Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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During 1889 there were' no fewer than 439 suicides in the Austro-IIungarinn jrmv, of which number 23 were officers . and the remainder ?on-commissioned ofli- J fcrs and privates. According to the latest records the j number of Indians in this country is 250,[)00, and the reservations which they hold j ;omprise 11(5,630.103 acres, or 16(5 acres i for each man, woman and child. The Hag of the three Americas which ! Roais over the headquarters of the Con? A ^ ? V 1.1..,. lercncc Ul >? UMUUgluil, Hits a IIIU1. mi-1 decorated with our cajole guard iug tlic Western Hemisphere, surrounded by a symbolic wedding ring, while the background is formed by golden stars arranged in the form of a southern cross. The Chinese are fairly overrunning the Sandwich Islands. They number onefifth of the population and nearly monopolize many branches of mercantile business, while there are six Chinese mechanics out of every seven of this class on the islands. The natives feel their predominance keenly, but us the Chinese are the most vigorous and progressive race the islanders will have to submit to the logic of events. It seems to be their manifest destiny to give place to a stronger people. The indolent islanders of the Pacific are no match for the hardy and energetic Chinese. .. . . . Even vegetation seems to acknowledge that this is the age of electricity. There has just been discovered in the forests of India, asd range plant, -which possesses astonishing magnetic power. The hand which breaks a leaf from it receives immediately a shock equal to that which is produced by the conductor of an induction coil. At a distance of twenty-feet a magnetic needle is affected by it, and ^ it will be quite deranged, if brought near. It is shunned bv birds and insects; its power is increased during a storm; yet all magnetic force is lost when rain falls, even though the plant be sheltered by an umbrella. There is a strong probability that the five>?Republics of Nicaragua. Costa Rica, Honduras, San Salvador and Guatemala will shortly become one Republic, which will be known as the United States ol Central America. The President of tlx union will have charge orthe diplomatk and foreign relations of the live Republics only for the first ten years of the federation. At the expiration of that period a constitutiou embraciug all political, com. mercial and other relations, will bs ' adopted. The treaty has been signed by Honduras, Guatemala and San Salvador and Costa Rica, it is expected, will dc, the same as soon as Nicaragua lias signed. The post schools of the army may re ceive some attention from Congress dur ing the current session. It is not likely that any attempt will be made to carry out General Lew Wallace's idea of con vertiDg every military station into at academy; but, according to the New York Times, this view is gaining udherents thai a somewhat better use could be made of t part of the time of the enlisted men that employing it in endless repetitions ol rudimentary drills. The recruit must o) course be inftde first of all a good soldier and have such daily training as will keej him a go<^bfoldier; but it is not ucces sary to k^vat West Point to see abou> what j^HBrtinn of the day is really rc quirejB^ that and how much is left foi mental improveriieut. many as four years together, and then take a long four months' vacation without forfeiting his rights. The system is simple, yet promising, and we should judge that it would at least have the effect of inducing Congress to establish retired pay for the enlisted men of '.he navy." * Men of the present day who attend concerts and arc debarred the plans:: re. of seeing the singers by the high-hat nuisance, may take comfort from the fact that their grandfathers and great -grandfathers suffered a similar infliction In the European Magalitu:, published iu London, for December, fTJ^is the following "It is the fashion iu^Paris foi the ladies to wear straw hats of U monstrous size, made in imitations of t'nqarcostatic globes; 011 which account tiulv are called 'lea chapcaux au ballon.' It s is to be hoped that the whimsical mode will not be introduced among the people of England, as ?t would prove still more inconvenient, at the play houses thau the _ latc-<ii:gh heads."' And again wc read "Woe to the frequenters of the play houses if the new French balloon hats are ever brought iuto fashion here in their present form." But they were. The proposal of Secretary Tracy to al- I low men to enlist in the navy for life and I then to insure them retirement aftei thirty years' service seems, to the New York Times, "to he a very good one. There is no reason why Jack Tar should not have the benefit of a retired list like his brother of the land service, and it is an excellent plan to couple with the privilege measures to insure long and faithful service. If at the end of four years he should tire of his life enlistment, he is then to have a full chance to put an end to it and he discharged; and this option will prevent him from being alarmed at the prospect of entering into a life agreement to begin with. But if he docs take a discharge at the cud of tour years, lie is to forfeit the privilege connected with a life enlistment. On the other hand, he is to be allowed a month's leave of absence in each twelve, and he can accumulate these leaves foras THE THINGS THAT NEVER COME OUR WAY. Wo sometimes talk about this earth As being such n dreary place? Of happiness there's such n dearth. While sorrow meets us face to faca. But joys surround us oft, ami yet We're every one constrained to say *T would be more pleasant could we get The things that never conie our way It always seems to us as though, While fortune is to others kind, We're never given half a show To win the prizes we would find. We toil in vain to grasp the gold Which falls to others in their playAcross their pathway fate has rolled The things that never come our way. Wo think if we could but design The comforts that enrich and bless, ">1 ?1-1 v. ?i?;?i,n? ill!! Mill Wl_IUlUllim.il UIVIO XJl ?4.uvv Across our path in happiness. But ye?"we very dimly see? tVe may be wrong. Ah, who can say? Our lives may inorc triumphant l?e That things have never come our way. ?Chicago Herald. AUNT BATES. The periodical visits made by Aunt Bates to Iter friends and relatives were as inevitable and as much dreaded as the equinoxial gales. This slangy generation would style her a "sponge," but the sentiment of hospitality was strong among the people of the South in those old days. Aunt Bates had a fair, faded face that bore traces of former beauty, and usually wore a lace kerchief, disclosing her withered neck, because, as she was fond of telling the girls, her "swan-like throat" had been the toast of all South Carolina. As regarded her character, she positively refused to take a hint, and nothing ever put her out of countenance. She went frqft house to house, bearing talcs, upd would have been a perfect (ire brand If her reputation had not been so wellkuown. It seemed doubtful if Aunt Bates were capable of a sincere emotion of any kind, but she seemed to feel a sort of pride in the beauty of her two grandnieces, Cynthia and Laura Lemarc. They were the children of her nephew, the son and namesake of her favorite brother, Philip, whoso praises she seemed never weary of chanting. "Honuv," she would say, "there are 110 mon nowadays as line and handsome as l'hilip?and your poor deceased pa look after him. When I was a girl and he was a baby boy, 1 used to take him out with me, and, honey, a handsome young gentleman sent me a beautiful copy of verses comparing us to Veuus and Cupid." One jSue day Aunt Bates appeared at the housiTDf'fcef cousin. John Dalryniple. She was his favorite aversion, and when ho found she had come to stay he collected ail Ihc clocks in the house, besides borrowing several from the neighbors. These he wound and regulated so that they would strike at all hours of the day Rtid night, and set them about Aunt B ites' sleeping apartment. It is needless to say that her slumbers were not peaceful. " "Honey," she said, the next morning, ?t breakfast, "I don't Ihink it agrees with my health to sleep in a room that has so many clocks in it, so I'll just go on to Sabiua's. She is always begging and nravini? me to stav with her. No X . - * butter, honey, thank you, though it's a great temptation when it's as beautiful ns yours. IIow do you make it so beautiful, honey? I never see any like it anywhere else." Shortly after this Mrs. Dalrymplc heard that Aunt Bates had remarked to another victim of her visiting mania. "I'm just starved for butter, honey, because I've been staying with Jane Dalrymplc. I never eat butter at Jane's. She's too fond of print, honey. These blue-stockings are always poor housekeepers." Aunt Bates went to stay with Sabina Lemarc, the mother of Laura and Cynthia, as she had auuounccd her intention of doing. Sabina was a widow and in reduced circumstances; for when her husband had died three or four years ago, his affairs had been found to be in the greatest confusion. Comparatively little was saved from the wreck, and Sabina was obliged to leave her plantation home" and move into a little brown house on the outskirts of Becchvillc. It was quite a mortification to Aunt Bates that her favorite granduieccs should not be able to dress as handsomely as their wealthy cousins; but small as the house was, it was the headquarters of all the young people, and Laura and Cynthia never lacked admirers. Sabina was a sweet-tempered woman, with a fat, dimpled, cherubic face; but she confessed that Aunt Bates always 'upset" her. She groaned in spirit when Aunt Bates announced cheerfully: "I've come to stay a good long time, j honey. I know you and the dear girls ' have been lonely without me." Shortly after Aunt Bates's arrival, Mrs. Lemarc was called from home by the illness of her mother. "Set your mind at rest, honey," said Aunt Bates. "I'll look after the young folks, and keep house for you. And, by ^ the by, though I don't like to speak of it, '' don't you think it would be just as -well : to make the servants sweep under the beds? There's always a coat of dust as thick as a blanket under every one of them. (If course, honey, you don't, mind me telling you; for you wouldn't like strangers calliug you an untidy housekeeper." 1 Mrs. Lemarc's round, sweet face turned very red, and it was with difficulty she ' repressed a sharp answer. Aunt Bates's s relatives treated her with a great deal of generous forbearance?always saying, "Oh, she's poor, you know, and has no home." It is doubtful whether even legacyhunters could have endured her impertinences, had she been wealthy. Now thai Laura and Cynthia held the reins, the little brown horse was gayer than ever. One evening they were play- i ing blind-man's bull, with all its atten- i dant noise and merriment ; and Aunt Bates took occasion to remark, during a pause, " Laura, honey, I feel it my duty to write to your dear ma to tell her how beautifully you are taking care of everything. She'll be gratified, honey?she'll be very much gratified." Then she retired to the kitchen, and said to Lucinda, the stout cook. " Lucinda, you had better i send word to your mistress to come home right away, if sac wants to find auything left of the house. These young people are the most torn-down pieces! 11 But Lucinda tossed her head, and | sniffed audibly. All the servants detested j Aunt Bates, for she never gave them ' anything but innumerable orders. Presently, the youi>g folks dispersed, 1 and none were left but Laura and Cyn- < thia, and the three Ilnrrison sisters who were going h> spend the night. 1 Believed to find peace, Aunt Bates settled herself in front of the fir:, in the < most comfortable arm chair, and placed j her feet, cased ill shabby black satin 1 shoes, on the low fender. ] At this moment Frank, the man serv- 1 ant, came in with an armful of logs. He waited for some minutes; but as Aunt ] Bates did not take the hint, and remove her feet, he coolly stepped over rhem. "Frank, honey," she said, in mild re- 1 proach, "you oughtn't to step over Aunt ] Bates's feet." < Then she turned to Nelly Harrison, a fragile girl with a delicate hectic bloom < and a slight stoop; and remarked: "Nelly, ] honey, I should think you'd try to sit i straight." 1 'Well, it seems as if I cau't. some- how. said the girl, good naturedly. ! "Oh, houcy! you ought to sec a cousin of mine, Amanda Lemaro. Such a grand 1 figure of a young lady, honey! Why, she's as straight?.veil, as straight as I am. Sho has the deportment of a Queen. 1 That's what they used to say of me?that 1 I would grace a throne. I think, honey, i if you could once see Amanda, you'd try not to be so stoop shouldered. Some 1 folks might be ill-natured enough to say you had a hump. But as for Amanda?" 1 "Why, Aunt Bates!" cried Cynthia, in open-eyed wonder, "Amanda is high- < shouldered, and paused always to sayshe ' walked like our old red cow."J ' "Did he, honey?" asked the unabashed i old lady. "Well, perhaps I've forgotten how she walks. It might be her ( mother I was thinking of; but, at any if nine in nnr fnmilv in wnll, rrrftO.fi- ' fully a:xtl to be slender and distinguished looking. You and Laura favors the Lemarcs, but you are nothing like what ' they were in my young days. It's a blessing you didn't take after the Gar- J nctts. Your dear ma is painfully stout, and has about as much expression in her ' face as a pan of skim milk." "Please don't make such remarks about ma, Aunt Bates," said Laura, indignantly. < "Honey, it isn't back-biting your dear 1 ma to tell the truth about her. Unless i she is pulled up with vanity, sho must < know, honey, that she is too fat and has '< no waist." ' i "Ma's just -right," contradicted Cynthia. s "Well, honey, your saying so doesn't make it so. You girls of the present day have no idea what grace or beauty is. Oh, honeys! you should have seen Aunt Bates in the bloom of her girlhood. They called me the Mountain Rose, and duels were fought about me by the dozen. E wns as fair as a lily, with large eyes as , blue as forget-me-nots, and hair like sunbeams. Besidosr-trrcfy one saldf-f was m graceful as a fairy. I have had : many romantic adventures." Here the girls exchanged expressive ' glances. They knew what was coming. "One day," Aunt Bates continued, "as . J was on my way to school, I met such a ' handsome young gentleman on horseback. He looked at me fixedly, and ai- ' ter he had passed, lie kept turning ' around to get otic more glance. After , this, I often met him, aud, one day, , when I dropped mv satchel of books, he ' leaped from his noble horse, nnd handed it back to me, with a courtly bow. This Jed to an acquaintance that ripened into an engagement?with the full consent of j mv narcnts. honev. -SI ' * J " His name was Hurcourt de Percival. | Ho wrote the most beautiful poems, and j he used to bring them to me, and we would read them together. Hut he got a J brain-fever and died. For two years I mourned him as a widow ; but, one day, the servant came and told me a gentle- , man wanted to see me. As I entered the room, I nearly fell in a faint, for I thought that Tlarcourt de Percival stood before me. For a moment ho stood j transfixed with admiration of my beauty." Here Kate Harrison suppressed u gigs1**- ( 44 And then he said, 4 Madam, my late , friend, Ilarcourt de Percival, left me in ] his will a manuscript collection of his | poems, which I believe you have in your . possession." 44 Why was he so long in coming for them?" Cynthia asked in an artless tone. | 44 Don't ask such silly questions. IIow j do I know?* I was not so bold as you , girls are to begin cross-examining a gen- , tlcnian. As I was saying, I gave him the poems and we became very good friends. And, honey," concluded Aunt Bates, impressively, " I married Uncle Bates because lie looked so much like Ilarcourt dc Percival!" ' Aunt Bates's visit was a lengthy one. It lasted until spring set in, and was en- 7 livened by ninny eccentricities. On one occasion some visitors inquired j whether Mrs. Lemurc had had any peas ^ from her garden. Before she could answer, Aunt Bates j stuck in: "Peas, honey? Why, we've ^ had peas?pe:is?peas?until we're sick of peas." j "Aunt Bates!" Sabina remonstrated, "we haven't had any peas at all." "Well, Sibina, but we will have," retorted the imperturbable Aunt Bates. At last, she left the Lcmarcs, after having "worked up" every man, woman and child on the place into a state of exasperation. "Aunt Bates is a regular tormenfj" f cried Cynthia. 1 "Hush, dear!" said her mother. "You , know she is poor, and she was really fond , of your father." t "I believe he is the only person she ( does not abuse," said Laura. j After this, Aunt Bates decided that j she would try boarding for a time, so she went to interview Mrs. Bond, an old friend, on the subject. "Oh, Mrs. Bates!" cried Mrs. Bond, who knew her well, "I am afraid our j house wouldn't suit you. It is a very ( lonely place." ^ " Iloney, there's nothing I like better j than peace ami quietness, which?good- t ness knows?I didn't have at Snbiua's." , 4> But, you sec, Mr. Bond is so often j away, and then I have nothing for din- , ner but a cup of tea and some bread and j butter." i 44 Honey, there's nothing I relish more t for dinner than ten and bread and but- , tor.'' 41 Besides, I would have to give you a i room upstairs, and you would find it i fatiguing to climb so many steps." i 44 Honey, there's nothing so nice as au ] upstairs room?so cool and airy!" ] 4* But 3Irs. Bates, there's another < thing," said Mrs, Bond, driven to dcs- : peration, 4,No\v mind, I don't say there's < anything in it, but the negroes declare j they see strange sights here at night, i 1 You know we nrc very near the grave- 1 yard." J i Aunt Batcss faec changed. She was a | i bundle of superstitions, nnd had a dolided fear of ghosts. "Well, honey,"she suid, "I reckon,on the whole, it wouldn't suit me to live with you. it would be fatiguing to climb jo many steps, and I don't think I could jet along just with tea and bread nnd butter for dinner?particularly as I've beard people say your tea is never anything but hot water." As the price Aunt Bates wished to pay for her board was a very small one, she had some difficulty in finding a plAce. At last, she settled herself with tho Tankers, a poor family living in the village, and there she was seized with r> dangerous illness. She lingered painfully on the confines of death for some weeks. Sabina would bavc taken her home; but she was too ill to be moved; so Sabina and her daughters paid her frequent visits, though Aunt V*.<A (r\r?t~er\?fiir? nrvnO f\f 1 he Uiitca r? tuu^uu uuu luigwwwu ^vuv w? sharpness. Toward the last, her mind wandered back to the days of her girlhood. She was a child again, and she called upon "Philly" to look et the-dead bird she had found in the grass. The little brother md sister were at play together once more. Then, she talked in baby-language to the second Philly, and often cried out "I've remembered your girls. It was for them, Philly?all for them " When the end approached, her mind cleared, and she faintly .asked the doctor iiow much longer he thought she could live. lie replied that, ;n all human prob? ibility, she could not live an hour. " I'll have two hours," said the unlaunted Aunt Bates, and she did. u After s. long silence, she beckoned to Sabina to stoop down that sho might >peak to her. " Sabina," she whispered, " what's the price of butter just now." Sabina drew her head up abruptly, and faltered, "I?I den't know." "You were always unpractical," remnrL-orl Aunt. Rates in a barelv audible I voice. These were her last words. After her leath it was found, to the amazement of licr relatives, that she had left Cynthia ind Laura. $30,000 apiece. While every one believed her poor, she had pinched ind hoarded?had dressed meanly and made herself a by-word for their sake. It was the only blossom of lovo that jprang from the grave of the lonely old woman.?Times-Democrat. Can Birds Count! Having studied Sir J. Lubbock's interesting book, I remembered a fact observed by me, which, though not conclusive, seems worth mentioning, say3 a writer in Nature. I was amused some years.ago to observe the feeding of the young in a sparrow house near an upper window of my house. The old sparrow alighted upon the small veranda of the sparrow house with four living canker worms in his beak.'. Then the four young ouef" put out their heads, with the customary noise, and were fed each with a caterpillar. The sparrow went oil, and returned after a while again with four more living cankervorms :in his beak, which were disposed of in the same manner. I was so interested and pleased with the process that I w;Uchcd it for some time, and during tin* following days. A fnct which I have not seen noticed here in the extensive sparrow literature is that for a number of ycatii sparrows begin to build nests of dry grass and hay at the tops of high trees.. The first I saw were large irregular balls plnced on the tripod of twigs. The entrance was on the dnner side, near the lower end of H.r. Kollc: T.nct voiir f r>1v2nrvf?rl nnnhhf'T form of the nests. A strong rope formed jf dry grass, as thick as a man's wrist ind as long as the forearm, is fastened ;mly .vith tlic upper end to strong branches at the tops of high trees. The rope's end has a rather large ovoid shape, with the entrance on the inside near the 3nd. Of such nests I saw last winter ibout a do/.eu. A long pole near my house strongly covered by a vine (celcstrus scandcns) had such a nest for three years, used every year. In the sparrow homes around my lodging the sparrows stay throughout the winter; commonly one male and three females in every house, till in the spring the superfluous females are turned out. The Horse Perspired. I had the opportunity, says n writer in Chamber*'8 Magazine, of observing the effect on a horse when ridden near a mouuttin lion. I was late one night iu the autumn. ] was riding along a lonely mountain road, md'.vhcn only about two miles from the :o\vn or mining camp, i ncaro inc cry 01 ;he mountain lion. My horse at once thowecUcar and refused to move forward. His trembling was so intense that h( i 'airly shook me in the saddle. To whip | ind spur he paid no attention. Indeed, I t was only by the strongest effort that 1 :ould prevent him from turning and boltug iu the direction we had come from. crashing in the bush a short distance in tdvance of me increased the horse's fear tnd restiveness to such an extent as h1- [ nost to unhorse me. * j "We both knew full well what that :rashing nieaut, but I also was well satis- j ied that the beast would not trouble us,; lecause I knew that only a short distance i tcims the hill was a slnughter-house, vhether I judged the terror of the niouaaiiis was jourucj'ing. Although quite a :old night, I found my horse sweating a* reely because of its fright, as if I had 'idden on a dead run for miles. Wonders in Watches. "Those foreigners," snicl a New York cweler to a Tribune reporter, "have re:ently made remarkable improvements iu vatclies and clocks, whbh sooner or ater will bring about a complete rcvolu,ion in horology. A journeyman clock nakcr in the neighborhood of Lyons has nvented a method of making a lady's vatch go without being wound up durng a whole year, a man's watch during three years, a pendulum of middling size wenty years, and a public clock for a ;pucc of 280 years. "He manufacturers watches of so small i size tlicy are worn in linger-rings, lakng the place of a seal, and require windng but once iu fifteen days. Of course fou have heard of the watch worn by the Empress Marie Louise on tho fore.'lngei >f her left hand. That was a rare jewel, md was said to have cost tf'i0,000. Ten lobars will buy one like it now. "There is one great drawback to these ivntches. They can be wound up only bv he inventor himself, or those acquainted ivith his secret. The works are inclosed u cases hermetically scaled." THE WORLD'S FAIR. A FEATl'RK WHICH WOULD BE OP VALUE A\I) INTEREST. The Relics of Prehistoric America? A Collection of Fae-similes of Temples, Round Towers, and Aztec Remains. What could be more distinctive and appropriate as a feature of. the World's Fair in J802 than a special section devoted to "Prehistoric America?" This exhibit should show in detail and in facsimile, as far as possible, specimens of the nncient dwellings, temples, mounds, and omer Miuunirc.s erccieu on mis comment untold years before its discovery by Columbus. Many of these strange evidences of prehistoric America still exist in various states of picservation. Almost all Americans know something of our mound builders' relics, the cliff dwellings, Central American temples and the like, but few among nil our millions have seen these structures and fewer know their history or meaning. In the West many are familiar enough with the mounds, which arc, however, rapidly jgljjjr " w ]V\% CI.IFK DWELLINGS. disappearing under the plow; many have seen cliff dwellings, while a few have visited the Mexican and Central American temples and palaces, yet the mass of the people would be immensely interested by a correct reproduction of those remains in such an accessible place a the World's Fair. There arc more than a dozen specimens of ancient American structures which could be selected for illustration, each of which has various and beautiful types. The following list comprises those which are the most familiar and easily reproduced: 1. The cliff dwellings of Arizonia and Colorado, of which there are several #pes, including the analogous ''round towers," 2. The mounds, which are found all through the central portion of the United States in numerous distinct forms, including pyramids, squares, circles, animal forms and euclosurcs for various purposes, 3. The pueblos of New Mexico. i. The Central American temples, palaces, pyramids, bridges and reservoirs. 5, The Natchez dwellings. ? J>v_ Uilier_aboriginal dwellings and structures of the Mohawks, Creeks, Algouqubis, etc. 7, Esquimaux dwellings. The cliff dwellings which arc largely fouud in section four, township thirty* six north, range seventeen west, New Mexico division, Colorado, form one of the most interesting archrcological features of the country. Lying as they do in n rnnuito linfl t.a+. I'lisilv nrrPRsihlfi region they are but rarely visited and are known only to the few. They arc marvels of construction, mysterious and romantic in their isolation. Oftentimes perched so high up on the ylifls that the eye scarcely distinguishes them, they are the remains of a nice that, if it has uot perished entirely, only exists in a fragmentary condition. A clilf dwelling may he generally described as a cavo, either natural or artificial, whose entrance has been nearly walled up in a iaanaer showing much skill in masonry, with windows and doors, the lintels of which were of wood. Sometimes but half the cave wits thus enclosed, leaving * sort of foyer, as it were, of the cave in fron'., or at one side, as in the drawing. Some of the dwellings have two stories, several have four, while in the large cave immense many-roomed buildings exist which evince a high state of cultivation, One building contained seventysix rooms on the grouud floor and us many in two other stories. SPIRAL TOWElt. These dwellings were reached by their inmates by menus of long ladders and steps hewn iu the limestone rock. The walls are plastered with white lenient, portions of which are decorated with pictorial word writing and stra; gc ideroglyphies. In the debris upon the lioor is found pottery of fine texture, delicate shape, thin, fragile and painted in colors which are as bright as when it was fresh from the patterns hands Stone implements and arrow heads exist n large numbers. Workshops showing CVMCUCCS Ol CUIlllLiuuun Ukkujinuvn exist, and the ruins present the undoubted proofs of a wealthy, busy race having occupied them in the past. On I he brow of the clitTs above stood the wonderful round towers, rivaling in construction the famous ones of Ireland. These towers were placed on the edge of the canyons aud a half circle of wall was built back of them for their defence. They were probably the watch or signal towers of that ancient race which swarmed in this region years ago. Built of the prevailing lime or sand stone, .hey stand many of them to-day in a ruinous condition, but as interesting as any Greek temple or English castle. A reproduction could be made of these lowers and dwellings at little expense upon one of the blulfs which occur in the grounds selected for the fair, and in connection with the other objects provo A of intense interest. They confd be made las permanent buildings and remain in ,situ for the edification* and instruction of future generations. My suggestion is that the Government supply a certain number of Indians t? occupy these and other similar edifices during the exposition, and devote themselves to aborijrinai occupations, sucn as weaving, arrow making, etc., the proceeds of their sales to go to the general fund. The pueblos arc somewhat similar in general design to the cave dwellings, although more pretentious. Borne pueblos are, in fact, merely cave pueblos. They arc very interesting, entirely American and unique in design and construction. They far surpassed anything which our own early settlers ever constructed, both in size ami beauty. Some of them rivaled our Postoflice in size and grandeur. With many stories and numberless apartments these gigautic edifices com priseu cities in tnemseivcs wnose populations numbered thousands. Built of fine, perfect masonry in large circles or squares, with no entrance on the ground floor, they formed fortresses of great strength, into which the inhabitants, as well as warlike assailants,were compelled to enter by means of long ladders to the upper stories. The beams of the floors projected through the walls on the outside and were of cedar. The walls within were smoothly finished in fine white stucco. Communication was made from floor to floor by means of trap doors, through which, or similar apertures, the smoke from the fireplaces rose, as there were no chimneys. In these pueblo3 were conducted all the occupations and amusements and religious observances of vast populations, who have left only their dwellings, stone implements and pottery behind them as memorials of a glorious and busy race. So similar to the ancient pueblos arc those of the modern Zunis that they arc scarcely distinguishable from them. A wonderful exhibit of Zuni industry can be held in this building, for the means are in the Government's possession, and Mr. Frank Cushing, of Zuni fame, might be induced to contribute his inestimable - - i- 1L. 1-f.j _ iL!. 1 K services 10 me musing 01 tins urautu m the greatest value as an ethnological exhibit. That it would draw crowds to the fair and prove a paying investment is unquestioned, and forms to me but a minor feature of its importance as an educational factor.. "'Iji ^ ' * nAYAPAji i ^1181 III - aanc.!<h.^n TgPlPiE. Vl => Another feature of this department is the world famed mounds, now fast disappearing, but at present a subject of continual and nrdent study by the Ethnological Bureau and nrchieological societies of the country. They have been objects of intense interest ever since they ? X? ? i- <1fr.AAn<>nA/1 >4n/1 V? n tfO Koflfl /^O. were mat uinuuvcicu, umi umv uuu uvscribed in many publications. To select one or two of the typical forms and reproduce them would be comparatively inexpensive. The earth taken from the excavations for the exposition buildings could be utilized and the labor necessary for their erection would cost very little. The dwellings of the Natchez Indians were distinguished for an advanced typo of aboriginal architecture. They were equal to the houses of European peasants of 200 years ago. They were built in a manner far superior to that of other Indians and fonn an interesting study. They are large, roomy dwellings, built of sun baked mud, mixed with straw, and arched over dome shaped roofs of cane. They were placed in regular order around an open square. Two of them were larger and more pretentious than the others. One was the residence of the Chief, the other the Temple of the Sun. Around the latter was built a strong wall of mud, planted w.th stakes, upon which were stuck the heads of enemies sacrificed to the sun. Here the perpetual fire was kept burning upon a sort of rude log altar, a suivivai of ancient sun worship. Sometimes these temples were erected upon mounds, as was, we believe, the practice among the mound builders themselves, of whom the Natchez Indians are credited by many to be a remnant. There arc also, although more rarely, recorded instances of dolmens or upright granite stones arranged in orderly array, as is frequently observed in Europe, hav ing been discovered in this country. They arc more numerous than has been generally understood, and form a | very curious and notable collection from their evident antiquity, probably taking precedence of all our prehistoric remains, and from their mysterious meaning forming a subject of much speculation aud surmise, Being religious in their object, it is of course more difficult to understand their purpose, and fewer of such monuments have been spared by man's ruthless hand. They are worthy of preservation as the mute evidence of races that have lived their day and gone into oblivion, monuments ot a desire to leave something recorded behind. Any attempt to fittingly reproduce the colossal erections of Central America vould be a gigantic and almost hopeless task, taxing the resources of an Emperor. They come, however, wtthin the scope of such an exhibit as I suggest, aud it would lack a most necessary portiou if they were entirely omitted. Such an exhibit might properly be aided by the Central American Governments, if not entirely taken in hand by them, and materials for such appropriate display might be furished by them out of their almost limitless wealth of prehistoric remains. There arc some edifices, simple in construction, yet representative and charac1 ,-.l? Kn vnrv r?r>ci!v r/*_ luriMii;, >v*;uit uii^ui< uu ivi j vM?ij produced, such as the truncated temple pyramids, the conical tov ers with winding, spiral ascents from bottom to top, earth huilt. and paved with stone. These could be built, and within them could be arranged the vault like chambers, arches and passages which are found in the originals in so many iustauees. They arc wonderfully beautiful specimens of prehistoric architecture, and the skill shown in their construction, as in other Central \American buildings of this ancient age, cannot now be surpassed. The most 1 rnT^m, ft CENTRAL AMERICAN STRUCTURE. complicated aqd artistic decorations which have been found in these structures have been the admiration of all who have inspected them, and an opportunity such as this offers to lay them before an apupomuHv# rujhlif' >:Viinild nnt hf! nfijrlected. There are alio aa enormous number of relics in the shape of images, bronze, gold and copper ornaments of beautiful designs now in this country, which ought to be placed upon exhibition at this time where millions could view them. In this interesting display there should also be included a comprehensive exhibit of the weapons, both of stone and copper, of the prehistoric Americans; the shell and basket work, pottery, and hunting, fishing and industrial implements, fine collections of which are in the Smithsonian Institution nt Washington. Models of the ancient mining works of Lake Superior, the source of the copper which supplied prehistoric America, if not all GROUP OF MOUNDS, the world, could be exhibited, a display which would represent an industry which owmnnf 4? n a oAirornrl in I f a ntvnrufiAna iu auuituw wtv>vu *u ivo v|^viniu/ua a district greater in extent than is now included in the modem mining region. Stone implements and other evidences exist to support this assertion, and ancient mines exist in localities not as yet worked by the . moderns.?New York Herald. Sugar and Hemp From -Palms. Some palm-trees furnish a sweetening juice. The most famous of these is probably the Areng, or sugar palm of Ainboyaa, which grows ia tedia ?nd the archipelago. It is a sup- b ti-r, with pinnate leaves twenty-fiv long, and .s as handsome as it is useful. A number of species belonging to different" geneia furnish a kind of hair of finer or coarser texture. It is found in the fibrous sheaths of tho leaf-stalks and in ihc jagged edges of the leaves. Cables made of the black, tou* h fibres of the Areng are preferred by tue x coasting sailors of the Spanish colonies . on account of their .elasticity and durability; and they are, moreover, very fine. The hemp palm of Japan and China is _ available in the hands of th^SxiflSBrtous ^ people of those countries for making the finer brooms, light strings, and a thousand articles of daily use. Palms of coarser ^ fibre, like the of Piacaba Brazil, furnish material for blinds, brushes, brooms, and the rollers of mechanical sweepers, which are much more durable thin rollers fitted with steel teeth.?Papula Science Monthly. Began Their Music All Together. Mmjr Too Much Style. Jlr. Ratte?"I'm going down to the club, Awntie. I)on't set up for me." Auntie Ratte?"Giev, if you know how much I despise a dude, you'd use your appendage to steer by?not to walk with."?Puck. The French Professor of Chemistry, De Millefleurs, recently exhibited before ;i meeting of Parisian scientists several bricks of petroleum, which he has discovered how to solidify by an original process. The petroleum bricks were hard enough to be handled without inconveni: encc, yet soft enough to be cut with a stout knife. They burned slowly when touched with a lighted match. Millcllcurs says they arc uou-explosive and inexpensive. Genius and insanity are sometimes combined in the same person or in closely connected members of the same family; but it is not easy to trace the connection between those mental conditions and the sinful or criminal acts that are apt to be committed by persons so organized. "I)o you sell postage stumps here, I bub?" asked old Mrs. Margin, entering the drug store. "No'ra," returned the boy; wo just give 'em away at cost."