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gumomtsi Department. Remarkable Shooting.?The disposition of Americans to exaggerate is especially prominent in what is known as American humor. A story associated with "picket firing'' during the Civil War brings out this feature of national character. One day there was a truce between the two hostile picket lines. "Ho, Yank !" called out a lank Mississippian, who had just been posted. "Can you fellows shoot ?" "Wal, Johnny, I guess we can, some. Can you ?" "Shoot!" shouted back the Confederate. "Why, down in Mississippi wo knock a bumblebee off a thistle blow at tbree hundred yards." "Oh, that's nothin' to the way we shoot up in Vermont! I belonged to a company up ther' of a hundred men, and every week we used to get out to practice. The cap'n would draw us up in single file, and set a cider barrel rollin' downhill. Each man took a shot at the buDghole as it turned up. The barrel was then examined, and if there was a shot found that didn't go into the bunghole, the man that fired it was expelled. I belonged to the company ten years, and there ain't been nobody expelled yet. Mr. Coffey and His Grounds.?Perhaps the best specimen of wit that has enlivened a Hamilton county court in many a day was that emitted like a flash from John Coffey, the attorney, whp had been guilty of a good many things that had disturbed the serenity of the bar. Mr. Coffey was counsel in a case which had already been postponed some two or three times at his request. It was before Judge Outcalt. Again Mr. Coffey asked for postponement. The court reminded him that it had already been postponed several times at his request. "Have you good grounds for wishing another postponement?" asked the court. "Yes, sir, I have," replied Coffey. "What are they ?" asked the court. "Coffey grounds, your honor." "Coffee grounds?" repeated the judge. "Yes, sir," said John. Then the judge got on his dignity, and reminded the lawyer that he was trifling with the court. "Your honor," said Mr. Coffey, "there was a small addition to my family last uight, aud I submit, your honor, that this is good grounds for asking for a postponement." r>;<! .Tnbn jref, it? Well rather. Discussing a Legal Point.?Probably no one in town enjoys a joke better than Major Baldwin, says The North Dakota Republican, and he never allows to pass unimproved, an opportunity of makiug one. At a party at Mr. Roberts's the other evening, he rapped the company to order, and stated that a party had recently come to his office and asked a question on a legal point which he was unable to answer. As the district attorney was present, and as the . question and answer was one which would interest every one present, he would repeat it. The question was, "Could a man in North Dakota marry his widow's sister." The district attorney promptly answered that he could if he wanted to. and the company concurred in his decision. But when the major quietly remarked that this was the first time he had heard that a dead man could marry, there were explosions of laughter which continued for several . minutes. A Simple Solution.?The wealthy old aristocrat objected to Harold marrying his daughter because Harold was compelled by the exigencies of circumstances to work for his living. "Papa," pleaded the girl for the hundredth time, "why do vou object to mv marrying Harold?" "Because, as I have repeatedly told you," he answered in no pleasant tone, "I don't waut you to marry any man who works for his living." She looked him straight in the eye. "It's your fault if he does," she said with more firmness than she had previously shown. "My fault? My fault?" exclaimed the father in amazement that choked further speech. "Yes, your fault," stye insisted vehemently; "because if you would let him marry me he could quit work." The argument was so cogent that the father took it under advertisement. . To Save the Tree.?The Baptist brother was passing along by tne Aiemoaist uroincr s house in a country town, and the Methodist brother was sprinkling with the hose a good size shade tree, which was badly withered. "What are you doing?" inquired the Baptist brother, hanging over the fence neighborlike. "I don't want to lose mv tree." The Baptist brother looked at the tree a minute and at the hose. "That won't save it," he said, with the air of a tree doctor. "Why won't it?" "You've got to do something more than that." "Thunder !" exclaimed the Methodist brother, still sprinkling awav; "you don't expect me to immerse it do you?" BUT When "Sunset" Cox was in congress, he bad had some things to say about a citizen of Illinois, and Representative Cannon? noted for the violence of his gestures?wanted to defend his constituent. "Will the gentleman from New York yield to me?" said Mr. Cannon. "Certainly," said Mr. Cox. "For how long?" inquired the speaker. "As long as the gentleman from Illinois will keep his hands in his pockets," said Mr. Cox, laughingly. Mr. Cannon accepted the terms, and proceeded with his remarks, lie uttertered just one sentence and a half, aud then his hands, which had been snugly stuck into his pockets, came out. and were flying through the air like a couple of windmills, ?. ^r.. i%: U|?, NIIU .HI , V.UAj HilU IV iitr? i?ir man; and then Mr. Cannon sat down. fta?" The soldier and explorer, Lieutenant Schwatka, after his return from Alaska, met Colonel Ingersoll on Broadway. At tin time the colonel was suilcring from a sprain and explained that he had slipped and fallen on the ice some days before. "Then yon must he a good man, colonel," said Schwat ka. "Why so, Schwatka?'' "Why, tin Bible says, 'the wicked they shall stand it: slippery places.'" On another occasion meeting an army ollicer, he asked hjtn hi: station. The ollieer replied, "San Carlos Ariz." "Pretty hot-place," said Schwatka "was stationed there one summer myself and being afllictcd with bad teeth, all tin fillings.melted." The colonel, on his tour of inspection unexpectedly entered the drill room, whet he come upon a couple of soldiers, one o .whom was reading a lettter jtloud, while tin other was listening, and at the same tim< stopping up the ears of the reader. "Wha arc you doing there?" the puzzled ollicer in quired of the latter. "You see, colonel, I an reading to Pitou, who can't read himself, i letter from his sweetheart." "And you Pitou?" "Please, colonel, I am stoppinj up Boquillion's ears with both hands, be cause I don't mind his reading my sweet hearts letter, hut I don't want him to knov what she writes." A distinguished lady of Washingtoi become engaged to an ensign in the I'nitei States navy just after she left school. On of her girl friends, a few days later, said "Oh, (Jertie ! I heni you arc going to marry. "Yes," faltered the bride-to-be, with a blush "And I hear he is only an ensign. Why with your youth, beauty, and wealth yoi ought have*captured a somebody. "A some body, indeed!" snapped (iertie. "Well, 1'1 just let you know that an ensign is a some body?lie's just the same as a brigadier-gen eral. "lie's?he's a brigadier general of ; gunboat." ? ^ We have queer experiences in tin house of mourning." said the clergyman o the party. "It was only a few week ago that I called upon a middle aged shoe maker who had lost bis wife. I spoke t him as I thought meet, and especially en joined upon him the duty of being resigned When I had got thus far, be interrupted in to say, in a quiet tone, "Oh, that's all right Mr. I'rooftext; "I ain't a kiekin'." 8fe?r Young Lady?Mr. Larsons, what di can n lwn h(> firnt saw Until V Yotin Man?I don't know, unless lie asked her no to step on his corn (The Jam ami fitcside (TLTIYATfMi MELONS. How I Kaiscd Melons That Weighed One lltintlrei rounds. Ill selecting apiece of land for melons, choose one with a light sandy soil: one tha 1 is fully permeable to the air, heat and moist j ure. (The same land was planted in cottoi the year previous, and made 700 pounds o seed cotton per acre.) The ground wa ! broken broadcast in March, and in April wa I rebroke crosswise. The earth was excavate! to a depth of IS inches and about three fee J square for the hills, at a distance of eigh ! feet each way, ami was tilled four inche 1 deep with corn cobs, then filled to a level o ! the surface with rich earth to which ha< | been added one pound of super-phosphate j one gallon of hardwood ashes, and tw< j pounds of cotton seed meal. (Double th< amount of rotted cotton seed will do.) Tin I melons were planted the last of April I About eight days after the young plant j made their appearance, they were thinne( j out to one in each corner, and the grouni ' plowed and harrowed thoroughly, throwinj the dirt toward the hills. I continued t< plow and harrow at short intervals until thi vines had attained a growth of two feet then all cultivation ceased except a smal amount of hand-weeding where it was neces I sarv. As soon as each runner, or lateral I had a perfect melon on it, the end wa I pinched oflT, and after there were from fou [ to six laterals, each with a perfect meloi ! thereou, the end of the main vine was cu j off. I dusted the vines freely with air ! slacked lime to prevent bugs from injuring | them, and watered with liquid manure whei they needed it. From one of the vines I pro cured a melon that weighed 102 pounds ten of the largest weighed 739 pounds. Intelligent melon culture pays, and pay well; taking into count the amount of la bor, and cost of fertilizers, there are but fev crops that pay any better; bringing in tin money, too, at a time when (for the ordinan farmer) money is apt to be scarce. I am o the opinion that good melons may be raiset j with as little expense as sorry ones, am I much greater profit. Where other fruits j such as apples, peaches, pears, etc., are de stroyed bv frost, melons are doubly valuable I ? > Tt ' ?! fx | iniiKe ouier iruu> nine io uu un j them. As the fertilizers are applied exclu ! sively to the hill, there is no land so poo I but that with intelligent cultivation product a paying crop. The cultivation of the soi between the hills simply serving to retail the moisture from one rain until the next Melons do not require deep planting, bu shallow cultivation is preferable. One acre planted in melons aud cultivate< as described above, will net the fortunat< possessor $lo0 to $200, besides furnishing tin family with an abundance of healthy, lus cious fruit. Which pays best: wheat at $20 per acre coru $20, cotton $40, or melons at $200?John W. Delk in Southern Live Stocl Journal. GROWING PEANUTS. . . A sandy, loamy soil is the hest for thi I crop. The soil need not be prepared deep but it is important to have it fine and mel low. The planting should not be don< until the soil is well warmed up and all dan ger of frost is passed. There is no object ii planting before this time. Mark out the rows three feet apart, inak ing the rows or furrows about three inche deep. It is a good plan to have the seed al ready, so that the planting cau be dom j nearly as fast as the furrows can be laid out : Plant two nuts in each hill, covering care ! fully and making the hills about two fee 1 apart in the rows. If the soil is reasonabl; ! dry, press the soil down upon the seed afte -covering. The cultivation should nearly or quite al i be given during the early stages of growth : as it is not a good plan to disturb the vine | after they get well started to growing. A j with all cultivated crops the cultivatioi should be sufficient to keep down the weed I and keep the soil fine and mellow, and if tin | work is commenced before the weeds get i ' good start, it will be much easier. Under average conditions they yield a goo< crop, and are a nice crop for the boys to grow I Care must be taken in purchasing the see< | that they are fresh. The greater portion o j the peanuts sold in stores have been roasted j and this, ot course, maKes mem vuiueie& ! for planting. They are harvested by pulling up th i vines with the nuts growing on them. La; | them in small piles or winrows to cure a da; | or two and then they can be put uude ! shelter in a loft or shed where there is a goo< j circulation of air or the nuts can be picket off, washed and spread out to dry. Car must be taken to dry thoroughly before stor ing away, as they will heat and mold ver; readily. But after they are thoroughly driei out they will keep without any trouble. The; 'can readily be grown as far north as the lat litude of St. Louis, but it will be necessary ti be on the watch for early frosts in sonic sec j tions.?St. Louis Republic. ' j ? * - ? TO PREVENT LICE. I The season for lice is now at hand and to | much precaution cannot be taken. It is ; [ mistaken idea that lice do not show tliei presence until summer. They remain in 1 active through the winter months, and a soon as the warm days of spring return the; come out of their hiding places and begin t i do their work. The best way to light lice is to preven their multiplying in the hen house. Done wait until summer to destroy or prevent lice for when once they obtain possession, it wil ; be a laborious task to get rid of them. If the work is done as a preventive o ; early in the season, before the lice becom numerous, the dry process is advisable which is to use line -air-slacked lime ay< sifted coal ashes well dusted over the llooi . roosts-ard in the nests. Once.a month sal i j urate the roosts and nests with kcrosen Jnnd fumigate the interior of the house b - j burning sulphur. If the premises are kept clean and a dut j j bath provided, fowls will rid themselves < lice. 1MISI is (team 10 Ilea; aim a mih: pit ventive, and is the only means provided b nature for fowls to cleanse themselves of th ! pests. , \ It is almost impossible to destroy lice o young chicks without treating each one it , dividually. A little melted lard put on tli , head, under each wing and at the vent, wi . drive them away. I'se but little grease o . young chicks, as it will often kill them. II , sure the hen is free from lice, as lice pa; from the hen to the chicks. Dust the he ! and chicks twice a week with fresh inset powder. .' Lice multiply with great rapidity under setting hen. I'se insect powder on the he twice a week. Put a tablespoonful of su phur in the nest, and you will not I troubled with lice. The constant heat froi the hen will generate a fume from the su ' phur that will kill the lice.?Dola Fay i J. l'rairie Farmer. g Lami's Kkqi iuk Mich Caiik.?The \fi.? t man who made the interesting remark tin it required a gentle woman to make a drinl able cup of coffee, might have gone on an claimed that it required a patrician to ket lamps in order. The ordinary servant eaniu do it, as she regards anything beyond fillin the oil tank as a work of supererogatioi Occasionally entreaties may prevail upc " her to trim the wick, but she always doi tliat with the scissors, which is the wor possible method. The lamps should be wiped with ehee; '! cloth. The wicks should be trimmed wil the sharp edge of a visiting card or with e poker, heated red hot and passed over tl ? ivir.L- This last method is a little trotlbl sonu1, but it removes the charred part evei ; ly. Wicks used for a long time, even win '! they do not become very short, grow thie 1 and are apt to give forth an unpleasant ode ' They should be removed once a month i 1 least. In duplex burners one wick shou be trimmed in the opposite direction towai the center. A Burners should be wiped free from bits charred wick and drops of oil every da Kvery now and then they should be boili ^ in strong soapsuds, to make them perfect . clean. When 'bey have been used a loi s time they need replacing. 0 Hot Mi ok as a Tonic.?There is no be - ter tonic at this time, says a noted physiein 1 - ? ? ?? 1 1 *1 i. than a glass or hot miiK sippeu siowiy, ui c taken when fatigued it is a far better ''pic! , me-upv than any stimulant would he. It a capital remedy, too, for restoring color pale cheeks, and for rounding out the angl d of thin children. People who fancy th g, they cannot drink milk, find that hy sippii it it hot and slowly it will agree with them }>o | fectly. .1 tfanside JMcringis. 1 8?* Kentucky has thirteen legal reasons for divorce. 11 8?"Sorghutn grows wild throughout equa- j ^ torial Africa. . BtttT" Xo man is without a friend so long as ; his mother lives. ,, ! 86T Carpets are hcing bought by the yard ; x and worn by the foot. s , 93?" People sometimes keep their secrets in s order to keep their friends. :1 93?" Almost any woman can keep house, t but few women can keep secrets. t j 93T People never sympathize with those s whom thcv cannot understand. f * : BO^Many cooks spoil the broth ; true, but * | one cook is often sufficient to do it. ' BSC A brilliant friend and a silent enemy g can do you an equal amount of harm. e 9SF" When the vote of a jury in Germany i stands six to six, the prisoner is acquitted. s j When a jnan goes down hill, the near* J 1 er he gets to the bottom, the faster he goes. J Ij J?" The Massachusetts legislature is con-1 * sidering a bill to prohibit the manufacture of | 0 cider. e I?* It is estimated that 40,000 persons own ! , over one-half of the wealth of the United ! 1 States. It takes a brave man to resist a tempta-' ? tion, and a wise man to keep out of the way s of one. r IST There arc a thousand and one ways to 1 make money; there is only one way to, save it. y BaT1 The Utah legislature is discussing aj ? bill to make train robbery punishable with I death. If love is blind, why is it that when a ' young man falls in love he is required "to see j s father." - | fifiT The Spanish army includes altogether v 25,400 officers, or one officer to every eight a soldiers. / 86TA woman usually hits what she is f throwing at when she throws the blame on 1 the men. ' - - - - i 1 8? An elderly couple oi Kmporia, Kan., i > were lately divorced from each other for the j * fifth time. 5?" There is no surer way of getting | r caught in a trap than to set a trap for some i other man. r s 8?* The smaller the man, the more apt he j is to imagine he could carry the world on I his shoulders. _! 8?*The bod / of a dead Chinaman is often II kept in his late home for three or four years before burial. 1 8?* Men spend nine-tenths of their time 2 lookiug for favors, and less than one-tenth in 2 doing favori. 8?" To an honest mind the hest perquisites j of a place are the advantages it gives a man , of doing good " 8? The troubles of youth are all imaginac ry ones, but that does not make them any I lighter to carry. : 8? Cowards waste a great deal of energy j. s in running after enemies who are too far ahead to be caught. 11 8?" More than four-fifths of the murders in 3 the United States last year were by men . who had no regular occupation. i 8?" Adam and Eve had the earth at ope time. Their experience should be a warning - to those people who want it today, s 8?" Resignation is finding out that the 1 rock you are bumping your head against is 0 a great deal harder than your head. 8?" Loafing comes as hard to a man who " has worked all his life, as working comes to 1 the fellow who has loafed all his life. j SSF* A man can usually tell his own fate by ' r | going out and looking at the weeds on the j: grave of a friend who died a year ago. , To see the hand of God in all things g and events, and calmly to leave the results with him, this is the glory of Christianity. 1 8*#~Some people claim to be trusting God s to save their souls, who appear to be afraid e to trust Him with very much of their money, a There would be very much less trouble in the world if men were as faithful to their i friends as they are to their stubborn opinions. 6S?" When a woman cannot reform a man 1: his salvation is impossible. When she can't not destroy him his destruction is not possil> ble. s| Hicks?"I am never able to find any! thing in this house." Mrs.-Hicks?"Oh, yes, e j vou are. You generally manage to find y\ fault." ' j.' An enthusiastic New York woman is j engaged in the work of raising canary birds I on. a large scale. She has now 1,000 birds e sitting. 0?" Dignity is a good thing; but if you y are in the rear of a crowd and wish to j see the procession, don't stand on it. (Jet a y j barrel. -j 0aT"Oh, mamma, tomorrow we're going! o ; to study dismal fractions !" exclaimed a ctnnll hrkv tn whom decimal fractions were i 1 unknown. AST It makes no difference how great a fool | you know a man is. you will always huve a o; high opinion of his intelligence after you a j learn he admires you. r| flSf We have noticed that a good man i i-: seems to have an easier time getting along s, than a bad one. There is only one way to y j live?to behave yourself. 0 j 8ST A Kentucky woman recently brought suit against a railroad for killing her horse i 11 and her husband. She got !?lf>0 for the horse ; 1 j and one cent for the husband. 'j j flaf It is something past finding out that a j ! boy who will go in swimming a dozen times ' | a (lay makes such a terrible bother when he I has his face and hands washed, c' flea?" C?o to a friend for sympathy in your j (j | trouble, and he is a very rare man if he will , j not improve the chance to prove that his !' trouble is greater than yours. e flfc^* The number of Indians in the I'nited v States who can read English is stated to be over 2.'?,000. The number who can read Indian language is over 10,000. ff flta?" Three hundred millions of passengers - have been carried in the cars of Brooklyn y ' bridge since they began running, in ISS.'I, e without a fatal accident to any of them. fla?" They encourage matrimony in Albania. II When a girl wants to get married, she collects all her money and mounts the coins on t! her cap. You can then see what she is " worth. , | flaT Eminent medical authority asserts that IC a sudden iminersion of the body in cold wav j ter, soon after meals, is extremely dangerous. 11 It chills the digestive organs and arrests di1 j gcstion. ,t BfctT English as she is misspelled has reeeiv| ed a notable addition in Penobscot county, j Me., where a bill of sale recorded in a town clerk's olliee, verbatim et literatum, coveys ' "a sorril mair" to a man and "his airs/' 1. 8&U In olden times, the mayor of Leicesn ter, England, was chosen by a sow. The I candidates sat in a semi-circle, each holding his hat full of beans in his lap, and he was je selected mayor from whose hat the sow ate it lirst. {- Bkif* Of the presidents of the United States id eight have been of Welsh decent?John Ad,'p atns, Thomas Jetlerson, James Madison, )t James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, ig James A. (Jarfield, Henjamin Harrison and i). John Quiiiey Adams. 111 ftaT* A hundred and fifty years ago unniartied as well as married women were styled *t "Mrs." (Jirls were called "Miss" until they left school, when they took their rank as >c "Mrs.while married women were gcneralh K. .wl,l,.,.^,?l .,c " :l 8*aT The piitiishmeiit for drunkenness, in u> St. Petersburg. is to make the oHender, 110 e* matter what his soeial position, sweep the streets. Well-attired gentlemen, some of :n them in dress suits, are occasionally seen k sweeping the streets, after a night's carouse. _?i ffiaT" New York is the lirst manufacturing j(j city of the country. It has eleven thousand 1(i factories, which make every year $500,000,000 worth of goods, including $80,000,000 ()p of clothing, $25,000,000 of books and papers, v and SIS,000,000 ol cigars, tenirai i iiik ;(j covers eight hundred and sixty two acres, lv and cost $ 1000,000. iTr | tit#" An Ohio lawsuit, involving the owner* iship of l.oOO acres of valuable real estate, was settled lately by the aid of photography, t-1 The turning point of the suit was as to n,' whether an old deed, executed seventyid live years ago, had five signatures or only k- four. There were spaces for live, but only is traces of four visible. The clerk of the to court was ordered to have the deed photoes graphed by an expert. He took it to Washat : ington for this purpose. The negative deig 1 veloped some evidence of the missing signar-1 ture, but on enlarging it ten times the whole J name eaine forth distinctly. fpswltouwus ftcadiutj.! ANCIENT TIMEKEEPERS. Bowls were used to measure time, from which water, drop by drop, was discharged through a small aperture. Such howls were j called water-clocks. It was then observed lmw mneli water from such a howl or cask. I from sunrise till the shortest shadow, trickled down in to another bowl placed beneath : j and this time, being the half of the whole j solar day, was divided into six hours. Consequently they took a sixth of the water | which had trickled down, poured it into i the upper bowl, and this discharged,; one hour had expired. But afterwards i a more convenient arrangement was made, j They observed how high the water at1 each hour rose in the lower bowl, marked ! these points, and counted them, thus finding \ out how many hours were till sunrise. With the Chinese, the water-clocks, or clepsydras, are very old. They used a j round vessel, filled with wuter, with a little hole in the bottom, which was placed upon another vessel. When the water in the upper vessel pussed down into the lower vessel it subsided by degrees, announcing thereby the part of time elapsed. The Babylonians are said to have used such instruments ; from them the Greeks of Asia Minor got them, at the time of King Cyrus, i about the year ">50 before Christ. But the Romans dul not get the first water-clock ; before the year 160 before Christ. But,! though the hours of the clepsydras did not j vary in length, they still counted from the) morning. When the clock with us stikes j seven, the ancients counted one; when the clock with us strikes twelve, the ancients counted six, and so forth. This method of counting the hour was, according to the New Testament, also customary in Tales-j tine at the time of Christ. The waterclocks had the advantage that they could be j he used in the night, and the Romans used j them to divide their night watches, which ! were relieved four times, both summer and j winter. Conformably to these, four night watches counted, not in Rome, but wherever a Roman garrison was stationed; consequently also in Palestine after she had become a Roman province. Man's Mirrored Self.?Man is quite as! vain as woman, and shows it in as open a I manner, and this can be proved if people but' stop to watch the maneuvers of some welldressed masculine, as he walks down the street, or takes his ride abroad, either in cars or on boats. The mirror in a shop window is as irresistably attractive to a man as a woman, and it is not always the youngest and host dressed men either, that seem to extract considerable enjoyment in regarding their own reflection. Shabbily dressed ! old men will loiter before a mirror and examine their Image with as much anxiety as does the young beau starting out to his lirst dance. Wherever a mirror is to be seen, there will be, if you will but notice it, men who cannot J resist gazing into it, and though it may sound < like a sweeping assertion, there are far more ' pocket mirrors carried by men than by worn- j en, and these are brought into play whenever a man has a few minutes' time to spare. These statements are not made to run , down the character of the men, but to show j that vanity lives alike in both sexes. Perhaps, after all it is not vanity that prompts men and women to scan their images so carefully whenever the opportunity is offered j for so doing, but it may be the innate desire j to detect faults, if there are any, and rectify ; them as speedily when they are discovered.! They are frequently actions that are at-1 tributed to vanity, but which are only the /-.Iitmmn r\f n <locirn tr? Innk HQ wpll J1S nOSW ble in what one wears, and certainly this' spirit is to be commended instead of cried down. It is our duty to look as.well as we i can, and if, after a study of our own reflec tion, we can make an improvement on what we see, there can be nothing hurtful in such j a proceeding. How Holland Treats Its Paupers.? Holland has perhaps come nearer than any other nation to suecesfully solving the problem of what to do with city paupers. Usually they are herded into great poorhouses, and fed at public, expense. The only work they do is that required to keep the premises where they ure housed in order. The charity they live on is doled out to them grudgingly, and they are a heavy expense. Political corruption and private jobbery creep into the management of the establishments where they ure kept. That at least is the American system, and it could not be worse. With the thrifty, wise Dutch the idea is not to herd thein together, but to scatter them. They are taken from the city slums and distributed upon public farms. Professor Peabody, who gives in The Forum some facts concerning the Dutch system, says there are no great poorhouses and few able-bodied paupers in Holland. There is a tract of land containing five thousand acres, j It is divided into six model farms, and to one j of these is sent the poor person applying forj public relief. If he voluntarily serves until he learns agriculture, he is allowed to rent a small farm for himself, and be what is called a free farmer. Every pauper who is thus reclaimed to honest, regular industry is so much gain to the State. There is also a forced labor colony, where beggars and , vagrants are seut and made to do farm work,; whether they want to or not. Every man is making for himself a | reputation. He cannot help it. He mingles in society. He speaks. He acts. He does business. He takes sides. He chooses his companions. He identifies himself with different issues. He starts influences. He is observed by others. His effect upon those with whom becomes in contact makes its I impression. The principles by which lie is governed produce their legitimate fruits, j His commercial dealings reveal and fix his j < lnir.il.lor His roliirinn nr ilTcliiriotl. his morality, his holiness or sinfulness will he-! come manifest. Jlis words, sentiments and actions will he scanned and judged. By the general aggregate will his standing in the community he determined. ! U&T A young British soldier was conduct-1 ing a party from the United States over the ! j citadel at Quebec. One member of the par- j : ty was a small maid of nine, and to her the J young soldier devoted most of his attention, j She was a saucy child, full of enthusiasm, and blessed with the earnest, aggressive I patriotism of extreme youth. "Here," said the soldier, as they stood before the two I worn brass cannons, "are two guns we took from your people at the battle of Bunker Hill," and lie smiled in triumph. Nonplussed for a moment, the child was still; then she looked up. "Come home with me," she said softly, "and I'll show you a wliyle country we took away from your people about the same time."?Life. ? # flSF"Oneof the most painful trials of Kossuth's exile was his inability to he present at the deathbed of his mother. She lived in poverty in Brussels, and she expressed a desire to see her son once more before she .died. The Belgian government of that day would not grant his request to visit her : unless lie consented to be accompanied; wherever he went by an officer of police.' He might have consented to this degrading condition, says one biographer, for her sake, but 110 sooner did his mother hear of it, than she herself forbade him to come to her, and she expired in the last days of 1Ko2, blessing him with her dying breath. ^ It appears, according to the registration report of Massachusetts, that nearly twice as manv women as men in that State live to be over eighty years of age. This is accounted for by the greater exposure of men to accidents, to weather agencies, to the constant rnin 11 f business life, to the anxietv of tiro viding for t-hc family, all of which tend to shorten the life of men. The deaths by accident among men are more than threefold greater than among women, and men commit suicide in about a threefold ratio as compared with women. i ftfeiSf" Taper yarn is now being substituted for other cheap stocks in carpets, and is jsaid to he superior to "shoddy" and "mungo," both-in cost and strength. Of course the paper is used only in the body and on the under side of the texture, and not on the upper surface. It is said that fifty-live per cent, of a carpet may be made of paper without a customer suspecting it. ?aT A man with a head that is two feet one and live-eighths inches in circumference : was lilted with a hat in Baltimore the other ; day. His size is eight and live-eighths, which j is twelve sizes above the average. chc ftovu Idler. A PRESENTIMENT. THK STOKY TOLD HV A SIIU'M ASTK1L At the time of which I write I was master of the bri^ Argonaut, saling between Portland and Rio Janerio, a matter of from sixty to seventy days' length. I had been married about two years to Emily Hnsbrouk. My wife was a young wnmnn nf iineoinmoii eood sense, and waited quietly sit her mother's house in Cambridge until I was made master of the Argonaut, and my worldly goods became sufficient wherewith to endow a wife, when we were married, after a long trial of mutual love and faith. Between Emily and her mother there existed an unusual affection and intimacy. The two women were all that were left of a once large and prosperous family. Little by little the property had vanished, one by one the sons had died, and when old Captain Hasbrouk was lost down in the gulf, bis widow and one little child were left alone and poorly provided for. lake most New England women, Mrs. Hasbrouk knew how to make a little go a great way, and Emily was well educated. Mrs. Hasbrouk was like a mother to me always, and when I took Emily away on my first voyage after we were married, I think I was almost as near crying as my bride at leaving the dear old lady and the snug little home. Emily was a wonderful sailor, and made the voyage with me like an old tar, never being in the least affected by weather or waves, and always bright" and cheerful. "The captain's ladywas greatly admired by the crew for her strength of mind and "seaworthiness," and to me she was, of course, a great joy and comfort, for I have always pitied the lonely seafaring men who have to leave their wives ashore. On the 3rd of August wc were preparing for another trip, and Emily and I went down to Cambridge to bid her mother good-bye. We had a happy day together, and 31 rs. Hasbrouk was looking so well and bright that I spoke of it and complimented her on her good looks. "Yes, George," she said, "I have never felt better, and if it were not that you are going to take Emily away again, I would say I never felt in better spirits. I only hope, my dear children, that we may all meet again in this way when you come home," she added, with something of solemnity in her tone. Emily kissed her, and told her that we all meant to be just so well and happy when we met again. "And don't mind, mammy dear, about writing to me, for George says there can be no communication between this and Rio before we shall be 011 our homeward trip." "I cannot hear from you, my darling, before I sec you?" Mrs. Hasbrouk asked, as she walked to the little gate with us. "Not unless my wraith should visit you," Emily said, laughing thoughtlessly, as she gave her mother a final embrace. Mrs. Hasbrouk's faretfell to mc was very loving and tender, as she blessed me and bade me take care of her darling child. She always put Emily under my protection in this way, just as she had done at the time ol our commencing the voyage oflife together, so that I was perpetually having renewed the pride and humility of a new-made hus 1 I V -- C T T ? _ I 1. hand when i was Dinning irirs. nusuruiih farewell. When we were in the cars, bound for Portland, Emily said to me, "It is such a comfort to me, George, to have seen mothei looking so well before I sail." I was glad, too, and we started on our outward course with tine weather and light hearts. We had a month of undisturbed cleur sky, The wind blew especially for our benefit, and we were making an uncommonly swift passage. The crew liad hardly enough workto occupy them, for the vessel almost sailed herself. Emily sat on deck most of the time, and did 110 end of worsted-work and light reading, and in the moonlight nights she would keep out till midnight sometimes, singing and watching the waves in the shine, and the phosphorescence on the water. We were prepared through all this easy time for the foul weather to come, and when the wind shifted, and a little cloud no biggei than a raun's hand began to rise, "We're a-waitin' for the blow," said Jack Salt; and sure enough we had it for forty-eight hours, heavy and strong, and then it calmed down somewhat, and we took a run of rainy days, not fit for any but men to be out in. Emily stayed below, except once she put her head out of the companion-way, all tied up in a hood, and smiling and nodding at me, she said, "Ugh! how wet and nasty everything looks! Even the sea seems more watery than it was before. I think I had better go down again, George. I shall not do for a deck hand." So she disappeared into our cabin. On the night of Thursday, the 29th o: September, five days out from Rio, I stayed on deck rather later than usual, talking with the mate. It was a quiet night, driz zling a little, but the sea smoother than il had been for some time. Mr. Myles, the mate, who was rather a queer fellow, lmc been telling me some stories bordering 01 the supernatural, and tried Ids best to makt me give in to his belief in the comniunicatioi of departed spirits with this world. I turnei down the cabin stairs with an incredibh shake of the head, and left him 011 dec! alone in his watch. I had bade Emily good-night at least tw( hours before, when I left her to go on deck and expected to find her asleep in her berth It was eleven o'clock when I left Myles ai Jim loilduf lif.nil niwl I ili'sriMiih'd slowlv not to disturb Emily. As I opened the dooi I could see that she was not in her berth, bu it was not till I was fairly in the cabin thai I saw her. My wife was standing in the middle of tin room, her black hair streaming around her Her hands were clasped, and held a little it front of her bosom. Jler face was as whitt as snow; her eyes were staring and blank as though they saw nothing around her Never had I beheld such awful anguish it: Iter whole aspect showed. "Emily ! my wife !" I cried. She gave a sort of gasp. "George, I have seen my mother: my mother is dead !'' I caught her as she fell forward in a swoon When my dear wife returned to conscious ness, I tried to keep her as quiet as possible but it seemed that she must unburden hei mind of the awful revelation that had beet made to her. I sat by her all that night and held Iter trembling hands in mine; am at last she told how it had come. My wife said : "I was ready to go to bed hut the ship rolled so little tonight that 1 thought I would read a while before I turner down the light. I suppose I had read uhoul fifteen minutes, when suddenly I began t( think of mother. I often do this, for, some how, when I ain thinking of other thing; mother coines into my mind, and then 1 always say,'.She is thinking of mc now, 01 talking about me to some one." Gradually I took my eyes oil'the hook, and raised then toward the door of the cabin, and there my mother stood before me. She was very pale as though she had been through some ill ness, and her hands were crossed upon hei breast. I spoke to her, 'Mother, what is it? She smiled, and waved her hand to me, ami disappeared. I know that she is dead, ant that I shall never sec her again." Emily was strangely moved and exeilei throughout this recital. At lirst I was frightened, for I thought her mind must bt affected in some way'. But at last she be ; came so calm and sad that I saw she really believed her mother to he dead. And I he lieved it, too. Why should not two hearts so closely bound together as were Emily'; and her mother's, be able to coinmunicut< 1 to each other such a great change as tlx ; leaving the world? I believed Mrs. Has ! brouk's spirit had found means fo tell hei faithful daughter of its (light. When we reached Rio, Emily causc< mourning to be prepared, and our homewan l voyage was not gladdened by my wife': songs. She was quite subdued by her sor row and loss. We reached Portland on the 20th ofl)e ! comber late in the afternoon. Emily foun< l that a train left for Boston at four o'clock and finally persuaded me to go with her t( Cambridge. "Von can get hack to Portland early enough in the morning, George, dear," slu said; "and I feel that I cannot rest fill 1 | have been to the dear old home, though ii will be so changed and sad." I tried to dissuade my wife from goin^ until we heard some particulars of the eon dition of her mother's house; for then might he strangers in it, and I thought i would he less trying to her to visit it by day I " V [ ' light, and after her mind was somewhat pre-1 I pared to meet new people in her mother's j place. We went to Huston, however, and, taking a carriage, drove out to Cam bridge. It was nearly ten o'clock when we reached the street on which Mrs. Hasbrouk's house stood. My wife was shivering more with restless dread than cold, as we drove up to the once happy little home. She was very quiet,! though I knew she was powerfully affected.! The house seemed quite dark in front. As we knocked (Kmily had insisted on' getting out of the carriage, and stood close' i tome)?as we knocked, the lock turned, and the door was thrown open. The hall was j filled with light, and in the doorway, asj briirht and as well as ever, stood Mrs. Has- > broilk, the same happy lady we hud left j nearly five months before. ; Emily, of course, went back to colors. We ; have never had the affair satisfactorily ex-j plained, but certainly Mrs. Ilasbrouk was perfectly well during the whole time of our. absence, and she had nothing to do with the 1 appearance of her own ghost. I think that Mr. Myles, to whom I after-1 ward told the story, has disliked Mrs. Has-, brouk from that time. iDcfr&l ! \Bakincf- ! ai ^JPowderj Absolutely A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength.?Latest United States I Government Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Co., j 106 Wall Street, N. Y. | OUR WORD FOR IT ! A YANKEE IN GRAY, | BY M. 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Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. ; Cures others,will cure you j i i' ' FA KM LOANS. TUB undersigned is prepared to negotiate' LOANS I'l'OX IMPKoVBD FA KM 1 NO j LANDS, lying in York county, to lie repayable ! | in" convenient annual installments, extending! i | over a period of live years. For further jmrtie | ulars apply to ('. K. SFBNCKK,' Attorney at Law, ' Yorkville, S. ('. 1 " t February 21 S tf > ' CAUTION1.?If a dealer offers W. L. Douglas .Shoes at a reduced price, or says | he has them without name stamped on bottom, put him do wn as a fraud. 1 wl Douglas i s3 shoe TH^WORLD. W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, easy fit. ting, and give better satisfaction at the prices ad' vcrtised than any other make. Try one pair and be convinced. The stamping of . L. Douglas' name and price on the bottom, which guarantees ' i their value, saves thousands of dollars annually j > to those who wear thein. Dealers who push the - ' sale of W. I.. Douirlas Shoes gain customers. [ which helps to increase the sales on their full line J [ 1 of goods. They can afford to sell at a less profit, and we believe you can save money bv buying all your footwear of the dealer advertised below, r Catalogue free upon application. Address, '| . W. L. DOUGLAjSi Brockton, Muss. Sold by J J. J. SMITH, C lover, S. V. t C. W. FREW, Rock Hill, S. 0. Jiimmiy 10 - -It [ for Infants and Children. ? r'?i?nrl<\ijcnw^llmlnnlmltnpliil(lri>n thnt f'nKtorla cures Colic. Constipation, I recommend it as superior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, known to inc. II. A. Arciiek, M. I'., I Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes dl- ^ 111 So. Oxford St., Rrooklyn, N. Y. gestion, Without injurious medication. "Tho u.to of 'C'astoria ii so universal and "For several years I have recommended i;s merit'.; so well known that it seems a work your ' C'astoria," and shall always continue to f su;?eivrogatioii to endorse it. Few are the do so as it has invariably produced beueficial intelligent familie:; who do not keep C'astoria results." within easy reach." Edwin F. Pardee, M. P., Cantos Mautyn, I). I)., 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. New York City. ? The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New York C'ity. GARRY IRON ROOFING COMPANY, Manufactures all kinds of IRON ORE PAINT IRON ROOFINO, KaiS&L And Cement. + rimped andcokkugatkdsining. 152TO 158 M EKWIN ST., Iron Tile or Shingle. Cleveland, O. "ike proof books, sih-iteks. .tr.T Hlr?par Send for Circular and Price List No. 75. THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF IRON ROOKING IX THE WORLD. ..W Orders mvirnl l.y I,. >1. (iRIST. . J DO YOU DENY THE CHARGE? FOR several years you have been*fully conscious of the fact that by the use of a COR BIN DISK HARROW you could reduce the expenses on your farm and at the same time increase the producing power of your land. You liave known this because you have seen statements to that effect in these columns signed by some of the best farmers in York and Chester counties? men whose word you would not think of doubting in any statement they might make to you. Isn't the foregoing absolutely correct ? Now, here, doubtless, are some of the reasons you have assigned for not buying, and I will say that none or all of them are worth the time employed in thinking them out: First. "My land is different the man's who made the statement as to his experience with the harrow." Second. "Times 4 are too hard." Third. "The price is too high, if I will only wait they will get cheaper." Fourth. "Perhaps I can get one low down from some fellow who +lias got tired of his, or perhaps I may be able to get a bargain in one. at some public sale," etc., etc. For answer to "reason" No. i I will say that there is 110 soil in York county, or anywhere else, that can be cultivated at all 011 which the harrow cannot be used to advantage. . ' To No. 2 I will say that the harrow is a time and money saver, therefore " ' the reason is an argument in favor of buying instead- of not buying. To No. 3 I reply that there is not the least probability of a reduction in price for the reason that it is very low now,, especially when the quantity and ^ A quality of work it will do is taken into consideration. It is cheaper in proportion than an Irou Foot Plow Stock at $1.00. In reply to No. 4 I will ask how many you have' known to be sold in the past five years "because the owners were tired of them" and how many have you known to sell at a reduced price at a public sale? Now say ? I tell you what I know. Several years ago I sold a harrow to three farmers, and , after using it for more than a year two of them sold out their interest for $2 less than the entire harrow cost the three. Sold one to another farmer. He used it one year, was compelled to raise some cash to pay a note, and sold his harrow for $1 less than he paid me for .it. * SAM M. GRIST, State Agent, Yorkville, S. C. THE IBr tlllSTIHMSllWIMIH ~ SAMUEL HUNT. Agent for Purchaser. ( IMPROVED, HIGH ARM, PERFECTED.! * I rTIIME TABLE of the Charleston, Cincinnati Shipped on Approval and Guaranteed to X and Chicago Railroad in effect from and nf- * Give Entire Satisfaction, and if Not Sat- ter April 9, ltfH, Daily Except Sunday, isfactory after a Test of TWENTY STANDARD EASTERN TIME. DAYS in Your Home, the Ma- , "OIf *OK ' ? ** I No "v. I.cavc ( hnrleston, (S. C. It. It.).. 7 15 am chine Will he Tuken Hack and | Leave Augusta, 0 50 am . ,r ... ? ... i Leave Columbia. 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Leave Tirzah ? 21 am A Few Facts About The Enquirer Machine.' l??? ^Mii\7:!::!!!!::::::"Z."! 10 S am The accompanying engraving gives a correct It 00 am idea ol the machine. It is as near perfection us Leave lamcaster 12 00 nm any machine on the market. Any kiud^ ol Leave Kershaw *f 01 pm work can be. done on it that any other machine Arrive at Camden 2 (JO pin will do. All wearing parts are ease harden- Leave Camden, (S. C. K. It.) 2 :w pm ed steel, and are fitted so accurately that Arrive Columbia " 0 15 pm these machines are as absolutely noiseless and Arrive at Augusta " 12 15 am easy running as line adjustment and best me- Arrive at Charleston." 8 45 pm chanical skill are possible to produce. No ex- * Dinner. pense or time is spared to make them nerfect in OTHER CONNECTIONS. every respect. I he balania'-u heel and nian> ol Laneaster?With Cheniw and Chester N. G. the line parts are nickel plated, w ith other parts nijInmd for <.|,Pster. finely enameled and ornamented, giving it a ca,awha Junction?With G, C. and N. R. R. rich appearance, I lie niacin c.is I;ted?ith Rock Hill-No. :tt with "Vestibule Limited" the lnipio\od Automatic Robbin \indei. It OJ) ^ and jj ^ arrjvjnjr Charlotte H.flO p. also has a self-setting needle andsell-threading , Washington 7.20 a. in.; Philadelphia 10.40; cylinder shuttle. The simplicity ol the auto- Xew York l'H n m .untie tensions, sewir.g from Nos. 40 to 100 thread l ' Yorkville-With Chester and Lenoir R. R. without altering, recomiineiids it not only to Biaeksburg-With R. and I). R. R.,'for Spur- g every beginner, hut to a li.. 1 tan burg, Greenville, Atlanta and noints South Eaeli machine is in perleet working order Jind c'liarlotte ami points North. ' when shipped, and is accompanied w ith printed Hlielby?With Carolina Central R. R., with * mtructions and a complete se of tools and all st to Cleveland Springs, necessary attachments, ?i a handsoim; plush u K()(I(h;VSt ()h, j,ojn* KJ ,H (.roek UI)(, 1 liieii ease. I lie attachments are the u.t. ; London, trains stop only on signal. //Oil TO OFT TltE MAtHIXE. S. 11. LUMPKIN, (J? P. A. ? nrroiiTAXT IMFOllMA TIOX. A. TRI PP. Superintendent. , SA.M'I. HI'N'T, (icncral Manager. The price of the Machine isijiiifl. We deliver it at vonr nearest railroad station free of freight RICH S11EI) FOR S\1,F M\\Si,^r,,VTM l>EV(l)iC<ilS 'willCbe^eiit T HAVK on ha??1 11 Hoa.Uity of'find-elass y Mountains. 1IIK KNQl IHLR 1 ROUGH RICE for seed, which I will sell to free for one year to every pureiiuseroi ? mm umv. tl?, . The cash must aeeompuny the order. Send to sow, at two dollars a bushel, money by Kx press, Money Order, Registered ?tnts a quart. Apply at Fhk Kxcji'irkk Letter or'.New York Kxehange. March 7 ( ' IITII. A WARRANTFl) FOR TKX YF.ARS. " tf ? The usual warrantee by whieh we replace any *11 /a* defeetivo part or anv part that breaks or wears ^*1 Lnt*1111* ll'TIl ill! tl*!*!4 out through the fault of the machine, except 1,VUUU" V IlljUllTl. shuttles, needles and bobbins, goes with cverv ! , Machine. After tins Maehine has been received, PTT'RT TQWCTt trrrrTv you have the privilege of returning it within u.o.ijj.o.n.x..U Wx.XiJS.Li. . TWENTY davs, if not satisfactory. Is that * "f fair? TRHMH OF HrRHC'HIPTIOXi Single copy for one year, s >2 <m> >*<> V A It I ATION. One copy tor two years 3 ?<> ? Wo have endeavored to say here all that we ?,or f,'x hionths, I (HI ' could say in a letter. There can be 110 change of ?(>r three months, 50 terms. I )o not ask for any variation. Machines ,{,uo copies tor one year, 3 SO are shipped direct from the factory, and are not ten copies one year, ; 1750 on exhibition at ourotlice. We know you will be .-'*"d an extra copy for a club of ten. pleased with the machine when you get it, and A"> riHTisKMUis rw you know if it should happen to be unsatisfacto- Inserted at One Dollar per square for the lirst ry, you can send it back within TWENTY insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for each ^ 1)AYS and get your Si'1.00. Address subsequent insertion. A square eonsists of the I.KWIS m. giust, Yorkvlllo, s. ('. space occupied by eight lines of this size type, pif Contracts for advertising space for three, ' UXDHHTAKING. six, or twelve months will lie made on reasonable terms. The contracts must in all cases be a. confined to the regular business of the tirni or * - + individual eont meting. 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