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A-j t~ i, VOL. III1. -M1N-N ING, ('LiARENI)ON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRJIUARY2,1S7 O.S 110\\ lE SIl ili LIE.S. PEKR.N . A N D Wi 1 1. L D, 'T Z!. OF THE L1FE OF I'Eli tA'1 , . His Journal of CTNel. :::d I Printed --taN Ui. v t.W oej~~ .U c.1 The voice cf the mueazi2. a long melodious chant, is heard ileating otr the still air of inorning from th. towers of Teheran. At the ame xomenMOM t ti sun bursts over the eastern pains, and burnishes the walls of the capitol with:: golden. glow. On the lofty Trr2. of t palace gate a tr'oop; .fr-a = hails the coinug , ei streem:; below ringsthe ie n nounces to the people ti t~i lI baths are ready for the daily abntion. At the same time the camt bels "re heard of caravans which, after travelius allnight, are now entering the city An attendant in stocking ier:. ises te heavy drapery that closes the entrance to the apartment wh-ere Nuar-ed-Deen Shah is sleeping, and with b'wed hea in a low tone reminds his Majestv that it is the hour of prayer. A -n'ronifaced" ,maiden approaceli, bearing a sasin and ewer of gold; she pours scented water over the royal hands, and another ftir attendant, scantily clad, like her com panion, dries his hands with a sert towel. Both kneel at this duty, for the king is yet on his couch, which is a mattress laid on the costly rugs that cover the floor. Having accomplished the abiu tions, which form one of the Cssential rites of Mussulman prayer, -he Shah offers his devotions on a superb prayer rug of silk pointed toward Mecea. When a Moh-mmedan is on a journey he car ries a compass with him, in order to find the direction of Mecca. The prayer is repeated in a low tone with muauy genu fleeions, of which the chief consist of repeatedly falling flat on the f.tce, risiug to .the knees, and then standing and passing both hands reverentially over .ta'e Lace. His morning prayer over, the Shah passes to a steam bath partia-Y subter ranean and containing seve apart ments. The entire establishment is misty with steam, and a dim light per vades a hall paved with marble. The *alls are encrusted with glazed tilks ar ranged in elegant floral desigus. The light sifts through bulleyes in t1e vaulted ceiling, which is supportcd 0y graceful pillars. In separaie alcoves are deep tanks filled respcctively with het and old water. T&, attend.:ts of the king are selected from the m loveiy women whose c"hrms gui:iy them alike as hand maidens and wivcs. is nee less to say that unuer such circ tastanecs the morning bath of the ohah of Persia possesses attre-etions of a chu:-cter as agreeable as they are unusual. The daily attention given to these baths very likely explains in part the marvelousphysical enduranc e o Oriental sovereigns, who retain their po wers for domestic duties and al~airs of -tate to old age in climates which Earopeans fand enervatingr and exhausting. After bathing, the SlaL partakes of a light'meal of tea or coffee vi b:-ead, and- perhaps fruits. H.ving thus ar ranged his personal wants, Nusr-ed-Deen Shah passes into one of his numerous audience chambers and reeives ie min . isters of the royal couneii or cabinet. It is composed of the Sedr Azemi or Prime Minister; the Naib Sultanch, minister of war, the vizier Haradje or minister of foreign affadrs; the Amin-e Sultan, min ister of tinance; the Mokhper-ed-Douleh, minister of mines and telegraphs; the Emin-ed-Douleh, minister of posts and adlministrator of the religious tands; the Sani-ed-Bouleh, minister of printing, and several other high dignitaries, in cluding th'e minister of arts and sciences, who is also supecrintendent of the arsen al, and the hea'd of the medical depart ment, called by the singular name of Hakeem-ul-Mamolek, or I'hysician of the Empire. This functionary is a Persian who graduated at the medical cvllege of -Paris. He has for his colleagues several other physicians, including Dr. Tholo zan, a FErench practitioner 'who enjoys the confidence of the Shah and reads to him the leading foreign journals. During a recent severe illness the Shah called to his assistance Dr. Cochraiic, a talented American missionary physician residing in Persia. As it is yet early morning it is evident .that these dignitaries are obliged to rise even earlier than the Shah in order to be present at this morning audience.. One by one they raise the perdeh or massive embroidered pertiere, and enter the presence of the dread sovereign who holds their lives and fortunes in his tist, and is styled the Asylum of the Universe and the Eiing of Kings. The lat ter title at least is capable of reasonable explana fion. For ini the p~eriods of her formaer -greatness a monarch might be well con sidered king of kings, to whom the kings of Armenia, of Egypt, of Toturan, of Lydia, of Georgia, of Afghanistan, of India, and at one time .of Byzantium paid tribute.. The ministers bow low on entcrina the "blessed presence" they repeat the cere mony half way across tue apartmient andI again on arriving within easy speaking distance of ti~e Shah, where they stand in the order of p~recedence with folded hands. It is the habit of the hhto go? with some minuiteness into thle details of administration. The brse t hh does this, it is said, more than soa of h is predecessors, owing pr-obably to the lackt of men of marked ntegrity and ability to take charge of departmnent. In former years it was also th e cutoem to bring criminis accused of cap ia offences before the Shh ''d' e oo demned nan was cxcented mredaey either in his presence or ini an a.jo'i" court. But somae yearsm aNu'ar-ed-D Shah practically ab oli-.hed th cu -tom o adjuditcatsng criial.. ca. , anis morning audieen are uow~ raely ti scene of such painiul ineients, althoug he has not altogether aband.ned the. ex-. ercise of ordering the (ecuto of O criminal on rare occasions. Onth journey to 3Iesched in los, the Sha commanded the instant diecapi.tt(in of a murderer. These audiences last r.evend1 hours. His majesty froma timie to tin;. enj~oys a cup of tea and a kalian~ r wea.rpiple during the session. After the ministers reir, them i' 'd-vots the iuc,-al tO privtv stidy or a more careful examina tion i-nto thle afihirs of his administra Ition, - btld y1 somI head of a depart- t met fron whom lie desires more pre eise iufOrmation. This would be par Le'larly the case with the Molmer-ed )ouleh' wyho is at once Minister of Con :cre and Miniser of Mines :nd Tele hi whomi the Shab rep:.ses sone oidn. ~ ~The Sani-d-Douleh, or 1 1inister of Public Printing, is also a i:netry Who is often closeted with te h, as he isa public censor and honi a I editor of the cflicial journals. It is e -aid nothIng goes into these periodicals 4 v-ithout first ps4ingr unler the eye Wf C the 'hIah. BIt as they appear only nwa ;h, :nl cover but four pages in C of editing is more ri t;es iha r, a!. The Sani-ed- Doul(-h also aists the : itug his journals of trave ?~ .eparing themi fo the pr-ss. The. g most recent work of this descr:iption is the a'--ount of tie Shahs exe!trsion to P Me ched in 1852, in which the oyal. authior gives some of his own conclusions u concerning the antiquities along the ti route he followed. The work is illus- h ,trated with lithographic illustrations tl made from photographs. These works, r as wel as the o:licial gazettes, are print 1 ed by lithography. This may seem a somewhat laborious and unnecessary process at the present age; for *he cast ing of Arabic characters, -. hich th Persians use, has been often done, and se-eral volumes have been printed in q India in the Persian language from C( netal types. But the Persians, with s their exquisite testhetic feeling, cannot b1 btcomie habituated to type printing, as p it is less soft, filowing and flexible than o1 the written character. Hence the prefer- . ence for lithography, which approxi- p mnately gin s them the delicate touches cl of ath cai hgraphic art. A skillful scribe w writes out each page as it is to appear in the printed copy. This is photographed bl on a stone with a prepared surface. cl As one may readily suppose, the facts te in these official periodicals are often in in inverse ratio to the florid lar-guage and le superfluity of high sounding titles and n phrases, very like Falstaffs pennyworth co of bread to an intolerable deal of sack. la, The correspondence from the provinces g is annually summed up in some such au phrase as this, for example: "The good dc people of Tabreez are in usual health, w] praise be to God, and are saying their fr, prayers with pious regularity." m Blit the Shah's government also em- of ploys the columns of the official journals ic to suggest its relations with the powers, of and test the quality of their influence at ce the court of Persia. Sometimes it has had occasion to regret its termerity. An tr4 article once appeared which, alluding to sI the position of one of the rival European C< powers in Asia, spokec slightingly of that of power, and espeially of the decay of its in inluence in thL. ast. The ignorance of Orientais regaxding foreigners would use such a paPcr, emanating from otiicial sources, to produce a most in- co jurious evirect in that quarter, and the of editor of the official journal was there- si fore constrained to publish a retraction fo: in the subsequent issue of the Gazette, o1 which ludicrously contradicted the state- n nac-ts previously made. ta During my last winter in Persia an Th article appeared in the Same periodicIal ra giving a biographical account of the then wl President-elect Cleveland, with his por b trait. -T-11-is article was inspired by an P I h European paper, and consequently con tained sevcrai items which were either N false or so expressed as to convey an tL impression qualidaed to injuriously affect st. our prestige among such a people as the sh Persians, and I was soon inforied that P1 such was indeed the result. r It has always been my opinion that a of United States representative abroad at should uphold the honor and credit of eI his country and countrymen no less than p~ their commercial interests, which are thereby asisted. Therefore, although Ci fully aware that probably one of the first c( official acts of the new admiinistration i would be to call on me to give up the e legation I had ''ist established in that far-away cour :y, I did not allow this fact to affet my conOThct in what If con- fie sidered to be my duty in this case. I an immediately and respectfully represented fr< the facts to the Minister of Foreign A AMairs, who promised full satisfaction. so The delay which followed caused me to dc urge the matter again, feeling that pos-s bly there was some concealed intention at in the publication of the offensive article, T. suggested perhaps by one of the lega- wi tions opposed to American influence in ti Persia, but without any intention on his p Majesty's part to prejuice our interests in that country. t After waiting a reasonable time with- m out receiving any communications on b the subject either from the foreign office ,ei or the editor of the official gazette, and tj dispatch being essential in such a case, I a requested an audience of his majesty t himself, and seized that occasion to a allude among other matters to the char- bi1 acter of the oilicial article on the Presi- .A dent-elect of thc United States. The g Shah was pleased to express very friend- sb ly feeling, and commanded the Minister Ia of Foreign Ahiiirs, who was present, to carry oat my wi'shes regarding tihe mat ter. 1 did not rest satisfied with this, but very shortly -"ad again oa the Minister of Foreign Aileirs andi urged an b. immeadiate rctraction of the 'irensive ta article. The res" t of my persistence i was dnally mada'e evident by a request of a the Minister of Pinig for mae to pire- as pare a pal'er for the next issue of his' V ;our-nal. The p'roof of thiis was sent as o: evidence of~ gd faih and the results ea on our intiuence, it need hardly be said, lx were obvious and beneficial. i L o) .iecat ion by Proxy in: China. 1ti T L eis on alm~ost icredible thing p which will ive a fair idca of how the tt (Xinese rega rd the death penahiy. It di is an actual fa:ct that in some cases sub. u, stitution can bie inistitutted, and a substi- r' ct c b readily found. Money here .61 mae mien ri:fz almost certain death, e at iis to dubl ted whether Vanderbilt b *a mili ns enough to secure a nui.n for' ' :::ngng'incold blood. Anyone ac- d -laainted with thue wayvs and customs of i chna wil, however, testify that $50 will et -. any t-ime and in any numbers, secure da mna ?.o step up beneath the executioner's 01 - word and die.-San Francisco C2all. d Am:::writer wrihes us to pmi:lishi his y ...mmnsto --einer'e him. W\e mano e:Trd o encourage one wniter al, - -- ex pnse of discouraging nmany thoused j AN EXPENS!vE SUIT 01' CLTIIEs. ele of :1he Confederavy P.-4-en ted to I he Nal ianal 3an "That suit of clothes co:-t me eigut housand and two hundred Iollars!" said all. stout. Ene appeting gentlem an ith n inteligent f..ce L.11i bidden by a ixurian iron-ray beard. The gentle >an was Dr. J. E. Nagle, of St. Agus ino, Florda, anad his li.stener a Star re orter. For a loo time the authorities i the National Museum have endeavored ) obtaiu a uniform worp 1y a Confed mate ot!!eer duin the late struggle. At 't time Dr. Nagle was a surgeon by I omlmi sii in the C.::iederate 'ervic ad acielc:nploywed in the1 nel1a, ai.ly in (Gener W. J. Ilrd's icorp. in'*'t tilt f.,tCj- 'ies now., as tiw- :-janycr 7.H a 'o C4aine some pri:ence byv a if to h tonal Wtulto. a vlua le of n71 . Sita o Stes ore cent ice s .A sh'ort while after this 'e pre mted the same mcuseum wi;th tho uiform mentioned, and also some aali onal ielics of the Confederacy. They aire been placed by the museum au ionties in a glass case-tile first to the glit on the center aisle as vou enter by ie north door-in whichi also are x ibited the clothes worn by General 'nta Anna, of Mexican fame. A %'rLT1 N osmRATE COAtT. Pictures accomlpanying Dr. Nagle's ),,t show the pattern which was re ,ired to be worn. The collar was )vered with black velvet, and the in gnma of rank was a large gold or em :oidered star placed near the front and >int on a line with the row of buttons i each side. The sleeves were covered ith chevrons of gold lace, and as per 0ttern rep-esented in the picture. Thec iffs were of black cloth or velvet, cut th point up the outside seam of the eve. The vests represent full dress in uo cloth, and fatigue dress in gray oth. The pants, of a regulation pat- ' rn; were of dark blue cloth, having an ch stripe of black velvet the whole agth of the outer sean and edged with trrow gold lace. The buttons in I *st one hundred dollars each. The gold' :e one hundred dollars per var.i The ny cloth of the uniform, trimming is maing, cost over eight thiousand >ainConfederate currency, and r at is left was worn in active service :m the first day that it was put on itil a month or two after the explosion the Confederacy occurred at Greens- r oro, N. C. The Ilt has the State arms Arkansas on the buckle. It was re- h ived by General Hardee and presented i. - him to Surgeon Nagle n hen the i >ops and accoutrements of the Arkan-! s contingent were transferred to the mfederacy, the pro forma ceremonies! which occurred at Pocahontis. Ark., June, 1861. A sV'sTrrrmT rY0 A sAsu. i The green cord, oriin aly r S..yl :-' ueratain.t. rd, was used during the last two years the war as a substitute for the green k sash, which the regulations required r a surgeon's equipments. The first C .e used by Surgeon Nagle was a mag ticent woven silk sash, with lovely ssels and bullion ornameLts. As the reads were broken and became un- a veiled, the pieces were plaited into .ip crackers, and also used by the tsielers to patch rents and broken aces in clothes, etc. A remnant of a irt is a specimen of wi:at burgeon igle had to wear for many months of e latter period of the war. As lie mrted from Menphis in 1861 with linen irts, which cost six gold dollars a ece, the contrast of then and now is ther a sad commentary on the results war, and especially of defeat and its tendant inconveniences. A tin "kitch ," with its various appurtenances, also esented to the museum by Dr. Nagle,I Ls an invaluable friend to ~a soldier who p uld either buy, beg or steal eggs to!e ok, cofl'ee to boil or rations to carry. o was a mighty useful "trick" for gen- } al service and soldiers' purpeses. HlARDuds3A'iTLE FLAG. A battle 11ag in the collection was the :i standard of Hlardee's third corps, ad served as a guide in many battles, j m Shiloh to Missionary Ridge and l lanta. One of Colonel Sam Smith's ldiers, of the Arkansas volunteers, un r General Pat Cleburn, cut from his ~ irt-tail the cloth which was sewed into .d forms the white portion of the flag. .ie patched and repaired blue cloth! C ins also sadly rent by shot and shell m n e engagements, which were jarici- i ted in bty the Western army. The battle flag of Hardee's famous old ird army corps consisted of a white oon in the centre of a blue nield. A ' yonet, also included among Dr. Nagle's fts. dibd more and better service in! 1 icking ptigs and as a candlestick than as implement of legalized murder in y e way of warfare. The two pieces of t venomous and villainous explosive o diet were foundl on the field of Shilioh. 1b tamnpod screw and brush are all that r are left of an Enfield rifle which was n .ttered in frag iments in coipaywihe Confederate solier at Shiloh- e e Agricultural Ex perimiental Staitionst. r The A gcultural Experimen~tal Station 11 passed by the Senate directs the es blisiuuient, in connuction with the ag :ultural colleges of the department, a partment to be known and designated an Agricu'.tural Experimental Station. 'here there are two such colleges ini e State the amount appropiriatedl to a chi State and Territory for this pur- 1: )s $I,000 a year) is to be equally v vided between themn unless the State y egislaturet shall otherwise direct. The c >ject and duty of such experiment sta- i: mn is to conduct original researehes or verify experiments on phyvsiolotgy of c ants and animals, the diseases to whiich i eyv me severally subject and the reme "s therefor, chemical coiaposition of iful plants, comparative advuntages oif s ative crpig, capacity of new plants trees for acehimation, analysis of soils A wer chiemiacal composition t'f auure:s, anapltat!inandt value of grasss estilt .f diabrent kinds of fttod rdomestic animals, scientifie ami I ~onomic qlucstions involved in the pro- I ection of butter and cheese, and such: i her researches or expeCrimlents bearing 1. rectly on the agricultural industry of it. United States as may be deemed ad sable. i 1st b)eein sentttfced to be hung for mvurdler 1 c the Qranghors court.1 A BIG CIIB OF RCII MEN. ON L, 'LIUv1LN OF THE %ENA'f01DR kIE Ml I ..IONA!I ES. Estim:tes oi the Wea1Ih of the 3crnIer, Of that . 'Ch Abuse'd Ud-ocyB. Well 1-11N.1 Was;:INGTON, January. 29.-Whenever E hear anybody talking about the United states Senate as a "club of millionaires" I feel like saying, as Senator Joe Brown aid to the newspaper man who asked tira if he were worth $10,000,000 man $i,00,000 is a great deal ,f money." ThL truth is there are very vw millinaires in the Senate. I have list gone carefully over the list, and out >f the :-:ety-s~ix I can only in. eleven nillionaires, and I do not feel very cer ain about all of theml. Oi course one an nevez icel sure about the wealth of ny n:n in Am1erica-except that it is xaggerated by popular report. But iere i in- hA: .Brown, of Georgia; amn&n, ol West Virginia; Canwron, of ennsylvania; Fair, of Nevada; Hale, of Iaint; Z ahoune, of Virgin ia; Palmer, of Iichig;I'ayne, of Ohio; S-awyer, of Visconsin; Sherman, of Ohio, and tanford, of California. sTA::Fn' Ar THE ToP IF TIIE linAP. Of te'.se Stanford is by far the richest. Ils we:ath is largely "in sight" and may e safely put, I suppose, at $20,000,000, Iedv Made and chiefly kept in rail cadsand real estate. But Stanford can ,eil be reckoned in the. "dangerous lasses." Next, I should say, stands air, aud .1air, Flood, Mackey and )'Brien whose wealth was and largely is pecilative, but who is rated at about 10,000.010 by wcl inforraed men. Then omes old -Joe Brow.n, of Georgia, with is railroads and real estate and hiis coal iiUes, valucd by experts at ::5;00,000. 'ayne, of Ohio, with his real cstate and il; Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and amden, of West Virginia, with their silroads and real estate, are millionaires. TOWAID TIt nND OF TE Ll.. Palmer, of Michigan, and Sawyer, of Vsconsin, with their lumber and their al estate, come next, and then as the le closers I would rank Sherman, with is real estate, 3Mahone, with his specu Itive railway stocks, and Hale, with his ie's fortune in the rear. I do not feel .r that 31ahone is entitled to a place the list of millionaires, altutough he ves like one; but I feel sure that Jones, f Nevada, cannot rcad his titie clear to corner in this club, in Spite of the cwspaper stories about his success in wv reccut speculations in the Cemstock oeks. But grant for the time that he a millionaire, that will give us just a )i!ud dozen in the Senate. Surely we u. stand that. lIII, BUT NOT MILLIONAIRlt.S. But I shall be told that many of the 1 ther sixty-four are rich men, if not :tually millionaires, and that they Light to be reckoned in, in a trial of the no warranto which has been served. pUn "the money bags of the Senate." cry wll. Let us ran through the list. idrich, of lhode Island, is a succssful holesale grocer, but not a millionaire. v. nor even a half millionaire. He is Lid to be worth a quarter of a million. erhaps so, periaps not. Allison, of >wa, is charged with a quarter of a tillion. I hope he has it, A'.ONG TE B's. Beck has had to face the same charge. [e is generally regarded as having dis rovedi it. Beck would like to have 100,000 that he could close his fingers ] a. Berry, of Arkansas, Blackburn, of i ~entucky, and Blair, of New Hianpsire, 1 a~vent together $->0,000-no, nor $23, J1). And if they had they shoubl spend< before the year was out. Bowen, of1 olorado, has one of those mythical I >rtunes which are credited one day to a teky hit in mining and the next to a icky game of poker. Butler, of South arolia, has the family lan'tation, or i hat is left of it. ('s, n's AND E's. Call has an orange grove or two; hase, of Rhode Island, has a factory. ometinmes he is rich and sometimes he n't, like all manufacturers. Chaney, of 'ew Hlampshire, is thrifty and saving, ud is "worth sonme property,' out not tueh. Cockrell, of Missouri; Coke, of 'exas; Colquitt. of Georgia; Conger, of [iebigan; Cujlom, of liliuois, and lawes, of Massachusetts, have little else esides their salaries. Dolph, of Oregon, as rich until Villard failed, but since :en he has been floating on the planks fhis fortune. Edmiunds has a good ouse here, another in Vermont, and erhaps $100,000 saved up. He lives mech more generously than people gen rally suppose. And his professonal in >me is not so large as is constantly tamed, and cannot be for the simple fasonl that he gives two-thirds of his me to his public duties. Eustis, of soisiana, has the remains of a great >rtunle; Evarts imas the elements of a reat fortune, b'ut as both live expeunsive rneither is likely to build an estate. A tUlTnIm noLL cALL. Frye has a small property in real estate ad factory; George, of Mississippi, has is salary, which he saves, by the way, -ith a view, I suppose, to that great -alth which some Senators have "saved ut of their salaries;" Gibson, of Lou iana, has a small fortune; Gorman, of arlud, has the nucleus of one; Gray, f Delaware, is not a "suspect; Ha~mp mt, 0f Southt Carolina, hias his home :ad plantaltion; Harris, of 1 Tenesee ud Harison, of Itniaa, have their1 lrsand their lawp~ra1ctices, Hlarri s bei-g on 1 of e best in the~ Wet L:rtI'rd1( Couraut; Hoar has a arket rue n Wo~rceaer; Inganes htas his iary; .Jones. of Arkansw, has "only1 as and nothing more;" Jones, of 'orklam, wil~l soon not have even that; lenna, of WVest Virginia, hats a small law racetice, butl has neglected wealth for onor.I. MlcMillan' is, poor. :McPherson is only 1st r:coveingil,! from: his iina?ncia! embhar :a'en'its. llaaer~soni is builing an .upretentious Louse ini Omaha, where .ci a d irector in a national bank, but is not regarded as rich. 3laxey is poor. Warner Miller has been poor and rich and rich and poor -y tuirns, s wood Pulp failed or suceecded--just now i: supposed to well off. 3Iithel of Oregon, and Mitchell, of Pennsylv1am, have what ther have ma'-"[ can n2 ke out of the law. 'Morgan has hi. a. I MIorris has the .200,000 or .) (,the saved from his- "general store" businesS up in Vermont before the war. I'LATT, PLUMI: AND 4Y!1;:-;. Platt, of Connecticut, has a small law practice; Plumb h.,s various speculative interests, and if they all turn out well he I will be rich-so far his successes and I failures seem to have inaed: Pugh has a smalllaw pratie;ti lau ha is saiary; 1idUlebe.wrgecr dot-: Loi cven aiive, jus4t strugglin wu of i fi..: bury has the3 "sain-s of a lifeti.; Sewll s sosed to have a .mall for tune; pnelas a iue law pract'ice, but spenLshi_ s income lberally; Teller t is in a lot of schemes, which may make:1 him a millionaire or may make him a < pauper-just now he is at the golden mean of competLnce. vANcr., VaN wy(;, vrr. Vance carrics a small fortiue; Van Wyck has a little property; Vest is try ing to pay for a small reidence here out of his salary; Voorhees (oes not atteiml even so slight a financial flight as this;' t Walthall has saved some Of his profes sional income; Wittho-rne ha. nothuing but his salar: Willams, of California, c has .I100,000 er .-o in trale;' Wilson, of v Iowa, and Wilson, of Maryland. have paying law prr.tices, eecially Wilson, f of Iowa, who has saved some monev. Do I hear the Clovcr Club responding' out of the depth of its recent recollec tions, "Why, it's all right?" 1Akc.\RL-MD. I A H1OTSPUR TO DIE..T. How, Stung by a Taunt. Fairnworth 'WentC in. Never .4 Cme Out. (eni : M. Ls:. ia the c'u3y. Farnsworth and his cavalry, (on the 3xtreme Union left, afernoon of th second day, Gettysburg,) were riding in allant style, with drawn sabres and un )pposed, up the valley. As they ap proached Slyder's house, and as I stood dtently atching them, I saw a ragec confederate battle flag fluttering among b -he trees at the foot of the opposite "dge, and the men with it soon after ap oared, running out into the openj round on the further side of the valley. c [t was the Fourth Alabarra Regiment, e Law's Brigade, which had bee:_ taken rom the main line and scnt down by ieutenant Wade. The men opened fire' Ls they ran. The course of the cavaIry ras abruptly checked and saddles were -apidly emptied. Rkecoiling scram thi, ire, they turned to their left and rear I tnd directed their course up the hill to vard the position occupied by our bat eries. Dachman's battery promptiy hanged front to its left, so as to face the Lpproaching cavalry, and, together with ts infantry supports, opened a withering ire at short range. Turning again to heir left, Farnsworth and the few of his nen who remained in their saddles di ected their course toward the point rhere they had originally broken in, t aving described by this time almost a omplete circle. But the gap wher her had entered was now elosed, and, eceiving another tire from that pomnt hey again turned to the lel t and took efuge in the woods near the base of lound Top. When the last turn to the oft was made about half a dozen of their mumber separated from the main bo dy .nd escaped by "running the gauntlet"' p o the right of the First Texas R.egiment. While these movements were in proh gress I could plainly distinguish General ,arnsworth, who lcd the charge, and 1) rhom I then supposed to be Kilpatrick- b Ie wore a linen havelock over his mili- tc ary cap, and was evidently woundled at hi he time he entered the woods. Here, rith his little handful of gallant follow- T rs, lie rode upion the skirmih line of i he Fifteenth (Alabama) Regiment, and,, >stol in hand, called upon Lieutenanti Ldrian, who commanded the line, to urrender. The skirmishers in return ti ired upon him, killing his horse and a rounding General Farnsworth in many n daces. As he fell to the ground Adrian a< pproached him and demanded his sur ender. He curtly refused to surrender, l .t the same time killing himself with them >istol which he still held in his hand. m D~uring the afternoon the pickets of he First Texas Regiment had been so ear the point where the Federal cavahy p rere preparing for the attack as to hear t heir voices distinctly when raised at all e bove the ordinary tone. Just before ]p lie charge was made they heard some u ne say, in an excited, angaty tone: 'Colonel, if you are afraid to attack by'T ,I will lead the charge myself.' afterward learned that the speaker wasR ieneral Kilpatrick, and that the words y rere addressed to General Farnsworth, Si rho was aware of the ditliculties of the y aovement and would not have made it fthe matter had been left to his own r udgment. However this may have been i t certainly bore himself with the most m onspicuous gallantry throughout taat o atal charge. lHe was raturally iu.ahful, and in iher ompiany was as al'h as an ov.-ter. Sh Ih tuderstoodlhimi, and one evuning aiked w dainlv what mamde him .so silent wh.:n ver he called on her. "I-er-I don't know," lie stammered; I0 I always a.h-have somnethinig to .ay efore you come in, but I can't get it ut. "Indeed?" she said, encouraginigly. ci "Yes, I am like a bottle that is corked p tight. ihere 's one good ting ab*. it. s e "rked the nmor-e forcihly itpos He~ grmspjedth s~ituation at usmt low she does't eare whiethr ie tal' Iot. Shjeis content to do it al ier elf.-MerchantL Tveler. my, a igw.: and wea. 'ab lell'': 'int~ child, to sh;ane' and' con w~ of'. ever bypuac.b 0eo.b ~ The rpr,:t uo the clerk of the House )f Representives of his expenditures for h~ dscal year ending on the :30th of last rune sihows that the salaries of officers mounted to .: 141.449.40; salaries of ap.itol polie to 8, 35; materials ling,. 7 : fuoi and oil for wating aparati.s, ,19. 2; furniture .d reptirs. 15.: ; packing boxes, :2,.:.e.r...e. ra; postage, $200; aIit:'Cuous , 827,285.81; stationryr and ewspapers, : ,632.05. .During the 'car the sum Of I87 2.)50 was'i to oue Sa.,te for te folding room. r'w thma L.u 'uty wa".Is paulichased , !runk br:1.xt for 87:7!.25. T1,c curpet which iUvw coveri t:.e floor ite on ge o 12pr vard. and it equire 1,:.701; yards, amounting to 5 T.7. For the lobby Milton carpet '1C rard was boug'ht. 'or the peaker's room the border and lining o t '130. FUNEnAL XPrNsES. The funeral expenses of the late Rep esentative Rlankin amounted to q1,484.18 le unidertaler's bill was.$110. lPilroad are, sleeping berths, etc., amounted to Luncheon for the committee, .5 *a.o and material for dec,>rating Le grave, etc., $41. One bill of ;4132.23 -g;:is with the ittm of "fruit bought in 'a hington." Another bill of 81:30.75 ontAins the item of "digging ground zth tea. and four men," $20.75. The ttendance of the TIouse committee at the ineral of Vice-President Hendricks cost 1,380.08. The funeral expenses of the .te Representative Hahn footed up 58.) 0. Among the items was a funeral *reath, $45, anda lunch for the com iittee. $47.25. The funeral expenses show that the sual price charged Jor caskets for de eased members was $350 each, while the verage price for caskets for deceased oployes was only $10 each. C1UEu'.E HEAD OF STATIONnaY. The following are some of the articles urchased fur the festive members: One progressive euchre." That is a Cquent entry, showing that the game a favorite with Congressmen. "Robin )n Crusoe's Money." "One Pill and ill reader, 4 inches," whatever that may e. "One dozen cork screws"' is a fre uent entry among the purchases. Three Vassar Girls" is another item. ranks, alligator bags, driving gloves, aeck bits, traveling cases for robes, c., igure among the things bought ith the stationery fund. The stationery count of the members shows that very w oi thein use more than half the .iowancc for stationery and newspapers r its legitimate purpose. As a rule LeCMbers draw as lightly as possible on Is fund and put the cash in their -ch1ts. Many of them get their sta onerv in committee rooms. For the .st year, of the $125 allowed for station y, the following amounts were drawn cash: lepresentative Holnan, .50.81; .cKinley, .32.57; Long, $13.45; His >ckl, - 92.17; "Willis, S82.12; Ketcham, )7.57; W. D. Kelley, $1l.92; Morri in, I11.76; Mr. Pulitzer, of New York, :ew $118.79 in cash and 86.21 in sta .nory. The figures would imply that I allowance of halt that now authorized ould cover the stationery demands of .r 0'F A n.'1Au I.T. DI.seareit Lvr's, Un:ipte Bill for Court :-hip E'm.11enses. WouL:suL::1:, January 28.-A pretty :>lish maiden named Maria Luchminski is oeen phaying sad havoc with the :arts of severial yong~ Polish gentle en residing at Nanticoke. 3Iaria has ten in this country about six months, it during that short time she managed win the affectious of no less thtan a df dozen suitors. Amuong the latter are a young drug clerk and a miner. 'iese two had a lively race as to who ould win the prize. Each tried to out the other in buying presents for their o1. In the course of time the neckle aiden became tired of both, and gave em the mitten. John Mlackin-.inski, other young PLole, then became best an. He proposed m"arriage and was cepted. When Icehael Anton, one of the old vers, heard of the engagement lhe al ost went wild, lie quit work in the ;ies and, coming to this city, bronght it before~ lderman D~onohue for the vrofpr sents. or their equivalent, esented to his false sweetheart from n'e to time. He iiled the following bill pairticuars: res~s g~ods for wedding dress. . ..$ 6 00 rap) to get married ina... ......11 00 > clergym-m..................5 500 reticket to Wilkesbarre. ...1 00 arrigelcens~e................350 ifresements while in town....1 00 ddler.............1350 aiking dres..................: 350 yr bustle, corsets, necktie, etc... 10 00 After footing up the figures the 'Slaire and tha l 7.0 had been charged for 'inry to art ahretions, time lost in avin, lokig up tiddler, etc., arid as iime *id objected to the item it is "tac fro" m the bill. The Alrmani upse tha it a~ compromise be :.1leted -~ h1i'hinwnki paying over theaount -'med to the discarded lover. At tirst refused. M aria said: "'All right; I >n-t ha've anything to do with a man refu~es to p~ay $:42 to keep me out juli. Iwill marry Anton, my old' v." Th.e latter went into eestacy~ -er hi but his5 joy was short lived. ae iwiki said he w;ould pay; the. i if Maria w old be his wife. Thle gir 'sne nd the money wa's paid over. r rin i~. e oar.o' ' e egeat heCentral Parkr wi ae a ecr fnra .More than 'i e ncbas will gthr~ abot ai'a il prp.v d t .o hea ..ii, but the a art 'ie le 'ug spmrt soon e~sitef adcthe engage in arough d tui ~le for the p)ossesion of the ste chet, whifch is, of course, torn pieces.New York Times. : '';'n''n so aste had hec:-!ed, it)ki-'l b-;.I tha-y lkI tiu. cornmrrv CURES BY HYPNOTISM. T1lE MARVELOUS WORK OF DOCTOR CIIARCOT. OF PARIS. Nervous Diseases Controlled by Transmis. sion and the Aid of a Magnet. NEw YoiK, January 29.-The Herald's Paris correspondent sends the following interview special: Dr. Charcot said: "All sorts of ex aggerated accounts have appeared about the experiments in transmission of hypnotism. In fact, unless the public are provided with precise information in matters of scientific discovery, they naturally mistake the North Pole for the South Pole, and error and confusion be come widely disseminated." "Will you give the Herald," I asked, "a statement making clear to the public mind the exact state of medical science concerning hypnotic discoveries?" "Certainly," replied Dr. Charcot. "These experiments are conducted under my general direction by Dr. Babinski. This is how Dr. Babinski carries them on: The subjects are seated back to back and a magnet is held to the side of one of them. It is not necessary that there should be actual contact between the subjects, but if there is the transmission is more rapid than when they are at a distance from one another. TRIAL OF GIRL rATIENTS. "The experiments of Dr. Babinski must be divided into several categories. To the first category belong experiments made on two young girls who suffered from hysterical epilepsy and exhibited all the phenomena of extreme hypnotism as they have been described my me. The patients were first hypnotized. Then Dr. Babinski produced, first in one and then in the other, different apparent* hysterical symptoms of paralysis of the arm and of the leg, coxalgia, dumbness, etc. The patient thus attacked by an artificial hysterical affection is brought into rapport with his companion, near whom the magnet has been placed. In a few moments a transfer takes place, the symptoms disappear in No.1 patient and reappear at the same instant in No. 2. They pass thus from one to the other. Moreover, it is easy, by sug gestion, to rid No. 2 patient of the affee tion. HOW MALIEs MAY BE CUBED. "In a second category of experiments M. Bakinski took male or female patients presenting different phases of hysteria, not artificially induced in this case, but manifested spontaneously-that is to say, independently of all suggestion such, in fact, as to lead to the admission of the patients in question into the hos pital. He then placed them in rapport with one or the other of the subjects of experiment referred to above. These he hypnotized preliminarily, and at their side put the magnet. 'The hypnotized subject thereupon at once displayed the same manifestations of hysteria as those of the patient at whose side he had been placed. But the latter retained his malady at the end of the experiment. "M. Bakinski then, by suggestion, re lieves the hypnotized subject of the affection that has been transmitted to him, and resumes the experiment. By repeating the maneuvre a number of times more or less considerable he has succeeded in several cases in bringing about an attuauation and even a complete cure of the malady." oTHER cASE.S OF' sUccESSF'U TRF.AfiENT. "Here, for instance, are a few of the observations made by M. Bakinski: In two cases he obtained a complete cure of hysteric dumbness; one of them was, of eight days' and the other of two. months' standing. He succeeded in causing the disappearrnce in a few days of hysteric paralysis in the right side of the body of a year's standing. In a quarter of an hour and after four succes sive experiments he cured a case of hemiplegy that had arisen ten hours previously. The attempt must be the oftener repeated the older the affection happens to be. "in a third category of experiments 31. Bakinski obtained the transmission to a hypnotized subject of certain phe nomena associated with organic affec tions of the nervous system, such as softening of the brain and cerebrai hiemtantharopia in children. These last experiments yet needed completing. M. cIAntCOT's cosCLCsoNS. "The different experimenfs here dis cussed will be seen to have interest for psychology on the one hand and for therapeutics on the other. But M1. B~akinski thinks that they are not yet numerous enough to make possible the. construction of any theory on the sub ject, and it is his intention to continue his researches. In the present state of science it is impossible to explain in any way the mechinism of the transmission in question from one subject to another. B~ut what of that? F'acts must always bJe accepted when they are rigorously observed, even if their inner meaning be unintelligible. Now, as the facts stated atbove have been ascertained with all the: method and vigor that ought to be em ployed in scie ntinic researches; as every cause of error-notably, the possibility of pattense-has been carefully avoided, M. Bakinski has deemed it his duty from tois moment to make such sacts k~nown to the medical public." The Social Fine Art. Not the least of the graces of socail ~ife is the swift conversational touch and ~o unconsciously acquired in changing ~oeial currents. The art of expressing thought in a sentence. of stating a fact. ni a word is a social art of the highest alue. It ma~. be set down as an axiom. :at nobody cares for details; no one *.nits precise and faithful biographical ~ecounts sprung upon their defenseless :cads; no one cares a straw for minute :xperiences. For one person in a group o insist on detailing sonme long story is o be a bore of the first magnitude. tboston Traveler. The many silly question that are asked at ;Ilroad ticket-ofltes would try the patience a sainti. The other day a man stepped to the wicodow at the L~nion Depot and e~:"Will this train coming~ now leave :eo theon oing n~l1 extV" Tfhe agent,