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MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S., C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1889 JOSEPH F. RHAME, ATTORNEY AT LAW. MANNING, S. C. JOHN S. WILSON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, MANING, S. C. F. N. WILSON, (INSURANCE AGENT, MANNIG. S. C. A. LE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, M.ANING, S- C. 'Notary Public with seal. W . H. INGRAM. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office at Court House, MANNING, S. C. M. CLINTON GALUCHAT, PRACTICES IN COURTS oF CHARLESTON and CLARENDON. Address Communications in care of Man ning TIMs. JOS. H. MONTGOMERY, ATTORNEYAT LAZW, Main Street. SUMTER, S. C. 'Collections a specialty. DR. G. ALLEN HUGGINS, DENTIST. - OFFIES - MANNING AND KINGSTREE. -OFFIz DAYs Kingstree, from 1st to 12th of each month. Manning, from 12th to 1st of each month. -OFcz HoUns 9 A. M. to1 P. M. and 2 to 4 P. M. J. BRAGDON, REAL ESTATE AGENT, FOBESTON, S. C. Offers for sale on Main Street, in business portion of the town, TWO STORES, with suitable lots; on Manning and R. R. streets TWO COTTAGE RESIDENCES,' 4 and 6 rooms; and a number of VACANT LOTS suitable for residences, and in different lo calities. Terms Reasonable. MAx G. Bryant, JAs. M. LAw South Carolina. New York. Grand Central Hotel. BRYANT & LELAND, PaorasIrons. Columbia, South Carolina. The grand Central is the largest and best kept hotel in Columbia, located in the EX ACT BUSIS'4S CENTER OF TEE CITY, where all Street Car Lines pass the door, and its MENUis not excelled by any in the South. Manning Shaving Pavlor. HAIR CUTrflrG ARTISTICAILY EXECUTED. and Shaving done with belt Razors. Spec ial attention paid to shampooing ladies heads. I have had considerable experience in several large cities, and guarantee satisfac tion to my customers. Parlor next door to MAiNxIMo Timms. E. D. HAMILTON. NLEW WAVERLY. HOUSE, IN NtheBend of King Street, Charleston. The Waverly, having been thoroughly renovated the past summer and newly fur nished throughout, makes its accommoda tions unsurpassed. Incandescent Electric Lights and ectric Bells are used in all rooms and hallways. Rates $2.00 and $2.50. G. T. ALFORD, Proprietor. PAVILION HOTEL, CHART.ESTON, S. C. First Class in all its Appoint ments, Supplied with all Modern Improvements Excellent Cuisine, 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 THE BEULAH ACADEMY, Bethlehem, S. C. B. B. THOMPSON, Principal. Fall Session Begins Mionday, Oct. 29. Instruction thorough, government mild and decisive, appealing generally to the student's sense of honor and judgment in the important matter of punctuality, de portment, diligence. &c. Moral and social influences good. LOCATION FINE Tuition from $1.00 to $2.00 per month. Board in good families $7.00 per month. Board from Monday to Friday per month $3.00 to$4.00. pr For further particulars, address th Principal. J . G. DINKINS, Mt. D. R. B. LORYEA. i. G. Dinkins & Co., Druggists and Pharmacists, --DEAtzr-.s IN *PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, STATIONERY,. FINE CIGAR.S AND7 TOBACCO. Full stock of PAINTs, On,e;, Gu;ss. VAmaNsHs and 'WHITE LEAD, also Psxs and WHITEWA~SH Bw dEnS. .,An elegant sto~ o' SPECTACLE and EYE GLASSES No charge liade for fitting the eye Physicians PrescriptioneS carefully compounded,?ay or night. i. 6, jfinkins & Co., Sign~ ofghe Goldeni Mortar, AROUND THE CORNER. One day my heart was very sad, Oppressed with heavy sorrow, And not a ray of hope arose To cheer me on the morrow; I walked along the crowded street, A dull, distracted mourner, And guessed not what awaited me As I went'round the corner. There met me one whose sunny face The smile of Heaven reflected; The friendly greeting she bestowed Was wholly unexpected; For I had thought her hard and cold, Of lovers' arts a scorner; tut she was taken off her guard As I turned 'round the corner. What cared Ithough the skies were da* And threatened stormy weather? What mattered any grief at all, If we two were together? The blushes that were on her eheek Did regally adorn her; And oh! I blest the fate that turned My steps around the corner. And thus I find it is through life So full of wondrous phases That when we walk amid the gloom, Or press through tangled mazes, Feeling all friendless and alone, A hopeless, hapless mourner, Some blessing surely lies in wait For us around the corner. -Josephine Pollard, in N. Y. Ledger. DEAD MEN'S BONES. Interesting Information About the Trade in Skeletons. he prlnclpal Supply, Including the Fines' Specimens, Comes From France-Their Cost and Their Use-Deformities Come Higher. Without rising the doctor pulled a cord or touched a spring hidden some where in his close proxinity. In stantly the door of a tall cabinet, which stood in one corner of the room, swung noiselessly open and disclosed a skeleton, which hung from a ring fastened to the top of its skull. So unexpected was the sight of this ghostly apparition that the reporter started back with a little cry of sur prise. "Startled you a little, I see," con tinued the doctor. "It isn't a pleasant sight to one unaccustomed to it, but to me, anatomically speaking, as fine a specimen of Parisian art as that is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. But seriously, you as a non-profession al man can have no adequate idea of how important to us doctors is the condition of the skeleton market. There is no branch of the enormous import trade of this country which is so interesting as the trade in skele tons. It is not the magnitude of the trade itself nor its importance that makes it so, but it attracts attention just because the article itself is so fascinating to the average man. Well can I remember how as a boy I used to go up in the garret of my father's house, my father was also a physician, and at a safe distance gaze completely fascinated at a skull which had been relegated to that dusty retreat. How many romances did I build around that fragment of mortality. To, me it was a thing that thor oughly aroused all the morbid imagination of my boyish nature. But to come back to the present. at skeleton which you see there is one of the finest examples of the French art and cost $125.~ Our great nation is en-* tirely dependent upon foreign countries for its skeletons. To be sure here and there a phiysician may be found who possesses a specimen of home manu facture, bu't the stock of skeletons of the country are all imported. The man who mounts skeletons must be a skillful s~natomist besides an exper ienced mechanic. He must know the positionr of every bone in the human anatomy and just where it goes. He must also know the function of each bone aind be able to articulate them so skillfually that when wired they will move as naturally in their sockets as they'did when acted upon by the mus clesof the live being. An anatomist, . for 'instance, however poor a one he mi be, would know that to rest the butt of a heavily loaded gun against the middle of the collar bone and fire it won be an act of superlative folly. Collar bones were not made for such use. Now, although possessed of so mah in~.- knowledge than some sportsmen, he Parisian anatomist is willing andl eager to work at about twenty-five cknts a day, and his em ployer is thusible to ship skeletons to this country at.a much lower rate than they can be made for even by a ne wly fledged doctor" "Skeletons mdt'esno~ee then," interpolated the reporter while the doctor 'was catching his breath for a fresh sta'rt. "I shouild say they were. Incredible as it may seem, a well-mounted skel eton tieatly packed in a pine case can be~btained for the moderate sum of $39. The case is made to stand on end and when stained admirably serves the same purpose as does the more elab orate black walnut cabinet. Of course most physicians prefer a cabinet made of black walnut with glass doors cov ered with red curtains, but this is a matter of tatste and pocket. I would not recommend a person. howcver, to invest his money in a$30 skeleton, un less for temporary or infrequent use. They are not over substantial, they will not take a fine polish and are apt to crumble. You see the $30 skeletons are ta - n from the corpses of people well vaced in life when the calcar eos matter predominates in the bones. Moreover some people have bones which are more bi-ittle than those of others. The Paris workman can tell at a glance the condition of the bones upon which he is to work and knows how far he can carry the bleaching or whitening process upon the bones of ny npManun. ambant This process: tends to make brittle the bones. The skeleton of a young person which is of the right quality will stand a good deal of work and a great deal of work at even but twenty-five cents a day means an enhanced price. A first-class skeleton, which will stand for years the hard knocking about which it receives in a college lecture room, will cost $125. A skeleton of this quality has silver plated wire articulations and every thing in accordance. Some men with an eye for the artistic will have a skeleton mounted with silver wire. This, however, is foolishly extrav agant, nor is a skeleton so articulated as strong as one the joints of which are of steel." "Are there many importers of skele tons in this country?" "There are six firms engaged in the business and between them there is a practical understanding by which prices are maintained. If you were to go into the salesrooms of Fibula & Co., and after picking out a skeleton that suited you, should intimate that one of the squamous sutures was not well marked upon the cranial formation, and that as Pubis & Co. were offering perfect specimens at a cost of $5 less, the salesman would raise his eyebrows, look at you in a mildly suspicious way and intimate that you were mistaken. He would add for your information that the goods were all marked in plain figures, were warranted, and that no reduction could be made." "For what grade of skeletons is the demand the greatest?" "The ordinary demand for skeletons is like the demand in most branches of trade. Plain, substantial goods at moderate prices are what are most wanted. Strong. well whitened bones, well articulated, with polished steel at from $60 to $80. are in such demand that you couldn't find a dozen, no, nor a half dozen, in the city at any one time. except perhaps just after the ar rival of some French steamer, when a fresh importation might increase the stock temporarily. Not less than 500 of these skeletons are sold right here and in New York every year by the importing houses. In addition to this staple trade in ordinary skele tons, there is a steadily increasing demand for deformities. For instance, your skeleton with two fractures of the femur would bring perhaps $5 extra, but if accompanied by the certificate of a reputable physician like myself, stating how the bone was broken, an additional $10 would be asked for it. If, now, you were afflicted with curvature of the spine or some abnormal development of the foot or head, your skeleton might, if well mounted, bring as high as $175 to $200. There are cases of deformities that are so unusual as to make the skeleton the subject of still greater value. "What are skeletons mostly used for?" "To illustrate lectures and adorn museums. Most physicians have one as an aid to research, and there is not a college graduate who has not a distinct recollection of the rattling subjects which, hung to a brass rod fastened to a stand, used to be wheeled into the class room when the class in physiology was to recite. Secret so cieties also include in their stock of terrifying paraphernalia ae keleton. I well remember the experience that I had when being initiated into the awful mysteries of a lodge. With my eyes blind-folded I was led into a darkened room. All was silence and then a sep ulchral voice uttered these words: 'Friend, for I may not as yet call you brother,-remember that the journey of life is now stretching before you. Meditate well on this thought, for in the midst of pleasures still they are but fleeting as the mist on the ocean. Man sometimes rises to eminence, but then again he falls-at this point I was precipitated from the end of a plank and fell upon a thick mattress, while the members of the lodge groaned together. I need not say what other trials awaited me, but at last, in order that I might be sufli ciently terrified into keeping the se c.ets of the society. I was led into a closet, the hood dropped off and there before me was a grinning skeleton, the eyes of which shot out phosphorescent light from the blue fire playing within the skull. Then its right hand raised slowly and a melancholy voice pr: - claimed: 'Beloved, I am thy fate!' I didn't scare worth a cent, though, for I reognized the skeletonabhn; t''~ fellow physician! You see it was one with peculiarly shaped trans planted teeth and I'd have known it among a thousand. I had to laugh when I thought of being frightened at such a thing as that." "You say that this skeleton hatd transplanted teeth; what do you mean by that?" *I mean that the Paris anatomnists select their bones from which Lte prepare their goods from job lo'ts which perhaps have come from the difierent dissecting rooms or else from the eata :ombs. TIhcse bones aire utilized to make chap sk:leton~s, the di ffernt parts of the frame being seleted and fitted together so that one skeleton may contain the bones from several subjects. Talking of skeletons re minds me that veterinary surgeons are getting to be a very well educated class of men, and in their profession need about the same appliances for study that regular physicians do. There is a constantly increasing demand for skeletons of dogs and horses. The lat ter are regularly kept in stock, and can be had for from $125 to $150. Dlog skeletons are usually made to order, and a $50 bill will buy a first-class THE GAME OF "I10P." IT EXCELS POKER AND IS EQUAL TO THE FASCINATING FARO. A New Short Card Gaino That Has Taken Paris and London by Storm, and Prom ises to Become Popular in America-How It 14 Played and the Rules for it. People of Paris who gamble are de voting all of their spare time to a new game that has supplanted all of the other games played for money. The new game is called "hop," and it is described as being the most fascinat ing game that has ever been played-not even excepting the alluring game of poker. Paris is so infatuated with "hop" that millions of francs are lost and won at it every night. The game of "hop" has been intro duced into the clubs of London, and it is being played there with a zeal worthy of a better cause. So far as known the game has not as yet been attempted in the United States, but it is only a matter of time when it will become as popular there as in Paris and London, for the reason that it is so enticing that it is im nossible for card players to withstand its temptations. All that is required to render it a go there is to explain the rules governing the play. "Hop" is an extremely simple game. Any person of ordinary mental caliber can play it if once told how to proceed. Here is a description of the game: Four persons are necessary to make up a game. Take four decks of cards, from which throw out all of the cards below the sevens. That leaves the aces. kings, queens, jacks, tens, nines, eights and sevens to play with. FOUR DECKS IN ONE. All four of the decks are shuffled to gether as though they were one deck. This done, and, the cards having been cut, one person makes the deal, ging one card at a time to the other - p ayers until he has dealt them three cards apiece, but taking no cards himself. After the deal those who have been supplied with cards look at their hands and het or stay out, as their judgment dictates. The matter of betting having been settled, the dealer turns a card from the top of the deck and proceeds to pay and tale, according to the exigencies of the game. Losers and winners are determined thus: If the dealer turns an ace he makes a sweep, or, in other words, wins all of the bets that are made, regardless of the cards held by the other players. If he turns a king, and there are any kings in the hands out, they "stand off" the dealer. All cards below the king lose on that hand or deaL All aces out win. It is merely this: The persons to whom the cards are dealt take chances, after looking at their cardis, and before seeing the turn up, of their cards being either higher in denomination than the card that will be turned up or as high. The aco is the dealer's percentage. A Ling or a seven will standoff a king or a seven, and there is nothing lost nor won on such a stand off, but nothing will stand off an ace when turned by a dealer. Even if there are three aces in a hand against the dealer, lie wins if he turn an ace. When the cards have all been dealt by one dealer lie passes them to the player on his left, and they are shuffled and dealt by that person until they are again exhausted, and so on as long as the game lasts. They are not shuffled between the hands a in poker or euchre, but after each hand is played the cards employed in that hand are thrown aside. not to be uaed until another grand shuffle has been made. A limit is placed on bets to be made, which is determined, of course, by the purse of the players. A SAMPLE GAME. Imagine a game. Say the players are Bhichie Edwards, Tcm Meade, Dick Ho!and and Bill Bolander. Thev sit in the order named, with Dlackie on Meade's right. It's Blackie's deal. lUe shuffles the cards and hands them to Bolander to cut. Then lie deals one card at a time, helping Meade first, until he deals three cards from the top o the deck to each of the players. 3lzade looks at his hand and finds a king, a ten and a seven. The limit is MS. 2ieude bats $1. Hie signifies his wilingness to bet by declaring that it's a "go," :lhat being the technical phrase. Hllando finds in his hand a jack, a nieO and an eight spot. He bets the limit. Bolander discovers a queen and a pair of tens. He bets $(l.25. Blackie then turns up a jack. Meade's king. being higher than the jack turned by the dealer, wins $1, but the ten and seven both being below the ack, cause him to lose $1 each, which forcs hhutt to pay the dealer $1. Holland's jack is a stand off fcr Black i's jack turned up, and there is n:o action so far as that card is concerned. Dick loses on the ten and the seven, they both bing below the jack in value, so lie owes Blackie twice $25 until he can see Bill Bolander wins one bet and loses two, havi:n a queen and t wo tens. The' ue'xt hand, all of the outsiders, that-i;'those other than the dealer, have afrage cards and bet well up to the innit, but, notwithstanding the f'act that Meade has three aces, 0Blackie wins everyiiiiing in sight when lie turns up his card, for it is an ace. Rtemember, aces in the hand of the outsider do not stand off an ace turned by- the dealer. When the dlealer turns an ace there is but one t~ing to' be done on that deal, and that is to, take everything-if you are tile decer. if ani outsider hold three cards corre spndng to any card-except an ace turned hv the dealer, there is nothing lo:t or won on the hand, for they are all a tandl off. If an outsider have three cards thbat prove to be higher than the one turned by the dealer, the person holding the cards in question winis three times t!he amount of the money he bet: If lhe held three cards thz. are lower than the one turned he loses three times his bet. Those who play cards for money like to get quick action, and for that reason the game of "hop" is bound to become popular in the States when once started there. The action in "hop' is as rapid as in faro. In fact, it is little short of beinn' furious-Paris Letter to Cinein nati Equirer. His Generosity. "How was it such r. mean f'ellow as Do Jink-s handed you his cigar case?' asked Merritt. "He just pulled it out to show me he hdn't a ciga left."--New York Evening Indian Horsemanship. Given a horse, a man animated by the reckless daring likely to come of a wild, free life, and The Centaur of ancient Fable may be fairly realized. A corre spondent of the Omaha Herald, having visited an Arapahoe camp, gives the fol lowin. account of an Indian drill, or dered for his amusement: Fifty fine looking young men, mounted neon ponis, draw up before the tents. At a ,ignal from the chief they began hali evolutions, with a loud yell. lna moment they disappeared over a neighP' 'ring hill. 'hJxen there suddenly rose a mighty trampling of horses' feet, and they swept past again, so compact that I only saw a ball made of horses and ien. Splitting in tv.-o, one body swept to the right and another to the left, and again they disappeared. Presently they charged each other in solid lines, and while the sl)ectator waited breathlessly for the shock of collision, the files skillfully opened to the right and left, and the lines passed through the intervals with out tolehing. Now ':nne the moment for displaying indi" idoiul hor:semanship. Some of the riders appro:wheJ, each lying so close to his pony hark that nothing but the hor se cufld be seen. Others stood erect upon their aninal's backs. Some hung to the horse hv one font- and one hand. so tint their bodies were completely pro tected by those of the ponies. These young warriors also threw ob jects upon the ground, and picked them up at full gallop. and drew bows and shot arrows from beneath the horses' necks. Some of the men exchanged horses while riding. Again, a man would fall from his horse, as if wounded, and two others, riding up beside him, would take him by an arm and a leg, swing him between their horses, and carry him off. This exhibition lasted nearly two hours, and, at its close, men and horses were completely exhausted. All that evening the human performers lay in their lodges, while the Indian women brought them food, bathed their limbs and combed their hair. Marvels of the Connecticut River. Perhaps as curious and delightful a book as we could select at random is this "History of Connecticut" which lies be fore me. It is a little calf bound volume, printed anonymously about a century ago, and generally ascribed to the Rev. Samuel Peters, a clergyman of Hebron, Conn. Mr. Peters lived in a credulous age, and some of the facts which he gravely relates seem a little startling to our modern skepticism. Here is his de scription of the Connecticut river: "The middle river is named Connecticut, after the great sachem to whom the province belonged. It takes its rise from the White Hills in the north of New Eng land, where also springs the river Ken nebec. Two hundred miles from the Sound is a narrow of five miles only, formed by two shelving mountains of s- lid rock, whose tops intercept the clouds. Through this chasm are com peiled to pass all the waters which in the time of the floods bury the northern country. "People who can bear the sight, the groans, the tremblings and surly motion of water, trees, and ice through this aw ful passage, view with astonishment one of the greatest phenomena in nature. IIere water is consolidated, without frost, by pressure, by swiftness, between the pinchng, sturdy rocks, to such a de grec of induration that an iron crowbar boats smoothly down its current; here iron, lead and cork have one common wieight; here, steady as time and harder than marble, the stream passes, irresisti ble, if not swift, as lightning." Quite a remarkable phenomenon( And yet not many years have passed since the good people of Connecticut believed such thin-s. My grandfather was a boy when this Yook was written.-A. M. Cummings in Boston Transcript. Why the Leaves Turn. "Probably not one person in a thou sand knows why leaves change their color in the fall," remarked an eminent botanist the other day. "The common and old fashioned Idea Is, that all this red and golden glory we see now is caused by frosts. A true and scientific explanation of the causes of the col oring~ of leaves would necessitate a lon and 'intricate discussion. Stated briefl and in proper language, those causes are the9se: The green matter in the tissue of a leaf is composed of two colors, red and blue. When the sap ceases to flow in the autumn, and the natural growth of the tree ceases, oxidation of the tissue takes place. Under certain conditions the green of the leaf changes to red; under different conditions it takes on a yeliow or brown tint. ".'This difference In color is due to the difference in combination of the original constituents of the green tissue, and to the varying conditions of climate, ex posure and soiL. A dry, cold climate produces mere brilliant foliage than one that is damp and warm. This is the reason that our American autumns are so much more gorgeous than those of England. There are several things about leaves that even science cannot explain. For instance, why one of two trees grow ing side by side, of the same age and having the same exposure, should take on a brilliant red in te fall and the other should turn yellow, or why one branch of a tree should be highly colored and the rest of the tree have only a yellow tint, are questions that are as impossible to answer as why one member of a family should be perfectly healthy and another siJhiv. Maples and oaks have brightest coas."-Field and Farm. WThy Oklahoma Is Coveted. "I was down in that Oklahoma coun try three years ago," said an officer of uen. Miles' stat!, at the Cafe Royal. "It i.3 crtainily a beautiful region for the ar;cultarist, and it is no wonder the ka:ins are coveted. The soil is rich a"nI well watered, the country is a roll in. praire, tile climate is mild and ca~be the grass in summer is - ,!!y deep,' and two railroads are aos luilt through the heart of th .unoccupied domain. Any ti ; e.n'he grown there that will grow ini h'iisouri or Ar-kanas. It would be the tinest fruit country in the world. At Ferct Iteno peaches, pears and plums are e i:dA which cannot be equaled any where outside of California. The most magnificent corn I ever saw is raised in Oklahoma~ by the few half breeds allowed to till the soiL There are splendid strams, the Canadian river and its north fork, which course through the land. There is no snow, very little frost, and neer a sign of a blizzard. It does seem a pity that such a superb agricult ural region should be shut out from settlement and given over in prpetuity tt a worthless lot of Indians, wlo cannot use it even as a hunting gtound."-San Francico Examines, A BOOTBLACK'S CRITICiSM. Pointing Out a Defect in a Picture Which Escaped Public Attention. Tom Nicholl, the artist, tells the fol lowing story on himself, which is a pretty good one. It illustrates the well known fact that the best of us can learn something from fools and children. The story is as follows: On one occasion he had made a large e-ayon picture of a lit tle child seated in a cart to which was hitched a large Newfoundland dog. It was a fine piece of work, and for some two weeks hung in a public show win dow, where it attracted much attention, and many were the compliments show ered upon the artist for his skill. Some time after the picture had been take:: down Mr. Nicholl was seated in his sa:tuio when there came a timid rap at the door. He called out to the caller to come in, and there entered a little street urchin, who had often given the artist a shine, and who on the strength of -uch acquaintance used frequently to pray him a visit. -Weil. Tod," said Nicholl, "what can I do for vou today?" he litle Arab hesitated a moment, .:I tbl:l. in a tone that plainly indicated .: m.i v f his e::ire, he said: - .l,!~ tio)u;ht 1'd like ter see the ti:. r yer z:ade o' that boy an' the dog "AI rI ;:-." rephed the artist, and cr';--in;. the& room to where the picture sd ;rced to the wall, he picked it up and aLlae it (:n an esl ~i ' : -d and looked at it, with e' i;nt deliialht and pleasure depicted on I i fe.SXddeniy, however, he turned, and with consride:'able embarrassment, though he knew he was presuming, he :aid: "Mr. Nichiol, its er dandy. but voui've adeuiai a mistake in it." "*What!" ejaculated the artist. "A mis take; where?" "Why," said the boy, a little triumph antly, "you're forgot to put in any 'bol ster' on the front axletree." Nicholl stepped forward, looked at the picture a moment, and sure enough the boy was right. The front end of the wa:on bed was resting on nothing. IIe quickly seized crayon, put in the missing ::iece by merely making a deep shadow vhere he had left a high light, and the defect was remedied. The urchin watchel the process of cor rection, and then, after a critical and satisfied look at the picture, and remark ing, "That's bully," he slung his kit over his shoulder and went out. "The strangest thing, though," said Mr. Nicholl, in telling the story, "is how that picturo should lave hung on exhi bition for two weeks, where it was ad mired and criticised by hundreds, and none of whom saw the blunder I had d~ade, and that bootblack should dis cover it the minute he saw it. The point was, the boy was posted on all the points about a dog and wagon. It taught me a lesson I have never forgotten-that al most any person can give you sugges tious about something that are worth having."-Arkansaw Traveler. A Rural Districter. The average New Yorker is likely to think of his friends in smaller cities as hardly equal to himself in keen business sagacity, but now and then somebody from a small town or even from the country shows himself in this quality ouite worthy of the metropolis. A New Englander. who may be called Mr. Hig gins, a man who stands six feet two in his stockings and is well proportioned, landed from a Sound steamer the other morning and was greeted with the famil iar "Good morning, Mr. Higgins! So glad to see you here! But I'm afraid you don't remember me." The usual intro duction and explanations followed, and then Mr. Higgins started with the stranger to "call on some frends." After walking a few blocks they came into a small side street, and here Mr. Hig gins interrupted the flow of reminiscences by setting down his valise on the side walk and laying his overcoat upon it. This surprised his companion, wvho aked: "What is the matter, Mr. Hig ins? What are you going to do?' "I am going,! replied Mr. Higgins calmly, "to lick a bunco steerer within an inch of his life." But the New Yorker, who had no taste for sp'arring matches, had suddenly re memLered an engagement in another part of the city-New Yor-k Tribune. Electric Conveniences. One of the ingenious members of the New York Electrical club has designed a door opener which relieves the dis guted traveler or visitor from the neces sitv of shoving a heavy mass of wood ilh his hands, or of wearing out the* toes of his boots in kicking it back. A metallic plate set in the floor a foot from the thr-eshold is marked "door opener." Th le caller treads upon it in the same style as t he peaceful street car horse treads upon the clumsy iron switch pla tes which now ornament every street where this style of locomotion is in vogue. 'ho plate yields a quarter inch to the pressure of the foot and forms a circuit, which immediately starts a tiny electro motor, that in turn opens the door, despite door spring, air valve or counter weight. The moment the visitor passes in the plate is thrown back by a coiled spigto its former position, the circuit is broaen and the door closes itself wvith or wit hout a resonant bang, as may be desired. With swing doors the plate is inset on both sides of the portal. With double cur'ch doors two pairs of plates are ar ranged so that the sexton can connect or disconect each pair. When the plates are connected the worshiper's foot open~s both dcors, but when disconnected only one.-Phiadelphiat Times. Tamin; a Bird. No creature is more jealous or sensi tie than a tbird, says Olive Thorne Mil ler in The Iomne Mlaer. It is easy, how ever-, to win the heart of almost any birdl and without star'ving him or making himi t!:ink he hasrmastere d you. Simply taih to him a good deal. Place his cage uamr you on your desk or work table. and :-atain his choicest dainty to give to him with your owvn iin'-crs. Let him' know that 'he can never mare that p~ar ticular thing imlcss lie takes it from you. and he will soon learn, if you are patient and do not disconcert him by fixing your eyes upon him. After this he will morc readily take it from your lips; and then when you let him out of his cage, after the first excitement is over, he will conme to you, esp~ecially if you have a call you have accustomed him to, and accept the dainty fromn you while free. As soon as he becomes really convinced that you wil not hurt him, or try to catch him, or interfere in any way with his liberty. he will give way to his boundless curi osity about you; he will pull your hair, pick at your- eyes and give you as much of% hi-cmpany as yon desire. AMUSING LEGAL FREAKS. SINGULAR CASES STRANGELY HAN DLED IN LAW COURTS. A Woman Considered as Personal Prop erty and Valued at 8.50-A Horse Brought Before the Bar-The Wrong ian Told Why He Was There. To a Hlocking county court belongs the remarkable distinction of passing upon a woman as personal property. The unique precedent was Laid some twenty-five ors thirty years ago, and before women's rights had progressed as far as they have since. A citizen of old Hocking married a young lady against the energetic pro test of her father, and set up housekeep ing on his own account. It was a case of "lovo in a cottage," as a matter of fact. During the temporary absence of the unsuspecting bridegroom the wife's father and brothers invaded love's domi cile and carried her off. Tire despoiled husband repaired to a neighoring justice of the peace in search of law suited to the exigencies of the case. After a thorough investigation of Swai*' Treaties and Cradlebaugh's Con stable, it was unanimously decided by the squire, the constable and the desolate husband tLit the proper thing to do was to jroc:-e by an action in replevin! woM.N AS PERSONAL PEOPERTY. The-papers were accordingly made out and the writ lodged in the hands of the constable. vho proceeded at once to exe cute it. and replevined the woman from the cusatxly of her father, who, though exccodi' -lv irate, didn't feel like resist ing the eict of the court. When it came to appraising the property and fixing the sworn value of a woman, the constable was rather perplexed, but the three free holders whom he called in to act as ap praisers solved the problem in a manner at once ofT hand and business like. They sent for her husband, the plain tiff, and ascertained for him that he had expended the following sums of money upon his "property:" License, 75 cents; ustice's marriage fee, $2.50; one new dress, 87. cents: one new bonnet, 37J cents. They furthermore decided that the woman was "perishable property," and her value was only to be estimated theoretically. Whereupon they fixed the value of her labor and services for the month at $4, which they added to the other items, mnaking $8.50. in due .ourse of time the trial came aff and the plaintiff duly and satisfacto lily provd his ownership by producing his marriage certificate. The defendant could not upset this evidence, and the plaintiff :.ot judgment of restitution and 25 cents damages. His property was then restored to him in due and regular form, and the defendant was solemnly notified that a re tition of his offense would be regarded as petty larceny and punished accordingly. The man and his wife are still living happily and con tentedly together. But Ilocking county cannot lay claim to exclusiveness in ".precedents," Over in her next door neighbor, Perry, a horse was once restored to its rightful neighbor wider a writ of habeas corpus issued by a justice of the peace. A's horse broke into B's pasture, whereupon 13 put it into his stable, locked the door and refused to give it un. A secured the services of the cele brated Shop Tinker as his legel adviser. Shep knew that his client could not give the necessary bail in an action by reple vin, so he decided to bring a different sort of an action. With this intent he went before a jus tice of the peace in old Straitsville, and took out a writ of habeas corpus and literally brought the horse into court. Lawyer Saunders, a most brilliant prac titioner at the Logan bar and long the prosecuting attorney of Hocking egunty, was called on the other side. Hie didnt know the nature of the case until the constable made his return upon the writ. "Why," esclaimed Mr. Saunders, with a look of blank astonishment, "this court can't is-sue such a writ and no court could issue one for a horse!" Shep was more than equal to the emergency. "Your honor," he said, "a wise and just court can do anything that is laid down in the books. The writ of habeas corpus has been recognized as sacred for centur-ics. To say that this court can't issue it is to say that it is ignorant of Magna Charta." "13ut this court kin issue it," inter posed the justice, "and it has issued it already." Mr. Saunders saw ids mistake and apologized to the court for having doubt ed its abiity to do anything it chose. It is needless to say that the horse was re stored to its owner. wUAT ils BCSINESS WAS. As funny a thing as ever occurred in a court happened at Napoleon, 0., in 1839, before Judge Potter and a jury. A case was on trial, and an outsider seated himself on one of the punchieons at the far end of tile panel of jur-ors, there be ing no other available seat. When the defendant's counsel arose to address the jury he s-canmed the face of each very closely, and naturaily his gaze was directed to the furthest man from him, who didn't happen to be a juror at all Giaing at himi he began: *-Gentleaanei of the jury, I want to know whait this ma-n (referring to the plaintiff in the case) has come into court for? What is his business? What right has hie hiere-? Wh t is ho seeking for? Again 1 repeat, ge ntlemen of the jury; why is he hee? 'lhe country man imagined that the question had dirct reference to himself, and w-hen the lawyer paused to giye due weight anid emphasis to the question, he amriped to his feet and howled: "Whiat am I here for, you cross eyed cock of the walk? What am I seeking ror in this hero court? I'll tell you in short order, you weazen faced old son of a gun. I've been here three days a-waitin' fer my fees, and nary a red kim I gis. Pay me my witness fees, sir, and I'll git out of here imumegiately." This u::erpected oration brought down the house, and the lawy-er nev-er tinished his able argument. John II. aorrison practiced law many years ago at Findlay arnd all through that section of Ohio. He had some striing peculiar-ities, which were in the habit oi cropping out in court. He was ncei tryving a case before Judge Patrick i-Iry. Gioodo and a jury, and opened his sid oftecaea follows: -'1'v d:pease the court, by the per u'- oft wim'esses, the ignorance of the 'r' and theC connivance of the court, I .qe)et to lose this case." "Wh at is that you say, Mr. Morrison?" "'Tha t is cii 1 have tosavon that point, -nd t'e courit will feel ippier if I do ni.a r-epeat what I have already said. F~rom the looks of the jury I infer that they would rather not have beard it oucs "-.Cincinnati Enquirer.