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HCMOIttVWnCB] %ttI have a warrant for you* arrest," said a constable to the head cook la a downtown oyster ceHar. , M I guess you are mistaken in your man, air/' exelaimed the COOk? ? vV " Oh, no," said the officer; you." M Of what am cook. ^>"v '? The charge is > rep] ltd the oltl i er ^^JP JPPL . "I haven't heeaVsordeily/' tremu lously remarked the cook. " I work hard every dsy and have had no trouble with anybody/.' "That's' all right/' replied the con stable " but this is not the first report that has come in against you. it is asserted by all tl\e neighbors that you uro tho instigator of all the 'Broils' around this eQ*nw/' ? Curt Pretzel's Weekly. A genU little bOy v_( the present Si jg to his i Was that called the nineteenth instead of the efiKBjti?6 century. " Nowrwww^ " your ninth birthday occurred last month, so that you are in your tenth year now. Don't you see?'*. * > <v;. J*t /. " Well* then," said tho boy, anxious to try it ./or himself, " therd's Aunt Sally. She had her twenty-ninth birth day last winter, and now she must be in her thlr? " ??No, ' interrupted the father, shak ing his head, "no, the rule doesn't work there. When Aunt 8ally passed her twenty-ninth birthday she was tx a tly twenty-two year.} old. You may not tee just now how this can be, but jou will understand it later in life. Now you can go out and play ball," aud the l.sson in mathematics was sus pended indefinitely. ? Chaff, ?*?** Wft IIow Johnny Broke Ike N?w?. *' Oh ! ma, ma," shrieked Johnny, rushing into his mother's room, "a man down the street knocked p^ out with an umbrella and broke three ribs. He " " What I Three jibs V What will become of us. Oh.my bon, your poor fnfcherwill die. Here, John, run down to Dr. Blank's nnd tell him to come up immediately with bandages and all those things. Mary, tell. James to bring the carriage immediately. Dear George, three ribs broken, how he must suffer. It's awfu). Thank heaven, there's the carriage now. Doctor coming soon, John! Thatfs good. I'm going to get your father, darling, v' Good bye r . /?What'? the matter with ma?" f=aid John, aa his, mother drove off. " Se?ms kinder worried. Guess I'll run across I to BlUie's and help him to dynamite that cat. So long !" > la the meanwhile his distracted mother was hastening to her husband's office, where, much, to her surprise, she found him attending to business as usual, and as lifely as a " critic." - " Why, George," said she, ?' I thought you were hurt?*' _ "Hurt? lijy, no. A crank hit.nse *">Jth his umbrella, but fortunately I gotvit ayiray f *>m hJj?"'l)eforo lie did much damage, -^te, thero it Is. Three \ ribs brolMP^-why, what's the matter, }? Iforling?" ;JsvjNothing, I'm going homo to see , /ram," was ailahe said. Bhe went, v 7 find Johnny remarked' afterward that Vte was " sawn." * A Milker Do? Time. >re had a big fighting stump-tail ,9* Battler, and ono J^fflwlt^lan Came along with an ;an and ti raoilkey, and as Hie crowd hered around, he asked the man if Is monkey could fight. " Oh, yes ; he fight,"< said the Italian. "Will ho fight a dog?" said Moore.' " 01), yes, be light dog?he whlp.dog quick," said the Italian, , Moore pulled out a five dollar bill, toiid said, " 111 bet you this that I've got a dog he enft't whip." The little fellow covered it with an other five, and the money was handed over to a stakeholder, and they went through to the back yard, followed by half the folk* in the little town. There lay the dog on the grass asleep, and at the word the Italian tossed the monkey upon him. In less than a jlffoy the little bruto had his teeth and his clav fastened likeT iL" that dog's tall a hyena. The tonlsh his f count Rattt theb <1 if acha dan crow and all voice mT and . here 1 __ Rattier, h h?M.; *'<B across field ?be Wood* ?igh*. Th well gradual growth of the tree. The mo# wonderful feature of the atory is* how ever, the proof which it afforda that parasols existed on thl* continent west of the ' &laei*eippi river before the ~ of Columbus. This is, indeed, surprising piece of knowledge ' * * ?if a parasol can In paleontology ? a. The' existence the contemporary ?d girls. It need argued that a parasol handle Jplies a parasol. Although the oak tree has completely assimilated the frame and the silk of the Elktbn para* boU leaving only the* handle for our edification, there is not the slightest doubt that the frame and the silk formerly existed. ' In it i original and complete state this parasol must have been carried by a fashion able young lady of . a highly civilize! race, and it is extremely probable that she lost it in an oak grove during a Sunday-school picnic. It Is understood that the parasol han dle la to beglvtfn to General dlCesnola, who will promptly restore, not only the frame and the cover, but the original young woman who owned the parasol. Of course, ho will not res'.ora her in flesh and blcod, for even his skill does not extend so far, hut. he will make an original statue of her so closely Joined to the parnsol handle that no doubt will exist but that the two were found together in tho heart of the oak tree. It is a pity that this story com oi from the other baukof the Mississippi. Sad as it may seem, trans Mississippi journalists do not always tell the truth, and there is a bare possibility that tho entire parasql handle story is tho invention of somo wicked editor who does not believe in a futuro state. ? New York Time.?, A Chicago Rjomanco. "Kiss me, darling." InvIn hiul toiled slowly and thaffi tUntiihe tW? n,ght8 of 8t!lirs hat led to the poor abode, and looked fc"?' lovingly into ti,e pa/e bS beautiful face of the girl who had fhlf n)i Paront3? ,,0,ne and everything hto'v?o "K? 1,f? ""PWto becolrie soft whifn llS 8hc 8t0cd there- ,ier sou white arms twined lovintrlv around his neck and her deep ha/el eyas upraised to his. he saw tEat she dmn rU }ycel)lnfiT' and around the wan drooping lips that in the happy bygone days were so often raised the whlle, to be kissed by his own, there were traces of pie. Richard vital i? 8hilddore<l as ho drew the lithe yielding form still more closely to htm and he wept bitter, scaldin/tears nf pain to think that his X Clvtie bt'ggins, Boston born and bred? a cirl who habitually read Emerson deava/o S'in ??\l? th*?7 ?f horizontal cieavago in red sandstone was onlv E* "J' "" l'?I>?r on tl.o Znl ot t, ? ii 3061,6 poriod? I should bo reduced whS "g 1>le ln tl16 morning. And reveries' n^i Yral!,>0<,1 thw Palnf reveries Clvtie raised her head from his bosom, Ono glance told her all. ?he .aw. fl wifA 'W." ??? aw le?i mo, your ycllQf -3 our sorrow ?" , Jf nothing," BlchaM replied kissing her tenderly. ' 1 '"k?lnon Pie. too," ho murmured, in hoarse, agonized tones, as his lips left hers. " This is terrible." 1 " Just then a noise, as of some one lagging himsejf- slowly and wearilv CU0 ???? Jw/ Prc.S^ teased, nnd a messenger boy kiokwi tlj1eTtioor?; and walking to where gran &Wi& r' handod hlni a tel0 K 'u . i?t0re ?Pen the envelope with trembling hands and read the b()y lookln# over his right. thilt over^'thiD8 was all "We are saved, Clytie." he snirt n low, broken tones. "Your father i? yours!" anU aU ^ ,n?ckcrel fishery the glrl' knee?n? to?' ?n wh,oh her husband savod' 'Hichard? saved by acanthopterygiun fish of the flcomboroid family. Its body is fusi ^r|UiV ? <lrHt dorsal fin continuous JW<|. its branchiostogal rays aro seven itt number " ? and then, fooking uS suddenly, she saw that the man she loved so -well, and for whom she would have sacrificed her life, was lyino cold and imiMtew across the chair g A&2"1 Mm 10 dmth ~ Mr"' ' ~ * T,,o Evils of Opium. The evil effects of opium aro rer haps most apparent among tho Chi Population has fallen ofT from tJ? ;?nUlU ,nQ?ft*e of three per cent weSse0 ,MfcV and ,the nnturnl 1nI .,,^1?. /8 J(?pt down by impaired fo ?r,iero i8 in China a growing Jt toMffifA?'1'6" of """'nctloS ?;?>'? ??<? within tho a?e ot puberty in the use of tho opium the ha!)lt serve as? forc? against appetites nnd 0 fffd ?lfA r? 80nsual nftture. w i# ? . Formosa? called tho ana of Beauty?, whose inhabitants tearrrcsS B-5SS! 'J A l,WIlkei' cheeks, sal andldiotlo oxpression. Upon S of opium are as Ti Th0 ?P*?a h?S?lfc ft4ect of slaves, as most hopeless of unfortu U; happ^ness is entirely a It ' rushes along to wherothe fan itiftur*. ** into tho deep-red, and then t nover , 1)6 reolaimod. The fe^^^xr60? 10 ? t ? 1 i J MlUe Tommy, he'iKr'rd0'1 my "l,,t6r?" jf^#6".Tomn>y.?i?t,?wh?t I come iHr"" llk0 ''M " 800,1 d6Sl' rton'1 course, I admire her verv munh D^?UTth,?k8h^" nico?" shn'? S; I. rk0,n / hftV? to, Vauso 8 fltor? hut sEiho thumps mo pretty tough sometimes. But ?av i?i see vou open your mouth once Sow 1 Vni tight 1 11! I count ten. Therei ^^owedyou oouid do it." * ?? ok ? A3Umy>wli0 ntda 1 couldn't?" .??WhanAlKyVUl"l,t''r-" you hadn't sense h R?e' ai?,'t you' you^fmake the oranges, won't you?" wkIIi0 y , k mAl? d'uu't wait to see Whether she would "duff up" or ntt. I'wt-f'rHtniner, who'll vm Hutchinson by name; ? 1?d has charge of ut?ehh Sfr&t? <*?? ?? CHINESE THEATRES. *? ?**h ?>?*>! fhjiffMrti UatWNlu A most refreshing sensation await* the tourist to the Pacific coast at the Chinese theatres in San Francisco These establishments are two in num ~?*? ?? the Chinese are assiduous theatre-goers the houses are crowded every night. The performance begins at 7 and lasts till 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning; but even a performance of thta length is only a section ef a play, which goes on night after night for a week or two. The stage is a mere platform; there are no footlights, the only illumination being that from two small gasallers. There are no cur tains, no scei^ry, flies or wings; no proscenenlam, or properties other than a table, two chairs, fans snd weapons, l he scene is indicated in the primitive way by displaying a board on which is written "forest," "room," and so on. This is put in front of the actors, and the imagination of the sbectators does the rest. The J oss and household goda are, as in every Chinese dwelling, in the background. The rear wall sep arates the stage from the actors' dressing-room and the kitchen, and a circular window covered with netting enables the manager t<f watch the per formance, and enable the audience to see the manager at supper. Behind the space occupied l>y the actors is the orchestra? a dismal tiddle, a flageolet, a' tambourine, a bass drum, banjos and gongs. The gong-player is the director of the music; the one stringed liddle is held like a violoncello, and Is a most painful Instrument. ?There are frequent lapses Into song in a Chinese play, but tho airs are wild and formless, and tho orchestral ac companiment quite Independent of the singer. There may be worse noises than a Chinese duet, but not. many. Ihe actors are everything by turns, or rather at once ? poets, acrobats, sing ers, musicians; there is no siuli thing as a specialty. Tho costumes are gor geous. Rich gold embroidery, heavy silks and velvets, costly feathers and jewelry form an important feature of tho display. Tho plays are mostly his toric, and, as already staled, l:ust for days. Chinese acting has no dlcnltv, no repose, no beauty, and the play "is weak and without situation, while the plots are of almost childish simplicity. It is not commonly known, however, that there is a national patronage of the drama in China, as in France and (iermany, and that aotors receive gen ^?^8alurleH' ranSinK fil.OOO to *4,000? -sums equal to at least three times those amounts here. In China the female roles are still played by boy? - and an actor who plays the leaJimf fe male part -will receive ab r\ $3,500. He certainly earns ICvrjf he has to 85u?? ul)0l*t in tho>fngraceful fashion of Chinese won**T, talk In falsetto, and sing in,bJgu soprano with an effort that rajirtrroake his threat sore. .V?iy often the drama is cut Into two parts, and a light comedy played between. This is always of the most realistic character, depicting every-day life among tho lower classes. It Is re ported that tho grossest indo encies are represented in some of these plays. Ihe acrobats or tumblers make their entrance en masse at about 11 o'clock, and the whole stago is fllled .with all the members of the troupo. Their feats are wondorful. The great battle scene, an indispensable requisite in a Chinese theatre, then takes place, and a terrific display comes of banging hammering, screaming, twanging and f!! j?g: ,, e* bra?Kart i? made up terribly? his face is as white as paper, his hair and beard black and shaggy his eyebrows are at least an inch wide' and a gorgeous robe covers his figure! He growls, stamps, swaggers and brandishes his ax, till another figure enters, tho embodiment of cruelty and cunning. Haughty challenges are given; the. leaders proceod to behead their adversaries' troops, the loss of a head being denoted by bending the neck and retiring from the stage. New armies come on as fast as the old ones are decapitated, and all the time tho noise Is deafening. The nasal sing-song and high pitch of tho "Cous ins of tho Moon" will certainly leave untouched tho Caucasian ear, but the Mongolian is delighted, and the audience very demonstrative in their approval. This does not hinder them from eating sweetmeats, smok ing and drinking saki, which waiters carry around among the audience. Ihe audience all wear their hats, as it is regarded as a great breach of etiquette for any one not to do so in public. Tho price of admission at the , a*V * ranci8c? theatre is fifty cents, brtt it is needless to say that this is only collected from Americans, the Chinamen most likely paying only ten cents. -Harp*'* We'tlttf. * A Russian Village. A correspondent writes from Mos cow to the New York tftm: Straight from the Kremlin I Wefit to a village about ten miles from Moscow. Two long rows of small wooden houses,' nhout a hrindrod all told, constltuto tho v Hinge. A brick church, Jwq, vodka shops, a country store, and a villago olllce supply the religious*' social and political wants of the Vll<? lagers. There is no school. The peo< plo, in their anpearonce, habits, opin ions and heller seem to belong to the twelfth century. ,In tfoelr cr<*4 Christian saints afe lfttOrml*ed with, pagan gods and goblins. The sorcerelr as yet vies with the Christian priest; In moral Influence over them. Tho old lluBslan republican, institutions yet baffle all tho 'OToifw of nioderri Russian despotism. , Not the czar, TftwE the mlr (the people) rulo in tho vif lage. The. peasants ignore the ln$ pexlal laws, and judge themselves a4* oordlng to their own Oommon law. f The Russian village belongs to thfe wooden kingdom. The peasants eat with wooden spoons, from wooden cups, plates and bowls, and work with wood on farm implements. Onjy the a*, the implement of Russian in dustry and war, is of iron. They use wooden nails. I saw many wagons , made without a single iron nail, or any ft on whatever. Through their whole lifo they reclto their prayers before wooden images, and they put wooden crosses over their dead. It looks m if the moujiks were celebrating a perpet ual wooden wedding. The flrsfc soene that greeted my eyes in tho village fa an a woman carrying two palls oi water on a wooden yoke, and approaohing a house before which four little ohll'lrtfn ^ere 'playing, sur rounded by chlokens, dogs and pigs. The woman wore a chemise of coarse linen and a sarafan, a kind of low-cut dress, of coarse black woolen stuff, both of home make. She was bare footed. The children wore a single shirt of cfearae linen. Around the vil lage office I found about a dozen idle peasant* They wore shirts and trous* ers of coarse linen, and soft felt hats, cone-shaped, with narrow brims. In addition some had home-made woolen oaftans and heavy boots. That man will be renowned through life? In peaoe he'll end hla days? . Who promptly, when his bill arrives, The hard-worked printer pays. *SZr2S&~!rzu , I SSPfw.S.s wokuthe loog-contlnued cokl weather parUcukiiJ \ SSkk?=s ot"lh" giYr" tt* ^oUow'ng suMmuuy weather of <bl? , Xff;J?^ary and February were mild* Sur^r0;^T.fr,s DlaitS t^I?k lr\May' and lic^s were til) fn and,ovfr a??in till it was . , *ate to replant, June was the 1 ??r?nd 71 w110""1 ln 11,13 'ntltuUej I ev?rv ^ Jr ?T?re t,olnui<>n. Almost 1 w\er y green thing was k:lled ? fruit nearly all destroyed. Snow fell to t In AWn'^fS 10 ? ,D Verm,'nt- seveu York 1 three in the interior of New There w."r? / Massachusetts. called ? d?v . Wnr ? du-V8< 1 1 was S '!h !? ",?' IJut Utile rain 1. e wlml b,ew steadily from tl>? north, ?,ld ??d n?rce. BwkS shivering were'doSog-the?" aoS "n,! formers who worked out thel? ta*~ ITlttt?"' ,Tds wore overcoaS and mittenft. On June 17 a heavv snow fell in New England tK cold was intense. uK'?n?. j A farmer who had a law fl0j(] ,)f sxs uZkTx fr, J1? L at night to ward < f[ the no?t!k ^ ftn Gvening he and Ids ' iri w 8 t00k turns watching them Ho was rewarded with the onfy era >' JderahVh th? "e K^rhood. Con. C rlfZ- fn ^6 was don? ''n N'?w r^oT^?Tffle?npT river"" /'ears ZT entertained that the'un wZ land f n ?n(! throu8h?nt New Eng. tond^a" picnic, were strictly pr* l 5 ^ TndiT SSTJS, mSrwir1^'' Sod "aV ^'SV' ufo ? Indian corn ??4?Tr0?en ' S"S !ra??,eVery ?roen tldng destroyed in this country and in turopa. On the 30th, snow M It v"Tm,.fZty """" fr?'? London! lnnfi ff,corn opened in New Eng land and the Middle States. Farm*?, KM i8i?rlvM*, ro? 1817 Ttit, ?S ,803d in the ?Pring of bushel. R fr0U1 J1 ^ ^ M weeks'of1^?.^ f,UrnIshe<l a^out two weeks of the pleasantest weuther of m on ?" V ln, the latter part of the month ice formed an inch thick oc weaThei 'T? "T ,t8 fllu,ro of Col(l nm v n? ?,ber w,? Col(i and nnii h* F?fmher was comfortable Ve y mtl Sllt?mvin? Wa? '"?? v ery little vegetation wns matured in the Eastern and Middle States The h?uSo?hne'' '? b6 aK,t,t",e "f neat luring the summer; allnaturo was no'llttleV1'/6 lme! *nd "len oxhildted of thlsUf " wnc,,rn'ne tho future The average price of Hour during ?1? Mi? N6W York niarke^wfu ? hit I^EDg andh^rXePvr'Ce ?f ciif^.r ?'"?rt'r- ?'?r,ffvoec" 8 7 n ?Ug 1 Groftt Britain in onhV*taTy,ir? of tl,e hlg" ".rk" Eras of Pantaloons. "Can you remember the styles of pantaloons that havo prevailed in this country ?' " Lot me flee," said the tailor ; " yes, they are all before mo in my mind's oye. There were the breeches of the period immediately succeeding the | devolution. They were short, reaching only to the knees, mostly made of cloth, buttoning at the side.*. The wealthy More them of velwt, or corduroy, as the fancy seized them, or of doe cloth. The first long pantaloons, as 1 have told you, were merely com fortable bags, and this was principally due to the fact that they were home spun ? made by willing but unskillful hands, v The ilrst improvement was when* they tfere so altered tn con struction as to button elsewhere than at the side. Suspenders were not used ttntll cqfanaratlvely recent times, BOmewhere*%bowt'' 1840, 1 Wlleve. Distinctive stylos in breeches date from the close of the war. Then there c^ine the garments tight at the waist and to the knees, where they bagged ehormoUsly, giving tlu> appear ance $f swelled Joints. The pockets werei.<M?lled 'top pockets,' and cob Id be reached on iyv by pulling the vest tip to theohin. Latef they were cut high in the waibt and medium in the legs. Thl* was a return to first principles, i The next trousers to achieve popularity werfc those- miserable 'tights. They fitted the n^tfU# extremities like 'eel- j skins, and suddenly swelled. to awful proportions at thebottom. They were the invention, of a rowdy, and it was a ;ftiiwpeoSf$i txy>pl6' 4ver wofe them. I'm glftd' *t1fay're> gone, The hl|i pockets came Into fashion along witli the ' tights.' Young bloods fain wduld 1 carry pistols, and, It being found cum- I bersome to add another pocket "to* the coat, the inoffensive breeohes . were subject to ihe gross Imposition. At first the buttons of these garments were made of bone, then of robber, later of metal, and now ot metal in the shape of rivets, that decay jbnly when the breeches themselves toeoome deceased. The present ? styles? are elegant and a decided advance on any that have plrccedcd. The trousers of todw is as complete an Institution ns < an be Wished for. There are well contrived recesses for the watch, tho pistol, keys, knife, oomb, handkerchief, poeketbook ; in snort, everything that the most fastldlc^iuxiuucL^nld deniro to have about him. Tl left for a man to do is io wedr breeches Tall, slim men, with spider legs, should Wckr close, but not tight-fitting, garments ; fat men look best in tight pantaloons ; dwells wear stripes ; garhblers, plaids ; Quakers, quiet colors; ministers, .plain blhck eloth. Reporters gloty Irt blroftdcloth, much to the disgust or the tailors," ? Philadelphia Prtto. The oyster, grower* on tho coasts of France and England, having dis covered that oyster shells thrown back into the sea produce thirty, pr forty fold in two yesr/?, will licfet summer dump into the oe?*ti * few million shells With some 11 v# oysters atop. The theory is thAt the young oysters attach themselvto to the old shells in preference to any other object on tho bed of the sea. . *?; ' The eight telogrflph cables between the United States and Europe are cap ital! ted at 164,000,000. They c4st about 12,500,000 sach. or $?0,000,000 for att - v".. - < te only thing learn now to A MONT 4 jUn nilb CMd*. V lilies City, eight/ miles west of Glendiva, is situated on the Yeilow etone. and Is not what might be termed a railroad town, for it sprung up several years befoi e it was reached by the road, ami is a place of no incon siderable importance in a business point of view, says the correspondent of thd New York Times. It is the headquarters and principal shipping point of the great cattle Interest of the Territory, and its proximity to Kort Keogh, which Is tny two miles dis tant, gives it additional pr< m!n?nce a* a trading plate* The town itself has a curious Interest for a stranger, b?lng in many respects different in its char acteristics from the other towns on the lin\ It Is more like a typical border town, and more in consonance with the generally accepted nature of what a border town should be. Cowboys with lariats hanging on their saddles ore Been at evt ry turn, riding on the stout little broncho ponies of the plains; rough-looking men are seen 1 a'lng on the street corners; occasionally a " big Indian," with a squaw or two follow ing him, stalks across the scene, and on either side of the street aro innu merable places of low resort, in which the (o.uhincd attractions of nun and gambling are openly advertised. These places are s > numerous, indeed, that they seem at lir.-t glance to constitute the chief Industry ot' the town. At night they present ?i curious >pccta"le. Nearly all are large rooms opening on the street. The doors are kept wide ( p?n when the w rather will pvrmlt and inside may be seen a motley crowd of men and women. On one side of the room is a long bar from which beer and whisky aro dis pensed and about which there is al ways a ( rowd. Scattered about the room aro three or four faro ?' lay-outs," with grim and Intensely interested groups of players standing around them. Scatter? I among these groups are several Chinamen, for John thrives on the frontier even as he does In the large cities, and, If he escapes being lassooed by a mischievous cowboy, is allowed to pursue in peace the usual vocations of his race. At some of the tables women act as dealers of the game, and apparently they are re garded with the utmost rcspect by the rough men who are tempting fortune and wasting their hard- earned savings. Everything is conducted quietly and in tho most orderly manner. To be sure, there is a revolver or two osten tatiously displayed at the side of a heap of money and chips < n the table, or t ticking In a menacing way from a player's broad buckskin belt; but they are seldom used and seem to bo carried moro In a spirit of reckle-s bravado than for offensive or defensive pur poses. I was told by an old border man that tho games wire almost in variably cor ducted fairly, and the dis putes wcro of comparatively rare oc currence, tho fact that everything Is so open and public preventing the pro fessional gamblers from resorting to tricks which, if discovered, would speedily cause a funeral. Jn warm weather tho gaming tab'e* are removed to tho edge of tho plank sidewalks, and on a pleasant summer evening the spectacle is one that does not impress a stranger with tho high moral tone of the inhabitants. Other amusoment is offered to the border men in tho shape of variety shows, where a half-dozen musicians, negro minstrels and dancing girls furnish a crude soitof perform ance, beglning at 10 o'clock i\ M.-and closing at 2 a. m. Such is one phase of life in Miles City, the cattle metropolis of Montana. Another is furnished by tho "cattle kings" and ranch-owners, who con gregate In the hotels after making their shipments and talk of their busi ness prospects, the state of the market, tho chances for a favorable winter and the respective merits of bunch and buffalo Rrass. As a rule they are quiet, reserved men, with rough exteriors, but gentlemanly in manner and thoroughly in earnest in tho pursuit of their lucrative calling. They are mostly men above the averng.) In intelligence, and tho deference paid to them by the smaller fry and the cowboys is notice able. They are men who own or havo a controlling interest in vast, herds of cattle, and have large interests at stake. One of them who gave much Information about the business said ho had that day shipped 000 head of steers to Chicago, and on tho follow ing day would sond off 503 more. These were from one of three herds owned by him, ench% of which num bered about 10.0C0 head. He expected to net an average of forty-five dollars a head for his present shipments, or $49,500 fur the lot. ?ire would ncc >m pany the cattle to Chicago, and after they wero sold would spend a month or six weeks with relatives In the East, Then. Jlft. would return to his ranch, whore ho expected a hard winter with plenty of work. An in vitation to witness tho loading of the cattle was gladly accepted, and on the following" day I was not laie at tho fim>olnted place. The pens into wljilqh Tho Rattle are first driven are const ructcd'so that ninAte'cii or twenty heal, bypassing through narrow gates, collkot fin separate pens. . As soon as the requisite number hris passed Into a pen, a cowbo? stationed on tho top ot tho.s trong fencing and out of reach of tllo cattle, oloses a gi?te behind them and the wild atecifs afro In A trap. There Is only one place of egress, which Is up amarrow inclined plane. A train of cars has been run alongside of the pen, and tho door of each 6ar is oppo glves a shrill call Which'uftuHlly fright ens Bomn timid stflflT, who makes a bolt Up tho inclined plane and Into the car. All the others .follow him, and ih an .extremely short time the cars opposite the pens are full, andthetratn is started along until empty cars are again In position, when the same pro cess Is repeated. There Is no llttlo risk in making up a load. .Tho cattle are wild and untupd to restraint of any kind, and the dexterity of the cowboys with their long prods 1.4 all that pro vents serious troubles and delays. Color BllndTnoBft. Color bilndneRS Is much more com mon than in generally Rupposed. Many people can distinguish all colorR but one, and in most caseR are unaware of their deficiency. Some can only tell i black and white, and Rtlll other* call | re<l green. Phyalclan* nay that tho | diaeano Ir Incurable. Tho most fro- i quent causes of It ate tho mho and | attune of tobacco and alcoholic Htlmu- | lants. Hometlmes, however, It 1h caiiRod by sudden shook* to the brain, and Is hereditary. The disease prevail* to a greater extent among men than among women. A curious inatanco of color blindness was that of a student In the Royal academy, in liondon, who was allowed to copy a portrait by Titian In tho National gallery. Tho copy was exaftt In detail and (lnlfth, but was done In pea- green. Why Is a deacon like * hat band? ! Because ho pusses around tho hat. I WHY HEART* BBEAY. ' 4 FkyiMu'i m?Um ??U* V?jUac PnMwb **A healthy man or woman does not die of a broken heart," a well-known physician said. "A healthy heart is only big muscle, and nobody can have grief enough to break it. When, therefore, a blooming young widow shows apparently inconceivable grief at the death of her husband, and in a short time recovers her equanimity, she ought not to be accused of hypocrisy. Neither may it be concluded that another woman who soon pine* and i dies has had more affection for her j husband than the first The first I widow may have even more affection j than the other, but have been sustain- I ed by physical health. "It is erroneous toaupposothat death j by heart disease is always sudden. It i is very commonly protracted for years, j and exists undetected by most skillful ! phyiscians only to bo developed by ! some sudden occurrence. There was an eminent physician of Brooklyn, in active practice, who died within an hour of the time when he was about i to lecture. He was so well, that after j j examination by skillful physicians of n first-class insurance company, he was declared perfectly sound, and a policy for $10,000 Insurance on his life reach- | ed his home before his body was cokl. ( The cause of denth was a mystery until the post-mortem examination, bv Dr. John (J. Johnson, of Brooklyn* i showed that a little piece of chalky de : posit in the heart had become loosened i and formed an embolism. The man [ i had simply taken somio specimens out 1 of his desk, and he died in his chair | without any excitement or undue i efTort. Any little excitement might ] have done it, and then his death would have been cited as that from broken heart, "So-called deaths from broken hearts may be frequently traced in this way One exertion as well as another may furnish the requisite culmination Medical books are filled with instances of death by heart disease during the performance of pleasurable functions. "When a man is nearly dead it is easy to put on him the finishing stroke, but it is inaccurate to give the finishing touch all the blame of his death, When a woman loses her husband, c.r a girl loses her lover, and by nervous exhaustion, loss of sleep, lack of nour ishment, and grief, weakens the action of her heart, she is said to die of a broken heart, but she has, in fact died j of a very ordinary disease. "The case of Hill Poole, living for ten days with a ball in his heart, is often spoken of as remarkable, but I)r. 1' lint records a case where a man had a ball in his heart twenty years, and finally died o{ pneumonia. Both these men had healthy hearts, and could not have had them broken by grief. Yet, in fact, more women than men die of ' heart disease. Out of sixty-one ob served cases, thirty-seven were males. Another record showed that in sixty, two cases of rupture of the heart, there was fatty degeneration existing. In other words, where fat is substituted for muscle, the organ is easily broken If any of these people had been sub jected to sudden grief, they might have furnished illustrations of heart-break ing. One medical observer records one hundred cases of rupture of the heart where there was no grief to account for it. In fact, grief is a very rare cause of heart-breaking. "Disease is the real '-ause of heart breaking, and the various kinds of dis ease which lewis to It are so many that volumes would be necessary to describe . them. The cause of these diseases art manifold, and aro very much under the control of the individual. There are, of course, hereditary tendencies tc heart disease; but aside from traumatic causes, these tendencies may exist for years without fatal result. "It Is a curious fact that the leas', dangerous heart disease often creates the most apprehensions. !? i-e.jaentb patients who have only a functional or I suable disorder will not he persuaded 'bat calamity does not Impend, although there may la; no real danger On the other hand, organic disease^ may exist unsuspected. There are sympathetic relations betweon the mind and the heart, and disorders oi tho heart are frequently traceable t< mental excitement, either pleasurable or painful. Quick beating of the heart Js no certain symptom of dnnger. ]. has been demonstrated that tho pulse may safely range from 100 to 140 per minute for many years.? AlUi Califor nia. Russian History In Rrlef. The area of tho Russian empire Is I 8,531,004 squaro milon. 'J'ho popula tion, including ?Poles, Finns, Caucas ians and Asiatica, is 86,685,945. The area of Russia proper is 1,881,216 miles*' and its popVilation 05,704,559. No other country lii Europe, has m large territory or as many Inhabitants. j Tho late czar Ascended the throne March 2, 1855, after the battle of Hal aklava and Jnkerman.nnd in the midst of the sloge of Sohastopol. His reign was exactly twenty-six years und elev en days in duration. HI a father, Nich olas, rc'gn .d thirty year* (1825-1855,) and his g.cav uncle, Alexander I. twenty-four years (1801-1825.) There have heen but threo oz.?rn of Russia in this century. Alexander III was born in 1845. Tho ?ast czar of Russia who met his death at th? hands of an assas sin previous to tho late einperor, was Vaul, the son of tlio famous Catharine (1796 1801.) Spitf, of Uio repeated attempts upot. tbn lives of the rulers of Russia, the averago length of relgnn in that kingdom has been greater than in most other countries of Europe. Only eight insane asylums had been built in the United States In 1830-31, being stato Institutions; by 1840. six teen were built; by 1850 twenty-four, by $860, forty- four; and by 1880, nine ty, of which thlrty-slx are supported wholly or in part by itate aid. II*!?W ARRIVALS l * * A* W. O. CER ALD'8 OLD CORNER STORE. I I h?T? Just returned from market, wbsrs I ftrshaMdfa hs*ry>tock of all Kinds oT Goods, At th? rery lowest priess, and I Intend to ftT? ?y customer* the benefit of mr low pi Usd purchases. My stock oonslst* of Fall and Winter Dry Coods, Notions, Hosiery, &o. lbs best make End latest styles of I Boot: and Shoes. Clotting, Hals, &c. I GROCERIES ! Id Groceries I hare a? lino a btook as can be ?e?u Id town. HARDWARE! For Plantation, Oaidon snd Household use. Kull lino ot Saddlery ?nd Harnoss. In fact, I have got almost auything you can call lor, md am determined to sell CHEAP FOR CASH. Oall before you buy elsewhoro. Ranging and Ti?*s always on baud, Hit-heit price* paid for I Cotton In cash. \V. C. GERALD, I A? t>?o OldCornor Store. : Remodeled aud Newly Furnished, ! r^/VrrriA.TVi house, CAMDEN, S. C. Transient Board $2.00 Per Day. Ample accommodations. Tables supplie j with tuo best the market affords. Every ad lentlon paid to the comfort of guests. ! Connected with the House is a flrst-elaj-s BAH, which is orderly kept. Hack to and from tho depot. Faro 25 cents ach way. Feed aud Liverv Stable on premises. a lJ. LATHAM, I'lioi-niKTon. W. CL YI3 U I IN , General Insurance Agent j And Cotton Buyer. Removed tohis old sta id stOlvburu's Block Will pay tho hitfhebt price for Oolton and bu. more freely than ever bofore. KW My oountry frisuds will please sire ine a calL augl7-tf. PRICE8 REDUCED. ROBERT D. WHITE, MARBLE t GRANITE WORKS. PLANS FURNISHED. Meeting Btroo', cor. Horlbeck's Alley nugtS-yl. CHARLESTON, "S. C. A. R. THOMUNSON Manufacturer of | HARNESS, of Evory Description, SADDLES, BRIDLES, Etc. MoC. SADDLES, NEW AND OLD. * T Importer of English Saddlen, Steel llit?, Spurs, Mtlrrups, Etc. Factory and salesroom 137 Meeting St., Sept. 1-ly. CHAHLKSrON, & C. I \?ETA1A ! IRON, BAGS, HOPE, COTTON HIDES, SKINS, ? WOOIi,WAX, FURS ALD KINDS OF PAPER STOCK, Ao. Wo are paying tho Highest Cash Prices. MOSES GOLDSMITH & SONS, i ?ug!8-l*. P. O. Hdx l "-i! J. C. ROLLINGS, AOK.NT JO* Stationary ani Portable Steam Eapnes, Brown Cotton Gins. Wlnnshlp Cotton Cln With Feeders and Condensers Taijiut A Boms Ekoink's, Uumabou B*ikji*3VSJood Enoinm. Bom Cotton I'utst, 8cHoriKU> Cotton Paks*, Fixplet Cottoh Fives*, OoBN AND W 11 EAT MlLL4, Saw Milu, BHArrmo and Pvij.kts, And *11 kinds of mackincry. Bo ears to call and Be? my prices before purchasing any kind of machinery. J. C. HOLLINGS, C am ok*. B. O. Wagonw mid liug'^ieH HARNESS, ETC. The undersigned respectfully calls atten Hon to the large stock ot 1, a, 3 and i horeo wagons, single and double buggies, open and top buggies, wagon and buggy harness, etc., whioli lio now lias on hand, and which he is selling at living prices? no low as to encmo large sabs. Handling the heavy stock 1 do, 1 tun afford to soil at a small profit. REPAIRING In all its bratiohos promptly and satlslactonl j executed by competent workmen. MORSE SHOEING A specialty. Qivomeacall. M. A, MET ID. sep7-lyr OLD a058) ESTABLISHED Charleston Ice-House, ALVA, GAGE & CO., Market, cor. Church St., Charleston, S. w. Importer* ami Shippers, Wholesale iuu\ Hotail 1 killers in ICE. Ico packed for tho count rv r. specialty, loo by iho car-load at ctpccial ra;-s. Waver ly House, CuAau?roN, 8. 0., GEORGE T. ALFOllD, ?... Manager lUtoa f 2 and 12.50 per Pay. Tills favorito Family Hon so, under its no* management, is recommended for tho oxool? lenco of 1(8 cuisine arul home-like comforts. Its airy .itid well ventilated rooms havo Just ! boon n.wly carpetod and elegantly fumisliod. W. Off A VKF. . V. ?. 0"BBI*a. OH A FEB 8c O'BRIEN, Wholesale Orooeri 205 East Bay St, | Charleston, ?? C. lr?nU for Kxtona'a Frtmlam Tranton Ormofc er?. >ng lt-Iy j WUIBEEN A. PIEPER, j Wholesale Grocers And Dealer* in ! Provisions, Liquors, Tobacco &c. i 107 and 109 F. AST BAT, ang 19-ly CHARLESTON, B. O. ])?. T. BERWICK LEtiARE, DENTIST, Graduate if tho Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. OFFICK- IHIK.VU! HOIS K. , ^ F.nlrn'iiv o:i llmnd Ft re.ot. FOUNDRY, 60x214 Foot. MACHINE SHOP, 50x250 Foot. BOILEit SHOP, 40*120 Foot. GEORG*E R. T_, O MBA R T) & CO. Foundry, Machine unci Boiler Works, - Georgia. BUILDERS OF Engines and Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, and all kinds of Mill maohi* nory of tlio latOot impiovod styles. Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Gearing and Journal Boxes. Wo havo a large assortment of Pdttorni, Sugar Rollers and Oin Oiaring. DEALERS IN Engino and Mill Supplies, Circular Saws, Files, Gummors, Swages, Olobe Cbr.ok and Safety Vslvos, Whistlos, Gauges, S eini Pipe and Fitilngs. Babbot metal from 10 to 40 oonts. BtUinjr, Laoing, Rubber, Hemp, So vpatono arid Asbostos Packing, Oil, and Oil Cups, W rrnc.bc*, En'.my Wheols, oto. aoks'ta vn ii vvi ? *r Iron and Iirais Castings, and all kinds of Repa rs promptly dono Wo out ev.r, and aro working about ono liuri(iro(l hands ?v*ry day, C0N6AREE IRON WORKS, COLUJUBIA, BOUTH CAROLINA. I M l' i\: v > V IS l> CIRCULAR SAW MILLS. ? BIMPLE, CHEAP AND DURABLE. We nae the celebrated Friotion F<<od otr all onr Biw Mill*. We nae the yerf ?I material in their oonatruotiou, aud pp.iro noither labor nor e * pen *e to ren der then; m near perfeofc aa poaaiblo. W? warrant all onr work to be well made and of good material. We would like if yon would oomparo the following flgnree with thoee of other mannfaotnrera and nee if we do not aeli yon a better and largei tew Mill. at aame flgnree: PBIOIB. Ifo, 1 Mill, with 88 inohee,Baw, 18 feet nnnrlage 1379.09 *?1 " ?? 08 ?? 18 " 285.00 ?? B ?? ?? 40 ?? 20 ?? 800.00 ? a " ?? 84 ?? *20 ?? V..M6 00 ??8 " ? 46 " 20 '? 850.00 ?? 8 " ?? 48 " 24 ?? 87ft 00 "4 ?? ?? 50 " 24 ?? 400 00 "4 ?? " r> 2 " 24 " 426 00 Extra Carriage, $3.00 per foot. The aboy* mill* flon>t?l? b> main l)elt. Decl 1 v JOTIM ALEXANDER. P.-oprieto WILSON, CHILDS ft CO., PHILADELPHIA WAGON WORKS. PIJIXi A T) "TjriTIA r?A. a t i H/vwu?A<rrunKn o? at,l Kmrm ov Plantation, Oity, Freight, Bu&ineftH, Express and SPUING WAGONS. VWCOKB. DRAY8.0ART8, TIM HER WHEELS AND WIlEELMAimO^a J \ 1