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WHAT A VOMAX EATS AND DKIisK. It is Often Something That Would Make an Ostrtcb Pale. (From the New York Times.) "The ordinary woman must have a digestive apparatus similar to that sup posed to be enjoyed by the ostrich," wah the suggestive comment made yesterday by the proprietor of a fashionable restau ant in the shopping district up-town. He was checking off the day's orders as be spoke, and a Times reporter hear ing the remark naturally followed it up. "Why?" repeatedthe caterer. "Well, rl just show you. All orders here are written, you know, consequently the ladies have put their testimony in black and white. Here are some of their liaehes: 'Bouillon and pistache ice cream.' Fancy aman puttingthatcombi nation in his stomach to nourish him for a day's tramp. Here's another: 'Straw berry short cake and a cup of chocolate; that was the first course, followed by cream matingue and a lemon ice.' l'd like to bet that women will be visited by both her .anoestral grandmothers to ".tere's an order in swell English bandwriting for a goblet of iced milk and an extra porterhouse steak. Nothing else. Enough tokillher? Ishould say so. This extraordinary female relished a chicken salad and a cap of tea; this one reveled in fried Little Necks and pine ple ice cream; and a third went from - t charlotte ruse without stop g any intermeiate stations." "ha's the trouble with the ladies?" make&t+ha reporter; "ignorance or econ omy?" "Both," was the emphatic reply. "They come in here and puzzle over the carte for fifteen minutes and then order consomme and frozen custard. Desert every woman must have, and the con omme or chop or bit of fish is a delicate attempt to lead up to the sweets. They have no conception of seasonable food, either. They ask for mince i in June and iced team December. August, whenI have exhausted every resource at hand to reduce the temperature of the place, they rush in flushed and gasping and call for a fan and a cup of hot choo alate. "Pewmen eat here during the da, but when one does accompany a the order shows at once his presence, MU tell, too, ninetimes out of ten, if the man is the husband or only the fiance. If the latter, the young woman orders in a lavish, generous way that is most to my esonal taste; but contents herself with amodest luncheon. Thatis the time the husband is reckless, and spring lamb, early strawberries, and other expensive delicaies just about fill the bill for him. "As a- rule, however, my patrons dringthe day are ladies. Ihad to get uaedtothem. It took me sometime, but Ielsaernea theropes, and Iletthem run th.$hing,, .pretty muh as. they want to 12 to 3 o'clock every day msyplace is filled with women,a by Oorgel they have a good time if I . y sit forty minutes sometimes ouera 25-ent order. They meet people Tothey know and block the aisles aa -delay the waitem while they ex '.: age small talk and gossip. They stop cnithr way out to ask me where 1 buy my d(which is my , you kin car if the cook iokbe willing, - *tteompeation, of course,'to disclose maspe of a delicious souffie they had bleadyreply that everyloaf of estmycook, who isa ceis, createsthose annuithout other recipe than his owat hig art. 'No ordinary cook, mademe,' I will cnclunde sympathet sby 'could produce the same results - zeen theame ingredients.' " hieh. is a lie, of course," put in the "said the restaurateur with S - "youknowlcould away my kitchen secrets, and, ~that woman will come again to mtbtsouffleand tell her friends about sed getthem to come, all because of the jitale .mystery I know about it. thepotr lnig at the prosperous ~ prprieor aughed as he leaned "I have just lased the place for another ten year,"he said. Taar Were Marrsed. The Omaha Bee- tells this amusing toyof a mrriaeinthe earlyr days of Nelwaska: A newly elected justice of the who lhad been used to drawmg' and wills and little else, was calle up tomarry a couple in hate. Bemov ngthia nat, he remarked: "5atsaoffin the presence of the Oourt.n AEbeing uncovered, he proceeded: 'Holdnupyourr 'hhand. You John Mezkin, do ycr soenyswear to the bed of ger knowledge a'belief that yer taki thisioman to have and hold for and assigns for yer and their use for ever" "Ido,"answeredthegroom, promptly. "You, Alice Evans, take this year man for yer hushand, ter have and ter hold forever; an' you do solemly swear that yer lawfully seized in fee sample an' free from all encumbrances, and have good right to sell, bargain an' convey to said gnrantee, yerself, yer heirs, administir sees and assigns?" "I-I do, sd the bride, doubtfully. "Well, that 'er's worth a dollar 'n fifty cents." "Are we married?" asked the bride. S"Yes. Knowallmenby these presents, thatI being in good health and of sound mind and 'isosiin consideration of adollar 'n fcents to me in hand wellan' truly paid, the receipt whereof is heieby acknowledged, do an' by these ts have declared you man an' wife ~o dbehavior, an' until otherwise byteCourt." Manners are the garments of charac ter.s It is true, you can dress up a Prebeh cook in the clothes of a noble man,.and pas him off for a count-at a distance. But bring him closer, and it moon appears that his sait spans him in one plcand hange too loosely in ante.It does not fit the man. He does not wear it as if it were a very part of himself. So you may put fine man - ners on a coarse character, and try to pass him off for a gentleman. But the sit wDil expose the deception. The true gentieman wears his manners like his clothing. They are the expression of his own self. Be a gentle-man, and your gentle manners will show it. Be a boor, and the v finenessof your man ners will betray boor beneath them. A newIea= Basroad Fie. Eg.Paso, Texas, June 28.-The Mexi 4can treight depot and adjoining bul ' in Paso del Norte were burned last .ign About seventy freight cars -were als de gb'oyed, a large amouuwof freight being Jimed Toss about $86AnOO) A Bad sign. An old fellow who was running a saw mill down in the southern part of Tea nesseehad considerable trouble in getting a man who understood the business of sawyer. Finally, when the owner of the mill had become wholly discouraged, a respectible fellow came along and asked for a situation. He showed a paper from oneof theleading millmenin the country, stating that the applicant was one of the best of sawyers. He was engaged, and when he had been at work about three weeks the proprietor called him one morning, and said: "Mr Collier, you needn't go to work to-day." "Are you going to shut down?" "Yes, so fur ez you are consarned." "What, you don't want me any longer?" "Yes, that's it." "Why haven't I been giving satisfac tion?" "0 yas, so far ez yo' work goes." "Then what is the matter?" "Well, I have noticed that you put on too many shirts." "I don't understand you." "Wall, you change yo shirts too often. You have been workin' here now three weeks, an' I notice that you put on a clean shirt about every eight days." "But, my gracious, is there anything wrong in that?" "To some folks thar mouten't be, bat thar is to me. A feller came along here once and changed his shirt every twelve days." "Well," said the sawyer, "what else did he do?" "Run away and married my daughter, that's what he done. Then thar come along a feller that changed his shirt 'bout ever' ten days. He run away with my wife. Then another feller that changed his shirt about ever' niae days run away with my pocket-book containing fifteen dollar3; so I find that the of'ner a man changes his shirts the worse he is, an' fearin' that you moat run away with my mule-colt, I reoon you better go now, while I've got my eye on you." Some Queer Verdicts. The duties of those who serve on coroner's juries do not ordinarily suggest anything very funny, and yetsomelaugh able results come from their work, par ticularly if they do notexactly understand what was expected of them. An amusing story is told of a verdict brought by a Western jury impaneled to inquire into the cause of the death of a man supposed to have committed suicide. The verdict was brief and to the point, the foreman saying simply: "We, the jury, find the deceased guilty as charged." Another jury exmined a great many witnesses in the case of a man run over by a railroad engine. The verdict was: "We find him to havecometo his death by being cut in twoby a railroad engine, whereby he could not breathe, hence he choked to death." A coroner's jury in the backwoods of Missouri heard all the evidence in the case of a man killed by a runaway team, and brought in the following verdict: "The jury Ends the deceased to have come to his death at the hands of a run away team, the horses therefore being blameless, they being frightened by a dog." it is told of an old German that he sat stolidly and stupidly on a coroner's jury and listened to all the evidence, after which he walked over toward the corpse with some degree of curiosity. Lifting the cloth, he started back, turned to the other rmenin amazement and affright, "Mine G3ott, shentlemen, dot man is dead!" A jury in a Missouri rural community deliberated three hours over the corpse of a woman burned by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. The following verdict was then announced in writing: "Besolved, That the dissessed was burnt to death. The joory," A man supposed to be a tramp was found dead 'nthe woods out West. A jury inquired into the canus of his death, and reported as follows. "The jury does not find that the dead man has been foully dealt with, and is of the opinion that he died simply because hyi time had come and there was no ger, ting out of it."-Detroit Free Press. Society's Latest Toy. "What is the bandurria?" was asked of a well-known musical authority to-day. "Well," he answered, "the name is of Italian origin, and not Spanish, as is gnrlysuppse. The correct name for this iittle instrument is the baudora, or in Spanish, again, the bandolon. It is of the same family as the mandolin, which it is destained to succeed as the favorite musical instrument among -oie people. Here and there names were 'ved from the East, where inthe heydey of the ceaiasthey becamne generally used to accompany the voice and support the recitals of improvisatore as well as solo performances. Although 'Panduro' appeare in the Greek, it is not a true Greek instrument, but an exotic. Pythagoras, writing about the Red Sea, states that the Troglodytes made the Pandoura of daphne or laurel, which grer near the seashore. The idea of tension would seem to be inherent in the first syllable of names of the bandora or tamboura family, preserving in each in stance so remarkable an identity. The large Turkish tamboura has a circular body, the open strings producing four tones; it has thirt-five frets of thin cat gut bound around the neck and disposed1 for the intervals, smaller than half tones, belonging to the Arabic scale." The banidurria has bounded in popu- 1 larity along the Pacific Coast. In San Francisco it has developed as a fashion able fad, completely overshadowing and i eclipsingtheci-devantfavorite, the banjo although it is much harder to learn, Its sweet and delicate tones lend themselves Psympathetically to all Spanish airs and laintive melodies. IThthelhands of a skilled performer, accompanied by tenor or mezzo-soprano, it is sure to evoke 4 frequent encores. Nor is it to be des- 1 pised for m re ambitious productions. When the Bandurria Club of Chicago, composed of the best musical _talent in : upper social circles, gave a testimnonial concert recently the rendition of* the "Miserere" from "Trovatore" was so ex- I quisitely done on bandurrias and guitars 1 nat there was scarcely a dry eye in the audience at the conclusion. The Oldest Tree on Earth. The Timber Trades' Journal is credited with a statement of this effeet4: The "Bo" tree, inthe city of Amarapoorsa, Burnmah, is the oldest on earth. It was planted 288 B. C.,sandia accordingly 2,176 years old. Its great age is proved by historic, documents, according to Sir Jam a Em merson Tennet. who says: "To it kings have dedicated their dominions in testi monvof belief that it isa branch of the idenical fi-tree under which Budda relined at Urumela when he underwent< his apotheosis." Its leaves are carriedi by pignsas srteamers, but it is too) scred to touhwith aknife, and there Ere they are gathered when they fall. : The best instruction is to practice what I you teach. A Man Proud of His naby. There was a baby on board the train rom Pittsburg to Wheeling yesterday, av the Pittsburg Chronicledelegraph. I was a baby with a big B. Tae baby had its mother along. And its papa. Likewise its grandfather. And it needed a few hundred more elatives. The baby was very good for nine niles and a half. Its papa was so proud of it. He razed complacently around the car as bough be would say: "That's my baby ! Don't you all envy ne?" Its mamma shared its papa's pride. And its grandpa absorbed what was eft. Presently the baby improvised a cir mus. It howled. Then it yelled. Then it howled and yelled some more. And refused to be comforted. The look of pride left the face of the 3aby's father. And of its mamma. And of its grandpa. And its grandpa escaped to the imoking car, The baby's papa then seized the baby, leolared his intention of throwing it off the back platform and on the adjacent andscape, and started for the rear of the car. The baby's mamma evidently placed so confidence in the threat of the baby's papa. She leaned back with a sigh of relief and ate a banana. But there was a desperate, dangerous light in papa's eyes, as he picked his way between jerks of the car. He was gone about five minutes. He returned alone. The desperate light was gone from his eyes and he looked Sheepish. As soon as the baby's mamma saw him the detected the baby's absence. She detected the guilty look he brought back with him. And she remembered his threat. He had said he would hurl his off spring from the rear platform! Mamma's face blanched. She sprang up excitedly. "The baby!" she gasped. "Where is the baby?" "I-I-" began the papa again. He certainly looked guilty. The pas sengers gathered around to prevent the escape of the monster-the man who threw his first born from a rapidly moving railway car. "Oh, John Henry," shrieked the po r mother, "where is my baby?" This time she waited for a reply, and e confessed. "I left it with a lady in the back seat, who said she could quiet it." Silence reigned for three minutes, and nothing was heard but the mocking rails of the track. Then the baby broke loose again. Curiosities of Magnetism. Most well-informed people are doubt less aware that the globe on which their life is a great ball of magnetism, but comparatively few have an adequate idea of the influence this propety is continu ally exerting on all sides, that many common but inexplicable phenomena can be traced directly to the source. Statistics go to show that in the matter of steel rails, as many as thirteen will be come crystallized and break where they go to make up e railroad track running east and west, before one of those on a north and south track is similarly affect ed. This is entirely due to the magnet ism generated by friction, and the fact that the polarity of the magnetic current is in the the former instance resisted in the headlong rush of the train, whereas in the latter case it is undisturbed. Another strange effect of this peculiar and occult force is that exerted on the watches of trainmen. A timepiece car ried by the conductor running a train twenty miles an hour, however accurate it may be, will, if the speed of the train is increased to, say.fifty miles, become useless until regulated. The magnetism generated by the flight of a train may be said to be in propotion to the speed with which it is propelled, and the delicate parts of a watch, numbering all the way from four hundred to ten hundred pieces, and peculiarly susceptible to this influ ence by reason of hammering and polish ing they have received, are not elow to fell the effect. Mabel (who is going to a party)-Excuse me now, please; I have to go and dress for i german. Old Herr Pumpernickel-I beg you don't dake mooch drouble on my iccoundt. I dink you look very veil al reaty. PHILADELPHIA SINGER. Eigh Low Arun Arm 28, $20. 40 C.AW0 0.,;bt" ITHEES' DAS'ORITE. 10WROU T W l BFORUPYDEC. ask' ouryua aget y85or,butr e for rclar. Ifon eidtoprh5Ostoyo n efl MEHR~wGEMCHIER ' cscAOQ -8 ONJ SQUAhBEpc- 0~ WEAK NERVES P It's CzrmaColroTvn isaNerve Tonic which never tails. Containing Celery and thse wonderful nerve stimulant . iS r spe~lyoases all nervous disordesi CONSTMATION PAM'S Cruet Coiu "mpanned the blood. It drives out the lactic acid, which aet and esthe blood. imaking organstoa tycnio..Its r true remed.forBeumaie. KIDNEYCOMP,~LAITSO URE Nevou Prstrtio, Nrvos Pae Bcadm by o% anusieses ud lver ane , kidneys to perfect health. This an fey. e power, combined with its nerve e ~~ite ton~ics ae t thet beet reeody for el DYSPEPSIA Kans's C= :aT CoMPOa stre1gtbena the stomach, a t at the nerves coythe diges. a p o u d ful rs p cases o Dypepsia. as-s t aL's OND Coousn ts not a esthr Br adIt is ative, giving e casy and n .rl action to the bowel. fegaiy sr ely Da Nervous Prostration, Nervous H~eadache, Recommended by roOesoma adbuslneus Neuralgia, Nervous Weakness, Stomach menn . o . and Liver Diseases, Rheumatism, and f Sal byDrgt pLO siaad all a &sotien of the Kdaoyu. WELLS, RICHARDSON &CO. Props CUOLUMBIA. VT. Mrs. Edas Keeps always O t, hand at the MANNING BAKERY, a full supply, and choice assortment, of F~AMILY AND FANCY GROCERIES. Bread, Cake,C andy,Fruit, Etc. I always givie a full 100 cents worth of goods for the Dollar IMRS. A. EDWARDS, Mlanning, S. C. SSEEDS. SEEDS. .. In Stock in Their Season, and for Sale by LRICr wLrOWRANCE, A LV ACMA, S. C.. SEED CORN-Shoe Peg, Golden Dent, WVhite Flint, Red Cob, etc. Seed Rte, -Barleiy, Wheat, Oats, and Clover. ORCHARD GrPss, BLUE Grass, Timothy, Red Top, Mixed Lawn, Lucerne, Millet. KAFFIR CORN, GARDEN and FLOWER Seed generally. Irish and Sweet Potatoes for Seed. jN Farmers having IVIoanous Seed to sell, please correspond with us Lorick & Lowrance. ALVA CAGE & GO., Pure Lake Ice. PURE ICE FROM CONDENSED STEAM. Ice Packed For the Country a Specialty. North East Cor. Market and Church St., Charleston, S. C. L AR D EN E, An extra refine grade of COTTON SEED OIL. Made Expressly for Cooking Purposes. This is a pure Vegetable Oil, better, cheaper, and far healthier than Lard. Adapted to all culinary uses. Be sure and get LARDINE. If your grocer cannot supply you, send to WILLIAM M. BIRD & CO., East Bay and Cumberland Street, OHARLE$TON, 8. C. ESTABLISHED 1844. Charleston Iron Works, Manufacturers and Dealers in Marine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Saw Mill Machinery, Cotton Presses, Gins, Railroad, Steam boat, Machinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies. alirRepairs executed with promptness and Dispatch. Sendfo~r price lists. East Bay, Cor. Pritchard St., Charleston, S. C. F. . EZER, Prsident. F. S. RODGERS, Treasurer Atlantic Phosphate Company, of Charleston, S. C. MANUFACTURERS OF g-gadgrd "E""ert1-llzers and Importers of i-cram ConM.A.NJ ILArIrT. Pelzer, Rocdgers & Co., General Agents, BROWN'S WHARF, - - - CHARLESTON, S. C. 156. MR. M. LEVI, of Manning, will be pleased to snpply his friends and the public generally, with any of the above brands of Fertilizers. OTTO F. WIETERS, Wholesale Grocer, WHOLESALE Dealer in Wines, Liquors, and Cigars. No. 121 East Bay, - - - - - - Charleston, S. C. Wsi. JoHNsoN, JOSEPH THo3M~sON, JAS. R. JOHNsoN. Wrn. Johnson & Co., 0~.AIjS r Hous n Otle Use Whar and D pot East En Lawrens Steet, Branch Yard, South East Bay, opp. Custom. Ho u:s. Meeting Street, near Market, -- -- - - Charleston, S. C, T. .AMPBELLU, DEALER IN sto-ves, R.anges. Qrates, Iron, Slate, and Marble Mantels, Force and Liit Pumps, Iron and Lead Pipe, Plumbing mateials, and Tin Rooding. 248 Meeting Street, - - - - - Charleston, S. C. F. VON OVEN, Win. Burmnester & Co. SUCCESSOR TO C, 0, AHRENS. HYADGAN Staple and Fancy Grooeries Red Rust Proof Oats, a Spe T AB LE L U XU R IES, cialty. Opposite Kerr's Wharf, WINSM IQUURS. CHARLESTON S. C. 2871Li.in street, 'Choice Drugs C'har'leStou, S. ('. , pe di Ce .-r S s - - DRUGGISTS and COUNTRY me~rchants L.UCAS, RICH ARDSON & CO., supled With the BEST GOODS, at the LOWEST Stationers andPrinters, fPca. Dr 4- BAER, C H ARLESTON, S. c., Wholesale Druggist, Nos. 131 & 133 ear. , ulei, and ial -.rt o l ts, etigsr t, Charleston, S. C. stands, pWr ping per an Mc~aflan, Brown & Evans, COI A RLESTON Jobbers of STEAM DYE WORKS, Dr Goods, Boots, Shoes. and 326 Kimc STREEE, Clothing. Side, - - Near George Nos. 224, 226 and 228 Meeting St. MACHINERY FOR SALE! To The People of Clarendon: I am the Agent for the Cel ebrated REVOLVING HEAD PRATT GIN, LIDDELL & Co.'s Engines and Boilers. -:0: I am sole agent in this county for the BOSS COTTON PRESS. Corn Mills, Pulleys, Shaft ing, etc. :o: M.. All this machinery is direct from the factory and will be sold at the Factory's Lowest Cash Prices. It will be to the advantage of purchasers to call on me before buying. W. SCOTT HARVIN, Manning, S. C. SR. MARS.HALL&0CU. S. HARDWARE MEItCHANTS. 139 MEETING STREET, Charleston, S. C. Sole Agents For STARKE'S DIXIE PLOUGHS, WATT PLOUGHS, AVERY & SON'S PLOUGHS DOW LAW COTTON PLANTER AND GUANO DISTRIBUTORS Iron Age Harrow-s and Cultivators, Roman Plough Stock, Washburne & Moe'm's Galvanized Fence Wire, Cham pion Mowers and Keapers. AND WATSON'S TURPENTINE TOOLS Manufactured in Fayetteville, N. C. Every Tool absolutely warranted and if broken will be repiaced. Also Dealers In GENERAL HARDWARE, AGRICULTURAL STEEL, Hoop Iron, Horse and Male Shoes, Wood and Tinware, Coopers tools, Miners Tools, Cutlery, Guns and Sport ing Articles. Prices made on application. RICE BEER! RICE BEER ! We are the sole manufacturers of this de licious and healthy beverage, which after having been analyzed by all the eminent chemists in Atlanta, Ga., during "Prohibi tion" and after the most searching scrutiny for traces of alchohol, was allowed to be sold free of State and city license, and so also more recently after further analyzing in Flor ida. It fills a long felt want for a stimulant and appetizer that is not intoxicating pleas ant to the taste, contains nourishment and specially suited for persons of weak and del icate constitutions. It,has the tasteof lager beer of the finest flavor; besides, to add to its purity and medicinal qualities, is special ly made of our celebrated world renowned original Artesian well water. Put up in cases of one dozen pints at $1 25 per dozen; five dozen at $1 per dozen, and in casks of ten dozen each at 90 cents per dozen. Cash must accompany each order. Gopyrighted and patent applied for. We have no Agents, and none genuine unless ordered direct from CRAMER &KERSTEN, ParaMrro BREWBY, Steam Soda and Mineral Water Works. Charleston, S. C., U. S. A. -Manning Shaving Padlor. HAIR CUTTING ARTIsTICALLY EXE0UJTED. and Shaving done with best Razors. Spc ial attention paid to shampooing lades heads. I have haid considerable experience in several large cities, and guarantee satisfac tion to my customers. Parlor next door to. Maisrs TIMEs. E. D. HAMILTON. [Gzo. E. ToAE. HERY Oravia.] Gee. E. Toale & Co. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE -TYN A T ."Inm, IlT Doors, Sash, Blinds, MOulddags, Mantels, Grates,,etc. Scroll Work, Turning and Inside Finish. Builder's Hard ware, and General Building Material. OFFICE AND SALESROOMS, 10 and 12 Hayne Street, E.EAR CHARLESTON HOTEL, Charleston, S.0L; All Work Guaranteed. As9Write for estimates. PAVILION HOTF4 CHARLESTON, S, C. First Class in all its Appointments,, Su pplied with all Modern Improvements. Excellent Cuismne. Large Airy Rooms, Otis Passenger Elevator, Elec tric Bells and Lights, Heat ed Rotunda. RATES, $2.00, $250 AND)$3.00. Rooms Reserved by Mail or Telegraph. JoHx F. WEnEEz, L. H. Quzoto JOHN F. WERNER & 00. WHOLESALE GROCERS, PRO VISION DEALTERS, .64 and 166 East Bay, and 29 and 31 Yen due Range, CHARLESTON, S. C. BOLLMANN BROTHERS, Wholesale Grocers, 157 and 169, East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. C. Wulbern &Co.1 Wholesale Grocers. Flour a Specialty. Edmunds on the Political Situation. In an elaborate article in the Forum or July, Senator George F. Edmunds f willreview the present political situation. a 3e points out the reasons why he is a Etepublican, and in effect constructs a )olitical platform for this campaign. He goes over the history of the two parties, ind shows that the two principal facts n Democratic history are a tendency to : ree trade and responsibility for the re Dellion; and he recalls the criticism nade of Republican government by the Democrats four years ago-that Repub- f lioan administrations had been corrupt; t md the chief promise of the Democrats -that there should be honest civil ser- l vice reform. The Republican service lias not been found corrupt, and practi ially all Republican office have been re- I placed by Democrats. The principles and aims of the Re publican party are thus put by Senator Edmunds: (1) "The fullest defense and promo tion at all times and in all places of equal political and civil rights of citi rens of the United States." (2) "To aid in the increase of public education by generous grants of money from the common treasury." (3) "To revise the details and correct i the inequalities that may exist in the custom laws upon the broad and funda- i mental basis always of the constant pro- i tection and encouragement of every 1 American production, every American I industry and every American laborer." (4) To diminish exuberant revenues I by the reduction or abolition of internal taxation." (5) "To suppress and eradicate the debaucheries of the civil service." The Harrisons. The Harrison family can date their history back to the middle of the seven teenth century, when Major-General John Harrison sat as one of the judges in the trial of Charles I., and as such signed the warrant that consigned that unfortunate monarch to the gibbet. Upon the accession of Charles II. to the throne he in turn executed the judges and executioners of his predecessor, John Harrison among the rest, the execu tions being signalized by their brutal ferocity. The descendants of two of these, the Harrisons and the Okeys, contributed largely to the great names which grace the pages of Ohio's history. The imme diate descendants of the unlucky Crom wellian general hied themselves from England to America, settling in Virginia. The war of the revolution found Benja min Harrison taking an active part in the affairs of the times, and he became one of the signers of the De -laration of Independence, holding many important official positions in addition to being chcsen governor of the Old Dominion for three successive terms. The son of this Benjamin Harrison was William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, whom the office-seekers killed in the short space of thirty daye from the date of his inauguration, The president's son. John Scott Harrison, was the father of General Ben Harrison. He differed from the republican party and from his son in politics. He was elected as aKnownothing, and acted with the Democrats; but he was an honorable man, and pure as his ancestors. He was respected by all his fellow-citizens, and by one more than those who differed with him politically. A Home For Indigent Confederates. BarLTmioRE, June 27.-The old Pikes ville Arsenal was to-day opened as a home for indigent Confederate soldiers. The speaking began at 8p. m. Chief udge Brown of Baltimore presided, with General yohnson asmaster of ceremonies. Speeches were made by Judge Brown, ex-Governor A. H. Colquitthof Georgia, General Hooker of Mississippi, May or Latrobeof Baltimore and others. Judge Brown said that Mason and Dixon's line had been obliterated forever, and that if a conflict did come again it would not be between the States, North and South. The war was not the result of accident; there were wrongs and rights on both sides. The North stood for the union of States and the abolition of slavery; the South for constitutional rights and Governor Colqutt ha oapologies to make for the parthe took in the war, but aid that if this country were ever inva dedbya enemy, at the lakes for in stance, the men on the Northern border would find noreadier response to the call to the defense than fromn the old Confed erste soldiers.1 Str-azge Sensibility to Blne. A prominent gentlemni in a neigh boring city, says the Albany Journal, is lways made sick by the smell of water nelons. He can detect the odor if one is carried through his house two or hree hours before he comes in. When perceptible to no one else it maks him eadly sick. Speaking of this fact, the ngineer of train No. 358 on the Hudson River Railroad said: "I have had a peculiar experience in reference to poisonous substances. Poison ivy has 2ver injured me, and no external poison ;hat I have ever handled has done me iarm except in one instance. I once rore a pair of blue overalls, and wore hem to go swimming. The blue color >ame off on my body and poisoned me. [Ewas in such acondition that I had toa e lifted from my bed on sheets. Since ihat time I cannot even put my handsi n bluing water without unpleasant re-| nits. In cleaning my engine, if I take| ip any waste with blue threads in it 1i an tell at once from the suffering I e' erience that there are blue threads in I he bundle." Diphtheria.1 If something is not done to check the rogress of diphtheria and membrane us croup the results will be more dis etrous than can now be estimated. The hicago Herald says: "If a like evil reatened any of the domestic animals, Snew bureau would be established at washington. If a cow at the stock rards should get a lump on her jaw, or Shorse become pink in the eye, gov irnors would run to and fro. But a ome may be stripped of its all, life may >e made a mockery; ambition to do rood may be forever blasted; society rill not et move in any way to lessen evil so hideous. No father dare say hat hiis little ones will not come home his night laden with the malignant >oien. Why should that father have errible apprehension ever present i tis mind? Because society takes abso ctely no care in the public treatment of be fearful disease. No child may know rhere the virus is not, and no child can ie saved after becoming well envenomed. Seabrin Stroke, an eccentric old cob 1er in Jefferson, Ga., who still keeps at is trade, although eighty-nine years >d, is a veteran three wars. He beat a Irum in Jackson's army at the battle of few Orleans, fought in the Mexican war nd served with credit in the Confeder te army through the war between the Itates. Despite his advanced age, heI