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THE GOVE RNOR'S POSITION. How It Is Regard.i. by Difterent Paper. in South Carolina. (Yorkville Enquirer) The Governor's action is condemned by some, but we do not see how he could have acted otherwise than he did. In the first place, bringing up the sao jeot in the Legislature, pending Miss Lee's contest of the will, was hasty and unseemly, while it could in no way hasten the establishment of the college; and as the Governor's action will not delay the institution, we can see no just grounds for condemnation. (Lancaster Ledger.) Governor Richardson declined to sign the Clemson College bill, hence it will, like many other important bills which required more careful consideration, be delayed until the next session of the Legislature. Theactionof the Governor is condemned by the advocates of the Ciemson college, but in our judgment he acted wisely and for the best inter, at of al! concerned. The case is now be fore the courts, and even should the bill have been signed the State could not have entered into immediate possessiou until the injunction of the United States Court was dissolved. The Governor's action, therefore, will neither hasten nor delay the establishment of the college. (Abbeville Press and Banner.) We see by the newspapers that the Golvernor will withhold his signature from the Act to accept the Clemson es tate. Because the Governor had not the bill before him for three days prior to the adjournment of the Legislature, the Constitution provides that he may, at his own discretion, withhold his ap proval or disapproval until the next sit tin of the Legislature. his exercise of this Constitutional right some of the newspapers seem dis pleased, and have criticised the act. It a to us, that no more censure should attach to the Governor for veto ing the bill, or withholdinghisapproval. than was attached to the Lieutenant Governor for casting his vote for the bil. Let those who favor the Clemson Col lege be as fair to Governor Richardson as those who oppose it hays been to Lieutenant-Governor Mauldin. (York Enterprise.) The Governor, in holding the Act, is only exercising a right which is guaran aneed him by the Constitution, and in its exercise we see no injury which can possibly result to the State. The course of the Governor was a little unusual, but when nothing could have been accom plished by his signature, and no injury will result from his actions, we fail to see reason -in the criticism which has been heaped upon hie& by many of the papers of the State. We are in favor of the agricultural college, but we think it is one of those matters which should be gone into with deliberation and with a full knowledge of its cost. The result of the Governor's action will simply delay the matter until the next meeting of the General Assembly, and it is to be hoped that by that time he may be in a position to give his ap proval to the Act. (Georgetown Enquirer.) Governor Richardson has wisely pocketed the Clemson bill. His views on the subject, and his reasons for with hold.ng his signature, will be made known early in November. While it is undeniably true that the majority of th~e people of the State were in favor ofacecepting the bequest, it is not certain that it is the'wisest course to at thisjuncture oLf..airs. The - anestate har bi6i injected into the politics of the State-at the last elec tion. Many of-ther new members owe their election to the vehemence with wicIh advocated this measure, and .theyfelt it would be traitorous to their cosiunsto vote against the bill. The position occupied by the op pnants of the bill is impregnable,.but no -amount of logie or common sense Ooiazie A~Qin. to -vote according to "terjm;. "; when- in so dcing. they'~ fr~i their'p~laces aslegisla tcrs at ?ihrelection. Gov. Richard son is fortunate in having abundant time to get the consensus of opinion througou4'h Sa and wilt no doubt pursue a ~diefised by true wisdom and wite pVeentime th'e contsts ~iBcan make ther (Banwen-Eeople.) The Constitution gies tae Chief Ex ecutive three days within y.which -to ext amine any and all bills be ore approving or vetoing, anld as the~ egislature ad journed before the ending of three days from the time it was presented to hun, he.will hold, it untii the reessembling neik .ibrwhenhe will return it, either with or withouit approval, as he may derida. An avaumng himgelf of his constita tronal right and in eo preserving the statna quo Gov. Richardson has done exactly thce right thing, at the right time and in the right way. The cause of agricultural educstion has not been damaged or delayed by his ation, for, by the terms of the bequest, the State was given three years within which to accept or refuse, and the course of the courts must be waited upon to decide whether Mr.. Clemson had the 't to make the disposition of the Port H'1 property that he under took tod. Further than that. If the trial of the suit of Miss Lee, granddaughter of Mr. Clemson, nexs spring before Chief Jus ties Puller at Charleston, should result -in breaking the Clemson will, so far as the Fort Hill lands are concerned, the Governor's course will have saved the Bate from a most mortifying predica ment into which shortsighted popularity huntaahaveasought to hurry it. It is a good thing that-the State has a. Gov' -r ero. It is a better thing that his name is John Peter Richardeon. (mien Recorder.) This decision on the part of the Gov ernor will no doubt excite a good deal of comment on the part of the press and people. He will be sustained by some, and bitterly asailed by others. For our Tart we believe he has acted wisely. T~he college loses nothing by a little de Th. contest over the will will now b between the executor of the Clemson es tate, and Mr. Calhoun's gadchild, as rpeetd by her guardian, and the State is spared the expense incident tc the litigation. When the courts will have passed upon the title, it will be time enough t~ take action. The injunction estabhshed by the court prevents the property froz being turned over to the State, and this injunction will hold good until the ques tions raised by Miss Lee have been fully adjudicated. (Anderson Journal.) The Clemson Agricultural College bil] was passed by the Legislature and seni to the Governor only a day or two before the i.a adjourmert The Governo2 did not approve the Act, nor did he veto it, but simply holds it in reserve until the next session of the Legislature under authority of a provision of the Constitu tion. If the Legislature had sent the Act to the Governor a day or two earlier, it would necessarily have become a law or else it would have been killed. Either res.lt might have been unfortunate, considering the present complication of the bequest, but as it is, when the Legis lature meets next November it might be made to appear unmistakably that one fate or the other should befall the meas ure. It is fortunate that the conjunction of circumstances permits the matter to be held in abeyance, and it is also fortunate that Governon Richardson was prepared to act discreetly when the emergency arose. FROM SLAVERY TO HONOR. Jeff. Davis' Former Servant, Now an Alder man, Writes to His Old Master. James H. Jones colored, of Raleigh, N. C., who was the Hon. Jefferson D.avis's body servont while the latter was President of the Southern Confederacy, wrote him a letter some weeks ago expressive of his nigh regard Jones stated that he had not seen his former master since both were tak en to Fortress Monroe. Jones was cap tured with Mr. Davis in Georgix and made great efforts to secure his master's escape. Mr. Davis makes special mention of him in his history. Jones has made particular de nial of the story that Davis was attired in woman's clothing when captured. Since the war Jones has lived here. He is a Republican in politics and has for eigh teen years been an alerman. His love for Mr. Davis amounts to devotion. The following. autograph letter came from Mr. Davis. dated at Beauvoir, Miss., December 26. "I was very glad to receive your letter, with its assurance of kind remembrance, and it gave pleasure not only to me but al so to my daughter, who was an infant when you last saw her. Mr.. Davis you know was always your particular friend. We have all rejoiced when we heard of your honorable prosperity, and have felt that it was what was due to your integrity and fidelity. The many years which have come and gone since we parted have in no wise diminished my regard for you and in terest in your welfare. On Christmas day I mailed to you the last photograph taken of me in order that you might see me as I now am. "With the best wisbos of. myself. Mrs. Davis and all the household, I am truly your friend, "JEFFERSON DAVIS." The Suicide of Ben Woods. BRUNSON, Jain. 2.-Ben Woods, a white man, living not far from Matthews' Bluff, committed suicide by drowning himself in a well. For some time before he had given unmistakable evidence of insanity, but no one seemed to realize that he had any se rious intention of destroying his life. al though he had once, it least, declared his intention to do so. On Friday morning he tried to get : plow line. and when asked what he wanted witu it, said he wanted to fix the gate. lie was advised to use a chain, and seemed satisfied to do so. Soon afterwards he 'was found cutting off a piece of bagging, and being asked what he was going to do with it, he said it was to tie the chain to the gate. A little after sun down some persons heard his plunge into the water, and rushing to the well made frantic efforts to rescue him; but he re fused to avail himself of the aid of the hand pole let down to him, and before he could be reached he sang to the bottom. When he was "fished" out., the piece of -bagging referred to was found tied around his neck with an old axe at the other cud. He had climbed down the curb, removed his hat and coat and then jumped in. He was about 4,5 years of age and unmarried. -Special to News and Courier. A Bold Roubbery-. One of the boldest robberies whichi have ever occurred in our county took place about four miles from town on Monday last. Early Monday morning between daylight and sun up Mr. Martin Lynn left his home to go to Stroup & Wallace's store. On the way be met two negro men, who stopped him and inquired if he had a pistol for sale, and on replying that he had not, they asked him what he would take for his gun, which he was carrying at the time. When he informed them three dollars they took it, and handed him a five dollar bill, when he rewrned the change and went nis way. After going several hundred yards his attention was i.t tracted by some one askieg what he hadt .one with that pocketbook, and ontrn ing around was confronted by the two negroes, one of whom shot at him, the bali passing through his cap. They then seized him. threw him down, and ut his pock-etbook out of his pcket, containing about thirteen dollar"-, and after administering- a severe bearing, left him. Neither one of the negross was recognized.-York Enterprise. Tn REPUBUICAN MANGERs have been. running over the list of membxers certined to the Fifty-first.-ogress, and they nd that the number of certific..es received is yet about sixty short of the whole number, 325. They estimate the maximum lapub lican majority at seven and the minimum at one. The relation of parties, as the Re pblican managers fig-ure from the certiti cates and official counts as reported, is 163 Republicans and 159 Democrats. This omits the disputed districts jn Tennessee and West Virginia. Counting these for the Democrats the relative strength of the two parties would be--Republicana 163, Democrats 162. Counting them for the Republicans the result would be-Repub licans 166. Demaocrats 159. According to the Philadelphia Times, these are the out side limits. In any event the Republicans will have a majority. But at 4he minimum majority of one the margin is so small that the death of a single Republican would make it impossible to organize the House until an election were held. It is believed in Republican circles that the certifying of two of the West Virginia Representatives: is simply preliminary to the certifying ofI the other two. In the csse of Evans he has the Governor's certificate. His name will go on the roll or the district will be left blank until after the organization of the House. By this arrangement the par ties on the organization of the House would stand: R-publicansi, 163; Democrats, 161; not certified, 1; total, 325. A Painfuli Wound. * On Tuesday afternoon last, Ciarence Glenn, the youngest -son of Sheriff Genn, was accidentally shot, receiving a painful flesh wound below the left hip. On Thursday morning he, accompanied by Dr, J. B. Allison and some colored men, went rabbit hiinting, riding a mle, and carrying a gun. The hunt progressed very satisfactorily, until late in the day, when, on the return home, about two miles from town, near the Pikmey road, the mule Clarence was riding stumbled and fell, throwing him and causing the explosion of the gun, the charge, which was egqurel shot, entering his side as above described. Fortunately for him, he had the presence and attention of Dr. Allison, while one of the colored men hastened to town for Dr. Lindsay, who gave the wounded lad necessary treatment. Though the wound is ul, it is not dangerous. Vm.rnrille Enanie. UNIVERSITY INFIRMARY. FOUNDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STUDENTS. Competent Doctors, Druggist and Nurse in Charge-How It Is Managed. (Fro'n the Columbia Daily Record.) The handsome cottage on Medium street, near the University Campus, has been com pleted and the keys turned over to the Uni versity authorities. It is to be used as an Infirmary in which sick students will receive all needful care mad attention. The building has eight rooms in it, six )n the first floor and two on the second. THE CONSULTING ROOM. On the left, as one enters, is the consult ing room where a student will be examined by the physician in charge and prescribed for. It is fitted nicely and has in it a chest of drugs and a dispensing'desk. Mr. S. J. Duffle is the druggist and all prescriptions will be filled by him, or by some of the ad vanced students, under his supervision, in the Pharmaceutical Laboratory of thi Uni versity. Either Dr. Taylor or Dr. Talley will be found in this office every afternoon it 4.30 o'clock for consultation by the stu lents. Behind the office is the room of the TRAINED NCiSE. Mrs. M. J. Ferrell, from the Charleston rraining School of Nurses. who comes bighly recommended, as thoroughly :,m petent and efficient. Adjoining her room is a routa set aside for toe use of any very sick patient. This room is apart from the rest o, the building and little or no noise can reach it. The front room on the right-hand side bas not yet been put to any special use, but ehind it is THE PANTRY, where the stores for the use of the Infirm try will be kept. Just to the rear of this is THE KITcHEN. There is of courae p stove in it, and the :ommon kitchen utensils, and a hot water :ank. While a sick student will not be supplied with all of his victuals from the [nfirnary kitchen, any delicacies, such ::s hicken soup, beef tea, etc., will be p:e pared therein for him. UP STAIRS ire two large rooms that open one into the >ther, and each will have about a dozen nice beds in it. There is also a dressing-room, and a bath-room with hot and c-)ld and shower baths. The building is well constructed, and is modeied to suit the purposes for which it was built. THE INFIRMARY FEE s five dollars, which is paid at the begin ing of each session, and which guarantees :o every student the advantages of the In irmary for whatever time he may be sick luring the nine months of the college year. From the fund raised by this means the salaries of the physician, druggist, nurse mud other expenses of the Infirmary are ,aid. BOYTON'S SEA SERPEN I' ARRIVES. e tLaught It After a Brave Fight and Brought It to Town. (New York Star, Dec. 30.) Captain Paul Boyton's sea serpent aptured in the - Caribbean Sea some weeks ago, has arrived in this city. The noneter was brought into Baltimore 'hursday morning on the steamship [othonay of the Henry Bros.' ine. It was shipped from that port on he ship Latharna for Philadelphia, where it was delivered over to Captain Boyt-im's manager, Dan Freeman, who rought it to this city. He related last sight. how Captain Boyton captured the great aquatic wonder. "An expedition was fitted out last &rgust said he, "by Captain Boyton, or the purpose of searching for marine monsters. The vessel Huntress sailed rom Baltimore August16, having aboard Captain Boy ton, Professor E. Munster, the taxrdermist and naturalist,.and se, aral submarine divers and h2arpoon hands. The serpent was sighted off the [le of Pines. a small ishand lying off the south-west of Cuba, in the Carribean Sea. T-iere was a groat chase, followed by a terrible struggle, for it took many shots to kill the monster. Harpoon after barpoon was sunk in the big body also, and finally victory belonged to Captain Pauil. T~e aernent was towed to the island, and there Professor Munster be gan his task of scientific taxidermy. It ook thre' weeks to properly perform the work, and thieu the great scientific trophy was ready for shipment." Captain Boyton declares that, after exhibiting the serpent itt several cimes, he will present him to ithe Mutseuin of' Natural History. Two Serious Accidents. One day last week whik. Master David DeWalt of our town was hunting, he acidently shot a little negro boy. It seems that a rabbit jumped up in front of David and ran into the direction of the little negro, whom he did not see. He fired at the rabbit, but the load struck the little negro, a number of the shot taking affect in the back and left arm of the little negro. The shots passed through the clothes and lodged in the skin, inflicting but slight wounds, as the two boys were a considerable distance apart and the shot were small. \Wbile Master Johnnie Merchant, of St. Lukes commnnity, was handling a pistol Monday, it accidentally dis charged, and Hink Brown (cooL), who was standing near, received the ball in the lower part of the abdomen. Drs. A. F. Longford and J. R. Langford are attend ing him. From what we can lean it is quite probable that the wound will prove fatal.- Prosperity Reporter. A Queen's Moustache. A most curious statement is being made about the Queen of Portugal. Not only has Maria Pia, it is said, a clearly defined moustache on her upper lip. but she is positively proud of it. it is furthermore stated, evidently by a con firmed courtier, that this hirsute adorn ment suits admirably the Queen of Port ugal's style of beauty. Whio shall say, then, that tim royal example will not effect arevolutionin this particular direc tion? Hitherto the answers on toilette matters in the ladies' journals have been largely devoted to directions to fair corre spondents how they might get rid of the superfluous growth of hair on their upper lips and chins. But in future, possibly, toilette editors will be called on to recommend the best mous tache developer for ladies whose "style of beauty" the masculine growth on the upper lip is supposed to suit, Remove spots from furniture with hero sene. The number of executions during the past year in the United States was eighty seen. New York headed the list with nine and Peensylvania furnished five. All of the condemned were men, except one; fifty-seven were whites, twenty-nine ne es and one a Chinamnan. Lynchings are An Afectionato Lion. The superintendent of the' animal de partment out in Woodward's;garden tells a pathetic and pretty story about a lion they had out there, says The San Fran cisco Chronicle. At first he was so dan gerous that they did not care to venture too close to him, but by persistent gen tleness and kindness the superintendent gradually made the beast so fend of him that it liked to have him go into the cage. and if he'd lie-down beside it the lion would raise its head, so as to give hi:n a soft place tu.lie. One day a drunken sailor came into tie gardens and began teasing the lion. The superintendent came up and told the sailor not to tease the beast. The sailor replied with an oath, and struck at him twice. The lion became perfectly franctic with rage, and roared, and bent. the bars of his cage so much that the sailor got fri;ghtened. If the lion had got out of his cage there would not have been enough left of the sailor for a funcral. At length the lion got some kind of a tumor and was in g~vat poin. One or two siight operations hal to be performed, aid nb ;ody could get near the beast except this one man. The lion let him cut, and looked at him gratefully all the time, licking his hand when it was over. The tumor r-rew so bad that a big 'peraticn had to be per formed and it was with fear and trem bling that the supe rintendent undertook it. for the lion was in terrible pain. The c'tors could not go near, but they drew a diagram of the body of the lion, held it up before him as he went on, and made the marks on it where he was to cut. He followed the. directions, and al the whi' the lion nv as still as if he v::re undi(S.turboed. '1 ,. list opemt:ion dlH no good. The bea;t was in such fear fal uain that they had to kill him. The erinten denc took his revolver and n-:er pett. the animal fired one shot through .i head, putting the muzzle close to it. The lion gave him apathetic look, in whlch there seemed to be a mix ture of surprise and reproach, but no anger. It took three shots to kill him, and all the time the beast never toci his eyes off the, man who was killing him. The 'sunerintendent says he was n.ver so curiously and-deeply affected in his life, and lie could not help crying; even now he feels the tears come when he recalls it, and lie cannot forget the lion's pitiful look as his head fell back for the last time. A County of New Mexico. There is not a county in New Mexico but has many natural advantages and wonderful resources, but Dona Ana county, in the south central portion of the territory, probably takes the lead. I'na Ana county is a vast tableland .!.',O feet above sea level, 150 miles from cast to we-t and 100 miles from north to south. Great mountain ranges spring up from the vast plain to a height of from 2.000 to 6,000 feet above their level, and from twenty to fifty miles in length, but are seldom more than ten or twelve miles in width. These mountains trend nearl-: north and south, and are all rich in mineral, some of them containing mine; that have been worked for many year l:y the old Spaniards and Mexicans, ".d are cill producing. Large quanti ties of gold, silver, copper and galena and other minerals are found. The nlains between these mountain ranges are treeless, but covered with rich, nutritious grama grass, which is equal to the best cultivated provender, it is sserted, for rough feed. This vast tract of ta'oleland is traversed from north to south bv the Rio Grande del Norte, which has washed out a valley five or six guiles in width. For ages the pro longed freshets-the melting snows of sprin: and the summer rains-have brought with them the surplus decom no eI vegetable matter and rich in min eral salts which in ..regnate the turbulent waters as they wvas ath mountain sides, the vast plains, and rush down the ar rortas. These sedimentary deposits are inthis way precipitated, and have cov ered -.he entire valley to a great depth with the richest of alluvial soils. The waters of the Rio Grande, like those of the Nile of I'gypt, are exceedingly rich in this sedimentary mateia he'ld in solution, and when spread over the lands in the process of irrigation, renews the soils and renders the use of other fer tiliers unnecessary.-Cor. Kansas City Jouarnal. The Haunted Hole. One night about fifty years agoa brutal murder was committed at a lonely place on the hidh road between Warwick and Stratord-upon-Avoni, writes a London correspondecnt. The next morning the murdered man was found lying by the roadside, his head mueh mangled, resting in a small hole in the bank. The assas sins, two in number, were shortly after ward di .~'\ered, and they were 'hanged at Warwia- for their crime. From" that da-' to this the hole wherein the dead man'o head reposed remains unchanged. No mat.e-r how often it may be flled up, whther by the wash of heavy rains or b,7 stones and leaves that boys may hap pen to cast into it as they pass, it is soon found~ to be again empty. No one takes eaeof it. No one knows whether or by w Lmi s guarded. Fill it at nightfall and von walfind~it em pty in the morn ing'i:: is the local belief end afiir~na 11:. h pzca is haunted.otci 'ii ptis about two miles oto .rzt "odan not distant from the gates c f C"aricote park. I looked at this hole oe~ brights day in June, and saw that it v~a ciptr Nature, it is thought by the bios 'a:- complicitly with the eon * calment Of crime, and brands with her eurse the places that arc linked with the r-"eddirn- c i blo2d. You will recall that ctrong line' in Tom' Hlood's pioem-of "Eu gene Aram" : "For a might7 wind had swept the place. and1 stiti the corse was brir."-Ciucianati Enquirer. U'o niuqd to the Children. Wallice says the mind of man is so reat that hienceforth his "selection" ill reolace the primitval p)ower of niaturil selection," so that it is possible the earth will bear only cultivated plants and tame animals: and Frederica Ere mer tilinas man may possibly create "an ennobled race of animals' by the educa ioni of a kind and gentle treatment. Wih t'hat potency, then, comes this truth to the education of children. Here, indeed, is the richest reward of kind aess. And how is it possible to look on a child without being touched by the pathes of its helplessness? How fearful barshness is, or cold nerglect, and how dreadful ard angry pun-s ments to those little beings who cling to us like clusters on a vine! It is by our good juices they must be ripened, and if the vine be bad1, what hope for them? And, as before, I have said that there is great vanity and conceit in unkindness, so the kindness of the love of parent or teacher wil root well in humility. For who can look on a child without awe, or compare its needs and his own attainments wvthout a fear? .-"J. V. B." in St. Lous Globe-Democrat. When the thermometer is down near ze ro, never put a frosty bit into a horse's mouth without warming it; if you don't know why, just touch your tongue to it and you will find a piece of skin frozen to the bit. It was Thoreau who said: "I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crcwded on a velvet cush Ion. 1 would rather ride on earth in an ox cart wIth a free circulation, than go to heaven in the fancy car of. an excursion train and breathe malaria all the way." An Italian physi,:ion has been making experiments with colors on insane people. A furious lunatic, so the story goes, en closed in a blue room became gentle and comaatvly sane within a few hours. IDEiALS. Angels of Growth, of old, in that surpriso Of your first vision. wild and sueet, I ioured in p:sionate sighs Mv wish um-ie That y.' descend m12y heart to meet 31y heart so slow to rise. Now thus I pray: Angelic be to hold In heaven your shining poise afar, And to my wishes bold It -liy with coll. Swae invitation, like a star Fixed in the heavens old. Did ye descend, what were ye more than I? s't not by this ye are divine - That native to the sky, Ye cannot hie Downwar., and give low hearts the wine That should reward the high? Weak, yet in weakness I no more complain Of your abiding in your places: Oh. still. howe'er my pain WilI prayers may rain, Keep pure on high the perfect graces That stooping could but stain. Not to content your lowness, but to lure And lift us to your angelhood, Do your surprises pure Dawn far and sure Above the tumult of young blood, And starlike there endure. Wait there! wait, and invite me while I climb; For, see, I come: but slow. but slow I Yet ever as your chime, Soft and sublime, Lifts at my feet, they more, they go Up the great stair of Time. -David A. Wasson. RELIC OF FEUDAL TIMES. Why a Host Pour' Burgundy into His urvn Glass Eefo:e Serving Gue.ta. Three gentlemen were dining in an up town restaurant the other night when a bottle of choice Burgundy was placed before the host. Ie poured a few drops into his own glass and then filled the glasses of his guests, after which he again turned his attention to his own. Then they all lifted their glasses, inhaled the delicate aroma, and sipped the wine gently. "That is one of the few parties," said the proprietor of the restaurant to a re porter, indicating the man who was tak ing the part of host, "who knows how to pour wine. Most persons make a great splurge and send the wine gurgling into the glasses of their guests. The proper thing is to pour just a little into your own glass first and then fill those of your friends. This custom is a relic of ancient feudal times, and is intended to indicate that the wine is not drugged or poisoned by showing that the host intends to par take of it also. In those days when poisoning was a highly developed art and violence reigned supreme, even friends might be forgiven for being a little suspicious of each other. Even later in the world's history, a general serving un der the first Napoleon found it advisable to insist upon his host's drinking the wine with him to be sure that it had not been poisoned. In this instance, how ever, as the host's patriotism inspired them to include themselves among the victims, the precaution was fruitless. "It was during the wars of Napoleon in Spain. The general had command of a regiment of the guard of Jerome, ex king of Westphalia. The soldiers, weary with a long day's march, arrived, under the walls of Figueiras. The general sent to the prior of the convent in that town demanding refreshments for his officers and men. The prior sent back word that the men could find quarters in the town, and that he would entertain the staff of ficers. Such an invitation fi-om a pre sumable enemy aroused the general's suspicions, and in order to be on the safe side he invited the prior and two of his monks to dine with hiu. After a hearty meal, supplemnented by dehicious wines and liquors, the general and his aids were horrified to hear the following from their host, who addressed them calmly and deliberately: 'Gentlemen, if you have any wordly affairs to settle there is no time to lose; this is the last meal you and I shall take on earth; in an hour we shall know the secrets of the world to come.' "Within the time set, notwithstanding antidotes and physics prescribed by the doctors, the prior's p~redictionl was f'ul filled. He and his monks had put a deadly poison in the wine to rid the world of their hated enemies. Although the original reasoit for the custom has fortunately no longer any force, it is con sidered a mark of ill breeding to neglect it."-New York Evening Sun. The Gallery Front Row. When I go to the theatre with a party of gentlemen I always prefer to take seats in the front row of the first gallery. Of course, when people see you there they imagine.you are trying tso save money, and all that sort of thing-that you're really stingy, as it were. Of course no one wants to appear in thi ligh~t, and when one takes a .Iady,hie cannot afford to be placed in that position. But when only gentlemen are concerned, I tell you, they can all take the 'dress circle and parquet for me. I'll take the front row in the first gallery, and I know what I'm talking about, for I've studied the matter. No one will doubt that you can see bet ter from that elevation. There's no big hats in front of you, no heads dodging fron. one side to the other to see around some other body's big hat, no nothing of that sort. If that ain't an advantage, I don't know what is. Then there's another thing. You can hear better in the front of the lower gallery. There's no ot her part of the house that equals it, and if the escape from the big hat nuisance is not enough tids surely is.-Globe-Democrat. An interesting relic was received recently at the Navy Department in Washington. It was a section, about th ree feet in length of one of the timbers of the San Pablo, one of the ships which composed the famous Syanish Armado which sailed to "conquer England three hundried and fifty years ago. -he San Pablo was one of the ships which escaped. She was afterward renamed Na vio Soberano, and after several cruises was wrecked on the coast near Santiago de Cuba, where the hulk now lies buried in the mud. The Duchess of Galliero, who has just died in Paris, was so rich that she was able to give 45.000,000 to endow the port of Ge noa: $10,000,000 to endow the most mnag nificent hospital in Enrope, to enlarge five streets and restore a dozen churches. She asogave her native city her celebrated psI ace and collection of Vandyke paintings, and in Paris endowed a museum of art, an orphanage ad other institutions. Her only son and heir'. "Signor" Ferrari. is a rabid Socialist, and refuses the title of dnkc. In Anagua, Texas, Charles de la Graza and Jesus Basrbo fought a duel on New Year's Day, in which both were killed. They opened fire on each other from horse back, but dismounting after a few shots advanced on foot, firing on each other, Ga za first using a Winchester and after wrds a pistol. Garza was shot through the stomach. Barbo was shot through both thighs. lust one finger and was also hit in the body above the heart. Garza was dead when witnesses got there, but Barbo lived for an hour. - The beat way when hot grease has been spilled on the floor is to dash cold water over it, so as to harden it quickly and pre vnt it striking- into the boards. INSECT GEM HUNTERS. Garnets and Other Precious Stones Brought to the Surface by Ants. "There is the original garnet mine, and the miner as well, " said my companion, as we were riding among the mountains of New Mexico. Following the direction of his glance I saw a tall, well formed Navajo -Indian standing motionless by what appeared to be a small sand heap. Wishing to hives tigate we drew nearer and fond that the statesque native was watching one r the many ant hills that dot the country through New Mexico and Arizona as well. As we approached he hardly looked up. appearing indifferent after the fash ion of his race, and his object was still an enigma. at least to me. The Navajo tribe had never produced a naturalist, and it was hardly possible that he had been studying the habits of the active in sets. Ferhaps lie was trying to collect enough for dinner-Indians have been known to eat rats. But the Indian was, after all, a close observer, and was reaping his reward, for when I asked him w-" he was doing he held out a small bag, ih contents of which I turned upon my hand-garnets, small but good. in great numbers. bits of quartz that gleamed like diamonds, here a bit of turquoise. large quantities of oli vine, and a single gem. an emerald, of but little value, but an emerald after all. An ant hill was a curious place from which to take such a strange assortment, but, as my friend had suggested, this miners were the ants. In piling up their dome like houses they brought out the minute gems one by one and placed them among the bits of sand, where they gleamed and flashed as if inviting col lection. The Indians had discovered their value, and in this way did their mining. allow ing the ants to do all the work and tak ing the gems as fast as they were brought up. The stones found in this w-ny range in size from the head of a pin to a large pea. and, besides the ones mentioned, rubies have been taken from the heaps. These stolen gems are' sold in lots and used in various kinds of jewelry. Nearly every ant hill is examined in this way and the mound gone over, often the ants being watched and the gems taken from them as soon as brought up. Whethe: the little insects have a liking for glistening objects it is difficult to de termine. h it, from the fact that so many gems are brought to the surface. there would seem to be reason to suppose they had. It would be extremely difficult to name an industry followed by man that did not have its prototype in the lower animal kingdom. Our humble friends have their trades, their seeming arts and sciences, just as we have. Hence, we need not be surprised if we find miners whose work compares favorably with that of human beings. In an ant family that I have been watching for some time, well up in the Sierra Madre mountains, southern Cali fornia. the work is carried on in a very methodical manner, the workers appar ently being protected by soldier ants, with huge heads and powerful jaws. For some time I watched these miners at work, noticing the regularity w?ith which each ant seemed to deposit its load in. the same spot. and finally I allowed the sun to pass through my .hand glass and form a bright spot at the entrance of the mine. A worker soon passed under it, and, feeling the fierce heat, evidently rushed below with the news, for almost immediately out came a horde of big jawed fighters, who darted about, biting at the sun spot, and showv ing by their actions that they 1md deter mined to attack the foe. whatever it was, and when I placed my magnifying glass upon the ground they rushed at it in great fury. fastening their jaws upon the silver case and refusing to be torn away -even parting with their heads. that re mained for a long time clinging to the glas.-Golden Days. Leg Cut Off by a Train. GnEEmIrE. Jannary 2.-B. Weherle, a well-known jeweller and an old citizen of Greenvil'e, was the victem of a painful accident at the Air Line depot to-day. He was standing close to the main track and watching the engineer packing the cylinder of a locomotive standing on a ide track. A Blue Ridge train was shifting on the main line, and while Weerle's attention was distracted a a passing coach struck him and threw him to the ground. His left leg fell under ti.' wheels and was cut off comn pletel) be.aw the knee. It was feared that the 7ictem would not survive the amputation which was found necessary, and he has since died.. The New Orleans Times-Democrat compiles, from the number oi votes east in the late elections and other data, an estimate of the population of each State in the union. Its estimate for Georgia 'is 2,041,669, and for Alabama 1,541,5383. The estimate for all the States is 62,157, 633, and for the territories 1,925,424. According to the estimatee, the increase per cent. in population of the various sections bince 1880 has been Northwest 21.3, Pacific coast 47.0, South 30. 2, WVest 20.5, New England 16.4, Middle Statles 16.3, Union 26.5. The State showing te largest increase is Texas, 69 per cent., with Colorado, Kausas, Mignesota and Aran a ot lwn in the order named, adntfrbehind Texas. B~ined to Death.-A little negro girl was burned to death on the plantation of Mr. Henry Hill, five or six miles from Midway, on December 21. It seems that the child was left in the house with an infant, and was bringing in chips to Eeap upon the fire, whilst her parents were off a little distance to watch .the fish sporting in a pond near ihe house. The child ran out of the house all in a blaze. Her father, Ed Williams, ran toward her. Ho took hcld of her hands and the flesh fell off. She lived for about five hours in great agony. We tind the fool a pretty smart fellow when we come to make a trade with him. To remove spots from marble use a paste of whiting and benzine. Occasionally a Boston woman conde sceds to run a sewitg-machinle, but you ray be sure she uses nothing but refined Our European consulg report that the United States is receiving the scum of for eign populationl, and that the steamship owners are largely responsible for it. Uilcloths should never be washed in hot .oasuds; they should first be washed clean with cold waiter, then rubbed dry wvithi a cloth wet in milk. The same treat ment applies to a stone or slate hearth. The necessity of introducing some vari ety to the conventional af ternon tea has led many hostess to provide, with the other means of refreshment, small bags of bon bos tied up with ribbons. Whenever General IHarrison takes his' walks abroad he carries an old-fashioned, ivory-handled cane, leaving at home over one hundred fancy walking sticks which hae been sent him since his nominatiCnu. BEAUTY AND DIET. LAWS WHICH ALL DAUGHTERS OF EVE SHOULD ALWAYS OBEY. Pickles, Strong Tea and Overdone Beef the American Girl's Diet-Padding and Cos-' metics Used to Patch Up Marred Beauty. A Suggestion or So. Flesh texture and tint perform a most important function in female beauty. To preserve and improve them demands the strictest observance of sanitary laws. A bad skin, lacking tint, plumpness and elasticity, indicates want of good ness in the vital or nutritive system. Diet, digestion, temperature, open air exercise, sleep and tranquillity of mind are absolute necessities to every woman who wishes to keep her youth. As to diet, it is only necessary to ask what does the average American girl eat? She sits down to a potato and a pickle, three or four cups of strong tea, pies, cake:, sweets and fiery condiments. If she ..-!des beef in her menu it is onlyvi r m;astin-g, fryin and grilling Las rele end it to a state of complete in digestibility. What is the result of such a reghne? By the time she is 20, just at the age nature intended her to be as flex ibie as a sapling willow, her eyes are dull, her teeth yeiluw, her gums pale, her lips wan and pallid; her flesh placid, her skin horny and sallow; in fact, all the swell and ,ap or her womanhood is either undevelexod or else quenched, de pair these unsigi:tly damages sTie resots, to pading, white-ashes, stains and bel ladonna and kolb for her eyes. Tlhese are a ghastly substitute for the burnished glow of health. Once to in dulge in artificial cosmetics is to be their slave through all eternity. THREE 'IMPIL RULES. The once famous beauty, Lola Montez, was heard to say the only real secret of preserving beauty lay in three simple things-temperance, exercise and cleanli ness. Peppered soups and stews, game pat ties, ragouts and spices even moderately indulged in will exercise deteriorating effects upon a delicate complexion. Women who do not restrain their gas tronomic propensities will acquire before 30 the-heated, blotched face we are wont to associate with "high living," while the firm texture of the flesh and the suple shape will soon be replaced by fia ov softness and scraggy leanness. During my few years of rather broad and variegated experience studying beauty and the habits of its fair pos sessors, I have known only one who for a series of years accustomed herself to late hours, constant excitement, brain work and censurable feasting without erasing every trace of beauty. I saw her looking as dainty as an ivory Isis after eight years of such perilous self treat ment as I shudder to describe. Physi cians consider the case unique. Women of nervous and sanguine te'n perament should restrict themselves to a diet of eggs,.milk, bread, salads, fruit, light broths and the crustacea. They should accustom themselves to drinking aerated and natural mineral spring wa ters, avoiding spices and condiments, delicious and tempting as these fiery de lights may be. In the matter of diet, the blonde is, by force of physioloical tendencies, constrained to stern de nial at table. It is an old saw among doctors that blue eyes, flaxen hair and the pink and white face mean struma,. Strnuma is a prettier word than serofula, but the condition is the same and quite as troublesome. These inflammable tem peraments are congestive. catarrhal, gouty, and tea,- coiree, ~underaone veer, oily food, spices, alcoholic beverages and, opiates concur to produce a general un healthy action of the skin in dryness. pimples, blotches and discolorations. Condiments, malt and spirituous drinks and tincture of iron thicken the blood, giving it color and constituency. The philosophy contained in the advice of the ex pert in skin troubles to a lady who consulted him in reference to a red nose, upon hearing her habit to be a nightly tipple of whisky and water, "leave out the water and 'your nose will soon be pnrple,'' is as old as it is reliable. EFFECTs OF TEMPERAURE. A care which came under my imme diate observation was that of an ashen blonde whose shin was as fair n'd opaque as white lead, and whose hai, was unre lieved by onie amber gleam. After an attack of ty7phoid fever, which, by the wa',, is an eifective purifier of the sys teni without being more dangerous than many of the advertised complIexion rem udies. she was restored by iron tonics and liquor, and the element these intro duced into the blood dyed her cheeks crimson .d her new suit of hair a ruddy gold. There are temperaments which are irritated by fish, buckwheat and hot breads. Hives, sore eycs and annoying skin disturbances are the outgrowth of their use. For the slender, bilious brunette, whose blood is thin and whose temperament is watery, a free diet of underdone beef and port wine should replace the severe regimen of- thim blonide. Tints, rather than colors, are beautiful, and a blonde of the ruddy type should exercise care in selecting tonics. 'Those containing red wie and iron color the skin to an ugly brickdust, and I can confidently assert a natural apris is more eilcient in cor rcting all disorders of congestion and circulation, and the evil consequences of indiscretion in diet, than its printed labels claim. When it is necessary to renewv the vital energies a two grain pellet of quinine taken every evening for a month will furnish the blonde with strengthi withouft increase of pigment. Not only diet, but climate and temper ature, exert a powerful influence upon beauty. The white skins. unmmi wath chrome or oronze tints, ~ arelo to disorder from sudden changes of tem.n perature and imperfect ventilation. Strong blazes of sunlight and rude windba are both amaging to this type of com plexion. Winter is the seasoni of discon tent for beauties ranging in this schedule; the first touch of frost stagnates hecr aready imperfectly circulating blood.. She is'happiest dturingr the days of pro fuse perspiration, which is the very queen of cosmetics. Sudden change ot atmosphere in a room where- the m~er cury has fallen ten degrees over night has been known to produce a thick red rash on a delicate face. A mild diet and a mild climate are main factorsoi beauty. -Em'aly in Philadelphia Times.. When Genm. Grant was in Japan the Japanese nminiatecr, desiring to compli mnent hai b telling him that he was born to command, tried his hand at the English language and said: ''Sire, brave gneral, you vas made to order."-Boston Glbe. Furs were never in ;;reater variety or more attractive tha~n this season, and alost ev variety of Pelt has~ it its uses in one waor another. Whistling is springing Up) all over the country, and it is almost impossibsla to tell wether a girl soliciting a kiss is only pre paring to pucker. Queen Margaret, of Italy, did her own Christmas shopping and went the rounds of the shops in Rome like the plainest of housewives. It is now announced that tbe easiest way to overcome sleeplessness is to chew gum. It would be well in some churches to have a plate of choice spruce gum passed around bfore the sermon is begn.