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VOL.e 11 MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL Ode to the Buffalo Girl. Will the Buffalo girl come out to-night And dance by the light of the moon? On the elevator tower it tiiokers bright, The lunar orb of June And an underfed poet oan dance as light As a fay in silvor shoon. o Buffalo girl with the wealthy pop. And the flour-mills huge and high There's a wonderful charm to which poets dr In your tender azure eye; I could rhyme for you with never a stop To the seocharine by-and-by. o Bufralo girl, your great big lake Is a duck-pond beie my heart. That throbs and throbs till it's nigh to breal And 'tis you that have caused it smwt. o rise and give the eternal shake To the face that keeps us apart. o Bufalo girl come out to-night. And elope by the light of the moon! And a wVagner oar shall aid our flight. As we skip 'neath the sky of June And your parents will probably do wha: right. And come down with the scads full soon. -Puck's Annual IN SILENT DREAD. A clear, soft. warnm summer nigb fragrant with the odors of honeysuckle rosos. and heliotropes, and silent, sa for the singing of the locusts in tl grass. Suddenov the silence was broken 1 wild and hurrying footsteps alone t] principal street. A flying figure close pursued by another figure vanished in the deep shadow caused by a half-don large. leafy trees about midway the di tance of the street, and from out t darkness came a terrified and piercir cry: "Help Murder! Oh, help-hel Murder!" A few seconds of breathless silenc and then the silence was broken aga by the sound of hurrying footster growing fainter and fainter in the di tance. while several persons who h:: been aroused by the cry for help ha. ily drew on cfothing and shoes at rushed toward the spot whence the cri had proceeded. It was 1 o'clock in the morning at naturally the inhabitants of the stre were all in bed and most of them aslee Of those who had been awakened mnar stopped after the first alarm, rushed in the street, questioning one another at awaiting for some repetition of the crie but the street was silent a in--ev more silent than it seemed fore tl outcry. Of all who had gone so far : to rush in frantic haste at first only tv actually proceeded far enough to lear the cause of the alarm. "I think the cries came from this d rection," called out William Forne; runnino in the direction indicated I his outstretched arm. "I think so, too," answered Charlb Leeson, following him. The first sp-aker ran so fast and heat long that he nearly stumbled over prostrate bodyv. and while he recovere himself his companion stooped an raised the insensible figure. ,Why. It's a woman!" he exolaime< girl. I should say. she is so slight an slender." "Of course, I knew it was a woman voice. Can you carry her, Charle3 Lot me help you. Bring her to ot house. Mother is the most kind an thoughtful, dear, good mother that w4 ever-known," he added, lending his a sistance. "She is either dead or in a faint," sai Leeson. And then the two Young men lapse into silence, and did not speak agai till they had, entered Mrs. Forney's pal lor, where they laid their insensible ba den on the lounge. "Now Charley, do you light the gaa and I will go and bring mother hern and -we'll see what can be done." And he left the room as he spok< while Charley Leeson proceeded to obe his orders. After groping about the mantel-piec he soon found, by the aid of the moor light which streamed in, the match-saf< and having lighted two g'asjets, I gave his attention to the still' insensib] girL. Her hat had fallen off, and her ric dark hair, loosened and dishevele< flowed back from her death-pale fac over the sofa pillow. Her features wer delicate and regular, her mouth smnal and though distorted from recent fe: wonderfully attractive, and her gener appearance betokened refinement an grace. "Quite prtty and interestig, thought Chanc. "Looks very pale bi not dead. Wonder what k'.d of oyv she has? If they aresfine the chane' are she's quite a beauty at her best." Young Forney now entered, accon paned by his mother, and the kind lad at once proceeded to the sofa. "The young lady is only in a swoon. she said, at once taking the girl's han< "and, I think, far more frightened tha hurt. But we shall soon know, for si is already recovering. I can see ti color is returning to her face. Se William, her eyes unclose. What sweet-looking creature! I wonder wl: she is!" "Heavens! It is-" The exclamation burst from Willia: Forney, who, at his mother's words, ht come over to the sofa, and now saw ti strange for the first time really, fo notwthstanding the moonlight, he hi motcaagheven aglimnpse of her fa4 while he helped Charley Leeson to cari her-. Even as the words which surprise ht forced from him burst from his lips I suppressed them, and from the expre sion of his mother's face he could n, beusure whether she hadlnotieed his e clamnatlon or not. .Indeed, her atte: tion was presently absorbed by the co: sciousness of her patient-particular: as the 'irl, on opening her eyes, at on' raised erself and began, with the will est excitement, to implore te protectic of those about her. "Don't let him kill me-he will do -he swore he would kill me, and will-ke his word, for he is terrible. terrible.' she said, wil'dly; and then, her gaze wandered from face to fac she started to her feet on recognizix young Forney. 'tAh, Wilhelm! Wilhelm! it is. the: you who have saved me?" and ove come with emotion, and perhaps shan at having betrayed herself, she covern her crimsoning face with her hands at burst into tears. "Come, come, my child, you are sa here. No one will ifurt you -in n bouse," said Mrs. Forney, wonderir greatly, but intent on placing the youx giMlat hranaa. And now pDray t4 us-afe you hurt-" "I think not," replied the girl; "nay, good madam, I am sure not," steadily raisng her arm; "but look," and she shook back the loose sleeve, "you see I had a narrow escape"; andfCn fact the sleeve was pierced and torn by some sharp instrument. "Iwas so frightened," the girl went on, "when he struck at me with the knife that I thought I was killed. Oh, dear! what trouble I must be giving to you all." Mrs. Formev disclaimed all idea of ~ trouble and lea the young girl up-stairs to her own room. "When we are all alone she will doubtless explain all this mystery," thought the good lady, for she guessed at once that there was something unus ' uatbetween her son and this stranger, judging from their glances and excla mations. But she was disappointed in her ex pectations. The stranger was lovely, she was charming. She was exquisitely t, grateful for the kindness shown to her, s, ut she was dumb in regard to the re strange events of the night. She neither e explained nor referred to the mystery of her sudden and extraordinary entrance y on the scene, and she oflere' no solu e tion of the looks and words which had y passed between her and William For to ney, and Mrs. Forney began to think n that she was not treated with a proper a- degree of confidence by either of these e young people. g After making the young stranoer as comfortable as possible for the ni-At she p! bade her a rather cold "adieu, ' and added: e, "You shall tell me who you are and n where I am to send for your friends in s, the morning, my dear. You are too a- weak and too much alarmed for further d efforts of any kind to-night." t And, indeed, the mysterious young d lady did look pale and van, so that a s harder heart than gentle Mrs. Forney's might have been touched with pity for d her. But it was not in human nature :t not to wonder at these things. and Mrs. ' Forney was, in truth, consumed with: Y curiosity, and this feeling on her part 0 she at once communicated to her son. d "You wish for an explanation, mother, ; dear, and vou shall have it so far as I n have the power to oive it to you. But e I must beg' by telfing you that all this Ls affair is almost as mysterious to me as ' to you. I know the young lady-that is U nearly all I can say by way of gratify ing your very natural desire for knowl edge. She is the step-daughter of the ', German gentleman from whom I was Y taking lessons in that language last spring. Her name is Gertrude Stein s metz. Having seen her it will not sur prise you to know that I was, and still am, passionately attached to her. I had: a hoped to make her my wife before now, ; and proceeded so far as to tell her so, d and to win her consent. I went the next day to arrange with her as to when 1 I mightibring you to call on her, when, d instead of bein met by the lovely and blushing girl wto had the day before : promised to be my wife, a note from her was placed in my hand containing these r words: d we meet no more in this world, Ask no ex s planation. Do not attempt to see me. Fare weU forever. GERTRUDE. "Of course I did not obey. I did ask d for explanations. I did seek to see her again and again. But all in vain. d From that hour until to-night I never set eyes upon her; and the evonts of this night-the attempt upon her life, her presence here, her terror-are all part of the mystery which has surrounded her since I received that note, and which is as incomprehensible to me as to you." Mrs. Forney warmly pressed her son's hand. Her sympathies, both as a wo man and a mother, were thoroughly roused, and for William's sake she de termined to penetrate the mystery. SBut this was a far more difficult mat ater thian she anticinated, and had not acircumstances favored her there is little reason to suppose that she would have hever overcome Gertrude's obstinate si lence. 'The girl was, however, completely prostrated by the nervous shock and a unable on the next day to leave her r Mrs. Forney, therefore, felt herself Sjustified in sending for Gertrude's moth er, who came as rapidly as the train ,could bring her, for she had been quite terrified by Gertrude's disappearance, t and only needed a clew to her where e abouts in order to fly to her. An evil ' fate, she seemed to think, had overtaken her household, for her husband's son Shad been drowned the nio'ht before, and Yhis dead body had just %en brought ,home a few minutes before she received the te'legram from the Forneys. - "Albrecht dead!" exclaimed Gertrude, njoyously. "Then I am released. My e oath binds me no longer. Ah! do not e think me heartless, Wilhelm-mother; I Sam only so overjoyed from the pressure aof silent dread now removed. Albrecht 0 was a terrible man. I do think he was not in his right mind. He loved me, and strove to marry me, and when he a knew thant I loved Wilhelm his rage was d too fearful. He made me swear a terri e ble oath never to marry while he lived, r, and he swore that he would kill Wil d helm if ever I spoke to him or let him esee me. 7 "Oh, I was horrlbly frightened! I could not resist his rage, his wildness. I 4 was sure he would kiil Wilhelm, and e that only gave me strength to keep my oath. Last night he was iin a fearful Srage. He threatened a score of times to 'kill Wilhelm, and when at a late hour - he left the house I followed him. Hither and thither he lcd me, till at last lie y took the train that brought us here; e and still I followed, not daring to let him out of my sight. Just ais we entered this street-he must have found out in tsome way that vou lived here, Wil ihelm--he turned ~suddenly and met me e face to face close at his heels. He knew - ne, and in a moment a knife gleamed 3 above my head. I flew past, and fled for my life, but he pursued me, and gained on me, and then, as I felt the cold steel oraze my flesh, I shrieked aloud, and'I must have fallen in a faint. No doubt he thought he had killed me, d*but 1 was only terrified out of all sense and reason." d"And it was to save me that you suf fered this torture my darling?" William e .a red, caressingly. L"Would I not die for you, dearest?" Lgwas the fond answer. "Do better, my own," said the happy 1lo,-er. "iv for me, GAnandao" And Gertude promised. :nd she kept her word-nor is William behindhand in responding to her devotion; they most truly live for .ech other. She Was No Friend of Labor. A very fat, red-faed woman, with two big sachels and a hand-bag, got off a train at the Lake Shore depot yester day morning. She had hardly reached the main entrance, accomplished after a terrific struggle with two sachels and the hand-bag. when she was accosted by a vigorous urchin. "SaV, ma'an.m don't yer want yer valises packed?" "They are packed, sonnv," replied the fat lady. stopping to rest and wipe the perswiration from her face. "Oh, vou don't catch on. I mean don't ver want me ter carry the grips?" "Well, you are a real good boy. You can carry the sachels and show me where the north side cars run." "Terwentv-five cents is what it'll cost yer," replied'I the youngster, in a busi ness-like way." "Mercy! What are you going to do with all that money? I'm not rich, lit tle boy." "Its nearly a mile to der north sido cars," responded the youth, with a blush. -I'll give vou 15 cents," said the plump lady, inl a coaxing tone. "That's all the change I've gut. "I s'pose fgotter take that, but 'taint ernuff for two such big fellers as them gisbe's.'' After a little more parleying the boy shouldered the baggage and was soon sailing alongside the fleshy lady down the street. At the corner of Jackson and Clark streets he came to a sudden halt, deposited his burdens on the side walk, and put his hands in his pockets. "Are you tired. sonny?" inquired the lady anxiously. "NaW." "What is the matter? I think you are a bad boy." "Well' I'll tell yer, ma'am. I'm a' goin' t' strike on ver fer 20 cents more. An' I can't move till I gets it, either." The fat lady was evidently very much disconcerted. She tried to speak several times, but her tongue failed her. The horrible youngster took a seat on one of the sacbels. "You only want 10 cents more," she finally said, fumbling in her pocket book and producing a dime. "You on ly asked 25 cents at first." "Can't help dat now," coolly re sponded the striker, "I've lost time go in' out on dis strike, an' I needs de 10 cents ter git square. You better give in; I kin hold out f'rever an' ever." He looked as though he could. An other bright new (lime came out of the pocket-book, and as the two pieces of silver jin'gled in the urchin's hand he arose and grappled with the big dusty sac'iels again. "Yer see, I couldn't 'rat,' marm, I'm a union man," he said, apologetically, as he marched down the stree:; 'an' when I took der load I seed ver wusn't no frien' of labor: country people never is."- Chicago News. Increase o' Iup sanity. The statiStics of in-anity show that, in general, the l)roportio!n of insane is greater in the older States. where the foreign population is most n umierous, and it is less where the communities are new. as, for imtance, in the pioneer counties of Wisconsin. The South, which has drawn eomparativvly little from immigration, sufl'ers from insanitv to much less extent than New England and New York: and it is an established fact that the negro race is much less liable to insanity% than the white. TIhe average of insanity in New E'ngland is 1 to every 359 of the populaLtion: in New York, New Jersey and Pen nsylvania, 1 to every 424; while in thue extreme Southern Stares the average is only 1 to 935. The W'est, like the South. is more free from insanity than the Northern sea board States, the average being 1 to every 1310 in the interior States, and 1 to 750 for the Northwvestern States. In the far Western States and Territories it is only 1 out of 1,263, they being settled by a picked population, whose energy and soundness make them pioneers. It is noteworthy, however, that insanity is about as frequent in the Pacific States as in New England. the explanation be ing that vice and indulgence prevail to an exceptional extent among the popu lation drawn to the Pacific by the mania for gold. The average in Massachu setts, for instance, is 1 to 348, in Cali fornia 1 to 345. It is also remarkable that the ratio of insanity decreases as we go west and south of New England, as these averages will show: Newv En oand, 1 to 359; Middle States, 1 to 424; %nterior States, 1 to 610; Northwestern States, 1 to 750; Southern States, 1 to 629. The State where the proportion is highest is Vermont, 1 to 327; and New Hampshire comes next, with 1 to 329. We are at a loss to understand why in sanity is so frequent in the District of Columbia, the average given being 1 to 182; but perhaps the large average in Vermont and New Hampshire may in part be due to the circumstances that those States receive the refuse of Ca nadian p)oor-houses, they having a much better organized system of charite able relief than the Dominion can boast of; and it is undeniable That some of the very worst of our immigration comes from over the Canadian border. That immigration, too, is now great, and there are factory towvns in New England where the population is laroely made up of French Canadians.-2ew York Sun. "The Duchess of Edinburgh is said to be more than ordinarily clever and cul tivated," writes Adam Badeau in the last of his papers on aristocracy in En gland. "From those admitted to her intimate society 1 have heard that she is better informed in politics than many women in Europe in any sphere. She reads the newspapers of all countries, including those of America; she is ac quainted with the position of parties in the United States, knows the names and history of our public men, and can (dis cuss the measures important here with reater facility than many of our own country-women who think themselves well informed. If this is so with re gard to democratic America, of course i-t is so with reference to Europc'an THE SANCY DIAMOND. Interesting History of a Famous Brilliant. One of the best-known diamonds in Europe down to the closo of the last century was the famous Sancy. As is the case with all prominent gems of this species, many legends, some of pleasant some of a painful character, are con nected with it. One legend of the Sancy is thus narrated: The beautiful diamond inventoried as the Sancy, and of the weight of 33 12-16 carats, and valued at 1,000,000 francs, was stolen and never recovered. This gem has been associated with the for tunes of the redoubtable Burgundian warrior, Charles the Bold, and its his tory has done more to perpetuate his naine than the record of all his misdeeds and his desperate battles. To prove, however, that this is the identical gem lost by the Swiss will be a difficult task, for the antiquaries have unearthed more Sancy diamonds than there were Rich monds in the field. The name of Sancy has, indeed, become famous by em bracinc in one story the fortunes of three istinct gems. The erudite King has patiently traced out the traditions connected with the name Sancy, and appears to prove that three stories in stead of one are included in the history of Baron Sancy. But the stone that was stolen from the French casket in 1792 is inventoried at the weight of 33 12-16 carats, while the gem that has lately gone back to India, and is sup posed to be the stolen gem, weighs quite 54 carats. Here is a new mystery for .the antiquaries to clear away, or did Belattre and his associates, who made out this inventory with exceeding care, write thirty instead of fifty-three? The histories of these diamonds are so interesting that we will attempt to re peat them here, following, in part, the views of King. Not long after the in vention, by Berquen, of diamond-cut ting by the process of abrasion, Charles the Bold, then in the full blaze of mar tial glorv, submitted to him three large roui diamonds. The native of Bruges succeeded so well in polishing them that Charles presented him with the princely sum of 3,000 ducats. One of these gems Charles gave to Pope Sextus IV., and it was mounted in the tiara, where it is said to remain. The second was presented to Louis XI. of France; while the third was reserved by the Burgundian hero, and set in grotesque manner to be worn as a personal orna ment. This jewel, of true barbaric de sign, was formed of a triangular shape, with the newly-cut diamond in the center. This diamond was five-eighths of an inch in its widest diameter, and was shaped as a pyramid, with the apex cut into a four-rayed star in relief. Around the gem was set three large I Balais rubies and four magnificent pearls, each more than half an inch in diameter. One of the Fugger family, in 1555, made a careful drawing of the jewel, with a written description of it, and these were afterward published by Lembeccius in his "Bibliotheca C.esa rca;" so there can be no doubt about the appearance of the original diamond of Charles the Bold in its early days. When the duke led his band of free booters into Switzerland on his long projected foray, he took most of his gems along with him, not dreaming of disaster, and probably loving to view his treasures even amid the hardships of the campaign. Rough soldiers are sometimes as fond of the beautiful in art and nature as more delicate and re fined organizations. and Charles the Bold and Souvaroff are not the only examples. The terrific onslaught of the Swiss at Grandson crushed the Burgun dian ranks so quickly that Charles had only time to escape with his sword, leaving all his cherished treasures in the hands of the dauntless moun taineers. "In the sack of the camp which speedily followed the rout, a soldier found the golden box~ in which the famous pendant was kept, but regard ing the jewel as a gaudy and worthless bauble, he tossed it away under a wagon and retained the box only. Shiortly afterward he began to suspect that the contents of so beautiful a box must have some value, and, returning to the place, le recovered the despised jewel. He did not long after retain his treasure, but sold it to a priest for 1 florin. The priest also did not appear to have a high regard for his purchase, for he dis posed of it to the magistrates of his own canton for 3 francs. When it became known that the Bernese government had possession of the duke's famous jewels, Jacob Fugger, one of the mem bers of the celebrated Nuremiberg fa mni y, went to Berne and negotiated for their purchase. The famous pendant. together with the duke's egp, which was made of silk covered with pearls and Balais rubies, and a plume case set with diamonds, pearls, and Balais rubies were bought for the sum of 4'7,000 francs. Fugger retained the pendant in his possession at Nuremberg for many years, indulging in the hope, it has been said, that the duke's great grandson, the Emperor Charles V., would purchase it as a family relic. When the celebrated capitalist died the ornament was still in his possession, but his great-nephew, who inherited the jewel, sold it to Henry VIII. of England. After the death of this nmonarch is daughter presented the dianmondI to her bridegroom, and thus, by a remarkable coincidence, and after an absence of seventy-six years, the royal gem was again restored to the rightful heir of its oiginal owner.-St. Louis Globc-Demt ocrat. A large publishing house states that it generally employs as readers men and women of culture who themselves have done literary work; sometimes a lawyer who finds time from his professional duties to give attention to literary pur suits, or a doctor similarly situated, and sometimes a woman of refined educa tion qualified to do the work. When] anr manuscript on a scientihic, medical orseilsubject is handed in, some rc conized professionail man in that pa tiular is engaged. Nearly all writers bear a part of the expenses of the first edition; all new writers 410. It is a fact not generally known that Longfellow pai within a sumall amount of the total cost of production of his Iirst volume of poemis, and James Russell Lowell paid all the expense of his first work. Of the 4,030 works published in this cntry lat year 9134 were novels Pigeons and Their Prices. Leading pigeon-fanciers say that there I is increased interest in theraising of pigeons, particularly among the lalles, who care for them at odd moments at home and obtain from Wie sale of the birds considerable pin-money. A resi dent of New Jersey, who is one of the best-known pigeon-fanciers of this coun try, and whose lofts of nearly five hun dred birds includes sonic of the hand somest and most valuable in the world, savs: "Every one of my birds knows me, and whenever I enter the loft they flock around. Most people have the idea that pigeons nmst be bred in the dark. This is not the case, for it makes them wild. All mine are bred in the light, in glass boxes painted white, about six by eight inches in size, and with hay inside for the nest. A curious fact I have noticed about pigeons is their loyalty to each. Let a pair bc once mated and they will never forsake one another while alive. How long do they live? Twelve years, and keep up iheir full vigor for that period. We feed them on Canada peas,. wheat, cracked corn, and occasionally a little hempseed. The weight of a pigeon varies from three or four ounces to several pounds. The biggest figure I have heard that was paid for a pair of pigeons in this country was $>00. It was given for a pair of carrier pigeons." -Will you tell me something about the dia'erent kinds of pigeons?' Dr. Mc Cook, a lover of the birX was asked. "Anyone having owned pigeons of any kind will know what is meant by t common pigeons. They are not of any distinct breed or color. There are but, very few common pigeons now in which some traces of the higler classes can not be detected. At the same time I believe that were a ilock of the so called common pigeons kept entirely to t themselves for a number of years color markings and other characteristics of the higher classes would entirely disap pear and the birds would be more like ly to resemble in color and shape those they originally came from-the Blue t Rocks. Next to a common pigeon, per- t haps the best known, at least by name, is the homing Antwerp, which is the carrier pigeon, so called. It is the bird known to make long flights. The fan tails are special favorites. The white :nes are Me most common and easiest { to breed, but they are also to be had in black, brown, blue, red and yellow. The two latter are rare, and easily bring from $10 to 530 a pair. Fans, t with fowl feathers, mottled or checker. ed, are not of much value. No breed of pigeons has so many varieties art sub varieties as the tumbler pigeons, nor is I there a variety so well-known that is as C yet so little understood by pigeon-breed ers. Many who own them expect them I to perform, whether the birds are given a chance or not. Usually they are kept with a lot of other birds and are flown with them. There are also many tum-C blers who do not tumble at all. All of t the short-faced varieties are not sup posed to be performers, although I have I iecn some tumble very well. Pouters ire the first selection of many prominent f pigeon-fanciers, and rarely is this bird q ntirely abandoned for other varieties. r A Baltimore citizen who is an enthusi istic breeder of pouters has at present C probably the best birds of that variety Ir in the country. They are somewhat i lifficult to breed, and good ones always r :ommand high prices. Fifty dollars for e a pair of first-class birds wduld not be c xtravagant in this country, and in En- r land perhaps the same birds would t ring twice that amount and more. I e remember that Mr. Scheli, of Brooklyn, y ad one he refused $250 for. They can ] de had in pure white, black, red, yel- f ow and Isabella."-Y. Y. Mail and y Exprecss. t t Lord Beaconsfield. Lord Beaconsfield may be fairly called ~ , great man on his own definition of a reat man-as "one who affects the ininds of his generation, whether lhe be ~ i monk in his cloister agitating Christ- S andom or a monarch crossing the Gran-I' eus and giving a new character to the ~ pagan world." Lord Beaconsfield cer- C tainly affected the minds of his genera- t ion,~and the part he chose to play in loing so was more akin to that of Alex- b inder than that of a Jerome or a Mar- ri Lin Luther. Indeed, the difficulties that I he young Disraeli had to encounter in a iis career were scarcely less imposing e than those which opposed, but did not s retard, the progress of the Macedonian a king; nor were the victories of the one h~ ess splendid than the triumphs of the s, ther. The young Disraeli began life as is i Jew, when to be a Jew meant to be n leprived of every social and givil ad- a vantage that makes a public career t ~vorth striving for. The position of a is ~onquered Samuite in a world of Roman .I ~itizens was scarcely more galline than he position of a Jew in En'glan~fin the ~aly part of the present century. He was not, it is true, any longer tortured it the pleasure of prince or noble; lie . was no longer condemned to dwell in a hetto or w 'r garments of a peculiar ~ ut or ..ar; but all, or almost all' ~h:e-s of political promotion were s osed against him in his adopted coun- - ry. He might amass a fortune; he ( n~ight win distinction in letters and thee rts, but he could not place his foot on :he lowest round of the ladder that led : political distinction. These difhicul is did not long restrain and impede he young Disraeli. He had been t >rought up a Christian. As a Christian t i could enter the parliament, which it was then impossible for a Jew to enter, md once in parliament, he felt that his areer was clear before him and his sue ~ess certain. But thougoh he never pro essed the religion of his race, Disraeli ever forgot his reverence for that race ior his love for the people from whom i sprang. In his writings, in his ipeeches, in all the actions of his life 1e was the champion, and a most )owerful and effective champion, of the ewish people. Into the mouth of his 'avorite character, Sidonia, he puts an doquent tribute to the genius and ther ;lory of the Jewish race, which repre-C ents his own convictions and the prin-L ~ipls which governed him durino the t vhole of a caireer that was in itse~f the nost eloquent tribute to the genius oft us people.-"E'ngland Under Glad- a tone," Justin I1. AlcCarthsy, Membier of g arliament. The Panama Canal has 102,000 stock- ii ao-drs of whom 16,000 are women. c THE EHUMPED-UP SEX. ingular Abnormal Growths Observed-A Study in Morbid Anatomy. We think the most careless man has iot failed to observe that women have become subject to a curious deformity within the last few years. The matter s a delicate one to discuss, but really thc evil is getting to be so general that >)ublic attention ought to be called to it Lnd methods of counteracting it ought :o be considered. We allude to the ugly tnd abnormal development just where he dress begins to set out behind. There is something strange about this leformity, inasmuch as the victims of it lo not seem in any way ashamed of it, ior does it appear to affect their gener il health and spirits. Indeed there is 1othing commoner than to meet a pretty reature with smiling lips and sparkling ,yes tripping along as gayly and grace ully as Diana on tho borders of Euro as, and yet when she passes, you are ;hocked to observe an immense hump >obbing up and down on her back.with very movement. The dear afflicted rcatures chat with cech other cheer ully, go about their shopping with the ame conscientious puictuaity as of )ld, and even appear to take pleasuire inl he society of the nmale sex: but while Ldmirin; their heroic endurancc we an not help sympathizing with their isfortune and sighing over their de >arted grace of form. With feminine kill they have contrived a kind of cloak vhich is cut away at the back and has )icces hanging down at each side like lie flaps of a saddle. and in such a gar neut the hump puts on a jaunty appear mice, and even suggests the possibility hat it had been developed to lit the new ashioned cloak. but not infrequently, Ohen an old-fashioned cloak or circular s worn, the protuberance is thrust out hroughi the folds of the overflowing loth Tike a rock among the ripples of a tream. In such cases the efflect, if not rand, is at least glooiy aind peculiar. If there be any truth in the modern hoory of evolution or in the old saying hat the back is fitted to the burden. here may be some purpos,e in the devel pment of this curious hump. It would ertainlv afford a fine resting-place for market basket or a carpet bag, and a >aby might be set astride of it with ,reat advantage: but, curiously enough, he wonen who carry loads of any kind a the street scm :earekly ever atlicted vith this deforimity. whil1 those who 1p >ear to be out fo: no o; ictr purpose than o exhibit theiseive are the most sadly isshainen. Wh:att le character of the growtl is we ave had no opportunities to invstira:e, ut there has been not a little discussion n the subject among the scientists. he opinion long prevailed that the limp is a mecre fungold growth, a. cha tic and incongruous bulk. but there is low good reason to suppoe that in a uajority of cases it is a highly complex 1 xrganisni built up about a regular skele- 1 on, and somewhat rcs..mbling in form nd action the jointed mechanism of a obster's tail. Possibly the hump of this haracter is a later development and the ungoid growth is a mere survival; but .t any rate its existence can not be de Jied, as instances have been known in rhich the hump has been squeezed out ,f shape in a crowded street-car and re =ained twisted, distorted and limp as if were a mere mass of shavings or old ewspapers. The fact that in such cas- X s the woman has been known to step ut of the car unconscious of injury, aay be regarded as positive proof that he hump can not be very sensitive or lse that it can not be vitally connected ith the person to whom it is attached. 'rofesor Huxley after a series of care al experiments declared that in t'7entv- I .ve cases out of twenty-six he found 2 at the protuberance was not sensitive >a darning needle, and yet iR every astance he was convinced that it was abject to the volition of the wearer. He of opinion that as we can know noth a clearly and comprehensively on the uject, it is outsidle of the sphere of ientific investigation, and that any ian who tries to find out why modern romen have this deformity imposed up-: n them might better be engaged in visting ropes of sand. But the prevailing opinion seems to e that something ought to be done to 3tard or modify the unsightly g'rowth. 'or our own part we confess that -our xiety is not confined altogether to the rohtion that has taken place. If a igle hump had been developed within brief period, why may not another ump be added to it in obedience to me curious hlump-p)roducing tendency 1 feminine nature? And as a result, may it not come to pass that our women. -ill in time be backed like camels? For 1e production of such monstrosities it1 clear that this is a hustling world.-1 ~ocster Post-Express. Two Gentlemen. I saw two gentlemen on a street-car tly. One of them was grown up. He as 'handsomely dressed in a gray busi ess suit, and had very neat kid gloves d line boots. The other was about 12 ars old. His jacket had severals atees and needed more, and his shirt -as of brown cotton and not very ean. Do you wonder how I knew he -as a gentleman? I will tell you.] The boy went through the car to giv'e, me message to the driver. As he re- ] ined, he gave a little jump through 1e door, and as lie did so his bare foot yuched the grown's gentlemanx's knee, d left a little mud on it Turning] round on the platformi, he raised his 1 ;raw hat, and said very politely, in a Lear tone, 'Please excuse me." Then .e other gentleman bowed in his turn, ist as he would have done to one of his wn age amnd said with a pleasant nile, "Certainly."1 No les than $25,00O has been spent vte German Government in boring a ole. This costly hole was made at chadeback, necar Leip)sic. and was ade with diamond drills to the depth f 4.560 feet--the deepest drilling ever one. The object was to get a true es mate of coal deposits there.2 Senator Sawyer. of Wisconsin, one of e richiest and simplest men in the sea te, usually rides in the street cars in I oing to anid from the senate. At din er he generally has a friend for a 1 uest, to wvhom'hie talks confidentially a chind his hat, so that ho shall not be a MISSING LINKS. Germany sent out 103,657 emigrants last year. Ex-King Theebau's nominal prison at Madras is next door to a large dstillery. Congressman Springer invariably ap pears with a yellow rose in the lapel of his coat. The thawing breeze that follows the blizzard is known in the northwest as a "chinook." The death' rate from chloroform is, according to a recent estimate, one in one thousand. The average age of those who enter college in this country is seventeen; a century ago it was fourteen. Miss Sweet says she is happier out of the Chicago pension office than she was in it, and is "making more money, too."Y Onida says if the Venus de Medici could be animated into life, women would only remark that her waist was larre. The late Joshua B. Lippincott was probably the richest of American pub lehers. He was a shrewd investor in railroad securities. There are till public lands open to settlement in nineteen states and eight territories at prices ranging from $1.25 to $2.50 per acre. Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer, sister of Gen. Grant, is lecturing in Massachu etts under the auspices of the Wom en's Christian Temperance Union. Haller, the scientist, has kept papers perfumed with a single grain of am bergis for forty years, and there was no ippreciable diminution in the strength >f the odor. The ear of Weber, the composer, is ;aid to have been so sensitive that he ould tell the difference of a thousandth art. or one vibration more or less in ;he thousand. Billy Cook, who is ninety years old tmd lives at Spottsylvania, Va., has :aken for his third wife Nellio Jackson, L colored woman, twenty-five years old. fr. Cook is also colored. Crowfoot, chief of the Blackfeet, has tecepted with thanks a perpetual pass ver the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and hief Kahkewaquonaby threatens the l'oronto Globe with a libel suit. As an evidence of the wane of roller kating an exchange cites that boxwood, >f which the rollers are made, is much ,hcaper now than at this time a year tgo, and it is likely to go lower. Some of the morev made in the 'orthern c' by ekcrie Lulu Hurst vent to bt., Jersey cattle for Father iurst's farm, and now he is selling xeorgians an excellent quality of butter. Dr. Salvia, an Italian surgeon, says it s always possible to transplant a por ion of muscular tissue from one animal o another, differences of species having io effect upoft the definite result of tho >peration. Edison's patents have now become so mmorous that they have a special series d iitacx or reference numbers in the )atent office-the only case in which ;uch separation from the general index tas been thought necessary. An order for a farm in Washinoton .ounty, Ind., was received by a local eal estate agent there from an Ohio nan, who wanted, also, if possible, "a ife between the ages of tivanty and orty-five years," to go with the farm. When a fair maid was wed by Colonel ough, of the Hussars, in London, the ther day, his deep-voiced, hearty "I nil," made the bride jump so notice bly that everybody smiled. He was a nan of Mars who talked in tones of hunder. ~The people of the Congo have no con :eption of a God of any kind, and wor hip nothing. They believe 'n charms o keep off all evils. They do not be eve in sickness or death as natural, Ind seek out the cause when any one ies er is taken ill. Many persons are hus killed in punishment, and were it ot for this the populace would increase rery rapidly. Mine. Adam is rich and generous, but islikes to be disturbed when at work. t is told that one day a visitor entered ir sanctum soliciting aid for a girls' chool. "Put me down for 20 francs" 4), she said, without looking un. But, madame," said the other, "thinic! t is for the higher education of girls!" Twenty francs," repeated she, "and io excuse me; I must go on with my ork." The canvasser left in despair; t the next day received from Mine. Ldam a check for $1,000. The question is often asked as to the he siognificance of the displayed flags of he (overnment Signal Service. A -hyming officer of the service has form lated its entire flag code as follows: A sun of red Is weather warm, A sun of blue is general storm, A crescent red Is weather cold. A crescent blue is fair foretold, A star of red no change Implies, A blue star local stormy skies. A square of black on flag of white, A cold wave coming in all Its might. "Lord Justice Clerk Braifield," says Jhambers' Journal, "was a man of few vords and of strong business habits, nd, consequently, when he courted his econd wife he said to her: 'Lizzie, I'm ooking out for a wife, and I thought -ou just the person to suit me. Let me ave your answer, on or off, to-morrow, nd nx mair aboot it.' The lady next La replied in the affirmative. Shortly t~er the marriage Lord Braxfield's but er came to him to give up his situation ecause he could not bear her Lady hip's continual scolding. 'Mon,' Brax ield exclaimed, 've've httle to complain if; e may be thankfu' ye're no' mar iedto her.'" By a new process of toughening tim cr, it is claimed that the effect pro uced upon whitewood is such that a ld chisel is required in order to split t. This result is accomplished by a pecial method of steaming the timber mnd submitting it to end pressure, tech tically '-upsetting it." By this means he cells and fibers are compressed into ine comnpact mass; and it is the opin on of those who have experimented with he process that wood can be coin pressed to the extent of '75 per cent, and at some of the timber now considered Lfit for use in such work as carriag uilding, for instance, can be made val able by this means as a substitute for