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MEXICO'S INTERIOR. TRAVELER'S DESCRIPTION OF HOME LIFE AMONG THE PEONS. HowThoir Houssa Are IJuilt?When the Evening Comes?Diet and Cooking? Dresi of tho WonieEt?-Apparel of the 3Icn. Ia the terras calientes (hot lands) the :h?dren often go naked, and the grown people wear no more clothing than their partial civilization demands. The flat roofed adobe house, tho palm covered ?He hut or cave in the hillside serves all the purposes of an c.irthly habitation for those whose lives are passed within them. But here in tho ccolostpart of the republic ?a mile aud a half above tho level of the sea?nature hn3 so elevated the country and lowered the temperature that cloth ing is a necessity. There is sufficient rain to penetrate the flat roofs aud drown out the cave dwellers, hence we find people living above ground aud under inclined roofs. Thus they have advanced by tlie iheer uecessity of their external surrouud ings: but where nature has not acted with compulsory furce they still remain in a londition that is scarcely above that of the lower animals in some respect. tue family cikcle. The houses are built of mud, ctone and adobe. They have dirt floors and shed roofs Y*hich are covered with mud mortar ibout six inches deep. They seldom have windows or any other provision for light and ventilation except the door. We often find a large family living In one of these .-ooms. When the evening cornea a family ;ircle is formed around a few ancient ?arthen mugs and jars which are set on die dirt floor; from these th y r:ike their scant and simple r. ??." :? which a round of cigaretts ar- smoked, the ih>:r is barred, the flickering taiiow cundie is lown out, and while the unsavory fumes of the smoking wick is pcrmentinc the sntire room the last one retires to rest in this dunueon home, a home then darker: than the blackest night, as unsavory as :he dungeon of the doomed, and almost as sickly and deadly as the olack-holeof Cal cutta We see these creatures on tbtir knees Rvery day and with outstretched arms they bomoan their lot and beg of God in his mercy to grant them more blejgtngs, after which they employ what littteBnen I tal and physical force they possess In re jecting these which have already been granted. "What fools these mortals be." Their diet consists of the various fruits of the tropic, with goat's meat, goat' milk and tortillas (corn takes; made of salt aud , water. The meal is ground by hand be tween stones similar to those used by the ancients. In place of stoves aud iron cooking utensils, they use elevated fire' places and earthen jars, which are placed over charcoal fires. The kuowledge of cooking among all classes of women is as meager as the moaus used, hence the breakfast biscuit, white loaf bread, pies, preserves and puddings of the United States are never sec-n in Mexico. dj:ess ok women. The women wear shawls over their heads ; in place of hats and bonnets and the fash Ion never changes. Their feet are small and they wear tight shoes with very high heels. Among the lower class plain-cut, bright-red dresses are often worn, but j among the higher classes a combination of bright colors is prefered. The men of every class have a passionate l fondness for dressed sheep, goat, or deer skin suits. These are often fringed, painted and embroidered with sUver. The j pantaloons are often striped down the ! side with rows of buttons and buckles and ! the wide-brimmed sombrero is often adorned with silver stars, tassels and a few rounds of heavy silver cord around the crown. The peons wear very low crownod, wide-brimmed straw hate, and in place of coats they wear heavy woolen blankets winter and summer. Though I am now in the torrid zone and to-day is July l^th, yet I sea the natives passing or i sunning themselves with their blankets wound around them up to the nose. Moth ers arc passing with their babies wrapped up out of sight and the men use sandals in place of shoes or boots. A few are dressed as we find them in the United States. Thus it is the old and the new, ? the high and tho low are all seen at one view.?Zaeutecas Cor. Detroit Free Press. An Afternoon at Cold Harbor. Then as the day word away and the j troops were weil iu hand again, I saw staff officers ride along the lines, which were generally under tae shelter of crests of hills, and then I sa w the regimental Commanders getting their men into line, j About -1 o'clock iu the afternoon I heard : the charging commands given. With i many an oath at the military stupidity : which would again send good troops to ? useless slaughter. I sprang to my feet and watched the doomed infantry. Men whom I knew well .-tin .1 ride ia hand not more than thirty feet from me, and 1 am happy to state that they continued to stand. Sob a man sin'ivd from his place. The army < to a man refused t > ol ey the order, pre BUinably from Gen. ';:,,!:;t. to renew the j assault. I heard, the foolish and wicked I order given and I saw it disobeyed. Many ; of the enlisted men had been up to mid over the Confederate works. They had i seen their strength. Graut, Meade, Hau- j cock, Warren. Wright, Burnside, none of j them had been near the works. And if 1 they did not know that they could not: be taken by direct assault the enlisted men did know it. and they refused to j make a second attempt. That night we I began to entrench, liy daylight we had our earthworks finished and were safe.? Frank Wilkinson in Chicago Times. Sobering OlY Drunken Men. Passing by a Turkish bath-ruom at a late hour the other night J noticed two half-drunken men going in to take baths. | Returning the same way sometimes later [ saw these two men vomlng out appar ently sober ami fresh lookim.*. Having my cur: >sity arodsH, I accosted the pro prietor as*o what he had done lor them. He said: "We gave them oaths and rubbed them down in the regular way. It sobers a man up and puts/(htm iu a condition to go home to his family without giving him- j self away as having made a night of it. I ' make a specialty of this thing, and keep open all night. 1 usually treat about twelve or fifteen siioh me'fr"every night."? Cor. New York News. He J>l50v.-ii*rt tho Cout. 'l iiere is a portrait >f a famous man in the Academy this year, the work of a well known R. A., and it has been subjected lo a peculiar criticism. Among the visitors one day was the artist who has the privi lege of making the clothes worn by the snbiect of the portrait. He gazed on the work and admired the likeness: then, turn ing to a friend, he remarked with evident emotion, "But, Great Scott, I never made iiiat coat!"-tParis American Register. The ZJves of Jfowsgirls. i Little has been done or can be said In j newspaper columns concerning the life of j newsglrls. For few of them can the same j excuse be offered as for the boys, that it [ is the legitimate and only occupation by which they must earn their bread. It is I not believed that there is one of them '?. who has not a home and some person who should keep her off the streets. Some of them, however, are wayward naturally, or have been made so.by evil associations in their extreme youth, while others?and the greatest number, it is to bo feared are knowingly seat out to the life of de ; nioralization and vie? that is inevitable i by the very persons who should most ; carefully have guarded them from such a fate. There are, of course, some few ex I ceptionin the cases of girls who go out to sell papers with their mothers who have established stands, and though forced by ; poverty to employ their children's aid id J the battle of life, strive in so doing to shield them from evil by keeping them as I closely as possible to the maternal apron ?trings. Even then, it is rare that their ? daughters escape contamination from the thoroughly corrupt girls of their own age with whom they are brought in contact daily. The great body of the newsgirls run 1 ningwild on the street have acquired a knowledge of and proficiency in vice be fore they have grown old enough to rec ognize its degradation and the inevitable ruinous consequences. Thfl older ones educate the younger in vice; the youngest strive to emulate in all of which they should be innocent. A large proportion of them are Italians, and many are very* pretty while they are very young. In fact, a newsgirl has little hope of success if she is not pretty and soon finds herself forced out of competition to other walks in life where good looks are not so essential.? New York Sun. Starvation In Egypt. A fellow-mania makes us wondrous kind, and the chief creditor of the castle building crank of Hohenschwangau now turns out to be the castle-building ex khedive. During the fourteen years of his administration the viceroy of Egypt built away some 200,000,000 francs, wrung from the life-blood of starving toilers. Nine-tenths of the population of Egypt' are, in the most liberal sense, subsisting upon the bare necessities of the vital pro cess; a little rice, a little durrha corn, baked into hard cakes, and washed down ?vith a draught of ditch- water. Professor Exlinger, on his recent survey of The baid, was for miles followed by a barefoot boy, who every now and then approached the wagon and watched the workings of the instrument with haggard eyes. Ascribing his persistence to an impulse uf scientific curiosity, the professor asked his dragoman to hand him a telescope aud invite him to take a peep at the distant mountains. "He's after something eis.?, I guess," laughed the interpreter, and a short conversation sufficed to confirm that theory. "There is some corn spilt in your wagon," said the dragoman, "and this youngster asks your permission to eat a handful of it." The corn?hard, dry, maize corn?was swiftly absorbed by the youthful son of the desert, who, with the same promptitude, devoured a quart of dried fruit and a lot of fluid butter, but took to his heels like a deer when the dragoman handed him a paper full ol mustard pickles and yelled at him for dropping them after the first bite.?Dr. Felix L. Oswald. Advautage of Color Blindness. It might surprise you to know that oc casionally total color blindness has proven a decided advantage. AU colors appear ing to such an one as shades of gray, or black, or white. An engraver thus af fected would possess a keener ability to discern fine lines. A clerk in a mourning goods department of a large dry goods store received extra compensation for his acute eye for shades when It was found to depend on total color blindness. Such cases are "exceptional as can be imagiued when railroad men are discharged for in ability to distinguish a red from a green lantern. Postofiice clerks have run short in their cash accounts throu^-1 selling stamps of the wrong denomination, the differently colored sheet3 getting into the wrong drawers.?Lithographer and j Printer. Views of the City. A standard business in every large city now Is the sale of photographic albums of the principal buildings, parks and public resorts of the city. For many years this business was confined to European cities. Gradually tbo album came in vogue in New York, and Washington city; but now the perfection to which photo-lithographs have been reduced makes their publica tion a matter of such slight cost, that e very city has its publications of views, and few travelers pass through a city ol my note without possesing themselves of one of these cheap and interesting souv enirs of the visit. Formerly such an al bum of St. Louis views as now sells for ?? cents would have been cheap at 65.? "G. C." in Globe-Democrat. Fallare of the Phonograph. Phonographs have never become more than a toy. although great things were predicted of it. Edison did nothing more with it and turned ins attention to th') more profitable work of perfecting the system of incandescent lighting that has since been such a success. The trouble with the phonograph was that the tin foil was not soft enough to take the im pression of the sound-waves deep enough tu make the machinery tnlk loudly when its time came to taik. In fact the phono graph was a very good listener, but a poor repeater of conversations. What a pitj I it is that humanity i- not built more on the basis of the phonograph.?Detroit Frei: I'ress. Wages of an Organ tat. The Iloston Post says that ti salary of $350 n year is deemed an .-'.tuple return in one of the richest churches in Boston for the services of an organist of the very first grade. It also says that recently one of the foremost organists in America was offered $600 a year to play the organ in a rich New York church, and he replied that, while he could earn as much as that driving a street car, he would not degrade his calling by accepting the offer.?Ex change. Freezing Necessary tc Germination. A number of European botanists have had reason to believe that t he seeds of many New Zealand plants will not ger minate readily until after they have been frozen. The same curious observation has been made in relation to the Himalayan seeds.-Boston Budget. Knows All About Them. The editor of a morning paper knows all about the nights of labor.?Boston Bulletin. Vermont proposes to establish a stata institution for the criminally insane. :r jj^ant Liar i tm inguce eJpiim tc.i' "W'y bow yer do^Nai^yr^iu^Pnester, addressing old Sanderson'* danght??.' "Didn't yer git married last SadOTftaghtr "No; tho woddin' dat come off ?mi't take P "Whafo' didn't it, gal?*' "Well case der warn't but thirteen present," "All foolishness. You oughtenter b'lcbe in no sieh foolish 'spicion ez dat. I 'clar ter goodness, yer makes me ershanied o1 yei", putthi' offer weddiu' jes" bekasc der jyuit bat thirteen dar. W'y n't yer sen1 out i de to'teenf pusson ter come?j' '?Well, daddy did go out an' bej come'-' '?Well, w'y n't yer go ahead an' let him erlonei:'' ''Couldn't." -W'y?" '?'Case de fo'teenf man waz do had promised ter marry me. Aunt Carisy, thirteen is bad change. _ Nevor Snub a Newspaper Chap. A good-natured newspaper chap was. at a rustic picnic and rashly spo.'ce to a young , lady without the formality of an intiwluc- I tion. He happened to see a groat fat cater- - pillar crawling on her lace collar, and jump ing toward her said: "Madam, permit me to-" But the young lady waved him off with an imperious and insulting gesture and said: ! "How dare you speak to me without an in- 1 trotluction. You aro certainly no gentleman, 1 sir!" Here tho caterpillar overbalanced itself and fell down her neck. "Touch! Oh! Help! Take'it off. Ob,1 please do take it off, somebody!" screamed | tho fair one. The newspaper *man was tho j only "somebody" around and ho said: "I I couldn't think of it, madam; I haven't been.! introduced to the caterpillar."?Chicago Tri- j bune. _ ? Where the Czar Wouldn't nico to LIto. j "Ya-iliovitch."' said the czar cf Russia to a j servant the other morning, "have you looked | under the carpet for nitroglycerine and ox- ] amincd the hair brush for dynamite bombs and tested the coffee for strychnine and mndo the cook eat part of the rolls mid looked down collar for barrels of gunpowder and sent orders for all the suspicious persons arrested around the palace last night to be hungP j "Yes, most noble sire!" answered the attend ant. "Then help me on with my woven steel link ulster and call the police to escort mo across the hall to the dining room. There is not much enjoyment in this kind of life but I thank heaven even- day now that I don't . live in Chicago."?JJsteliino (D. T.) Bell Killed iu Time. A husband who had been out. shooting, but who had not been successful, rather than re- 1 turn home empty-handed stepped into a shop and purchased a hare. "There, my ducky," be said to his wife on reaching home, "you see I am not so awkward with tho gun after all." "Let me see." "Isn't ho lino follow!" "My dear," said the wife, ns she carried tho animal to her nostrils, and put it down with a grimace, "you wore quite right in killing him to-day; to-morrow it would have been too late."?French Joke. The Darwinian Theory Illustrated. KVOI.UTIOX OK THE CAT. Brevities. Some skilled nat uralist may 1? able to ex plain how a little inch-nnd-a-half canary bird can moult a full half bushel of feathers all over the dining room carpet every morning, but we confess it beats us.?Somciwille Jour nal. A child wns shown the picture of a red man of the forest in puris naturalibus. "I thought, mamma, that savages wore feathers." "So they do, my darling." "Well, but this oner "Oh, he's moulting."?Tld Bits. The many friends of the late Profpssnr Archimedes will be surprised to learn from The Buffalo News Hint it was the deceased Sigmar Calileo who had the earth and a lever, and stood in need of a fulcrum.?-Buffalo Express. A Chicago minister preached last Sunday on -T.'hat Can 1 Do to lie Saved.'" It would seem that, about the fust move would ts? to get out of Chicago.? Estellinu (I). T.) Uell. A tramp who was mending his clothes re marked t" a !?asser-by that he wns obliged to spend a great deal of time in looking after his rents.?Mcifhaiit Traveler. The Bibl'S printed in Chicago have three blank iHiges for divorces ami as many for elopements. The blank |?ages are so arranged that the newspaper articles on the family topics can be pasted in by the column.?Texas Sitting-. ??Mercy on me, Mary, where have youlieenf The back of your dress is covered with dust. You have not been sitting on tin. from steps, I hope.'" "No, ma, 1 couldn't get the piano stool high enough so 1 put the big Bible on it."?Top. ka Lance. Wood pulp is now used for tho manufacture of hat-. When the wooden hat eomc3into general use it will Ijc diaVnh for some men to mark th'-distinguishing line between the hat and the head.?Elmira Advertiser. Counsel for defense?Gentlemen of the jury, if ever there was a case which, more than any other case, challenged careful com parison with similar cases, this case is that ease.? Fliegend? lilaotter. One way to settle the fishery difficulties: Let Detroit's baseball team go over to Canada and play three ^Mino.; with any Canada club, the l>est two out of three to take the lish?and the cake.?Detroit Free Press. Hardly anybody wculd care to change places with the turtle, ami yet he has a great snap.?New Haven News. A Sunday school teacher in Litchfield told his infants to ask any questions they had in their minds, and a little one asked, "When is the circus coining?"?Christian at Work. SPMNG-I886--SPRIM HTIIEODORE TTO?X 1 1IEODORE JQlOHN IS NOW OFFERING UNUSUAL AT TRACTIONS AND GENUINE BARGAINS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR, DRESS AND WHITE GOODS. We display a grand collection of New and Seasonable Styles at prices lower than EMBROIDERIES AND^LACES in very large variety, and unequalled bar gains are guaranteed. parasols in all the newest designs at prices that defy them all. JERSEYS! JEKSEYS:! In all the latest Styles, at lowest price: mattings:mattings: mattingsi In White, Red, Check and Fancies at very i resnnable prices. _...... i window CURTAINS, lace cur tains, rugs, &c, in large assortments ? ? - - Call, and sec pur large new stock, i The prices nie light and we solicit your patronage. , . THEODORE EOHN. C. MAYHKW. .T. If. MAYHKW. C. Mayhew & Son, COLUMBIA, S. C. MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS, COLUMBIA MARBEL WORKS. .Manufacturersof*and Dealers in A'l Kinds of I AMERICAN AND ITALIAN MARBLE WORK. Mantels, Monuments and Tablets! furnished to any design at Lowest Prices. I Polished Granite Work, either X:i live <>r Foreign, to order. Building Stone of all kind furnished. Correspondence solicited with those in want of any work in the above lino. .Tan 7-1 yr. . MACHINE SHOP. poll THE CONVENIAXCE OF I Farmeis and Mill Men, we have open ed a KKI'AIK AND SUPPLY MIOF on Mr. 11. Kiggs' corner, ami will be prepared to do all necessary ENGINE AND CIN UEPA1K1NG with promptness, giiarauhv iny satisfaction in every instance. In connection with our Shoo we are Agents for the sale of The Talhotl Engine, Saw ami Grist Mills. Also ihe best Cotton Gins. Condciiceis and Self Freders. The Ilaudcock Inspirator, K?rting Universal Injector, the hesl Roller feed in Ihe market, Yamlu/.en Jel Pump, for lining water out of wells of anv depth. We will keep' on hand a full linp of IJKASS FITTINGS, STEAM AND WA TER G PACKS. STEAM AND GAS PIPING. ELBOWS. NIPPLKS. Ac. PACKING. LFBK1CAT1NG AND CY LINDER OII.S, and in fact everything to lir up your Machinery. Orders for Pul leys and Shafting lilted at lowest prices. We would respectfully solicit the patronage of the people of Orangebuig ami surround ing country. L W. FOOSEE & CO. July 13 Tanning! Tannin?;!! HAVING RESUMED THE TAX niug Business near Orangeburg I am now prepared to Tan and Dress all kinds ol Hides on halves. In front of Or Mur rav's Residence. WM. PRUSNER. A Terrorizing- Fall. The Crash Still Coin? on. Tfte Interest of tke People at Stale. Protect yourself by stepping into the NEW YOKE STORE and see the terror izing fall in Dry Goods, ClotMt Sloes, &c. The crash in the market must continue as long as I intend being the Leader of Low Prices. And I propose to hold to my everlasting intentions: "Sell Cheap and Lead the Market," As I always did. Your interest at stake by calling on me first. My efforts and success was greater this season in niy selections to please every cus tomer and I am confident that I can suit any and everybody in quality, style and price. Dress Goods and Silks in endless variety. Boots, Shoes and Hats to surpass anything known before. CLOTHING To top any market. AI! I ask i- a call and judge foi yourself. Itemcmbci 1 can satisfy the hardest cus tom.-r Hvili'.'. tiir e|o-e>; bluer in i-\Me!ice ami IhenioM fastidious in taste. I am pre pared, willing ami determined to lead the market and shall certainly do so a- long as low and sacrificing prices can effect i;. Everybody come and see?the old stand by. New York Store. D. EPSTIN, Proprietor, Orangeburg, S. C. II. Spahr, Watchmaker ai? Jet eller, Under Times and Democr at Office, Keeps on hand a fine Stock of Gold and Silver Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles, Gold and Silver Headed Canes, etc. Also, Musical Instruments, such as Violins, Accordions, ' Banjos and Guitars, . Ami all other goods in this line. 23?" A large assortment of is carat Plain Countings always in stock. ""Good warranted, and prices low. 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 cure all hut a Reinedy, 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 Lr. Cram in his prac tice of Dentistry for several vears. For sale by DIL .1. G. WANNAMAKE1L IN MEDIC'INK QUALITY is OF the FIRST IMPORTANCE. Pure Drugs and Medicines care I fiuly prepared by experienced hands at Du. J. G. Wanxamaker's Drug j Stork_ I HORSE AND CATiLr. POWDERS JrnurTV ?*S-*X^^fi FOUTzl No lior.rk will illc ol Colic. I tore <-.:? Lcxn Tk ! VKi:. If Fmitz'? Powders arc iuhhI In time. Kmirz's Powder* will mire und prevent llcxi CnoUCRA. P?nal Powder* will prevent GaI'm in Fowls. Fonts'* PowiIitk will lnrrca-e the nnnntlry of milk anil croam twenty per cent., nnd make Iii? Imttcrfirin and tweet. Foitt7."s Powder* will cure or prevent almost nvt:r.T DtmtASK to which Horses anil t attle arc subject. Foutz's I'owni:r.? wn.i. fiivK Satisfaction. Sohl everywhere. DAVID E. FOUTZ, Proprietor. Biiniioas.MD. For sale by DR. J. G. WANNAMAK ER. Feb-4 I. S. Harley, Kussel Street, Next to Tent, Orangeburg, S. C, T\niFKE you will lind always on TT band, a flnfl line of SEGARS and TOPACCOS 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." INSURE YOUR PROPERTY WITH KIRK ROBINSON, AGIiNT. COMPANIES ALL FIST-CLASS AND RELIABLE. ? LOSSES PROMPTLY ADJUSTED AND PAID. COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ATTEND ED TO. 1 am Mill selling Prick, Lime, Laths, Hair ami other Pudding .Material. ALSO I am now prepared to furnish Coal and Wood in any quantity. All orders left with me shall have prompt attention. No dravage charged. Give me a trial. J?ly im- KIRK ROP1NSON Tan Oil's Plotopi Gallery OVER P. P. OWEN'S, liiissell Street, < Irauueburg, >. I'. To the Pinsi.it : I have opened a first class Photo Oallfiy. 1 would lie pleased tu have simples of work examined at < iallery. All werk stricklyIirst-class. I'lioJo-; of Groups and Paliies a specialit) by in>t;uit method. All Vewiitg Exteriors, Dwellings, lloises. Dogs and Animal? taken at short notice by instant method. (lid pictures copled'auil enlarged. Special attention given to this branch of work. Picture- finished in water colors, India Ink and Crayon. Also Photo taken from the size of smallest pocket to full life 3x5 feet All work done with neatness and dispatch. Vewing any where \v the state, special discounts oil all orders over?10.U0. Give me a call, I will assuresatislaction. All work CASH ON DELIVERY. Postively no credit. VAN ORSDELL, Artist, July 17 Kussel I Street. Orangeburg, S. C. We.vleynn Female Institute, STAUNTON, VIRGINIA, OPENS SEPTEM HER 22d, IS8C. One of the llrst schools for young Ladies in tin- Union. All Departments thorough. Dutldiiigs elegant. Steam heat. (Jas light. Situation beautiful. Climate Splendid. Pupils from nineteen States. All important advantages in one greitly reduced charge. Board, Washing, Lights, Engiish, Latin, French, German, Music, for Scholastic year, from September to .hine, 8200. No Extras. For Catalogue, write to REV. \VM. A. HARP IS, D. D., President July s-:3mo. Staunton, Virgin! .