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SATAN. He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lort /?1 its original brightness, nor appeared Le^s than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured: as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Baora of his beams. ***** ? ** Darkened so, yet shone Above them all the archangel; but his face Deep scars of thunder bad intrenched; and care Sat on his faded cheek; but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride, Waiting revenge. ?Milton. OLD CALENDARS AND ALMANACS. Customs of ltome and Greece ? What Was Found In Pompeii. Calendars and almanacs in these modern days, when meteorology is a science and astrology is no longer be lieved in only by the few, have become largely mere records of days (ordinary and special), repositories of all manner of information and facts, chronicles of past everts, etc. They were, however, very different things in times when the practices of prophesying, planet ruling, etc., wen? fully believed in. It is sa'd to have been the custom from the earli?st ages in Rome and, perhaps, in Greece also, to publicly proclaim the opening of each month in some public place, and then and there to affix to some pillar, etc., a table of the days of the months, and the religious festivals, for the information of the people. From this circumstance the first day of the month -was called Kalend or Calend, a word derived from the Greek verb Kaleo (I proclaim), and the placards were called Fasti Calendares. The oldest example at present known of such an almanac or calendar is one now preserved in the Museo Borbonico at Naples, and is formed of a square block of marble, It was found at Pompeii and maj' have been public property or have belonged to some wealthy citizen who had a house of dependents requir ing instructions in a simple manner. Each side of the block is divided into three columns, answering to the three months of the year. They are each headed by the proper sign of the zodiac, and below information of three kinds is given: Astronomical?The names of the month, the number of days it contained, the number of nones (fifth day before the ides), the length of each day and night, the sign of the zodiac through which the sun passed, the equinoxes, solstices, etc. Agricultural?Declaring the principal operations to be carried on in this month. Religious?Indicating the god who was the guardian of the month, and tho festivals occurring hi it, ?Leeds (Eng.) Mercury. Loss Medicine and Longer Life. It seems to Be a clearly proved fact that since the abolition of pldebotomy, dosing, and other empiricies of the old school the average longevity of the north Caucasian natives "has increased nearly seven years. Many men who have an unyielding prejudice against medicines, and insist on treating their disordors after a faslfion of then- own, do seem to maintain health as well and live as long as people who ruu to the doctor with every besetting ill.?Inter Ocean. Tho Cuttlo of tho United States. The number of cattle now in the United States would make a column twelve deep stretching from New York to San Francisco and back again to Bos ton'. The value of this enormous herd is more than ?1,200.000,000 and the annual product is four times as great in value as tho yearly earnings of nil the railway companies in the country.?Chicago Journal. Kerosene Used as a Beverage. A Berlin woman lately attempted tc kill herself by drinking five ounces of kerosene. She became unconscious, but was fully restored to health hi three or four days. The Deutsche Wochenschrift tells of a man who drank habitually an ordinary liquor glass of petroleum several times weekly without any disagreeable consequences.?Medical Journal. Better Than Text-Book Study. Professor William F. M. Goss, a gradu ate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, writes: "I behove that a well-devised practice in any of the con structive arts, involving not more than one-third of the student's time, will yield as much mental improvement as will re sult if the whole time be devoted to study from text- books."?Exchange. An American School in Greece. James Russell Lowell is at the head of a Boston committee which is soliciting funds with which to erect a building for the American school of classical study at Athens. The Greek government will give the site, two acres of ground, worth $13,000.?Frank Leslie's. Spelled In 200 Different "Ways. Dr. Pliny Barle, the retiring superin tendent of the Massachusetts State Lunatic hospital, preserves as a memento of his incumbency 200 envelopes ad dressed to him on which his name is ingeniously spelled in 200 different ways. Biter Ocean. Has a Good Opinion of Us. Archdeacon Farrar i-; telling English audiences that during his long journey tbiough tho United States he saw less drunkenness than in a single walk in London, .lie thinks America is fax ahead of England in temperance work.? Inter Ocean. Death List of College Graduates. Of the 072 Yale graduates who died in tho ten years between 1*70 and 1885, there were 271 who were past 70 years of age. And these men received their education when candle-lights were used at morning prayers.?Yale Courant. The Lnnguago of the "Wise. Silence is absolutely necessary to the wise man. Great speeches, elaborate dis courses, pieces of eloquence, ought to be it language unknown to him; his actions ought to be his language.?Confucius. Tho Bich Man and the Poor. Contentment is not the result of the satisfaction of the physical wants so much as it is the result of the satisfying of the sympathetic wants of men. The American workingmen are not starving, not even in our factory towns, but ser vants, and butchers, and bakers, and candlestick-makers and men of every degree and station who are under em ployers and cutoff, by lack of means and refinement, from those of their fellows whose life seems to be free and delightful,' are starving for that kindlier treatment, for that recognition of the identity, as well as the difference, between them and the rich, which the rich ?fe not always graceful in according. The rich man stands beside the poor man and the first thing he notices is the difference, but if he is as much of a man as he should he will notice, too, the identity. The differences are many, and most of them differences which of ttimes might be overcomo by a change in the circum stances of either. The identity is some thing deeper and less easy to change. It is that they are both men, with hopes aroused by much the same things, with possibilities of hatred born of the same causes, with the same general tempta tions and repentance^ with the same longings for affectionate appreciation, with the same personal pride and the same struggling panting desire for rest and peace.?"Pentaur" in Kansas City Times. Something Better Than Gymnasium?. I was talking with George Hanlon about the exercise such athletes as he recommend for the ordinary man to pursue in order to keep tho muscles properly developed. He said: "I am down on gymnasiums for ordinary pur poses. They overdo the thing. Too often they are presided over by men whe only care for the member's subscription and take but little heed as to his course of exercise. Heavy-weight lifting I won't tolerate. It is most pernicious in its ef t feots on the body, and improves one set of muscles at the expense of another. "What I recommend is the plain, old fashioned rubber bands or tubes. Fasten them to the wall, about breast high, and then begin. There is no particular for mula to go tlirough. Motions wi 11 suggest themselves. "Another set of rubbers can be fastened lower down and the legs ex ercised by them. I have peculiar notions, too, about bathing. I don't believe in a comfortable room. Wet a towel, wring it out thoroughly, and wipe the surface of the entire body. Wet it again, but leave a little more moisture in it, and rub the body again. Once more, with still more water on the towel, and then rub off dry. Our family has found that by all odds the best method."?Chicago News Interview. Tho Manufacture of Glycorino. "The consumption of glycerine foi medicinal purposes, arts and manufact ures has greatly increased in the past few years," said a Liberty square merchant. "As you are probably aware," he con tinued, "crude glycerine is the by-product of the manufacture of candles. Tallow or other animal or vegetable fats are saponified, with the addition of water, under heat and high steam pressure, in closed tanks. The neutral fats separate into fatty acids and glycerine, which lat ter remains dissolved in the water. The solution of glycerine thus formed is con centrated and sold to refiners. Some ol the latter, in order to cheapen the pro cess of refining, bleach their half-refined product by means of vegetable or animal charcoal. This absorbs the color and also some of the acids still in the glycer ine, rendering it for a short time inodor ous and almost colorless; but the seeds ol further decomposition are not removed, and in time the acids still contained in the glycerine oxydize and the glycerine becomes 'off color.' It should properly be distilled until the last trace of impuri ties is removed, when the glycerine be comes chemically pure, inodorous and colorless."?Boston Globe. The Musket as a Social Force. The student of liistory reading the bill of rights sees in even' clause the resull of some successful war fought to wing a concession of that particular principle from the dominant class. The musket bus steadily led the way and supported every extension of the boundaries ol freedom. Without so irresistible a weapon within reach of every man's hand, the world would still be prostrate under the hoofs of an equestrian aristoc racy, whose despotism would only be tempted by the tyranny of kingcraft. Artillery is monarchic, cavalry aristo cratic and infantry democratic. Armoi and the horse brought about the rule of the few over the many; cannon bellied make one man ruler over all, while the musket is the agent of the popular will and the pioneer of universal suffrago. "All the government," says an eminent philosopher, "depends upon the power ol th<a majority to whip the minority." The fundamental principle of democracy ? that the wishes of 1,000 men shall pro vail over those of 900 men, and the mus ket gives the 1,000 men the physical power to enforce their will upon the 90C men."?Popular Science Monthly. Stci-copticoii View of Cholera Bacilli. There was exhibited at the university in Rome, a short time since, a greatlv enlarged stereopticon view of a plant, or fungus, which was claimed to be the cholera bacillus. Tho enlargement was made by a series of photographs taken through solar microscopes until the ba cillus was shown about the size of an or dinary catcua plant. It was covered with spines and presented a very unin viting appearance. Tho exhibition wa3 unique, as it is the first time that the bac illus has ever been presented in a*vay in which its peculiarities can be studied fully and easily.?Boston Transcript. Hot Ton for Kusslan Hack Drivers. In St. Petersburg there are men who take about hot tea in large metal pots covered with felt, and sell it to hack drivers and coachmen, who have to wait for long hours in the cold when there ii a party.?Foreign Letter. The average age of the 1,400 inmatci of Sing Shag is 20 years. TYLER'S SECRETARY OF STATE. )Che Bursting of a Cannon on the Prince ton?A Historical Komlniscouco. In the congressional cemetery also lies buried the Hon. Abel Parker Upshur, President Tyler's secretary of state, who was killed on the steamer Princeton by the bursting of a cannon. This terrible accident, by which two members of President Tyler's cabinet and three other persons lost their lives, occurred the 28th of February, 1844. Gen. John Tyler, Jr., is probably the only survivor of that ac cident now living. In conversation the other day he gave me a very vivid de scription of the event. Ho said: "Commodore Stockton was regarded as the most advanced man in the navy of his day. He bad made man}' improve ments in various ways, and among others had made two large wrought-iron can non. He called these the "Peacemakers." He invited the president and Ids oabinet to take a trip down the Potomac on the Princeton to lest these guns. They had been shut several tunes before-dinner, and the sport had been enjoyed greatly by all present. At the close of the meal Secretary Gilmer remarked to Commo dore Stockton: " 'It is a good while since we heard that gun.' "The commodore regarded this as an order, coming as it did, from his superior officer, and so rose immediately and passed on deck, followed by Messrs. Up shur, Gilmer, and the rest. My father was a little in the rear. Secretary Gil mer turned to me as he went above and said: 'Will you look after Mrs. Gilmer?' I knew what this meant, a3 Mrs. Gilmer was delicate, and the loud report mado her nervous. So I stayed behind. It hardly seemed that they had had time to reach the deck before the aw ful report was heard. I felt sure that something terrible had . happened, and hastening up th? terrifying scene was be fore me. There was some unforesoen defect in the piece which had withstood the former discharges but bad yielded at last. Commodore Stockton was up to that time one of the most popular men in the country. He would, hi my opin ion, have been president some time had it not been for this accident. People in some way indirectly attributed the fault of this to him."?Cor. Chicago Tribune. Making a New Merv Oasis. The Russians who arc singularly sus ceptible to new ideas and display an audacity in engineering which has repeat edly led them to act as pioneers in reduc ing theory to practice, have fixed their minds on a new enterprise, well calcu lated to set on edge the teeth of English and Indian statesmen. This is no Other than the formation of a new oasis, as large as that of Merv. along the new frontier to the Oxus, which the Afghan delimitation commission will delineate as soon as the spring weather enables it to quit its winter quarters at Tchans hambe. Briefly, the scheme, which by the way is not a mere newspaper project, but a sober engineering design, complete in all details, and drawn up on the spot by the surveys of .Annenkoff, the conatruetot of the Trnnscasphm railway, provides for cutting tho bank of the Oxus neai Tchnrdzhni, and allowiug the water to run afresh through some ancient chan nels running in the direction of Merv, There is no particular novelty in the idea, the oasis of Khiva being formed entirely of country irrigated by an elaborate sys tem of canals running out from the Oxus near its entrance into the Aral sea, while the Merv oasis is of a sbnilar character, and uses up all the water ol the Murghab.?London Engineering. Man-Eating Tigers in u Cage. Here, full upon the open square, as if it wore part of the natural appurtenance! of a Rajput capital, are confined eight man-eating tigors, criminals of the neigh boring jungles and hills, taken "red handed," and imprisoned jus state cap tives. The huge brindled beasts crouch at the bars, savagely glaring forth upon the moving crowd outside, too busy with pleasure and traffic to notice them. Each tiger has tasted deep of human biood? one monstrous brute, lying on Ids back, has devoured seven, another ten human beings, and the tigress growling in the last den is declared by her custodian tc be known to have slaughtered fifteen men, women and children. Most ol Buch malefactors are shot, but these have been snared in pitfalls, where the tiger if left until hunger has reduced .him to ex treme weakness, upon which the captors manage to draw him forth, and shut him up in life-long imprisonment.?G. A. Sala's Jeypore (India) Letter. Tho Changes of the Earth's Surface. The recent appearance of a new island in one of the Pacific ocean groups illustrates the fact that hundreds of geographers and surveyors have all they can do to keep their work abreast of the never ending physical changes of the earth's surface. Great Britain employs i n ships and 000 men in its admiralty surveys, and much of their work consists in mak ing new charts of waters that were care fully surveyed from ten to thirty years ago. New surveys along the east and west coasts of England last year showed important changes in depths and other features have occurred since the previous surveys. Navigation charts are likely after ten or twelve years to be as value less for purposes of present informati >n. as a last month's newspaper.?Boston Transcript. Remarkable Kent in Book Renovation. A Frenchman named Lahontan has just accomplished a remarkable feat in book-renovation. He hail sent him a copy of Coverdale's Bilde that was com pletely saturated with fat. and had been badly eaten by mice. His process was to treat each leaf to a judicious course of chlorine in solution and ammonia, while the dirt was removed by some process only known to himself. He then sup plied the defective portions by carefully grafting on selected pieces of paper of the requisite texture and shade. The missing letter-press was fac-siiniled, the whole was then shjed and afterwards ap propriately bound by one of tho beet Parisan binders, the whole cost of this treatment being ?200.?Fraak I^slie's. THE FESTIVAL OF MOULOUD. Strange Sights To Be Seen on the Street* of a Morocco Town. Sam is also one of the holy cities of the Moorish empire, and in conserpier.ee is thronged with ragged but saintly indi viduals, who thrive on the charity of the devout. During the Mohammedan holi day of Moidoud, which Avas celebrated on the 10th and 20th of December, and which embraces a fair held yearly in honor of that 3aint, so dear to all Mus solmans, "Moulay Abd el-Kedar-Giilely el-Bagdady," the Europeans resident here were the shuddering spectators of the religious frenzy exldbited by the "Ais sowa" and "Hamadsha," or "Hanid oushy," on the occasion of their public processions, which are also conducted in this holiday. The "Aissowa" are of the brotherhood of "Moulay Haraed ben Aissa." a saint of great favor among the Moors. It is pretended that their man ifestations, which include snake-charm ing and juggling, ridicule the miracles of Jesus Christ, and this preposterous statement is accepted by the Moors as sufficient explanation of their vagaries. The "Hamadsha" are the disciplinants of one oidi Ali ben Hamdoush, whose zowia is situated on Mount Zehrouan, near the city of Mequinez. It is their practice on the occasion of religious fes tivities to throw cannon balls into the air, which they receive on their bare heads, and to inflict gashes upon their per sons with a small ax. The holiday of Mouloud is accompanied by the displays of religious enthusiasts throughout Ids Sheerefian majesty the sultan of Mo rocco's dominions; but at no other point j do these fanatics amuse themselves with such ferocity as at Safli, where the rapaciousness of their behavior renders It extremely dangerous for a Christian or Jow to cross their path during certain hours of the day. Even the Mussulman Spectators slaad with naked feet, fearing the "Ai&wwa" for lack of prey, should seize and devour their shoes. None but an eye-witness can conceive the degrading scenes which occur during tho processions; and none, even the enactors, can derive enjoyment there from. "The "Aissowa" are naked to the waist, and wear their hair so that when necessary it covers the face. The "Hamadsha," on the contrary, are lhaven, as is the custom of Mohamme dans. The principal performers assemble at their respective zowias or chapels in town, sally forth attended by the "gernowa" (blacks), who are usually tho musicians of the party. They beat tam tams and play an instrument whoso tones \t is impossible to describe on paper. Suffice it to say, tho student of this in strument is not allowed to pursue his practice in town, but has to play in a solitary and distant spot until proficient. This will convey some impression of the music imparted to listeners by thi3 bar barous flagolet. As the processionists wann with ex citement, then commences the fun of the fair. The Aissowa seize any live animal in sight, be it oat, dog, goat, or sheep. Goats arc usually provided for those oc casions by admirers. They tear them to pieces, and vie one with another to de vour the bleeding morsels of flesh. They strugglo. rolling over and over upon the ground, shouting, leaping, and gesticu lating. They wave the entrails and skins of their victims in the faces of their comrades, who try to seize the prey with their teeth or rut their faces in the reeking mass. Just behind and around are the "Hamadsha," covered witli blood and mire, singing their quaint and not ungraceful hymn, and chopping them selves to the cadence of the music. Such is the strange behavior of these fraterni ties on high days and holidays. After parading the town by day, in the evening these zealots return to their sanctuary, where a supper is provided for their edification. It is worthy of note that their most exciting beverage is green tea, taken with a large quantity of sugar, and flavored with mint. The Buppor is followed by a pipe of "keofe" (the loaves of the hemp plant), which forms an agreeable sedative after the ex citements of the afternoon.?Cor. Pall Mall Gazette. The Profits of Kose-Farinlng. In this time of agricultural depression it is gratifying to know rose-farming is akin to a silver mine?if silver currency be in "boom." At Kezanlik, a culti vator entered a railway carriage with two small boxes in hie hands. Tho con tents represented his harvest transactions for the year. Oood goods are wrapped up in small parcels. The boxes con tained essence of roses, value for 250,000 francs. The roso-trees require as much care as do vines, and only produce at the end of five to ten years. The leaf-pick ing lusts from twenty-live to forty days. To obtain one-sixth of an ounce of es sence thirty pounds of leaves are re quired and an ounce of essence fetches 48 francs.?Paris Cor. Chicago Journal, i Siliclous Fcbbles with "Water Inside. M. Stanislas Meunior has described j some siliciotis pebbles which are quite numerous in the quaternary gravels of ] the valley of the Loire, France, that are j remarkable for being hollow and enclos- j ing, together frequently with a loose, stony nucleus, liquid water. They are about forty-live millimetres iu diameter, and the water may be heard to strike against the walls of the cavity when the stones are shaken. The i>nly way M. Meunior cnu account fur the water get ting into the pebbles is by its seeping through the pores, for not a sign of a crack can be seen with the eye or by the aid of a strong glass.?Boston Budget. Bunches on the Aleutian Islands. Tiie Aleutian islands olT ihe coast of Alaska have attracted the attention of cattlemen, who propose to use them as ranches. Having an area of ij.OOO square miles, inunh of it well covered with grass, th y will furnish a largo amount of pasturage. The Pacific warm ocean current washes them and gives a tempera tan warmer than the mainland, but ex cessively moist. This, however, will be no drawback for successful stock grow ing.?Boston Budget. "Wedding guests" are furnished to or der at an agency in Paris. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to his wife hath said, " I will a flower garden make, Both for my own and thy dear sake. And sow with seeds to come up quick, Which you, of course, will buy of VickI" If such there be, I pray repent, And have an order quickly sent. Then sweet thy rest, I'm sure, will be. And thy dear wife will smile on thee. The Guide is a work of 150 pages, Colored Plates, 100c illustrations, with descriptions of the best Flowers and Vegetables, prices of Seeds and plants, and how to grow them. It tells you what you want for the garden, and how to get it. Printed in English and German. Trie only 10 cents, which may be deducted from first order BUY ONLY VICE'S SEEDS, AT nEADQCAKTEKS. JAMES VICE, SKEDSMAN, Rochester, N.Y GlVEN^WAY." The balance of Henry Kobn's Immense Stock of WINTER DRY GOODS, CLOTH ING and SHOES will be sohl at prices to astonish you. I have carried over too many heavy goods, and as I want to make room for SPRING GOODS, the balance of my WINTER STOCK .will be given away at COST. COME OjS'E ! COME ALL ! HENRY KOEN> HIGH GRADE FEETILIZERS FOR SALE. DeLEON'S COMPLETE COTTON FER TILIZER. CRESCENT BONE FERTILIZER. ENGLISH ACID PHOSPHATE. KAINIT. And as to Chemical excellence I would refer to Prof. Shepard, who writes me: "I have been most favorably acquainted with your Fertilizers through a long series of years." Hundreds of farmers in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama testify as to their superior crop results. PERU V .11. DeEdEO.V SAVANNAH, OA. BULL & SCOVILL, Agent Orangeburg SJU._ FOUND AT LAST, A Preparation that will positively cure that most distressing malady Neuralgia. "CRUM'S NEURALGIA CURE" FOR. EXTERNAL USE ONLY This is not a cuke all but a Remedy, as its name indicates, for the cure of Neural gia in its mildest, as well as its severest form. It will also relieve Toothache, Head ache from cold and nervous headache, and bites and stings of insects. This preparation has never been known to fail in curing Neuralgia, where the directions have been faithfully followed; having been used by I?r. Crum in his prac tice of Dentistry for several years. For sale by DR. J. G. WANNAMAKEB. IN MEDICINE QUALITY is of the FIRST IMPORTANCE. Pure Drugs and Medicines care fully prepared by experienced hands at Dk. J. G. Waxxamaker's Drug Stoke, Watctaker'afl? Jeweller, Under Times and Democrat Office. Keeps on hand a fine Stock of Gold and Silver Watches,' Clocks, Jewel ly, Silverware, Spectacles, Gold and Silver Headed Canes, &C. Also, Musical Instruments, such as Violins. Accordions, Banjos and Guitars, And all other goods in this line. ~?.:~A large assortment of IS carat Plain Gold Rings always in stock. Z5v"'Goods warranted, and prices low. Insurance. QOUTTI CAROLINA BRANCH OF O TUE VALLEY MUTUAL LIFE AS SOCIATION OK VIRGINIA, COLUM BIA, 8. C, JANUARY 21, 1886.?1 have been appointed .State Agent of the Valley Mutual Life Association of Virginia and Col. LEE HAGOOD has been appointed manager. The office of tho South Carolina Department is at Columbia, No. ? Main street, (under City Hall.) I will make an active canvass of the State, and want the assistance of a number of live men to canvass every county *n the State. Till Company was organized eight (8) years ago by sonic of the leading business men of Virginia, with the view of furnish ing our people with good sound insurance at the lowest possible cost. Its success has; been unprecedented, and far exceeding that of any company organized In the South. Its liabilities from its organization to this date have been fully met, its Reserve Fund of S108.Q00 securely invested, with an actual membership of about s,00U, aggre gating over ?Ij.OUO,oou of insurance. Any communieations addressed to me or the manager at Columbia will receive prompt attention. WM. M. BOST1CK, .hi., Jan 28-lmo_Statu Agent. I. S. Harley, Kussel Street, ."Vcxt to Tent, OttAKGEBUKG, S. C, \\rIIEKE you will lind always on T * hand, a line line of SEGAES and TOBACCOS of all grades, GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, and GENERAL MER CHANDISE, at lowest CASH prices. "Remember well, and bear in mind, To save two nickels, will make a dime." T HAVE FOUND GUINN'S PIO -t- neer Blood Renewer gives entire satis faction to my customers and therefore I take pleasure in recommending it to all. C. M. Hillsmax, Druggist, Savannah, Ga., Jan. 30 1886.