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FRANK P. BEARD, Publisher. NOT. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. VOL. X. camden, KERSttA1# County, s. c., Thursday, march 29, ism. ^ NO. 27. i ? i 1 * ? ? ? ' ? ? * 1 1 THE PEOPLE *8 PAPER. , rVBUIBVU AT C1MDM, ?. C. . r "?< . FRANK P. BEARD. Publisher. T? Correapondruta. All communlratloni for tlila liij-cr ?huukl bcac com pan led by the n.inie of t!io nuth< r, not ne?*? wlty for fwbUeatloo, bat ?? *u evldenco of good faith aa tho part of the writer. A\?Jteoaly on one ?lde of tb? papef. Do particularly caroful In giving name* ftu<l dates to Ua? e tlio letters plain and dl? OmC The Gazette Job Printing Office II mrrcK prepared than any other ufflce In town, to wweute lu tu? must *tt ruvtiTo ?t> lescYery de?cr1 lo tion of Job Printing, ?ucb as I'amphlet*, I.-cuftrC, Rill ll?odv lA-tter and Soto* IUvul?? Law PwtorN DOdxtrs ClrruUrs. IUihI II11U. Wi kling, Vls'.tlug **'d Addrvt^ CarU>, l>u?lucwC?nlk Labels, JU. Work Jouo In Itrouxe, tied, Illue ana Ul?c? The public must remember tbat tt>e beet l? alway* tb? cheapest. We do work at Charleston Prlccfc au?l gv*rauu* entire* satisfaction to oar patron?. We keep constantly on hand th? Urgest ?tocii c* Papers and Cards I u town. TO-DAY. " Oh. heart, tired oat with pain to-day, ? A thousand years to come Thy pain will all havo passod away, . Thy crying shall bo dumb: As gayly bird-wings o'er tbo river Shall gleam with life that onoe was thine, Kb If this pulse, with pain a-quiver, Still leaped, with gladness half-divine: To thee, to all, it is as one When onoo thy restless years aro dons." Ob, vain ^ tnru upon your heart. And think to still it so : It crito oack unto all your art, With pleading, " Ah, no, no 1 For gladness die* m well as sorrow; Then let me live, since I must die. Ah, quick, for death will como to-morrow? Quick, ere my years lu vaiu go by 1 Because to-morrow I am day, Give me my happiness to-day !" ?Milieent Wathbitrn 8h<nn,in (As Oentury. ..ixu ULi 1 1 i . r=m DAISY. A clear and ringing whistle rose and tell and rose again, a* pleasant sound to hear, upon the evening air; but the girl who stoo<l knee-deep in clover be side the meadow Fence looked som berly down as the Joyous notes struck upon her ear. "Poor fellow ! dear fellow P' she said to herself. ?' Itr is so hard to go against' him when he is as light hearted as that." _ A moment more and Balph Arm strong, her lover, vaulted' lightly over the intervening bars and stood beside her. Straight, -sturdy, brown, something of tbO eontrast between himself, with his superabundant life, and the wee woqmw waiting* there, seemed to strike vRThy, inylittleDai^y/'he said* with a playful touch turning up, her chin until he couTdrlook into the soft, eye& that straightway filled with tears, " Why, Daisy P* he repeated, in an al tered, vexed vblce, "I thought whfen I saw you out-herethat you were glOd to have me come! Nevermind; you will Wl)B your mran v w ob an eua i your life away. Ho more ?, or sitting up hair] . out for, Iliac. Is he iofai agafii* li that Atie- color all out of J) 4 Ho was away all night," said Palsy, In a low voice. " He never got home until noon to-day. He is asleep, and; oh,1 Balph t I am afraid to have him wake. It is so much worse now that Miss Winter Is here. " Didn't I tell you how that would be?" rerulnded Ralph, not very kindly. ,4 But, luckily, it don't matter; you can get rid of her as soon as you please, and we will have the wedding ? when? I won't be put off very long, my dear." Palsy turned her face away to the gathering dusk. 41 Oh, Ralph 1" sho crlod, piteously. 44 Be contented to wait." "To wait 1 What for? For Bick to drink himself to deatl \ ? For you to grow old before your cime with the hard Work of taking care of yourself and him? Daisy, once and for all, you'll have to choose between your sot of a brother and me. If you orenouqid to put him first, now and forever?" The unfinished throat /fell upon other ears besides those it was Intended to reach. A dogcart rolled almost noiselessly past on the thlok green turf Of the- lane upon which the meadow bars gave, and Dr. Lloyd, lifting his hat to Daisy, shot a keen glande at the young fellow standing sulkily at her side. He was gone in a moment, but somehow Ralph Armstrong experi enced a feeling of shanae which kept him for the time from pressing what be bad been about to urge. He' turned' and walked toward the house wltft Daisy. 0mm It was a shaokly, tumble-down cot tage, with moss aqd*%cheo breaking out In patcnesover the decayed weath erboartfing,, and from whfoh the , , Mmg ago rotted aVhty. The pictarosquo aspect of tho old Ac* bad taken Miss winter's fancy, andfcp ft til*, fair-faced Daisy had found "tWweekly addition to the ram Which she 4*qi6a with her dressmaking was all that now went Into her shabby purse. ?& There w*s a muffled cry of "Daisyl get nor* tnsnceuuce, twice, the report of. 0? pistol,' together with jthe sound of shattered glass, Was borhe to their Riqk," crfed Daisy, breathless T; "1 lowed for him In his room, go and talK to Miss Winter, Ralph, I get him aulet again." _je was off as she spoke. Miss Winter had oome to the door, half in alarm, and looked t iniringly *t Ralph afe he approach! ! 41 Do yot| think he is u -g anything reckless?" she asked. hlng worse than smashing a wlndd* Oi two; it's his favorite way > 0 sailing Ids sister*- Pity he can't put his balls to bettor use." ** 1 wonder that you IraVe her to be the victim of . Us whims." said the lady, with a stra aH look at him. , *1^' said ^aiph, with a shrug of Mabiokdsuoiitftets. Perhaps he did not mean to disclaim I such On IMentlo* on his part, but it looked like-it* How could he tell Miss Whiter that the only reason he had not tok" t'ainyaway months boforo was because Hick had outweighed her liking for him ? It was a sore subject with lUtf.h at the b^st, not one ht would' eh ose to par ids to the world at Hurgr Two hours after that Daisy Aoleout Into \bi mroallght, utterly wearied with ? ho "oe e through wliloh she hod .parficd. A.U hor efforts had- been fruit to entice Biok boot Jo his bed* ?ieoatonabonoh intheWlchnn, limp and stupid after thai at of via lenoe, and Daisy stole out, as I have said, to '>reai!?e tho heavy sweetness of m lay thlc*ly upon the porch, but tbew was aotir there, and Miss Winter's | voice **id, softly; "ftoof.-nlghtr* " flood--. ight,'* returned Ralph. show you to-morrow where the molds, ?n-hair fan gwwe." f^7 i(i smf He came whistling down the path to find Daisy standing by the gate. ? Well, little one, have yon made up your mind whloh one of us yeu'U take?" " Ralph, you know that I can't leave Rick." " It's he or I," said Ralph, stub bornly. ?? lie has no one else," pleadod Daisy. . . " Have I ? There's no use arguing, it's got to be one thing or the other. I want a wife in my home, and if you won't have me maybe there aro others that will. Sweetheart, say that you care too much (or me to send'xno away." " Oh, R&}ph, you must wait." Ralph muttered an unpleasant word, and Bung away without a good-night. An unsteady step came down the path. "Looking for me, ,Rlck?" Daisy tried tO'speak cheerfully. "No; get away 1" Ri?k spoke wildly. " You've been out with Ralph; you'll go off with him next. You're tired of me, and I can't do better than to make an end of myself. I'm going the straight road." Daisy threw herself before the gate; she clung to him, pleaded with him. Half crazed as he was, Rick was in no condition to go back to the village inn and the rough crowd which would be gathered there at that hour. But all of a drunken man's obstinacy was aroused, and while they stood thus " ere came 'again the -roll < of wheels t were checked suddenly, and Dr. >yd sprang down as he took in that he at a glance. _Ao Into the honse, Richard," ho commanded, and Rl^k, without a word, obeyed. ""Ill give him a powder," said the doctor to Daisy. ** You must torself to-night." He stood with her after he had seen in his room. "So he has pistol again. <Well, I don't it need alarm yon; Rick isn't i himself any harm. He has ily enough to hide it again, or I would 'take t>o??wton of it. Be is violent toward you?" h, no, never."* k ? . . ? after her trouble. She did not really believe that Ralph meiuit what he said, but he seemed de termiried^^r iteat Jo visit his dis pleasure upon her. Miss Winter came back from jvpr walk next day with her 'JuonMrbng isn't your en gaged lover after all?" she re marked to Daisy M I would have been flirting with him before this if I hadn't supposed he belonged to you." "Flirting I Oh, Miss Winter I" " He isn't a bad han:l at the pastime himself," remaskod Miss Winter, coolly. She understood the situation much bet ter than she pretended, and liked Ralph none the less because ho seemed on the point of deserting his little white Daisy for her. Bick had avoided t'no lodger from the first. It was a revelation to Daisy when shocame upon him one day hold ing a crushed flower which Miss Winter had worn. He had not been near the vil lage for days. Languid and spiritless he had crept about the houso or lain in the long grass with a look on his face whioh went to his sister's heart. She understood it now as she saw him lift the fallen flower and just touch it with his lips. MI have been mad enough for that, Daisy ? to fall in love wiih hor. And if 1 had not thrown away my own manhood I need' not now be in despair. That is the bittfireet thought of all " " It is not too l?to to be true to your self yet, Rick " She bad a little hope that this new feellngmight work fome good in him, bht before the Week Was over he had again, as if determined in oblivion. time came for Miss i to the city, and she ,'who had promised to | the station. He came jht carriage and mettled im neither Borry nor cast observed with a throb of Isn't false, then; he'll come back tome again when she in gone." Rick had been at the villager He was on his way home when, at some distance away, ho raw the carriage standing vat the parsonage gato. Ralph and 'Mis# winter woro just taking their places in it, the minister stood on the Btepv and the curious faoe of ft servant looked down from a garret window. As Ralph settled down in his seat his glanoe fell upon that sharrbling figure by the roadside, and he gave a vicious cut with his whip. The spirited horse started with a plunge, a buckle snapped, and then the next instant his driver had lost all control over him. .. . Kick had taken in the Scene' which his eyes rested on, and a sudden still ness went over him. ?? They've been getting married I" he said to himseh', aghast. " Been get ting married, and he has cheated Daisy. But he shan't get away so easy as that." ' - >K His brain was clouded withrvllquor; some blind impulse of rage and re venge moved him, and his fingers clasped and brought out the weapon which he sometimes carried. They were dote upon him now; he lifted his hand and fired? at the horse, there is eVery reason to believe, for there was a dangerous embankment near, toward which the runaway wis heading. But hfttntMegftU mftk and the next in stant wie steelshod !,.oofs were tramn-'' ling him down. A little further on and the carriage was wrecked. Ralph Armstrong was picked np bruised and senseless j his newly-made bride was d?? >d, a bullet In her heart, and t\ ither back was a btteHlng, pult.y mass beaten down in the dust, that groaned when they touched It, bat was beyond human aid. The horror of that time was a year Old 'when Ralph opened the rackety gate and ihado u'S way again to the old house. Daisy was sitting in the porch, all in white, as he remembered her so well. Thon he was holding her hand and lot king into her startled little white D<tf???Horo\qjjvm bis lips. "I never really loved an J one tut you, sad I have earns back U ask you to be my wife, after *11." " Oh, Ralph, don't you know?" H Know what?" bs asked. " That I am I)j. Lloyd's wife, was married a week ago?' " And ? are you happy ?" He wanted her to say no; he thought his own misery would be easier to bear if he knew she shared it. There was a sound of wheels nearlng the gate. She turned her face that way; a beau tiful flush tinged it, and that look answered him without the low-spoken words: ' " I am very happy." Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke. ?? And so, my dear," observed Mrs. Spoopendyke, as she and her husband reached their room, and she stepped before the glass to arrange her crimps, " and so, my dear, that was the legis lature, was H? Whoever expected that I should ever seo a live legisla ture?" " You didn't think it was going to be a dead one, did you?" growled Mr. Spoopendyke, who had just discovered a rip in the sleeve of his overcoat; " you don't think I brought you up here at an enormous sacrifice of com fort and cash just to show you a stuffed legislature, do you?" " N-n-n-no," faltered Mrs. Spoopen dyke; " I didn't think it was exactly that. Only I wanted to know what it was about, that's all." " Well, it was about time you got out, if that's all," retorted Mr. Spoop endyke, ripping away at the hole in his sleeve to see if the stitohee were strong either side of the rent. 41 It was about making laws, that's what it was about." "But that's lust the part I don't un derstand " insisted Mrs. 8poopendyke. "A law is sovMthing about being ar rested, but I can't get it through my head how they mske them." 'You got the law part right,"- ru minated Mr. Spoopendyke, ?? and I'm not sure but what you've hit it pretty close on the density of your he^o., I'll tell you, my dear," he continued, gravely; " you saw that place HrftK ths rail around it and the man behind it; well, that is the law machine* ' (whey throw the legislature in at one end and the law comes out of the other. They used to buy seoond-haad laws and pour them into new bottles, but they finally caught the combination and now they mako their own stook. But you want to watch it closely. None genuine without signature on the label; stand in a cool place; these laws, are only good for speclflc crimes; for any other crime try our extra celebrated extra session laws, for sale by all drug gists^ Soe into it now ? Begin to get a dim, dawning notion that a legisla ture Is not an aquarium ? Think you would know a legislature from a crick in your back, if you saw them coming down street arm-in-arm ?" " That's ditferent from what I sup posed," muimui-d Mrs. Spoopendyke. "1 thought a legislature was where they all got together and made up their mind* whether the police did right or not" " Did you ?' grinned Mr. Spoopen* dyke, between his teeth. " Anyway, I'm glad I came," sighed Mrs. Spoopendyke, ** because I s\w the governor," and she patted down the front of her dress and twisted her self intb a bow knot to see If her panler hung right for dinner. ? Brooklyn Eagle, Wood us a Fuel* In comparing wood with coal as a fuel, it is Bafe to assume that two and a quarter pounds of dry wood are equal to one pound average quality of soft coal, and that the fuel value ol the same weight of cli/tr?rtnt woods is very nearly the aatnr . That is to say, a pound of hickory Is worth no more as a fuel than a pound of pine, assuming/ both to be dry. It the value be mea sured by weight, it is important that the wood be thoroughly dry, as each ten per oent. of water or moisture #111 detract about twelve per oent from its value as a fuel. It may be interesting in this connection to give the weight of one oord of different woods which are thoroughly dry. These weights are about as follows: mnsSAB**. , Beooh, red <j?k anil black o?k, pounds. .8,230> Poplar, eherft nut and elm, pounds fc, 860 | Average of pine, pounds 2>00o The fuel value of these different kinds of wocd, as compared with coal, is about as follows: One cord hickory or bnrd maple eqaaf to ooal, pounds 2,000 One cord white oak equal . to coal, pounds. 1,71ft One oord beech, red oak or blaok oak ( >n e 6rt rd* n't o/ elm ai ^ to ooal. pounds .1,060 One oord average of pine equal to ooal, pounds..., , 9 2ft It is supposed, of course, in both tables tli at aU the wood had been air* dried, and the comparative values of woods not mentioned in the fable may readily be approximated by the reader. , M >17; '; ? - i A Telephone for Farmers. To make a good and serviceable telephone, from one farmhouse to an other, only teqdireft eftough wire and ' two oigar boxes. First, seleot your j boxen and make a hole about hair an Inch in diameter in the center of the bottom Of #aoh, fend then plaCS One in each of the houses you wish to con neot; then get five pounds of common iron stovepipe wire, mako a loop in one end and put it through the hole in your cigar bg? and fasten it with a nail; theft draw It tlgfttrtx the other tax, supporting it, when necessary, with a ' Stout cord. YoU can easily tfHn youfr Jlnoiljto tho fcousirby boring ^-?1? through the glass. Hup port boxes With slates, nailed across the WindrtW,_fcn4 yntw telephone is complete. The writof has olie that is 200 yards long, and cost forty-live oent*? that will carry muslo When the Otgnnis played thirty te X away in artother tomn^-Amttioan Veutrur. . Bobbers in a Minnesota fatip house, being unable to And the money whioh they knew was hidden on the premises, placed a oocked revolver at the head of a baby and threatened to blow its brains out. This made the mothev give np the other treasure*. FABH, tiABDBIfiJrp HOUSEHOLD. To insure suoeETO'soU forpansies mast belight, finely sifted, well-drained and^noderately molstt the seed scat tered evenly and dusted over with not more than one-eighth of an inch of soli at the utmoett then pressed town gently with a board. The pots or oeds uave to be kept oompletely shaded and watered with a very fine sprinkler, enough only to keep the soil from be oomlngdry. The seeds germinate in from eight to twelve days,- after which the shading should be gradually re moved. ? ProyressionUt. Nu*? Oaltn*. The potato, jays Robert Bulst, re quires a rich, sandy loam, with very liberal and clean culture. Thoroughly decomposed manure is the best, and when that Is not abundant add bone dust. or guano. Old sod land -well turned under in the fall, and lightly plowed and harrowed in the spring, will produce a sound crop and often a largo one. Clove* sod is excellent, fur nishing a large amount of vegetable substance to the soil. When turned under in August or September it will rot by the following spring, and only a top-dressing of some well-established fertilizer will be required to carry through the crop. Wet land produces a coarse, unpalatable potato, and one not of value even as food for cattle. Barnyard manures are of little benefit to such land. Ground should never be plowed while wet and heavy; it injures the soil, and does more harm than the manure can offset; ground should be prepared as carefully and thoroughly for potatoes as for any ether crop. Land intended for pota toes requires but little manure, if the ground is rich, and that should be old and well rotted. By many, spreading the manure before plowing in the spring is thought to be the best mode. At the time of planting, bonedust, ashes, plaster, marl and like fertilizers can be used to great advantage with this crop, as they are of a dry or ab sorbent nature. On wet soils they are very beneficial, as they prevent dis ease as well as promote the growth of the tubers. On warm, dry, light land muck compost may advantageously be used; deoayed leaves are excellent, in seasons of disease among potatoes, in fields where ashes have been used they have suffered but little from the i rot. Um of Planter m! AiIin. ^To use plaster on any of our grow ing crops requires so slight a cast and so often proves very beneficial, that one oan hardly afford to neglect tbe applicat'on, although occasionally no perceptible advantage is derived from it, and, at best, we scarcely look for benefit except for the one season and the one crop. But in using ashes we are more sure of benelit, and its good effects are so lasting that after one ap plication, say of from llfty to one hun dred bushels per aero (though i* leached ashes are used one could safely apply three to six times this quantity), the effect will show for five, ten or even fifteen Je irs by increased fortu ity. When applying plaster to com. or plaster and guano, phosphate or hen manure, or ovon with a small quantity ot ashes (in all case* from 100 to 200 weight to tho acre is enough of the plaster), the ingredients should bo prepared and well mixed on the barn floor, loaded into an open wagon, so as to have it along oonvonientto the work, and almost any time in the early growth of the corn apply a small handful to each hill; not, as some do, by throwing it carelessly in a oomnact heap near to the hill, but as it is thrown sifting through the fingers give it an even dis tribution all abbut the hill. But after the corn is a Uttle more advanced I be lieve it would do it moro good, and without ooeting muoh if any more, to osetwo or three* times as muoh of the 'fertilising mixture, fcowing it broad cast oVer the field. If, instead, the farmer could apply sixty or eighty bushels of ashes to the acre, it should be done before planting or seeding, so as to be well, mixed with the soil when preparing it for .the seedbed. This, I believe, is the most lasting of any kind of fertilizer, and one; of the cheapest, too, When tho ashes can be obtained without costing more than twenty-five or thirty cents a bushel. After such an application of ashes, or other fertili ser or manure, it is still Just as desir able as sverto plaster the corn growing on such fertilized land. ? Henry Ivts. HfritHn* Kowt? the various Improved breads of emitre two dfrisouitieA which * present themselves. In the ) there is (langor that If a sow jfin thinner ilesh than thebal an oe at the season of the year, she will be reserved from the lot, selectod for tale and kept over to raise a Utter of pigs in thesptfng, with the intention of then Tattohtog for market. This in an error. It is probable she will raise a litter of lean pi gH, which, like her self, will be hard to fatten. But If you reserve the fattest and finest sow ii is probable she will become too obese to take eare of hsr pigs. In this ease it Will require more care and Judgment in her management than are usually devoted to such matters, and yet it piiys. Almost any amount of care 'can be safely and prolffcbly em ployed in rnislhg a good litter of pigs. With all the dangers from disease, hog raising, while it requires moro labor, is really the most pr6fltablo business whioh farmers can engage in where oorn Is a sure crop. We are standing now lust at a period of time when it is all-important that farmers should take into account every point of advantage that oan be used in the production of hogs. Of course the brood sows should oe eared for in the >best possible manner, and young pigs, at this re:tA?n of the year, need the strictest kind of attention to keep them thriving and growing Just as they should grow. If animals are allowed fto get pinched with cold they will run down rapidly in Condition. Exposure to one oold storm In autumn will take .off more flesh than a week's feed will horiake up, and, as we have before taken ^occasion to remark, where pigs are al lowed tobecomestuntedthey nnver folly {recover from the effec* s of such a con dition. It is remarkable how many farmers there are who seem to wb ignore the fast that any othor foo4 ' tLjmdry corn is suitable for swiga whoa It to within their power to keep each stock half or two-thirds Of tin year on food not nearly so expensivt ' and on which it would thrive much better. No man is really a successful hog rther who relies on corn alone ot an exolttslva grain diet of any kind fot building up the framework of his growing pigs and shotes. Grain is all essential at feeding, time, but only to a moderate extent before. We think it will always, during the winter season, be of a vast deal more importance than is generally supposed to give young hogs a ieed every few days of clover hay, cut fine and steamed, and no doubt a moderate quantity of bran or , oatmeal can be added with good re sults. ? Drover's Journal. Hcctpe#. Soft Gingerbread One egg, one cup of molasses, one-third of a cup of melted butter, one-half cup of sweet milk, one teaspoon ful orsoaa, one tea spoonful of ginger, two and one-half cape of ilour and a little salt; dissolve the soda in a little hot water. Bake in a buttered tin. Green Tomato 8auce, ? Wash and dice green tomatoes; to every pound allow quarter of a pound of brown sugar and one lemon thinly sliced; put all these ingredients into a preserving kettle in layers,, and stew them gently to a pulp, taking care that they do not burn ; cool them in the kettle, keeping it covered, and then put them into !;laas jars with air- tight tops; use them ot. making pies, or for the table in place of stewed fruit. Lemon Pie.? One lemon, seventeen tablespoon fuls of sugar and three eggs; grate the yellow rind of the lemon and squeeze the juice of the l*mon on the sugar; to this add the yolks of the eggs, which should be beaten till light; cover a plate with a rich paste, putting taring around the edge; fill with tho above mixture and bake till the orunt is done.* Heat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, beating in a littlo pow dered sugar; spread this on the top of tfee pie when it is done and let it Mown. Brown Stew. ? Take three pounds of good round of beef, cut it into small squares, brown them in a stew pan in two tablespoonfuls of. butter; ftgdtwo tablespoonfuls of flour, sifting it gradually in and stirring till the flour is brown; cut a carrot smull. peel half a dozen small onions and put with the beef; reason with liulf a dozen cloves, as many allspice, a half nalt spoonful of black pepper, u plnoh of cayenne, u tabloipoonful or mixed herbs, thyme, f.uge and marjoram; c^ver with boiling water and let It siknmer steadily for three hours; lust ?before serving a gill of tomato catchup can be addod. Thrilling Fight With ft Lioness. Poter Marvin, an nnimol trainer em* ployed at tbo winter quarter* of a cir cus in Philadelphia, recently had a desperate oocounter with a lioness named Juno in a clone room filled on throe sldos with dons of beasts. The lion had, become jealous of the atten tion* shown three aub lions In den dlroctly opposite her own. After feed ing the cubs the keeper patted them for a while, which threw Juno into a .violent rage. Marvin turned to quiet her, and as he advanced toward the cage he stumbled and foil against tho bars. In an instant she seized his right ftrra above tho elbow. J n order to protect hisb*adftud body the "man fell and with his left hand grasped tho bottom of the cage. J uno hold his right arm with ono paw and, struck through the bars at his head with the othor. A lad named Donohue grabbed an Iron bar and tried to make Juno drop Mar vin. The boy's efforts only increased the rage of the beast. ' , By this time every animal in tho place was wildly excited, and their roars and cries were heard squares a w ay. - As there It a small ftrmy of workmen about the place the lion house was soon surrounded with men. In the meantime, Juno had torn the flesh from Marvin's arm, .struck him several wicked blows on the shoulder and then allowed hiin to <rop to the ground and crawl away. Just as the rescuers reached the doors they heard a sound of crashing timbers, accompanied by a series of roars. Juno had thrown her body against the bars and broken through. The interior of the building was dark, ?nd no one dared to venture in. They heard Juno around tho place and they hesitated. They supposed that Mar vin was dead. He, however, managed to reaoh the rack in whloh tho heavy iron bars used to clean the cages are kepi Snatching ono of the irons he boldly advanced on J uno, who crouohed in a corner. Above the din of the beasts within the men at the doors, to theirastonlshment, heard Marvin or dering the lioness back to her cage. This reassured them and they started to enter. As the doors opened Juno sprang over Marvin's head and took refuge in a stall. Marvin shouted to closo the doors, and, following the now cowed lioness, struck her twice with the if on bar. Then he poked her out, and with au ungry roar she vaulted back into her cage and the danger was over. Marvin's injuries wero attended to by a physician, who said he would not lose the use of fiia arm. i ?<ap? i " 1 1 Five Years of Fire. I From 6<<rfcfu!lW compiled statistics it appears that during the five years ended December 81, 1881. thu?> were burned in the United States 2,270 country stores, 886 churches, 886 car penter shops, 1,870 hotels, including those at watering-places, 1, *86 liquor stores, 940 drug stores, 381 carriage factories, 882 bakeries, 268 newspaper ofllces, 248 printing establishments, 768 livery stables, f&l ice houses, 196 saw mills, 248 maohlne shops, 487 blacksmith shot**, 977 flonr and grist mills, 489 planing mills, 174 wooden mills, 278 school -houses, 288 railroad depots, 702 cotton-gin housett, 914 breweries, 185 tanneries and 829 foundries. _____ There will be at lea^t thirty-six pro fessional baseball teams the coming season. This means 860 nrofesslonai players. *OBTHE TUB *EX. TKBM4iM4r?n. ^ Thsliand of the finest lady should be able to olasp with the full fervor of friendship and pull a child out of dau ger; and a hand upon which no de pendence could be plaood in an emer gency is by no means a credit to man or woman. The notion that any lady's hand should be of this kind is, In the real sense of the word, vulgar. Delicacy Is delightful, but weakness must either excite pity or contempt, according as it is selMmpo3ed or not. The Chinese msndarin allows his nails i to grow till they resemble claws, firidlng himself upon this evidence hat he never did, and is incapable of , doing, any manly work; and many la | dies cultivato their ? hands to suggest the same notion. It must bo remem | bered that the longer and moro i pointed the nails, the more Ihey _ are suggestive of . claws. This is increased by the poliuhing of them. Surely it cannot be in good taste to recall our animal origin at the expense of human capabilities. The Greeks, who accentuated all peculiarly and distinctly human characteristics, carefully avoided pointing the nails, though no Darwin had shown them whence the nails came ; they also re jected smallness of hand, such as the Ideal of modern taste demands. Pro portion and fitness were ?o them ruling principles, outside of which they found no beauty. Hands are no more beau tiful for "being small than eyes are for being big ; but many a modern girl would ask her fairy godmother, if sho had one, to give her eyes as big at sau cers and hands as small as those of a doll, believing that the first cannot be too large nor the last too small. Tiny feet and hands are terms constantly used by poets and novelists in a most misleading man ner. It cannot be possible that they are intended by the writers to express anything but general delicacy and re finement; but a notion is encouraged that results in the destruction of one of the most beautiful of natural ob Iocta ? the human foot. This unfor unate notion that the beauty of the foot depends upon its smallness, leads to the crippling of it till it becomes, in many cases, a hunch of crippled, de formity. It is a most reprehensible practice, alike revolting tq> good tasto and good sense, to put the foot of 'the growing girl Into a shoe that is not only too short, crumpling the toes into a bunoh, but, being pointed, turns the great toe inward, produeing deformity of general shape, and in the course of time inevitable bnnions, the only won der being that steadiness in standing or any grace of movement at all Is left. ?Nineteenth C$ntuii /. FMklM Not?# J\ew Bftteens appear in the fashion able and aesthetic colors, so popular at present. Large dots, circles and moons bid fair to be as popular as ever in the new spring goods. Ottoman effects are prominent in all the now goods, dress Btuffs and milli nery fabrics. White ottoman sine ana wnite nun s veiling make a lovely combination for brldemalds' dresses. The ribbon einbroiderv introduced on cushions and afghans is now being employed for working the monograms in handkerchiefs. Pale-colored satins with flowor pat terns, marie elaborate with pearl-bead embroideries, are in demand for ball and evening toilets. A novel lace-pin in the form of a locust has sapphire eyes, a body of llglit-oolored lapus-laxuli, legs of gold And wings formed of tiny diamonds. The five bridemahls at a recent wed ding in New York wore- very charm ing dresses of pink ottoman silk, trimmed with pink silk tulle and broad I pink moire sashee. The flounces of pink silk tulle were edged with laoo of the palest yellow tint. The shirred silk hats were trimmed with cascades of the same lace, into which were sot graceful wreaths of pale vellow honey suckle and wild roses. A spray of the Bamo was fastened to the eoreage, and ?ach young lady oarried a large bouquet of damask roses. The lfatrlthe Properties of Bice. The increase in the consumption of rice has lately attracted the attention of several men of science in Germany, and among other investigations, ac cording to the London an at tempt has been made by Professor Volt to discover the relative capacity which various forms of nourishment possess of being incorporated into the system. He has drawn up tho follow ing table of the percentage which re mains in the body and of that which leaves it: Peroentnee Peroentnge which In Incorporated. not retained Meat .W.7 8.8 Bioe 98.1 8.9 si ,i Maize 9S.8 8.7 \\ Potatoes 90.7 9.8 Milk.. 88.9 U.l Blaok breed 88.5 11.5 According to thoee results meat and rice leave the smallestamount of residu um, and occasion the smallest excess ive exertion to the indigestion, and, In fact introduce the minimum quantity of ballast Into the human frame. Dr. Konlg, of Munster, considers that the faot, of large masses of population liv ing on rlcels easily accounted for; and in summing up the information col lected upon ths subject, Professor Volt remarks that potatoes, when consumed in excessive quantity, fail to nourish the frame effectively, make the blood watery, and render the muscles weak. ? Apart from the subject dealt with in the tabU, drawn up by Pro fessor ^oit, tho question of the rela tive nutritive value of rice and pota toes has been investigated by Dr. Konig, who is of opinion that if similar quantities of both articles are com {?ared, the former possesses four times he value of the fatter in really nu tritive properties. It is also remarked that the introduction of rice as a sub stitute for potatoes is facilitated by the faot that no such variation takes place in its quality as is the case with the potato, whieh is liable to be ma terially influenced by the effects of un favorable weather. ACTS /or rilE CURIOUS. ' In Englird th'rty swans are taken ; from thy Thames and kille<l each year : about Christmas time. The que?n has .four, tlie Prince of Wales two and the fisters, cousins aud aunts of the royal family one each. A Pittsburg detoctivo observes that there are few fat nren among the criminal classes. ?' Our most desperate criminals," the detective remarks to a reporter, " aro mostly small-sized men with light complexions." Wales is the oldest part of Great Britain. Ages before England rose from the water.* Wales stood an island trodden by ftra ige monsters, mis- I shapovl lirds and reptiles who.se tracks aro found in the solid rock to-day. | Historians do not agre > as to the date of the landing of the lirst slaves in America. Mr. Bancroft, whosehietorv is regarded by students as standard, say that in the month of August, 1819, a Dutch man-of-war entered the James river and landed twenty negroes for sale. Sir John Franklin was the first to discover and announce the fact that fishes may be frozen Into solid mass and remain In that condition for along tifne without poril to life, provided the thawing pr >cojs is carefully regulated; and Heme, Ellis and others have proved that freezing merely suspends (with out ext nguishing') animation in frogs, snails, insects, unci even In animals of higher type. The gold ax of King Coffee, of Afdiantee, lately sent for an unex plained reason to Queen Viotorla, has b?en deposited in the South Kensing ton museum. It is a triangular blade of iron, apparently cut from a piece of boiler plate, roughly stuck into a clumsy handle of African oak. The handle is covered with leopard-skin, part of whioh, immediately above the blade, is deeply soiled, apparently with blood. Bands of thin gold, en riched with unoouth chevrons and lu nettes, are placed round the handle. The sheath of the blade, which is of tiger skin, accompanies this hideous implement, and attached to it is the sole elem< nt which has anything like artistic merit. This is a nondescript object of beaten gold, shaped like a cockle-shell, with curved horns ex tending from the hinge, and decorated with lines and punctures and open work of quasi-scrolla POPULAR 8CIENCE. It is suggested that tho rich tints so 1 much admired in the stained windows j of old cathedrals may be due to the ' action of the sunlight, during many 1 years, in toning do?vn the originally I quite bright or harsh oolors. The paper trade probably utilizes more waste products than any other industry, turning to go hI account cot- ( ton, flax, hemp and jute waste, old ? ropes and canvas rags. It can turn any vegetable liber to profitable use. 1 About a quarter of a century ago the cry was ?' there is nothing like j steam." Now it is "there is nothing i like electricity." Indeed, there is j hardly anything that goes on the market but which gets in electricity ! in some form as a sort of recouimenda- j tion. Tho belief is common that during a considerable fall a person must bo asphyxiated by the rapid rush through I the air, which constantly accelorates as the distance fallen increases; but the weight of scientific opinion seems to favor the view that, if asphyxia over results during falls, tho distance fallen must be very great. At the rocent congress of German surgeons, Dr. Noubir commended tho antisepti; virtue of peat or black earth, which is put into looso gauze bags and tied over wounds by means of auze bandages. As used in Kiel, this ressing is seldom changed, or nut at all. In Dr. Neul.ui's opinion the turf absorbs all sceivlions rapidly, and by its porosity favors their evaporation, while healing takes place tin under a scab. From Dr. W. G. Tarker wo learn that the various dialects of the Malayo Polynesian group were originally one language, and that from the soft, musical and phonetic character of tho present tongue, so to speak, no diffi culty is presented to the European In acquiring the speech of tho natives. Until the present century the language j was only spoken, but tho English mis slonaries reduced It to its present form, and adopted their own alphabttwith the exception of the five lottera, c, q. u, w and x, for which there are no Malagasy sounds. Bo*"" Baiter and Cheese. It Is not probable that counterfeit meats will ever be produced, but most other articles of food can bo imitated. Imitation butter is too well known to need mention. Imitation lard, made of oocoanut oil, is a recent invention, and a few months ago an Englishman wrote to his country paper a lettor furiously arraigning tho unprincipled proprietors of an American creamGrv for flooding his home market with cheese made from lard and oleomar garino. He had captured one of their confidential circulars and quoted t.he following paragraph to show the enor mity of tneir offense : " You will be able to Judge of what can be done with the bluest kind of skimmed milk wnen treated with lard or with oleomargarine at the rato of one and a half pound* to the oije hun dred of milk. You will he Abloalnoto compare the quality and flavor of tho lard cheese with that made with oleo margarine. Four pounds and upward of butter were taken from one hun- | dred pounds of milk before treating i it with lard, and the same as to the specimen treated with oleomarga rine." Milk is rarely imitated out and out, though it is sometimes thickened with ftftlvea' brains and occasionally thinned ] with | water; but ice-cream Is a favorite subject of the imitator's genius. The basis of A great deal of the cheaper kind le either gelatine or olive butter, which is thickened with eorn-starch, swei tened with glucose and flavored with the appropriate ethers. ? Phila tUhphUi ItjnM. \ I DIRGE AND AJNTHBX. Ob, th? joy* that we i im, and grasp not! Oh, the loves that wo meet, and olasp uotX Oh, the light that w>? fr i I to f^j! Oh, tho eyes tha have plead. unheeded! Oh, the hands wo hay * spurned, thoug needed! Oh, the benuiy thai wa*to bo! a Oh, tho son<s thU have died In singing'. Oh, tho dirge* that will keep ringing! Oh, the words that wo leave unsa'd! Oh, t-ie ho|>et? that wero never ?i oken! Oh, tl.e hoarls thaf *ro stur^ aud broken! Oh, the silonco of the de:\d! Oh, tho dear ones th? t we keep wntlng! Oh, the tra'-t that wj par lulling! Oh, tlio w.<srine?< of yearn! Oh, the loaves that aro tho brig! t?t? dylngl Oh, the winds that nro always sighing! Uh, tho bitterness of tears! Oh, the future, grand and glonoos! Uh. tho life, o'er doutli victorious". Oh, the boundlessness of bliss! Oh, tho hands that wo clasp forever! Oh, tho love that no graves can saver! Oh, why sltould wo mourn for this? ? Thomas S. Collier. HUMOROUS. Good-looking men ? Astronomers and microscopists. In tho spring tho trees will start a branch business. ? New York News. The active drummer may be regard ed as a commercial scent cr. ? Picayune. A man's tongue often betrays him, but he can always count on his lingers. The proper place for a corner in coal ? down the cellat. ? New York Commercial. Tho sheriff does not always look lifco a criminal, but lie often takes after thorn.? Niio York Journal. Hills that look as if tliey might fall over luive nrobably been tipped by the golden sunlight. ? Picayune. The success of an architect's plans depends very much upon what con struction you put upon them. ? Boston Post. Tho presiding officer of a caucus Is called the chair, because everybody likes to sit down on him. ? JioUvn Transcript. " Twcrc better we had never met," as tho goat remarked alter his unsuc cessful .attempt to knock a c.'iatriron dog clear across a three- acre lawn. The Nevada way of catching boar is for one man to feed the animal with salt, while a second slips aro.iad and ties his hind legs together. When tho second man weakens and takes to his heels, it's mighty embarrassing for the feeding m;;r., especially when tho salt in nearly gone. ? Boston Post. " Isn't that a grand fountain over there V" she inquired, as they walked through tho wood ? " a grand fountain fur lovers to linger near?" "No," ho responded, " I think it a very cheap sort of fountain for lovers." H "Will you tell me why V" "Certainly; it is not a soda-water fountain." ? Puck. King Thoebaw's baby is rot kod to sleep in u man go- wood cradle, cased insido and out with plates of g>ld, set with rubies, emeralds, sapplin&j and diamonds, worth nearly a million dol lars, but it takes just us mucn pare goric to put it to sleep as if it wa.s rotked in a scction of a Hour barrel.? Sitting*. Puck's patent proverbs: The easiest things on earth aro always tne most diHlcult. It is e.usier to find a publisher for a hook of poems than to wear your hat backward for threo m'nutes. Grabbing a fortune is very much liko grabbing after a strange cat; tho cat doosn't alwayB seem to be whoro sh? was whon you started with your grabbing. A Chicago clothing store gives a present of a coal stove with uti over coat. That i.- a great deal L M,tor than painting a flro-placo on tho tail of a coat or putting a coil of stoam pipe in the back lining. Some of th ready made coats need a fnrnaco in tr.em o keep a man warm. More wo 1 a id wadding and less coal stoves is v/bnf. tho bi>ya want. ? Peok's Hun. THE HOME DOCTOR. Consumption. ? In a ohomical lec ture on consumption by Dr. Alonzo Clark, ono of the oldest of our New York physicians who remain in prac tice, ho is roportul to have said: "The common opinion is that consumption is doath, or equivalent to it; but liimy own observation hun reds, and I do not know but that I ni.i/ say thou sands, have been proscribed In tho ea?*ly stage and have thrown it off wholly." He recoinrnendod friutlon of thewhole sui ace of the body once a day with dry flannel, free use of milk and cream, oxerclso in tho open air, and tho inhalation of gorinicldos ? "medicines that will kill tho creatures that mako phthisis." These, with vegetable pu rifiers for the blood, are preoisoly what we depend upon in battling with con sumption. ? Dr. Foote'a Health Month ly . Weak LuNos^-r-One Important prinotple to be remembered is that, pure air Is as needful for tho lungs aa food is for the stomaoh, puro air day and night. While it may not be woll for the patient to beoxposod in stormy weather, certainly not unless most, fully clothed, it Is still of tho utmost, importance that no impure air shall be Droathedat such s time, romombor ing tho fact that rnoi.> air is not at all unfavorable to the lungs, at loast so long as tho body is warm and comfoH ftblo. Another important l.lca is that the skin and the lungs are in Intimato sympathy, as mny bo s"cn when the pores of tho skin? 7,000,000 in num ber?are closed by \\nat wo call a cold, tho reopening of these by a sweat ? the Turkish uauh or its equiv - alent at home, tho vapr ? b,.th--l tho first thing to ho do e, ? ?y which most, of the usual results arc avoided. In addition, if thoio is sponal tightness, a wot cloth, on which mustard hiis boon sprinkled, may bo worn ver the whole cheat, causing "counter-irritation " and diversion. Tt is safe, also, for tho victims of woak lungs to uso tho flesh brush daily, as a substitute for the bath or wash of th* holy, which Is often too violont and ohllling for ths sensitive? the brush to be used night and morning In winter i r In cold weather.