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a Vol, XI 1 1. 6ARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., FEBRUARY 13, 1390. ill Assessment Notice. k ^ AUDITOR’S OFFICE, ) BARicwti^ Cocjrnr, 8. c., Dec. J<h, 1880. f . NOTICK 1b hereby siren th«t pnmmnt to fno Act of the Uencral AMevtbly in reference lhereto, the Auditor or hln deputy will attend at the following named placen <m the «laye in dicated for the purpose of taking Tax Returns for the year commencing N»r. 1st, 1889. The law mmirea that all personal and real property rfiall be returned under oath. , Ketunis sent by mail must I* sworn to be fore'Home oftloer qualified to adminUter an oath. Persons owning no property must return their poll. On all returns not miuje between the l»«t Jan- uary and 30th February a penalty of 50 per cent, will be added. ^ . The assessor will attend as follows: Barnwell C. H., from loth until Feb. 30th. 8. W. TROTH, Auditor Barnwril <*minty THREE KISSES. The first was gWen la the summer time, When they thought oov it sorrow sad knew tv* of crime. And the world was fair ns a blushing brldn Wooed by the sun in his warmth and pride, And the woods were green where soft sighed In the time of that summer, fair end sweat. When a einglo Lies made Ufa complete. They kissed again In the autumn sere. When the wind itHaiucd orrr the uxs.riaad drear. Uu.Ting a dirge over faith a deatbtied And the purr stars bJuxb.'d a hjuL ahamed red. For the light and the life of summer had fled; And oh' the sorrow of a trust >»ei rayed. And the paaniug from sunlight into the shade 1 Frank M. Mixson. mYKTOa AND ROTARY PUBL10. HLACKVILLE, S. C. Lttnd Surveylnjj; in all Its branches. Conveyancing a specialty. nov 22-8H Dr. John E. Molony, - fttJ«rrKON, Officr Colony Hotkl, blacktti;t."e, - - - . - Va The hod was given an the wiotar snow Was softly falling on ail Lelovr, And the world, like a gho^t of what hod been. Was white ae a mou! that tia* know u no aia There was |>race in the kow tuat aae given then From tho-e dyhij Hj» tliat spoke no wotd Bare of tore and pardon from one who had erred -Kate A. Carrington hi Sew Orleana l*ienyui»u CMPOKAl. NICK nilOWN. But just ;hcn his kern eyes fell upon a sight that v~auKed his checks to suddenly grow white with apprehension. On a fine not more than half a ruile distant was a large body of Indians, ap parently awaiting their approach. “Los lndio«r* he cried to his men, and wheeled out of the trail. Then ha glanced apprehensively at Ethel. She looked back at him smilingly, al though her lips quivered and her color suddenly fled. “1 understand you.” *ho said, waving her riding whip toward the band of painted redskins. “Those are Indians. and they—tliey" “We‘11 have a running fight with them to Clara's camp.” answered the corporal, solemnly.; “and heaven preserve you from all danger.**- \ “1 am not afraid—with you!” answered Ethel, qnidily.' , * Their eyes mef, she held out her hand and be clasped it and carried the white fingers to his lips. MEMORIES OF HOME. Murmuring night winds sigh as they roam. Waft mg a meMsage frwu my ukl hwoe, Whispering softly, grtu k* sisl low. Calling to mtnd the dear long ng<x Mem riue swakea Mart hit* Ufa, Bear me sway from all sin ami strife, Killing my soul with a dream (brine. Mother' once more I'm a child of thioa It was strange that C!ajit. John Wood —the title being one of courtesy—should have sent for hie daughter Ethel to join him in campon the Rio Grande, where he was hard nt work as a contractor on the Sunset extension of the Southern Pa cific railroad; bat he did. and when the fact became known, the captain of the Ranger company at Uun three of Ids liest men to escort the young Llady front the “end of the track ’ at Del Will attend calls l» this and adjacent ’ Rio to her father's camp. counties (augJ2-tf DR. H. J. RAY. DENTIST. r ; Pabbxll*s STORK BLACKVILLE. 8. C. MONhY TO LENU. Til die defending you.” he whispered, “and so will my men.” “I believe you. I trust you," came the murmured response. And then nn involuntary ery of alarm rose to her lips, for the Indians, discov ering that their expected prey had left the trail, sot up a chorus of shrill yells, down toward them. “ToOfciHts, borrfr cried the corporal, unslinging his Winchester rifie. “They OUtnumVr hi twenty to one. Ride for your life—nefer ruigd the pack mule— and shout as you gallop.” On they dashed, with the Indiansgain- ing upon them at edery step, fort heir Thy leo iw face, with lu line* of care, KUotLcd by baud* of soft, fthioloc hair, R«*a<U low above me. thrills me with bliss. An I remember thy good night kins Once more thy low. gentle (olee I bear. Kveetly iu accents fall on my ear "Never, my boy. where'er you may roam. NeverYorgvt thy mother at home." Fo'*U)j sweet mem'ries crowd on my heart Metn'rfc** from which I would never part, ) liringtfcg the scent of errue lonely flow’r Crowiilg clone by the oid ivied how r Often Ve Hat there The ailv'ry moon IVisimiig w»V>fUy A song you'd croon, U.-tuio and low. my head uu yuur hrcaat; . . ' BdoOIerfTjy llAihiuh*. Pu amk to rrSH Gone - are the days of my chihlhood dear. tfiOe’ are the mngs ! so loved to hoar,' — ' Gone! is th<* sound of tho voire so meek. Otme' the sweet fare with its furrow'd cheek 0lonely 1 dream while my heart grows sore. Sadly I think of the day* of yore. Never again can they .-ome to ma, Hotlier: 1 would t could he with lhew. —KmucoM Raw lino. MISTAKES Will HAM. fond expectancy In each eye, Imt the iuo«Ment be saw me bin jaw fell and ho gasped: “Why, you haven't got him beta for stealing my rig?” “Why, of course. Isn't he the cliap?” “Weil, you are an idiot and no mis take! You can gel ready to sweat fur this!" But it turned out that the livery man It*! given my description, in place of the other man’s, having mixed the two of 1 us up. Tho sheril! offered me $500 at the very first pop to give him a receipt 1 for damages, and 1 guess he would ha\e 1 (Some up to $2,000 if 1 had hung put. 1 I think t ho wine and cigars cost him about $1*), and I don’t believe his hair has got back to its old position yet. And it also happened that I once went into » jeweler’st in Naxhvilic, to get a kernel of com. pmnut shuck. or some other trifle, picked out of the work* of • tt 1> | 4 .1« A at 1 LX t • It l stilt IA114 si. llAXS* tat tkJA _ : came in, and it beemed that this chap grahl>ed five rings from a tray and broke for the woods. The jeweler had me fresh ! iu his mind, and when he descrilx-d th^" thief he even told of an abraaion on my' face. This was at 2 o'clock p. Sn. As I 'Arne out of l he sup]x*r room at the Max* THE CUP THAT CHEEKS. ® 0 '*" T, °^ k Wnmm FACTS OF INTEREST ABOUT TEA AfiC ITS DRINKERS. Testing the Reverefca by Tost a and Ratell. Men Who Make a Hunlnena of It—Tlee Flffect of Tea on tho (Met—bootmv fee on tha ftnestton. Befrl jv ft new T hH In wSm ctweiiuq* mm bsw pvMurvj, ii4 gw# J qusdittos^uul^j iltKtty I to l*s tom pr'K'e-Hcs •nil' fruit. Tke first is tha groar.ll and bfffUlug up of s Frotn time to time tronderfal stories crop up touclrlng tho all hut snpernotuyxl powers of tbosa t*rofe*aiunal gentlemen who make fine incomes nut of a highly-cultivated eeurnt of Uwte ami smell The wine merchant will invest ogoodlv sUireof capital on tlie ttmiigtb of the verdict of an exaudner who nouncee that such a wine “has a future before it," or tut* a good oosa," or “cUngs ,,ifc mvsmi «• . second U the rfpeulnjfprut^a#,’^ ^prfaing proAs#, 1 ganlc fcvnwnt^ a lireakiwaf ilbwa. ■jri^»qB > w-v dissdiviag, nsMlerinx paia‘vaUie # wsaBy alaa.i valuable tt» foqj. ju ths* ti^ange tiy*/ Renegade Indiana_£xnm Mexico—Ton- kawas, Lipana, ConKtnches. Kiowaa, Kickapooa and some few Mesralerv Apju ht-s, the remnant of VicUwio s bnnd —lunl been making occasional predatory raids upon thenamps of the contractors. fn^m the time'that theyeroskoiT the Pecos all day river and enten-tl up<m the heavy work In vain the Rangers discharged volley tlu*t makes this p.rtiou of lire Southern hfter volley into the ranks of their pur Ruetfic rond so grandly picturesque. suers. Their teltliig aim did not-cbeck These thieving Indians would dash ^the advance, actoua t lie river in-t be dark of .the moon, Di>w-a- a gently sloping dry water The longer one lives the leas enthusi asm he has to ru«h a man out under a Croc and swing him up to a limb Irecause lie happens to be riding a horse stolon the week before. I^'s the easiest timig—Rr the world to l>e mistaken, and It s a nretty good idea to po slow until \oq snow you arc dead right. nicely,’ or, if it happen* to bs a blond, that dre ran “feel the old wine coming through." At nil events hi* word* hav# « eight, and tbo victory of a vintage 4* often directly due to ht* orqnirrd sagaetry m the mutter bo in Hit* tea H ad/w« hrer of par allel marvels and Costs of tasting TKST1NO TEAS St A MERC SMPTTX. There iM a freah sU*ry to hutal. told by the maaagmH -du-octor of a Large ire dealing firm, who is u tea taster and blender of twenty live year*' experience, and who stares H •til* •Bhf It volatile ail* are gLnierate'f^’g Viikg flkvdr”Sjnf* 1 *** character to fruit. The tiriRr tveffclrMr Si to «"iq< * tiuilding upfeuit peapKraflDrFtoRipciihig bHus anli firm not beau tlelogawd to man to control toyi^.^ ^ lure great aateut. whether a variiifv || p» ^pen lo^ May, July .nr ^evJeuibcr Ypi u muir c ams ■ 30 COOUot control the time of eompleteil gTo«vthS* Aflt,*^TSx uon, iNcroaso greatly iUflaH awl mlmp* . Iu tuestvuud of davvlotuueot ripgv- ing«*Hn l>e hastrrwd or retatiit*!, and wLcA’""*' fully ripe d«»cay can he daisy HI la lbs sBix ami stage fruitshaaM hot be toft o)«n ' » expoaed to aUtKwpbrru) chougwi of twnperm, . * „ j t turoor uiyi*uira. Flavor isioat Vy evaporm tion. If the purpohrls to ha-tcu rtpcrilu fruit should be inclosed in a light box or bar ral, or wrapped in Onunei. t«prs»ew»wvparm» Uun.uud loft In • warm room of anifawM *»*< temperature. . ^ The greaU.d o«lvantage to tlie fruit grqwer f ’ will result from c!i«s.-khtg too early matuHrt. End from preventing early decay after bar- vesimg. IU* micoom demande a plane lor ; V«ca4y that he lately observed the extraordinary well house that evening a jiolijpemaii t4.>o^ js-rformnnee of a leaifing broker ia Miudng ny arm from either bide, and one of them inm» with sixty teas, ranging within a penny kindly w hispered: * - |xr jiound In vaWe. Or'TUi.'se. T25 niThtdoua “Now, <hcn. come quietly, or it will be were made, the pots numbered anil mixed J»e worst* for VoUr^ " ['°T , « an, l then the cunning magician of Miur I went over Vo headquarter*, and *cv cI, ‘K ,nne P rnr, ^ 1 ® d ^ l’*** 1 » tbe **?., »torage witb^rrouudiuy favorabW torFrew duplicates w tihout makiug a singie mistake. ert-arTbn. Oue condition is o>ucede«l by all - -Prodighnu, hidvwdi Tie* of -«Muelt t» "—that thalegycmture inuiit be. hr* the profewion'* is educated up to pointer tlmt required fm» growth Ttwt t$ pitch, end on this Mibjoct the tea doaler’s merit recording He opines that it U ;ral olliccra then? (Rrlnrid 1 was the nan wanted, I was “sent dovrrT' and he jeweler notified. He came in a'lout 10 o’clock, just a* 1 was falling off to! ' wor< j H m - , .... | One night la*t spring I was at the P.H- herscs were frhsh. nn< “the ttirtmala rut ; —f^ UBCi { n L'ceatur, Ala. The lu> den hylhemng.il had b^u hard puslK-d, f p! ^iTovorTuTr'n •»d T ! tleep u» a ro<nu with four bede-nrit, but deep, and 1 hoard the sergeant telling piusible, with eoustant prai'tice, to vslueteaa a* rnrreetlv bv smellin" the iujusi'd Iref os by um that them was no ft»..i.mf mv ixdusr r* a ntre f and i«a.x» oa-to — ^ ■ ■4*Mead aH-tfT>flH>r*(Miand mules they wwitd-- ——— tlios.dashf .1. and- jaat At O'a ID pt'r cant. Interest. One to live years time, secured by farm mon tage*. For further particular* apply to J. O. PATTERSON, Real Estate and Investing Agent. -July ! 1-tf Barnwell. 8. C. People s Bank -OF- • GRAHAMS. JS D. M. GUESS, Prfsidkxt. C. U WRQTKN, CAsnirR. conveniently drive, and be back again acros** the river lxf**retlu* Rangers could be notified and a scout ordered but to pursue tlie rascals. * The Mexican Rangers, or surales, were never on hand when them* raids ti*»k place, cod the Indians, emboldened by rtuceess in escaliing capture or battle even. atUtcked travelers going to and from the const ruction camp. This fact mine than any other induct'd the Ranger captain to tender nn ebcort to his friend, Capt. Wood, and alien .Miss Ethel, barely I? nnd fresli from an exst ern U'arding eclx*>l, alightixl from the train at 1M Rio. she was cmisidcrahly surprised, nnd not a little alarmed, at be ing gri*cted by a tall, handNomely pro- 'l portioned man. with a drooping mus- T>epo*U* soHeited, special attention i K« ven to Collection*. K’emittsf'ces ! made at lowest rate* of exchange*.— j Loan* made to farmers on good enlist- ; erals. (jaiifi-litn I J. rli Einstein, 111 CO^CiltK<S9k MTRF.KT, SAVANNAH a A Wholesale I>oaler In Gents*, Boy*’, Childrens' and Ladies’ Hat*. July4-1y E.H.SOIOMONS. —WITH— J. EPSTEIN & BRO., 'jki* !holesale Dealers In Dry Good*, Xo 129C’oxcr*6S Strk.kt, Savannah. Go ~July 4-1 y Charles Zissett, ^hPractica! Watchmaker. lache and dark eies. who wasciad in the picturcwpic garh of thc4langi r iwrvict*,-?— ixx>te<l, spurred and girdled with a cart ridge belt, from which dependeil a scab bard containing an ivury bandied six shooter. •‘You are Miss Ethel Wood?” inquired tlie stranger. “Y-e-s!” faltered the maiden, shrink ing bark at sight of hi* pistol and Win chicHter rifl* “1 am Corporal Nick Brown, of tlie Texas llangerx,” continued the tmrhur- ously ac^xmtcre«l young man. lifting his sombrero politely, nnd with u new light in his eyes ul sight of Ethel's wondrous beauty. “Tho eairtain sent me and my men down to escort you to your father’s camp, which, if we travel by umlailance. is a goml two days' march from hero. If you could ndc horseback, though,” he continued, “and we made an early start to-inorrow, we might make it by night.'’ “1 just dofe on horurback riding." an- •wer<Vl Ethel, and hePchecks grow rosier with anticipation* “At school I was . ^considered an excellent hoi>*woman. I am dying lb galhrp over one b/ your prairies” “We have no prairies out here," cor rected tlt^ conxirnl. “Our course lire across an arid alkali plain." First door south of Brown lIou*e, Barnwell (.’. H., S. C., offer* hi* services to the public. An experience of upwards of forty y.*ar* is the best guarantee that he know** hi* bu*ine«* and iaHl give *stl* faction in the quality of hi* work and fie moderation of his charge*. Reliable time keejier* for sale. ^sFotic©. On and after this date I wlH pay the highest cash nrlce for all Bound, Dry CottoR "♦oed delivered to me at the de pot at this place. \ J. ALLEN TOBIN. sep.Vtf Dr.J.H. E. MILHOUS, Dental. Surgeon. Blackville, S. C. as Will have regular appointments follows: Ab’Barnw'ell, C. H. from 1st. Monday . (or «Rles-day) in each month to Wed- uasday evening. Office at the Patter- •on House. „ At Hally’s, B. A. & N. R. R., from 3d Monday In each month to Wednes day evening. Office at Price’s Hotel. Will be at his home office at Blackville every Friday and Saturday from jst of Febrnarv to 30th September inclusive, —imr «v*frrfinTii(tRv^ , TittormiiTr«RTiTT=- day, from 1st October to 3Ut January inclusive. Will make appointments with patient* to meet them at either of his office* at ay time. mtients will find it more comfortable have their work dene at the office, though If desired will call on them at their reaidences anywhere within thirty mile* of Blackville. EMORY rStsSttzEi. poral Brown saw a low roofed building of stout plank, which Ih» knew wa* tin* . powder and dynamite magazine for Clark's camp. “If we can bold out for twenty min -j ntos”— be was thinking. Rut just then Ethel s horr-o stumbled and fell. Had he not reached nut quickly 3rd * ir.H her in hi* strong arms, she also would have been dashed to Ihe ground. Still galloping, he lifted her to a place on the saddle before him, nnd In* bor.se djudicd past tin* magazine, and com- , mcnerd to punt and slacken it* puce as I they IfCgan to climb the divide. “Wo can never hold out. It must be a fight to tlie death!" he gapped. For hi* men were already in the lead, with only the heavy laden pack mule behind him. • lu puK*ing the magazine the to’ilo fell to the ground and IJV there h* Iple**. This mocuentarUy •checked the ad- tan<v of the Indians, for the band halted to rob the jiaek. _ The delay enabl'd the Rangers to reach tin- top of the divide. Corporal Brown looked bark. Tlie entire Indian hand was grouped alxmt the fallen ipolr and the magazine. lie reined up his panting horse, set Ethel iqxin the ground, and leaping from the saddle lumeelf. cried: “Halt, men—lie low—the magazine!” Tlie Indians were already mounting, srhen ho raiMsl hi* rifle to hi* shoulder.’ took (piick aim at the magazine Ixlow, and with a firayer that the sliot might prove effectual, pulled the trigger - Almost simultaneously with the crack of the rifle was another rejiort tliat seemrel to rend the earth. The entire party was_ thrown down by the explosion, and even the horses stag gered and fell For‘all instant tbay lay thejp, and then Ckirporal Brown, with a confused tmz- zing in hiscars, row? slowlytn his fret. In tlie dry w ater course below a cloud of dust for a momentot*rurvd his vision: At this Ethel lauglud. and confessed but when t( settled he s^v only a gaping at she was only an ignorant girl from hole, on the edgeaof which wa ro-thecon- 1 fused fragments of tliat “the states.” She had caught the latter expression from her father’s letters. The corporal laughed also at her nai vete, and they instantly friends. * It was early in the afternoon, and se curing accommodations for Ethel at the w hat might lx* the bodies of lud.an* or hcnscs. he could.pol tell. L His bullet had exploded tlie dynamite became Jgood f* in the magazine ami llicy were safe. . “Thank God!” was his fervent as he helped Ethel to her feet. He did not mount again, hut, holding prayer. Sunset hotel, an edifice part adobe, part j her hand, walked across the divide to- wood and jart ith a canvas roof, i Aard Clark's camp. I^e “went into caniYP With4iis own little squad, purchased fodder and corn for the horses, and took such nn interest In securing comfort for Ethel that the lat ter dreamed of him all nighti and when tlie Mexican girl who was the general v factotum of the Sunset called her, w hile the-trigkr shadows still clung to the earth, she arooe without a murmur, al though ordinarily she loved to lie in bed j At early dawn the party was in the saddle, and trotted off up the “govern- i mont road" to the Pecoa and beyond. ;j As commander of the scout CoFporaJ Brown rode beside .Ethel, while the es cort and the single pack mule followed behind. They were fire all told, and ns there had been no Indian depredation lately committed. Corp° r| d Drown felt remark ably sure of turning Miss Ethel over to her father without accident. In his secret heart, however, he wished that the Indians might attack them; not that he wanted to jeopardize his fair charge's safety, but simply to show her how Rangers could fight. They camped for dinner at Moxon’s were wet presently by a big gang of the navvies, who had been alarmed by the explosion, which, so it was stated, was heard twenty miles away. Corporal Crown explained matters; hpt he made a longer explanation to Ethel, and a still longer opt* to her father afterward, who said in reply: “Jibe's young to marry, corporal, and I’d thought to keep her wfth me Several years yeti hut you’ve fairly won her, and she’s yours. 1 only exact from you one promise—leave the Ranger service and go hack east with me. My contract will be finished in about three mouth 1 *.’ Who can blame tliat corporal promising when such a treasure ni« Ethd was the stake?—Apache George iu Philadelphia Saturday-Night. there were two men to a Ixxi It was either that or walk the veranda, and so we turned in together and w ent to sUx>|l Part of the crow d w as to get up at J _ hyV Ju liic-umntimr. and I was mwd asToep when my jiartner crept out of Ix d to take tlie train. In fact, all were out- yf tho room when 1 awoke, and break- 'ast wnson-down stairs. 1 dregseifcaitd went down w ithout finding anything out >f way, and was rmolyng an after brenk- iast cigar w hen a man approached and >baerved: “Sir! you are my prisoner!" “Charged whh murder, 1 suppose?" I laughingly queried. “Almost as bad. sir It’s grand lar- jeny." “Woof! But you don’t mean it!" “Read thirt. 8ir.” Ami he hamlui me a telegram from a <tation twenty miles north of Decatur, A hich read: “Arrest and hold the man who shared :1ih lx-d with me in room No, 47. He Hole *11 my money. Hrxr." 1 tried to explain, hnt the constable had a duty to perform, and he performed it. He was to hold me until Ilunt could get IxtcYT nnd w e kti together on the veranda for tlie next two hours. Then a man dropped off the south bound pas senger tram and rushed up to us with the explanation: “Ah! \ou scoundrel, but I was too sharp for you!~ “I* your name Hunt?" “Ye*, sir." “Well. I want an explanation of this matter 1 w as the last oao up, and if you were robbed 1 don’t sec bow” “He’s got mv coot on his back right hero! * shouted Hunt, So 1 had, but'it litti’d me to a T, was of the same cloth nnd cjp.And I had had no occasion to iuHixx t tho |xx?keU. In the breast pocket was a wallet with $000 it\ if, and on Hunt’s hack was my own coat, lie wa* to blame for the change, having got up first and taken my rn«t. lie did Wot disoover the mistake until he want tu'purirtityfan* xm-ikm tram* One day in a Kentucky town 1 went to a livery stable to get a horse for a' ride into the country. After the rig was ready it hxiked so imioh like a thunder shower that I decided not to take it out A stranger^nme in ju.st ns I was going out, and later on 1 saw him drive by the hotel with the horse. Throe‘days later and 100 miles away a sheriff came up tc my room at the.hotel and said: “Well, you’ll have to go with me.** •“Vhieii way’?*’ “Tlie jail w ay." “For what'?” , “Stealing a horse and buggy at Blank- town." “But 1 never did." “Oh, come now. U> reasonable. It's a dead sure thing on you, and if you’ll tell me where the rig is I II remember tlip favor.” ‘•My friend, did you ever hear of Davy Crockett?*’ 1 asked. “Heaps of times." “He had a motto, you know." “Yes, and I’ve followed it. Here's your description to a dot, and I’m going right ahead. Where did you leave the rig?’’ I warned him that ho was making a mistake, but he rolled bis tonguu in hi* cheek and said he would take the chances. I therefore accompanied the sheriff to the county jail, where I foilnd two white men and four negroes locked up for various offenses. Their greeting I was us hearty and cordial as 1 could de~ ,-or► •(! r-'* t], a t the victim might lix»k at me* V»ol at ure fu *t glance he cried out: “CIrrat heavens! but ycm’ve—got the wrong man! Oh! I/»rd—oh! Lord! but we u ill all l>e sued for damages!'’ * ^hc sergeant hated to give up. but he mum ' “I have Ixi^ght tUomta;;»b of chests in pet> t he sale by Mnelliag tbo infu.*»d leaf ouiy, *u<l have coostAiitlj valued public sale ten* rm the samo plan Nevertheless, for Mending purposes, it is ftlaolutffly nec*wsary to fnste. I bad fourteen ywirs’experience in tasting on Dm mariot, afkl Left it (■leveo y«-«ni ago to tliat requirwt for groWUi, That too low, to ba the coaolusiaa al Uie— beat qualified to judge, >ept King ft that touporatur*, c.'r^ugh api4muiy uu etiunged. w l^n removed «oon «1:ik to d«Cwr. aos a|H>Rrsb11y from ov«-r ripeuesN* W fr«4a The rnrm>(rtHBU*r*the^ trnm-trodiA jeweler acknowledged hb( tnistakc coimixHiee to loarti what I never knew before the fwrmaneut sospenslno*^ all active foreoR. The process of docay, not that of ppamsg, takes po fas Ion. , ^ . California shippers of orongre hare rom# to the conclu.<uon that refi igerstrir carl Uu uot pay; in foci, that-hoooorsaAnRotf great koa. It areins that Jha cooditmaa niowl lisoiiTahtsiapitu out Uws in quality would be Mseurrd r»y ;#a ami w anted M-scttle, and knowing of a poor ls>y who w aa hungering for it Wat- erbury watch, 1 t<v»!c one and agreed to call it Mpiare. They djiTfTT find the right man, imt I recognized him on the strivdi* of Cincinnati a week later from the de scription given.-BTut as he was hanging aixmt the general deljg-erv window ol the |xw>to(Ui f 1 slid up to him and said: “There’s a detective from Nashville waiting for you at the right hand do»»r. He wants to inquire about”-—* But be went out nt the left band door before 1 could finish.—M. Vuad in Free 1’resa, -U>* art of blending U*a-*nd I am con- T stArertx.m hxvVng Ibv teuipvratnre so tow w Vinfoit that, for this growing departiw-nt ofx to check inot wholly dfroyi tha forass at -yw-a- Um trade, it i* not only necessary that a man riiould have a g<xxl ixilato and keen sense of •smelt, but that ho shotild, by constant atten tion, understand the srt of selerting such work In fruit, m hathur tu«MU forvus bacharn- ieul or orguuic—so low that spore* would uot b» actlvsrtiis sir so damp that moRaarw A Iteinsi Lnltle < a«e. A German medlcaf Jrtorrml relate* a remarkiible instance of the effect of ner vous excitement. “A locomotive engi neer on a passenger train, on rounding a curve, suddenly saw a train hUhi’I sixty yards ahead, and stationary. With great presence of mind he reversed his engine, ii ;Rpled for the bruaksto Is*applied and. by vigorous action, prevented a disas trous collision. Tho excitement of tlte moment was tremendous, but only :y vi olent trembling of the log* remained. • nt) he oontimmd at iiia post. But great mbcKief had Ik.*mi done. After five days l/e had to relinquish his duties, and lie gradually laxuiiue unfit for nil work. One© a robust, stalwart man. bo has be come very thin, his gait is slouching and toilsome, and his speech slow and stam- muring, lie is suffi ruri; from what is known a* ’railway* spine.’ a mont dis tressing disease. His digestion, fiiemory and uiiiUty to sl^p are impaired, and a singular diminution of nervPus oensibil- ity tins tnkeir place over his w hole body, so that he scarcely fre-U tli* prick t>f a needle sufficiently deep to bring blood. His legs art* also benumbed'up to the ten* tu will hlmid with each other. “A man umy have ever so keen a |ialat« sod scnsi) of Mnell, and tw ablu to value tea to a farthing per pound, and yet be no blt*!i<#>r. Having p*riduce«l a blend ntceMs- fully, the abihiies of a blender aru toverely tried by bis having to maintain its quality and character, aud nothing but constant practice, indomitable perseverauee and skill wiil enable tiitn to succeed." All this would go to show that a tea taster must be a verj' Kup*rior mortal imleed, and a good blender u veritable boou and l•leA»ing to men. Indeed, If nil the nice qualities enu merated come out in his private hfs “witco the euterprising blender * not a bienduig," Us must be an oruarneat to the socioty he graces w ith hi* pmeoco. Foodbly he" might even lot his lliouchts take poetical form and give them to the world under the title of “la- j fusnrix” e We are all aware that his is a perilous craft, iurirfivinj attack* of hoeikieiie aud gid diness, owing to the action of tbe eosentlal oil, which has been known to produce puf- , olysisdn persoiu employed iu habitually pack- ; lug tea. Of his Ccurage nnd scientific dev<v 1 tioo to his prof»«Io:i there can be no douhtTl He it is who realises the proper proportions . of volatile oil, theme, a nitrngeuou* com- * pound uualogou* toeaxiine or gluten, a modi fication of tannin end such nice thing* os “gum, sugar, stnrefi, fat, woody filler, salts, etc.," which are discoverable in tee, aud be would reuder oo small service to the world if ho woukl tell us exactly which is the very best way to make Ms. DOCTOR:! ntKKKR OVER TH* fSB OR TTX Doctois differ over ihedivteUc aud medical uses of tho eastern leaf. While mjuis physi- 4 cisus havo overpraised its yaluo, other.! have regarded it as the source of many disease*, esjHvially of tbe nervous system •Still, on the whole, tbe coacensusrf cpintuuis iu favor would not escape, while the temperature and mouuue should remain ■wifevaa AyfIm^ as well a» potatoes, tiurte>l ta thee, so covered a* to be protected from heat ami frost, come out in the spring as fresh and bright ns when buried in tbe fail ( u Gropes, pU Ucd and wilted, then hatted (a ♦ rtone Jan three feet hetov the itfei e. \ will come ant with stems green and frait (tiuinp ami bright In tlieso two cane the tMuperetifrn rptimins its .re uniform fbaw'^ * could result with atasosqiisrie expr^nna- Cehs*. Isrs be v tog springs hi them qr sp-eams pom. , ing through them are noted for kontfi^ ap-. phaaml yeg«tab)m fmh, evAi until fate (lie ** * next season. Tbe water acts as a regulator * < of both temper store and mntstara nietho<U of storage approach tha ouod^Uuaa,^ •pedlfed above, aud the nearer the aprirua&i the bettor tbe n>*ulb ^ ,T * If these cwndUioas ate favarnbla-for Mm «« preeervatloo ol fruit la %U it# Magn of. rip* nen, tha quest ioa arism, How «p«NP the ba»t and mot ecooovnically sccureni The cr«swncfie« and milk rooms now tn'nj4 M western states present the mast satlufaetssp solut ion of the pcxMdsa^ as ht fiMA kWgJBwp conditiuRe are ecxstomically ixedised lg their Sjost perfect form. These rooms ars ( Idtlose*! 4 v on the top, hottufn and side* Mtb fliuK dea41 tit air sporoe, with doable doors for eatruot*, end t bey are made as ueepfy uir-tgght aapas. Able. . ^ kYorh nir is snpp!l«i at the bottobffhftoigh a suhterranean |suwnge about twelve reds long and eight to Mr deeW-hekMwebaaarface of the eartlx TUI* psaags is 4>ftft wide and 1 font hi’gh, formud of stoue work. Through it a cotistant current of air Is isuaing Into * tho room. Tbe twaperetareo# Mds sir Is roo ds •reck.’ Slanaglng an Aqnsrlum. I have a very handsome aquarium filled with gold fishes, and until lately it kept a boy in the store busy. 1 had the water changed every other day. and. of course, cleaned out the whple aquarium whenever the fresh water was put in ^na^wl T <a>wii:.•p-hsja* «*»»“»»••«««•«• «<>*mm rnrret tluu the ioumev would Im so “hat I began to Hilnk that the fish were a : me, ami 1 put In about four hours prao- stre, and the sheriff bad no sooifer de parted than I was jetted on the txLck and invited to tell my story. I told it and was laughed at for trying to stuff old veterans with any such chaff. 1 slept on a pine bench in one of the cells, aud wa* rather glad when morning came. 1 knew the qheriff had telegraphed 4ot c..ir** in rruwaH. * We were out on SurUrr’s coffee plan tation a few days since, and were sur prised to ace what ho had done, says a writer in Tlu* Hilo Record. In less than a year he has cleared in tbo heavy forest ten acres •( land and set out over y.OOU coffee plants. He has done all the work himself, and it Shows up' well. Tlie first planted cotftn* trees show a grow tli of from ton inches to two feet, .and look thrifty. The only blight we could dis cover was where the coffee had been planted under kukni trees, and bince they have been cut down tlie coffee is recov ering from the blight. But the second year from now there is but little doubt that many of the trees planted will com mence to hear. "This aa soil seems to be tlie home of the coffer, and wo hoiie that in a few years there will he not only ten acres, but 104)00. ^The labor of cleaning is comparatively little. And it will Ik? necessary to lot most of the olua trues stand for shade to the plants. not tnebriatrs. We nro toJ.l that tUeine hr.s the Cflret of di^ minishing the daily waste or disintegrutiou of the bodily tissues, and that by it* oon- mimptioo the health am! streugth hf ffik body will be niAiutaiued in on equal <Ugrou upon a smallor supply of food; ten, therefore,.saves food—ninnris, to a certain extent, hr tbe ptaee * of nourishment, “white at tbe same time it •uothr* the limiy and enlivens the mind." , It is also known that cold ton U a nvxit use ful arliclo of diet for soldiers rainpaigning, and that it is largely patronised by sportsmen ‘ and peo]il('engaged m agricultural labor ia trolled and segutated by that of 4$B earth at the depth of the (loaaaca Moistip? m depot- . I ited if the tetuperuture (s increases, «o 0* to , give iieariy a uni/n^m amount in tbe rami.* j I’rofCMOC Ansold is aathorMy f<^ rnyuig-* 1 that, while tha extremes of j thorn OaUsyal-jr frQci iJfi?j yaiega. below, these rooms teiuperntura over ft dega during tfta ariiforndy remaining near U0 : ia pure, and the room ia pcr!*-'t 04 ajuii^r room. VentiUtion U perfect, wiflb uniform iMtiinorat.nr* anil amicturw ' •R . f *44 temperature and molstura 1 - Km-H a buUdiHg OsmI ao# baej can Iw buih of ixmrm km bats tof-eiv sheeted with btflidutg paper, art _ |*(itf>age can bo put down for flow $» I per rod, depending upon thei* •oil and tlie proximity of stooe. knowledge Uim% auy oicb opphniier kiahaaq hot weather, and iaeald by enmiHiit sc leu lists nsod fur kceptug fruits and vegelahtofy Am ift . . jmote all vital actions;" t>qt seems to present ju.4 the conditions deefeuarir » # * to I«able to “promote i w , tbfc rcr.l fart of tho matter is that tbo public retaining every valuabie qnafltr **** find it very hard inured to get a cup of good and vegetableo, and fur cbacfckig duORy.-* * H 1 Fruit Trade Journal. tea. A lyogleal Mtml. Employed in tho erection of .1 large building in New York last summer wax a workman of pronounced Milesian type, much of whose time waa 8jR*nt in loan ing on his hod nnd making droll com I ruents ujiou everything lie aaw or heard, f while the cry of “Mortl mort!” rati^ out frequently. , “Pat," said tho foreman, sternly, “why don't you keep that man going?” “Auy. now,”^answered Pat. “If I kept him going ho wouldn’t have anny- thing to say. nt all, at all. And if ho didn't «ay annything, how would I know that he was there? Aud if ho wasn't there, fwat would he he wanting of morther, sorr?”—Harper's Mairazinu, regret that the journey would bo so soon over. * It was 5 o’clock in the afternoon when tho crossed the Pecoa at Dead Steer ford, and there wero still twelve mile* of rough riding before them. The horses w ere jaded, and when the corporal ordered a gallop, and set the ex ample by spun ing. ajticad on his black charger, w ilh Ethel ai hiaxide. the other horses responded reluctantly, and it nv quired a hlteral use of the spur to keep them nt that gait “Wo’ll get to your father’s camp by dark,” said tlie corporal, leaning over in uL» waddle- nuisance, and was thinking of getting rid of them,’when 1 happened to meet another fish fancier ami told him of ray trouble. He sent ihe off to get some long grass which I put info the aquarium nnd left to attend to the purification of the water. It does its work’ well. 1 clean out the aquarium only twice n month now, and the fish are .just as lively nn 1 aa healthy as when 1 changed the watci three times a week. The grass seem* to absorb the carbonic acid in the water and„returns to tlie fish the oxygen they want.—Interview in 6t» Louis Globe- DcmocrcL ticing on the way 1 meant to crush him when he appeared. At 10 o'clock, when he appeared, I was trying to understand a game of cards called euchre or echo, or something like that. My partner was a negro, in for cutting somebody with s razor, and I remember he was saying that he had a lone hand and had mop ped the floor with the vicious opposition. It might have been a lone hand, or a solitary hand, or a full hand—l can’t say. 1 remember, however, that some of the cards had chromos on tiiexn, while others were covered with spot*. The liverv man came in with a look ol KJMiTSTBbliaMflL '■■■" Iri Considerable damage has M-en caused in Northern and (Central California .by tho rainfall, which is asserted to be the heaviest that has taken place there since the memorable year of 1649. Tlie small farmers and fruit growri^s who devel oped lauds along the Sacramento river appear to !>e the principal suffi-renf,- and their losses will bo heavy, Tlie- levee system proved of hut little avail again>t tlie forces of nature, and bud breaks oc curred at many poiutA The towns, of -Colusa and Chico were In condUt*#abie danger at one moment, hut were foiaily etived after grew efforts on the pari cf the citizen*.—1’hiladelDhu Ledger. Taste in this matter likewise needs educat ing. .Many have au extraordiuary perverse liking for strong tea—of the sort quaintly de scribed by an old Irishwoman being capa ble of “taking a'powerful grip of tbe socoad •rather;” ths great majority boil tbo leaf, and commit tbe fatal error of letting it stand too long; too often tbo student Is addicted to tbs treorhorou* habit of keeping off bis nat ural •K<ep by tlie frequent uso of tbe decoc tion, aud in ibis usu of the stimulating draught tho list of sinner* on tbe overstrong side is a long oiki. Tbcro U rosily nothing better to traveled thRTf tea, but how rarely do w* find ill course the delicate lux ones of the boudoir, that lovely laboratory wherein the fair cun* ningly concoct the fragrant dish, are not here alluded to. id such favored qiots tea making has been carried to tbe bright of a fine art, but we s]«ah rather of the thin liquid vended to the publio at baffets amt small ahopa—-surely it ran bo improved, with 00 extra expenditure as regards material, by some eLoser and more scientific method than that now habitually in vogue. Wo have coffee stalls, and they are largely patronized, aud it might not be a bad idea to start tea stalls whereat real tea could be pro cured fur a few pence. Anyway, when w* . read of all the wonderful knowledge of tbe tea tasters and tbe blenders, and when we reflect on tho hundreds of nuhiotls of pounds that we aqnualiy import, and their signifi cance to our revenue, it L but fair to axk that som* censihle preacher will arise and 1 •a Coolie Carrier*. ' * ’* The coolies of tlie East Indies who are em ployed a* oar tier* among tbe ■MMniurino, are • - l wonderfully fine fellows for this sm'vioa > ^ Mr.-Vuiecut tell* what was done by his oka servant: 1 He carried my bagga#* up the ftiouotaio on a sharp tflbt, and reached the hotfl hfV'w ttvo hour^aftor my arrival The wei^it of tbe tHirden was nearly '•igbty pounds, aftl # tho distance was thirty iftdeR. «Tbo hill <t tribes, breathing a cool and thvtgpntiag ffp t are aloue equal to such fefta. otakoo cuing j to the Western Illiuatays*, f aftermirda em ployed coolies who poeseand tbd iawft woh ^ •( derful mUimina. * * They wen* spkmlicHpokuig men. hkorft buO ;T -* thickset, and very muscular. w)flb oHrw-. J brown skins, piercing black *fH, thhf, ^ hair, and regular and hatvisome fewtwfa* 1^9 One of this class «f vum «4U Mmf Mtljr- f pounds upua his book, ur fifty pounda ufou. r . his bead, for fifty miles up tbs bill*, iir twenty hour*. His chsrgft for ttrti ls hhu * , rupee (fifty cetfUi.—YooUm’ Compaaiom- - t!:- + Malaria aud SunAowers. lo a recent fawwa oT t^e TtasafirTmedlcal Medltzfna, a Journal, The Medltzfno, a eftutfffiutor eu»- phaiicmllv draws atUnnWo IS the eocnnvMi suiifiowurVi an excelMit and <Mp’sdhau- tute for quialne In thsmaiWuuftM BMtoriet fevers of all puavlda foratx The rqnvsdy Jm* been from tiaje immemorial rm) fur tho purpoaa in the Russian -as well ns Tarkinh popular medicine, and tell us exactly what to do with onr Hyson, our Orange Petfbe, our Souchong and our • after the following 9U* A U+ ^filtol Bofeea. W'* hear a good deal of the peculiar psycho logical action of tea ou tbe animal economy; surely it I* not too much to say that half the evils we lay to its '*Uarg? are due to our own persevering iguorauc* ia the matter of its brewing and the inudlemice with whiuH we aroept the inferior cup proffered to ua.— London Telegraph. Canery colored bnlliaots clustered in the renter of a ruby chicle form a ring sorting of a recuerdw c nler. ; V> IcMwely with finely cut du of recent flower* and stem, and then vwitn vodka aqaa vitae. The bermstically corked vessel la MR X* stand under the sou s rays, or at scene warn* ,j f place, for two or three day* The tincture i* then ready for use. awTsboald be give* 1 small wine glassful threw tim*a * At** T eent com*, com; snenin from one to three daye; stmate aud inreteraie, not 1 The remedy p/ovvi case* Where ipimine and mean* failed.