University of South Carolina Libraries
There is no particular objection to jokes about the advantage of enlisting football players for the war, but the New York Tribune ventures to predict that the young heroes of the gridiron would make an uncommonly good record if they should volunteer to nerve their country. hays the Boston Herald:—It is Mari Twain who observes, in one of his sketches of travel in foreign parts, that the reason there is comparatively little arable land in Spain is because the great majority of the Spanish peo ple are in the habit of squandering it on their persons, and when they die it is buried w ith them. President Dwight reports that the already visible requirements of Yule for buildings and endowments cannot be supplied for less than from $3,000,- 000 to $1,000,000, which he hopes to secure duriug the next six or seven years. Lest this announcement should stupefy the friends of Yale, he adds that the university has received as much as that since 1887. It is a strik ing reminder of the generosity with which Americans respond to claims upon their benevolence. The naming of the new battery on Hullivan’s Island, Charleston IS. (’.) harbor,after Sergeant William Jasper, is said to be the only instance on rec ord in this country of 'a fort being named in honor of a soldier other than a commissioned officer. Sergeant Jas per was shot and killed at Savannah, <Jn., on Oct. fl, 177S>, while planting the Hag of the 2d South Carolina regi ment on the British ramparts. He had previously distinguished himself during the attack ou Fort Moultrie, Juno 28, 1775. There is a fashion in vegetables as in everything else. At present celery is rising to the top of the wave of pop ularity. There is good reason for the change, it is a tine appetizer raw, it is a delicious vegetable when boiled, steamed, fried or baked. It makes hu admirable soup, and a superior salad. When old it has medicinal virtues, being an active nervine. The seeds dried and pulverized make celery salt, ami this mixed with powdered pepsin, makes an invaluable remedy for many kinds of dyspepsia. The root, which most Americans foolishly throw away,' when washed and boiled is a very wholesome and palatable in 0 garnishing meats nud salads, and, to c^p the cli max, the chemists now extract from the plant several new medicines of great efficacy. In general the phrase'‘American hu mor” has come to mean a spirit for catching the ludicrous and grotesque side of life. Yet the humor of Amer ica today is far deeper, maintains the Chicago Times-Herald. Qrim-visaged war is not the companion to evoke light merriment even in the most flip pant minds. The righting of great wrongs does not tend to idle jesting. ^Jro are quips and jokes of the hour, t they bite with a mordant sting,and toenenth the surface words betray the Serious temper of the time. A zeal ous orator for war was asked: “You *ill go to the front at once?” “No,but lay brother is ready,” he replied, and asked: “Will you go?" “I suppose so, since I have no brother,” was the dry retort of the man w ho had argued for pence. In this reply rings the quality of the speech of that great American, Abraham Lincoln. Such humor is of the very essence of wis dom. It betokens loyalty to the will of the people even through contempt for the inconsistent advocate of an unwelcome policy. But humor is a mood not always of whimsical or ironical turn. That which now governs the minds of citizens is relentless and forbidding in its revolt against cruelty, injustice, and a smarting sense of be trayal. This republic, standing fore most in tbe eye of the world, Uns shown the nations that the humor of America is imperative in its demands for fair dealing and respect for the rights of men. Peanut P a tier. A new use for peanuts is developing os the peanut industry become hotter understood. This product of the pea nut answers In the place of ordinary butter for table use, and Is said to l»e excellent for shortening purposes, and THE LCC-DRIVE. When the log-boom’s on the drive The woods, snow-fresh, start up alive; There’s swell of brook and bursting bud, There’s spruce log leaping down the flood. Cat tain of the log-boom’s crew. Tall Antoine—feeling spring-time too— Lets his love thoughts hurry back To tbe river’s northmost track, To a hut tn sprucelands set, To the homo of white Jeannette: Let his lore-song cleave the atr. Bidding all things love and pair; Till the mating fish-hawks cry, TUI the moose bull snorts reply— Till every wild thing does Its part, And cries a welcome to his heart. —Francis 8. Palmer, In Harper’s Weekly. for gravies, sauce: et cetera. In ) 303300 330333300300 oooooog |K>lnt of purity It Is siqn-rlor to the best dairy butter. It Is well designed for the use of vegetarians, who strenuous ly object to anything animal. There is already a considerable de mand for this butter substitute, and it Is very probable there will lie an en larged market for the nuts. At pres ent Che product of the United States Is about five hundred thousand bags an- uualiy, and that of the world Is six hundred mil Ion pounds. 80OOOOO30300000000OOOOOOoS UB the horse down well, and don’t feed him till he is perfectly cool.” The above was addressed to the hostler of a hotel, in Brighton, by a handsome, middle- aged gentleman, dressed in tbe height of fashion, as he alighted from an elegant black horse, and tossed the rein to the at tendant. “And now,” said the horseman, addressing a w-aiter, “show me into a private parlor.” A well-dressed man, who rides a handsome uag, is always sure of a warm welcome at a public house, all tba world over. Ho spon found him self in a neat parlor, with flowers ami vases on the mantlepiece, and the blinds (for it was a warm summer af ternoon) carefully closed, while the open window permitted a free current of air to circulate through the apart ment. The waiter remained standing near the door. “Any orders, sir?” “No—yet stay. Who came in that handsome phaeton I saw standing in the yard?” “A lady, sir.” “Ah!” “A young widow.” “Bah!" “She is very handsome.” “Go along, and shut the door after you,” muttered the traveler, testily. “A woman, but a widow,” be solilo quized. “I am glad I don’t know her. I am certainly very fortunate to have attained the age of forty without any feminine attachment. Peculiarly in dependent, and not ill-lookiug—I think I must admit that—I should make what those busybody match makers call a grand catch. But, thoijk my atOjia^j^Jjaye jiWAsrved to succum Campion was born to And now for “All right!” said she to Patrick, with a smile, nodding, and taking the reins. “Give him his head.” • J “Och, it’s all wrong, my lady,* re plied Patrick, keeping hold of 'the bridle. “Your carriage can take'two inside.” “Very well; but I came alone.” “You’ve got to take a passenger.” “What do you mean?” “Oh, wirra!—your brother hasbeeu stealing a horse.” “Stealing a horse!” exclaimed the widow. “Yes, that gintleman’s,” meaning the bachelor. “And he said you were to take the gintlemau to the villa, to get the horse back again.” “Very singular!” said the widow; “but William was always very eccea- tric. ” At this crisis, Mr. Campion ap peared. “My horse ready?” “Jump in, sir.” “[ didn’t come in a carriage.” “In wid yez!” shouted the hoatler. “Take a seat beside me, if you please, sir,” said the widow, with a fascinating smile. Mr. Campion approached the step to inquire the meaning, when the hostler seized him with a vigoronn hand, thrust him into the phaaton, while the pony, startled at the move ment, dashed off on a run. Poor Captain Campion! Here was a situation. A confirmed old bache lor, bodily abducted by a fascinating young widow. The captain had to lend assistance to the lady in man aging the pony, who was shortly re duced to his usual slow and quiet pace; and then after thanking her companion for his assistance, Mrs. Leslie told him that in a few minutes he should be put in possession cf his horse, which had been borrowed by a gentleman. This w as all the expla nation she vouchsafed. She required, in turn, to be made acquainted with the name of her companion, after giv ing her own. In a few minutes, the captain be gan to feel somewhat more at ease— in fact, he began to like his position. He had never sat so near to a pretty woman in his life, and he began to ask bimself whether, if the proximity was so pleasant for a few moments, a constant companionship {might not prove as agreeable. While her atten tion was engaged upon her pony, he had an opportunity to survey her features. Her large, dark and lumin ous eyes seemed to be switrming in liquid lustre; her cheeks were as soft and blooming as the sunny side of a peach. Her profile was strictly Gre cian, and her parted lips showed a row of tiny pearls as white as snow The most delicate taper fingers, en cased in French kids, closed upon the reins, and the varnished tip "of a dainty boot indicated a foot that Cin derella might have envied. “Do you live very far from here ipadam? No particular form of ..celvcs official recognition religion re in Japan. No, ho! Jack Caihpion live and die a bachelor! the newspaper.’” In the meantime, another horseman had come to the hotel, his horse reek ing with sweat. The same hostler—an Irishman— made an appearance. “Pat,” said the young man, fash ionably attired, “put my mare iu tbe stable, aud do tbe best you can for her.” “Och, Misthu Traverse, she’s kilt entirely!” “I’m afraid so.” “And what made ye crowd her so?” “No matter. Is^iny sister here?” “Yis, sur. Bill, show the gentle man into the Indies’ parlor.” “Ah, Belle!” said the young man, entering the parlor, “you here?” “Yes," replied a beautiful young lady, rising to meet him; “but what's the matter?” “Nothing, Belle—nothing!” “Something is certainly the mat ter. You are flushed and excited.” “I must be brief, for I am pur sued!” “Pursued?” “Yes. You know that fellow who insulted you in the coach the other day?” said the young man. “Well, I have been on bis track for over a week. I met bim to-day in the street, and gave him a horsewhipping. I handled him roughly, I’m afraid. He instantly got out a warrant against me, and not wishing to be taken into court till I was ready, I mounted my horse and gave the officers the slip. Perhaps I’d better have waited and braved it out; but having taken this step, I’m bound to baffle them. To-morrow I will surrender myself. Now, Belle, if your pony will take me to our uncle's iu five minutes, I’m your man.” “Poor Charley couldn’t do it,” r.n- swered the young lady. “Then I’ll make other arrange ments. By-tue-by, I’ll meet you at tbe villa casually made by enjoying your com pany at dinner. I am sorry that you are otherwise engaged.” “Why, as to that,” said the cafftain, palling off his gloves, “your offer is too tempting, and I feel compelled to accept it.” So his horse was remanded to the stable, and he stopped to dinner. After dinner, they had music, for Mrs. Leslie played and sang charm ingly. Then he was persuaded to stay to tea, and in the evening the family rambled in the garden, and the captain secured a ten minutes’ tete-a- tete with the widow, in a summer- house overgrown with Madeira vines, and inhabited by a spider and six ear wigs. It was ten o’clock when he mounted his horse to return to Boston; but it was bright moonlight, and he was romantically inclined. The next morning he repeated his visit, and the next, anti the next. In short, the episode of the borrowed horse produced a declaration and an acceptance, and though years have passed away, the captain lias had no occasion to regret his ride with the widow, in the pony phaeton.—Satur day Night. OSAGE INDIANS. A Community So Itlch That Its Members Are Itapldljr Degenerating. The Osage Indians are the richest community in the world. They num ber but 1729 souls, all told—men, women aud children; they own 1,500,- 000 acres of valuable land; have $9,000,000 in trust with the govern ment which pays 5 per cent, interest, and have leases with cattlemen for the use of their pasture lands which bring them between $10,000 and $50,000 a year, without counting the rent from the agricultural lands and Ithe pro ceeds of their own labor. That, how ever, is very small. They have so much money that they are lazy, idle and in a state of rapid degeneration. There is no more striking example of the corrupting influences of wealth and idleness. The Indians have no incentive for education or labor, but spend their time loafing and visiting each others’ homes, where, as the agent says, “they feast and gossip until one might suppose their capacity for both was exnausted; but each trifling occurrence serves as a text, which is discussed from every possible point of view. The old men find great pleasure in recounting the past history of the people, and have eager and in terested ^listeners in the children. I find the most efficient weapons I can use against these tendencies to be ridicule and moral suasion whereby I impress upon them the necessity of looking forward and of staying at their homes to look more closely after their property and tbe interests of their children.” The entire tribe is composed of about 300 LN SPAIN’S PHILIPPINES. HER CORRUPT RULE A CURSE THESE FERTILE ISLANDS. TO Je pony cd pace if you nr “Not for the hurry, world. The pace seems a very fast one.” The widow turned those witching black eyes of hers upon the old bach elor, and smiled. It was all over with him. When he sprang out at the gate of the villa and touched the fairy fingers of the widow as he assisted her to alight, his heart was irretrievably lost. A red-faced old gentleman, in a dressing gown, received them at the door. “My friend, Captain Campion, uncle,” said the widow. “Excuse me, for a moment, sir.” “Very happy to see yon, sir,” said the old gentleman. "Walk in. Warm day.” “Very,” said the captain. I illis looks seemed to corroborate his statement, for he was as red as a peony. The captain and the old gentleman were soon chatting together familiar ly, and the former felt himself com pletely at home. After an hour spent in this manner, his host excused himself, and the bachelor was left alone. A dreamy reverie was interrupted by the sound of voices iu the hall. The captain easily recognized the widow’s, and a glauce through the hall-open door showed him that her companion was a very handsome young gentleman. “There, dear Belle,” said the young man, “don’t scold me any more. I won’t do so again, I promise you. Give me one kiss.” A hearty smack followed. It was a veritable, genuine kiss. The captain saw and heard it. A pang shot through his heart. “The only woman I could ever love, he said to himself, “aud she’s engaged. ” The widow tripped into the room. If she was pleasing in her carriage- dress, she was perfectly bewitching From the drawing-room the young ' n ^ er drawing-room attire. Campion man rushed to the stable. “Pat,” said he, “give me a horse, and a good one.” “Sorra the horse we’ve got in tbe stable, except this black, and that be longs to a gintlemau who came here just afore ye. Och, but he’s a good one, yer honor, two-forty to a ciut.” “I’ll borrow him,” said Traverse, jumping on his back. “Tell Belle to drive the gentleman to the villa, aud he shall have his horse.” “But/yer honor ” remonstrated the hostler. In vain. Traverse had set spurs to the horse, aud was off like a thunder bolt. “Oh, wirra, wirra!”said thehostler, 4, what’H become of me? intirely!” could now see the whole of that de licate fairy foot. ‘‘My dear sir," said she, “your horse is at your service now.” Campion rose. “But,” she added, “if you will stay and take dinner with us, my uncle will be very ranch gratified, aud I shall be highly pleased.” “The coquette!” thought Campion. T really obliged to you, madam,” he said, “but I have another engage- ineut.” “Then we cannot hope to detain yon, sir; but you must first allow me to present you to my brother.” The handsome young man now made his appearance, and shook hands with I'm ruined i the bachelor. [ “That’s the gives them over 5000 acres of land for ea«h family, with $30,000 cash for every family. Including the “grass money,” as they fcall it, which is received from leasing the pastures, the income of the tribe will average $500,000 a year, which is about $300 per capita, or $1600 per family, with out any labor whatever. This enor mous wealth, and the increasing value of the lands which lie just squth of the Kansas line and consist of valuable timber and large tracts of rich soil suitable for agriculture, have made citizenship of great value, and has caused many dissolute white men to marry into the tribe, so that 829, mostly children, are of mixed blood. The “squaw men,” as the whites who marry Indian women are called, are not enrolled, and receive nothing directly, but indirectly they control the shares of their wives and children, and have been gaining more and more influence among the people. The tribe is governed by a chief and fifteen councilors, and at the last election the mixed-bloods, or “squaw men,” by bribers and other influences, suc ceeded iu electing their candidates for chief and the council. This has caused a great deal of discontent among the fullbloods, and it is prob able that the government will be com pelled to interfere in order to protect those who are really entitled to a share in the rights of the tribe.—Chicago Record. Turnlns Sea* Into Farms. Turning inland seas into farm lands is what is being done in California by the River Land and Reclamation Com pany. Thousands of acres in the San Joaquin Valley that were only watered wastes full of tule and peat bogs have been made into tbe best land in the State, ahd more are being improved. All the work has beeu done iu tbe last year. Through the land a canal three miles long, 100 feet wide and ten feet deep was dug. Then levels twenty feet wide at the base and as wide as a good wagon road at the top, twelve feet above the water line, were built. Af ter dredges took all the mud from the inclosnres, pumps drained them dry, leaving excellent farming land. The company making this improvement, will sell none of the reclaimed land. It leases it to those who will farm large tracts on shares. Shortly afterward Mrs. Leslie rang i said the widow, laughing. horse-thief, captain!’ for her phaeton, and at the same time, Mr. Campion, the bachelor, ordered his horse. The pony came round to the front door, and the yonng widow •topped lightly into the phaeton. I he young man apologized, and ex- plained the circumstances which had ; impelled him to take the liberty. - - "I am sorry,” he added, “that we good only in the Old World 1 cannot improve the acquaintance thus i iu America, Two Curlou* Clock*. » The ingenuity of the scientist who established a “clock of flowers” by planting in regular order speci mens whose corollas opened at specified hoars has been matched by a German who has composed a “clock of birds.” This is especially a night clock. The binds and hours of their songs are as follows: The chaffinch, 1.30 to 2 a. the titmouse, 2 to 2.30; the quail, 2.30 to 3; the redstart, 3 to 3.30; the ouiel, 3.30 to 4; the warbler, 4 to 4.30; the marshtit, 4.30to 5; the sparrow, 5. This arrangement is, of course, and not The Lot of the riAttve is Not a Happy One —Extortion and Cruelty Practiced by the Spaniard*—Chararterlatlcs of the Itlanda and Their Inhabitant*. The Philippines lie wholly within the tropics, reaching at the south to within four and a half degrees of the equator, writes Dean C. Worcester,'cf the University of Michigan in the New York Independent. Big and little, they number some six hundred, varying in size from Luzon, with its 40,000 square miles, to tiny islets hardly worthy of the name. Destructive eruptions have occurred within recent times, while earthquakes are frequent and often of great violence. The climate is intensely hot, and in many of the islands very unhealthy for Europeans. There are four months of rain, four of sun, with intense heat, and two months of variable weather at each change of the monsoons. The tropical scenery in the forests of this archipelago is of unsurpassed splendor, the heat and moistnre com bining to produce vegetation of a mag nificence which beggars description. Gigantip trees, towering to a height of 200 or 300 feet, are festooned with graceful rattans, beautiful ferns, and exquisite orchids, while underneath splendid tree ferns rear their lovely heads thirty or forty feet into air. The population of the islands is es timated at from eight to ten millions. Excluding foreigners for the moment, we find the natives divided into some thing like two hundred tribes, each with its peculiar dialect aud customs. With the single exception of the Ne gritos, these tribes are of Malay ex traction. The Negritos are a race of dwarfish blacks, confined at present to a few of the loftiest mountain ranges. They are commonly believed to be the aborigines of tbe islands. They are a puny, sickly race, and are rapid ly becoming extinct. The tribes of Malay origin vary in their development from a state of ab solute savagery to civilization. Extreme poverty is the rule among the civilized natives, and its cause is found in the heavy burden of taxation imposed upon them by their Spanish masters. Every person over eighteen years of age is required to - procure annually a credula personal, or docu ment of identification, the charge for which varies from $1.50 to $25, ac cording to the means of the applicant. Should these sums seem insiguificant it must be remembered that the aver age native has little or no opportunity to work for hire; that if ;he does suc ceed in securing employment his wages are often not more than five cents per day and that he is usually unable to dispose of his farm products foj ■wupeiim»vu cJCTtBiq;* IBearror other commodities. In addition to this personal tax there is a tax on co - coanut trees, a tax on beasts of bur den, a tax on killing animals for food, a tax for keeping a shop, a tax on mills or oil presses, a tax on weights and measures, a tax on cock fighting, and so on to the end of the chapter. At every turn the poor native finds himself face to face with the dire ne cessity of paying tributo; aud he fre quently spends his life in an ineffect ual effort to meet the obligations thus imposed. Delinquent taxpayers are treated with the utmost severity. The first step is usually to strip them to the waist, tie them to a bench or post, and beat them unmercifully. Women are subjected to this treatment. Should none of these methods prove effective deportation follows, with confiscation of property and the leaving of women and children to shift for themselves. I once saw forty-four men deported from Siquijor because they owed taxes varying in amount from two to forty dollars. I was informed that they would be allowed to return to their families, if they could find them, after working out the amount of their several debts. The wages allowed them were to be six cents per day. Board was to be furnished them at a cost of five cents per day, and they were to clothe and shelter them selves! In other words, their sen tence amounted to deportation for life. Should a native manage to get abroad and secure some little educa tion, be is likely to be invited ou board a gunboat some evening and not heard from thereafter, the reason for his disappearance being that he knew too much. The Governor-General is surround ed by a numerous corps of officials to aid bim in the performance of his du ties, while the islands are divided into provinces, over each of which presides a Governor and a horde of minor officials. The whole Adminis tration is rotten from skin to core. With few exceptions, these officials have come from Spain with the delib erate aud frankly expressed intention of improving their pecuniary status A few years ago it used to be said that the Governor of a province who failed to become wealthy in two years was a fool. Hostility toward foreigners is in tense. The extensive export and im port trade of tho islands is in the hands of foreign houses, to the great disgust of the Spanish, who never weary in their attempts to frame leg islation for the ruin of these money making interlopers. All in all, it can hardly be said that the lot of a Philippine native is happy one. He constantly chafes un der his burden, while the half castes, with their greater sensitiveness and i superior intelligence, are perpetually 1 .boiling with more or less well-con cealed fury. Were arms and ammu nition to be hadj Spain’s rule in these islands wonld be speedily terminated. As it is, the natives, stirred up and led by the half-castes, have repeat at risen against the Government. Naturally the Philippine native i peaceable, easy-going fellow. Uud a decent form of government he wot give little trouble. No one famili with existing conditions can dou that Spanish rule has been a curse these islands, and it would be a hap] day for them should some civiliz power take possession of them. The largest cities are well-nigh defens less and could be readily captun unless defended by a powerful nav force. Flower-Viewing in Japan. Miss Ida Tigner Hodnett writes “The Little Japanese at Home” in S Nicholas. Miss Hodnett says: It is one of the national customs t go ont on excursions, in parties of tn or three families, to view the flowe: ing trees and plants in their seasot The Japanese love all flowers, bt prefer those to which they look up- the flowers of trees. They visit th plum blossoms in February or earl March; the cherry, especially be loved, in April; the lotus, in July azaleas, during the summer; chrysan themums, in the autumn, and camel lias, in December. In the pleasun grounds connected with every temple there are always magnificent collec tions of flowers. An expedition es pecially to see the flowers is called a hanami, or flower view. The bank ol the Sumida River, which crosses the city of Tokio, is covered with cherry trees. These give a pleasant shade, and the spot is a favorite promenade for the citizens all the year round, but in time of “cherry bloom” the crowds that throng the avenue are larger than ever. It is crowded on moonlight nights, and also when the snow lies freshly fallen. Being fully alive to the beauty of their country, wherever there is a point from which a picturesque view may be obtained the Japanese will build a pavilion, or a tea bouse, or some similar place of repose, from which the eyes may feast on the lovely landscape. In the family picnics or excursions, which are frequent, some place of beautiful situation from which there is a good view either of land or sea is always selected. These expeditions are not discon tinued even when the cold of winter comes. Snow scenes are greatly en joyed, and when the freshly fallen snow is lying on the ground numerous parties are seen at points commanding a fine view. The children are never excluded, but accompany their elders on all such occasions. Profit in WUfB'tor*. A peculiar but profitable industry among the natives of Alaska is the preparation and sale of walrus whis kers for toothpicks. ! Nature has armed the - animal with itolfm. t.hat-axtaiul ihrea^ar frnuL. icnesfrom its snbnt, and the appar- t use of which is to enable it to de- ct an iceberg ’ before actual contact has taken place. These whiskers are quite stiff, and this quality increases with age. After a walrus has been killed the natives, with the aid of rude pincers, pro ceed to pull out eech separate hair. After a thorough drying these hairs are arranged in neat packages aud ex ported to China, where Chinamen of the upper class use them in theit toilet. A Strange Accident. A strange accident is reported from Logan County. Mrs. Lizzie Bowers, wife of a farmer near Lewisburg, went ont to ring the bell for the farm hands to come to dinner, and the clapper from the bell fell ont and struck her ou the head. Her skull was fractured and she fell to the ground insensible, where she lay until the men came to the house. She has suffered a great deal, but will probably recover.— Louisville Courier-Journal. A London Idea of American Manner*. In an article describing the ladies’ billiard saloon of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,' in New York, the London Globe enlightens its readers with the following veracious observation: “If a man should be so bold as to remove his coat, an attendant instantly hands him a lounge jacket. All present shut their eyes, and do not open them again until the ringing of a bell announces that the shirt sleeves have been cov ered.” Of Course He Got Her. The Old Gentleman—“1 would rather see my daughter in her coffin than married to you!” The Young Fellow—“Oh, come, now, you can’t mean that. I know coffins are cheap at present, but she tells me she’ll be satisfied with a very modest wedding outfit, and I’m will ing to pay for the gas that’s burned during the ceremony.” — Chicago News. <an Old Papyrus. The old saying that nothing is ever lost is unexpectedly verified by the recent finding in a tomb at Luxor, Egypt, where it had lain concealed for 1800 years, of a papyrus contain ing twenty poems by Bacchylides, a great Greek poet, whose writings had wholly disappeared. A Pert Ouention. Willy Peck—“Say, Popper, my Strongwill’s father asked funny question the other day.” Mr. Henry Peck—“Did he, son? What was it?” Willy Peck—“He asked me what your name was before you were mar ried.”—Puck. Tom- mo a my Society New* tn India. We learn from au Indian paper that Mr. and Mrs. Thambynayagampillai are now on a visit to Kovilkudyirruppu. Mr. Thambynayagampillai is, the son of Judge G. S. Arianayagampijlai and son-in-law of Mr. A. Jambulingam- mudelliw.—Westminster Gazette.