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I5V ? B. MURRAY & ?Q. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 15, 1883. VOLUME XVIII.r-NO. 31 hint Carinen?? Which Women Wvnr Mo? ,Ioavy I,urd,,u u,"y Cam? ?lU" <?. Equation. ff, m the St u- York Tima. lliMi-hocled French shoeH and tight have hitherto boroo the burden fC'bU?*? i,,r Hll,,eri,,br9 ?f women. ""off comes tlie Lancet, of London, ' lie ,rack of other iconoclasts, and " ., ot lea-! a doubt upon this favorito Tt?ti i?y an ftrt'c,fl in rc'lf,"rd to .lllR '.iirlilof women's clothes. Tho article loUMtion is brief and pointed, calling trillion i" !l ivw words to w',u| tho ?it.'r regards a? ii cerioua evil. It was /inied iii i'10 issue ?' December 2, and ^principal part of ?L reads as follow? : ''file dollies worn by women are, ns a thole too heavy, and, by it perversity of liioii they receive au enormous in ?ment of weight al this season in the hapeof cloaks ami mantles of sealskin a? ?h?ll with quilted linings. The at Kulin!] of medical practitioners needs lo ?...jc?ally drawn to this matter in or- i u,{hat they limy remonstrate with their Gfeoisifl patients, and also avoid miscon- j tandou as to the actual strength of some i complain of fatigue in walking, | Iidiicli may ')? mistaken for a token of j Kikness,'whereas it is only natural ex haustion from carrying a burden that - (e" strong men would care to bear. ? # * * lue waist is encircled as with a bell or boop, lo which a load heavier than a felon's chains is nttached, and the shoul der! and chest aro compressed by an itd dilional burden. Dreathing is laborious ?v performed, and the contents of the trunk ami pelvis are thrust duwil with a force which if represented in pounds ould occasion considerable surprise." lu order to ascertain how far the state ments contained in this article were borne out hy facts, a reporter investiga ted some of ilia mysteries of the fe.niniuo toilet at Lord A Taylor's by exploring a number of the departments and having tue weight accurately ascertained of every article under examination. Four dre?es of medium size were weighed. ?ii pounds was the weight of a dross of velvet and cloth ; a silk dress weighed three and a half pounds, a plush five and H quarter pounds, mid a dress of ladies' cloth on a cloth skirl five pounds three ounces. Dresses of ladies' cloth are very generally worn, and with fur trim mings are still heavier. Twenty years agu dresses had plain underskirts and waists, and were not loaded down with elaborate trimmings, which are now the rage. ?*teel trimmings, now happily gone ont of fashion, were very heavy adornments, but the real jet trimmings ?urn in certain circles are also a luau to carry. When a lady's heart is set ou having a stylish dress she seldom enter tains tho problem of weight. Dress makers try to make them as lit/hi as pos sible, hut with plush and silk this is no easy tusk. With all these trimmings dres-es will continue to be burdens until the old-fashioned skirt, gathered in at the waist, comes in vogue again. The reporter timidly in vestigated those g articles of dress which may be boldly characterized as ladies' underwear. He iras informed that the gossamer gauze for summer use, and the silk goods in pink, blue and flesh colors, were as light M a fairy and could hardly be weighed, but a cold, scientific inquiry, with the asMatatice of scales, showed a weight of 6 to ll ounces for gauze cassiniere suits, according to size, and 8 to 14 ounces for the silk. Tho lutter is expensive, cost ing from $4 to if 1-3 a garment, but it lits closely to the skin, is a preventative against cold, and affords ns much com fort, they say, ns wool. The heavy me rino underwear for winter weighs from 22 to 23 ounces a suit". Many ladies wear gauze o' silk all the year round, us they want to look as symmetrical, and in some instances as ?esthetic as possible. Close ly fliting underwear, it is reported, is an ?dvatitnge in securing a perfectly fitting drew. Muslin underwear has also its claim for popularity on this score, and the suai total of an outfit runs from 23 to 23 ounces. The underskirt is an im _ portant factor in determining the weight | of a lady's clothing, a colored underskirt B weighing 14 ounces, and ft plain or cam ? bric underskirt 8 ounces. A satin walk 9 >nK "kirt scores 29 ounces, and one of W flannel 21 ounces. The latter, it is need less lo say, sells by the thousand ou the shopping thoroughfares of the city, ?ben the reporter asked the weight of lbs sealskin dolman, the voung weigher declared it to be four po'unds. As thia was evidently inaccurate, the reporter ?eot it back to bo reweighed. Six peunds was thc result this time, and the weigher pleasautly excused the discrepancy by saying he thought he was "doing it for 'be express company." Furliued dol mans were found to weigh exactly five pounds, furlined circulars four pounds, "nd sealskin sacks, four pounds each, lae young lady who would be comforta bly and fashionably shod for the street must wear cork soled shoes whoso aver ?g? reight ia a pound. If she dons a pair of rubbers nn additional five ounces ?ill be added. For stormy weather a pair of arctics may be desirable, a mat ter of fifteen ounces. The problem of 'lockings depends on whether the lady Qni|er discussion is going to the ball and ?HI wear a pair adorned with beads, Pe?vy bangles, and what not, and weigh ing five or six ounces, whether she will , c?utent with silk stockings weighing jwq or three ounces, lisle or cotton stock ig* of three or four ounces we'^ht, or ?ea Derby ribbed cotton at six ounces. ?'ores are light weights ; a six-button PW registering one ounce; a twelve wton pair two ounces, and a fur-topped pi skin pair three ounces. A lady's I''kerchief weighs an ounce, her col ?I and cuffs one and two ounces rcspec ''7' ar)d her walking hat, Hay of plush, wad* and feathers, nine ounces. WA|i Arnold & Constable's storo Mr. .."'?er, manager of the manufacturing ^p,arlment, afforded the reporter an op portunity of seeing the various heavy sarment, worn by women at this season M tho year, and gavo him estimates of ?w,r weights. The first'garment exam .rvLriS? *?aaii?-Hiied sealskin dolman. ????I?"said Mr. Walker, "ia'fe favorite 5?T?ing with ladies, and is5 quite -warm. " weighs about-I can only 'give you Ty estimate-eight pounds. Here is a di t11,80 ,me<i with quilted satin, un "" which is laid light cotton wadding. *"? weighs about as much as the doh T?o. Mr. Walker then took down a ?n? u of 'Miskin sacques and dolmans ?nrj showed the reporter that mey all "Sped from eight to ten poun ls. T,-e? said he, "is a heavier wrap. Sa? u a far-lined dolman. I judge PW H weighs about twelve pounds. It "? warmer than a sealskin and is more yuDersome, but is not so expensive, nlf/k * ?ealskin dolman lined with \nZi which? 1 should think, weighs a fh7 twelve pounds. I don't wonder oat women get tired if they carry those ?round much> Now here ?s the most Z\ . ? garment that has over been cW ? y American women. This isa .Sli ?wi T*pe,iM0- Theyare verymuch ??..Ir hcaaon, and are as warm and S^ble is can be desired. They w?gbfrom about six and one-half to | I C i . i l*U8eu ?y triimniuRK of braid willi tl? 6 llKht,ies* aud warmth tl.?,.' . "ftlk" then Plowed LTrt73\7,U m,ml;,;rof h-v-v winter ?Kins A plain one of c otb. with a few trimming? of plush, wi igbed ab ut ninc pounds, and hung wholly f.ou wa 'f nd. Another, of cashmere, weigl ed about ,be same "That's noll, hg"S M . Walker, "think ol a woman's h . .O? IO carry this around all dav." The ?kilt to winch he referred weighed fulJJ hyelve pounds and was of pith c\o ? andw^?I ?k?r,U,?M,,e ?*W? ana weight were eihibited, and ali were found lo be sucli as are commonlv worn m the street at this season. Mr.'Walker afterward took from a hoi a bail dress .I blue and white satin and plush, which looked as light and airv as clouds. It |,ad ? buig .r<illJ at|d " ,<m COM ..T1 ??nesn t weigh much," said the reporter About 12 pounds," said Mr. Walker : ^niling. Ibo reporter lifted the ment, nm judged that Mr. Walker was nght. Ibu hulk of thc weight ?ti the dress inw in t|,e skirt. A number of heavy felt skirts, such as are worn under ' light dresses, were examined and found to weigh from eight to ten pounds Are there any substitutes for these skirts ." inquired the reporter. He waa told that lhere were, and was shown come quilted satin skirts lined wit!, colton wadding. These weighed about iwo pounds each, and ranged in price from *o upwards, while the felt skirts as high as ?8. Consequently a felt skiit weigh ing two pounds could bo replaced by a satin one weighing two pounds and cost ".'rr n?.0..m,ore- Skirt8 of ?.""'Cil Japanese silk filled with elder down were also shown. These weighed about a puund or a pound and one-half, and were de clared to be very warm. Of course they were expensive, but not beyond the reach of a largo class of women who tired themselves out in uirrving much heavier garments limier the* impression that they were warmer. The young woman who was in attendance at the skirt counter was asked if women often wore a heavy cloth or felt skirt and a heavy sealskin dolman at the samo time. She said they did s.o very frequently, thus carrying a heavy burden. C. 0. Shayne, a fur manufacturer, said that when a sealskin sacque did not fit a lady she complained that it felt heavy, w hereas, in Hie ease of a good lit, the weight wus more evenly distrihuted. Mr. Shayne saw ia ii milliner's shop tho other day a dre?s whose trimmings alone weighed more than a sealskin circular. Sealskin was not much heavier than cloth, and otter was a trifle heavier than seal. Fur-lined circulars or dolmans weighed from four to six pounds-ahuut tho same weight as that of seal dolmans untrimmed-and otter sacques about seven pounds. These heavy garments arc still growing in favor with the fairer sex, more sealskin having been sold lins year than last, while otter is making in roads, it is said, on its popularity. Gen tlemen do not take so kindly to sealskin overcoats, as a handsome fn cannot be made with this material, hut il is availa ble for driving coats and trimmings. A lady's fur jacket weighs about the same ad a gentleman's, and a lady's sealskin Derby hat does not tip the beam so much as a man's double-handed hat by a quar ter of a pound more. The heavy coach man's capea are no louder worn hy la dies with saques, which, being made of beaver, uro a little heavier limn seal. Several physicians who were seen ex pressed interesting opinions on the sub ject. Dr. Hubert P. Weir said that fa tigue was one of the most common causes of nervous disease, but it was al most useless to fight against a prevailing fashion. The harm from wearing heavy clothes about the waist lay in the pres sure on the abdominal cavity. The low er classes particularly wore heavy weights about their waists and used i 11 - filling corsets. Dr. Weir spoke of a hospital case that had come' uuder his notice in which a woman's liver was almost cut in two by wearing skirts tightly arouud her waist with worn-out corsets, Ho added that fashionable wo men did not lace so tightly nowadays as formerly, owing to the spread of u knowl edge of physiological principles. The dolmau hanging over Ibo shoulders by diffusing its weight, did not do os much harm as the skirts. Stockings held up by supporters were an additional strain on tho waist. Many women were daily fagged out by the heaviness of the:r dress, and especially was Ibis true of a convalescent who is just out of the house to resume her wonted round of gayety. "A great deal of the evils of dressing could be obviated by shoulder supports," said thc Doctor, "but they would be vis ible with the low-neck style of dressing in the winter and tho diaphanous mate rials in uso for summer toilets." Dr. Weir said he would ?ike to see reform in woman's dress, but it was Uko running one's bead against a stone wall to at tempt anything of the sort. Dr. Cathan Bozemsu.of the Woman's Hospital, said: "The writer in the Lancet is correct. My practice has con vinced me that women dress to heavily. The fatigue caused by carrying their heavy clothing is an elemont of great trouble iu all cases of organic disease. It is very bard on delicate women to car ry heavy cloaks and skirts. The weight on the hips is more harmful than that on the shoulders. It is more in accordance with nature, both in man aud women, to carry a load on the shoulders than on the hips. The fashion of contracted skirta is also very bad, because, in addi tion to the weight, ihe dress cramps ann confine? the limbs, and compels a woman to put forth just that much more exer tion in walking or climbing steps. The weight of men's clothing is better dis tributed than that of women." Dr. Mary P. Jacobi said that it was plain that women wore too heavy clothes, which, hanging about the waist, caused trouble of the pelvic organs. Heavy clothes interfered with muscular activity, and, as women were hampered by their dress, walkiug with them was less vari able than it otherwise would bo. Their clothes should be as lipht as is consist ent with warmth. Tl re is an expendi ture of forct in carrying too many clothes which ?ould be spent in other directions. Langet, the French physiolo gist, says that womeu have more power to resist cold than men and need less clothing, but clothes with women have simply become matters of fasbiou. Dr Lew':i A. Sayre handed the re porter his 20 pound ulster and jokingly said he could hardly blame a woman for wearing heavy clot)iee while he sported such a weighty garment. He was in clined to find fault with the shoes they wore, their high heels and narrow toes, which made it impossible for them to walk with grace or stand with ease. If a woman would properly distribute the weight of ber clothes, the Doctor thougnt, abe could carry enough to keen warm and suffer no inconvenience. Clothes should be so adjusted as to permit the circulation of blood, and should not be so girded around the wai?t as to cause engorgement of the pelvic organs. A woman gets tired from her clothes simply because she is not properly dressed. -. - . ??. uara i non, when asked ?bat he thought about Hie matter, said tuat he did not care to express any de cided opinion, as be had not mado a special study of diseases peculiar to wo men. He thought, however, that the weight banging from thc bins could do little or no hann except in the period preceding maternity. The anatomical structure of that portion of the body was well fitted for bearing weight the projection ol the hip bones supporting skirts well. Another well known physi cian said : '1 do not think that much harm could be done by weight banging from the hips, except in the name cases as Dr. Hamilton has suggested. The muscles of the abdomen are strong and well arranged for withstanding strain. One net runs diagonally from right to left ; another in the opposite direction, and a third straight up and down. Now,' weight supported at the waist comes on the hip bones and is borne eh icily by the legs. Of course, a heavy load carried there will tire a woman in the course of i lime, but I do not see any special evil ' that can arise from it. I consider the beavv weight of cloaks and sealskins ? banging upon the shoulders to be much i worse. There I see a decided danger. The weight which hangs from the should- i ers hear? down upon the spinal column, ! and must, therefore, affect the whole) body. It hu* .? tend- (icy io bend the body and push it downward, and keeps the muscles from the waist upward in a constant state of tension tn resist tho pressure. I do not thiuk that as much trouble is caused by this as by tight lacing, however. The compression of the lower part of the ribs by lacing pre vents tiie lungs from being easily lilied, and is the cause of several dangerous disear-es. On the whole, 1 think weight may be carried moro safely from the waist than from the shoulders." For the purpose of providing data for comparisons the reporter called at a large retail clothing house and had some men's garments weighed. The heaviest ulsters were found to run as high as lifteen pounds. Ordinary winter overcoats weighed from six to eight pounds. A suit of winier clothing consisting of a Prince Albert coat, waist coat and trous ers, weighed six pounds. An Knglish cheviot suit, willi sack coat, weighed four pounds. Breaking Over Twenty Acres a Day. Greenville Enternrite mid Mountaineer. Hearing that Mr. li. V. Perry, Jr., was going to run four of Cassaday Sulky Plows on last Friday, we concluded to drop in on him and see the plows in op eration on his farm three mi!e^ above the city. When wc got within two hundred yards of the field, we saw thc four plows all in a line, Hen in the lead, Tom Rob erts next, and little Hill Whitehead, a lad of thirteen year?, third, and your oh] "paddy from Cork," Mr. John Keenan, bringing up the rear. Upon seeing us, Beit stopped and showed us the particu lar points in favor of this plow, and said that lie thought he was breaking al the rate of six acres a day to the plow. Upon inquiring how it was tbnt all of j the axles of the different plows were sprung, he said that he had been asked that question by every one passing, but that they were not sprung at all-if il was not for the idiapc that the 'neut wheel was made, Hill, (the lad 18 years old), could not manage the plough at all. The horses lind it impossible to get that wheel nut of the furrow in which you see it runs, and besides if it was not for that wheel being made so I could not finish my last furrows in aland. He said that that w heel guide* the plow. Thc greatest improvement of this plow over other sulky plows is that it is much easier on Block ; you can turn quicker and easier at end, never having to raise your plow, plowing corners as well ns any other part oi the laud. lie said he could adjust tho leaver to any depth he wanted to, and that he waa then turning thc land to the depth nfl four inches. They first run around thc ' field aud continued to plow tho same way till they finished it. I never have been away from homo farther than my mother could see me, but lo se? al! of these plow? in operation. I had to thump my head every now and then to see if I was dreaming, or in -Tex as or South Carolina. Ben said that he thought all farmers in this country would soon do their work in ?ueh a way that they would like to farm-and we think so too. A grent many of our large, over grown, lazy men will work when they can ride and plow with their gloves on and an umbrella over them to keep the sun off. And the ones that are now eke ing out an existence with the old style plows, would find ita great deal better to use these plows, than to wear their teams and themselves out with thc horse killers that they now havo. He told UH about his new washing apa ratus, besides other things, which we will give in our next P. W. B. FREEMAN. Freeman, S. C., Jan. 29,1883. Thc Milk ill tho Cocoanut. Whether the familiar saying about "the milk in the cocoanut" had its origin in a trick played upon a city marshal by a Main liquor dealer, or merely ncquires therefrom a new application, the story is worth telling, and the Somerville Journal tells it very well. "One night the liquor dealer made a wager with the marshal that he could bring a large quantity of liquor int j the city and sell it in small wholesale loU without the latter's being able to catch him. The next day the liquor dealer disappeared, only to appear as suddenly a cou pie of days later. The marshal's myrmidons soon detected a very strong odor of whisky in the public breath, bul after vainly hunting the source of supply for a week the marshal suddenly thought of his wager, and made a descent on his friend, but found nothing illegal ou the premires. After dismiss ing bis officers the marshal said : 'Look her<5| X-, this town is just chuck full of whisky, and I believe you aro at the bottom of the barrel. Now give us the racket, and if you havo won your wager I'll pay up and say nothing about lt.* With a broad grin, the other replied, ai he selected a cocoanut from a basketful in the corner: 'Here, take that home and sample it. I passed five thousand of them under your very nose last week, aud this is the last of the lot. The marshal paid up, and left with Iiis sample." ?_ - Although nearly eight years have slipped away since the summer morning on which little Cbanio Ross was abduct ed from his German town home, his father. Christian K. Boss, still bas hopes that he will some day see his long-lost boy. Ina recently written letter to a friend Mr. Ross said: "I am stn I dili gently making every effort to unravel the mystery connected with his -ootinued absence. In our family the subject ts often the theme of conversation. Char lie is often spoken of as living, aad shad bo until we know the contrary ' For tremulousness, weakliness, dizzi jess aod lack of energy, a most valuable r nnedy is Brown's Iron Bitters. INSANITY AND ALCOHOL. Tho Clo** KHallon*. Itrlvrrra luctirlety and Marilin*. The National Association f??r thc Pro tection ol the Insane ami the Pr?vention of Insanity met iu Philadelphia last week. The closing ?lay of the session was mainly devoted to the reading of papers showing the relation of inebriety lo insanity. Probably the most striking nf these was written by Dr. A. Daer, of Berlin, a phyaiciau of high authority throughout Ku rope, especially upon tho treatment of the insane. After an ex haustive argument to prove tho connec tion between alcoholism and mental aberration, thc writer thus summarized his conclusions : ivjrimii:rv ASP INSANITY. It cannot be doubted that in all civil ized countries insanity increases in a manner which is out of proportion to the increase of population. Of all the tribu taries to this startling fact, there is none so huting in its effects, so harmful tn the : physical as well as the moral life, as tho abuse of intoxicating liquors. In temper-1 ance is au inexhaustible source of the | development and increaao of insanity, It demands ah undivided attention, not only on account of its existing relation, but particularly because intemperance, among all lite factors which aid in tho increase of insanity, can best be dimin ished and its influences reckoned. The relation between intemperance and in sanity is so definite and clear that it is unnecessary to adduce proofs, launer has shown that in France, with the increase of alcohol consumption, insanity has also increased. In Italy u similar result has been reached by investigation. In l'rtiwiia it was found that in sections where the largest number of drinking saloons existed, i. c., where the consump tion of alcohol was thc greatest, the num ber of insane was also tho greatest. DISEASES CAUSED HY ALCOHOL. Without doubt it is lo alcohol that we must look for and find the most potent cause of the development ami spread of mental dis.-ases. It is well known that alcohol acts as a disturbing element upon the nerve centres, even if it has ouly once been used lo excess. In con sequence of the acute disturbance of cir culation and nutrition au acute intoxica tion taken place which may range from a Hlight excitation to a complete loss of consciousness. After habitual ubuse of alcohol, functional disturbances of tho brain and spinal cord become constant aud disappear the lesa as tho central organic degenerative processes are more and moredeveloped, processes which lead tu congestions and hemorrhagic clnodons in the meninges and in the brain itself. These degenerations of the nervous sys tem give rise to a progressive decay of all intelligent and also more especially of thu ethical functions, a decay which presents thc phenomenon of fccblc-mind ed ness complicated with a large number of other disturbances and gradually ends in complete decay. The number of these mental disturbances which are caused by alcohol intoxication is a very considerable one. From 20 to 20 per cent, ot all men tal diseases stand in a direct or indirect relation lo the cruel consequences of intemperance. An investigation among thc patients in thc insane department of thc ?crli:; Charity Hospital, ?tl 1881 showed that among 1507 patients who had entered as epileptics, 150, or over 21 per cent, had been addicted to drink-133 before and 17 after thc disease had shown itself. Further, thal of 1,072 patienta with delirium tremens, 2-13, or over 15 per cent, were epileptic, and that in 221 intemperance was present before the out break of the epilepsy. Finally, that among 2,07'.? patients who entered the department in six and a half years, 3'J3, or IS per cent., were inebriate epileptics. Among 128 epileptics who I bad occa sion to note, 21 per cent, were drunkards and 20 per cent, were offsprings of intemperate parents. Tho baneful effects which is produced indirectly by the intemperance of parents upon the mental constitution ol their progeny is surely just OH great and disastrouH as thc list of injuries which intemperance deals directly to thc mental lite of man. On account ol'the inheritance of a depraved and pathological constitution, the chil dren of intemperate parents frequently suffer from an abnormal physical organi zation. AH in the progeny of insane epileptics, suicides and crimin?is, BO also among the children of drunkards do wo see cases of congenital idiocy and im becility, and inebriety, or physical and somatic degeneracy ; also of degraded morality, of vagrancy and crime. ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SUBJECT. After a treatise on "The Systematic i Education of the Insane as a Meaus of | Cure," by Dr. James Lalor, of Dublin, the matter of "Intemperance and Insan ity" wus again referred to this time in a taper written by Dr. Norman K of | .ondon. Dr. Kerr Hays : The relation between intemperance aud insanity are so clone that in watch ing the various phases of the former the expert is constantly reminded of the lat ter. The closeness of Ibis connection must have been observed by ibe ancients, for ono of tho meanings of the Sanskrit I verb "mad" was "to get drunk," and the ] Sanskrit noun "madd" denoted first, intoxication ; second, insanity. Aris totle said that "drunkenness is voluntary madness." At every stage of habitual and even occasional inebriety symptoms are developed, which seem more allied to madness produced by a physical cause than to moral obliquity or badness of heart. Look at the periodical inebriate. Though nearly as clear-headed and as well-disposed as his abstaining brethren in ihe intervals between his attacks, yet ? during each outbreak he is guilty of] freaks of stupidity and violence which may truly bo said to bo the acta of a ma niac. A woman was imprisoned one hundred different times for drunkenness aud theft. Each time she bad stolen a tub. She was a washerwoman. Was each of these act? of theft not tho act of one temporarily insane? I? it not mon strous to punish such a person as a crim imil, without any hope of reformation, when, if abe were treated as ono diseased in an inebriate retreat, there would be a fair opportunity of trying tho effect of curative treatment? I have known a man, quiet and inoffensive in his sober moments, HO maddened during bis peri odical drunken outbreaks tbut he was alway-) then possessed of an insane des-re to Bet fire to everything. An ac complished friend of mine, given at times to strong drink, whenever bo gave way to excess waa seized with an overwhelm ing desire to shoot some one. The thou sand and one delusions to which periodi cal drunkards are subject, tbe crimes which only the unceasing vigilance of others keeps them from commuting, and tho crimes which unhappily they sue- i cced in committing, are well known to alienists aa "confirmation strong as Holy Writ" of a temporarily insane state. ' Intemperance is a cause of insanity, and insanity is a cause of intemperance. ; Alcoholic epileptic mania is frequent. Wit'n all our ignorance concerning the proper treatment for such patients, we know, however, enough to warrant us in . insisting of tho treatment of habitual | inebriety and insanity as diseased condi tions rather titan their punishment as criminal offences. Deal with the inebri ate a? you Lave successfully deal; with the maniac-with kinduess. INTEMPERANCE A DISEASE. Dr. T. D. Crothers, of Connecticut, also contributed to the subject in an interesting paper on "Thc Prevention of Insanity by the Rational Treatment of Inebriety." In summing up his experi ence, Dr. Crothers said : First, inebriety is the large-t factor in the causation of insanity, thc study of which will point out the means to lessen insanity and many of the conditions which lead up to it. Second, inebriety is a physical disease, which cnn be cured and prevented by the application of pity slea I means to the caso and to thu causes along the lines of its national history. Third, the present theories aud treatment of inebriety encourage tho development of tho disorder, and indi rectly increase insanity by intensifying all the conditions of disease, and making recovery more dilhcult. Fourth, the rational treatment of inebriety should be to isolate the patient in special hospitals, where every means cnn be gathered to build up and restore the entire organism. Fifth, in such hospitals a study of all the conditions which favor tho growtli of inebriety or insanity can be made, as well as the treatment and means of pre vention which could not otherwise be known. Sixth, the practical character and feasibility of such institutions ure demonstrated in every nd vance of scienco iu many ways, and from actual experi ence in tho face of ibo greatest obstacles and most discouraging circum stances, Finally, although Lptopia ia nut yet here, there ia along this linc of inquiry abundant evidence to show that the study of inebriety and its rational treatment will reveal the means for lea uening insanity beyond any possible coo ee j dion. At the conclusion of thc reading of these papers Judge Pierce offered the following resolution, was unani mously adopted : That this Association recommend to the careful consideration ol physicians and superintendents connected with institution- for the treatment of mental diseases the value of regular and pleas ant employment oi their patients, as a rem cd i a I agency iu tho treatment of mental disorders. Every one Can Graft. Our first successful grafting was done nt the tige of niuo years. "At home" we had au old orchard that seemed to bo past its period of usefulness, and what apples it did bear were of inferior sorts. It was i question whether to cut down the treen, or try and rejuvenate them by the application of nu abundance of ma nure, well stirred into the soil, and by glutting the old limbs with new and superior varieties of fruit. It was con cluded to see what- virtue there was iu manure and cions, and this gave us nu Dppottunity to watch thc process of graft ing. Uefor? the job was finished we had learned the art of cutting a chin, making a cleft, applying the wax, etc. Later in the season it was a source of much gratification to sec the young grafts we had put in, growing along with those iel by a master-hand. This reminiscence of youth is given as prouf that grafting is not a monopoly of gifted minds, or an art that can only bo acquired by the few. With thc ordinary amount of "gumption" to begin with, followed by careful leaching for only u diort time almost any one can graft suc cessfully. Grafting is simply planting a culling of one variety in wood of anoth er, instead of iu tho soi!. It is essential that the growing layer of thc cion and stock como in closo contact, and bc so held until they grow together. Now is thc time to get the c'ons. They may be bought at most nurseries, and great caro should be taken to get only the best va rieties : If cut at home, be equally care ful lo get them of the right kind, cutting only twigs of lust season s growth. Each sort should be cut separately and tied in bundles, labeled, and afterwards put in boxes with damn sawdust or moss, and kept in .. cool placo until used. A fica saw, two good knives, ono strong and heavy, the other smaller, with a keen edge ; a hard-wood wedge, six inches long and balf an IDWU thick, and a small mallet are the implements used in graft ing. The wax may be easily made by melting together, beeswax 9 oz, rosin and tallow 4 oz., each, over a moderato fire, stirring gradually until all is melted. Rolls of waxed cloth may be formed from old cotton stuff made thin by wear, and cut into strips two inches wide. Wind strips upon a stick and dip them into the melted wax; when the cloth is thorough ly penetrated by the wax, let drip, and put away from dust ready for use. ( iradiug should be done as soon as the buds begin to swell. Having determined upon the place for the graft, sow off tho blanch, smooth the cut surface and make a cleft with the knife and mallet. Cut the cion from tho twig, leaving two or three buds upon the piece md sharpen the lower end into a wedge. Open the cleft with the knife and place the cion in carefully so that the lower bud comes at the top of tho cleft. The inner bark, or growing layer of the cion and the stock should touch as much as possible. If the grafted branch ia small, a single cion is enough, one on each side. Unroll enough waxed cloth to cover the wound, of both stock and cion, and press it on careful!, and closely. The quick appli cation of this protection is only a matter of practice. It is well for beginners to start with worthless limbs before doing regular grafting in the orchard. If pos sible find some one in the neighborhood familiar with the process aud learn the art from him. Ihe general principles may be obtained from printed directions, but the success of the work will depend upon the knacb, and that is only acquir ed in the orohard.-Ameriain A grieultu ritt. - A Raleigh dispatch reporta a horri ble tragedy at Wilhamslon, N. C., Fri day last, the participants being a father and son, King Griffin and Simon Griffin. King Griffin, the father, was coming from the premises of Simon, when an alterca tion began between them. Simon rush ed at his father with an axe, when the old man retreated lo tho bouse, picked up a gun and discharged ita contenta into Simon's breast, killing him iustantly. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of "self-defense." It is generally believed that domestic troubles led to the tragedy. The father and son marr ed sisters. - An unknown young woman threw her infant from a car window Monday morning between Macon and Atlanta near Frank ville, while the train waa go ing at full speed. She got on at Macon, bound for Atlanta. The child waa picked up by road hands. It waa badly bruised but it may live. Never try to raise a family without a good newspaper, provided it contains thc advertisement of Dr. Ball's Cough Syrup ; for this valuable medicine is necessary to keep your children in good health. DIFFERENCE IX FOLKS. An Every Day ?tu.?y Elaborated Hy um A rp. Tliero are folks und there are folks. There are fathers and mothers ami chil dren and grandchildren. There are fulk-t whom yon meet by day in the store? and offices and counting rooms and work shops, and lhere aro folks whom you meet by the domestic hearth, and there ain't much difference betwixt 'em. Only this, whim you meet 'em by day you duli t know what they aro by night. * I didcot know that any body was very much like me and my folks, but i went lo see an obi friend in Home the oilier night, mid I hadent been in the family room ten min ute.? before there was au everlasting squall in the next room, and lie jumped up and run out ami thrashed around smartly and restored domestic tranquility, and when lie came back remarked that a child and a grandchild had hada lillie hostility, and about as soon na ho sal down tho li g. ht opened afresh, ami ho went back again to subdue it, and shortly thereafter one of them came in aud began to explore his pocked., and he held up Iiis arms and talked away to mo us though nothing unusual was going on, and aile Ibu little chap had searched his coat pockets and his vest pockets, and his side pockets and his pautaloon pockets and found nothing but s piece of tobacco, he baud* ed that over saying : "Grund-pa, 1 dont want your tabacco." "My friend," said I, "do you allow them to search you that way?" "Ever/ night," said he, "from the oldest to the youngest-sometimes I have candy, or an apple, or a knife, or something, and they go through me liku a conductor goes through a rail road car. My dear sir, I am tho submis sive gentleman you Intro read about. I submit to anything for pence, but Lord help mo, 1 don't get it. Theso children -tuoso children, but you kuow all about children. There are two sets here, ?iud I'm afraid thero will bo three sets bc foro I die. These children nearly run me dis tracted. A lunatic asylum ain't no where. I used tn think n mau would run through and fight his battle and bc dis charged and get a porndon, but i'm worse off now than ever. I worry along through thc day with my customers, and gel tired and want rest and peace, and I come homo and thine chaps begin on mo right straight, and its pa this, and grand pa tiiat, and I've got to let 'em get on me aud waller ali over mo and senrcb all my pockets, and then go oil' to fighting like a passel of wild Camauchees, und it takes about two whippins npiece to get 'em off to bed, and then they get up in lite morn ing before the lire is built and begin to cavort around nnd pull the cover all off me and I have to get up before I want to, and I'll tell you what is a fact, if there ain't a heaven for a mnn in my fix, I -.lilil? always think tliero ought tc bo. How in the world do you gel along with yours?" JesMo, jeaso,said I, I understand you. I'm working for that same heaven and I hopo to reach it by an' by-by and by. Not long after I met another old friend -a timo honored friend, a subdued look ing friend, and 1 hailed him willi a glad sat illation and says I, "how do you do old ninian-old patriarle - how ?H ibo good wife, and how many children havo you got?" ile squeezed my Ininti affection ately and sadly, and says ho, "William, I am glad tu hee you, for misery loves company. I havo no children to spare and none for na le, bul we lia ve got nine, only tine, and the two last aro a couple of t..ins only three months old, and we have to feed cm on tho hollie, timi I'm ubout wore out, I am. Lord help me, I've been up most all night toting em around, ami it's no new thing, I tell you, it's no new thing. When lie left me to climb the court houso hill he pulled his legs after him Uko tliero was u bag of shot in his shoes. I wont across tho street to see another familiar face, and he was weighing out a dollars worth of coffee for a country man, and after he was through 1 slapped him on tho back, and says I : Hello, old fellow, bow does tho world nae you ? ' 'Tillable, tolable, only tciable," says he. How is tue good wife nu? tho children, ?nd how many of the little treasures have you got tc brighteu up the family heart and make you happy ? He shoved ttio coffee scoop away down ; in the sack and said : ''She's well, she's very well, aud we bavent got hut eight. I They aro all of a aizo pretty much, and you can't tell em apart hardly. They are smart and good looking, but I tell you it keeps mo a diggin to support em." And he shoved tho scoop down a little deeper as ho looked at me and inquired : "How io tho world did you mauago to raise a doren?" "Splendid," says I, "splendid. You will get use to it alter awhile-it's 00 trouble-no trouble at nil when you get the bang of it." "You see since I have got out of the woods lam beginning to holler and put on patriarchal airs." "You know, my dear fellow," said I, "that David says, blessed is he who hath his quiver full." "Yes, yes, I remember reading that," says he, "but I reckon that was one of David's joke*." The next friend I met didn't have any children and had bcon married a long time and he wanted to know if wo couldn't sparc him a lamb from our flock -a little girl lo raise and leave his money to. Why tho biggest law suit they ever had in Rome was about a lillie orphan girl that two good families who didn't havo any children wanted and it mighty nigh killed the ones who didn't get her. Jesso. Ita a power of care and trouble and responsibility to raise 'em, but no body is happy without 'em. I met a cotton buyer and ho is working just as hard as ever and basent got but one-a nico boy of ten years or thereabouts, and bis father is digging away just aa hard for him as if he had a dozen, and ever and anon when he thinks that the boy may lay down and die, it comes over him like a dark shadow, and be feels like he would want to die too and go with him. I know a good old mother who has chil dren and grandchildren and great grand children all around her. But there is one of the original flock away off in the west, and as the good old mother sita by the evening Gre, silent and thoughtful, with ber teary eyes looking into the blaze, I kuow she is yearning for ono moro look -one more embrace of the loved one before she dies. Well, it is a blessed thought to these mothers that there is a beaven where all can be gathered togeth er again and live and love forever. BILL A RP. - A Michigan horse at i \ pounds of 1 darch without feeling ve?/ ouch stuck up. - A good many men who cheat all the week and give ten cents to the mis sionaries on Sunday, think they are buy ing Heaven on the installment plan. LIVER, KIDNEY AND BRIGHT'S DIS EASE.-A medicine that destroys the Strm or cause of Bright'a Disease. Dia etea, Kidney and laver Complaints, and has power to root them out of the system, is above all price. Such a medi cine is Hop Bitters, and positive proof . of thia can be found by one trial, or by asking your neighbors, who have been cured by it. A NOV KL CEREMONY. Tlir rir?t Complete Chinese Funeral la Kuti Francisco. Thc first genuine and completo Chinese funeral in San Francisco took place in that city about a week ago. It was that of Ow Siting, late managet of the Wing Wo Sang Company, who wan siiilboaled by fumes of an open charcoal fire. Tho funeral is thus described by the San Fran cisco ( 'hronicJc : The procession moved in the following order : Along Sacramento street to Kenroy, lo Jackson, to Dupont ami then along that street to Market ami to the burying ground. First caine a Chinaman attired in a long flowing rob? of light blue material, which was girded nt tho waist with a strip of white cotton cloth, the Chinese emblem of mourning. !!.> was followed by two coolies, each carry ing a large white lantern in which was a lighted taper. On each nf these lanterns were Chinese characters in blue, setting forth tho mime of the deceased and his office. These lanterns were carried to light Ibo oath the spirit of thc deceased had lo walk in order to reach tho gates of Heaven. Then tame two more coolies, each carry ing a brass gong, which they beat loudly and continuously to drive off an evil spirit which might wish to cross tho path. In addition to ibo gongs these coolies each carried a square Hag of yellow ma terial, on which were characters in black. Th?se told of the unfortunate circum stance by which the deceased met his death. Next came, lour moro coolies, each carrying a deep red paper banner, on which were written in character* of gold tho virtues ol the deceased, and the good ads ho performed in lifo. Then followed a carriage containing four musi cians playing upon a wind instrument, which emitted discordant, cur-piercing noises, which were intended lo assist the gong-beaters in frightening away all great white devils aiidsmall black devils. Next in order came two Chinamen, each carrying a pole across ono of his shoul ders, ut each end of which waa a censor rest ing in natural (lowers, some of w hich ?vero twined around the chains by which tho censor were suspended to tho poles. In euch censor was a quantity of perfumed punk and sandalwood, which was ignited and sent forth perfumed fumes ulong the linc of inarch. After iheso followed another long-robed Chinaman, wearing the emblem of mourning and carrying a very long, narrow red cloth banner uilixud to a polo, ut tho bend of which was a branch of laurel, '?'his was what is known as tho ancestral banner, and wns tho pedigree of tho decease.'. Then came the hearse, drawn by four horses, each dressed with black mourning clothes. In ibo hearse was tho collin containing the mortal remains ol Ow Siting. .VII?H was covered with a large red cloth as a symbol thal tho death of thc deceased wus a violent <?:ie. Un tho top if the hearse sat u Chinaman in full mourning, who distributed parallograms of Chinese paper live or six inches long, each perfo rated Hcverul times. These sheets of paper ure what the Chinese call mock money, und euch perforation represented one cash-a Chinese coin. This was do signed to propitiate the spirits along the road which might bo disposed to make disturbances, ad'ecling the collin or ?ls contents. Hy tho distribution of mock money thc Chinese believe thal they pur? chase the right of way for tho dend. Behind tho hearse, on each side of which marched pall bearers in mourning, were four professional mourners attired from head tn fool in while. One of thcHe lind his face covered with n white cloth and was led ulong by two coolies, who carried before them n HUI nil tray filled with fond and tea. After these followed a number of merchants on foot und carriages con taining friends of the decensed. Wholesome Advlco to Young Men. NEW YORK, JumiHry 20.-Robert J. Burdetle, of Thc Huriinyfon Haw key e, delivered a lecture, entitled "Advise to a Yoting Man," ut Association Hull last evening. "I have had great deal of advice," he said, "given mo by older people than myself. In many instances I know I would have been much wiser had I fol lowed that advice. When a boy I was told to keep away from the canvass of tho circus tent, but I didn't. I am wiser now. Although a circus man's arm is not a? Hwift as lightning, yoi it is much more likely to strive twice in tho samo Elace. Young mon, you must bo some ody to begin with. I don't mean by this that you must bo born of some big family, for ancestry don't count fur much in tliis coaiitry. Il yon have got the idea Into your head thut it docs, you ought to be stuffed and act up in front of a cigar sture. When the world wants you, my ?on, it will find you. lt won't ask who yourgrandfnlher waa, for it don't care. People soon forget tho names of the ancestors of distinguished people in this country. I don't believe lhere is a man present herc to-night who can tell mo tho nanni of Brigham Young's mother-in-law. [Laughter.] Make up your mind to do a great deal of hard work. It won't kill you. It's the inter vals between work that kills people. It's after one of these 'intervals' that you wake up and find your hat four sizes too big. It's tho recreation that kills. Ob, but it's only once in a wbi.'o, you say-a very small matter. Well, although a bumble bee is not as large as a dray horse, you mustn't handle bim carelessly, Then try to get acquainted with your self. A good many men die without hav ing scraped nn acquaintance with them selves. If you are going to bo honest from policy don't be honest at all. Thc kind of honesty thut can be bought and sold isn't worth much. Don't believe that cheek is 'better than modesty or merit, because it isn't. If you never do anything else in tho world, marry. Don't be afraid your wife won't look after you. You'll find she will be ablo to do that lo perfection." A HINT TO THE GIRI.?.-Tho newest parlor game at Laramie, Wyoming Terri tory, where woman suffrago hos been es tablished, was invented by tho ladies of that region. The girls Bit in one room in a row, with a chair in front of each one. Tho young men are stationed in another room, and are brought in ono by one. When he comes in the youth chooses his chair, and the young lady behind him binds his eyes with a handkerchief. Then the black cook comes in, kisses him and disappears. The young man ia re leased, feeling much refreshed and elat ed, and promptly retires to the other end of the room, il is feelings when the uext young man comes in aud is treated to this novel entertainment can be imag ined, but they are mitigated by the pleas ure of seeing the other fellows undergo ing the experiment. As a Winter evening amusement it is one of the most popular in Wyoming. - "Julia, my little cherub, when does your sister Emma return?" Julia-"I don't know." "Did n't she say anything be fore she]went away ?" Julia-"She said, if you came to see her, that she'd be gone tiil doomsday. NEWS AM) OTHER TO FT CS. A Liboral Appropriation. Tbo House Committee on Commerce baa reported an appropriation of $755, 000 for continuing the jetty works in Charleston harbor. Suddonj Doath. On the Gth inst. Rev. Geo. P. Bronson, pastor of the Congregational Church in Lasalle, III., while officiating at a mar riage service, fell dead at the feet of the couple whom he was marrying just as he pronounced them husband and wife. Incongruous Companions.' Sherman and Cen. Joseph E. Johnson aro now cloue friends and cronies, the former being loud in his admiration of the military skill of the latter. Sher man, Grant, Don Cameron, Jones of Ne vada, nnd Senator Hampton are all work ing vigorously together to have Cien. Johnson appointed Commissioner of tho District nf Columbia with every prospect of success. Our Military Strength. WASHINGTON, February 7.-A state ment of tho militia force of the United States prepnrcd by tho secretary of war and submitted lo Congress, show?, that Smith Carolina has one hundred thou sand men available for duty, unorgan ized; 5,179 non commissioned officers, musicians and privates, 4M commission ed officers, ?182 company officers, (53 gen eral stall' officers and 7 general officers. Tho Proildont in a Plight. Tho President's carriage, while ho and his daughter were on their way to church tr> attend the marriage of Miss Mary Walker Brewster, daughter of ih) Attor ney General, to a Philadelphia gentle man named Koona, in Washington, on the Gib inst., was run into by a carriage in the rear, tho polo of tho latter break ing through the panel. It did not strike either of the occupants. On bis return from the church, however, the wheels of President Arthur's carriage became locked with those of several others, and buding that his already damaged vehicle could not be extricated without long delny, the Prcaidout abandoned it and walked homo with his daughter through the rain. The occurrenco created sumo excitement and gave rise to a number of alarming rumora a.s to tho President's safety. Fooled on Kico. The Washington correspondent of tho Chronicle nnd Oomtitutionalixi says: It was thought that some threatened retali ation would provoke controversy when tho item ?frico, in its various Inrms, WP.S reached, but tho Republicana wero '.oo well disciplined to start tho row, arid a little quiet btratciry on the part of Gen. Hampton ami Mr. Morrill removed all cause of disputation. The cunning Ver monter at Hampton's suggestion, struck out tho word "granulated." 7.-5!?c?? tho planter- did not fancy, and this being promptly agreed to, tho article and schedule weul through silently and swiftly. I understand that Senators Barrow and Butler had prepared speeches for this occasion, but their utterances were made unavailable when "granula ted" perished al tho point of ?fr. Mor rill's pen. Th? Qnail-Eater Wins. NEW YORK, February 5.-Mr. Wal cott, tho quail-cater, sat down this after noon to finish the thirtieth brace of birds. Ho bad wagered that he could eat a brace of quails every afternoon for thirty consecutive days. Two bnndred and fifty dollars was the original stake, but from time to time it has been increased until some four or five thou sand dollars depended upon the result. Not all of them wero bet by tho original parties to the wager, however. Walcott said as he sat down that he felt quite as well, if not better, than when he began the quail diet. Among the spectators to-day were soveral physicians. Walcott tock coven minutes to C'?D the boo ea of to-day's brace. The number of visitors to the place where the coute?t has boen going on has been not far from ten thou sand ami the match has excited much interest and comment. Tho Trouble Ovar. The naval cadets at Annapolis who have been iu confinement on board the Santee, wero released to-day, their term of punishment having expired. Captain Ramsay, the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, states that the recent trouble at the Academy with the cadets has not in the least inteiferred with the daily routine of study, and bas not even caused tho omission of a single recita tion. He denies the publieheditatement that he bad been harsh or uncivil to newspaper men who had called at the Academy for information in regard io the situation. He says he allowed coi respondents every facility in their busi ness, and while he steadily declined to express his own views on tho subject, on the ground that it was his duty to report first to II?B superior officer, the Secretary of the Navy, ne gave the correspondents permission to get whatever information or views tho officers of the Academy or even the cadets chose to give them. He had not, as yet, made an official roportof the trouble, but expects to do so in a : short time. A Big Undertaking. Richland, the Columbia correspondent of the Chronicle and Conttilutionalitt, writing from Columbia, S. C., under date of February 7th, saya : Mr. J. Remfrey, representing an English syndicate of great wealth, is in Columbia looking after investments for bis company. He has submitted a proposition to the Sinking Fund Commission for the purchase of ali the land owned by the State, lying on the Santee River. He stated in conver sation with me to-day that if he could obtain from the State au optional agree ment, they would send the survey ora into the country mentioned, at once, and if the resulta were satisfactory they would pay down the money for the property immediately. The intention of thu company ia to draiu the vast territory lying on these rivera for purposes of cul tivation, to open up this vast timber dis trict and cut canals through the whole of this rich country, and thus place it in easy communication with Charleston. This is the plan foreshadowed in a recent letter to the Chronicle. It is a stupen dous undertaking and only surpassed by the draining of the Florida everglades. - Men should keep their tempers like their shirts-Unruffled. - A Chicago cattle dealer baa bought 68,000 aerea ot land in Texas, which he proposes to a tock with cattle. - It is now in order for the youth who smoke cigarette* to form a league re fusing to kiss the girls who chew gum. 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