Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ / / ( Mr. Thos. Scrit'ena, Hyde Park. Mass. DYSPEPSIA VANISHED Salt Rheum and Intolerable Itching Also Cured. Dear Sirs Three years ago I whs a great sufferer from dyspe|?sta,which the doctors told ine wiw of the very worst kind. 1 com me tired taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, and can say that , lifter taking two bottles my eumpluint quite vanished and I have not been troubled since with dyspepsia. 1 have not had any distress since taking Hood's Sarsapnrilln. I also had Hood's pS Cures m- ? ' >*"' oiltrheum" on one limb, with intolerable itching. Since takiti; IIimmI's Sursup.irilla my blood has been purified and I am quite well. 1 praise, the m.vlieino at every opportunity." TuoM VsScuivknh. Hyde Park, Massachusetts. mil's I'llls .'iir ill 1 i ,'r ill <. It I ousu*? s, Jauuri. > it . . . i .,. .... I . 1 Hon Indians liaise 11 a r. Just when t!io mutilation oC tho dead by tearing tho skin fro 11 th 5 head began will never bo ku >\vn, for the origin is lost in the mist of ages, the record extending back beyond even tho mythical period of man's existence. In the Book of Maccabees it is recorded that at tho termination of oh? of tho battles of which that bloody history is so full, tho victorious soldiers tore the skiu from tho ? lieodsof their vanquished foes. This xvonld be evidence that the custom of F scalp-taking was one of the indulgences even of those people of whom wo have record in the Bible. Be that as it may, it is an established fact that the custom is a universal oue, so far as savage man is concerned. Whether ethnologists can build a theory of a common origin of man from this or not. or whether this can lie taken ?? evidence thai tho Indians are the descendants of tho lost Israelite tribes because of their habit of securing momentoes of hair from their fallen enemies, is something time alone can develop. Bo that as it may, it is a fact that all Indian tribes, to a certain extent, scalp their enemies who have fallen in battle. Some writers on the subjt of Indtau habits an I customs deny this, but I believe that no tribe is absolutely free from tho taint of having takcu the scalp.--Bitts'mr.g Dispatch. If?? """" imgiuiou iinreau. T'no Department of Agriculture 1ms establishe I a hr.tiH'l) known us irrigation inquiry for t in* purpose of collecting data ol" the system of irrigation nnJ liiannei* of raising fruit and grain, in the hop,* tha tii.s information thus gained from th * practical irrigationist iind agriculturist will thro igh tlui reports of the Department of Agriculture bo of great us , not only t > those eagagod in t!i practical cultivation of the soil by such mean . but will ho a guide to tho inteii ling immigrant and a source of useful inform itiou to Congress, thereby aiding that h i Iv to in telligentlv legislate l??r tlu: good of the settlers upon the arid lauds of th?? United States. ? Now \*<>rh World. SrouKN f.'n ? m r< <?: Wkatiikii enusr Throat Bei-aav. I lu re 110 more effectual rcil>"d\ for < ni..le. ( nlils etc.. than "ihiiii ii'.< '11 'hi'." Soli' in /> '.re*. I'rlci1 !!5 rent". I'he United Stntofi contains xi# mecrtosl colleges. Mitloh'i Cute 'tssohl on a can ran tea. It cures Incipient Con ?'" sumption; it is the Bust Cough C'uro; iac-.Mc., $1 1 German* has Klvon out that un<Ier no olr- 1 cumstanees will German rights in Samoa bo given up. .1. ('. Simpson. Marquess, iV. Va., nays: ] *' Hall's Catarrh ('ore cured ine of a very had 1 rase of catarrh." DrujcKists sell it, 75c. ^ I In the f.os Angeles section of tho#Oall- ' iroriila Midwinter Fair there is an aroh built 1 J of 15.000 nniiurau KNOWLEDGE j Bring* comfort and improvement and , lend* to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many who live hotter than others and onjoy life more, with less expenditure, l>y mere promptly adapting the world's boa* products to 1 the needs of physical being, will attest ^ the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the ' remedy, Syrup of Figs, Ito estcilcuce la due to its presenting 1 In the form moat acceptable and ploA?- ? ant to the taste, tho refreshing and truly I beneficial properties of a perfect lax- I tive; effectually cleansing the system, | dispelling colds, headaches and fever* j ana permanently curing constipation. , It has given satisfaction to millions and mot ?.? !?K Mia nnn-stfiT /if (tin roa/Ma.l I orofenaion, because it Acts on the Kidneys, Liver and bowel* without weak- ' ening them ar.d it is perfectly frco from every objectionable auhstance. 1 Syrup of Fi??s is for sal* by all drug- 1 ?ist* in 50c and $1 bottlps, but it is man- 1 ufactured by tho California Fig Syrup 1 CJo. only, whose name is printed on every 1 package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, ) and la;iug w:-ll informed, vou will not i accept any substitute if otfered. ALONE. Alone when tho day la dawning. A'ouo when tho nlghi uewa rail | Under the veil at tho bridal. Under tho gloom at the pall* Dohind Impenetrable barriers To work out Its life t>f dole, From its llrat faint ery till the hour to dlo la the doom oi each mortal soul."' Find tender thought of tho mother Who brirgs us forth in pain, As she looks in the eVes of her offspring fomo clew 10 its soul to gain, "OJ what is my baby thinking, With that gaao intent and \viso? \ Hut ever ramaius tho mystery, And never a voice replies, Alono is tho ehild in his sorrow <m r mo uroKPO toy ; Alone is lilt- stricken lover, Mourning a vanished Joy ; Alone is t he bride at I be altar, Alone the bridegroom stands, With his hidden life between thom, That?and their plighted ban Is. Alone lies the wife, with the cankeO Of blighted hope in her heart ,' Alone is the hus'>and dreaming. Of balked ambition's smart, And so from the birth to the burial, From the tlrst to the latest breath | In crow lr I streets, on lonely steeps, Tile so il *jo.'3 alone till death. ?Host on Transcript. THE MAN WITH A MINE. JCY S. JBSSK BLOCK. iT una 1 o'clock !l the morning. Th big hotel was com pletely deserted Behind the desk the night clerk having satisfnetor ily adjusted him nelf to fit a com for'able arm-chair liis feet convenient ' ly propped upon i _ ' sinnll table, itm anted by the ltgh of a single inean descent lamp, was eagerly devourinj the contents of n spicy novel. T\v< colored porters lay stretched upon tin benches, sound asleep. The handsonn corridor was empty, and as iny lieav; heels struck the stone flooring tin vacant halls brought back n short Weird echo. The clerk looked up from his bool and nodded pleasantly as I pnssei through into the street nnd rain Without, the heavy downpour ha? transformed the broad, asphalted ave lines of the Capital City into miniatun rills. It was late in autumn, and tin thick darkness of that unearthly hour together with the fearful storm, al lowed even the cabbies and hnekmei to cease their lonely vigil for a chanc< fare, and seek shelter. One solitary cab, which I ' ad taker the precaution to order the evening previous, stood by the euro. I hut toned my mackintosh closely about iny throat, and admonishing the cab man to drive with nil possible haste ? for I had to leave on that evrly train, nnd there was only twenty short minutes to spare?was about to enter the cab. One foot was already inside, when ] heard someone running, and the next instant felt a hard hand clutch mv wrist. i turned quickly anil faeeiltbi intruder. "One moment," ho managed toejacu late between his gasps for breath,"! am just chasing to the depot to catch the early train for New York. Accidentally overheard you instruct the drive. I'm all out of breath and nearly exhausted. To miss that train would delay some hours?cause great loss ? financially. Won't you let me share your cab with you?" It was a very impertinent request for an utter stranger to make. There was not time to think, and though 1 did not fancy strangers, and dislike to be intra led upon, yet it was Much a plain, outspoken request, and such an honest lace confronted mine, that I { .mothered my prejudices and muttered "jump in." During the nasty, damp ride to the railway station, neithei of us said a vvor I. Sever.tl times my companion pressed his head against the wet glass window an 1 peere I into the darkness. Once he took out a small silver watch, but it was too dark to see the time. As we neared the depot, tie again Dpeued his watch, this time striking a match to see. "Half a minute yet," lie whispered, anxiously ; "we'll just, make it." As the eal? stopped, ho hurriedly opened the door, snutehed us valise?each of us eirried a small tntchel? and with a short "hurry," ran into the depot, I following el oho it his heels. Without pausing to glance 011 either tide he qiiieklv reached the entrance : ) the platform. 'L'hen, increasing his reloeity and brushing the gatoinau, ivlio was on the jioint of elosing, rudey aside, we rushed pell-mell through lie gates. I, being in the rear, just, arely managed to board the last car is the train pulled out of the shed, 'ougratulating inysell upon not havtig missed the train, 1 looked back. ?ru entering the coach, at, tho eceding depot. Two n?on, ap nrently lal -, were running down ,he platform as fast as their legs ould carry them, yelling "Stop! Stop! Hut the speed of the engine ncreased, an 1 we rapidly passed out >. view. ".Missed, bv Jingo!" I hear 1 at my dbow, and turning saw my partner m t lie cab st retching his neck to watch he late-comers. He laughed, and .lapped me familiarly on the shoulder, Well, old man, we caught her. Ia-t's sit down." l i.i j .. i: i . : .n..i iiim uncon vein lonni similarity, an I felt somewhat disin '.:in I to continue the acquaintance; but a lou r, tiresome journey was before us, through a country so well known to ine as to be divnid of any interest, an 1 being an exceedingly [) >>; traveler, I silently acquiesced. (inceconifortably seated, and divest' d of our wet outer garments I heaved s"r)i of r.?liet, ism ! |>1*? ? ceded to investigate, for the first time, my sdfr.vited companion. He was a man of medium build, with 110 t>artienlarlv ioirecalde ?eat?ires save a pair of penelating, steel-gray eyes, which, even r >:n their deep sockets, seemed to >n r.v me through and through, and jold ine with a power almost hypnotic. A broad-brimmed slouch hat. Jerked down aimost to the eyes, eoncoaled n high, intellectual forehead; Now ami then a gray h-?i* ftpji&ATeu in the oloselycut bifowh mustache, which ndofrtiVl his upper lip ; on his head, too, an occasional streak of gray combined with the brown, His nervous anxiety iu tho cab had tuttirely vanlshid. Ho thrilst Who hand carelessly into bis trouscr's pocket, and After a big yawn settled back in his seat. Tho bwagger, unconcerned ? air impressed ine with the idea that ho was a character, but fotf Irtbk bf A the mo I failed to Opoil Mid bOnirersatiout PtefeCtally hd again looked nk his I Iratcb, anil as ho replace*! Hint muchbothcred timo*piec? in bin vert pocket ro.y attention was attracted to u very peculiar watch-chain. A skein of silk joined a series of peculiar white links. He noticed my curiosity, an I nniile I patronizingly. "Never maw the like befofC, clifliO Maid; "strange thing to carry about, but ( killed it myself, you see." ''Killed it yourself!" I echoed, eyeing him with respectful curiosity; "you killed what? What is it?" "Nothing," ho laughed, evidently amused at my surprised look. "l'lio thing tried to bite, so I ended it? f earthly careor, as tbey say. It's the 1 backbone of a rattlesnake." ! With an exclaniatiou ?>f wonder, 1 ' loano I over ai?d scrutinized the curio ] closely. Ho seemed to enjoy my suddou display of interest, for giving me 1 tho chain in my own hands to examine, he accurately described how lit had mounted the vertebrje, and made t ot tiiem such a unique chain. "I killed thin fellow in the mountains," ho explained. "Battlesnakes are very plentiful out where I'm from. They're dangerous vermin, too." ' "Von are a Westerner?" I venter 3d to question. "That's where you're right," ho answered, his bright eyes glistening, "and proud of it. Direct from Wash itigtou State. First time I'vo ever i been east of Missouri in my life. Traveled pretty far though. Been l from l'anama to Hudson Bay; from 'Frisco to St. Louis; ami, if I live . next summer, I'll take in Europe and c Africa." i I looked at him. "And now?" i "Now," ho answered in a lower I tone, drawing closer and glancing i seriously around the ear, which con, tained but a few other passengers, "now I'm 011 my way to that muchf valked-of city of New York, 011 a little 1 matter of business, and incidentally . to see the sights." "Ah ! I am returning to New York, my home, nfter an extended business : trip, and auxious to get th??r.?f too. i 11 was a desire to reach homo that , hauled me out of lied so early this morning. Otherwise it would have had to be some very important busi uess, indeed." "Stranger," lie said, sitting tip sud1 deuly and looking me full in the face, "you're a right smart chap. My busi? ness in V.?w Vnrl- iu w.ii-v - " 'r"",ui' I'm going there to se'l an interest in a gold-mine." "vlahi-mine 1" I exclaimed, sitting l?a k so abruptly that my head eamo in inther unpleasant contact with the edge of the seat. "A gold mine, did you say?" I "Why, yes," he replied, paying no : attention to my mishap. "I was prospecting some mouths ago up in the mountains and rau across n rich vein. We?my partner and I ? can't raise enough ready money to i work it without its existence becoming known, so I'm now on my way to New York to sell a one-fifth interest for cash?spot cash?" "How much do you need?" "Fifty thousand dollars ! That's the figure. No cheeks, no drafts, no mou* key business; cash?cash in hand, nothing else will do." He brought his palms together with a whack. "We've got to follow up that vein quick, and must have the cash money. Pretty snug pile, but it's dirt cheap; mine is worth half a million, dead sure." I was at a loss to speak. 1 did not know what (<t think I mni-ol?r ] lit him, idiotically perhaps, lmt slowly j crossed my knees and said nothing. J Being ?. peaceful man, I abhor a <juarrel or disturbance, and having thus unconsciously come upon a specimen of the blunt type of Western manliness, I hesitated what to say, lest by expressing a doubt, however slight, mv words might give offence. A gold mine! And owned by such an ordinary looking individual! It was too stupendous to credit. With the same perceptive keenness that had previously displayed he shrewdly surmised my thoughts, lie nicked up his valise, and before I could understand his intentions took therefrom a small bag, carefully tied at the top with a strong thread. "Yen see," he said, opening the pouch and dropping a few small pieces I of bright yellow gold into my hand, | "here are some samples 1 carry with me for inspection." "Those tiny bits?" i ".Stranger," half contemptuously, i "those tiny bits you have are worth just a dollar Apiece, and this littlohaz < Ik>1<1k ul>ont three hundred dollars' i worth more, including dust." Gold I Gold I I rolled the shiny I metallic splints about my palm, loatli < to return them. What new misery would these puny chips bring to i I sovctous, envious world ! "iieeptwo i or three of them," he said, "I h ue plenty left." I "Thank you," I repliol heartily, I selecting several pieces, "you are to., , liberal." I "Bah! that's nothing. More wlier those earn" from. That satchel hold | some two thousand dollarsiu dust an . .| nuggets." I "Whew! I ejaculated. ".My denrfcl- ( low, are you not too careless? You are , m utter stranger, unacquainted and unknown, journeying to a plae like New York, w here murder nnd crime tliriv. r is well us riches. What could you ?|. t or how defend yourself should soim t desperate character* discover youj ( secret nnd nesul you openly or by bunco?" t "Bunco, bev ? ? think not. Si ranger, vour dead wrong/' lie eye I im I squarely. "I'm u Westerner, mid it ; mini who has live 1 hi Washingtoi ? State nnd fought road agents donk li feur your Kasteru sc.imps or bunco fellows. See this forty-four? I'll mini who fools with I bin Tiller -which is me would t .ist i* t hut, mid I'll promise it would b the last thin;; he'd i ever taste. Wo men of Washington lo V ====?== State are used to thd'mell t?f dAtlger; ^ ond wo doil t rud when she com*" up, uiilier. If I'm bothered, you bet I'd g let her fly just aij quick in New York City as in my qfirn mountains." 1 subsided*' Moreover, I shuttefedi and c*perl#>rteod lid little relief whcii lid flhAlljr^roplaccd the pistol in his hip pockat. I am a timid man, and the sight of that revolver, handled so recklessly near my herJ^'jent a shivei1 Creeping dowrt my*i>Aek. I twisted nervously ill my seat, and frdrrt thti bottonl Of my heart wished the trip w was Over. Presently he tesiimoit hiH T eulogistic description of Washington p BIaIo-, Vi#t though intensely interested, n except for a few feeble "ohsl" and p "ahs!" I interposed no interruptions. 1? Great State, Washington, sir. is Coming country. No place like it aily1 b where. We're tiew yet, lult We'll be n right oil top in il few years. Pruii h twice the sizeof yours 1 climatesitpero. Don't know what it is to have a cold, li its you call it. Swift justice, though; ? nmn must he honest or pay the penalty, s Our nmstaugs climb the lulls almost L as easily as the mountain sheep. Sport I t Why those sheep arc the finest hunt* li ing in the worhl. Man, sir, I went to h Washington sixteen years ago with n four dollars in my pocket. It Cost t: mo two to rest my bnn?s that night on the hard wooden floor of a cabin near racoma, and now?well, prospecting c [tays, sometimes!" ? Ho had grown very talkative, and ? ran over the various distinctions of 11 his State with a volubility I littlo ox- h pcctcd. Though nnv?i/ interested. I ' could not jdislodgo/the* idea?nor tho 1' proximity?of that miniatnro cannon, 1: and miulo hut a poor listener, ? Of a sudden the train stopped. It v was a small station near Baltimore. In tho distance, by the early dawn's c light, the outlines of tho city could ^ be readily distinguished. 1 I The conductor entered the Coach > and explained that, owing to an ncci- e dent to tho engine, we should bo de- v layed a short while. Delighted to n obtain an excuse to absent myself, ? even temporarily, I hastened outside v with others to examine and comment } upon the damage. It proved to bo very slight, and in ten minutes the a train was lireiinrol to nrooeed. t As the iron liorso resumed his labors c I returned leisurely to my sent. What c whs my surprise to find my Western c fellow-trnveicr lmd disappeared. i lm<l 1 walked through the train, but had not * seen him. Ho had vanished com* ^ pletely. At once I assumed he had been accidentally left, and a thousand ,j ideas ran through my head what to do ^ with his precious satchel. Lest it ^ should stray J stooped to secure it. when 1 found ihat it, to<?, was gone. Certainly he had been wise enou *li not " to overlook such a valuable bag. ^ There wan notliin* I could do; so, 1 making myself comfortable, I secretly * rejoiced that 1 had been separated 11 from that awful weapon. For the first c time since we started I was at ease. " As the train pulled into the depot 11 at Baltimore, several men leaped ^ aboard. Two of them entered the car, jj and the foremost, hastily surveying its few occupants, walked briskly to {' where I sat, "You're here, are von?" lie said. ironically. "Well, come along. The j game's up." "What's up?" I asked, at a loss to comprehend his meaning; "1 don't t understand you, sir." "You don't, eli," threateningly ; v "where is the other fellow? There r were two of you." I looked at him blankly. "Come, come," ho snarled, ^ "there's no time for nonsense. Where is your pal? We want him, too." "My pal 2" I ijuestioncd, angrily, incensed at his manner. "What do ? you mean, anyhow?" ? "See here," he cried, showing a t police badge and grasping me roughly i by tin* shoulder, "whore's the other fellow? lie was with yon ! You both s jumped tlio train together!" 1 I'ctween the coarse handling, I man- | aged to explain what ha I become of | my companion. I vigorously pro- c tested ignorance of any wrong-doing, n and delimit led to know why I was ar- { rested. The detectives?for such they were -simply smiled sarcastically, and c despite all my objections and asser- a turns 01 innocence, hustle l mo out of ' the car, through the depot, an I into ft [i carriage standing outside. w I whs iuimedifttely taken to a nearby s police station, and there subjected to t fresh indignities; questioned, cross- e questioned, re-questioned by the officer* 111 charge, not withstanding my n indignant opposition. n In answer to my persistent demand I to be told the cause of my detention, ? a telegram was thrust into my hand. g Therefrom 1 gleaned the astounding 11 intelligence that a national bank of Washington had been entered by burg-' Kl lars late the night previous, the watchman overpowered, gagged, an I the ? gold vault alone despoiled, (told ! c The word rang in my ears ? stolen ! H Ah, dunce that 1 was; fool, doll ! I ' saw it all now. Stunned by the aecii* ^ -sution, imd by t!?*> supremo audacity n iv it It which 1 lift (I been ho adroitly duped, I tour fully essayed to explain h iuv connection with tint icotiiidrol. n I narrated the circumstances ii? o their entirety. When I tnhl of the <> iil? episode, they smiled; when I a poke of his Western yarns, they ii laughed; when I mentioned gold- ti nine, they fairly roared. Then, notwithstanding 111 y vehement objections, ^ I was subject si to a thorough search. v it wa- then the bits of g >hl came to j| igid, to corroborate iny statements m _ o condemn. Here was a ray of hop?. Instantly telegraphe I to the hotel proprietor it Washington, for, besides Icing well iiiown, he was a personal frtohd. He a nine at once, bringing with hini the t lerk, the porter who had awakened 1< and the cabman. My statements I rci;o substantiated, and after a deal ol 11 od tape I was literate I, h iving s is- b aiued the loss of an entire day an 1 tl lie inconvenience of a tempcrary w irisoner's eel I. e Th culprit was never capture 1, an 1 h h" Olllv portion of th :.t >l">n g d i i. ver returned to the bank were th > hrce small chips which had be.vi iven me by my chance n spivintauca ,s a remembrance, au I a sample of v lis gold mine! ? Home an 1 Country. j TVnclier "Xow, in pnrftiiiK thin won* \ in'r, J'lio poem \v>?n !? up, * whnt ilo n on <l<? with poem V' Johnnie -"Put n in tliu wiitfte litfiKcl. "?Ckll ajjo Ucv* o rd. i V lKKIUA'8 UlAMU.Nl) KhNli. KORXOU8 FORTUNE GATHERED INTHBSIHBBSLET DISTRICT. t. t; Darnntd, Whoso Wealth Will Soon Kcllpso That of Any Mill lonnlro Known In This Country. T~ / ING of Diamonds! Ho livet \yC irl faf-away South Africa. | X.- His name is It. I; Barnrtto, ftnd hd is Said td bo th? 'enlthicst diamond minor in the world, 'ho story of his career rends liko 11 n^e from tho "Arabian Nights." Bar ato went to Cape Town iu 187:1, com I nrativoly a i>oor man. Three yean iter lie bought the tirst claim in what i now the flourishing towit of Kinl erieyi Ihd Center of the diamond lining inditstry in Africa. The price o paid for it wan inconsiderable. In 1881 he owned four claims, which .o tloated into a company for about 100,000 a claim. He wan tiow on i> ound financial basis. Ill 188-t hi anight another tract of land, paying ho highest price ever given in Kim icrley. But lie made from that specu itiou alone $100,000, With the money iow at his command he began opera ions in diamond mining stocks. Ilia system was to amalgamate dif erent mines and thereby centralize apital. At the present time he repreonts one-half of the diamond export' if the Kimberley mines. One Can est: unto from Mr. Baruato'sholdings what lis income must be. Diamonds weightig 38,000,000 karats, or seven and p ialf tons, have been found at Kim icrley since he purchased his first lniin. Itl the rough their aggregate nine is $250,000,000. It is only a question of time and the ont-inunnee of the diamond yield when ilr. Baruato will eclipse in Wealth tin ndiail Maharajah and the big mil! onnirei of America. Yet the bulli >f his wealth has been accumulnted rithin the past ten years. As dia nonds are small and em easily In muggled out of the mines by the mrkmnn. it. is fmin.l nneossnrv t i ceep the strictest watch upon them. Most of tlio miners in South Africa >ro natives. They are divided int* wo classes. One class devotes its ntiro time to spying upon the other dass. These detectives are usually ihosen from the Zulus, who make, by oug odds, the best officers of any lative tribe. They are keen sighted, puck wit-tod aud attentive, regular in heir habits, and simple in their rants. The Kaffirs are the workmen, [ffiese men are passed in squads hrough the various departments of he senrching house. Tho searching house is arranged iceordiug to this plan: The mine;', >n going to work, takes oft' his clothing n the lirst apartment. He passes into he second nude and in tho third putin the regulation working garb of the onipany. On coming out of the nino this order is reversed. Tho iiiiicrs are searched at midday when hoy come in for their meals, as well .s in the morning and evening. There ro always trustworthy inspectors ireseut to see that everything is iroperly conducted. Notwithstanding these precautions , great ileal of thieving goes on. It s a problem to the companies how to movent thefts on the part of tho cm?loyos. To encourage the zeal of tht llicers a reward of twenty-live per ent. 011 the value of the stolen gems ras oft'ered to liiin who succeeded in ecovoring thorn. Tho "compound," or barracks, of ho workmen is inclosod l?v four high rails, and comprises a spacious dornitory, recreation sheds, a hospital md a goneral store. Tlie utmost retard is paid to sanitary regulations, oid nothing has been left undone in his respect, no matter how costly it night have been. The store for supplies is bountifully uppliod with goods bought front the oeat merchants, and the miners can uirchase whatever they want upon resenting coupons issued by the lerk of tho mining company. Tho .verago cost of living in the "00111 ouud" is about live shillings a day. The natives know tho value of the oupons issued to them thoroughly) nU aro economical and saving. Tho 'compound" is inspected daily by a hysician, so that the health of those rho work in the mines may bo preerved. Consequently most of the nuivn ntinuvu U ro KnoUhv nti.l 1 f v iuiiiuio nt v 1? .?1VUJ (ii1vi jUJ ll'llir ontente.l. it is different! however, with the hite miners. As a rule they will ot consent to enter a "compound." 'hev prefer to live in houses by tliomelves, although the expcnso is much reater. Attache I to one of th* lines there are about sixty of these wollings, forming tlireo sides of a rpiare, with an open space in the eoncr. Those buildings wore eroeted at ho expense of the company and are onifortubly arranged. Wood, water, :?d medical attoudauee are supplied ree. The rent, however, including fixo?, is twenty-live shillings, or $<>.2"? wt*ek. Intelligent white labor receives a igher compensation than is given the ttivn workman, an I, therefore, no ompiaints aro ho?r.l. All this lias ceurrod within Mr. Barnato's time, U'l lie has been an important factor ri evolving the system. JTe has inrotlueed into Sontb Africa a system f employing the natives in reinnner.v ive work that might h > studied to a Iantage l?y those who are straining lieir minds over the Indian <piestion. -St. Louis Hepublie. The Voices ol Nations, Tlie Tartars aro supposod to have, as nation, the most powerful voices in he world. The Germans possess the >west voices of any civilized people, 'lie voices of both Japanese and Chiese are of a very low order and feele compass, and are probably weaker linn nnv 'P-.l. ...... i.t.j wiLCV* I1IMKMI, I Hl\ril HS IV hole, European* Imve ntronger, Ion rev and better voice* than the mabitaiits of the other continent*.? I'.n ion Lancet. Ktllel by a (hist ol Wnrl. Harold Sloping, fourteen months, ran being carried by Mrs. .lolls. No. 7 C'ronfield villas, West Norwood, who ad charge of it, over Aucklnn 1 Hill, ir'est Norwood, when a sudden list of ind took the infant's brentii away, leforc it could recover itself it In nine black in the face and expired.? Ifafitwijaster (England) Uuzctto. ._jhhhhh r i i| You want !> !> Royal Raking Powde {? never makes sour, soj J | never spoils good mat <| lumps of alkali in the b d all these things do h; i of cooks who cling t a methods, or who use ot # Ii you want the b # Baking Powder i f MOYAL HAHlNC POV/DEA CO., professional Molh Hunter. "Dr. Aldricks, of Kentucky, who is on enthusiastic entomologist, was at tlio fjafnyetto yesterday. When asked foi fcomo information ou the subject ho has ( made a specialty, ho said : "To study the habits of the moth family you mu.it live and grow up with thorn. The fin- i est varieties fly by night, and it is i with some difficulty that they aro captured. The usual way is to go out i w ith a hand netand a pot of stalo beer, sweetened with a quantity of molnssca or sugar. A dash of this mixtuie on the hark of the tree, whose leaves th* moths feed upon, is tlio bait which lures them to death. "As soon as they light tlio net is sprung over them, and later on they are asphyxiated hy being dropped in an etherized jar, after which they aro carefully mounted and labelc 1. I have a house built especially for their propagation and filled with leaven of their favorite tree. With the cater- i . in..-. i: l .? ii. ^ i 1 _ ri. I'll HI In till n ll'l" III 1 IIU ri^lll Him ICIli | . of mo I spend many ? night watching : their IuiIhIsi from a rude cot in ouo i corner of the building. It is quite n , l profitable business, bosiilos being unusually instructive. Some of the largest varieties are the size of a humming bird, and the rarest kinds, when properly mounted, easily bring $"25. The Smithsonian Institution id Yt'ashington, I). C., before the fire of several years eg", had aac of the finest entomological collections in the world."? Philadelphia Press, A Surgical Font, Tlio advance of surgery can furnish few more singular illustrations than is supplied by an operation in one of tho London hospitals, whereby the breast of a blackbird was fastened to a woman's face as a substitute for her nose which had been ro damaged that it had to bo removed. The woman, who had been a house-maid in a hotel, had been struck in tho face by a descending lift, which caused tho injury that led to the operation. First of all, the doctors endeavored to patch up the damaged organ, and alio was attended to in this way as an out patient, but a cure was not effected, and the nose in its patched condition was of no use. The doctors resolved to try an experiment of giving her a new one, and accordingly a blackbird was killed, and before its bodv was cold its breast bono was applied to tho woman's faoo ami what remained of tho skin of tho old organ was drawn over it. Tho operation proved perfectly successfnl.?Loudon Tit-Bits. The Frigate Though the petrel is swift, the frigate bird is far swifter. Seamen generally believe that the frigate bird can start at daybreak with tho trade w.nds from the coast of Afrioa and roost the same night upon the American shore. Whether this is a fact ha? not yet been conclusively determined ; but it is certain that this bird is tin) swiftest of winged creatures, and is able to fl v, under favorable conditions, -i) > miles an hour.?Atlanta C'oustitu- 1 lion. THE SCHOOL BOY ? is often a sufTerer | dfC, a from headache. The seatot 6icK uooaaone is A % no* 'n *'10 ^rain, 'or " r\ X ^yFi .* >& >011 rc^nlato (be Btoraach and bowels you'll brain-work and brnio^ brings on a rush -^J'> of blood to tbo brad with headache, dizziness #r " uoso blood." MiSfl ItKRTnA Woi.FB, of Dautnn, (vltaraugut CV>? iV. Y.. writes: "I J\SJ?^P?jy!ig\ Buffered from loss 01 appetite, constipation. ^ " ) hcuralRln, and (treat Iw . weakness, nnd bad ter- III "7^*" (\^ rible attacks of sick P*^ *V* yw bendae tin very fre- 14 \ quontlv; also none \7 * ?' bleed, My health was \ / so poor that I was ^>JL J not nblo to jro to school j\v ^ A {or two years. I took ? )r. Pieree'fl Pleasant * ?z> Pullets and 'Golden w,,. Medieni Dlseotcry,' and Miss wolfs. In a short tlmo I wan strong and well. Many friends nre taking your medicines, seeing what they bavo doue for uio." j Sell on Sigi 1LOVELL DIAM 0 III(;h Orade I11 E\ } LATEST IMPROVEMENT] A ?f*c stake oiiv bUHtnt'HH rcputati f i & no better wheel matte I it the t eorl 1 ^^C^ITS \ . S- mi-Hacfr9 H7. 2.1 f'>*. f WAKKANTKI) IN KVKftV HE4PEC1 A Wo li.ivoa few 1k?\V ami girls' bicycle* \v1 T each. Former price, $35.00. First come, A Semi ten cents In Mitini?? or money for V lnuun ol' Iticvelcs, I iiinn, KiIIch, Revolvers, S A dretls of ot lii'r articles. V Willi this catalogue any one can sit in tl A tlioy want. We guarantee it worth ten tlm T cost oi inaili.iK. 5 JOHN P.IOVELURMS . the Best r never disappoints; # ' Tgy, or husky food; j> erials; never leaves J [ *, Jj iscuit or cake; while <[ 1r \ appen with the best Of ^ 0 the old-fashioned p 1 i ^ ncr uiiKiiiLj powucrs, 4 est food, ROYAL J is indispensable. 5 1C? WAll 6T., NEW-YORK. ^ llow Marbles Are Made. Most of tho stoac m ivblos mod by boys are made in Oer.umy. Tho refuse only of tho marblo an I agate quarries is employe I an I this is I rented in such a way that there is practically no waste. Men and boys < are employe I to breV; tho refuse atouo iuto small cubes, an I with their hammers thoy ue piire a marvelous dexterity. Tho little cubes are then thrown into a mill consisting of a grooved bed-stono an 1 a revolving rnnncr. Water is fed to tho mill and tho runner is rapidly revolved, while the friction does the rest. In half an hour the mill is stopped aud a bushel or so of perfectly rouude l marbles t-uken out. Tho whole process costs tho merest trifle. ? Philadelphia Kecord. Chance for a Ilarzain. Half n score of tho finest and oluent I pstntes in Kuglaiicl aro for sulo. The 1 Farl of Westmoreland's 9000-acre home in Northamptonshire may ho sold at miction, although prices have fallen fifty per e mf. in the last few yv*ra.-? Detroit Free Tress. <^g^^frtew^ A remedy which. :f iincti i>y wives )> ft about tooxperlence \ V'Viofv j'I "iC rninlul ordeal 1 fvKJW attendant upon 1 / f aT Child-birth, proves I II kiit r,n rped- r \ ?* f'? for.andobrlatee t he tortures of con7 i r^KVn/yi^ \!l flnomciit, lostenlne II \ y\yy'~yr/ the dangers thereof I M I v\ " /.'/ to both mother nn<l il A R VCiY^ child 1 old by all I H 11 h-'v druggists. Rentby \ L\ 1\ Jpt*m__ L \ expross on receipt of price, 91.61 per / Jl bottle,charges proy/ pr.ld. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. 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