Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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frber Sri ?u^ I ^2KLciIl/|r vhor# dead ofSNfi^S B ^ Tftboww'* food oonsiatsol HK. jto*n cotch by craft or cun Mrynntxg birds and eggs, squirrels, B -jn^r Rodents and rabbits. The B S?> iflost frequently used is. a Wall HH xho fall trap is of Indian in ^ EaESSeo and a very ingenious oontriva half cirole is first built o1 m stones to tho height of about ^ F n^'e feet. Then a heavy tree is lait serosa tho entrance, one ond beinf raised and supported on a oontrivanc< very like tho t'Kuro-of-four trap usee pj fcoys for catching Bmall birds, t dainty bit oi rnuDit or ruffed grouse akinuod in hung ou a projecting stick built iuto tho back ofthe semicircle ol Wm ptonos. The little poacher can 011I3 H| get at tho bait by creeping under th< tree, then seizing it, and finding him Self unable to pull it down he baoki jut, tugging the string to which th< I^Hfcait is attached along tho stiok, 01 Q^Hrhioh rests tho figuro four supporting ^Mffjttetroe. Just as tho oontor of hi: comrs under tho fall or treo h< ^H^Kgcr.H tin- support by tugging tin off tho stick, thou down it falli Ktt him, killing him instantly but do Bff^^B> no damage to tho fur. Tho wihlo: KB is by far tho most valuable, nn< H ill* firnt shower o ..('tor tho snow disappears spoil j^B / ^nrton. M?inl innrton skiu is worth in th< ^Krajd" from 32.50 to $3. Vory ilni HH.n/i come from tho wostorn slopos o rinHf?n.ln "onst ranirn r\t mnim Itains; tho farther north tho durku iniul better nro tho skins.?Ohioagi Crimes. ? ' Persian Tear Hollies. The custom of bottling tears if. poOTt w* liar to tin- people of Persia. There i V ' const it ut. m mi important, part of th? ||^tepb> 1111 "!' tli<' dead. Ah tlir mourn BBSirh are sitting round and weoping tin bpastur of <>< n>monies presents oacli 0111 ^Kvitli M 1-ot toll \\ 1 * 111 lit- Spoil which to wipe away the tears eottou wool or sponge is after ^B&d squeezed into a bottle, and tin ^^Bars are preserved as a powerful am ^^^^Bieieioii'; restorative for those whon 1 other medloino Ims failed to re fff'Bvc! Jt is to 11.ih e.41...* ..H" r h ^ - ..... ? .i.ivxxai fiiHH Itllll IBi'ii is 111:1.li' in I'miiIiiih 1 vi., s, "I'm 1 liv learn into thy bottle.*'?Chi [ .J3 T" ? Tree as a cniii|uiss. ' The | 'iils of the cnnipasH citn li c^SSlwh! tr.'ivj liy tiie followingnitnpl Hilis.'rvii! i 'liti: The siile el' tlio tret |Hm \\ hieli t lie most of the moss in foun B;1 tin' north. Iftliu tree in expose - I > the sua the heaviest ami lungei , Vuuba will be uu the south sidu. DciiI'hchm Cannot lie Cured Jv local : 11> ii< : 11 ion <, an t liny ('.illnot. reach til i :i . 11 111 >r 11 111 ..i i lie ear. There in only nil tt::y to rare Ihalnes-t, mid Hint is i v eoiintlU tl oiial remedies. Ileal lav s is ciiu-ctl Ity 1111 it iUoiicI >'Hiilii i >n el I'10 o.iii <><in lining of tl Cu 1 it. -1 ilit > 1 Tithe. Winn iliis t alio ads h -tl\oii liavo a, riiiaiiluivt round or tmpC fci'l lirarii".', 11 1 I wiii'ii tl is i-utitvly close 3)-a 11 in- :.i 1 In! r.-iili, ami mi loss 1 tin in linn In.11 inn im:i l>> ink 11 out. iiinl tliis tulio ri M-'i'cil 1 1 i'.i inirniiil I*-11111 it ton, hcariim will I rtic -t r.i\ 1 I Inivvcr; iiii o cuaes out. leu at j^c.ni ' I h catarrh, \\ hieli is uotliiliK hut ail li W* I!.; 11 il - in.I it ion i | 1 lie at 111-oils surfaces. Wen I. :i\c tin llaiulro I I >il'urs for an ? ' 0 of 11 a 1 in s . 1 can oil liy catarrh) t hat. cm id Icciir I Its II -II' <'at.irrh Cure. Send f< c 1 cilia;', free. K. .1. < iniM'V A (Jo., Toledo, (). ? *.' liy l>ni.'iris:,M, Cuiia'u latest revolution was quick quel led. A Child Ell|?)'i The pleasant llavor, ncntlo action and soothin effects of Syrup of Fias, when In need of ' Wive, and if the father ??- tuuiher he costive ( hilioits^'-.* o .~oi, irratlfyiau resttlts follow I t lull u is the tie -t Tamils rcmrtly know 'b In] i v,'i s fuliiii) MiOUttl llilS'Cil hottlo* C: 1:111: Sii.sw, a prosperlor, was font) it 11 ti? ilealli at 'iVlluriile, Col, Hrown's Imn Hitlers cures nysnepstu, Mali ria, llilliiihiii'Ri ami ticncral I>?-l?ility. (iivi ftreiiglli. aiil-i lltrestion, lone* C"' nerves creates ii|i|iet ile. The host Ionic for Nilisli Mothers, weak women ami children. I'llk. 11 k arn 211. irtii locomotives ia uso ontl railways of tho I'nitivl States. Hcechnm'? Pills wit h a ilriak of vrutur niort nil,.,, IkiA uniii'n SIO III hers IIS C "tS ? btH. <lvr.it J100 lynehings have taken place la t! Soutti during the present year. ?'oralis \\t? 1 ' 11 .a . Those tvh 1 ar.i sullci tag Trnia Coughs, C aids, Sure Threat, oli should irv lliioss .\'s ItaoNi iiiAi Tito, 111: A ,1,1 , tn>x,f. Many persons are hrokeii ilowa from ovoi work or household cares, Hrowu's Iron Iti ters rebuilds the system, aiils digestion, rt moves excess of hill*, ami cures Miliaria, epicitdid tonic Tor women anil cliililren. Dknveu unions will try co-operative hum keeping. "jt ntttlctod with sore eyes use Or.Isaac Tliotni eon's Kyo-water. Druggists sell nt SAc.por bolt HU )< >C Permanently Curei Ilee.iase it reaelies t lie seat of disease in tin* h|,mil. H> purifyiug, vitalizing ami enriching I he hlood, it expels every taint of Scrotala, Catarrh. Malaria, etc., ami so re: vales ami strengthens the vital l! it ill, aiiil thin,mh it the whole system, as to ea iti!,'* it to throw olf future atlaeksof ilis-ase. He sure to get Hood's, a.nl only llmnl's. I localise FOOD'S ifi darsaparma CURES ll? 1*111 ? run'all l.lvrr Ills, Sick lli'Atlach# Jainill'.. I.i ll/ stlon. Try a l?>\. ccnlw. "the judges sT WORLD'S COLUMBIAN fXPOSITlUN Iliivo made tlio HB?HEST AWARDS (>!? <!ul-i iiiiiI .{>l|ilniiiit<<) to walter baker & co. ' t in earn i>t tri: ? !!- r.aim.;! article"' lilt KAK FAST COCOA,. . . . Premium No, Chocolate, . . VaiiUla Chocolate, , German Sweet Chocolate, . . I Cocoa Butter For "purity ?,f material," "excellent flavor," un'l "uniform even composition." WALTER BAKER & CO., DORCHESTER, MAS8 1 No floww shall over i?h. In winds from sweet lands h*** I Bat that tho hidden lips of Ood Shall kiss It into growing. * O, flower I a-blooin by land and sea, Toes one of your white l??nve* to me! B ? F. L. Htnntou In Atlnntn Constitution. I THE J! RISK IE MAN'S TRAP. li = . ?Y W. UUiUi HUHHIIiL. T wiih iu tho 'lnyH gH of th?* black flag, "v W ?*u?l of the nimble keel coppered to ??. the benda, nml of r I that Hqimro of -/jPpkBblood-red bunting * ^ \vhIlte^ ?'.^, ^hieh, when run ' x^ ftloft to the maintopmast-head, nignitled "No quar'for!" A round * b o \v o <1 Briatol ' trador, ft luirk of nbout four hundred nnd aixty toiiH, throe month* out from tho Avon fttul bound to Savanna hi " Mar, lay helpless o(T that famaiean port in wlmt ia known to sailors as ii * "fthoct cnlin." I Tho water ilontod liko u breast ol liquid glass, mid n Holomn, long-drawn lioiivo oi mwo!! Irti. tinuiiL'ii ,5. Tin r Bristol trftdor, in strict correspondence J with lior proportions, rolled vory uncomfortftldy indood from ftido to Hide, bringing hor wide spacea of canvas into tho niftHt witli umny savage Hounding whnckH, until tho ntmoHphoro all j about seemed tilled with tho noise ol j exploding artillery. Tho hunt whh inteiiHo; tlio hour , about two iu tho afternoon. The dark j bluo land about Blewlleld's Hay swam , in tho Hteamy haze, and writhed as though it lived. Seaward the junotion of heaven and u water waa aoareely distinguishable iu j tho parched and briiHsy air. Tho land , wont sloping into mere lilms, and nothing allowed upon the face of tin ocean aave a largo cntter-rigged ves I Hoi, .lifting and ainking upon the awell at tho diataneo of about two miles away from the Hriatol trader iu tin direction of Wowllold'h liny. "Mr. .Jeiikina," Hiiid tin- iuiiHl.fr o e tho IlriHtol whip, "drop tlm hand lorn ? over tho Hiilo and ohsorvo tho v?'khoI'i >h drift." d TiiiM whs dono, and tho riito of drift d reported. "Sir," Hind Air. ltogorM, tho captain, to hia nuito, "it in not my intontioi to foundor upon :i bottom of coral 01 go to pit'Cim on St. Jolia'a Point. ('low '? up iijid hiiul down everything litfht, i- mid lot go tho tvnohor." l" ThoHo ordora worn duly exoeutod. V- Tho Bcnmon nmdo tho dooks huay witli r" thoir figures in untivn motion, iind tin chain outdo roiirod hoarsely hh tin weight of tho big unohor Nwopt it ? through tho IniWHopipo. 11- Somo hiilf-tlo'/.on iniilo panMengora? Y women thoro woro nouo lounged upon i- tho little poop in tho sultry shadow oust by tho awning. It whh dishoart oning to hoo tho narrow ontranoo ti Savanna la Mar almost witliin roaoli ly of a twonly-foiir poiindor'h throw ol its hall, and ho as littlo ahlo to ontoi it aato walk to it. "How long is thia ?ing to last," o?.g tdainiod a plantor. Perhaps a wook, air," answered Captain lingers, a largo, short, purple^ faood man who hatod to ho asked ?piostioiiH. Tho plantor rollod tho yellow * * \\ 1111 ?' nf \t\? i-v . k Itimvimo il and tossed liis 11>t11 Is, witli 11 nmledict inn bet w i s.t his tcct li. "What's (hut yonder, coiniug round (lint corner of land?" exclaimed anot her passenger, pointing to tin* lino ?>t oonsi. which the rolling cutter lay becalmed abreast of. 10 Captain lingers went to the companion-way, picked up the ship's teleI. scope and leve'Si-d il A piee.iroo!!!" ho exclaimed ; am! 10 the roar of his voice went in thunder along tlm decks as he bawled to liis r_ liveliest to tumble up and I on tl the . earroiiades, and to see all readv with tlit* small arms, and to stand by to sink the scoundrels should they dare j" attempt the ship. Ibit it was speedil\ evident that the pirate's quarry was A tie* cutter, and not the Hristo! niereliant man. Thn pieearoon was a long, black sehooiur, setting very low on the water, heavily rigged. showing not an inch of canvas as she stealthily crawled m_ over the burnished blue heave to the impulse of her long oars, or "sweeps," as though she were some gigantic marine reptile forging her way through j it with movements of her niitcumo. inn cutler roiled helpless, with an occasional blazing flash sunward as slio lift ril her w?'t, sparkling copper out of the water. (Mi a sudden, howover, ami as though the men al>oar<l her had hut just waked from sloop, (low ii dropped her aw inging, big mains'.:!, oars were throw n over, ami she in le in the direet ion of the Mristol trader, slipping her eahle as she rounded, without stopping t-?? l?uoy her anchor. Hilt the pieearooit buzzed fast in her wake. A jiulV of white cloud occasionally broke from her how, and the black I >a 11. ill-aimed, went skimming ahead of the cutter in the direction of the } I'ristnl merchantman like a parched pea along a table, ?, Me fore the cutter bad measured halt a mile the pirate was alongside an i lashing the vessels together for boarding, as a spider revolves a fly in its Web before trot'ing aloft to dine oil ii in its hole. There was some small crackling of blunderbusses and pistols, shouts faint in the distance, a litt le lift ing of wluti smoke. The business was 1 hen ended, and with true pirate celerity the rtchoom i \V!iw making for the him- heap of coast with the Uiihappy cutter t v. jng and rolling and flashing in her wake. This thievish piece of work had been watched with helpless wrath by ('ftptain lingers am! his ship's company, and with no small'nlarm l?y the passengers. The etUptaih said he coilbI ' swear to the schooner; she was the I wickedest of alj the piccaroon pets of those waters. 11c pronounced her i i i-3 I ft heavy piece of orduaneej wmie hcot4 I or two of radiant utrcaks of buutiiur I ;l?-: Cendr i fluttering to the deck Iro:n 4 I peak and inaHthcad. I At 8 o'clock Captain Honors wont ' I anhore to tnnokca pipe in a hotel that ' I with much frequented in thoao dayw by J Bvmmiuij KUUtlvlllUlli lit) DllltTlill a hot, lotix room in which nlrcivdy h number of enptninr, muted and Bitch folk were iMHcmhled. The atmoHpherc wnH thick with tolnieeo Hinokc. Much was ma le of lloffcrH, hh ft man hewly arrived from Knglaml. One thin;< leading to another, our captain presently referred t?? the piccaroon incident he had witucHRcd outside the nort. "Tliat Hcliooncr wiw undoubtedly the Santa Mergeritu," exclaimed r hhipniunter. , "The cutter was from Kington," Raid another. "All the owner Iiiih in t the wide world wan in her. He i? a ruined man, I fear," and he fetched . the talde a mighty thwack with Iiih great Mst as lie heaped a variety of nea i l?!i pj^o^n "The imputlence of that Santa Margarita," exclaimed a mate, a quiet, Kober-faoed man, "goes licyond'all ini vention ! She walkH oil' with the droghera ana hoy with appleii out of a Held, and atnopK to Kiicli It I thy mean work aw plundering the poor John ('a iiooh. " "She wan iilavim* ieaf tlx* I ' n J " ",,v ^ pranks when I wiih hiNt here, said . Captain IIii^th. "Has there heen j i nothing with a pennant at its masthead washing about these waterH of lato? How is it. that the o|Miulots are allowi ing this litth- cruiser to liavo it all ( I her own way?" I "The Kiroily was 11ow11 hero 011 a i oruiso three or four works u^i," said i ono of the eiiptuius, "alul uluuoil tho I Mar garita for six hours. IM have 1 < thought shr would Iiiivo loitorod till > sho'd snugged tho gang (>f cutthroats uudrr her own hatrhrs." ' F "She was called away to carry.desI patches," said someone. i "Tho Firefly's not a patch on tin? ^ Margarita in sailing," exclaimed a t shipmaster. "I'm junked if she? didn't ' scandalize lu-r mainsail out of shoor * , bravado when the I'nelly was winking ^ i at her with a how-chaser a eouplo of ' miles astern dead in hor wake!" "That's where it is!" cried Captain ' llogors. "If it was not for tho ' greased lightning of the beggnr'H keel ' I'd otl'rr my ship to chase her with, , and tide my chance of a shindy at 1 , home for detention if I was lung in catching her. Itiit bless me, gentlemen! There's nothing in this port, 1 there's nothing commamlud hy any of 1 you, that's going to look at her in a 1 i breeze of wind; whilst in a dead calrjt ' ? why, she came buzzing out this { afternoon from round the coruor like ' , a ten-oared galley to the thrust of her ' litmr UM'itoim I I "- r, "V? (?., i f "Yet weought to mil> her. friends," ] he eoneludcd, "wo ought to nab hor. 1 llor e.xistenee inn standing dograda- ' tion to the rod flag of our country. A thought occurred to mo this afternoon * whilst I was w a telling hor walking off 1 with tho outtor. Arc we all true men ' here?" 1 lie rose us ho spoke tho words .and i took a critical survey of tho people around about him. Indeed, ho had need to ho warv ; for often it hnppened that the pieoaroons of those days woro secretly owned or employed l>y persons who were esteemed of good standing and credit in tho West Indian colonies. , but all the people in tho long room this night were Englishmen and sailors; every man could have named the ship he belonged to. I hung satisj tied on this head. Captain lingers I communicated ins scheme. , It was very warmly received. Tho "oilers of assistance were far in excess * of the requirements of tho little conspiracy. For an hour or so tho 1 matter was debated, and tile company ' then dispersed, with the understand- * ing that all was to be in readiness by sunset next evening. ^ At the hour when the sun sank next day, a large sloop, hoisting her mainsail and stay-foresail, lloated quietly i>ui 01 me iiunxir tnrou^n tno narrow passage before n weak olfslmro breeze. 1 I'lu' vessel was about. li ve-und-twouty tons burthen, rii^ed with one mast, 1 ami had been hitolv employed in carryiiip; su^ar aloni? the coast. Sho was 41 unarmed; liar tlush deck swept clear 11 from the tatVrail to the "eyes." The ni'-rht that followed sundown 1 was one ot rich tropic beauty. The moon was at her full. Iler wake (lowed in a river of f?recuish splendor across the black surface ?>f the water; j but the niijlit beam was .so dear and ? pierci'i" that the eye easily followed < the laird, tirin sivern of tin* line of the i horizon. t When the sloop had gained an oOlli? * of iihout two miles the weak breeze 1 scanted, then fell dead, and the hush t of tlit* night. solemn with its beauty, 1 C.IMC doW II llpoil t III? St'll. t Tin1 sloop lot go ||,.|- nnehor, hut I kept her sails hoisted; mid the white iioss of tin- cloths hi tin) light of the s moon was like a beacon ol white lire ti ih licatelv burning a Jong way otf oil J t Iw ocean. It was remarkable that n though about 111i<1111 ;111 a light hree/.e s sprang up, the sloop showed no dis- s position to pet her anchor and make a a He con i start Sir destination, wher- s ever t hat in ight I . Her sails trembled in the wind. J Thev were useless, yet she kept them s alott. cniin I \ li< r notion was to he v uu ire command so as to pet awav at f iiiin moment by slipping, as the cutter e hid done before the pieearoon walked t off with In r. |n Honn times a single figure stumped s the deck; sometimes three or four. f Time after time one or another of v those figures would carefully sweep $ tiie sea lute, more particularly in the si direction of the land, with a hinocu- r lar glass. lint aii remained silent and fi motionless out upon the sea. Nothing stirred hut a few slir Is of steam white vapor Bailing athwart the stars, and ? omd and 1 ft ft ft vm IktlMd ont c ** /JmJ 9ft into ih? wide, tropic * ',the fionk, red-hoed ( wide straw hat and 1 leket, coaaed in bis the sloop* and yiokm* knelt down and claimed, addressing raoftd mail alongside ?f him* clothed in a plain sleeved vaistcoat anil an old pair of Welling,ou boots. "Xhero tiiey are, Perreu! ind about tuno, too! A pretty long oh of waiting this has been, cerainly !" The other man took the glass* di* rected it, and stared Ion.'* and keenly hroilgh t ho leases. "Yes," said he, "thoro they are, right enough." The object at which be pointed tlio eleaeopo \vr>s a mere black speck as ret in the thin blue haze upon tho sea inder the fund. But she developed ier bulk, apace ah she came along, irgeil by a number of&ong oara which ose and fell at her siAft like hairs of Who was a low, loA, black-hulled oboonor, nnquostionAly the indentinl piccarf?on which *Ed excited the viAtiil I su'aptain Kogfln. She showed j n-aiid her sailnrore furled, for lie weald draft of wiAgthat now blew vkh right in her as she came icrvuiig iiirruv iur uioisiuup. . The two stout, red-flced men walked ho deck together, and seemed to give 10 hood to the Approaching craft. Pliey wero tlio only -persons visible, j md might, for tho matter of that, lave formed the ontiro crew of the ittlo vossol. The aehoonor drew alonglide, and when she tfltt within a lialflo/.on cables' length boiuo twenty or diirty men came tumbling np out of icr main hatch, aud in a trico her locks were full of people. Beauties they were 1 Never had tho ' >yo rested upon a ch^icor assemblage 1 >f scoundrels. Thoy wero black,white 1 md yellow; chocolate-colored Spaniirds, renegade Englishmen tawny u ith ' ierco usage of the smn, draped in as 1 nany costumes as there wero men?in red and blue and while shirts, in col- 1 jred breeches, in jpass hats, with eislies round their waists, deadly weapons stra]iped tdtftoir hips and the luitt-end of pistols glfeaming on their 1 breasts. In perfect silenco, without the preliminary courtesy of sa ranch as a liair, the schooner approaAied. The motions of the rowers warn directed by ugiTs'bya tall, soo^liug desperado who stood ncsr the main riggiug. Tho long sweeps wero tossed inboards, tho lielm put down and the vessel, in tragic itillncss, ranged aloimsido the sloop. Then the husl^Nas broken by the tall rnlTV?n sliontin^NibiA *o lash tho two vessels togother. At this instant th\. '?tont, red-faced matt, who was indeed no lesH a personige than our friend,tOaptain Rogers, l>ut a whistle to liis lips and blew shrilly. Roth men th?m /%ipjyd off their rlotlios to thefa^TrWwitfeHsJ! sprang for a couple of cutlasses concealed belli ud the mast. In a breath, in responso to tho summons of the wliiHtle, a wholo mass of powerful men came pouring out of the batch of the sloop. They were armed to the toeth, and ab they rushed up they delivered one of those vast, hurricane "hurrahs" which, as delivered by British throats, have beon known igaiu aud again to paralyze the enemy. "Now, ray friends," roared Captain f Rogers, "now wo have them I Total , inbinission or no quarter!" ^ The fine old fej.lqjac sprang for the * ail and was followed by the mass of < It on 111! <lf Minili >?-! 4 ..v-.., ..* v/? Vitviu vnjJKHiin aim IllHU'H ^ >f merchantmen, oxoept some half- , lozen able seaman. t Never was there' a deadlier, more , icroic boarding riiHh. It wan an affair ( f about five minutes only. Howls 4 nul yells, cats and thrusts, the gleam , if firandislied steel, the crackling of t liatols, followed by some dozen of the , niscroants jumping overboard, while , he rest were driven, bleeding and < bricking for mercy, down the hatch. , There arc aged mcu who still talk i if this memorable capture. By three , rdock in the afternoon the little loop and her prize the schooner had halted safely through the narrow pasage and entered the harbor of Savanna a Mar where, thUfr arrival being con- < idently expected and eagerly awaited, hey were received by thunderous alvos from the guns of the numerous nerchantmeu. 1 tie von of the captured pirates, the nost desperate cutthroats of the gang, < rere gibbeted along the coast and i tangled in chains for many a long iionth afterward. The rest were vari- i uisly disposed of.?Youth's ConipauOil. Ilnrtoriitic (or Furs. Mlio system of trading at all the >osts of the Hudson Hay Company is lit irely one of barter. The standard 1 >f value throughout all the territories ?f the company is still- as for een- i nries past the skin of the beaver, by ! vhich the price of all other fnrs iu egulated. Any service rendered by he Indian is paid for in skins, the caver skin being the unit of compilation. To explain this system, let it e assumed that four beavers are ipiivalent in value to a silver fox kin, two martens to a beaver, twenty | auskrats to a marten, and so 011. An tulian wishing to purchase a blanket >r gun from the compnny xvonhl give ay three silver foxes or twenty beaver kins, or 20C muskrats, or other furs, ccording to their proper relative poit ions of xvertli 111 the taritV, Cor a verj evident reason the trap- ' >er price paid for furs is not fixed in t riot accordance with their intrinsic nine; if tlrs were so all the valuable 11 r bearingUuimnls would soon become xtinct, as 110 Indian would bother to t ap a cheap fur while a high-priced lie remained uncaught. He muv posibly have to pay five silver fox skins or blankets worth about #?!<?, the due of tko skins paid representing 200, still fro can if he chooses buy the unie article'by paying for it in muskat, ycllofr fox, or other fnrs of inri?.r w<ajth.?Chicago Times. Only Mrtv-flve per cent, of Vassal ,r adiiutoa ji? ar ry. I ,> he tjit of Fralwrieiiil DmUiC *'I wu standing hero yesterday kftornoon,M said Do Vinne Nicklin, :owd in tuo i>owerjrf ' wouu?,.;^ L^.. nany ions of swords and pistols and ho like I had stacked np in the back >t -toy shop, when a slender figure, obed in black and thickly Toiled, on* cred the door and laid npontho show* t t ,.i -? INH; IU IIUUV ui uiu ou uuuuj wu" aioing tho finest pair of flint-lock lueling pistols I ever saw. Convulsed rith sobs, the lady in black* who drew wide her voH to let me sco that she saw of trailscendant beauty managed o inform me that the pistols which I aw before me were the last and moat lacrod relic of a once princely fortune hat had belonged to her hnaband. He vns ? 'professional duelist,' she said, mt had been out of work for a long imo and waa utterly unablo to find mployment on Manhattan Island. )no by ouc liia black coats and beauti* ill gray trouaera?implements of his irt?had been pawned, and now thero vas nothing left but the baby and tho nstols. They had prayed for heavenly lirection in their decision as to wdiich >f these they should hypothecate, and dtlioilgli her heart misgave her sorely vs to the result, lier good hushaud had inully decided that tho pistols should Do 'spouted.' They were something in the nature of a family Bible to her, sho laid, because tho birthday of her infant hoy, tho date of her marriage and other interesting domestic events had been neatly nicked with a bowie-knife in tho ivory handles of their beautiful weapons. Jn the little silver-clasped snvities, always provided in tho butt of lueling pistols for caps and tho like, din had instead been accustomed to keep a lock of hers and her husnaml's bsir, neatly intertwined. I bought the [listols from her, of course* being much moved by lier suffering, and sho left mo with a bright smile upon lier face, promising, when these funds ran out, that sho would bring 'round the baby."?New York Recorder. Perfumed ."vmts. On certain parts of tho coast of Franco, including tlio channel, mists occasionally appear which aro generally called "perfumed mists." Thoy come in tbo morning, especially during tho spring, and, etrangely enough, only when tho wind is in tho northcast. Sometimes they only last for a few minutes, at others thoy hang [\bout all day. Tlioy liavo a characteristic smell, similar bo that of a lime kiln. The origin of these mists is a mystery. In one district the inhabitants thought tho smell came from some liine kilns some miles to the northeast, and thoy may have been right; but that was not an explanation of the phenomenon, because tho smell from thor.c lime kilns could not, hevo been carriod by a northeast wind to all tho other places where tho mists were seen and tho smell uoticod. In one of these places tho northeast wind oomos from the sea, in another it comes from overland; tho smell does not, therefore, necessarily come from tho ground. During tho past few weeks the northeast wind has been very prevalent and the mists frequent. The best explanation given is that tho blustering northeast and east winds sweop up tho dust, gases and germs'of tho ground over which they pass nnd drivcChXhom toward tho sea. When this wiml lias continued for some time it contains such a.quantity of those things as to affect all our organs; that is the cause of tho complaints which appear when the east wind blows, nnd it il.A A . ~ C XI it it nil. y III! |>I1U ViHIHU Ul IIIUNU JJOI* fumed mists. "?Paris Petit Revue. Sixty Miles ol Locusts. Tlio African Steamship Company's iteainer Winnebah has had a most tinisual experience when steaming bcween the latitudes of Cope Verd and it. Liouis, Senegal. For sixty miles he vessel steamed through locusts, which were so thickly packed together on top of the water that they oinpletely covered the surface for niles around ; indeed, they appeared 0 he lying on the sea as far us the eye ould reach. The locusts had, 110 lonbt, been blown from the Morocco oast into the sea. They resembled gigantic grasshoppers, and one which Tiis Koenred was five inches ill length. )f course, all the locusts hod been lrowned, but those on board the tYinnchah *1 i?l not see any 011 the iving. Hints For lite Vain. "Here is something that you haw heard before, doubtless," said a stroll it, "but I am reminded of it again as 1 look in the showcases of the photographers along the public thoroughfares that it is even more important to wear fresh apparel when one is photographed than it is to wear clothes of the colors that take best, for the cimera reproduces with uncompromising lidelity every crease or fold that betokens age or wear."?New lurk S'in. For Severe, LinRerini; Coughs, Weak I.ungs, Blooding from Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, and Consumption, in its early Itages, l)r. Pierce's (t olden Medical Discovery is a sovereign remedy. It not only euros the cough but also builds up tho strength and flesh of those reduced i?elo\v ? healthy standard by " Wasting Diseases." Will not muko fat folks more corpulent. bronchitis for twenty could not work wlih5* ' out coughing so hard as IM to take all my strength V* jJt. c. ' away. 1 took five botiy* (H ties of Dr. I'ierce's ,RJ \ MI (loldcn Medical Discovvl jt' ,ir^' five you my jC* sJP word and honor that I^ean do any work that 'ranch'withoutcouah^ ing. Miave not taken iwn w.. Medical Discovery ' for in it. ? h.kt. n year. BRAINS10 E FRO F^ltOflRW IT COSTS IV f I I __ . ? NOTHING ft I! t?> the ?i<l)niniiifr f? .1 ? . . TCk TOW * W ** ? I CitfT^Ct fVDHWf f?> P KT < s'K of t? k " an - ^ M OGgt*mfss Tho * ** ^ ' % # , k ??????????? | l ake no5ui I Royal Bakii I It is Absoli B All others contain \ SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. It la believed that the fly c.an mako GOO strokes a socond with its wings. So rapsd is tho production of ship rivets that ono train of rolls feeds four machines, which turns oat sixtoon tons of rivets in three shifts of eight hours each. Owing to tho recent coal strike in England, tho Groat Eastern Railway is fitting up twenty-five locomotives with a liquid fuel apparatus to burn crudo oil or tar. Babies and young children dressed iu white aro thought by modical mon to l>e moro susceptible to colds and iufectiuus diseases thuu thoso clad in dark, warm colors. The idoa of an anciont tropical continent at the south polo uniting South America. Madagascar and Australia is arousing considerable interest and discussion in scientific circles. It has just boon ascertained that the working ot the electric xuilwu^ iuLoudon can positively bo felt as far away as the north of Norfolk, the motion being conveyed by the telegraph wires along the whole distance?about 120 miles. Machine-oil in Franco is supposed to be the finest purified olive oil. At Bclford tho other day a number of soldiers were made violently ill by using some of this "olive oil" on salad. it was lotmii to uo ft iuiuorfti ou, maao of potroloum. Clivrcnco King, tho well-known geologist, has computed tho age of tho earth, taking for his basis the effect, oh shown by careful experiments, of heat and prcssuro on certain rocks. Ho concludes from those data that tho world has existed as a planet 24,000,000 years. This will stand for a good enough guess until some one guesses better. The observatory method of determining timo is very simple in principle. Tho observer turns to his catalogue of Htars, and chooses one for his observation, tho cntalogno giving him the time (to the huudredth of a second) at which that star will be on his meridian ; iio thou turns to the telescope, and at tho instant the star orosses tho meridian records tho time indicated by the clock. Tho catalogue gives the true time of passage, find unless tho clock gives the same it is in error. Polygonum saklialicc is tho name of a forest plant from tho island of Sftkhalieu, Japan, of which llnttering accounts firo given by M. Doumct Adanson, who has cultivatod a few stools of it in France. He got it as an ornamental plant, and it is really very very handsome. It grows to be about six feot high in tlirco weeks; produces a considerable foilago of which cattlo aro fond; and yields a good second crop after tho first ontting. A section of root planted will produce a stool covering a square meter of surfaco. It takes care of itself. By the force ot a wave at Bishop's Rock lighthouse, tin* bell was torn from its fastenings, although situated 100 i'eet above high water mark. f WE OA.I8MOT i SPARE healthy flesh ? nature never burdens the body with too much sound flesh. Loss of flesh usually indicates poor assimilation. which causes the loss of the best that's in food, the fat-forming clement. Scott's Emulsion of pure cod liver oil with hypophosphites contains the very essence of all foods. In no other form can so much nutrition be taken and assimilated. 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The way in which blind horses can go about without gutting into mors diflicnlticH than they ordinarily do is very romarkable. Thoy rarely, if ever, hit their lieadH against a fence or atone wall. They will sidle off when thoy come near one. It appears from careful observations, that it is neither shade nor shelter which warns them of tho danger. Oa an absolutely sunless ami windless day their behavior is tho name. Their olfactory nerves doubtless become very sensitive, for, when driving them, they will poke their heads downward is search of water tifty yards before they come to a stream crossing the roadway. It cannot bo an abnormally developed sense of hearing which leads them to do this, for thev will net aliko though the water be a atagnaut pool. Men who have been blind for any great length of time develop somewhat similar instincts to blind horses. ? Chicago Herald. Complete List of His Disabllltes. A blind old English soldier soliciting alms at a church door, has a board hung round his neck with tko following notice: J1I.INP THROUGH AS ACCIDKST. Engagements 7 Wounds ......... 9 Children 6 Total..-....* 33 "German Syrup" V A. Judge J. IJ. Hill, of the Superior Court, Walker county, Georgia, thinks enough of German Syrup to send us voluntarily a strong letter endorsing it. When men of rank and education thus use and recommend an article, what they say is worth the attention of the public. It is above suspicion. " I have used your German Syrup," he says, "for my Coughs and Colds on the Throat and Lungs. I can recommend it for them as a first-class medicine,"? Take no substitute. Mis3 De,,a St0Tens? 11 of hoston, Mass., J; UIVBUIH writes: Ihaveal-i, ways suffered from hoicdiUry Scrofula, * < j for which i tried various remedies, and ' 11 many reliable physicians,but non?r?Ueved i V | me. 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Itg IM It la the heat coupli syrup. #*? ' IJ 'ki TTT.T W" WHB ;; VTY m 1^01 V for all wonirn | ^ | J %*Ati mrr not rwnuirwd *nf _ I nv of money with your ai - ?><* /\ 2 LI , m-n n iiin?|in>l?kf onU \ * i ( oinmitin' k s? ?i rn rep^^w*u" N in*lhHr"" ?.?> ! j I " l?? that Simply I vtli.l, CViriB-n n't" "ireful Mu'tv OI. in I ..Ih.-O it" nnswrrs o.|i.iml O^^Hfiad '/< I fitrifet 11 AI if your w "* only ftnrfiniiv oi'lil you will iinf win ;?dj r*prr^ai ? j??*t |*n?pr>rt?onof the full rrward / fo i iaii>k rf 1 Tlwn ?nir votir rumr nod ?ddn? I a nn?lrrno*th your ?no?m nod send < " "* "T i tii. in tn us // ?nu /n,i la mm aaa #?r paii'ra |.j tire thm of ftrt/tcl iihrrff to if dp \l JERSEY CITY, N.J. n^Bl ' J