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BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., AUGUST 8, 1889.
No.
UULLABY.
- Daylight to dyinjr, >
HoinvwarU an> Ilyins'
Birds to tbo soft, tluwuy nest;
The sun bides bis hood
III the dark ooean'* issl.
And thou on Ut« heart Mint loves beat.
The lamb" ou the wold
Are necking tbo fold
As shadows ktow eombrr and j.-ray;
While the finHly'a K|>ark
drams in the dark
To show the« to dreamland the way.
, ---Hweet flowers nm sleeping,
Pale mists crorplwj;
Over the mead, up the hill,
lo shadowy nooks.
By tho rippling htsxikA
Wboso waters Unquiet nod still
LINCOLN AS A LOVER.
ENGLISH VISITING CADS.
map-
and,
;
Thron^li the cloud's silr'ry Taco
The unxm'sgentle face
Bt-O'to w ith a tender good uight;
Then wiiisper thy prayer
On the calou solemn air,
And dumber till luuruiug i.i bright.
*tay the star* ie* they sbijnj ;
Ou this jewel of intno
Not find thiv, my darling aw '.L^
Out Niuilb o'er tli) elrepnig,
With fund toigeN Keeping
Watch fur llio Holy One's *nko
! _I - - Var;'iei ito F^con.
Women im Drivers.
“Why i.i it that women never learn
to drivef” said one citizen to another
as they held up the |>Ost<»l1kT r Trmt
watched a wonmn drive a Itu^gy
around the corner on one wheel.
“llt'cause rtft re never was a woman
yet who wottld acknowledge thalAhe
"*■ couldn’t drive.
On« of th« Ktrungrst Proposata of Mar
riage Kver WritteN.
Abruham Ijncoln’s otter of
riage was a very curious one.
siugularly enough, it has hut recently
come to li"ht. ' Numerous his bi-
ogi'ftphers have been, and closely as
they have gleaned' for new facts and
materials, it was left for the latest'one,
Mr. Jesse Welle, of Grcelicustle, to dis
cover this unique and characteristic
pisHlmtion of Mr. Lincoln’s almost
untutored mind. The letter is one of
several written, presumably, to tho
lady ho afterward married. Addiv*sed
to "My Dear Mary,” itreadsns lidlows
'J'Yoii tnust know thut-1 XUIUnuCADB:
1 you or think of you with r nil rein
iliircreneo,—and yol it may be that
yob pii! inistakeikiu regaid ,to what
my'ival feelings lovr.ml you an-. It l
knew }ou were nm. 1 si rot i hi not
,1 rouble \on with this letter I’erhaps
any olhei't.inaii would kiunv enough
without ftirlhcr inlojifiation, but 1
consider* it mv peculiar right to plead
ignorance ami your lioundcn <luty to
allow the plea. I want in all cases to
I do right, and mor>t particularly so in
all cases with women. J want at this
particular lime, more than nnvthing
el*e. todn right with you, ami if 1 knew’
il would be doing right, as I raiher
sus|tcct it would, to let you alone, 1
t-would do iu And. for the jiur|K>soof
n.^king tho matter as plain us jHrs-
A CrltUlivai.
If one were to shavo tho hair of
your Hercules there would mrt. t»o
skull enough left to hold his brain;
it s:i}s that it is impossible U> (listin*
They funnily Cet n Very Cool HereptIon
iu llofctoii—Th< Ir II.til Urenitv.
The comiCs paj i rs have long made
merry unon the ( ihjccJ. of Amcricaii
imitation of Knglish ways so .that
their jests begin to have ut least the
merit ,of antiquity, but the truth is
that the unglomuniae fever—if the
idiocy is projierly so to be designated
—has never extended verv widely or -
taken hold very deeply in flostou. In
the lirst place, it is dillicult to induce
the true Ikjstonian to imitate nnythiug
except himself, and this n-lono would
have rendered it well nigh hopeless
lor tho nnglonianiacs to attempt a
t, Ti i ,c fe-i'S ; ™.ni of n.^on,-iiw nw
dome of our state house*, is gilded at
guish wla tln r hia fe-uturcs nro those
H»f a’man or of something between a
horse and an ox; tho face, 'too, is
turn ’d away front the action of the
figures, and is so badly set upon the
neck, with such poverty of art ami so
ill a grace, that nothing worse was
ever seen; his sprawling shoulders
arc like the Iwo ponmulM of an ass’
pack saddle^, his -brca*t5 amf allsthe
muscles of the b<xly are not Ix’traycd
from a man, but f ♦’m a big sick full
sibie. I Iiottnaiy you can drop the sub
its a wonder to me jecL dismiss your thoughts—if you
they cror get nunvhere. or ever get‘ ever had any—from me hn ver, umi
haclr again. They will ta‘
tome oi our state house, is gUl
home, and after home tmxIrD.
Moreover,, it is es’K'cially hard to
make anything go here that has been
first taken up in New York. Thcrohave
been instances where it was necessary
tf> receive somcihing at second huml
from that city, but as a- rule tho at
tempt is ho|xdess. Tho imitation of
Englishmen was taken up so slruugly .
•in New York that it was felt in Doston
that to follow in that track would Ixi t
simply to acknowledge that Gotham-
ites know a good thing when they see
jt, and sooner than come to that tho
Boston dude would abandon hi-> dude
IkxxI and descend to the level of ordi
nary imutals. Tlu*t*e have been a few
marriages made betwprn IJoston girls
and British subjects,. but they have
; i*Nie*jtw.ty V 1 ' iixhIcIihI from
a hag of lanky pumpkins; nobody ran
ti ll how hi* two legs are attached to
that vile trmilq it i> inrjHissible tosjiy
on which leg he stands or which he
um's to exert his strength; nor dots
ho seem fo lx ifsling upon lx>th, ns
sculptors who know something of
their art have occasionally set the fig
ure. It is obvious that the bodv is
loaning foaw ai'd moi'c than one-llilrd
of a cubit, which alone is the greatest
and most insu, _ * ‘o fault commit-
tod by vulgar, commonplace pretend
ers. Concerning the arms* they say
that these are Ixith stretched out w ilh-
out One touch
—sf»nrk of artistic talent, just as if you
had never seen a nnkcsl model. Again,
the right leg of Ilercuh-s umL that elf
“Cucus have gin imu m.'msnfMttwh t>c-
Fr»>m >v Corpse to • Tlg-r^n*.
A traveler from the wilds of ICwon
gai has told us the following weird
story; A native’s wife was taken |
very ill, and before she died she told :
her husband (with whom she had |
lived on the best of terms, bearing ono |
son); *'l have a secret to con tide to ,
you, which 1 never told before for
your sake and the child's. When 1
din do not nail up my cottin, but leave
it for a time out on the mountain.
Have two live fowls, ready in the
house, for after 1 hav6 l»cen dead a
hundred days I will return to the
ryllm of living men for a time and
come back' to our home. Near not;
but if 1 make f<>r the child otter 'mo
the 4wn» fowl* enrLbuy that you your-,
self will^hcml the infant and that, I
need not Ini anxious; that Ik*!weei the
dead and. the living a gulf is fixed, ami
that I should rest among th4fd«qHU»to4
and not—come bark to trouble the
child.^ 1 will hx>k at you fixedly fora
speB, take the fowls, strangle them
and begone, never to return. My
Ixxly will not.lie down again iu'ita
cottin, hut will Ixitnmsformcd into a
■ Hriug tty.r; nnd if hemifR'r you homo
out to the place rind sec the clothing
lying by the cottin you will know that
mv words have come truer”
1 folding her husband's hand she ex-
SVIirii IVrf^etlim Brin** W»Sl.
Ilorsc racing, in Itself, Is Jicithcr de
grading nor anything tlso U»at t* bad; a
race is a heautifarand exhilarating sjsx -
tacle, and quiet men, who never bet, aro
taken out of thctnaclves in a delightful
Cashion when the exquisite tltonxigl^-'
hreds thunder |Kist. No sensible man
supposes for a moment that owners and
tminers Imyo any delilierato intention of
improving the bretsl ©f horses, but. uevey-
tlieless, these sjdcndid tests of six-ed aim
endurance undoubtedly tend indirectly
to produce a fine breed, and that is worth
taking into account. The survival of tho
fittest is the law tl*at governs racing
studs: the thought and observation of
clever men arc constantly exercised wUK
a view to preserving excellence and
Chi DAM WlM*
Wine ousting is said to have existed
for thousands of years beforu the lotro-
ductioiv of distilling. The process Is slm-*.
pic. Glutinous rice, or hsTang-nil, (p
[•laced over a fire in a large iron [Bin Mid
softened w ith warm water. It Is roada
into a thick, solid sort of gruel This
steeped rice Is placed on a A*hk> with
raised edges to prevent Uto fluid fron\
overflowing. Over the rice, when in,
this state, the leaven to aid Yenuctitatiori
is sprinkled. The whole Is then mixed
and numbed with an iron muMicr, and
remains in a large stoneware jar foy
several days. 1/ the wine U desired us
be of a sweet taste two days sru enough;
but for wine witliout sweet taste four or
tivu days are required. To. otaku the
ethinews
a view ki|lJ of wlne Wronger the Chinese
etiminatin^ «> U.at llttln byiittte - brewcr ^ , irit Aftor
we have.contrived' in tho enur*. of a tlie aIM , U uli logrtbet
UgiUU. Aliev win tako hair-
brt-adtli chancrK that n.mTTr frightf n
ruan, uhlt ttiink notliingof tlieni.’’
ymi r\cr unti-e one thing?"
od oiii* (»T the sotrms. “When a
oman drives she will alway* h t the
p rolx* hang over the wheel. Now
look there- look tlx re I” , '
T’he woman whfrharHirTVC’n-around
tip; rornt-r Wur .mmLug—UaA 1 UtU:-
) i.Tftnn7.1S w r rc~v'tmT»Tu"~ nT TtT« -"shT; •' .iT
the buggy. Imt.Ikcy, nhidird-hL
leave tiii* letter unaiisweivd without
calling forth one uccttxing mur
mur from mo. .And 1-will*even go
further, ami say that if it Will add
anything to rrmr eomfort and |»caco
«>f ijiind to do so, il is my sincoro uiwh
flurt-Vmi should. Do—rmt umJerstuiul
by this -that 1 w ish to cut vour uc-
q(tnn»t.viH ; .e7 F frr-nrPTu) such thing.
4 do wi-*h - tv -tbirt-rrar furtticr
«las)i Isntnl. und sawed the reins in a
manner that made tin
sides of the road at once. She drew
up to the curbstone with n flourish.
“(ItiC-.H she kimws you,' fsud the
man who had last sjM.ken.
“Yes. ll’s my
other sheepishly as
buggy nndOet
wile." said the
lie .stepped^into
tlie buggy and let hi* wife drive him
liome.—Detroit Five I’rvsu,
acquaintance s>hall bo (a-i>erur upon
Xuithcr acquaiut-
hucc would contribute nothing to
horse take U»th—your tinpj.incsS, l ;nu s»pre it would
iH*t to imlie. If .you feel yourself in
*iv degree Umnd to me, 1 tun now
willing to release you
w ish it; while, on the
am willing ami even anxious to bind
not bcenso uumerou.sas in New York, y**'---- •• e .
and iu any cvwo ll., v have not intro Iween Ihvm. w that IT ll,o.v w.-.-c to 1«
.laved tde dednen of beinn la.-tfih. •' yi«'-atvd n.,t only one o hen, bn
a U i» also iwssibltt ill.a Uouoninn. i'<<thev. wonld he lefl ivnhoni
are h ^s able to einbmr+tie an f* 11 a ‘!, hc l“'iht «beiT they are onteln
romance of avert««-vlas,of Ktlglfcllii ">!?• They say. too that Here,, les has
link than are .\evv VovUvrs. Il is.witl, 0 ," c ’°T r "' t “",*»■ " l " 1 , °
leas iodulveoec that wo leceivo tbo Ibe other seems o Iw rodmiton coals;
prajila and odditiesof |sa>plc uUost> lAiivcnuto bellml bymotids.
o'C-vident1 yftiCf tt»Kt hr , ^ ——■— — -
kn» tlivy haro -cuuus. to u u»sUa*«.-UM T^ 1 ’! jlilfl*iV“‘TiiltliflHlifiu«—■ i
land wTu'he it is no loncror necessary The largest tree in Great Britain,
to olwerve lira proprieties of life; a nml ono of the most famous, is tho
fashion which' beget* ~a gruyo suspi-
^_L'ion that rcsjKx'LiIde manners Aiust Imj
ut all times uncommonly irksotsc to
•c''Ti
pired. Tho ghost appeared at due date,
of jym^o or one n.ar did .'ns tire living wife had foretold
and disapiieared in tho jungle, and
when the man visited the eottin some
days after he found Lite cast olF grave
cluth(*s. and wept when he thought of
Thrfr former happy IITe together and
her straugo fato. While indulging
his tears lie saw a tigress stalk from
century to approach equine perfection.
If a twelve stone man'were put up on
Bendigo that magnificent animal could
give half a mtio starj, to any Aral) steeti
that ever was foaled and run away from
tho Arab at tho finish of a four mile
cmirso. Weight need not be considered,
for if the eastern bred horse only carried
a [vwtago stamp tho result would be
much about llio same.
Minting could carry fourteen stone
across a country, while if we come to
mere sfieod there Is ratty no knowing
what horaea. liko Ormonde, Energy,
Prince Charlie and others might have
done had they been pressed. If ThA
Gently he stroktsl its stri|*cd bock and
with u melancholy roar it lx»UJided
away. No deed of blood w:is ever
known to t>o wrought by this most
the average Englishman sine
f C
he so
0>wthor|>c oak, in Yorkshire, which
is Ix'lieveihto l>e some fifteen hundnsl
years old. When Evelyn undo hr*
“Silva,” in the Seventeenth century,
iia
.provided vou^ gladly lays them aside on the si igditcst its circumferrnco at the ground sy:
'other hand I jx.ssilde excuse.. The idea of being ' 7b feet, hut lati^carth was Tanked u
A <'*Uovt Arll«t.
In the I’arnell eomnii- sion court a
youth was engaged in making .some
sketches for an illustrated |m»ik.t, and
liehind a hurlv genthnian, who
might liavc been tak'-n for n « ouutry.
magistrate. The % latter ^watched tho
young nrtis’t.for a whll«-. nnd lhe<i^
touching him ou
the
s!ioUhter,.V( h-
turod to ol>scrve that thi* aid that
t .f 1 1 I. » v. ^
ind
tho other jM.ints of ih - >' ■ i«'!i v.< re not
s-xactly wliat they .should Ik*. The nr-
simply r. phV;l l.y /inquiring:
“WhaLdo yo i kuo-.v alk.ut itf’ - Tin)
gcnth iruin )H-isisted igj,judly an'hjs'r-
MiaJvo rfhii’isih. Atl«*ugui tl^c Vouili,
convinced that afteruu, th'* criticism
was just- iiwb'isl, the gentleman had
himself taken tho - drawing block n d
made the nccesviry alterations with
his ow ii hand . ivinarkul: “W-.ll, you
do ti.'cni t ) know something aU.iit it,
certainly,” adding, “nra you otiyiny
pajH-rt' VNo, ' aiisweird llie ggnt|e :
ito-iu. “I nm not on-any p.i|»er, hut I
dou lutid juiuting nowauahtluui My_
name is JoiiU Millais, ^t’iucajointer
Uccau.
vou fasier, if l can be convinced tiiat
it will iu toiv degreo add to your ban-
IHlie.vi. Tlijs, ill dtwd, is the whole
qacstion with me. Nothing would
make me mure miserable fliaii to l)e-
heve you miserable; nothing more
happy than to know 1 yon were so. Ih
what 1 have now said I think i cannot
be misunderstood ; and to indie my*cif
irndeAtood is tho only object of this
letter. If it suits \ou lr*st not to
answer this, farewell. A long life
and a in* rry one attejnl you. But if
y* i ci.uenuie lu-v. rite-bm k. speak as
d.difly as I do. There can l»e neither
inrm nor danger iu s.iying to me any*
thinir \mu think, just iu the manner
\ou think it.- Your friend, EimvLN.’*
Erohably this is the qinei'est lovo
letter on.ie«'ord and the most remark 1
nblegtlVrof marriage ever inadc. Itisa
Ime 1( Iter witlmal a word of love and
a projsis.il of. marriage that dcx’A uoi
[uojiose. — indiana|M)lis JournaL
f.onl I.cm.»U«I«-'<» lUu.Mlrr.
All tin* way around from England
ttc grt—tho information that l/.rd
journey towar
Ixmsdahvin bis journey toward the
north imiIc. came \ijh>ii a. nation of Es
quimaux. th«*i'artiM.ti and ^ilH»n Diver
and-4h;*t jd»*vvi*Fe «U.rtH-»>six tiuinlKi .d nitfiifti>t»l» imd
feet tall, ami have a way of (ih coVating a very heavy rent iv p^id for the pl.-./a,
tvtiul a ll.tll ri^lit Cotin.
The cost of one of’these corrida/r
may Re Ssifoly reckoned at not less
than Ad.aUO. Then: are g< ucrally six
hulls killed, and these average fiom
ITO to LUX) cachr Horses nix* con
tracted for, and are bought flit simjdy
“kidmkcj*' jii ices'; sometimes as iiumy
as twenty-live aro dtmo to death.
Then: an: gonendly three espados, and
these, with thiir ciudrillus, may Ik;
taken, (»no with aiftjtlicr, at a|)OUt
A'c’.V) each. ’ Then HTei-o i* a verv lango
anti tlie govcrnmenl lax, or “contrihu-
cion," is also a considci'ahle item. Tho
“gate’’ may be estimated, given a
“full house"—aid it is almost always
fairly filled—at somu AUidJ'JU- 1 am
told that tts regards tho amount a
famous t^pnrhi may make thr.t Gucr-
rita, a very famous espada, though
harilly more than a boy—for be is still
in hi.s^lth year—has uli'cady, ut only
tho beginning i f the season, signed
engagements lor sixty four corridas*
at rj'JO each 1
When it is calculated that, nt tho
outsHle, Ids' following will ut*t tako
more than about ITO of this, tho
amount that is left upjK'ni'sp very fair
salary for a man —or. to s|>cak nioi-o
com*ctly, a lad— who probably had a
dillieulty in attaching his signaluro lo
his contracts. — All tho Year Hound.
'"ihein.selves with a gash in the cla-ew
for every enemy killed. This is jmro
nonsense; ft>r no Esquiinaux trilx.-yv*
.eragos 5 feel 8 hu^ies. ami tione jt»f
jthem are givch to killing or to tattoo
ing. Tho Esquimaux do not "o to
war, rarely kill u [H'rson, Hint aro
Tjflj*nj4eKs ctoeopt in tho way of theft.
? J'h(*y arc relies of the old cave dwell*
—ers of ante-historic |*eriods. and never
an' know n i:s warritu-s. War i* a de
velopment of later races. . land l>»us-
dalo made a mistake iu not g**ing on
t(? the jh'Ic jin iinagination. lie could
easily have reached it.—Bt. Louis
(Ho be-Democrat.
Genius Sti(Tt*r» Another luji.kltee.
■ It is learned that tho so called Pigs
in-Clovcr seheino was jiatent cl ten oj:
iiioro years ngo. and that when the
latest “iiirenloi'” Hjiiilied for a iintent
lie discovered that it was not obtain-
• able for this reason. 1 le is said to havo,
realized moi'c than $lU(>,(itTt) of
before tho game played out, and ho
was only brought up with a round
turn rt short time ago, when the orig
inal patentee secured an iniunction i*e-
straining him from conducting his
business any longer. But by tfmt timo
tho craze had died out, and the orig
inal inventor is no liDtlcr off than ho
would have been if he had not discov
ered that his natenlhad been infringed.
“■—lmiiaiia|>olis Journal.
cent beveragrs.
Cii^tt.u* nit of iimu.iicntfi. In cxefcisili 0 ,
A collector of Japanese art basin to bo afraid of tho
his [Hisscssion a wry curious bit of tho sanio'time, to dioose violent diver-
handiemft, a “cobweb iMtli^ a boo on- sions. ^ The youth or maiden who is
--tangled in its meshes.” This ca.storn ; in ylio Jiahit of playing baseball or
gem is so eoiisfructed as to “eover lho lawti leiinis and quite accustomed to
hasp or latch on two halves of a slid- i the exercise may.pluy it on a hot day
UuU'» for Hot \Ve:»llier.
Peviccs for mitigating the cfTc.cts of
the hot weather are endless, and most
of them useless. I lore are three tried and
trustworthy iimxims % for hot weather
condul't, and outside of them tbero is
no trick or device by means of which
the dog star can \k> circumvented.
Those maxims arc:
1. W car as light and loose clothing
as you dare.
2. Take plenty of exercise, but in a
calm way.
1 3. Drink no alcoholic or efferves
ce
in exercising, the great point is not
o neat; but not, at
polite out of consideration for himself
is up|»arciiliy one which lias n.-ver
ih iK irutcd into the head of an Eng
tishman, or if it has he lias been kept
carefully at home, that foreign lia-
tunwshtmld not nco him and discover,
the weakness of the land I
One of the well known Britishers
who have been here on lecturi-ng
Itmrs during the last few years was
invited with Ids wife to stay at
house of peojilc t>) whom he nan
brought It tiers of intixxluetitm. The
|m-oj>1u were of old Boston families,
and of an exiiuisite courtesy such us
England miglil well envy weiv there
any gmund for aupjxasing
could ai'preciate il. —A ♦Vinner was
made lo honor the English quests,j
and to it were hidden jieople ot nq»u-
tations which tifiind on In>iIi sides of
tho water. When the guests came
into tho.drawing room after dinner,
the distinguished lecturer, w ho was a
ininnto man, looktsl contemptuouslv
about, and then cast himself at fuH
length on the heal th rug, remarking
iu a lone of much indignation:
“These Americans are so beastly ;
'big; nmt Thry never think to get «
chair any ordinary mortal fan .sitDiI"
Tho feelings of tlie host may be im- ;
aginod.
Un another occasion this fiume gen
tleinan was at breakfusLut the Iioiisc
of a lady hci'o, Vk>licu ho took occasion
to*say, in his most blatant manner: ■ |
^Uh, you know thercain't any com- j
pariso n between English mail tiers and •
yonrS over lien*. Yvt: iTorfl expect
%'oU Ju knoAv any of the relinemeiiU
of life.-**
“But we learn a little from visiting
Englishmen," smoothly and sweetly i
oflserved tho daughter of the house, a '
girl just out of-Achool.
Again a cockney who would in
England never have been received at
ali into thd- house's of what In* was
pleased tosjicak of : s the“genti*y,'’save
for Inc fact that he had done some
heavy historical work, looked about
him in the parlor of a gentleman '
whoso nunio even his counjiymen
know enough to honor, and observed
sujKi'ciliou.sly -.
“Its so inlcresting to mingle with
# the lower classes. 1 never do ut homo,
you know.” •"
“lie must bo.deucedly lonely, then,” ,
was the comment' usido by ono who
overheard .him, but was Uk> jK)lito to
.jsay it aloud. • ;
t)n a not herjoccasion, however, when
1 lids sumo cad mado a sinuiar speech
he did get an answer according lo his
foil
up
amund it, which covered some con
siderable projections nnd reduced its
girth. At the beginning of llm
century its branches overshadowctl an
area of half an acix* of gixmtid. The
toj> or leading hnmch fell at aotno un-
ivcor<l<sJ <l:it' > .cqi iou-.lv slij'j.ingslow u
into tlie he How tj-unk, where, it re
maiitcd. In the last century one of
tho main brunches which was blown
vcsl to he IMi feet in h ngUk
and yielded five tonsof timber. Whi n
carefully in.-n*tmd by Dr. Jtasoj). in
1821) the girt IT" of the tiec at—the
gmund was GO feet, and nt a yard
above 4.) feet; the chief remaining
limb was 50 feet long, and its eircum-
fen neo 8 fe t and tlie luighlof tlie
tree was 15 f.-i t. It was then hollow
to the top. for many veal's saplings
raised from tjiis treo w< resold.in jxjts
by the villagers for us much iw* a
guinea apiece. It is now a vcnecablo
ruin, but !ii»*t picturesque in its de
cay. It stands in a gireil pmklock.
C.Tn fullv protected from injury, with
its ancient limbs muj»j*oi ti tl by jirojis.
lYu idiu of il-i size may he gathered
from the i*t:rt(inciit that »:t h ast forty
j.rr5tn:s can stand withtti its cavity,
und that its circumference is greater
than that of tho Eddy: tone lighthouse,
which was confessetty designed on
tho model of un oak.- Garden and
Forest. ,
Emir of Hail were to bring over fifl)t «f
Ids best mares tho New market trainers
could pick cut fifty fillies from among
, i i.® J. i • < •# their arcoml rate aninials, nnd the worst
he jungle nnd knew it was his wifo_. J . ^..-r m-xr* 1^. .i i . #
. r ~ 1 ; .-trf tlie fillies could distance tlie best of
transformed into a new existence., *v . . . .
the Aral^ r.n any teruiN; w lule, tf fifty
hents w ora run off over any coursHtfroni
half a mile to four ruilea, the BngliKh
homes would not Umo one. The ebam-
penile ligrtsisca on tho nioiUrtWHL- H 0 ** Arab of tho wt^ld svafl utaU^ied
'jTTrti thrTfiitd hus grown irp aridprcer " tlwwswt tliorought>re«U-
Tn training; tho English “plator” carried
about II vo stono tuoro than tba pride of
' tho east, and won by a quarter of a mile.
Uncortsciously tbo brooder* of racem
! have Ixx-n evolving for us tho ewiftost,
! strongest and most courageous liorno
known to the woild, and we cann<4
afford to neglect that consideration, for
[tcoplo will not strive after perfection
unlesa perfection brings proJiL—llw
Contemporary Review.
[ws.—5Sun Francisco Chromclc.
4
Wuia-n Who C»n*t KtrrrUr.
• But no matter how lino a w<Mnan’s
eostumo may bo, she must have phy
sical health if she wishes to l*o attract
hm, and foe Hra pfrr[*»w; eTerrisn is’
necowisy. Many women are unable
-to take exercise, fiowever. Ono of the
into a pivssing chest of wood caUed
the wine presa. A heavy sLnne presaew
il down and the w ine flow* out from a
sort of teapot spout in the side of th*
press.
Thfr remainder of solid matter lscaUe<t
tsan, and is UM-d to feed animats or as a
ferment Tho method of dbtiiitBg waft
introduced k\ tlv* Yge* dyws*ty. Tct
tlie wooden cylinder which bokia th*
millet there uro three cover*. Tho outer
and upjwr ono contains cold water
keeps tlie second ono cool to com
tlie spirit. The spirit rises front
softened jpl rurtVt below, which
iss n under manipulation for
days, and |.nssc» through tho first
to flie Hee.iinL It hers becouMS
densed und flow* down tho sides i»t«*
a triangular trough which receives, t|
aiid delivers it from a spout WINLma
and Morrison’s dictionary and Lcgg't
classics seem to have been compiled wit)}
the impression thattheCfcineae practiced
distjlUtiiinJp apciouttiiui s. This is or*
error. Tlie Chim**# only knew tbs or
dinary process of fermentation
Recorder.
n on to M;tk« an llolinn Ifurp.
Ilavo any of our young fi-icmlscver
seen nn eolian harjif
It
greatest olxtaclo* ih the way of j)re-
scribtn^ exorcise for TliC aiTments of
women is the fact that tlie constitu
tions of many women are so weak
that nn ordinary amount of tnuscuhtr
exercise tires them out and really does 1
them harm; nnd if 1 limit them to a
simple exercise liko walking, my ;
treat limit inspires no coiihdcnoe.
Mo-t jx-f.ple think that no good can lx;
derived from a Tntrsculor exercise that
does not consist in revolving iiround
a horizontal liar, swingingclul»*;dM»ut
the head, bounding over u tennis
lawn, or pro|»ollmg n bicycle or tri- t
cycie, and many women who try
this kind of thing and find it d.M-s
them harm give up exercise in despair
und take to i)H*diciuc f«.r r. li* f.
Tlie fact is that a genemtion or two
of idiciio.ss or lack of p:s»|^-r physicnl
culture on *hc jKirt of t’uoir female nn '
cc^tor.s bns cu'.:. • 1 tlij C'*tr'l*‘ution of |
a largo proixirtion. oi the women of i
this generation to Ih-unlit for physical
exi-rtion of any sort hut the most nnxl-
rmte kind. The [.n sout mge (or out- 1
door sjHjrts on the part of young girls
Is a welcome assursniec that before
long tho phjsiquc of tho average wo
man will attain something like its
proper standard. It seems almosjlim- '
jKis*ihle, however, to jH-rsuads h const i j
tuliouully weak woman to lake regu- |
larly that blight amount of cxqmso
•w bich she can stand ii|thout doing her
harm. It seems so trilling that she
Chll.l XVhrM.
The Indian reformers whq have taken- -Vernon.
. j'’ A Ikus no faith in it—rhysiciau in New
instrument made by the Greeks many y^.g Tribune
centuries ago.-nud hung among the
trees, or where the wind could blow I
ujhih it, making a low, soft, uiu*i» al |
sound. The Bajitist -Weekly tells hi.w
to make one, # which is very easily
done and inexponsiye, for most of the
material can be found nlxmt the house: !
“Wax a jiieco flnf buttonhole tw ist
alxmt two and a half feet long; tic
each end strongly to a small |H-g, and
thrust tho jx'gs down tho creyice be
tween the two snshesof yofirsoiitjicrn'
or w(stern windows, stretching tho
.yilk as tight cs jiossible. It will sur-
puiso \ou the sweetness nnd variety
of tho tones the wind will bring
from it. I lin ing dono this you may
bo moved to go further nml prepare
a more elalH>ralo eolian hnrp. i
Tl.»* VnIi.« of Slorp.
\V(* all know that sleep is ns neccs-
sary to the support of’animal life as
f*HHl. . Our viLil machinery would
k<mmi wear out without it, nnd if it
were not for tho intervals of ‘health
ful ins* irsiliility that sleep affords to
tho brain we. should all go mad- with
too much thinking. Ami, although
some very smart modern philnsophcrs
have advanced tho th(*ory that it is.:
possible for man to live and enjoy life
without sleep, the doctrine, liko tho
equn 11y, a bsu I'd dogma that it is jH>*.si-
hle to hvo without sustenance, is m \
manifestly ttljsurd that common senso
laughs it to wcorn. —
Bui Ih.h1 is not for bleep solely. Wo
in hand tho remarriagoof girl widows
find no difficulty in obtaining plenty of
candidates. Where tnxff.h) cornea in is
as to tiio <liH|xwnl of llieso matriiLsmi.dly
disjHswHl ladies pending the disrovery of
suitable partners. No sooner <hie« a
widow announce her intention of snrnr-
iug another husbmvl if shn ran t)mn nhe
is disowned by alt her kitli ami kin. cut
by her acquaintances nnd iu Home coms
sent adrift lo pick upa living for herself.
Tho reformers feel under or. obligation.
tlwH'furo, to soften tho severity of tlie
martyrdom Iu best ot their ability,
and with Uiat object widow- homes have
t»oun CbtaLihibcu hero and there. Tlie
cxjiedieut is, p rhajw, as g(HMl a ono ns
could Ik> devised,,but the.managers of
tho laHnes aro not to boenvie*!. In order
to carry «xit tho rest u4 the srhemo suit
ors havo to Is) admitted to tusks ehoieo
among tho bereaved beauties, aud then,
of course, a certain amount of philan
dering in list be allowed to enahio the
idgli contracting parties to come u^erins.
All maternal heads of families well
know* that oven when only ono affair of
tills sort is going on in a household, a
deal of finesse and circumspection often.
Live to be exercised. Dire, then, must
have been tho jwrplcxltlc* of tho native
matron at tho Julpigori itomo lately,
w hen twenty-five uumrous youths were
daily courting ns many skittish widows.
Tho bridegrooms ox|x*ctant actually had
tho audacity to apply for lodgings in Die
bouse» but tli la icuvMd was. ot course,
sternly refused. Since, however, the
system apjicara to bring nts.ut a consid
erable tin in Lrr of marriages, tiieso littlo
b«lkM mi Wa
Of the relics of Gen. George Washings
ton nono, perhaps,, exceed in interest o*
aro more valuable on account of tlwir
associations than the oollectk.it nom
ow ned by Mr. Lawrence Washington, of
.Marshall. Fauquier county, Virginia,
who inherited llu-m from his fnth<T,
CoL John Augustine Washingtm^ th#
List of the family In ownership of Uounl
This gentleman inherited thorn
from Judge Hiuhrod Waahington, ant|
ho frtxu lien. Wasbingtoo. Those rcll^
kept nt Mount Vernon from the time of
Wasliington till that property passed
from tho possession of th# Washington
(aniily to tlie I<adW association, are
more intimately associated with Wash
ington’s homo aud,- having been for
nonrly a century in the poeeewdon of hig
midu heirs, arc probabljmoro tatimatcljs
assoebted with his name Uuui any other
collection, and while every article in it
h highly interesting thee# are two pfec(#
Of turqiassing biU*reat net only to Albi
cans, but also to tho people of Franco.
Tin-first ia j.omi of hiterrst isafuli
length engraving of Louis XVI, presented
to Wusliingtou lv that unfortunsto mon-
arch, wlHMe su[ip.rt of tli# American
colonies in th.-ir struggle for indepepd-
mbs ao largely contriliuVed to hisow r^
desfructiorf by the impetus gi'en t<^
litienil klens. Tlih engravtag (the ontf
one of its kind, tho plate, having been de
stroyed with that ioto^t), to'make th#
present more of u personal coiiipliiuent,
was accompanied by an autograph letter
from Ixxii.% w hich was burned «itli %
nuuils'r of other vaiuabl# popers about
tiio eliHo of tho lute civil war.
Tho oilier relic deserving special node#
is a statuette of Neckar, to die pedestal
of which nro attached two flhias plates,
On tlie upper pinto is the inscription,
“(Jui nobis rcstituit rein," and on th#
lower, “Presented t# Oeorg# Wosiiing-
ton. rr(*si.lviit of the United State# of
America,’ by his most dutiful, meet
obedient und most humble servant. E#<
talng, a citizen of tiio stato of Georgia,
imperfections in tho machinery may be by act of February U,n«a.#nd#citi*on
pardoned. TIkto is no fato more terri
ble than that of tho Indian child w idow*,
doomed tonn isolated und hopeless cx-
inicnco whllo yet in ber early teens,—
Ixiudon Globe,
of France, 1700.”—Washington Cor. Noaf
York Herald.
lake some quuiti r inch \\(vk1 nnd j* |0 ( j owll toslutnlx-r, but wc |),*u»s many
muke a box the h-iiglli of your wm^.; an |, our j n bed calculating, ))laiining,
clou hanu'. four or h\o iik Ucs deep hoping, imagining. Tho course of our
and six or seven incli.-s wide. Lorca i; v L iZ ^l.u.w-L L.nu, A.toMfc ^
.dIV. - .
“I flliould think it would -givo ycfii
noonle a queer feelhig to go to En^-
laud und meet your social suj'criors, ’
ho observed to a couple of ladies who
were infinitely abovo him in every
way. -
“It must bo a strango scr.s:ition,”
ono of them replied, with tho serene
air of one who comments ujioii tho
weather. “Don't you find ilsor”
And it luis never bolm
whether the cockney saw tho pointer
uoL The chances aro that ho did uoL
—Boston Courier.
few* .small holes in a circle near w liat
v. ill ho the upjM r side of tho back of
the box when placed in Ilia window
~ - with the open snip of'the box. Fasten
two bridges like violin bridge's, ono ut
each end, and alren-liV>n them several
strings of fine catgut, contriving ft
scries of screw pins to aid iu the tight
stretching necessary, and allow of
! their being tuned to ono nolo. Then
, raise your sash on tho
tho house; and tho wind
through the hole and* over the string?
will, m its rising nml falling, maK<
vert music..”—Boston Budget
lives is shaped, to some ejiU'.nt, a« wo
lie between the sh(*ets nnd blanket-*.
Of the still night nnd early morning
a is* born mighty schemes Oint a/c car
ried out iu the stirring day. Tho mind
aw akes from a profound and dreamless
slumber with all its faculties invigor
ated and emboldened. Difficulties that
njqiallcd us when fatigued and over
worn, lose half their terrors in tho
of nn intellect strengthened
I
Ills Accnn.pli<.hed Mottier.
The family clergyman was paying a
social visit to tlie household, and a lit
tle boy about 5 yeai-s old was brought
rase may.pluy it on a Lot day tlo boy about a y ean old whs brought
>u»4»»>r f -tot.(vhaiX -ot the Uons# ro- iciJwIcly #wd jiia)pJa.4iho.ai^. ou^,^^uMf.)uax>^^^U5J^i^wivus.
maining on the fixed loaf, while tho in the habit o? rralkiu" n fair amount During hi« nor lion of tho prog^aiiTmo
other half may lx; drawn away.” Tho . have nothing to fear, but everything ho shewed the clergyman how" nicely
^vprkmuushij) of both weh nlml insect to gniipfrom keeping up their custom- ho could turn a handspring. He then
are described as remarkably delicate nry exercises in summer. But exeem asked tho minister—if ho could—du
and beautiful, attracting marked at- tionul pbysiuul tests should certainly that. The niumler said he guessed ho
toutiou.—Har| >c, ’ ,,, Bazar.
( l<>»cil Room*.
Queen Victoria is in the habit of
keening rooms which have been occu
pied by deceased relatives locked up.
The njiurtineuts at Claremont iu which
tho Princess Charlotte diod more than
seventy years ago ai^c closed, and ik>:
'* . , » presence ot nil intellecl strenglnencd
w indy sido of by perfect rest. Sle<*j) to the brain
viml passing what pro-dration on (lie bosom of their
. , ^ mother earth was to tho Titans; wo
falling, make from it “giants refreshed.”
There an; both strength and wisdom
in tho pillow, else why should tho
propriety of consulting it have
into a i>ioverb?—Boston Globe.
fliMtlj Addicted to the ItallriMMl Fam TInbit.
A k.bbyist at Springfield, Ills., wlto
had been a mtlroad (feadheud for many j
years, was called to bis home, about forty
miles from Lbteago, by n telegram an, j
uouncing the serious illness of his wire. '
When he reached Chicago It waaJato in
tho evening, and there was Imt ono morb
train to his town that night. As ho wa&
waiting fur the train timo ho noticed the
conductor was a hew man, whom ho did
not know, and then for tho first timo ho
called to mind tho fact that ho had left
his annual [.ass over that road in his room
at Springfield, Approaching tbo con
ductor, ho introduced himself and told
tho circumstances, said that all tho old
conductors knew him, and he never had
to show his puss to them, so he had been , n m [ tho few people wha happen to p#,-’
careless nlxmt it.' tronize tlH’in aro s|tU Mwe to havp # fojf
“I havo no doubt it is all riglit," said
tbo conductor, .“but I cannot carry you.'*
“But,” said tho gentleman, pleadingly,
W hat 'Mvka* Hi# poft#
At least in ono way tho public gener
ally have been benefited by tho influx of
Mongolians into this country. Tbo Chin
ncso nt one time threatened to com-,
ph-tely tnono[x>lizo tho kaundry businee#
throughout the United* State# Thera
was only one w-ay for the American
laundry men-to fight them, pad that waft
by doing superior work. TTie American^
realized this, and rose to tho occaskm.
Every device for improving their tuodo
of washing ond ironing ctothea W04
rapidly taken tip. &iean* laundries
multiplied everywhere, and their sys-
tem w as gradually perfected until mow
no ktundry workmanship •» finer than
the American. Ou the other band th#
Chinese Ifttvc not made the slight**!
effort*to keep up with th# Americar;
system. They havo no bfe* o| progrees.
.#
bo avoided under a burning sun.
Father sod Son.
There is tho wxll known story of
■clergyman wbo was preaching in
lit son’s church. The son was addict-
Lgjd to w hat Ins father considered fool-
r "V£ '^»h excchses iu ritual, uud w hen the
pld geutleinau gave out us his text,
-DHtGfiS.* uixiu. my son, • . • . *
| * lunatic.” the smile winch went
the. church might he well cx-
iierolhu um;x[x*ctcd iiluc-ssof
cniiarced by the
for jesting. —All
And
absolute inaction is as bad in hot
weather as at uuy other time.—Iks*
tou Transcript. -• LA
— : • '• EV
Aston (•hi ng Caduranc*.
A local society woman tends this
Story: “Un# night at the tea table tbo
couldn’t now, but he could when ho
was a littlo boy. “Then you aiu’t 'as
smart as my mother,” returned young
America, “for slio can do it just as
ell as I can.”—Bridgeport News.
Dot* In the Kitchen Store.
A lady on Middle street, on taking
conversation turned to the seven bro- -off tho cover of her stove-yesterday
Albert s aua'rTrncTi'is- a
homo aud Bulinoral arc.nll kcjH pre
cisely ns they were w hen ho was alive,
and on the wall of the ro#m hi w hich
ho died thoro is a tablet, with an in
scription recording.tho fact that “this
! ajurtment was lite scene of his de
mise.” John Brown’s rooms at Wind
sor have also been closed since his
death and marked with a large brass
sign, with an inscription commemo
rating his virtues aijd deploiqug his
loss. —London ixstterT^”^-
Tltw Secret «f Ilmutj.
The secret q(Jx;auty is health. Tlioso
wjio desili* to he beautiful should do
all they can to restore their health; if ^
nnu l ’ rm f‘ > i,i|Vft| l ;'rrn|y ^ 11 )f they
(V !! M : so r? * I:IV 0. it , No ono con lay clown T T1.« eonrf.»>»n»
specific rules for other jHxmle in these
mutters. Tho w’ork whicu one may
do, the rest he must take, lus baths,
his diet, his e.xerciso, are mattersof in
dividual consideration, but they must
he carefully thought of and never
ueglected. As a rule, when a nersoti
feels well he looks well, and wfien he
f( > eD badly he looks badly as a general
tliirg. There are times when one
could guess, w ithout looking iu the
glass, that his eyes were dull aud his
skin was mottled. This is not a ease
my wife is very ill. I must go home on
this train.”
“I am sorry,” replied tho conductor,
“but l cannot carry you.”
“Is there anybody around hero author*
Ized to iskiuo a pass? Anybody wlio can
with John aud to run # very tykely
chance of losing tlftdr linen If they
should happen to mislay the pigtail’s
hieroglyphic check, which he furnishes
in the first place as a receipt for tho
clothe*.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Tho'conduetor knew of nobody around
tho depot who had tiiat authority.
“Well,” said tho lobbyist in despair,
“1 Khali havo-to drive out there, and I
don’t know the road, and It will taka.me
all night anyway.”
Tho conductor was at bat touched by
the lobbyist’s predicament and aokl:
“1 can’t carry you for hothing.'btit 1
will advance tho money to you ir 4
“Thunder and Ugbtntngr* exclaimed
the lobbyist, smiling it! over; *Tvego|
a thousand dollars right here in my pocW
after the other married-iW i ii r-■ —, —-t j- - --- -
man, os each one died the brother next impossible for the dove to have entereu
younger marrying the widow. ‘For any other way ihan down the chimney
pity’* sake I* cried our 8 year-old Ixiy, snd through me stovepipe, pferhaf*#
•bow long did the w idow lastf n —' having fallen into the chimuey during
- ” lw - j- the nighW—Kewburyport Ilerold.’
nu ITa.n Dealer.
turkey, ora Imshel and a half of pom,
or ten pounds of cotton, or h.bushel
and a half of jioiatoca, will pay for
The Weekly Star out* year. — W dming-
ton Star. -v
uglily. To have
id bright cyco.
jlio circaEuar n'nuscsoTn
# fresh complex tot} am
ev^n to have white hands ami a grace
ful figure, you must be well.—I^unr-*
Vcrly Itcview.
When he came hoeY he sold:
On th* FAs* *f ## Kx^lnston.
A doctor hapixincd lo be telling ItU
f&nuiyof an:
uesjed at a patient's house during th#
day. “Mr. Browu,** said th* doctor
“was not seriously ill, hut his wife {*#ty
mado mailers worse andJiersety supreme
ly ridiculous by rushing in hud out fik#
a wet hm.” Tlte doctor's tou.
very bright bojrof aU, 1
his fatlirr said this, a
word*. A day or two-ftftarwprd*
Brown called o#
and wlwn Bob came into tha i
down on a stool and
visitor. By and by he i
ly. “Mrs.
“Conduct.>r. if you hadn't mentiooed
money 1 olivxild never have thought of
r iytag my fora Haul forgotu*n that ,
could travel on anything but a pass.” i
—