The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, April 16, 1889, Image 1
Jsional Advertisements. ! Hotels and Boarding Houses, j Miscellaneous Advertisements. ! 'PRICKS OF THE TRADE
|f.ni>ekj<on. E. P. Hexdekson.
iderson Brothers,
fNEYS AT J.AW, AtKEX, ti. C/
pra«tiee in tl«e State an/i
States Courts for South Car^>-!
Prompt attention given to
>ns.
il'ARK AVENUE HOTEL!
'arh-
cdl-
It
iE8 Albuich >Valter Ashle
Aldrich & Ashley, >
Ittornkyh at Law, Aikkn.S /C.
raetice in the State an<l u/iited
ites Courts for South
Late and Uni
ith Carolina!.
John Gary Evarts,
C-at-Law.
the Counties of
d Barnwell.
Opposite tiie Passenger Station.
A. IVI. TAFT,
Proprietor.
WEST VIEW.
Near Highland Park Hotel.
tevenson,
aw, Aiken, S. C.
ion given to Collee-
JORDAN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
(AIKEN, S. C.
JDr. Z. A. Smith’
’RACTICINO PHYSICIAN,
f ACCLUSE, - - - 8. C.
“OfUce near Depot.
f REGISTRATION NOTICE.
■TWILL he at my office the First
B Monday in every month for the
of registering those citizens
’■"iBC have come of age since the last
;.ami to attend (o other offi-
l^^^usiness.
W® w ALTER ASHLEY,
|^^■visor of Registration for Aiken
■SPBounty.
F0R SALE.
iV DESIRABLE RESIDENCE,
with Lot containing about Fcur acres
—one entire Square—hounded north
by South Boundary Avenue, and be
tween Newberry and Laurens Streets.
On reasonable terms. Apply to
W. H. TOWNSEND,
Aiken, S. C.
ClySe’s Net York ani Florifla
STEAMSHIP LINES.
\V. P. Clyde & Co., Gen. Agents.
3o Broadway, 12 South Wharves.
New York. Philadelphia.
T. G. EGER, Traffic Manager,
No. 35 Broadway, New York.
WM.
COURTENA^. Sjp’t.
'™ Irlesloh S (3l
First-Class Steamships
IE, 2,000 tons (new)
CAPT. DOANE.
jE, 2,000 tons, (new)
CAPT. KENBLE.
^ARE, 1,500 tons,
CAPT. TRIBOU.
1SSEE, 1,500 tons,
CAPT. PLATT.
E Splendid PassengerSteam-
s form an unequaled semi
line to New York and the
__ ports, with state-rooms all on
deck, thoroughly ventilated and sep
arated from the dining saloon.
There is no pleasanter traveling on
the Atlantic Coast, and the trip to
Florida consumes only twelve to
fifteen hours. For passage engage
ments address,
J. E. EDGERTON,
Gen. Passenger & Freight Ag’t,
Charleston. S. C.
xv
Flo
JOHN LAIRD.
BUILDER AND CONTRACTOP
Coker Springs Planing Mill.
AIK EX, S. C.
TOWN OFFICE—MCEWKX’s JEWELRY STORE.
Capital, paid in, - - #50,000
Aiken Comity
Loan and Savings
iBJLisriK:
C. * i.~....POWDER
Corner York Street and Colleton
Avenue. •
%
Comfortable and well furnished
Rooms and table supplied with the
best. Terms reasonable.
Mrs. N. E. 8ENN.
PRIVATE BOARD.
Boarders will be most comfortably
accommodated at Mrs. Percival's,
York Street; or the house will be let
for the season, thoroughly furnished.
Absolutely Pure.
Tills powder never varies A marvel of
purity, strength and wholesomeness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and
cannot be sold in competition with the
multitude of Uw test, short weight, alum
or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO..
106 Wall street. New York.
For sale by COURTNEY & CO.,
Aiken. 8. C.
CROFT & CHAFEE,
THE AUGUSTA HOTEL!
Augusta, - - Georgia.
BUST .’S2.00 HOU8K IX THE SOUTH.
Attorneys-at-Law, Alien, S. C.
South Carolina. Railway.
Commencing Dec. 14th, 1888,
at
Headquarters for Commercial Men.
Centrally located nearR. R. Crossing.
B. S. DOOLITTLE, Proprietor,
Formerly of Tontine Hotel, Netv
Haven, Conn. Also, West End
Hotel, Long Branch,J. N.
PAVILION HOTEL.
Charleston. S. C
PASSENGER ELEVATOR AND
ELECTRIC BELLS.
House fresh and clean throughout.
Table best in the South.
Pavilion Transfer Coaches and
WagoHsatall trains and Boats. Rates
reduced. Beware of giving your
Check to any one on Train.
Rates *12 00 @ $2 50.
Wright s H
S. L. WRIGHT & SO:
COUhMBiAr-
T ABLE supplied with the BEST.
Rooms large and well furnished.
One of the most comfortable hotels in
the South.
13FI2ates reasonable.
6.20 a m trains will run as follows by
Eastern time*
main line—westward daily
Leave Charleston—
6.00 a. m., 6.00 p. m.
Leave Blackville—
9:53 a.m. 9:30 p.m.
Leave A*ken—
10.53 a. m, 10.43 p. m.
Arrive Augusta-
11.40 a. in, 11.35 p. n».
MAIN LINE—EASTWARD DAILY.
Leave Augusta—
8.05 a. m, 4.40 p. m,
Leave Aiken—
8.55 a. in. 5.28 p.m.
Leave Blackville—
10:07 am, 6:31 p nr.
Arrive Charleston—
12.55 a. m, 9.45
TO AND FROM COJ
Leave Augusts*,
Leave Aiken,
Due Colui
Jaily.
7.00 a m
.10.53 a m
.11.40 a m
l40 p m
5.28 p m
9.45 p m
5.20 p m
10.43 p in
11.35 p ir.
WANTED.
TO PURCHASE, a
Land, containing
Large Tract of
PINE TIMBER
to
which has never beeu turpentined,
be situated on or near a railroad.
Apply with full particulars, price,
&c., to
HUTSON & CO.,
Real Estate Agents, Aiken, S. C.
R,L. COURTNEY
DEALER IN
AND
SAUSAGES.
The Best Western Beef kept con
stantly on hand.
LAU RE NS STREET,
Next door to K LATTE’S
BUTCHERING.
FESH MEATS CONSTANTLY
ON HAND.
ista
tD FROM CAMDEN DIVISION,
ILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.—EAST.
fcave Augusta 8 05 a m
leave Aiken 8 55 a m
den, .. ■'> .->3 n m
Arrive Lancaster 7 25 p m
WEST.
Leave Lancaster 3 00 p m
Leave Camden 4 30 p m
Arrive Aiken 10 43 p m
Arrive Augusta 11 35 p m
AIKEN AND AUGUSTA SPECIAL
Sunday.
4:45 p m
5:45 p m
Daily except
Leave Aiken:
9:00 a m
Arrive Augusta:
9:55 a m
Leave Augusta:
2:00 p m
Arrive Aiken:
2:55 p m
6:00 p m
6:55 p m
Granitevile Special.+
Leave Aiken 8:10 pm
Arrive Grar.iteville 8:30 pm
Leave Granitevlile 8:45 p ui
Arrive Aiken 9'09 p m
tThis train connects with the C. C
& A. Railway at Graniteville.
Connections.—Connections made
at Augusta with Georgia Railroad to
and from all points West, at Black
ville with Barnwell Rail road, at Preg-
nall’swith Eutawville Railroad, and
Columbia for Asheville, Hot Sprin
and bevond, and points on the C
G. R. R.
Connections made at Charlesio
with roads north and south; also with
steamers for New York and Florida.
Through tickets can be purchased
and baggage checked to all points
North, Southand West, and informa
tion given by Mrs. I. B. North. Ticket
1 Agent, Aiken, S. C.
D. C. ALLEN,
Gen. Pas and Ticket Agent.
John B. Peck. General Manager.
Does a General Banking and Collec- Western meat for the Winterseason
tion Business. j a specialty. Sausages will also be
j kept on hand.
Savings Department.
Interest Allowed on Deposits on Most
Liberal Terms.
W. W.
J
Woolsey, W. M. Hutson,
President. Vice-President.
W. Ashhurst, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
W. W. Woolsey, H. H. Hall,
H. F. Warneke, H. B. Burckhalter,
W. M. Hutson, J. W. Ashhurst,
C. H. Pbinizy, G. W. Williams, jr.
Shop adjoining Warneke’s.
F. E. SOMMER.
LAURENS ST., \iken, s-
C.
W. W. WILLIAMS.
Real Estate Ag’t.
For Sale.
3 71 ARM 125 ACRES 1-2 mileofMont-
. inorenci Station. A nice Cottage
and four new tenant houses on tract.
1500 of the celebrated Niagara grape,
orchard of Young Le Conte Pears and
Apples
—ALSO—
1034 3-4 acres one mile of station.
Both very choice.
—also—
Building lots on Boulevard Coles
and Colleton avenue, destined to be
the popular portion of our city for pri
vate residences.
—ALSO—
Several houses with large ots local
tedcentrally.
In the Lying-In Room.
BETHLEHEM OAT FOOD
Is recommended by all
physicians as the mosi di
gestible as well as nutri
tious diet for the invalid.
SOLD BY ALT. DRUGGISTS AND GltO-
CKliS.
FRANCIS JORDAN A SONS,
Manufacturers,
X. THIRD STREKT. PHIADEI.PHIA
FOR SALE BY
COURTNEY & CO.,
Aiken, S. C.
8:12 p in
8:18 p m
8:20 p m
8:32 p m
8:44 p in
8:58 p m
9:08 p m
9:23 p ui
Blackville, Alston & Newberry
Railway.
Time Table taking effect October
14th, 1888.
PASSENGER TRAINS—NORTH BOUND.
Leave Blackville—
10:15 a in,* 8 p mt
Leave Walkers 10:30 a m
Leave Wlialeys.10:36 a m
Leave Aldrich. . 10:38 a m
Lve Springfield.10:50 a m
Leave Sally’s.. 11:04 a m
Leave Perry .. .11:18 a m
Leave Wagener 11:29 a m
Arrive Selverii.il :44 a m
SOUTH BOUND.
r :00 a ni+
7:16 a ni
7:26 a in
7:41 a in
7:55 a in
8:10 a in
8:12 a m
8:18 a m
8:30 a m
tDaily
Blackville, Springfield, Sally’s and
Wagener are telegraph stations.
Close connections made at Black
ville with the South Carolina Railway
end Barnwell Rai way trains.
J. C. KEYS, Superintendent.
Leave Seivern . .4:47 p m*
Leave Wagener...5:03 p m
Leave Perry 5:14 p m
Leave Sally’s 5:28 p m
Leave Springfield 6:44 p m
Leave Aldrirh... .5:58 p m
Leave Whaleys 6:00 p m
Leave Walkers .6:06 p ra
Arrive Blackville6:18 p m
♦Sunday only
CATARRH & CANCER
Treated by Letter. Send 2 cent stamp at
once for valuaVde information regarding
these dreadful diseases.
HYCEIN!
A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY !
Tobacco an Aid to Health.
4 New Tobacco, manufactured by
Xjl Thos C’. Williams & Co., Rich
mond, Virginia, under a formula pre
pared by Prof. J. W. Mullet, of the
University of Virginia, anti-malarial,
anti-dyspeptic, a good nervine and an
excellent chew. Try it. No humbug.
For sale by all dealers. Call for
pamphlet.
Dr. Morrow claims that Catarrh is a
living okkm. (The above cut shows these
germs under the microscope) and h? can
and does remove them in a living state—
thus effecting a permanent cure.
The Doctor treats all curable diseases.
Send at once for full particulars of New
Methods, to DR. J. fi. MERROW. 410
Franklin Street l.vnn. Muss.
HOW ADVANTAGE IS TAKEN OF THE
IGNORANT PUBLIC.
Diamond* Fainted and Other Precion*
Stone* Veneered—StoC Sold for Solid
Child Which X* Poorer Than a Good Ar
ticle of Plate—Small Profits.
“There is no line of business in which
purchasers are so completely at the mer
cy of store keepers as the jewelry trade,”
said a leading dealer. “The masses are
caught by mere appearances. They knew
what pleases them, but have little idea
of actual value. Few know the differ
ence between machine made and hand
made goods; still less can tell whether
gold is six carats fine or whether a stone
is worth $10 or $100. Public trust in
these matters is absolutely pitiable.
Popular pride and ambition are stupen
dous. Mere looks and alleged price are
practically all the buyer has to go by,
and the honesty of the dealer is his only
safeguard. Then in addition to actual
grades of quality there are numerous
snide practices that are resorted to by
disreputable merchants and manufact
urers, so that if a person contemplates
buying anything where the risk is con
siderable it behooves him to know some
thing about the man he deals with.
PAINTINCI AND VENEERING.
“Two diamonds, for instance, may be
of the same size and cut, yet one will be
worth twice, thrice or perhaps a dozen
times as much as the other. Yellow
white diamonds are common and blue
white are scarce, and even experts find
difficulty in giving the intermediate
shades their proper place in point of dol
lars and cents. Among irresponsible
dealers it is a common practice to ‘painf
the stones so as to make the yellow dia
monds whiter and the white diamonds
bluer. The paint will not even resist
soap and water, and will wear off more
quickly than the thinnest possible film
of gold on a brass ring. Yet for a time
it makes the stone look twice as valuable
as it really is. A few days ago a gentl
man brought a couple of diamonds^
to determine their value. Afi
washed them in soapsud^^^rf^H^rce-
ly believe they wereln^^^^^^is, they
were so yellow. trick of
confidence and
then get^^^^^^^^nem of twice or
thricqjj^^^^^r I will venture to say
of the people could not
rom a genuine diamond,
there is the process of veneer-
other precious stones. A piece of
s or crystal of the desired color and
appearance is taken as a body and a thin
covering of the genuine article is super
imposed so as to convey the impression
of being genuine. Such a stone in a
setting designed to cover up the de
ception would make dupes of half the
purchasers. The danger of being taken
in would not be so great were people
better posted. Show a man a lot out on
the prairie and tell him it is worth $100
a front foot and he will laugh at you for
presuming upon his ignorance, bnt show
him a ruby or sapphire and tell him it is
worth. $1.000 and^y wjy believe you.
The masses kno^nothing about relative
values in gems, land the scope for de
Cont«ndJn£ with Rook*.
In th8 autumn when the nuts are ripe
the rook & busy. Walnuts are his es
pecial favorites. You will not see a bird
near the place until they are ready for
thrashing down; but when 'hat time has
come a solitary pioneer will appear first,
high up, inspecting the tree or trees.
The next day he will be joined by one or
two more. After wheeling about and
over the place they will settle and ex
amine the state of the crop. If the outer
rind is loosened from the shell of the
nut, a problem soon solved by the birds’
biting a piece off, they will fly away and
give information to the rest that luxuries
are to be had. Then a number come,
nipping the nuts off in the most whole
sale manner and flying off with them.
In the first field or meadow they dine;
with a dig or two of the powerful bill
they split off the outer covering, and
then with one more dig open the
mA and eat the contents. They are
quickly back for mpre. “Hi! Gip!
Rooks!" cries a man’s voice, and a fine
old dog dashes over the lawn a dozen
times a day, barking his loudest to scare
them off, for if left to themselves they
will clear the heaviest crop from the
trees in a very short time.
It is no use thinking of shooting them;
you may point a stick at them and
Uourish it about as much as you like,
and it will not disturb them in the least.
A gun is a different matter; only let
them catch sight of one, and instead of
committing their robberies in an open
and deliberate manner, as is their usual
way, they will clatter into the trees like
hawks when they get a chance, nip off
the nuts and fly away.
The only effectual plan is to trap one.
I once saw the experiment tried. One of
them hopped into a common trap, set
openly, only so secured that the bi
could not fly off with it. Fin'
sdf** in trouble the roo^^^P^tit his
note of alartm^^i^^^il^B cluttered,
cawing dropping some
of 4heir pbj^^PrAll their friends round
see what was the matter
in the uproar. Flying round
thing down to him as though to
st him out, and finding this no use, they
were frightened out of their wits by
their comrade’s frantic shouts, and they
mounted high up in the air, cawing their
loudest.
When the captive had his neck twisted,
and he was spread eagled out on a stick
for his companions’ inspection, the busi
ness was settled; not a single rook has
been near the place from that time. I
have often proved the fact that shooting
some does not affect the rest in the least;
but trapping one upsets the whole rook
ery for a long time. When that calamity
has once taken place it is put down in
their notebook, and no matter what may
be the attractions of the locality, it is
shunned with the greatest caution.—
.Cornhill Magazine.
cep tion is enormous.
SOLID AND STUFFED GOLD.
“Then as to quality of metal and work
manship. There is jewelry in the market
sold for solid gold which is so low in
purity that a respectable plate would be
far preferable to the so called solid stuff.
A certain amount of alloy is, of course,
necessary for durability, but the gold
that is actually manufactured into
jewelry varies in purity all the way from
four or six carats fine to twenty. Four
teen carats fine is the standard, but there
is an immense amount of ‘solid’ stuff of
the low grade sold annually, and a good
share of it is palmed off for the standard
purity. This cheap stuff is often dipped
In a bath just so as to color it. The mul
titudes who are ignorant enough to ac
cept a ‘guaranty’ that an article is solid
rarely think, perhaps, of degrees of
purity, and they are wofully taken in.
As a rule, there is something about all
plated and cheap stuff that betrays its
quality to the experienced eye. Every
manufacturer has his own designers,
and, though copying is rife among the
workmen, you will rarely see goods
cheap in price without finding them
cheap in design and workmanship.
“As a rule, I think people have crude
Ideas about our profits. Tho price of
jewelry is due principally to the scarcity
of the material used and the amount of
labor expended upon it. I do not think
that we get more than 25 per cent, gross
profit on the average. When it is borne
in mind that styles are constantly chang
ing, that a large amount of capital is
bound up, bearing no interest, and that
the value of the goods is constantly de
preciating, owing to the flux of styles,
this is not above or even up to tho ave
rage. If we could turn our money over
rapidly and not suffer loss from depre
ciation we would have a pretty good
thing; but the numerous failures in the
jewelry business bear witness to what I
say about small margins of profit. Dia
mond dealers have possibilities of mak-
ing great profits legitimately, since,
when bought in the rough, the stones
often turn out exceptionally Avell. I
have known a diamond valued at $1,500
to be recut and then sell readily for $3,-
000.”—Chicago News.
Iron and Wood Ties.
Iron cross ties have proved a failure
on tlie Pennsylvania railroad, where they
have been tried for several months, and
white oak ties are being substituted.
The wooden tie yields sufficiently to the
motion of the train to make the riding
easy and comfortable, while the iron tie
fails to give on the road bed of broken
stone and makes the riding hard and un
pleasant to the passengers, as well as
wearing on the locomotive and rolling
stock; more frequent repairs to the road
bed were found necessary with the iron
ties, too. In England and France, where
iron is much cl»aaper than here and wood
much dearer, ties of the latter are used
in preference.—Frank Leslie’s News
paper.
OffeikliiiE an Angel Unaware*.
Mabel—Mother, I have broken my en
gagement with Arthur. No woman
could be happy with such a brute.
Mother—Horrors! What have you
learned?
“Last night I asked him to tack the
cover on my workbox and he hit his fin
ger with the hammer, and, mother, he—
said—damn.”
“I see. He danced around the room
and swore a blue streak a yard long, and
threw the hammer out the window, apd
kicked the workbox to pieces, and called
you a gibbering idiot, and”
“Why, no, he didn’t; he only said
‘damn,’ and went on tacking,”
“What? Is that all? Oh, you foolish
child! You have lost an angeL” *** ’
The Future of Rusala.
Not only is Russia the greatest mili
tary power in thd ^orld, but she is the
European power with^’h? largest homo
geneous population ar id the great*-5t ex
pansive force, Tlerritorially she has tfee
t largest einpirife, possessing a vast share of
; ifiie <3ia World, and hers is a people full
of patriotic and religious spirit and so
well disciplined that all except an infini
tesimal minority obey cheerfully and
without question under all circum
stances, whether good or evil, the will
of a single man. Yet, although subject
to what, with our parliamentary ideas,
we are disposed to style despotism, the
Russian people are full of spirit and of
those qualities which we consider spe
cially Anglo-Saxon—“pluck” and “go."
Russia has absorbed with rapidity, but
with completeness, the greater part of
Central Asia, has drawn steadily nearer
and nearer to our frontier and has made
herself extremely popular with the peo
ple* she has conquered. Her policy
throughout the century has been appar
ently fixed in object, but pursued with
patience; and while there seems to be no
reason to suppose any probability of a
speedy collision, which England will do
nothing to provoke, it is impossible for
those who are charged with the defense
of India to shut their eyes to the possi
bilities or even the probabilities of the
future.—Sir Charles Dilke in Fortnightly
Review
Three giddy, giddy, little file*.
Upon a summer's day,
Longing to see the outside world,
Resolveffto run away.
Old Grandpa Fly sat on a bowl.
And overheard the scheme;
Quoth he, “Children, I'm old and wise.
Have had that self same dream.
“Though life so glittering sqgm* to youth.
And everything looks grand.
The world la treacherous at the best—
Be careful where you stand."
Now, when the little flies heard this
Their spirits 'gan to droop.
When—Grandpa Fly slipped on the edge,
And fell into the soup, —Life,
Husband and Wife.
Among other absurdities we have well
meaning husbands and wives harassing
one another to death for no reason in the
world but the desire of conforming to
current notions regarding the proper
conduct of married people. These vic
tims are expected to go about perpetu
ally together, as if they were a pair of
carriage horses; to be forever holding
claims over one another, exacting or
making useless sacrifices, and generally
getting in one another’s way. The man
who marries finds that his liberty has
gone, and the woman exchanges one set
of restrictions for another. She thinks
herself neglected if the husband does not
always return to her in the evenings, and
the husband and society think her un-
dutiful, frivolous, and so forth, if she
does not stay at home alone trying to
sigh him back again. /
The luckless man finds his wife so very
dutiful and domesticated, andso^Yery
much confined to her “prgjjPrsphere,"
that she is, perchan^^pWe exemplary
than entertan^if^^Still, she may look
uijnrcjM0|^TCsigned, but she must not
lety And occupation on her own
Iccount, adding to the common mental
store, bringing new interest and knowl
edge into the joint existence, and becom
ing thus a contented, cultivated and
agreeable being. No wonder that, while
all this is forbidden, we have so many
unhappy wives and bored husbands. The
more admirable the wives the more pro
foundly bored* the husbands.—Herald of
Health.
The Mysterious Wrestler.
In Mr. A. C. Gunter’s new book, “That
Frenchman,” the scene opens in Paris
during the last years of the second em
pire, changes to St. Petersburg and then
to the German-Russian frontier. The
tale is melodramatic in character, as are
Mr. Gunter’s other books, but the author
states that he has tried to develop more
comedy. The advance orders ho reports
at 40,000. He has introduced as one of
his characters “the wrestler in the mask,”
a man who produced a great sensation in
Paris in 1867 and ’68. This person was
supposed to be some great nobleman who
was fond of wrestling. He was in the
habit of driving to the scene wrapped in
a long cloak, under which he wore his
wrestling dress. On his face he had a
small, black silk mask. He met all com
ers and was never defeated. Naturally
he was the source of gossip, and the halls
or circus was crowded when it was an
nounced that he v as to appear.—Current
literafcjxa^-
On the occasion referred to many of
the company became partially intoxi
cated, and the hoet, who drank nothing
but water, became hilarious and finally
stupid with them. He was put to bed
with every sign of intoxication, but re
covered, and next morning had only a
confused notion of these events.
The third case occurred four years ago.
A reformed man, of twelve years’ sobri
ety, went on a military excursion with
a drinking company, and, although he
drank nothing but lemonade, became as
much intoxicated as the others.
This event was the subject of much
comment and loss to him, socially and
otherwise, although he protested, and
others confirmed his statements, that he
did not take any spirits at this time.—
New York JournaL
She Was Not Dead.
In London recently a well known ar
tist of the camera was called in to photo
graph the body of a young lady who had
just died under peculiar and distressing
circumstances The body was laid on a
sofa In the drawing room and presented
a singularly beautiful spectacle. The
photographer was left alone in tho room
with the body and took a negative.
After inspecting it ho was not satisfied
that the exposure had been sufficient,
and he took another. And then, to his
amazement, he discovered that tho two
negatives were not alike. Tho body
must have moved. Not having lost all
his nerve by this extraordinary occur
rence, he took a third negative, which
was exactly like the second. He instant
ly summoned the nurse who had been in
attendance on tho deceased girl, and af
ter some difficulty and delay had the
doctor fetched. To cut a long story
short, tho young lady was not dead at
all This is a true story. — Atlanta
American.
Natural Big Head.
C. W. Russell, a prominent business
man, wears the biggest hat in town, if
not in the whole coimtry. He is a large,
well proportioned man, and one would
not for a moment imagine ho wore an
84 hat It is a fact, however. There is
only one establishment in the coimtry
where they have a block large enough
to build a hat for Mr. Russell, and that
is located at Bethel, Conn. In all prob
ability Russell would have to go hatless
If the manager of the Bethel factory had
not made a block expressly for him. Mr.
Ames exhibited this enormous hat to a
large number of persons yesterday. It
fitted a man who wore a 74 hat like a
circus tent over a balloon. A box had
to be made specially for it The brim is
A fraction over three inches wide from
the body to tho rim all around.—Chicago
Hprald.
A Perfect Smoke Consumer.
I have just returned from Springfield,
Mo., where, in the shops of the St. Louis
and San Francisco road, I saw a furnace
in operation Jhat at once solved the prob
lem of smoke consumption and the re
duction of coal consumption to the mini
mum. It is bound to revolutionize the
entire system of steam making. It is
the invention of Carney, the master me
chanic of the road, has been in operation
for nearly a year, and is a complete suc
cess. To put it briefly, by Carney’s
process tho highest degree of heat is se
cured by burning with every pound of
coal two pounds of water. In fact, water
gas is made, and I wonder that no one
ever thought of it before. The slack
coal is mixed with water in the propor
tion of one part to two, and the result
is the formation of the gas. Every part
of tho coal is consumed.
At tho end of twenty-four^hours there
were but three wheelbarrow loads of fine
ashes carried away. Had the furnace
been fed dry there would have been from
eighteen to twenty barrowfuls of ashes
and cinders. There was actually no
smoke escaping from tho smoke stack,
which was but twelve feet high. I was
struck the shortness of the stack, and
remarked it to the engineer, who replied:
“Why have it any higher? Nothing goes
through it.” At my request tho water
was cut off, and tho furnace was fed dry
for two hours, with the result that tho
furnace was unable to make sufficient
steam to run the machinery in the shop.
This water burning furnace is to my
mind the greatest invention of the past
twenty-five years. — Boiler Maker in
Globe-Democrat.
Death off
ity of friends enabl
to pursue his studies.
tied in England he obtained
George HI, and in thirty years {painted
over 400 picturea. He died in London
on March 10, 1820.—Philadelphia Timea.
Bow Xxmff to Stay.
The proper length of time to stay at a
tea has never been defined. Elderly so
ciety women who are past the rash and
activity of their prime and only go to one
tea in an afternoon* sometimes settle
themselves comfortably in an easr chair
and stay two or three hours chatting
with their friends as they come and go*
Busy society leaden fly into the house,
sip a cup of tea, star fire minutes and
dart out again, only to be driven rapidly
to another place, thus going to three or
four teas In an afternoon.—Hew York
Sun.
Her Moral Character.
Some amusing incidents happen at the
civil service examinations which the laws
now require to be passed by candidates
for official positions and clerkships. It
was at an examination here in Boston
that a young woman found herself con
fronted with the question:
“Are you of good moral character?"
She was very much amused at the
question and in doubt!how to treat it,
Calling the examiner to her desk she said
about the question:
“I have tho reputation of being of
good moral character. But you know
‘reputation’ is what people think of us,
while ‘character’ is what God and the
angels know of us, and that I don’t want
to tell.”
Tho examiner said she need not worry.
—Albany Express.
We Want Self Defense.
A New Yorker old enough to know
better is reported in The Tribune as hav
ing uttered these terribly treasonable
protests against some modem improve
ments:
What with your murderous railroads,
your new fangled bridges, your ten story
buildings and electric currents over and
under and on all sides of you, your life
isn’t worth a penny at any time or any
where. If you walk in the middle of the
street, the pavement is just as likely as
not to shoot up into tho air and blow you
out of sight Talk about coast defenses
and harbQr defenses, what wo want Is
self defense.—Boston Transcript
Lula’s Appeasement.
“CowardI Lying hearted man!” hissed
Lula d’Effington between her set teeth
when Richard Kurdaleeong replied that
she could only bo a sister to him.
“Lula, you are excited. Your words
do not consist,” replied Richard, calmly.
“Triflerl Base ingrate, explain your
self!” was all the outraged girl could
utter.
“If I am Richard the lyin’ hearted,
surely I am no coward.”
Another moment and he held the wan
corpse of Lula d’Effington prone at his
feet.—Binghamton Republican.
How to Rest.
Dr. Jackson’s Health Journal says a
cat is a sermon to nervous people. She
finds tho quietest spot about the place,
where it is cozy and sunny, or in sum
mer shady, drops down just as her flesh
will drop, with each muscle relaxed and
1 goes to sleep. The doctor’s cat sermon
is that we Americans do not know how
I to rest or sleep, or how to recuperate and
make the most of life. What we need is
to know how to relax every time we feel
tired or fagged, instead of pegging on
under stimulus of tea or alcohoL
From an Unhappy Mother.
Among the letters of condolence which
Emperor Francis Joseph received on the
death of his son was one signed by the
“Mother of Oberdank.” In 1882 Ober-
dank was arrested for having a shell in
his possession when the emperor visited
Trieste. He was tried and condemned to
death. His mother sent an appeal to
the emperor for his pardon. So did Victor
Hugo. His majesty refused the pardon
and Oberdank was executed. “Unhappy
father!" says the mother in her letter to
the emperor. “I regret that on account
of the tragic death of your only son you
are .compelled to feel the same pangs that
I, a poor abandoned mother, felt on the
Igoniing of Dec. 20, 1882.“
” y -w 1
Singular Case* ot Intoxication.
A prominent military man, who had
drunk moderately during the war and
had abstained from that time on, while
attending a dinner with his old comrades,
where most of them were intoxicated,
suddenly became hilarious, made a fool
ish speech, and settled back in his chair
in a drunken state, and was finally taken
home quite stupid.
He had not drunk any spirits and had
only used coffee and water, and yet he
had all the symptoms of the others, only
his was intoxication from contagion—the
favoring soil had been prepared long ago
in the army.
Another case was that of a man who
had been an inebriate years ago, bnt had
reformed, says The Popular Science
Monthly. He was recently elected to
office and gave a dinner to some friends.
Among them was a physician who has
been greatly interested in these studies.
He sent me a long report, the substance
of which was this:
A Card In the Pocket.
Several young married ladies in a cer
tain private boarding house in St Paul
are just now having oceans of fun at the
expense of one of their sex in Rochester,
N. Y. The husband of one of the ladies
recently purchased a spring overcoat
With true womanly instinct his better
half, the first time the coat was left at
home, proceeded to explore the various
pockets, and hidden in the little side
pocket she found a card on which the
name and address of a young lady at
Rochester, N. Y., was written. Of course
the husband was asked to explain, but
could not, as he had not been aware of
the presence of the card. The idea that
it had been placed there by a young tail
ofess \vho Tiacl “Handled ' the coat lalt at
the factory struck the spouse in a forcible
manner.
His wife was loath to believe such a
story, but followed the advice of her
husband and wrote to the address given,
pretending that she was a young man
who had bought the coat. In the mean
time she told the other ladies at the
house of the affair and all waited impa
tiently for an answer. It came, and of
course it was as the husband suspected.
The writer was willing to continue the
correspondence if the gentleman was
sincere, etc. Another letter is now being
written. I wonder how tho girl will feel
when she discovers that her address fell
into tho hands of a female instead of
some gay deceiver?—St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
It Made Him Think.
I like to listen to people talking on the
cars. The loudness of tone which some
bumptious folks adopt invariably gener
ally goes with aggressive ignorance. It
is the couple whispering in the comer
who are particularly interesting, but you
can’t hear what they’say. But some
times one catches an amusing bit The
other day a man stepped onto the dummy
and greeted another already there.
“Hallo, Tom.”
“How are you?”
“Getting home?”
“Yes. Where have you been?”
“Been to a Chinese funeral—looking
at it, I mean. I couldn’t help think
ing”—
“What?”
“All those Chinamen, and only one
dead.—San Francisco Chronicle.
Ages of Animals.
A whale lives 800 years. A sheep lives
ten years. A cat lives fifteen years. A
tortoise lives 100 years. A lion lives
twenty years. A camel lives forty years.
A bear lives twenty years. A dog lives
fouiteen years. A squirrel lives eight
years. An elephant lives 400 years. An
ox lives twenty-five years. A guinea pig
lives seven years. A horse lives twenty-
five years.—Detroit Free Press.
A Notable Athlete.
As a horseman, from beginning to end
of his vigorous life, Washington hod no
peer. Like all Virginia boys he took to
the saddle as a duck takes to water.
Once astride his steed. It was all but
impossible to dislodge him. From the
day when as a lad he first rode to hounds
after old Lord Fairfax, of Green way
Court, across the county named for that
worthy nobleman, he was a skilled and
dashing fox hunter. In the army, when
on horseback, riding down the line,
cheered to the echo by the soldiers, who
believed, with a superstition worthy of
the ancients, that herqjwas a being born
to lead them, he was physically the most
imposing figure present. In person,
Washington showed in maturity-$he
fruits of the lifetime he had given to
what athletes nowadays call “training.”
His habits at all times were those exact
ed of a “crew” or “team” of modern
days before the occasions when those
heroes appear in public to fill with de
spair or exultation the bosoms of their
friends. From the Indians of the Shenan
doah wilderness, among whom he spent
weeks during his first surveying tour, he
learned the swift, elastic tread that dis
tinguished him in walking. His powers
of endurance were worthy of his ex
traordinary physical strength, though it
must be said he had few illnesses to test
his constitution, and, indeed, was rarely
ailing.—St. Nicholas for March.
Industrial Insurance.
Industrial insurance brings an indem
nity against loss by death to those who
most need it Among the working
classes a man’s labor is his only source
of income and gives his life its only valne
in an insurable sense to his dependents.
The necessity of providing against loss
by death is greater among the poor than
with those who have wealth, much or
little, to leave to their families.
The fact has been recognized in Ger
many, where insurance has been made
compulsory. Small sums, reckoned ac
cording to the weekly wage, are taken
from Uie pay of the worker by the em
ployer and paid to the government
These sums provide for a sick benefit and
an insurance against old age and in
firmity. In case of illness thirteen weeks
of free medical attendance and a money
allowance equal to one-half the
are allowed. At death an amount equal
to twenty times the local daily wages of
an ordinary day laborer is paid to the
survivors. In old age and infirmity a
yearly stipend is paid. The employers
contribute equally to an accident fund,
which provides for total or part disability
or death. The state, the employers and
tho employed contribute equally to the
old age and infirm pension fund. The
sick fund is maintained by the employes.
—Chicago News.
Deprived of HI* Uvtag.
It is in Paris that the art of begging
has produced its most remarkable ex
amples of unconscious effrontery. A
wealthy man in that city was told by his
servants recently that a man was wait
ing in the hall below who had sent him
up a letter.
Tho letter contained the following ap
plication:
“Respected Sm—Your well known
and exemplary generosity has led me to
hope that you will magnanimously take
pity on the situation of an unfortunate
widower, who has been cruelly deprived
of his means of subsistence by the death
of his wife. I am, sir, yours in distress,
X. Y.”—Youth’s Companion.
Snowbatllaff Geoixi*’* Governor.
The boys in Atlanta, Ga., gave Gover
nor Gordon a very severe snowballing
as he was going to the capitol one morn
ing last winter. The governor begged
hard to be let off, but Hie boys said no.
One boy said to him: “We can’t let you
off, governor. As you haven’t doneiny
running since ’64, you will have to
hustle.” And the general hustled, while
dozens of balls took him in the back of
the neck.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
iSSftT .'■aUdh *
Brought Home to Her.
A few evenings since a lady who was
giving a little private party was saying
all manner of severe tilings about ^he
proposed lottery. In tho midst of her
pious indignation an old gentleman, sit
ting on the opposite side of the table,
said quietly:
“Madame, did you not once sell mo
two tickets in a church raffle?”
The woman hesitated, and finally said:
“Perhaps I did.”
“Fancy cake basket, wasn’t it?”
She colored up, and, after an embar
rassed cough, said feebly: “I believe so.”
“Did the drawing ever come off, and,
if so, what was the winning number?”
The lady made a strong effort and said
she bad forgotten.
“Tho reason I recalled the circum
stance,” continued tho old gentleman
blandly, “was that I noticed the cake
basket on the table.” And be looked at
the aforesaid pieco of sil’ er in a smiling
way.
There was a dead silence all around
the table, for several of the guests re
membered having purchased those same
tickets, and they couldn’t remember,
either, just when that drawing took
place.—Carson (Nev.) Appeal.
A Famous Painter.
Benjamin West, the famous American
painter, was bom of Quaker parents in
Springfield, Pa., Oct. 10, x733. When a
child he drew a picture of the baby in the
cradle, and for his first painting obtained
his colors from leaves and berries. He
taught himself, and at the age of 16
painted pictures In Philadelphia and
neighboring villages. It was at this time
that he produced his jiainUng off die
A Swell'* Blunder. >.
Swells come in great variety in Bos
ton. There are all sorts and conditions
of them, but the swell that interests an
unsympathetic anti-swell more than any
other is he who blunders in the dark
some paths of etiquette. A fiendish joy
is not unnatural when a swell commits a
betise without knowing it. Not many
evenings since a leading light, a swell,
who is so afraid of being seen in the
wrong drawing rooms be refuses to go
anywhere, ventured out into the radiance
of a select circle. He is a handsome
swell, big, well groomed, of literary hab
its, and, were he not much married,
would belong to the rank and file of
mashers. At all events, one fair stran
ger present was much overcome by his
many charms and gracefully submitted
to being “mashed” on this particular oc
casion.
Everything was progressing favorably.
The swell was swelling with content at
his conquest, the lady was enjoying a
view of the immaculate splendor of his
shirt front and the perfect fit of the low
cut moire waistcoat, when refreshments
were passed, and conversation for a mo
ment gave way to ice cream. Presently
a wicked little macaroon fell from the
lady’s plate to the floor. The swell gal
lantly stooped—to brush it aside? Not a
bit He carefully picked it up and de
posited it on his companion’s plate.
Alack-a-day! How the magnetic cur
rent, which had flowed so fist and
strong before, chilled in that fair lady's
breast at this solecism, can only be ap
preciated by the author of a book of eti
quette. In her eyes and in the wander
ing eyes of others, this swell’s reputation
had gone. To her, at least, be is no
longer a swell, and if he stays away from
her parties forevermore, she will never
reinstate him in the upper tier off thq
four hundred.—Boston Herald.
It is said that silver has been
covered in Iowa.
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