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MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 18S9 JOSEPH F. RHAME, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. JOHN S. WILSON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, MANNING, S. C. F.N !INSURANCE AGENT, MANNING. S. C. A. LEI, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MALNNING, S. C. - N ,Public with seal. H. INGRAM. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office at Court House, MANNING, S. C. M.4 ""***TO "" P3AfIc2s m covrTS OF CHARLESTON and CLARENDON. Address Communications in care of Man ning TInas. jOS. E MONTGOMERY, ATTOREY AT LAW, Main Street. SUMTER, S. C. ,Colections a specialty. G.. ALLEN HUGGINS, DENTIST. - OrrIcEs - - MANNING AND KINGSTREE. -Orrici DArs Kingstree, from 1st to 12th of each month. Manning, from 12th to 1st of each month. -OrrcI HoURs 9A. 3LtoI P.M. and2to4P. M. J.o BRAGDON, JU. REAE ESTATE AGENT, PORESTON, S. C. Ofersfor sale on Main Street; in business portionof the town, TWO STORES, with suitable lo;A; on tanning and E. R. streets TWO COTTAGERESfIENCES, 4 and 6 roms; and a number of VACANT LOTS suitable for residences, and in different lo eal-ties. Terms Reasonable. Ni .-Bryant; ~ JAS. M. LLoN, South Carolina. New York. Grand Central Hotel. BRYANT & LELAND, PxoPRIEToBS. Coi'..mbia, South Carolina. Tha grand Central is the largest and best kept hotel in Columbia, located in the EX ACT BUSIYESS CENTER OF THE CITY, -wh. lt eet Car Lines pass the door, a iaMiNtUis not exoelled by any in the Mmaing Shaving Paror. 1.41 CPTNG- anTICr.. ExcTED. .andiiming done with best Razors. Spec ial attention paid to shampooing ladies heads. I have had considerable experience in severatlarge cities, and guarantee satisfac -tion to my customers. Parlor next door to ML.- Gn T whs E. D. HAMILTON. ~TEW WAV ERLY HOUSE, IN heBnd ofh g 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 Electric Bells are used in all rooms and hallways. Rates $2.00 and $2.50. G. T. ALFORD, Proprietor. PAVILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. First Class- in~ all is Appoimments, Su lied with all Modern Improvements celet uismne, 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 BEUiLAH AGADEMY, Bethlehem, S. C. B. B. THOMPSON, Principal. Fail Sessies Begins Moenday, Oct. 29. -0 IndreIon thorough; government mild and decisive, appealing generally to the student's sense of honor and judgment in the- important matter of punctuality, de pmet, diligece, &c. Moral and social aflencesgod LOCATION FINE Tuition from $1.00 to $2.00 per month. *B3oard in good families $7.00 per month. Board from Monday to Friday per month - 1.00 to$400. ~Pror further partioulars, address th Principal. J. G. DINE~INS, M. D. R. B. LORYEA. ...D5.LXSSiNs FTURE DRUJGS AND MEDICINES, PERFUMERY. STATIONERY, FINE CIGARS AND TOBACCO. Full stock of P.urrs, Oir.s, GuLs R amsESI and \X m:r L1ao, :diso PAINT amid aw-sx BRus An elegant stock of SPECTACLES and EYE GLASSES No charge made for fitting the eye Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded, day or night. J.~ 6,inis & Co. Sign of the Golden Mortar, MANNUIDG.S 8. AMERICA'S DISCOVERY. ACCOUNTS OF PRE-COLUMBIAN VOY AGES AND SHORT STAYS. Iceland's Ancient Lore Records an Expe dition Which Took Place in 98G-Expe riences Which Lead to the Belief That America Was the Place Visited. The ancient lore of the Icelandic sagas furnishes proof of the early colonization of the American continent in the Tenth century by the Scandinavians. The sagas and songs upon which ancient Scapdi navian history is founded, and those con taining the history of America by the Northmen, were originally intrusted to the memory, and these verbal traditions formed historical narratives. In the early part of the Twelfth cen tury, when the Icelanders had become familiar with the Latin chirography, they were committed to writing. Manu scripts found in Iceland during the year 1650 make record of an expedition to Greenland led in 986 by Eric Red, of Ice land. His son Lief, who accompanied him, enlisted a crew of thirty-five men, and set sail from Greenland on another voyage of exploration. In due time they came to a well wooded land to the south west of Greenland, where day and night seemed more equal than in Giealand and Iceland. GIVING THE LAND A NAE. After a short sojourn in this newly found country, Lief, in company with his followers, returned to Greenland. and the fame acquired by this expedition encouraged his brother Thorwald to em bark in the same vessel in 1002 for the recently discovered territory, to which was given the name of Wineland (Vine land). Thorwald and his crew, having safely reached their destination, spent the winter in the booths which Lief had, erected. In the spring he explored the western coast and found the land not only attractive, but rich in vines and forest. No evidencesof human habitation were visible, nor did he find the lairs of ani mals. Afterwards sailing eastward they came to a cape upon whose sandy beach they landed. Having crossed this pro 'ection, to their surprise they saw three boats made of skins, partially buried in the sand, beneath which nine men lay hidden, eight of whom were caught and killed, one managing to escape. Later these Northmen were attacked by the Esquimaux, to whom the eight so re cently killed probably belonged. Thor wald, fatally wounded in the encounter, was buried on the promontory where he fell. His crew returned to Greenland with a rich cargo of timber. THE SECOND EXPEDITION. The sagas make mention of another expedition, undertaken by Thorfin Karls fue, who enlisted as his associates sixty men and five women. Sailing from Ice land in a southerly direction, they ar rived at the place where Lief had built his huts. A fter landing the cows and a bull to graze, which they had brought with them, Karlsfue ordered his men to fell trees and prepare timber for the ship's cargo; and while thus engaged they saw emig from the woods many Skraelings. apening toappear where the bull was feeding, and being rather of a'ferocious spirit, he bellowed loudly, and made an attack- upon them, which led them immediately to retreat. After securing rc-enforcelments they returned, and although they were not able to make themselves understood to the Northmen, by means of signs, how ever, they were enabled to barter furs for such other commodities as the North men were willing to sell. When the na tives had withdrawn, Karlsfue caused a strong wooden fence to be placed around his booths, which proved to be.a wise precaution, as a short time after wrds the Skraelings returned, when a fiercefight ensued, in which many of the Esqimiaux fell. The Northmen soon be coming weary of their abode in sc strange a country, and exposed .to the vrequent attacks of the -natives, in the spring re turned to Greenland. THE THEORY OF IRISH COLONISTS. The third expedition w-as undertaken in 1011 by Freydissa, a daughter of Eric Red, in company with 20)0 Icelandio traders, but as no further exploration of this country was entered upon no new facts were obtained. The theory of the population of A mer ica by Irish colonists has been founded on thie mention of a saga writer who obsrves that Wineland must have been "Fvittramannaland," or the (eat Ire land. Itisnot improbable that asimilarity in the sound of the lngage of the people caused the name of a smaller body of land in the eastern hemisphere to be given to a part of the country by its first discoverers. Be this as it may it is cer tan that the theory has never been au thenticated. Thus we became acquainted with the Icelandic history of certain portions of the western hemisphere, as given by they saas of the Icelanders. The discovery by Christopher Colum bus of WVest Indies in 1492 was perhaps the result of a trlp. made by him to- Ice land in 1477, atw chtime the discovery of unknown lands to the southwest of Greenland and Iceland was masde known to him by the sagas of the people of Ice land.-Gen. C. W. Darling in Home JournaL.________ Concerning Hydrophobia. Our knowledge concerning the condi tions under which the poison which creates hydrophobia acts has been some what advanced by the recent e:xperi ments of 3i. Galtier, of Paris. Accordiog to the experiments the dried virus has its poisonous properties destroyed in i rom four to six days. Or. the other hand, earlier experiments of~ the same savant show that an aunual which has died of r ntis ay retain the poison in that part ~f the bramn called the medulla obiongata for six or seven weeks. It is evidept' :at this fact may be of importane in e :swere persons have been bitten by anals supposed to be rabid. If the body fthe creature has been btu-ied it may be poi's to exhiume it after many days and mn::ae esperiments which wil! geryVg to hor' -yhether danger fromr the wvouna is t a : apprehendedi. In tis wvay un ann~edan1xietiesirmay be a!!ayed.--Pop Eliectric Fire Indicators. Electric heat indicators, consisting of thermometers incased and protected by iron tubes, provided with platinum wires, and connected with a system of electric bells and indicators on deck, are the latest invention for preventing spon taneous combustion among ship cargoes. Should any undue heat arise in any part of the cargo, the mercury in the ther mometers will rise, make contact with the platinum wire, and give an instan taneous alarm on deck, indicating at the same time the exact t hr the heat zist.--New YorkT NEW YORK-MIDNIGHT. o mighty city. is there any hour From daybreak till another dawning comes. When the witite dove of peace can droop her wi:g In sweet compassion o'er thy throbbing heart Is there no respite from the thund'ring trbee!s. The clangor of the bells? Art thou not sick Of too much lire? Canst thou not sleep While the calm stars a pitying vigil !aiep? Is there no shore in th.s loud, stunning tide Whereon thy waves could break, and the:i be still: Canst thou not lift thine eyes to yon blue hea'tn And in i:s boundless peace hide thy unrest? Caust thou not cast the burden of thy car, On the great Heart of Love beyond the s:ars' -Annie S. Swan in Harper's Weekly Dread in Norway. Bread making. writes a correspondent in Norway to the Lo:non Teiegaph. wa::s another industry which we had a gooi opportunity of seeing while we changed horses at one of the stations. Contrary to our expectations, we found white bread everywhere, but the cominiou bread is a heavy bread, the chief in gredient of which is rye. It is always sour; the housewife intends it to be so. They also have "flat bread," rmado of potatoes and rye. It was this kind of bread that the two women whom we happened in upon were making. THey were in a little underground roo., tun lighted except from the door. The walls were of stone and the floor was of earth. They were seated on either side of a long, low table, upon which were huge mounds of dough. The one nearest the door cut off a piece of this and molded it and rolled it out to a certain degree of thinness; then theother one took it, and with the greatest care rolled it still more. At her right hand was the fireplace, and upon the coals was a red piece of iron, forming a huge griddle more than half a yard across. The bread matched this in size very nearly when it was ready to be baked, and it was spread out and turned upon the griddle with great dexterity, ani as soon as it was baked it was added to a great heap on the floor. The woman said she should continue to bake bread for forty days. She had a large family of men, who consumed a great deal. They had to bake very often in consequence. hi many places they do not bake bread oftener than twice a year; then it is a circumstance like haying or harvesting. An Irish Giant. In the year 176 1 two babes, destined to become 'known through the civilized world on account of their ponderous build, were born in Ireland. It is surely rather a curious coincidence that gives the world two giants from one small island during the same year. Cotter. the first of these exaggerated Irishmen, came of a family who were poor, and the stripling giant at the age of 1S set out for London in search of fortune. Even at that tender- age his bodily pro portions unerringly pointed toward "coming greatness." He soon engaged to a showman for exhibition. His con tract being for threeyears at 5) per an numu inking somec extra fa.r. a. h the manager was disinclined to grant, otter forthwith refused to show himsel f to the eager cockne's. Starting out in his own behalf :e realized "30 before the end of the third iv of exhibition. 11:s popalarity wit b the show going people from this time! forward was assured. At the age of 9 he changed his name fronm Cot:er to O'Brien to add w('eight to the fiction e--t orh ou the glaring hand bills that he V.. "a lineeJ descendant of the re :evned King Brian Borochme, and in : rson exhibits all the characteristics of that great and grand potentate." At time the age of ,5 Cotter was 8 feet 8 inches hi;th, and although le lived to be over 40 his height never exceeded the f gures given. He died at Clifton, EngTand. Sept. S, 1804.--St. Leads lIeoubhec. The Toll Gate In War Time. The colonels and muajors had all told their recollec'tionls of the war..uzndl evecn the priv:ates had beena heard. It was the trn of the homec gu;ard. "We din't have much blood, but we had stirring times wvhen Morgan inv.aded Ind.iana whilo you were down to~ the frnt. I was only a private, but we all served w:ith as much spirit and zeal an if we were' mendbers of the' general's staff I remember riding about carrying the tidings that Morga;n w'as approaching. Dwn on the She'lbyviile pil~e livedi ap old friend of mine. itiding down to his arnm, I called himi out. -Hello, in there,' I shouted. -Wi;.t's up?' was the repl.. "-Mart:'s eonming. He is this side of Shelby vilie. I etter look out.' -drent God!' theeccentric old farmer.' excaimed. 'Is that so? Ride downm to the toll gate just below and tell thec keeper not to let him thirough until I drive up my shoats.'"-I~ndianapolis News. Velocity of LIght. The Danish astronomer, Olaus Romier, made the discovery of the velocity of light while taking observations of the eclipse of Jupiter's satellites in 1G763. lle found that the eclipses of the satellites seemed to be retarded as the earth moved farther away from the planet: that they occurred too soon1 when~ the earth was nearest and too late when it wvas farthest aay frcmi Jupiter. The astronomer found that this retardatioen of the occur rence of the eclipscs could only be ;:c counted for satisfactorily by the time that the light would tak~e in crossing the earths orbit, and that, calculating the tiue occupied in accomplishing this. the velocity of light was 10x2,50 iles a secntd. The best de'termiinations o'ade by the mrce accrate obser".vtaium udloer thlues make the .ele:- i:y vbu 10,:.20 m iles a second.'-New YorkTl ?.n Can .ilmyry. she cr:ied :us shle stopped'' a friend Gfn the avenue the other tuer.i:g'. "Y\oux ' gone' to hiou.;r t'tepin~t. i bet.' A ca,. we have! Gco::;.. (nly .g-s 88 fuhe: vot L:salw. i:ht. mWe caan u ''Un'v a ce t:' aj pinandl I c'an ge' :: .t.i ...:bbage ior thiree cent.-:!-Det roit Acocording to the well known statis tician, liiward Atkinson, thu hours of abr have as a rule been reduced within the la::t lhaf century. In factory labor tn h~ours are customary. inlsteaI of twelve or more, and in the building trades nine or ten instead of elev'en or t!welve Dr. Rutgers, of England, after an ex tensive series of dietetic experiments, declares that a vegetable diet can easily be lived on, and that vegetable albumen is, weight for weight, equal to animal n~hnmanz. HOTY INNOCENT HOAXERS. PRACTICAL JOKES PLAYED ON MEX! CAN ALL FOOLS' DAY. Tery Fanny Editors, Who Can "Fake" to Their Heart's Content-Bogus Bandits and 3ake Believe Highwaymen-Pranks Costly and Troublesome. From his appearance the average Mexican would:never be charged with the crime of practical joking. In fact an American would think more than twice before he tampered, jokingly, with the quiet dignity and solemnity, two char acteristically intuitive qualities of the Mexican Don, owing to the latter's readi ness with the revolver anddexterity with the stiletto. - Yet on occasion the Mexicans, from the little toddling boy to the white haired Don and the dark eyed Senorita to the old wrinkled Senora, are the greatest of all practical jokers. It becomes a sort of mania with them, as it did with their ancestors hundreds of years ago. Dec. 28, the anniversary of the slaugh ter of the Holy Innocents, as the babes who were killed by King Herod on the birth of Christ are known, is the day of all others in Mexico. The arrival of Fiesta da los Santos Inocentes is anxiously looked for every year, and when it comes it is observed without stint. The exact origin of this peculiar day as one devoted to practical joking has been lost, so ancient is the custom in Spain. The fact that it is spoken of as the day of Holy Innocents seems to have inspired the Spaniards with the idea of making innocents or fools of one another and any one else that can possibly be victiuuizcd. Ever since this happy thought occurrei to some ingenious Spaniard some time it the Fourteenth century the day has been duly recognized. BOGUS NEWSPAPER SCARES. The ways of celebrating it are, of course, many and varied. Mexico offers a particularly fertile field in this peculiar pastime, owing to the eruptive tendency of the government and people. A country in which a citizen inquires of his neighbor the first thing each day, "Who is president this morning?" natur ally,affords an ingenious practical joker abundant material for unlimited pranks. The newspapers are the leaders in re cognizing the day after the popular form. All sorts of bogus stories are artfully written so as to create immense excite ment, yet the circumstantial facts are so related that suspicion is seldom aroused. High government officials are generally assasismated (in print) and robberies com mitted of great magnitude. On one occasion a gold mine of fab ulous wealth and extent was discovered four miles out of the City of Mexico, and the same day two-thirds of the popula tion of the town had forsaken their homrs to hunt for the mythical bonanza. Another favorite mo(tf'of racing court to-rd-wy sanHocents- 1st frighiten a. population of a small village some miles out from diecapital by publishing alarm ing stories of a threatened raid by bands bl kxoodthirsty Indians and bandits. Mounted couriers in the employ of the n?1ws )aners leave the larger city with abundant supplies of the newspapers, and, dashing at full speed into the doomed town, throw the residents into a panic by reading from the public squares the horrible fate that awaits themi. in, a few minutes the whole Mace i.; in a terrible state of commotion, and in another hour the town is con pltely deserted. Every one takes to t., :iih road and makes the best time posibleto the larger city and safety. W;eiL'n the hoax is discovered, no mat ter what the cost to the victims, no troull ever ensues. They pack up their goud:s, collect their families and return in high good humor to their homes, thankful that they have them to go to, and promising one another that they will not allowv thlemselves to be fooled ne: t year. t when next year does come and wi th it the terrible news that yellow eve'r er some other deadly scoulrge is rlging in the vicinity, threateming to deouate the whole town by its rav ags~, tihe people forget the resolutions form;ulated the previous year. Provi sions are hastily packed and safety is sought ini the nearby hills and moun tains. In one instance, six families lived in the open air for ten days before the jo!ko perpetrated upon them wvas dis covered. THE BULL FIGHT SELL. Pranks at the expense of private indi viduals are the commpnest mode of cele brating the day. It is no uncommon thia fcr a wealthy old Don walkig in a seeiuded portion of the town to find himself suddenly confr-onted by two masked marauders, with revolvers in their hands and knives in their belts, who command him to give up his valu ables c-uietly or they will takie his life and valuables both. The next day he is not greatly surprised when lie receiv-es his valuables, accompanied by a cask of wine and a neat little note, stating that ie was merely made a temporary sacri fice to King Herod. On one occasion notices in all the daily papei-s in the City of Mexico an nounced that a grand bull fight would occur on the afternoon of Dec. 28, and that, as the admittan~ce to the amnphi theatre on this occasion would cost noth ing, every one was cautioned to be on and early. Long before midday the people were ouing into the immense buildimg in Liordes. Although the first encounter was not to take place until 2 o'clock, the building was jammed to its untno-: by 1 o'clock. The great assemblage wzaited patienlv for aluest twvo hours, and then anxiousqueries about ,the matadors and their victims wero maae. .iter another two hours' wait it began to d'tn onz patrt of tho raudienice that they had been made v-ictimnS to the popu lar dar. In small parcels they left the alidiiin,. but it was long af ter nightfali before the place was empty .-.sew York ,J Curnai. A C2oi'ee Grower's Ad1rice. Tb"'o wri:e as spent at icnet tho bettcr patf his life growing antd curing tea and coffee, and .iowever wanting he may be in giving expression to his idea-s. lhe is surely in a position to advsoe the ;:: eral reader on a subject with which he is wveil acquainted. iirst, then, deal with reliable people; and, secondly, buy what they consider thu purest and the most carefully pre pared tea and cotfee they can supply you with, without demanding the same at ai price at which you know yourself first class produce cannot be imported.. if it should p lease you to take thus little piece of advice, you will find that, in the end, it will net prove in any way extravaant, and it may add a year or tO t ri legt ofou dayr.-Table Experiments w.ith the Ciga.rette. Science dscribes some experimients made on the cigarette by Professar W. L. Dudley. of Vanderbilt university, as follows: The fact that eigarele smoking pro duces hiolyo(gical Oerects disierinig in some c':i:nt from thr-:e of the cigar LI:! him to mak. e his experiment::. The fr. quentlv :rie:i cau:<c. of the di.flr:nce -that t d ul :i'.dteration of cigartite t> hrc:\' wit hopium and other drug;S, ani ai-o te .renace of arsenic in the Paper -are f.r many reasons unsatisfactorv and isuf-icienit. It is trll, no donbt, tlat the tobacco in many of the less e : pensive irands isadulterated with cheap drugs unldl artii-ial flavors, and that in the more expensive gramdes opium muay be used but it is ciualliv true that many eigarett's are made of tobacco which is free from sophistication. The presence of a senic }i the paper is entirely out of the question. 'rr' is a difference in the methods of smoking a cigarette and a cigar or pipe. In the two last mentioned the smoke is 'i::w,: drawn into the mouth and ex p l ecuy. itherefre:n or thirlough thC no.:,;whil0the experienced ':areitc v.'.:r wil i:.ale the smoke, t::t i.:. f dr it t. a greater or less extent into the .ir ;:age::. and in some case:s to the r ttdept of the lungs, and thus the ,b.paiof the ('Ironic oxide::;! other ;:*-se wii take place verya rapidl.. bo. J. m 't *r::nm.:~ mle sof th. bi"'t in:i:a ct ctuent oft n to soe; . Tih:::t more ainjuy resuts rom. Ci-airette than ei-::r or pipe s'uoiin, be caIu'.' as ma n:k;, ,h smke o:h e . firiieri('" is l~ld;3 hilt ei.rtt .m.:n wihout inhlaling 1.; no more linjurous thn ipj'V or c.-.Ur smoaing: 4. That't smuiok e t1 a ceigr or pipe, i:halc, i.; :s l:: iu1rio:;0: ('inrette smoke inh11:led; I. Ta'' the *n.. - from a Turkish i-ipe, if inhled is s injurious as that cl a 6at inha"'l. To Treat Colds. ear \:ooklei or silk underclatlin (w o! i e idly the Letter, a:; it i poru. strong oots, rubbers always in wet wea.her. In regard to cold curin:--. nearly every one has his own treatmnent. f su:;estions, however, may oat he iss. the "nightcap" treatment is o) ten scccessful. Another etaiencious remedy is hot onion gruel, and cat ing a quantity of highly salted food is od~l. Glvceri::', %:it:1 cream or whisky, will relieve a larox:slu of coughing. Another cxcelientt re-medy, on the first symptoms of cold. i to tate. on retiring, for grains of Dover's powder and two grains of quinine in pill form. If this is not successful, repeat the dose next night. failing, the next best thing is to con s a good physician, remembering an "ounce of prevention." Children may b: given a few (rops of sweet spirits of niter, bathing tne ;;et in hot rastard water and copious d:inks of warm lem or cold sores, should never be rubbed. as the vedicls burst and crusts form. The application of a little "camphor ice" or fresh cold cream will be found very soothin ;.-"Family Physician" in ier aid of tiealth. A Sermon in Little. We had been out walking in the cccl of t lieay says a letter about 'ami. and w;e l.ad come upon a squad of . uavvies who were employed at the rail w-:. They were finishing- their supper, an'i were on the point of turning into their sod built huts, in which they slept, ten on each side, on a rude plank piat forma, without mattresses, without even straw. Count Tolstoi promised to send them some straw, at which they seemed very pleased. Ilonest, kindly looking fellows they were; not so stalwart as our navvies, but fiell of pleasant courtesy and frank tak. The visit to their huts naturally led to a discussion upon the social ceuestion. "We have forgotten Christ.'' said the count; "wve will not obey him. And what is the result? There you have 100 men, each earning. fifty copecks a day, without even straw lo l'ie on at night. Howv can you and I steen) on mattresses and feather beds, when these hardworking men have not even straw? If you were Christian you could not. What right have you to too much when your brother has not even enough? The next step inChitnty the very first step, is for those who have wealth and lands to part with all that they have, and let it go to the poor." Rtabbit Coursina. Coursing, while comparatively a new ich! sport in this locality, is not entirely a present day importation from Elg land. For mnanv years it has been recognized snort in California and we" of time Missinkippi. On the Pacific coas there are a number of coursing clubs using grey'hounds against the local jack. rabbit. '.lhe coursing by the Hempstead club is with fox terriers against tho com mon wild rabbit, of the "cottontail" species, an animal very destructivo to the growing crops. and for tile exter mination of which the authorities of Australia and New Zealand have offered large rewards. In the United States, however, the rabbit is protectedl by the game laws, and can only be killed in the states of New York and New Jersey between Nov. 1 and Feb. 1. The rabbits are p)'rocre either by netting them or with box tra;.s that insure their nlon-injur'y. They are fed and eared for until wanted, andI then convoyed to the coursing ground in larg:~ boxe:3. The. rabbits used at Ileaa'stead are most.!y captured in the nei;:;iborheod of Babylon. with several small lots; frcr Nw Jersey.-New York Wocrld. A Pohitical Trick. r.Labouchere oence madeo good useI of th~e irish membiders' Ihatre'l of Capt O'Shea. Mrii. i.rice 1:ad appeale d de-.r inglyv to Mr. Laboucer'e to o:cure 1 a1; 'n.ance o- menmbers host ile to so. bili v:hich. w.'on to cut uoeren' m e 1v::;v L~a Iiad. ''Nothing e-mi I.,a.er said Mr. Labione!:ero. .s he. oc' *alh v--~h his uLal air ofeggV con!dence. "do vou know that tapt. O'Shea is personall'y inter'estedi IUs('uria;.: thev ~ p 'c..ef th~e VTyl" ;.; Idland bill? "InideedY"'said Mr. Diggar. "Y mId Mr. Labouchere, "and per'ha's the 8ny0 -- "Say no muora," said air Biggar "the bhoys wxill be there." 11e was~ not mistaken. Thle "bhoys" came down i force, amid it was not until after the bill was throwu out they discovered that thIe captain had no more to do with it tha n the man in the maoon.-Chicago Jo'ur"l. A coal mine in Japan took fire several ears ago and forty or fifty miners wvere intombed. Recently the pit was ope' ed and the bodies of tho victims were s ,.vred They had been petrified. SHOES A.I) liiE W EAl13 fjgj) DEALERS IN FOOTGEAR FOR MEN AND WOMEN GIVE SOME FACTS. Eastern Women Wear the Largest and Southern Women the Smallest Shoes. Chicago Girls I are neen M!aligied. Western "len Are Not Very Particular. "What kind of shoes are the ladies wearing nowadays?" - "If vou should say that they are wear in- m: kinds you would just about strike it; Iut there is one thing certain, niC ':e sc:,ible shoes are worn lhv wolne't. ti:t there were five ycard. ag'. 'I 'st selBing shoe we have in all seL i of the country, with one or two exc: i::, is the N:ew York medium toe. A shoe. vith this toe has a comfortable and yet natty appearance, and is usually fitled. with an inch and an eighth heel, whi:-:: :.ia comfortable height. Next in populr nity to the New York medium toe is ti :ew ork opera toe, which is more pi:e*t .t the end and has a heel one quarwr :-' ....a: h higher than the for mer . . efthese styles of shoe may oir :: ; a" adorned with the patent setatr i .i has been so popu larfor the it . . ":- :.r. the largest shoes worny' "I su'pi " : u will think I will say in Chic b I h::t, for while in that city th1-:' rainge from one to seven, in T[ston i!: r are Very few No. 1'; sold. the i+r": ig n umnbcrs ranging between tv:o al . en. Chicago women ha:o b m iigned, "nd it is a factthat we s ni r-m'e Iarg sizes east than to other sc'tion of the country. New :ckes wear mu'ch slimmer iihoes than amv .:) ina any other city, and while we selAA' Ie metium izes, threes and threes a half, for instance, right here some r:women wear as high as fives. We sell *":y few shoes over that size in New l:ironTtNT IOiRMIATION. "-itee are the smallest shoes worn?" You wiii be surprised when I tell you that for small feet the southern women in the van. They wear rather wider sho than their New York sisters, but their feet are shorter. To sum up. I think I can conidently assert that the largest shoes are worn by eastern women. sliuunest by New Yorkers and the widest and smallest by the fair creatures who mIake the south and west their homes." ".Are there particular styles manufact ured for different sections?" "Tere are. Tiere, for instance," and the member opened a black walnut show ease and took out what looked like men's shoe s. "is a sample of the ladies' wauk en phast shoe, which is now very popular in that city of blue blood anl beans loston. "You will notice that they are nearly as heavy, have as wide heels, and look fully as useful as men's shoes. We sell themn nowhere else but in the east. Again, here is a pair of shoes which you will observe have perfectly square toes couldnt see a pair in any other city to save your neck. Funny, isn't it?" "Are women wearing heavier or lighter shoes than formerlyi" "You would naturally suppose from imy mrevious statement that they are .r'eaig more sensible shoes, that I would ::y heavier. I regret tc say that I cannot. Fair woman has come to the conclusion that distorted feet resulting from too short and too tight shoes de tract from her appearance, and is there ftre wearing better shaped feet cover imn. You cannot persuade her to wear i:nything clumsy looking. A thick soled shn o is her abomination, and there are More deaths resulting every year from her determination to wear paper soled shoes than from any other cause. At lea t, that is my opinion. Why, just look at it a moment. The thickest shoe we make has but a three-eighths of an inch sole-about the thickness a man would wear on a summer shoe-and yet w..omen wilil put on their 'thich boots' as they call them, and tram p through slush anid mnud t.'l (lay long in them, It makes no diif'erenee if their feet are soaked wheni they gct home; the-' have wvorn their'Unick boots,' and tfiat settles it. That's what I like about thme eastern wome'n. They will wear comfortable murtd suitble shoes every time, appear anees or' iio appeai'ances." "'Is the French high heel as much in v.ogue as it w'.as?" "For treet wear, no. For the house anid e'a'r[.ige the most popular button shoe~ i 'e New York opera toe, with the biah Frenich heel. This shoe naturally V .( not apted for much walking, and the wo~ men~ have discovered this. For low shoe~s the~ New York medium. tee and the enera with high and moderately high Fre:OI heels sell the best. For a good wakn hoe S-> to SS should be paid;.for fancy 'call slippers of course fancy prices are given. tIPnoVMENT IN MEN'S SHOES. A whlesale manufacturer of men's shoes said: "Ri would be hard to say that any part icular' style of shoe is being worn now. Wie make and sell all styles. It can be sai, though, that men are get ting bettcr' slhoes for their money today than ever before. Not only better in quality but in fit. The time has gene by when a man expected to buy an un comfortable, readyi made shoe and tor ture himse~lf by w.earing it until it was coun )"r'tivelr~ comfortable. Improved metliods of ~taking measurements and imovedm nachinery have accomplished this, and a man can today go imto a reputai' mdm' made shoe store and get a p~erfect tiltinishoe without the slightest "-hchsction of the country e ma sth r'est shot's?" , ht"oulid be difficult to say, hut uoi' IU the' v.estern uman will w.ear' a il:eh: hocs thian other men. As a uhe ti '.tern ma". youL uow., isnt en r, nd to -:: c a a 'hescmfor.~t be that is- ct "ll he" cares '"or. "lo e mak parCj'L.ticua -tyls for difl' redt par'ts of th:e country?" -canm t sa t ''' do e'''ept fo" the thban men! i th. nor'thi. I" f"'. 'r are 'er'y few.' of the iiner grad' a a woru uip here. The souther man isk' boots and lie vwears thmem with hu ighe and is apt to gct them too sh'ort for.l feet. In con aquence the soutn' '" (eot is shorter and wider than ot'er teet, then sizes down there r'anging fromj to while in the noi'th they. range mi th part of thle country from 5 to 10, ad the west f'rom~ G to 12. The eserni men' hatve thle slimme'st feet. A fact whcu somewhat strange i., that more hea'.y shoes are said rizcmt here in the city thanm in t1.c counatry' diti'ts."-New Ver: cress.____ Of the -imJ gold heaters el New Yon~ not-'one i a wo'mutn, while of' the 9X0 ld cuntems not one ia a man. Half Baby. fail Philosopher. Horace Greeley bore his character in his face-half baby, half philosopher. The sweetest chill that ever looked into its mother's eyes had not a more benevo lent expression than his countenance habitually wore. The worst portrait does not quite obliterate it; the best rend ers it imperfectly. The politician who said, "A man who would hurt Horace Greeley would strike his own mother." roughly expressed the feeling which the cliildl-ike part of his face often excited. ills voice, too, was the pipe of a child. Dut above the eyes there was such a noble dome of head that a Greek sculptor would have been glad to take it for the a:del of benevolent wisdom. his de meacer showed similar contrasts. Fro:n .hat bahv face what torrents of bad wor'ls would come. with no more malice,' behind them than there is behind a child' veiemelt crying when some one has broken its toy. With a pen in his hand and a subject before him suited to his talents and disposition, as well as to the momentary needs of The Tribune, what r-dito'r ever wrote more effectively? James Parton in Forum. The Dead Came to Life. A long lost brother, who was supposed to be dead, and on whose'estate letters of administration were granted to his sister Lv Surrogate Rollings, of New York, in Februtary, 187, has turned up alive and haitliy. Surrogate Ransom has revoked the letters, and the property. largely in c:-eased through his sister's careful man a;:ment, has been restored to the man whose supposed death she had mourned. his naime is Pierre E. Beauron, and his hter is Marie F. Jodrqv. He was born in Switzerland forty-six years ago and came to this country when he was seven years old. He lived in Shohola, Pa., until 1SG3, when he started for Havana. lie lived there three years, then started ifr the Pacific coast, and a few months later departed for Rio Janeiro, where he reiained eighteen months. He next wtit to India and lived there four years. From there he went to Australia. where he lived nine years. Then he proceeded to Europe and remained in France seven months andin Spain seven nmonths more. For over seven years prior to his return to Shohola his sister had not heard of hin.-Buffalo News. A Vote of Thanks. A village in New England came into possession of a neat and much needed town hall, the gift of public spirited citi zens. When completed -a meeting was held to dedicate the new building. Speeches were made by prominent citi zens, and special reference was naturally made to the chief benefactor and to those who had been most active in forwarding the enterprise. One speaker mentioned the names of - five or six of these citizens, and sug gIsted that a vote of thanks be tendered them. This wa d tice c.Id man arose in the back part of the Il, and, in a sharp, penetrating voice, r. C.,herman! Dr. Cheermani The speaker being recognized, he pro ceeded: "I jist wanted to say that there's them ez hain't been mentioned ez hez done ez much ez then ez hez."-Youth's Com onion. Shio Carried Him Off. A charming old lady, worth her mill ions, called at a carpenter shop the other day, bearing in her hand a neat little basket. "Have you a comfortable chair in the shop?" she asked of the carpenter. "A comfortable chair?" he repeated. doubtfully. "Yes," she sweetly said. "I have come to stay until you have a man ready to go Lack to my house with me and do the work that you have been promising to do for three weeks. I have brought my !uncheon and a book, and, if you haven't a comfortable chair, Cl] have tile car ringe cushions brought in. I'm going to stay right here until I get that man." The carpenter hastened to say that he could go right off just as well as not, and the old lady carried him off in triumph. -Boston Paper. An Interesting Case. The payment of an insurance policy of $3,000 on the life of "Doe" Haggertv, a teamster, w he was so thoroughly blown away by the.explosion of a wagon load of nitro-glycerine which he was driving, ntear Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, that not more than a pound of his body was found. is beine disputed by the com panies interestei, on the ground that such utter annihilation was impossible even' with so powerful an explosive. They ciaim that the "remains' found ai'e no nroof that liIaggerty is dead. Interesting testimnony is being gathered to show that nitro-gilycerine has proved at times more of an eraser of human identity than the Pleasantville incident would indicate. Harper's Bazar. Hlis Uncle's Nephew. The present head of the Society for the Prevention ot' Cruelty to Animals, Henry Bergh, is the nephew of the founder of the society. He is a slender man, under the medium. height, with something of the cast of features of his great relative, though his face is smaller. lHe was elected by the executive committee of the diirectors. and has literally stepped into the founder's shoes, wvorking all of every day at his office, and takring as keen an ituterest in the humane mission of the society as the original Bergh did, He is a little above 33 years of age.-New York Star. Sman nouses in Philadelphia. One family of about five persons to a dwelling is tfhe usual Philadelphia rule. Taking that as the average. Philade pihia built dwelling houses. in 1888 for 7673 famil ies, or' 38.365 people. That the love of home--a separate dwelling for each familv-hold5 its own in Phila denhia is shown by the increased pro n ortion of two story dwellings erectedi S1.8 neacrly G.00 of these little houses. n:-oidd witih "modern conve nc' having been erected during the year.-Philadelphia Ledger. Fihi schooner Northern Eagle . I r' rih is very uncommnoni m north rva-rwas caught in a vessel's - - :Le set in Ipswieh bay. The welve feet in leng th and nine cumference and weighs about: -is.-Poirsouth (N. H.) Spe-' \\-rc' you. at Shortstop's ho v~a the umpire?-Boston