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tumorous gfjjartmeut. I A NEAT BIT OF FLATTERY. He appeared suddenly at the door of a fashionable boarding house the other day, o wearing a bland smile and a seersucker f( suit. ii The ladies were all grouped on the ve- ei randa in breakfast costumes. ei "Ladies," he said, doffing his hat, "a a> gentleman who boards here asked me to fi bring this basket of lilies and present it ir with his compliments to the prettiest lady si here." a ? ' ^ ~ An/1 iKnn A / 'mere was a moment a pause auu UlCU a | v\ maiden who had seen many summers a asked sharply: b "Well, why don't you present it?" e: The man made a deprecatory bow. o "How can I, miss? He forgot to give si me any address, and I couldn't pick out ft one from so many." a] "What did he look like?" asked all the d ladies at once. a "Very distwangey, with a light mus- n tache, or, lemme see, was it dark ? I kind ti of disremember tne color. But that's h what he said?the prettiest lady." d "Could it have been Mr. ? Do you n suppose he ordered them for that horrid Miss" tl "More likely for the Widow" n "It must have been Capt." "I hate to take them back," said the tl man reflectively. "If the lady he meant o will pick herself out, I'll give her the a lilies,'' and he twirled one fragrant bud ti in his hand. 1e "I suppose you couldn't sell us any of u them," murmured a sweet old thing who \\ knew she was the 'one' meant. a "I could sell to you altogether, but not ri to one; that wouldn't be fair. You see a the gentleman will know I couldn't afford tl to lose the sale of 'em. Six for five cents, r ladies. If I can't find the right one 'tain't i< my fault, an' I never see s'many pretty a ladies afore in my life." b "I'll take a bunch !" o "And I." h THfe basket was soon emptied. At din- a ner ?very lady wore a lily in her hand or n at her belt, and Mr. and Capt. 1< were smiled upon by turns by the whole o . posse of female boarders to their great surprise. v "Good heavens! what have we done to u deserve it?" asked the gentlemen of each p other, as they were thanked for their v good intentions. A The ladies do not know yet that they ti were the victims of a commercial ruse on e the part of the lily vender.?Detroit Free s Press. ti I Her Faith was Solid.?The train g side-tracked between Verbena and Mont- o gomery for another to pass, and some one ii got off and went over to where an old ne- if gro woman was fishing in a mud hole. It ii was that, and no more or less. In building g the railroad a lot of dirt had been removed, o and the recent rains had filled it with 1< brick-colored water. Everybody laughed c ' at the idea of her fishing in that spot, and a the Colonel approached ner and said: I "What are you fishing for, auntie ?" b "Fur fish, sah," she replied as she gave r the pole a jerk. ii "Hut you don't expect to find fish in p there, do you?" f< "Doan' I! 'Deed, but I does! Doan' b de Lawd say dar, shall be fish in de waters ii an' birds in de air, an' d'ye 'spose Ize a gwine back cn de Lawd at de age of 67?" e "But have you caught any ?" t "No, sah." e "Have you had a bite?" "No, sah, but is I gwine to lay dat up t agin de Lawd ? No, sah ! He says dar ii shall be fish, an' if Ize sich a fule dat I i can't coteh em' dat's my own fault. Git s away, white man, till I see what's a crawl- t in' at de hook !"?Detroit Free Press. v t A Straight Bribe.?"Boy are you ac- l! quainted around here?" he asked of a lad e on Michigan avenue. . ' "Yes, sir." v "I want to find the Civilized Cornice E works." E "Never hear of 'em." ? "But its an old concern, and I was told ' to come to this corner. There's a big sign c on the roof." F rv.rnino \ "Un, ,>'UU llitntll UMvauiwu vvi W > works. It's right around that corner." "Bub, did I say civilized ?" "Yes, sir." "And the proper word is galvanized ?" "That's it." a "Here?come here. Here's a dime for 11 you, and you just keep mum about what r has passed. I'm going to run for super- r visor this fall on the strength of being a self made man, who got his education by ' the light of a corn cob candle, and I don't u want the infernal opposition to get hold c of the fact that the candle went out on me * too soon.''?Detroit Free Press. t Modest.?"If you please, mam, mother * wants to borrow your tin bucket." : "What does she want with it?" "She wants to put corn-meal in it." "Which one does she want?" J, "The biggest one, if you please, mam." F "Well here it is; but be sure to bring it ^ back as soon as she gets through with it." ? "If you please, mam, she wants to know [ if you won't let her have the corn-meal to 1 put in it."?Chicago Ijedger. ? ' * ' f f&?A young physician of small- practice c noticed a man buying cucumbers, and he folowed him home and waited outside for e develoments. Four hours later the front j door opened, and the man came hastily g down the steps. "Want a doctor?" gasp- r ed the impecunious physician. "No," re- j sponded the man; "I am going around to a the grocer's for some cucumbers." e A Boston man seeing another man g with a fine umbrella raised over his head ^ during a shower, and thinking that he N was a friend, ran up to him, and, for a > joke, said, "I'll take that umbrella, c please." The victim proved to be a stran- s ger, but he immediately handed it over ^ and said, "O it's yours, is it?" and broke c away. t Tnmmv Rav had a auarrel I with his sister, and would not kiss and be ? friends. His aunt said, "O don't you re- s member what papa read at family prayers ^ this morning, that we were to forgive a seventy times seven?" "Yes," replied r Tommy; "but I tickerlarly noticed it was c to your brother, not sister!" ? * j A Departure.?In closing an article i on the passing away of a beloved and time honored citizen, the Yokebery Whirlwind says: "We do not think that we exagger- j ate when we say that the funeral was very t sad." Itseems that lively funerals have \ been the rule in that comunity.?Arkan- > *aw Tnavler. r ? ? . c S&* It was spiteful, but spitefulnesscan- i not be legislated out of human nature. "Did you hear that Mrs. 'Smith is having her picture painted?" "You don't say ! c That old thing!" "Yes indeed; painted ? in oil." "Well, I never! Inojl? If she I ever wants to have a good likeness, she'll 1 have to be taken in vinegar!" c j?"A lady very desirous of concealing the awful fact that she is the same age as : her husband observed to a visitor: "My " husband is forty; there is just five years ^ between us." "Is it possible?" was the un- | [ guarded reply of her friend. "I give you ! * my word, you look as young as he does." j8 Some people have such a pleasant way of putting things. "Now do let me j j propose you a9 a member," says Smith. \ "Rutsunnnse thev thev blackball me?" | 8 replies Brown. "Pooh ! Absurd! Why, 1 1 my dear fellow, there's not a man in the club that knows you even!" I ( A Plausible Theory.?Wife?I think, I j my dear, that we had better name the ] baby "Bill." Husband?"Bill?" What do you want him named that for? s Wife?So that he will be called "Wil- 1 Ham when he grows up.?New York Sun. 1 ? ? i t&~ Husband?Was the Ladies' Club lively to-night? Wife?No; awfully dull. Every member was present, and, of course, i 1 one can't speak of people before their 1 faces; so we had nothing at all to talk | ) about. 1 k. i Jam and Jitmde. FALL CROPS-SOCIAL INTERCOURSE. Spring and summer crops being disposed f, it is well to plan and begin preparations >r fall crops. We are apt to feel like takig a rest now for a while, and within propr limits this is right and proper. Farmrs ought to visit each other, inspect farms nd compare notes. Nothing is more protable. Each one has his own way of doig things and if one plan gives better reJlts than another, itcanbeseen by all and fterwards adopted.' It is a great mistake ) suppose that any one farmer knows it 11. Some may know more than others, ut every one is sure to be benefitted by xamining his neighbor's ways and methds. One is apt to get narrow and oneded if he stays at home too much?and irmers, above ali others, need to guard gainst this. But whilst resting and inulging in social pleasures, one can plan nd think, and talk over his plans and his eighbor's. They may offer good suggesons from their experience. One may ave tried just what you were thinking 01 oing, and it did not work well. Another lay be able to suggest something better. Rye, barley, oats, clover and grass are ie leadingcrops to which attention should ow be turned. It will be six weeks to svo months before it is time to sow, but ie preparation of land should begin at nee. It is often too dry to break up land t this period of the year. Hence advanige should be taken of every rain. Once ind is well pulverized, it will retain moistre and start crops much better than that rhich has to be broken and worked at, j ust t seeding time. Deep and repeated stirings of the soil expose it freely to the air, nd make it dry off rapidly. Break it, herefore, in advance, and let it take a ain or two before seeding time, and if it i lightly harrowed after each rain, so that crust cannot form, it will be very apt to e in good condition when seeding time times. After land is once well broken, arrowing will keep it in good condition Imost indefinitely. This is a lesson wh ich lost of our farmers have not sufficiently earned ; they rely on the plow too much, n the harrow too little. Another implement, whose importance ie wish to place stress on in this connection 3 a heavy roller. It ought to follow the low and precede the harrow. It makes the rnrk of the harrow much more thorough, toreover, rolling the soil greatly faciliites the coming up of seed in dry weathr. Did you ever notice how much better mall seed, like the turnip, come up in racks made on the fresh-stirred soil? ioose soil dries before they have time to erminate. Press it down, and moisture ontinues to reach it from below. Notice a the early morning how much wetter it 3 in a track than in the loose earth around t.. Now, good reader, if you have not a ood heavy two-horse roller get or make ne. The present period of comparative jisure is a good time to do it. Get two uts of oak timber, eighteen inches long nd two feet in diameter if you can. Ighteen inches will do, but two feet is etter. Turn them twice as you would the oilers of a sorghum mill. Bore a two eh hole through the centre 01 eacn, auu ?ut in an iron rod, which should project Dur inches at either end. Put a washer in etween the two rollers, and adjust them n a frame with tongue, and you will have n excellent implement. Two short rollrs are better that one long one, the first urcs more easier than the second and is asier bored. For breaking the land you will need eiher a good two-horse turn plow, or a twoiorse scooter. The latter is preferable, as t does not expose the soil so fully to the un as the turn plow does. For harrowing, he disc harrow is the best. It pulverizes pell and bringsup nothing which has been turied by the plow. Having selected the and, break it once if the soil is wet nough. If not, after the first rain follow he plow at once with the roller, and it pith harrow, and leave it thus until the lext rain, then harrowr again, and continle to harrow after rainfall till seeding time, )ne who pursues this course, and is watchul, will hardly ever fail to get his fall rops started in good time. Those whc >ut off preparation to the last minute are ery apt to be caught. w. l. j. UNDERttROUND DRAINS. Water has a tendency to seek the lowesl evel and to do so by the most direct route vailable. Rain falling on a hill of corn, nidway between two rows of tile, does lot go, as some imagine, in a diagonal diection, to the tile. The tile, explains the Prairie Farmer, las no attraction for the water, which beys the law of gravitation, and goe? lownward. Suppose that the soil held vater at the surface, previous to laying iles, and that the tiles are sixty feet apart, The water filling the soil above and beween the rows of tile, will gradually seep oward the tiles, enter at openings between hem, and flow off. The excess of watei vill thus flow off to the level of the watei n the tiles, except that there will be s ise of the water line toward the centre >etween the drains. Itain water, melted now, etc., which enters this drained soil >ercolates directly downward, and raise.' he level of the water line. The water esapes into the tiles by flowing in a horiontal direction. That nearest the tile? lows in just as water runs over the edgt if a dish. There is a general impression that watei inters the tiles from the top, while in facl tenters mainly from the sides and bottom, ince only that which enters the soil imnediatelv over the tiles goes downward nto the tiles, the rest all flowing in laterilly. It is claimed that where the tile is entirely submerged, most of the water etiers from below the middle. When only i moderate rain falls, the water level will >e only slightly raised, and the volume ol vater flowing through the ti les only slighty increased. But when a heavy rainfall ontinues for some days, the porous suboil above the tiles becomes filled to a ligher point, and the volume of water inTeases. If the tiles are small in proporion to the water they must carry away, he water fills up above them, and when unning full they cannot keep the level lown. In many cases where the tiles art mall the porous earth is filled entirely tc he surface, and several day9 are required ifter the rain ceases to allow the drains tc educe it. Three or four feet of porous larth will hold a great amount of water, ind drink up a heavy rain like a sponge riving it out sidewise into the drains al ts leisure. The farmer who lives qn a farm lackng in fertility should make close calculaions how many calves can be raised and iow many good ewes can be kept. He vill not be up to his privileges if he does lot have a big field of fodder corn to hel[ >ut the cows in dry weather and the haynow in winter. &grThe Jersey cattle are said to be in :reasing in size. Those in this country ire much larger and hardier than those irought over twenty years ago, and we lave better stock here than can be pro ured elsewhere, not excepting even the Isle of Jersey.?People- and Patron. JSrXinety minutes is little enough, the Agriculturist thinks, for the horse's noon lay meal when spring and summer work legins, a portion of this hour and a hal leing for rest before eating and digestior ifterward. A Hint for Farmer Tillman.?It is rlaimed that more damage is done by th< jentle bulls than by those that are vicious ind the advice is to watch them, as tin jentlest of bulls is a treacherous animal ? ? > To Preserve Eggs.?Put your egg: lown in salt; put a layer of salt in the bot :om of a firkin, and put the eggs large enc iown, and cover that layer with salt, am seep on until the firkin "is full. No farmer need sit down and expec some one to furnish him a ready-made sys :em or plan of conducting his farm. H< must make it himself, is the opinion of ai icute agriculturist. Young chicks will eat wheat wher they are two weeks old, and they shoult be given plenty of it. When they drooi from rapid feathering they should be al lowed a small proportion of meat daily. IttisceUaneous fading, j ~~ THE CONSTITUTION. j Arrangements for the celebration of the i centennial of the Constitution of the United i States, at Philadelphia in September next, are progressing favorably. The committee having the matter in charge are hard at work, and the prospect is that it will < be one of the grandest celebrations ever < held in the United States. It will last < three days, the 15th, 16th and 17th. The 1 Philadelphia Times has the following out- i line of the plans for the celebration: "The most wonderful work ever struck j off at a given time by the brain and purnose of man." < Such is the opinion of Mr. Gladstone on i the Federal Constitution of America, and i in order to provide a proper national cele- ( bration of the centennial anniversary of < the framing and promulgation of this i wonderful decument, the committee <Jf j citizens appointed are working diligently j and earnestly to render the occasion not j only worthy of the nation, but an event i of historical importance to the people of i Philadelphia. The executive committee, j which is composed of Amos R. Little, ] chairman; Clinton P. Paine, vice-chair- i man ;N.G. Ordway, of Dakota, and Hamp- | ton L. Carson, of Philadelphia, secretaries, ] with Thomas Cochran, chairman of the ] citizens' committee, co-operating, have up i to the present time made the following | arrangements : President and Mrs. Cleve- i land will be the guests of Mr. George W. i Childs and will arrive in the city Septem- ] ber 14. They will be tendered a grand ] reception on the evening of the loth. j On September 15 a great industrial and I civic display will be paraded through the 1 streets and Colonel A. Loudon Snowden 1 is making hurculean efforts to make it un- i equaled in the annals of great processions. : September 1G, the military parade will 1 include the regular forces of the United i States, commanded by General Sheridan, ! and 6,000 of the State National Guard. 1 New Jersey will send 1,500 troops; Maryland, 1,000; Rhode Island, 1,000; Dela- i ware, 550; Virginia, 300; North Carolina, 150, and it is expected that there will be 20,000 soldiers and sailors in line. I September 17, which is the Centennial Day, services will be held in Independence Square, at which the President will i preside. Justice Miller of the Supreme | Court, will deliver the oration. i The committee announces that acceptances have been received from the Governors of Virginia, Georgia, Delaware, Ma- \ ryland, New Jersey, Kansas, Mississippi, Mns<snphiifiptts nnd Vermont, the Drincipal members of the Diplomatic Corps, the i Judges, Senators, members of Congress, divines, literary and art celebrities?in fact, everybody connected with the pro- i gress of the country. Many distinguished 1 foreign guests will also be present. < So far the following appropriations have been made: By the Pennsylvania Legislature, $75,000; Massachusetts, $40,000; Connecticut, $18,000; Rhode Island, 82,500, and Delaware. The Pennsylvania Legislature appropriated $100,000, but one 1 item of $25,000 for entertainment was vetoed by the Governor, leaving the appropriation $75,000. The governments of Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, Ohio and South Carolina have each authorized the Adjutant General to provide a proper 1 military representative and to draw the expenses for the same from the State ex1 chequer. Everything possible has been 1 done to render the occasion a great and memorable one, and Philadelphia will ' soon begin preparations to put on her gala attire for the reception of her distinguish1 ed guests. THE HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTION. I On May 14, 1787, the Federal Conven1 tion met in Independence chamber, and ! George Washington, the delegate from ; Virginia, was called upon to preside. Af ter several stormy sessions, running over ; four months, the Constitution of the > United States was agreed upon on Sep tember 17,1787, and it was duly ratified , and accepted by the thirteen States. The Carpenters' Hall Association claim [ that the meetings were held in their hall. ) While the minutes show that the build1 ing was tendered, but not accepted, the evidence of the journal of the convention proves that it was held in Independence Hall, as also does a letter written by Ben; jamin Franklin to his sister, who said that 1 the daily walks to and from the State , House did him a great deal of good. The 5 ceremonies attending the ratification of . the Federal Constitution December 13, 1787, were curious and are detailed at , length in the records. The procession to 1 I the court house took place at high noon i and among those who walked in line were | the Judges of the Supreme Court, the ; Marshal of the Admirality, the Naval ! Officer, the Collector of Customs and the . provost and faculty of the University. The i exercises were held in Independence i Square, the same as they will be on the Centennial Anniversary. The next celebration of the adoption of t the Constitution wason July 4,1788, when the greatest industrial and trades display [ ever held in Philadelphia was organized. [ On September 17, 1861, the seventy5 fourth anniversary was celebrated by a . military parade and service in Independ-' . ence Square. General Pleasanton com5 manded the troops, Mayor Alexander > llenry presided and the oration was delivered by Hon. George M. Dallas. This was the last and greatest celebra5 tion, but the coming festivities are expect| ed to cast all others in the shade by their ! magnitude and splendor and the enthusi[ asm of thousands from all parts of the . world. ! THE ARCTIC NIGHTS. To many there is always something peculiarly attractive about the Polar regions, F and what has been written with regard to explorations in that unknown zone, and I to their difficulties ai.d dangers, has only served to increase the interest and inten, sify the fascination of readers of narratives concerning the search for the North Pole. This land of the midnight sun was a few , years ago brought prominently before the i world by the dispute in reference to I Wrangel Land, thesearch for the Jeannette, s and the discoveries made by Lieutenant ) Schwatka, the daring young officer of the [ Third United States cavalry, who found ? the remains of the famous and ill-fated s Fran/din expedition. In his book on the , travels and explorations which led up to , the discoveries, Mr. Gilder, the second in ; command of Lieutenant Schwatka's expedition, writes as follows on the midnight sun: "We were beginning to get used to the phenomena of the Arctic, not the least I among which is the "midnight sun." It J is difficult for one who has not witnessed 5 it himself to understand this portent. The > idea of the long Arctic night seems to he much more generally comprehended. Nearly all writers upon the subject, whether those who have themselves experienced ' its effects, or those whose knowledge is r derived from study, dwell with great J force on the terribly depressing effect upon * the physical organization of natives of the ' median zones of the long Arctic night i whenever they are brought within its influence. Though much less has been i written or said concerning the intermina [ j ble day, its effects are almost as deleteri' j ous upon the stranger as the prolonged night. Indeed, to the sojourner in high * I latitudes, the day is much more noticeable, : for at no point yet visited by man is the darkness throughout the winter day the . j total darkness of night, whereas the *mid3! night sun' makes the night like noonday." ] ' j The long twilight in the north, where [ the sun's apparent path round the earth j ' j varies so little in latitude at its upper and ' j lower culminations, takes some of the s! edge off the prolonged night at the highest ! . latitude ever attained by the Arctic exi plorer, but there is nothing to relieve the ! 1 "long weary day" of its full power upon i the system. There, in the north, in the j spring, the sun never sets. There is no j t j morning and no night. It is one continu- j ous day for months. At first it seems 3 very difficult to understand this strange i j thing in nature ; one never knows when to rest; the world seems to be entirely | wrong, and man grows nervous and anxi ious. Sleep is driven from his weary eyei lids, his appetite fails, and all the disa) j greeable results of protracted vigils are - j apparent. But gradually he becomes used 1 to this state of affairs, devises means to Jarken his tent, and once more enjoys his hour of rest. In fact he learns how to take advantage of the new arrangement, j and, when traveling, pursues his journey at night, or when the sun is lowest, be^ause then he finds the frost that hardens J the snow a great assistance in sledging. t THE GREATEST OF GREAT WALLS. g Says a correspondent of the Milling World, j( who has recently been traveling in China: . Of course we had to go to the great wall of China. This country abounds in great walls. Her mural defenses were most extensive?walled country, walled cities, t: walled villages, walled palaces and tem- r pies?wall after wall and wall within wall, h But the greatest of all is the great wall of a China, which crests the mountain range o ind crosses the gorge from here some forty a miles away. Squeezing through the last 1 Jeep gorge and a deep rift in the solid rock ;ut out by ages of rolling wheels and o tramping feet, we reach the great, frown- ii ing, double bastioned gate of stone and s hard burned brick?one arch-way tumbled in. This was the object of our mission, n the great wall of China, built two hundred IN ind thirteen years before our era; built of p *reat slabs of unhewn stone, laid in regu- r< lar courses some twenty ieet mgu auu u then topped out with large, hard burned n bricks, filled in with earth and closely t! paved on top with more dark brick?the ramparts high and thick and castellated o for the use of arms. Right and left the r great wall sprang lar up the mountain c fide?now straight, now curved, to meet a the mountain ridge, turreted each three f< hundred feet?a frowning mass of mason- c ry. No need to tell you of this wall; the si books will tell you how it was built to keep n the war-like Tartars out?twenty-five feet ti high by^ forty-tjjick, twelve hundred miles c long, with room on top for six horses to be ti driven abreast. Nor need I tell you that v for fourteen hundred years it kept those 3 hordes at bay, nor that, in the main, the a material used upon it* is just as good and s firm and strong as when put in place, li Twelve hundred miles of this gigantic d work built on the rugged, craggy moun- t tain tops, vaulting over gorges, spanning a wide streams, netting the river archways v with huge hard bars of copper, with double f gates, with swinging doors and bars set d thick with iron armor?a wonder in the world before which the old time classic f 3even wonders, all gone now save the r great pyramid, were toys. Thegreatpyr- e amid has 85,000,000 cubic feet, the great 1 wall 6,350,000,000 cubic feet. An engineer in Seward's party here some years ago \ gave it as his opinion that the cost of this i wall, figuring labor at the same rate, 1 would more than equal th#t of all the 100,- 1 000 miles of railroad in the United States, r The material it contains would build a c wall six feet high and two feet thick right t straight around the globe. Yet this was ? ""1" tnranttr ITOOM luithflllf. 11 tr?PP t UV/IIO 1U UU1J WYT vil l/J JVUAV fT?vt?vv.v ? ? of debtor bond. It is the greatest individ- 8 ual labor the world has ever known. s IN HASTE"TO BE RICH. 8 One of the great dangers of this country t at the present time is the great haste to be ] rich. A few men by some means or other, c have in the last few years become wealthy 3 to -?n ex* 3nt unprecedented in the history of the country, and it has almost crazed thousands of people, who rush forward in ^ all manner ot lucrative enterprises, as if r they expected to attain like ends, and that, t too, in a very short time. So engrossed j are they in pursuit of wealth that almost c every thing else is forgotten or subordin- j ated to this ruling passion, which, if it j continues, will ultimately burn out all the T nobler and generous feelings of our nature. 1 Health, coruort and life itself, are sacrificed t to this passion, while those who are fore- e most in the race stimulate others by their . example, and the feeling widens and | strengthens until it compels men, who t otherwise would be calm and moderate, to t go far beyond all moderate bounds. In the j general rush they must do so or be over- . whelmed. As a consequence, they have ^ little time for mental improvement, spir- r itual culture or domestic or social enjoy- ^ raent. The average business man works from twelve to fifteen hours in the twentyfour, often regards it as a necessity to resort to stimulants ifi order to keep up a proper * nervous tension, and then perhaps to sopo- j rifics to enable him to sleep. He is liter- 1 ally killing himself by inches. Mean- I while he has little to do with his family J besides furnishing money to meet the cur- J rent expenses. His children see but little 1 of him and scarcely have any of his com- * pany; and if their mother, as it is often j the case, be a "woman of fashion," their j case is pitiable. They are raised without J that parental attention, instruction and j manifested interest and affection necessary to make home attractive and pleasant. ^ Hence they seek entertainment and amuse- 1 ment elsewhere, and often form associa- tions and Imbibe principles that corrupt their morals and lead them to a life of folly and crime.?St. Louis Advocate. , The Approaching Eclipse.?The total eclipse of the sun on August 18 will last three and a half minutes, and if the present arrangements are carried out, the scientific world will know more about so- J lar phenomena than it does now. The i shadow of the moon first strikes tho earth at Berlin, and passing to the east will c run across Russia and Siberia to the sea of l Japan and Japan itself. Fortunately for c scientific observers the Russian overland telegraph line follows the eclipse over 1 most of its course. It will take about two hours for the shadow to pass from Russia ( to Japan and Prof. Todd, of Amherst College, who has charge of the American 1 eclipse expedition to Japan, sent out by j the National Academy of Sciences, has suggested that the telegraph can be util- 1 ized during these two hours. If a discov- c ery is made by astrononomers in Russia f the news can be telegraphed east and verifications can be made. Russian scientists are organizing expeditions, the govern- c ment co-operating with them. Several s eminent English astronomers are already at Moscow preparing for the event, and < telescopes are being forwarded from Ger- c many, Italy, France and other countries . into Russian territory. "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater."? { All who speak or pray in public would do well to look closely into the words they i use and ascertain how many pet phrases a they have. One pastor was noticed to s never use the word prosperity without adding perfection and glory. The regular I tracks of thoughts sometimes betray the ? speaker. Thus one of our minister, speaking in the pulpit of the late Horace Cook, called him Horace Greeley, there being a > well-worn track that united Horace and j Greeley. And another spoke of the suffering of our Lord in the garden of Eden, ^ the track between garden and Eden being c better worn than that between garden and { Gethsemene. When a man is in ruins it often runs in these well-beaten tracks. A 1 very eloquent Presbyterian divine hap- i pening to use the name Peter in one of his sermons, paused and said: "Peter, Peter, ( pumpkin eater." This was the last time i he was permitted to occupy the pulpit.? , Christian Advocate. 1 * - - ~ r? iVN JliLKI'il A^ST ASA AXUtBL.?j.u lon the elephant is not only used as a beast of burden, but as a domestic servant, and not infrequently acts the part of a nurse. The fond mother will consign her tiny babe to the care of this gigantic beast without a fear, while performing her household duties, and her most gentle caresses and ti careful attention are scarcely surpassed by those bestowed upon her child by this novel attendant. If the infant cries, it is ^ carefully lifted by the huge trunk and t gently swayed back and forth until it goes to sleep. Then it is laid upon the ground, and the elephant fans it with its trunk, t keeping away the flies and other insects, i which gather in swarms, all the while blowing a cool breath upon the little sleep- ( er, and woe be to the wild beast of the ] iuntrle which seeks to do harm to his s charge, for his days would be full of trouble. The Congo Region.?Imagine an area about the size of the United States, rich in soil, teeming with natural wealth, traversed in every direction by great navigable > rivers, and sustaining a swarming popu- i lation, and we get a faint idea of the importance of the Congo question. The 8 Congo region is a very rich plum, a second t India in fact, and England's rivals, which c have seen their neighbor gobble up the prize lands of Asia, do not mean to let c her repeat history in Africa. 1 f PROHIBITION IN MAINE. As one the arguments used by the Anti^rohibitionists in Anderson county is the allure of the prohibition law in Maine, Jr. Columbus Wardlaw, a member of the Anderson Bar, wrote to the mayor of Portand and asked him for a statement of the fleets of the law, in that city. The folding letter received in reply, is publish3hed in the Anderson Journal: Portland, Me., July 1, 1887. My Dear SirMany inquiries are coninually reaching me from different points elative to the efficacy of the prohibition *... TVr alnfl in on nnrocci n cr intpmnPT 4- VY A Li JL>X?lliV A La. uu^|yiv^iMh nee, and more especially, as to the truth f the statements, circulated in your own nd other States, that there are more than 50 open saloons in the city of Portland. Considering the extent and frequency f such inquiries I have deemed it a savng of time to write a general letter anwering substantially these questions. First, I would give it, emphatically, as iy opinion, that the prohibitory law in laine does have the-effect to largely supress intemperance among the people, by estricting the sale of intoxicants within arrow limits in many places, and, in lost of the towns in Maine preyenting heir sale altogether. Second. It is not true that there are 150 pen saloons in Portland. On the contray there are no open bars or saloons in the ity of Portland ; not, to my knowledge, single place where liquof is advertised Drsale. While it may be possible to proure liquor for drinking purposes, yet its ale is driven into dark corners, and it aust be carried on clandestinely. With he greatest difficulty and risk under these ircumstances the youth are not exposed to emptation and are permitted to grow up /ithout the formation of drinking habits. ?he number of arrests for drunkenness verage three or four daily, which is a mall number considering that we are a arge seaport city, with vessels arriving laily from ports where liquor is easily obainable. Besides, our custom is to arrest ny parties found in a drunken condition, vhile, in most cities, arrests are not made or drunkenness unless accompanied with listurbance. The sentiment of our community is in avor of prohibition and a faithful enforcenent of the law, and would not long tolrate an administration which would alow the law to be held in contempt. It must not be overlooked that one im>ortant advantage of the prohibitory law s its educating influence upon the people. Jnder it, whoever sells intoxicating iquors is branded as a criminal; the busiless of liquor selling is thereby made odi us, thus educating the public mind against he sale and use of intoxicants. With such a law upon the statute book, he power is given any community to Lbatealiauor nuisance within its midst, md protect the member of society against t glaring evil. Believing that prohibition will promote he happiness and prosperity of any State. ! recommend its adoption to your fellowlitizens in South Carolina. Very truly rours, Chas. J. Chapman, Mayor. The Irishman was Ahead.?At a :ertain debating society an English doctor eceritly argued that the Irish were natlrally a depraved and dishonest race, and n support of his position he adduced his >wn experience. He remarked that he lad at Manchester 800 Irish patients on lis books, out of this number only thirty laid him his fees. An Irishman rose when the doctor sat lown,and said: "Sor, there is never an :ffect without a cause; there is never a ihenomenon which does not admit of an ixplanation. How, sor, can we explain he extraordinary phenomenon to which he doctor has called our attention? He inds an explanation in the natural deiraviy of the Irish nature. I, sor have mother explanation to offer, and it is this: Chat the thirty patients who paid him vere the only ones that recovered." The history of the Knights of Labor [hows how hard it is for any very large jody of men to unite on any one comprelensive platform. A year ago the order iromisea to become the most powerful :ombination ever seen in America. Since ;hen, as it has turned itself in to more deRiled plans of action, dissentions have ocmred. The Trades Unions combat it and 15,000 brewers of Milwaukee threaten to eave in a body on account of Powderly's emperance talk. The Knights may still ose many members and yet remain strong, >ut they cannot hope to wield all the .vorking men in the United States as a jnit. Interests are too diverse for this. WHY THEY ARE NOT PURE. The absolute purity of the Koyal Baking ?owder is a fact not questioned by any one; jut the questions are frequently asked: Why io not other manufacturers, also, put up pure making powders, free from lime, alum, and >ther adulterants? Is it a fact that the Royal s the only pure baking powder made? There are three classes of these articles: Iream of tartar baking powders, made from ream of tartar and bi-carbonate of soda ; phosphate baking powders, in which phosjliatic acid is Used as a substitute for cream >f tartar; and alum baking powders, made rom burnt alburn and soda. Burnt alum baking powders are of the dieapest class. They cost less than four cents i pound, are concededly poisonous, and be:ause of their well-known inferiority are nevir sold under their true colors. Baking powiers sold with a prize or gift are of this class. The phosphate baking powders contain 'rom 8 to 12 per cent, of lime, which is an ngredient of the phosphate used in them as l substitute for cream of tartar. It is impos lible to eradicate the Line from this class of jowders. This baking powder is next to the ilum baking powders in cost. The cream of tartar baking powders, to vhich class the Royal belongs, to be pure must 30 made from absolutely pure cream of tartar, fho Royal Raking Powder is made from :rearn of tartar specially refined and prepared 'or its use by patent processes by which the artrate of lime is totally eliminated. There s no other process by which cream of tartar ;an be freed from lime?made 100 per cent. Hire?in quantities practical for commercial nirposes. Other baking powder makers, not leing able to obtain these chemically pure joods (which are used exclusively in the Xoyal) are dependent upon the cream of tarar of the market, refined by the old-fashioned nethods, for their supply, and by those nethods it is impossible to eliminate the lime ind other impurities. These are the reasons why the Royal is ibsolutely pure, while all other baking powlers contain either lime or alum. The vital importance of absolute purity in ho articles we eat as promotive of perfect lealUl is uauy more guiieiuijj' ucm^ ?.?* ??.? ired. How largo a share in producing imiure and unwholesome food the lime and duni bilking powders have had in the past, s becoming fully recognized. The absolute purity of the Royal Baking ?owder not only renders it more perfectly vholesome, but its freedom from all extraleous substances nAkes it of higher strength ind effectiveness as a leavening agent, and herefore, more economical for use. It is aclordingly certified by the United States Govirnment Chemists as the most wholesome, effective and perfect baking powder made. GARRY IRON ROO: Manufacturers of all kinds of _ IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, MERBkjBffi Iron Tile or Shingle, FIRE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF 1 $3t~ Orders received by L. M. GRIST. May 10 I A NAMELESS CASE. My ease has been a very curious one for about thir teen years. At intervals of about one week I would be attacked with spells of severe and most excruciating pain, always commencing in the region of my kidneys. The pain would then go upwards and affect tnv bodv and head, and seemed to nenetrate mv very eye-ball*, creating the most intense suffering, lasting about eight hours each spell. I resorted to all kinds of medicine without benefit. Several doctors treated my case, but none gave relief. I finally used B. B. B. as an experiment, and to my utter astonishment all pain and suffering vanished j^Cf after using three doses. To the present time I have ^rj used three bottles, and not a pain has ever returned. Let I do not know what was the matter, neither could Arr my physician name the complaint. The B. B. B. ncted finely and powerfully upon my kidneys; my Arr appetite has been splendid and my constitution built Arr up rapidly. R.THOMAS, Arr Constitution, Ga., May 6,1886. An UNIMPEACHED INTEGRITY. ft An I am 55. Broke down twelve years ago, and have An not been able to work since. Have lost proper nction Ari of my hips and legs. For five years scrofulous sores linve appeared on my scalp and nose, and at the same Ari time my eyesight began to fall, and for three years An have been comparatively blind. Have been treated by eminent physicians of different schools without a cure. I have taken five bottles of B. B. B. (made Le at Atlanta, Ga.), and all scrofulous sores are gradu- Le ally healing. Inflammation nbout my eyes has dis- Lei appeared and there is some improvement in my vision. Lei Am very much benefitted and relieved and begin to Lei feel like a boy again?feel good. My strength and Lei activity are returning in my legs and hips. The B. B. Ari B. acts vigorously upon my kidneys, and the great Lei quantity of matter that has been forced out through Lei the skin is utterly incredible, often so offensive in Lei odor as to producp nausea. I refer to all business Lei men of LaGrange,Ga. P. PHOPHILL. Lei LaGrange, Ga., January 13,1886. Lei Lei Ari All who desire full information about the cause Le and cure of Blood Poisons, Scrofula and Scrofulous Ari Swellings, Ulcers, Sores, Rheumatism, Kidney Com- An plaints, Catarrh, etc.. can secure a copy of our 32- An page Illustrated Book of Wonders, filled with the Ari most wonderful and startling proof ever before known Ari by calling on MAY fc MAY, ? Wholesale dealers of B. B. B., Yorkville, S. C. AUgUSl .J oj ] t W: ( nal ?- ? Tii FOUNDRY S AND J Machine Shop. ? ^yMa:orooVo;oc.i'7 0or^j:a'niR|P^P Jj( ^ jl l; Li THE undersigned would respectfully inform A the public that he now has in operation, on A his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUND- L< RY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is A prepared to do all manner of work in light iron A and brass castings, and general machine work. Li REPAIRING. a A Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice, Steam Engines, and agricultural machinery of j,, any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, A any class of work that may be wanted in his A shop, he will attend any call for repairing sta- A tionery engines, doing the work on the premi- ^ ses, thus obviating the necessity of moymg the A engine. A Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on the com- t pletionof the work. EDWARD THOMAS. A T. 8. .lEJTKBYS, i THE CYCLONE EXTINGUISHER. Tirzah, S. C., March 10, 1887. i Messrs. Jefferys & Hoke, Gents: J< THE Cyclone Spark Extinguisher put on my engine a few months ago is giving entire satisfaction. Before it was put on, my ginhouse several times caught lire from sparks, so I had to quit running while the wind was blowing in the direction of the gin-house. Now I can gin and saw with perfect safety, no matter which way the wind blows. Haven't seen a live spark from the engine since I have been using it. And another good thing about it is, it can't wear or burn out. Will last as long as the engine. I think it a great invention, and wouldn't take double the cost of mine if it was so I couldn't T ?4. ? T fKinl- vnn tn "1 guu UIlULUOi UUO. A LAAAAAAV j V/IA ?v the present high rate of insurance on gin-houses J where these extinguishers are used on the en- is gines, or, at least, recommend such to the com- C< panies you represent, because I see 110 risk se whatever from the engine. pi Very respectfully, vi HENRY MASSEY. tb st cc BRIDFIELD'S !i: An infallible specific for i all the diseases peculiar to I women, such as painful or A ! suppressed Menstruation, "J Kallingofthe Womb, Leu- Jj1 corrhoea or Whites, etc. FEMALE " F | CHANGE OF LIFE. j *] If taken during this crit- ai : ical period, great suffering tj{ and danger can be entirely avoided. " REGULATOR! st Send for a book containing valuable informa- 0 j tion for women. It will be mailed free to applicants. th Bradfikld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. August 11 32 ly 1887. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1887. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables S ARE still on a boom, and the year 1887 finds me with some of the finest Vehicles ever P shown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and J_ surpassed by none. Everything will be kept in tue best style. Give me a trial and be convinced. II Cincinnati and Columbus Buggies I nf fivnrv deseriDtion will be kept. Spring ss Wagons.' Phaetons, etc., of the best make, al- (? ways on hand. il FOR FUNERALS I have a fine Queen City Hearse and a Clarence , Coach, which will be sent to any part of the county at short notice. Terms reasonable. p A Big Bargain. p] I have a Jumpseat Phaeton and some Bug- ? gies on hand that I will give a big bargain in, if sold soon to make room for my new stock. A HAVE YOUR HORSES FED th At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables Pc where they will receive the best attention. F. E. SMITH. P< F. ifAPPERFIELiD. of CO REMEMBER THE DEAD. I pe 1 WOULD invite special attention to my at present stock of MONUMENTS AND to TOMBSTONES, among which are several beautiful SCOTCH GRANITE AND ITAL- ?{ . . wA?TmfnW/no ? ? <>.,11 c.r.r.lxr nf iArS jyiunuiviamo. s\.iav a iuii bl TOMBSTONES. Prices as low, to responsible w parties, as anywhere else, either for cash or on be time. GROCERIES. ?o My stock of STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES is full. Also, Tobacco, Cigars, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Ac. All of which is offered low for Cash, or on time to responsible 81 parties. F. HAPPERFIELD. 8I April 13 15 tf i ??????fo ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. JJ ALL persons indebted to tho estate of F. R. fo McKNIGHT, deceased, are hereby notified j to make immediate payment to the undersign- ec ed. Persons having claims against the said es- si tate will present them, duly authenticated, cc within tho time prescribed by law. ^ ROBT. I). McKNIGHT, Administrator. cl 1 July 27 30 2t al FKVGi- COMPANY, B IRON ORE PAINT H 'And Cement. SB 152 T0 158 MERWIN ST., Cleveland, O. Send for Circular and j f " " Frice List in o. vo. [RON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 iy 'iedmont Air-Line. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R., South Carolina Division. CONDENSED SCHEDULE In Effect June 12, 1887, (Trains run by TothMeridian time.) NORTH BOUND. No. 53. | No. 51. ivc Augusta 9.33 A. M. 5.55 P. M Ive Columbia 1.18 P. M. 10.00 P. M. ive Columbia 11.00 A. M.|l0.10P. M Ive Alston 11.59 A. M. 11.00 P. M. ive Union 4.15 P. M. 12.55 A. M. Ive Spartanburg 6.45 P. M.I 2.17 A. M. ive Tryon j 4.<7 A. M. ive Saluda I 4.57 A. M. ive Flat Rock j 5.37 A.M. Ive Hendersonville 5.53 A.M. / ive Asheviile 7.00 A.M. ive Hot Springs ! 9.00 A.M. ive Columbia 1.40 P. M. I ive Charlotte 6.15 P. M.j 4 ive Salisbury 8.01 P. M.i ~ rive Greensboro' 9.40 P.M.I rive Richmond 6.15 A. M.1 rive Washington 8.10 A.M.; rive Baltimore 10.03 A. M., rive Philadelphia 12.35 P. M.j rive New York 3.20 P. M.I SOUTH BOUND. ' ' j No. 52. | No. 50. ave New York. 4.30 P. M.I ' ave Philadelphia 6.57 P. M. ave Baltimore 9.42 p. jyj. ave Washington U.OO p. M. ave Richmond 2.30 A. M. ave Charlotte 1.00 P. M. ive Columbia 5.23 p. m. ave Hot 8prings 7.20 P. M. ave Asheviile 9.49 P. M. ave Hendersonville U.i7 p. M. ave Flat Rock 11.23 p. M. ave Saluda 11.53 p. M. ave Tryon 12.39 A.M. ave Spartanburg 6.00 A. M.! 2.20 A. M. ive Columbia 3.10 P. M.I 6 20 A. M. ave Columbia 5.43 p. M.. 6.55 A. M. 9 rive Augusta 9.15 P. M.I 10.3) A. M. nvK ^uariesuon, via. S. U. K'way. 9.40 f. 1Y1. II.UO A. m. rive Savannah, via. Central Ga.... 5.55 A. M. rive Charleston, via A. C. L 9.45 P. M. 12.20 A. M. rive Savannah, via C. and S 6.53 P. M. THROUGH CAB SERVICE. )n Trains Nos. 52 and 53, Pullman Buffet Sleepers between ashlngton and Augusta, via Danville. 3n Trains Nos. 50 and 51, Pullman Sleepers between Savan- ' ' h and Hot Springs, N. C., via Columbia and Spartanburg. cketa on sale at Principal Stations to all Points. S. L. TAYLOR, D. CARDVVELL, SOL. HASS, n'l Pass. Agent. Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agent, Traffic Manager. Columbia, S. C. fune 15 8 if & L. HARROW GAUGE RAILBOAD iCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains ) from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C.,taking Feet at8 o'clock, A. M. Sunday, May 29, 1887: GOING SOUTH. eave Lenoir 8.00 A. M. save at Hickory 9.03 A. M. save Newton 9.36 A. M. rrive at Lincolnton, 10.30 A. M. save Lincolnton 10.35 A. M. rrive at Dallas, 11.33 A. M. r?ive at Gastonia, 11.48 A. M. save Gastonia.... 11.50 A. M. rrive at Clover, 12.28 P. M. rrive at Yorkville, 12.58 P. M. eayo Yorkville, 1.00 P. M. rrive at Guthriesville,...- 1.25 P. M. rrive at Lowrysville, 1.50 P. M. rrive at Chester 2.15 P. M. GOING NORTH. eave Chester, 4.30 P. M. rrive at Lowrysville, 4.57 P. M. rrive at Guthriesville, 5.26 P. M. rrive at Yorkville, 5.47 P. M. eave Yorkville 5.50 P. M. rrive at Clover 6.20 P. M. rrive at Gastonia, 7.00 P. M. eave Gastonia, 7.15 P. M. rrive at Dallas, .' 7.30 P. M. rrive at Lincolnton, 8.18 P. M. rrive at Newton, 9.11 P. M. i rrive at Hickory, 9.44 P. M. rrive at Lenoir, 10.50 P. M. G. K. TALCOTT, Superintendent. J une 1 22 tf HE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OP Y0BK-C0UBT0F COMMON PLEAS. shn W. Lawrence, as Administrator of Andrew Jackson, deceased, Plaintiff, against Jane Jackson, David A. Jackson, Elizabeth J. Quinn, Alice E. Lawrence, Marv E. Wood, W. Thompson Jackson, Daviu K. Jackson, Lizzie Jackson, and Annie C. Jackson, as heirs-at-law of the said Andrew Jackson, deceased, and Jos. F. Wallace as Clerk of the Court, and Curtis M. Parrott, who, with the Plaintiff, are some of the creditors of said deceased, Defendants.? Summons for Relief?Complaint not Served. o the Defendants above named. J"OU are hereby summoned and required to L answer the complaint in this action, which filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of amnion Pleas, for the said county, and to irvo a copy of your answer to the said comaint on the subscriber at his office, in Yorklie, South Carolina, within twenty days after ie service hereof, exclusive of the day of ich service; and if you fail to answer the implaintwithin the time aforesaid, the Plaintf in this action will apply to the Court for te relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Yorkville, S. C., June 23, A. D. 1887. C. E. SPENCER, Plaintiffs Attorney. 7&~ To the absent Defendants, David A. Jackin, David K. Jackson, Lizzie Jackson, and nnie C. Jackson: Please take notice of the ;ing of the Summons and Complaint herein, the office of the Clerk of said Court. June , 1887. C. E. SPENCER, Plaintiffs Attorney. 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