Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

GRACE OF PAI: 1. Dr. Talmige speaks rr One (f the C'hif CHRISTIAN VIRTUES The Need of I:s Execise ii the Affairs cf D ily Life. Final Reward Of Patience. This disecurse of Dr. Talmage is a full length portrait of a virtue which all admiire, and the lessors taught -re very helpful, text, Hebrews :., E " Iave need of paticnze." Yes, we are in awful nerd ,of 1. Some of us have a litde o-f it, and some of us have none at all. There is less of this grace in the world than of al most any other. Fait;, bops aud chari ty are all abloom iu hundreas of soul where you find one specain~ of pa tience. Paul, the author ot the text, on a conspicuous occasion lest :,s patience with a coworker, and fr, n the way he urges this virtue upon u:e Hebrews, upon the Corinthians. upon the ihessa lonians, upon the Romans, upon the Colossians, upon the you g theologiea, student Timothy, I conclude he was speaking cut of his own need of more of this exceilence. And I ogiy von der that Paul had~any nerves left. Im prisonment, flagellation. L -diterranean cyclone, arrest for treEon and conspir acy, the wear and tear or 1reaching tc angry mobs, those at the door o! a thea ter and those on the rocks of Mars hili. left him emaciated and invalid and with a broken voice and sore eyes anc nerves a-jangle. He gives us a snap shot of him-nelf when he dteribes hig appearance and his sermonic dcliver. by saying, "In bodily presence weak and in speech contemptibie, and refern to his it.flimed eyelids when speakin of the ardent friendship of the Gaia tians he says, "If it la i been i o*ible. ye would have plucsed out your own eyes and have given them t> m"e." We admire most that which we havt least of. Those of us wi-h uniopres Live visage most admire beauty; those of us with discordant voice mest extol musical cadence; those of us with stain mering speech most wonder at elo quence; those of us who get f revoked at trifles and are naturally iratoble appre eiate in others the equipnise and the calm endurance of patience. So Paul, with hands tremulous with the agita tions of a lifetime, writes of the "Goc of patience," and of "ministers of Goe in much patience," and of "patience of hope," and tells them to "follow after patience," and wants them to "run with patience," and speaks of those strength ened with all might to all patience," and looks us all lull in the face as he makes the startling charge, "Ye have need of patience." Some of the people ordinarily most excellent have a deficit in this respect That man who is the impersonation of amiability, his mouth fuli of sof t words and his face a spring morning, if a pass ing wheel splash the mud across his broadcloth, see how he colors up, aue hear him denounce the pasig j-ehu. The Christian woman, an argel of sua vity, now that some social slight is put upon her er her family, hear how her utterance increases in intensity. One of the ablest and best ministers of the gospel in America, stopping at a hotel in a town where he had an even ing engagement, was interrupted in his afternoon nap by a knock at the door by a minister who had comne to welcome him, and after the second and third knock the sleeper opened the door and took the invader of his repose by the collar and twisted it with a force that, if continued, wou:d h ave been strang ulation. Oh, it is easy eneug~h to be patient when there is nothirg to be patient about. When the bank ac count is good and in no danger of be ing overdrawn, and the wardrobe is crowded with apparel appropriate for the cold, or the heat, or the wet, and all the family have attested their health by keen appetites at a loaded table, and the newspapers, if they mention us at all, put rignt construe ion upon what we do or say, and we can walk ten miles without getting tired, and we -sleep eight solid hours without turning from side to side, the most useless grace I can think of is patience. It has no business any where in your house, *you have no mere need of it than of a life preserver while y ou are waikirg ,the pavement of a cieg, no more neta of it than an umnbreila under a ek ud less sky, no more need of it than of Sir Humphry Da)vy s saftty lamp for miners while you are breathing the tonic air of an October morning. Many of the nations of the earth have put their admiration of this virtue into proverb or epigram. Oae ok those eastern proverbs sas s, "V# ith time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes satin." A Spanish prover b say s, "It I have lost the rings, here are the finge:s still." The Itauian prov~r b say s, "a world is his who has patien ce." Tne English proverb declares. When one door shuts, another opens." Ai: these proverbs only put in another way Paufs terseness when he say s, "Ye have need of patience." First, patience with the faults of oth ers. No one keeps the Ten Command ments equally well. One's tempera ment decides whien commanoments he shall come nearest to keeping. if we break some of the commianaments our selves, why be so hard on those who break others of the ten? If you and I run against one verse of the twentieth chapter of Exodus, why should we so severely excoriate those who run against another verse of the same chapter? Un til we are perfect ourselves we ought to - be lenient with our neighbor's imper fections. Yet it is often the case that the man most vulnerable is the most hypoeritical. Pertaps he is profane, and yet has no tolerance for thett, when profanity is worse than theft, for while the latter is robbery of a man, the for mer is robbery of God. Perhaps he is given to defamation and detraction, and yet feels himseit better than some one who is guilty of manslaughter, not real:zng that the assassination of character is the worst kind of assassination. The layer for washing in the ancient tabernacle was at its side burnished like a booking glass, so that those that approached that layer might see their need of wash ing, and if by the gospel looking glass we discovered our own nee d of moral cleansing we wculd be more economic of denunication. Tte most of those who go wrong are the victims of cir oumnstances, and if y on and 1. had been aim our lives surrontded tby the samte baneful influences We wou> probably have done just as badly, ret hars worse. In most cases you had b-at..r otty more and scoid les 1.re is a man down in the ditch of mn:duoog. A r esf right eous soul comes along and looks dowa .n t i Ce dite. lie ad no bus-ness o fall i'to it. lie is Euffering the n on 'necs of hip own wr.ongdog No on- 'tut I irmzelf to blame." And ?.c boirtcd man pa ses in. Ag tin, we have need of pitience un der wrong i fd cted, and who escapes it n some form? It comes to all people in prore~sional life in the ehspe of be ing misundcrsto:.d B-cause t-f this how mary reople fi: to rr wspapers for an exp'ara ion You rre teir card -igned by their cn rrime declaring -hey die not bay this ordid not do that. rhey fiustcr and worry, not reahzing that every man conies to be take-n for what he is worth. and you cannot by any newspapr ruff to taken for more than you are worth nor by an) n ws paper depreciatofn be put down. There is a spirit of fairnes abroad in uie wa-Id, ani if you arc a public man you are clsified anong the friends or foes of ioety. If you are a friend of -eiety you cannot escape reprehension. P.aul, you were right when you said, n )t more to the Hebrews than to us, 'Ye have need of patience." I adopted a rule years ago which has been of great service to me, and it may be of Fome service to you: Cheerfully -oneent to be misunderstood. God knows whether we are right or wrong, whether we are trying to serve him or damage his cause. When you can cheerfuily consent to be misunderstood, many of the annoyances and vexations of life will quit your heart, and you will come into calmer seas than you have evrr sailed on. The most mis understood being that ever trod the earth was the glorious Christ. The world misunderstood his cradle and concluded that one so poorly born could never te of much importance. They charged him with inebriety and called nim a winchibber. Tae sanhedrin mis understood him, and when it was put to the vote whether he was guilty or not of tresson he got but one vote, while all the others voted "Aye, ave." They tnisundt-rstood his crows and concluded ihat if he had divine power he would Jff.et his own resene. They misund,.r stood his grave and dee:ared that his oody had teen stolen by infamous res urrectionists. He so filly consented to be misunderstood that, harried and slapped and submtTrgeI with scorn, he ens-ered not a w.rd. You cannot come up to that, but you can imitate in some stail degree the patience of Christ. I adaire exceedingly the behavior of that farmer at Sedan, who, when the great battle was going on between the armies of Germany and France and the air was full of the sound of whist ling bul:ets and bursting shells, kept right on plowing in the field, nmaking straight turrows, now this way and now that. He had his work to do, and as he did not feel called to fight, he felt called to plow. Bravo! I say for that man. Bravo! I say for you if you al low nothing to divert or alarm Though ail the artillery of human and satanic hate rage about you, keepright on plow tlag. Now, let us this hour turnover a new leaf and banish worriment and care out of our lives. Just see how these per verities have multiplied wrinkles in your face and acidulated your disposi tion and torn your nerves. You are ten years older than you ought to be. Do two things, one for the betterment of your spiritual condition and the other for the safety of your worldly in terests. First, get your heart right with God by being pardoned through the atonement :of Jesus Christ. That will give security for your soul's wel fare. Then ge: your life insured in some w.:l established insurance com pany. That will take from you all anxiety about the welfare of your house-. hold in ease of your sndden demise. The sanitary infiaence of such insur ance is not suffieiently understood. Many a bread winner long since de ceased would now have been alive and well but for the reason that when he was pr-ostrated he saw that in case of his decease his family would to go th" poor house or have an awful struggle for daily bread. But for that at x~ety he would have got well. That anxiety defied all that the best physicians could do. Supposing these two du~ties at tended to, the one for the safety of your soul in this world and the nex:, and the other for the safety of your family if you pass out of this life, make a new start. If possible have your family sittitng room where you can jet in the sunlight. H ave a musical instrument if you can afford it, harp or piano or bass viol or parlor organ. Learn how to play on it yourself or nave your children learn how to play on it. Let bright colors dominate in your room. If there are pictures on the fall, let them not be sugtgestive of b-at tefields which are aiways cruel, of deattibeds which are alway s sad, or part igs which are always heartbreaking. There are enough present woes in the world without the perpetual eommem oration of past miseries If y ou sing~ in your home or your church do not always choose tunes in long meter. Far better to have your patience augmented by the consideranien that the misfortunes of this life must soon afrminate. Hardly anyone lives to l100 years, but fe~v live to 80, while the majority quit this life before 50 You ou.ht to be able, God helping you, to be able to stand as lang as that, for then by the grace of God you will move into an improved residence and comn passed by all benign and txcellent sur roundings, into an atm sphere every reath of which is balmy, and a region where every sound is music and every emotion rapture. A land without one tear, without one parting, without one grttf. This last summer I stood on Sparrow hill, four miles Irom Moscow. It was the place where Napoleon stood and loked upon the city which he was ab iut to capture. His army had been in long marches and awful fights and fearful exhaustions, and when they came to Sparrow hill the shout went up from tens of thousands of voices. "Moscow, Moscow!" I do not wonder at the transport. A ridge of hills sweeps round the city. A river semi circles it with brilliance. It is a spec tacle that you place in your memory as one of the three or four most beau tiful scenes in all the earth. Napoleon's army marched on it in four civisions, four overehelming torrents of valor and pomp. Down Sparrow hill and through the beautiful valley and across the bridges and into the palaces, which surrendered without one shot of resist ance because the avalanche of troops ws irrestible. There is the room in whch Napoleon slept and his pillow, which must have been very uneasy, for, oh, how short his stay! Fires kindled in all parts of the city simul taneously drove out their army into the snowstorms uuder which 95,000 men perished. How soon did triumph al march turn into horrible demolition. Today, while I speak, we comne on a high hill, a glorious hill of Christian antiipation. These hosts of God have had a long march, and fearful battles and defeats have a-gain and again min' gid with the victories, but today we cme up in sight of the great city, the cpit-1 of the universe, the residence ,re to imign with him forever and ever. Look at the towers a-d }ar them ring with ctornal jubilee. L ,ok t th: houqe of many Ir.aonionF. wher' n t I of our lov~d on- -s ar'. I1hho1 th" str'ets of bu-r.iahed go'd and hear the rumble of the char'0t of tr'o who are more than conqr-r irs. S far fron being driv:n back, all the 32 rages arc wide open for o entranc, We are erg ong m end mtar ing on. a-d our every step bri-gs us nearir t> t'ie ciy At what hour we shall enter we have no power to foretell, but once inlisted amid the blood washed host our en trance is certain. It may be in the bright noon day or the dark midnight. It may be when the air is laden with springtime fragrinc: or chi led with falliag snows. But erter we mu-t. and enter we will thr;urh the grace off -rei us as the chief of sinners. l~ghter hills than any I have spoken of will guard that city. More radiant waters than I saw in the Ru sian valley will pour through that great metropolis No raging cofliagration shall drive us forth, for the only fires kindled in that city will be the fires of a splendor that sh.ll ever hoist and never die. Reach iug that shining gate, there wall be a parting, but no tears at the parting There will be an eternal farewell, but no sadness in the utteracce. Tien there we will part with one of the best friends we ev;r had. No place for ner in heaven. for she needs no heaven While love and jay and other graces enter heaven, she will stay oat. Pa tience, beautiful Patience, long suffer in: Patience, will at that gate sa;: 'Goodbye! I helped you in the battle of life, but now that you have gained the triumph you need me no more. I bound up your wounds, out now they are all healed. I soothed your bereave ments, but you pass now into the re union of heaven. I can do no more for you, and there is nothing for me to do in a city where there are no burdens tocarry. Goodby! I go back to the world from which you came up, to r sume my tour among ho3pitals, and almhouses. The cry of the world's sor ro o reaches my ears, and I must de cend. Up and down that poor suffer ing world I will go to assuage and cum fort and sustain, unatil the world itsenl expires, and all on its inoutains, and in all its valle.s, and on all its plains, there is not one soul left that has need of Patience." LOVE BORN IN ANTARTIC SEA. Fell in Love With Pictures of Women They Married. Enveloped by the cold and solitude of an Antarctic night and with no women within hundreds of ice-capped miles, Prof. Henry K. Archewski, geoloist and meteorologist of the recent Belgian Antaratic expedition, fell in love with the woman whom he has just persuaded to give up her operatic career and become his wife. It was on the night of April 9, 1898, and on board the steamer Belgina, fast in the ice fles of the Southern sea, that there was held a "grand concourse of beautiful women," one of the many diersions by which the explorers sought to pass away the time. Figures and faces were clipped from magazines and journals, the fair women in ques tion were divided into classes, arnd the lonesome adventurers began to ballot for the fair ones cf their choice. Professor Archowki discovered a full length portrait of Miss Caroline Adey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ad ay, of Philadelphia, an operatic prima dnno and heiress of a wealthy father. She was in a Grecian pose and the scientist was so charmed by the picture that he cast his vote for her repeatedly I was a unique case of love at first sight. Nearly a twelvemonth elapsed before Lietenant de Gerlache's expedition re turned to civilization, and almost two yars passed before the scientist met the original of the portrait. She was hen making a Eiuropean tour With the Savoy Opera Company. They became engaged. Mr. and Mrs. Adey were at first somewhat opposed to the. mat ch, but all obstacles Were at last happily overcome and the marriage was cele brat eon the Continent a fortnight ago Prfessor and Mrs. Archowski are now living at L'ege, Belgum, and expect to pay a visit to this country next sum mer. Another member of the expedition, Capt. George Lecointe, has been mar ried, arid others of the explorers are said to be contemplating mnatrimony, h~aving been impressed with the com fort and felicity of domestic life by their hardships and solitude. NEWS IIE ES From Every JCook and Corner of the Globe. KILLED BT LITE WIRES. T wo persons we re killed ina U ica, N Y., Wednesday morning by comitng in cintact with elecirec wires broken from poles by the storm. The snow broke down thousands of wires and telephone, telegraph and car service was badly crippled. A ELOSE CALL. A cave in occurred Wednesday morn ing at the Nay Aug mine, near Dun more, Pa., fifty-one men were entomoed but a rescuing party, af ter three hours hard work, sucoceied in dieging into the chamber, and rescued all of them uninjured. A DISASTROUS FIRE. As the result of a fire Wednesday morning one life was lost, fiqe people were injured and the large structural iron works of George L. Mesker & Co., and Lowenthat's commission house at Evansville, Ind , were totally destroyed. The loss is $110,000. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Mrs. Mary Webster Sallee, of Lex ington, Kr., heir to several thousand dollars of her uncle's estate, was shot and kiiled Wednesday by her husband, whom she had declared should not share in her luxury. After shooting his wife Sallee committed suicidie. THE ASIA GOTTON CROP. The cotton crop of Central Asia is expected to be excellent this year, ac cording to Vice Conaul Smith, at Mos cow. This year's crop is expected to aggregate between 7,000 and 8,000 pood, or enough to meet half of the general demand. The remaining cot ton req'uired for itnanufacturing pur poses in Russia will have to be im ported. AN OLD LANDMARK LONE. The old home place of James K. Polk, located in Folk amnue, Nashville, Ten., is being rapidly demolished and an apartment house will be erected on tne sie Mr. Pok died there. The State Legislature has several times onsidered propositions to buy the huse for a gubernatorial mansion, but the idea has always met with a nega A LAND CF PROMISE Golden Opp rtunities Which South Carolina Offers to etter s Ten years af:er S~ut Carolina be came a State ir porn!ation r.uaibered less than 400,000. One tenth of this p'pulation lived in cities and towns. st phratin four:shed along the banks of the Eiisto, the Ashley, the Coopr, the Catawba and the Savannah Rivers. These were the homes o: the cu:ured classes, people of wealth and r, finement, who here exercised a sort of baronial swny Lver their numerou3 slaves, and alsc in lces degree over their poorer wh'te reighbors. After the civil war itany of these homes were entirely deserted er left in ruins, and for this reason many once fertile and well cultivated spet; are now untilled, and scekitg nett o wners. The romance of the past clings to many of these neglected districts, and the elassic beauty of places famed in song and story remains to entice new-comers to a laud replete with bounteous possibili ties. The Southern Field, a paper de voted to the agricultural manufac-ur ing, mibing and busit.ess ist-rets of tbe South.ro States, gives a careful sketch of at least a part of these neg lected districts, embracing that see tion of the State str, tching from Char leston to Branchvilie, thence to Ainen and Augusta, then to Columbia and down again to Branchville. This region embraces parts of Ethe Red Hills country, in which the soil is generally red clay and sandy mixture with here and there a more or less dense growth of oak and hitck.:ry,of tae upper pine belt, in the uplands of which the soil is a light gray sandy loam, pro ducing the best c.tton in the State, while susce ptible, through proper tr& a: ment, of yiading fide crops tf corn, nay, vegetables, and fruits. Included in this regton are bayou or wet lands of remarksb'e richness, which may be orougnt to the highest state of cuitiva tien by proper draining. The seil of there lunis is a dark gray loam, under laid at a considerable depth with im pervious clay. The produc-s are oats, corn, cotton, rice, sorgnum, cane, sweet potatoes, beans, app.es, plums, pears and grapes. EXTENSIVE MARKET GARDENS. Leaving Charleston ty rail the heigh way is flanked by extensive gardens, the products of which afford comfortable revenue to every thrifty farmer who cares to engage in trucking, and which are easily marketed in Charleston. At Seven Mile Station, such lands spread out to the very banks of the Ashley and Ceoper Rivers, and there are tracts yet untaken which cffer especial incuse ments to farmers experienced in garden ing, the prices ranging low, and labor being extremely cheap. Farther north, 20 miles distant from the city, is the pretty town of Summerville, known in this country and Europe as one of the finest of health resorts, where pine woods, good water, teening soil and wholesome air give assurance cf both physical and worldly gain. Hundreds of fertile, acres here await the thrifty farmer; and nowhere in the South cou'd he do better than here, in the midst of a refined and kindly people, with churches, schools, and a near by mar et. Four miles onward, and Jedburg iP reached. This is as yet an unselt tied section, but there are svs tnousands of acres here available for trur-gardening and orchards, for rice culture and hemp, and for stock rais ing. Dairy farxnog could be made im mensely prs fitable at this point. LARGE STOCK RANGES At B~ra's Stuon, 41 miles from Charliston, is another fine b.,y of land adapted to fruit and cereals; while three miles below is the station at Pregnails, on both sides of which thousands of acres of stock land can be purchiased at low prices and upon most favorable terms for tillage, and for pasture. Tais point affords extra'ordinary opportun iies to stockmen, esp-ecially for sheep and cattle. The grasses are strorg and nutritious, and with the forest iruits will enable the ranger to fatten both sheep and cattle at the cost only of trnding. Numerous branehes traverse these tracts, so that the supply of water is unfailing and plentiful. The mild ar~d wholesome climate and the shelterit g woods render it a perfect habitation for stock. T 'enty miles iurther on, is the at tractive town of Branchville, encom passed by woodlands not merely orna mental but containing red oak, cypress, water oaks, chesnsur, pine, bickory and zum of noticeable girth and in sufficient q iantities to supp'ly furniture factories, jManirg mills, b x aud crate and stave factories with material cheaply obtain ed. A FAMOUS HEALTH RESORT. The ntxt important town west is Aiken, elevated 600 feet above sea level, and famed for its salutrity of climate. Many northern families of wealth atjourn here during the wintcr months, and own attrac ive and r xpen sive homes among the beautiful groups f magoha, crepe myrtle and sia:ely pines Few places in the country can compare with Aiken in attrirutes con tributing to health, comfort and enjoy ment. But the utilitarian also has found it a meet place for industrial ef fort, and several great enterprises are under way in the vicinity which ensure its material prosperity far beyond the speculation or prophecy of the last generation. Valuable granite deposits are quarried in the neighborhood, but future developments will far surpass all present enterrise, when the 131-. mense beds of kaolin and granite not et uncovered are taken up by foreign capital. MANUFACTURING CENTERS. Prominent among the manufacturing centers of the South is Augusta, th~e beutiful little city on the Savan nah,' where cotton factories and other industrie<I attest suber bly the enterprise of the sturdy Georgians and their co workers from abroard whoare rapidly leading this huay emporium of the past into new prominence and toward a grand fufillment obijts natural destiny. Edgtfield and Lexington Counties are both full of undeveloped riches in granite, slate, soapstone and kaolin. COLUMBIA, THlE CAPITAL The rapid advancement of this fair city within the past six years has been phenomenal, in cotton manufacturing especially. Not less than 240,000 spin dies are in action within its territory; while many other industries are pros peing and expanding Its water works and ekocrric plant, like those of Au gusta, are msgnificient realities, and are mighty fac:.ors in 0o1ambia's iuturo development. Its situation on the Congaree River gives a commanding advantage in economic and vast water power service; while five lines of the Sout ern Riilway diverging in as many directions lead to two great port4 and to every imoortant terminal in the State and beyond. PRODUCrIVE FARM LANDS. Fom Columbia southward to Orange burg there stretches anotherinteresting af the most attractive in the State; no. iceable for its handiome residences, isf wide streetadorned with semi-trop ical fAlir. and ihe refinement of its nitizrs 'Tre nurrounding country is inviting; and the 1rroduotivencss of the Uil. u-der which are rich bids of iarl of ur'-knowr, depth a-d extent, with the prox'mwty cf valuable growths of tim ber. <fi rs unuzual advantages to those who scek pleasant homes in a climate replete with hcalth giving qualities, where reasonable thrift and industry are certain of reward. This caunty is well watered by the north fork of the E3izto and other smaller branches, and is' well adspted to general firming and stock railing. Hard to Down a Philosopher. A playful gust of wind came along and picked off his hat. It was of the straw brand, vintage of 1900, already out of date, although still quite pre sentable in appearance. That hat just got up on its rim and bowled merrily along the sidewalk, while the usual number of feet and canes were thrust out to check its progress. "Never mind," called out the owner of the hat, cheerfully, "I'm going that way, anyhow." So he walked on in the hat's wake without any hurry and overtook it within a block. Then it rolled into a gutter, which was dire. This would have disconcerted anyone except a philosopher. "Never mind," said he again, as he gave the hat a careless brush and put it on his head.. "I was going to get a new hat to-morrow, anyhow!'-Chi cago Tribune. The Best-Loved Woman. The world loves a true and noble woman more than the greatest beau ty that ever lived or the most brilliant intellect. Within the memory of every one there are noble, womanly lives, which have been dearer and bet ter to us than the most brilliant wom en of history. Not for the beauty of a Helen of .z.oy or a Cleopatra, nor for the brilliancy of a George Sand or a Joan of Arc would we sacrifice these lives. Indeed, if we had to choose between one or the other, we would wipe from the slate of history those historic characters rather than destroy the sacred influences of a noble mother, sister or wife which have shaped and formed our careers. -A. S. Atkinson, M. D., in Woman's Home Companion. Jamaica's Cleft Mountain. In Jamaica there Is a mountain, between Kingston and St. Thomas in the east. on the south side of the is land, which bears the name of Judg ment mountain, or Mount Sinai, be cause of the awful catastrophe which occurred there in 1692, by an earth quake. In the district of St. Andrew only one house was left standing. A mountain some 4,000 feet high was cleft perpendicularly for 800 or 1,000 feet from the summit, as smoothly cut as the housewife's knife could cut down through a cheese. The slice of the mountain thrown off covered 1,000 acres in Its fall, burying houses and herds and flocks and 13 persons.-N. Y. Times. Voracious Birds and Fishes. Birds are big eaters. The much admired robin can give points to most of his kind. He can easily manage two-thirds of his weight in earth worms in a day. The common pigeon goes one better. He consumes his own weight in grain within a day. Fish are great gluttons. A single American bluefish has been known to kill and partially devour ten great cod, each as big as himself, in rapid succession. London Mail. signs. "I shouldn' be surprised if I done sold dat mule aftuh all," remarked Uncle Rasberry. "Is you got any offers?" "No. But I's gwinter git one purty soon. Deacon Thompson stops hyuh every yethuh day an' was'es half an hour tellin' me 'bout whut a no 'count animal it is. An' de deacon doesn' put in his time wifout'n he's got an ob ject."-Washington Star. Padding for Footmen's Calves. One of the greatest essentials with regard to the recommendation of a London footman Is not cnly his height, but the size and form of his legs. To suit the needs of those who have not been gifted with a well-formed leg the livery-makers supply artificial calves which pad out the legs to a respectable size. A pair of these pads cost about $1.25.-N. Y. Post. But a Good One. "What are you buying alk those traps for?' "Doctor's orders. H. tells me I need a little recreation and insists that I should go duck-hunting with him." "Huh! Seems to me that's a sort of quack remedy."-Phuiadelphia Press. No Consolation There. "There, now, Clara, how would you like to be these people who can't get home from Paris because their funds gave out?" "Well, dear me, Clarence, they are better off than we are, whose funds gave out before we got started."-In dianapolis Journal. A Sad Case. Mrs. Hogan-Thot little sphalpane av a Jerry Hiorrigan musht be a bad penny entoirely. Mrs. Duggan-Phwy? "Shure, he's bin th' manes av makin' his poor woife a confir-rmed husband bater."-Puck. Her Explanation. George-How is it, Cousin Clara, that you gave your age to the census enumerator as 22, when we were both born in the same year and I am 31? Clara-Oh, that is easily explained. You have lived much faster than I. Chicago Daiiy News. How It Impressed Her. Old lady-Just think, only one mis sionary for 10,000 cannibals. Young Lady-Dear mel They must have very small appetites or very big missionaries!l-Woman's Journal. But Not Sugar-Coated. A man who marries a disagreeable woman for the sake of her money swallows a bitter silver-coated pill Chicago Daily News. Woman's Great Posaession. Men have strength, but women have taet.-Chicago Daily News. Engineer David Phillips and Fire man Cobaugh, of the eastbound express were bu-ned seriously and the Balti mre and O'aio railroad was blockaded for hours by a peculiar accident west of Washington, Pennsylvacia, Wedoes day morning. Natural G-as escapirg trom a large pipe laid under the tracks was ignited by cinders from the fire box of the engine and nlames enveloped Fighting Spiders. "Spider" time has arrived, and the Filipino boy is happy, writes a corre spondent. He does not know much about marbles, but when spider time arrives, and that is just after the rainy season commences, he knows that he is to have great sport. There are two harmless varieties of spiders that are green and yellow in color and mature in June. They are as long as the common black spider, so plentitul in California. The Filipino boy catches these and keeps them secure in a box. A small rod the size and length of a knitting needle is procured. A spider is then placed on the rod. An other boy comes along and he bets a cent that his spider will whip. Then the sport commences. The boy who is challenged produces his spider, places it on the rod with the chal lenger's. Both spiders make a rush for each other and a fierce battle en sues. Sometimes the stronger of the two will wind a web around the oth er, fastening him to the rod and com pletely putting him out of business. The spiders sometimes fight for ten minutes. Nearly every boy has from eight to twenty spiders, and they bet all the Filipino pennies they can get on the result of the fight.-Detroit Free Press. A Chinese Fable. Here is a Chinese fable with a mor al. A sparrow had its nest half-way up a tree, in the top of which dwelt a monkey. After a heavy rain the sparrow, snug and dry in its warm nest, saw tha monkey shaking his dripping body, and could not refrain from addressing him thus: "Com rade, your hands are skillful, your strength great, your intellect clever; why do you live in such a miserable state? Why not build a snug nest like mine?" The monkey, angered at the complacency of the sparrow, re plied: "Am I to be mocked by an evil creature like you? Your nest is snug, is it?" and so saying, he threw the nest to the ground. Moral: Don't talk with a passionate man.-London Mail. America the Lan} of Stability. What other civilized government can boast such continued stability as the United States since the inauguration of our first president? During this period the form of government in France has changed ten times. Ger many is but 30 years old. Austria, as a nation, is the outcome of the Hun garian rebellion. Italy is a still later product of popular evolution. Cavour tore down many walls to build one nation. England and Russia are the only great powers which are now iden tical in structural character with what they were when our republic adopted her constitution.-Albion W. Tourgee, in N. Y. Sun. He Lingered. "Isn't it a nuisance to button one's gloves?" remarked the fair young girl, whose engagement had recently been announced. "I always let my husband do it for me," said her married friend. "He but tons them in a jiffy. Why don't you let your young man button yours?" "I did the other evening, and it took him nearly half an hour."-Philadel phia Press. Explained. "This," said the drug clerk, "is *a most wonderful hair renewer. It's our own preparation." "Well, give me a bottle," said the bald-headed man. "But say, come to think of it, why don't you use it? You are pretty bald yourself." "I can't use it. You see, I'm the 'be fore using' clerk. The 'after using' clerk is out at lunch. You should see him."-Philadelphia Press. Odd Advertising Scheme. Ingeniously enterprising was the ad vertising method adopted by an Eng lish tradesman. While at a seaside re sort he noticed how eagerly visitors from town picked up shells. At a small expense he bought a wagon load of mussel shells, stamped an advertise ment on each and scattered the lot along the shore.-N. Y. Times. A New Will. "Hello, Jasper," exclaimed Spen ders, stopping his rich uncle's valet, "how's uncle this morning?" "Well, sir, he says he thinks he needs a change of heir." "So he sent you for the doctor, eh?" "No; his lawyer.'' - Philadelphia Press. Nicaragua's Noted Volcano. The most noted volcano in Nicar agua Is Coseguina, which, after a long series of earthquakes along the Andes mountains and throughout the Cen tral American states, In June, 1835, broke into violent eruption, scatter ing ashes over 1,500 miles of country. -Detroit Free Press. Slow Promotion in Russian Army. Promotion in the Russian army is slow. It takes 16 to 17 years for a captain to become a lieutenant colonel, and 14 years for a lieutenant colonel to become a colonel-N. Y. Times. His Proficiency. Employer-I thought you told me that you were the best scholar in your class at college. You don't seem to show it. New Clerk-I didn't say scholar; I said sculler.--Philadelphia Record. The Only Thing. Edythe-Don't you think that char acter is a young man's everything? Ethel-Oh, yea; if he has nothing else-Puck. To Learn to Carve. Every head of~ a family should at tend a medical college long enough to gain a knowledge that will aid him in carving a chicken.-Atchisonl Globe. St ate Pensions The State board of pensions held a long tession Wednesday and it was one of considerable importance. The board went over the whole pension situation very carefully and adopted a new LEt of rules governing the filing and passing upon applications for pensions. An entire new set of blanks was also de vised. As sooD as these rules and blanks can be printed they will be sent to the chairmen of the several new county boards In oases where there are no new boards, the chairman of the old board will get them. The new rules will require all who wish pensions upon the next distribution of the fund to make out and file entirely new ap pl.tinns. There will be absolutely no deviation from this rule.-The State. Storms have been sweeping over the British coasts and ships in the ci annel have had rough experiences Several miner wrecks arc reported. The stea mer Rossgull, Plymouth, foundered off the Island of Jersey. Her passengers were saved but a boat containing nine Chinese Igaoranee. One of the delights of travel in China is the innocent ignorance of the people. They think themselves the most sophisticated and heaven-en lightened people on this earth, and so make their naive childishness the more engaging. They live very close to the primeval superstitions, and the gods and devils, between whom they make little practical distinction, com mand their healthy respect. Our slip per boatmen stuck a bunch of incense sticks into the bank at the foot of some bad rapids, to placate the spirits of the rapids, who, indeed, were so far pleased as to let us ascend. Our house boat admiral laid out an elaborate offering of chicken and rice and soup and pork and chicken-blood and light ed candles as we entered the North river on our downward journey. "What is - this for, captain?" we asked. "For the enjoyment of the spirits of the river," he replied; "they are eating half the sacrifice." "But it is all here still," we told him at the close. "Well," he replied, "at least, the candles are gone."-R. I. Speer, in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. Facts About the Sirdar. The sirder (Sir Francis Wingate). who is now on his way to London for a short stay, is a remarkably young man for the important position he now holds, and he is one of those who carry an old head on young shoulders. Twen ty years ago, when only 19, he entered the royal artillery and reached his ma jority at 28. When only 23 Wingate served as military secretary to Sir Eve lyn Wood in the Nile expedition and re ceived special mention in dispatches for his brilliant work. The sirdar's late career is familiar to everybody. He fought at Toaki, Tokar, Afaft, Fir ket, Hafir, Atbara and Omdurman, car ries more medals and decorations than any other man of his age in the world and does not look as if he had ever been in anything more dangerous than a hansom.-London Mail. Lord Roberts' Warm Friend. "It is not generally known," says M. A. P., "that Lord Roberts has with him in South Africa a warm personal friend who faced death with him in India more than 40 years ago. The gray haired veteran who rode by the side of the commander in chief into Kroonatad recently was Lieut. Gen. Sir James Hills-Johns, of Dolan Cothy, In Car marthenshire. The two old friends have much in common. Both, curiously enough, are very short in stature, both have been in Indian veritable hair breadth escapes from death. There is a very considerable personal resem blance between them and both have won the Victoria cross.-N. Y. Sun. Boston's Early Pauper Lunaties. At a legislative hearing on behalf of the insane poor a physician recalled the fact that as late as 1839 the city of Boston kept its pauper lunatics in wooden cages, which rested on wheels and were rolled out of the almshouseon pleasant days to give the wretches a little air and sunshine. When a new building was provided the patients were trundled into it in their cages. But Dr. Butler, the wise and humane superintendent, promptly set them free from conditions which might make a sane man erazy.--Youth's Compan ion. Dyed for Love. "Congratulations, old man!" "What for?" "Oh, don't be hypocritical. . Joakley tells me your rich uncie died last week." "Joakley thinks he's funny. A pretty .young widow moved in next door to. my uncle, and he's dyed his hair and mustache."-Philadelphia Press. Unconscious Comparison. "Ah," he protested, "my love for you is the greatest thing in the world. It is larger than the world. It is wider than the sea. Let me pour it into your ears." "Sir!" ejaculated the fair maid. "Do you mean to insinuate anything about the size or shape of my ears?"-Balti more American. Montana's Copper Output. According to United States Assayer Bradetn, the copper taken from the mines of Montana last year was worth no less than $40,000,000. That is the largest amount of that metal ever pro duced In any state in a single year, and it takes no account of the revenue from ther mineral resources there, either. -Chicago Chronicle. One Advantage. Phyllis-If you contirue to be a roll ing stone, Gordon, you will never amount to anything. Gordon-There Is one great advan tage of being a roliling stone; you don't get pieked up forea flat.-Harlem Life. Puzsled for Once. Mrs. Banks-What do you think of your new neighbors? Mrs. Brooks-Well, I can't say. They moved in when I was downtown, and they have their washing done out. mart Set. Bootblack to Wed Heiress Mildred Webster, heiress to a fortune, is to wed E-iward Cooper, bootblack, of 8tockton, Cal., because he won her heart when she was as poor as he. Saa lived in Stockton several years ago, and became greatly inter(sted in the vlunteers of America, in which Cooper was also an enthusiastic wvork er. Mildred was 12 and Cooper was 17. They became lovers, and then Mildred promised to wait for Edward till he could make her his wife Soon after Mildred was taken to this city, and then to the Ehst, by her mother, who war c~mnt toa largo fortu-:e. Mildred when she comes of age in a few weeks, will iLcherit a fortune of $250, 000. Coorer is still black ing boots irr Stoclton Be sass the marriage will take place in February and that his future piaos are unforrd Swallowed by the Trust. It is reported tflat a deal is on foot whereby the tabaco manufacturing busin'ss of P H Hlanes & Co, of Win ston, N. C , one of the largest indepen dent concerns in the country will pass under the control of the R J. Reyonlds Tobacco company, of Winston a branch of the American Tobacco company. A fw days ago the Reynolds comt'any purchashed the businessi of the Brown Brothers company, the third iargest plug factory in Winston. If the present deal is carried through suesecss fully it will material1y affect the leaf tobacco market aht Winston as it was particall destroy all competition. At Syracuse, New York, as a result of a snow storm, telegraph, telephone, electric light and fire alarm wires are in great confusion. A number of h'ir-es have been kulled by live wir -s in the streets and pedestrians have had nar row escapes. About three inches of nowell.1 In Odd Tombstone i With all its remarkable monuments in s'tone and tributes in bronze, Arling-. ton contains nothing more striking than the memorial that has just been erected over the bones of the battle ship Maine's men. It is a huge, old fashioned anchor, probably made a cen tury ago, and recovered from the deep near Boston harbor. This relic of the sea is roughly welded out of iron, with an immense wooden crossbar, and, as it reposes above Capt. Sigsbee's brave fel lows, rears itself ten feet in the air. It rests on a spacious concrete base, rais ing it from the level of the hundreds of mounds, and can be seen from the Po tomac outlined against the sunset sky. Very appropriately the huge an chor, with its eloquent inscription, is flanked on either side by a ponderous looking Spanish mortar of antique bronze and showing the signs of great age. The mortars are mounted on low piers of masonry, and, though either would be imposing in itself, they ap peardiminutive in comparison with the giant anchor.-Chicago Chronicle. Sugar Little Used in Franee. One reason why the French people consume so little sugar is because their ways of living require less of that article. For the great mass of the French people breakfast consists of a bowl of soup, which is also fer quently a part of the other two meals. Their drink is wine, and, as they use but little tea or coffee, especially in the country. there is scarcely any de mand for sugar. They make neither preserves nor cake in the family. The usual dessert is fruit .and cheese. The high tax of five cents per pound on sugar is pretty fully paid by the well to-do people, who live in cities and who take coffee or chocolate for break fast and a small cup of black coffee after dinner.-Chicago Chronicle. Bear Worshiper The curious Anu race, which orig inally occupied the whole of the is land. of Yezo, is rapidly vanishing be fore the influx of Japanese emigra tion. According to recent Investiga tions they now only number some 16,000, and in a few more decades they will probably be totally ab sorbed. They are the hairiest race in the world, are filthily dirty in their habits and terribly addicted to drunk enness. They worship bears and snakes, and in some cases live in caves like the troglodytes of the Red sea. Their skeletons have many peculiar ities in common with those of the ancient cave men found in European strata.-Chicago Inter Ocean. Mystified. "Mamma, my birthday comes tbis year on Monday, doesn't it?" "Yes, dear." "And last year it was.on Sunday, wasn't it?" "Yes, dear." "Did it come on Saturday the year be fore last?" "Yes, dear." "Mamma, how many days in the week. was I born on?"-The King. Forbidden to Foreigners. To eat with chopsticks and sit On mats and wear big-sleeved coats do not bring a man any nearer to genuinely intimate intercourse with the Japanese people. The language is also needed. Yet, even when the language is added something still remains to be achieved. No foreigner has ever succeeded in be ing admitted to the innner circle of Japanese intercourse.-Japan Daily Mail. Female Soldiers in China. Women in China have the privilege of fighting in the wars. In the rebel-, lion of 1850 women did as much work as men. At Nanking, in 1853, 500-,000wom en from various parts of the country. were formed into brigades of 13,000 each, under female offcers. Of these soldiei-s, 10,000 were picked women,,. drilled and garrisoned in the city.-N. Y. Sun. A Paradox. Johnny goes to the - school, near Halsted street. One day last week his teacher asked for a sentence illus trating the paradox. After much men tal and physical wriggling, he handed in the following: "Billy, the foxy looking kid, came out of his mother's pantry, looking sheepish."-Louisville CourierJournal. His Good Luck. Yorkrode-Old Hen Peck is the hap piest man in town. Towson-Why, has his wife left him? "No. But her shirt waists arc too small for him, and he doesn't have to wear the old ones."-Baltimore Amer ican. Herself to Blame. Lena-I didn't think you'd let a man kiss you on such short acquaint ance. Maude-Well, he thoroughly con vinced me that it was au my own fault that I hadn't met him sooner. Smart Set. What He Loved. Cynicus-I love Miss Anteek-Ah! I'ye suspected It all along-you naughty man! "I love the delicious freedom of bachelorhood." "Brute!"-Ohio State JournaL. Works Both Ways. "Liquor makes men talk, doesn't It?" said the citizen. "Yes; and sometimes it's the meas of. shetting them up," said the policeman. -Ynkers Statesman. Try Combining the Two. Amiability is not everything; some amiable people show a noteworthy ack of common sense.-Atchison Globe. Perha ps the .Only Sure Way. One way to make apple trees bare a to pick the leaves ofE.-Chicago aily News. GOOD MEAL AND HOMINY.-Inl all New York," says- the Press, of that city, ' there is hardly a dealer who k ow'~s what good corn meal and good hnioy means Tr.e worthless stuff they tell is a kind of vegetab'es and. The life of the cereal is killed by quick grinding, or rolling, and kiln drying. Hbitual users of hotr~iny and meal imprt such luxuries from the old time wstr mills of the S--uth, and ebtain b thi unbo'ted and undried. A dozen difrent brands of hosinoy are sold hero in one and two p nd packsaes, farcily branded in colors and obeerfull'y label ed Bat most of it is me-e mash when boiled." The same conditions, it msy be remarked, obtain in all the towns and cities in the South. With corn growing all around them, they buy all their meal and hominy from the North and West. There is a fortune for any enterreinig miil r who will make the oldfshoned products and put them within easy reach of people who want thm. Think of it boys and girls, Christmas is1les than two weeks rff