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