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CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1883.
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TWO DOLLARS A VEAR.
NO. 45.
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Tho p?l>Uo must remember that the feet la al war*
the choapett. . .
We do work at Charleston Price*, and guaranto*
entire tatlaf action to our patrons. ?
We keep constantly on ha&d the target* ttock o*
| Fapert and Card* In towu.
Otokj
Bring!
Finest
E'en a :
Seek (o ?etl
Learn to im 1
lrUl/tnify c3nft TOn
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the M#E?w <?*?
Try to
0*11 oat ail tbe
Wis eft, iktSb}
frn jflfcfiltf *??*&!
Hold aloft ; but (ear uoman.
Ne'er dqppnir { for earth's grand prires
Wait for him who says, I can !
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ne and ask the
lllr>wfdt<rmeet
p the fact thWt *j
now too late to
rto-hop?fj lie w
lehd* a* flartyt
I*e1p
?MUd A AOitifc tela
tlves; his profession tondsfaA in the
Work of overcoming wjfo
felt snre he wottU make his wayagala
to the side of this pleasing Uttte lady,
jHisrevSieind resolution we r# In
terrupted as he signed the hotel
register, for when the clerk reed the'
signature that official winked at' a
rather rough-looking man with whom
lie bad Men talking; tfc?tt the rough
looking roan read the signature and
" You're just the man I'm looking
u give me a chcok for
bill V It's been running
onth, and the boya said
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the man you want," said
rat saying something that
iook well in print..
fame is-- "
37S3* yes,** interrupted Mar
?4nen,?^*wit tiiere is another man of
name, and lie's a swindler.
4 eain^hcre to run hiiu down; I've
got 'detectives after him: -come here
tt?te evening and 11?' w ill put you on
fcls.traok." g
For Hn hour or more Marthen was
in very bad temper, but ho grew calmer
when, strollingout to look at theorowds
of carriages and their occupants, he
met several acquaintances who had
temporarily abjured billiards or flirting
fox the same purpose. As he chatted
with one of these a carriage passed
slowly, ftnl Marthen saw in it the
amiable little widow ho had met on
the^train In the morning. She did not
seem to iSecognlzc him, but his friend
raised his hat and was smiled upon.
? "Who is she, Jenks? ? tell me,
quick." .... ?
" She's Mrs:' Whltlayton,* widow of !
..Will WhitlAytjn. who was fust start
"~iake a fortune in wool wheD, a
1 years ago, ho took pneu
jd died. lie left her twenty
thousand dollars, though ?
Tinake laty, well-dressed fel
tm around her like flies
ligar barrel."
she any family ?" asked
!*NO; she makes her honre with an
uncle aijd aunt whom she doesn't love
#nyw&? well, I'm told. A. young
'dow must have a home, though, you
if she doesn't want to be talked
.. Excuse me a moment," con
Marthen'a friend, taking the
i of a gentleman who was about to
_ , J them, "here's a good fellow you
ought to know, Cranch ; do you know
my friend, Anson Marthen? Mr.
Marthen, Mr. Craaoh."
"I'm very glad to know you, sir,"
sail Mr. Cranch, "but, if it isn't too
impudent a question to ask on so short
acquaintance, why are you strolling
on foot 'with Fred here, while your
charming fiancee is riding alone?"
"My flanoee?" exclaimed the en
gineer, in astonishment, while his
friend looked inquiringly.
I hope I am not mistaken," said
Mr. Cranch. "I've been told that Mr.
Whitlayton was soon to become Mrs.
Anson Marthen."
Marthen' s face blackened, ns he ex
claimed, .through tightly clos3d jaws:
"Gentlemen, this is horrible. 1
novqr know tho lady's name until five
minut.s ago. My villainous double ?
you know all about him, Fred? that
rascal has probably made lovo to her
for -her monoy and persuaded her to
marry him. What is to be done?"
One gentleman shrugged his shoul
ders, and the other raised his eyebrows;
Mr. Cranch finally said:
"I suppose It's nobxly's business;
tho lady has been married before; she
oughti to be able to choose for herself."
??I'll make it my business," hissed
Marthen, as ho turned abruptly and
hurried to Ids hotel, where ho had the
good fortune to tind one of tho detec
tives awaiting him and full of news.
Tho scapegrace Marthen, he said, had
been living quietly at a small boarding
houso, but his servant, who had not
been paid for so long that he was will
ing for a ten-dollar bill to toll all he
knew, had divulged tho favt, that the
rascal knew he wat\, being watched; he
was frightened, and he was up to some
new dodge, though tho servant did
not know what, that very avening; all
the African could fay was that his
master hud twice visited a sickly-lock
ing man, whom the servant had seen
somewhere as a preacher, and that
Marthen was to go tiiere again that
vei'y evening and meet the sickly man
in a garden. The servant suspected a
Redoing, for his master had ordered
his dress suit and spring ovorcoat
brushed with extra care.
Marthen almost lost his head in his
rage, but the deteotlve rapidly laid a
plan to entrap the rasoal. He would
hlro the servant to abstract his mas
ter's coat and hat, which hp, tho d<v
%ffe(X9^91vollld put on and then call
upon the mlnhter, just after dark, with
the hope of successfully assuming the
manner and appearance of the rogue,
and worming himseif into the secret.
Marthen approved the plan in general,
but insisted upon one ohanjxe ; he
would wear the coat and hat himself ;
the dete.tlve consented, for, afte* all,
money was what he was working for,
and he was being well paid for h|s
s'etVlceB.
p servant. was again bribed, and
llV6nly took the ove$c6*fc and hat,
anted the hour at whioh his mas
... _jad told hlta he jkfOuM go out.
Then the faithful servant led Marthen
to thestokly minister's boarding-house,
while the detectlvo prevented the other
Marthen escaping. The oth^f Mar
then s:arc<^y knew what to do; he
paced the sidewalk opposite the desig
nated garJeti*, he saw figures occasion
ally enter arid fftiftrgtywit none that
he could rocognUe*
*' howover, just uftor two
plalhrpWessod women ha<l passed In,
a thin figure crossed tho street and
' "JttMfthen followed the preacher,
wondering . in what words to break
tently id Mf?. Whltllivtoh tho intclii
fense that the man she had promised
?) marry* wm a worthless scamp. Hut
before he could say anything the lady
was* loaning on his arm, and the
tolnfetev UpM raying tr ,
"As night, air- ahein -Is vory
dfetigwus to my luntfi^hem - 1 know
you will excuse mo for losing no time.
Anson Marthen. do you take this
woman to be your Wedded wife?"
Martlien was so astonlshod , that he
eould scarcely malntalh his position or
find hie tongue. He i recovered, how
V Bpeak wmudk? Jf you love me I"
M I do," said MArthen, softly, yet
earnestly.
?? Yes," whispered the lady.
/?Then," said the minister, "I pro
nounce you man and wife, and what
God has joined together let not man put
asunder. Mr. Marthen, I will have
the certificate ready In the morning, If
you will send for It."
'??Come away at once," whispered
the bride, "If the dreadful enemies
you wrote me about should soe yon,
what would happen ? * k.r ' *
Marthen talked little but thought
rapidly as he drew his wife away and
rapidly along. At the first secluded
*8pot ho roachedl however, he placed
his arma around her, with one band
ready to place over her mouth should
she attempt to shriek, he rapidly ex
plained ' himself. As he had
already discovered, Mrs. Whit
laytonl was not smart. She was
so dazed by all she heard that she
knew nothing but that t ho had been
legally married to a man whom she tiad
never seen but twelve hours before,
but whom she had then determined
was. very much of a gentleman. What
cou d she do In her dedicate position
but act according to his advice, which
whs that thay should take the night
train for New York and go to her new
husband's home and his mother? So
they did, and when they reached there,
and the son had explained to hi3
mother, the bride confided to he*
mother-in-law that it seemed she had
known her husband for a year.
And the- Anson Marthen who re
mained a bachelor recovered his hat
and overcoat without recourse to law.
? New York Hour.
IMPALEMENT.
The Exqilnlte Cruelty of Oriental Punish
ment.
Captain Hiviere, the commander of
the French forces occupying Fort
Hanoi, in Cochin China, was captured
in a skirmish with the Anamites, with
fifteen of hi3 men, and executed on
the following day with the rest of the
prisoners. The Paris Gmiloln says
that the unfortunate men suffered
death from impalement, a cruel and re
volting mode of death.
The impaling of por3on3 sentenced
to death for great crimen has been
practiced in tne East for many cen
turies. In Turkey, where this punish
ment was most frequently inflicted
assasslrita, whose crimes were of an
aggravated character, were always
condemned to die on the pole ; nnd the
traveler who penetrates into the in
terior of Asia Minor will now and
theu, even in our times, ride past
slender posts erected along tfio road
side, on which the skeletons of the un
fortunates are hanging who havobeen
put to death in this horrible manner.
Saint Edme, in his Dlctionaire de la
Penalite , describes the inauner in
which this punishment is inflictcd as
follows :
"The unfortunate man who is to suf
fer death by impalement is laid flat
upon the ground, face downward. IJh
hands aro tied on his ba-Jk, and one of
tho executioner's assistants sits down
on his back, so that tho victim cannot
move. A second assistant holds the
culprit's head firmly to the ground, and
a third assistant seizes his legs which
he holds so that ho cannot move them.
Tho executioner now approaches with
the instrument of death, a long stake
or pole, which he puBhei into the body
from b?h!nd. Tho pole tapers almost
to a point, but is rounded off some
what at the end, so that it will not
penetrate tho entrails all at once. The
executioner pushes this po'.o into the
flesh as far as ho can with his hands,
whereupon a fourth assistant drives it
still further with a mallet. Now tho
pole, which has penetrated deeply into
tho body of the doomed man, is set up
right in the ground, and tho victim is
left to die upon it. The weight of the
body presses it further down upon the
stake evpry moment, and the point
finally protrudes from tin breast or
side of the culprit. Some of those
upon whom this horrible punishment
has been inflicted died quickly, and
their suffering was soon over, but oth
ers are said to have suffered untold
agony for hours, and even days, before
death put an end to their torments."
Impalement, horrible as it is, is not
the cruelest punishment inflicted in
Oriental countries.
Getting Wntor in the Desert.
The supply of water always formed
a prlnclpa' question, and often a pre
ponderant one, during the marchos of
the French troopB in Algeria and
Tunis. Iiivers having a permanent
supply of water are very rare In those
countries, hut wadie* ? beds of torrents,
generally dry, but full after a shower
? ate numerous. The moflt ordinary
supplies of water were sedirs, or
puddles of tain-water held in natural
basins of clay or stone, near which the
camps were pitched whenever they
were accessible. They arete be found
in the beds of w adieu, and sometimes
in slight, depressions of the plain,
where they are frequently of consider
able extent. When full they contain,
notwithstanding they aro so shallow,
prodigious quantities of water, which
is, however, expoped to an enormous
evaporation, so that it does not last
long.-t These natural reservoirs have
baen covered with snnd in many plaoes,
whoro a permeable bed several feet
high has been formed, >\ ith a dry sur
face, corresponding with tho general
level of tho surrounding land. It is
only necessary to dig a hole, and wait
M little while, for the water to rise to
a certain level, forming a kind of ex
temporaneous well, which the Arabs
call an oglat. These welis contain but
little waiter, and are soon dried up
when drawn from, but will become
flllod again In the course of a few
hours. These resources, precarious at
tho best, aro often wanting ; but the
country Is full of ruin?, attesting the
former exhtence of alarge population,
> and among them are many useful
structures, including well-mado ols
torijs still almost entire, and very deep.
Water is got, from them by going down
steps to the surface, or by means of a
device rail tho guerher, which is In
general use. This is a leathern bottle,
.aljustod at the curb of the well by
means of pulloys and ropes, which are
worked in such a manner by a man
and an ox that the vessel goes tip and
dbwn, Alls itself with water and
empties itself, without any one having
to handle it directly. ? Popular Ncifitve.
Monthly, , . ,
Wheat and Other 1'roflnH*.
The following table shows. tho value
of wheat compared with other products
during 1882 :
Itanhelv VaIu?. &orefl.
Wheat. . . 604.18M70 $40,602,126 87,067,101
Corn 1 ,617,02^100 7K8.867.176 66,060,646
OAfe 488,260,010 lW,mdMl8,4?l,Wl
Barley... 48, 968, 928 20,767,015 8,272,10:1
Kye...... 20,000,067 18,420194 2 >^889
Poi?toM. 170,972,60? 06,804,844 $17^636
88,188,049 809,968,188 82,28^6$}
HUMOROUS SKETCHES.
What Made 111m Tlrfxt.
?" I feel so tired this mornin' I can
hardly lift me arrum to me head." . ->
M Why, you seemed to sleep soundly,
Mr. O'Fagan ; you ought to feel re
freshed."* '
"Yis, colonel, I ought to be feelin*
refrlshed, but I ain't. It's sawln' wood
that is the1 fatagln' occupashun."
"Sawing wood! Why, when have
you been sawing wood?"
41 Whin have I, is it? Shure an' I
dhramed that I wa3 sawln' wood the
whole bllssld night, an' I didn't have
aven a piece of bacon to grase tho saw
with. I feel broke up intirely." ? Texas
8iftlng8.
A Report on Hrlonre.
Shindig Watkins, chairman of the
committee on matters of science, then,
asked leave to report. His committed
had carefully and conscientiously ex
amined the jawbone of a mastod/bn
forwarded to th? club museum fr/om
Arkansas, and had established the fol
lowing points:
1. The animal existed in the year
428, more or less.
2. His chief diet was grass, and
herbs, but he had no particular objec
tions to breaking into a corntjeld or
putting in time in a turnip patoti.
8. He was 900 yearo old when he
died.
4. His intellect was largely devel
oped, and it wsb evident tfcat he was
big enough and knew enough to take
c&re of himself.
The committee recommended that
the club use its influ^pce to encourage
a new growth of mastodons and sa
credly preserve the bones of old ones,
and the report was accepted and adopt
ed. ? Lime-Kiln Club.
The Mb|1d? B?y.
I once heard a boy going down the
street singing at the top of his lungs,
" Dare to be right, dare to be true!"
singing it so loud that he woke up all
the babies on the block and tet every
last dog In the ward to barking, and
as he sang he smashed a window^ln
the parsonage, broke a chicken's l;'l^g,
with a stone, "sassed" a .matket
woman, shot a farmer in the eye?wlth
a bean-shooter, hit a dog a crack wi'?h
a shinny-club that made poor Caflo
howl till his back ached, pulled a piokeo
off a fence, slapped a little' boy and J
took his cooky away from him. He
disappeared inside the schoolroom, and
above all other voices I could hear h,1s
soulful shriek in the morning soivg,
"Oh, howl love my teach-er dearr
And before prayers were over lie inked
a boy's nose, put-two bent pins, where,
they would do the most harm, salto l a
claim of shoemaker's wax on the
teacher's chair, scratched his name cn
his desk with a pin, ato an apple,
and flred the core into the ear odf the
good boy with a thin neck, who was
never absent or tardy. ? K. J. BurHette.
Toptioody.
When Mr. Topnoody had settled down
after supper Thursday evening, ' his
wife, after a few preliminary coughs,
remarked :
" Mr. Topnoody, have you thought
anything about where we would spend
the summer?"
"Yes, my dear, i have given the
subject some deliberation."
" And have you decided on a plaoe,
dear?"
"Yes, love, I have."
" Oh, you sweet thing, where is it
to be ?"
"At home, love ; the dearest place
on earth, the conservatory of our affec
tions in which blooms the freshest,,
fairest flowers of hope and happipess,
contentment and satisfied serenity."
" Oh, bosh, Topnoody 1"
" But, my dear, it is true, and I don t
see why you want to go to a nasty,
crowded hotel in the wann.-^?8^?1"
when it is so muoh cooler and more
pleasant at home."
, " You think it will be cooler at home,
do you?" . j ,
" I know it, my dear."
"All right, l\>pnoody. You just
irulsj; on making me stay at home this
summer after I've done so muoh to
make you comfortable. Just go right
on making me your slave, but let me
tell you before you go any further,
that If I stay here during the summer,
I'll make it bo hot for you that you'll
pray four times a day for a cooling
breeze, and bag like a whipped school
boy for a house on the refrigerator
plan and a salt of clothes made out of
palm-leaf fans and sun umbrellas. 1
am usually a mild woman, Topnoody,
but even the worm will turn when
trod upon."
Topnoody has concluded to take his
foot off of the worm.? Cincinnati
Drummer.
A Womnn Rrntored.
There was a chap down at the Cen
tral market yesterday with a lifting
machine. It was Warranted to reeto 'e
a torpid liver, cure cold feet, remof e
freckles and do ever so fnapy pther
things, and it was only (lVe cents to
lift and tug and pull and grow rel in
the face and bulge your ayvit out lilo
half onions stuck upon a btyrn door.
Ther% was a trick about the machine.
By pressing a spring the handle would
come off as the pointer readied ten
pounds. After ever so many men had
lifted ever so many hundred pounds a
woman got down out of a one-horse
wagon ami inquired:
"What d'ye calL it?" ?
" A lifting machine, madamo."
" Is it good for a woman ?"
"Excellent, madame. You'll feel like
a now woman after lifting H00 pounds
on this machine."
" Well, I'll try It once," she said, as
Itso removed her shawl. "The old man
fs a good deal bigger than (his ma- 1
chine, and If I can t lift him over the
fence I don't want a cent."
Sho seized the handles, drew a long
breath, and away sho went, landing in
a basket of onions and upsetting a
score of flower pots and a" btmhfcl of
cranberries. There was a yell from the
men, a whoop from tho boys, and be
fore ono could count twenty the woman
was up and aboard of her vehiCJ# and
driving off on a gallop. ?$ >: * ,?5 ?
' "Oome bartk I comeback ( yetted the
crowd, but sho flourished thehandWof
the lifter over her head and broughf it
'down on the horse with a whack, and
fcept him at his fastest pace until she
was out of sight, and that was how a
i lifting-machine oame to stand there
all day without anything to lift by, and
that was why a sharp-nosed chap with
plaid pantaloons and a white hat kept
continuaUtffeaylng r
"That ore woman probaoly sup
poses that she has busted tbls 'ere ma
chine all to pieces, and if I don't get
tfat 'ere handle back what's to become
o? the rest of this 'eve outfit?"? Pc
I fo(t J Free Pr&sS
eider?
A Pen IHodcratc AnwdolM.
t "Speaking or carrying the malls, "
remarked the captain,' " when rltVed
on Feather river, California, in 184l>, 1
saw tho mail carriers and noticed their
way of travel. Th< y had sort of snow
ahoea, and they would go d >wn a moun
tain side at the rate of three miles a
minute. I've seen 'em go so fast that
the friction turned tho snow to steam,
"and a good many of 'em were blown
up by it one winter!"
How did they g*t up a mountain
ired a listener. .
" They, would go down one hill so
fast that the impetus Would oarry them
to tHg, l?e next," replied the
tpr>, a fqw min
1 1 em an remarked
l jump eighteen
& observed
ine of what
atlca Gulch,
itcck corraled
I| had put up
Air, one night
I fence, seized
id Fin blessed
that colt
r
cat, and
as big as
of Jay
^apparently
.chipped In
. ?j? .eUe could
_?Jnds me pf my yacht
on Feather rivar.o bhe wosadug out,
made of a solid log, forty feet long. I
put a sail up on her one day when the
wind was blowing pretty fresh, and I
made thirty {piles an hour right up
the rapids (, The falls on the Feather
river are protty high, I should say
200 feet, and the way that yacht went
up those falls would make Mr. Gould
take down his sign I I had a bad job
getting back. Tne wind was dead
ahoad, and the rive* was too narrow
tobeat in, so I had to row. She was
the lightest rowing boat 1 ever got
into, and you bet I was going ! The
river Is wider fust above the falls, and
I thought I would put up eail. You
can imagine what headway I was
under when I tell you that, as soon as
1 got that sail up and the wind struck
it, my boat broke in two amidships,
icid I floated home on the bow, while
x i _? .
the captain, .
reply; "that
And then the party broke up. ?
Brooklyn Eagle.
Poll Heal Honor* in China.
Wong Chil* IToo, edlto^ of the New
York tihiiiese- American In ah article
in Harper's Magazine , gays: In order
to secure even the first fruits of politi
cal emolument, a mode of procedure
diametrically opposite to that which
obtain* in most nations, and especially
in the United States, is required. In
stead of money or its equiva'ent in
" backers " ant!; <? .heelers^' , brain is
thtere required, uhd Sn exceedingly
well-ba ahced^aflid disciplined brain at
that. In no .ptiier nation upon the
l earth are political libnors based upon
soientlttc attainments in all branches
of study us they are in China, wherein
are illustrated the true primiples by
which talent and wisdom are honored
and rewarded, 1 terature, s ience,
morals and philosophy encouraged, and
a nation's happiness and prosperity se
cured.
The av guep td station and power
nr$ open ^like to all. Tliere are no
dtatfticilP^a save those of education;
none illative io nationality* color or
previous condition of servitude. All
are alike free to seek, and, if compe
tent, 1 to obtain, positions of honor,
from that of petty magistrate of a vil
lage to grand imperial secretary? an
[ office second to that qt emperor,
Few there are, it is true, Whdpibtfsess
fortitude to undergo the necessary ed
ucational training consequent to, and
upon which depends, his sole hope of
success. Of his studies there is no end;
T^' dillgence he must add patience,
and to patience continuity, else, will' he
fall to secure the coveted prize,
' Origin of Home Nursery Rhymes,
I .' Many of the nursery rhymes have a
curlou* history. Some of them proba
bly owe their origin to names distin
guished In our literature; As Ollvir
0 oldmrtih, for instahoe> is believed m
his earlier days tto have writteb suo^i
to some well-known favorites': ?
"fflng a Bong of Sixpence " is as ojd
as tho sixteenth century, '"thro*
M<fUse" whs lloensedln-lbBO. "Thrfo
(Hiftdteh ;hAi<fthg oft' the lee" dated
from 1080. "London Bridge Is Broken1
Down", is of, uUfalhomed antiquity.
"C rlMud;$% wMl'lfty " l?
certainly as o)a n| the reign df Charles
II , , ii# to ?^so '?lAcy iiO^ket Lost Her
Pocket, '' to the tuno of which the
Araerhan, song of " Yankee poodle",
wn? written. "I"usny PhwSV Cat,
Where Have You BeenV" Is of the ago
of Queen Hess. "Little Jack Horner "
is older than the seventeenth century.
"The Old Woman Tossed ill a Blanket"
Is of the reign <>f fames II., to which
monarch It !? suppt sedto elude.
r i i i i i || % ^
Pair Treatment.
, "That's a nice life you lead," said
Senator Fair tohis son Jim, "You
are running after every jlrl in town."
" It's not my fault tftat I run after
them." i
Whoso fault is-iv then ?" rk
' " It's -their own fault. If tlhey
would dt aim Still ho I could catch up,
1 twnlanT rlfn after them so much T"
- Hiftmi /*. *
An alms-box for the secular schools
is commonly found now in Belgian
drlnklng-plaees. A school building cost
ing 9400,000 Is said to have been thus
bulli ?
Bait Lake CJt y.
Salt Lake City Hes at the upper or
northern end of a valley of the same
name, and oocupies a portion of the
sloping "bench, or mesa, which runs
toward the mountains from the shores
of the lake. Back of the town rises
the Wasatch range, broken here into
many sized cones and deep, verdant
canons. Beyond the valley are the
indistinct outlines of more mountains,
while in the west rise the sloping, 1
wood-covered Oquirrh range, ending j
abruptly in the north at the shores of
the lake. The city itself is a place of
wide streets, well-built houses, shade
trce3, trim gardens and long avenues.
The public buildings are mostly owned
by the Mormons, and add much to the
beauty of the town. As we rode from
the depot to the hotel the artist said
the Btreets male him think of Paris,
they were so wide and shaded, and
down their either side flowed a tiny
Btream of water, which swept away,
every (race of rubbish. Indeed, Young
and his followers must have had an un- 1
usual amount of good taste. Not only
did they select as a site for their city
a mesa which commands an extended
view, but they planned that all streets
should run at right angles to one an
other ; and, consequently, there are
formed all over the city squares of
reen sward filled with tree', private
welllngs and stores. The regularity
of design is noticed at the very first.
Everything is free, wide, light and
open. " I don't believe," said the artist,
"you can find a dark spot in Salt
Lake." And after our visit was over
I fully agreed with him. The sun has
unlimited freedom, and its warm rays
are never excluded by high walla -and
narrow ways.
"Salt Lake is a New England vil- |
lage, with foreign plans, moved out
West," said the artist.
"Or modern Edinburgh,"
gested. / ' * jxT
"Yes, sine) yet, after all, it ie simply
8a!t Lake, and a remarkably pretty
town, with characteristics all its own." |
And that was it; we compared It to >
many p' aces and were reminded of this 1
or that city; but, above all, there re
mained the fact that nothing we had
eyer-aeen befoie was exactly like it. |
There was Arcadian simplicity, but j
nothing was commonplace. The pub-'
lie buildings, the stores, the homes, all i
had a peculiar beauty of their own. {
They were light-colored, clean, pretty. ,
No grim stain? of smoke had soiled,
no dhll hiyes surrounded them. The ]
house had an air of solid comfort, and I
whether occupied by Mormon or Gen
tile, -had bright flower beds, green
lawns and scores of trees about them.
Nothing seemed new or crude or
"western;" and the longer we stayed
the better pleased we were with the
Mormon capital and its easy-going life.
? Continent.
A Very Common Fl*h.
Once, when coming from a throe
hours' excursion, with at least twenty
pounds of black bass and wall-eyed
pikqln the bottom of the boat, which
my attendant was rowing at a lively
rate abreast of a rapidly gathering
storm, one of my lines attached to rod
and reel, and which I was trolling,
suddenly tightened and came near jerk
ing the rod into the lake.
" Jewhillikins , Charles ! Put the
boat about. Got a ten-pound bass on.
Julius CaeBar, how he pulls 1"
ii was no easy task to Stop and come
round against the wind and make
headway backward, so to speak, or hold
the boat so that, the game could be
property handled. At le^t J100 feet of
line ran put before the maneuver could
be executed. " In the meantime the
line was pulied hither and yon, the
moflatej^tugged hard and jerked, tho
boaft^vas hatd to manage, the wind in
creased every moment and the now
angry waves rose and showed their
white teeth until Jt seemed that tho
elements and all the. accidents and in
cidents possible wenre! botistriring to
prevent the capture of the " doss flah
of Maxlncuckee.
But he went on, well hooked, In fact,
as was quickly shown, oud unless we
were capsized, or I was pulled over
bad and towed around the lake, it
wouldn't do to give up. Charles rowed
all hisstrength, now on the right
lefy according to
?ile ibfac& lnvthd boat,
\Uk$b of every tutn to koep
bold the quarry to his
le and tho wind
ie waves leaped
frates. Still the
for twenty mln
cuitomer under'
opplna tail onto,
nd defwy thrpst
aolpus branoli ?f
wn all ,?Fofert
; y S f
w* m,
pt?
|A>VU? VUV VKVJ VI .IHT7A ico to Garcia, dne
fef Abe ptelWd ^Hfctag t owns, le; dd,'
The road consists of a mote traok up
Onliide and dowii th'6 pther, xyinrilng
?r<tahd i^ee ftnd tjutf might
removed. The freight
vwktz
ilxfcfeftn others
'jffflH IDT fllMwnlJw four.
Ipi going Up the hill ttfd or three
tefthifi wftt be hitched to' ft fdngle
Wafton, froifri twentf-foilf to thirty-six
and even with bo much drag
ging powfcr the accent la the work of
hours. In going tfp there is no dahgor,
but serious accidents ave frequent in
coming down, when the brakes are
liable to bj-e*k, ftnd tho watfoh runs In
on the stock and makes a general aver
age of mules and load. ? Philadelphia
Prm. f. ;
Oil on fronblofl Waters.
Letters fiflseived from tho British
naval shfp Swiftsure state that while
on^yoyagfc from Jforiululji to Ksqui
m aU;^E?5^wH *let#lc gab*
during which several heavy seas broke
pver tn*r, shaking everything Inside
we^1
over th
.iff!
etjpr^ree tfiST tho vets^ jro
bravely through the gale, which con
tinned with great severity, followed
by heavy rain squalls, until the Swift
sure arrived at Ksqulmalt.
There aro 4,000,000 acres of wasto
land in Ireland,
A DIVER'S OCCUPATION.
Whni II* Wrars? CjoInK no,rr' *?
l)rp?h?? Pny ?I Dl**1"
A Cincinnati reporter, during an in
terview with a well-known diver,
asked:
" Diving bells are not used now, are
they?"
" Gone completely out of date. They
only enabled the workmen to work
within the limits of the bell; Whereas,
as the suits are now made, one can go
{ill around and over a wreck. These
suits consist, ilrst, of a copper shell,
about three-sixteenths ol an inch in
thickness, trade in as nearly globular
form as j:o.*sible. This is provided
with dead eyes, or glasses, to enable
the diver to see, and fits into the shoul
ders by means of a yoke. The shell
has a strong ring bolt on the top and
below, which has se.urely fastened to
it a rubber suit, including shirt, pants
and stockings. The sleeves tf the
jacket are gathered around the wrists
and firmly tied. I. oar.se leather shoes
are worn, on the soles of which are
fastened huge plates of lead, while a
series of pockets in the Jackets are
also arranged to hold lea len weights.
The shoes wtigh eighteen to twenty
pounds. Sometimes I carried its much
as 128 pounds of lead about me, and
when in the water so. great is the
buoyancy that you do not feel this
weight. The .air should escape as scon
as it is pumped "into the shell, though
some divers shut it off, and if the suit
becomes full then they shoot to the top
like a shot from a cannon, and are in
danger of striking the barge, cracking
the shell, in which case death wuuld
ensue at once. I saw an Englishman
who had formerly been connected with
the British navy try this to his peril.
I noticed him coming up one day a few
feet from the barge, and his body shot
up threo feet out of the water.
I said, "My friend, that's dan
gerous.' He mado some insolent re
ply and wanted to know what I knew
about diving. I answered that I knew
that some day he would come up once
too often in that kind of a manner,
and walked off. It was not ten days
before my foolish remark proved true,
for he came up against the barge and
split open his skull and sank to rise no
more. Staying tinder water reduces
the temperature, and sometimes con
gestion ensues. The nose begins to
bleed, and sometimes the ears, next
consciousness is lost. The pressure ol
air on the lungs is about tlfteen pounds
to the square inch, and the deeper you
go the greater the pressure becomes.
So that the great weights are needed
to c .untera' t this pressure."
" How deep can you go down ?"
" The greatest depth I ever went
was sixty-eight feet. Though a
Frenchman, in examining the wreck
off tho coast of England last March,
went down 144 or 148 feet, but hd
could not remain long. Going down
to a great depth is not dangerous from
a lack of air, but from a collapse. The
pressure of the water may smash your
glasses, break , the shell, or if your suit
fills it may burst. Then there is a
better pump used now than formerly.
lt> works with two cylinders, #6' that
the supply of air is uniform' and regu
lar." v
?' And the wages?"
"Oh, they are good. I never wor
for less than #10 an hour. Jn Peru
was paid in soles, called a dollar, bi(t
?only equal to eighty-two cents .11
American gold. A marine diver re
ceives $150 or $200 for making an ex
amination and report. This may takfc
half an hour or a day or two, accord
ing to the condition of the wreck.
Then he will work on shares, take the
contract, or by the hour. I never work
over five hours a diiy, going dowh
about 10 o'clock in the morning ami
quitting at three in the afbernoonj*]
There are only fifty-two divers, all toM,^
in tho United States, and of these on?C
oighteen are salt water or marine c
vers. The United States naVy ei
ploys eight divers, one for oaffbyftf * 0
stations. They are regulttfiy I,
and go down chiefly to examine t e
hull of the vessel. In the Knglish ?< -
vice there are trained divers/ wh? a
educated on board thfe
and receive additional
regular wages allow?
All ships commanded
are entitled to one,
the French service
enlisted meh, seleetod fotf
their su
The Frer
MM
sWsVeed
nan cmc
'4Nwfcs at ah oxpens , ??
? ? Ajcldetttjr/ Vm >?Mtyrd
saUl he had
having had oho,
and' presence o? ro>
becoming serious# !
tea dept h of forty ? feet,
fearing fch* Way for it? hug#
1,800 Weight which ^as to be loWer.,.,
to him, for tho purpose of placing,
some torpedoes and machinery. Jle
found a number of , c^nk shells tying
about, and, in kicking thorn away, tofe
.off tho lead 8910 or , one of his shoe#!'
when tho nton* oamo down, this Jeaif
prO|eoting, he \s an caught and held as
in a vine. If betook off his shoe he
would at once ariso to the surface* and,
perhaps, strike the barge, so he utt
lac <1 it and held firmly to it Svlth hltf
left hand. whilO with bis right ho Used
his crowbar to lift the stone and (ilson
gago the slioe. Signals, lo the tender
nro cominunioatod by means of a luilf
ineh manila ropo, which is tied to the
diver's le"t arm above the elbow, This
line the tender holds in his left hand,
nnd answers every fttgnal, which are
previously arranged between them.
There are in Washington six equen
trlan statues, erected in order of time
as '(follows: Jackson, .Washington,
Scott, MoPherson, Nathaniel t Green
and Cteorft* H Thomas. ! TH? Army of
flie CifMifal?fo<r i^raiimttf ^itidhw lot .
tfnY to Wo n\
r^933aI,tyrot$o VrantA of ^cn'ral Oar
Parasols, liats. dresses, entire suits
of velvet, sll}<, satin or cloth In Paris,
are red, this summer; even the trim
mings n:e r?"d; everytb'ng Is red In
I Par's except the Jilble, ? Hawkeye,
THE LORDS OF LABOR.
They come, they oome, in a glorious march
You can hear their st?am-stee:ls neigh,
A# they dash through Skill's triumphial aroh
Or plunge 'mid the danolns spray.
Their bale-fires blaze in the mighty forgi,
j Their life-pulse throbs in the mill.
Their lightnings shiver tho gaping gorge,
And their thunders shake the hill.
Ho! theso aro the Titans'of (oil and trade.'
The heroes who wiold no saber :
Bat mightier conquests roapeth the blade
That is borne by tho Ix>rds of Labor.
L'ravo hearts, liko jewels light the sod,
Through the mists of oommeroe shine,
And souls flash out like stars of God
From the midnight of tljo mino.
No pRlace is theins, no castle great,
No princely pillared hall.
And they well may laugh at tho roofs of
state
'Neath tho henvon which Is over all.
I Ho ! theao ate tho Titans of toil and trado.
The heroes who wiold no saber ;
But minhtierronquests reapeth tho blade
Which is borne by tho Ix>rdsof Labor.
Each bare ", his arm for the ringing strife,
That marshals Hie sons of tho soil,
And the sweat-drops shed in tho battlo of
h.o
Are gems in the crown of Toil.
And better their well-won wroiths, I trow.
Than laurels with life-blood wot;
And nobler Hie orchof a bare, bold brow,
Than tho clasp of a coronet.
Then hurrah for each hero, although his
deed
' Be unknown by the trump or tabor, .
For holier, happier far is the meed
That p-vwneth tho Lords of Labor!
i
IllMlROUS.
The most useful thing In a long run?
Hreath.
A man whose best works uro always
trampled under loot ? A carpet manu
facturer.
It is easy to make the dull boy
smart. Cut his finger and apply salt
water. ? Philadelphia Herald.
New York women dress to match
their dogs; whine color, we suppose,
is the popular shade. ? Boston Bulletin.
"When a man asks: "Is thi3 hot
enough for you V" it is not necessary
that you should reply either yes or no.
Merely shoit and pass on.
There aro 7,000 species of fish kpown
to men of. science. The man of soi
enco must be a blamed Right luckier
than the average fisherman. ? JiurUnp
ton Free Prtsf,
The (.'row Indians have beefr wftigfi '
putting rocks in the bales of bay |Fey
sell to the government * The dfiff^is
not far d stant when all IndUuis
be civilized enough to vote.? PhUaatl
phia Ne wv> *
" WHstiffllriiter thnimfeatber,?.?' ' *
"The dust in jtblowsin suminor weather."
? " What i? lighter Uinn tho diutt 1 1
"The wind, thct blows ?lio du?t 0\
" And what !b lighter, tfitui
" The light* ess of a woman's n
" And what is lighter thaw ih?'J
??. Ah,.<her*,
look placer a few diTys ag6,c^Md,the
whipped nine don't attribute their de
feat to* t h iw "irttjmfet decisions* of the
unipire." It doesn't seem possible.
Tho game slfould be preserved In ale >
hoNw*oneof the >greate$fc (ittrtositien
century.^ tfoni.*
town Herald. ' ,?.<? '
JU a 'Boston fewtitojr:. "Well, what is
he, anyway?" "Wty >,fre is qi\ eminent
profossdf in the eollego and is known
all ovw ilH'o \v6rl<J. ?' Yow should invite
him, of course/!^ j'ltow muCh Is he
worth V" really do, not know. His
salary l&..ftbbtiti&0'J0,< 1 believe,'' "Jn
vlte .^"WJiy,
wp pay Wff eWbfl TTKJfb'tKStt'that." ?
?* -*H* ,# i
*>? tto#
tttttfSRSSfc:
sleeve that hung at his
of glory sough^Und of peril under
gone.- i> warn mumtmA i? An V.irjhth
ast
tM^^eTofaforl.
of Ihe steak was done
" |'d^|l^l|iy7,and then his
iji VWtfc*, anxious to
_ J\4Mt09<frW 'one
armed man, frofc AftVtlio table
and order*!' his breakfast.' jtlj re
marks on 'the ease and .grace with
Which the feteraii handled his con
'JfJHfy klllffc *nd fo*k were well re*
'(feWctt WWtH% Olio-armed man will
ingly explained some of tl o many
dovlccs that he and others maimed in
the war resort to for self-sorvlce.
"This knife and fofkj" he said,
" wero among the flrAt inventions for
one-afmed men, and have been in use
for many years. Hut wo hft^ fcther
devices not so generally knotfh. Kor
instance, when I wash my face' and
hand I have afllxed to my basin asmall
brush, Uffr>n xWftfrtJ Itubihy soap and
thus raiso the necessary suds. When
I tfant to cut my nails I stick a sharp
knife Into the table and p&M them
carefully around the edge of the blade.
To tie my shoe Iri a boWkMt f&jjtiired
long practice and no little Ingenuity,
but 1 eafi do It easily now. How I do
it 1 cannot explain In words. For a
i"M g time. T hn?i great trdhhle in hut.
toning- my collar, but now ho button
fan*f??i?tifneu rjt don!tbeiloU J swear
MllftfftrnUoh during the operation an
mbfft,irtcn wh0 have two nrihe.M-. ?
?van 'yon shave yourself?" ? ?
"Oh, vos. Thero is no dhllculty
about that. In fact, In the twenty
years since Antletam, whero I lost my
arm, I have become almost perfect in
all the little arts requisite for comfort"
? Philadelphia Tim's.