Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE STORY OF A SHELL. 71 held the pink-lipped shell to his ear, And it murmured soft and low A melody in a sweeter strain , Than a human voice could know, And sad as the moan of an autumn wind, Or the sigh of a rivers flow. "MY soul is full of a story told By a river that journeyed down Throngh)alley and quiet meadow land And manly a stately town. And sang of the flowers and vines and trees, And the great rocks, mossed and brown. "But she stopped her singing and sobbed one ? night, V While rain went down from the sky, -As if it pitied her sorrow so t would gi% e her sympathy; 'While she told of a quiet forest nool 'She ever went softly by. "For the trees bent over with long, green arms To give her a blessing of love, And up through the shadows cool shie saw Where the sky arched far above, And the fleecy cloudlet moved across Like a sail or snowy dove. "A youthful face with a golden frame Of waving, shining hair, And bright eyes in a fringe of black, And a forehead broad and fair, LEned over the river's elge one day And laughed at its image there. "The river carried the picture fair For many an'l many a year. Till it came again-a mau's face then With the bright eyes dull anl blear. And all wine-tiushed and all accursed, With a slavish look of fear. "A few molnths after it came once more, All haggard, with guilt and shame; Then . curse, and a shot, anI a prayer were heard, And the curse and the prayer were the same; And the light burned oat of the sun-sick eyes, Like a quivering, smoldering flame.". Sothe river carried the memory . Of the faces, one in three, And told the tale as a secret To the restless heart of the sea; And the tinted shell on the mantel Brought back the story to me. -Lyttleton Sarage. BESET BY BURGLARS. In the fall of 186 I was employed as a clerk in a general store at a cross roads in Southern Indiana. The ,tore, a church, and a blacksmith shop, with two residences, made up the bmildings, and the families of the merchant and the blacksmith were the only residents. The country about was thickly settled up, however, and trade wias always good. Before the merchant engazed me he an nounced that I would have to sleep in the store o' nights. and that unless I had pluck enough to defend the place against the marauders he did not want me at any price. He showed me a shot gun, a revolver, and a spring gun. which were used, or on hand to be used, to de .end the place, and the windows were rotected with stout blinds and the loor by double locks. The clos of the var had drifted a bad population into ndiana. The highways were full of ramps, and there were hundreds of men who had determined to make a living by ome other means than labor. Several ttempts had been made to rob the store, nd it had come to pass that r2o clerk anted to sleep there alone. The merchant seemed satisfied with ne answer I gave h'm. and on a certain [onday morning I went to work. That une night a store about four miles away ras broken into and robbed and tjae lerk seriousl. wounded. Two nights iter three horses were stolen in our eighborhood. At the end of the week farmer who was on his way home from ur store was robbed on the highway. f I had not been a light sleeper from .abit, these occurrences would have ended to prevent too lengthy dreams as lay in my little bedroom at the front of he second story. The revolver was .lways placed under my pillow and the hotgun stood within reach. The spring fun was set about midway of the lower joor. It was a double-b ureled shotgun. sach barrel containing a big charge of ,uckshot, and the man who kicked the string and dischiarged the weapon would aever know what hurt him. It did not seem possible that any one could break into the store without arous ing me. There was no door to my room, and after the people in my neighborhood had goine to bed I could hear the slight est noise in the store. I had looked the place over for a weak spot, and had failed ~to find it, but my own confidence came nuear proving my destruction. I should ~have told you. in describing the store. ~that just over the spot where we set the spring gun was an opening through .4 which we hoisted and lowvered such goods a were stored for a time on the second floor. When not in use this opening was covered by a trap door. Toward even ing, on the tenth day of my clerkship, I hoisted up a lot of pails and tubs, and -hbad just finished when trade became so brisk that [ was called to wait upon cus tomers. Later on I sawv that I had left the trap door open, and I said to myself that I would let it go until I went to bed. The store had the only burglar proof safe for miles around, and it was customary for the farmer who had a hundred dollars or so to leave it n~ ith 1.s. He~ received an envelope in which to cecose it, and he could take out and p)ut in as he liked. On this evening four or five farmers came in to deposit, andl, a~s I afterward tigured pwe had about $1,500 in the safe. There were two strange faces in the crowd that evening. One b.-onged to a roughly dressed, evil-eyed man, who an nounced himself as a drover, and the other -'s a professional tramp. I gave the .stter a piece of tobacco and somne crack ers and cheese and he soon went away, and we were also so busy up to~ 9 o'clock that I did not give the drover much at tention. When we came to shut up the store he had gone from my mind alto gether. We counted up the cash, made some charges in the day book, and it was about 10 o'clock when the merchant left. I was tired out and I took a can dle and made the circuit of thc store, set the spring gun, and went to bed. I had to pass within six feet of the trap door as I went to my room, but I did not see it. It was rather a chilly night in Oc tober, and we had no fires yet, and as I got under the blankets the warm:hl was 50 grateful that I soon fell asleep. It was the first night I had gone to bed without thinking of robbers and worndering how I should act in case they eame in. I did not know when I fell asiee;>. Sudde nly I found myself half upright in bed. and here was an echo in the store as if the of sonmething, had aroused me. It one o'clo k and I had been asleep al. ~t three hours. Leaning on my elbow. ained my ears to can' h the slightest ~d~and alter a minute I heard a move metdown stairs. Wh~le I could not g y what it was, a sort of instinet told a that it was made by some human be Everything on the street was as Silent as the grave. My window curtain was up, and I could see that the sky had thickened up and was very black. I did not wait for the noise to be repeated. I was just as sure that some one was in the store as if I had already seen him, and I crept softly out of bed, drew on my trousers, and moved out into the big room, having the revolver in my hand. There was no door at the head of the stairs. I intended to go there and listen down the stairway. As I was moving across the room, which was then pretty clear of goods as far as the trapdoor, I suddenly recollected this opening and changed my course to reach it. It *as terribly dark in the room, and one unfa iniliar with the place would not have dared to move a foot. Half way to the trap I got down on hands and knees,and as I reached the opening, I settled down on my stomach. There was a dim light down stairs. That settled the fact that some one was in the store. After a min ute I heard whispers. then the movement of feet, then a certain sound which loca ted the intruders to a foot. They were at the safe in the front of the store. I drew myself forward and looked down the opening. I could see a lighted can dlie and two or three dark tigures at the safe, and I could hear the combination b.ing worked. My first thought was to drop my hand down and open fire in their direction, but I remembered that we had so many articles hanging up that no bullet had a chance of reaching to the safe. I was wondering what to do when I heard one of the men whisper: ".It*s all nonsense. We might work here a week and not hit it." "But I told you to bring the tools and you wouldn't," protested another. "Oh, dry up"' put in a third voice. '"What we want to do is to go up and bring that counter hopperdown and make him open the box." "I'll give the cussed thing a few more trials," said the first man, and I heard hini working away again. 31y eyes could not have told me the number of robbers, but my ears had. There were three of them. and they were no doubt desperate and determined men. They spoke of bringing me down to open the safe as ii no resistance was anticipated or taken in to account. Indeed, they might we!) reason that they had me at their mercy. The rain was now falling, the night was very dark, and a pistol shot in the store could not have been heard in either of the dwellings. If they had reflected that I might be armed, they would have offset it with the fact that I was a boy oi eighteen with a girl's face and probably a irl's nerve. I don't deny that I was a bit rattled, and that my lip would quiver in spite of me, but I was at the same time fully determined to protect the store if it cost me my life. How to get at the fel lows was what bothered me, but that trouble was soon solved. "There," whispered the man at the combination as he let go of it, "I won't fool here another minute. That kid knows the combination. and we can make him work it. Conie on." They are coming up stairs. The best place for me would be at the head of the stairway. The stairs had a half turn in .them, and I would tire unon the first man who came within range. I heard the mea coming back to the stairway, and my nerve gave way. It wasn't from cow ar'dice, but the knowledge that I was to kill a human being upset me. I decided to retreat to may room, and, if they per sisted in coniing that far, I would shoot. The trio had rubbers on their feet, but they came up stairs withotut trying very hardl to prevent making a noise. The one who came first had the candle, and, as he got to the head of the stairs, I saw a knife in his other hand. They made no delay in ap1proaching my room. and, with a great effort, 1 braced myself for what I' saw must happen. They could not see mue until within three or four feet of the door, and their tirst intimation that I was out of bed was when they heard me call out : "Stop, or I'll shoot!'' I had them covered with the weapon, and for fifteen seconds there was dead silence. Then they got a plan. The man with the candle dashed it on the floor.and I suppose they meant to rush in on me in the dark, but I checkmated it by opening ire. They then eit her meant to retreat downstairs or toward the rear of the floor, for I saw the three together moving off, and tired a: their dimh figures. Three seconds Later here was a great shout of horr -r. folowved by the tremendous re port of the dlouble-b~arreie I spring gun, andl then there was absolute silence. I think I stood in the door, shaking like a leaf, for fully three minutes before the silence was broken by a groan. Then it cae to me that the robbers had fallen trough the open door upon the cord ledinr to the gun. I struck a match, lighted my own candle, and, going to the opening, saw three bodies ly ng below.. Running back to the b droomu to re-charge my reolver, I then wet down stairs to inve-tigate. It was is I suspected. The three had pitched down together. The top of one's head hd been blown off by the shot, a second had a hole in his chest as big as your fist, while the third, who was responsible for the groans, was severely wounded in both legs. It was three months before he could be put on trial, and he then got four years in prison. The whole thing was a put tip job. The "drover" was a Chicago burglar called " Clawhamrmer D~ick." and he had hidden himself in the store that night, anti then let his pa!s in ~v tihe back door. They had a horse and wagon in the reanr of the building, and the plan was to rob the store of goods as well as to get at the money in the safe. A bit of carelessness on my part not only saved the store and probably my life, but wied out a very desperate gang.-Kew York Sun. Catrrier Pigeons in War. Steps hav e been taken in nearly all Eu ropan countries to establish military communication by means of carrier neons in time of war. England, ance. Germany, Belgium and Italy have~ definitely organized military carrier pieon services, and some have subsid ized the p)rivate training establishmients with the right to use the pigeons in war. This method of commiunicatinrg origi tsate I in China, or, at least, in the east, and it was most likely in use by the ancient Arabians. William of Orange and Napoleon I. used these messengers during their wars: btit the greatest ser vice wa~s that re:.dered in 1870, between Paris arid Tours. Dutring the siege of Paris 150,000 of tial dispatches and about 1,000,000 pri vnte communications, representing a moner value of about $3S,000, were con veyed by these pigeons. In this case thge messages were reduced by miicroscopic photography so that a tiny piece of silk paper, one and three-cluarter inches long ~y one and one-quarter inches wide, could contain :1, 500 messages of twenty wors each, or 70,000 words. The total dispatch thus arranged weighed at most less than one-quarter of an ounce, and we secured by a light thread to the tail feathers of the pigeon. U-pon arrival the dispatch was removed, enlarged by pho togrphy and deciphead-Puaic &ervice A VERMIN EXTERMHNATOR. A TALK WITH A XAN WHO HAS A NOVEL OCCUPATION. Makiig a Business of Ridding Peo ple's Houses of Rats and Ver min -How He Works. The cockroach killer is one of the cu riosities of Chicago. Not on account of his personal appearance, but of the nov elty of his vocation. There are four or five persons who live by the death of cockroaches, rats and mice, but the best known is an old (erian, nearly G0 years of age, who has an office on Wash ington street. A reporter of the lnter Oc-"'n found the old gentleman the other day in his ilace surrounded by the deadly compounds he needs in his business. "Eat all you want, it's rat poison," cor dially said the old man, as thi reporter picked up a box of paste. "That stuff in the red boxes is cockroach poison. and the bug poison is in the yellow pack ages." " 'What is food for the roaches is poison for the bugs, is it ?" "Yes. Bug poison won't kill cock roaches, cockroach poison won't kill bugs, and both of 'em won't kill rats; rat paste won't kill them, because they won't eat it." "How do you kill cockroaches?" "We blow 'em up with powder-not the kind of powder that kills men, though. See that funnel on the end of those bellows? Well, we put the pow der in that. and then blow it through the nozzle into the cracks and crevices where he lives. lie doesn't live long after. We kill bugs the same way, using the other powder." "Pays pretty well, doesn't it?" "Oh, fairly. Most of it is contract work. We take contracts for cleaning hotels, restaurants, stores, dwell Ing houses, public institutions, bakeries, steamboats, railroad sleepin- cars or coaches., etc., of bugs, roaches, water bugs. moths or ants, for so much a year." "How much?" "That depends on the size and charac ter of the place. To keep hotels clear is worth from $40 to $100 a year. We've quit taking hotel contracts, because they are unsatisfactory. The powder only kills the bugs or roaches that touch or eat it. Sometimes they hide in their holes where the powder won't reach them, but when they get hungry and come out the powder fixes them. The trouble with hotei people is that they won't obey in structions, and close the rooms and not sweep up the powder before twenty-four hours have elapsed. They sweep it up before we're out of the house fairly, and then they howl because we didn't kill all the bugs." "You said the bug and roach powders were not poisonous, didn't you' "I'll show you," he said, taking agen erous pinch of each kind, placing it on his tongue and swallowing it. "It's not poisonous to men," he continued, "but it's because we don't breathe like bugs. They breathe like we perspire-through the pores. They have no lungs. The powder gets into the pores and closes them up, so they just die for want of breath. But a good many people die for the same reason, I gues." "lHow about restaurants?" "They're good contracts, next to pri vate houses. I've cleaned a number of restaurants for over ten years. They are worth from $10 to $40: depends on the size: same way with saloons. Don't know why it is, but saloons and print ing offices are the favor ite domain of the cockroach. 3laybe there's somethingr in the coincidence, but mind you I don't say they're carried from one to the oth er. Perhaps they're fond of pretzels and "Do you make contracts and guara tee to keel) privatte residences free from rats, roaches and bedbugs for a year?" "Why, bless you, that's the m:uin part of our business. We prefer private resi dences to any other class of buildings. Ive been in the business fifteen years, and I've worked up an excellent trade. I have Phil Armour's house, Judge Tut hill's, and all the finest houses on the North. South and West sides. The roach is no respecter of persons. lie will in vade the mansion of a prince with as much assurance and contentment as he will the lowest hovel in the italian 'patch.'" "What did you say you charged for privare houses?" "Well, say an average of $10 ayear foi bugs and roaches. flats arc $10 extra.' "How many trips do you make to a house in a year?" "Usually one: rarely more than two. Of course, I go every time a bug or roach shows his nose," "Suppose a person doesn't wish to con tract for a whole year. What do you charge then ?" "For eac-h bedroom, guaranteed for a year, $1.50; if I simply powder the room, 50 cents." -"Which insect or vermin is hardest te exterminate?'' "The moth. It gets into the linin.: ol garments and is difficult to reach. T1iin powder will not destroy the pupa-, even ii covered with powder, nor v. hen it hatches. bt the powder must be applied fresh tc the larvto. "A new bug has made its appearane< in Chicago within the last two years. We call it the sewer b~ug, because it breeds in the sewers, and through them gets into the houses. They are hard to kill, and they destroy carpets, leather, and clothing. They are a species of beetle, bul have no wings. This summer anothei new bug has made its appearance in th< East. It has not reached Chicago vet. The name of 'buffalo bug' has been ap plied to it because it was discovered it Buffalo, New York, and literally ahounds there. It's working its way West, and will probably be here next spring." "You have a monopoly in your busi ness, haven't you !" "No; there are four or five others. Then there's a man who makes a spe cialty of rarts. IIe kills themwith ferrets. Perhaps you've noticed a little carriag< with a very highly polished black bod) and the words '-Deathi to Rats' in gill letters on the sides. The box is full 01 air holes, and in it he has about a dozet ferrets. He goes to a store, for instance, ris5 up one or t wo planks, and lets th< ferrets loose. They get there withoul delay, and when they've killed the rate he simply whistles, and they come run. ning to him just like a well-trained dog would. IIe makes lots of money, J hear." "None of you lose much, do you?" "Oh. we don't starve, but I can't re member a case where a man made a for. tune killing bugs and roaches." A Cure for Rheumatism. The En~gli.h XeehdnTit prints the follow in - as a speedy cure for rheumatism: ne q1uart of milk, qjuite hot, into wihied stir one ounce of alum: this will make curds and whey. Bathe the part affected wvith the wheyv until too cold. In th< meantime keeps the curds hot, and. after bathing, put them on a poultice. wrap in tlannel and go to sleep tyou cane Three applications should be a perfec Ga even in argravated. cases. NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. Changeable velvets will be much worn this fall. Feathers will drive flowers from bon nets this fall. Beaded materials continue as much in favor as ever. It is said that polonaises and redingotes are to prevail in the immediate future. It is predicted that long velvet redin otes, with satin shirts, will be extensively wo'n. A Texas woman has a pet alligator that wags its tail when his name is called. Phloxes and lantanas are old-fashioned flowers, lat ely imitated in the fashionable floral jewelry. Beads about the size of a pea made of Swiss lapis lazuli are favorite necklaces for young girls. Brunettes should not wear pearls, but they have the exclusive right to ame thysts and rubies. New for bonnet trimmings are bands of feathers, arranged for winding around the hat like braid. White felt sailor hats, with a white band around the crown, are worn with flannel dresses of any color. A Florida woman has made a bed quilt containing 16,000 pieces, each less than the size of an average thumb-nail. Clusters of nuts intermingled with tulle are a novel of trimming sometimes seen upon Leghorn and Manilla hats. There are only eleven different sorts of point lace in existence, and several of these never find their way to this country. The women of the Presbyterian Church of this country have raised during the past sixteen years about $2,150,000 for inissions. Miss Minnie E. Folsom, a near relative of Mrs. Grover Cleveland, has become preceptress of the Brookings Agricultural College in Dakota. The Princess of Wales and other Eng lish women of fashion are wearing Leg horn bonnets,trimmed with large dowers, - poppies, artemisias or roses. The belle of West Virginia is said to be Miss Nannie Reynolds, of Charlestown. She is twenty years old, and a perfect representative of the mountain beauty. Mrs. Floyd, of Boston, has invented a waterproof bonnet, which is handsome and dressy enough for almost any occa sion, and is absolutely impervious to moisture. Military styles will predominate in the jackets of next season. They will be adorned with Brandebour-s, frogs. fourageres and regular aiguilletes tagged with metal. Blouse waists are very popular, and a pretty tirmi belt for them is made by winding a -ibbon two inches wide three times round the waist and tying it through a heavy antique silver buckle. -Jet handkerchiefs are the latest idiocy. They are of net lace, with jet embroid ered borders. When the jet wears ofi they may be utilized as dusting cloth, but that is all the use that can ever be made of them. French advices state that the polonaise increases in numbers and favor over all other styles of corsages. Made of thin materials they are sometimes loose, crossed on the bust, the waist being defined by a pointed girdle. Low shoes are very generally worn; they hav-e rounded, not pointed, toes, are laced across the instep, and have medium high heels. Dull kid uppeCrs with patent lather foxing. or at least tips of ptatent leather, ate most used. Earrings, while not entirely out of fashion, are not worn nearly so much as they were a few years ago, and unless one p~ossesses a diamond set for state occasions there is very little interest toward earrings displayed. Small, short curls are again worn on the back hair, sometimes with a coil or a Psyche knot, and again forming all the back of the coiffure. Nets of beads and of silver or gilt cord for holding the back hair are worn by Parisiennes. Boston has a temperance club exclu sively for youing unmarried women. M1iss .Julia Surpluss, Treasurer of the or ganization, says io member is pcrnmitted to accept the attentions of a man whc drinks. no matter how moderately. When sashes are worn with basques they follow the outline of the front, and may be folded narrow and flat, or left -wile or loose, as is more becoming to the wearer. The loops pass under the position, making the back very bouf fant. Queen Victoria is mourning the death of her old nurse, Miss Skerritt, who re cently passed away at the mature age o: ninety-four. Miss Skerritt had sect service under Queens Charlotte and Adelaide; and had nursed Queen Vic toria, the Prince of Wales, and othe: rma :hildren. New York's Millionaires. The number of millionaires in th< country has steadlily increased, and th<i numub'er of poor men has been made t< increas with them, though in a ten-fok rat io,. The almshouse records show this latter fact, and a recent statement of th< number of millionaires, even in New York city alone, indicates the correct. ness of the former. Trhere arc scores o: men there whose wealth ranges fron $1,000,000 to $10,000,000 each, andl man' who go beyond either of these tigures. John Jacob Astor is probably the wealthiest man in the metropolis, hi: possessions being estimated at $200, 000, 000. Jay Gould is thought to comt next in rank, and there are those wi< judge him to be the wealthier of the two Estimates as to other New Yorkers arn interesting. Cornelius Vanderbilt, $100, 000,000: W. R. Vanderbilt, $90,000,000 Russell Sage, $00,000,000; Winslow, La nier & Co., $30,000,000: D. 0. Milis Whitelaw Reid's father-in-law, $20,000, 000; Pierrepont Morgan. $18,000,6000 Bob Garrett, $20,000,000; Fred Vander bilt, $15,000,000; Sydney Dillon, $10, 000,000; Addison Cammack, $8,000,000 John Rockafeller, the Standard Oil man $10,000,000; Hii Rockafeller, his brother $8,000,000; August Belmont. -$20,000, 000; Cyrus W. Field, $10, 000,000 Deacon S. V. White, memnher elect o the new Congress, $7,000,000; R. P Flower. $6,000,000: Wash Con nor, Ja: Goulds old broker, who has just marriec the divorced wife of the ex-lottery king Simmons, $3,000,000; Victor Newcome: $4,000,000: Henry Hart, who is manipu lating Pacific Mail, $10,000,000; Oswak Ottendorfer, editor of the Staats Zeitunag $5,000,000; James Gordon Bennett, o the Heral, $10,000,000: Austin Corbin $30,000,000; Erastus Winan, $3,000, 000.-Manchester (. H) Un ion. The foot stove of our ancestors has descendant in the mutt wvarmner, whici Iwill be fashionable next winter. It is small silver box. containing a fuse o some slowly burning material, which i to be carried in the mull to warm th< f.,~.,. ,on baut durin shopping tours HIGH PRICES FOR BIRDS WHAT SOME OF THE FEATHERED PETS COST. One Parrot Worth $250-The Mino the Highest Priced of All Birds Talk With a Dealer. Fifty dollars reward for the return of a gray African parrot was an otTer re cently made in an advertisement that at tracted considerable attention. Fifty dollafs seemed to Most pcople A good deal to offer for one iarfot. and the geri era opinion was that some rich woman had lost her pet. and didn't care how much she spent to get it back. W elither that particular parrot was ever found has not been annonnced, but $50 was not such a terribly big price to bid for its re turn, after all, if it was much of a bii, according to Donald Burns, who ought to know what he is talking about for he has dealt in birds. retail, wholesale. and every other way all his life. ]I( was busy in his store down by the docks in Rlooevelt street unpacking a consign ment of sevet-: hundred nasty little green baby parrots just received, when he told a Sun reporter that even those birds were worth fr in5 to S10 apiece. and that good talking parrots hrought pirices up into the hundreds of dollars. Ile had then only one "-talker* in the shop. and that he had refused $250 for. The bird is an ugly gray one, with red markings. and sat up on its perch gazing with calm scorn upon the s recching mass of gieen young ones crowded into the boxes on the floor. Mr. Burns has had this bird for thirty years.and it isn't for s:le at ay price, but $250 is about what it is fairly worth, according to parrot experts. This is pretty high for a parrot. but not higher than many of them have been sold for. The value of parrots, however, is. in a majority of cases, fixed a great deal ac cording to the whim of the owners, is the birds generally attain most of their accomplishments while in the hands of persons who keep them and value them as pets and not as merchandise. Really good parrots are hard to get, although there are 30,000 of the birds impl~oried into this city every year. They cannot be bred here. They are brog::ht in chiefly by dealers, who send their atrents to South~America to get the birds and at tend them on the passage hither. Ne:rly one-third of those imported die on the dealers' hands. Almost all of them are the common green croaking things that never amount to much iore than a nui sance. The best talkers, the mo4t tractable. and the highest pricel parrots are the gray ones, which come fromi the West African coast. They are aLh-gr.iy in color. and ha-ve scarlet tails and vellow markings. They live to be 70 years old, and sometimesit is said have rea:-hed ever 90 years. "The macaws, big, gorgeous, scarlet birds, are a sort of parrot. They ar< pretty to look at from a distance, but they can't talk any to speak of. They sell for $25 or more, however, and : rc not very plenty. Cockatoos and othei birds similar in decoration and ger.era construction to the macaws fetch larg< prices, but are graded much accordin to the willingness to pay of the man whc wants to buy them. "There is but one bird dealt in by th<i regular trade, barring. of course. ostrich. and similar animals, that is worth mor< than the talking parrot. That is th<i mino bird. The mino bird belongs t the starling family, and when it is a home lives in .Iava, Sumatra, and othel East Indian sunmmer re. orts. It stays ir pairs or small parties at the tops of higi trees in the jungles, and is very hard te capture. It is a plump bird, about t inches long, with velvety black plumage with green, blue and purpile reilections It is very easily domesticat ed when onc< caught,~and soon learns to whistle, sing and talk. It imitates the human voi< more perfectly than any other hiri known. Mr. Burns has re':eived as higi as $400 for a mino bird, and they hav< been sold for even more. "Fancy prices, however, are not con fined to really valuable birds. Ordinar. song birds, canaries, mocking birds, an others often bring prices regulated by th size of a lady's purse, and the extent o her whim. Such a little thing as prie< doesn't interfere with trade when a ricl woman sees a bird she wants." -X York Sun. Pigmies in Africa. Ronzo de Leo. who traveledl many year in Africa with Dr. l.ivingston, was one whio almost stoodI out alone in the as sertion that a race of dwarfs lived i: Central Africa. In his lectures i: America he told of a little people wh< fled to the clefts of the rocks when thi explorers approached. C. Eugene Wolif who traveled many years with Stanley and who is now in the city, gives .som queer accounts of these dwarfs. "Or the southern branches of the Co.ngo, said he to an Eramioer reporter. "I havy seen whole villages of t hese Liliputians They are a generous little people, wh liv cin rude huts and clear ground. en gaitng in varied sorts of agrriculture ITey are also skilled hunters and the; ma ke palm wine. They are as lithe aum stpple. in climbing trees as monkeys baboons, altho-ugh they are physi-ally a perfect men as any of the giant tribe thiereablout. and they know as mouch. Thb men are not over four feet and a hal high, while the women are a good deni smaller. These tiny little men are botl brave and cunning. They are expert with the bow and arrowv and reaidily brin; down the African bison, antelope anm even elephants with them. As trappler of small animals they are ulnsurpassedl In a close pinch they use the lance witl astonishin.< dexterity, and an ordinar; sling in their hands is wielded witl wonderful skill. The dwarfs collect th sap of the palm, with which they muak soap. The men arc smooth-faced and o a rich mahogany color, while the hairi short, kinky and as bhack as night. Ten of thousands of them live on the souti branch of the t ongo. 1hey are :a affable. kind-hiearted people. of siml ways and devoid of vicious tendencies t a greater degree than mo4t semi-baurbari races. The women are industrious an amiable. Very queer th -se pe~ole Ion1 alongside the great swarthy blacks furtihe up on the Congo. The tatter are o prodigious size, uncouth, rude to the re m uotest degree andic cannib~alistica!!y in clined. The dwarfs stand in awve o them, but are so brave and cunning that with all the odds of physi-tue aigains them, the pigmlies are masters of th situation. "-Sun Francisco Exaoiince *Two Wooers. *Jack Blunt once loved a maid whose hair With terra cotta aight comipare. "~My heart beats hut tor you,"~ he said; -No mat r if your h:iir is red. With me the'color has no heft" And lhe got left. G eorge Smoothly later~ came to wo , Sidi he with passion tentler, true,. "'I love you. aod alt that is von: Tho,,se locks or <tainty goblon hinr The sunliaht kir s-d ant tingert' I thiee - i'd give ,iv alt for o:;e wee cur. He got the girl. j ~ -Washinatoni Critic. MINOR SfISCELLANY. I The carpenter is perhaps the most suc cessful boarding house keeper on record. President Cleveland ha, accepted an invitati-n from the Iibernian Society of Philadelphia to be present for a brief time at its banquet on the afternoon of the 17th inst. Mrs. i.angtry is building a cottage on the shores of Lake Tahoe, California. Tahoe is one of the most .eautiful sheets of water in existence. It is 6, 200 feet above the level of the sea. Colonel Bllauton Duncan. the well known Ketituckiar. has discovered the mistake of the Millertes in predicting the end of the world som. years ago. It was simplv a miscalculation. Col onel Duncan is morally and propheti cally certain that Russia will furnish the Anti-Christ. ti it the Grelc Church will be the persecutor and that the closing scenes of the great drami of creation wi:1 be enacted in anud around Constan tinop:e. liarvellonal Little Moxie. The Mx e r.iz: i tle lats. a::d It bids fai r to last. a the phys c.ans say it takes the pIf e of st imilaits. aui i(nc. leaving to re act i n. ('sse:ently, its plae eannut he Ii led. T e iid % '! orld. it is s 1id, have i een vai r:i r .on- one to dliscover its like, a< stimuiant, are on;ly a temporarv r'-lief, and a! e cveni ia lly a, deat riltive to neri e :orce mi overwvork a::f -,x .austion. Strim:lan anid ned cincs ni eter cur.- nervousn: es or nervous exhau lion. it 's said the Mloxie des al once. Sp, i he :p; v ie ior I bior a, we.. satisfies the nir. u, -v-yei as w,: l at e.ce, leaving only the best : c -u:t. Wciber' spcing-bok ias had a circula tion of ovcr . ,0'4)j, copieS. ira. Eliin Woi.l, the aiithoress, left per sonal estate to the value of !: 00. A Sad Case of Poisoning Is that of a man or woman afflicted with dis ease or derangement of the liver, resulting in P isoinouis acuimulations in the blood, scrofu lous affections, sick headaches, and diseases of the kidneys. lungs or heart. These troubles ran be cured only by g' .ng to the primary' cause, and putting the'licer in alhcalthy condition. To accomplish this result speedily and effectually nothing has proved itself so etllcacious as Dr. Pierce's "Gollen 31edic'l Discovery," which has never failed to do the work claimed for it. and never will. They are raising peach.-s two inches in cir cumferance, at ilCnionville. Ark. What can be more disagreeable, more dis gusting, than to sit in a room with a person who is troubled wiihi catarrh. and has to keep coughing and clearing his or her throat of the mcucus which drois into it? Such persons are alwa) s to be pitied if they try to cure them selves and fail. But if they get Dr. Sage's Ca tarrh Remedy there need be no failure. Th hop cropof the Mohawk Valley, N. Y., is s:cii never to )e tiner in quality. * * * Rupture radically cured, also p1e tumors and libtulw. 'am;chlet of particulars 10 cents in st:amps. Worl's Dispensary Medi cal Assuciation, Buffalo, N. Y. All the Vandericlt roads will do away with the ,ieadly car stove this winter. RoyALr frtry. mends anythilni Broken Chi na, G lass, Wood. Free vials at Drugs. and Gro. Bronch itis is cured lby frequent small doses of Io' Cure for Consumption. Sick Headache Is one of the most distressing affections ; and people who are its victinis deserve sympathy. But the great success Hood's Sarsaparilla has had Ir curing sick headache makes It seem almost foolish "s allow the trouble to continue. By its toning and frvgorating effect upon the digestive organs, Hood's S#Lrsaparllla readily gives.rellef when headache arises from ndi ge.,tion; and In neuralgic conditions by 11tilding up the debilitated system, Hood's Sarsaparls removes the cause and hence overcomes the difficulty. "My wife suffered from sIck headachM and neu ralgla. After taking Hood's Sarsaparil-a she was much relieved." W. r. Bias. Wiliningten, Ohio. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only by C. . HOOD & CO.. Aipothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar KIDDER'S A SURE CI'RE FOR INDIGESTION and D)YSP EPSIA. -Over 5.05) PhysIcians have seat us ttheIr approval of DIGE.STYcLIN, sayig that It is the be'st preparatIon for IndigestIon that thcey hcave ever cused. We have never heard of a case of Dyspepsia where DIGESTYLIN wasc taken that w as not cured. FOR CHOLE~RA INEANTUM, tT WILL CURE iTHE Mi'T A';0RAVATrEDCASS IT WII.L ST",>P Vo)IMTI Ni iN P'RENANCY. IT ,-I~L.L 0-.LICF.E CoNSTiPATIoX. For Summcner Co~mplaintcs andc ('hroncIc Dilarrh.ea,~ which are thie diret re'cuits of Imrfrect digestion. 1DIGESTYL.IN will effet arcncediatce cure. Takce DYGESTYLIN for all pcalcus anid disorders of the stoma'h ;they all 'cme Iram lndligestiocn. Ask your drugg'ist for DIGI'STYL1N (prhc'e $1 per large botte). If Ihe does noc i't thave it send one dollar to us and we with sentl a b'tt'e to yocu. express pcrepaidI. Do0 noct hcsiiate to sendcc your 'money. Our house Is reliable. Estahtish.'d t w."tc' live years. W3l. F. K iI) l)ER& ('0., 4Manuifacticeng Chemi'.stiC*-.":Johru St., N. L'S -I ?i0ld ncc a pceriodclil suf "EM ferer from hay uferer sice 11hr umme~~,sc~ccir of 11879, and, uatil 1 cgf IEAflused, Ely'.s Cream )Bal, Itcas HMA-i V E R nrrern able toc find any relief c ~I cano say that Crr-am Balm cucrced mse.-L. M. Gecorgia, - BBcc yhamccpion, KecC Yock. i ' 'stcJAppy Balm into each nostril. COCKLE'S A NT I-B L IOU S PILLS, THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY For LIver.Bit.'. Indigestion. etc. Free from Hen' cuy-cnans only Pucrs e cegtable Ingre-ients Ada: . N CITENT N .New York. Pieo's Remedy for Catarrh Iis h Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. I Sold bdrneista orcsent by maill 50o. E. T. Hazeltine, Wariren, Pa. SfRUNKENNESS CUR ED. Safe Anti sure 'emedyv. S' nd $1 to J.O. BA LINO,Box 299 K~ey We's:,Fla Beward for any case ef Kidney Troubles. Mer vous Debility,. Mental er Physical Weakness that Botanie i erve Bitters failo te ure. 50 Cs.. Herb Medcccine Ce. 13I N. 13th 5t.. Phbiladelphia. Ps. sold by all Druggiut5 Sto SS a day. Samples worth $1.50. FREE. Lines n ot undecr the horse's feet. Write Brew erS ifey Rtlin htcller C.'.. Htoiy. Mic"-c. s~80 SIE An Increase may be due. Ad WEEEHIE !crescs Mur.o B. S-rrsvyss & Co., I~2U~E Metropol'n Bi1k, Chcago, Ill. HERBRAND FIFTH WHEEL LcTC"arse mprovemecnt. HERISBRAND CO., Fremont, 0. Ey return malt. Full Descr'iption Mole's New~ Tailor syatem or iDren c.utt~ug. MooDY & CO., Cincinnati. 0. T M FoPATItC HlcSPITlAL c'olb-'ge. C'.'sclandc. E .les-in :'i5 bcegins S.pt. 1s. F' r cata - "OLD is wcfrth $5c0c per pound, Pett'ts Ese Salve -$1.'04,. but is sold at '5 ee::ts a lix hy cel'elrs. f rIL.LA(E lmpr'erement A4ssociations. Hcow to Vorganize. B. G.N NOr~i1 Clin ht-u. C-un'. IWene genuine u'te"o Dan'wtyor ne tamiped wih the above isa absoutely entsernd tr ct hav c-cl "ra 'i'r'.t.snd foclIcr de'erznmie ci IGrablO Orchard WalE Ge Cn rah trhard Salts in seated packages I CRA ORCHARrD WATRs CO.- o n. 1eu as . OW X,,,,nLITTLE PELwSU Xmauv e LIVER 1tV ei\Ge5 PILLS. BEffARE O-F IMITATIO8. ALWAYS ASK FOR DR. PIERCE'S PELLET, OR L1TTLE SUoAR-COATED PILLS. Bein entirely vegetable, they op. erate witlhout disturbance to the system, diet, or occupation. Put up in glass vials, hermeti cally scaled. Always fresh and reliable. As a laxative alterative, or purgative, these little Feliets give the mnost perfect satisfaction. SICK HEADACHE, - Bilious Headache, Dizziness, Constipa tion, Indi gestion, Bilious Attack 9, and all derangetrients of the stom ach and bowels, are prompt ly relieved and peranently . . viured by the us Of Dr. Pierce0 Pleas at Purgative Pellets. In explanation of the remedial power of these Pellets over so great a variety of disease-s, it may truthfully be said that their action upon the'system is universal. not a gland or tissue escaping their sanative influence. Sold by druggists,25 cents a vial. Nanufactured at the Chomical Laboratory of WoRLD's DisPENSARY MEDICA L AssOCIATION. Buffalo, N. Y. $500 REARD is cfered by the manufactur ers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, for a case of Chronic Nasal Catarrh which they cannot cure. YPTOMSq OF CATARRH.L-Dull. heavy headache, obstruction of the nasa passages, discharges falling from the head into the throat, sometimes profuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous, purulent, bloody and putrid; the eyes are weak, watery and Inflamed; there is ringing in the ears. Weafness, backing or coughing to clear the throat, ep oration of offensive matter, together wit scabs from ulcers; the voice is changed and has a nasal twang; the breath is offenSive: smell and taste are im paired: there is a sensation of dizziness, with mental depression, a backing cough and gen eral debility. Only a few of the above-named symptoms are likely to be present in any one case. Thousands of cases annually, without manifesting half of the above symptoms. re suit in consumption, and end in the grave. No disease is so common, more deceptive and dangerous. or less understood by physicians. By its mild, soothing, and healing properties. Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst cases of Catarrh, "cold in the head," Coryza, and Catarrhal Headache. Sold by druggists everywhere; 50 cents. "Untold Agony from Catarrh." Prof. W. HAUSNER, the famous mesmerist, of Ithaca N. Y., writes: "Some ten years ago I sufferce untold agony from chronic nasal catarrh. My family physician gave me up as incurable, and said I must die. My case;was such a bad one, that every day, towards sun set, my voice would become so hoarse I could barely speak above a whisper. In the morning my coughing and clearing of my throat would almost strangle me. By the use of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, in three months, I was a well man, and the cure has been permanent." "Constantly Hawking and Spitting.' THOMAS J. RUSHING, Esq.. -902 Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo.. writes: "I was a great sufferer from catarrh for three years. At times I could hardly breathe. and was constantly hawking and spitting, and for the last -eight months could not breathe through the nostrils. I thought nothing could be done for me. Luck ily, 1 was advised to try Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and I am now a well man. I believe it to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now manufactured, and one has only to give it a fair trial to experience astounding results and a permanent cure." Three Bottles Cure Catarrh. ELI ROBBINs, Runyan P. 0., Columbia Co., Pa., says: "My daughter had catarrh when she was five years old. very badly. I saw Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that it helped her; a third bottle effected a perma nent cure. She is now eighteen years old and sound and hearty." P N U 37 Great Starching AND IRONING POWDER. HOW TO WASH AND IRON The art of staeig, roigand wsl Addedto stac gives splendid gloss, body, stiffness and polish. The only washing eom pound that can be so used. Prevents starch rolingor ubbngup. Makes iron slip es.' Saves labor. Saves three-fourths thestr. A revelation in housekeeping. A boon to wo men. A new discovery, beats the world. Cleans and purifies everything. Invaluable as the only safe, non-injurious and perfect washer and cleanser for general household puos. STR HIGr caan.wih oughn Dirt, do as nice washing and ironing as can be don in .any laundry. Boling not recesa Grter aWll Jersycitys, wel J.,oU.ed C UR E " a-oiiey ur" trEa l') word thawi voey r. ny cure A b mal beand I a 'v-erequesine, vientfe ~MARL.IN REPEATiNC Guarsa.RIFLE Guaran- BEST IN THU ,urat and bolut ely fr WRO sae.sde in all asesfo large or smafl game. BALLARD 5-d for lllatrat"s a T egue., 3NarUn Fire Arma\;o., New Maven, Conn, ANMRCTIORRY ERAN24PAE F OR ONdE DOLLAR. EA firstclass rltinary gotten out at small Lcge it c e ngll h words wIt the ran equlvelnts. and German word' with Englsh 'efii ons. A ve.ry chea book. Send SI1.00 to Ciy, and uet oee of these book. by return al QEATY MES can'ap"laton"conseen oAuv betoedb the .V,' lork HI-raldi on LR CA1PBELL'S SAFE ARSENIC CO3IPLEXION eae end me ather ox or your mot precIou Dr. Campbell's Arsenic Complexion Wafers: they re mrovng mir omplexian vey much; many.' D. 0!. 1 46 West l'th street. New Y r.Druggists. F RA ZE R AXL BE l OR Geu De Sold Everywhere. a ns Great English Gout and Blair's riS. Rheurmatiedyee dvnl Box, 34;ron,1iPl OPIU E-ida". " p" jic"e. Is if8Ecst KEwateprootCOa n a gum orbbertcoa'. The FISII BRAND SLICKETI c" szaa~nd Iseflnoo'r 1tyn or s. teperdoe1 tacue to A. J. TOWERI. 2) Simmrons Sr.. Itoon. Ni' SSPESIA, I SICK HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, A Remedy for all Diseases of the Liver. Kid. Uneys, Stomach and Bowels. Aosiue FsCnsdpati5onas one to two teaxpoonfus.E t 1 sd cts. o genuIne salts sold a bulk.