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SKIRTS CHOKED RIVER. Thousands of Them Were Thrown Into Stream at Kalamazoo. Detroit Tribune. The Kalamazoo council has under consideration the dredging of Kala maz'o rivr from the city of Cooper. a distance tf several miles. for the deepening of the bed in some places and the removal of sandbars in t tlierz. The estimated cost of a thorough job is S3o.ooo. and -or half the money, it is believed-the situation can be materially improved and the damage by floods greatly lessened. If the dredging is undertaken. par ticular attention should be paid to that portion of the river within the corporation. which has never recov ered, even with time's help. from the choking of the channed received dur ing the hoopskirt era of forty years ago, when every cast-off crinoline found its way to as near the mid die of the stream as a wounded and outraged male member of the house hold could throw it. These old hoop skirts are there yet. save the compar atively few-which are many-raised out with fishermen with hook and line. They are there by the thou sand, a plague and pestilence breed er. They have dammed the river and been damned by riversiders. The merits of these ancient skele ton balloons beat brushwood blind for straining water and retaining residuum. All sorts of floating wood trash found a foothold and lodged in them. They became shal lows, and the shallows of pestilence for which the hoopsk'rts were re sponsible. All these antique merpor 'es of the maids and mothers of many years ago should be scooped out of Kalamazoo and something done to put them out of action. though heaven knows how it can be done. Possibly a deep pit in some secluded place would hold them. They should be planted as near the center of the earth as possible, lest some scienti ne researcher for phehistoric remains find and exploit them as the bones of pre-Adamitic Kalamazooloos. BEAUTY. COLONY. An "Earthly Olympus Peopled With Apollos and Hebes." London Chronicle. At the time of the Russo-Turkish war M. Reshetnikoff, struck wvith the inferior. ill-ilourish ed physique of many recruits, set aside annually out '-. his large fortune the sum of 1o.ooo rubles fo r the putrp'ose of eliminating :he unnt: by encouiraging marriage -.ul: h, r'::x, e ro ung p-ople of excep - ',: a h:7 .y. health an'id intelligence. To'attaihia <d he employed as These he encouraged to enter upon mat rimny byv fvree grants of land. ild bo n. Hie succeeded in removing from his estate by ra:her harsh means all de formed and sickly persons and at tracted handsome giants from all parts of the province by granting them valuable privileges. These who refused to marry the p.artners he selected were unceremoniously de ported._ - Since the institution of this human beauty farm 40 model marriages have taken place and over 1oo children have been born, nearly all of them be ing immensely superior to the aver age Russian peasant children in strength and beauty. The girls in particular are remarkable for their "'-. graceful carriage and lithe, active t orms. A marriage has just been celebrated! there with exceptional display owing to the fact that the bridegroom and his bride are the first couple both of whom sprang from unions arranged by M. Reshetnikoff. The bridgegroom. a handsome peasant named Vasillieff, of splendid: physique, and the bride, a lovely girl of 18. wvere driven to the church in M. Reshetnikoff's carriage, and given as dowry a large wooden cottage and a plot of land. Hundreds of persons witnessed the ceremony, and at the wvedding breakfast M. Reshetnikoff delivered an eloquent speech in which he welcomed "the second generation S of his nurslings who are to make of Holy Russia an earthly Olympus peoplerd with Apc1lns and Hebes." place. was bull by bahy Jules' grand mther. \lrs. Revnal. and is a beau tiful and c,t!v edilice. He is the f urth child in elit Thcbud house h .1d. A numllber .,f mvans werc t ut f,.;r the christening. The cereniv 'ver. tle gue st dr've t'I "Hllair" the Thehaud resi dcce in tie .\lamar'neck houlevard. wihre hmclnhen wa-; served. This was fllb wed by a (!dncc which pro .ng--d the candiv party intq an al m tst all 'der affair. MANAGERS OF ELECTION. Those Who Will Be In Charge of the Various Precincts. Township No. i. Old Ten.-W. T. Gaard. W. H llarris Thos. F. Tarr.::. Young Mens-J. C. Dominick, D. F. Pifer. A. J. S. Langford. Carolina-John A. Summer. WN .A. McFall. B. T. Paysinger. Factory-P. F. Baxter. J. A. Senn. F. H. Campsen. Mollohon Mill-J. H. Crisp, W. 0. WNilson, T. D. Crews Helena-C. J. Zoebel, E. J. Jen kins, Spearman Chalmers. Hartford-Leroy Summer, Dan Nobles, John Stoudemayer. Johnstone Academy-J. Cal. Neel, T. J. McCullough. W. E. Wallace. Township No. 2. Garmany-C. L. Leitzsey, Sims G. Brown. George S. Ruff. Mt. Bethel-Joe Brown, Malcolm Brooks. Sim Price. Mulberry-J. D. Nance. J. A. Sease. John P. Wicker. Township No. 3. Mt. Pleasant-John Henderson. Fred Smith. Jesse Adams. .ast Riv-_rside-David Paysinger, \\~ilie Schumpert. Walter L. Buz hardt. Mavbinton-P. H. Mavbin. T. A. Ilawkins. J. A. Thomas. Jr. Township No 4. Whit mire -John P. Fant, W. H. Raysor..\. A. Holt. Lo'ng Lane- ,achtan. Cromer. T. V. Chandler. Chri A!. Folk. Township No. 5. Jalapa-S. M. Duncan. Clarence Matthews, Mike Mayer. Conservative-W. H. Eddy. V. T. Dobbins, John Swittenberg. Kinards-J. A. Dominick, A. D. Johnson. Eugene Hill. Township No. 6. Reederville-John Livingston. WV. H. WVallace. Jr.. J. R. McKittrick. Old Men's-J. WVill WXilson, R. M. Martin. Clvde Senn. Young Men's-WVelch Longshore, Robert Hendrix. Tom Grizzard. Township No. 7. Saluda-J. S. WVerts. J. L. Fellers. Jeff Workman. Chappells-WV. L. Andrews. J. B. IScurry. J. T. Kelly. V.aghanville--H. M. Boozer. C. A. Brooks. J. XV. Matthews. Townshio No.-8 Utopia-Alo'nzo Thrailkill. 3. Mark Nichols. G. T. Blair. Dead . Fall-Henry O. Long. Joe Alewine. Homer Stephens. Township No. 9. Pr' si)eritv-A-. A. B,edenhaugh. John 8. Fellers. J. C. Schumpert. St. Lukes-C. S. Nichols. T. G. I fawkins. A. L. Boozer. Saluda-G. E. Dominick. J. E. Yionts. E. T. M1ayer. O'Neall-J. Lemuel WVise, 3. Lind say Boozer. J. A. Baker. Swiiton-C. B. Eargle, H. L. Kempson. Jacob XV. Long. Liberty-T. J. Boozer, C. D. Hun ter, S. C. Minick. Monticello-WV. WX. Shealy, WV. L. Boozer. J. H. Barnes. Little Mountain-J. N. Fe agle, A. C. Wheeler. J. K. Derrick. Township No. io. Union-M. L. Strauss, L. I. Feagle, Malcolm L. Long. Jolly Street-J. Herbert Living ston. H. E. XVerts, M. L. Kinard. St. Pauls-Thomas Epting. J. B. Bedenbaugh, J. J. Kibler. Central-P. 0. WV. Setzler, B. S. Wicker, WV. E. Koon. Colony-Jeff Wicker, Water Dav enport. L. M. Fellers. Township No. 11. Zion-M1 H. Folk. John WV. Kin ard, F. A. Graham. St. Philips-R. C. Sligh, M. L. Wicker. Perry Halfacre. Walton-Bowman Graham, Rob ert Crooks. Bachman Suber. Pomaria-H. F. Counts, G. B. Aun11 T G Lng. Teacher Wanted. Applications ior a teacher for Uni,,n Academv will be recived on or beftire the 30th of this month. Sal ary So per month. Election will be held on August 3o. L . I Feagle. John Kinard. Prosperity. S. C. \. C. '\ioore. Newberrv. S. C. THE KANSAS SUNFLOWER. State Chose It For Honor and Now Regrets Action. Discussion of particular flowers as appropriate emblems for the nation or its respective states is at inter v.als carried to weariness ~and reveals no end of aesthetical and symbolic ineptitude, says the New York Times. Whenever the discussion is revived everybody feels both entitled and called on to put in a vote, and the result is a chaos of floral and embrematal confusion little short of maddening. If an accepted result is sometimes reached and a flower pick ed out and agreed on to be stuck in the cap of the commonwealth. it begins insiduously to get tired of it and to yearn with deep but not immediately operative desire to molt it even as a bird its feathers, or shed it as a serpent its skin. Thus in past times, which those may praise who will. Kansas unlifted the sunflower as its floral oriflamme. and for a while was protid of its bigness and glory. But that seems to be changed now. The building at St. Louis has been so c(ipit 1usly plastered with representa tions of the fl(wer that a reaction agaist it ias set in. and. thus dis Ilaved. its effect upon the visiting Kansan has some of the familiar phys ogical effects of ipecac:m11ha Ot of its abundance? and lavish mul tiplicati,n an air of vulgaritv has bc-n breatlied on it nevcr dreaned of In Its tk we1 rm sun-gilded place in 11elds or : jen. and 'nly p)ssible to it when trasfterred too ahondng ly into a ,chemve of decoration. Kansas n w very likely wishes. :rt, that it had not cho).sen the sun ilwer to sprawl. brood and blaze *n it heraldry. with no roich of modesty in its pretentious display. and next that it had not allow ed such a iree use of it in orna menting its fair building. Selections of this kind are not made by an au thority which may not be challenged and its decree reversed, and perhap Kansas may get another floral em blem one of these days. It woldi not be an easy matter to uproot :1d( cast aside the lilies of France or the rose of England or the thistle of Scot land or Ireland's beloved Shamrock. b)ut it is different with th. casual and hap-hazard foliations ot yesterday which poor taste and v-ulgarity and a clouded perception of the fitness of things have united to stick in places to which they do niot by any law or natural affinity belong or ae-sthetical A Fashionable Baby's Long Name. New York Amtricanu. There was water enough, name enough, fashion enough and mo.ney enough at the christening of Mr. andi Mrs. Paul Gilbert Th ebaud's baby boy. At least I suppose it was a boy. as the Rev. Henry A Brann. of St. Agnes. who was imported for the occasion to the WVhite Plains church, of St. John, managed to tell the child that its name henceforth wvould be Jules Mathieu de Rochenfemsy Thebaud. Moreover, the child be haved admirably, which is another proof that it was not a girl. I no ticed that the parson glanced stur reptitiously at a memorandum before committing himself to naming The baud. Not only is Baby Thebaud rich in names, but he is also enormously wealthy-prospectively - in this world's goods. His mother, before marriage. was Miss Mathile E. Rey nal. a daughter of the late Mrs. Jules Reynal. Mrs. Thebaud. who re ceived a large share of her mother's fortune, is a niece of Eugene Higgins. and, of course, if she survives him, will come in for a genedus share of his millions. Eugene is one of the richest bachelors in society, and is coming over from Europe next month in his yacht "Varuna." to take part in the gayeties of the Newport season. The chu:-ch where the batism ennk TRE2PASS NOTICE. v V ar: I :o~ U1nder n)nalt v f the law. h T. \ SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION. At the examinati- on hCl(I an the 8th '11; July thcre were no applicants f-r the vacant -ch larThins in this countv awarded b the South Carolina col lege. I have decided to hold another cxaminati,n for the award of these Special Scholarships on Friday. Au gust 26. All those interested in this matter are requested to attend the examination on that day. C Eug. S. Werts. C Co. Supt. Education. SEED OATS. t Buy your seed oats before thev ad vance. Just received a car load Red Rust Proof Seed Oats. 6o cents a Bushel. Moseley Brothers. Prosperity. S. C. Brick! Brick!! For Sale by C. H. CANNON. RELIABLE N Peiham SEL BORO TALCU 10Oc. ( This Powder bears our na *quality to be as good as tha,4 When you want the highest 4cines at the lowest prices cal] * -:0: *We prepare prescriptionsi *we are. licensed pharmacist * Bring your prescriptions to *blank and we will please you. Reliable Pha Newberr * A Thrillini * In the September Munsey N. Munson, of Mosly's Guerri The story of Amalgamated son, is running in Everybody' them. MJAYES' BOC WES, RAKES, AND Grain Drills. Do not place your irder for these ma :hines untill you get >ur PRICES, we have he BEST MADE. F. A. SCHUMPERT, Sec'v and Treas. Mr. Dowie is smallpoxing at ZiZorr :ty this week. Togo has certainly made that Rus an fleet walk Spanish. The young czarevitch has been iade a colonel. Of i:fantry presum bly. IEDICINES. .L M POWOEIR jan. i.me, and we guarantee , old usually for 25c. can. quality drugs and medi on us. n a first class manner; s of liberal experience. us, no matter on whose rmacists, g Story.3 will begin a story by Jno. * lla Story of the Civil War. * Copper, by T. W. Law- * s Magazine. Don't miss * )K STORE.: