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?? n^m ?r r r ? ? - MM ' || ^T-'*i^qf5* MMMHtfll BS i %*x?8 ifi'A. ? ,'V . '... t ?<?^- t. v' f" -i--/;i v. . c>, JX.-..'.' '/V'!'<&?.??^V;\."??$;^ l*?"? ^ ? 4:/ -V VOL; XI, CAMDEN, 8. C., THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1884. NO. 43. JBm Boy Who Would Not Go to Bed I You mar think him a dunoe, r But he beggod that for once. Bo might sit up all nigbt or as long as bo Bat only th? louder and faster ho taased. < Overhoaringthe din, ,ther carno In; "Wlah to sit up all night JohnT" bo thought fully cried: ^ t "You shoil bare your request ; 'v * v i JV . < i * KV v ' *4 * r- * Whon two hours had passed, {, AniS WfhVjSfAKl h. ..?M ?.U lint, attomptlng to go, ?? r- Beard bis father's storn MNol" Koop your seat at the table. Your placo, sir, la thore." (for his father Insists ho should keep wldo ?wake). Till quite humbly he said; IWe toujnd jrot^ro'ro ilght'and, I mado a mis His father said yes; And now you can guess If OTer that boy did tho tamo thing again, go sermon could preaoh, Ho punishment toaoh, A lesson mora oloarly thnn holoarnod lttbon. Now, hoys, whon you'ro told That It's bed tlmo, don't scold. And say that you feol Juet llio hooping E*s< ; awake:., ?,< ' Bitting up all the' night Isn't suob a doliffht, fV Jnst try it^for once, and you'll own your ^ ? [Bopi>ift8K.'jsIi?tmBn, In tho Indepondaot. c RESTORED TOHBR LOVER. Bolng abouj to loso my faithful cook, > I took a friend's advfso and wont to Oastle Garuon to scouro a capablo omi M grant girl /v . I found ono who had brought with her flattering testimonials from hor former mistress?a lady of title. 8he . was a tall finely-built yonng ? woman, and,would havo been attrao ? - $lvo-looklng had It not been for apoou llar gloom whloh slumbered within the depths of her great t black eyes, and dwelt id the .sompro curves of her full red lips: >- >s % ? ? \ W: She-rarely met your glance, and If sho did so. would avort her eyes as r though she had recoiyed a shook. Bat if not a sunbeam Jn the kitohen, she proved to be a treasnro of neatness and offiolenoy, and I congratulated myself on haying secured her. After a whilo, howevor, symptoms of dissatisfaction showed thomselves in the' fanner of my faithful Katy, the waitress, 'who had been with me since I had oommencod housokooplng. "Mrs. Frooliuul," she said nesitat ingly, "I'm sorry to trouble you, but I really oan't stand suoh carryings-on no longor. Either Froderika mustleavo, ' ? orlmutWl.'^'r.,*; ?'Why, .What Is the matter? I thought everything was going on all' jrlght. What fault have you to find with FroderikaP" ' f \\ "Oh, don't ask ine, ma'am," answor ' ?d Katy with a shudder. "I don't want to hurt anybody, and horsos couldn't \..tnako mu tell what I think of that dreadful girl. The way sho goo? on in hor sloop Is onough to mako one's hair ,i' stand straight up." , "Why didn't you tell mo sho was an nnploasant; companion for you ^t night, KatVP Twill do away wltn that You shfljl hate a separate room." ../"^Katy'S faoe oloorod. "IT-doii't want to put you to any trouble, Mrsi Freeland." "It won't be half as troublesomo to fix up a room for you Katy, as It would v' be to lose you. But you mustn't think badly'of poor Froderika booauso sho hai^ind dreams.- Tho boat of us havo thom.iU*;Thoy aro oausod by indiges tUta." . ; -y .Katy lookod unoonvinood, but she mindful of her proper plaoo to argue with "her lady, ' os she was fottd of calling me in talking to her "oonurados,as She. designated her So I had a bedroom fitted up for her ; on tho side of the house most remote from Frodorlkn's room?whioh WW only aootfSslblo by tho back stairway. For jfiTKaty fiad suoh a fooling about being near ^ It was best for her to fii fool ontiroly at oaao about reoolvlng a olmnoo visit'from hor. . ; ?/, After making this ohango everything went on smoothly again for a whilo. , ,?ut one day I had ocoaslon to go Into the kltehen to oonooot Fred's ? favorite pudding, and lust as I had In > tho last ingredionV- a step sounded outsldo tho door, followed by in fcferhnnd} she started ? .ion came in, i the door, t said, feel that we wero on the vergo of * :a's blanohed cheoks and ;ht told #story of their i to^iSSe2:T0l0? W,t^ * <0rG,gn *?" [tops a girl naraod Frederlka llvo did not wait for katy to reply. An ~ )twaoifcj?Tedorika l I SAW was oom me to go forward rhose ap^earanoo from- looking like a Ho was tall and ml it his blue eyes were J ;ht, and lusruddy .noothf** a girl'$1 hav* Veen more than respectful^ as I answered hero," 1 said, "but ' ? " Mng woll. Wffi I 9 wlthn^/lid | aneihiAr.dayTVv^' , ^ " to ask after Zlntha Eloker. raised wife, and sho oamo we ship with FrodeH?, i Castle Oardon, and they isueh a girl earns aoross 8ut Froderika will know?^l ttter from Zintha's brother, W each other in tho old ask Frederlka about her. nmpK** i ?? m to keep the honest fv>l* miAWStgat tiMiSMm* l w?th toFrrt. I She claapod hor nands And exclaim ed, with wild vebcmonce: , "Don't tell him I am here! Ho has oome for hor! Oh, what shall I tell him*" "The troth, Froderlka," I said, try ing to speak lightly. "It isn't anything ao haru, is it, to tell a young man where to find his sweetheart?" "O, if I oould tell him?if I oould only sond him to her! But that can Only bo whon thosoagivos up its dead!" and hor voico roso into a wild seroam, which mado tho blood ourdlo in my veins. "Calm yoursolf, Frodorlka. It is a sad thing to toll him if his promlsod wifo has boon burlod at soa, but you aro not rosponslblo for it." ??That is all you know about itl" sho bogau with s&vago oarnostnoss. Then, with a sudden lurtlvo look ht mo sho said: "But of Courso ho cannot blamo mo unless I had killed her ?" But hero sho broko down and throw herself uf)oh tho bod, sobbing and moaning as though her heart would broak. "Hadn't you bostsond for tho prlost* ma'am?" whispered Katy in my oar. Sho had, unporcolved, followod or after mo, thinking, she said nftorwards, that I was putting mysolf in dangor by going noar JFrodorika. "I don't liko to tell talos on hor, but sho runs on that way all tho night, and it's. mysolf thinks sho noods to confess to tho priest." , "Is sho a Catholic, KatyP" "Yos, ma'am, that sho is. But she's a mighty bad one, notwithstanding she tolls nor beads by tho hour. Sho nevor ?goos to confossion." "Thon go at onco for your own priest, Katy," I wliisnorod. "Not for tho world, till tho mastor combs. 3ho might go orazy and kill you dead at hor fotit! and suro it's best to loavo hor alono entiroly tho whilo. - She'll got ovor tho turn all tho sooner If no ono is with hor. I've soon hor worso than this." Convincod that Katy's advioo was sonsiblo, I wont down stairs again. But my poaoo of mind had boen oxer* clsod for tho day, and as to that, for many days. For Froderlka went rar ing mad, and had to bo carried from tho houso in a strait-jaokot Fortunately sho did no harm to any of us In hor fronzy. But wo all sympa , thisod so doeply in hor affliotion that it cast a shadow ovor our hitherto sunny household. Zintha's botrothod husband oamo again for news of hor, and was muoh troubled by what I told him. "I should think my Zintha had come to somo harm through Froderlka," ho said, after a fow. mcmonts' thought, "but sho was so good and winning that no ono could navo folt angry at her! And as to Froderlka, though sho was always a littlo strange and moody, I don't bollovo Bho would havo hurt a chickon, far loss ono who had never dono her any harm." "Could Zintha havo mado hor Joal ous fry hor boauty and gontlenossP" I Horrman flushod to tho roots of his ourly ilaxon hair. '' "Ourfamllios onco mado somo talk of marrying Froderlka to mo," ho said. "But I was in love with Zintha. So tho proposition foil through." This was tho koy to tho mystery. Froderlka had boon scorned by her handsomo young oountryman, and, porhaps, finding nor rival m hor power, had taken swift rovongo. Poor Zinthal trustod to cross tho wldo ocoan with a worn at} who know hor to bo tho causo of hor blightod hopos! , What had boon hor fatoP I wont with Horrman to Castlo Gordon, thinking to oaso his mind by making enquiries mysolf. I was mot with tho Intolllgonco that thoy know nothing whatovor about a f>orson of that namo. But whilo talk ng with tho gontlomanly superintend ent, a group of now comers mado tholr appoaranoo from a ship whioh had just como into port, Horrman, looking downoast onough, had stood bosido mo and had hoard tho discouraging reply to my question. He. glanced up mechanically as .tho stranger* entered, and thon With a wild oxolamation of ioy, darted towards a young girl who formed ono of tho group. "Oh, my Zinthal I thought to novor, novot- seo you moro! Whero is it vou havo been?" ^ J y "I have been noar my death, Horr man!" was Zintha's answer. "But for the good God, and for thoso kind peo plo, I should now bo lying white and 'Still fet the bottom of tho Oooan! Ah, I have suoh a dreadful thing to toll you. Frodotika pushod mo ovor tho side of tho vassal. She meant to drown me!" "Tho wloked , Froderlka!" exolaimed Herrman, stamping his foot. "1 will tako the law On her!" "Her sin has already found her out," I said solemnly, "tfhe Is In a mad houso. I did not tell you all she said, Herrman, beoause I thought it best to loam the truth about Zintha, before alarming yen about (he wild talk of having oommittod a orime." "ItJs now oloar to mo why the onoe kind FrodoHka tried to kill me! Bhfe was not in her right mind, and I have always heard that a orazy one turns against thoso sho has best Joyed." ^Thls explanation oamo from Zintha, and as It was a? satisfactory to Herr man as It was to herself, r thought U best to lot them remain nadoooived as to Froderika's truo motive, or, at loast, What I thought it to be. HejTman was Well-to-do. and he was ttarrlod to Zintha within tho month. I folt a great Interest In the two so nearly loit to each other, and went with them to solnot thoir furniture Ibr the neat home they were to dwell in, and where lWod. happily #vor slnoo. Poor Frederika retfalnod her sonsos, but *h? was In a dying oohditlon. Sho sent for me to <Jomo to her, and mado a full eonfesston. . As I had expeoted, love and jealousy 10 *ntl not l>olng natur tb? thought of what she had dono Tn that moment of pas slonate impulse had so preyed upon her mind as to erase her. I shall never forget tho look of poaoe whiolv eameto her whon I toldfierof Zintha's almost miraculous rosouo at the hands of somo sailors who had been obliged to abandon their itnklnjr ship, and whose boat had ohanoedto be drifting near the spot whore she had been ptrshod overboard. "Ood has been good to me, a sinner. I oan die In peao?" ahs said. "Thele no lonKer ?talnfld with blood." Tho Bunny Bouth nowspsper declares that ft Women Kftkefl ft bungling moss of!( whonov?r she trios to Oftrrjr an um br?11ft On the street It donUres: "dhe Oftn no more oarry an umbrella m it ought to be oarrled then she oan throw ft stone without those indesoribftble uyrations, or oatq]. ft btt|when she doesn't wear en apron." " C4lw*40 Tlx Bed BiiuiXi. The wear In whloh mon take the un expected It an exoollent gauge of their state of mind. Sudden change* in the face .of naturo bring the man otit of his burrow and exhibit his hidden mo* tiros. Fifty rears ago the meteoric shower of 1888 showed that the less oultirated class, eren in Amorioa, still looked upon the acoidonts of the skies as signs of heavenly wrath and por tents of coming ills. Now oren tho least educated no longor ask, What doos this presage? but What is its cause P Naturalism has adraneed fast and far in tho last century. The autumn of 1883 will always hare a largo placo in seiontiflc history on nocount of tho strango aspect of its hoavons, as woll as on account of tho Sreoeding eruptions of roloanoes in le Straits of Sunda, whioh in thoir grandeur and effeots much exoeeded any disturbanoo recordod in history. Although tho rolcanio outburst ohangod tho goography of a large dis trict, dostroyod somowhoro near ono hundred thousand lircs, and sent tho ocean waves and throbs of the air pro duced by tho convulsion ovor tho wholo circumforonce of tho earth, its naturo was not unusual; it differed from a thousand similar aocidonts of this troubled world only in dogroo,?only as tho discharge of a twonty-inoh can non differs from that of a small fiold f)looo. But tho strange hoavons of tho ater autumn, tho flory glow of sun riso and sunsot, tho .brownish hazo that girdles tho sun all day, aro phen omena so out of the range of oommon oxperienco that at first all tho experts in meteorology woro at sea in thoir ex planations. At tho outset, many of these studonts of the atmofaphero turnod naturally to tho conjeoturo that somo of the ragrant matter of space, such as wo-seo in the oomots or dust* liko meteors, had been drawn down upon our atmosphere, and so .envel oped tho earth with a moteorio mist. Others looked upon theso movements as a more intensification of tho after glow, or second sunset, whloh is not an unfamiliar phenomenon in all extra tropical regions at oertaln soasons of tho year, particularly in the autumn, and whioh is probably due to the con densation of rapor in tho upper reg ions of tho atmosphore. Gradually, as tho faots havo been gathered in from all parts of tho world, tho ex planations havo been overthrown, and tho sunsets have been proven to bo in some way oonnooted with the Javaneso convulsion. At sevoral points in 'Eu rope tho new-fallen snow oontains par tlolos of volanio dust eBsontially liko thoso that fell upon tho deoks of ships near tho point of eruption, and which presumably aro the heavier bits that havo descondod from dust-oloud in the upper air. Still furthor, it has boen shown that these ourlous appoaranoe* of the sky ocourred moro quiokly in the dlstrlot near tho voloano than in regions re mote from it It is net easy to 'deter mine the proolso timo whon the sunset and sunriso booame so brilliant; for at first the phonomonon might soem acci dental in its naturo, and so not beoome reoordod. Yot it is olear that at Rod riguez;, Mauritius, and Seychelles, points from threo thousand to throo thousand flvo hundrod milos west of Krakatoa, tho red sunBots were soon on tho 28th of_ August, within thirty six hours aftor the oruptlon ocourred. In Brazil, which is over ton thousand milos away, thoy appoarod on tho 80th of Soptembor. In Florida, thirteen thousand milos distant, on Soptembor 8th. It was noticod In England on tho 9th of Soptomber, but in Swoden not until tho 80th of Novembor; each of theso countrios being about sovon thousand five hundrod milos from the point of oruptlon, The voloanlo mist sproad moro rapidly in tho troploal bolt betwoon tho parallols of latitude in whioh Java Hos than in tho regions to the norih and south of this line. Sweeping swiftly about tho earth in this tropical bolt, it seems to have been oarrlod thonoo by some siowor motion to higher latitudos.?N. S. Bhaler in April Atlantic. Ho Kept His Word. A few months Ago a young man who had been In the employ of an express oompany at a point In Wlsoonsln left his position and home on aooount of falling health, and went to Florida with l the hope of reoolTlng henoflt from the clmngo of olimate. About a week ago I he intended returning to hit Northern home in ? short time, but thought be-1 fore leaving the land of flower* he rould send a box of oranges to bis rel atives and friends In Wisoonsin. The orange* were brought here from Flor ida by the Adams Express Company, having been franked through. From hero to their destination they were to be transported by tho Amerioan. Tho young man who had shlppod the or anges bad written a letter to the Amer oan explaining ihofaot that the oranges had been shlppod over the Adams, and requesting tho Amerioan people when they arrived, to put a franV, whloh ho enolosed fa his letter, on tho box, and forward that, adding in conclusion, "I will be passing through Oinolnnati on my way home In a few days, and will call upoU you." As the olerk in the Amerioan Express offioe was reading the letter a lot of transfer freight from tho Adams was brought in, and ho was asked to sign {or It As he slgnod, he glanoed down over tho way bill to seo what ho was signing, his eyes were aud-' denly gluod almost to the paper by see* ing the name of the party wnoso lottor he had Just been reading rogftrrflng the oranges. The young man . had kept his word and oallfed at the offloe as ho was g61ng to his home In Missouri. He, however, neither recognised nor saluted any one, for he was dead, and his body was inoased in a ooflln on its way home for burial.?Oin. Enquirer. ? . ? ? ? Affotlo Artillery. Miss U. Maria George, In the April Bt, Nicholas, relates the following orig inal method employed by the Empress Anna of Russia to guard her great plaything, tho first loo-palaoe ever erected*. ?'The Empress ordered si* oannon and two mortars to bMot up on each side of the front gatewly. It makes us shake our heads when we read that these oannon and mortars were like wise of lee. And oven her oouhclllors and wise men said one to another: ?What will our old eyes be asked to see next P' But the Empress laughed, for she knew that so long as the sun kept to his old path In tho heavens, her pal ace would be secure. But to provo to her friends that the work was good, she bade them place a quarter of a pound of powder and an iron cannon ball weighing five pounds in one of the loo oannon. Erory one tremblingly Waited for a terrible explosion, but none came. Tho oannon remained in* tact, and the ball was thrown to some fiUtanoe, panning through a board two indhes thick* placed about sixty passs oft ...... Wllkea Booth In Hiding. An important featuro of the April Century is Georgo Alfred Towusend'i nccount of "How Wilkes Booth crossed the Potomac." There ia a gap In the history of Wilkea Booth's, crime, be tween hia disappear an oe in the pines of soath-oaatern Maryland and his re appearance in Virgin Id, where he was killed, and this article (the information of which was supplied by Thomas A. Jones, an actor In the cscape) it is be lieved oloses this gap. Jones' first en counter with the fugitives la described as follows: "Booth and Herold wore sont into tho short pines, and there Jones found them, Ho says that as he was advancing Into tho pinos ho oamo upon a bay mare, with black logs, mono, and tail, and a whito star on tno forohoad; she was saddlod, and roving around in a little clearod placo as if sho was trying to nibble something to eat. Jonos took the maro and tied her to a troo or stump. Ho thon ad vanced and gav* what ho calls tho countersign, or whlstlo, which he doos not preoisoly remombor now, though ho thinks it was two whistles in a pe culiar wav, and a whistlo aftor an in terval. Tho first person ho saw was Horold, fully armed, and with a oar bine in hia hand, coming out to soo who It was. Jonos oxnlalned that ho had been sont to seo thorn, and-"was thon taken to Booth, who was but a fow yards farthor along. "Booth was lying on tho ground, wrapped up in blankots, with his foot supported and bandagod, and a crutch behind him. His rumplod dress lookod rospoctablo for that country, and Jones says it was of black cloth. His faoo was pale at all times, and nover ceased to be so during the several days that Jones saw him. Ho was in groat pain from his brokon ankle, wbieh had suf fored a fracturo of ono of tho two bones In tho leg, down oloso to the. foot It would not have givon him any vory great pain but for the exertion of his esoape, whioh irritated It by scraping tho onds of the brokon bono perhaps in tho flesh; it was'now highly irritated, and whiohover way tho man moved ho oxftressed by a twitoh or a groan the pain ho felt, Jones says this pain was more or loss continuous, and wAgroat aggravated by tho peril of Booth's situation?unable to oross tho river without assistance, and unablo to walk any distauoo whatever. Jones believes that Booth did not riso from tho ground at any timo until ho was finally put on Jones' horso to bo taken to tho wator sido some days afterward. "Booth's first solicitude seomod to bo to learn what mankind thought of tho orlmo. That question ho put al most immediately to Jones, and con tinued to ask what difioront classos of pooplo thought about it. Jonos told aim that it was gratifying news to most of tho men of Southern sympathies. Ho frankly says that ho himself at first re fjardod as good news, but somo what ator, when ho saw tho injurious conso quoncos of tho crimo to tho South, he changod his mind. Booth desired nows papors if thoy could bo had, whioh would convoy to him an Idea of publlo fooling. Jonos soon obtained nowifpa pors for him, and continued to send them in; and Booth lay thore, whero the pines wore so thick that one could not soo moro than thirty or forty foot into thom, roading what tho world had to say about his oaso. Ho seemod novor. tired of Information on this ono Bubjoot and the only thing besides ho was so licitous about was to got aoross tho rivor Into Virginia. "Jones says Booth admitted that ho was the man who killed Lincoln, and expressed no rogrot for tho act, know ing all tho consequcncos It involved. Ho harped again and again upon tho necossity of nis orosging tho rivor. Ho said if ho could only got to Virginia ho could lmvo modlcal attondanco. Jones told him frankly that ho would rocolvo no medioal attondanco in Maryland. Said ho: 'Tho country is fnll of sol diors, and all that 1 can do for you is to got you oft', 1/1 can, for Cox's pro option and my own, and for your own safety. That I will do for you if thoro is any way In tho world to do it.' "When I recoivod this account from Mr. Jonos, 1 asked him quostion aftor quostion to soo if I could extraot any information as to what Booth in ?ulred about whilo in that wllldorness. asked If he spoko of his mothor, of whero he was going when ho reaohed Virginia, of whother he meant to act on the stago again; whether ho blttno' himself for jumping from the tho&ter box; whother ho oxprossed any appre hensions for Mrs. Surratt or his frlonda in Washington. To thoso and to many other questions Jones - uniformly ro pliods 4*0, he did not spoak about any of those things. He wanted food, and to oross tho river, and to know what was said about tho deed/ Booth, ho thinks, wore a slouched hat. At first meeting Booth in tho pines, he provod himself to bo tho assassin by showing upon his wrist, in India ink, the initials J. W. B. He showod the same to Cap tain Jott in Virginia. Jones says Booth was a determined man?'not boasting, but one who would have sold his llfo doar. He said ho would not bo takon alive." Not In Politics. 1 hoard a very sensible thing recently from a young man who had Just pluoked tho politioal boo from his bom aoL "What ?ru you going to ran for this spring?" I askod. (Ho has boen a standing candidate for soma position or other for soyeral soanons past.) "I am not a Candida to for anything," ho said, "and 1 don't want you to got mo mixed up in politios any more. If you over oatoh mo running again before I'm 50, I want you to proclaim mo a swindler. No, sir; l'vo boon there and I'vo boen burned. It's only ono man in a hundred that suoeeods in politios. Tho other ninety-nine if thoy stick to tho businoss, will wind up in tho poor house | or* what is equally bad, ?? stool-pigeons in a gin-mill. I speak from an exporlenoe of three years, and I know I've just stoppod on tho brink of a proolpico. I'm going to attend to businoss for tho rest of my life?at least till I'm 60?and then, if an ad miring nation wants to mako me a Jus tioo of the Peaoe, I'm willing. But no high aspirations, O, not" Ninety-nlno out of erery hundred of tho young men who make a business of politios ought to out this out and swear by it It is applloablo to the hordo of office seek lop youth who oomo from all soo* tlons of the State whon tho Legislature oonyones, as well as to many who are aitiloted with tho political mania in Trenton.? Trenton N. J. Timet. Ueorge Xtitehard, who spent so muon time and labor, and undorwent so many hardships in bringing the Coour d'Alene mlnoS into prominonoo, has boen robbed of his proporty in the nevr mining distriot, and now all thst ho baa to show for his years of toil is ono tsry ordinary (in talue) plaoer olaim, ovory thing else haying; bean gobbled by the insatiate Jumpers. _ < Tho Trailo in Modern AntlqultiM. \ > __ o One of tho chlof delighU of Conti nental travel, as evory person of ex perienoe will admit, is tho unlimited opportunities It affords for buying an tiquities. The statuary, the ooins, and tho pictures that mar be purchased in Italy are a source of never failing in terest to English travelers and of never failing profit to Italian doalors. An dalusia, a train, is a hueo curiosity shop. . Bolng onco upon a timo in Seville, we oame across a retired Brit ish grooer or tailor, or eomothlng of .that kind, who had just purohasod a Madonna and Child?unhappily, un signed?whioh ho had picked up for a few pounds in a dingy back stroet. Ho was going to sond It to tho Exhibition of Old Masters, and, If ho over did so, ho probably found that it was worth only a pound or thirty shilling at tho outside. It Is tho samo, Indood, throughout Spain. Tho altar cloths, tho brokon fans, tho Inlaid tablos and oablnots, as rosnlondont as anything in tho convent of tho Cartuflo at Granada, the wondorful chairs, and tho still more extraordinary scraps of anolont lace, upon which all who havo over travolod in Spulu have spont muoh monoy?those abound from Malaga to Iruo, and naturally ono Is Inclined to speoulato ti Uttlo on tho odd olroum Btanco that tho supply Is more abun dant than over, although tho demand Is fairly brisk. Tangier* Is, wo should say, a hot-bod of modern antiqultios, and evon Mr. Chamberlain bought some of them when he jfas over there a year or go ago. Ho ought to havo known something about ihls olass of. goods, boing a Birmingham man, but the childlike faith of tho Prosldont of tho Board of Trado in all things an cient is notorious. Amorioa, oddly enough, has taken to this business of manufacturing tho antlquo Dutch oabl nots that, with bronzo panols, dingy and marked with tho craoks of ficti tious conturies, aro turned out every day from Chicago furnlturo stores, and for somo purposes they aro quite as useful as li they had Indeod belonged to somo departod burghor In tho dead oltles of tho ZuydoivZoo. Now York exports In this sort of forgory mako a specialty of Queen Anno chairs and tablos, and tho imitation is so perfect as to doceivo all but those who havo studied such things minutely in Eu ropo. Tho oxploror of furnlturo stores may como upon magnificent speolmens of English (Gothic chamber pieoes or ancient-looking Chlppondalo and Sher aton chairs, whioh might have belong ed to Queon Elizabeth but for the fact that they did not. It must be puzzling at first to discover In Now York shops stamped loathor obalrs of tho time of Louis Treizo, plentifully ornamented with brass nails, whoBe hoods aro fully an Inch In diameter, and tho oltlzens of that entorprislng olty aro Invltod to becomo tho happy possessors of as many of those troasuros as they liko, on ridiculously low terms. If, how ever, the oxploror 1b inquisitivo, and tho furnlturo vendors aro in a tolerably candid mood, tho visitor may bo con- ; ducted into somo back yard whero theso goms of high art aro produced. A Queon Anno's chair just mado can, for instance, be supplied with worm holos by tho simplo process of tilting it bottom Bldo up and firing a chargo of pigeon shot into the bottom and front of the Boat Old armor, too, is a good line In this businoss, tho drawings ro Jiulrod for the purpose bolng mado rom the collection in the Grand Opora House, in Paris. It is said that Bir mingham knowB something about this branch of the trado, and that helmets, shields, casques, broast-platos, and comploto suits of mall aro rogularly manufactured for tho gratification of oil spooulators and retired pill manu facturers. If a man starts a lot of an cestors, ho likes to havo dummios of thom in his hall, riggod In thoir modl roval ironmongery. H Birmingham did not gratify him, Gormany would. It is astonishing how many tons of antiquities aro annually sold along the Rhine, and It Is even assortod that in Castle Colburg, where Martin Luther throw his Ink. stand at tho devil?and unhappily, missod him?the original splasn was out up and sold long ago; but that as tho timbor is massive, tho plaoe Is oarofully roinkod ovory night for the purposes of salo next day. Wo cannot say how muoh truth or false hood there may be In this partioular story. v/Theve might have neon some excitement in seeing the original tran saction if both the distinguished parties to It wero prosont. There oan be none in gazing on a patch of ink. The trado in modorn antiquities, however, Is a ourlous reality, as real as the sale of old elothos or tombstones. It is a fact oaloulatod to weaken one's faith In life. ??The British Trade Journal. A Jaror Who "Would Take no Ebka. Gonoral Thomas tiorrison, who wa? commnndor of a Toxas. regiment dur ing the war, and known by the boys as the "Jim Town Mujdr," was soon after the war eleotod Judge of opo of tho dis trlots of Texas. Shortly after his eleo tlon he visited ono of tho counties in his district for the purpose of holding oourt, and on his Arrival In town im paneled a jury consisting of eleven white men and ono negro. About the first OMe called was one against a par Sfor murder. After hearing the ev onoo, arguments of oounsel and charge of tho court, tho jury started down stairs to oonslder their verdiot, the colored juror happoning to be in tho rear. Following them was the at torney for defendant. At the head of the stairs (and in hearing of the ool ored juror) the attorney was asked by a frlond how ho thought the oase would bo doolded. Tho reply was: "1 think the defendant will be acquitted or the Jury will bo hung." The Jury *went down tho steps and out In the vard, and, upon, looking around, tho colored member was missing. Upon investiga ting they saw him making 9:40 time in the direotlcn of the brush. The Sheriff was called, and, after a vigorous pur suit, Mr. Juror was capturod and brought before the court and asked why he had run away. His reply was: "no had heard a gontleman say if tho man wasn't cloarod tho Jury would be hung, and an ho hadn't done nothing no didn't want to take any olianoes."* Vtnago (N. Y.) BpttUUor. Tho AAvanoe of Photography. A Glevoland inventor, named Fell, has porfeotod an invention by whioh a photograph oan be takon on any sub fttanao whioh has a smooth surface and tho oxponne need not bo over a oent a pioturo. This would advanoo the lith ographic art wonderfully, as there need no longer be any transfer by hand, whioh Ts clumsy and tedious, for now tho pioturo oan be taken at once on tho atone, from whioh duplicate^ oan be multiplied indefinitely. Tho Inventor thinks this now process is as wonder* ful, and will be as useful In its way a* the discovery of the electric light ot the telephono. ?ikmorttV*. The Evils of Railway Pools. Leading railway mon aro beginning to discuss whether tho present aysiom of pooling earnings is either polltio or profitable. Indications aro cropping oat In many quarters that the men who oontrol the great trunk linos aro grow ing more and moro restive undor tho restraints o.f tbo system, and to doubt seriously whether it pays in tho long run to enter into pool arrangements. The pool is a costly method of adjust ing traffic diftoroncos and maintaining traffio equilibrium, and its burdons fall moro heavily on tbo groat linos than any good it rosults in oan com ponsatc. it is, moreover, a vexatious systom, complex in its details, oxpcn sivo In oxocution, and to all but tho woakost of tho liuos sharing Its sup posod boueflts, unsatisfactory iu its ro sults. Ttyo Pennsylvania Company is bo lievod to bo at tho bottom of a roportod sohomo to broak up tho system, so far as tho Eastern linos aro concornod. President Roborts, of that company, is opon in his hostility to tho systoni, and not avorso to .any moasuros that will wipo it out of oxistonco. Ho boliovos it is oxponsivo, unsatisfactory, and its only good is to bolster up weak com poting lines at tbo oxponso of tho oldor companies, and also of tho public. Ho 8008 no reason why tho groat truuk lines should dovoto a portion of their rooeipts to eke out tho iucomcs of tho woakor ones, or why tho publio should bo taxed to maintain rates high onougli to accomplish it. To tho end that tho main linos may bring rates low enough within tho pool to discourago a furthor cut outside of it,onco tho pool is broken the Pennsylvania pooplo nave, it is be lieved, brought about tho rocont re duction in oast boand froights. Onco the pool accepts tho rato, the noxt stop may bo to withdraw tho Pennsylvania from tho pool, and then lot the "survi val of tho fittest" dootrino bo applied with all Its foroo. That tho loading oompanios aro tirod of tho vexatious system thoro oan bo no doubt, and now that tho timo has como when so many of the weak sisters of tho pool aro tottering on tho vergo of bank ruptcy, and inoapablo of maintaining a war of rates, it is rogardod as a fitting season to rid tbo trunk linos of tho pool abomination. To tho nublio tho aboli tion of tho system would bo a boon, if for no othor roason than that it would rollove tho nowspapor roadlng publio of its dally doso of pool squabblings, rate cuttings, and gonoral railway de moralization that now fills tho press. The pool systom is not, and never oan bo for tho nonofit of tho public. Aa soon as the Western pool was broken, and a slnglo road leit froo to conduct Its business in its own way, tho west ern pooplo got a fast mail. Undor similar conditions othor sootions would get it. Pools result in high ratos, in tlio giving of unoarned money to rival roads whYoh comos out of tho public, and, viewed from evory standpoint, the syBtem is against public policy, and detrlmontal to good. Tho soonor tho great lines broak it up tho bottor.? Chicago Herald. Vandcrbllt aiul His Ijocomotivcs. But to my- story. Whoa tho now prosidont, William H., first took hold of affairs, ho ran up and down tho road vory frocjuontly to got tho hang of tho thing. Ho always hankorod for fast pulls. Tho ongino namod aftor him solf was usually assigned to his spocial trains. Sho would mako tho distanco from Albany to Syraouso in throo hours or a fow minutos hotter. But onco or twioe it so happened that somo other lo comotivo foil to tho task, and thon it was shown that the William H. Vandor bilt was not bo much of a runner any way. Bettor timo was mado by No. 110 and by tho Major Priost. So tho first thing tho onginoers know was an ordor to havo all tho onginos ropalntod. I Slobs I know of tho dotormination of o prosidont sooner than any ono, for ho was a protty mad man ono day when I took nis special: wo mado tho distanco in timo that laid his maohlno in shade. So ono by ono tho namos of Erastus Corning, Conrad Shuomakor, H. Chittondon, J. Tillinghast, and tho rest wero obliterated, tho locomotives coming out of tho shops paintod that peouliar brown called "blaok orook" At last even tho namo of William IL Vandorbllt was daubod off by tho paint ers. It was tho last to go. At tho ?ame timo tho brass work was also paintod over?a godsond to tho firo man who had to soour it, but a blow at the prido of tho engineers.' I don't be lieve tho enthusiasm exists now among railroad men which used to bind us to fether In tho old days. The duplex ae not beon tho only innovation. In thote days you would novor oatoh ono eonduotor playing tho spy on anothor. Railroading to my thinking has lost its respectability."?Old Engineer in Al bany Journal. ? ___ A New Featuro In Frtilt Preserving. California fruit growora lrnvo <ll? oovered that aprioots blonohed with sulphur fames and then dried iu tho ?on are superior to thoso that aro driod in any Other manner or that aro canned. They rogard thin faot of vory groat Importanco to the wholo State, it Enables oveiy fruit oulturist, how ever limited his means, and however small the produot of his orchards, to dry his own fruit for markot, and make him Independent of tho canning factories. It Is also stated that fruit oan be prepared in this mannor moro oheaply than in any othor, that its weight 1s better preserved, and that it Is of superior flavor. Large doalors in dried fruit say that the markot for suoh produots at California orohards will alwavs bo groator than tho supply oan possibly bo. The Unitod Btatos alono will readily tako ail tho fruit of tho kind and quality now boing produced by tho sun-drying procoss that Califor nia oan ever raiso. Many thousands of apricot trees havo boon plantod within a reoont date in orchard form in Southern California. Sun-drlod ap rloots are boing sold to California doal ors at double tho prioo paid for tho best raisins/ ? I ? ? Pro<luoor? of Iioa<1. In tho lead productions of tho diiTor ent oountrios Spain still holds the first rank, tho amount reaohing some 120, 000 tons in one yoar, or ono-sixth moro than America, which comes next on the list, while Germany follows with 90 000. Of Spain's total prodhotion somo 87,000 tons are dorlvoa from one dis trict, that of Linaros, In whloh moro than 800 mines are roglstorod. Of this large number, however, only a compar atively small portion are aotnally work ed on a large soalo, and there aro only about fifty in which stoam power fo used. Tho total number of stoam en ginos omployod is stated at 180, nearly onohalfof this number belonging to Kngiish companies; in faot most of tho mining machinery and pumping en gines in all the mines (aro of English Health and Suooew. , A sound, body has moro to do with suocoss in lifo tbau most persons real bso. Thoro aro instances whoro moo In continued ill-hoalth bavo achieved eminonco, but this is not tbo rulo. Alexander Stopbons, of Georgia, and Tbaddous Stovons, of this Stato, our old commoner, woro considered ro> xnarkablo men, boeauso, dospito ill boaltb, tboy improssod thomsolvos on tbo nation. Thoro aro other casos in distant lands?enough to provo tbo rulo. Wo do not, of oourso, boar ol tho many failures in lifo rosulting from ill-hoalth. Tbo failures, olthcr in speculation or lifo, aro not paradod. But thoro aro examples wbcro momen tary spasms of ill-hoalth bavo cloudod tho minds of mon of gonius and do rangod tholr plans. Napoloon lost ono of his groat battlos bocuuso of a fit of indigostlon. And when tho mind must carry tho ailments of a diseased body, and vot do its logitimat? work, it evi dently must perform double duty. It cannot always do this ami succeed. Honco a hoalthy body has much to do with succoss in life. Ono of tho first considerations, thon, in family training is that which rolates to health, aud this is tho moro impor tant in our day, when so much of a child's lifo is spent in closo school rooms, and it is compelled to breathe a vitiatod, supor-heatod atmosphere. Puro air and oxerciso aro Naturo'tf groat restoratives, aud these need to o intelligently aud regularly imparted. Tho play-cure for children is far bettor than summer resorts aud modicatod waters. Play supposes out-door exor cise. It imimrts buoyant spirits, cheerful mind, gives healthy tone to tho thought and makes tho blood puro and strong. -Hut play alono is not best ?as all work is not. "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is a truo adago. Still somo work is ncodod for its discipliuarys inlluonce, and to rnaku firm tho muscles aud norves. This work should bo, as far ns possiblo, out of doors. But if this cannot bo given, a saw and buck for wood in tho collar is bolter than no work at all. Among tho elements favorablo to good lioalth is puro air when sloeplng. If children aro accustomed to vontilat od rooms, they will ultimately enjoy them, ami will fool opprossed in an unvontilated room. And thoy will sloop soundly and hoalthily when tho cold air of winter is pouring in?so it docs not blow on thorn. Sloop under suoh conditions is not aileoted by troublod droams, nor is it followod by nervous hoadaohe. Hoalthful sloop is dreamless. And this supposes frosh air and not too much boat. A oola room is hotter than an ovorhoatod room. But ono that is sufliciontly comfortable for preparations for retir ing to bo made without a chill is boat. Children thus reared will grow up, healthfully; and this good hoalth, with intelligent, practicul education and solf-rolianco, will bo of moro valuo than thousauds of unoarnod capital.? Philadelphia Call. Natural Phonomona in Dakota. A lottcr datod Arvillo, Dakota, says: "Although miragos aro common boro, especially in tbo wiutor, somo threo weeks ago ono was seen rivalling any I bad over behold. It lasted from sun riso until noon. In ovory diroction thero woro constant changos, ono min ute objects seemed inverted, barns,' housoB, fonccs, cattlo, and in fact ev erything visiblo on tho ground appear ed abovo us. Again thoy would sproad broader and furthor away, and again como quite near. Objocts far off woro brought to sight. Last night wo had a vory boautiful and singular sunset. Just as tho sun disappeared bolow tho horizon tho wostorn sky ?vas ono llamo of red gold and from tho sun camo a far moro brilliant llamo; in fact, a broad ribbon of firo ontiroly distinct from tho goneral color. As night bo 6an to sottlo down, huos of groon and luo appoarod, producing eomothing of an auroral offoct. I will not worry you with what at best would only bo a tamo description, tyit will tell you of tho last wondor. Ofton have I hoard pooplo spoak of wild nights and wild oflcchj at sea, but two evonings ago oecurrod tho wildost scono I ovor saw on land. At this Boason tho nrairio Is ono vast plain of snow?a lovoi whlto which at timos is ghastly. Tho moon was not quito half full and was about two hours from Bottlug, and tho heavons in that quar ter woro blaok with clouds. From tho moon, up and down was a ribbon of light, and on oaoh side, at equal dis tances, woro two moro light sundogs. Many porsons wont out to seo tho sight nnd roturnod with a tromor of foar! Qn tho morrow oamo a hoavy storm." SwooUMIndnd AVomon. So groat Is tho Influonco of a swoot mindod woman on thoso around hor that it is almost boundloss. It in to hor that frionds oorao in seasons of sioknoss and sorrow for holp and com fort Ono soothing touch of hor kindly hand works wonders in tho fov erlsh oh lid; a fow words lot fall from hor Hps in tho oar of a sorrowful slstor do muoh to raiso tho load of griof that is bowing its victim down to tho dust in anguish. Tho husband comos homo worn out with tho prossuro of buslnoss and fooling irrltablo with tho world in gonoral, but when ho ontors tho cozy sitting-room and soos tho blnzo of tho bright firo, and moots his wifo's smil ing face, ho sucoumbs lu a moment to tho soothing Influences, which aot as tho balm of Glload to his Wounded spirit. Wo aro all woarlod with com bating with tho stern realities of life. Tho rough schoolboy fllos in a. rago from tho taunts of his companions to find solaco in tho mothor's smllo; tho littlo ono, full of grlof with its own largo troublo, finds a lmvon of rost on Its mother's breast; and so ono might go on with instanoos of tho influonco a swoot-mindod woman has in tho so clal lifo with which sho is connoctod. Boauty is an insignificant powor whon oomparod with hers. ?o ? Tho ntto of an FOptloptlo. In England, rooently, a young man wm bitton in tho hand by a woman who had fallen !n an oplloptio fit Threo days aftorward ho died, and tho neighborhood booamo groatly oxcitod ovor tho occurtcnce. I'ho oaso only tends to add additional testimony to tho fact that tho publio lovo sensations. This death may navo boon moroly a coincidence, or, again, a blto from any porson or any animal will occasionally, or wo should rather say might occa sionally, set up a dogroo of inflamma tion In an already denravod and woak enod constitution tnat might provo fatal. But to supposo that tho bite of an oplloptio is any more sorlous, sim ply boeauso it is infllotod by an opU leptio, than would bo a similar woutul received from any other porson, Is ocr tainlv unreasonable, ana not to ho on tertafnod in tho pathological light ot to-day. ? Medical and Surgical Jito porter. GLKANING8. Tho Mil waukoo browors havo decided to buy no more barloy raisod In Iowa. Tho doopest woll In Conneotlcut Is ultuatod in Fairfiold and is only 95 fool doop. Sallio MvColluw, of Allentown, Pa., claims to oc tho handsomost woman io tho state. Tonno9sco now has thirty-throo cot ton mills, with 1,101 looma and 78,877 Bpindles. trI^ across tho salty ocoan and back gives tho Maine sardino tho truo foreign llavor. ^ In thirty-right yoars tho nunibor ol English daily papers has incroasod from 14 to 170. Walt Whitman has purchased a house in Camden, N. J., which ho says ho in* tonds to die in. Thero are fifty illicit distilleries and only threo liconsod ones in ono district in North Carolina. Mr. Churle* Oakley has lived in Now York for ninety-seven years, and is now approaching his 102nd birthday. It rcquiiy* threo days in which to complete tho marriago coromony In China, but when it is ilono it is a strong job. K A Boston gas manufacturer assorts that tho demand for gas has lncroascd in that city sinco tho introduction ol electric lights. Buffalo Bill's suit to rocover sixty* ono acres of land in Clovoland, valued at several million dollars, has boon thrown out of court. Wolvos aro so tamo in tho northern part of El Paso couuty, Texas, that they come right up to tho sottlors' doors to eat ciiildron. Dr. Vessmaycr, an English vogota rian, tried to livo on food costing no more than a penny a day, ana ho is now at tho point of doath. A Michigan minister who was about to bo married nskod tho oftlcial to whom ho applied for a liconso if ho didn't make a discbunt to tho trade. Hundreds of young women work for 45 cents a day making shirts in Now York City. They think it ruoro ro spoctablo to do this than to go out to sorvico. Pittsburg boasts of tho possosslon of a marvel in a boy who "from sunrlso to sunset enjoys good hoalth and romps around liko all cnildrcn of his ago, but at dusk becomes ontiroly unconscious, ami remains so until morning." Tiller and McFaddou romainod for three days a few doors from tho scono of their express robbory in St Louis, and mingled freely with tho crowd. It nover ocourrod to tho slirowd doteotivos to look rigiit undor their noses for tho thieves. W hen tho Iudiaus of Chili dosiro rain, they plant a sacred troo, which asorcor oss climbs to pray, whilo tho othora danco around and howl. Thon they all got drunk. If it doesh't rain, thoy got drunk again, and romain drunk until thoy fetch a showor. A prize of $10,000, open to all na tionalities. is offorod in Franco, in Do comber, 1877, for a discovory onabling electricity to bo appliod economically oithor as a source of heat, light, choml cal action, mechanical powor, or as a moans of transmitting intolligonco. During tho year 1839 thoro woro posted in Givat Britain 82,000,000 lot tors, of which ono in ovory thirtoon was franked. Next year tho numbor aroso to 169,000,000, although franking was abolished. At tho prosont timo tho numbor reachos tho grand total of 1, 280,000,000 a year. By tho last official returns. 2-1.4 por cont. of the births in Nairnsniro, Spot land, aro i k-gitimato, whilo in Aber deenshire 60 por cent, aro of tho eamo kind. In the county of Wigton 1.24'of ? tho births :im illegitimate, and most of . tho northern counties prosont an wn olean bill of health. Tho grave uf tho celebrated Kit QilS son is nt Taos, N. M., and tho Qf&ft Army posts of that territory aro about 4 to take stops to erect a suitable monu4' ???*< ment to his memory. A son of thool4Vf monntainc. .? is in tho employ of ?jc Senator l)or-?*y on his cattlo ranoho. .' ' I A now anil formldablo fighting ship has been buiit in England for tho gov ornment of Brazil. Sho is named tho fi&h Riaohuolo, and Is a stool armorod f ' rot ship, 305 foot long, hayinf placomont of 5,700 toij?,, oight water light co bolt of stool armor thlokness. Un tho occasion battle at El Tob an od a revolver to tho Its tlan and commando<\ JhbftlJj Tho Egyptian, quietly oUMH> woapon, said, in an advanco!" adding pr >U<illC Vi an Egyptian," and Jt? h00lS. Nearly fifty years fed' (i woman namod Lois Lyman, of Cauot, Vormont, began to plait tho combings of hor hair Into a rope, it was half an inch thlok, and of various shades, tho hair having ohangod vory materially during tho half contury. Wlion sho diod a fow days ago tho ropo was noarly 100 foot long. Apropos of tho proposition to oroet a memorial of Dickons, a correspondent of a London daily papor quotes a pass ago from tho novoBst s will which will probably provo fatal to tho projoot: "I oonjuro my frionds on no ncoount to mako mo tho subject of any monumont, memorial or testimonial whatovor. 1 rost my claim to tho romombranoo of my country upon my publishod works." Carl Bohui/., Franz Slgol and August Bojiolfort wero fast friOnds in tliolr youth. Sig< I and Soholfort woro In tho samo military class In a school In Gor many, tho former being graduated for ty-sovonth mid tho latter fifth Inaolass of fifty. Tho throo eamo to Amorloa togothor. Schura is tho notod politi cian and oditor, Slgol booamo tho fa mous gonoral, and Soholfort is a har bor at Atlanta, Ga. Honry Wattorson's short, trim, mar tial flguro is becoming vory familiar to Washlngtonians. Ho looks liko an ao tlvo young eouoral as ho shoot,* along tho sidewalk or through tho capi'ol cor ridors without gloves or ovorcoat?his rlffht hand xl.oltorod from tho Maroh wind In tho pockot of his sack ooat. Ho has lived so much that you aifo apt to think that ho has lived so long as to bo old. But ho Is only 44. You soo his youth In tho miloknoss with which ho walks and talks and works. Ho IA a vory active man. You soo him on tho floor of tho houso, In tho corridors, on tho street, at a rocoption, nt? a dinner, In his offlco on Fourteenth stroot, In his room at Wolokor's, at John Chambor laln's lato In the evening?always busy. Ho goes In for plonsitre with tho samo oarnostnoss as though It woro work. Ho Is a thorough master of tho art of liv ing. Ho get# moro out of a day In tho way of both work and play than a <to? on ordinary men. '? > s i