on tho rear platform
of a Fulton street car tho other day.
, "I am u traveling man," he continued,
"and have had occasion to make a
study of this subject. For instance,
just tako n look inside this car and you
will see what I mean. First you will
notico that while several ladies aro
standing several men aro sitting. That
you will say is nothing unusual, nor
is it in our cars. If, however, you
will look a little moro closely you
must notico that if some of the lathes,
I suppose we must call them by that
j namo. would movo along a littlo there
: woultl bo seats for at least threo more.
Do they movef Not by a long shot,"
and the elderly gentleman stopped a
moment to wino off somo big drops that
had trickled clown his back from the
projecting roof. "Tho manners of tho
avorugo New York or Brooklyn woman,
but moro especially those of the
former, aro disgusting," ho continued,
"and they aro responsible to a large
extent for tho imjxditeness shown
them by tho men. Now in Boston you
*11 - ?--! - ?' !
win never sco a iaay suxnuing in a car,
while a gontleman is sitting. Why?
Well, in the first place, there is much
more politeness practiced in that city
of beans and culture: men nro not so
hardened there as they aro in our
larger cities, nor is tlio population so
cosmopolitan. Wo aro suffering in a
great mca?uro from tho lack of good
manners duo to the groat preponderance
in our midst of foreign elements.
Moreover, in Boston conductors aro
constantly upon tho outlook for tho
comfort of their passengers. If there
is a chanco to mako nioro room they
will do it. I liavo only seen one or
two instances of this supervision on
tho part of our conductors. Even in
Chicago tho better class of foreigners
and tho native Americans will almost
invariably give up their seats to
ladios."
"What mado mo mad, tho other
day," chimed in anothor passenger,
who had listened to tho conversation
quietly up to this point, "was this: I
was on a Brooklyn car and it was raining
oven harder than it is now. Tho
car was jammed and many of the passengers
were women, young and old,
many of them evidently being shop
girls, for it was tho hour of tho close
of labor in the stores. A dolioato looking
g"irl, ^ >o seemed very weary, was
standbier : somn littln dint/men frr?m
mo, ancFT icd to attract her attention
in order 10 givo her my seat. I could
i not catch Tior eye, so I finally aroso
and reached over to touch her. I had
, no sooner loft my scat than a spindle
i looking dudo, with a capo coat on,
slipped into it. Was I mad? Was 1?
Well, I should say I was, but what
could I do? I hato a fuss, so I quietly
slipped out on to tlio platform and let
, my mad cool off. I'd liavo given a
ton to liavo punched that dude s head,
though, if I d liavo had him in a moro
' secluded pluco."
"That's it," said tho elderly gentleman
as ho stepped nimbly to tho edgo
, of tho platform preparatory to jumping
off. "Well, they're all bad
' enough, heaven knows. Good night,"
and with a quick jump ho disappeared
in tho darkness.?-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Bllmlman's Doc.
Tho street lamp on tho corner of
[ Broadway and Twenty-ninth street is
tho nightly business stand of a blind
' man and a dog. I watched them last
night, having bccomo interested in
them through tho stories that had
' como to me of tho dog's intelligence.
' I heard tho man ask tho time of a gentleman
who stopped to drop something
in tho box. 110 was told it was 10
5 o'clock. Tlio gentleman walked on
' and tho man called out to the dog:
) "Come, Tom, it's 10. and tiino for
\ us to no home." The littlo dog
gathered himself together, held up the
ox to tho man, waited until ho took
tho money out and put it in his pocket,
buttoned liis old coat, and then stood
f on tho curb and examined tho cars
( coming along, mnauy a green ono
j came in sight and the dog drew tho
mar. out into the mud and stood until
5 it came along. The driver evidently
knew them, for when ho carno to
t whero they stood ho pulled up and
t thoy got in. I was assured that it was
. a regular thing, and that tho dog has
a remarkable faculty for faces. It is
[ said that ho even knows the peoplo
j who givo alms to tho old fellow, and
r never fails to greet them with a dem.
onstration of pleasure.?New York
. Star.
1 Counting tlio Motes.
' Counting tho dancing motes in a
) bar of sunlight sounds liko ono of
' those hopeless, novcr ending tasks
\ with which malignant fairies delight
' to break tho spirit of littlo heroines in
the German folk stories. Something
more than this, however, has been
. achieved by modern scionco, which is
now ablo to count tho particles float'
I ing in any given portion of tho at'
i mosphoro ancl dotermine what propor1
tion of theso aro dangerous germs and
I what aro mero dust. Dr. Frankland's
1 ! curious experiments havo shown us
; how to count tho mioro-organisms,
! and now John Aitken, of Falkirk, by
a totally dllFerent method, has been
' enabled to tako stock of tho moro
1 liarmlcss but har^lV less interesting
dust motes, 'lliirty thousand
such particles have been detected by
him in tho thousandth of a cubic incn
6f tlio air of a room. In tho outsido
atmosphcro in dry weather the same
measurement of nir yielded 2,119,
! whereas, after a heavy rainfall, tho
number was only 521. That this
; power of prying into atmospheric
secrets will eventually yield very im|
portant results must bo obvious to all.
Among tho most curious discoveries
already mado is tho direct relation botween
dust particles and fogs, mist
and rain.?Loudon Dailv Nov
Tho main strength of American
wrought iron is 45,900 pounds; English.
43.741.
Coiiti'ollor Mo rail's Combination.
Controller Moran is a mathematician
of no small attainments in that branch
of abstract thought, and he can jugglo
with figures, in their intricate permutations
and combinations, after tho
most approved style. I lis attention !
was not long since attracted to a duto
in last November which included four
ones and fourcights, viz: 1 l-18tli-18S8.
Curiosity led him to expand the doc|
trine of possibilities involved in this
i odd combination, and he has clemon;
struted that a similar combination cauj
not occur again till tho remote geoI
logical period expressed in tho year
I 6wt-ll-18tli.?Detroit Freo Press.
"Did n't Know't was
Loaded"
May do for a stupid boy's oxcuso ; but
what can bo said for the parout who
sees his child languishing daily and fails
to recognize the want of a tonic and
blood-purifler? Formerly, a course of
bitters, or sulphur and molasses, was the
rule in well-regulated families ; but now
all intelligent households keep Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, which is at once pleasant
to the taste, and the most searching and
effective blood medicine ever discoveredNathan
S. Cleveland, 27 E. Canton St.,
Boston, writes : " My daughter, now 21
years old, was in perfect health until a
year ago when she began to complain of
fatigue, headache, debility, dizziness,
indigestion, and loss of appetite. I concluded
that all her complaints originated
in impure blood, and induced her to take
Ayer s Sarsaparilla. This medicine soon
restored her blood-making organs to
healthy action, and in duo time reestablished
lior former health. I find Ayer's
Sarsaparilla a most valuable remedy for
the lassitude and debility incident to
spring time."
J. Castright, Brooklyn Tower Co.,
Brooklyn, N. Y., says : "As a Spring
Medicine, I find a splendid substitute
for the old-time compounds in Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, with a few doses of Ayer's
Tills. After their use, I feel fresher and
stronger to go th 'ough the summer."
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
PREPARED BY
Or. J.*C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mas*.
Trice 91; six bottle*, Worth *0 a bottle.
PIEDMONT AIR LIN E
RICHMOND & DANVTT.T/E
RAILROAD
GREENVILLE & COLUMBIA DIVISION
CONDENSED SCHEDULE
la effect December 10, 1888.
(Trains run on 75th Meridian lime.)
NORTHBOUND No. 64. No. 61.
Leave Cha'ston 7 00 a. m.
Leave Columbia... f 10 25 a. m.
Arrive Alston 11 22 a. in.
Aeave Alston 11 25 p. ui.
Arrive Union 1 25 p. in. 4 25 "p. in.
Arrive Spartanburg. 2 50 p. in. G 45 p. in.
Try on
" Saluda
44 Flat Rock
44 ilcndersonville...
44 Ashcville 7 00 p. m.
"j Hot Springs
4 Pomariu 11 5G a. m.
if4rive Prosperity... 12 22 p. in. ^
44 Newberry 12 3'J p. in.
44 Laurens
44 Ninety-Six... 1 45 p. ra.
44 Greenwood...., 2 30 p. m.
44 Greenville , 5 20 p m
44 Abbeville 4 00 p. ui.
44 Auderson 4 40 p. m.
44 Seneca G 00 p. m.
44 Walhall.i 7 00 p. ni.
Atlanta 10 40 p. m.
SOUTHBOUND, No 55 No. 50
Leave Walballa |8 00 a. m.
44 Seneca 8 30 a. m.
4 Anderson. .. . 0 41 a. in.
44 Abbeville 10 50 a. in. y
44 Greenville 0 30 a. ni.
4- Greenwood... 12 28 p. m.
44 Ninety Six.... 1 12 p. ni.
44 Laurens
44 Newberry 2 32 p. m.
44 Prosperity 2 52 p. ni.
Arrive Alston 3 30 p. in.
Leave Hot Spriugs. * G 50 a m
r.cave nsnevme S S25 o. m
' Hendersonvillo
" Flat Itock
" Saluda
" Try on
" Spartanburg., fll 55 a. ra.
" Union 1 40 p. m. 0 45 a m
Arrive Alston 3 30 p. in
" Columbia 1 40 p. ui.
" Augusta 9 05 p. iu.
' Charleston via S.
*Dnily.
fltaily except Sunday
B??)u Th rough Cur Service.
Main Line Trains Xos. 54 and 55 dally
between Columbia and Alston, and daily
except Sunday between Alston ami Greenville.
Through passenger conch between Cba'ston
and Morristown, via S. C. Hail way, Columbia
and Spartanburg. r
Tickets on sale nt principal stations to allpoints.
On train No. 50 and 51 Pullman sleeper heween
Charleston and Hot Springs, N. C.,
via A. C. L., Columbia and Spartanburg.
Jns.. In) lor 1). Cnrtlwcll Sol. llna
Aas't (it'll!
Gen. Vase. At/1. I'li.ix. Aynit. Traffic .>!wtaColttmbia,
S (' t/er.
AN END TO THE HORROR
? OF ?
EXTRACTING TEETH,
I am prepared to extinct Teeth wilbcu
pain or danger, by the use of (las.
1 guarantee all of my woik to ci?e sals
faction. L. 12. MKADOlt.
niny * IK ft
c'oi.. John JIaskiii. You
Columbia, S, C, Union, S. C.
HASKELL & Y G 11 R G
ATTORN IKS AND (OINSlLLOi.S,
UNION, S. C.
Office second floor. No. Law lUngc.
Feb 10 f, if /
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SAM'L S. STOKES,
A T T O 11 X E Y A T I, A W,
I
N O T A It Y P U }\ L I
ALL business entrusted to I,is care wil V
cceivc prompt attention.
The execution of nil pa pern as a Notary 1
puuuiic h specialty. Ullicc in rear of ih
Court House.
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brief inatrucllona cteeo. Thoas who wrila to ut at on.e < execute
free lha bait aewlng-machina in the world. ai^Hbe
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