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ftPC (TQL. XII ,, T % '«SS BARK WELL COURT HOUSE, S. C OCTOBER 18, 1888.‘ dt' —41 MEMORY. - ^ Kfam*d dMirKun ntcnlM thro«sh tlie air, 11 (It henrttloiM, audi the flrn U^lit files; 1 you Btfuxl here «^ain, srith your crquUt* hair, Hh your pwlooate Up« and your pleading ‘M hero that you sat. It I stretch out my hand ^ ■ can almort believe that I touch you npnin; a the hunjer inad sailor vrho springs for the laud hat he gees in his madness, but springs for in vain. mad people know they are mad—do you think} ind do the dead know they are dead—tell me this* are not: for I ehould helffllint: to sink nto maduees or death 'neafh the s,>eU of your sf'-ro here once again—leaning backJU this diair, tail lam content to crouclfhcro at your ku*»j the flesh you are itisUuit—l>ut wljat-do I caro Ihal year body U there, kioce your soul is wit' THE MAN IN CLACK. MnJ. Dalton was in trouble. He had ecu detailed ami sent tuone of the largest ilaml dtiea In t^e roufcleracy to super- itend the manufacture of bombs aud tor- edoes. Everythin* moved along satisfactorily inttl the tbeiniat connected with the rurks made a rtikleMt cxperitneiit, one lay, and Mew himself up. The force of he explosion was so jrrrnt that not *a rieee of the unfortunate man could be onnd. • ■ "I wouldn't have minded it ao mneh," Kid the major to his friend, t!»e provost nan hah "if the fellow hadn't Carried oil i lot of valua'la 1*1*™ with b:ni lie know Wa of cboniroi w-crria, and Us I d fonunUa wri'.tew ••«,, and they were la his pocket when he left.’* "You ml fill sdrtrti**," sugfratMl- the peovWt mamhah "tkiorf bira," replied the major; “I U do U.” The oext m am-ort a IIrat oleaa ti ll iwrnt srorka. At that Umo covered min tfn foT, "would '.1 a house full of people. ” ' ' - ^ ; “It Is hard to hclleTe.’ , “Let me convince., you,” urged the chernist. “If you will walk ft square with me I will show you tom* iliiji#/’ The major objee^tl, but the Itnllfln fls- surtd lilt,i tbiit hi-s intended victims were tseveral hoc^ in cite rtat of the office.* i .When they mushed tiic pbtee they found the Logs quietly soooeiug in a fence | comer. They then retired fifty ynfTis or so, rtnd Pci lice blew his- little pill through a litd- low caiiP. “Wait three minutes,” he raid. At the expiration of the time the two approaclnd the fence corner. . Four large hogs"lay stretched out on the ground. It required only a glauce to sec that they were alLdeed. “Now,” said theelwinfst as they walked away, “this experiment is on a very small scale, but yon c&Jiforu* cu idea from what you Iravc reen f ’ . . “It is usiouiBldug,” commented the major. _ ~ “Nothing to wlmt I. have done,” sjl'il the man in black. “In Cul* 1 t<x)k a sling and throw a ball of this stutT »s big as mjr list into a village. The next nuwa<hg it was found *ha' all the iuliMbitants, some dOO or 400, were dead. People outside supposed that it was some mysterious epi demic, but It was not.” . t Maj. Dalton drew hiuucll aloof from his comp:in;o:i. - » “Ami y<’H killed thme Innoornt people .k>r nothlngf ’ he naked ludlvn.iktli, “In th<* Interests «r science, triy dear •nnj«»r. Pe-ides, t!iey w^re miyito Ca bana. I would uol have Uc«U.d genuiuo ^pautanls that way.” Toe major | -i-Ud Ids tnustarhe ami walked on in silence for a few mtuutrs. ‘•Whit do you pniptweV he tuked, after kHMMiMliiah.' ‘ My or 1mme llro. “A f< w I.U»l.r Hah^Unr rhl u« of all tl ONE MOMENT.- and in y disaster. A flekle moment, filled with wonder power, To turn a Ufe. » fuffetlBg brottser’a fata, t^rchaucC lii-s la your baud. Tae praclous hour Yop do sot heivl until it is too latM— , ~ And nil th<i good you might hnvo done, not dono ynepasdng moment he’d It a'J' J j: t. oi.e, A fickle moment, filled wKh wonder power Tor ruin all tliiit Ufe l ing vlruto wrought,. IVrchftiice He.i in your hand. The fatal hbur You heed, and passion turns you all to naught. Tbs good you once have dono Is l^wt—undone! One uioraeatha* destroyed It till Just one. ' b —“K. jl.” In OdBftgo JouraaL forfuno from the wL mare the mnni” The crasli tame. It \vm a great sr.r ' prise to eVfcrybody n and several small s\ THE LIMIT OF LIFE. LONDON CLU3S.’ fiqrM- went ^vn wit1»'the.OrmM- ZZ 'AFTER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER MANX YEAR#. “I know I am not rich,” said a young man In the prime of his powers, aid Ids eyes blazed indignantly as he made the statement. “I know I nm not rich. But w hat of that* Does Wealth make a. tnanl Not much. A man makes wealth. I shrill -be rich.” “I know all that, F.rr.cst; and yon know that I care nothing alxmt your poverty. I love yon all the more beenuse you are p >or and Lave your own way to make In the world. But papa otfjocis to my. mfcr- Tying you on that account. He says tint* you are not In our circle; you are too : young, and that be doesn't like you any way.” • The spenlier was a young woman Just ■ turned 20. Klw was srntUl in rlaturc, but as symmetrically proportioned ns the ; fittest produ.*t of an artist's chisel. She j biv.1 a lovely face Sad large eye# that were lirrsletiUe !h 11m depth md.1 tweetness of their expression. She *)>ot:a in a soft, sweet Toi<-«, and the tears bedevretl her eh blow elieeksrm« (hr looked upon bnn-l'onte, reodute mmi at lo r sale. |«n Uk rbo hud fall, si not u> I deep st Ciii «rii* laiy r Or Tlie wreck of Orman's hosihess was com plete<-e\erythlaig was swept away. Mis. Ormim was prostrab'd by the blow and Uclestine was compelled ,to re main with her all the time. Sue longed to go out in the cruel world End help by her feeble efforts to assist her father, but she could not leave her mother. Her (other never reproached her by any word, pat Celastlne knew that she had pained him deeply aud.tbHt he blamed her largely for the disaster which hud borne him to the earth. During the long year the Orman family SaChred the direst poverty. The old man had tlie hardest possible time of it to keep hisiwifb and daughter in food and clothing and pay tlie expulsive doctors ho was compelled to cull to attend his invalid wife. - “ . «• As the day drew near when Ernest Vance had promised to retnrh to bef Cclsstine’s spirits rose to the highest - pitch. She had Dot told her father and mother about it, beesgte be might not come. When the night artlred-the tUreo mom- ber*of the family Hat in aspire room in which there was scarceIx-wiSy fitrnltnre.' A dim light threw-won shadows on the wall. Mrs. Onnan rat in an r.rm chair, with her ryes closed and li~r heodarevsed on her lap. Mr. Oro:a»-4i>anud his head npoa a writing desk, for'-liis heart was heavy vrfth niultiplred mUfortuses uml (bsappointiuent. He was dlscouragvd. Olestine whs Intensely nervous. There was no color In her cheeks, but her t-yee > shone with terrible earnestness and cx- ' nertunev. This hud Iwrn true of her all | day. She sat hy the window that h*>k-l UTion the street, an-l it was 10 u'clu^ • '•» fore the window was shut and the rur- MAN GROWS OLD RAPlOLy,' ChroirolofTirat Record ) No( AttogoCher Re> liable—The Tub) Told by the Census of 13SO Table of Comparative Longevity. Tbe I’rolcn-utljo of Life. ■Led UiW^tA- -fttiins drawn. Her trenrl be sail to fa 1; Ti hof*S eerret 1 Ik'Inc, WHlC *1 had given L «r dl lo the love *c thro* >gh els long years, began to ts ■ |qi S tro* “If v _ _S. aW not rrrew . na mu»- V st tt MHMNi fPYutorf iiitiift * s r oil# etnbret. nret fttre r*>ul-t ti mH 1 P 11 erv Ortrsn US heeto re- Tliero la no doubt that after A man has ' turuod 100 years Le grbws old rapidly. Months become to him.ua years were bo- fore he rcCchod that limit of age. The human machine Is well nigh worn but, and tbo motive power nearly exhausted. Therefore we are not surprised to hear that Cok Farid ns, the Norwich centenar fan. died ono month after hia 100th birth day. and that M. Cbuvreul, tbo French centenarian, was too fecblo to receive the t friend* >vl*> ea+no W -buuur uud felicitatq Lim reeCsitly oa Ida 102 ! birthday, Lilte Cot Perkin 1, the venerable_Freuch cLem- Ut was in the foil pobscssion of bis facul (lea at K.J, but that stage of his life's Journey par.nod, the raeo boccmp difflcnlt | for him. snd bis steps began to totter. . Ho has dLUaoced Cot. Perkins by two yeara. bnt bn seethe to be near his limit. Thrre rre recorded instances of men and wonw u WLo Lavo endured far beyond 10o years, hat bone of ihem Is well authentic ited. they having lived at ! a time wbeu no ar- urato chrom: logical r x vr»ls were kept. Thus tlie couute-s of Deomond died in tbs reign of Jaoics 1, some tuce after 1003. at what wai alleged | to t<* the age of l-i3 year*, but modern in- vest^wtors ore shrn.ical as to the fact. I Though tburo is svlccnoe enough to show that she was a remteuartan. an 1 was vi and in full poaMssken of her fa 'ul- p to 1*0 \ esr>. It (• t)TDb.d.U ilutt not fet cric!i beyond that limit. kxbm Pm. bsttar ho-iwu as Old 1‘arr, d to IC33 at au aj^e • Mali was eatiia*- 1 ss 13*. Lot Lis years were relief a .(ter of tra.litK>a thxa of well siihalan- -ir-i fact, ibou-ra ha. too. Lad deubihaa ctrd bis lOkJi Unhl-v. a- d was ia all ,,«cU a re rkab'a oU fallow. i CURIOUS 1 Aaiwsetnents of the “Judgs i rul Jury.” Tbo "Canarlra"—This , Tfi*|*ot Chib.” A short tuor throngh the Hait End n f London boa eonvlnceif us that thoxlaba ihereatjouta are equally as singular ali tho curious contests hold in that qualter. D’.\» of tho most amusing Is tbto Judge and Jury, This Is a society formed lor tho purpose of trying mock charges among Its mqrnbers.'and it vrsualiy lu lJ iu tiio parlor of isotno eonvoiilent public house ou» o a week in tbo winter mouths, . and at stated intervals at tho pro6e:.t tlma Blepuey, LimelH-use, Whitecbanrl. SpltalCelds an 1 other typical Fust Lnd --‘localities (Til have flielr Jmlpj and Jury. The “charges" are always of a mbst out- rugeous as well as humorons descript ion. Many years ago bird fanciers* clubs were ranch fn vogue, bnt there are very ■ fow In esktenc^now One of these uvs for the purposoof relieving a brother bird catcher when in diktross of a peculiar kind. Tho law otily (dlowa birds to bo caught at ccrialu times of the year.- and represeutatlvei of the lime snd twig fqnndlaying down their bait out of sea- . ton wore subjecti-l (o sovero penalties. Age weekly payment of 3d. or Gd. to the funds of the society was sufilcleut to sceare a vadc . ..p did prompt payment of tho penalty if caught thus infringing tlte law. ■sy An uher club, peculiar to tbe bird catching fratcralty, was ouoo a recog nized Institution, and wobvllcve. although . U Is not aonducted on such a large scale nowadays, that Interested parties still meet and talk the mailer over Li a small way. The member*, are known as lbs Canaries, and tbe latest V.ca or d r r , 'je els. covered in tranaforniiug the hum Wo spar- Into a more arUtocretle biru by mat to another color w» * discussed sad experdneut* made on tbo tcf-l«. It wjic Raul, too, aud ot» au thority, that there men were in the habit of furtbrr np«Hraouun/ on (hi birds by piervlag thma with rrel ■ hot atvd.'c* Lt or* A r to male thoa slug better, but euv of tho oidost iVaiers i.i ! '••*d I .dr as»urvd tho writer lit*l t Lift Ldicr r\;e-r '.oca*. Ued newr born (Luor to his kuowtdgw. tl ff^Uf rlianglng Its nor*, Governor nnpoly. Ini ia m odlona As a I pooh When bet was ono of tbo and tbe story of 1 anytliing If given lo‘I tbotigh at second bmauza days of si ran gar wlinln ill iiw got. ttl Lad a I out there." Governor friends, “and w cut to going to got dividends. I' and they sent me to tho In tho place. It was the 1 ever got. Apd I’m blessed I didn't ask for four hits; 1dm a qnltrtnrr Now. when ytw'l border* of civilization Isn’t too much fora shas dollar wheu you've just at sciounoat on your mining i much, t sworeabd said the l go somewhere else. Out the i uughcil and told mo to try it oo. n-no enough there mmmtt barber in tlw town. There bed but be had struck * lead Vny all the tonsorial the cointry. However, 1 came along, lie didn't bev 1^'rin with, but 1 toW him to i I d get him some Stood out in front of the i shep and told every uiaa who i what a robber's don it wee- them ouly lougbod. but othsss my man and raved two bite, ntmoll.t Zck J to raise a row, J‘ be blq^^Bpd in lea* than i corse AHrto twenty firs « my mu pet tho prWw at If • rv] 1 efora 1 left that was rhar ;e In Ixrxdvilla ac-l yon i sl ave for l.-ea than It coot In drink."—Wa-d. in jt..a C* Trihvafa TV# t> mc—il Di ftli Ws Jsoeb Dretesr. tho diarses ma!o tbo aeuratW'Ml eoio i i.wirgo Law o fri haraluc* rt . ' tree u i mrrej imi j. h* pwse f vs* ivs C gp 1 gkvft t.tld fmt- , « u««|. n ftc aiad not tar . »•* r if XL as from »r U •rvf-jv. ar* ’hnt Sure 1 I : , , > 1 *P W B purm * 1 ire rl 1 f• U U ^ nil O ^4 h| t * tf^m xK ff Nr •ppai 1) 9 |pi) ratlf t ; onreitrrs i 1,1 Ottxl r ESS dramond* than bnjrlhtf •TSst H l roe of •Vary fdOMl 1/ i cuuLl rUftrre t real w U> •-reue Lean 1 wonW o i wfiiiiy a otowob" As I f. l,-w a. ** Lo Is ■ ft-J hi* di r hM* t* K*« ' q m*v 11 ■••• *•••." ho a^yw. • mtn Lwyo dlir—nis ashfl* • Uuiortiwa omwos. . is «a * U. I iril vvml, no fa■/« I * • . i.o f'* p* ptt -I li at vrl ci •wnfioi to t re fa«gU it omwiji ft.p*oe uf l ho ns as L * wow so wcwilor tL< risiH'-g for ooch so mil• lake tw cwtor tire sri ' m o*^*-—'W*ow Two** i to t Is *%'**• Low. us —Is .fo > >aw40 00MB (•» wtreoadf a» i! cowl _ aka Wwf^OMTZl I, «w4 jMt MSvHl • »re Mm oopto I i |k# ft## (# J # i#M Urea. Tho inaa oho ho* dlfa tirem ftnL II* k rears ftwriLtr shrewd drzl«r to isxogf. tm. .o«o# *• t’ i» *• v w-S l so* -ref« t Ire ftoyw itwftioiol my % #so |# f oi^ri.i a »• m - I# 12 wW- *» r a Lf.re t j vi Los Loon | a hwar of SVt "Ob, lb* soidiM —I simply passed r "You. ran the risk of cetting gtvwwd the major. "Not at all; there was no danger,” was the qniet reply' . Pvlllro's manner impressed tLe officer, and be aaksd his vuttor for iita crclcn- Uala. The man in black produced a letter ol rreommendfttlnn from a bpnuish ofltccr of high rank In Cuba. - 9 . "^o you have not l>een long In this conn- iryf” rvnmrkcd the Confederate. “Tch days. I idippc<l throngh the blociukders, lauded in Florida and then came here.” Farther conversation did not cause Mm to say anything that w as incoubldtent with his first account of himrelf. In the course of half an hour Maj. Dal ton was ready to admit that lie was In the presence of a man of superior intellect, and oue who doubtless was master of his profession. , The interview resulted in the emrace nient of Peilico, and on tho following morning he went to work. From the very outset the mr.n in black gave perfect satisfaction, but he mnde no frlendn. Tho men called him “My, Mid night,” and tho officers quietly a^rml among themselves that he was a-mvstery, very useful, no doubt, but a disagreeable companion. It did not take long to make tho 'dis covery that the Itulhin’s bfimbs and tor pedoes were the best that had ever been xnado. - - . ~ iUne night Pcllleo paid another visit to the office of Maj. Dailpn. •‘Major,” eaid he, after pome talk about powder, gnu cotton, Greek lire and other 7natters, “tire mujn object of our explo sives is to destroy the enemy}” —" “Um, well yes, to a certaiu extent,” re- plied tbe gallant Confederate. "What do you think, then, of n bomb that is capable of doing a hundred fold jnore damage than any now in usef”" .“It would 1»e a big Wilng.” “Well,’.’jLontinned PelLco, “IL*ve in vented It. ( have n cheiiiicnl coinpanul that can ha projected into tho enemy’s lines through the medium of n shell, aud when th# shell bants a deadly vnp*r i over gn urea of ICO yards, killing ’ living thing. Oue shell is capal'ie hit kUliug an entire regiment.” ,V “Why, my God, tm.n,” exclaimed the “that would be murder!” ind what to wart” asked Peilico in r, soft voice. did hot drop there. Th< ‘ " >aboo4 ru-rc: ia'# vetevau the facts of tbe cose Cftieil 11- .veers “J.nd wire wa» Peff'c “1 Lave always Uionrhf that he wna l..e devil.’ replied the veremn.' • “Did tho major redly kill him*” in- i|nlmi a huly, , The Veteran shut one. ey* and tw’ixted Ids nwu-taeiie. “>Veba<i tietter not talk about that.” he aa'ih “l»ut you may rest assured tlirt if bo did kill the wretch bo baa qevir rf: gretled it.”—WolMba P t lived iu Allan la ConstUuiion. s limit toriffrega-Ml nwre-fay txiUr-K Ituvr Jn*tl«-* Miller live*. Justice and Mrs. Millbrnre Laving quiet and very enjoyable evrninps nt home, with a choice company of invited guests. Going up tl.e .granite steps .which lead frum Ma.-sacimsetts avenue to Highland Terrace and tbeu ascend in g still anotlicr flight one reaches the brick mam ion of Justice MiJleVj with its tali aud oniuie mansard roof, A black bonne with a white muslin cap on her head opens the difar and shows the visitor into tlie ample parlor ou the right of the hall. Thediang- incB for this room, nt tho front w indows' and iu the archway which separate* the parlor from tho rear room, are of a pale apple green satin, with a wide bonier bro caded in white roses and leaves, Keucath this there arc deep flounces uf vine i;ue. In ono corner of this room, where Mrs. Miller receives her guests, there is a very goal marble bust of Justice Miller, made when he was a much younger man'.' The walls of this room are profusely hung with pictures; amoug them is a largo collection of water colors. The mantel piece is surmounted by a Jnpan- eso'Seri' s of shelves of unequal lengths, covered with maroon velvet and tilled with artistic trifles. A grand piano and numerous sufas help to fill up I ho room. Not infrequently, when Mrs. Miller re- cgives, rontc young lady entertains tho company with a song. A Utnntiful tal lo is spread in thcdiiiing room, Lupidied with **t)!v Enreftr, cxtlftim d Ceto | cu*il in her rye*. "It to best to do eo,” arid Ernest will go aw ay. I sbali not *eo yon or t«i its | to yon in six years from to-night, if 1 ] sucrev 1 I will come and claim yon six years from this hour. If 1 tail—I whl m l return to you." There was a silence ns If In U^pra«ener> of dr ill*. And. they sat ride by side for many wirhtes wUhom uttoring a word. Then Ilrocst Vance «ro*esn<i so dhl Celes- tiuc. llol iok her h itids iu Lis and said In a voire that uvinulcd: * “Wdir “It to hef-t r.s yon say. I will wait for 'you. ” And tkey parsed. » # , * • * • Five yenrs bail passed away. Cclsstine had ucb,.l;ei'.vd ft word from Erncet Vance. Hut she remcmbere.l; she was true; sin; laid faith-that lie would come to ' re<her.i bis ploiige. tponccr Drake hwl h;*en devoted in ins attentions to her, and her ISther had coaxed and c<>mmnin]:id< and threateued her time and ■Hme axniu, but in voiu; sim would, uot marry Spencer Drake. giio sat tit ono of the larro window?^ and looked out upon tho noble Fifth ave nue. It was the fifth anniversary of tho departure of Ernest. Vance. “Oncryear more!” she sighed. “My dear,” said a voice at her elbow. “Oil,! How you startled me, father.” “My deer, I •Lave sad news for you." - “Pray, what sad news can you Lave for me, father?” '•^Before I toll you I shall ask you again if you will not marry Spencer Drake.” “Father, nsk mo to do anything than that. 1 cannot marry that horrid, idle brainflesa man.” ~ Her father sighed, and tho prion'-ss of his checks were visibly deepened. “If you 'will not ingfry bpeucer Drake wu ruined.” ‘•vriint do you mean, fatlierfl* uorg the v ), at ol.leh t trs. T..4 um i set.: to She » pnrrhv-e-l ociriualiy the Second MsChlgr.u cavalry, wh® woxj it a while and tl.cn prerented it to H^reViau. Th* origitial «< abbr.r;l wa« l .vAeu by having a borre fall upon It, an-’ a new one wa* found to lit the blade. Tii* general lint a nnniLer of prerentallou swords which hove been given him frutu time to Urn*. Boms them sre very valuable, and one, which was pro**Dtad by the Anny of tire Cum* bcrlndd, Is mounted with gn’d snd diiv momto, but It is tod fancy for tho gcu- eral’s taste, and nothing would induce him to wear it.—Philadelphia T;mct. 1 fe. Lx pxi*p«g ioi *ct"d*. •nt T ' a* by buO iFfrtti "fftS or graft tog. n * r xajr l-owa. «1 that tho limit sof tbooper- an on are n-H very rim • alre •utod. but tot ail practical rtxrpoeos it to 1 Limited to t hd If* •aibers of tho sauxo gen aa or eloscly M4i i»kl •ttinl pinuU; that is. Oaku on cslu, map! s on ma le*, birch on stalks of tbo kinds, and gcirerally nay b* buddc 1 , the cut Soavotl more common tho more nearly rn * of! r, v r*- ; luted tbo spucks tlw more succosftful tho •operetjon.,, k Occasional sxreptlonu dfa'ur where j woods of two species belonging to the ! same genus cannot bo raade to uxdto and ! form a union, ‘the oj^ratlun ia usually ) performed la snimuer soon after th* buds rro fully developed on iho youn^ wwid of' tho i resent aouMou’s growth, 'i her stock or braadl in which the bud* aro to be in- ! Sorted must bo hi } Flmllar ruijditlon. ol-<| though nt the point of Inaction it mar ba ; more tban ono pear old. but in no caso must th* bark be thick and rigid, as tho bud is to bo inserted under tho bark of tho stock. In general, tho small slice of wood taken off from tho shoot with tho -bud under lira eye is allowed to remain. Lla •jv'-ji S t b* so pr. bo prnrrwtod i rvet acvunr Lit!-' y Uoa *f t!s* aaorhsr 1 ift lk t* st L:nr\ci*of sever'1 f-'C» fr • f is r 1*A - . i* whlek U invited thvir tit Ji n. an-l cvrie»tlv b-% ugl.i t'_» - bear , L* V to <v-*\rnieotft ibrir roc4 h - Vre ire >r xsLftlieca s J f .i,>i,. z. * .*• 1 - ■.’pH* r • (retl u;. v tald th* drjniy rera'.n** traforra tft th* rump aUak. ana they fraated rl^.t ! royally ana In stter contempt of tk* young loan. \« iwn Iw left tho Labi* Li* faro wore a trlamplwxt smile, and ho paid his cLcck with «o min-h promptRC a and satisfaction that Ui* clerk ronir.rcd to re mark that tii* roonl must luA e bora na- commonly well prepared, lio replied, after somo hcxll&:L>n, that h* had glrca tho flies a cbanco u&d was at pane* with all tho world.—l*rovidanc* Jour aid. Why r* D***> hutiht for vtok oerideut. i,; *a l tw *n lbs r/v *f wmmma A Busy SJai.'* I)*y'« VVoi-ic. . Krsstua Wlman began his business career in tho Canadian ofileo of Dun, Barlow & Co. on a salary of $1 n week. A sketch of Mr. Wiman's Ufa shows that he has been and el ill is a hard worker. His usual hour for rising is 5 oVhxk, and after ho is dre-sed he dictates some letters to bis Klcnographer, then ho niounts » „ a horse at 7 o'clock and enntera over the A Sr ' o!: ' ,r, » Novel C<»-.trUanro hills of Staten Hand for linTTau hour, Calling unon an scquabtanco ono oven- eats a hearty breakfast, and takes tho recently I found him writing at bis 8 o’clock boat for New York. In tlie an- {.desk and smoking a long Dutch cb.y pipe, u^-d pilot house of the bout ho meets a ! Iho extre party of. business friends, and they talk j through over Staten Island improvements until i broad straw bat, wLjch New York is readied. At 2 o’clock he j Load. ►While I was laughing at this curl- tidies bis lunch, ami after Innch ho sees ; biis contrivance he explained lo mo that the‘•‘cranks,” who he says take as natur- it,was tho only available way in which to ally to him as dneks’do to water. Ho nl- i ways sees them, for ho says one out of 100 j is likely to have a good idea. Mr. Wiman j takes tbo 4;00 boat heme, and tho day's^ work is clone.—Harper’s Bazar. i.<uUr*dl to UvUij erao OUM f f may U* trict to not the habits i prudent a* 1 off" life, or'I what It both tJ to ronndittj; fonr In the X,C ought to bo. ” .which take pi vented If th* of health, ke persons a proper wfay, 1 baUtscf livi thoir fli; the »e_ tho mischief i Carpenter,' goes to tho hearts or tvqaijje most refined of the CdestiaU whilo tho fiucid of our , ^Cnuldn's nuEic leaves th 'm cold and unmoved. “United fital Custom has also something to do with x suppose a thief vault soao nidi “No thief pan j Ttlioi ITu.dft Ift. Music U largely a matter of association. Tf a peraon Uuu-x and If attractul by an air in c!:i! Ihood, tbe chanccj are that its hold will bo Int ensified in 1st cr yean, even If he should hnvo become more cultured } In nuxioJn the Interim and knows the | melody t#>« trashy. Wbnt to one man's meat to another’s pol.on. In mnsio, and ono nnr-t beware of judplng hastily as to tho merita or demerits of any parti .lir school of music, even If repelled by it ato first. The Chinese music, for example, seems to us a conglomeration of dissonant noises, yet wo have proof positive that It ~ 1 ' ■fed ‘ N'nsrare as »n Etcctrie Supply. An- ortielo la Scrihucr’s upoo “The . Pioctric Motor and Its Applltntlons,” by ] “I mean simply that for five yenrs all i Franklin Leonard Pope, refers to tho : all the kickshaws of the day. Tin* room that bus line cabinets IBtod with porcelain, and everywhere there to a profusion of books. i»}»ew York Graphic. . Sh* Uft«nt It.' “You shouldn’t have taken ‘No’ for an ahswcr so readily, Char’-y,” raid hto more experienced frteud. “Don’t you m.i.tr staAd that a girl's no often means yraf” “Shevtldn’t say ‘No,’ Jack,” b’spoudcrl CharU-y,. uricrlv wtV>onvi»oi»e. “thfa—ii’. •Naw.' ' —New York fiufu * —.ftur. A fsrciu rei'i’T frun sn fhor^h coofto “ - - H nra as-, t i t» nulsss the next ninety Oay] in pnrre and in character.” “But whnt has Sp<‘ncer Drake got to do with your doldtJ" atked the young woman with fearful calmness. “Why, kto father to my heaviest In- dvr.rer. II* hokls $HO0.GG0 worth of my p^per. It y ill mature in tho next fonr months, and I can’t redeem it. That’s what I mean, OUsstine." CaicsilXiC was visibly shocked at this dtoeto-nre, but ber an»i»cr was calm asd dsetoirs. ft*?. I “f fare* rani 1 kola II—ns Dt»l» ‘ Audi would not marry] and the belief of Bir Y/illiaui ThomsCB, announced in 1879, that, by tho use of hull inch Insulated copper wi/e, 2fl,OCO horse power of energy being taken from water wheels, 21,(toO could be delivered at a point 800 miles’away. Mr. Poj* goea onto say that it t-eems indisputable ilrat Marcel Depax, a Freneii elwtricuu, Las delivered more then thirty-lir* hotro power at a point saventy mtlcx disiaet from that'at which an energy of rix/y- twokomwpower was «p|4*e»l. brewing a lass la txansmi'staa of uuly about it per combino the comfort of pipe smoking with work bed oath the study lamp. ) “Tbo bowl of the pipe being on ths | other aide of tho brim," eaid he, “keeps I tho smoko from Iralf blinding ono, whilo you have a shade over your eyes at tho ; same time.” and her® he proceeded to ea- rclop lii&tslf ia a lingo cloud from his cahimet in order to aesmqstrpto the«.d- vontago of his scheme. Tbo idea to by no tneoca paginal to mj fritojd. liowover; for F' ? -u ? 1TV svlf/s l*S llStrASB vico for his comfort au4'.-would ait for hours it a t hnesnd prff t^hruvo smoko as ho wrote down the word of God.—Jofal Prcstoa Eecchcr in New York News. first heard hy them, with all it* third and quarter torn a. seemed quito oot of tnno, but after hearing it through months and years they not only grew accustomed to It, but L arucd to liko it greatly. It may bo stated os a truism that any combiaa- tion ol tone which cun move'the fecihnp* has a dflght" to bo cocsiderad musio, whether it repel some auditors or not.— Musical Horuid. "A Karat aiild,” Et*. LittJo Alec had bocA burat times, and had been cautioned to keep away from tho stoves. Walking out in a ‘wovntry garden with his mother ono day,' ho chanced to be stung ort. tbo hand by a Bbo. Ho did act cry, br.t, wringing nto hard,' raid in a voiew-nf- aston>*lan«nt,' “WhewI mamma, that -he* had firs la him.:—Youth's Companion. “But suppose 1 | “k to impo “ ! . “Bet say t get In, how s coldr“ , “Not more that /nneh ‘ bag. the That to*j i snmll I one cf > to l wy'h . Not dt All rncftnal. “My name !«'\oliason." said a gcnilo- man to a chaiici*"Vqnalntanoo. "Will you'favor me with your naae.slrt" “Ccr- j tainly." said the other “My name to j Popo -er " "Linux, donY yon consider that 4 very unusual ukuof v nNo. »lr I have town famiiisrwuh ft«ll Sty LCe.”— 1 Cl.; - "" Naira. , * J • ■» | War Vpon Ar«:llrUm«*' Pome of tie FrcTKb-CrBadteapr’Wraare ttil.ln'v a wsrup.oi AagUciauu. hi tlrat Lorlah umris are creer-hsg hxto French Ttugogv. Just as French won cn-cp into tore Eagitoh langurga Ti ESm i End in tkjs W ths^