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_ ^ i L I VOL. XXXYII. CAMDEN, S. C., FEBRUARY 13, 1879, NO. 30, , ?: ~T~ She Samden founwl. PUBLISHED EVERY TUURSD I 1 _ xT~CAMDEN, CM ? BYC. C. ALE i DER. ? ^uhM'rlpli' .i^i (Df ADVA ^ One Year ;*.t. 12.00 Six Months v ' 1.00 - "-r?^= Two Droia "is. A LZOKSD OF THH SOV It vu two rival drummers I The merits that did blow Of sa'es were iu St. Louis made &nd safes from Chicago. TKAW akonAA/l n?vtn * *uvj vuauwu u^vu m ?uv4vm*>h? Who fa>n a safe would buy, j And in th? praise of their honaea' wares The drummers twain did vie, Each striving to see which could construct The most colossal lie. Up spake the St, Louis drummer: " Once a man a cat did take And looked the animal in a safe Of our superior make. " They made & bonfire round the safe With tar and kerosene, And for four-and-twenty hours it blazed With raging heat, I ween. "The fire went out, tie safe was oooled, And I will forfeit five Hundred good dollars if that eat Did not come out alive." Then mild upepske and answered him The Chicago safe agent: " With onr safe one day w? did essay The samo experiment. " We placed the safe selected on Of ooals a fiery bed, And pitched-pine we heaped iu eoal-oil steeped Till the iron glowed bright red; And in forty-eight hours we ope'd the safe, And, alas! the cat was dead !" "Was dead? Ahal" his rival cried, With a triumphant breath; But the Chicago man relied: " Yes, the cat was frozen to death P No word that St. Louis drummer spoke, But silent be stood and wan. While the Kansas merchant an order gave To the Chcago man. Better Late Than Never. His came was John Holt; and, moreover, he looked like his name, or like the image which the sound of his name, in a mnsical ear, wonld call up in the mind. Physically he was so well proportioned that his weight could scarcely be guessed, and 60 broad shouldered that yea had to set him beside another man in order to realize his superior height. His skin was fair and his eyetblue, but the hair, which had been towoolored in his childhood, had deepened to biowD. John Holt's face was not one of those which are called expressive, - V?In?t wore, in repose, prettj nearly alway*--tbe same look. Mrs. Holt had a large and valuable farm just ou the borders of the town. Streets had crept gradually about her fields and surrounded them on three sides ;on the fourth woedlands stretched back toward the east. Why she should -give the control of this place to John, instead, of to one of his sharper brothers, was a puzzle even in her own mind. The only reason she oould give was that John was steady and more likely to remain at home than the others were. John was in love with pretty Nellie Oramer, a neighbor's daughter; but one day when he Btarted to tell her of his passion she stopped him short with a lancrh and a "Nonsense. John !" He never got angry with her. How ooold he ? Bat sometimes a shadaw would drop over his face, and he wouldn't have much to say to her for a time. Then, when she went to him with her coaxing ways, and laid her little hand on his arm, whispering: "Now, don't be vexed, John; I like you so much; but I don't want you to talk nonsense," he would look down and smile, though not very brightly, *and promise to try to avoid nonsense in the future ; ending his promise with a sigh. " Dear me ! I do wish you wouldn't sigh so, John !" the girl would say, pettishly. " It makes me feel melancholy to hear you- One would think I had done something dreadful to you." Then John Holt would smile again, still less brightly, and promise to try not to Bigh any more. Such little scenes as this were mere asides, however. Nellie usually paid but little attention to John, being ohiefly oooupied in dancing, flirting and quarreling with his more showy brother Frank, or with any other gay fellow who was so unfortunate as to be taken with her pretty face. For Nellie was an incorrigible flirt It was only when she had no one else to talk to, or wanted to pique some other lover, or when she m ^ -wanted some real servioe, that she went toJ^n, who was Bometimee pleased and sometomes hurt to see that she came to him ^?ily when she wanted help or advice. " You are a sort of grandfather, you know," she said one day, giving his arm a squeeze. " I have an idea that you are about Beventy-five years old. How old are -ou, John ?" "I an only one-third of that," he said, siriling. " I am only a month past twenty five." ^R'bsBible? Well, you must have been very old when you was born. Besides, twenty five is* old to me. I am only nineteen. Now you come and hear i. J i.^11 ?M ^ lij^y awry iuju icu IUD WUOO IVMV. JL uauiu over here on purpose to see yon." John followed her obediently tbrongh the garden and down to a benoh under the shadow of the beech grove on the lawn; and when she took her seat there be leaned against the trunk of a tree and waited, looking down on her. "You see, John," she began, "I've had an offer." John Holt was tanned that summer, but through the brownness one might have seen a faint blush ran over his face. Nellie didr't see it, for she was . . looking down and rolling her apron tassels, a very bright color in her own face. There was a moment b snenoe atter this announcement, and seeing that he was expected to say something, John presently said 14 Yes ?" 44 Oh, if you don't want to adviBe me, l I won't trouble you," the girl flung ont, iieing in a pet. M Comb back. Nellie," he Baid, kindly. 441 am not cro88? only toll me what i yon want." She seated herself again with a little quiyar in bar lip. " I want you tell me what you think of James Lee. Tell me if you think I'd better marry him. Tell me if you think he cares enough for me to go just where I say and live where I wish." The oolor waved again in John Holt's face, and he drew a quick breath. Some impulse to speak 6eemed to come upon him. Glanoing up for his answer, Nellie saw the change and added a word: " You see, John, I like Albert Leighton better than I do James." The oolor and light droppod out of his face again, and a rim of even, white teeth pressed for an instant his under Up. " Then why don't you marry Albert Leighton ?" he asked, looking up into the tree that spread over his head, and reaching to break a slender twig. "He never asked me to," she answered demurely. " I suppose he means to, doesn't he ?" asked Jonn, looking at her with a glance that might be called almost haughty. " now can 1 leu r neiue pomeu. " Men are so qneer. The most of them would rather wait to be asked, I think." " If you want my advice, I will give it," John said, twisting and flinging away the little twig in his hand. " If you like Albert, don't keep James Lee in suspense. You have no right to do it. You can't seriously think of marrying one man when you prefer another. If Albert likes you, as I believe he does, take him. He's a good fellow." " You think bo ?" the girl said, looking up suddenly. "I think so," he repeated, turning awav. M Now let's go up to the house." 8he rose and walked quietly up by his side, her fair, girlish face a little pale, her eyes downcast. At the gate ibe stopped. " I will not go in, now," she said, in a low tone. " I will go home." He merely bowed, and looking baok after a few stops she 6aw that he had uot entered the house, bat was stealing off toward the barn. The next week James Lee oommenoed a violent flirtation with Bessie Holt, John's sister, and in a month the two were engaged. Nellie laughed and turned the light of her smiles upon Albert Leighton, a handsome, dashing fellow, who had been crazy about Lee for the last six months. John Holt said nothing, bnt was rather oool about his sister's engagement " You see, suspense would have killed him," Nellie whispered, mischievously. " I hope he isn't marrying my sister out of pique toward you," John said, xddly. " If I didn't think Bessie loved him too well to give him up, I'd tell her." " Ard betray my confidence, John Holt," Nellie exclaimed. "I tell you, he is like most of you men?purely selfish. He didn't care a fur about me. I think he seems to like Bessie." 44 When are you goiDg to get married ? " he asked abruptly. The question came so suddenly that for once the girl lost her compoeure. A crimson blush swept over her face, and she dropped her eyes without being able to speak a word. Of coui8e, ehe recovered herself in a minute, and protested that she had no thought of marryiDg. Any woman would have done the same. Bat the blush had oonvicted her iD John Holt's eyes, and he scarcely heard a word that she said. It waR winter, and while they talked they were waiting, with half a dozen others, for a large sleigh that was coming to take them out to a party given by a friend seven or eight miles off in the country. Even before Nellie's blush had faded, the trampling and jingling at the gate attracted their attention, and Albert Leighton put his bead in at the i door to call them. Bessie and her lover came forth from an adjoining room, another gronp came np from a distant window, and they allran gayly out and and bundled into their places. The party passed off as suoh things usually do. All seemed to enjoy themselves ; Nellie was lovely as a pink and full of mischief, Leighton was attentive, and John Holt was cheerful and kind to everybody. He was fnlly as quiet as usual, to be sure, and rather avoided Nellie Cramer, but it is doubtful if any one bat herself noticed that. It was twelve o'clock when they started to go home, and the moon had set. At first their gayety held out, but after a mile or so fatigue and want of sleep began to tell upon them, and one by one they fell into silence. "John," Nellie said, "there is jus'/ room for me on the seat with you. May I come there ? It is cold here." He made room for her in silence, and she left her disoomfited escort and took lier place next that strong shoulder. Then silence fell again; but after awhile, in the darkness, John Holt was aware of a light pressure against his arm, then a soft, plaintive whisper stole into his ear. " I am so sleepy, John!" He turned a4UUfrr-why not? they were old friends?and luted his arm to the baok of the seat, took the head Bofily and tenderly to his bosom. And so she lay in that faithful and tender olasp till they drew near home; then, with one whispered word of loving gratitude, " Nobody is so good as you I" she drew away, and took Albert Leighton's hand to step out at her own door. After a stir in his own mind, John Holt oonoluded that Nellie and Albert ttarl rmnrralad TTa RlffVlAd nitlf.a nVlA oonld cot hear and so be annoyed, pitied the girl, and then went steadily about his work. The waters of his soul were too deep for babbling. When spring came, for the first time in his life John electrified his friends. He was going to California. The announcement was made qnietly bnt firmly, and he stood like a rock, against which expostulation beat itself to spray. He gave good reasons, and absolutely maintained his right to choose for himself. " Ton have always said, mother, thai yon wished I were more venturesome," he said. "I am going to please you now," " Bnt bow is the farm to get along withont you ?" she objected. " Frank understands everything anc oan manage." Mrs. Holt took courage, and, breaking over some little awe, which, in spite o] her talk, she felt for her bod, spoke out i "John, has that Nell Cramer jiltec you?" " Jilted me I" he said, flashed as much with anger as with surprise. "What i do you mean, mother ? We have always I been good friends, but never any more. 1 I never gave her the chance to jut me." " Then, whjr don't you give her the 1 chance ?" persisted his mother, who did not choose to give up, now that the ice was broken. "Nell is a good girl, if I she does flirt a little. I always thought < that she liked you, only that you were too slow to see it. Then, Nell has got ? a little money of her own that wouldn't be amiss." ( "You are entirely mistaken, mother," ' he said decisively. Don't let us say any 1. i. ii 19 . more aouut it. ? " Oh, you great fool I" muttered the mother, looking after him as he went 1 out. " Was there ever a man so blind! < He is no more fit to live in the<world 1 than an angel out of heaven is." Then, seeing Nellie Cramer passing 1 the street, she lifted her voice ana called } her in. The girl came in, wondering at suoh a peremptory summons. " Come and sit by me!" commanded the matron, and Nellie obeyed. . Mrs. Holt scanned her from head to foot;- the neat, trim figure, in its snuglyfitting paletot of dark gray, the green bonnet, that brought out her fresh, clear oolor with a new luster, and the fair, bright face. / ' Did you know that our John is going to California?" said Mrs. Holt, abruptly, her keen eyes on the girl's * faoeAll the oolor faded out of it in an in- { stant, and Nellie Cramer dropped into a , ohair as suddenly as if she had been y Bhot She sat there and looked at the , other with her strained eyes, but said ( no word. I " Yes," said Mrs. Holt, unable to re- j press a slight smile of satisfaction at . this proof of the correctness of her sur- { mise* " yes, he's set on going, in spite of all that I can say. He is going in a month or six weeks. Let me see; this is the middle of April. He says he shall start by the first of June at farthest." That smile of Mrs. Holt's was an unfortunate one. Nellie had always feared those sharp eyes, and now the thought flashed upon her mind that John's mother was trying to expose and mortify her. A woman's pride will do a great deal for her, even when her heart is breaking. It brought the color to her faoe again, and strengthened her trembling limbs. It steadied her voice and her eyes. Mrs. Holt was puzzled and disoonoerted by the sudden change. "I'm so sorry I" Nellie said, in atone of fearless regret. " We can scarcely get along without John. He seems such a stand-by. But men ought not to be tied at home, I think. If they choose to go, they shotfld be'allowed their own way. There he is now, in the garden. I am going out to speak to him of it." " Try to coax him to stay, Nellie," said the mother, in a tone of more entreaty than perhaps she had ever nsed in her life before. " He is a good son, and I can't get along without him. I tbink you can keep him if you will." This prayer wculd have been effectual, but for the memory of that smile which rankled in the girl's heart. Had sb e not given John Holt every encouragement, if he had oared about her ? Had she not said and done things so affectionate toward him that shi had blushed with shame thinking of them afterward ? John was no fool, and if he had cared for her, he might have understood. He had probably been trying to put her back. With these thoughts burning in her heart, Nellie Cramer went directly to John Holt as he walked up and down the garden. He stopped, seeing her, and looked wistfully into her face. Though he had denied his mother so decidedly, her words had not been without weight Women understand each nther. fJnnld it be nossible ? And there was Nellie coming down the walk. | Her head was erect, and- her face perfectly composed, though slightly pale. " I am bo sorry," she began. " Your mother has been telling me your plans. Of course, you know be6t what is good , for you, and I have been telling her to ( let you have your own way. But we . shall all be sorry to lose you, John." That was all. He gave a last grasp . at his self-command, and held it. There was a short formal conversation ; both so engaged in making a pretense of being kind and friendly, and ;juBtas usual, that eaoh could not peroe::ve that the other was also making a pretense ; and four weeks after they parted with tolerable composure, and John Holt went to California. He stayed there five years, and sent his mother her gold spoon. He stayed three yearB longer, and then came home himself. Nellie was Nellie Cramer still, they told him, and was mnoh sobered. Some way she hadn't seemed to care mnoh abont flirting for several years. Her father and mother were dead, and she was keeping honse for an nnmarried brother. There were hints that the new minister Jrent to see her very often, but Mrs. Holt didn't believe that Nellie wonld look at him. John listened, and, when evening oame, took his hat and went ont for a walk. No one bnt his own family as yet knew of his retnrn, and he was resolved to see himself the effect of his coming on Nellie. The soft spring twilight was settling down when he reached her honse, and as he walked quietly up the path a slight figure sat in a window, looking out, siBging lowly to herself in a mournful reverie. Sbe did not see him; but when he came nearer he saw her face clearly. The round outlines and bright oolor were gone, but he was forced to own that she had grown far . more beautiful. The chastened luster of the eyes, the firmer, sweeter closing of the mouth, the purer and more perfect outlines?all belonged to one who had eaten of the bread of sorrow, and . had found a blessing in the bitterness. Something swept over his heart with i passionate force?some regret, some longing, he soarce knew what. If he . U ~ J T ? - 1. ? ; uau Buuerou ut losing uer eigut jtmxo before, he felt that such a loss now I would kill him. He quietly entered the open door; paused on the threshold of the room where she sat alone. 8ke I still sang softly, but, a? he looked, : stopped, sighed, and became silent. _ I " Nellie !" be would have said, but his voioe was only a whispar, } i'.r ' ' I. He went forward into tL-o shadowy room. "Is it yoti, James?" she said, half turning, expecting her broth?. John took ?i step nearer, and this time lis voice did not fail. " Nellie I" She started, half arose, hesitated, then, as he took one rtep nearer, sprang srith a glad cry into his extended arms. "I thought you would never come, Fohn I" she sobbed. "Were you waiting for met" he isked. " Did you care for me before I vent away ?" "Then and always, John. How could you be no blind ?" John Holt smoothed her hair tend? y, for one moment of silenoe; then exclaimed. as ithough some great truth aad suddenly dawned upon him. " I deserve it 1 I always thought hem wrong, but they were right. I ivas, indeed, u great fool." Funer als in New York. "Is there as much extravagance in 'unerals as there used to be?" inquired i New York teporter of an undertaker. " Oh, no t ][ suppose few trades suffer nore ceverely from the hard times than >urs. Persons who used to spare no expense at the funerals of their dead tow calculate every penny, and in all cases, except, strange to say, the very >oor, the desire for display has given alaoe to strict eoonomy. There are exceptions, of course, but they are few md far between. In the past twenty rears an almost entire ohange has been vorked in one essential of funerals. I nean the carriages. In old times it was customary for families to send out uneral invitations, and provide oar-i&ffAR for those who came, but' now the iractioe is for friends of the family to lire their own carriages. This onstoxn vas in vogue among the Irish many rears ago, but now it is gaining ground imong the Germans and Americans. It 9 no uncommon thing in Irish funerals or four friends of the dead persons to lire a carriage and attend the funeral, ind the Germans are rapidly adopting he same economical habit Since 1869 he falling off in the number of carriages las been gradual, but steady. Then a learse followed by one hundred oar* iages was not regarded as a rarity; now f half that number of carriages were in ine persons would wonder who is dead, rhe French and Italians generally like o provide carriages for thoee invited to unerals, bnt the former are gradually lettling into the Irish- American custom, " .tmc, raising uuuut puui imisuuo tin era] s," the undertaker resumed, after laving opened a oase and gseed for a vhile in silent ecetacy at a group of loiiahed caeketa, " you ought to go to a wlored person's burying. Ton have no dea how provident and methodical the letter class of colored folks are as to heir funerals. Why, in this neighborlood alone they have established a number of bnrial societies that are?well enplorted. The principle of these institutions is much like that of the building issociatdons so popular in Philadelphia ind other cities. The members pay'so nuch each per month un til a certain mm is reaohed. Should death overtake hem before that sum is paid, the sooietv inries them ont of its surplus funds. I mow of oolored women who belonged to * flAnintifla O f AflO lUree or iuui ui iuwc nuuicuw > v?.v iime. One that we baried last week lad a burial fund of $200, and every jent of it was spent on her (nneral by die heirs. Poor things! They in* lerited nothing. Bat in all oolored unerals, mostly, the family hires the jarriagee, and friends are invited pretty nneh as they wonld be to a feast. The mdertaker is banded a list of those who ire to ride to the cemetery, and seats ihe persons accordingly. Bo thoroughly s each detail arranged, that the load 'or eaoh carriage is designated, the prererence being given first to relatives and dien to friends." Results of Aerial Siavigatior . Mr. Jit. U. Oieumau, UlU puob, wurcn in Scribner of this subject, which he jonfesses to be his "hobby." The paper is in a half humorous, half serious tone, but discusses practically the causes of failure heretofore and the desiderata of final suooeBS. Mr. 8 ted man speaks thus buoyantly of some of'the ultimate results of aerial navigation : Not only by these processes of construction, bat also by the power and freedom gained through their suooess, a delightful reflex influence will be exerted upon the {esthetics of life. Poetry and romance will have fresh material and a new locale, and imagination will take flights unknown before. Landecapee painted between earth and heaven must invol ve novel principles of drawing, color, light and sliade. Music, lilra f.Vio armors nf TjnhfliifiTiii. will be showered from aerial galleys. In every way the resources of social life will be so enlarged that at last it truly may be said, "Existence is .itself a joy." Sports and reoreations will be strangely multiplied. Bich and poor alike will make of travel an every-day delight, the former in their private aeronons, the latter in large and multiform structures, corresponding in use to the excusion-boats of our rivers and << flrkofinrr nalnnPU" ftf fhfl J-Itu lA/lDj KUU uuwvuig ? people, and far more numerous and splendid. The ends of the earth, its rarest places, will be visited by all. The sportsman can ohange at pleasure from the woods and waters of the North, the mnways of the deer, the haunts of the salmon, to the pursuit of the tiger in the jungle or the emu in the Australian bush. An entirely new profession?that of airmanship?will be thoroughly organized, employing a countless army of trained offioerB and " airmen." The adventurous and wellto-do will have their pleasure yachts of the air, and take hazardous aud delightful cruises. Their vessels will differ from the cambrons aerobats intended for freight and emigrant busi -M -1 --L J 'IL 1 ess, Will UO UI1XJUKJ11BU ttlUll UVBUUIIU and enprgestive rames?Iris, Aurora, Hebe, Ganymede, Hermes, Ariel, and the like?and will vie with one another in grace, readiness and speed. ? When does the rain beoome too famil iar with a lady? When it begins to patter on her back. A POTATOES AND DIPHTHERIA. Novrl Theory of a Nebraska Doctor, who Calm* Diphtheria la Produced by Exeraslye Use of Potatoes. Melville C. Reiih, M. D., of Lincoln, Neb,, writes to thu Chicago Inter-Ocean as follows: Some seventeen years ago the attention of my father, Dr. Alvan Keith, late of Augusta, Me., was called to the fact that children who were not fond of the tnber known as Irish potatoes were not subject to attaoksof that muchdreaded malady diphtheria. Following out (;his hint, he advised families of his friei.ds to avoid the use of this vegetable among the children, and until his decease he was aooustomed to make the asse?tion that rot ten potatoes prodnoe the throat disease Known as cupntneria. It may not be inappropriate to remark that he was oonsiaered a very Euocessfnl practitioner in the treatment of this disease. In 1866 the writer visited San Francisco, and was there engaged in the practice of medicine nntil 1867. Daring that period of time he had an opportunity of folly testing the truth of the statement of potatoes being a produoer, or ali least an approximate cause of the condition known as diphtheria. In 806 oasei in and about San Francisco, the fact was noted that every one who had the I rue diphtheria was an eater of Irish potatoes. The writer is Well aware of the presumptive charge of novelty, to say the least of the assertion, and for this reason has hesitated to place himself on r word. The oondition of many families ;n the West, and more especially in this State and Kansas, urges the undersigned, as a matter of interest to the human family to make public a series of observations for the past two years in the West. During this time thirty oases have oome under my direot supervision and prescriptions. More than 200 have beer carefully inquired aftsr, and in ?"??. mu if hoo Kaon nmmn that tVlfl CTOIJ VMDW AW UMU WVVU MAWTVaa ? ? diphtheritio patient had been a potato* eater; and in a large majority of instances the patient had been known as an exoessive eater of the tuber. A rule to hold good should he valid from both sidet. The undersigned made the foregoing statements to a very intelligent lady of this city, now a teacher in a distant city, and the result has been that wheiethe diphtheria prevailed fatally last ;/ear they have (by the influence of this .ady) largely refrained from eating pota'oes, or only eaten them to a very mod' irate extent, and the disease is almost unknown. In my praotioe in this city ind county the offer has been to treat any one free of compensation, if they would avoid the use of Irish potatoes. As a sequence not one of the patients who was not a potato-eater has been threatened with the disease. In man;/ of the inland towns of. this State, the i/riter has patients, and in some of the infected districts the families of those who have learned of this simple preventive have escaped any attack of throat disease, although the'potato-eaterr nn either aide of them have unfor tuna /cly had cases of diphtheria which resul ted fatally. ? It would not be iu accordance with the well- known proclivities of medical men if th e writer did not have a theory to acooimt for these facts, and a special treatment to correspond with the belief of lie constitutional oanse. He has; but' the theory, like many others, is only, partially developed or proven, and conic 1 easily be argued. The facts, embracing a period of seventeen years and a knowledge of 1,100 cases, are, in the writer's estimation, incontrovertible, and may be summed up as (oIIowb: The writer maintains that the person who does not use the tuber known as Irish potat o can never have the diseaaa known as diphtheria; that in every case of diphtheria (true) will be fonnd an uauu^ai oafnv r\t iviavi nnfftf/iafl * 11BU1 .UM WVUi V4 A4 4MM ^ The Laundries in New York. The manager of one of the larger laundries of New York lately said that there were between five and six hundred important laundries in the city, caunting steam laundries that do the work of large manufacturers of white goods and of hotels and restaurants, and the hand laundries doing household work. The first steam laundries were started in Boston, in 1858. Several steam laundries in New York employ from 100 to 150 hands. The Empire laundry, doing the work of fifteen hotels and restaurants, turns out 40,000 pieces a day, or more than 1,000,000 a month, washed, dried and finished. These pieces include sheets, pillow cases, white towels, silver towels, brown towels, brown table cloths, white table clotks, napkins, curtains, jackets, aprons, oonnterpanes, blankets, bed covers, pillo w covers, ohair oovers, table oovers, crumb cloths and dollies. In the performance of this work there are used $1,0* K) worth of soap, $1,000 worth of starch, $260 worth of bluing a year, and ;he pay roll amounts to $25,000 yearly. Another laundry manager said that the amount of private washing done in the publio laundries has increased immensely since the establishment of the first large publio laundry, the New York, at B?rgen, N. J., in 1866. The largest are the St. Denis, California, Home, Strjvesant and New York. The work they do is mainly for persons living in fiats, boarders, bachelors, and transient hotel guests. Notwithstanding the great facilities offered by the publio laundries, most housekeepers prefer to have their washing done at home. The | pub jo laundries tnat ao private whhuiug lo not use steam or any machinery except the simple "patent wriDger" and "housewife's washboard," becuuee no laaohinery ever invented oould do the lecessary fluting, puffing, scalloping, and doing up. The oharges range fmiti Hfiventv-flve oents to $9 a dozens The laundry business requires very litllo capital; the work is simple and Ihe orms are invariably cash. No class of business men lose so little money front bad debts as the laundry men, and the reason is plain ; they always have ample seourity for their bills in the olotiing that they wash, and clothing is never returned until the bill is paid. It is estimated that from one and a half to five million dollars are invested iu laundries in New York, giving employment to from ten to twenty thousand persons. / , ; Care of the Ejes. The sight in most persons begins to 1 fail from forty to fifty years of age, as is < evidenced by an instinotive preference for large print; a seat near the window ' for reading is selected ; tnere is an euu to plaoe the paper at a convenient distance from the eye, or to tnrn it so as to get a particular reflection of the light; next the finger begins to be plaoed under the line read, and there is a winking i of the eye as if to dear it, or a looking ] away at some distant object to dear it; or the fingers are pressed over the doeed 1 lids in the direotion of the no?e, to remove the tears caused by straining. Favor the failing sight as much as possible. Looking into a bright fire, j especially a coal fire, is very injurious to the eyes. Looking at molten iron will soon destroy the sight; reading in the twilight is injurious to me e/co, ? . they are obliged to make great exertion. . Beading or sewing with a side light injures the eyes, as both eyes shonld be exposed to an equal degree of light. The reason is, the sympathy between the eyes is so great that if the pupil of one is dilated by being kept partially in the shade, the one that is most exposed cannot contract itself sufficiently for pro- ( tection, and will ultimately be injured. Those who wish to preserve their sight should observe the following rules, and ( preserve their general health by correct habits: < 1st. By sitting in such a position as will allow the light to fall obliquely t over the shoulder upon the page or sewing. j 2d. By not using the eyes for such purposes by any artificial light. . il-- ?-i?l 1 tfd, .By avoiamg mo Bpouuu uw ui the eyes in the morning before break- ( fast 4th. By resting them for half a min- ( nte. or so while reading or sewing or 1 looking at small objects; and by looking at things at a distance, or np to the sky; j relief is immediately felt by so doing. \ 5th. Never pick any collected matter from the eyelashes or oorners of the c eyes with the finger-nails; rather moist- { en it with the saliva and rnb it away with the ball of the finger. 6th. Frequently pass the ball ef the 1 finger over the closed eyelidB toward \ nose; this carries off an exoess of wat er : into the nose itself by means of the little c canal which leads into the nostril from each inner oorner of the eye, this canal } having a tendency to olose np in con- ; sequenoe of the light inflammation whioh : attends the weakness of the eyes. 1 7th. Keep the feet always dry and warm, bo as to draw any exoess of blood < from the other end of the body. J 8th. Use eyeglasses at first carried in 1 the vest pocket attached to the guard, for 1 they are instantly adjusted to the eye with very little trouble, whereas, if com- f mon spectacles are need snch a process < is required to get them ready that to i have trouble the eyes are often strained 1 to answer a pnrpose. < 9th. Wash the eyes abundantly every morning. If cold water is used let it be ] flapped against the closed eyes with the ( Angers, not striking hard against the ? balls of the eyes. t 10th. The moment the eyes feel tired, ( the very moment yon are con scions of { an effort to read or sew, lay aside the book or needle, and take a walk for an . hour, or employ yourself in some active ^ exercise not requiring the close use of < the eyes. , 1?1 I Theatricals in China. \ ? - * 1. ii.. The Celestial empire nas mucu me reaemblanoe to an immense fair, where, amid a perpetual flax aad reflux of bay* ers and sellers, of brokers, loungers and thieves, yon see in all quarters stages and mountebanks, jokers and comedians, laboring uninterruptedly to amuse the public. Over the whole surface of the oountry, in the burghs and villages, rich and poor, mandarins and people?all, ] without exception, are passionately fond ; of dramatio representations. There are j theaters everywhere; the great towns \ are full of them. There is n? little vil- j lage but has its theater, which is usually 3 opposite to the pagoda, and sometimes } even forms a part of it. In some cases j the permanent theaters are not found i sufficient, and then the Chinese con- \ struct temporary ones, with wonderful . facility, out of bamboo. The Chinese , theater is extremely simple, and its ar- j rangementa exclude all idea of soenio ; illusion. The decorations are fixed, and 1 do not change as long as the piece lasts. One w?uld never know what they were intended for, if the actors did not take care to inform the public, and correct the motionless character of the scenes 1 by verbal explanations. The only arrangement ever made with a view to scenio effect is the introduction of a trap-door in front of the stage, for the entrances and exits of supernatural personages, and goes by the name of the 'Gate of Demons." r??t*a rnstoms. Cats are not supposed to have the in telligenoe of dogs, says on exchangei and yet if we observe them we find that they are capable of a great degree of reasoning. A cat belonging to ns had a kitten, which, when it had learned to drink milk from the sancer with its mother, was given to a neighbor. For many days after the old cat never drank more than a certain quantity of the milk given to her, leaving the rest for the kitten, whioh she hourly expected to return. After a time, finding the kitten did not come, she resumed her habit of drinking the whole of the milk plaoed in the saucer. We were calling at a cottage when an old cat came in. "Ah!" said the woman of the house, <<oha han ha?n to see what our neish> bor's oat has got for her. She is too old to hunt for herself, so onr neighbor's cat will keep a mouse or a bird for her, and she goes regularly every morning to see what there is for her." Another cat we have seen who has been taught tricks in the same manner as a dog, and if her master places her on the table and says " Die," she will lie quite motionless, and not move a paw or her tail until he tells her to get up, when she jumps up immediately and is as frisky as ever. " I walked the floor all night with the toothache," said he; to which his unfeeling listener replied: "You didn't expect to walk the oeiling with it, did you?" ADVERTISING RATESt Tixx. 1 Id. ooi |K ?>1? 1 mT Week. * 1.00 I 5.00 # 9.00 910.00 I " 1.75 7 50 12.96 30.9? I " 3.60 9.00 15.25 34.00 I " 8.00 10.50 ItCO 37.50, > " 8.50 11.75 30.50 I1.00 J ? 4.C0 12 50 32.75 34.00 r " 4 50 18.25 24 75 87.00 I " 6.00 14.00 36.00 40 00 i month*. 6.50 17.00 83.00 50.00 I " 7.60 19.00 89.50 59.00 3 " 8.50 24.00 48.00 84.00 ) " 9 50 90.00 59 00 106.00 12 " 10 251 35.001 68,00 130.00 0" Trannient advertisement? most be aoooa ptnied with the caah to ioeore insertion. Quiet Llres. 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What is the size of the needle that sarried the threads of discourse ? Brown thinks that all-absorbing tales ihould be printed on blotting-paper. The onion originated in Europe. So mportant facts leak oat one by one. , The eldest son of the Prince of Wales, ' Prince Albert Victor, is fifteen years >ld. A number of horses have been poiaon;d in Kansas by being fed raw castor leans. If a word spoken in time is worth one )icoe of money, silence in its time is yorth two. Toads and frogs were originally introInoed into the Sandwich islands to'ezerminate cockroaches. Examination of 8,000 grammar sohool jupils at Boston shows that abont five >er cent of the boys are color-blind, md only about one-half of one per oent >f the girls. In Egypt mommies feed the fires that >ropel the iron horse on the railroads. Ihese dried-op homan bodies, are said o make a very hot fire. Their sopply s almost inexhaustible. "There is nothing impossible,' ex slaimed a man who was discoursing on \ Edison's achievements. That man, to Ind ont how egregiously he is mistaken, ias only to attempt to ont his own hair. A great many years ago a poor begjar explailed his ragged appearance by ibserving: "I have no money to buy tew clothing, and mend I can t" And lis class have been called mendicants >ver since. The Cornish folk in England are loted as wonderfnl pie makers. They sven serve vegetables in this manner, md the laboring classes, in these hard lines, are said to exist largely upon a jurioua compound known as "turnip .urnover." When a snowball as hard as a door mob hits you in the back of the head as pou are crossing the street, no matter low quiokly you turn, the only thing rou can see is one boy, with the moat nnocent face and the emptiest hands hat ever confronted a false accusation. ?Hatokeye. 44 Will ye lore me thoa forever 7" And ehe looked into hie eyes With * glance that seemed a token Of the fervor of her sighs. " I wndn't guaranty it," With a smile responded Pat, "For I'm hardly av the notion That Til lasht as long as that !" Burdette, in a letter to the Bawkeye, magnanimously allows the palm to the Bast in the matter of Revolutionary relics, but in the next breath is inolined io take it back. He says: " I remember in 1876, when we had the great oentenliol tea-party at Burlington, that I saw more Revolutionary relics at Union hall chan I have seen in all New England, ind they were better looking relics, loo. Those I saw in Old South ohureh c?ere very old and battered and faded, Mid altogether shabby-looking, while the Iowa relies had a bright, fresh, modern look to them, that wasmueh pleasanterto contemplate." A Remarkable FnaeraL One of the mGst remarkable funerals ever seen anywhere was that of the student who was shot in Wurzburg, Bavaria, by an officer of the city guard. He was arrested while on a lark, and, attempting to run from his captors, was deliberately shot in the back at olose A n _4. ? ? Irtl_ quarierp. uxcuit puunu wuuuuiuvu *v*lowed, the general aversion of the German people to the insolence of the military being stimulated by this aot to the highest pitch. A mass meeting was called, at which a petition and address to the government were adopted, demanding the severest punishment for the "frivolous and brutal assassination." The funeral was attended by nearly a thousand students and by the entire faoulty of the university. The body had been lying in state in the hospital during the day, and as darkness "?<> Kiwno fn?*+Vi Tuith fnnflrfll Oct JLU Jll TT?o WtilV IVAVM ?AM. , , muflic, followed by the long procession of students, bearing torches and flags draped in mourning. It was carried slowly through the main streets of the city to the railway depot, where a special train was waiting to convey it to the home of the young man's parents. The return of the procession was through the streets along which the student had taken his way on the fatal night. Opposite the main garrison, to which the officer who had shot the stndent belonged, the procession came to a bait and formed a hollow square, in the middle of which the standard bearers with their draped flags stationed themselves. Then while the flickering torcnes cast lanrastic shadows over the plaza, the "Gaudeamns " was snng. With the last words of this student song all burled their torches simultaneously to the ground, and in darkness and silenoe the multitude dispersed.- The report having spread that the commander of the garrison to which the guilty officer belonged had expressed his approval of the murder, he received challenges to duels from half a dozen students.