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F7T ? VOL. XII. CAMDEN, S. C., TIIURSlrfl JULY 30, 1885. NO. 45. '. \-v (After Hood.) ou gentlo Bprtngt . . ; ootnlng through thl? floor.) longs ot jfslwmorlngt <1 told you onoet? shut that door I) All nature balls thee with delight, ?oow this tjine ot .jTtMTSW, will not remain, Oo fade awuy; on tho hillside nigh. |TMS f*?W? frocn OD rood or knoll l you'd go down townby-and-by order a tou of coal.) . it bird* will oarol a roundelay usher In the new-born Bp ring. leasftut to feel spring's bnluiy breath, "Smany beauties to admire! want mo to alt here aud freeze to Wty4oS'tyou go and shake down the flreT) Koiet, and lllk'??(confound that boy ? Ha* ho not brought that oough-slr .0 fragranoe of nejr-mown lmy: . t green leaves we know you'll 4 not brought that oongh-slrup yot?) 1th tho bright and sparkTiug dews, the sunbeams that make tho violets i my ulster and overshoes? r bard, and run ?T a ify&t igplng out*) ?ri uok. PNPEj^ SPELL. A bravo, baritone voioo was heard among the roses, and the toll, hand Bomu girl, pulling cl us torn of purple westona froj~ Its vine, oould not but 1U tOr.. WiV'^ut you'd bettor bo off wlth-the bid love Heroic you aroon with tbs now." Maud Df-rroll cuflod her red lips with heightonod color, ttnt did not turn _ er bountiful head one Inch, although sho know John Maddern -was raiting for a glance, vet never onoe turned her faco towards tho spot whoro tho young nan leaned and wntchcd her. Was it mere oapriee? John Maddorn aow that his sweetheart was a little tfOQS} but beauties wore always he argued, \rlth a tendor boro-.was a.lurking uneosl heart. Maud's rloti old un his adopted ion had arrived the " id haqdsomo Adrian Del v beautiful Maud wasP sho called him. Cousin, .'hat graceful, Span iuh-look ifcg fellow, 6t seven-and-twonty, WM no, kin to tho aged, eoccntrlc, mis shapen dwarf, who, rolling In rlohos, had takon a whim to adopt htm as his holr. One would think thoro would bo a Maud had always beon considered'Mar* k tin Dolafleld's liolross, but how' tho In ruder had disarmed all resontment rlth his smooth tonguo and oharmlng ? >.. . .. ? ras tho good-looking follow P" jad replied, without a tlngo of ' ' r: ? Is one of our old siSX? i,v *.53524' thfrwetf) v|ho vfclllos.' 1i* rl luX}& the dark, lustrous eyes to at his leisure, > Into Martin ?nd Adrian IMMIold wu slightful of ,oorapanlons, of ovory ruinod aud tho lovollost w ^ enjoyment, such hours I .surprises, Maud had .never jown. constantly offered her; and sinoe the trip gave Adrian Delafield, in tho acoi iujats"^"" lorer proseot hid the lover ab * er View. . And m elghtooi?, omen are apt to be inoon '' ? the man el the world believod he noeded to makO: Maud his one d*y At an old latnfa # bdhis adoptod son had suire that tneif boautifal would looolvo tho beet -blown boughs of -troe parted, and n thedta $|nd Maud 6, and rose to read it. a diamond were the Airlie" and "Ada l)ar* i Was ground, but the tfW royes. Her host man?strolled Into obsorvod her oootiprttloo. \h6 guefdig* tterr romem those names, "fwas high go. I know him again dl u ire not like ;?m othofl . Sho was smaller And fairor, not any better-looking." ihado'ws bad paused inthedoor d torned. A s? J not have known the girl, Andstorn. was it Adrian A(l? ?if tor Ada died of a brokon heart. Long ago, when my mother was estranged from iter parents because she tuarrlod ?gainst their will, wo lost father and mother, aod were loft unprovided for. "Ada was but sixteon. She wont in to a rich family as governess, while I was tossed from pillar to post by indif ferent friends?a troublesome little imp they said. "It wax there that Ada met Adrian Airllo. Sho was very pretty,thon,when in hoalth. They wore botrothod. Poor Ada! So lonoly, so loving! ??Ho was only amusing himself. He loft hor to break her heart. ??I oan understand how bright he mado lifo for bor for a little while, and then.loft hor?nothing. Ada would have llvfld to bo happy, but for his sol fishnos'i aud cruelty. - When 1 think that 1 might have loved him, it seems as if I should dio of shumo! ??Thank God, 1 found out beforo too lato! John, If I havo given' you any pain, will you forgive moH" Aud John Maddcru knew that tho girl that ho took into his arms was all his own. Monntnfn Air. Ono of {ho best qualities of mountain Air, that which maWs it so delightful to tho woary denizens of the plains, Is its freshness, and the higher they go tho fresher they find it. Swiss savants havo ascertained, by many observations made at sundry Alpine stations, that for every ono hundrod and forty-throe motrosof altitudo tho summer tempera ture of their mountains diminishes ono dogreo coutigrado. Tho two great ad vantages of a mountain olimate are tho freshness of the air and the in tensity of the sun's notion. 'J he seoond of these influences as touohing tho human or 8anIsm is no loss important than the rst, for the solar radiation ponotrates our olothlug, comes in contact with tho skin, and aots on tho blood. A few weeks' stuy at a height of throo thous and or four thou^.. d foot abovo tho sea-lovel brings bac-K color to tho pal lid face and dyes the ohooktt a healthy brown. But young womeu, sometimes oven young men, instead of oxposing their oonntonancos to tho healthful ac tion of .tho light, sliado their iu cos with hats and cover thonl;- with veils, as if tho complexion most to be desired is of that deiloato and' unwholosomo tint which eomos of late hours and indoor life. Whero oan you ilnd 1 handsomor men than tho. ruddy-facod, dark-oyod Urncr Strass jimann, who, in tho days boforo tho big tunnol, used to keep tuo ?St. Gdthard road froo from suow, and spout thoir lives at an elevation of from tfvo thousand to sevon thousand feet abovo the sea. Their complexions were fitver than that of any fashionable boauty who ovor rolgnod in a ballroom or shone at a court. Another peculiar ity of mountain air Is tho relatively lit tle moisture whtah It contains. As we go higher the humidity diminishes in a ratio moro rapid than tho prossuro of . the atmosphore. When wo reach an a1tltttdi? of six thousand fivo hundred foot wo havo below us one-half of the stotal amount of vapor. ,ottr atmoaphero is estimated to contain. The hygro metric condition . of tho air at thoso height# is subject iq rapid changos. A fog, with its cold and damp, Wfll oftei ^ 3d lttJaHM^inutos r ML . Jxe great St. Bernard do not com [>lain ol the.oold-Mhat thoy oan&eop iray?yet; thoy anffer so much from umatlsm oauscd b^ytho olomis that I almost constantly round the Hos pice, that after a few yeartf* sorvloe they are oompollod to go down to Mar tlgny to roorult their hoalth. But Mont Jou, from its position, is much exposed to the notion of the south Wfnd, which comes charged with ihoi?* thro from the north Italian plains. How Ijomr We Should Sleep. ? * . Tho lfttoMt authority oa this vexed question?Dr. Mallns?says that the propor amount of sleep to bo taken by a than Is oiglit hours. So far as regards city life, tho estimate Is probably cor root. Proverbial wisdom does not ap ply tC/ modoirn conditions of sooial exlst enoo. " Fivo (hours) for a man, seven for a woman, and nino for a pig," says Jne proverb; and n second, quoted by (r.. Hazlitt in his English Provorbs, doolares that nature requires fivo; cus tom allows sovon: laziness takes nlno, and wlokednoss eloven. Theso conclu sions wore, howdver, drawn from ob servation of country lffo. Physloal fatigue is moro enslly ovoroomo than intoilootual. Which of us whon travel ing over tho country or abroad, or iu any vfay soparated from tho ordinary proooss of thought and anxioty, lias not fouud that ho oould, without diffl culty, do with a couplo of hours' less time than ho was in the habit of taxing? Men, however, who follow tm Intclloot ual pursuit aro exceptionally fortunato if tho proooss of restoration occupy less than sovon hours. Moro frequently they oxtend to oight or nine hours, Kant, I soo It stated, took nover less than sovon hours. Goetho owned to requiring nlno. Soldlors and sailors, on tho . other hand, like laborors, do with muoh less quantity, I am afraid to say how much tho duke of Welling ton regarded ah* essential. A sohool muster undor whom at ono, time I studied, a hard-working man at tho acquisition 6t languages, proolalmod loudly thfit ho hover took more than five hours' sloop. Tho hour at tofcioh ho rose In tho morning gavo somocolor to his assertion. Only In after life did 1 dlsoover that a two hours' postprnn dlal siosta was not Inoluded In tliat al lowance.? Ntw York Mail and Express. . T ; . i t,,i i f\ - ? aMi.1 nT:n ' i y ? ?? The Eramp*s Outlook. c'a Soon shall I Ho upon tho ploasank swurd, and fool tho applo blossoms blow down on it??vln sprays of pink and white. 1 shall hoar tho birds making love on tho budding limbs and Carry ing the straws from yonder moadow to make tholr cosy nests. And at night I shall crawl under the hayatnok nnd fall aftleejp, looking at tho twinkling stars and hearing brooaoa rustle among tho vinos and oattalls. A draught of nature In tho host draught out whon you oan't got auy other. How swoot, on a frosh, bracing raornlrtg whon Phcobus la jotting In her blggost lloki, to steal do'tho uovfum od moadow and purloin tho milk from tho utmuttpootltiK cowl ' Thoroforo I shall hang my boots up on Hay staff, and start for tho oountry just as soon as the winter passes and thojpoftt begins to take hoAdors down thoAdltorlal stairway, How my hoftrt gociHjut to nature in all Its vhrylng forms and conditions! I love an au tumn landscape, with cows in the brook, and a hunter In the background looking down tho barrel to soo If it 1s lood?<f? h4ok f>" "u '1 X Nsw York man advertise* troches for dogs, Which Afreguariuitnodto mukn the breath; of poodle*- and jjug? as ?west as EbUOATlONAL. Tha Quettlou "How to Study"?The Con. dltloua and Method* Al>ljr Sot forth bj Prof, llarpcr. New School Bulea In Ban KrancWoo.?Con. trolllnf Children without the Kxerolae of Pbytlcal Ko rc e. - HG?W TO 3TUDT. The following points were prepared by tlio writer for tne uso of bis school. Mauy of them may bo profitably en larged upon by tho toaoher. Thousands fail in all departnSonts of labor and ontorpriso for want of sufil contly understanding the principles whion underlie succoss. Many fail, or partly fail. In study for tho same rea sou. But uowhero elso is success tuoro important than iiore. CONDITIONS. 1. Tho first rcquislto is good health. Mental ntbor taxes tho onergies even moro than physical. A reasonable amount of oxoroisc, plenty of nourish ing food, puro air. and an abuiidunco of sloop are iudisponsablo. At the same time mental, like physical labor, is in itself healthful; and oven thoso whoso | health is not vigorous will nof/only bo iujilred, but many even bo benefited, by a moderate amount of it. 2. Success comes to no ono without earnest, diligent, nud nationt effort. ??Thero is no royal roaa to loaruing." Do not oxpcct it. 8. Cultivate a lovo for study. Tho groat truths of scienoo and tho treas ures of literature liro worth all the labor it oan cost to possoss them. To evon half appreciate them will give study a oonstnnt attraction. . 4. Let your school work havo tho first placo in your interest. "Yo can not serve two masters." Your even ings should never bo spent in suoh a way as to make it difficult to do good work next day. 6. Never yield to disoouragomont. To suooeod any whore requires oourago and porpovorance, and all havo their timos whon things do not look bright. If it is bard tu'atiuin oxcellonco in ono study, in others it will not be. Labor ovinia ^Incit,? the ithr:?so, too, dates back to tho tlino of tho anclouts, and lms boon found truo ever sinco. ?. 0. Do not worry about results. Those who aro really diligent and per severing will always "pass," and with creditable rank; *thoy. will also con stantly galu power to do hotter. j . ? METHODS. ' ? 1'.* Do all work thoroughly. Without tho spirit of thoroughness it is only a an cation of time.when you will fail and rop Out of school with more or less aversion to study,?a poor preparation for suooess Afterward. 2. Proparo every lesson thoroughly. In no othor way is thoroughness possi ble. ; 8. Lot your object be to mastor tho subjoot, rather than tho text-book. ?1. Beware of imagining that you can maks up deficiencies "any time." You cannot. To plan In that way Is to ar rango for failure, livery futuro timo is Ukoly to bring ovodwnoro, und proba ble more imporativo, olaims pn your timo than tho present. 6. Make your time oount. Do not spond an hourfos it }s vofy oasy to do, on work-that iplj^t ^ as well or bettor f und main* 0. Wtioi v. "Itorid not to bollove -and tako for granted, but to weigh ami consider.'*: "To road passively to learn is, in roall ty, not to learn at all." Not what you cranio but what you assimilate, is tho measure of success. 7. Subjoct* it' which you havo most Interest may proporly rocoivo moro at tention than others. Yo.it* success in life rnav dopond onwlmtyon can do In thoso linos. But good work should be dono in all. 8. Llboral and oonstant use should bo mado of all books of reforence with in roach. Without this, a high grado of scholarship Id hardly possible. Oo nationally moro extended loading than tho roforenco In hand requires will also be .useful. 0. Be alert to acquire genoral knowl edge. by reading, conversation, inquiry, or observation, as you havo opportuni ty. Muoh of the most valuable knowl edge is found outsldo of toxt-books. It is ad excellent plan to have a library, howover small, and ono or more porimycals of your own. . The supple* nwtffary knowlodgo thus gained will also raako that aoquired In your sohool work more praotloal and valuable. 10. Your motto will natually bo either "as faittoh as possible" or "as little as posslblo." JM it bo the right ono.-~Jbunial of Education, rUBLIO OPINION. Ought not primary solence to have a plaoo In the course of study of our pri mary schooUP What safer method of toaonlng tho oyon to soo and oars to hoar; and w hat more Important powor has man than soolng and hoarlngP? 8. W. Journal of Kd. How many of tho publio sohool mohers mako any uso of tho nowspa* pors in tho sohOol-roomP Its educa tional valuo to tho reading public ii universal admitted, bat it Is not al ways poroolvod that, judlolously used, It might bo tuado equally valuable In tho publio school. (JaiHuta Bchbol Journal . Ono of tho greatest drawbaoks to progress In tho workings of the sohool system is the too froqttotit ohango of teachers. Our teaohers are perpetually changing. State SupV Hlgooo wns m oontly quotod assaying: "Year by year thoy oomo and go,'and gain only a transient aocqualntanoe as they hhrry by. Thoy seem almost as pedagogfo tramps, not toaohers." Tho law rooent ly proposed maktng it obligator/ upon school boards to oinploy all oompotont teacher* for a term of three years, would In a measure oorroct this evll.-^ Teacher and Vupfl.Mcdia, JPa. tf tho advooatos of the so-called, and falsely so-callcd, "Now Kduoatlon" aro takon to task protty sharply, they have no lifto to blame hut themfcolvee. For some tlmo they havo had pretty muoh jthoir own way In conventions and Jour nals, for: those who woro,*ot carried away by tho novelty of the thing wero obl)Ko<r to wait until thoy oould learn wnat ins now abetnne is. An lot It I# not new, ?It Is very old. But the oool est thing about it fs tho bold assump tion that everything good Is a part of tho now, and everything bad belong* to the old. '?iSdtitoLiontu Oourant. The little one* Will bo specially de lighted with the knowledge that a principal may gfsnt a half-holiday on Friday, onoe a month, to the ten In each class ranking highest' in ftoholati ship and doporimont during tho pre ceding month. The new rule* ?ay that ^principal* shall have tho power to sus pehd pupils for a porlod not exceeding one week; and whore tho case, In their Judgment, merits a greater penalty, they shall report the fact to the Com mittee on Kules and Kogulationi. Heretofore tho pupil might bo sus pended, and bo pretty rare that he oould bo reinstated on the application of his parents to tho Superintendent of Schools, who has the power to annul the order of tho toaoher, bnt Who has. uow been doprivod of that privilege.' Tho rules and regulations of the pros ont are regarded oy parents and think ing teachors as very thorough and ox ccuent?San Francisco Pott. ? A largo proportion of tho pupils in tho grammar schools ond their sohoOl*' lifo boforo reaching or without entei^ iug tho high sohool. Honoe the gram* uiur schools aro not, and ought not t& be, perverted into merely exclusive fit liiig-instltution.s for a speculative standard for tho high sohool.?Sunt. II'. ir. WaterhUui, Taunton, Mats. Chillirou cun now bo controlled with* out tho' oxorciBe of physioal force, be ei.uso thoy iind groater pio'asnro In Kiudy than in disorder and raisphiof Tito culture of tho touchors is so muoh creator, ami llie tastes of tho oh^ldren' id uo innoii reliucd, that Utat WffluP ?:\ve inexpressible onjoyment to {hti children of twonty yoars ag'o, is now looked upon with disgust; ^orood study and forcod ordor will still further diaapper as our methods ofieaohlng bocomo more porfoct In the now edu cation moro tlmo is given to tho study of tho English language and literature. This is a distinguishing featuro be twoou tho old and tho now. Not that less attention is given to tho ancient and foreign languages, but the English; rocoives quite as muoh attention aftd Is awarded a place o! at least equal- im portance with thon).?Supt. It. W \ Sieve noon, Columbus, O. The CIiIcmro IVmrd of Trade Olook. ' "'i&flHBhB Tho olook is mado of iron, bronse, and stool, and weighs tou tons wltbo tho boll, which woighs 4,600 poun . nioro. Tho pendulum alone woighs' 760 pounds. Tho works, wldoh follow the plan of tho groat Westminster olook of London, aro divided into a tlmo-train, a hand-train, and a striking train. Those trains aro soparato ma chinos, rosting, sldo by pido, on sop?' ato frames. The tirao-traiqL slmt keeps time, 'i he hand-train general iliu foroo that moves tho hands on th dials in tho tower and in tho main hall ami is sot off at the proper time by tho time-train. Tho striking-train gener ates the force that strikos the boll, and, like tho hnnd-train, is set off at tho >or time by the time-train. Each ?eso trains is operated by a soparato wolght, and tho threo woights together weigh 8,600. The hammer that strikes tho bell was . to havo wolghod 120 pounds, but a patent hammer welf1 ing only eighty pounds has: been p fevrod. The olockwork is below \ dials, which aro ton \?ot \ JHL,,.Jil diamotor, and the boll is abovo thorn, imH 9AA tnnt.tr/Tin inn irmiinH. *?" ? . .'x and 260 foot frOm. tho ground - The noto whloh theioolj s and an octavo lower t oloso togothor >to''< the boll to bo hoai that thoy will have to bo alt Tho manufacturers of thl that the ponduldta of the olo Tyng'B onuroh in New Yoi thoy made, has not itopj was started, twonty-iivo y< thoy see no roas.on why the Chicago pendulum should nob vibrato OS long or f.wicrt IU Inner w if.1i niih IntnrrimtThKl The Chioago pendulum swings ono way in two Seoouds. The manufacturers say also that a somowhat smaller olook whioh they have on exhibition in Now. Orloans has not varied a second sinco last Septorabor, and that they will bp disappointed if the Chicago olook rat ios more than a seoond in a yoar. The Chioago olock is oalled, as to ftixe, a movement No. 20, and Is the ?amo In sixo as the olook, mado by *ho same house, in Indepondonoe Hall, Phlladol phla, and that cost $10,000, though t' < iiPF * ^ loago olock oontains some tmpfO/Jk monts over tho Philadelphia Miulo Hir Pile, An old woman whoso face had b< familiar lor yours about tho streets a beggar bad boon missing for sot time, and the kind-lumrtod young fel lows of the Oil Hoard, who had known her well, marked hor ftbscnco. After a whllo she ronppuftiod, looking much younger and fiou from any cro<" her baok. Her ruga had given to a tidy droM of noat black * and she nodded pleasantly friends, who hardlv darod to they saw ''O.d Slug" buforo i ilnj com 8he ox plained, however,* bogged for twenty years an< ?avedi?or?iHtontly. while golnj ofllno to OfKoo alio loarabdtlio coi of tho market, aud alio had profl taking turns on her own account. '? Mag, you can't have onough to live always* bavo you*" asked ? btt whoso mortsjwas opon with t ment. Mag laughed quietly, not, my'friend PM she said. "I for Kuropo Saturday, and %t: spend 919,000 during tho that Is not ono-thlrd of my "How old aro yotif You looi years younger.7$ "I was 80 last day. When I was 181 comment mako my way down herd, And tl twenty y??r ago.'1 "With knowledge of tho street, why you stay hore and spoeulatef" ,.m my son,'1 she said, with it rftallo. am not a fool. V-1 have my p)l out 1 go. . I have seen the 1' eoor. 1 have gonocold and oeomo rich, and now 1 shall And, If 1 stay here, why, all will want to marry me to pi J suppose. Good-by, This day In Wall street"-?New own. 7--w ? KwEzffl* _tJ. At West Ansonla, Conn., resides lad of ton who Was afflicted with a se< wart on the top of his foot. It w 1 voi v troublosomO at times, and ho ofj& E en loosened his ahoe to prevent the rltatlon. On two occasions tho lmd boon out to thi surface of the bnt would soon grow again, oac to larger proportions. "A few since as the boy was sitting fct ble eating his dinner, his usual, a large pet rooster tho crumbs, and in his away with as many as ffhort time selaed the wt lad could shake htm <> foroep-shapod beak pulled by the root*. Th$ wound law davs and thore Is no of further growth. iton Baokbone* compliments another a good doal ot "back i very noar stating a ? without knowing it, uiistso remarked a naval to a rcnortor of the %y, as thu latter stoppod om of the naval oxam "Step up here a rao hJtluubd tho ottleer, couduot e porter to a measuring rod ^In on?? corucr of tho room. :r( "bcsldo having tho movable i h.? which a man's holght 1j 'n ? ud anothor intermediate arm ,1 Awldoh tho length of his lugs s *?|ed. Tho 'difference bo t ween oaauriueuta, of course, shows of his body and head, or of hi.i spinal column, In Jiead. .'??There," said tho sr tho reporter had subjected ?th&i moaauring procoas, "you tohos -ta|l; your legs aro 33| pg?^pretty godd . "Jogs?and Oa at- length ?. of body tif 86 That's vory. gdod; abpve the ?j n < i wnni uuun it iui uiuuur ?$,. reporter. ;powor," romarkod nn of . was standing near. idioal ofilcer, enlarging on tho .ius suggested, procoodod: !?. You suo (putting his hand "Lead), horoV tho governor. 0 continued.<? loworing his its olioflt, "is the boiler. Tho tho heart are hero, and he lp abdominal organs or vis .jur mouth and nostrils aro You shovel in coal?tako jour mouth. It is turned \m--blood and goes out iu lotion, vou aoo, toward?tho Now tho man with a long a great deed of boilor sur ? *ho man with considerable ? is strongor than tho man *?tP" that is ono cireumstanco to /.With others of ? course. .v .?jih backbone is apt to W& powor of , resistance. He more toil and i^osiat dlsoase ' there wore no men in "for a long mar oh as ;ed fellows with long ?ng-logged mon ?oulu i ft caso hero uot long Vie officer, *'wbioh ?ato that a man's backbono - deal to do with his general ||Xn offlcor wht> was ex >r promotion was found to be y; mootally.and professionally ?mi morally unlit. Ho was the sorvice. When wo i his. measurement wo tio^oiiortosl .badkbono of he navy who had evor 1 Ho did not have I power of .rosistanoo, ?^?-?yjkVol acadomy M ho had " bis stron Ipioljp caosonowg we*appearan alto\m^T4toWc6uft^ int trail, says: lio has ne|t- Mcondot1~tH>s trail Kaglo peak,while in Yosemito, .*?b Won of the Riant gjirgo, no onu point'in thu Valley, to ^u*hoyfrlddge, whore a person a vivid idea of tho torriiio ?Jl has produced this wonder jre as from the final glimpspof oil down to the gorgo below. You !ti a narrofy, Y-shaped basin, a it wall of tWo thousand foot at your it hand, and oh your left tho round granite slopo, just over whoso crest inges and toars tho famoiH crook It a fow rods frirlhor on mnkestho lost, nin-it torrilie, and at. ? ii>> samo o most-beautiful bound out into tho And down, down a nevcr^onding tanco. Koemi njvly blown into smoke, -1 into lnee, rent into rilihrins, thrust lushed intoervslal point* of snow/ .vonos^aud ielefehko sharpness. full rainbows, slaving its own anthem, l is tho Yoaemitb Tall, while far bolow )arklos a' jbeuduloiiH inid ? winding ead-*-tho Xosiunite creek nb tho foot ;he lower fall* lindtug its way to the feed. The valley H..or from here is lero spot, and the g a I wuiU rising h either haju} ni'ur.y u ?riteudioulurly ake the gorge seem 10.900 t'uet 'deep, horo is no Spot whyro tho grandeur of "osomite Is so fully ro<i)i*od as tOia. :> StrippOd of its beautiful soft hazy coloring; Its ovei-ohang and mafvelous stone muting* lost - view; its groen v?.ioy. gone; Its i>&UtlfUl ^xpflPVoi. ?\v*i;Otyvd, tttt -.iff' ranito w*ik i. elands out front here truth, whutlt roally Ik, a terriflo boumgby jagged gi unite t>inna The rido tip to tho summit of the 1 is toilsome to the la*t degree. T It i distance four miles, atf.f the *)tl$ above thd talloy is abmijl 8,000 from*!* 1 Kvory nidw arid thou tlto Zoological *on baa a pair of young blrda sont without any ot)>or. InfwmaUon re Jng thorn than tho whoroabouts of eir oapturo. Tho persons who sond do not know ol what apeotoa are, and think, of course, that iho nlthologists of tho garden will have tto>dlfflo;auy in giving thota thoir propor name. It I# not generally known tHat aomoblrda have fovir distinct pot plumago, and that tho hist, suit la thtf ono that t? described In the text-books end by which tho spooloa la detor *'Wo have lot* of trouble about this thing," said Supt llrown as ho sat In hla comfortable oftloo, surrounded with aoologtea, ornithologies, Muffod monk eys, cabinet pictures of baboons, end ?crocodiles' skulls* "Kow, thoro ere tho American soa gulls. No one ean tell what specie# e young pair will do velop Into. Thoy havo To bo moasured for their final snit of olothos and put them on befoto wo oan nemo them. "8omo time ago four reoooons were tt-adod oft for Iwo strango young birda. j We know thoy oamo from Houth Amer ica end that was all wo did know Those birds havo latoly put on their spring suits and havo turned out to bo * rare and valuable, but they t havo turned out quite common oo for all anybody oould toll."? rtndetphici Timet. The tower of tho new olty building et Philadelphia w?l bo higher than th% Washington monnmont^but the ttfc f settlement of the walla has crack d shattered tho finely oarved atone on the interior walls. OUK CItAZY QUILT. An Authority uu Urau OiMrlbM the Oit> took Ibr N?xt 8*moq'i Stjrloc. ky?tlieri and Bird* UIt? 1'iuce to Klowrr* for Trimming. TUK St'MMKlt OUTLOOK. Lot us look beyoud Lout Into tho fashions of tho coming noason, writes Clara Belle in u rocont letter. Nearly all evoning dresses will bo tuado with trains of moi'o or lesB length, and waists that aro out round and sleoveloss, or with a square nookand oibow sleovos. Brides and their bridesmaids for aftor Easter wedding*. havo a variotv of ma torials to soleot from. Stilus in ivory tints, trimmed with a profusion of pearls and lace, will, however, be most popularly worn by brides, v and 1>alo colored tulles over satins by their )ridosmaids. Veils of tulle fastoned by a bunch of wild violets, daflbdils, or sqiuo.spring flowor will bo worn by bridespiaids at several fashionable wed dingH.'- The volts.'-'will bo short au worn thrown from tho face. Velvet will bo largely used for spring and summer?early for ontlro costumos, and lator iu combinatloj|. with all de scriptions ol goods. Ih 'colors, greens aro especially popular; browns, Idues, and tho now crimsons aro also in de mand. Volvot figures on wool, in Ori ental or floral dosigDs. and in stripos, and in contrasting shados, aro among t)to most striking novelties. Surahs, both silk and satin, aro shown fop com bination with brocade matching hi col or, and showing dotaohod' tiguros ofton contrasting in color. Black, shell pink, and light bluo on almond, fawn, and golden brown shades, are among the favorito dosigns. Plain and plaid surahs form another combination, and whero tho ground of the plaid'matohes the plain material thoy are particular^ ly attractive. Plain surahs and block doslgus come next, the blooka being alternately of tho ground color, and of a deeper or brighter tint. White will be the favorite color for wear at the fashionable resorts in the summer. The new cashmere in shados of white, that are shown for morning wear, are heavy of toxturo and very durable. Thoy can be washed like piauo or other whlto material. They will generally be m&de up with a long pointed drap ery in front, edgod with Ave or six row* of silver braid.. The xouave bod ices and round waists of all kinds will bo worn in them, the ordinarv basnuea in theao gowns being entirely dispensed with. White goods, however, are in many omoi no longor white, but oream, or even In pearl or ooru shades. Em broidered batistes are quite, generally of theso tints, and embroidered in white or colors. Etaminos in oream or light buff, with self-colored embroidery, are among the novelties, and look as if they would outwear the wearer. it is feurtaus how much trade In wo men's apparel depends on their freaks* of fashion. I hate no means of know ing the extent of the manufacture of .??improvers,'1 as the pads for bodioes are called, bat, Judging by the dUplay of the stooks in the stores, it must at one time have been a flourishing indus try. Probably hundreds and hundreds of ?: those folka i^ >iay? be by a dUwardlng of o ** ThusnSSe girls of is/yr, YotIl ha*J?bcen? transformed, as far as the# can accom plish it, into seemiug dyspeptics, con sumptives, and crnshlings?as though oruel fate had flung them down and sat Upon them verynard. A general tondenoy in all wash goods to oream, buff, and almond tints give a sunshiny look to the counters given to th*m? Laces are more popular lhan over, and are found ott all articles of dress from hats to shoos, adorning all fabrios, silk, wool,? or cotton, and are themselves made of all materials and combinations of materials; Jersoy jaokets for spring wear are embroider^ ed fa soutache or silver braid, and are lined with satin. Pongeos are likely to be popular?the deep-colored for street Aha home toilets and for Mother Hubbards. Light oolorod Jerseys have gone out of frUniop. White and oream colored ones that aro elaborately braid ed are, and will be,' much worn with eklrts of cashmere or. sni^ah. lllumln-, ated oloths oomo with both rough and smooth surfaces, and are used for en tire oostumes. A deolded tendency to use brighter colors is observable In this olass, but the dots of color are so small and so ounningly mingled, the bright ness so bidden, that tno oritlo oannot dosoribo the effeot as gay, or even bright, though it -li certainly the re verse of dull or grave. Feather* are no longer seen, nor ' .with the exoeption of the smallest that nostle in soft, mossy restlngupon small bough* or *tems, and other stems on whloh aro congregated humming-birds and other* of tho smallest, known Knd unknown. Flowors surpass alt provlovm ofTorts of artist* in rivaling natnre. Yollow llllee swing golden cups from long, plastlo stems; great Gqold or roses, Just tinted with palest pink; seeded meadow grasses and purple olover; white and purple lilacs; bunChos of silky, fluffy sthllUes and swamp meadow grasses sparkling with dewdrops: dark, doable Farma violets contrasting with the pale slnglo vlolotsi pale, plnk-shadod primroses and white violets; fttrange. wlord t>rohld*; all manner of field flowers, suoh as the bine oorn (lower, daisies, butteroups, wild roses, and striped ribbon grasses, are tied togeth er! every variety of roso*?velvety pink, white, creamy, red, with dew glistening In tholr hearts; branohe* of honeysuokle blowing fairy horn* of vivid scarlet or pale gold dashed with rfed, and otbor old-fashioned garden flowers, and the simple flowers and the Sraooful weeds of the Hold, even those ayllght start, dandelions, glinting gold, take tho plaoe of the rare etotloa thin season. The small gilt squaro and triangular headed plot roappoar, and are *et about the brim of tuu bonnet similar to those used last season. Lorffr plnrf with heads of square blocks or flllfgrso aro thrust throngh the trimming; an eaglets olaw hold* k let of Rhine peb bles, amber, acat'*~cye In appearanoe, but really a species of chrysolite with play of light similar to the costly stone, oxooptlng In colors, whloh are dark greet* and blue, with a transludttnt gold light Among other delloate and novel bon net trimmings aims Imitations of birds' wings and (alia made of crepe llsse em broidered in white silk applique en vand also In delicate gilt thread on black lace. Gilt lace orowns are open worked And also tinsel embroider* ed oh White canvifc Tinsels come straw apd gold, in dltyftgt shade* S citron, bom cream, and ulive. Ribbons partake of the excessively gay Oriental stylos described. Thoso are from seren to eight inohos wide when used for sashes, of dollcato gauze striped with velvot made fluffy with chenille dots in bright Roman colors and Scotch plaids. Others como in etamino glittering with gold thread and silk.?New York Tribune. Ostium Dlgma a Frenchman. It may not bo gonorally known that Oilman Digma is a Frenchman by birth, and was born in 1832, in a small hotel in Rouen. His father dying a year or two after, his mother married an Aloxandrian merchant in 1887, half Frenoh and half Egyptian, of the name of Osman Digma, who, (taking a great fanoy to young Osman, at that timo named Alphonso Vinot), insisted on having his namo changed to his own, and, aylng in 1842, left him about 600, 000 francs. After tho death of his step father ho was loft to tho guardianship w Ali Khana, a kind of half partner of tho elder Osman, a Mussulman, who, at tho death of Mme. Digma, in 1844, took young Osman into his house. His roligion at that timo, being vefry much of tno Christian unattaolied tyoo, was Boon converted into Mohammedanism. All Khana was a vory wealthy man, and livod in groat Oriontal pomp and splendor. Though intonding to bo vory kind to young Osman, nis kind ness was of a very Spartan order, in dood. He had' numerous professors for various branches of learning, nnd would often bo oxamined by All him solf, who, if bo did not consider that ho had mado progross, would havo him sevoroly bastinadoed. At tne ago ol 10 110 was sent to Cairo to an cx-Frenoh ofllcor to bo taught tbo various mothods of Europoan warfare. Capt Morale had gome fifty boys rosid ing ia his houso studying war in all its branches, two or three of whom have since become famous, not loast among them being Arabi Pasha. It is strango, as illustrating the old saying that "the boy is lathor to the man, that both Osman and Arabi distinguished themselves as leaders in tho mimic battles fought In tho grounds of Capt Morale, tho former In a dashing Bwoop tag kind of way, carrying everything before him, and tho latter as a tacti olan. The conscquonce was that a rivalry existed botwoon tho two, both having about an oqual number of their sohooMellowa siding with them. Os man remained hero until his 19th yoar, when he was sont by his guardian to Franoo on mattors relating to All's business. In 1866 ho obtained the ooramand of his regiment, but shortly aftorward, offonditfg tho lchodivo, he had to loavo Egypt,and his property was conflsoatod. Ho tnen wont to Suakim and entcrod business as a ship-chandler and coal agent under an assumed name; but, while on a hunting oxpodltlon, ho was oaptured by a roving band of Arabs, and was sold as a slave to tho man who at present calls hirusolf tho mohdi. Tho mehdi was charmed with his now slave, as a man of unboundod learning, and who would bo ablo to train his numerous supporters in tho art of war. Ho gave Osman hi* daughtor in mar riage, and has ovor since treated him .????? , was in Washington this wook ft oj; two In company with John . W. Maokoy. As ho got aboard a wost-bound train last night to bogin a journey to Cali fornia, Uol. Oohiltroo said: "The po litical nronn will know me no moro forovor. You seo mo anil Maokoy lmvo somo now railroads to look aftor that will ooeupy my tlmo for the noxt ten yoars and 1 will havo no lolsuro for polltlos. When a man has 400,000 to 600,000 milos of railroads to build ho has no tnsto for ward mootlugs and party oonvolitions." ??Why, colonol," askod a bystander, "Isn't that figure a iittlo stoop?" "Stoop, tho devil!" oxclalmod tho rubicund Toxan. "Why, that isn't a patching to what wo aro really going to do. I put tho ilguros low booauso 1 didn't want you to think I was over drawing the tiling. Instead of four or five hundrod thousand milos, our now road will aggregate into millions. Why, air, when we got our system in Moxico completed, tnat oayoto ropubllo will look like an old-fashionod gridiron, and the whistle of our lobomotivo will make a eontlnuous roar nlong tho con fines of that God-forsaken country from Bagdad to Guaymas, and from Cape Isabel to the Klo dol Norte: and, sir?" But just thon tho colonol's train began to movo westward, and the graphic ploturo of what ho and Maokoy propose to do in railroad construction remains Inoomplote. . |B|| l<P + j?l ??? What Some llloli ^1 '-?< II .v<> Here aro figures showing what sonio rich mon have dono. John* Hopkins ^gave $3,148,000 to tho university which lio foundod. Ills gifts for Iniuovolont i purposes amounted to $Hf000,000. Jiulgo Paokor gave $8. 00, 00 to Lo hlgh Unlvorsity. Corn'-lin* V.mdorbllt gavo $1,000,000 to tiio Va ilorbilt Uni versity. Stephen Glrnnl gnvo $8,000, 000 to Glrard Collogo. John C. Greon and his residuary logatoo* gnvi* #l,fi00, 000 to Princeton College. Kara Cor nell gave $1,COO,000 to Cornell Unlver slty. Isaac Itioh boquo..tho>l tho groat or part of his estnto, wl.K-h was np praised at $1,700,000, to iio.<tou Uni versity; on account of ill- great flro andenrinkago in vnl .p, and oilior un fortunate olrcnmstiiiuMf. ttn* u tivorslty will realize loss tiian $70 ?.00) iroin this magnlfioeht bo(|uo?t. Htono Save $600,000 to Ad?'lh??n College by ireot gift and bv ln ?;iif t. W. W. Corooran gavo $170.00<) to Columbian University In money ami laud. lion iamlrt Buss; gavo mil ?'?tato worth 1600,000 to Harvard Unlvrr-ity. Snm uol Wllllston, William J. Waikor, and Samuel A. Hitchcock gmo botwoon $100,000 and $200,000 .? ? h to Ainhorst Collego. Whltmer l'hm.iix gavo the bulk of hit jproportv, an.ouutlng to about $640,000, to Columbia Colfoge. 3. B. Trevor gavo $17V,0 O to Kochos ter Theological Seminary. Matthow Vassar gavo $800,000 to V:iss?r Col lege. Gardner,Colby gave rti/o.o o in Colby University and *100,000 to New ton Thoologioal Seminary. J. B. Col gate gave $800,000 to Madison Unlvor ?Ity. George I. Seney gav?? $4/>0,000 to Wesleyan University. Tho Crozer fam liy gave $900,000 to Croaor Theologloal 8emlnai7> Thl proleoted bridge aoross the Straits of MeAslna will span a channel thirty-six feet deep and two and a hall miles wide. The vladUot will be tup ported by two land towers and three piers, each 8,280 foot apart. The height of the bridge above tho wator will.be 898 feet. This enterprise will tax the ?kill of (he Italian engineer*. A Mother'* D.'KhIom. This oily, writes a Springfield (Mm) correspondent to the New York Tribune, has not lacked a sharu in tho sad ro m.anco of tho lute Arctic explorations. Several years niro a proniiidnir young man here, tho only son <?t * widowed mother, and a general l:.\i>iito in soolal circles, caught tho "Arctic f? \er," and ngainst tho protests of hi* family and friends joined one of (lie iciiof expedi tious. For a time all went well, but as has so often happened, tho ships wore frozen in and tho men wore foreod to take to the ieo to make their way out. On their dreary march to tho no&reBt station a cake of ieo on which tho Springfield boy happened to be was do tachod from tho main Uoo and ho was carried out to sea. His comrades woro unable to rescue him, and ho drifted off into tho darknoss, as they woro only too suro, to certain death. Tho re mainder of tho party arrived safoly at thoir destination. As soon as possiblo tho nows of tho young man's loss was sont to his mothor, but sho obstinately rofused to boliovo that ho was doad. Her faith was strongthonod by tho ar rival, somo mouths later, of a lottor her sou had writtou hor on tho Christ mas day preceding tho abandonmont of tho shins, in which ho spoko confi dently of boiug with hor almost as soon as tho lotter roachod hor. As it uad boon sent by a roundabout way across Siberia and"Russia, tho delay was only natural, but tho mothor saw in it a fresh confirmation of hor hopos. Tho boliof had by this timo grown in to a monomania, and she determined to loavo no moans untried of ascertain ing if hor son really livod. Without tho knowlodero of hor family, she wont to a "medium" who happened to bo in Springiiold at tho timo and conBultod hor as to tho whoroabouts of an absont friend. Ilor oxcitemont was increased by being told that tho person of whom sho aslcod had boon cast away in a far country among savago tribos, who had nursed him tenderly through a long ill ness; that ho was still weak, but was on the road to health. Almost besido hersolf, tho poor mothor tried in vain to convert hor family to hor belief. Finding it impossible to shako hor faith m hor son's oxistenco by argu ment, thoy linally tried ohaneo of soone and travol. fcut whilo in Boston sho onco moro visited a clairvoyant, who, strangoly onough, coniirmod tho state ments of tho fotmor medium. This ono described in dramatic terms?first, a young man pickod up in mid-oceaa by a passiug vessel; thon a port in a distant land, ships iu a harbor, flguros in strange costumes moving about tho stroots, spoaking in a foreign language, a small house near tho water, in it tho same youth, onco moro recovering from a sovoro illness and longing for nomo, but unablo to And tho moans to return to his own oountry. Of course, after this second experi ence, it was usoloss to try further di* vorsion, even had tho broken-hoarted woman'not insisted on returning home to be ready in.caso any news should como of hor boy. Tho delusion was So , strong that as a last resort her friends wroto bogging tho commander of tto expedition to como to Springfield and let tho mothor hear from hia own. lips tho story of her son's disappear* anee. honintr that in 'tnls An illustrated artlclo on AuxjiiguiT artists in tbo Now York Sunday World , contains tho following concerning well known Boston artists: "Ono of tho most remarkable women who labor at tho oasol in the United States is Miss Hortha von Hlllern. Miss Ton Hillera has lived a life of romance suoh as would bo hotter inplaco in a novel than a biographical sketch. Ten years ago when tho podostrian mania had reaohed Huoh a height in this oity that women had bogun to contest for tho prlzo of endurance as well as men, a sturdy llt tlo Austrian woman appeared in tho arona and won tho championship sov on-days* record for herself. Her ap pu.iranco on tho traok occasioned a porfect furor, and whon sho took her training in Contral park she was al ways guardod by a strong squad of fepiIn>no supnortors. From tnls oity sho wont to Boston, whore sho made an oqual hit. Sho had repoafadly an nounced that as soon as Bho had saved suilioient m^noy sho proposed to retiro and study painting. Sho carrlod out hor purpose in Boston by entering tho studio of William Hunt, ono of whoso favorito pupils sho became. Mis* von Ilillorn is a landsoapo painter of muoh ability, and has boon omlnontly huoooss ful in dopicting tho grandor phases of Amorioan forost sconory, of whloh sho is ospeolally fond. Inseparably asso ciated with tho name of Bortha von Hllrorn is that of her sister artist and companion, Maria J. C. Beokot. Miss Bookol is an Amorioan, of an old Cath olio family, with a long rooord of uso fulnoss and ominouoo lnsooloty and tho churoh. She is a woman of oxtfaordl nary qolcknoss of poroeption and koen noss of intelloct, and counts among her frlonds tho most ominent Fronoh and Amorioan artists of tho generation. Sho had traveled, livod In Vrancoand Italy, and studiod art thoro before she enter ed the famous studio of William Hunt, in Boston. Thoro sho mot Miss von Hlllern, and discovered in hor a con {rental soul. Sinoo thon tho ladies havo lvod and worked together, ^bonding thoir winter* in Now York and Boston, in which latter oity thoy hold a sort of aristocratlo salon wookly, and their suramors in a studio among tho forosts of Virginia. Their stndio at Strasbarg 1b ono of tho wonders of tho Old Do minion. Miss Beokot, like Miss von Hlllern, is n landscape painter, with a lino fooling for tho poetry of natui'o, and a loaning toward the grave and quiet color common to all pupils of tho groat Boston ma?tor. Tho sobrioty of her art Is by no means rofloctod in hor ?ooial qualities, for sho Is ono of the most brilliant and widoly-instruotod Conversationally in tho wostorn con tinent." Troon hftvo boon found in Africa which wore computod to bo 5,160 your* old, and a cypres* in Mexloo In aald to havo reached n still groator ngo. Tho oldest individual Hpeoimon of any apeoiou?in faot tho oldoAt living thing upon tho globe?Is probably tho cypres of Hunta Maria dol Tule< in tbo Moxlonn stato of Oax- t now. If ontiiYmto* of troo agea*' nro to )>o rolled upon tho life of thin vonorablo forwt mon&roh may bavo spanned tho wbolo porlod of writ" ton history. At Inat account* It wa? still growing and In 1861, when Hum bold waw It, it n>oa?urod forty-two foot In diameter, 146 In olronmforonco and 2H'i foot between tho oxtromitioc of two oppo?ito branohe*.