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m- ■7 -4 W' ■Mf, Si-sasBibefcfi*^***- ^-k-.' --9.' -j> >■<•'.■«' * -’.'.l:"•(•»( Ts^A ■■ ^ "v«#. • *> w?tf? •t'k w N ^C ; J& ■v»♦'-iatiw-s -rrrrir yOL. XI1 X. BARNWELL COURT HOUSE,S. C., JULY 3, 1890. .. jpn ■ ' : ' i '’ P<E SPIRIT^ OF THE WORMING. ” ' - * .m •* »' • \*hlle KIght y« hold* ffer gway la periapt peace. When palmg Btara ahfce itlii In'sr.fceel gray, And sink to sleep ’urath light of coming day. The spirit of Morn—the early wakened breeso— Arises from her rent and nature frees; Wings gently o'er In devious, careless way * And sings a mprnutfouss caressing lay Tp hills and fields and softly aoswt ipg trees; While still all s wrapt in fleecy, clitfgfng'mift, Its ragged wreaths of loveliness are borue' And float on her strong pinions to be kissed AntLmken to herself by smilingMqro: / Sbe hire to sleep ^Jbe wargoUs of the night, And bears tike rich huod banners; of the li^ht. —fl«fry Uiipman PurUey In Washington Poet / BURGLARS. ■ —-& To Polly Haviland the listless Juna ^ay w;us inexpiessihly iluH, almost uu ■ bearable. ' Hero she was afl alone in that big bouse, with no other company save sjier own morbid thoughts, and her brother Dick's chimpanzee, the relic of a deceased uncle, a sea captain, who bad returned from his last voyage ut terly broken down in health, and to mischtevious Dick's great delight he fouud-him.seIf the possessor of liipper, 1 bo Ihs darling wish was g rati fled. What else could any one expect but £bat the household was constant!| kept in a state of furor and appre* leusiOu when the capricious DicTc^was ombarrassmont, ‘‘Can I, be of any service to youf’he implored, quietly removing his hat “Oh, yes, sir; I don’t know—that is —I—I think there is some one in the house,” Dolly managed to stammer, at last loosening her tongue. ‘Tea, 1 see; it is quite likely that {here is some one in the house. I called to see Mr. Haviland—Mr. Harry Hav* iliuul,” lie- returned, with an amused smile, not appearing to interpret her her words or actions. \ ‘‘You do not understand mo, sir,” not paying a bit of attention to his (alter remark. '';. ^XJnderstand you?” hq„. echoed; “Your wortls were quite lucid enough laughs v\ for me ;o roim t elicnd. ibctji, n iwnrd ^UlJMltes. ing her with d stiange h>ok, and no doubt the thouglit entered his brain a mild l entered, and such a scene as was pro- j sented to the sight of the trio it is al most impossible to depict. . Littered indiscriminately about the floor were bits of glass, bric-a-brac, the remains of what was once an exceed ingly handsome pair of vases, a pillow here and some bed clothes there, chairs overturned and scattered over {ho floor were numerous boyish trifles and trinkets, while tied to the leg of bedstead, and viewing the ruinsfwith a complacent and self satisfied gaie, was Ripper himself. The ludicrousness of the strange scone seemed to at once strike the as tounded trio, and the heartiest • f laughs were in place for the next feyv When the mirth had subsided some what, explanations followed. It scorns that Harry and Ralph had ived on different trains, and that he was in converse with sixties of lunatic. “Rut I am all alone in the house,” i ihmugh some inddverUMico or mtsuu- whh pathetic entcea^ dl ' rstunclil ‘« « ad missed each othor, and so without further ado had i% A SENATOR’S REMINISCENCES. Murdrrors Set at X.tberty la Dakota—One of Tliom Itoccuif* a I.**gial«tor. “A tenderfoot judge from the cast, when I went out to Dakota fifteen years ago,” said Senator Pettigrew, “was holding court on the extreme frontier in a town on the banks of the Missouri river, when it chanced, that an indictment foVmurder brought against $hreo met) who had hauled a hoi-sq. thief to a telegraph |K>le. The accused were released on a their own bonds, and when the day came for their trial they came into court, unac- compauied by im attorney, and ad : vance<1 toward the judge, each one of r them with, his hand on a brace of 41 j cuiiW revolvorsTaud moved that the j case !.»e adjourned fv)r a year, during \v 4 hich they should be released ;us l>e- fore on their personal bonds. The! -judtye promptly granted the mcllOtl, { THE UBIQUITOUS HAIRPIN, a Woman U Hefal. she insisted, ““and I have reason to believe there arc burglars” - ———- 5 ., At that instant there was a tremen dmis noise in the aipjxir part of the so tireless in his teachings to master Ripper. Mrs. Haviland, with the children, liad departed early in the forenoon to Bpcud the day with a lady friend, and, for some unaccountable reason, Norah insisted that dire necessity called her forth also. It waa now about the middle of the ftftcrn6ou, and Dolly had returned lo ■ttinnrmatinWw a liitMT’pi'nJgtn^ from the parlor, a favorite nook of j ers. , ••) > ller ramble through the house had afforded her no*relief from her restless paired immediately to,.the house. Ralph Inid arrived fird, as lias al ready been shown-^and just as tlie third pistol shot rang throughout the house Harry had appeared., Ripper, it was' obvious, bad grown tired of his,unwonted inactivity, and so had proceeded to scour the house on a tour of investigation. he at Once made tmnself fct borne,-and, in nosing ■tkroifnd, ran across a revolver which Dick had left loaded since the Fourth dwelling accompanied by the report of a'pistol, which resounded throughout the house with ominous distinctm-ss. *W ith a cry of distress Dolly flung back the dtx>r and would have been out la the open air had ijot the strong arm of the handsomki stranger tlk.f;tTnc<l . , „ her, as lie-pushed his way in, saying, Eiit^ring Dick_s ja>°m, in a quiet, eve ( n tone: ' “Becalm, miss; you have nothiagp to fear. I shall investigate.” • | So T suiting the action to his words, ! of July. — : 1 he proceeded to mount the stairs, but : With human like perspicacity he“ ( a hand on. his arm stopped him. - 1 I discovered the means of discharg j remarking subsequently tbiktlheargu ment in its behalf was the most pow erful he had ever heard in a court of tawr “When the year bad gone by no v further action was instituted, until it happened that one of the three mcn , 4 _ wax elected to the legislature. His seat 1 was contested, and life contestant, 4 wishing to throw odium upon lussid- 1 c Iean curtains and birds the rtrmttng vcrsiirv, hud him arrested under the strings broken; she will take a bair- ohl indictment for murder and connn : l pin it thw end of tape ed fn the jail, which was immediately < an( j w j t ^ mU ch ]>atience work the hair pin through the hem; the points may Tb« Kameroug Ways That Mak«s the Deal Wl*o Tlie hairpin is an indispensable arti cle to a woman’s toilet. She could not get along without oner A nothin may spend one |i6ur in dressftig, Ahd half the hour is usually occupied in arrang ing ber hair, which she skillfully twists into coils becoming to her face, and to keep it in place she will uise about one dozen hairpins. A woman fludaa hairpin useful in many waysj-and iTshe be about to bo gin that important opera'.i'ci nf disqr- - ranging everything, callej -'bouse cleaning, it i,i safe to say shu will put one extra jmi in her hair mi l w ti) need it lief ore going far in her n many a crack, crevice and corner .* poked into with its aid. It is worMirs'THbst useful ally, and with her skill in using it becomes a kind of combination t»x>l that can bo used in many ways. Somelimes the of a trunk is lost, and the inevita ble hairpin is used to push back the spring and the lid is raised. 4 While scrubbing it is used in every corner to poke out the dirt In fixing up her ftxnus she may want to hang m ^ • ■■ ^ - • vs-k^^t -% * m j *** Ao Umtrrlla r.nt4 t*Ainm«nt* A Huladelphiani has an umbrella bought at the Paris exposition with which he has been alarming, or amus ing. as the case rhay be, his friends. ■ One evening he ax'u.t talking with a companion aiohg a lane hear his' surburban residence. It was raining slightly and the umbrella was hoisted. While they were iu deep conversation a noise 'like the firing of a toy pistol wtis heard, followed by ^ slight Vvhiz- zitig sound ^ if some light body was rushing rapidly through the air. In a second a pretty pi«^e of fireworks burst overhead and sent down a glittering shower of. multi colorptl ’ fire, ^he friend made a startled movement, peered cautiously around in the dark > - . - m ss and remarked Xhftt it was a queer i -the most oomical way imaginable. sort of a night for anybody to choose to give a pyrotechnic exhibition out in— the country. Tlie owner of the umbrella assented and they resumed their walk. Pretty soon there was another ex- plosion, and a second rocket bhr*t high up in the air. A ttiinT and d fourth followed in rapid succession, causing the mystified man to jump . . . - — J - ‘ * * ParroU haveiiH the bei$ the world. Mrt. AI^e 8hair r cal whistler, had a cockatoo that’ fairly viadictive and never forgave an enemy/ ■ On the hand. Borne of tlie paroquets h#ye very” affectionate dispoeitiona. Ma Blaine had a little one in her for a time that whiled away by itifnnr ny tricks many a weary hoar for invalid.' A cousin of Mrs. Ogden had a very clever paroquet. * It equ&! f< to a whole tmupe of ctrea* clowns,'and when her three children had Che measles together it amused* them all thrbtfgii their convalesehhtf playing hide and seek with them in in a greatly excite^ equally convenient situation td-revel was quickly calmed, beneath the room in the court house where the legislature met. The county was not willing to pay the prisoner's board, nor would the town or territo rial authorities, and so the contestant paid it. But he lost his case ami there- ~ ~ -r*-- r --4S - — catch in tne g<. she wiTT persevere, and eventually g^ts it through and goes merrily on with however, when the umbrella’s proprt— ^ died, and they called it sine or -A 1... . % 1 - A A 1 1 J 111.*.*. 1 » M -O- ‘ ^ ^ etor handed it to him and told him to touch a small protuberance thatap* iwamt to be simply a part of the clab orate ornamentation. Then the fifth rocket ascended. “The show is_ovcr,” -said the returned traveler, “for you can only load the stick with five pieces of fireworks at a time. 1 paid $123 her work, as tho hairpm l.w saved her for tUu um i,rellaand 100 l.sals, but < pleaded. “They will hu you—kill you, jjerlmps.” “Have no feurns regurd^myisafcty; mrt you, shoot * s, ‘ lf whon Rulph Everleigh rm Lu&JumL | and put nicnt rushed in stop to his ruinous amuso- ujpon announced that lie Would not 41^' iuc hia iimaimaLtW- amipuJB atiy. the troublfl AjLjfuing dfttfuatairs JaiJk thoughts. , Everywhere and iu every nook And corner WBs prcvuleut the saiw* oppress- | jvo silence, and she groaned aloud i when she contemplated the hours she ! must put iu before the return of her. mother or Norali. i Even Ripper, she noticed, as she ikvhmxI his hunk ip ih* little alcove in | the rear of the long hallway, was slumbering ptMicofully and serenely, [ appearing not at all desirous of in dulging his mischievous and. wicked prank*. “He, even," Dolly murmured, nod- sung toward the innocent looking Rip | per, “doesn't wmuh at al) inclined to break tiiis horrible stillness. 1 believe should go moil if l hod to endure this ory long,” she added, half iu j»n»t. ^ )ia!f iu earnesL Returmftg to the nook in the bay window, she snugly ensconsed herself ju a a illow rocker. Catching up a hook of her favorite author, she sought to find solace and oblivion in its pages, but even hero yherc was not a jot of the interest ihaHiad always before enthralled her mind. With an impatient mutter she aj lowed tlie volume *o fall to lu*r lap, j and, clasping her hands above her j head, leaned Ixick, the personification ,of indolent ease. “Ralph Everleigh,” slio mused— “quite a pretty name. I doubt, how ever, if .he is tlie saint Hurry has r*5 .^ported him to be. I suppose I should l».n omlvableloUkc-taMof n.jwif,” jl 1 * ««*,J**. I r n j.inrjllv rrnliikxK^ _ Ripjx*r, <'Viuently angort'd beyond cp- dursmee by the beliigerent attitude as- t; i “1 beg of yr^u, sir, not to risk your life in tW manner. Go to tho jmjIicc stition and get an officer.” ^The last was ihdiverod with such pleading pathos that the young fellow was half ineiined to follow her uidles, but a sj'cond pistol shot at that mo ment quickly defined his purpose in the negative. ^Turning from Dolly he hastened up the stairs to the portion of the house - from whence came the shot. IH>llv hastily followed him, and as she made the top lauding iu the third story and looked, down the hull, she saw her opportune caller halt before the door of her brother Dick’s room. fron» which strange sounds proceeded. _81ie had taken but a faw steps when the stranger flung open the door and fudied into the ujxirtmeuL. Hiiuuitaucously there came from within the most horrible cri»*s, screams, then another pistol ahol, fol- lowed by the sound of breaking gloss and what appeared a slight scuffle. Dolly 's senses then deserted li<*r. and with.a shsill scream she fainted away. After u few moments she threw i>lf her .jncouseiouxness to find herself re dining upon a couch in the sitting room, and her ears were greeted with a couple of the heartiest iauglrs imag ina’nlo. Glancing up to the faces of those above her she recognized her brother Harry and her handsome acquaint ance of a few momenta liefore. I , Both were looking down atlirr wit 11 expect nothing more thtn the common 4 anillsod 00 u U to nances, and DolW m the young men of his — age.' !>u at run from My Prince Raphael,” with a no the book in her lap, “is all exception ito tlie ruLe, but then this deviation exists only in imagination.' “Harry has graduated and is through with college. Ho wrote ine that Tie would b#*homc jx)sitively this week, accompanied by Ralph Everleigh, and liere it is Friday already and there has been no sign of him. His letter plan ned such jolly times during Ids vaca tion, with Ids dear lialph’ as cTfaporon, nml he even went so far as to warn me to he careful my heart 1” she con- clude<! satirically. And softly dosing her big blue eyes, which, all unconsciously, had liocome unmistakably moist, she gave herself up to reflection. \ Suddenly a noife overhead, as if of ft stealthy f<x)tstep, seemed to straight en her lithe form; her orbs took on ,a fearetl look; her slim^ncrveless hands became rigid as they fell to her lap, and all the bright color left her dim pled little face to be replaced by a deep pallor. • “Burglars I” ’ Dolly involuntarily cried, rising unsteadily to her feet. “Oh, what shaH 1 do?” her voice dying away in a painful waiL ‘ ‘At that instant there was a terrific peal from tho ^oor bell, and hardly liad its reverberations died away ere Dolly heard quickly retreating foot steps above her, as if the author of them had become appixdiensivA; and had quitted the scene; " With quaking heart and tottering Blep she hurried to answer^the ring. And oh, how sbe did hope and pray jLliatthe caller might be her father, or Dick; and what if h should be Harry i ' TW very thought gave her strength, and a moment later she tremblingly idled the bolts back, and hastily opeu- the door looked out t was not Mr. Haviland. nor Dick, was it Marry, but a tall, dark 'com- xtoned young raau, with th^pret- liest of raven like hair. ' But when Doll^SJ-eulijed that the caller was no acquaintance or relation of hers, her face assumed a disap- unuvu.U oncb/livined that aometlung had occurred. Rising to a sitting posture, she re gnrded them with a strange mixture of wonder and perplexity, a confused hxik creeping iutu her eyes. Glancing up into her brother’s/ace, she snid, rather petulantly: “What is the men inn g of all this, Harry? When ditl you come? I do believe this is soil*- trick tc place me in this undignified position, to say the least of it,” and her sweet red lips as sunieJ a decided pout of disapproval. , Stooping down, Harry Haviland lovingly kissed the pout from his sis tor’s lips, and said in a composed voice: “No, my dear Dolly, I assure you it is entirely inconsistent with my mi ture/o indulge in such pranks. You shall see in amoment. Meanwhile Do rothy, allow mo to acquaint you with Mr. Ralph Everleigh.” ’* And Ralph Everleigh, tho most timely caller, bowed and quietly took the waxen little hand extended to him so shyly, while its owner could only stammer and blush and hang her head *iu confusion. This handsome fellow, with such curling locks of glossy black hair, a well trained mustache of the same hue, and big black orbs to augment tlie classic contour of tho noble look 1 - itig face—he Ralph Everleigh—he of whonvber brother had so often fondly spoken. 1 DoUy qr/uld scarcely credit it, and the belief at once formed itself in her mind that the eulogies of flarry when shaking of Ralph Everleigh were not in the least exaggerated—on the con trary were only half advanced. - seems, however,” continued Harry Haviland, “that some unfor tunate accident lias completely fore stalled me In my presentation. I was lucky enough to arrive on the scene at the culmination of A most tragic act in tttfc'drama, and just in time jto eflect the escape of the hqro from a decided ly unpleasant contretemps, and was so fortunate asiq also be of service to the heroine,” anti with a merry twjuklc sumeddby himself iu the mirror,.cast tho revolver, with unerring aim at tho reflection, to the utter destruction of the mirror. Descending to the lower fl<x>r, they were in time to greet Mr. and Mi’s. ; Haviland, who had returned together, and when at last Dick had made com plete the family circle the scene of the ruin was once more viewed and the story n-j'ostcd. This was the Inst straw that broke the cord which Ixmud tli* unimpressi ble Dick and his protege such close friends, and then and tliere Rtpjier's fate was inexorably decided upon. “It’s no use; Eve.stood this lotig enough, l^'s got to go!” and Mr. HavHand was firm in his purpose. The next day Ripper went to bright ! en the home of Some other unsuspect ing victim and you may be positive his departure was followed by very slight regret. A wrek later .the family dejiarfed fur the moan tains., accompanied by Ikilpli Kverkigh, whoh.al long before decidetl to i;iai;e one of the party, and had no such previous intention .lx*cu tho'ught <>f, he could hardly have re sisted tho importunities of Dorothy I luyilaud’s-swect face. And such ihdightful times as were indtilgfal in for the next couple of months could seareedy have fafred to produce any other result than that w hich followed. Harrv Huviland saw it all, and a look of complete .satisfaotion lighted up ids face as he observed how devot ed and solicitious to e.udi olhuis com fort they were. After all. it was nothing more than he had hojx;d for, and planned. During a ramble through a pictur esquq glen one enrh' autumn day Doll v declared thnt s.ie must have a longer. So, inasmuch as no one else ' w ould b< c» 41c iTSiX'iisible for it, the ‘ man was lilx’ratcd, walked up utiiirs and took his s«at in ilue fonrt in the | leglsfaii ve body, of whiuh I was my- i wd C a membeV.** 4 Senator IVitigrew had some account i to give of tlie town of Biamnrck, which ! ‘was in those days the terminus of tlie ; Northern Rnciife railway. That center of popiilation was then com|K>sed of w ventecn Maloousaud gamUing houses and thirteen other building*. When ! Mr. Pettigrew arrived a variety show, admission fifteen cents, was l»cing given in the middle of the principal idreG in a big tent, A parson, one of , tho enthusiastic missionaries which i such an exigency in civilization's ad- , vance brings into being, was mounted i on a box outside the tout 'declaiming j on tho advantages of salvation for the ! benefit of a gulheiingof gambler*and , other rough characters of all degrees, i This distraction annoyed the manager of the variety show, and presently he came out, amt moulding upon another j box shouted: - ’ “Gents, salvation is fr«e all the year i round; tfiia show is fret for precisely thirty minuh.s.” Au^Kwrpy mnn in tho pr'T»eh''r*s au dit uce, witlioutp mom^iit’s hesiuition, deserted the parson and walked in to sco the show. “Novorthcless,* grew, “my ehsor jthe gamblers and camp have a very g;vut respect for, the cloth. In finv wild western towi think it is worth the money. - The stick is,'of course Jyqllpw, atid t^e fer rule is closed with a lid that works on a hinge. A detonating apparatus is worked by the pressure which you have just made on the handle and makes the K{>ark which conimunicutcs with tho miniature rocket. The whole thing is ingenious but simple when you come to uudcrstauJ it" - Phila delphia Inquirer. MUIske* o| Greet Crltlra. Horace Walpole called Dante “ ex travagant, absurd, disgusting; in short a Methodist parson in Bedlam?” Sam uel Pepys, Esq., thought “Othello” a “ mean tiring;” and “Ifidauminer's Nights Dream,” “the most insipid. little while ago-this bird came to a »or* ry end. ft w as very fond of a certain^ cold cream prepnration, which usually standiiig on its mistress’ table for application after she had out in the wind. Once ot twice the jar was left u netv Credit dipped bb much of its body a4 Was convenieiH^y pos-silde inside, then fluttered the corner of a picture frame of Borne Mi grease. Afu r one of theae debOoebeB m other sort of pokou'ng.- Mail ami Express. - f ’ ’ -New •t Many little things she wishes to hang up and often has no tacks handy; she will break off a piece of hairpin j and make it answer for a tack, ami I wlien bent into the shape of the Tetter • S it will suspend fancy articles from ! gas fixtures, and by twisting the hook it can bo made to hang just as desired. | Some one gives a great pull at the | doorbell and breaks the wire; rather than have callers knock or kick on the door a woman will hunt that break, find it, Luke a hairpin and splice the wire and the bell is in order again. Sometimes tho wire that binds the ribs of an umbrella to the stock breaks; this can easily be mended with a hair pin by stringing tho wires on it and ! ridiculous play I ever saw iu ray life.” moving thecapdown and twisting the Bacon’s “Instauratio Magna” was de- hairpin close, and it is done. A wo- scribed bran eminentcontempororary man with the aid of a pair of pincers can easily do this herself. The hairpin often serves as a shoo and glove but toner. House plants can ho kept in u healthy condition all winter by using a hairpin once a week to loosen the soil iu tho pots.—Exchange. Whjr Ohio la the “lliickrje Stele.** * ii l Senator Petti- ratioa lias iieen that roughs of a mining No doubt many readers have won dered why Ohio is and when it wiu first called the “Buckeye state.” Ac cording to Marietta tradition, when tin original (ydonrits landed at the pre*cul si tp of Marietta, about noon, April 7, 1788, two’ men went out with theit axes to cut down tlie first tree*. The} i selected trees tho species of which wot i not kuowu to either, one being a beech and the other a buckeye. Capt. Daniel the roof of her mouth, eofi she could :e no sound. Wlist is it, miser be queetioned rest- that she was completely fatigued. Making room for her companion be tide her on a moss grown bowlder, she boated herself. A lengthy silence followed, when suddenly the young man blurted.,out: “Miss Haviland —Doily, we return to the city on Monday.” “Yes, sq pupa says,” slur returned, blushing rosily ut the familiar manner iu which he had addressed her. “This will l>e the last of our delight ful rambles;” he said,*depreoatorily. “Yes,” with a long drawn sigh. - “Dolly !” he cried, passionately, hoi/- ing lier tn-mhliug little hand iu Ins own. while lie endeavored to look iu *he eves whicii so persistently avoided liis gaze. The only reply was another and then a deeper flush. j “Dolly,” lie repeated in a low, soft tone, which thrilled her strangely, j “why must this be,,the last of these rambles? Can you not give me your hand as confidingly as you have al ! you, and say that you wilT trust me to lead you in a.ramble that will never cease—* a! ramble through life, till the grave parts us?” She understood him. It was an im possibility to misinterpret the yearft- ing earnestness both in his words and his looks, and with a sigh of the most supreme contentment stye answered him in’one little word: “Yes.” ; And when the May sunshine and flowers,come again Mr*\ Ralph Ever- k-igh wwill preside over a home of hi^r . own.—yictor Vigor in Philadelphia Telephone. they arc the ones who contribute most to ihe sup|H>rt of religion. In this tkey are inllueuciui in two ways. Pri marily tin y were borii more or leas urdcf trie shadow of Christianity, tho r influence of which is never altogether lost, and, secondly, they have an in Minclive belief in tiie propriety of giv ing what they call a fair deal to any man who is trying to do his level best. In a town like Bismarck in its early days it is a Visual thing for a clergy man to ash the privilege of speaking in a gambling house. And us a rule not onlj- the privilege granted, but the game is suspended until tho preacher has been heard, and not in- fi'oqimntly a collection is taken up for his benefit at the end of the perform ance!Washington Star. The Necessity of Tolerance. Much of the discomfort and iMihajf- pincss of life, in scluxil, in the famHy or in a conn inanity comes from our inability to understand or tolerate the qualities of character in others which we do not possess ourselves. v/__ No man can live long iq the, world without knowing that there is a kiu- tdifp/not of blood, but of eilucation, feeling and habits which allies him to certaiu men and women. They read the same bodies, think as ho thinks, amuse themselves in tho same way; in a word,.they understand him and he ihern. ,Thi s is thediasfs of most of the comradeship, the, friendship and the distinction of caste in the wjprld. Nothing cah be more, reasonable or right than that men thus allied by nature should form the comradeships and friendships, or even classes. ' But nothing can be more unjust and petty than their prejudice and hate for people outside of their set or class or race.-T-Montreal Blar. m Davis, from Killing, Windham county, ‘ Conn., was llrat to fell his tree, lit havimr the buckeye tix'e, whicii if ceyt much softer woixl tnan the beech. A» soon as the name of the first felled tn* could l>e ascertained, and from that time forward, the company alwayf spoke of themselves as “Tlie buckeyt colonists." The above is the tradition as given by Rev. J. P. Duyis. grand son of “Davis, who felled the first buckeye tree.”—St. Louis Republic. 1__ 1.1 f»» In New fork. Mr. ^Nubbins—Well, my dear, did you succeed in matching that ribbon? Mrs. Nubbins (tired to death and mad as a hornet)—The next time 1 start, out. shopping with an empty pocketliook you’ll know it. Mr. N.—But, m v dear, you said you wanted only a little change to get some ribbon, a mere thread to piece out with, and you asked for ten cents. 1 gave you a dollar. fifteen or twenty places before I could get what I wall ted; and when I finally fotrful the ribbon I couldn't buy it, be cause the miserable little dollar had all been used up in car farei-^Ncvr York Weekly. Tl»* Llttl* Peacemuker. When Nellie was a “woe bit” mor tal, she went to visit a dear friend of her mother’s. One day this lady and her husband fell into a spirited discus sion upon somerquestion of the day, and the arguments waxed warm and many, albeit advanced in all good as “the silliest of printed books.” Hoc Wet, in his ,** Life pf Lon) Keeper Williams,’’ calls Milton “a petty schoolboy ncribbler;” and another com, tcmi>orary spoke of him os “the author of a profane uud lascivious poem called ‘Paradise Ixwt.’ M The critics hare shown themselves very poor judges of style, either in lit erature or art. Asa general yule an author of any merit or seriousness could not possibly do* more foolish thing than take their advice. Turner was incomparably the greatest painter of his age, yet his style during the greater jiart of his life furnished a common joke to every scribbler, and fledged the callow plumage of every would bo wit Carlyle’s effect upon his-own ago was produced in great measure by his style; yet his style wm for some time denounced as a travesty of English which was perfectly intol erable. ' Mr. liuskiu is now almost universally .regarded os the greatest living master of English prose, yet many critics at first received his style with unmeasured ridicule. When lifr.« Browning published his first poem. “Pauline,” some critic or other called him “verbose.” Unfortunately—as he has told us—he paid too much otten- tiou to the remark, and ip his desire to; ■use no superfluous word, studied an elliptic concentration of style which told fatally against the ready intelli gibility of “Scrdello H and other later poems. -‘-Archdeacon Farrar iu Forum. Iron Befit** for Manor*. Many readers have doubtless beard of the “Thomas Gilchrist process.” It consists in lining the Bessemer con verter (the vessel iii which the molten pig iron is subjected to the blast of To* topper fterrml bf Some new effects in the application of electricity were shown at a recent supper and dance in BaltlmorA‘'Thro sets of musicians furnished tha mnsia. The dancing rooms were connected by folding doors: Tlie inusicufiA^ftat 1# the hall, and electric annunciatow told them What dances to play, the leader of each wet of dancers simply touching electric buttons iir'IftMiri* spective rooms. In the supper- tliere was a track of small brass on which was an electric oar or! about a foot long and thirty inches wide. This car conveyed*)4ib Yiandl from the butler’s pantry. * Tlie butler placed the course In silvaa trays upon the car and sent them alone the electric rail way. The ear stopped long enough In front of saclh plate fed each guest to himself.* "'The also supplied with electric belia. The ballroom was beautifully iUuatlaated by incandescent lights la the I tulips, lilies and other flowSf*. the tables were music bozaa by electricity, which played daring the supper. Not a drop of coffee or • bit tf tee cream was spilled by thfl electrical Waiter.—Neft York OooA mercial Advertiser. ' * « A M5i Mrs. N.—Well, ami I had to go tc'air) with h basic material which com- “You take Haw It Is. your liDo in The development of electric welding has naturally led to the inyentioh of first at Ralph Everleigh and then Mi , deuces by-whictr Lt*at may be applmc pmcesscs in the arts: Itewfessor Elihu ] Thomson has devised ailupparatus by which the heating powe£of thw cur rent is utUjtord in the process of oolder- ni to' your gaze rooent tragedy." Turnings he left the room, followed by Ralph your own hand when you travel on this street car jine,” said one passenger to an other. * 'ri “Why, the cai-s travel so slowly I can’t see how fatal accidents can oc- jf ® y \ cur. “That’s it, exactly. You are likely to die of old age before you reach the ♦aid of jU*# 1 Ba^or. : V • ^ ■; c , jk**~~*~ w Cljsrette* Not Tobacco. “Hare a cigar?” —‘ “No, I can’t stand the taste of tobac co. but HI take a humor. But the little listener grew alarmed, and, running to the front doOr, called excitedly to the minister, who was passing, “Elder Wobble, El der'Wobble, come quick I they’re ip a timarlr’— New York Tribune. After tho age of 16 it is all but im possible to discover'a man or woman .with a perfect foot Up to that time one in a -hundred will ; perhaps, have - retained its natural outlines, uocramp ed by the abnormal shape of a fashion able shoe; but when once the fever of vanity has sot in, gone forever is tlu. real beauty of the foot, and the reign of the chiropodist begins. Austin Itobeoa, the poet, is SO. Ha entered the /•’•■gJish civil service1$ w«Antended for au.en^itiSHei^ps is not a maclitne poet in any Ona doctor has tersely said: “Tbs man who prescribes drugs for himself bines with the phosphoric acid formed by the oxidation of the phosphorus contained in pig iron made from the most abundant and cheapest jrpu ores. The phosphate /hull obtained should be useful us a manure, and M. Fleis cher has for some time past been working oh the subject to determine whether such theoretical anticipation is verified in practice. * Numerous experiments made at va rious experimental stations'show very good results when this slag, ground to powder, was tried against other ma nures, and, although M. Fleischer thinks it premature to give a definite opinion, he believes that there is a good future for this material. Dei cultivation and mixture with the soil for Uiiaga, and early top dressing in meadow land, is recommended.-*. Christian at Work. ’ Hitting til* rubllc. A grown* in Racine began advertis ing twenty years ago: “Going ouTbf business; stock and fixture* for sale; store to rent”—and has kept it up ever since. He says it hits the public right between tho eyes and makes everybody think his prices are the lowest iu tow'll.—Detroit Free Dress. Th# Tnm Corrto** tmr 1 Many .men who aim a* ao rlage are apt to think thsv when they thfusl forward ths and throw the beck into k hetlow curve. This is, no doubly It be pre Tented to the commonliabii to book served in nine out of ten pirinstriam of sinking thestdmaoh into the hips, the chest on the stomach sad the ehta on the chest; but H is a very anitsrir able emrggeration of the true position, fofr which Mr. Edwin Checkley gtvei the 'formula a** followe: *^he Hpn chin, chest and toes, shqul^ cotes )ipoe one line, with the feet tutedd at aa angle*of 60 degs. The chest Is gives the greatest prominence, while the ah domen is carried more modestly^** most people are inclined to earry It The shoulder, hip and ankle joints an also kept upon one line. In soeh • position the body acquires Us great est ease, its greatest endurance and its greatest readiness."—Philadelphis Times. { - * ^ _ Th* OrsstssS Botlwsfw WhileSve have longer lines and « larger number of Bailee of railway in the United States under one system than that of any other country, we find, on comparison, that Some of tbs leading roads on the other ride large V exceed in amount of capital stock any American railway company. The London and Northwestern Bail why company is capitalried at$08,000,000^ and has an annual mdome of $ffl,IOO v * * 000, with expenses of $36^600,000 in running and other expenses. The road employs 60,000 men on the 1,600 milei of track operated by this syri$9* They have 16,000 Ipcbifidtives, carry annu ally 67,000,000 of passengers and about 36,000,000 iotis ot freight This is un questionably the greatest railway tris- der one system in the world. ~?-Dry Goods Chronicle. - ^ ■ v -■ » id- • - -gm WMhlBstoa’a L«urg««ft Tvffb Tliree miles east of Snohomirii eky stands what is said to ba tha iargtef tree in the state of Washington. It iss. dead cedar which has bemt hoUpwad. out by fire, the top being broken Cfl^ so that the tree is only sbotibiixfc* 4 M high. 1 ’ A man, who stepped jlrtijUrdtii tree through the narrow optfoijflg left bp the fire, made ten three foot paces Irin side to side. Inside this large trank ll tr spacious room, into which fifty peo ple could crowd. About the tras an traces of Indian encampments, and it surely proved a coraplete shelter from the storms for very large bands of wajiysors^ .The tree is perhaps overl,W^ years old.—Seattle Press. - > •o ”■> ■mu “You nvakeS] ing of that as a tliakuiaim Flauotl/.Acooutitea For. Logician—I think Tknow why men to have in vetoed a fiyiag-f' ^ WsH?" It is because the chia mo tive of their invention is to ihe “Why, isn't itf 1 “Not exactly; baby;'but it U too >°K* [ V 'Vte'—