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VOL. III. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY S. 0, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1 THE GRUMBLER. CIS YOUTH. His cap was toofshick and his coat was too thin He couldn't be quiet, he hated a din; He hated to write and he hated to read ; He certainly was very much injured indeed ! He must study and toll, overwork he de tested; His parents were strict, and he never was rested; He knew he was wretched, as wretched could be, There was no one so wretchedly wretched as he. HIS MANHOOD. His farm was too small and his taxes too big He was selfish and lazy and cross as a pig; His wife was too silly, his children too rude. And just because he was nncommonly good ! He hadn't got money enough to spare ; [e had nothing at all fit to eat or to wear ; Be knew he was wretched, as wretched could be, There was no one so wretchedly wretched as he. HIS OLD AGE. He finds he has sorrows more deep than his fears; He grumbles to think he has grumbled for years; He gumbles to think he has grumbled away His eome and hischildren, his life's little day. But alas 'tis too late I It is no use to say That his eyes are too dim and his hair is too He [o he is wretched, as wretched can be, There is no one so wretchedly wretched as he. THE NEGRO IN THE CHURCH. A Statement from Those Who Seceded from the Episcopal Convention. Meses. Edward McCrady, Jr., Chas. Richardson Miles and W. C. Benet, rep resenting those who took no part in the Diocesan Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina, re cently held at Anderson, have published a statement of their position in the pres ent aspect of the controversy. The statement sets forth the wish of the seceders for a settlement on the basis arranged at the conference in Charleston on the 21st March, believing that fach settlement would have been generally approved by clergy as well as laity. The statement then recites the resolu tions offered respectively by the Rev. Ellison Capers and the Rev. A. T. Por ter, and discusses them as follows: Mr. Capers, being satisfied, as we are assured, that the resolutions introduced by him to carry out the agreement at the conference in Charleston would be re jected, withdrew them, and those of Dr. ,.?oter were adopted on Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday night the Rev. Dr. Pinckney, Rev. Mt. Capers and Rev. Dr. Wilson communicated to the above mentioned deputies, who were in attend ane await' the action of the clergy, and of the laymen co-operating with them, the adoption of Dr. Porter's reso lutions in substitution for those of Mr. Ths gentlemen did not constitute a committee of any body, nor was the adoption of these resolutions communi cated to us by any authority of those acting as the Convention, nor did these gentlemen urge or even request us to attend or enter that body; but, on the contrary, disclaimed any intention of doing so, although they expressed a hope that we might see our way clear to - enter the Convention. No formal action or resolution was adopted by the depa - ties thus assembled, but after full coa-, ference, the individuals present each an nounced his decision that the resolutions of Dr. Porter, which had been substi tuted for those of the Charleston Con C ference, were unsatisfactory and incon sequential. The preamble, it was agreed, was enough; the resolution im 'tent. organization had been aeclared an absolute necessity; the means of effecting it had not been pro vvided. Mr. E. A. Bell, delegate from Grace C~bhurch, Anderson, considered himself iinstructed by his parish to take his seat sin the Convention, and the two delegates frosa Trinity Columbia, Messrs. Des portes ad Seblwhile holding that the adoption of Dr. Porter's resolutions did not justify our ging into that body as a Convention, felt that they were ex . peeted to do so to counteract the action of their two colleagues of opposing views the deputies whodatermined not to go into that body to prepare and publish a statement of the reasons which influ - enced them. fn doing this let ussay' we recognize - -the retadvance of opinon which the rsltions show. The separate and -distinct organization of the colored race -and their entire exclusion from the leg islation of the Church, which has been *hitherto urged as permissible, expedient :and desirable, is now declared to be ab solutely necessary to the well-being of the Church in thie diocese. And this, too, by those some of whom have hith erto persistently opposed such separate -organization as unchurchlike, uncatholic - and even unchristian. We gratefully recognize this advance, *other it be due or not to the action as wwells arguments of those whose views *.w gesent, and we accept the declara rtiei.ithe resolutions as sincere and as duntended to be carried out in good faith. -But at the same time we are constrained to regard the rejection of the resolution ofered by the Rev. Mr. Capers to in struct the nommission to provide the necessary changes in the constitution as an indication of an unwillingness on the part of the clergy to commit themselves to the only action by which such separa tion can be lawfully accomplished. The committee appointed under the resolutions adopted are not charged to provide the changes in the constitution bywhich only such action can be deiieyand finally taken, but are .charged wihthe duty of conferring with c ertain congregations of colored persons not in union with the Convention nor hitherto in any manner officially recognized, and to endeavor to obtain their assent to the legislation requisite -to carry into effect the separate organi zation. The assent of those whose assent is not necessary is made a condition precedent of any action, and if such .assent is obtainea no action is after all - guaranteed to us. The refusal of such assent-which refusal is already by somne annonced in advance-renders the cnheme of the resolutions adopted im *The resolutions offered by Mr. Capers in pursuance of the plan proposed by the Charleston conference, and which a we were present ready to catry out, pro -vided for a revision of the constitution, annsand rules of order so as to pre vent the remrrence of the question as to -~ o ..eta f the Convention, which, though arising incidentally to the great race quesion, having arisen, now demands to be settled. These are ignored under the resolutions adopted, and are left to disturb the peace of the Church at every meeting of the Conven tion. There are other objections, obvious and serious, to the resolutions adopted, as for example the provision whereby to the three clergymen selected by the clergy the Bishop was added as ex-officio chairman, thus securing a decided ma jority for the clergy, and thereby alter ing materially the character of the com mission asu important tribunal to dis cuss and decide upon the differences which have arisen between the clergy and the laity in this diocese. In the opinion of all the depnties who attended the lay conference, and, as we are informed, of several of the clergy and laity who attended the Convention, the resolutions offered by Mr. Capers were unequivocal, concise and complete, and conferred powers upon the proposed commission adequate to the fulfillment of their difficult task; that, on the other 1 hand, Dr. Porter's resolutions were i vague, indefinite, imperfect, the limited powers of the committee being depend ent upon a contingency. It is greatly to be regretted that resolutions, evident ly written in haste, crude and ill-digest- t ed, should have been so hurriedly adopt ed in lieu of resolutions which, we be- t lieve, would have settled the differences i between the clergy and the laity and brought harmony and lasting peace into this disquieted diocese. t With these views of the scope and 1 effects of these resolutions, we deter mined it was better for us to leave to those who adopted them not only the responsibility of carrying into effect 1 their declared purpose, but the credit < and thanks to which they will be entitled s should they succeed. t And that the committee chosen may i achieve success is our earnest wish; nor shall we place any the least hindrance in i their way, but bid them "God-speed." 1 THE BIRD WHIPPED THE DOG. i A Terrific Combat on a Horse Car Between a Crane and a Terrier. There was a big time in a Ridge avenue t car, Philadelphia, last Thursday night, < in which a dog, a crane, the conductor, i two men, three women, a broom and a 1 boy participated. William Jones, a news agent on the Reading railroad, got on the car at Twenty-fifth street in com- z pany with a huge crane about three and s one-half feet tall and with three stripes c down its breast. The crane had a light t dog chain attached to its right leg and when Jones sat down he fastened the I chain to a buttonhole of his coat. The t crane stood up in the centre of the aisle and went to sleep. r At Twentieth street three women got r on and awoke the bird with their laugh- I ter. At Eighteenth street a small boy s and a big brown terrier got on the car. I The boy looked at the crane and I laughed. Then he looked at the dog and said: "Sic him, Cario." Jones I quickly unfastened the chain which held c the crane and said: "Shake him, Bis- r marok2' The dog made a rush for the bird and e for about a minute nothing was seen but s flying hair and two long skinny legs a which flashed in the air like streaks of y light. Then there was yell. The dog f went fly and howling down the aisle fol- a lowed by the bird shaking with rage and I uttering a shrill piping noise, and drag ging his owner, who held on to the a chain. The conductor stopped the dog g at the door, and as he came flying back, d followed by the crane, the women jump- c ed up on the seats, gathered up their e skirts and screamed. The driver stopped the car just as the bird caught the dog at the rear door, ad, making one snap at him, ripped about six inches of hair from his back s with its bill and sent him yelping into the street. Then the crane shook itself and made a desperate attack on a broomt whih lay beside the seats. It shook thei broom up and was beginning on the11 conductor when its owner lassoed it with t a piece of clothesline and threw it on thelt floor.1 By the time Green street was reached i Bismarck was taking another standing nap andimade no resistance when his!1 owner lifted him off the car. Jones called the bird a "mountain crrne" and said it was caught in the woods around Willimaport. He has been keeping it j chainedu in his back yard at T wenty fifth and avenue, but it whipped his dog so bdylast Saturday and gave, him so much trouble on Sunday, when it brokeoose and gave him achase of four squares with a lasso before he caught it, that he decided to return it to its moun-1 tain home. He was taking it to the4 depot for shipment when the fight oc curred. The newly created chairs in the South4 Carolina University have been filled as follows: Veterinary medicine and veterenarian' to the station, W. B. Niles; physiology< and hygiene and microscopist and bac teriologist to the station, B. M. Belton; i botany and zoology and botanist and entomologist to the station, George F. Atkinson; agriculture and vice director of the station, Milton Whitney; peda gogics, E. E. Sheib; mathematics and astronomy, E. W. Davis; Latin, J. S.'i Murray, Jr.; moral philosophy and chaplain, W. J. Flynn; English, F. C. Woodward; assistant professor of analyt-1 ical chemistry and materia medica, R J.i Davidson; instructor in modern lan-1 guages, J. J. McMahan; instructor in drawing, W. G. Randall. (The electioni of instructors in mathematics and book keeping and shop arn machine work was postponed until the June meeting.) In structor in pharmacy, Silas J. D)uflie. Dean of the college of agriculture and mehanic arts, Prof. Sloan; of the col lege of liberal arts and sciences, Prof. Woodrow; of pharmacy, Prof. Burney; of the normal school, Prof. Sheib; of the law school, Prof. Pope. The following nominations by the President were confirmed: Secretary of the Station, LI. . Withers; Assistant Chemist of the Station, C. W. Simus; Physicians of the Infirniary, Drs. Taylor and Talley. He (making a long call)-What a very odd-looking clock! Is it an heirloom? She (suppressing a yawn)-() no; it is a recent purchase of papa's. He has a penchant for such things. I was about to call your at tntion ta it A NEIW INDUSTRY. Raising Whales as an Experiment In the Great Salt Lake. Intelligent newspaper readers have not forgotten the inauguration fifteen years ago by Mr. James Wickham, a scientific English gentlemen, of the whale industry in the Great Salt Lake. As considerable time was required for the development :f the experiment, the subject has passed :mt of the public mind, but it has by no neans been forgotten by naturalists or sapitalista interested in the whale ishery. The whale is the largest and probably the longest lived animal. They nave been known to grow to 100 feet in *ength and live to the age of 400 years. [t is a mammlal, or, in other words, suckles its young The project of Mr. Whickham was greatly assisted by this act, for the difficulty that would attend he obtaining of whale eggs in the deep aeas is at once apparent. It was only iecessary to obtain a pair of whales in )rder to begin the propagation of mimals under domestication. The sou tern or Australian whale was selected as est suited to the climate of the Great Salt Lake. The greater part of two rears was occupied off the coasts of Lustralia by a vessel sent especially for he purpose in continued efforts to cap nre the young whales without injury. Che feat, however, was acomplished, and he beasts, each about thirty-five feet ong, were shipped to San Francisco in .873 in tanks built expressly for them. fifty tanks of sea water accompanied heir overland shipment to insure plenti 'ul supplies of the natural element. Mr. Wickham came from London in yerson to superintend the "planting" of us leviathan pets. He selected a small >ay near the mouth of Bear River, onnected with the main water by a hallow straight half amile wide. Across his strait he built a wire fence, and nside the pen so formed he turned the vhales loose. After a few minutes of nactivity they disported themselves in a ively manner, spouting water as in mid >cean, but as if taking in by instinct or tention the cramped character of their ew home, they suddenly made a bee ine for deep water, and shot through he wire fence as if it had been made of breads. In twenty minutes they were >t of sight, and the chagrined Mr. ickham stood gazing helplessly at the >ig salt water. If Great Salt Lake were in Asia it rould be called a sea. It is seventy-five iles long and from thirty to forty wide, o it is easy to perceive how readily the rhales could vanish from sight. Thorgh he enterprising owner was, of course, lisappointed and doubtful of results, he ft an agent behind him to look after us floating property. Six months later Mr. Wickham's rep esentative came upon the whales fifty iles from the bay where they- had bro :en away, and from that time to the pre ent they have been abserved at intervals >y him and the watermen who ply the ike sporting and playing. Within the last few days, however, Mr. Vickham cabled directions to make a areful inspection and report develop rents, and the agent followed the whales or five successive days and nights, dis overering that the origanal pair are now ixty feet in length, and are followed bout by a school of several hundred -oung, varying in length from three to itaen feet. The scheme is a surprising nd complete success, and Mr. Wickham as earned the thanks of mankind. Catching whales in Great Salt Lake nd following that business off the dan erous Greenland coast are two quite ifferent things. The enormous value f the new industry can be better appre iated by remembering that a single rhale produces twenty tons of pure oil. BEAUTY'S BATH. ecrets of a Canadian Beauty's Splendid Complexion. A famous Canadian beauty who boasts at she has never applied a particle of ny cosmetic to her face, yet can keep ter freshness and briincy during a iresome Washington season, gives as be secret of her good complexion the act that her bathing is regular, method al and judicious; that she never washes Ler face during the day, but cares for it horoughily at the stated times. On re urning from a walk or drives she wipes very particle of dust from her face with soft chamois leather and takes particu ar pains not to sit too near a fire or in a traft after exercise. Another point upon which she dwells rery carefully is the arrangement of her ressing room. There is nothing over uxurious to the eye in the simple, well rentilated and anadornedroom. Miss uderstands thoroughly the advantage >f not bathing in her sleeping apartment aid having her sponges, towels, etc., as ell aired as though they were articles >f dress. Her tub is cleansed thoroughly beh day, the water used is always as resh as possible and theshelf containing he articles used in her toilet is in a well rentilated high part of the wall, and mly a small quantity of any article is sept at a time, since almost anything ;oo long corked loses its best qualities, ven distilled water absorbing some erms of unpleasantness if retained too ong. The sponges in this room, three n number, are hung from a projecting ,trip of wood. They are never exposed ;o the sun by way of sw.eetening them, ccording to the erroneous notion of so nany people, and they are never left in he water after use, except about once in ,wo weeks, when they are soaked in a asin of fresh water, to which a lump of soda has been added for purposes of ~horough cleansing. Now let us see what are the toilet artir les in this famous beauty's dressing room: Distilled water, rose water, glyce ine, cold cream, vaselinie, eau-de ologne, a lotion for which we will pres mtly give the receipt, orris root and lamphor. We have enumerated only hose whi::h Mademoiselle uses for her bathing or with distinct reference to her kin after or before washing. Now let as see how these are employed. On rising she takes a quick cold bath, using the flesh brush application immediately afterwards. Five minutes' moderate use o the dumb-bells follow this, after which Miss - quickly completes her toilette, breakfats and remains quits indolently still for fifteen minutes. Then there comes a brisk walk. What the routine of her day isto beis the result of cir cumstances, but to those so situated that they cannot govern their time, let us say that the moning ablutione aamina anad walk need only occupy one hour and will by methodical use lengthen the healthy hour of life tenfold. During the day Miss - washes her hands frequently in tepid distilled water, to which some of the rese water is added; and before drying them applies very quickly and yet thoroughly some glyce rine, taking care however to completely wash it off after it has done its work of lubrication, since otherwise it would make the hands sallow and the skin over tender. We might, with advantage, go on to detail this charming young person's aim. pie and wholesome customs of the day for preserving her strength, good spirits and good looks, but must keep to our one especial point at present. Before dressing for dinner or- evening en gagement, sponge No. 2-that of the morning being left on its line-is em ployed with tepid water to bathe quickly the neck and arms, but nothing is done which could possibly promote a chill. Returning to her dressing room, the night bath is taken with which glycerine and rose water are mingled, and the ablution is followed by a gentle friction, the face, after being thoroughly washed -especially about the roots of the hair is subjected to a rapid and soft rubbing, after which a sponge soaked in very hot water is quickly passed over it for the purpose of reopening the thoroughly cleansed pores. Now remember what these pores mean to the whole system as well as to the complexion itself, so in applying any unguent be careful what you deposit into these swift canals. Miss - , whose skin has a tendency to over dryness, rubs it softly, lightly, but very firmly with a pure cold cream. Where there is too much natural oil it is best to have the face free from any greasing. A care ful examination is then made by Miss to discover the existence of acne pune tata, those distressing little black marks, often more disfiguring than pimples. A variety of remedies and means of eradi cation are to be suggested, but results are not always gratifying. We knew a charming American girl who passed three months at a German sanitarium for the purpose of removing these tor menting little spots from her face and without any especially good results. A system of exercise and bathing and the use of the lotion whose formula I give was suggested with absolute satisfaction. Generally speaking these marks arise from an accumulation of solid matter in the pores. This must be forced out in some way and it stands to reason that after ejecting it forcibly by means of pressure there must be applied some thing soothing to the skin. Warm soap and water is excellent and sometimes a little diluted lemon juice proves satisfac tory. But the lotion most conducive to an absolute cure and which prevents their re-formation is the following: Jordan almonds (blanched), one ounce. Bitter almonds (blanched), two to three drachms. Distilled water, half a pint. Form into an emulsion by bruising the almonds and adding eight ounces of water. Strain it. Dissolve fifteen grains of bichloride of mercury in boiling water. Then mix the two solutions. Apply the lotion to the black spots or acne by wetting a piece of- soft linen with it, moistening the part of the face affected and then wiping it off softly with a clean cloth. Great care must be taken in applying this lotion to any part of the face where there is an opening of the skin, such as results from a cut or eruption. Should this be the case the formula given above may be used with ut the ingredient of bichloride of mer ury. Where there are small skin eruptions or fever sores about the mouth Miss -- uses, daintily, a trifle of camphor, also applied with a soft linen cloth. Lucr C. LraLm. MRS. CLEVELAND'S PONIES. rho Touching Letter Received by the President from a Southerner. (From the Philadelphia North American.) The President has so far relented from his original determination as to buy for his wife a pretty phaeton, with a seat behind for the groom, and a pair of' small brown horses for her exclusive use, and thereby hangs a tale. A man in Richmond wrote a pathetic letter to the President not long ago, which, by some inadvertence on the part of the wise "private secretary," fell into his own hands. In it the man went on to say that he had married a young and beauti ful girl three months before, and had bought for her, with many fond antici pations, a pair of horses. for which he had searched the South over, and she drove them for a few short weeks, and then, on returning from a drive one afternoon, died suddenly in his arms from heart disease, He could not bear to see these reminders of a happy past any more, and Mrs. Cleveland was the only woman into whose hands he was wilLing to have them fall. He concluded by saying that he was too poor to give them to her, but he wanted her to have these treasures of his pretty, dead wife. The President, without having seen the horses at all, telegraphed to have them sent on, and in a letter following inclosed a check for them. They came, saw and conquered at once, as they are pretty, gentle little animals, and smiling peace reigns everywhere. The Waste of steam Power. In a paper recently read betore one of the English associations of engineers the writer asserted that, according to the present methods of dealing with the motive power of the steam engine, only some 20 per cent. was made avallable, 80 per cent, of the energy developed in the furnace being thrown away, and it is quite common to realize no greater efficiency than about 4 per cent, on the gross or potential energ of the fuel. In large factories that 'mt of the power being concentrated in one or two great machines, condensation can be taken advantage of, and with water heaters and other appliances double the above figure can be realized; but in the best engines, with all latest improvements and elaborations, not more than 12k per cent. has ever been realized, nor is it possible to realizemore and even 121 per cent. can only be obtained by the finest of wire d 'wig and the best of coal. How many hare eaten out in long CHRxSANTHEMUM CULTURE. Some Points About How to Grow and Graf Them--What They Like. The chrysanthemum is by no means i modern plant, in so far at least as its in troduction into Europe and thence tc this country is concerned. As far back as 1689 plants were seni from China to Holland, the botanica garden at that time of all Europe, The Indian species were known about the year 1699, and this variety was the fore runner of all the small flowering kinds, During the past five years not less that ten thousand seedlings are reported raised, out of which probably five hun dred varieties have been selected for dis tribution. Standard, or tree chrysanthemums, which have appeared at exhibitions this year, have caused much comment re garding their mode of propagation. Ii was at first supposed that they were of several years growth, but as a matter of fact chrysanthemums are what are known among botanists as strictly herbaceou plants, dying each year after flowering season, and succeeded every spring by s new growth. This variety was, thrre fore, rarely grown by extra and exper attention in one season, but remarkable as this innovation was, it was exceeded by the experiment made by Mr. W. Barr, of Orange county, N. Y., who actually produced no less than eight va rieties on each stem. These were grafted in July, and the varieties to be trans ferred were grown in pots and placed in the stock so that the parts to be united came together. A piece of bark was taken off each, closely fitting together, the junction was then bound and the plants well watered. After a day or two stock and scion were united, when the plants in the pots were severed and grew together as one, introducing a novelty in plant growing never known before. There are some preferences which chrysanthemums have, and which should be closely looked after, if success is ex pected to attend their cultivation by the many amateurs, who, in view of the ex pected display in the autumn, are de voting their earnest attention to these flowers. They like to be planted in rich soil. They want a plenty to eat and still more to drink, being among the most thirsty of plants. Sunshine they require at least four or five hours each day and to be well watered from August to Octo ber, and finally to be separated and divided each year. On the other hand, care should be taken to avoid loose planting in a poor soil or under the shadow of trees or in the mud. Care should be taken when they are about to bloom to keep them out of a freezing temperature. If these suggestions are followed it is within the power of any one to have a garden full of these graceful and pretty flowers, whose advent marks the close of summer and who linger with us until the old winds from the North warns them of the approaching winter. CHICAGO'S BIG TELESCOPE. The Plans Adopted for Erecting the Dear born Observatory at Evanston. (From the Chicago Herald.) A joint committee represenating the Chicago Astronomical Society and the Northweston University was busy at Evanston all Saturday after-Loon exami ning plans and proposed locations on which to erect the Dearborn Observatory, in which is to be placed the big telescope formerly located at the Chicago Univer sity. The society was represenated by Dr. H. A. Johnson, Professor Mixed, J. Young Scammon. Professor Hough, Pro. fessor Colbert being absent, while the committee for the university was Presi dent Cnmmings. J. B, Hobbs. Orring ton Lunt, Professor R. D. Sheppard and Dr. Bonbright. After examing the different sites the committee agreed to ocate the observatory at a point on the bluffs about four hundred feet north of the Swedish Seminary, and about mid way between Chicago avenue and the lake. The observatory will be about two hundred and fifty feet from the beach, experiments made by Professor Hough having demonstrated that the waves make no impression at that distance, even in the severest storms. The plans sub mitted by Cobb & Frost were adopted as a whole, the details of the construct ion being left to a committee consisting of President Cummings, J. B. Hobbs, J. Y. Scammon and Professor Elias Colbert. Mr. Hobbs has donated the sum of $25,000, and at least that amount will be spent on the observatory building. The only matter of detail left undecided was as to whether a Warner & Swazey dome, costing $8,500, or a Breeder dome, at $4,500, should be erected. The former domc weighs 23,000 pounds, and is gaate to move under a pressure of onl 35 pounds. The plan as adopted provide for a building 79x65 feet, facing to the west. The dome room is 34 feet in diameter on the inside. In the center of this is the central pier on which the telescope is placed, with a diameter of 15 feet at the base and 10 feet at the top, and entirely disconnected from the exterior walls and the floors. The pier will be 30 feet above the grade, as compared with 66 feet in the old struc ture. The observer will be placed 27 feet above the ground, and the top of the dome will be about 45 feet, the tele scope rising 14 feet 10 inches above the floor. The old capstones will be used in the new observatory. The meridian circle room will have a southern expo sure, as is necessary, and its inside dimensions will be 25x38 feet. Here will be placed the instruments for furnish ing true time to the city. Professor Hough is now doing this work by tele graph from a tempoary building on the campus. There will also be a library 230 feet inside and a room of similar dimensions over it, in addition to five large working rooms. It will take at least six months after the contracts are let to finish the dome, which will be cf iron and steel, but the work will be pushed forward as rapidly as possible. The telescope is one of the largest in the world, and by the end of November Chi cago will have an observatory worthy oi the big refractor. The name of Dear born Observatory will be retained. You may make homes enchantingly beautiful, hang them with pictures, have them clean, airy and convenient, but if the stomach is fed with sour bread or burned meats it will raise such rebellion that the eyes wil see no beauty anywhere. ENGRAVING A "'REENBACK." ABrief Explanation of the Various Process- I es by Which the Work is Done. (From the Philadelphia Times.) So vague is the general idea as to how a a bank note is made that we propose to n explain briefly the various processes it t goes through before it is issued as a part t. of the "money of the realm," saying, by a way of introduction, that this country n leads the world in bank-note engraving. t Unfortunately, the first consideration in p making a bank note is to prevent bad o men from making a counterfeit of it, and e therefore all the notes of a certain de-11 nomination or value must be exact dupli- S cates of each other. If they were engra- h ved by hand this would not be the case; S and. another thing, hand engraving is b more easily counterfeited than the work I done by the processes which we are u going to describe. Every note is printed from a steel a plate, in the preperation of which many t1 persons take part. If you will look at e a five-dollar "greenback" you will see a fl pict ire in the centre; a small portrait. ti called a vignette, on the left, and in each a of the upper corners a network of fine g lines with a dark ground, one of them I containing the letter V and the other the aJ figue 5. These four parts are made on a separate plates. To make a vignette it is b necessary first to make a large drawing o on paper with great care, and a daguer- b reotype is then taken of the drawing the c exact size of the engraving desired. S The daguerreotype is then given to the tt engraver. who uses a steel point to mark on it all the outlines of t.e picture. The til plate is inked and a print taken from it. 01 While the ink is still enp the print is laid face down on a steel plate, which sa has been softened by heating it red hot . and and letting it cool slowly. It is then a put in a press and an exact copy of the t1 outline is thus made on the steel plate. n: This the engraver finishes with his til graver, a tool with a three-cornered point, which cuts a clean line without leaving a h rough edge. g Now, this plate is used for making h other plates- it is never used to print S from. It must be mac very hard, and h this is done by heating it and cooling it o: quickly. A little roller of softened steel q is then rolled over it by a powerful ma- ix chine until its surface has been forced into all the lines cutinto the plate. The h outlines of the vignette are thus transfer- C< red to the roller in raised lines, and after n the roller is hardened it is used to roll over plates of softened steel and thus h< make in them sunken lines exactly like at those in the plate originally engraved. w The centre picture is engraved and ri transferred to a roller like the vignette, in but the network in the upper corners B and also on the back of the note, is made y by the lathe. This machine costs $5,000, a price that puts it beyond the reach of counterfeiters, and its work is so perfect that it cannot be imitated by band The C lathe engraves the network on softened steel,[and the figure in the middle of it is then engraved by hand. It is now hard ened and transferred to a roller like the w others. a The plate from which the notes are to ri be printed is of softened steel and large w enough to print four notes at once. b Four engravings of the notes must, si therefore, be madeon it, an this is done ei by rolling the hardened steel rollers con- ti taining the raised pictures over it in their ci appropriate places until the pictures are fi pressed into its surface. The fine letter- B ing around the border of the note is T transferred in the same way, but the other C letteringisputon by hand. This process as saves a great deal of time and it secures cs absolute uniformity in the four engrav at ings on the plate. ti The black parts of the note are priaited a first, and when the ink is dry the green fc back is printed, to be followed by the ii red stamps and numbers. It is then GI signed and issued. For greater security, a one part of the note is engraved and i printed at one place and another part at p another place, when it is sent to Wash- at ington to be finishedl and signed- be But even after all this care and all be these safeguards, many skilfully-executed counterfeits have been made and issued, b< some of them so good as to deceive the ii most expert judges of money. I af A Mysterious Murder. DRIanGTaoN, May 9.-On Tuesday tt night, May 8, Mr. Joe James, an old bi man about 635 years of age, was assasi- It nated in a most cowarnly manner. He pi has been boarding with Mr. H. H. w Howell, near Cypress, about twenty tc miles from Darlington. Last night he at had just finished supper and was going of through the back piazza to his room, pl when he was fired upon by some one at who must have been quite near. The al whole load, together with the wadding pi of the gun, was found in the body of or the unfortunate man. He was shot in d the right side. It is thought that the villain who did si the shooting had his gu resting on the to railing. As soon as the report of the w gun was heard those who were at the tla supper table rushed out and found the w old man lying ou the floor. He had si called out when first shot, but when they ft reached him and asked who had shot a him, he could not answer, but died in a Iif few moments. ta~ This is the fourth attempt to kill this fe old man. Each time the party whom he accused has been brought to trial. Two have been acquitted, and one has just ii finished a term in the penitentiary. On ii two of the occasions mentioned he was o: fired upon while on the piazza after se dark; and once while riding adding along w the road a negro rose up from a flitch te where he had concealed and fired upon ii hinm. When killed the old man had a ti large amount of money on his person, o: about $3,000, but so bold an assassina- h< tion could not have been for the purpose fc of robbery. cl c< A Newv Soup. Take eight large potatoes and three g, oions; cut them in small pieces and boil 0: them in a pint of water until soft. Pass 'y them through a fine colander. Have ci ready two quarts of skimmed milk; boil e it; add a very little powdered mace and tl one piece of loaf sugar, a pinch of os cayenne and salt and the puree of pota- ]3 toes. When all boils together, thicken the soup with two tablespoonfuls of potato flour or ordinary flour. Before pi pouring the soup into the tureen, place fa in the latter a tablespoonful of butter. Fy some crutons in good beef dripping su and sere them with the soup, but on a bi aepnate dihala-Madge"in Truth. n LOVERS OF THE HORSE. ilatinguished Congressmen Who Attend the Races at Washington. Wes umooN, May 8.-Horse ranes rem to have a great attractionfor states ien, and the dry tariffdebate of the pat wo weeks has given them an opportuni to gratify their desires. In fact on number of afternoons a quorum of tembers could be found on the race rack, while the halls of Congres were ractically deserted. Our statesmen not aly go to the track for the purpose of Doying the races, but to place their hard-earned" money on their favorites. ome few have won, the majoiy ave lost, and lost h y. Georgia and oath Carolina are both somewhat be md, and, indeed, the Kentuky..am&,a few York statesmen are the only ones ho have been winners. Congreman Matson, of Indiana, who as recently nominated for Governor of eat State, is an enthusiastio horseman, very afternoon occupies a place in the ont ranks of the Congressional delega on. Senators Blackburn and Bek, ad, indeed, the entire Kentucky dele ition, are there a'most every afternoon. agalls has also been there two or three ternoons, and the friendly drink he ad Blackburn indulged in together has Den the subject of much comment, wing to the bitter hostility which exists tween these two men iu the Senate camber. It is said that while these two enators were drinking together a Ken icky horseman walked up and aid: -'Are you two fellows friends? I ought you were thirsting for each bher's blood?" "Yes," replied the Senator from Kan. s; "Oh, yes, were are friends-here." Mr. Grimes is probably more fond of horse race than any other member of ie Georgia delegation, although the ajority of them have taken a turn on ie track. Mr. Perry, of South Carolina, loves a >rse race as much as any man in Con ress, and is often on the track. But [r. Perry is not the only one of the >uth Carolina delegation who loves a >rse race, for both Senators and most the Representatives have been fre sent attendants upon the spring meet tg of the National Jockey Club. Mr. G. H. Kernaghan, of Augusta, is his stable of fleet-footed flyers here, nsisting of a half dozen splendid ani als, among the number being Burh, the fastest living." Mr. Kernaghan is, wever, holding Burch for the Saratoga akes. A couple of his two-year-olds ere the only entries he made in the kce, the balance of his stable not being proper condition to run at present. :e carried his stable over to Baltimore 3sterday. RAINBOW SUPERSTITIONU. arious Beliefs Entertained by .Various People Concerning the BeauteousArch. (From the Chicago Herald.) The rainbow is frequently credited ith great power for good or evil. It is wide spread belief that it hides great ches, or brings fortune or good luck ith it. In Swabia it is said to rest on wls of gold; in Hungary that cups of Iver will be found where it touches the irth or water, and the finder will divine is future. It is quite likely that a shoe at over it will fall on the other side led with gold, as it is believed in erne and among Swabian peasants, he difficulty is to get it over. In arinthia it is a hat. Czech tradition .ys that if iron or other base metal be at into the rainbow it will turn to gold,. id similar things are recorded of it in L TyroL In many parts of Germany olden key, or atreasure, isasaid to be und where the bow touches the earth; Portugal a silver hen, and in modern eece a curious Byzantine coin, called Constantine coin. Any one finding is will be endowed with marvelous wer. In Norway it is said that arcup d spoon, with a kind of gruel, will ~found where the bow rests. It is also ~lieved to bestow health. Among the Letta if you can reach the w and touch it you will have the heal power. The water found beneath Le arch will, it is believed, cure those Iicted with demoniacy'. Old women p this water in trenches dug in the :und or in ahollow tree, but not in Le house, where it will lose its force or ing some disaster to the household. is also said that flocks should not be stured where the bow rets or they 11 fall sick. German peasants say the uch of the bow will render plants odor. ~t. On the other hand, in some parts France the rainbow is said to injure nts on which it rests, to dry up vines ad to ruin the harvest. In Bohemia, o. it withers up the herbage, say the ~asants. In Ukraine you must not put t your tongue at the rainbow or it will un .ungarthere is a Vila or fairy ting on tewater where the rainbow rches it, and whosaever she sees first ilidie. Esthoniansaythe bow is but e scythe used by the thunder to chase iked souls. In Austro-Hungary the 1k are not allowed to lie stretched at 1 length when the first bow of sprig pears, for it is thought they would die permitted to do so. Many ordinary ts must not then be performed for ar of evil consequences. John Sherman is already wakening his candidacy for the republican nom tion for the presidency, and evidences a rapidly decaying boom are to be en on all sides. Sherman has already tdrawn his "bar'l" and says that it is be no longer on tap They were bleed g the poor fellow to death, and he saw t he would either have to call a halt, that by the time the convention met would have nothing left of his large rAune. Several Ohio Republican 1bs have addressed the senator aking ntributions, and instead of anteing up he used to do, the senator responds at his campaign expenses have out own his means. The things may be true not, but they are guaranteed by the ~ashington correspondent of the Cin nati Enquirer who says he knows at he is talking about, and is confident t Sherman has seen the handwriting the wall, and is now retreating before ame. Some men are good because goodness ys best; and then, again, some are good rnothing. A worn-out society belle Is like old maple ar. It has a certain kind of sweetness, thas to be laid on the shelf when the aw crop comes out.