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PAYING TEE PENALTY. It Was Sympathy He Wanted. (Grace King, in Harper's Weekly.) Well, what do you want?" asked the Mayor, as the old man finally looked in the door. He had been passing and re passing in front of the office all noon, oscillating in indecision. He was from the country-a thin old fellow, with small blinking eyes and wrinkled face. His limp red hair had attained a sort of uncertain gray. In and out the furrows of his shallow chin a sparse beard bris tled, leaving quite bare spots here and there where he had rubbed oft the hair, rubbing with such a hard, horny hand, year after year, in moments of indeci sion-evidently the majority of the mo ments of his life. His mouth had been shaped by a pipe, which, drawing down the corner of it, drew all the wrinkles of his face into it as into a drain. "You the Mayor of this town?" The words slid without inflection or emphasis on to a thin, drawling, nasal voice. "Yes. What do you want?" "Nothin', sir; nothin' in perticlar-" There was a pause, as if cogent reasons in his mind were giving him arother warning. He fastened his eyes on the Mayor's face as if he were examining seedling potatoes. "I only want sympathy, sir-sympa thy." He closed his mouth suddenly, all to the pipe hole, and began rubbing his chin again. The solution of his doubts this time resulted in his conveying his com munication in a monotonous undertone to himself, waiving all claims to a hear ing, which rested entirely in the volition of the Mayor. The small eyes impar tially looked unmeaningly into space. "It's only that boy o' mine. I've had a powerful lot o' trouble with that boy o' mine. I've nussed him, I've 'tended him, I've labored with him, and I-I I've prayed ove. him; I've prayed over that boy o' mine." He looked at the Mayor for some expression over this last item. "Oh, your boy in trouble?" "He was tack up today, and jedged. He's looked up over there." He stopped rubbing his chin topointin the direction of the town jail. "Locked up, eh? What was the matter?" "Resisted the perlice, they call it. A feller tried to 'rest him. He knocked him down, my boy did." "Resisting the police, eh? resisting the authority of the law? Well, I'm very glad he's looked up. You country people think you can come into this town and run it just as you please. No, sir;if you all don't like this town, you can keep away; but if you do come here, you come on our terms, and you've got to behave - yourseives." The Mayor very generously reissued this fragment of the peroration of his morning's decision. "You're right, sir; you're perfectly right. I ain't sayin' nothin'; I ain't com '; I only- come for sympathy. y told me you was a gentleman, sir. I ain't got nothin' to say, sir; I only come for sympathy. I'm a stranger here myself; I ain't been here before in twenty year-not sence before the boy wuz born. I've nussed that boy, I've'tended him, and I've prayed over him"-relaps ing into audible meditation. "He as good's had no mother. I helt him with ene hand while I' stritched' her with t'other-my old woman. She died the fust thing after he wuz born, my old woman did. He wuz that puny and tiny and red, there wuz no teilin' which eend from t'other 'cept by the sqauilin'." "Well,-I reckon he'll never learn his duty to the law younger." "The old woman warn't much of a help or comfort either," without noticing the interruption. "I dont know as old women ginerally is. Always a-quarnrellin' and a-complainin'anda-settin' by the fire. Butashe let' the boy to me, the old woman did, ef she did~die herself. I-I -ryve prayed over that boy; yes, sir, I've paed over him. We was a-goin' back home thisevenin'." "One night in the look-up won't hurt "No, sir; thats true. It won't hurt him- it won't hurt him a mite-one night in the lock-up. He lout, an'eussed, an' kicked, an' scritehed, like a painter, my bodid. He didn't want to go to the lokuthat's a fact. He tared rouind cnd' ble." "How much fine was it besides?" "Twenty-five dollars, sir." "Twenty-five? Well, I can't .let him come down here and clean out the town and invalid the whole police force for less than that." "There's always something happenin' to that b6y ever sence that old woman died. The fust time I washed him he most drownded in the piggin o' water. He could scarcely crawl' fore he went to wailer in the fire. He's fell down and broke his arm. He's shot his self acci dental. He'scout his self all over with knives and hatchets and axes. Every thing that could cut has cut that boy." "How much money have you got?" "Me!" The old fellow's hand stopped of itself in astonishment. His jaws fell; the pipe, if it had been in place, would have broken to pieces on the ground. "Me? I 'ain't got no money. I come from the mountain." "What did you come to town for, if you haven't got any money?" "The boy, he wanted to come. He wanted to see a town for once in his life. No~brung a live 'coon with him, sir, what *he caught, and some skins-otter-skins." "Well, what did he do with them?" "Traded 'em off, sir. A side o' green meat wuz what he calkerlated on. But he took boots, sir-boots to come up outside o'his breeches." He gesticulated toward the place where, under more favor able circumstances, the calf of his leg might have been visible under the patch .ed trousers. "They wuz handsome boots. He wouldn't take 'em lust. Wanted me to hey 'em. Me with boots outside o' my breeches!" He would have smiled if his mouth had known how. "Suppose I mate the tine five dollars?" "That's reasonable, sir; that's reason able. But just as you please. sir. I've had a mighty heap o' trouble with that boy. I've nussed-" "You look around and see if you can't scrape up - the money, and be in the court-room early tomorrow mornig. Good-by!" The next morning by daylight the Mayor was summoned. Ashe descended .the stairs of his residence he saw a gray ish-red hea4 cautiously thrust inside the front door and withdrawn four or five *times. "Hello! What are you doing here this hour of the morning?" "Nothin', sir; only to see you ain't forgot." "Well, I haven't." "He's there, sir; there in the lock-up, my boy is. He's a-waitin' there for you. I set up with him all night, on the out side. I wuz bound to be there. He wrenched the bar out, an' he drapped out,'most on top o' me." "The devil he did!" "Heain'tcalkerlated to spend the night away from me. He never did that sence he wuz born. No, sir. But he went back fair and square, climbed right back, when Ilexplained to him; an' he staid thar all night, in the lock-up.- He wuz wouldn't talk much; he didn't want to disturb no one. We only looked at each other, sir. I've had a powerful heap o' trouble along o'that boy. I nussed him; I'tended him;Iactually prayed over him; "Here! I can't stay any longer." C "You wouldn't take these here for the fine, would you? Tney mought fit yon." t He fetched the hand that did not attend to his chin from behind his back and i held up a pair of boots. "He tuck 'em right off, my boy did. He said he didn't warnt the darn things i noways; he'd ruther go barefoot all his i life. He's there, sir, in the lock-up, a waitin' on me. He said he'd wait on me, 1 an' he won't go back on his word. But i he's in a mighty hurry to go home, my boy is. He's done said he'd stay there, E though, twell I come back. He allers ] stays if I stays. When the old woman ] went off and died, he staid with me. He could 'a went and died as easy as not. A missable, puny-" "I said five dollars, and I stick to it- ) here!" The door closed, and the Mayor retired up-stairs. The old man looked at the five-dollar bill which had been thrust into his hand. "They told me the Mayor was a gentleman, and they told me to come to him for sympathy." THE SWAMP ANGEL. Gen. W. W. H. Davis's Account of the Famous Battery. To the Editor of The News and Couri er: The enclosed account of the "Swamp Angel battery, by Gen. W. W. H. Davis, United States Army, commanding troops on James and Morris islands during the year 1864 and 1865 and now pension agent at Philadelphia, may be found on pages 252-3 of his history of the 104th Pennsylvania regiment, and to a certain extent settles the fact as to the battery, which a writer in your paper of last week claimed was a matter of fiction. "The most famous battery used by our forces in the operations before Charleston was that which has since be come historic under the name of the 'Swamp Angel.' "There was never a reality for the name it achieved, except in the fact that the shells from its guns were thrown a greater distance than ever before from a battery on a level, or nearly so, with the point of attack. "It was determined early in the siege to build a battery out in the marsh be tween Morris and James islands in the hope that shells could be thrown into Charleston. "The spot selected was about a mile from Morris Island and south of a line running from our left battery to the city, on the edge of a deep creek, which made a good wet ditch. It was in the midst of a marsh, and a pole could be run down sixteen feet before coming to bottom. "The active part of the work was assigned to a lieutenant of engineers, who, upon being shown the place where the battery was to be erected, said the thing was impossible. The Colonel re plied that there was no such word as impossible in the matter and that the battery must be built where he had pointed out. "To encourage the doubting lieuten ant, he was told he -id permission to call for anything that he required for the work. The next day this officer made a -requisition on the department quartermaster for one hundred men eighteen feet high, to wade through mud sixteen feet deep. "After making the requisitionhe went to trhe surgeon of the regiment to in quise if he could splice the eighteen feet men if they were furnished him. "Tnis piece of plasantry cost the lieutenant his arrest, which, however, did not last long, and the battery was constructed by men of ordinary stature. "It was built mostly of sand bags, and General Gillmore told me that the sand, labor and bags cost the Govern ment $5,000. "it was begun on the 4th and finished on the 19th of August. A 200-pounder Parrott was mounted on it. "The distance from Charleston in a straight line was (8,800) eighty-eight hundred yards, and for the projectile to reach its destination the gun had to be fired at an elevation of thirty-five (35) degrees. "Three shells, fired with a piece of port fire, fell in the streets of Charles ton, but the strain on the gnwas so great that it burst at the ' y-fourth or thirty-fifth discharge, "Two mortars were afterwards mount ed in the battery and remained there through the winter.. "Sergt. Fuller, Company A, New York Volunteer Engineers, has the honor of suggesting the historic name the battery bears." The Blackvlme Fire. BLACETILLE, May 16.-A little over one year ago the town of Blackville was almost totally destroyed by tire. On that occasion the southern half of the town was destroyed and now the northern half is in ashes. The fire broke out about 2 o'clock this morning. The losses, as near as can be ascertained, are as follows: J. L. Morrison & Co., build ings and stock, $18,000; insurance $7,800; C. E. Gyles, buildings and stock, $8,000: insurance $7,200; Able & Able, buildings and stock, $8,000; insurance $4,000: T. P. Gr'ves, buildings and stock, $4,500; insur ance $2,400; L. F. Wood & Co., building and stock, $3,000; insurance $1,800; C. C. Rush, building and stock, $2,000; no in surance; Disher & Pickrumn, buildings and stock, $2,000; no insurance; James Kelly, stock, $:300;. no insurance; W. R. Kelly, building and furniture, $1,500; no insur ance; A. A. Henderson, furniture, $300; no insurance; Mrs. M. Kearse, building. $200; no insurance; W. S. M~oss, tinner, loss $200: no insurance; Fred Nix, stock, $500; no insurance. PIANOS AND ORGANS. We are prepared to sell Pianos and Organs of the best make at factory prices for Cash or easy Instalments. Pianos from $210 up; Organs from $24 up. The verdict of the people is that they can save the frright and twenty-five per cent. by buying of us. Instruments delivered to any depot on fifteen days' trial. We pay freight both ways if not satisfactory. Order and test in your own homes. Respectfully, N. W. TRUMP, * - Columbia, S. C. DEan Mn. Enon:-Won't you please tell your male readers that $3 will buy a fine, strong and serviceable pair of pats, raade to order by the N. Y. Stan dard Pants Co., of 66 University Place, New York city? By sending 6 cents in postage stamps to the above firm, they1 will send to any address 25 samples of cloth to choose from, a fine linen tape measure, a full set of scientific measure ment blanks and other valuable informa tion. All goods are delivered by them through the U. S. Maiis. A novel and practical idea. Advise your readers to try the firm. They are thoroughly re liable. Yours truly, * - WmrLIA VA DERBmT. The bar steward of the steamship Alaska: says that on one trip from the United Sates last summer his receipts netted $3,5003 CALHOUN AND CLESISON. ieminiscences of a Visit to Fort Hil--Facts About its Owner. The tidings have recently come of the leath of the Hon. T. C. Clemson. Mr. n 31emson's close relationship to one of ti he greatest, if got the greatest, of I tmerican statesmen, John C. Calhoun, t enders him a personage of special inter- a ,st to the American people. e The name of Calhoun is a synonym of s, ill that is excellent in American states- c nanship. The largest brained man our n ountry has ever produced, one of the mmortal trio of great national leaders, I he embodiment of the grand principles b f pure Democracy (not the degenerate t: stuff now called Democracy) a man >ossessing an intuitive insight into the a problems of government, Calhoun stands t eerless in American history. Mr. Clem- n on married the only daughter of Cal- i ioun, and was himself for a long while r proininent in public life, having once t lled the position of United States min- a ister to some foreign country-Belgium, ' [ think. -S It was once y pleasure to visit Mr. a Clemson in his Fort Hill residence, the a old homestead of Mr. Calhoun. The t residence is one of exquisite beauty, situated on a high point overlooking the I Seneca River, in what is called the "up- 1 country" of South Carolina. It is four I miles from Pendleton, which is on the I Blue Ridge Railroad, and about eight X miles from Seneca City, at the crossing c of that road and the Atlanta and Rich mond Air Line Railroad. My visit was in the spring of 1877. Mr. Clemson lived in this country villa all alone. His 1 wife had been dead some years, his only i son had been killed in a railroad acci dent, and his only daughter was living a with a relative, a Mrs. Lee, I think. a According to an old custom I was in- a vited to breakfast with him. The meal, though simple enough, was served in c the old-time style, in elaborate table- a ware, silver plate, &c. The meal was concluded with lucious strawberries of a three varieties, sweet and juicy. After t breakfast we went to the drawing-room, x and Mr. Clemson brought out his pipes a and tobacco-several varieties of each. ] He offered his guest a pipe, which was a t century old, made of blue soapstone, a weighing not less than a pound, and having an Indian's head elaborately carved on it. He said that this pipe was c given by Indians to Mrs. Calhoun's i father in treating for the Fort Hill place f in 1777. The visitor was at length conducted c to a most elegant parlor, and was shown a the exact spot on the rich carpet where c Mr. Clemson stood when he was united in marriage to Miss Calhoun, the old i gentleman dwelling on these sacred memories.until the mist gathered in his a eyes. Around every object in the room seemed to cluster many pleasant associa tions with the loved departed. t The next place of interest visited was t the library of Mr. Calhoun, a circular E building in the beautiful grass-carpeted t yard, with an ice house under it. Mrs. Calhoun used to say that she had the ice house under the library to keep her t husband's head cool. There-all around the room-were the literary treasures of the great statesman, the largest and choicest private library I have ever seen, with one exception. In the centre of the room upon a stand was a life-size plaster of Paris bust of Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Clemson was an ardent lover of 1 science and literature, and upon any subject he could entertain with all the fascination of a charming romance. How beautiful and thrillingly interesting the most commonplace subject became< under his magie touches. After a lapse of eleven years I remember with great vividness his luminous utterances upon one or two questions of mineralogy and< electricity, which came up incidentally in free conversation. He seemed to dwell continually on the memory of the grandeur of Mr. Calhoun' < great name and great fame. In the midst of his enthusiastic eulogies on the ilust-] rious statesman he asked his guest if he ad ever read certain of Calhoun's books. His look of inexpressible surprise at a confession of total ignorance of the books referred to will never be forgotten.i It caused his guest to feel that he had 1 failed in the one great end of life mastery of the writings of the illustrious statesman. While so thoroughly acquainted with all departments of science there was one most important branch of knowledge to< which he was a stranger--the knowledge of a divine Saviour. He would say: "These historical records in your Bible are doubtless correct, because they are supported by reliable historians; but all the miracles that is related were doubtless due to some mental hallucination, cr to 1 the fondness for the supernatural which then existed. I do not take any of the 1 miracles which you Christians believe in." Although he was very courteous,t he could not be persuaded to believe these tobe divine books. In this state5 of mind I suppose he died, but hope His ruling idea at that time was the establishment of a State agricultural .in-t titution, and I remember how enthusi-t astic and eloquent he grew as he spoke of the excellencies of Fort Hill for such an institute. New that he is dead his lovely home and an additional legacy is bequeathed to South Carolina for the ccomplishment of his favorite scheme. How appropriate that this beautiful place, with all of its sweet memories of te illustrious statesan, should become the nucleus of an institution for training those whotill the soil of the State he oved so well. L. S. Fosrza. Carrollton, Miss., May 3. B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Bahn.) The great Blood Purifier and Tonic. [t cures Serofula, Kidney Troubles, Catarrh, Skin Humors, Rheumatism, Eruptions, Boils, etc., and is a wonder Eul tonic. B.B.B. (Botanic Blood Balm.)a The great Blood Purifier and Tonic. [t cures Scrofula, Kidney Troubles, f atarrh, Skin Humors, Rheumatism, 1 Erptions, Boils, etc., and is a wonder-i Eul tonic.c A base ball field is no good that hasn't ies on it sometimes. Au old beau is ns'v.r partial to matri nonial ties. i The New York Dry Goods Chronicle and yher trustworthy trade organs congratu ate the country on the excellent prospects f business during the year on account of he absence of any disturbing element in :he political situation. The Czar's invitation to the powers tot end representatives to watch the mnanma- e rres of his army, while certainly apropos, ~ leems at the present stage of uncertainty md doubt, not to say alarm in English luarters oyer mnilitr matters, a trifle rim. Various state ents have been cir ulated regarding the supposed weakness h >f the Russian army, all of which ema S iated from enemies who were anticipating E he possibility of facing the forces they G naligned. The stories have been for the si nost part devoid of .truth. No army in tI Europe is on a better footing than the al TRICK ANIM LS. Some Funny Things at Barnum's. (Allan Forman in Harper's Young People) There is hardly a boy or girl who is ot interested in training pets to do icks. Whether it is only to teach old 'ray to jump over a stick, or little Jip > stand up oh his hind-legs and beg for bit of meat, or the more ambitious [forts with the pony, the intent is the nie towad the education of our dumb ompanions and toward making them iore companionionable. Not the least interesting features of tarnum's Circus this season are the ex ibitions of trained animals, and the oup of four performing seals have quite taken the town," as the saying is. A sl is naturally a very intelligent crea are; from the shape of the head you will otice that the forehead is higher, there more room for brain, and that its head iore nearly approaches in shape that of he human head than that of any other nimal, except, perhaps, the monkey. 'he eyes are singularly mild and expres ive, and the animals are docile and ffectionate in dlisposition. The four peeimens which are with Mr. Barnum his year are dog-faced seals from the forth Sea, and are the propety of Mr. errman Cassa, the trainer. They are ery fond of him, and after they once egin to learn, they exhibit a truely uman love of applause, and a desire to erfect themselves in their tricks. Their rwner has taught them to make a noise rhich is not unlike singing, and they ill frequently rehearse their choruses rhen they are alone in their cages, :eeping time with each other just as they lo before an audience. It takes about ix months to train seals beiare they can ppear in public, but after they once get n idea of what is wanted of them, they re very quick to learn. Mr. Cassa has taught Bob, the oldest If the quartette, the bad habit of smoking pipe, and he really seems to like it, rhile Toby is more "dudish" in his tastes, nd prefers cigarettes. Baby, who is only wo years old, has developed a talent for music, and. strums quite a respectible ecompaniment upon a guitar, while .ady turns a hand organ. They go brough a drill, play on a dram, cymbals, nd tambourine, ringa bell, and shoot a un and revolver at the word of com mand. The strangely human expression f their eyes, and their evident delight a the applause of the audience, acid reatly to the charm of the performance. ey have become so civilized that the only remaining traces of their wild nature re shown when they recieve their dinner f raw fish. Then they growl at each ther and tear their food in a most mpolite fashion. Jut the seals are only one of the many ,tiractions at the great circus. When I rent around among the animals with the superintendent of the menagerie a short ime ago, a baby camel had just come to own, the second born in the show this eason. It was a queer long-legged crea ure, and looked for all the world like a aricature of its grotesque mother, which ras wonderfully proud and tender with he youngster, and evidently reguarded t as one of the most beautiful and pre ious of living creatures. While she vas gratified with Mr. Conkling's notice f her offspring, she evidently had her loubts about me, and more than half uspected that I had some evil designs gainst her long-necked weak-kneed )aby, which with the confidence of routh tried to chew the buttons off my >vercoat. Though the present Superintendent sas only been with the Barnum show for >e season, he is on the best of terms ith all the animals, and shakes hands ith the big lion, and scratches the iger's neck with a familiarity which is uite awe-inspiring. To be successful s an animal-trainer a man must be atient, firm, even-temperd, and abso utely devoid of fear. He must win the onfidence and the respect as well as the ffection of the animals in his charge. Ie must be always on the alert, for with nany of the larger and more savage inimals a single moment of carelessness nay cost the trainer his life. Mr. Wotson, withhis troupe of trained logs, has no such fear: his jolly pets go rough their acts for the fun of the hing. They jump hurdles, run races, sd dance, and while they are sitting on heir stools impatiently waiting their urn to perform, they keep time to the nusic of the band with their tails, while >e excitable, halfbreed Eskimo terrier, rhose specialty is the turning of back tomersaults, jumps down from his perch it intervals, and relieves his feelings by few somersaults on his own account. hen his turn comes on the programme ie can hardly wait his master's signal, ut turns over and over around the cir ular stage until he looks like an animna ed ball of gray hair. He is one of those stors who like to give the whole show hemselves, and evidently feels very un appy when he is not occupying the rhole attention of the audience. A pig is not a very pretty animal, nor it generally regarded as very intel igent; yet Robin Raffin has managed to each his trio of porchine pupils to go hrough anumber of very amusing trick. hey run steeple-chases, with monkeys n their backs for jockeys, and the old lack Spanish pig, dressed as a nurse, iheels the little white pig, arraying in aby-clothes, around the big ring in a erablator. The pigs are stupid, ibstinate brutes though, and lack the 'ivacity of rhe seals and dogs. But here comes with his keeper a most emarkable bird. It is a gigantic duck, nd as it waddles into the ring quacking, riggling its stump of a tail, and flap >ng its wings, all its actions are so duck ike that one can hardly believe that it is tot genuine. Presently it goes out, and great rooster struts into the ring, crows >roudly, and goes through a perfor nance, and in tarn is followed by a urkey and a most motherly and fussy >d hen, who clucks and scratches around if she had a hundred chickens depen Lent upon her exertions. It would Inost seem that Mr. Barnum had othered together a Brobdingnagian arm-yard, and you marvel at the intel ience of the fowls until you see the npersonator, a young Englishman, who an talk hen and turkey language as well s well as English. Boys often ask how to train animals, nd whether it be an elephant, a lion, a eal, a pig, a horee, or a dog, the answer 3always the same-patience, kindness, rmness, good temper, and good judg aent. If your pupil makes a mistake, orrect it gently, but firmly; if he does rrong wilfully, panish him severely, bat rithout anger. That is the way all the nimals at Barnum's are trained, and it Sthe only successful way to teach any bing, whether it be a canary-bird or an Lphant, a monkey or--shall we say a The Bfrazilian legation in Washington as receivedl informnation from Rodrigo ilva, Minister of Foreign Affairs, that the razilian Parliament has approved the oernlent bill completely abolishing ~very, and that it had been sanctioned by ie Regent on the 13th inst. The Minister so states that this action met with extra linary manifestations of joy. SUPERSTITIONS OF THE STAGE. The Opinion of London Professionals on Omens and the Like. Mr. Toole, the comedian, being interviewed on the subject, says that although not in tensely superstitious himself, he still believes in ghosts-not the ordinary ghosts, however, but one that walks every week-on pay day. As for omens, he confesses that when he passes the theatre at 7:30 and sees a crowd of people right across the street waiting for the doors to open, he usually considers the omen good. Mr. Edward Terry, another popular London actor, is very fond of Friday. He says that his new pieces have invariably been produced on that day, and that he usually travels with a company of thirteen players. The same boldness is a characteristic of Mr. Marius. His opinions of stage superstitious are as follows: "I would rather produce a successful play on a Friday than a bad one on a Saturday. I would rather receive ?13 than ?12 at any time. I would rather sit down thirteen to a good dinner than twelve to a bad one. I do not believe in unlucky theatres or unlucky actors, but I believe in a good play, well acted, drawing good houses, wherever it may be. If there is one superstition I have it is to get the best of everything at the cheapest rate." On the other hand, Mrs. Bernard-Beere confesses that she is exceedingly superstitious. Miss Millward is even more so and Miss Fanny Lslie, the burlesque actress, consid ers it unlucky to place an umbrella on the prompt table, and also to drop the play part during rehearsal. Black cats she believes are very lucky, but she will never sign a con tract on Friday. Miss Letty Lind has also some strong opinions on the same subject. *-I am peculiar enough," says Miss Lind, "to believe the number thirteen to be very lucky. It was the number of ny dressing room at the Gaiety theatre when a London audience was kind to me for the first time. On my return to that theatre I shall ask to bo allowed to have the same room. At one time I went to see a manager and met a woman with an evil eye, or rather a cross eyed women. I walked deliberately home again, knowing that the manager in ques tion would not believe in me. White flowers, I believe, are very unfortunate. Go under a ladder I will not. And I have found that if I happen to meet any one on the stairs wvhen I am going on for a dance I don't get an en core." From these few examples it may be seen that the' English actors and actresses, though not quite so superstitious as their French brothers and sisters, are yet not wholly free from the same influences.-Philadelphia Times. An Extraordinary Mental Power. I know of a case where the person who recognized evidence of a power of influ encing another's mind through some sym pathetic action, was most unwilling to be convinced. He was a doctor and opposed to all belief in faith cures, and to all which seemed to favor the doctrine that mind can influence mind. He had conceived also a strong feeling of personal dislike for tho thought reader-an American of some :eleb rity or notoriety, I will not say which. . He offered himself as a "subject," believing that the exhibition was chiefly humbug, the other "subjects" mostly confederates. He mentally located a "pain"-that is, he thought of a pain-in a particular nerve. To his surprise the thought reader began to pass his hand over his (the exhibitor's) right jaw, and presently marked with his finger the precise course of the nerve along which the doctor had imagined the pain to extend. We see in such experiments an inchoate form of the power which seems in some cases to have been possessed by persons un der strong mental emotion, of influencing others at a distance. I do not know how the evidence can be rejected showing that on certain occasions such power has been exerted-usually without any conscious effort. It seems much more incautious to reject the evidence than to admit the ex istence of such a power-not, however, as something supernatural, nor even as pre ternatural or extra natural, but simply as a quality not yet explained or understood, and recognized, as it seems to merit, special in vestigation.-Richard A. Proctor in Boston Globe. _____ __ The Wife of Theodore Thomas. Very few people know anything of Thomas domestic side, which is a very happy one. Sonme twenty years ago Miss Porter, who teaches the farfamed girls' schools at Farm ington, Conn., undertook to educate a young girl to be her assistant and eventual successor. Just about the time she had erammed her full of Greek and the higher mathemlatics she very unwisely invited a certain musical German up to the school to lecture before her pupils on orchestral effects and composition. The learned young graduate followed the example of other young women less learned, and fell promptly in love with th .lecturer. He was wiso enough to return it md Miss Porter lost an assistant, while Theodore Thomas gained a wife. It is the proud and uncontradicted boast of this classical and mathematical scholar that in all thie past twenty years her husband has eaten but three inferior meals in his own house. She comes of a race of "notable" New England housekeepers, and the inherited instinct is so strong that the theory that learned women are lacking in domesticity if true-has no demonstration in her. They are a thoroughly affectionate and congenial couple, and Mr. Thomnas' domestic existence is as happy as his public career has been great..There is a pretty daughter just growing up who does not appear to greatly resemble either piarenit, as she is but a mediocre mu sician, and despite the fact of being a student at the Harvard Annex, is considerably more concerned with the fashions than with dif ferential calculus.-Brooklyn Eagle. liewitchingly Dainty Handkerchiefs. The bewitch' g attractions of dainty hand kerchiefs have no end. From the cobweh of filmy India linen to the almost solid tracery of French handwork in bud, leaf and blossom, there appears to be no style lacking or. want unsupplied. Plain hemstitched liandlkerahiefs of sheer linen B.,i'e, and always wvill be, the y: ide of fastidious women of quiet tastes. They are, like all fine, delicate fabrics, the essential possession of the gentlewoman. These come in prices ranging from fifty cents to $2 for fine goods. The French eumbroidered handkerchiefs mare veritable works of art, anid the deeply wrought borders are seen in both white and delicate tints. The sheer lawn kerchiefs, with double hemstitching and em broidery, are considered more elegant for dress, than lace trimmed styles, which are rather under a cloud at present. Crepe-lisse hadkerchiefs embroidered in yellow, lilac, pink or blue silk, are lovely, but perishable. -New York Post. WThy So Called. Some furnishing goods stores niow keep what they call bachelor's unmdershirts. These garments are named, and derive their pop ularity. from the fact that they are made entirely w.ithout buttons.-Exchange. A dashing young lady is apt to throw a man over. If you want to know what a sliding scale is try to handle a wet fish. When big ideas get into little minds something is bound to spread. It is usually t~he mouth. Weights for window sashes are now made out of old tin cans and scraps of tin from the mannufactories, and consequently old tin has risen in price from nothing to seven dollars per ton. British law holds a broid shieldi over the ives of domestic animals, making it a mis emeanor to poison them or to kill them in ny manner, even though they stray on to your premises. Cats and dogs as well as horses and cattle are brought within the ange of the law. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of ;Interest Gathered from Various Quarters. .The Missouri Republican State Conven tion met at Sedalia and elected Blaine dele gates to the Chicago Convention. The Missouri Republican State Conven tion has nominated E. E. Kimball, of Ver non county, for Governor. Senators Allison, Aldrich, Iliscock, Beck and Harris have been designated a sub committee to compile a taritf bill as a sub slitute for Mills's bill. The Republican State Convention of Ne braska has elected delegates to the Chicago Convention. They are uninstructed, but favor Blaine. Secretary Fairchild has approved the de sign of the new twenty-dollar silver certifi cates bearing an excellent likeness of the late Secretary Manning. Nearly $000,000 had been raised up to May 10 for foreign missions of that $1,000, 000 centennial fund which the Northern Presbyterian Church has undertaken to secure. The National Convention of the Equal Rights party in session at I)-s Moines, in.. nominated ~Belva A. Lockwood for Prei dent, and Alfred H. Love of Philadelphia for Vice President. Capt. Reagan, a former conductor of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geogia Road, is now in Florida making a fortune. He recently made $75,000 on a $1,500 in vestment in real estate during the boom. During the roll in the New York State Republican Convention yesterday, when the name of Chauncey M. Depew was read, it was received with a perfect storra of ap plause. Melville E. Stone. founder and editor of the Chicago News, has sold his entire in terest to Victor F. Lawson, who has been the publisher since shortly after the laily News was stArted. The Republican Convention of the 7th Virginia district at Charlottesville has elected Senator Rildleberger and ex-Sena tor Lewis delegates to the Chicago Conven tion. They favor Blaine. At Cincinnati the Union Tabor Conven tion has adopted a platform and nominated A. J. Streeter, of Illinois, for President, and Charles E. Cunningham, of Littlk Rock, for Vice-President. The third day of the Texas international and inter-State drill and celebration was devoted to the dedication of the new State capital building. The military and civic demonstration in honor di the event has probably never been equalled in any State. Thomas Greshamn, railroad employec, wa: shot andl killed in Atlanta yesterday by George Eddleman, real estate agent. Gresham had expressed himself as favora ble to secret societies. when Eddleman, who was drunk, pulled out a pistol ant shot him. A New Turk business man has a nove] method of refreshing his memory. Wher he has something important to attend ti the next day, he writes himself a posta card, reminding him of the matter, and finding the card among the mail the nex1 morning, attends to it the first thing. The thirteen-year-old son of H. 1M Vaughn, a well-to-do farmer residing nea Jackson, Ga., hanged himself in the bare Tuesday night with the wagon lines. H< was the family pet, and grief over a slighl whipping with a switch, administered bh his mother, is supposed to have been tht cause of the suicide. On Wednesday night Felix Jones caller at the residence of Mrs. Stanford in At lanta to escort her daughter to church Dan Stanford, brother of the girl, play fully pointed a pistol at Jones, when i was discharged accidentally, the bullet en tering Jones's head. Jones died in a few hours. The coroner's verdict was deatl by accident. The employees of Singer, Nimick & Co. iron manufacturing company, of Pittsburg Va., have been notitied that their wages will be reduced 10 per cent. on May 28 The advance granted in February, 1887 and the proposed redurction will make wage: the same as they were prior to that ad vance. About a thousand men are affected The Tennessee State Democratic Con. vention, which .has been in session sinc< last Wednesday, has nominated Governo1 Robert L. Taylor for re-election. The op position, which had been fighting him or every occasion, surrendered and the fortietl ballot resulted virtually in his nominatiot by acclamation, as he received nearly ever: vote cast. 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