Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Girl. I hoar tho sharp rt^vt oa the frosty way, And I catch tno poara of a cycle bright, Just a frliuipso of a fonn In Quaker gray, And then, the dear boy! he Is out of sight. Ah. out and away, •»** th^sun is high. While the oorly clouds are oil rose and peart, And the air like a *«»7>e that is bright and • And I in—only a g* »f. b I think of the hollows where leave* Ho dead; Of the gaunt trees’ shadows against the sky; Of the cool, clear stretch of blue overhead. And tho low, lush meadows ho rattles by. I look on the road with its dusty track. Where the wind-gusts meet to whistle and whirl; And—yes, I may l<wHfYor his coming back, For I’m only a girl. I may watch and wait all day for the ring Of his pretty playthings glistening steel; And, dressed in my gayest, may sit and sing Over my work till 1 liear the w heel. Then I shall see the eyes o' mv lad. And he a choek and a drooping curl; And—well, ves I'm n little glad, Tli»f l’e* „nly a girl. —Huth Hall, In Outing. THAT GOLDEN CUHL Perry Dayton sat in his stuffy little •’office, glancing over a heap of letters which that morning’s post had brought tir the establishment of Messrs. Park i»ntl Haily. He came to one addressed in a dainty feminine liamT, and opened it with a little m re curiosity than he bad deigned to bestow upon the others. ‘•Enclosed please tind—invisible hair net—eolor of hair sent. Address Miss Ella Terrel, Oak haven, etc., etc” “Miss Ella Terrel has lovely hair,” thought the young man, examining the curl attentively ft was golden brown, and shone radiantly in the beams of sunlight which at that particular mo ment came poming in at the window. “Perhaps, though, it is not her own hair.” The poor follow wandered off by him- _ m r poo' self. His brain seemed 911 fire. Jle was desperately hi lore. Why had she al ways seemed so pleased to see hinr? He had thought so differently of her. Ho would go back and show her that this stranger’s presence made not tho slight est difference with him. Arriving at the spot, ho found Miss Ella alone. He approached, and made some remark about the weather. Oh, commonplace young man! “I was just wishing some one would come, and had a vague . idea that the nymph of the stream might venture to show herself if no one else appeaf-ed,” she said. “I will retire in favor of the nymph.” “No; I would rather see you now.” Dayton’s face lighted up for an instant. “Mr. Greydon has gone, and 1 suppose everyone else is oft' enjoying himself,” continued Ella. • “I thought Mr. Greydon was a fix ture; had come on purpose to see you— that is—” “Dear me, no!” laughed Ella. “}le is on his way to Liverpool. Ho is to marry my cousin in August, and only stopped here to see papa.” a “Miss Terrel—Elia—dear Ella! I have been such nTool!” W’e willimagine the conversation that followed. Suffice it to say, there were two weddings in August. Ho Was Lonesome for Cobb. EDUCATIONAL. Ingsnioiu Method 0/ Drowing th« Carlo* ity ami Attention of Pupil*. Vnl liable ltl*U from Tarloua Sourer. X/OU| Distance Teaching In Australia. He leahed up against the counter in the office of the Trcmont House ■ wrfu asked Charlie Hilton if it was true that his side partner, George Cobb, had got married. Mr Hilton said it was’ true. “Did you see it done?” the man askeiL Mr Hilton said he did. “Is he about?” Mr. Hilton said he was not. That he had gone awav on a Iri;-. “Gone away However, he laid ‘he letter and cml | on hU bridal t0llI . f j supiM(SL .?“ H e was a-Utlt.. ntliftlVWK U> maud. .1 but inwibfo infrfvriroT, rent wlik tr„,. Tl,..,, the man net himself. Haring skimmed the letters all ovtr, he betook himself to the compartment of the establishment devoted * to such articles as the one required, llox after box he examined, and turned away dis satisfied. Here was the identical one at la>t. He carried it in triumph to the office and began to write:— “1 have, my dear Miss Ella, at last found one to match your beautiful curl. 1 hope—” "What bosh I am writing! Why, Perry, old boy, you’re clean gone!” ho exclaimed, tossing the missive into the wnsie basket* Enclosing the article in a wrapper, he addressed it and laid it with similar parcels on a shelf, at tho same time consigning the curl to his vest pocket. "Of course you arc aware, Mr. Day- ton, that some ono must go north shortly to attend to that business in Liverpool; and as we place the utmost confidence in your judgment, Mr. Daily and myself have decided that you ore the one to go.” Thus spokf the senior partner, com ing into the olliert where Perry was sit- I his happened a few months later.” Perry's beaming face fully ex pressed his appreciation of thit mark of esteem. He was to start in two days. The next Wednesday morning foumf Mm taking breakfast in Liverpool. Tho business would probably keep him there a month or so. ^lo had plenty of time to view the sights.' One evening he entered the office of a young fellow connected with tho busi ness Iiuum) of Park and Hailey, and found him making an elaborate toilet. “Why this unusual regard for thy appearance, oh, Trevelyn?” he exclaim- e :, advancing into the room. “Pm going to a party. Don't you want to go?” “Yes. where is it?” ^ “At Old Swan, four miles away. We will take a cab at eight, precisely.” Arriving at their destination, Perry was presented to some of tho nicest ncoplc ijiere. He was talking to Mrs. Langdon when he noticed YhatTrevelyn was daffbfng with a very pretty youn lady, with dark eyes and a small, ovi face. “Don’t you agree with me, Mr. DaytonF* •;Oh, yes, indeed,” ho said, having not the slightest idea what Mrs. Lang don was talking about. The waltz came to an end at last, and the two found their way to where 0111 friend was seated. “Won’t vou introduce me to the fail dancer?” llayton asked at the first op portunity. “Was Miss Terrel engaged for th* next dance?” A glance at tho dainty I jrogrammc proved the contrary. “Might »e have tho pleasure?” “Yes.” What a delightful turn that was. Dayton bad never enjoyed anything so much. He had some idea of telling Miss Terrel that a lock of her wavy hair was at that very moment in his pocket. After this Dayton was frequently at the Terrel mansion. One day there was to be a picnic. Nature exerted herself to the utmost on this occasion. A winding road through tho them at length to just the sort of place they were loking for. Tho delights ol picnics were being warmly discussed when a gentleman on horseback was seen approaching through the trees. "Why, Regey\ where did you come from?” erica Miss Ella, while thepafer and mater shook him by the hand warmly. “1 found myself able to bo with you sooner than I expected. They told me you were all booked for tho day so I determined to follow suit” “It is so nice that yon happened to come on this particular day!” said Mrs. Terrel. ‘Tm not so sure of that,” soliloquiz ed Dayton, gloomily, remarking now pleased Ella was at 'the advent of this stranger. ~ "1 think Princess would thank me tor a drink of wrf&r.!' And Mr. Grey don, the new comer, proceeded to lead the handsome animal to the stream a few rods off. Ella, gracefully excusing herself, ac companied him. Already daggers of jealousy seemed to be piercing Dayton’s heart "When is the weddin he heard some one ask Mrs. Terrel “Not before August” “Then they are engaged! WM? didn’t some one tell mo before I made such an utter fool of myself?” he groaned. ftrferWed that was true. Then the man looked about the place and finally said; "Well, I reckon you may give me a rootn, but it seems awful lonesome to stop here without seeing George Cobb around.” "You are one of George’s old friends?” said Mr Hilton. “Yes; I used to go to school with George, and I al- ways made it a point to conic here and stop witli him.” Mr. Hilton came out from behind tho counter and took the stranger by tho arm and led him ihto the exchange. “We want to make you feel al home,” said Mr. Hilton, “al though George isn't fibre—what are you going to take?” “Well, when George was here we u<cd to take cider, but 1 don't think cider will make me forget tiio loss ol George Cobb. 1 reckon Til take some of the old stuff.” They poured out and put away some of the nectar, and stood in silence before the bar a few minutes, when the man said; “I miss George more than over.” “Take something more,” said Mr. Hilton. “Well, I reckon 1 will, seeing as rCs-you, for I miss George awfully,” said the man as he filled up the glass and threw the Voutcnls down. After a few minutes’ silence the man said: “1 never felt so lonesome in my life. It always seemed so much like home to come in here and see George Cobb's face looking over at me. I wish 1 hadn’t come up. How long is he going to be gone?” “Several weeks,” said Mr. Hilton. “Have some thing more.” The mau said: “Well, now, you are making it awfql homelike for me, and to show you that I appreci ate what you are doing I don’t rare if I do;” and ho again poured out into his glass up to the brim and drank itdown. After a moment’s smacking of the lips he said: “We ought to drink to George’s health.” Mr. Hilton agreed that that was the proper caper and suggested that they take another, which was ac cepted, and again the man covered- the bottom of his glass and sipped it down. “Very good stuff,” he said. “How long do you stop with us?” asked Mr. Hilton. “Stop with you?” “Yes. How long do you stay in tho city?” “Whv, I stay here all the time; I live here.” Mr. Hilton turned away, and as he went back to the office he said to a friend: “That's the first time I’ve been taken in this year.” The man had escaped by tho front door before Hilton could find tho por ter.—Chicago Mail. curiositt. “Cnrios ty is as mnch tho parent of attention as attention is of memory To teach one who has no curiosity U. learn, is to sow a field without plovrinfi it.”—Whately. A Methodist minister, on being askec why that denomination indulged in such livelv music, answered, that they didn’t believe in lotting the wicked world have all the gootf tunes. So it may he said of harnessing in that un conquerable attribute to human nature, that turned everything topsy-turvey i r Edenic days, to fiolp do the work of tht school-room in reconstructing this same fallen humanity. It has the logic of the similia similibus theory for 8 foundation, and the favorable testimony of our best thinkers and teachers in the practice of it. Prepare the piesenta- lion of a new subject never so careful ly, if it comes before the class as a set of affirmatives, they will accept it much in tho spirit of the good deacon who slept all through the sermon because of his implicit confidence in the soundness of the preacher. Such a 1 unquestion ing acceptance of facts by a class is tht death warrant of its interest and atten tion, and results as fatally to its enthu siasm as tho calm sleep of a man freea- ing-to death. Let the t achcr put in- genu ity to work, and devise some way in which a lesson can seem to contain some hidden thing that thechildret arc to seek for, a .d if skillfully done, not much of a due need be given before the class will bo diggmg for it, under the sharp spur of curiisity, which, strange to say, has as much impelling force in pul nr n verefry to America Eclipsed by an Englishman. An English pill-maker has discount ed even American enterprise in adver tising. It is true that one cannot in this country venture to visit any beau tiful scene in nature without having a nostrum thrust under his nose. Tlut what is that compared to the daring scheme of making the rescuers of leagueml General Gordon emissaries in the great work of disseminating knowledge among the heathen of the remarkable virtues of a pill? Yet this has been carried out in sober earnest. The manufacturer of the pill has sent trees led' to General Wolscley 10,000 hand-bills extolling its merits and a check for $750. The hand-bills are to be distrib uted among the Gordon relief expedi tion, and tho $750 is to be given to that soldier who first reaches General Gor don’s palace in Khartoum and pastes upon its outer door one of the 10,000 hand-bills. In his letter to Lord Wol- aeley tho enterprising pill-maker says he ljas genfe large number of hand bills so that each soldier in the expedi tion can be furnished with a copy and thus have an even start in the race as far as he can provide lor it. His ob ject in prescribing that the bill shall bo stuck on tho palace door is simply to show who is entitled to the prize, and he adds that the name of the winner will bo published in every paper ta England, thus gyving him undying fame. There is one man in the world cheeky enough to give Bridgeport’s Barnum a lesson in how to advertise.— Waterbary American. “No, I don’t allow card playing in my houay,” said Popinjay, "but in spite of me the girls will have a little game of seven-up about every night.” •’How to come off?” is that?’ - inquired Blotwon, mapnzzled tone. “Why,” rejoined Popinjay, “there ftre four of them and they gen erally hajve three fellows up with them nntil* 11:30 o’clock—ifi.W»i</<o» Frtt Prtu. >' • " boys as in girls, the popular the contrary notwithstanding. A good principal once came into out school-room ana gave a fir»t lesson in decimal fractions. Taking a half-sheet of paper and a nair of scissors, he stood before the childr n and silently be gan cutting it into slips. Gradually the rustle of tho school-room died away. Everybody wondered. As piece after piece of that mysterious papet fluttered do>\u on the boys' desk in the front row, the wide-eyed children held their breath in suspense as to what it could all mean: and when he had gath ered them all up again on a book-oov er, making a restored whole out of the ten parts, he held it up to a hundred watchful eyes in a roohi so quiet that the ticking of the clock alone broke the silence. Not much difficulty in hold ing the attention of tho class alter that To borrow our text figure, curiosity had ploughed the field, and the seed would fall on good soil. Each of these ten pieces were cut into ten others, and these in turn into ton more tiny hits, with the same impenetrable air of mys tery. Of course explanations sad bla kboard work followed, but the class had been led by curiosity alone to walk pleasurably into that bottomless sea of inlinitesmals, without knowing that they were in the very Styx of waters, or evtr finding it out afterward, for decimals were carried with a furore that year, and the tran-fers from the little papers to the convenient meter measure, which, though it could not be cut apart was yet never confusing, was easily made. Il is surprising how much of this way ef arousing attention can bo intro duced into school-work, when once we seek in ourselves for a variety of ways to accomplish it. Individuality has here a limitless li^ld. - Mn. h'nt D. KJloytj iu Journal of htlucution, : • At sTUALIA. Schools worked on t e lifllf time sys tem are invariably over three miles dis tant from each other; but the distance varies from three to eight miles. The teacher in charge of two of those schoo.s, i.i order to work them with some co.ivm icuce to himself, is forced 1 in t ) n!>:.lin either lodgings ora rosidele'c midways between bis schools; and. should a residence be attarhed to . of his schools, his salary is decrens ed by the amount of re.it,' -eitticr eight or ten shillinsrs-per mouth, teachers of full-time schools should place themselves in the position ol teachers of half-time schools, and then grumble about, having rent deducted from their salaries If it he po,si le to obtain the required ac ommodation, the unfortunate is forced to fall hoc’ upon the house provided by the De part meat, and every other day to per form a journey of from 8 to 18 miles, which, by-thc-way, he is suppo-ed to foot, as nn allowance of a horse is grant ed only to the teachers of such half time schools as are more than seven miles distant by road. In what other branch of the government service are the servants expected to walk from four to six miles before commencing theit duties? How fresh and fit for work 0 person feels after performing this jour ney, either on a hot or wet day, espec ially when enlivened with the feeling that another such trudge is to follow the school duties.—Australian School master. “disrespectful deportment” which in the reports made to me two most cqmmon causes for the tion of corporal punishment, by a few of the teachers for whom the words of the good book thouid read: Teachers, as well as “Fathers, provoke opt your children to wrath.”—A. H. Phillips, Pk. B. Many prominent English physicians claim that there is an alarming in crease of nervous diseases owing to overpressure in tho schools. Rev. Ed ward Everett Hale, at the same tuna, urges tho wisdom of keeping children in the schools only during one-half the year, suggesting that they be required to take a course of industrial education during tho remainder of the year. The cause of edneation will certainly be benefited by these suggestions and criticisms from intelligent persons on the outside. Many measures have late ly been undertaken to make the school room attractive and to relieve the child of tho feeling of oppresion while in the enforced suit of knowledge, and it is coming to bo understood that a variety of employment is the best means of properly developing its litent faculties. “Over-pressure” occurs only when there is long application in a given di rection. A child rarely needs rest; It needs change. The public school teacher has a hard task. His patience is sorely tried. For that very reason it is all the more de sirable that he should be restrained from inflicting corporal punishment on other people’s chiklreu. It is said, and perhaps trulv, (hat some boys can be governed only by force. In that com tnev an* better out of the public schools. Their > xarnplc is harmful to other scholars. Tho schools of this city bear practical testimony to the fact that whipping U not indispensable to go<si mana'rement and obedient* and well-disciplined pupils. We be lieve public sentiment is opposed to corporal punishment iu the common schools, and that it ought’ to be abol ished everywhere ns a relic of barbar- sm repugnant to the intelligence of the age. —.V. Y. World. If there is one cla « of people in all the world that n ds more sympathy than another, il is that class of chil dren who have for a teacher a chronic scold. A man or woman whose milk of human kindness has curdled has no business in (he school-room,—indeed, will find few places where his services are needed. The weak teacher will in variably try to cover up his weakness by finding fault with others.--A/o. School Journal. The toucher should not talk too much, too much talking wearies the mind and dissipates the attention. There should be frequent questions to awaken thought and allow the pupil to develop knowledge for himself. Such an exercise w ill Jo more to attract and hold the attention than the most elo quent discussion of the teacher. Any thing that arouses mental activity will secure attention. — Dr. Edward Brooks, in Ta. Ed. Journal. flowers owe upor GLV* \ VtVGR. ■ Ill* IWt.l In South America a shrub of the to» tus family has been discovered whom flowers are visible only when the wind blows."The plant is about three feet ir liekrbt, and on the stalk am, a nambai of little lumps from which the S rotrade when the wind blot win. The Free Methodist minister at Colo rado Springs owns a cow twemty^thre* years old, and he challeuges the ooun- try to show up her senior. This may not be the oldest cow living, but then arc a great many people who believr they have seen pieces of older ones or their breakfast tables. A raffle fpr a fawn recently took pla« in a Montana tqwn. After the raffle Was over the ^holder of the winning ticket aaked for his fawn, snpposin| the animal to ne a pet in some family. The lady manager of the affair told him it was out in the hills with its dam, and all he had to do was to go and catch it A North Carolina colored man re cently fonnd a lady’s workbag. contain ing $40 in money and a diamond pin, and kept it intact three months, mean while searching everywhere for th« owner. When at last he found her, H proved to be a lady of wealth, whe opened her heart and rewarded the colored, man’s honesty with a gift of il cents. * In Montreal snow is not allowed tc remain deeper than six inches on ths sidewalks, and the surface must be kept oven. The clearing of roofs and walks must be finished before 9 a. m. Twenty dollars and costs is the penalty for tenants and owners who ignore the civic by-law in this respect, and all re sponsible citizens are liable to arrest without warning for its contravention. Denmark spends $ >5,000 annually fm agricultural teaching. There are dairy schools and « hoot* in agriculture. Improved methods are taken up by every Dane, from the King down to the humblest farmer. The consequence is that this little, cold, barren country is able to export large numbers of excel lent cattle, quantities of farm and dairy produce, while the producers are thriv ing and comfortable. > The Turkish woman is superstitious in the extreme. 8he believes fn charms. She will not live an hour bereft of her three-cornered bit of leather which en closes the mystic phrase that is potent to ward off the evil eye. She distrusts Tuesday as the mother of ill-luck, and will not celebrate the birthday anniver saries of her children, or even record the date, lest some magician usee it to cast a spell against the child. There is a lady residing in Paris at Ortgha of the Term Creole. Creole is not used by Americans u»- eas red—ring to people o< Spsnieh or French descent. The Amirto— la Louisiana outnumber thoee of FNpoh descent, and the native Hmw'loini of the eta to never call themselves creoles. The word creole is of Spanish origin, and was used daring the ’ old Spanish colonial role in Spanish America; and as this city of New Orleans was for a long period under Spanish dominion it was bnt aal A DctenUllc Novelty. The “Botha Schloss,” in Berlin, con tains at present a scientific novelty of particular attraction, namely, a mon ster movable globe, made of copper, the work of a blind clock-maker, on tbe construction of which the energetic man spent seventeen years of his life. The globe, which represents earth, turns ou its own axis by means of a mechanism. An artificial moon mo\es round the globe in twenty-eight days and six hours, while a movable metal band, on which the hours are marked, indicates the mean time in the differ ent parts of tbe earth. Hound the up per part of this immense globe, which weighs a ton and a half, and whose sur face measures 126 feet in diameter, spins a railroad car (capable of holding six persons),which serves to give a bet ter view of the regions of the north pole. The painting of the globe is done in oil, and necessitated the employment of two men during one entire year. The sun is represented by an apparatus lighted by an intense Drummond cal cium light, which enables the spectator to waten the origin and change of the different portions of the day, the early dawn, the twilight, eclipses of tho sun and moon, etc. Connected with the interesting show are cosmical lec tures. PUBLIC OPINIOH. Never allow pupils to spell a word wrong; if they do not know it, train them to know that they do not know it. The relation of friendly sympathize, and guide r&th&r 'than arbitrary rular and governor, sustained in most caaea by the teacher to her pupils, has aa cured tho success achieved.—N. S. Bishop, Norwich, CL Text-books are as essential a part ol the appliances of tho school-room as fuel and furniture, and in tho nature of the case, there is no reason why they should not be classed in tho same cate gory, and paid for out of the same fund.—Penn. School Journal. Fine school-houses are fine thisi but fine school-houses are not fine schools. I have socn poor schools in good bouses, and goOu schools In poor houses. Let us have both fine houses and good schools if we can, but if not both, good sehwote at •all-Tvents.- TV Educationist. The sarcastic remarks in which teacher now and then indulges ia ad dressing an offending pnpil, very nat urally provoke that “impudence” and tempts to prove that she is tbe eldest daughter of Queen Victoria. She claims to be able to show that she was substi tuted in the place of the Crown Prin cess of Germany, with the connivance of some of the court habitues, and with out the knowledge of the mother. 4 EH Perkins was given a reception worthy of his reputation at Yankton. D. T. He was advertised to lecture iu the opera bouse, but when he reached the hall, though it was brilliantly lighted, not a soul was to be seen, nor did any one come in daring the hall' hour the committee spent in expressing its surprise to the great fabrioator. Then he took him over to Market Hall, where a packed house greeted him with a great laugh. In spite of Signor Brignoli having re- InAr Sir John and His Learned Dog. Sir John Lubbock continues his cu rious experiments.with his dog, and he hopes in time to make the creature as accomplished as the average biped. It is about eighteen months since he be gan the education of ths wonderful poodle, “Van.” His idea was that the dog. if he wanted anything, should ask for it, and, as his bark might not be intelligible, a series of cards wooa, ar ranged by which he might make known his desires. Thus a card labeled “Kood” is laid within his reach, and when he is hungry he takes it up in his mouth and brings it to his master. In the same way, if be wants to roont, he picks up a card with the word “Out” upon it, and brings that up. Another and very favorite card with him is labeled “Bone,” for its presentation is followed by the bestowal of a toothsome morsel. Tne pieces of card-board are about ten inches long and three inches wide. Having succeeded in teaching the ani mal so far. Sir John has been lately try ing experimenta in order, if possible, to Gach it to distinguish color. But this has hitherto, he says, proved ;a failure. One circumstance, however, militates against the snccess of tho edneation movement—Sir John's recent marriage to a young and beautiful woman. Be fore that event Van used to sleep in his master’s room, and many opportunities for giving lessons were found. Now Van is banished to his own mat, and has grown sulky. At all events, the color experiment has failed. “I am afraid that George is giving too much attention to the classics," re marked an old lady. “Why do you think so?” asked the old gentleman. “Because when he was home the other day l overheard him tell young Smith he played base ball a great deal, and that his studies were mostly all Greek to him. But I am glad the poor boy plays ball occasionally.”—Asw Fork Bm*. natural that tbe Flench their descendants bom ben who Com prised a considerable portion of the population should adopt the term. To conclude, I will copy a portion from the “History of Mexico and Texas.” by the Hon. John M. Niles, member of the senate of the United States,in IMS: ’The existence of various ’ castes, or mixed races, which now constitute so large a portion of the whole population, of the country, is the coneeqneaoe of the subjugation of the natives. The wholo population of tbe Spanish colo nies is divided into clasaea; the natives of old Spain, aettled in America, were denominated chapetoaes, or rashu- penes; they olaimed tho first rank and engrossed most of tbe places of power and profit, merely on account of their birth: the descendants of European Spaniard* in the colonies were called creoles, and although they enjoyed the same civil rights as the natives of old Spain, thev were treated as a distinct and subordinate class, and eutirsly ex cluded from all situations of any im portance. Of the mixtures, tho mesti zos are the descendants of a white and an Indian: the descendantaal aa Indian and a negro are called aemboe, and these casts produce other mixtures of different shades of color and degrees of blood too various to bedivided into dU- tinct classes.”—.V<w Orleans Picayune. • T” : Wasted Sympathy. The real, solemn fact is that nobody, man or woman, statesman or tramp, can strike an icy spot In publio and go cavorting around to bring up with a crash on tho flagstones without feeling more or less poisoned against ths whole world. At each a time any words ef consolation you may oiler are like cran berry sauce offered to a man with the lock-jaw. Yesterday as s woman of flftv years and 180 pounds waa passing tne City Hall she struck the spot which had been looking for her ever since ths tint freeze-up. An exclamation of as tonishment was followed by a yell of alarm, and while she waa wondering what made the sidewalk bob around so she sat down in four Paris styles. Close behind her wss a philanthropist, and as he rushed to her assistance he said: “Never mind, madams. The day is coming when everybody will be pro vided w th air-enshions, and a fall wUl make our porous plasters stick ths tighter. Allow me to send a messen ger for a derrick to holat you on yeui pint again.” She refused his offer and after s strag- :le reached her feet Then ahe seised e fence with ono hand, and waving the other in the air ahe irreemed out: “Air-cush ous! Derricks! Pins! Por ous plasters! you old bow-legged, bald- headed bean-pole, if my husband doesn't hunt you down and make you eat your ears I won't lire with him ast- other day. Go on with yon.” And th« broken-hearted man went on.—Dctroil Free Pros. fitting hil eousettees not even for arid weeks, indeed, without any result the with a regret at hsvtaf to laatu so mneh uosloss »^i quarts, maktag splinters fly la ths place he had s&wsk, loud exclamation, ha knelt aud fled hhneeW that it wae piddng ed hie example. In dead iilenoe they they had discovered a n Then a wfld, glad shout ears ef the mm at the had sank into a half dot. _ quiry, ••What la going onF’ came, “Wiad up/' and ae b there rose to the surface of virgin gold. When fully 1 were almost ‘ worked ea- exposed to view th* Ml wttt , llJv*-* it through the day and Bv» - t they had it conveyed in safe- ■ bank. It was nsmad thf the site of sernh have is ooenpied by celebrated gold PMedeiphia New* Eighteen hundred jssrs mo the Ofo tse made paper from fiha&e aseMar redaoed to pulp. iu young bamboo pulp Tn a morta From this pulp made in a meld by hand Theeulthrufe ed Chinese rise paper, that ee rsseae- bles woolen end sHk fabrfea, and am which are painted qpnh* Mrda aud flowers, is manafaotnrad from eeue- pith, whtoh is fleets** inches wide aud twice as lepm Fqasr*l papBrs, or^pcrlatitotioua ft earthly departed frieeda, are departed frieeda, are burned eear Mr graves. They nee paper w<>lnw Mm paper slkUag-doors aud paper vfifeM. cards a yard loath, b fe related the* when a distinguished rsprsestattve ef the British gi enroeet v'«it*d Ihfcla, several servants brought ktm u Jum* roll, whieh, when spread u*t eat the sided so long in America and the fact that he married an American lady, he never learned to speak our language witk any degree of fluency or correctness. At one time when he was staying at a hotel at Long Branch he misaea his hair brush; unable to find it he rang his bell, and w hen his servant appeared he said, in a very curious tone: Yesterday I was a hairbrush; to-day—where am I?” Tennessee has now sixteen coal mines in snccossful operation. It said that the Suwanee coal-mines trr the best ventilated mines in the States if not in the South. They have s« many entrances, connected with eadl other, that the atmosphere in them not only delightful, nut the tempera ture remains the same all the year round. Miners wear the same clothin| in the mines during tbe Winter monthj that they wear in the Summer. Twelve hundred and thirty men are engaged ir these and the South Pittsburgh mines, and 600 more miners would be employed if they were to be had. The superintendent of the New York Women’s Protective Union gives an in teresting account of the wages of wo men belonging to the union. Actressei of the ballet and utility get from $5 $7 and from $18 to $30 a week. Milli ners each from $6 to $18, dressmaker* from $6 to $8. Housekeepers get from $30 to $100 per month. This include* board. Trained nurses earn $20 to $3t a month. Proof-readers make from $li to $20, and copyists get from $4 to $1? a week. Saleswomen earn $3 to $12 a week. Teachers of Unguagee ears from 25 cents to $1 an hour. Tele operators get $540 a year. “I have,” says a well-known New York Professor, “taught the art of rid ing in Germany,where the unemotional German lass is persevering enough, but lacks the fearless dash and energy ol the American girl. I have traveled and observed the English women as they appear when on horseback, seen the Andalusians mai&ens cantering over the campagna on their bushy-tailed eteede, and watched the French matrone as they paraded past on high-stepping chargers on the Bo is de Boulogne, bat for graceful position and perfect ease in the ssiddle I will pi girl against them au-’ Chatting with Gen. W. T. Shermaa tho other day,he said a few pretty Ear* things of newspaper men, though be admitted that there were exoeptiona. To illustrate hftw his kindness had beea abused at times, he said: “Whea tbs dispatch came to me about the Custer massacre I called the newspaper boys all in together. ’Now,’ I says, ‘hero is tbe dispatch. I pot you all ea yoor honor Vo oopy and return It to me.' Then I gave it out twe pages U» one, two pages to that one, so *•7 could all work at once. I turned my back, and wkisk—Jack Robinson—the dispatch was gone. It never turned up, either, and it is in consequence ab sent from the place it ought to oeoray I in the ofteial raoords." -Th* only owes no foreign debts, tie tndebtsdniss ea* be a moment’s surplus tends i* 1 1 . jj.k COMPETITION BOUNCED. PADGETT LEADS ALL OTHERS! WALNUT BEDROOM SUITES, 10 PIECES, $43.50w A NICE BEDROOM SUITE $18.00 ty EVERY KIND AND EVERY VARIETY OF FURNITURE. JO COOKING STOVES AT ALL FRIGES. 1 jlDOETT*8 FUBWITUBE AJTD tlTOTE HOUSE. lllo sm.u iiiS BROAD STREET - - , - - AUGUSTA, GA iy Refer you to the Editor of this paper. felegrapk lace the Americas Yi lay Tall AM Yiar KlNt cLOTHING, HATS AND GENTS’ FURNISH ING GOODS, BUT | I. L. STANSELL, 746 BROAD STREET, UNDER GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, Un get away with them all in the way of FINE CLOTHING, HATS AND GENTS’ F URNISHING GOODS for this Fall and Winter in th* * Styles and al Prices that astonish everybody foot looks at^tham. . He means to outsell thengall. Give him * trial and you will go best pleased man in the State. tH Don’t forget,the place. ZL Xj. BTACTBZEDXjX* 746 BROAD STREET, UNDER GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. PLEASURE AND PROFIT TO ALL ~ WATCH AND JEWELRY REP A! IMKD AND FULL LINE OF GOODB. tJOHIIN- HI. ITELAJR/Tr, J Dealer In Diamonds, Watches, (Bock* and Jewelry, TH Opposite Central Hotel, GKANDYS & ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER. Contractors and Builders, Manufhctarars aud PuMfP rand Banding Material. W* tre prepared Id r " mates on all kinds of buUdiiifs. Our Saw 1 “Grandys,” 8. C M postoAee Windsor, 8. C. - We also keep in stock at our yard ou eoraur af Augusta, G*., all Usds of BMtarisl a* jtov* pkos will be promptly to. Wears,