Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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the mower. He went with the sunlight leaping Over the hillside's rim, And his curls were like meadow lilies Under his wide straw brim; His eyes like the chicory blossoms, Blue, with their skyey look. His glad cheeks redder than dorer v ji > And brown as a sunny brook All day in the upland meadow He swlnrs my L'. aoyvnst Ah, slow sweet wind from the hilltop, Hurry thy beery wing? Bring soent of his ferns and dalsls^ And bis whetstone's silrsr ring. And lift the curls on his forehead With thy fingers coy and free. And whisper so low he hears not, U'liisper one uiougn or mei All day in the upland meadow He Dwingi my heart with hie eoythe. How tlio meadow lark cease her crooning To trouble anl watch him pass? Pr.te ho startlo the bobolincoln From her nest in tho dewy grate? 'Tis only so, with hie coming Ho flutters my h< art In her neet. Ah, guntioand cruol, be stays not, And fain would he not molest I All day in tho upland meadow Ho swings my heart with his scythe. Tho lillo* bow down before him, Tho long grow shudders and starta, Tho daisies faint with their fortunes And socrets around their hearts. With his stroko so swerveless anl steady. His forehead tranquil and sweet; How iittls he cares what blossoms Arrt sinkinir titular hfa All <1av/1(i the upland mwidow t' Ji Iiiji ii my heart with hla scythe. ?The Independent A llAl"MAN. UY R. L. KBTCIIUM. he's in that pari rv I Vf? of the State, or in y ?4 /<?I any jart of it, for I that matter (niind ?Jpc~ I you, I don't belicv? I he h foo'. enough to ?- (l( I Jii/ I linger in this conn"3^ I try, when ho'a had J? flllnjl I plenty of chance to X Will I ^ct to f'nna<i? ?r ^}| I JrjMexico), he'a our meat. I'vo got a 19 deputy down there Sal IB who's onto his job, and if your friend Mr. de Vries is in that neck of the woods, Stilos can produce liiui in twenty-four hours." That is what the United States marshal said to the special agent of the Treasury Department, who hud come West in teach of Mr. liainiiton de Vries, absconding bunk president. The latter, unwittingly, had got himself into troublo with Uncle Sam, as well as with the authorities of his State, and was, therefore, in a surer way to get iuto the hands of justice thau if he had been careful not to tamper with the nationce of the long building uncle aforesaid. The marshal was so certain of his deputy's ability to lay hand* of Mr. de Vries?if, us the special agent believed, the e\ bank president was sojourning in raid deputy's Leighborhood?that tho agent, w.:o was oaly Iiuinan, and, besides, hud no pcrscual interest in tbo , rffrn fihicooifod to take life as easily as possible while ho might?it whs much better than going, partly by stage or horseback, into a wild and woolly region after a man who might not be there, after all. While the special agent, who had been up late the night previous, yawned und stretched, preparatory [p leaving to re tinn to his hotel, the marshal wrote a telegram to be sent to tho deputy who looked after the iliree "tough" counties in the southeast corner of tho State. "Jlere, Ball take this to the office, will youf" And to Uncle Sam's emissary lie remarked: "Now, then, that's settled. Stiles'll have him by Saturday, if he's there." When the marshal appointed Hob Stiles a deputy, and assigned t > him the duty of ntteuding to tiio three southeast counties, lie knew what he was about, lie had always been a firm believer iu the truth of the old saving that - jt unit's a unci to catch a thief." On the same principle, he hold that it required a bad man to handle bad men; and in making his appointment for Jones, Elk horn and Antelope Counties, he had no hesitancy in selecting Mr. Stile-, whose application for the position was indorsed by many leading citizens ? not because they were keen to see Hob git the place, but because he asked them to indoise him, and a refusal to do so involved possible, indeed, probable, un pleasant cons.ouences. Yes, !},?b Siiles was, undeniably a bad man. Not that he had ever made him self amendable to the law?at least, not tiuit anybody knew of?but he had a blood-stained obituary list of persons who had disagreed with him, and a beautiful disregard for the consequences ol anything he chose to do; and he chose to do some very peculiar things, especially when he had over indulged in his favorite intoxicant, which was quite frequently. When Mr. Stiles was not engaged in his official duties, his avocation was that of gambler, and he was not an over-scrupulous one, either; in fact, I am obliged to confess, albeit with much re'iictiiiice, that Mr. Stiles ou joyed 'skinning a iUckei" as well as did any member ot the lraternity. It happened, however, that, one sad night?the very night before the lay the marshal sent him the telegram concerning the mis-dag bank president ? Mr. Stiles and a eon ft ere had sul in a game with a supposed "sucker'' from the mines, who turuod out to ho very much wf a player himself, aud that Mr. Stiles and his friend rose from the game "busted," and each owing the house for . event I stacks of chips, and Mr. Stiles stood on a corner, this bright afternoon, locking verv down hearted and sadlv out of his usual spirits, when the boy came along with his telegram. "Ilin! 'Tall man?black whiskers? dark complected ? gray eyes.' Urnl C'rcct. I'll look after ye t'morrnh, Mister d'Vries!" lie had been walking as he read, aud had reached the postofflco by this time. In iespouse to his inquiry, the clerk i.nudeu him an ollicial-lookingenvelope. h retired t'i a corner to read ;t. and the contents made his eyes dance. "9ta , buenol tfyar's luck for ye, Ilobhy, ol' hoy! Five hundred dollars r'ward! i hanks, Hobby, we don't care ef we do; ' !i, no, no* any!" And as Mr. Robert .-tiles v.1 uo the street to his usual * . ^ .. 1 .. ?-.rill????? ' "bang-out," he felt quite cheerful, and whittled ai though the Are hundred dollar* were alteadj in hi* possession, for be knew right where ho could Hod a certain Thomas Itudey, ex moonshiner, urgently wanted for the murder, several month* preriou*ly, of a reveouo officer who had raided Mr. Hudey's still, in a neighboring Btate. JTaxt moraing, bright and early, the Aenutw gayiy forth. Ha had made a small "borrow," and won a hundred or so, the night before; be would make Are hundred dollars and some fees to-day; and these facts, together with the brightness of the morning, the beauties of nature and the excellent breakfast ho had just eaten, conspired to make him, if anything, more cheerful than usual, and that was very cheerful, indeed. Thero wa? only ono thing that troubled him, and that w.ts the fact that no reward was offered for the arrest of do Vries, whose history ho had read iu the papers. "Th' idee!" the deputy-marshal said to himself. "Ilyar's this hiijh toned cuss fr'm Ohio?busts a bank, robs 'is fr'cn's, an' takes th' bread away fr'm orph'nsan' . > 1 ?? -s?- 1 l>. wiuocra, nu gun i""?j , ??? nm? him! Hyar's a poor moonshiner, got nothin' but a still t' keep 'in family on, an thinks he's got jest's much light t' nrnko whisky as anybody else; shoots a revenoo offuser th't mos' bkely shot at hiin first, an' Uuole Ham offors five bun* drod for 'un f It's tough, no use tulkin'." And Mr. Htilos chirped to his horse, which was nibbling at the branches of the trees by the roadside. Four hours later Hob Stiles, deputymarshal, rodo into n little valley into which the by-road bad led him from tlio main trail. He looked to his revolvers carefully, to see that thoy were all right for tho emergency which was quite probable, and decided on a plan of action. He dismounted, aud proceeded ou foot toward tho shabby, tumble down logcabin that stood in a little clearing on the hillside above him. As he reached the edge of the clearing, ho halted, and took note of tho cabin and its surroundings, observing, with some surprise, the neat appearance of the garden aud yard and tho unavailing repairs thut had been attempted on the old cabin. "Kind o' decent, 'pears like," thought tho deputy-marshal, as he sneaked around to advauce on tho house from tho rear, ' Wonder whero uli th' folks is?" As ho emorged from the thickot at tho rear of tho house aud started toward it, two or three scrawny curs rushed at him, barking tlercely, but no ono appeared to -fl .1 il? 11 wi 111? hllciluu llll-lll. iiu ojiviw u? vmvmi t|?aiv?.j| and presently thoy drew ulT, somewhat mollified, but still growling suspiciously. Then the deputy-marshal t ip-toed quietly up to the open window and looked in. On a tumbled, forlorn-looking bed, at tlio other end of the long room, lay, propped up with the bed clothing, n young woman, evidently in the last stages of consumption. She was bieathing in short, quick gasps?lighting bravely for a few minutes' respite from the end that, Hob could see, was so near, ller wasted hands rested on the hea ls of two little children who were crying softly, in their uncomprehending way, in sympathy with the broad-shouldered man who, with his arms about the dying one, as if to hold her back from the awful shadows, was sobbing his heart out. "Oh, Hue, I cain't let ye got Don't Moll?they?thoy?" "Don't, Torn," caine in a wea'c voico from the form on the bed. "It's dretful hard t' go an' leave you all, but it had t' be. I'm glad ye think I've b'en a good wife to ye?an'?Ton?promise me yo'll alius bo good t' our children ? won't ye, Tom, dear?" The man only sobbed and nodded his head. The slight form his anus elapsed was shaken by a tit of coughing tint was awful to hear, and the deputy-marshal, whose checks were wet with unwonted tears, murmured: "I'oor thing; oh, poor thing!" Then the weak voice continued t "I know ye will, Tom. I'm only afeurc'l o' one thing; what'll th' babio> do ef?ef they sh'd ketch ye an' put yt in jail? He kcerful, Tom, oh, be koorful, f'r their sakes, won't ye# My pore babies?my pore babies!" There came another lit of coughing, more terrible than the other, during which Hob Hides wiped his ores on hi slcevo, with nervous fingers pulled the money hail won the night before from his pocket, rolled it up and threw it on the floor of the cabin. Then ho turned, without another look at the mail he had coino to arrest, and hurried to the spot where ho had left his horse, sobbing all the way?for Hob Stile*, ga bier, still had a heart, though lie had thought it buried in the grave of the wife whose youug life had gone from her just as tiiix woman's was going. It was late in the afternoon when the deputy-marshal rode up to the house where Hamilton do Vries, ex-banker, was staying. Mr. do Vries was seated on the front-steps, smoking a cigar, and looked cool and comfortable, and as much at peace with himself and the world as if lie were the honest, upright, Christian gentleman his friends and acquaintances, up to threo weeks ago, had believed him. He was, as the olKcer rode up, trying to arrange with himself for a trip to Mexico bv the shortest pos sil>le route. Unavoidable circumstances, unnecessary to state, had brought him here, and unavoidable circumstance rnmle it desirable for iiim to get away us soon as possible. He was thinking how easily ho could have got to Canada, if lie had not been obliged to coini hero first, when a voice addressod hitn: "Ah, Mr. d' Vries, I sec ye've cut oil y'r whiskers." Mr. dc Vries spiang to his feet, pftle as death, nnd faced the smiling horseman, who sat looking at hiin from a point near the corner of tho house, around which ho had quietly come. Mr. de Vries would have drawn his revolver, but it was not so conveuient to his hand as were the weapons of his visitor, so he tried other tactics. "I guess you're mistaken, my friond. My name >9 White?James White." "Ob, no, it ain't," said tho deputymarshal, easily. "I've got good reasons for eailin' yo d ' Vrio?, an* I reckon yc hadn't bettor kick none. I'll have t' ask ye, moreover, t' pack up au' ride over t' Columbus with me." H it Mr. He Vrics did not want to go. Ifc culled 011 Jem Whatcom, proprietor of the hon?e?which v?.?s a sort of boarding-house used by sportsmen during the fishing a id hunting seasons?to witness that he was what he claimed to be; but Jein knew the deputy-marshal, and immediately told the bare truth, which wa> that his guest was a stranger; had coine two woeks before, and DM, a da; or t?f? after hla arrival, held a seer*t conference with two other strangers, who came ooe ereoiog and stayed only until the next morning. 80, despite Mr. de Vrlee's protests, he was disarmed and put in charge of the landlord, while Stiles searched his room. A little later, he was riding toward Oolb-ii; t'uo uepuif-marsnal; while ahead of them, with Mr. de VrieVs possessions, drove Jem, in the buckboard. It was not a pleasant ride for Mr. d( Vries. He shifted in his saddle and eyed the officer nervously, hoping the latter would give hTm an opportunity to break away?but none was presented. Then Mr. de Vries bethought himself of a scheme. He tapped his companion ou tho shoulder. "Say, marshal, I've got something besides what's in the grip'' (and he pointed to tho satchel in the buckboard, which. Bob had found, contained a goodly portion of Mr. do Vries's final haul). Tha officer did not respond. Mr. do Vrios cleared his throat and tried again. "Suppose," ho suggeatod, "that should get away, and you should find i couple of thousand in your coat-pocket?' No answer from his captor. The; came to tho top of u bill, and, only a few miles away, could see tho little town their destination, its windows reflecting the glow of the red sunset. I)e Vriei was desperate. He looked down thi road; Jem wan far ahead of them. "Say, for God's sake, man, will yoi take three thousand i" ho cried. No answer. "Four thousand, then." The officer began whistling softly, anc bis prisoner took this as a favorable sign. Ho baited. "Marshal, look bore. I'vo got si; thousand dollars, and no more, in inj pockets. I need a thousand to get out of the gpuiitry with?you understand that?but if you'll let ino go, I'll give you the rest. Isn't that fair?" The officer spoke: "Jest ride up a loutle ahead o' mo, will ye?" ho said. "I never like t'havc a man lnggin'; 1 want t' keep an eye on 'iin." Later, after ho had soon liis prisonci safely lodged in the couuty jail for tin night, the deputy-marshal, with sonn difliculty, manages] to borrow a twont to go and "sit in" a game with.?Sat Francisco Argonaut. Tho Chocolato Nut or Iloan. The chocolato nut or bean is tho seer of a small tree native of tropical Amort cn, and now cultivated most extonsivelj in Brazil, Venezuela, New Granada auc Trinidad, but as tho trees will thrive in utmost all tropical countries their culti vatiou may be extended almost withou limit. The plants are easily raised fron seed, which should be sown in nursery rows on moist soils and then transpluutci when two or three years old. In trans planting the young trees they are placed > about llftoeu feet apart and shaded witl bananas or some other equally rape i growing broad-leaved plants. Ricl bottom lands aro preferred for chocolut plantations, in order to secure pleuty ol i moisture at the roots. The tree come into bearing when fivo or si* years old, wt1 Aim HffHW1 Thero are, however, several varieties ol this species of the cacao, some being better fitted for dry grounds and hilly situations than others. The fruit somewhat resembles a cucumber when growing, and arc from six to ten inches long, each containing from litty to one hundred seeds. When the seeds are tirsl removed from the fruit they are covered with mucilage, which causes a slight fermentation when the seeds aro placed in heaps, as they generally are for this purpose, in order to destroy this stickj substance; after which they aro spread out and dried in the sun, acquiring tin brown color of the beans of commerce. No "evaporator" is needed to pre pari i the I leans for market. The lieaas art shipped t > various countries iu their dr and natural state and sold to the manufacturers of chocolate, ft real Britain takes about 10,000,000 pounds annually , for home consumption in addition to n ; vast quantity for export. ?New York i Sun. It'vcrslhlo Snakes in inaia. A snake not often heard of, at least in Ameiica, is the liver-colored snake witii two heads, or perhaps they should In called mouth-*, though it does not have two mouths at the same time. They art reversible mouths occupying the opposiu end every six mouths. It lies with tin two ends crossed so each other, as with 1 folded hands. Kvery six months tin change of the seasons reverses the functions of the two ends, the herd lieco niny the tail and the tail becoming the bead. The mouth at one end heals or closes up all but a small opening, while the opposite end becomes the 111 uitli for the next 1 six month--'. 1 A friend of mine in India who told ine about this remarkable snake said lie refused for a long time to believe t i-it the functions of the two ends were reversed every six months, but one day he found one of these snakes in the jungle and carried it home, where ho had a physician examine it. The result was the physician cot?*!::nc-i mo stories of I the creature, ami my friend was skeptical I r.n longer. I learned no other name for this singular reptile than that of "the liver colored snake."?Hartford fConu.j Times. Cooking Willi Ice for Fuel. The generally acccpte-l theory of the cooking of meat relates to the application of heat; hut I)r. Saw iczcvosky has called attention to the fact that almost precisely the same chemicil and physical changes can lie accomplished by the exposure of animal lle-h to extreme cold. Indeed, the .-en'a'.ion experience i by touching freoz ing mercury is very much that of a severe hut n. Then the experimenter referred to tip. plied his method to tho preservation of meats, lirst by subjecting them to a temperature of thirty-three below zero, Fahrenheit, and then sealing them up hermetically in tin vessels. Animals and substances vliieh ha I been so treated ami for some time kept in these boxes, on ix ruin a'io i proved to bo extremely pa la table, ami, being partially r.oo'io I, re quired very little hen to prepare then lor the table. An establishment in Hungary is now en gage I in the proportion of meat by ili s method 011 an extensive scale.?Nev Vork World. ) '} Women druggist* an Increasing. Leghorn hate ere now holding a way. Arrangement* of the hair are nctablj i simple. The wearing of green veils is raid to bo injurious. In Harlem, Mew York City, Mary Evans, ia iicoused captain of a ahip. In New York City, Mr*. Elisabeth Gill, pursues the cratt of a cobbler. Women of every rank go bareheaded jf in Mexico and the fashions never change. ' There havo been patents granted to 646 women from New Y jrk State since 1809. I Fashion dictatei how to hang lace curtains straight, so as to show their full design. In China small, round eyes are liked. But the great beauty of a Chinese lady is in her feet. 8ix of the most successful busiuess stores iu MagUiin, Me., are owned and run by women. Iu Brooklyn, Miss Cornelia K. Hood, 1 Prcsidcut of the Kcuipin Club, is lawyer, lecturer and writer. Mrs. J. Q. Salloy, of Traer, Iona, la., I owns 1040 acres of fine prairie land and does her own farming. The modern Persians have a strong c aversion to red hair. The Turks, on the ^ contrary, are warm admirers of it. ; "Cricketing teams" of ladies are the [ fashion in England uow. Lady Brassoy i is responsible for introducing them. The Province of Bhopal, India, is celebrated for the unusuully great administrative powers of its female sovereigns. ' The fashion in bridesmaids' bouquets 1 lately has been the horseshoe, with tho nails worked out in contrasting blossoms. Last year's gowns may be lengthened 5 by a band or cloth about the skirt, u while the waist is enlarged with vest and ^ falling collar. A college fur girls is to be opened next autumn at Buda Pesth, Hungary, which is to bo chiefly for tho study of medicine and philosophy. I Panels of black and some light tone may be inserted in street frocks, together r with a jaunty nddition in the way of a i stimulated jacket. i Nothing so rojuvenates a gown that is beginning to bear evidences of wear as a t pointed belt of ribbon from which de1 pond jet pendants. T Tea cloths that imitate not only the 1 Dresden china pottery, but also Royal Worcester, Coalport and other wares are I used with services to match. 1 Mr. Jollivet declares that American : women are welcome iu Parisian society because so many of them are pretty, ? clever and exquisitely dressed. ' Tiio long-train skirt which is now in fashion among women is said to date r An artist's rule as to color is: "Choose carefully only those tints of which a duplicate may be found iu the hair, the eye3 or the complexion." The laic Mrs. W. T. Shermau, and Miss Mary Gwendolen Caldwell havo given more money to the Catholic Church t than any other women in America. Miss Florence Nightingale is seventy' I two years of age. Her health is very 1 poor, l?ut she Btill continues to do a lot 1 of writing for the nursing journals. Hice flour wafera, which are slightly sweit, aro tho correct thing to serve 5 wit'll f? o'clock tea They are to be had at the Japanese shops in pound tins. " The first International club for women has been founded. The incorporators ' arc a group of American, French and German women in residence iu Nice. The Prussian Miiystor of Education t lias decided that from now on the contracts with all women teachers shall bo cancelled by their marriage at the end ot i| the school year. There has just diod in Poland a once 1 celebrated beauty, who refused the hand 1 of Napoleon ill. bho was the Princess ' lleleue Sagonsko, and died uumarried ' at the ago of flfty-scveu. Mr. Peter Marie, of New York, is said fo have the finest collection iu existence of the miniatures of pietty womsn, unless there is excepted tho collection of the late King Ludwig of Havana. The ladies of Arabia staia their fingers and toes red an I their lip.i blue. In Persia they paint a black streak around their eyes and ornament their faces with ; representations of various figures. Elizibctli Uobins Pennoll advocates ! that a perfect cycling dress should bo a i skirt of gray tweed, made without foundation, with a deep hem turned ur> on the outside and secured by rows of stitchiug. Though the Duke and Duchoss of Edinburgh are not particularly wealthy in a monetary way, the Duchess possesses jewels worth $1,000,000. They are heirlooms, however, and by the late L'zar s will tliey cannot be sold. Princess Marsraret. of Prussia, is ono of the most indefatigable equestriennes in Europe. Horseback riding was recommended to her us a pailiativo of obesity, and the prescription pleased her so well that she has taken ittoexcess. In making clover pillows only the blos-mms should be used, and they must be packed first m slips of stout nauslin. An overslip of clover-blossomed cretonne is pretty and suitable if one had neither time, skill nor inclination to e nbroider on some art cloth sprays of pink and white clover, thin which few needlework designs are prett'er. Mrs. Mackay, wife of the Bonanza King, never wears any jewelry at he,own entertainments. At her last party in London, which was a coucort for the young Italian royalty, the I).ic d'Aosta, she wore pile pink, without ornament. Her guests were jeweled to the point of barbarity, u.ie wr man wore diamond ivy leaves and a diamond sun in her hair, three ro.vs of diam >nds and pern 1< atoned hern <k mil a colossal rivcie. Time destroys the speculation of man, , but it confirms the judgement of nature Miw Dut (Ma la. When the air around us becomes eon dented?shrinks into n smaller rotates ?it becomes heavier, puts greater prss- ^ sure on tha surface of the mercury and makes U ascend in the tube; then the mercure is ?H tz. liu. vrnen the air* expands?swells into a larger rotates? it it becomes lighter, the praams on the mercury is less, the mercury Sinks ia the n tube and the barometer is said to fall. J Therefore erery ehaage of height of the k quicksilver which we observe is a sign and measure of a change in the yoiume of eir around us. ?i Further, this change la volume tells no less upon the sir Inside our eases and cupboards. When the barometer falls, tho sir around expands into s larger * volume, and the air inside the cupboard olan nrnanHs anrl fnrrot tfflMJslf nilt All hwart minute crevice. When the barometer t rises again, the air inside the cupboard, a as well as outside, condenses and shrinks * and air is forced back into the cupboard '' to equalize the pressure, and along with , the air in goes the dast. The smaller > the crovico the stronger the jet of air, the farther goes the dirt. Witness tho 0 dirt tracks so often seen in imperfectly tl framed engravings or photographs. Remember, ladies and gentlemen, whenever * you sec the barometer rising, that an ad- * ditional charge of dust is entering your si cupboards aud dxawars.?Detroit Free Press. a o Lightning's Queer Pranks. ti "Lightning plays some queer pranks," * said William Cathcurt, at the Lindell. "I whs traveling through Coles CouDty, ? Illinois, some years ago, and sought shelter from a thunder storm in a farm- t house. Thn farmer undertook to build ti a fire in the kitchen stove to dry my damp garments. Ho was down on his knees blowing the coals vigorously when n there was a terrific clap of thunder, and I a bolt of blue fire shot out of tho stovo into his face. lie fell back as limp as a y wet newspaper. Tho lightning tore all j bis clothing oil with the exception of t odo boot and trousers leg. There was a streak down through his beard, across | his breast and down one leg as though ^ made by a red-hot poker. I supposed ' ho was dead as a door nail. His wife I picked up a large crock of milk 1bat stood on tho table and dashed it over him, and in lass than three minutes he eat up, surveyed himself and mournfully remarked: 'Marier, you oughten to treat me that erway atoro strangers.'"?St. Louis Globe-Democrst. Flics. The flower of the flg is extremely small and numbers of them line the inside of the fruit wo call a fig. The only access to this flower is by the small, needle-3ized hole at the apex of the fig. These flowers are almost always female flowers und the flowers which bear the pollen are usually on separate trees. It is supposed that the pollen is carried insido of these flowers by a very small insect which abounds on the male flow- ; ers; hence it is the practice of flg raisers in soino parts of the world to tie ' branches of the pollen bearing flowers | ou the trees which bear the flgs, as they believe the insects travel from the ppl- i len-bearing flowers to those whioh bear l the fruit, and in this way fertilize the < Sme- ?ffi?gaij,uK?^er7*thLo ; pulpy portion of the flg comes to perfec- ( tion without any such briuging of pollen j from other flowers, although the seed ? may possibly bo imperfect.?Meeh&n's j Monthly. , t Squeaking Sands. ] Siuging sands are found in many parts of the United Stntes, but squeaking 1 sends are not so common. There is enly f ono place in Ihis country where the ' squeaking sand is fouud, and that is a < small plain in South Colorado. The i singiug sand emits a musical sound only I when dry and looses this property on being dampened. The squeaking sand, on me oraer nana, is suetu wnen ury una squeaks best and loudest when moistened. The sound it pivea forth is by no roenni loud, but somewhat resembles the squeaking of an armchair. It sounds when rubbed between the fingers or when placed in a small bag and violently struck but the cause of the sound is a mystery.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat Discipline of Chinese Troops. An English journal describes the mance'iveting of Chinese troops at a roview that was held at Nanking last month in t tie presence of the Viceroy and a great throng of spectators. The drill was entirely on European lines, except that at certain points during the movement the hearers of flags leaped out beforo the g l 1 .. ~ C 4 ..44. * 1 its. I mam uuny ui troops, uttering terrinc yells ami brandishing loug flags talTs like spears, concluding by refolding their flags around the statfs by a dexterous movement and leaping backward into the ranks. The drilliug was conducted first by companies aud thon by regiments, the various bodies being afterward reformed and put through various movements together. In the opinion of f one observer, the men did not keep very I evenly in line, but he saw no soldier \ losing his place either in quick marching r or the iapid forming of squares and col- r umns. The bayonet exercise was also v gone through smartly, and the firing was v well tip to the average. Tho men used 'j their old muzzle loading muskets. ?New Otleaus Picayune. f A Novel Bird Trap. A r sident of Sangerville, Me., hat caught eleven hawks and two owls within a few months in a novel trap of ? his own invention. A pole fifteen or " twenty feet high was placed on the ? ground, the top sawed off square, an i a J common rat trap was placed on top of r the pole. The hawks alightc I upon it to watch for prey with disastrous results.?Sin Francisco ('h'oniclc My Wife Wm miserable all I TjW the time with kidney complaint but Ix Ran R Improving when ehohad \ &T taken IfrwvT" S'arsapar\ t?*~ J3X "'ft ono WM"k, ftn'' s'tor taking three battles was l>erf'-<t ly rnr< >1. I had Mr*. Riehnrdann. Heart Failure, Catarrh ami Liver Complaint. Could im? sleep, hlnnted Imdly, had paina in inv hack. riniriiiK noises in my J ear-*. Hood's sursnparill i irnvo immedlatn v benefit,sound aleep and K'?>d health." H. (J. * RlCfiAltnaoN, Sllonm, N \. / Ilood's Pills cure Nausea, sick Headache, Indigestion, biliousness and all Liver troubles. ( 'r?f. Address Sma# B1U Biih Hwr York. Platform scales were the invention of baddeua Fairbanks, in 1831.^ Will do good In almost every case of slekne? SmmU HO. pr? Praaident Harrison receives his salary i monthly Installments. J. F. Smith A Co.. New York City : Oentlei?n ( And Bile Beans Smalt to be perfection, ad cannot get along without them In the oust- Please And enclosed 80c., for which Indly send t bottles. Mas. A. A. Tobias, Caverdale, CaL _ There are over 15,000 Masonic lodges 1 a existence. Complexion cleared with SmsB Bile Beans, | Thi labor oost In a ton of wire-rod Is 1.05. The Only One Iver Printed. tl CAW TOtJ nWD THB WORD? it Those la a 3 Inch display advertisement in a his paper, this week, which has no two words I like except one word. The same Is true of " imjii now uouAPpfAniiK vbcu ww?, irum me Jr. Harter Medicine Co. This bouse placus a ' 'Crescent" on everything they make nud pub- ,j Ish. Look for It. send them the name or the L rord and they will return you book, beauti- _ ul i.1tboouapos ot sami'lics rilEE. " Servant girls are organizing in Chicago nd intend to strike for more wages during tj bo World's Fair. Many persona are broken down from overrork or nou-eliold carea. Brown's Iron Biters rebul ds Iho system, aid* digestion, reaoves excem of bile, and cures malaria. A pendld tonic for women and children. The telegraph operators on the Louisville nd Nashville Railroad secured an advauc> f five dollars per month. The principal causes of sick headache, illiousneea and cold chills are fun ml in the tomach and liver. Cured by Beet-ham's IMUs. The boot and shoo manufacturers of New toglanil are hurrying work as fast aB possl ~ " ?? 1 We will give |lf)0 reward for any case ofca- 2 urh that cannot he cured with Hall's Ca- } trrh Core. Taken Internally. f F. J. Cheney A Co., I'roprs., Toledo, O. ? The lowest prioed laborers employed in aills under the Amalgamated scale recjivu } 1.50 a day. Ladie* needing a lonlo, or children who ? pan' building up, Rhould take Brown's Iron litters. II Is pleasant to take, euros Malaria. ^ ndigestlon, Billo isncss au-i Livor Coinplaints, makes the Blood rich and pure. An English syudacate has purchase! for (1,250,000 an ext >nsive traot near Laramie, Wyoming, upon wbioh a Scottish colony will settle. ONI5 RNJOYS Both the method and results who* Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts ?ently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses iiio system effectually. dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual :onstination. Syrup of Figs is the l ?tj- vr tar etna ever proluced, pleasing to the taste and acceptable to the stomach, prompt in ts action and truly beneficial in its fTects, prepared only from the most icalthy and agreeable substances, its F ncny excellent qualities commend it f .o all and have made it the most f popular remedy known. I Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50a ind $1 bottles by all leading drug- ( jista. Any reliable druggist who nay not have it on hund will pro- I :ure it promptly for any one who I wishes to try it. Do not accept any inbstitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FKANCISCO. CAL. LOUISVILLE, nr. NEW VOUK. N.f. I - . I ) Every montri ; many women suffer from Excessive or I d 8cant Menstruation; they don't know " x who to confldo in to gat proper advioo. " Don't confide in anybody but try J Bradfleld's * Female Regulator Specific for PAINFUL, PROFUSE. SCANTY. SUPPRESSED and IRREGULAR menstruation. I Book to "WOMAN" mailed free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. Ga. Held bj all UrufiUli. ^ 'German Syrup" Mr. Albert Hartley of Hudson, J. C., was taken with Pneumonia, lis brother had just died from it. Vhcn he found lus doctor could not ally him lie took one bottle of German Syrup and came out sound and m roll. Mr. S. B. Gardiner, Clerk ft i'ith Druggist J E. Harr. Aurora, b *exas, prevented a had attack of ncumonia by taking German Syrup J time. He was in the business ud knew the danger. He used the ;reat remedy?Boschee's German _ lyrup?for lung diseases. (a) IT IS A PITY you owe foiin ? c elf and family to get the brmt UV nine for your money* Kcoiio jlr.o In your footwear by pur- ff I hnmlng \V. Id. Ilouglnm Hhoem, rhlrh reproment the be?f m ^lae for prlren nuked, nu CC 1 houNnndn will temtlfy. ^ ^ rTAKKNOSl nSTITI TK, ^ ^ THE BEST! J%T A arnnine ?< .nioolh Innlrir, fl fwi niiy oinpr nnup e rontln^ from $4 f n jt>l nnd *r> I V cany ami (1 W flnc Imported ah ^ <5*f s3a#.?v." V 1 en*y to walk In, I f_A. ^ boys;] ISK FOR W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES '.ZX"'! II not for anle In your olore aend direct i anted. I'oatnare free. Will give e*rlnalve hantn y* here 1 bavr no Hgrnt*. Write for I n U>? hand*. lalpva the Iron. and bum off I The Hiring Son Siore PolUb to BrtUiaak. Oder- I >?*?, Curable,and the coiuumrr pays l? MOal or glaa> packa<e wltb every purcbara. | BileBe&ns ~ Smatl Positively euro oick-lieAdacUe 40 to be bottle. Price 25c. Reliable, ?cooom> :8b Sold by druggUts^ ATENTSKi-K'Slf: * w4Qmt\??h frto ft??wJ Fine Blooded Cattle, Shoop, lloyt, Poultry, Sporting IH>k* for Sale. t' italogues wltii ^engravings, free. N. I?. Hover & Co.,(.'oatwvUle,r?. /OUR 30FT?R * cured with few appUcsdlooe el POOT1NZ." BOc. by druggists or malL tend for teeImonlal* B. V. LUDLUM ft co.. Bwajitos, ohtcy ge2EBEBEBBEB*Hi i I Consumptives Slid people H who have weak lungs or Asthma, should use 1'lso'a Cure for Consumption. It has cared ^B . thousands. It has not Injun ed one. It Is not bad to take. ^B It Is the best cough syrup. ^B Bold everywhere. 2Sc. ^B r-****** viVa n s* * aVu * e vzz&i the stomach, I vcr iuul bowels.J purify the blood ore safe and of-} fectual. The l???v KCMial family} medicine known for Biliousness.} / ..?iVCouHtlpatlon, I>v*|m-us1a, Koule \$\*y Breath, headache, Heartburn,Loss# _? ^? of Appetite, Mental DepreaalOB.f g \ Painful Ingestion, I'la'iN, Sallow* f J Complexion, Tired Kfccling, and* V every symptom or disease resulting from impure blood, or a failure by tho stomach, Uver or futestlnesx to perform their proper function*, I^'irons inyen to^ over-eating are bcnctltcd by biking a T Alt! f. Rafter s each meal Price, by mail. I cross!-#: 1 bottle IV. Ad- ^ drees THE It I PANS CHK M It AL f X). .10 Spruce St. Jt. Y.} Agents lVnnlcdt KItlllTY per rent proBl. ssss??sssssssss??scss?*??ssssssse Unlike the Dutch Process" Ca No Alkalies" aSL Other Chemicals f^iQh nro ",c<1 in ,ho preparation of ?fmtC W. BAKER & C0.*8 | ilBreakfastCocoa Hi -tt T lV which it nbaolutety ? Ml a (,hll pure and soluble' PiK ! ' i |"|i It lias more than threetimes r4S 1 |! the strength of Cocoa mixed mHI " M I fa wiiii Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar, aud iJ far more economical, costing less lltan one cent a cup. It is delicious, uouiislilng, aud easily 3ioestkp. Sold byG'Ocers ntrjirhir*. W BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mas*. RELIEVES all Stomach Dlstrosa. REMOVES Nausea. Beuso of Fullnem Congestion, I'a in. REVIVES Faiiing ENERGY, RESTORES Normal Circulation, and , Wai'ms to Tou Tire. IR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. ?? LouU. Mo. F YOU (HUM CHICKENS rou wantt3 A AT' tiieir 'I1EM rol X WAY von If you merely keen Ihein as a ill version. In or? er to iinuillo Fowls judiciously, you must know >metblug about tliem. To meet tills w ant we arc slllng u book Riving llio expe. ence / ftn|u ac. f a practical poultry ruber for I Will J KwBa prenty-tlv? jenrs. 11 was w ill ten liy niunii who put II hi* r?>lvi.< mill I'lno mill n?,iiov to niMklncr * nun BMof Chicken rn:>liiK? uotasa pastime, i>ut as outness?and If you will profit V/Ms twenty-flea oars'work, you i.iv? nuui/CUcki annually, fit IMP* III J " Ratting Chick n.?." nA make your Fowl* oa:n dollar* fur yon. Tha olnt Is, that you inu-d be able to <!< (< <t trouble la re Poultry I ur?l a-. rem m It nppe rs, and know ow to rrni'il.v It i Ms i ook 'i !< arh ?oh. It tells liiov to <1 'toi t i r. | . uro 111 < .im\ to foal for jtgs and also for fattening; u hleli fort Is to tnve for reedlr.K purposes; nu?l evvrytol.i.:. I till t"*I, you iciultl know ou this subject to make ii profitable. Bent postpaid for twenty Uvo cents lu Jo. 01 So. *. amps ^ Book Publishing House, I .'15 I.ron run sr.. N. Y. City. s. > t :.v L. DOUGLAS SHOE GENTLEMEN, SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY. wed "hoc. that trill not rip, tine calf, seamless, exlhle, more comfnrtnble.htyllsh and durable than rer sold at tho price. Equals custom made shoes 0 f Haml-sc xvetl. fine calf shoes. 1 ho most stylish, lurahloshoos ever aohl at these prices. They equal oca costing from fs to $ttt. co Mhor, worn t>y farmers and all others who good heavy calf, three soled, extension < <!,;< pfcer, and will keep the feet ? r,,i?i w arm 1 ''iiii, and ? ? W ni ltillumeii'm shoo* more yvear for the money th in any other make. ir service. The Increasing sales show that worked this out. and Youth*' #(.?.'? Helton I Shoes are worn by the taiys everyw here. I he most service- J t these prices. P !*.? llniid-Sexve.l, ?.?. it>. <*i and *1.7* ' Shoes for Y|Immpm are made of the I est l?onnef'nlf, as desired Thej are very sty ilsli. comtnd durnhle. The $tshoc equals custom made ting from 91 to (a., I ,a<l les w ho w ish toeeonoh*dr footweir are tlndinu the-out. ION. ?beware of dealers Mihsiitiitingtdinrs with, Itouuhts' name and lite pre e stamped op ladlom stltidlons are fraudulent and uPnet to pro < tine f?.r obtaining mono r tindi r fa' . 1 n lei e< s. to Factory, alnlinu hind, size it ml \x itllh tile to eltoe tlen lei h a ml ueiieial litertalouue. \V. 1,. Dotiglii-. Ilrocklou, TIiim,