Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LIEBtSLI E DC HEN. (j The waning waves of sunshine wash 0 The radiant shores of day, " Sweetheart, 0 Die music of their rythmic plash Low murmuring far away. _ ? Boft twilight steals with timorous tra&d, a \ To close the ebon bars, ^ Sweetheart, _ 4 An l In the darkling deops o'erhca 1 11 Forth flash the kindling stars. '* But fairer far thoeo eyes of thine f I Whose depth reflect the light. Sweetheart, l* That Alls my life with dreams divine * And guides my heart aright, ~ 0 in each desire and fond design-,. Goodnight, sweetheart, good nightt The dusk hath deepened and the winl t Breaths soft median sighs, Dear love. Among the shadows ba'f defined Along the western skie*. Now while thine eye* in sweet eolipia Are closed in slumber there. Dear love. And sleep hath sealed thy rosy llp3 I'll breathe thy name in prayor. May sweet voicad seraphs gently woo Thy soul with visions bright^ Dear love, Tn blissful dreams and guile thee through The mazes of the night, Still whispering this my fon 1 a lieu. Good night, dear love, goo! night! ?M. M. Folsotn, iu Atlanta Journal. DOWN IN TOMBSTONE. H* A. P. DUANE. f - t IIOT night in / fi \ u,il*sui,,raei*? The / I moon was round f +. K ^V// /s\ \ ,lDl^ 'arge a?d brilliant, almost iu I 'bo centre of the J. M skv? Tue crystal. atmosphere, 'be reflecting mesa and the surroundin?j mountains made the town seem but a cloud in a cup of soft white light. There is more moonlight in Arizona than in any other spot on earth. The shadows were black and velvety, where there was any possibility of a real shado w in the low town. On the Uoctot's wide upper veranda only outlines could be seen, with the red end of a eio-ir n-vmr - - o? *- "* "J up at the end, wuere t le Doctor hiiuselt' swung iu a long, fringed Guayqoil banmock. Mrs. Uotiselle, the Doctor's wife, was talking, talking, as slse rocked iu a little chair, which she constantly move I in her fear of upsetting the boxes of mignonette which were sending up damp, homely breaths into the light dry air. Over by the other railing Alice, the Doctor's pretty sister, was sitting, her white dress a mist in the darkness. Her head was small, and her hair was soft and dark, hut a reflection from a whitewashed home across the street caught her de'icate, rather pensive profile, and Martin sat four feet away aud worshiped. Mrs. Bonsellc was talking lo the Colonel. A little wind luid come up fiom somewhere, and was flapping gently the rope on the flagstaff of the Mining Exchange across the street. '^What does that sound make you think of?'' cried Mr-. Bonsellc. "A yacht!" And then she went uu asking questions and answering them, iu her usual vivacious style, wuile the Colonel sat, also as usual, and thought his own thoughts with all the deference of a listener. He was watching Martin aud wondered how much longer he would be accumulating snrh ? snnm-dnir- -o? _0 .. HU|<vi UUIVJ VI U 4UI ation before some of it would have to bo pouted out iu words. He wondered if Martin was iramlng Lis sentences now. But Martin was at no such pleasant task. He was lighting. He was going over and over a battle that he had waged for two weeks. Ever since that day when the Colonel had brought him to the Bonselle home, and he had felt something couie out of Alice's quiet, bro.vu eyes and got all over bis big body. He had spent every evening there since. Arizoniaus have, almost of necessity, taken on the Mexican habit of turning night into day. The suu oil the uuiversai whiteness is too strong for the people on top of ground. The workers are all down in the mines. Tombstone in the davtime sleeps. A cowboy lopes by now and then, his hat-brim flapping and his baud ou his hip. A few men can be seeu gambling at scattered tables iu the big Crystal Pal. uce saloon, with its wide open door. Down the deserted street a ragged Mexican will drive a herd of fuzzy, drab burros, louded with crooked limbs of oak, irom their mountains, or a tile of olla sellers, tall and straight and impressive as a religious procession, will walk by, their heads wrapped in white rags, nnd the great ret! pot9 balanced on top. All day loDg can be heard the sharp i crack of the whips of the muleaud oxen dri vers who are taking the huge wagons of ore to the mill on the river. But as darkness came on Sandy Bob's stiice HWIinir ifu -?- ? ?:?U 0 r. *? '<mj "'iu eix piunging horses (Unit had begun to plunge on the edge ol town) through dust clouds to the postolfice, and the town was awake. The Crystal Palace was full of men, talking au I gambling and leaniug over the bar. From ten until 2 the piano playe l acco upaniincnts, and the singers, ;,special artists from the musical centres of the world," saug topical songs and tender old ballads on the saloon stage. Through Alleu street a cosmopolitan crowd pushed. Stolid Coruislnnen, with their oddly musical voices and queer use of the nominative for the objective, talked loudly to each other. Slavs, Chinese, Mexicans, Missourians und sleek, unmistakable gamblers of ev-jry nationality jostled each other on the board sidewalk. Here and there the uniform of n United States soldier from Fort Uuachuca showed its jaimty cap. The Doctor's house was far awav frr>m ill that; and coming home from the hotel in the midst of it to this sweet, pretty home had had its effect upon Martin. He hadn't known much about homes. He bad made his way all his life long, and tho nearest approach to a holiday he had ever bad was the six months he spent in Freiberg, perfecting < . himself in mining engineering. Alice i Bonselle was the first young la ty he had \ ever known very well. And now he > belittled those Freiberg months as a c factor in bis present success, and reproached himself for ever having gone \ there. He was thinking about it as the a Colonel looked at him. He thought of c other moonlight nights in tho late Ger- H man springtime, and of Hilda, whose father kept the restaurant where he ate t his simple meal anil drank his beer. He n knew still that Hilda was the most beau- g iful girl ho had ever seen, but he indigautly repudiated the knowledge and rondered how he had ever lost his head er those tints of red aud white and hose smooth braids of yellow hair. Aud e had promised to go back and marry erl He bad begged and prayed for er promise, and she had given it gainst her father's wishes; who thought ittle of a poor American student, and iss of his promises. That had been a ear ago. He bad uot written, for [ilda could uot rccoivo his letters, rould not disobey her father, while she as in bis house. Her image had grown iminer and dimmer. a3 work came to fill his thoughts. And now?he had met Alice. He bad never broken the smallest promise in his life. A little bank cf clouds had piled up from behind the jagged crestliuo of the "whct-stoncs." From its darkness came once, twice, a flash of light. "Oh, it's going to rain!" cried Mrs. Boosellc. "I'm so glad. See the lightning!" Her husband raised his head, and looked the horizon around. Away of down toward the Mexicau line came au other flash. "Indian signals," he said, and laj down niraiu "Oh, hush! you make me Bhudder,' and Mu lam drew her breath through hei teeth, and presumably closed her eyes "I can't bear to talk about it. Onl think! they may be planniug a raid upoi us. To-morrow night wo may be scalpei in our beds. I doc't see why a telegrap! operator doesn't come out and read thos signals and iind out what they do mea to do, and stop it." "Unfortunately the Apaches hav never learned the Morse alphabet," sai her husband dryly. '* * "Their system must bo very elabo rate," said the Colonel," for them to ex tract so much information cut of sue seemingly simple signals. Nobody hi ever learned exactly how they do it." "Mind-reading," said the Doctor froi his corner. "It woulda't surprise me at .all if tha were exactly it," eaid Madam eagerly "Those Indians for generations aud geu orations have iived so close to natur that they must know secrets that w dou't. There are lots of things w haven't fouud out yet. You know your self, Victor, that often nnd often I ar just about to speak of a thing when yo take it out of my lips. People do irn prets things on each other's minds." Martin gavo his thoughts a quick choc! and stilled a sigh. The Colonel said to himself: "Noi he is wondering if he cau impress hi hopes upou Alice's mind. Better ou with it. Boy, you haven't half enoug! pluck. Why don't you toll her oil I the other veranda?" "I wonder if there arj any signal (ire in the dragoons," he sai 1 atou I. "The curious part of it is," wont 01 Sirs. Bonselle, "sometimes it almo; seems as though your thought about person created them. You'll he think ing deeply about some one, maybe fo days, ami suddenly they will come Sometimes it is so unexpected nnd sud dan that you feel liko an enchanter, 01 something." The Doctor was about tc remark that that was a different thin: altogether, when a bright light suddenly appeared iu the room over the (neve used) Mining Exchange, across th street, aud the door.vay to the balcou; was dung open and a noisy crowd cam< out. It was startling aud jarring upoi the white serenity of the night. "This is terrible," Mrs. Ilonselle said "If the proprietor ol the Crystal Pal ace is goiug to take to coming ho.r t spend his evenings aud bringing hi friends with him wo shall have to move.' There was a practiced hand run skill fully over a perfectly tuned guitar. "Sh?sh?" said the Doctor sittin up in the ham nock. Save for the plain tive musi: there was dead silence acro3 the street. And then softlv, sweetly a the lark rising to meet the sun, a Gur man girl's voice lifted itself above ta tiukliug chords. A chill took hold of Martin's heart Ho was back in Freiberg. Tne moon wa shining on the old walls and towers, 01 the gothic spires of the Cathedral. II and Hilda were on the bank of the Muna bach, nnd she was singing. Ho.v well ho knew each note. Ite ha forgotten that she could sing like thai Maybe he lntd not appreciate! it so muc' theu. And that was Hilda, there, sing iug. The shock aud the thrill of he voice had takcu wonder as to how sh< came there away from hiiu. Ho onl felt that she had co:nu all this way t< meet him to tind him. And then ther came up a sort of anger that she wa there with the owner of the Crysta Palace saloon and his friends, followed hv thn rp:ili?.ilinn Omt !.?? - ' -J ? >? vu??u (.uav Ulll-M) WUIU (II licr friends. Her father sold sauvrge nnd beer, and Hilda had brought than to his cuitoiners. He had mother there She had brought them to him. Th light from across the sea struck Alio Bonselle's face and illuminated it Mnrtiu moved a trifle, and against tin open doorway he could see the face o tne singer. It was Hildas-Hilda as hi had left her hut spring* Luge anc beautiful, like to captiva'e the fancy ol a boy; but as he looked at the sweet lovely face near him ho felt that he \va not a boy auy longer. There was bu one course open to him. Hilda h:U trusted him und had Come. If she hat not come he would have gone to her lie had been a coward and a trirtcr t< let bis feuling for Alice gro.v to the vilal thing it was. When this song wai over he would make the ex :use of the Indian signal? to her to get her around on the other veranda. And ho would say "good-bye." Ho wouldn't loll hei why he was going. He couldn't d< that. Maybe some time, when thoy wero old, old, he could tell her. He couldn'i build any future without her being iu it somewhere. Then he would go to Hilda and take her away to-morrow, What would they all think? He must leave his work here, averythinrr. He had never hart any friend* like these it his hardworking life. Wouhl he evci have any such again? Hilda's frienth wero saloon keepers, he thought bit terly. And yet, through it all, a sense of her beauty, nnrt the magic of her Bong, went like a scarlet thread. Thcj vere all listening breathlessly, and she vas his. She had left everything and :ome to hira. The last note died on the air. Thorc vas laughter and stir across the street, md the Colonel and the Doctor softly lapped. "Thai's a ne.v one, isu't it? ' sked the Colonel. "No," said the Doctor, feeling about he straw table for another cigar anil a aatch, "she** been h"re shout ten lays, die's German Frame's cousin, and ne brought her out to ting in the saloon, j but he's married her. I was one of the | guests. It was in church this afternoon. Frank invited me around to the Maison * Dorie to have dinner with them, but my other engagements prevented my accepting. They are going back to Saxony, I f believe, where they came from. She's a s mighty haudsomo woman?regular Gretchen type?and if that voice were a little strouger she might have made a show on the stage; but I suppose she's as stupid as an ox." Mrs. Bonsctle did not think it delicato to discuss youug women who sang in , saloons. 'I wonder if it's going to rain," she i said, lookiug up at the rnooa sailing through the luminous Bky. "That might , have beeu lightning," said Martin, also rising. "I wonder if thero are auy 1 signals from Cochise's Stronghold. Misi Alice, shall we go around aud see?" Well. I read vour mind, vounir man,'* thought tho Colouei, as they i moved away. J Wheu tho young couplo rojoiucd tho family circle it would not have taken a mind-reader to discover that they had come to a mutual uuderstauding, which betokened the nngiug of weddiug bells iu the near future.?Courier-Journal. t i. Christmas Festivities. y . Modern ingenuity has wrought on i 'many inventions, not only in tho ordinar t .affairs of life, but in tho manner of con i ducting holiday festivities. The old e fashioned Christmas festival has been re constructed, and no doubt many persom believe it to be greatly improved upon. 0 But it is a question whether there ever car d be anything better than the Christinas tree and dear old Santa Claus with his white coat, big fur hat and a bundle oJ > toy8 on his back. h How dear to every childish heart is u the story that begins'"Twas the night before Christmas, u When all through the house Not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouse." And the stockings hanging in a row by ' the chimney, what a flutter of excite'* ment is created in the little hearts when e bed-time comes. Howover can they go 6 to sleep with the house full of such de6 lightful possibilities, but try as hard as they may to keep awake, the little lids a will droop and cover the wondering u eyes. The early bird is the happy bird l* the next morning, and whether the earliest wide-awake tiips down-stairs 1 alone to take a peep, or wakens the whole flock, when all go scampering down lo" gether, it matters little. The excite8 ment is simply intense. And, it must be confessed, that the interest in the li contents of those wonderful stock iugs is 0 not confined alone to the youngsters. Gray beads and wrinkled faces do not 3 insure exemption from tho interest in such precious parcels. More than oho 1 smile has appeared on the face of the it grandfather or grandmother when some n unusually pleasant and much-desired > gift has foufid its way through the r channels of Ciiristmas to their hands, i. and more than once the head of age has * been bowed and tears have fallen in r silence, because the expected memento > has been forgotten or neglected, or has ; degeucrated into a duty gift, which is of all giving the most unsatisfactory, r Perhaps one of tho mort interestin ? e features of Christmas entertainments is j a magic lantern, either of Scriptural s subjects something pertaining to the a occasion, or pure uud unadulterated fun. Possibly this idea is the more attractive, and the educational and serious might come in nuother shape. It may be queso tioucd whether it is well to allow anys thing of an absolutely serious nature to ' enter into Chiistmas rejoicings. It has I- been said by persons of experience that the Christmas raomory that was the dearg est, aud remaiued in the mind with the i- most clearness and plea Hire, was that s which was associated with unnvx:l fun s and hilarity; and, indeed, there should be nothing else mingled with the Christe mas joyr. There are enough sadness aud somberucss in the world at other times. Let us keep for Christinas good cheer, s kindness of heart, gentle thoughts and n innocent, even though boisterous aud 0 rolicso.no fnn.?Lid^ar. Christina; in Scandinavia., d In the cold northern lauds of Nr?r.vay an 1 Sweden, name days, birth days and 3 C.iristmas, are the principal festival of the year which are celebrated by rich r and poor. The last, especially, is a time 3 of great rejoicing, aud all keep holiday y from Christmas Eve until Twelfth Day, 3 the Gth of January. At this se ison every q cottage, as well as every inausion, is s cleaned from top to bottom, white cur1 tains aro huDg at the wiudows, and the [ tables covered with snowy cloths. PeasI ants and uobles don their best Sunday 3 clothing, and tho gilts, which few aro a too poor to prepare for each other, are sometimes thrown into the rooms, so e that the donors may bo guosse I at, but 0 not positively known. In country churches, service is held at four o'clock j. on Christmas morning, wheu, for the f only tiuie in the year, tho sanctuary is B Illuminated with candles; but there are j no evergreen decorations as witii us. In [ the wintry dawn theu sledges packed f with good people may be seen gliding , over the frozen lakes, and beneath the t pine aud birch trees; glittering witii time 1 ill Ibc starlight: aud nensants IrnH.rp I many miles through the suow to attend this early celebration of the Kait of ^ Lights. In the farming districts, too, FRRDIVG TilK BtKDS. f they have a very charming custom, for, on Christmas morning, the farmer's wife distributes ioaves of bread Among all the very poor in her neighborhood, while her husband fastens a sheaf of wiieit or corn on a tall pole, as a Christmas banquet for the birds, an attention which the little feathered pensioners of the air fully appreciate, do, the happy, holy sewon is made a time of "good will to all," in cold, frost bound Scandinavia, as well as in less I rigid Isnds. Ov-r, I m\) OF THE BUSSIAM iTJEKR DISHES AND DRINKS IE THE LAND OP THE OZA& Soaps Served W ith Ice and Soui ^ Cream?ltich Russians Live Ex trarajfantly? How the Poor Exist "V" "ET <TT"RITINU from Moscow abouj \ /\ j Russian mcdcs of life,Franli . V V ?* Carpenter says in th| Washington Starr* A Russian dinner is rather a curious affair and a swell dinner lasts for hours; Dl 12 a ?A.. i.l.A jl uu urei i>uiug juu idivu io au appuviauif and this consists of vodka, a Russian brandy, together with such rolishes as caviare, raw herring, smoked salmon, raw suioked goose, radishes, butter and cheese. This lay out is on a counter at one end of a restaurant and you usually stand up to eat it before takiugyour seat at the table for the regular dinner. The ] first part of the dinner is soup, and a dish of Russiau soup is a dinner itself. ' The most popular, perhaps, is known as ( stcheo, which is made of cabbage and 1 beef, aud in tho midst of each plate of * which a big chunk of beef floats. Sour ! cream is often added to the soup and you ; get a gravy dish of cream for a kind of a sauce at the first of every dinner. The cold soups are much liked by the Russians and I ordered one to-day without knowing what it was. It had a creamy color, but thero was in the center of it a piece of ice as big as my fist and there were pieces of cucumber, herring and meat floating around in it. I tasted it and it made me think of boiled beer served with ice, und tho taste was enough. Bome of the soups were very good and one older for soup is always enough for two. Tho fish that 1 find here are excellent and there is a dish called solianka, made of fish and cabbage, which is not at all bad. Another is a sucking pig, boiled, and served cold, aud another favorito dish is roast mutton, stuffed with buckwheat. The Russians have excellent meats, and you will get as good beef and mutton here as anywhere in the world. Tho butter is invariably good, aud some of that which I have had is so swcot that I can eat it like cheese. It is never salted and it is servoa id great loaves, mo guest cutting off as much as he wishes. I do not like the Russian beer known askvas, but the tea is good everywhere, and the Russian takes a glass every hour or so, aud merchants do all their business over tea. The peasants who bring things here from Moscow to sell never make a bargain except at the Traktirs, and you find the samovar aud the tea glass everywhere. ? The better class of Russians live very extravagantly. They spare nothing on their tables and they arc fond of giving big dinners. It is not uncommou for a whole sheep to be brought on the table at such dinners, and imported wines flow like water. They are very fond of flowers, aud there was a dinner given at St. Petersburg not long ago at which rare orchids adorned the board and at which the flowers cost more thau $10,000. At some dinners given by youDg men the host expects to pay for all the damage that may be donu by the young fellows whoa they arc drunk, after the feast, and there have beou dinners hero in Moscow which have cost a small fortune. Still, at the better class restaurants you cau goO a very good meal at reasonable rates, and I got an excellent dinner last night at the Eunitagc restaurant at a dollar and a half, or for two aud a half, incldd'ng a bottio of wine. It was served by a boy in a white apron and white clothes, and while I ate it an iminonse organ played automatically. This organ was as largo as that of a good sized church aud the cylinders which were put into it in the changing of the uiuoiv yt vi u uo aivruuu no a a ?w pipe. It played nil sorts of tunes, and it was, t think, run by steam. I went into the kitchon of this restailrant and I found them cleaner than any kitchens I have ever seen in America. The meats and vegetables were kept on ice, and the soups were cooked in great caldrons, each big enough to boil a sheep. The lower classes of Russia live on what would kill the American laborer. Their diet is made up of sour bread and cabbage soup, and they are always eating green cucumbers. I see cucumbers sold from the corners of many of the streets, una they are used in all sorts of ways. The favorite way of serving them at the hotel tables is just as they come from the vine, without being pared or cut, and you are expected to dress them to suit yourself. The peasants eat but few vegetables. They koow nothing ahout raising vegetables, and the only articles of this kind that they uso to any extent are potatoes and turnips. I have seen n good many peasant families at dinner. They uso neither plates nor knives nor forks, and a fair set of table furniture for a Russian family is a wooden table bowl for soup and a dozen large wooden table spoons, whioh the different members of the family stick into tho common bowl of soup and, helping themselves, thus carry the lcocold or stoaraing-hot liquid to their mouths. They have milk and egg*, but littlo meat, and they do not seem to care for much more than bread and cabbage. itals Made Useful. Of nil living things rats seerd to b< among tho moit repulsive, and whet dea l what can be their use? asks Sii John Lubbock. But even they are th< subjects of production in the industrial arts. In Paris there is a pound surrounded by walls into which dead car casses tiro thro-.vn. A large colony o lata has heed introduced from tho cata combs. Tho rats are most useful it clearing the llc-dr from thebonos, leaving a clean polishe I skeleton tittoi for the makers of phosphorus. At the baso o the wall numerous shallow holes ari scooped out just sutlicicut to contain thi body of tho rats, but not their tails. Kvory three months a great battue takei place, during which the terrified rats rua into the holes. Perrons go round, and, catching the extending tails, pitch th? rats into hags, and they aro killed at leisure. Then begins the manufacture. The fur is valuable and finds a readj sale. The skins make a superior glovi , . ,1_ ? ~-11 - vuv ^nui uo mt?rtu'i aio Djjjoviiiiuj used for the thumbs of kid gloves, because the skia of the rat is strong and elastic. The thigh-bones wore foruiorlj slued as toothpicks for clubs, but ar< now out of fashion; while the tondont an>l bones are loiled up to make the gel atine wrappers for bon-bons. Surely ) have established my thesis that dirt ii only matter in a wrong place. ? Noitl American Keview. % h Mr. Herman Hicks t "Three years ago, as n result of CATARRH, I [ entirely lost my hearing and was Deaf for More Than a Year. c ro my surprise and great Joy when 1 had t aken thrte bottlcsof Hood's Hnrsaparllla I [ lound my hearing was returning. 1 kept on i till I had taken three more and I can hear 1 perfectly well. 1 am troubled but very little ? with catarrh. I consider this a remarkable J case." Herman Hicks, 80 Carter Street, 1 Rochester, X. Y. llooAirPills are purely vegetable. The Derby Ha*. If the derby bat is to be crowded out by the easier and softer styles of bead gear tbeie won't be much regret over its going. In spite of its advantages as a cross between the silk hat and the slouch, it has neve: had tho merits of . either of those styles. It ha9 always had the discointorts of the silk hat without | having its dash or beauty, and it has not been much dressier thau a neat soft hat, < although it lias always beea more uucomfoitable. It is a bad thing for a hot dav. and it isn't much for a cold sDell. and fate help the man who wears it in the morning after a banquet. The tendency now is to easy bats, and it \ ought to be encouraged. Men have laughed a great deal at women's slavery to fashioD, but they have never been able to point to a more forcible illustration of that slavery thau their own adherence to the derby hat supplied.-? J Philadelphia Inquirer. A Tnmter from Iflickitat County, Washington, who went into the wiids of British Columbia last spring after bear, J has returned home with the hides of sixty-seven, the pelts of a number of grizzles being among them. ROY IS Th! Best tSakir The Official Oovei TK a I T mfo/4 Qtntno Lstir. i ii^ w 1UUV.U iai.v^o \Jiw v tests, reports the Royal B, greater leavening strength let in 13, Ag. Dep., p. 599.) The Canadian Official T< the Royal Baking Powder ing strength. (Bulletin 10, In practical use, therefc Powder goes further, make food, than any other. Government Che "The Royal Baking Pow< wholesome ingredients. It does n phates, or other injurious substance "The Royal Baking Pow< and most reliable baking powder o "HEI "The Royal Baking Powdc est in strength of any baking powd The Government Report M * M J ? 1 powders tested to co or sulphm Mysterious Brazilian Camel. Tho huanaco, which is a small camel whioh is widely distribute 1 in South America, has a peculiar instinct of repairing to some lonely, deserted spot when seised with the pangs of death, and, removed from all its healthy companions, succumbing to its last sickness in a sort of dismal yet poetic isolatiop. Darwin and Fitzroy have noted this strange custom, and Mr. Hudson dwells at somo length upon its unique suggestions. "It looks, in fact," he says, "less like an instinct of one of the inferior creatures than the superstitious observance of human beings, who have knowledge of death, and believe in a continued existence after dissolution." Mr. Hudson is inclined to explain this almost mysterious practice with the huanaco by the assumption of uu immense antiquity for the species, aud that the inherited habit of a far distant period, when its representatives resorted to some secluded place protected from the assaults of their enemies, has been impressed upon the stock, so that by an It IILU III a L1C IllUVUIIlrJniy W IJUll 94UKUU6U Willi disease or old age, it turns to the hiddea refuge which generations of its kind have sought in the same blind minuei. ? Scientific American. Fo hi* Lnr.-e Families, v. Media, Penn., is the home of four of the largest families in the United States, ( that of Samuel Field, who has twentyeight children; Josoph Chandler, who is the proud father of twenty-five children; James Barrett, with a record of sixteen, and William Wright, who baa fifteen little Wrights to feed. Of course there are many isolated families that will go from two to a dozen more thAn the?e Pennsytvanians, but it is extremoly doubtful if tiiere is another village in the country that can furnish four women that are the mothers of eighty-lour children.?St. Louis Republic. i The North Sea Baltic Canal. During the winter several large under* things in connection with the North ?a Baltic canal will be commenced at be Kiel Firth. Thej will comprise the iuilding of two harbors, an inner and n outer. Three Kiel contractors have then over the matter for 9250,000. 'he inner harbor will be surrounded by wall of granite and concrete, 295 leters long, whioh has to be completed uly 1st, 1893. The outer harbor has o be ready by August 1st, 1893.?Minneapolis Tribune. There la more catarrh in this section Of the ountry than all other diseases put together, nd until the laet few years was supposed to >e incurable. For a great many years doctors ironounced it a local disease, and prescribed ocal remedies, and by constantly failing to ure with local treatment, pronounced it 'aurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a onstitutional disease, and therefore requires onstltutlonal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, n&nufactured by K J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, )hlo. is the only constitutional cure on the narkct. It is taken internally In doses from Odropstoateaspoonful. It acts directly upon he blood and mucous surfaces of the system. I'hey offer f.100 for any case it falls to cure, lend for circulars and testimonials. Address Jr. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, O. ?3T- Bold by Druggists, 75o> . The Turks, in the final aiege of Constantinople, employed catapults aud balislas side by side with canuou. Go twice as far as liver pills and cure oftener -Small Bile Heans. The shortest cut to happiness is to try to givo it. Restore the Complexion by cleansing the entire system. Small Bile Beans. Whenever u sid oau hide its bead it feels safe. Small Bile Brans will cure U. The shark is worshiped by some of the dwellers along the African coasts. Since gold was discovered in Califor nia the gold product of the United States has been .$1,900.00J,000. Nantahala.?SlOOpep-hare. Every 2shares secures a town lot. Fortunes in the Bouth. 8ond Ic. tor prospectus. A. J. McBride, Atlanta, Qa Few Zealand now bus ninety-two large creameries that co3t ovtr $350,000. For Bronchi ai>, Asthmatic andPti.monany Comtlaints. "Brown'* Bronchial Troche* have remarkable curative properties. Sold only In boxt*. A Hungarian has come to Now York who can apeak 500 words a minute. AL e ig Powder nment Reports* ernment, after elaborate aking Powder to be of than any other. (Bul~sts, recently made, show highest of all in leaven16, Inland Rev. Dep.) >re, the Royal Baking s purer and more perfect mists Certify: fler is composed of pure and ot contain either alum or phosrs. " Edward G. Love, Ph. D." ier is undoubtedly the purest ffered to the public. 4ry a. mott, m. d., ph. d." ;r is purest in quality and higher of which I have Knowledge. "Wm, McMurtrie, Ph. D." shows all other baking . attain alum, lime ric acid. Young Mothers! We Offer You r> Remedy which Insure* Safety to Life of Mother and ChUS. "MOTHER'S FRIEND" Itobs Confinement of it* fain, Horror and Risk. After osfngonobottleof" Mother's Friend" t luflerud but llltlo p.iln.nad did not experience t bat makoM afterward usual In ouch cam*.-Mr*. AMU* Qsaa, Lamar, Ho., Jan. 19th, 18*1. Bent by exprena. charges prepaid, on receipt of price, tub per bottle. Hook to Uotherm mailed Free. wadpieldbeovlaxob co., atlanta. oa. OLD BY ALL PBUGOiaXA "German Syrup" My niece, ntneune Hawley, was, taken with spitting blood, and she became very much alarmed, fearing that dreaded disease, Consumption. She tried nearly all kinds of medicine but nothing did her any good. Finally she took German Syrup and she told me it did her more good than anything she ever tried. It stopped the blood, gave her strength and ease, and a good appetite. I had it from her own lips. Mrs. Mary A. Stacey, Trumbull, Conn. Honor to German Syrup. 49 ASENTSWANTED ION SALARY or commMnn to handle the Newr Potent Chemical Ink Kraaln* Pencil. Agent* making >er week. MONRO! KRA8KR MFO. CO., X 890, La Croeaa, wk PATENTS ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results vrhsii Syrup of Figs is taken; it. is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleauses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste and acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beuencial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N.V. I So Not fie SeeeiTei with Paste*, Enamel* nn<l PalnU which lUln U>? hand*. Injure the Iron and hum red. The Rising Run Store Polish to Brilliant, Odorleas, Duranle, and the consumer pays (or no tin or glass package wltli every purchase. AGENTS W a XTfaD-LargeRatln Etchings; Mattod 24-lu. sample, $1; sells on sight at $1; can be returned; water colors. Wcrucr& Co . 1320 Filbert,Phlla. I ft CI I f? ,ow can't buy a page adr. Lad lea* Elgin Watch, Hold Killed Case, engraved, ?!?. Solid Hold, $IT. E. T. McCrncy, Buffalo, N. Y. ftmilftfl :>*ori?l.lno Il\blt Cured In 19 llrlHW to 211 lints. No i>ny till cured. Wl I VflTI DR. J.STEPHENS, Lebanon,Ohio. AGENTS WANTED nlilc Agents, Who milkaR V I w are already Traveling Ralesmeu, to carry our lubricants as n side line. HI ANtJEACTt'K fcHH' 011. tO.H PA NY, Cleveland, O. Nervous & Chronic Diseases Treated by mall by the Latimer Medicine Company a eonsultlng physician. 1645 North Tenth St., Phliada., Pa. All letters confidential. Advice AVer. nr~Rend 10c. In stamps for sample of OK. CATCHER'S HEADACHE Ac NEURALGIA TABLETS. LUXURIES?LEAKSVILLE BLANKETS. Housekeepers lb., Carolina's Pride, ?!* !?-. 96 per pair. Lcaksville Honest Jeans?Oray, Brown and Black?'J 5c., 40c. and OOr. per yard. Kersey Gray, 3'J I-'.re. Brown, llli . n yard; very good. Wool Yarn all colors. Ar. ii hank. If your dealer does not keep these goods order of J, \V. HCOTT ds CO., Special Belling Agts., Greensboro, N, C'? Cnni CaniamDtlan. ftonrlu. Ceo nr. Hnra TbxamU Sold Hy ]) Druggists m a CumiHnw I Consumptive* and people^H who bare weak lungs or Attnma, ahoalduae Plio'iCaro for Consumption. It has cured Usataads. It bas not injur-1 ed one. H la not bad to take. It Is the beat cough syrup. M Sold everywhere. (Sc. nr Unlike the Dutch Process Cjl - No Alkalies Other Chemicals TgMfcfore used In the WuIjbh preparation of liAKER & CO.'S | ItaeakfastGocoa ll| i 'rft which is absolutely I > t it 11 pure and soluble ' H I ^ i "t fi11 baimorsfAdnMrMtliMa Bis V'i I m (be itrenf/th of Cocoa mixed M / L with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar. aud la far more economical, costing less than one cent a cup. It la delicious, nourishing, and K-taiX-T OIOESTKO. Sold by Grocers everywhere. W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Maaa, ITYOD OWN CHICKENS YOU WANTTZ> A AT" THEIR THEM T OA -^A. JC WAY even If rou merely keep them m a diversion. In orJU^'clouelr, you muit know omeiblngabout them. To meet this went wear* wiling a book giving the experience / fln|w ? . of a practical poultry raiser forlUMY ZDOs T[*J>.tjr flYe. H was written by a man who put Ml nla mind, and time, and mot\ey to naklngi mo* mm of Chicken raUlng?not aba paMlme, hut aa * business?and If you will profit by his twenty-flv# years' work, you eaa save many Chicks annually, " Jfnl*fn? Chfctrnt." i u4 moke yonr Powii earn dollar* for yon. Tt? point la. tbat you mmt be able to detect trouble la I the Poultry Yard .** rood a* It appenrs, and know how to remedy It. Tbla book will t? ach you. It tell* bow to detect and euro disease; to feed fo* gg* and also for fattening! whlobfowi* to save fo* breedinit purpose*; and erery thing, indeed, yon abould know on thte*nl>Ject to make It profitable, eat postpaid t> r twenty live rentu In to. or be. Book Publishing House, 135 LttOitAho sr.. N. Y. Olty^