The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, April 13, 1886, Image 4
low They WoWr »»d H»e—A Broach ol
Gorauon tadaptry of Spoelo} Interest to
Ajmericous — frmevtt of Unsleonllacse
Bod food oad FVul Air.
A lurif tluy’g journey- from Heidelburg
fhc traveler into ri region as full of
-quaiut interest and strange *ights as any
Jn Germany, the land of toys, the Sohn6-
« rj( district g| thg TbitfItalian forest.
ils vrorld apart in the universe of In-
.^Ustry Is knotvn vary well, indeed, to a
certain chus ot ^Bitricaos, the Ujy im-
’’porten, belter (han to the imi»orU-rs of
any StJiernKtton. »
long a£o as 187# we Americans
trtught in this small forest nest toys to the ; version
value of nearly £iOO,UOO, anti in 1880 our
purchases had increased to nearly f1,000,-
000, and yet how few of us, when we buy
a crying doll for * Christmas present, h
‘wooly dog, a nodding donkey, a "farm
yard." or any of the tliotMnnd toys made of
wood, papier mache^ or wax ^hink o/ the
Strange little world among the Tit urtngian
^Uls whence our familiar objects come.
Tho uiorchants are said to have no love
for their business whatever, the manu-
facturers hie conservative beyond belief
and the'workingmen have no money with
Wflich'to experiment. There is no indus-
tMal museum in the district ami the mau-
.'ufacturem oppose the foundation of one
because each is afraid that the others may
appropriate his models. The solitary
manufacturer who has patented a toy or
^ro ami proposed some wholesale Lm-
£ rovetuems of lecluiique Is so cordially
ated that he employ* a private watch-
’^nan for Ids establishment and does nl>t
venture out alone at night. Tfet ivjthln
the narrow limits of its method of piodu'c-
tion Soimeberg has Die most - marvelops
array of \aried toys. Thus there are
sample rooms with to f8,o0O sample
toys, and many a Sohjieberg drummer
carries in his sauiple books 3,000 to 4,000
pictures and photographs of the produc
tions of his Arm or Anns:'
THE KACTOItV HANDS AND ‘rUASTERS.’’
yhe workers arc of twb sorts, the fjvctory
khatids and the : ‘i'masters,' who work at
rjioinc with the Injlp of an employe or two
and of their otVti families. The position
of the master varies little from that of the
•other wMrSMeu: The master occupies a
'pottage had lias a potato patch on the
steep, stony hillside But the cottage and
']sitato patch are usually heavily
mort gaged and la order to pay interest
iaod taxes the family usually rent tl)e be'.t
rooms and live in tip most wretched
d^oaet-like dens Jlie quarter of Sonue-
bjjrg \vhj,re the 'workers live is the oldest
'.itf the city. After the Russites had de-
■troyed the city the inhabitants are said
to hare taken refuge in Grnnthal, a long
gorge under the protection of the castle.
feShut in by steep hillsides the Urunthal
fords scarcely room enough for two uar-
kon'Vows of houses, so that many of therji
Jure built directly into the hillside. The
dwelling usually consists of a sleeping
and a living room, both low-ceiled, and
Seated whiter aqd emninth, iu order to
dry the wares which stand about the
Stove upon Shelves and boards. The living
room, at once kitchen, workshop
nursery, Is usually light.
But the sleeping room is rarely ventila-
ble and still more rarely ventilated. It
contains exactly room enough for two or
three beds so close together that no one
'fcitl pass between them. At night the oc
cupant of the furthest must climb over
the intervening ones. Here two, three or
four persons occupy each l>ed. The pov-
• erty and crowding arc horrible, the want
of dwellings increasing as the factory sys
tem draws more and ' more hands to the
town. And these pens are expensive, loo;
the most wretched of them, with but one
habitable room, costs from 60 to 80 murks,
and for the usual sleeping aud living room
together, the workman pays 80 to 150
bga^ks. The cleanliness of sucji dwelling!!
biay Veadily be irtiagined. " The week’s
-fcw6eplng and scrubbing js con'Aned to Sat
urday afternoon, when the wares are
packed ready to lie taken to the mer
chants. The sleeping room rarely shares
the benefit of the scrubbing.
SCANTY KOOD AND IMPURE AIR.
The food of these unfortunates consists
of potatoes eaten in the morning with u
cup of chicory, and as lunch with bread.
Tor dinner, potatoes with a herring or
some fat from the butcher. The poorest
of all go without herring and take the salt
liquor in which it was packed! Meat is
seldom eaten. In Grnnthal, where popu
lation is thickest there are few butchers,
hrtd'tliese few dttd no custom. Down lie-
low in the town of Sonneberg itself the
butchers live m*ar together and kill much
and often. At 4 o'clock coffee is‘f&ken
or the water in which the ' butcher
lias boiled sausage, which these unfortu
nates call sansjige soup. Tills tli^V get
'for nothing, or almost nothing, and they
cut slices of potato into It.
' After the Ix;ipsic autumn fair when the
•urgent orders come and Amcricaan tele
grams for Christmas goods literally chase
each other along the cables, every human
being who can be set at work is pressed
Into the service of the toy industry. Whole
ifamilies work all through the night, and
the heat and dust! aud fpul air must have
been felt to be appraclated, which reign
kupreft^j here whert th‘e fixe is’ kept burn
ing day and night to dry the wares, where
a dozen human beings crouch in a low-
beiled pen. and at night a cheap petroleum
lamp adds its fumes to the whole.
The consequences of Audi a ’tyav of Jiv
are inevitable? In spite of the'piire
forest air that pours down from th$
What isrto" be doj _
creasing army of rrinie and vice
rendering securitvin Purls a myth? In
the curr^n' number of The Xouvelie
Revue; the Abbe Moreau, formerly
almoner at t he prison of i>a Gramie Ko-
quette, has begun to write his souvenirs
of the -world of prisons, uuU his conclu
sions, good Christian ;u> lie is, are alto
gether sad. The abbe's long experience
has shown him that crime is rarely an
accident in a man's life, but generally a
trade or a passion, cud that liierc thou
sands whose only menus of existence* is
theft, and wlio consider tills means as
legitimate as labor.
The ubbe Quotes an experienced thief
who is of a philosophical turn, aud who
writes: “I do not believe much in the cou-
of professional thieves and crim
inals. A thief will always be a thief and a
murderer a murderer, just as a drunkard
will always be a drunkard. There are, of
' Course, a few evceptional crimes dqe to
j overexcitement and passion. But if 1 were
: to give advice to the government, it would
! be to shoot us or lliug us into the sea with
* a cannon bull tied to our feet, tiw whole
! gaug of us brothers in crime, who aro
i united by the bond of blood. Repentance
or even a change hi the manner of life is
very rare among us.”
The whole of the Abbe’s article is full of ,
a spirit of reaction against the modern ays- j
j tem of coddling criminals and keeping i
! them comfortably in cellular retreats
i which are models of ventilation, eleunli- i
| ness, and hygienic disposition. What will
the humanitarian* find to say against this
profound return to the severity of primi
tive legislation? A ret urn to barbarism,
it win lx* said. It is precisely this return
| to barbarism, the outcome ot modern
; civilisation, which has made a profound
impression on the contemporary French
1 mind, and led to all sorts of manifestations
of pessimism, whicli may be noticed in the
| literature, the art. aud the life of the day.
! The tendency of French, ami one might
say of European civilization generally,
seems to be to break all the bonds that
formerly held human societies together.
The modern man need be neither husband
nor father, nor brother, nor friend, he need
contract none of those bonds of duty, with
out which it was impossible to live for
merly. We are gradually arriving at a
state of individualism and ferocious • ego
ism which allows us to enjoy the ad van
tage of association—not to say of society—
without assuming any of its burdens The
bonds of*f;nnily. of futherjaud, of friend
ship, having lost their strength, men grow
disgusted and tired of living in times and
in a society where all that makes the
charm and interest of life is daily disap
pearing more and more.—Paris Cor. New
York Sun.
Steinitz and ZukejrloiT'gnve a most enter
taining aud unconscious exhibition of
• chess without the chess board. Znkcrtort
; was attending to tbe wiug of a duck, but
: hU defeat was evidently still rankling in
bis mind. "Steiultz,” he said, "v.hat
would you have done If 1 bad played rook
takes bishop's pawn ?”
j • “Pawn takes rook,” replied Steinitz, dig
ging out a bonne bouche from the duck's
. breast. -*
"Queen to knight’s sixth, check,” said
Zukertort, reaching for his glass of beer.
; "King to bishop’s square—please pass
the bread,” replied Steinitz.
“Queen takes pawn rook’s sixth, cheek;
| no. thunks, no sugar ”
“King to bishop 1 * second; what is in that
j dish, potatoes?”
And so it went on; both gentlemen carry-
i ing on the business of the table and each
I with a vivid chess-board pictured mentally
, before him. They played this variai ion out
i to the end of it, and then took up another
i and another, evidently able to call up a
photograph of the game at anv stage at
will.
"How do you do it, doctor?” queried a re
porter.
“1 can’t explain it,'’ he said. “I see the
board arid tbe pieces just as clearly as
though they were before me..”
"Doesn't that require a tremendous exer
tion of the memory?”
"No. Of course everybody can not do it,
but it is not hard to do if you go at it
right.”
"Isn't the effort exhausting?”
"Not at all. I would much sooner pit y
ten games blindfoldedsimultaueou.sly than
: one match game.”
"How many games can you play blind
folded simultaneously?”
"I have played sixteen. There Is no men
tal limit, however, to the amount of that
sort of thing that one can do. Of course
gome do hot push it as far as others.’’-- St.
Louis Republican.
IABV STUAKT.
uty Mme. Modjeska’i
of Mary Stuart surpasses
auy actress who has beeu seen
n Schiller's noble drama of late years,
i The character has had several repre-
: sentatives whose dragiajio powers have
elevated them among their contempor
aries. The Mary Stuart of Jananfichek
: is to-day a performance of wonderful
| force aud symmetry. Ristori, only a
year ago, exhibited the fragments of
ffeer once eommrmdfng art in this cliar-
acter to bettor advantage titan in any
other role. In her prime her portrayal ! rickets, may
of the Scottish Queen was a noble and 1 F l ieft!i aifectious
memorable piece of acting. But while noP<? -
priiicqini iu:m^ xa ui© iicvc—j^jV ol
parents and nurses wntching^tfliiidren
when they fall asleep, spid' preventing
them from o^eatuiug -with their months
open. In grown persons, diseases of
: the nose aud throat may lead to mouth-
breathing aud the resulting distortions
of the features; but it is the other way
i with children. They should be taught
tc use the mouth for eating and speak-
; ing only; ami, if they fall asleep with
; their mouths open tbe lips should be
, gently pressed together. Thus, many
• constitutional diseases, such as spinal
trouble, piet on ^
avomed, not to
Gill MY BACK
Ercrj strain c; exti alUzks that weak bark
ant acsrlj praatralM j*n.
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briAst, and perhaps
r no
o.f the throat and
An I'nvarnlHhed Account of Liberia.
Anderson H. .Jones, a colored man who
went to Lilxsria six months ago from Mis
souri, writes honie from Brewersville, a
village 'llfteen miles from Monrovia, giving
The j some account of the country. He say# that
there are no hdrses, no mules, and no oxen
in the' whole' settlement. All the farm
work is done with the hoe, the rake, and
the ax. Re says: "I have been all over
the settlement, and I found the largest
and numlier of people in a suffering condition
i for something to eat and for clothes to
wear. There isn’t any doctor iu this set
tlement—tlie settlement is too poor to sup
port one. Calico is 35 cents per yard. A
common laborer, when ho can get any
work to do, is paid 35 cents per day.
Pickled pork is 35 cents per pound; shoul
der meat, 35 cents per pound.
“All the flour and meat used here is im
ported from England and America. Com
meal is 10 tents per quart. Common flour
is 815 per barrel. The only slow way the j
settlers have to make money here is by i
raising and selling coffee. It will take a j
ProfeKsor Sophocles, of Harvard Collcgo.
The c.ld Greek was catechizing his class
one day on the ancient history of his na
tive country. “'When did Theodophilus
live?” he asked of one sophomore. "Before
Christ.” "Wrong!” shouted, the professor.
And then addresing the next sophomore:
"When did Theodophilus live?” ."After
Christ!” “Wrong!” shouted the profe.-sor
again. And then he repeated the question
to a third student: "When did Theodoph
ilus live?” "Neither before nor after
Christ!” "You are right, young man!”
j said the professor. "There never was any
! such man as Theodophilus.” It was one of
[ the little historical traps that Sophocles
i liked to set for the budding wisdom of
! Harvard.—Boston Harvard.
Cheapest Place In the World.
The cheapest of all civilized or half-
civilized countries of the present world is
probably tlie Persian part of Armenia.
The traveler Vamberg states that in the
mountain districts of that frugal terri-
tory half a florin (about 25 cents) would lie
considered fair monthly wages for a hard
working man, and that the miethgeld, or
hand-money, paid to the parents of a
shepherd boy varies from 60 to 75 cents a
year. Yet evts.i at those modest rates few
applicants caii obtain employment, and
the highways swarm with liegging young
sters, ready to follow a bread-giver to the
end of the world.—Dr. Felix L. Oswald.
j newcomer like myself from five to six
j years to get a coffee farm iu trim for sell-
I ing coffee. The public schools are poor.
I There is a class of jieople over here who do
| not want the true condition of things writ-
; ten back home.”—Chicago Herald.
Earl of .Surrey a KJotcr.
Apropos of the recent London riots, it
j may l>e interesting to recall the fact that
j the famous earl of Surrey was ouce ac
cused before the privy council of rioting in
London streets ‘and breaking windows
! with a crossbow. Kis defense was a sin-
| gularly ingenious one. "My motive,” he
1 said, “was a religious one, though I confess
it lies open to misconstruction. It grieved
1 me, T my lords, to see the licentious man
ners of the citizens of London. Was I to
| suffer these unhappy men to perish with-
! out warning? Common charity forbade.
I therefore went at midnight through the
streets and shot from my crossbow at
their windows, that tbe stones passing
I noiseless tlirough the ail till breaking iu
i n$t)4 ' their' guilty secrecy might remind
1 them of tlie suddenness of tlie punishment
j which the Scriptures tell us divine justice
i will inflict on impenitent sinners, mid so
lead them to a reformation of littiuhers!”—
Chicago Tribune.
Motion Adds Chunn to Bviiuty.
I have seen Mary Anderson and think
i her very beautiful. Her beauty coils it-
[ self around one’s heart and crushes its
: prey. It is a different type of benhty from
; the Langtry’s, why is, m my opiuibn, a
' more beautiful woman than Mary Ander-
: son, and whose beauty is of Chat kind
which you would like to see your mother,
! or sister, or sweetheart possess. It in
spires a sisterly affection while compelling
' admiration. Mqs. Langt ry would lie beau
tiful even if slie were only a lay figure.
1 Miss Anderson, on the other hand, is a
, beauty that requires motion to give
A Prize of a Thousand Ducats.
The Vicuna Gazette announces that a
prize of 1,000 ducats is offered by (he own
ers of the Ostran coal mines for the last
methods of depriving of danger the neces
sary work of blasting in pits subject to
fire damp, or of a method of dispensing
altogether with the use of gunpowder or
dynamite in such operations. Inventors
are to address their communications to the
director of mines iu Vienna, and the latest
date for sending in solutions of the prob
lem is the close of thy year LSoO. Kansas
City Journal.
Patti Ik To lie a Princess.
Mme. Adelina Pafti will be. a.princess
after her marriage with M. Nicolini, ac
cording to Tlie Paris Gaulois, which de
clares it has it has its information from
the most authoritative source. Nicolini
is to lie created a prince by a foreign chan
cellery. The honor has been obtained by
the diva herself, who, being a marchioness
by first marriage, wishes to become a
princess on the occasion of her second.—
Inter Ocean.
Mme. Modjeska’s performance of Mary
Stuart lapks some of the best-remem
bered qualities of these, and some of
the tragic force of Seebach, it possesses
characteristics of its own which will
Commend it to play-goers who admire
the finished methods, tlie delicacy and
womanly refinement that distinguish
all Modjeska’s work. Tlie version of
Schiller’s play used was made by Mr.
Lewis! Wingfield for Mme. Modjeska.
Mr. Wingfield is au English writer on
the drama and an authority, we believe,
upon archseological subjects. He has
performed the task of adaptation in a
reverent spirit, and preserved much of
the dignity and strength of the German
text. Mme. Modjeska is, of course, an
j ideal Mary Stuart to the eye. None of
! her predecessors have excelled her in
beauty of face or form, or equalled her
in gracefulness. The part fits her so
closely, indeed, that it is strange she
has not given the play a prominent
place iu her repertory before now. It
is likely that she will make it more con
spicuous hereafter. There have been
before Mary Stuarts who could com
mand, rebuke, and suffer ; here was one
to compel adoration, to make the hom
age of Mortimer and Lancaster seem
perfectly natural, and tbe faithful cle
votion of her retainers easily explain
able. .She brought the element of
picturesqueuess to the character also;
her attitudes, movements, and gestures,
nil seemingly unstudied yet carefully
adjusted jt.o the harmony of thp whole
performance, were delightfully grace
ful. Strength was not lacking either,
end the meeting of tlie two Queens in
Fotheringay Bprk never aroused an
a;ui|^yga-vmoro thoroughly. The per
son nance a whole, however, was
p.tched in a loBjtoy. The Queen was
sr.b lued duriug albofthe first act, both
in the presence of him? Panlefc and in
the interview with crafty Burleigh.
Even the declaration of young Mortir
ivrer excited her only a moment ; she
allowed herself to hope but with tlie
knowledge that it, was, at the best, a
forlorn hope. The scene of parting
with Melville and the rest was as tear-
compelling as ever, although Modjeska
handles it very daintily, her 'keen
artistic sense restraining her from piling
agony upon agony. Tlie recognition of
Liecester was an admirable touch, and
the exit of the Queen with her eyes fixed
upon the crucifix while her lips repeat a
prayer was both original and touch
ing.
It seems that medical men are not the
only ones who have studied more or
less carefully the habit of month-breath
ing. George Catlin, the portrayer of
American Indian Hie aud customs,
claimed in one of his works that it was a
known fact that a man can inhale
mephitic air through the nose for a cer
tain time in the bottom of a well without
harm; but, if he opens his mouth to
answer a question or call for help, his
lungs are closed, and he expires.
Gatlin says:—
“I have seen a poor Indian woman In
the wilderness lowering her baby from
her breast aud pressing its lips together
as it falls asleep. ”
Among two million people, he found
that deafness, dumbness, spinal curva
ture, and deaths from teething and
diseases of the respiratory passages were
almost unknown. He attributes this
exemption from these ailments, so very
c mimon in civilized life, solely to the
habit of breathing through the nose.
YHC
BEST TONIC
Strengthens tbs Muscles,
Wteattien the Nerves,
Enrichph the Blood, Given New Vigor.
Dn. J. L. Mvcaa. V'jirtield, lora, u-.s:
" Brown's iron Bitters is tho beet Iren msfliciiie I
hsro Known in ciy oO yeerpractice. I hare tound it
socially Ujreiu-islin uorvouaor physical exh’ustion,
end in ail flrbt.it 'it l njr r ilraents th»t bear so henvily •
cn tho system. jJ-.e it freely in my own family.'*
Mb. W. F. Bbottx, 63t Main St., Covimrti.n, Ky.,
e»ys: ‘T »•>» completely le.kcn down iu health rnd
I cabled with rains in joy bock. Brown's lion
liiltcni entirelyleutorod me to heslttt”
Crnnine hss aboveTrsdo Mark andcroesed red line*
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Successor to JAMES E. COOK.
H AVE received from Northern’and Eastern Markets a full and carefullj
selected stock'd— • ••• - • • ••• *-•••
General Merchandise J
■We have a larger •to<\k of La^it^! Dresf
Jeans'
For the Fall and. Winter trad^ . _
Goods than cretr before. All grades of Hepellants, Cftseime
BTehcfling, nanndTs, anw^Bomr^tics in abundance. An extraordinary large
stock of first-class.Boots amt Shoes, ipelinUng tlie well known Bay Stale
Standard Screw Goods qqd the Clement Wife! ifc Ball Custom Work.
A CLOTHING DEPARTMENT which'is full ami complete In quality
style and prices. A stock of HATS and |IAPS iu which we can suit and
fit any man, boy or child who may favor us with a call. An extensive
GROCERY Depattinent, in which will be found the choicest Family Gro
ceries and Plantation Supplies. Hardware, Tinware, Glassware aud
Crockery cheaper than eVer.
Having purchased these goods during the past dull season at remarkably
low figures, we propose to sell them at prices Which' will fully satisfy the
closest buyers. 1 ■’ . <* ;
GEO, R, LOMBARD & CO.
FOUNDRY,
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OW PRICES—
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15 11. P. Engine $585.
A SAD FATE.
A Hindoo lady, taking enforced
widowhood ns her theme, writes
strongly and bitterly of what she
describes as tlie “brutalized human
nature ” that could lose sight of the
difference between a child widow of six
and a matron widow of sixty; and pro
vide for the innocent mite that life of
long misery which is the invariable lot
of the Hindoo widow. She tells how,
after the husband’s death, the widow’s
hair is cut off and her ornaments taken
away; how she must henceforth wear
the coarsest clothes and eat the most
unsavory food. Her presence is shunned,
and she becomes the leper of society,
doomed to pass her life in seclusion.
She goes on to give a striking illustra
tion of the venerable head of a Hindoo
family sending out his creatures to hunt
down a girl of ten to bless his remaining
years, apd then turning to his widowed
granddaughter of fifteen and telling her
that her widowhood is a punishment
for the loss of her husband, which can
only Ire expiated by a life of austerity,
devotion ami mu'itv.
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ESr’Telepkoq.e No. 27.
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Good Hjiir Cloth of Fancy Ramie, at >27.50; a Large Assort
ment oi Poplar Bed-room Suites, full Marble Top, ut $32;
or, in Wood Top, from 16.50 to 25 dollars.
A No. 7 Flat Top Cookiqg Stoye, with 50 pieces, for 13 dollars; No. 6 Step
Stove, 25 pieces, $8.75. *
Every kind and every articleof every kind in the Furniture, Bedding and
Stove Line; also, a full line of Window Shades, Carpets, Rugs, Clocks, Pic
tures), etc.
In Undertaking Department ypn can find ColTinsand Caskets, Gentlemen’s
Robes, Ladies’ Robes, Odd Fellow's and Mason's Trimmings, and a full liucf
of all other trimmings. '* * ’
Any information will bg cheerfully given. Write for full particulars and
prices.
Li. F. PADGrETT’S
Furniture Store,
1110 and 1112 BROAD STREET. - - - - AUGUSTA, GA.
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-IMPORTER AND JOBBER OF-
—: o:
-AfiLXT Foil
he a i ids on stomachs.
heights through every lane and byway, 1 ?® aui y requires motion to give it ef-
ilicae unhappy people are pale and feeble; fei'tivcness. Ellen lerry is, perhaps, the
- - ~ greatest living exponent of this kind of
< ’icy stoop and cough, have flat narrow
cheats and a^e small of stature. Such is
y ‘ ? race of toymakers in the Tliuringian
•-vest. — Heidelberg Cor. Philadelphia
Times.
Gen. SUvrlilan and tbe Sentinel.
Gen. Sheridan was once halted by G. M.
■Woodward, of Wisconsin, when tlie latter
wits a "high private" i^. 'the Army Jf the
Potomac and on picket duty. A ni&n ‘ on
1 orselse.-k came along, aUd lie greeted him
With tlie projier salutation: “Who goe$
ijiere?" - A friend.” was tin? reply. "Ad-
Vnnee, friend, aud give the
said the young private."
Idun,” said tlie horseman. Woodford gave
h'.m to uudorstand that he didn’t care if
hfi Was Gen. Sheridan—that be wanted tlie
tSiuniarsign; ami lie brought his bayonet
into cloaeoproxiinUy to the general’s per-
•oit and deJiiandcd the proper answer.
Sheridan smiled,’ gave it to him, and, as
he rode away, turned to ’yemark: "Young
man. there's a regiment of infantry com
ing jupt behind me. Don't 'molest ’em.—
Chicago Tribune.''' ' *•'
An Alphabetical Index of Topics.
An accomplished friend of mine lias his
own card catalogue which is his "per
sonal index” to those statements which lie
has thought important enough to note in
this way. It consists of more than 10,000
c^.rds alphabetically arranged, referring
to a.s maiur-ya lOjXk) different topics, and
telling • where these topics are handled.
This seuius a very large index. But if, iu
kge reading of every day, he made only
Tour such notes and put tlugh in tliefr
places, which would cost him perhaps two
minutes daily, he would have an ul]>ha-
helical index of 14.000 topics in ten years.
-—Edward Everett Hale, in Tlie Chant au-
aunn.
beauty. Her chief charm is her grace,
and she keeps constantly iu motion so that
your eyes are ever purusiug her and ad
miring her.
Miss Anderson belongs to the same
school. I saw her iu New York before she
went to Europe; then she was merely a
beautiful woman; since that, time she has
become an artist, and not only the form,
the spirit of beauty is in her. and she is
fascinating. She has acquired the art of
gracefulness, and learned the secret that
motion gives a charm to beauty of her
he couhtersignl” kind. So she flits across and around the
stage in a tireless manner, evading your
scrutiny, and feeling conscious that if she
were to stand still you would criticise and
possibly find fault with Iter.—Globe-Dem
ocrat Interview.
t tov/alty Mriffhrldlnir at Night.
Writing to T'ae London Times from Ba
varia, a correspondent likens tlie Bavarian
monarch to a fairy prince, and his suddon
appearances in the royal sleigh at night to
•cones from fairy tales. As the sleigh ap
proaches "it looks like a golden swan with
wings displayed.” Within one may see the
pale-faced king reclining on tlie richly em-
brodered blue velvet cushions. The. in
terior is lighted by a soft but brilliant elec
tric light. It flftshas by the wondering
•pect^tor, who has hardly time to notice
the hgraffe of brilliants which adorns the
artist's hat of the king.—Foreign Letter.
Tbe Eldest Mm of Wales.
Albert Victor Edwatfl 'eldest son of the
pejnee of Wales, is described as a shy,
boyish-looklug young fellow, who
doesn't look bis 24 years- Ho is devotedly
attached to his mother, whom he resem
ble* in character and features.—Exchange.
Bismarck costa Germany SI 6.000 a veal
- liardly up to a big railway officer’s paj
hare
TunUhtng a It<*e;iinciit In Persia.
The shah was driving along the high- '
road one day when some soldiers ap- !
proocheil him with a petition setting for'h !
their grievances. They had not been j aid j
for nine months. The son of the minister
of war, who accompanied the shah on
horseback, galloped up among them and
lashed them across their faces with his
whin. Some stones were thrown, and One
of them broke, a window of the shalj’s car- j
riage. The aide-de-camp shouted to the ;
coachman to start the horses at full speed, j
crying out that an attempt was being ■
made to assassinate his majesty.’
Tlie following morning the regiment of
Ispahan, to which the mutineers belonged,
paraded in the courtyard of the palace.
The shah appeared at a window, and, at |
his order, every tenth man was seized and
strangled. Though ins conduct was sc- ’
veroly critittsed, Europeans here think |
hiinfus excusable as Peter for his severity ;
to the Strelitz regiment, and his firmuess
prevented a massacre of F.nropeatis by the
turbulent troops.—Persia Cor. New York
Herald.
The Comfort of the Italian , •Sral«ltno. ,,
The poorer Florentines are even more
unfortunate . than the casual visitor, as '
they’cftn-dRdora make any fire at all, ex- j
cepCHrtfhe kitchen. This is probably the
reason wity they are so fond of sealdini—
erfrrhen vessels, tilled with glowing char
coal—whu-h arc generally treated with au
undeserving contempt by foreigners. Even
Goethe, with all his careful study of
Italian life, sectriS never to have perceived
their true use. To put a small jar of
embers iu the midst' of a lofiy aud
draughty hall seems merejyjto be mocking
the misery of its forlornioliabitauts. Yet
when properly managed a fccaldiuo be
comes a comfort. To derive wny fieriefit
from ii you must sit upon it lnuch a.-a
hen doe? u'wiu ii- r ogga; timt i.- to say,
you nin-l place L between your loci, nud
wrap a tiik-it plaid «>r rag round it and
the *.vii ic lower part of your !»o !y. When
treated thus it pv >Jucc^ a rea’ though
somev/hut iimile 1 satisfaction.
Tobacco amt UritiKli Cabinet Officers.
Most of the British cabinet were smok
ers, and some, like Sir Hfcks Beach, Lord
Randolph Churchill, and Sir Richard
Cross, strong smokers. Lord Carnarvon,
too. was as good a judge of a prime cigar
as even Lord Derby, who blows £1 into thin
air every tiing ho lights a weed. The pres
eut ministers, incjUiui;ig .the premier, arc
mostl y non-smoU-Mr* —OUioa^u Times.
fUe Lesson of the Widow’* Mite.
“But one thing that I do know about the
average fashionable belle in c-hurch,” said
a Fifth avenue vestry man with whom I
chatted on the subject, "is that she takes
too literally the lesson of the widow’s
mite. She’s got the idea into her noddle
that the biblical woman’s two mites were
divinely accounted more than the bigger
contributions of others, and so she cooliy,
beatifioally drops 2 cents into the plate
when she ought'to give S3. I’ve had years
of experience ^n passing the platter, aud
I tell you that the richest, heiresses rarely
put in more than a dime, Lo'matter what
the occasion for beneficence.”—New York
Letter.
Minoral VVataj for Troitiug Horse*.
An agent for a mineral water produced
near here toid me recently that two
of his most profitable eu'4omers were
the proprietors of trotting horses.
Their valuable animals were given a
certain lira;id of mineral water entirely.
They were not allowed to drink anything
else. This was for medicinal reasons, and
also to prevent sickness from change of
water while traveling from one circuit to
another. He had their route, and knew
how much water they would need, so when
the horse arrived in another town he would
find a barrel or two of his favorite beverage
waiting for him.—Chicago News.
Tlie American Girl in Europe.
The Paris Figaro says of the American
gi;;, as seen in Europe, that "she is stylish
to the backbone, independent and devoted
to pleasure, frank and open-hearted, t-fiie
flirts ail winter, goes out alone, anil places
boundless confidence in her inale frjends.
Parisian - women detest her. Provincial
women despise her. Men of all countries
adore her. but will not marryhex' unless
she has an immense fortune.’■*
There are eight female physicians prac
ticing in jr’ans. v
rhe f.un;'imsc °f Scaling-Wax.
The language of sealing-wax promises
to supplant that of flowers. Red wax
must be used for business,only, black wax
for mourning, ftnd blue td "Signify love.
Five tints of blue are nude, to express all
the gradations of passion. Pink wax is
for congratulations, and while is for wed
ding and ball invitations.—-Chicago Times.
A» CiinrueU by the I’arjtt Papers.
Parisian papers stick to their assertion
that numbers of French soldiers, guilty of
some breach of prison discipline, are still
lingering in Prussian dungeons. To all
inquiries on the subject, they say, the
Prussian government has thus far re
turned only evasive answers.—Cor. Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Profit* of a I)ise-,t«bH**hinent.
It is calculated that the disestablishment
of the Church of England would set free
funds equal to $017,500,000, of which, after
the payment all claims by the clergy for
compensation and similar demands, there
would remain a net gain of |5»XV)00,000.—
Clficago Herald.
Between New TorK and tbe Gulf.
Between New York and the gulf of Mex
ico there are only four natural entrances
to harbors where the depth at mean low
wafer is over sixteen feet, while the
largest ships draw from 3fi to 38»s feet.
The edigt .of the French Minister of
\V:ir to the effect that the officers ami
men of the army may wear their beards
ns long as they’like, or no beards at all
if they so prefer, has occasioned a tre
mendous amount of discussion in
France. Some conservative critics say
that the glory of France will depart
with tlie trimmed beard, and that it is
the first of a series of stops all of which
will cost. But General Camperon takes
the ground that if a soldier’s health is
better for a long beard he ought to be
allowed to wear it; aud that it is econ
omy to dispense with regimental bar
bers, who cost the Government over
$100,000 every year. To this it is re
torted that the beard is of less impor
tance to the soldier's health than his
food. This being cheerfully admitted
the critics then iu chorus declare that
the food served to the French army is
insufficient in quantity, inferior in
quality and badly cooked. The cooks
ai'e declared bad enough to spoil any
brqth, even if the materials are good.
It seems strange to hear of bail cooking
in France, but the complaint of the
lack of skill in barrack kitchens seems
to be well founded. Private letters
from France written by men who have
observed many armies represent a steady
deterioration of physique as in o[K-ra
tion in the French service. Peasants,
we are told, hate the military service
because the soldiers are *so badly fed,
and no family with any means at all
ever thinks of allowing one of its mem
bers who is in the ranks t<? depend on
tho regular army ration. Napoleon,
who knew a thing or two about armies,
aud iu tlie midst of its toils of war and
diplomacy would stoop to tell a colonel
that too many cartridge boxes were lost
in his regiment, and that the thing was
important aud he must attend to, it was
wont to pay attention to the soldier's
stomach. There is, therefore, prece
dent for the critics who tell General
Campenon that he ought to put the
money saved by the long beards into
better cooking for the soldiers.
AURANTII
Most of the diseases which afflict mankind are origin
ally caused by a disordered condition of the LIV E R •
For all complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of
the Direr, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, Indiges
tion, Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipation, Flatu
lency, Eructations and Burning of the Stomach
(sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, $faiaria.
Bloody Flux,' Chills and Fever, Breakbone Fever,
Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diar
rhoea, Loss of Appetite, Headache, Foul Breath,
Irregularities incidental to Females, Bearing-down
STflDIGER’S AURANTII
is Invaluable. It is not a panacea for all diseases,
but f>* IDC all diseases of the LIVER,
will STOMACH and BOWELS.
It changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow
tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes
low, gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL
TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE
BLOOD, and Is A VALUABLE TONIC.
STADICER’S AURANTII
For sale by all Druggists. Price 81.00 per bottle
C. F.STADICER, Proprietor,
440 SO. FRONT ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
Standard American 'Watches,
(Kvery whloll warranted to give per
fect satisfaction to purchaser.)
Mabie, Todd & Co.’s Gold
FJUJyTES I
D. Julius KingCombination
Spectacles!
(The host—an immense assortment in
store; 1 am enabled to suit parties by
mail, when inconvenient to visit the
store.)
The largest and best stock of Jew
elry ever brought to Aiken.
Goods all marked in plain figures
and only one price asked.
Personal attention given to watch-
work. Fine and difficult work solic
ited at prices of National Jewelers’
Association.
BUSCH HOUSE
Transfer!
CHANDELIERS
-AND-
House Furnishing Goods.
OO.T BROAD STRKE
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
T II
rjr]
HE undersigned announces to his
patrons and I he public generally,
that he is prepared ^o transfer passen
gers and baggage
To or From AH Trains,
OR IN
TOWN AND THE COUNTRY.
Orders left at the Busch House or at
H. Busch ct Co.’s Store promptly
attended to.
HENRY BUSCH.
Nov. 17th, 1835-oius.
ARRETT MANUFACTURING CO,
NOW PKgPAHEP TO FURNISH NEWSPAPERS WIT ST
PIKE KEWS PAPER!
When taken in quantities of fifty reams, or oyer, V© wvf deliver oui
paper free to any point in South Carolina at 6 cents per pound. ThbI
Recorder is printed on paper manufactured at Bath, S. C. We are also pre*
pared to furnish the trade with ' , r •
BOOJi, MANILLA and WRAPPING PaPR!
EgT PATRONIZE POME ENTERPRISE!
P. G. BAKRETT* r - - AUGUSTA, GA,
EaggEE]
I ALL FIRST-CLASS
Storekeepers Mltfiep it for Sale
c. baitt & co.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE
You Can >Save Money, Time and Trouble By Sending .
tout ORDERS
FOR
FAMILY groceries.
TO
-DEALERS IN-
FOREIGN
DOMESTIC FRUIT,
APPLES, ORANGES, BANANAS.
COCO AN UTS, LEMONS, PEA
NUTS,' P! NEAP PI US, POTA
TOES, ONIONS, CAB-
BAG ES, &v.
| 65, 57 and 69 MARKET STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. Ik "
WELC H & EASON,
18o and 1£7 Meeting and-HT Market Streets, CHARLESTON S. C.
£3?“Prioe lasts and all im formation cheerfully and furnished on
application. >V ' -
Joseph R. Rorerrsun. Ebank E. Tayi-ou. Quo. W. Williams J
RODFRTSmjmiM WILLIAMS
A
M. Paul Charpentier has found a
specimen of pine embedded in the
upper Tschingel glacier at an
of 2,475 metres, far above the
zone of the pi no in this region.
I
altitude
present
AUOL’T It It RATH ING.
A SM O.OOI * of Monoy.
551. Lraiis now possess, a;id will probably
for a )<>ru; time retain a tiu.iiismatir rnrl-
osity. the arbitrary vatue of which has
is *r. placed at 30 opq francs, or (bqCOOof
Aifrtncai. money.
“Month-breathing,” said a distin-
gnished physician, “ is a curious afflic
tion. It is more common than is supposed,
occurs in infancy, at manhood, and at
middle age, and causes a good deal of
suffering; yet it is a strange thing that
tho people in general do not seem to
pay any attention to this affliction when
occurring in their own families, in spite
of the manner in which it distorts tho
face, until some actual disease sets jn
and medical aid is necessary. Even the
physicians do not seem to reflect that
this trouble may cause any one of a large
nnmlier of diseases affecting the system
in general. Why, you can teU one of
the e mouth-breathers anywhere the
moment you see him. From disease of
the nose, his lips are retracted, his
month is continually open, his gums
reoede, and his teeth protrude, particu
larly those iu the upper jaw, the flesh
that forms the lower part of the nostrils
is shrunken, the openings of the nos-
tri’s nre diminished in size, there are
wrinkles a* the onfi*r edge of tho eves,
snd deep lines -tin from the nostrils to
I he angles of the moutli. These all
rrive the person either an expression of
iuioev, silliness or sufferiaar. H it the
TO PARENTS.
Many baking powders are very pernicious
to health, and while every one regards his
own, he should also have a care for the tender
ones—the little children.
< SEA FOA3I
contains none of the bad qualities of baking
powders—soda or saleratus. It contains no
hurtful ingredient—no alum or funniouia.
SCIENTIFIC.
All Chemists who have analyzed Pea Foam
commend it. Housekeepers w ho have used it
will have no other. Cooks, whose best efforts
have failed with other powders, are jubilant
over Sea Foam. Saves time, saves labor, saves
money.
It is positively unequ.ded. Absolutely pure.
Used by the leading hotels and restaurants
in New York city aud throughout the country.
For sale by all lirst-cLss grocers.
GA1TTZ, JONES <£■ CO.,
J7G Ditone St., X, T.
YiV'm For Salu.
desirable Farjti in a JiealUtv lo
cality ri.ovcn miles’ from Aiken,
containing Two-Hundred Acres well
Watered and with Dwelling'aitd Out-
bui.idings thereon: will be sold at a
bargain its theownerdesires to change
investment. Address Lock Box 26,
Aiken, S. G.
March 9,1886.-6m.
!l
-OF TIIE-
ASHEPOO
CENTRAL WHARF,
PHOSPHATE CO.
- - - CHARL8ETON, 8. c.
HENBY
! SEAMB1J
BUSCH &
Have on hand for the
Fancy Goods, Gent’
Clothing,
Fall and "Winter Trade: Dry Goods, Notions,
s Furniihitig Goods, Bogtaapd Shoes, Hats,
Crockery, Glassware aud
Staple and Fancy Groceries.
We keep Choice Lines in all .onr departments, which are well selected,
ask our frieiuSH to give ns a chance aiid we guarantee good Goods;
\\
living prices at)d polite treatment.
Wessols Corner,
REN It Y BUSCH & CO.
- - - Aiken, S.
jF O TT T ZU S
riORSE AND CATTLE POWDER,*!
£-? C ^FOUTZ
4/ -“Wri—
&
Lung Fe-
Xo Bors!! wilt nie of Coiis. Bors or
vke. h Fcyz's Powders are lised In time.
Foiitz's Powders will enre and prevent Hog CnotKPv.
Foutz’s Powders will prevent Gapks is Fowls.
Foutz’e Powdepi will'incres-e the quantity of milk
and cream twenty per cant., and make tue butter firm
and sweet.
Fotuz'e Powder* will cure or prevent almost kvxrt
Disvask to whicb Horses and ( nnle are sj revet.
Forrx's Powr: rs will givk satisfaction.
Sold everywhere.
DAVID E. FOUT2. Proprietor.
BAXTTMOBE. MO.
For sale bv W. j. Platt & Co.
ADVERTISERS
can learn the exact cost
of any proposed line of;
advertising in American j
papers by addressing!
Geo. P. Rowell & Co., j
Newspaper Advertising Bureau, |
lO Spruce St., New York.
Send lOcts. for lOO-Page Pamphlet
2 j WHOLESALE GROCER A>D DEALER JN
HHUU* i-IQOURS, CIGARS & TOBACCO 1
NERVOUS
DEBILITATED MEN.
OTTO F. WITTERS,
T. an<V J. G. FROSTS celebrated SELF-RAISING
BROTHER'S’celebrated RUTTER CRACKERS.
108, 110, II?
Rainey’s Barber Shop.
» —
You are allowed a trfrj of thirty day* ot the
ur© of Dr. Lye’s ColebrMoB W.Ttalc Belt with
Electric Suspensory A--*»Hnnc«** D»r the speedy
relief and permencr.t cm * of .Wj-rriV!* Prtiilitj/.\o#3
of Vitality niul Mrnhooti. anti all kindred trouble*.
Also for many other disc ♦ mplcfe restora
tion to Health, and Maoho©«i ctutranteed-
No risk Is incurred. IIlt:3tn»?pd mniplllet in stu/rii
invcloix mailed free, bj addressing ^ M _
YOLTAIC BELT CO., Marshall, Mich,
r\
N Lnurens
Street
, one do.
>r south
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K. CAI’ERK RAINEY.
Catslcrae
ug and stun
.ready. March
liHh. to any addreea. Illustrates and Hats
every thing for Ladies'. Gents’, Ghildrenf*
and lufanu’ wear and Housekeeping
Uoods. at prices bwrer than those of nnjr
liouse in tii* United States. Canpleia
-nil-ruetion yuarantrrd, or njoney ro-
l f indct. H.
IfitU Ave. «&
i auaranJred. or money rt>-
SOT?.®
Sole agent8 for I.
FLOUR, and THORN
fyOffice and Salesroom V8J Eaxt Lav; Warehouse*!, Nos.
114 and 116 East Rav, CH ARLESTON. S- < .
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“---Pleasure aud Profit to All!—
JOHN H. FEARY,
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AVittphea
and Clockal
repaired.
720 Broad Streejt, OpjxJHitw Central Hotel, - - Auguxta, Ga.
THIRTY YEARS exnerien ,• in fit ring lenftes in Spectacles mfikes thi
Opti<*inn Deparfment Coniplote.
Sole for Diamoml Spoctaclfig. Doaler in Reliable Jewelry,
Also Silver-Plated Ware at the Lowest Prices*
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