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. .v gel >?;?< ? f v '/? 1 ,? FRANK P. BEARD, Publisher TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. VOL. XI. CAMD1N, KERSHAW COUNTY, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1884. ? ? NO. 25. ? - ? ? i-l ' ? " ; firi AT o A I, ?? O. FRANK P. BEARD. Publisher MntaMtau tor tfeu j*p?* AkiU Um* bjr Mm MUM off ttH> nth or, not mm* BMflr for yatUMtton, tnrt >? in nUiiw uf met t. t?r? Mm mm. 9mm S ?3. Job ? ? - i . Tus Ga?BTTE Printing Opficb .$&*j t .ix bnnuK?f??4 Ite>in7?tt?r oOm I* to executo lu tboruost ttoo of Job PrtBttm, suota m rampUaU. Mil Beads, Letter *o4 Koto IImmJv Law PMten, Dodfia, Clre<dsr?. Hud B1!to? W Vl*ttnga?UA.tf4msUv?3, ItusluewOwd* Work done la Bivow, ltod. Blue aad ! Tba public nust iNMMbtr th*? the test U always the obeepefct. We do work at Cbtrleetoa Prtoes, m*1 gaaraate* antirp MtftXactlou to our patrooa. We keep constantly oo band the Utmost stock of topers ?adOard*)a town. CONTHAOT8. ' L * ? Blytho winds tfaat ting along the lea, Whit* o'crada in airy fleeces curl'd, Fresh reaoboi o i a sapphire eta, ? sound of laughter thro1 the world. fr^TT ?** ' r > ' t . A pair of lorsr* In a lane, A coy c.-quotting with a ring. ! A gleam of son. A scad of rain. A day in Bpriag. n. Bough blasts that roar across the wold Chill- mists on mountain-summits sprsad, Black branches nakad to the oqld, j . . , ?*, . Tho rlvor frozen iu Its Vo l. ? ? v '< ? > A gray head either side tho Arc, Dim eyes that watch- each crackling splinteV, A snowy. roof, A snowy spire, A day in Winter. . ?Ada Lour no Martin, in Lonffmdti'M Magazine ?, V \ ??? 7 ? MWWgBULXL- UUl-UB? i's wife's room?'' lt'a better than none.*' "But "where will ymi find tti? W<? terial f ' ^Oh, 111 1m jbound' to find rags imafwttte; seemed quit# elated ever her Woo. And] being one of those active add determined iprite who lose no time in carrying out a plan as soon Ailtjl'tronceivcd, we were not surprised to find her, rtwt day, al? Hjjfy frtto work 'tpon h*r ptoposod Ftrat she visited the attic, and over hanging about. Then she Went over the whole house, and ransacked every box and 0l<M6t for anything that could be ap ?to.1 M ii. 4 . ? ?? ,1*. .. *'%>? '? % ? S4J i That evening she came down covered with dust and bits of thread, juat in time to tidy herself for supper. Deacon Hutching* had coma in to aoe grandpa on some little buaineaa matter and at table grandma apologized for th, abaenco of hot-cakes, on plea of couain Aroenia's pre- occupation with her carpet. 41 A rag-carpet, oh?" aaid the deacon, with interest. "Well, my mother used ?to be a great hand on rag carpets; but acnce her day they seem pretty nigh to ha' died out. Boema to mo wimmen ain't as koerful and saving nowadays as they usod to bo. Now, if I ever get married," lie added, with his dry amilo, 4Tllexpect Mrs. Deaoon llutchlugs to roako a rag carpet the flrat thing a'most," "Then don't ask Buaio or me, please, deacon,!' said Liiiie, ? archly, "for wo both hate rag carpets? they're so ugly." "YoU wont think ao when youVo Been mine," aaid Cousin Armenia, with a con fident n64| "and anyways it'll save fif teen dollars out o' nothing, and that'a a consideration." .. Tljo deacon looked approvingly at the woman Who could mako fifteen dollars out of nothing. Ho was a good man, generally liked and respected; bait bore tho charactor of being rather "closer" than there was any necessity for, seoing that ho was well off, and with no family to support? for tho deacon was a bache lor. When Cousin Armenia had uaed up all her "material," she discovered to her dis may that at least one-third more was re-< quired. So sho went again over tho house, collecting everything before re jected that could be mado availablo. Colored hoso and corsets were pressed into servico ? bits formerly considered too smnll wore carefully colleoted and stitched together. Tho vory rag-bag it Bolf, when emptied, was seised upon; and oven grandma's old red flannel dust ing rag did notoscapo. Tho rag carpqt becarao a standing joke with us. "There's a pair of leather shoestrings for your carpet, Armeny," grandpa would observe, drily, "and some raveled rope ends in tho barn, if you're a mind to 'em." But .Cousin Armenia's soul was not to bo put down by sarcasm, any more than it had been dismayed by difficulties. Tho carpet progress od, and about tho same time Lizzie and I l>cgan to discovor various ariicles of our olothing missing, which upon rigid investigation were found reduced to strips in Cousin Arme nia's carpot-rag balls. Among other things wore tho green lining of a cash mere skirt ? greon being one of the "skoerco" colors; a Turkey-red curtain, which was to have been mended and done duty in Tom's room, and a pair of grand pi's "trowsers," which, though not yet condomned to tho attic, Cousin Armonia had pronounced entirely too shabby for further wear, and so utilized in hor om nivorous carpet. ' J Grandpa Baid little, but, as grandma informod us in confidence, became very particular in putting away his clothes, and instead of leaving his coat hanging behind tho entry doer or over a chair at night, alwavs carefully deposited it be hind his bed or under his pillow . Ono day the dcacon "happened in" when Cousin Armenia was piecing to gether a quantity , of Ivory email scraps wherewith to eko out hor carpet. "You make pretty Close work of them leetlo rag-tags, . Miss Armeny," he re marked, fii his alow way. "Yos; I make a p'int of novcr throwin* away anything that can be put tc a ubo," sho returned, complacently. i'But I'm. dreadful scrimped for rags emough to fin ish ofTiny, carpet 4n time* Mebbo, doa con, you' havofrt any old ve*t or such that yoh'd^glnd to grt rid of, oh ?" ? Tho doacon said he'd look, and noxt dayhe-Bcnt over soitto well-worn 6ilk necktics and pocket-hand kerchief*, (or which oertriinly too other tiao could have boeh found, save that which ho himself suggested, of "putting 'em on a polo to acaro tho crows with." ? . "VVe' laughed at the idea of a silk- car pot ; but Cousin Armenia, without a word, carefully incorporated them in hor After this1 sho canvnssod, the Village, importuning hor frlondgfor "old clothos," ana tho tailors and dressmakers for "ael vege?,^?j> :-'n\ : iiX<Ldi 'i. And ao ^ :M i!10 .r<5"?f of ?vcry: body concerned, n suffidionfc ' quantity of "material" had been provided, and tho carpet was #Mil to bo fn ivon at a neigh boring farm-houso. ^ < Moantlmo, we had been busiod in other preparations for John and his bride, and when thpse were all completed, toothing remained save to put dewi Uousm Arme *l&?loWandTrede with Aer u/ thttlartn house to get it, and on seoing it, had to acknowledge that it was as near pretty as a rag carpet could be, Still ft was uglV?for how cana-rag-oarpet be nndo to an^thip^ coarse atfd' tu.a* < We spent that night at a friend's in tho country; and noxt morning returning 1,1/r.io and 1 followed. I opened the door, and stopped short at right of a pivtty, bright- ooloi'ed, three-ply carpet lying m the middle of the floor. '?Why, it'? Mr* Hackctt's carpet 1" Li* /.io exofaimed; "tho vor y one that we wanted to buy when she broke up house keeping." " Yes," said grandma, a little dubious ly, mining up behind us, "it soemsthat Tom, when he heard how tnuoh we want ed it; that day that he went away, stopped at tne Bradley's and told Alf to get ft for him, and Alf never thought of doing any thing but keeping it Until Tom camo back, as he did yestorday, just after you hift. lino lm 5b now," as Tom ehmo bounding UP stairs, three steps at a time. IMkkIo and I sprang to meet him, but Cousin Armenia recoivod his groeting with the air of a deeply-injured and in dignnht porson. * "1 don't son the use of hating two car pets in one room, " she presently remarked, coldly. And Tom had to explain how he had >t hadvtimo to {pake up his 'mind about of fp? c*q>et until he l}ad ho mifWfiiso of luff carpet until he had Huflly driven bflT in the itago-coafch, vht?, stopping at tho Hradlnyn ho had .Kit* *? ??? ft for Mm, m > tkatifrmust be sent to fof Causin Armenia's1 , w?t br its existen?a, ever having been said to him j,M said CouHln Armenia, "I've had all my labor and pains for nothings Thn idea/' sho added, Indignantly? could Ixihad for nothing 1" and she looked Jrtfj nothing, (Win Armenia?" in sly anything. The weav OUt feu* dollars; but that | " And the1 thread for the woof! ' sug might ho a few dollar* i "Sa. ^rather' uneasy light came into her eyes. Sho left the room abruptly. Then liuie said : " And the gopd clothing dostrovea, and tho time spent on preparing those nun, and the hiring of the wagon to gc for tho carpet ? what do thdso amount tot" "To My nothing of tho new dresa that must be bought for Kitty Learv, and the new curtain for Tom's room," I added. ? Why, altogether, these two carpets bust have . cost about tho same, and I Cousin Armenia has mado nothing by h<y economical idea." . Grandpa was standing behind us. hi . hands in his pockets, and a v*ry knowing look in his eyes. ? "Mebbe you're a lectio mistaken, Susie," he said, drily. " My own idee is that Armony's mado more on that rag carpet than she'd a notion of, and a good deal more than it's worth. It's likely the best investment she's over made. ". I 41 Aud meantime," said grandma, wfii will put Tom's oarpet in the parlor, anq Anneny'a in this roon ft. BDio's done what I she thought best, and it wouldn t do to hurt her feelings." That evening Tom ?l.vly called mo to look at Cousin Armonia, who, with a I kitchon-knifo in her hand, was pruning away at tho rose-bushes in tho garden, while the deacon, seated cross-legged on the fence, was deliberately and carefully whittling a stick. "Why, sho will ruin tho bushes 1 1 exclaimed. "See how sho is chopping thom to pieces. What can sbo bo think *"What woro you tlflnking of, Susie," said Tom, solemnly, "that time in the parlor when tho doctor was saying some thing in a low tone and you were de liberately picking your gloves to pieces? And then a light flashed upon mo, and I ran out to tell Liazio that 1 had found out what grandpa had meant by Cousin Armonia's "investment." And Li"-6 laughed and mid, "How ridloulovwl" And then in tho samo breath. "Why, how nico it will be, Susie. I am so glad!" Next day John and his wifo camo, and wo woro all delighted witb Alico. II*-'1 father had money, and sho had bcon brought up in a moro dainty stylo of , living than wo were accustomed to, which made us rather anxious about her being pleased with things. One day, when sho had been about a week with us fftftudiuft inquired of John if Alico were perfectly *atiflficd, or if there was anything that he would like to havo done for her? , ' , "Only one thing, grandma," ho re plied, cheerfully. 4 'She's delighted, and perfectly satisfied and happy; but, you see she has some fancies which you would think whimsical. The carpet iu her room?" . ? , , f _ . "I knew it!" oxclaimed Li*zlo, flush ing. ' 'That horrid rag-carpet !" John laughed. 1 "It isn't its being a rag-carpct that sho objects to, Liz; but sho has a proju dice against any sort of a carpet in a I sloeping-rooui. 8ho thinks it unhealthy ?and, you know, many .physicians hold that opinion. A Uttlo strip by the bed side and beforo the hearth is all that she roquires." ?Til boo to it to-day," said grandma. And thcnBhe looked up at us. and laughed a llttlo. , "Poor Armenia's carpet. seomB un lucky," sho said. " Oh, she'll find a use for It." said grandpa, qulotly. " We must make hoi a present of .it, Dorothy, and she 11 find the right placo for it boforo long." Grandpa, was right. Long beforo John and Alico movpd into thoir now house, Cousin Armenia's bright rag carpet was reposing upon Deaoon Hutch ings1 parlor floor, with tho deacon s silk handkerchiefs gloaming conspicuously in the center, while Cousin Armonia horsclf moved about, making his homo pleasant and cheerful for him. " Saving is making," said tho doacon; "and a woman who can make fifteen dol lars out of nothing, is vjofth some ?thNor do I think that his wifd has evei hinted to him what that carpot really coBt.-HStown Archer Wtitt. ' m The Story of a Big Factor/, " You see thai largo faotoryt It covfers I tho ontiro block. .Half a million of money wouldn't buy it. Woll, it was built by a llttld piece of cord not tnore than sit inches long." Hero tho speaker paused and scrutinized the reporter's countenance for indications of incredu lity not to say astonishment. But the narrator was talking to a man who, since the iotroduotion of the telephone, has ' .13 add It a point of , principle to bo ready I >i Anything and to boliovo all that he 1 hears. ? Tho Speaker added : "Kight years ago there lived on the west Side, in the third story of a cheap tonement', down near the North river, a poor mechanic, who was kept poor be cause he had a passion for inventing; it amounted to a pa*sion. no didn't drink and didn't travel with tho politicians, and all who know his family wondered why thoy should be so poor. Time passed on, and still the man was poor. But at last ho perfected an Invention the simplest thing on earth? and with his patent in his hand ho went down town one day, ana called for tho head of a house whose check was curfbnt for Ave figures any whore in 'the street;* The Inventor pnerod to Kill two-tbkds of hie patent for $90,000 If tho houso would bind itself to put $100,000 into factories for producing tho little thing that he had invented. Tho firm signed papers In lees than an hour from the time of hearing the proposal, and in another hour the Inventor had converted the ' firm's eheck for $20,000 in greenbacks. Lots were bought, and a factory was erected. Tho business ftpeedlly grow to gigantic proportions, ami at length the llrm ac quired all the rest of the block, and covered it with brick and mortar, and now the inventor Is ablo to assoclato with the millionaires. Tho little glovo fast ener? k pioco of cord about six Inchon long ana a dozen little metal hooks or , buttons ? is tho thing that was invented. I York tfun. '? ''Nil > i i i i iHMBSMn i Called Hl* "f,ire." "My dear," Said a wife to her hus band, "I shall henceforth call you "Fire,*. "Why, love, wlM you apply ?uoh a |>oon1iar name to mp?" asked hot hus ' "Because you go out generally every night."? (fori -fVrfsrf. f i- n. r'n - * i'?4 its ts considered a full day's yet some young men aot as If eoula bo courted sixteen hours tout being tired. \ ? POPULAR SCIENCE. Wood wool is now used for drawing wounds in surgery* It is very absorbent, as dolicate as cottbn and very cheap; it will absorb twelve times its weight ol water, being sponge-like in this particu lar. A French meteorologist has in tho ex posed court of his house two bars of iron planted in the earth, to each of whioh ia fixed a conductor of coated wire, ter minating in a telephonic receiver. Ills practice is to consult tho apparatus twice or thrice erery d?*y? and it never fails, , through its indications of ?*arth currents, to givo nolico of the approach of a storm twelve to fifteen hours ahead. Professor Putnam, of Hartford, lectur ing upon his own oxplorations of th? Turner altar mounds of Ohio, said that among the 200,000 specimens found were some showing how largo a space the mound-builders and their trading allfe* covorod on this continent. There wen grizzly bears* teeth that must have comc From the Rocky mountains, alligators' teeth from the 8outh, and pearls from the seashore. Thousands of pearls wer< found in ono altar, all drilled for string ing. Tho vaccination of animals, according to tho plan suggested by tho eminent French Bavant, M. Pastour, in order to protect them against rindorpest and othoi diseases, has boon triad in British Burmah with great success. Somo-calves, elephants, pheep, and a pig w<jre inocu lated with M. Pasteur's lymph, and, though they suffered in no way from the oxperimeut, the calves in particular scemod to havo been so far proof from further infection that thoy escaped scot free when placod several times among herdB sovcrelv affected with rindcrpoBt. Those who have never seen tho much talked-of dynamite explosive will be in terested to know that it looks very much like moist brown sugar. Nitro-glycerint, which ia formed by tho action of nitric acid upon glycerine, at a low tempera ture, is the activo agent in dynamite, but is mixed with some absorbont substance to render it safor to handle than tho liquid glycerine. Tho absorbent* mate rial thus used 1b a silioious earth ? a fine white powder composed of the remains of infusoria, and resembling powdered chalk ; this takes up two or threo tinges its weight Of tho gitro-fflycorad:) without becoming pasty, and tho ingredients are 9fsiiy mixed, \oaden vessels and Wooden spoons being used to avoid dangerous friction. When flame is applied to this mass it burns with a strong flamo, with out any explosion': biit when ignited by a detonating fuse, or even by a sudden I )lo\r, its explosive fprco is ' tremendous. Books Made of Clay. Far aw?y beyond the plains of Meso potamia, on tho banks of the river Tigris, lie tho ruins of tho a^qieuVcH^ of Nine veh. Not long sine* Hugo mounds of earth and stouo marked tho plaqe, where the palaoeaatid Walls of tho proud capi tal of tho gront Assyrian oranlro , stood. Tho spado, first of tho Froncnman.'thcn of tho Englishman, has cleared all tho earth away, ' and laid baro all that re mains of the old streets and palaces whero the princes of Assyria walked and lived. Tho gods they worshiped and the books thoy road havo all boen ro voaled to tho sight of a wemdering world. Tho most curious of nil the curi ous things preserved in this wonderful manner are the clay booka of Nineveh, The chief library of Nineveh was con tained in the palace of Konyunjik.t The clay books which it contains are com posod of sots of tablets covored, with very small writing. Tho tablets 6ro ob long in filmpo, ana when Several- of them aro used for ono book, the first lino of tho tablet followiag was written at iho end of tho ono preceding, it. The writ ing on the tablots was, of oourae, done when tho clay was soft, and then it waa baked to harden it. Then onch tablet or book was numbered, and assigned to ? placp in tho library with a corresponding number, so that tho librarian could readi ly find it, just as our own librarians of to day nurabor tho books we read. Among the*) books aro to bo found collections of hymns (to the gods), de scriptions of aramata and birds, stones and vegetables, as well as history, trav els, eto. The Assyrians and Babylonians are great students of astronomy. The meth od of telling time by the sun, aud of marking it by the instrument cbllod a sun-dial, waa invented by tho latter na tion. None of our modern olooke and watches can be compared to the sun-dial toi accuracy . Indeed, we have to regu late our modem inventions by the old Babylonian one, Yohng PtopU. ?Man Always the Same Animal. Georgo Tloknov Curtis sayS in the Man hattan Magazine: The most splendid specimen 01 the Caucasian race that the civilized world can show to-day has no more organs, bones, muscles, arterios, veins, or nerves than thoso which are found in the lowest savage. N He makes a different use of them, and that use has Changed their devolopmont, and to some el te A has modified staturo, physioal, in tellectual and moral, and many other at tributes; aaclimftoand habits of life have modified comploxion, the diseases to Which the human frame is liable, and many other peculiarities. But if we take historlo map, we :j Arid that in all the physical features of his animal construc tion thitt constitutes him a species ho has been essentially the same animal in all states of civilisation or barbarism. And unless wo boldly assume that the prehistoric man was an animal born with a coat of hair all over his body, and that clothing was resorted to as the hair in snccesstvo generations disappeared, we can have no Very strong reason for be lieving that tho human body has been at any timo an essontially different struc ture from what It is now. Even in re Sird to longevity or power of continued fe, if we set aside tho oxcoptlonal cases of what is related of tho patriarchs in tho biblioal records, we do not tin d thlttt the average duration of human lifo has been much greater or much less than tht, threescore and ten or tho fourscore year* that are said to havo been tho divinely appointed term. As to what may have been the average duration of life among Brehisteric men, wo are altogother In lie dark. .."i; Vf: In the manuscript records of the town of Georgetown, Mum., Appears tliler cirttry "1640, July 5. There nroso a ftudden gu?t At N. w, Bo violent for half An t?ou? m it hlfw dpwn multitudes of tree*.' I? lifted up the meetlng-houao at Newbury, the peoplo being in It, tt dnrkenod tht i air with du?t, yot, through Ooc\,? mercy J It did no hurt, hut only klllen one Indian | with the foil of a treo. It wa* stn l^h' betwm Irrnn ttt4 Hamoton ?? v.'-r. HUMOROUS SKETCHES. Ho Took tlie Hint* Thoy wero sitting alone in the parlor ?when she sweotly remarked : "George, dear, can you tell mo why it is that the course of true lovo never runs smoothly !" >Jf . "It does run smoothly, darling," said George, passionately. "What could bo smoother* than tho courso of our truo love?" "And love is blind, is it nptV' she ?went on. . ' > 1 "Yes, lovo is said to bo blind," replied George, wondering what sho was try ing to get at. j-a?'WoU, I cnn tell you why truo lovo neve* runs smoothly," and sho looked at tho lapel of his "coat as though bIio would like to go to sleop t.horo. "Lovo is blind, and instead of helping tho blind it is considered the proper thing to pull ,down-the blind." George acted upon this hint and pulled down tho blind. ? Philadelphia Call. Artoniu* Ward In Pcarrb of Plc?* "Come in here, come in here," said tho lHte Artcmus Ward, one day, in lios ton, to tho companion walking with hiiu. " Come in hero; we will have some fun." It was a Bojton pie bakery which thoy entered ? a place wliorc pics were a spe cialty ? where pies and nothing but pies wero sold, wholesale and retail, all tho livelong day. Ward approached tho counter behind which tho proprietor of | tho establishment wns standing, and asked,< in his bland, insinuating voice: ' " Ilave yon any "-pies ?" "Pics'." replied the astounded pro prietor. "Yes, pies." "Pies!" repeated tho man, still moro dumbfounded. "Of course ? pics. Have you any pics?" "Pics!" gaspeft tho shopman oner, more, gazing at Ward as if he thought him an escaped lunatic. t " Oh, woll,.if you haven't got any pics I'll inquire somowlicro else; como on, Jack." and ho marchcd his friend out of tho snop again beforo the salesman coujd recovor his wits. The Wny U In Doiiqi The New York Evening Po?t narrates 0 laughable incident of Lord Coleridge's visit to this countrv. The chief justice was entertained at dinnor one cvoniug by a local magnate of a W estern New York city. The caterer furnished tho refresh ments and tho china on 'which they were served, which, by tho way, was a new and beautiful hand -painted set Dur ing tho coureo of tho dinnor it is related that Lord Coleridge said to his charming hyatcss : " You will cxcuso the comment, but I realty must compliment you on tho ox quis?to beauty of your china." My lady calmly appropriated tho com pliment, and gracoiully replied: "Thank you, my lord. It is used for tho first time in your lordship's honor." Thon the dinner moved on to a suc cessful closo. Judgo of his lordship's surprise when, at a breakfast given noxt morning by a legal luminary, ho was confronted by tho samo beautiful set of china. But Mb surpriso was augmented when, on tho following day, the Ijanquet in his honor, given at a rival city, ninety miles away, was graced with tho hatd Eainted china used for tho first timo in is lordship's honor. ; Toimooriy, Mr. Topnoody safe at the supper ta^lo Tuesday evening -as his wife cleared away tho things, and after u moment's sile^co he remarked : "My dear, do you know what day the day after 'to-morrow will bo?" "Of courso I do; it's Thursday." "I don't mean that,. my doar. Do you know what anniversary it will be?" "I don't recall." "Why, my deir, don't you know that, it is tho anniversary of our marriage? On that day, thirtv-flvo years ago, wo Were made man and wiro, and ? " "And Pvo had a grudgo against that preacher ever aiuco," interrupted Mrs. Topnoody. . , ??And." he Continued; not noticing it, "Bince that day. hand in hand, wo have gone along the pathway of life, gathering Its thorns and its flowers, bearing one to other's burdens and sharing one another's happiness. . Whatever of sorrow wo may httvo had, my doar, has been llghtenod by dividing it between us, and whatever 01 joy, has been doubled by a mutual pos ? "That sounds like you had been road' ing a novel, Topnoody." "No,- dear, it It merely tho outgrowth of a pleasant retrospection. Do you know, my doar, it seems to mo lrtit yes-f terday since I saw the ofange . blossoms in your hair, and hoard the muslo of the mystic words which jpinod two hotlrfci and two lives in a unity blessed of heaven, Has time sped on winged foet for you, . my dear?" "Not hardly, Topnoody." "But, my dear, how long have tho joy-, ous moments loomed to you ?" "Well, Topnoody, 1 haven't figured it out quito as fine as hours oud moments; but taking it in a lump, I should say it had seemed &b$ut 'our thousand yoais. I might throw off an hour at two on an oxact calculation, but not more than that, Topnoody." Mr, Topnoody didn't ?*< for .an exact calculation. ? Merchant- Ttatekr. ... i 1 1 1 1... J* ?om on crut chrM, . Mr. Jabod Gazely. travoling salesmon for the well knowri liquor houso of Gum cane & liaokot, now wears a paii* of crutches, not fo/ ornament, particularly, but mainly for use. Several doys ftgo Oazoly, while en route for a rural seat of trade, fell in with a lot of young fellows, representing many trades and profes sions. 'They exchanged cardB, flosks nnd compliment*, old jokes and wearisome stories. When Oaaely arrived at the small town whoro he was to transact business, if possible, ho proceeded at once to the house whose wants in the whisky line he had over supplied, but, - upon entering tho storo, ho sow that a chango in proprietorship had taken place. The proprietor camo forward. "Gdod-morting, sir." "Good morning. I see that this plaee has changed ownership. I used to do considerable business with your ptodc ce&or, and I hope to merit your confi dence." "Your namef* th* irtattte ami twodL, v..?..?,, a young undertaker he had met on the train. The merchant looked at the cant for a moment and said : ''J am thankful to say, sir, that I need nothing in your line." { % ''But you soon wjll, I hope," replied barely. Tho merchant kflit bis brows, droppod a stitch, pickod it up and proceeded to knit a while longer. "I hopo I may not soon need your ser vices, sir. I don't know why you say that my predecessor ever had any doaling* with you, for ho is a young man?" ? ?,4I- know he's a young man," said Gazely, looking sharply at tho merchant, "but what dineronco does that make? He kept his cellar well stocked with my poods, but that's neither hore nor thoro. l'vo got tho best in the market, and iust now wo are soiling at strikingly low figures. You'll nevor havo a chance to do better and I ndviso you to lay in a stock at once. Now, for your own indi vidual use, I can do tho nice tiling by you." " *M)o you take mo for a fool 1" "Certainly not. I'm cnlv advising youtoiniy in time Such reasonable figures jwill not be open to you many I days longer. I can fix you up in nice j stylo, so that whcc your friends and I neighbors come lu ? " i "You heartless scoundrel 1" exclaimed I the merchant, wheeling Gazely around and kicking him from tho door. Tho fall injurea tho young man, henco the crutches. Tho mistuko has been dis covered and bo.th parties, young Gazely in particular, are sorry that such a lu dicrous misuiidtM'stauding should havo occurred. ? Arkpntu'c Traveler. A White Elephant. A writer in the London Telegraph Bays of Barnum's whito elephant, purchased in Biara and destined for exhibition in the United Statos: "The elephant is not white, but of a very disagreeable, lep rous looking shade of flesh color. This is probably the first time one of these albinoB has evor gone out of Asia, and tho chanccs ore that it would not havo done so oven now if the present sovereign of Burmah had not been a lunatic. King Thecbaw is as mad as any hatter ever was, and a ruffian aa well. All* that ho had done yet in tho way of oxtrovagant execution of his autocratic power is as nothing com pared to tho sale of a white elephant. Hitherto it had boeri death to remove ono from the kingdom, or oven to con ceal tho /act of tho existence of such an animal ; for to do so was sacrilege in the | worst degree. But to sell a whito ele- ; pliant! There is no language in Asia to express tho infamy of such a transaction, eiuco tho white elephant is the sacred emblem and abodo of Burman divinity, ft is addressed &8 'Lord of Lords.' Prle&ts nrostrate themselves as it passes by. All the honors of worship are paid to it. A noble of high rank has to be !,ts chamberlain. Its retinue is ' fit for a prince of tho blood royal. Not that such albinos are vory rare ; in India, for in stance, where it is not sacred, elephants patched with pink are by no rnfeans un common. ? "But from time immemorial, when the old court of Ava was a groat power in Asia, it has bcon pno of tho emblems of kingly raijk, a 'symbol of a diviuoly -given sovoreignty, tho incarnation of tho favors of heaven, nay, incarnate divinity itself. Sickness among tho sacrod animals was ominous of coming evil ; their demeanor and gestures aflordod auguries, auspicious or sinister. Thoy wero tho oracles of Burmah, and, more than this, tho Palla dia too. Yet for the sake of dollars King Thoebaw has sold a whito elephant. Ho has plonty more, it is true ? and elephants aro expensive pots to keep? but in all its hl^ory did $gypt ever dcscend to strik ing a bargain over a godf, or Romo. and Urecco part, for cash or othbr considera tion, wit h any thinor that it revered? That tho elephant will like it is hardly proba ble, since it is one thing to bo a sacred ai'))mal, fed upon alldoTtoacieaof the sea son, and with nothing to do but march on great occasions in a procession, and quito another to become tho property off a Bhowman. Thofco natural ouriositio*?' aro proverbially dolicato in constitution, and Tor all that the now possessor knows his majesty may have sold him ono that was already in ill health. King Thcobaw is qUlto unscrupulous enough for any enormity ? evon getting tho best of an American speculator. ^ j ? i , Tfte False Prophet. Tho lfcvm (V Kthnogranhit publishes a letter from Mocha containing the follow ing information in regard to the redoubt able personage who is variously desig nated '' Tho Muhdi," *' Tho Mahdi " and 4 'Tho Maahdi." Tho last is the spoiling adopted by tho writer from whom wo quotO f I am personally acquainted with the Maahdi, and first saw him about nine years ago, at the island of Aba, in tho Whito river. Mohammed Ahmed is forty vears of age, was born at Dongolah, and is tho third son of poor parents, known rtspeotivply as Abdellald and Amina. From his seventh year Mohammed Ahmed attended tho Mussulman school, ana at tWftlVo years 6z ago he had Completed the study of the Koran. Thanks to the devotion of his brothers, who follow the business of carpenier and boat builder, he was enablod to follow his studies in Jfchp neighborhood of Khartoum under ?those able masters El Gourache and Abd ol-Ayim, sons of the sheik El Tayeh. It was then that after he had completed Ms studio* he wout to reside on the island of Aba, in the White r^ver. He had neon living there fOr fifteen years ven erated by The Rbgatahs. when ho under took to represent himself as the Maahdi -that Is, the htessoricrer of God for tho regeneration of IslAmfsm. Mohammed Ahmed is of medium height, of a light coffce colored complox iodj jet-black beards and with three parallel scars on ouch cheek. Ho is ex tremely hparo in figure, fot he subjects himself to tho most rigorous fasts. Jle fore making his armearance on the stago pf action ho inhabited a subterranean caVe^t itt Vhiob, it i? said, ho continually wept over the universal prevalence of corruption. His clothing consists Of a shirt and drawers of coarse cotton cloth: ho wears sandals on his feet and a small turban on his head. __ Hair and Fright Wb<jn a slogleWair is examined through a microscopn a number of dark irtreaks and spots aro scattered over it, They are composed pattly of atr-celts, but princi pally of pigment. Tho differences in color of tne hair In different persons, and its variations in eolor in tho same person at different periods of life, are mainly to be attributed to the varying tint and quan tity of this pigment. Budden fe af Or in tense grief has turned a person's hair gray in a singlo night. This ohange of color is not dpo to tho disappearance of the pig ment of tho hair, which takes place slow ly, but upon the stidden development in tho interior of tho hair of a number of air-bubbles, which hide and destroy tho effect of the pigment, Taonatt, mayor of Walla Walla, Oregon, has a dog that eats pins vOraoiovtly, THE HOKE DOCTOR, ? Danf?ioui Pr?:?lco Common to VU1?, . Tho followlug caw Is reported In a foreign mcdical publioatloui A iwn?? what anaemic ana nWYOua girl, fifteen year? of age, had aincc her tenth year suffered considerably from ohlorotlo troubles, which for the last three years wore associated witn acute indigestion. For tho Inst year and a half an extroinoly movable tumor was noticed in tho ab domiual cavity, which was by bc uo taken for a movable kidney, notwithbtanding the fpet that some of tho symptoms were not in accord with tho diagnosis. The poins finally became so severe iLiat lapar otomy was performed, when the tumor in tho stomach was found to be mudo up of short hairs, mixed with vogo table cells, starch, grains, etc. It weighed fifteen ounces, and was five and a mui'ter inches lonKi four inches broad, ana two and an eighth inches thick. It v.-as compact, and superficially very black. Tho result of tho operation wa? complete rolief. The patient acknowledged that for tho past four years she had been in the habit of biting off tho ends of her hair and swallowing them. The majority of her schoolmates did tho sumo, bclicvir g it would givo them clear voices. Seven similar cases ocour in the literature of tho subject, and one c?so is recorded where a malignant tumor of the stom ach and intestines proceeded from this cause. Dinbctn. In diabetes thoro is ft great loss of glu cose. Thoro is no uso'iu giving to such patients free sugar with tlio icToa of re placing that waste. This is, at first eight, a plausible theory, but it explodes on tho first trial in prncticc. The more you givo of sugar or staroh, in any of their forms tho tnoro sugar is excretcd and the worse tho patient becomes, and you recognize tlio fact that this drain cannov be replaced. Further, you find, if you nrovent the ingestion of sugar and starch, that nearly all eases do better. You do this by giving albumen in its vaiious forms, fatty articles and gluten ? that is, grain firom which tho starch has been washed; to tlieso may bo added succulont green vegetables not contain ing sugar or starch. Tho diet lias to be varied according to tho tastes of tho in dividual, according to his circumstanccs in lifoaud according to tho market which is acccssiblc. Where money is plenty and tho market good you can mako a very good bill of faro without allow ing sugar or starch, but where you have to cater to tho palato of a person in modorato circumstances, with a poor digestion, you will often find it a matter of no little difficulty, and will often have to break your rule and i How a small quantity of starch or suarar, in order to prevent the patient from uocoming thor oughly disgusted with his food. Tho exclusion o7 sugar and starch from tho food should not be abrupt, but should be made gradually. The diet of n diabetic patient should in general terms be some thing like this: Breakfast, a cup of tea, without milk or sugar, but with a sliced lemon in it, according to the Russian fashion; a counlo of soft boiled eggs, broiled chops, beofstoak or fish. Oysters must bo excluded, as tho livor, which makes up tho chief bulk of the oyster, contains sugar. With those may bo given somo vegetable, ns a raw tomato, ft raw onion with.vincgar, and a slice of gluten bread or a ccuplo of gluten biscuits. Between breakfast and dinner , a little croam, with a tcaspoonful or so of old rum or whisky. Dinnor ? moat, groon vegetables, string beans, tomatoes, cauli flower, onion, lettuco, (tho lattor con tains a little sugar, but not oj^^rh to do fv harm), and ftgniu glut0jU^Rjjil The Sning meal is similar t<^ffl9HN%Kfnat. 1 these Articlos aro ineS^nWw and can bo easily procured. ? Dr. Ptppcrt in Med toil Itecora. The Abuse of Washington. In an articlo Jn Ilar^r'* Magazine, en titled "Our Country's Cradle," the au thor, T. W. Higglnson, saya: On his last day in office Washington wroto to Knox comparing liimsolf to "tho weary trav eler who eeo8 a rosting- place, and is bonding his body to lean thereon. To bo suffered to do this in peace,'* ho added, "is too much to bo endured by some." Accordingly, on that very day a Phila delphia newspaper dismissed him with a final tirado, worth rememborlng by all who think that political virulonco is on the incroaso : 44 'Lord now lettest thou Thv servant depart in poaco, for inino eyes have seen thy salvation 1' This was tho exolama tlon of a man who Baw a flood of blessed ness breaking in upon mankind. If over thero was a time that allowed this ex clamation to bo repoatod, tliat time is tho present. The man who is tho sourco of all our country's misery is this day ro ducwl to tho rank of his fellow-citizens, and has no longer tho power to multiply tho wnos of theso United States. Now moro than over is the timo to rejoico. Evenr heart which feels for the liberty and happiness of tho pcoplo must now beat with rapturo at tho thought that this fifty the namo of Washington ccasos to give currency to injustice and to legal ize corruption . . . Whon we look back upon tho eight years of Washington's administration, it strikes us with aston ishment that ono man coula thus poison tho principles of republicanism among bur enllghtoncd pcoplo, and carry his dosigns agftinst the public liberty so far as to onclangcr its verv existonco. Yet Such is tho fact, and if this is apparent to all, this day should form a jublleo in the United Btates." Newspaper Duns. A writer in tho Harrlsburg (Ponft.j Patriot truly remarks: Wo prosumo that some pcoplo think newspaper mon are persistent duns; let a farmer place him self in ft similar position nnd see if ho would not do the sumo. Suppose that ho raises ono thousand bushels of corn and his neighbor should come nnd buy a bushol. and tho price was only the small sum of ono dollar, or less; ajwl the neighbor says: "I will pay five amount in a few days." As the farmer docs not want to bo small about tho matter ho says, H all rlcnt." I Another comes in tho same way until the wholo of ono thousand bushels are trust ed to one thousand dlfTorcnt persons, and not rifle of tho purchasers concerns hlm self about it, for it is a small amount they owe the farmer, and of course that will not he^p him any. He does not real life that tho farmer has frittered away his large crop Of corn, and that it* value is due In a thousand little driblets, and that he is seriously embarrassed in' his business booauso his dobtors treat It a? a little matter. , ? There Are Over 200.000 horses and 10O,? 000 veljieles of *11 Wod? license t New SISTER GRACES. A friend aud neighbor *\id to me: 'Of graces named, there are but throo? Faith, Hope, and b!o sed Charity." "Three more,"' I 8nid."thoro should be, friend; Tbreo more to bios? us to tho end: May heaven to us thii trio send. "And If to listen you'll agioe, / I'll tell their prccious names to thee: y, Love, Patience, and sweet Courtesy. ' I/ovo should with Faith go hand in hand, And - Whl!o At Charity's And as her I' pon tho popple, Yes; Courtesy Prepare tho And bear tho When Wo think, my Too litt'.o of It is of life a batter part The ray to warm a troubled heart. The prcciou*" halm to h'-nl the smarr. It will the nfcrnost soul beguile; Where dwelt a frown 'twill plant a smile, Its influence sjjoeding many a mile. Then hail, all hail, our graces thrco! Bend forth their pr.iiso o'er laud and sea Love, Pntieuee, and swoit Courtesy I ?Mrs. if. A. Kidder, in 13aldwin''s Monthly PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. A grato industry ? Raking tho flro. A woman seldom writes hor will. There is bo much of it Bhe can't. ? Blu card. Bonanza Flood's daughter will bo worth $33,000,000. There is a flood, which taken at the tied leads on to . fortune. ? Oil City Blizzard. "I Say No," is the titlo of Wilkio Col lins' new story. Every gentleman should carry a copy in his pocket during leap year. It will siwo wear uud tear of vocal orgaua. ? Burlington Free "Why don't you come and kiss me, Johnny?" suid an ancient maiden aunt to her youthful nephew. "Because," said Johnny, hanging his head, " I'm afraid of powder." ? Kentucky State Jour nal. "Arc you fond of dates?" asked he, as no passed tho fruit to his betrothed. "Very much so," replied sho, and then she coyly added : "I know of a sweeter dato than this." "What dato is that?" queried he. "Tho date of our marriago!" softlv responded tho gentle one. ? -2?ew York Commercial. Some genius has won his way to grca popularity with tho universal choir by inventing a rubber peyjj^yj^j^j^uttin^_ tho vocalists of tho ore sion of an exotic whicj before cat between j tho crackling quality o Yonkers Gazette, j. Tho high-school girl her a new conundrum this; "What is tho diromfl > shooting a man and killiwgSaH .< "One is tent to kill, and tho othdr 9 ! . ' ? . intent to salt." When fthgSM propounded the conundn^PWfffirfi!^''? Amy gavo it up. "Well/ 'I'll toll you," said Mildred ; "ono is assaulting with in tent to deprive of life, and thb other is killing with intent to presorvo in brino.V And Amy failed to sco tho point. ? Oil City Derrick, A BOSTON JJKM.K'H OHIKK. Claude's arm ontwlnod her slender waljt; Tho zephyrs fanned hor golden hair; Sho looked liko sculpture 1 marble chaste, Sublimely formed, otlurial, fair. Her little fairy hand he pressed, And gaiced into hor bright bluo eje; > Bho nestled softly on his breast, Thon dropped her hea l an 1 hoavoi a .sigh. "My prcolous Bello" orie<l Claude, in griof "Toll what this secret sadness means: ?'Speak, angel ! What can give relief/" She Bwoetly murmured "Pork ond Bean"." ? Oil VOv Bliavard. Burning the White Dog. " Tho ccrcmony of burning the white dog is annually observed by tho Indians on tho Onondngo reservation nci\r Syra cuse, N. Y. "1 ho Indinns aro all dressed In bright colors, and the chiefs and braves aro adorned with feathers and ribbons. Tho dog to bo burnod is first hanged till it is dead by a dologation of sngAniores appointed by tho chiefs nnd warrior* of tho tribe in council. This is doijo in secret. Tho carcass of tne animal Is then daubed with spots of red paint sig nifying a sacrifice of blood. Blu$ and rod ribbons are tied about tlio .tfuinal, and tho legs aro fastened together with a long band of blue ribbon. The dog is laid beside a stovo, whilo tho squaws set up a howling, anil tiio chiefs nnd braves uttor incantations in a low monotono. This year Chief Welwter rnado tho sacri ficial address. IIo woro a silver drown, and asked that tho sins of tho Six Na tions bo forgiven. A short chant by the Indians followed, when the dog was placed in tho stove, together withbaskots of tobacco and horos. Tho Indians then depnrted to tholr homos. Court tho Sun. Bleopless people-? and 'they arc many In America ? should court tho surf,. , Tho vory worst soporific is laudanum, and tho vory best sunshino. Therefore, it is vory plain that poor sleepers should pass as many hours as possiblo in the sunshine, and as few as possible in tho shade. Many women sre martyrs, and yot they do not know it. They shut tho sunshino out of thoir houses and their hearts, they wear volls, thov carry paraeols, they do all possiblo to keep off tho subtlest and yot most potont influonco which is intend ed to give thom strength and beauty and cheerfulness. Is it not tittje to cnango this, and so got oplor and rosoa in their pale cheeks, strength in thoir weak backs, and courago in their timid souls? Tho women of America aro paio and delicate; they may bo blooming and strong; nnd tho sunlight will bo a pot?nt influonco in this transformation. ? Dio T/Ciotn. On 11b Hack. Old I'hineas Rice was onoof tho quaint types of itinerant Mothodist preachers. Ho iu>< i a hard patch to cultivate once, and when h? mado his report to the con foronco following, ho reported the church 4 'looking up. " Tho bishop presiding ex pressed nis pleasure, but asKcd fpr an ex planation, because no one expeoted suc cess in that jtarish. Brother Bice was equat to tho occasion, and added : "Welt, bishop, tho ohurch is on its back and can't look any other way." There was a roar of laughter all over