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VOL. III.N AN"ING, CL (IllRENDO N COUNTY. S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27,~ O 2 on tie porch, ad had been there only a few minutes when General Bragg came 4 by. 'Whcre is the gunrd? he shouted. I stepi-ed to the edgl of the porch and presented arms. 'hy are -ou not at the gate?, he said, very brutall . Gen- fi eral Beauregard told me to staud here a! out of the rain.' I mid. At this he broke out into a volley of profanity, directed n against Beauregard and the other gen- r erals, who. he said, were making paper p soldiers of his men. Hie could do noth- si ieg else, being scond in command. He p: did not recognze me and L being a p private soldieran not de.irous cf being c recognized, said nothing. Gaeral 1maggw wa a martfi. I s much given to shooting mC. i a ir deserters tc shot by his ord. Had it not; been fo- y, t2e coiuteracting inliuence of Ge-eral C Be'auregard there would hava been more ni of that sort of thing. H rds-o was as b< strict a disciplicarian, but he Lad a sE kinder heart than Bragg. Beauregard it called his soldiers 'my sons' and 'my oi boys.' He was as much beloved fcr his fli magnanimity as Bragg was despised for m his severity and brutality. I never saw p4 Bragg after the Tupelo meeting." h A S;IOWELR OF GREEN M1NERA L. fa It Fell in Vrooklyn After 'Two Big Thun- a dcr-tlaps. (From t e Ne v York Sun.) Over in Brooklyn, where the centre of m the storm passed, electric flames appear- a, ed about the buildings, and the tele- w phone bells in various stations rang con- ri, stantly for from fifteen to twenty mm- 01 utes. When the bells became quiet it tb was found that the telephones could not re be used. s. While the storm was at its height and in the rain was coming down in torrents 01 there were t wo intense claps of thunder er in quick succession. The noise was im- th mediately followed by a queer phenome- ol non. People who were in the stores th and under the awnings about the corner bi of Troy and Fulton avenues were aston- ni ished to see a shower of dark colored clh lumps of various sizes fall apparcntly M from the sky, and on striking the pave- ,j ment give out a flash of flame as they cr were pulverized. That is, several wit- u, nesses vouch for the flashes of tiame, a and they are sure they were not spLshes p of water. cr One lump, larger apparently than the th rest, struck a shade tree and then fll to re the street. It was picked up by a ven- ti turesome citizen and carricd into G. to lreitzer's drug store. M It looked like verdigris or like Oisin- o tegrated blue vitriol. On the sides that wi rested on the pavement and the place th where it struck the tree there were evi- or dences of fusion. nc The stuff has a slight metallic and a at stringent taste, is lightish green in color, ve not cryszalline, but like a compacted. It us burns rather readily, with a green linme, <I and cannot be fired Ly percussion. The st< big chunk was broken up and distributed gr amon2 the bystadmers. A Sun repo rter , took a piece of it to the Western Union tel Telegraph Company's main battery m, room, where tons of sulphate of copper st< are used. The men there were of diverse so opinions as to what it was. One man i thought it might be Paris green, but the majority were of the opinion that it was I fa: some form of sulphate oi copper, with of perhaps a trace of zine in it. The sul- pl phate of copper that had been used in a cell and worn out was found to resemble the substance that fell from the clouds th or somewhere, but the sulphate of cop- in per still had its caustic tastc. At Hud- he nut's drug store the usual tests for de- th termining copper failed to have any th on this body. M< After the atuff had been broken up andon istributed amn aeople at the ha orner of Troy and ?. 0. avenne th everal pieces changed hands at 1-' 2 tea o 50 cents a piece. For one very large n' >iece withnme Us of fusion on it $5 was ti ffered and refused. A small globe of it se as found in Herkimer avenue, just be- far ond Troy. p Of course, it may have conme from far ome man's roof or have been caught up ge1 ~rom a refuse heap by the wind, the -~ ad< sherman's' (uiet Work. a Senator Sherman is mmkig a auinet a >t forceful effort to secure a united ti elegation from Ohio. He has reached on he conclusion that his last hope for the d ?residency hinges upon his being nomi ated in '88, and he has told his friends un f his conclusion. Next to Mr. Blaine cit e fears his increasing years more than 1 my of the possible candidates. In his anvass he has, or had, the active sup ort of Murat Halsteadl and the Cincin-th aati Commercial-Gazette, the leading be epublican organ of the State, but Hal-a itead has gone to Europe now, for pur- wb oses of policy and pleasure, the feeling be Aween the two factions in his party be- pe * clearly on the increase. Sherman en lso has the avowed support of Foraker, hom he does not trust, and the secret i id of some of the Democratic traders. n two county conventions, in which tic esoltions favoring his candidacy were re~ ~ntrdced, the Blaine-Foraker men r abledthe resolutions by large majorities.a e is giving his personal attention to his canvass, his headquarters being at is home in Mansfield. It is even said t that he will go to the State conventionth Is a delegate to care for his interests in that body. His age is 64' Peace Institute. of The advertisement of Peace Insttate, fet ound in another column, should be reaa co: y alu parents or others having danghten~ iih: o educate. The faculty of the Institute Wi s full and able, and its fac'ilities foa of horough instruction have been con- go stantly increased, to keep up with th< ncreasing demands of the times. Th< ystema of instruction, while embracing. ul1 the branches making up a highea duation for young women, neverthe- p css includes practical training in depart- pi xnents wherein skill is much needed tcex i .oman for usefulness in actual every- its day life. Read the advertiseme~it in to mother column, and send for a catalogue pa iving full information. J.tanos and Organs. . _ pa All of the best makes. $25 cash anc balaixe Nc~ovember 1, at spot cash price 10 ~n a Piano. $10 cash and balance No uC embr 1, at spot cash prices on at i Organ. Delivered, freight free, at you nearest depot. Fifteen days test tria and freight both ways if not satisfactory. chi N. W. TRUMP, jue Solunmbia. S. C. ,an A \AR STORYS SEQUtL. THE TALE OF A BRAVE YOUN( ; FICER AND NOW HE ESCAP). General Bragg Orders Him to be Sb'r :e cause He is Too Sick to Work--Un'1u ingly He Gazes into the MIuskets :mdin Saved by a Lieutenant. The Americus, Ga., Recorder publish es a story illustrative of General Bgg' cruelty. The scene of this cruelty was Cornith, 3Miss., and the time darir - the retreat from Shiloh. Brgg was -o ally superintending the loading ( I the cars. He had a great buriy fellow cur.ing the men and inciting thtu to greater activity. A young soldic: not over 20, tall and handsome, though pale and delicate, passed up the plarorm looking for the cars in which the sick were to be transported. He was evident ly ill. The burly fellow hailed him, ordered him to fall in and help Leave the goods into the cars. The sohdi.:r re plied that he was too ill to work; had he been able he would have been wit: his regiment. The big fellow cslle: the general's attention to this insubol dina tion, and General Bragg ordered the! young man to go to work. He repe-ated the answer he had given the men in charge of the squad. The general's eye seemed to flash fire as he exclaimed: "What! You dare to disobey my orders?" "I do," calmly replied the young man. The general called a lieutenant of a Louisiana company of regulars doing guard duty, and said: "Take six o your company and carry, this man to that grove and shoot "im." The lieutenant called his men, but be fore going to the grove General I ragg took him aside and talked for amonient. The recalcitrant soldier was then -.kien -to the grove and placed upon a etool -with his back to a tree. He refused to '.be blindfolded, but took off his v.tch, ,chain and ring, wrote a name on a piece of paper an3 handed it all to the lie.-en ant, asking that the jewelry be sc-t to -be address given." "Now I am ready," he said. 'j'he muskets were leveled. The y;ung man looked at t'eir muzzles as cahzly as thoug' he was being photograued. After a moment the heutenant or!ered "Recovex arms." He rushed upoi the young so.lier, complimented lum upon his bravery returned his jewelry, and ordered him to go. "Where is the boy?" General .Lragg asked of the lieutenant a few minautes later. "Gone," was the reply, and the :Aory of the young man's behavior was told. The general had search made fur im, I saying; "I'll promote him." The scldier ,was not found. And there the Recorder story camue to =ud. It leaves one in as unsatIsfac tory Ctate as one of Frank Stockton's stories. What became of the so. ier? ?id he die in a hospital? Did he lye to be. wme food for powder? A Post-Dispatch reporter discovered the spq~el this mornn. heard the mci dent ad its concluiofn irom the I.rave young sslier's own his. "Ye," ditted Dr. Cha-Ies Gara "I was the young soldier." He was sit ting in his o17ee at 123'1 Chouteau a7-I nue, resting af -*r an all-night battle with an obstreperous patient. -"I closed the book of the war ye.ars ago. It contains so much that is unpleasant and bitter that I have seldom c'ared _to open it. Sometimes when I read reminiscences in in the papers I grow interested in t::em. I read the Recorder story'. It is quite correct as to the features of the inci dent." "Won't you tell the story again?" "I was a member of the Beauregard Rifles of the Crescent Regiment from New Orleans. After Shiloh the Confed erate army retreated to Cornith, and be ing attacked there made 'a demonstra tion, under the cover of which the re treat was made to Tupelo. At Cornith I was taken ill with camp fever. I could not, fimd a surgeon, for everything was in confusion, and so I went to the train, where I expected to find a surgeon and get transportation. I felt that I was not able to walk to Tupelo with my regi :ment. I was stopped as described and .taken to the woods to be shot." "What were your sensations while waiti.ug for the command of 'Fire?'" "I annot hardly tell. A man who has been. in danger before will on such an ocotasion resign himself to his fate. A numbness conmes over him and he does not much care if his last moment come, then. I had been in dangerous places before. I had been in Shiloh and other actions. I resigned myself." "Did yon doubt you had been taken ont to be shot?" "I had not the least doubt in the wotid that I was standing there to be ~kiled. .As the muskets looked at me 1 took what I thought was my last breath. 'When the lieutenant ordered the men to r~7Over arms,' I could not understana~ hy I was not dead. As soon as I was diea I went away quickly. The utrage +o which I had been subjected and prooa'bly the fear caused by ma danger had .ntirely cured me o: the fever. I felt s-tong and well, and, re joining my comp'any, marched all th! way to Tupelo withouit a recurrence o: the fever." "Did you ever afterward see Genera& Bragg?" "1 saw him at Tupelo. The B.eaure gard Ridles, bearing the name of the great general, and coming from his home, were detailed to guard his Lead quarters. I was on guard there on'1 night, and at the usual time for relief wa: Iforgotten. I remainedathere until morn ,and becoming very tired I tore a bric.ks from the pavement and made pile gainst a tree high enough for m* to sit upn yet appear to be stancing. No sooner did I seat myself there ti::n I fell asleep. "General ~Beauregard saw me toert and woke me. '91y son,' he said, 'yoi should not le.P on duty. If Gxenera yo.Aeyou very tired?' Xt was then raninlg Itold him Ihadbeon duts~ all night, having been forgotten by thr relief. 'Well,' he said, 'come up on the porch out of the rain. You can stan. and there inst as well as ]iere.' I went nn Consideratiois that Lighten thi H-earts of the Agriculturalists. The time has come with the Southerr rmers when they see the necessity oj )andoning old methods, and adopting w ones; the introduction of hors( apers, mowers, and plows that will ex dite cultivation and economize labor, Lows that we are in a transition state ceparing to reduce the area of cotton anting, and increase the area of grain, over, grass and other crops; in short, e are fixing up for diversified farming. is is what I have been recommending all our farmers for the last fitreen mrs in all my articles in The Southern ultivator. and other agricultural jour ds. I am glad to see the change has gun, and in the near future, we will e our Southern iarms once more teem g with fine crops of corn, wheat and ts, as well as clover and grass, and ie stock of all kinds of our own raising, aking us as we should be, a self-sup >rting, prosperous set of farmers. We Lve served too long a time at making >tton, which has impoverished the rmers and made rich the merchants d cotton kirgs; let us now turn over new leaf, and farm for our own good d profit. \ve have the country, the nds and the climate adapted to the oft diversified system of farming of ty other country; all needed, is the ll, to make it so-so let it be so. Ag mltural machinery is new to most of Lr Southern farmers, and especially to e negro, the laborer we have mostly to ly on; but still there are many of them iciently intelligent with a little train g to make them use them advantage ly under the supervision of the own . Our young farmers should drive eir own reapers and mowers; but with a farmers who have not sons to use em, they are dependent on hirelings, it if possible they should be operated ider their supervision, for like all ma inery they must be used with judg Dnt and care. But when there is a U, there is a way, and grain and grass ps will soon teach us the right way of ing machinery. Some 17 or IS years o, before the cotton craze seized our ople, grain and grass was mostly the pa of this section of country, but en the cradle was the harvester; a few ipers were being introduced at that e; heavy cumbersome things, killing the animals that worked to them, and my soon became wrecked from their rn inefficiency. So they did not take th the farmers, being also high-priced; ey cost them from $190 to 8200 with .t the mowing attachment; they are >w made lighter, more easily handled, d much cheaper; this is a great ad ntage, so more will be bought and Dd. But some of our people ask, ow are we to get any money, if we p raising cotton and raise all grain, =ss and stock?" We don't tell you to >p growing cotton altogether, we only 1 you to plant leis cotton, and plant >re grain, and sow grass and raise >k, and feed yourselves, and have me to spare to feed the city and vil ;e folks; and stop buying all your food pplies from the merchants-become -mers in the true sense of the meaning the word, ard not merely cotton inters, which means, "the hewers of >d, and drawers of water." expect three-fourths of the people of a South, including farmers, are fed on ported food. If that be so, can'u we lp feed them, and make some money it way, and if we did it, and reduced production of cotton, we would get )re money for our cotton, and feed rselves and our fellow citizens, and -e two strings to our bow inistead of one string, cotton-won't we be bet off than exchanging our cotton crops crn, flour and bacon? We have Moit -~ enough to convince any ible tha ;was the ruin of our mers, and has reduced somj to ablject erty. Hence, I am glad to see taa. ming South is in a transit condition, ting ready to discard the methods of last fifteen or twenty years, and for pting new methods. Let the reaper Ie mower come fast and numerous ong us, for it is an evidence of better es coming; it portends the making of own food supplies, and when that is e, farm mortgages will cease and we al once more becomie free men, and encumbered, and visit our towns and les as independent men, with no sus ions against us as debtors-merely ewers of wood, and drawers of water." :ok for good results to come out of Interstate Convention of farmers to held in Atlanta in August next, where matters pertaining to the intesest and fare of the farmers and farming will fully discursed. Let each tell his ex rienc and compare notes, and find ctly how we stand. It will be an emblage of intelligent men represent several States, and all parts of each tte. They know exactly the uondi n of the farms and farmers from their pective localities, and can furnish cor tt and reliable reports of the condition it exists over a large area of the South. is to be hoped that every Southern ite will be well represented. Let all ifferent kinds of farmers be there; Scotton planters, the rice planters, sugar planters, the grain and grass mers, the tobacco raisers, and truck mers and fruit growers, and all kinds farmers, and let us have a big camp. eting, and class-meeting, and love st, and give in our experience, and npare notes, and learn how we stand -oughout the country. Suggestiom, [ be made among so large a number intelligent farmers that must result in od. Jso. H. Drsr. Floyd county, Ga. iThere a Cure for consumtptzon? We answer unreservedly. yes! If thi tent commences in time the use of D~r rce's Golden Medical Discov-ery," unDe 'eises proper care. If allowed to rua course too long all medicine is powerless stri.Dr. Pierce never deceives: tient y hioilnZ out a false hope for th: e of peLcuiary gain. The "Golde :dica Dicovery' has cured thousands o' tients whnen nothing else seemed to avai! >r dru~git bas it. Send two stamfle -Dr. Piere' comiplete treatise on cou npion with numerous testimonials. Ad ss World's Dispensary Medical Associa n, Buffalo, N. Y. Just so long as the pitcher of a base bal ib gets two thousand dollars a year, an. preacher a scant six hundred dollars, at so long will there be good pitching NEW LINES OF WORK. WIY WOMEN WOULD 3MAKE G001) APOTHIECAEMES. Pharmacy Within the Sphere of Woman's Usefulness.-A Successful New Orleaus Female Druggift. (Fron the Philadelphia Record.) The time is past for asking the ques tion whether women ought to work; they do work. There is no longer any need to inquire what they are able to do. They are employed in almost every call ing. With their assistance our little ones learn of the common things of life in the kindergarten; our older Vhildren meet them as superintendents of schools and professors in colleges; their quick fingers have been rapidly trained in the kindred occupations of short-hand and type-writing; as florists many of them are succeding, and (what employment could be more fitting?) as professional nurses they find exceeding favor in the sick-room; as authors they are winning fame and fortune; in painting and in dust-ial designing they are making rapid progress; as physicians they have fairly won acknowledgement of their useful ness; as lawyers they have shown un looked-for ability; as preatchers, readers and lecturers.they have not lacked ap plause, and in almost every wage-earn ing capacity- they have unt0ertaken they have proved tbac if they will they make an hozorable livnig.0 XEGLEcTED LINES OF WORK. But, notwithstanding the push and enterprise which distinguish the sez in forcing their way into a great diversity of employments, the fact remains that some callings which are eminently suited to woman are sadly neglected by them. That of the druggist, acknowledged to be among the best paying occupations, finds comparatively few women in its ranks. If I mistake not Mrs. Rudolph, of New Orleans, was tiz first woman to own and conduct a drug store. Her husband was a druggist, and when he died, about nine yearc ago, leaving her two babies and a brave heart as her sole heritage, she determined to fill his place. To this end she applied for a pharma ceutical course at the Tulane Medical College, which was denied her. She then began a system of private lessons under the Professor of Pharmacy, and in two years graduated with credit and received the hearty endorsement of the Examining Board. Then came the struggle with an overwhelming popular prejudice against allowing a woman to dole out powders and pills, which might,' after all, have wrecked the success of her enterprise but for some just and rea soning physicians who held out helping hands to her and brought her rafely into the haven of prosperity. Now she is one of the most prosperous druggists in New Orleans. worEN AT THE PRESCRIPTION DESK. In spite of struggles, Mrs. Rudolph is enthusiastic on the subject, and strongly urges young women to the study and practice of pharmacy. She says that any young woman who has the ground work of a good education and is imbued with determination and honesty of purpose need no fear of failure. And to prove the truth of her words, several women in the business are meeting with I arhed success. Miss Lucy King, of Chatta nooga, is noted as one of the ablest rep sentatives of her profession. She is the managing editress of the Drugman, a paper endorsed and adopted by the State Pharmaceutical Conventions of Georgia and Louisiana as their representative journal. The quality which would seem to make the genius of woman eminently valuable at the prescription desk is the rare caution which most of them exer ise whien '-uce warned of possible dan ger, and when so rn~dible pn authority as Huxley says the study of chemistry is peculiarly adapted to the forikimme mind, the point of their fitness as drug gists' clerks passes out of the line of dis putation. The facilities for prosecuting their studies nowadays in that directior. is another inducement for them to more widely adopt the calling. wo3IEN PHYSICIANS. The study of medicine and its twin science, pharmacy, by women is no new thing. In the first medical school es tablished during the first Christian era women taught side by side with men. The school of Salernum contained in its faculty no names more respectable for scientific zeal and attainments than those of the three female professors-Trotula, Rebecca and Abella-who were ready to grapple the toughest subject in physi ology and medicine. Trotula wrote a very" learned dissertation which aided much to her fame, and which was so great for profound scholarship that when the celebrated disputant, Rudolph Mala Corona, went to that seat of learn ing to try conclusions in science with its professors she alone was considered a worthy antagonist. Abella was a poet physician, and izndited a treatise on "Black Bile" in Latin verse. The taste of the learned Rebecca inclined in the same direction, and her works are found in the older libraries. The mothers in medicine, however, left no successors worthy of their fame, and their example has not had many imitators in the cen turies since they flourished. In later years women have again turned their attention to the profession of medicine, which, however, on account of its ardu ous duties requires a remarkably robust physique and strong nerves, and while :heir tact and gentleness may be a help to them, it is an open questiod whether their superabundant sympathy is not a drawback. But in the capacity of drug gists no questions can arise as to physi cal endurance, strength of nerves or abounding sympathies. Care, precision and a knowledge of chemistry and Latin, and the necessary patience to decipher the M. D.'s hieroglyphics, seem sure to win. If, in addition, she can master the mysteries of soda water drinks, there will be in her pharma copoia no such word as fail. D~r. Pierce's "Pellets"-the original -Little Liver Pills" (sugar-coated)-cure, sick and bilious headache, sour stomach, and bilious attacks. By druggists. IPeople call it "putting up" at a licel, because there is so much that they have to put up with. POISONED ARROWS. An Indian Tells How These Deadly Wcap ons are Given Their Venom. (From the Omaha Republican-) I had often heard of poisoned arrow and determined to ask the old India: arrow-maker about thaem and how they were made and impregnated with th< deadly poison which they were supposec to contain. He looked at me for a ful minute and then said: "First we take a bloated yellow rattle snake in August, when he is most pois onous, and tie him with a forked stick tc a stake; then we toase him until he is ir a great rage. This is done by passing s switch over his body from his head te his tail. When he threshes the ground with his body and his eyes grow brighI and sparkle like diamonds we kill a deer; antelope or some other small animal and, tearing out the liver, throw it to the snake while it is warm and the blood still coursing through it. The reptile will strike it again and again and pretty soon it begin to turn black. When he tires the snake is teased again and he is induced to sink his fangs into the soft flesh until all the poison is extracted from him and the liver is reeking with it. He is then killed and the liver lifted with a sharp pole, for so dangerous is it, no one dare touch it. The liver is let lay for about an hour when it will be al most jet black and emit a sour smell. Arrows are then brought and their iron heads pushed into the liver up to the shaft. They are left sticking there for about an hour and a half, when they are withdrawn and dried in the sun. A thin glistening yellow scum adheres to the arrow and if it but so much as tonches raw flesh it is certain to poison it to death." I asked if Indians still used poisoned arrows. "No," he replied, "no man, Indian or white man, for years past has been shot with these arrows and they are no longer made." About Sunstrokes. An eminent Chicago physician has been discussing the causes and the na ture of sunstrokes. He states that the mortality in cases of sunstroke is twenty per cent., and when death does not ensue the patient is never able after wards to stand any heat, and sometimes the approach of the hot season drives them insane or kills them. He further says that a man may be sunstruck in the shade, and at night. 'Heatstruck" would le a better word for such cases. Pros tration is brought about by disordered health, dissipation, fatigue, or anything that depresses the nerve power. The victim may be affected in different ways. There may be complete failure of the heart's action, resulting in a dead faint. The nerve centres may receive a shock causing a rapid failing of respiratv and circulation. Sometimes the nerves of circulation ;;.re comapleiely paralyzed. Methods of treatment must be accord ing to the condition of the patient. Of course, in all cases the patient should be placed in the shade and his clothing loosened. If he has hectic fever, the ice treatment Lhould be resortod to, with caimphor internally and ammonia in hypodermic injections. If he can stand it, a dose of a teaspoonful of aromatic spirits of ammonia should be adminis tered in a half tumbler of water every few minutes. In the other extreme, where the fatal faintness is prcsp:t, with a low temperature and a very'depressed conditic- af the heart, an immersion in tepid water containing mustard is a good thing. The dose of ammonia should not be forgotten. When people are in ood h-ealth and spirits and perspiring freely they need not bie much' afraid of heat. But when they are a little out of gear they cannot be too careful. All extremes of heat are :angerous, but damp heat is much worse than dry heat. The thing to do at this season is to be temperate in every sense of the word. Keep in the shade if pos ible, and in a well-ventilated place. Pigeons as Pets. i-ank Satterthwait suggests that in aasting about for what kind of a pet to tke to one's heart and cherish, one of the most hardy for either towvn or cown try is the pigeon. The majority of the great pigeon fanciers of this day com menced their favorite pursuit when young. They began by keeping only a few common birds in boxes on the roof or in the barn, out of the reach of cats and other enemies. Soon they grew in terested in the ditaerent fancy br'eeds, which embrance over two hundred varie ties. Some of these have been carefully bred for nearly two thousand years, and at this time the best birds of some of the most popular kinds sell for the aa mense snm of 31,00 a pair. The young beginner, however, should content him self at first with a pair or two of the most common breeds, not necessarily the mongrel birds of the streets, but oi some distinct variety. His fancy will decide his choice, wheiher birds to carry back to him messages from his friends, or those only curious or beautiful to look at, that will perch about his home. Most likely the young pigeon-keeper will begin by having his birds in a box out of doors. The box in this case should be well joined, and should not be exposed to the North or Fast. I sol be divided into as many compartments as there are pairs of pigeons, with a door to each apartment, and a landing-step in front. Should it be~ desired, however, to keep the birds confined in a "loft," there should be :'spie ventilation, and in winter the temperature should be kept at 60 degrees. If kept in a room, each pair of birds should be provided with a box to nest in. which should be illed with fine-cut salt hay. The f!oor of the room should be sprinkled with white beach sand, ad a basin of pure water should be always on haznd. To b~e Absobitely Cartaini Of most things is diflicult, but if the united testimony of people in every walki of life, for more than a quarter of a century, be good evidence, then dyspep sia, loss of appetite, headache, wakeful ness and debilitatior-, Erora whatever cause, may z~e cured bf Dr. Harter'% Iron Tonic. Simon Cameron, who is 90 years oki. has just retdrned from a trip to EurU;e. Sonme one asked if he saw 3Ir. Blaine over there and how he was. '"Oh, yes," replied the old man, "I saw him. He is very well an crazie than ever to be nresident." F * nor)s it:vi.:NG:. - io He atle Life :: Burdern to a super. ci lious B auk Teller. (Fromn the Blttimore .\merican.) There is in Washington a small boy, 1 not more than ten years of age, whose indulgent mother keeps him well sup plied with pocket money. This young I man opened an account with the local I savings bank some time ago, and April 1 he had on deposit there about $35. Two or three days later he had a falling out with the teller of the institution. > For nearly a week h tried to think up some method for settling the score and at last he hit upon a plan. He went to i the bank anid drew out 830 from his store. Then he went over to the Treas ury building, which is just across the street,.and got his three "tens" convert ed into thirty "ones." Next he pro ceeded to make out thirty deposit slips, each for one dollar. These he carried to the bank, one at a time, compelling the poor teller to make thirty separate entries in his books. The next day this young fier d again drew out $30. Again he visited the Treasury, but this time he had his money changed into silver quar ters, bright from the mint. One hun dred and twenty deposit tickets were then prepared, and a corresponding number of entries had to be made in that unfortunate teller's big books. Then for three days an armistice was declared but at the end of that time $30 was again drawn out, and this time when the boy visited the Treasury building it was dimes that he wanted. The regulation deposit slips were prepared once more, and the teller gritted his teeth when hC saw that he was again to be made the victim of that boy's vindictiveness. At last the 300 dimes were all in the bank, and the young villain prepared to reduce the store of his wealth to nickels, but he was notified that the bcnk would insist upon the thirty days' notice allowed by law, and for a time the teller rests. The Southern White Man. Partial investiatim.n nuao the agricul tural comritizn oi the "outhern States Matao clear the interesting fact that in mnearly every case of increased produ - tion of stajie crop white labor is to be credited with it. TL.; sugar crop in Louisi:ia is raised almost exclusively by negroes- nrd it exhibits no increase; there is ret as much engar aisedt now as there was twnty-seven years ago. The rice crop in Soath Carolina, cultivatcd almost exclusiely negro labor, shows a falling off, too, while the rice crop in Louisiana, ronu mainly by whites, is increasing. Cotton is raised over a large area in the Souti, and the roy is now tVo- fths (2, 000,0.) larger than it was before the war 4ad the increase is to be f"-n invariably in the localities wL.e wihite. labor prevails. Some esti mates Pl;e -" poportion b the Soth ern cottoa crp :aised by wite labor at one-ialf. The truck-far:ning, dairying an (fruit gr cw:ig that are -cmng to the front as d i So adern agriculture arq e'clusiy in the hands ci white persons. These facts are remarkable when it is remembered that the negroes have increased more rapidly than the whites, and that until several years aft.r the war they were the only iarr.-workers in many of the outI, :taes.--S'. Louis Repub-a.n Wvashington's latest crank ruurder has set the docto-rs to tling, Q- . some (A them are outspokn t oinaiug the law for the unusu.ily 1"rge munlber of dan gerous cranks always to be found in this city. It is so diflicult now to put a lunatic in an insane asylum, they say, that few care to take the trouble neces sary. Formerly if two physicians and two other citizens certified to the insani ty of an individual, that settled it, and the lunatic was at once put under lock and key. But now no man can be lock ed up as a lunatic without trial by jury, and it is a rare case when twelve jury men can be found to agree upon the in sanity of any person. One physician, who has had some troble himself with lunatics said yester day: "In consequence of the restoraticn by- the late Judge Carter of the old prae tice of a trial by jury as a prerequisite to committal to an insane asylum, there is now a considerable number of insane persons at large in Washington. and the community need not imsgine tha the horrible assassination of M\r. Kennedy will strand c,ior. The other lunatics lat Washington will doubtless be h~xard from, and after a number of murders of prominent persons has been committed by madmen who ought to be inm~ates of lunatic asylurw cti~o d practice will doubtlez be restored. "--St. Louis Re publican, x Tu o~,weethe chief produc tion is cotton, it is srrprising that the increase of pro..liou~c is due to white laor. Te~ largest inrease in cotton iS in these distit5, L.:.L exas and Arkan sa. here? the' 1'ppuhationl i mainly white. 1- i: true~ that at least half of the cotton erop is rad by whites. A si:g nific.a t in connec.tion with the in creais in Suther.n productiona is the fact tha 1: is gr~ates in those :n.aicles where whit laor is.z -;::h: engaged. In sugar, 'a- y r~.'xaied by blacas, the pro duction is falling off. South Carolma's rice crop, w.orked by negroes, has ase creased; that of Louir~ana, grown by whites, is stuadily' increasing; and so it is uith track farming, uairying an'd fruit growing, which. proise so much for the' South; and manufatues monopoli::ed by the whites, save s-omea of the rougher industries. It is impossible to obtain absolute and '.einita statistics on this matter, bunt everything points to the fact tha't there has been but little change ': increase in the production of thei negres i" the South for metny years past, au that whatever :rprovemnent there is, iL due to white labor, skill and industryv. THERtE is much force in the statemeal1 made in D~un's Commercial Review th:' a half-year during which we have i'n vested 81u00U,0000 iin new railroadis, M400,;;00,000u in buildings and anothe: .100,t0,000 rore in Southern miae: and m~anufactories, cannot be expeced to be a very lively time for speculation. The money that goes into solid bmusines. engineer "corners." " earus as if ther . uoen1:e2 those eyelrnaas' " aid the old lady. reud. ing the pspev, "for blowing things up: here is another Western town all broken up by ne of the pesky things." THE CONSTITUTION. BIG PLANS FOR THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. What Has Been Done at Many Previous Commemorations--The Great Crowd Which Will Attend the Ceremonies Next. September. (From the Philadelphia Times.) The most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and pur pose of a man." Such is the opinion of Mr. Gladstone on the Federal Constitution of America, and in order to provide a proper nation-. al celebration of the centennial anniver sary of the framing and promulgation of this wonderful document, the committee of citizens appointed are working dili gently and earnestly to render the occa sion not only worthy of the nation, but an event of historical importance to the people of Philadelphia. The executive committee, which is composed of Amos R. Little, chairman; Clinton P. Paine, vice-hairman; N. G. Ordway, of Dakota, and Hampton L. Carson, of Philadelphia, seceetaries, with Thomas, Cochran, chairman of the citizens' com mittee, co-operating, have up to the present time made the following arrange ments: President and Mrs. Cleveland, will be the guests of Mr. George W. Childs and wil arrive in the city Sep tember 14. They will be tendered a. grand reception on the evening of 'the 15th. On September 15 a great industrial and civic display will be paraded through. the principal streets and Colonel A.. London Snowden is making herculean. efforts to make it unequaled in the an nals of great processions. September 16, the military parade will be held and will include the regular forces of the United States, conudea by General Sheridan, and 6,000 of the State National Guard. New Jerrey will send 1,500 troops; Maryland, 1,000; Rhode. Island, 1,000; Delaware, 550; Virginia, 300; North Carolina, 150, and. it is expected that there will be 20,00* soldiers and sailors in line. September 17, which is the Centennid Day, services will be held in Independ ence Square, at which the President will preside, Justice Miller, of the Supreme Court, will deliver the oration. The committee announces that accept ances have been received from the Gov ernors of Virginia, Georgia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Kansas, Missis sippi, Massachusetts and Vermont, the principal members of the Diplomatic; Corps, the Judges, Senators, members. of Congress, divines, literary and art celebrities-in fact, everybody connected. with the progress of the country. Many distinguished foreign guests will also be present. So far the following appropriations have been made: By the Pennsylvania, Legislature, $75,000; Massachusetts, 40,000; Connecticut, $18,000; Rhode, Island, $2,500, and Delaware. The: Pennsylvania Legislature appropriated. $100,000, but one item of $25,000 for entertainment was vetoed by the Gov ernor, leaving the appropriation $75, 000. The governments of Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, Ohio and South. Carolina have each authorized the Adju tant General to provide a proper milita ry representative and to draw the ex penses for the same from the State ex chequer. Everythng possible has been.. done to render the occasion a great and. memorable one, and Philadelphia wilh soon begin preparations to put on her: gala attire for the reception of her dis tinguished guests. THE HISTORY OF TBE CoNSTITUTIoN., On May 14, 1787, the Federal. Con vention met in Independence Ghamber, and George Washington, the delegate from Virginia, was called upon to pre side. After several stormy sessions, running over four monuths, the Consti tution of the United States was agreed. upon on September 17, 1787, and it was. duly ratified and accepted by the thir teen States. The Carpenters' Hall Association claim. that the meetings were held in their hall. While the minutes show that the build ing was tendered, but not accepted, the evidence of the journal of the conven tion proyes that it was held in Inpend ence EHall, as also does a letter written. by Benjamin Franklin to his sister, who said that the the daily walks to and from, the State Houso did him a great deal of good. The ceremonies attending the ratification of the Federal Constitution December 18, 1787, were curious and. are detailed at length in the records. The procession to the court house took. place at high noon and among those whor walked in line were the Judges of the Supreme Court, the Marshal of the Ad mirality, the Naval Officer, the Collector of Customs and the provost and faculty of the UJniversity. The exercises were: held in Independence Square, the same as they will be on the Centennial Anni versary. T1he next celebration of the adoption of the Constitution was on July 4, 1788, when the greatest industrial and trades display ever held in Philadelphia was organized. On September 17, 1861, the seventy fourth anniversary was celebrated by a. military parade and, services in Inde pendence Square. General Pleasonton. commanded theo troops, Mayor Alexander Henry presided and the oration was de livered by Hon. George M. Dallas. This was the last and greatest celebra tion, but the coming festivities are ex pected to oust all others in the shade by their magnitude and splendor and the enthusiasm of thousands from all parts. of the world. MISS8 ICICLE. The q'uarreled, as :lovers sometimes will; V owed they'd be strangers evermore, An never sign, "it miigh~t have been." lie cedon cday: she met himat the door, I(. s..id, as he1 touached his derby's brim: - 3iss 1row., is it not' Is your father iu?'' Sheey n hi with :.crushing grin, .ln ad in a tone his soul appalled: "H*s not; who shall I tell him called?"' HI:rrison Gardner, a white man, whife' walii::z a well about three miles from Cow pens Monday., was seriously injured by a stone falling on him which slippeed frons the bucket while it was being lowered is. the wel His reovery is douhtfun.