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- * " % w y. .< ?.> i 'k > Si' -k"V'"? '*?'. 'y.:''^ ~ ' Ite^ * i " ;,i rXJJX. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1800, NO. 14. 'INSIGHT. I see with the spirit's sight That mail}' a nauseous weed of wrong f Has root in n seed of right. For evil is good tint has gone astray, j And sorrow is only blindness, And the world is always under the sway Of a changeless law of kindness. The commonest error a truth can make Is shouting its sweet voice hoarse, And sin is only the soul's mistako In misdirecting its force; And love, the fairest of all fair things That ever to men descended. Grows rank with nettles and poisonous things Unless it is watched fd tended. There could not be anything better tlian this Old world in the way it began, Although some matters have gone amiss From the great original plan; And however dark the skies may appear, And however souls may blunder, I tell you it all will work out clear, For good lies over and under. jrti.. ii' v?,,. v?-u \ Near-Sighted Jealousy. Mr. Matthias Coddlenian was a broker in the city, aud like many other brokers, he was possessed of a small house and garden in one of the outlying suburban towns, to which he was wont to retire when his day's work was over, lie was, in short, a plain, every-day merchant, about thirty years old, and by no means lacking in manly beauty. Mr. Matthias Coddlcman certainly seemed to be a very matter-of-fact and good young man, for he regularly attended to his business, and was, moreover, the superintendent of a Sunday-school in the town where he lived. He was nevertheless possessed of a romance, and a very substantial romance it was, weighing, I should think, nearly 200 pounds; for Mr. Matthias was married. This is how it came about. Some two years before the time at which I write, he had taken his summer outing atone of the popular seaside resorts, and there had met for the first time the future Mrs. Coddleman. Etta Sayles, as she was then, was a plump and pretty maiden, ! under the charge of au eld aunt, her j father being dead, aud her mother aud only sister in Europe. Etta's auut had but one failing,, and that was the Patagonian savages. On learning of tho deeply religious nature of Mr. Matthias, this estimable gentlewoman pounced upon him forthwith; and so much was she interested in discussing with him plans for the conversion of tht^e heathens,that she never perceived the conversion of Etta, as effected by Love and Mr. Coddeman, till it wa#^tQCL. late. As Mrs. Saylis 'was a great invalid and had gone to Europe for her health, it seemed useless to wait for her return. So after much letter-writing and discussion, it was decided that the young couple should be married, and they were the next spring. They had now been man and wife for more than a yenr, and thus far nothing ? had occurred to mar their tranquility. Indeed, there was no reason why they should, for Mrs. Matthias believed her husband to be perfection, and Mr. Matthias returned the compliment. His wife, indeed, almost merited that belief, for she had but two failings; one a fading of eyesight, and the other a most inordinately jealous disposition. Of the first of these failings her husband was aware; of the second he knew nothing, because he wns sucn a tnorougniy goou young man that even his jealous wife could find nothing to carp at. The day of the 10th of July, 1875, was noted for two thiogs: the arrival of Mr. Coddleman's sister-in-law from Europe and the arrival of the green eyed monster, jealousy, in his household, Shortly before the time of which I write, Mrs. Saylers had died abroad, and her daughter was now returning to live with her married sister. The day in question opened auspiciously enough, for, though sultry, it was very beautiful. As Mr. and Mrs. Coddleman rode into town that morning, he to his business and she to meet her sister, no pair of turtledoves could have been more devoted. Before the train had proceeded far on its way, however, an accident occurred to ruthe the composure of Mrs. Matthias, and this was the loss of her glasses. ^ " Oh, Matt!" she cried, when she had discovered the fact, "I have left my glasses behind me at home; what shall I do? Why, I should not know my sister without them uuless she was withiu three feet of me." "Well, my love," replied he, "it strikes me that vou can't find her without them, and can't go back to get them, the best thing will be for you to wait at the station and let her find you." His wife agreed with him in this, and so the matter ended. All through the heat of the day Mr. Coddlemau toiled at his desk, stopping occasionally to wonder how he should like his sister-in-law, whom he had never met,. and whether she had yet found his wife. When four o'clock came he arose from his work and sought the railway station with joy. All the trouble of that unfortunate afternoon arose from his extravagance, for as he knew that the common car would be both hot and crowded, he - determined to treat himself to the luxury of a drawing-room seat. Entering the first of the coaches he t i :* f..n : ...i. :? juuuu ji juii, uuu (iiiuii^ii u, secured one of the two remaining chairs in the forward car. He had scarcely settled himself when, just as the train started, the porter showed a lady, laden with many bags nnd bundles to the remaining seat. Just then the car gave a lurch, and before she could seat herself, her baggage flew in every direction. As the porter had meanwhile disappeared, Matthias came to the rescue and collected her scattered celongings. "So kind of you," she murmured, as she sank back in her seat with a sigh of comfort. "Not at nil," he replied, but you should have some one to assist you with these bundles?th(y are too heavy for you to carry." | "I was expecting some one to help | me," she lelurncd, "but was disappointed." After n moment she continued, "I do not know this part of the country, and if I would not he asking too much, I should ha so much obliged if you would give nic some information about reaching my destination." He hastened to assure her that, far from troubling him, lie should esteem it a great honor to be of any service to her, and begged that she would tell him where she was going. "Why, to be sure," she replied, "the place is, is 1 declare I have forgotten the name. But I have it on a card in my pocketbook, which is in my little bag? no, not that one," as he picked up a brown traveling case, "the one nearest you. Ah, thanks. Why!" the cried, as she opened it, "the card is not hereafter all, I must have lost it; but I can remember the name, I guess. Let me see, Bell?, Bell?Be.lville; that's it, I think. Is there such a place?" Mr. Coddlemau said that thcro was, and told her furthermore that she must * -A 4 Att<] thnf KQ cnange at me ucai smuwu, ?uu iru<u uv himself would put her on the other train. Mr. Coddleman wits by nature retiring, but the lonely position of the lady nnd her trust in him inspired him with the idea that he must make himself agreeable; in which he succee led so well that it seemed but a moment before the junction was reached. "Oh, really this is too much!" she expostulated, as he loaded himself with her baggage; "I can't think of allowing ycu to carry all of it." "Do not speak of it, madam; it is nothing at all," he panted, from beneath his load of bags and shawl straps. They had crossed the station and boarded the other train, when Mr. Coddlemau, happening to turn, he saw his wife standing on the platform of the car he had just left, with a hard, cold look on her face that boded no good for him. He was aghast; she had seen part but not all, and evidently thought he was going off with a strange woman. He must hasten back to explain her mistake. But first he must get rid of his load and likewise of the lady. He therefore hurried after hei, found her a seat, and excused himself as quickly as possible;"but before he eouUl leave the train, it was in motion; aud by the time he reached the platform, it was moving at a good rate of speed. Mr. Coddlcman was inclined to be stout, and, moreover, was much flurried, and this fact, coupled with au absolute ignorance of the laws of moving bodies, may account for his jumping with both feet together, and in the opposite direction from which the train, was moving. The,r^ultof*this-m?n?wHwewK?-c<Hnpiicated series of somersaults, whioh landed liim in a heap on the floor of the station; from which he gathered himself up just in time to see his owu train disappear in the distance. This involved a three hours' wait during which he meditate 1 on the events of the afternoon, and the reception that awaited him at home. It was after ten at night when he at last, weary and worn, reached his house. It took him a little while to summon up courage to enter. In the parlor sat his wife, bolt upright in a chair by the table, reading the family Bible?an ominous sign. "My dear," he faltered, in his meekest tones, "I missed my traiu, and have just arrived. I trust you have not been worrying about me." Mrs. Coddleman on his entrance slowly closed the Bible, laid it on the table, folded her hands before her, and waited. Matthias began to get nervous. "Has ?has not your sister cciinc. my love?" he asked hesitatingly. "Wretch!" returned his spouse, and dissolved into tears. "What is the matter, mv nnsel?" he inquired, in a vain attempt to appear at ease. "Monster!" sbe ejaculated, and swept by him, out of the room and upstairs, and this was the extent of their conversation for that night. By personal observation he discovered that her sister had not yet arrived, but of the circumstances he could learn nothing. At brcakfttst tho next morning, Mrs. Coddlemaa wore the expression of a martyr undergoing torture; she poured the coffee with a Christian resignation beautiful to sec; and the manner in which she passed her husband the butter would have brought tears to the eyes of the most haidhearted. Mr. Coddlemau determined to make a bold break, aud summoning up all his courage, addressed his wife: "My dear!" he said, "I fear you did not rightly understand the events of yesterday; in short, that, that " "No explanation cau avail, Matthias, I saw it all." "Saw all what, my love?" tt!V\ ?w?t trt iIimi v if T QHW I """ J ? - lyoii when you passed through the rear car, though you did not see rae; T fol| lowed you into the front one to speak to you, and you meet that odious woman ? by appointment, I've no doubt. I saw ' you devote yourself to her, and finally go otl with her, I don't know where. It is well for her that I win without my glasses and could not see her to know her, or " Just at this moment a carriage laden | with trunks drove up to the door. I "There is your sister, my love," said | Matthias. "For heaven's sake, don't j let's have a family row just as she is arriving. "Coward!" replied his wife, and left the room. Mr. Ooddlcman groaned, and | awaited results in the dining room, lie | now heard the voice of his sister-in-law | in the hull; it sounded familiar. "My darling, what a happiness this is!" she cried. "I thought I should ] never get here, for I could not liiul you at the station, and one of the stupidest men you ever saw offered to lielp me, ami put me on the wrong train, and sent im oil ever so far. I got the name of your ; town mixed up, to he sure, and told him ! I wanted to go to Rellville instead ofBell! inont; hut he ought to have known ever ' if I didn't; men are so dull?why. that's ! the very' inau!" she gasped, as she euI tercd the diuing room; "who is he'f" "Tint," replied Mrs. Matthias, smiling for the first time thnt day?a smile in which surprise and relief were curiously mingled?"that is my husband."?lb#* Viird Aihociife. A Millionaire's Log Cabin. The new summer residence of George Gould, the eldest son of Jay Gould, at Furlough Retreat, in the Western Catshills, of New York, has been taken possession of by its owner. It is one of the largest and most picturesque private dwellings in the mountains nnd is beautifully situated. The building is in primitive style so far as relates to the outside, being constructed of logs hewn on three side, the round, or bark, side being on the outside The structure is thirtyfour ny seventy feet, and two stories high. A veranda ten feet wide skirts three sides of the house. The dwelling has twenty-six rooms. The main hall is sixteen by thirty-two feet. There is an other hall, which extends across the building and separates the laundry and kitchen from the main partion. The interior of the house was carefully calked, then papered, next furrowed, and lastly ceiled over with narrow strips of Norway pine. The floors are all laid with Georgia pine of the finest quality. The rooms have Queen Anne trimmings, finished in white wood. All the window glass is of uniform size, seven by nine iuches. A sixteen-foot balcony is on the front and rear of the house. The roof is shingled. The main stair railing and balusters were cut out of trees found in the woods close at hand, and are left "in the rough." The newel posts were once parts of beech trees, one being eight inches in diameter. The balusters attract attention. They represent all the different kinds of trees that grow within the bounds of Mr. Gould's mountain domain. The residence is situated about two hundred and fifty feet from the lake, which covers an area of ten acres. In some parts of the lake the water is sixty feet deep and trout nre plentiful. At the preseut tiino 110 trout can be caught, not because Mr. Gould would deny his friends the pleasure of trying their skill, but siinp'y for the reason that the trout will not allow + K/nioolvr.o f r? Kn nnimhf riiirinrr till a month the lake will be cleansing itself? one of nature's workings?and the water if of a milky color and thick at the surface. While this process of cleansing is going on the trout hie themselves to the bottom of the lake at the deepest points and remain there until the "clouds roll by." Mr. Gould now has twentj-ono deer and elk in his park, and all are doing well. The thirteen first received arc now quite tame.. The eight aniraaU-ia-*fo*i last consignment are very shy, and hide when approached.?New York Timet. A Naval 0Ulcer's Wardrobe. A navul officer's wardrobe is a serious matter. The only other creature on earth that has more clothes than an officer of the United States Navy It a Saratoga belle. There are full-dress coots, and short conts with hooks, and dudo coats, with trousers to match in each case; V.f>lr.iof l,ofo ttvo r?r t.hrpp k-inrls of onns IIVMIIVU UHV.Jj V??V V? ??.vv w. and even regulation neckties. Then come the overcoats, and after that the swords. All of these things are extremely expensive, because they can be procured of only certain tailors and hatters. To make matters worse there is the perpetual threat of some radical chauge in uniform that shall render everything in use utterly valueless. In the matter of linen the naval officer has much his own way, but even here he labors under certain disadvantages, for many ships, perhaps most ships, have insufficient provision for laundering, and each officer must carry an euormous stock of collars, cuffa and shirts. Jack washes his own clothes with the Captain's or Admiral's permission, and hangs them aloft to dry, but it would hardly be dignified for an officer to do this. As a consequence tho wardroom lugs about a constantly increasing stock of soiled linen until Borne port is reached where laundresses do abound. Then there is a great washday and a gigantic laundry bill. Here again isadifliculty, for the methods of foreign laundresses, especially in tho trcpics, arc primitive. Mostly the linen is dumped iuto a stream and beaten with stones uutil it is fairly clean and dreadfully ragged. A favorite method with shirts is to tie a stone in the sleeve and thrash the garment about in the water. West Indian laun.1 ?H? I ?irU>M;^, 1UU3UJ ?uu vai>vi trivtiuvvf arc famous throughout tho Navy.?Neio York iHitr. Owns 10,000 Indintt Relics. Eugene J. Sharadan, a clerk in tho Grand Central Hotel, Heading, Penn., has a collection of Indian relics that is unique in its way. In getting this collection Mr. Sbnradan has traveled in the past twenty years over 00,000 miles. Murks County was a particularly popular stamping ground for Indians in tho old times, especially for tho Delawares and the Shawnecs, and relics of these and other tribes ar'*. found in great quantities throughout the country districts. Along the hanks of the Schuylkill the relics are unusually numerous. Of these Mr. Sharadiu has a marvelous collection, j containing 2000 specimens of tomaj hawks, axes, arrow heads, spear heads, j heads, mortars, pestles, millstoucs, humI mors, scrapers, war clubs, drills, and ! smoking pipes of every shape and pattern. The list includes nearly all the msiiuci variolic? ui jasper, ugaic, inn* quartz, opaque crystal, chalcedony, obi sidian, and black Hint now in the National Museum at Washington and embraces many of the very rarest forms, i The fact that these varieties iverc found I hereabouts goes to show that the Indians i J exchanged goods, for rock of some of i the material is not native here. 1 Mr. Slinradin has 14.0(H) specimens of : I similar relics collected from nineteen ! other States and Territories other than ' Pennsylvania. The relics are all classij lied and arranged in cases according to a i I system of his own devising. lie has i spent a great deal of time and consider | able money in completing his collections, i ?jYcio York Sun. STORY OF THE IIA'L HEAD COVERINGS OF. THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS, r. ' t The Career of thc^ "Stovepipe"?It Owes Its Existence to Philosopher Benjamin Franklin?Some Hold That It is the Best/'Uat. When Benjamin Fianfclin arrived in Paris as commissioner of .the American colonics his plain Quaker bat with its broad brim und low qrown must have seemed strange to the men he met at the gay French, court, over which the unfor TFIESE HATS WERE TICTUHE6QUE. tunatc Austrian Queen presided while l-cr pood natural, if^ weak, husband played childishly with the seething fires of the great volcano under his feet. For round about the American were tho cocked hats, bordered with lace and sometimes trimmed with softly waving plumes, which swept and waved as the courtiers greeted and flattere: each other. Yet Franklin's hat, a survival as it was of those Puritan hats which werfi a protest against the follies and fashions of a court as foolish and as fashionable as that of Louis XVI.. was destined to furnish the idea from which was elaborated a hat which has now been in use/or a century, aud which will probably be worn as lo'ng^ as men shall remain ns they are now. Tka silk, the plug, the high,1 the .beaver, the dress hat, for it is called by all these names, may fairly be said to celebrate its centennial in this year of 1890.The popularity of Franklin, and still more that of the country he represented, was indicated by the style of n*.4: which was seen during the early part of the French revolution. But curiously enough, itTrns in England that the beaver hat was to find its trut home. It was at first looked upon aa indicating revolutionary tastes in its owner, and on this account Catharine II. ol Rossia would have none of it among her subjects. When, however, Napoleon I. declared himself Emperor of the French* and trampledoitt under the ff^tof his guards tfiif last embers of the Terror hTs enmity to England caused a hat which had at one time been popular among the sans cu'ottes. to be at once adopted. Napoleon himself wore the cocked hat, which thereby became especially French and added to the English desire to wear something radically different. W*" ' I w DUT THESE AIIE IN STYLE, iriic beaver hat?so called because the body, aften being mndc of felted rabbit fur, was covered with the fur of the flattailed dam builders? was io general outj line like the silk hat of to-day; that is, it possessed a brim and a crown. But the variations demanded by fashion produced wonderful changes in the appearance of the hat. As the brim was made wider or less wide the crown was given a fuller or smaller belt. The Constitutional Convention, whose centennial wo all celebrated last year, was attended by men who wore hats looking something like square-topped derby bodies placed on the brims of exaggerated Texan sombreros. These were not beavers, but may be numbered among the grandfathers of those hats which sheltered the heads of the nicrj who volunteered for the war of 1812. General Juckson in private lifo wore a hat with a bell crown anna roiling or rather narrow brim, on which tho beaver fur made a long, brownish nap. This nap, by the way, was believed to be of sovereign benefit when one had cut one's finger and was applied as lint to stop the llow of blood. This particular form of hat is familiar enough to us in the cartoons of the day. It was a good, solid article, warranted to wear well if properly made. Strange as it looks now it was fashionable enough then, and doubtless the "bloods," as the "dudes" of the early part of the century were called, were well enough satisfied with their appearance. When Bolivar struck the blow whicb liberated the South American countries from tiie control of Spain, the fashionable hat was something like that which we wear to-day; thac is. in shape,for the material was still beavci fur. In fact, the shapes worn by these bygone dandies were to all intents and purposes those of last year, this or next. But beaver silks became more and more expensive, and to take their place the cotton plush?called Angora plush?was invented somewhere about the year 1S25. As this was cheap the purchase of high hats became far more coiuuiou, aud the plush did not look badly for a few months. The fur THESE COVERINGS ARE COMFORTADLE. liat, however, was the fashionable hat I still; such a lint, for example, as that j j given to Henry Clay by the hat makers . of Brooklyn, with u narrow brim und a tremendously high crown, having a wide bell at the top. This hat was black, and when it was presented to Mr. Clay was believed to be as perfect as a hat could be made. Cnthoun wore a Panama, as did manv of the Southern gentlemen of his time, wide brimmed and having years of wear iu it. But when ho came to Washington he gave way to the power of the high bat and added a' beaver to his collection. Daniel Webster always jworc a beaver exile utilized tho^silk plush which had been invented jp. Prance, covering with it a body of muslin stidcucd with Blicllac varnish. Theiilk hnt speedily drove out tho beaver from general use, although the latter has not been set aside yet, and is sometimes seen in our streets worn by Q VerjMHU lllilLl WIIU in bUUDCKKUTV VI u very young man who is loud. The charge of the Light Brigade during that war which Louie Napoleon, or rather the Duke do Morny, provoked, in order to consolidate the Second Empire, was made by mco, many of whom when at home wore hats which have fixed the nickname of "stovepipes" on high hats for the generation now passing away. Perfectly straight up and down, high and perfectly flat in the brim, they resembled nothing so much as n section of sheet iron pipe. But the young men who left the drawing rooms and rushed to India as fast as transport or troppship could carry them when the news of tho mutiny set the civilized world in flame, wore hats which were almost curiously unlike those of 1851. Brims that rolled until they touched the baud, and bells that overshadowed the brims, with loug frout and rear pieces, were the style then. In some of the old prints of the relief of-' Luck now hats are seen on the heads of as gal lent men as ever bowed. Ilnvelock wore a enp with a fluttering cape of liuen, still called by his name, hanging down behind to protect the neck. The Civil War in this country came at a time when the "stovepipo" hat was once ninrn nnnnl.-ir. The stvle seems odd as one looks at the old pictures of Lincoln and Seward and Stanton and Chase, , those giants who carried on the Government during that period of trial. Lincoln'wore a bat which was rather high, Wjth (^straight brim and crown. At the beginning of the war, when nil the dnys of trial were before hira, and when the great news came of peace nt last, the lint was the same. Twice during the four years the fashion had changed, but \ve may well believe that the war President had no time to notice the style., Davis, of the Confederacy, wears.a soft felt, in fimby oFThe pictures which are extant of him at the time. And when the German army corps drove the French before them and girdled Paris as with an evertightening belt of steel the mode bud run once more to the extreme bell with the rolled brim. Steadily since its first introduction the high hat hns made its way, until now It holds a place from which it cannot bo lightly shaken. It is the "dress hat," and more than that, it is the respectable hat. Solid men like it, and, oddly | enough, fashionable men arc not willing to give it up. Many judges of headgear hold that it is, after all, the best hat iu the world, and declare that it will never be supplanted. But while the man of the town admires the ''silk," his likiug I for it is as nothing to the devotion felt by the ragamuffin for the "plug hat." A Primitive African Giin. Amoug the trophies of Germany's past triumphs that grace the grounds which surround the Marine Academy building at Kiel nono is of more interest than a cannon made by natives of Africa and captured from them iu a battle near as afnrcan rnicrc of oudnance. I Pangani. It has not tlio slightest contrivance for aiming, and its caliber is ' * ?- -?-11 r?r*Hrlnrr/1 to mnrln nf YCiy Bllllill. iUU V>tWli<t?U ju 11I?<V ?? wood. Tlic wheels are cut out of one piece, approximately round, and arc fastened to the wooden axles with long rusty nails. The pieco of ordnance apparently would prove more dangerous to its owners thau the enemy.? Ulica Obicrva\ A Boston Suggestion for tlio National Flower. ?JnJne. Making Paupers Support Themselves. It lias just come out that it is the custom in many London parishes for the poor boards to provide able-bodied paupers with brooms and assign them to sweep certain crossings, making them support themselves from what they can get in this way, and thus reducing the workhouse expenses proportionately.? Chicn'jo Times, | Retail Grocers and Dead beats. J Business men who have suffered considerably from "dead-heat" are the rej (ail grocers, and they claim to have au organization which will protect them in the future. The nature of their business is such that they are obliged to do most of it on the credit system. Thousands of dollars arc lost annually by customers moving away to another part of the city when their grocer's bill becomes inconveniently large. One dealer with whom [ was speaking said that not only have they a large and well-kept black list, but 'that each member of the organization is compelled under the bylaws to constitute himself a special detective. "For instauce,"he added, "every time a vau loaded with furniture passes my office, I am obliged to follow it myself, or send someone else after it. The van is shadowed. If it passes out of my district some other member of the organiza1 tion must take up the trail. Finally the house or npartments to which it is going is located. The next thing is to obtain the name of the owner of the furniture and the place he moved from. These facts arc roported to the proper officers. Then, if he proves to be a 'beat' and his name couies in on the black list, thevictinfixed grocer knows where to locate | Ifim in case he wants to bring legal proI ceedings. Until he pays his debt, no other innn in the business is permitted to give him five cents' worth of credit. All grocers in the three cities are not members of the union, but it is spreading rapidly, and when all are in you can see what an organization it will be."?New York Star. Difficulty at an Elephant's Funeral. East Iudia papers describe the diffiulty attending the disposal of the body of an elephant at Nowsarce, as illustrating the Indian saying that an elephant must be buried where it dies. It appears that a tame elephant, which had been kept at N. iwsaree for many years past, died suddenly. The news was at once telegraphed to Baroda, and sanction for expenses incidental to the burial'of the animal was obtained. The local authorities then held a council as to how the remains should bo removed to a distant part of the town, where they should bo interred without endangering the health of the inlinhifunra Tfc was Hllfrrregted that the body should be cut up into pieces, which might then be removed and disposed of, but the idea was rejected. It was then resolved to drag the remains out of towjj, and with that object to pull down one of the walls within which the nuimal had been confined. Hundreds of coolies were pressed into the service, and a number of carpenters, iron-smiths and other artisans _jgharn . cngn>(gd^tn const cort, fiuge car on wheels to couvey the dead animal. But the body, which weighed 3everal tons, could not be lifted, much less removed from the place where it was. Various attempts were made for three days, but they failed one after the other. When the authorities saw that they were battled they resolved to adopt the suggestion made at the outset, and eventually caused tho body to be cut into pieces, which were then buried at a short distance from the place.? Timet-Democrat. Ohio's Oldest Apple Tree. There is an apple tree on the Silas Oaks farm at Newburg, Ohio, which is believed to be the oldest and largest apple tree iu the State. The tree is fifteen feet in circumference near the base. It bears annually a big crop of bright yellow apples. A strange thing about tho tree is that, like the orango, the broad branches contain buds, blossoms and fruit in all stages, from the dead ripe to the smallest of green spheres. It is beginning to show its great age aud is decaying on ono side, but still continues to bear. Tho tree was planted in 1791 by a man who settled on the spot from Virginia. He brought this tree among others with him over the mountains while the aborigines were still roamiug the land, murdering aud burniug out tho few whites I who worn hrnvfi p.nitunrh to Come into the """ " O"" country. The old settler, whose name is forgotten, was himself killed and scalped by the redmeu near the spot where now stands one of the most beautiful and valuable farms in the Ohio Valley?New York World. Identifying Bodies at the Morgue. When au uurccognized body is taker to the Morgue it is kept for a number ol days, and then, if not claimed, is placet in a standing position and photographed The picture is preserved and the clothioj of the dead person kept in a building used for that purpose,and ticketed so thn reference may be made to the effects ai ' any time. A short history of the cas< is also carefully preserved. This admirable system was tested agait the other day, when, after ten years, th< widow of Joseph Sauer identified a photo graph among the ghastly oues in thi Morgue collection as that of her husband who disappeared ten years ago. Tin record showed that the man was fount drowned at Pier 1, North River, abou the time the widow described. The bod] is in Potter's Field, and it is not proba ble that the poor woman will disturb tlu remains, but should she so desire, tin grave and coffin can bo located in tci minutes' time.?New York World. A New lied Lobster Theory. Fulton Market is possessed of a fish dealer who is a philosopher. "Did you ever wonder," ho asked me yesterday "why the shell of a crab and a lobstci turns such a tirey red when it is boiled! I will tell you. The natural color of th< crab and tho lobster is due to the existence of two pigments which have beeu isolated. One is red and the other blue. As long as these two pigments exist together the crab and the lobster remains gray in color. The blue pigment isverj sensitive, and even tho inlluencc of tin hot sun will destroy it. Crabs havt been found alive and, apparently healthy, with half the shell red and theremaiudei gray. Moiling water entirely destroys the blue pigment, and the red, which is very stable, remains alone in all its brilliancy."?JS'eio York Mar. THE NEIGHBORS.1 ^ Beside the deep, green river. Here In the lower lands, . .. My house, low-roofed and humble, In modeet quiet stands. A moss-grown, rude log cabin, Close by a brawling rill; j A rood of ground around it? 4 I have no time to till. J Across the deep, green river, Whose waters flow so free, A proud and stately mansion ? *. Begirt with trees I see; ' / And through the leafy branches, At day's departing rayB, Catching the crimson sunlight* Its many windows blaze. ^ The gwner of that palace Boasts of his lineage high; My father was a woodman, A woodman, too, am I. I earn by constant labor . ^ My plain and scanty fare; My neighbor over yonder Is called a millionare. When toil at night is over. Tired with the ax's stroke, I sit here at the doorstep, " ',,.1 Mv corn-cob dIdo to smoke J I watch him slowly pacing , J Before his house of pride, fl Beneath the clustering vine leaves I On yon veranda wido. " At times, this side the river, He canters slowly by; <* Absorbed in thought, he never Upoh me casts an eye. He is not old, but wrinkles His pallid features seam; He looks as though existence i Were but a troubled dream. "V. If he, with gold and acres, Could have my rugged health. Or I, with happy slumbers, . Had only half his wealth. Then life were better balanced For both of us to-day. And each, perhaps more cheerly Would travel on his way. 1 But as it is, no envy , Within my breast can h?f . With all his state and riches; 'Tis his to envy me. ^ Pale face and care-worn spirit, Eyes sunken, shrunken limbs? <nrjiU hnvvfan richftS. * ^ j IT I til bticoo IAS V/UI uvu , What man would share with him? Deep green is yonder river, Its waters faintly gleam: For us in time fast 'coming 1T There Is another stream.' 1- . jj*"1;' We both will loee oor burdens, My toiling and bis dros^; When over the mystic river Our spirits freed shall cross. . < ^Tnoiimg'x/unnJuigum^-- ' " *rf.\ PITH AND POINT. Doesn't appear in good health?Sick ness. "Did your husband die happily?" "Yes, he died, happily."?Life. . No matter how hard silence falls, it does no; break.?Terra UaiUe Express. Earth has no erreater joy than the dis covery of a quarter in a cast-off vest.? Life. An appropriate helm for a mud scow would be a tiller of the soil.?Texas Siftinds. All men have their uses. Even the crank serves his turn. ? Terre Haute Express. Much current wit is overdone, and more is done over.?Terre Haute Ex- ?""" press. " Men's sins, it is said, always finds them out. That isn't so bad as if they found them in.?Berkshire News. When a man is convinced that he owes anything to himself he is always anxious to pay it.?Binghamton Bepub1 liean. There seems not a little reason to suspect that it may have been "Old Sol" ' who first introduced the sweating process.?Detroit Free Press. Rha hoc n facta for whistlinC. A taste that's not permissible; t * But still I don't obiect to it, The pucker is so kisaable -Puck. It is stated that the Government wants a rew design for the silver dollar. We would suggest a weather-vane; it very easily changes to four quarters.?Philaj delphia Press. | After you have weighed your neighbor in the balance drop a nickel of fairness r in the slot of self-examination and asj certain your own moral avoirdupois.? [ Dover Sentinel. t 'Well, I must go now," said Chollie. 3 "What's your hurry?" asked Ethel. "It's 11:55, and my motto in life is, 'Never i put off till to-morrow what you can do 3 to-day.'"?Boston Daily Traveler. One of the "old-timers" remarked to e us the other evening mm, u ouun-mi > friend of his knew everything but one e thing and that was, he didn't know how 1 much he didn't know.?Primn Mirror. "Well, well, you've got back from ' your vacation. How did you enjoy yourself?'' "Oh", so, so; but there's noplace ' like home, after all." "That's what we " nil go away to find out."?llarljord Pott. There lived in the city of Worcester A mnn who could crow like a rooc.'ster. But, as he grew old. He often caught cold. And then couldn't crow as he urcestor. 1 ?Lawrence American, 1 "Speaking of strong men," said a ' Washington citizen, "I have a brother j who heid up a barrel of flour." "That's nothing," was the reply, "I have a brother 5 who once held up a train."?Wnshinqtdn Post. The summer hotel keeper who advertised that there would be notables at his j hotel swore pretty hard at the proof r reader when he was asked next day if , his guests were expected to eat off the ' floor.?Hiiiqhnniton ItepnMiom. This morning in my mail I found | A dainty envelope and fair. Addressed in writing neat and round? I A note from some fair maid, I'd swear. I To break the seal. I trembling sped, .My heart almost stood still; I glanced, 1 swore, for there 1 road 'iiuclosod pleiuio flnd your bill." ?Life.