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Vol. XiV. TXT BARNWELL COURT I#OUSE, S. C-, SEPTEMBER 18,1880'. -I ' » . ' . . . ■ ■ ’ •. ill .! » *. f ' \ » V J ' ' '' ' r" Coine^CfoWj Day Breads, Wake the Beojifc UNSPOKEN LOVE. Uk<> a mmirnnn tliat with rtyln* flrvjrpr 9 BfnrUtis the VQkxj of h6uio ? Aj„1, though ho, know that ih ono string are hlont V AH its vxlnmc* of ppund, yot st.tU doth lingor Among th« lighter thread*, fearing to start The deep soul of that ono inalodi^us wins it, unanswering, d»o»h hU hWtii di*nirts And spoil tho hopes of his nxpoctaut heart. * Tims with my mLstress oft conversing, I Stir every lighter theme with cafeless voice, UatheriuK sweet music and celest ial joy» From the harmonious soyl o'er which I fly; Vet o’er the one deep master chord 1 hover, . 1 And dare not stoop, fearing to tell—Move her. —William (Jaldwell ]^Jsco<s ' r-rr - noon. Allyv Terebinth and I will bavo t6 go to tlio circus bv’onrsiftives, I sup- pCtHO.”' The mammoth tent on Durkill cotn- tnon Wrh crt>wded that ni^bt. CiUtunet’a cirtmawas a loctfl celebrity and but! Ix^m •xrp-sr ELEGTRtt . - •v’ QANAL BOATS. Introduction of the New Motfva Power [ Would Rtiln the Industry. There has appeared in a mechanical publication the following fltatement; widely advertised. The rural population An electric engineer, of Buffalo, Bug- had not tnany opportunities of enjoy-^gentsa plan to reduce very largely the -'ijhat they may oome early an«l often, singly and Iq tcoies— —and ala ays to their advantage to— s PAIfriWELL, S. C. ^ —Who begin* the trade rampaign of with malice towards none,— —4«ool a 111. to all but claiming and demanding— R Fair Field, R Free Fight and no Faugra. ■ T The new sueop# clean at»<! the new n archa it works foy popularity more than profit. The young m*ti I* 1.**; fixed In ‘•Hefore’the wat ,,< gr«*.*ve*, »»0r I* tie Uide-liouisd witli the garusenpof avarice t^at wm|M the eld trader frtxu head to ;.,ot. IbdlictLalaoii -4'lalm* for himself and will make dally proof of the fact that In all— —till* iwvtioH of the Sui* no merchant ran «urpa*« him lit— QUALITY AND PRICES -Of *I|S( •CU.AVEO! EmlSa -and nob M KKtTl A.N hI V H iikhI by the American • t I» i * m \ .Jy It) all the Nott^b can app-pwch him in— *pl» A COUNTRY CIRCUS. “Cut, cut, ra-dstw cut! Cut, cut!*' Thus caroling her way the sjieekled hen flapped wildly around among Miss Terebinth Rockwell^ daWjas and carna tions, with that Tfrit maiden following close in pursuit, her checked sunbonnet Waved abf>ve her head like an ensign of •,var. Loander «too<l and watched tho pursuit with tho cool, impartial smile of a disinterested spectator until the siKrkhHl fugitive bethought herself to dart headlong into the sunny angle of the stone wall, where tho scarlet spheres pf ripening tomatoes basked on a ru»le fCtxjden frame. At the supreme second he ‘Swooped tioisclessly down from hi* unseen Vantage jioint ahd seized Old Sjieckle by her fluttering wing*. .“Here's yon? fowl, Terebinth.** said he. •‘WVIl, I dw^and’^aaid Miss Terebinth, according a reluctant admiration to the defines* of the capture. “And rvedw^-n ^Uaria' the creature this ten mnrates! ^In g«dn’ toliuve a'fricassec for dinner.*' •’Company coanin?" -I mean toaskKhler Atkinson and his wife.** “Don’t ask ’em,’* said Beander. “But it off till some othej tirne. Terebinth.” "For gis*lne*w' sake! why?* Leandwr drew tlm-e squares of yellow pasteboard front *«*ket. *Txx)k.” said he; “I're got tickets for the cirrus to-night—for you and me ahd- Ally Auteti ” Miaa Tereliintb'a mm worn visagr bnghtcmsl up. 'ft* thtvw simple nmu* ffy folk the Munnal visitation of th«r Hr* cus dgnilHsl ojirra. theatre, polo atel kthlctii games all in one. “poisir cried she o*ie;i<iin4( tl»e strug gling hen. "Then I II let Old Sv^ckle go this time. lint. Leat.dcr, havt> > >u asked Alice?” ’ •* *T‘m going there now." “Are you sure slmll go?* “Of •«a;rse; why shouldn’t ahe?" Terebinth hesttatnil.'wishetleii the sun- bonnet ntrings under Iter chin. ' 'TVfbnp* that yt»nug English tourist ar lioanU at the hotel—C'apt. Cassell call Idm. therr Ijewnder'S hati<Uotne. sunburnt*] usage darkened. ’ “What of him?” said he. sharply. “Fie may have naked her. Don’t be vend. lattUolcr," stm mUled, pleadingly. "F 4k* do say site's dreadful t«*>k nj* with him. aid I don’t kitow * * woTchw much art or 1 heard him talk t't>thcr ment and did not propose to let thi* one go by default. Every one was there, from’Elder AtkinscSkand lus wife down to little Michael Ryan, the cobbler, and his pinched looking lietter half. Capt. Cabell and pretty Alice Ames occupied a coflepicuous front seat, and a few rows farther back sat Leander Rockwell with Mis* Terebinth and her friend, Hannah Binn*, beshle her, a plain little M\am- stresa IkhI}’, who had l»eeu asktd at the eleventh hour—“sooner than waste the ticket,” thrifty Miss Terebinth had said. Ono by one the “unparallels! attrac tions” liad l>ecn put forward—the time worn clown, the spangled columbine, trained elephants, tho Weydlo riders and the swarthy Snake channer, with the gold crescents d^nj^Jing from his ears and the great glittering stage diamond in the front # bis turban. “Oh, isn't it wonderful!” cried Alice Atr.OR. •< > ■'Vretty fair, pretty fair,” ansWc>re«l coat of transportation bn the E^ie canal His plan is to adopt tho trojjeyy'stem. now generally in use on street ^Jpways, to the canal. Tf the overhean^trolley system can be applied to street Railways at a cost pf about hjilf that of horse power, he argues, why can it not take the place of canal mules with a like re duction of cost? The poles and other appliances for the overhead wires, and in fact tho whole plant, covering the whole length of the canal, could ^ readily arranged without hindrance to navigation. The span would Tfet be too wide at an3*.point. _J -’v • A reporter asked the oplijon of Mr. William C. Miller, the electrical engi neer of the Watervlie$ Railroad cora- panj*. Mr. Miller said) “Why, certain ly it can be done. I do not see why the same motive power of turning a wheel by the electric •bnrrent cannot be util ized on a < «ual boat as well as on a car. 'The only iiTH»stion is^the-Coist If they Capt. Cassell, tapping the ivory knob of , want to i«Jt through such a sclieiue it Am THE BOY^RTY OF PRICES. U U* STOCK of DRY end DRFSS GOODS, NOTIONS, FANCY GOODS, fH e»*pb* *ml tjrmvrle#;, • Furniture, Wagmi*, Ktiggkca, lb»a<H art*, j I ■ Farm lm|»lAnie»»Ui *11 Mo*i*e FurnUhing Shoe* and »|h riebiv ^ I*' ffull, MUiiplete and *n|»*rb in ererv djr»wtN»n. The ia|]ir* and the little foil:*, the jnnl* uf cmaliott Mid the Ktur^y'Ubprer* In the tlehU and tho farm* eah And \ ^•hh|* ranged to Milt all their heeds and priced to meet all th dr riri’uiuetam * u. ' The special attriitlon of all the people 1* M»k d hi the ^ew l-iopartury ef th* 1 oul v ; EXCLPTOOTMNf STORE • * T * V* In the County, whirl) I* f^lly with the tine*t »«•! most faithlonalde wear-* tug apparel and furnishing that “«*o.l *ji*i* 1 uMild select and good money, l-ould buy cheap. 1 Tbcee good* are all new , all nioe, j.ll tailer At, and so selected that all can be vul*ed •> 5 . 1' F.NTKA 'l«AR(»F. SIZF.S, for large men-Bxt'^ T^mgSuita for tall men ami in this dep* nment certainly Joyding the Cmiiitv. *Tbe ymjng ^yitlerneij who have lieretofore’hei'n forced to go fi» the high priced Merchant Tailor* of the neighboring ctjlesTor ijay and tlreM Aitlt* can pow And at M |.C|f ALKON’S the best goo<ls, flijdly tlin«<bril an«f firing porfottly^ of the lateat fashions and at price* far beldwl-he figure* they hava been forc.(“d ui pay. 1 Too busy Uvfblk more 1 Inviteeveryl*>i.V (oetnhe to **■«• And «»ut my niht«dilps* low price*. Then’ | will Ulk to >01 io the happiuos- Of }-bur purse :m J ifcc^et. , « .* -l v •* *C Htt.l •“ r me and mv good* ami our heart's content, and f r f R6iT|rtpr| This is R Gol^f] QpportUniUj To Bi(i| Good Goods. •1• -WANTS TO 11UY- \ r •Fiye TXPW4 Mes of Cotton Before. Christmas, for whiolvthe, best rr.sh prices will be paid. ' Take the flood* tide of ptesnnt oppdrrihi'itic*. Fell to the highest bidder, buy from the lowest seller, M Kill A LSON l I.« h«*th, aittj don’t wuit for bargains to drop jnto'your ujouth aa does the folioMnc frog,; bi|t ‘ V 4 ’1 f,j > . t ;l .* • ‘mi »b T • Y < - Jump p,t the Chance Now Offered, V r 4 « JL 1 .. . * K. s • \ i i 4 . ^ ^ . ,s - •o night to Mary IVtOej-’* ( , hiiv«»o rnrty. lie’s travele<l m«*rt every wh«*re; nml if y«m e»Vuhl Iwar him ilrarrilm tlie ttg**n* he killed in C>ylm» an«l the elephant* fceV hnnt< d 011 the Niger r> vr‘*— “<di, hang tl)*> tigem and tl»e ele- ph.iTit*r iinpatnr tly bn*ke in Leander. “I don't ladh've * word of it. I dan* say he'* all very well; hut. f«r my jciC, 1 haven’t much oydnion i»f * fellow that loafs aroutid a hi tel piazza m hay mak ing time, doing nothing, wlhh a white Scarf tai hi* Ivpt, and a sash, for all the world like a {jfr! *. tieil around hi* waistT •* ^ ‘ r * ■“It's the f.ashioTr." salil Tetelanth. “A qnecr’f.ashion. 1 think,” comment ed Lonndi t. *‘ “He’s a very brave man—a regular hero.” went o« TcrvfHuth. “He served in her majesty’* White Ilei hsl Horse once during a London ri<»t. and” “Aifl did wondiTK, 1 don’t clouht.”in- terrupted Leander. “But I don't see what all this ha* to do with us and Calu met'* circus.” Ho took up hi* hat from the grass where it had been reposing among hut- tt*rcups and white clover blossoms all this time, and started off at a brisk walk. Terebinth looked dolefully after him. “Poor Leander,” said alio, half aloud, •Tmnfraid hetj going to lw badly disap pointed'.” ) Alice^Vmes was sitting m the ]>orch under tho green, shifting shadows of the hop vines shelling Lima leans to dry us Leander Rockwell e tipe tall figure came swinging up tho path.. He was very handsome, thought tho girl, but lie hvok- ed tho <*jse and jHilish of tho dappi*r lit tle captain of “her majesty’s .White Heeled Horse.” dlis clothes bore evi dence cf country cut—his boots were powdered with dust, and Lis face was bronzed .with August heats;»• <. “How do you do. All}'?’ said he, and Alice, remembering the deferential man ner with which tho captain always ad dressed her ns “Miss Ames,” answered, with a*toss of her head: i 1 * “I’m pretty well, thank yon!” “I’ve been gottin’ some tickets for the circus to-night. Ally,” said he, plunging con amord into his subject! “Will you go with me?” —1 -u- -“Thank you, ever so much,’’ said she, stooping for a fresh handful of the vel vety. green jkxIs, "but I’ve promised' Capt. Cassell to go with him!” • . *» “Humph!” observed Leander, “sc I’m too late?’ . ,• ? “Yea, a little too late.” “Is it to be always so. Ally?” “I don’t know what you mean. Lean- der.” • * * “You used to care for me a little be fore this boasting captain of horee came here.” * “I like yon well enough now, Leander." “Well enough to marry me?’ “I don’t think )^u’re justified in ask ing me any such quwtion*.” said Alice, jumping up and. retreating hurriedly into the house. } *T understand,” remarked Leander, grimly. “I don*t stand any cliauoe Alongside of the tiger hunting hero. It’s a pity w« haven't a few Wild beasts in these Wpod* to kill The itS*! his cane against his teeth. “But thost rattlesnakes don’t compare in size to a cobra rapello I once killed in our tent *t Dungapore when”—— « •• •' Atvl the rounds of applause drowned the end of liTaitentonce. “Ah! a tiger taming act!” said thecap^ tain, consulting bin ufografmmx “ 'The Marvelous Signor ifadnnelli and his pupil, Rajnhr Call that a aBengal tiger, dc. they? 1 wish you' amid bare feen the fellow 1 shot, that last stfluiner in the jungli** at Hond»h. My sister has his skin on her drawing room floor.now, made into a rug. It bail killed f .wr 141*1 sod a sorred ox, and the native* called- him ‘Tin*S<Murp of the Shon'.’ Oh, ye*, I don’t deny that the fello*f handle* him very matlM. bht"—- ~ * At ♦tint wee*md, just wlien the “Beast of xh-) Tnipi*'*" v 11 * dtuwidly going thr< )iu4i with hi* )i*t of acc<anplbili- menta. tho lasli of his keeper struck a trifle sharperithan a*«al. or «ime other. miMSM! catwe ignite*! the pr wder maga zine of the animal * slumbering savagery. With a ferocious roar he sprang forward, felling the keeper with a single blow of hu paw, and leaped toward the row i4 fiM>tlighte. whose fitful flicker oeefned to irritate hint a* a red rag rnrmgwea bull. TL re was a shriek, a rush, a moment nr tw*/ of wild oucifusion. Ally Ame« ntterru % sorrum. Capt. Cassell had tnnie*l a* pale as a tallow candle. . “We’d Utter get out i»f this,” said he, hoarsely. “Quick* quirk?* Dot Alice. i*aral} zed by fear, sat a* still as death. “I—I can’t move?* she gasped. “1 think I'm going to faint." The captain hesitated a second, and flually decided matter* by taking to hU heel* with the rest of tb*' flyuqt cmv d Alice shut her cyee with a o»l*| shudder; site could not see the tawny death spring ni«>n her; but in a moment she opened them again at thesoniwl of a triumphant shout that went np am her. Leamler R«x'kweU wan in the arms lately mvtqited by the vanquishe*! band, struggling with the savage monster, lihe could see hi* set teeth; tl»e srein# itarxling out on his I'.whoad, the red j fire in his eyes, and aho knew* that it was for life or dc^th. **• • • • •. • "After all," said the minister, “tjgwp cirroscs are sinful risks to human life. 1 shall never see mv way * lear to attend ing one again. Suppose that brave y<mug fellow had been killed b**fore cm face and eyes in tho noble effort he made to save onx lives.” 4 • •• . “(h41y, though, pa, wasn't 4 grand?" said John Henry, the good man’s eldest hojie. “’Most e<iujil to a Spanish bull- fight Everj'body knows that Le*? Rock- well’s tho strongest fellow in Durkill Four C-omers, but the old tiger'd got the L'st of him if it hadn't been for that lick Leo gave hint over tho head with the sharp edge of tho comet that tho nmsic % inen ha<l droppe<l when they got under the stage, like lightning. It was as gigsl ns ,a Dam.isctis seimeter, Leo says, and oueo stpqnod, it was easy enough for the property pirn to kill him. It’ll be an a>vfnl loss to tho circus folks, though," reflectively added John Henry. “There ain’t many tigers of. tharisizo in the*traveling ring in this countrv ? • ( “But wasn’t it funny, husband,” said the minister's wife, “about Capt. Cas sell's being found hiding under the man ger in the trained ponies' stalls, with tho door tightly locked. A man who, ac cording to' his own account, ihaa killed scores of leopards and half a dozen ele phants in Indin, and is afraid.nf nothing. I’m told that the engagement l>otween him and Alice Amo« is off and that she is spending jyweek with Terebinth Rock- Well. The fright and! the danger have made poor Terebinth qnito ill." /* i But if tho minister’s wife had only known it, Terebinth was a great deal better now. pud sho and Ally were busy making a gown of white surah silk, with a great deal Of soft lace and ribbeu bow* above it. - “Becauso,” said Ally, laughing, ander says L« won’t wait —amjka man who can conquer a tiger »mightn’t to ba contradicted by a worn “You really love^tfie. then?” said Le ander • “I really love yon," repeated Alice, "And oh, Leander! I am so very, very proud ef J'ou!"—Afny Pandolph iu New Ledger. will cost money. As to there being a reduction of. expense from that required for horse or mule power I cannot say. ns 1 am not welt enough acquainted with the canal to lmpw, r *«. * . A very extended find Interesting opin ion on the feasibility df 'the canal elec* triral aohemp wow* given by'Mf. John D. j Rotian, of the Honan Towing line. Mr*! Rouaii said: “The plan which yon ex- plain to me is m»t a now one by any ! means. The first man who broached the Erie canal trolley system to me was an Albanian, who is demented on the stile ' joct of electricity. 1 think of course metely from a practicnl. not a scientific, point of view that tho scheme is ini practicable. “Then* arc a thousand and one objec dona to it which present tbeiiiselve* to any mind. Take* fer instance, the trolley scheme. It mt>t be remembered I that it la ronal boats itod not bone can ; that a>e to be run now. ; The horse car is for»e*l to go hi a certain linn by the aolhl track*. v But would not, a canal boat waver so from side to side that it would be iinpnasible to keep a trolley wheel 00 tliat set whe? Then there *uuld be tin? coutinual probability of i the wires blowing down and in other t ways lieing damaged. H«»W are the' trolleys to 1* managed going through lockw Coats, yon know, do not travel up and down grade in an inclined posi tion aa a car docs -they are always on a |rv<4. What would they do et Umi six-, teen lock* with the trolley syst«m? : , I **1 •think the tndley aystrm on the 1 -anal is ntterly out of question. It etn- braecs so uuinr uniuts where complica tion* might «ri*e. snd so much cost of conetmetion, that I think it is entirely ! impracticable. Suj^using it were s<lopi- 1 ed. Bupjiosmg that all the ".UUOor tour* boats on the canal were on that one. or , the two. wires. At any time a boat is liable to leak or to have aa accident 00 cur to its motor. What then is tube dune? It would block the whole canal, and that could not be afforded. One of the main points—1 will say the main | point—in the hititxlnctuifi of this system I would belts reduction of expensw That I is what we are looking fur. As canal | boats are now constructed tlie introduced chant whole something of an epicure, 1,1 1 . .1 __ t A - * to ^ U i__ _ a. — A REDWOOD OROVS. . T1m Musical Sms* fa A ulna I*. The higher animaie cnnV«J*o enjoy? themselves, as my hgMse cat shiaws, wlim - she comes nt the puilying of - the piano to* sit by the player, pad sometimes jmnjie into her lap or on ,ihe key board of the. instrument. I know of a dog, tqp; in a. family ib Berlin, which ceme$ in In like i' manner when there is rnhsic. often from -- .distant rooms, opening the<kA»r with his-, paw. 1 knew of another dog. nsnalljr thoroughly domestic, which occjisiunally played the vogAboud fer lore of mmic. Whenever the samitonnnal mass was celebrated in the city he> oonld not be kept at the 1 bonse.. 1 As soon-aa the so called Eergknappeu, Mho were necus*. 1 tomed;to play at this time in the streets, appeared he would run away and follow them from morning till opening. ' Evidently neither cats, nqr (log*, not I other imunals that listeu to horaan- music, were Constituted for the appro-1 elation of it. for it is not of the slightest use to them in tht struggle for existence. Moreover, they ami their organsof hear ing weft much older than mar, sud hii music. Their power gT spprrwanting music is thema^u an tmconteaiplated side faculty of S» beating apparatus: which has heron a orv other gmundt what we find it to Sc U ia. I beHovo, with man. Hs hAs net, acquired his musicai bearing aa such, but has re ceived a higlUy developed organ of bear ing by a process of selection, because it was necessary to him in the selective process, and thirf prgan of" hearing hap pens also to be adapted to listening to music.—Popular ScietMg Monthly, i.. ‘—see % A Cal FlIrtallM. We •*# a cat come stealthily rabbin* np against a chair leg, the bead iactloed coqnettishly over one shoulder. regnrA ing us with n furtively coaxing smile. With a flirt like that, whether maid ui matron, there is Ho oroassan for cent' XAufiy. Yob suAich her up sad oq youi knee: she nrstcuds to be ofZnalsil and ta Another Cfinditioa will lie that the park 1 struggle to eeoapa Hat she curb bef Khali not be a place for .'ncampment, ^if np with a seosaou* purr wbru yup fear of Are, and shall only be visited in |^ n tickling the fur that *» jn*t b* daylight. ^ Tliero will bo drive*, paths and the like, as well as many ornamental struct ure*, and a gateway and fountains in kee)itng frith its jKirpow, for which a safflcii-ot endowment it to lie placed in the hand* of the trustee*. The details cannot bo given f*>r publication, nor ia fact Ufa titey cisnpleteil. qDnt it is uft- deratood that some of tlie work will be done In the time uf the owner, and fhat he will retain control fur the present and as long as he lives. Out of the 000 acres all*nit JQU, with valuable improvement*, orchards, buildings, etc., are bring put into r HtdJUon for yielding a conridera- Ids inoume, and much of it ip ae fine land M lie* In Rumtnn rtvig bottesn. .* After its Income may no longer he re quired Iqr the family H is {irovided that it-ehall becomu jart of the park, and the trustee* will be directed to use such por- ti< m a* mar be convenient to erect gLim h •nee* for propagating strange pUnts. flowers, trees and shrulsi, to he need in I bordering the drive* ami nraementing ! the ground. It will be seen from tlie j sketch that the plan is for petority, and it will take a long vrbik to work it out, | though in the main tlie natural features of a wild forest uro intcmled to predom- inato always.—Clorerdale Hevcillo. , n«rie4 ths Ctov*v< Iu the suburbs of Dontoq lares a tacr- Col. Armatrnnz’H Finn for a Fublle Fsrk * That Will Uv t nirk«> All CFthors. Tho newspapers have got hold of a story that our townsman, Col. Arm strong, is to present the state with a tract of rodwoovl land in Sonoma count}- for a park. Wo wade inquiry of tho donor and found the rumor correct, only that he does not intend to give it to the state or to any particular municipality or society, but to trustees, lot the use of the people, for posterity and for all time.’ I This magnificent gift of 000acres lies in. Big Bottom, near the extremity of tho branch of the Sari Francisco and North Pacific railway, 4bout one mile from the. river at fluerneville, fu Sonoma County, ; and accessible by rail from San Francis co, which is seventy milee distant. It is the.lawt considerable traetpf these ! big trees in this segion or so ifear the city. Of Course there am otherscopes of scattered timlior in the hills, scrubby in growth and ont of the way. P»ut this is n grand forest of monstrous trees, much on level land, lionlered by the side of the Mount Jackson range, with tree trunJc* from five to fiftwn feet in diamefcet and mom then 3(H) (tot high, intermingle*! with various other aorta of growth, Occam siunal firs, laurel and other woods add ing to the beauty of the upot. Tlie. donor says tlvj gift u*ill not he fully appreciated for tlio next fifty years. Then, when no other spot like it can be found in reach, his motive will he wi- dvrsUKKl. The trust* ea will be seU*cted uLmt a* follows: Perhaps the chairman of the Golden Gate park trustees of Snq Frsnrisr*; the landscape gardener of Central j»ark, New York city; tho chiri justice of; the .supremo court of Calif >r- | yiia. and A local trustee of this <•<Hiuty. | Tlicse gentlemen and their successors ■ fi»n*ver will have control nadui but few restrictions in the deed of trust. One will lie that no timlier shall ever he cut ' ortrlrfinx'd utiIsms It be blown (town. ' bis Of A rbal W rilgbOy Naturally tion of tho trolley s}-su-m would revolu- tiouize the whole line. ‘•Then* would have to be special lioata built for tlie introduction uf motor* and projidling wh'-d*. Tliat would throw the great army of canal boats that are How being used off the canal, for no boats that did not run by electricity foul i navigate in thn»e water*. Con wo afford to dc this? Then the introduction of a motor into a canAl (mat would in crease its tonnage greatly and. i would say; reduce : its carrying oatiocity almost 20 per cent."—Albany Argus. A TIxiumoh) CulneiM tbs Fes. The largest fee ever paid to a Scotch advocate was that of 1.000 guineas sent to the lord advocate with his brief in the recent action with reference to tho Mnrthly estates. Five hundred guineas was the fee at first sent, hut this was not enough tc. iu<lupe his lordship to leave his duties in parliament Borne time ago the’iord advocate received a fee of 800 guinea* in a court of sessions tnac—till then the highest fee knowt) in’ Scotland. It is curious that both fee* should have lieen supplied by American millionaires, Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Hok3 Winans, and it is equally enrions that both of them lost their actions in th* court.—Loudon Truth. i , and not infre<|Ue(itly ha brings boma with him from the city on his return from business some tid bit or other. Not long since ha found some jiarricularly choica Hoijacfort chccae, .and the day be ing Saturday he took a pieeo home with bun for his Sunday dinner. iyriv»*f! at tho station bo was met by bis man with tho Imggy, and in driving homo ho put tha bundle on the bottom of tha carriage, whera it lay forgotten until tho next day. At dinuar he n l tnomhored tho delicacy, and send ing tor Patrick, ho naked what iri had done with the package of ckoeno which ho left on the Imttoin of 4 ho buggy. “W™ tfe.at chase, sor?” responded Pat rick. in evident surprise. "Yea, of course it was choose. What did yot* do with it?" , “Well, upon my aonl, sor, it never in- tered mo comprehigision tluit it was ch.osA. It smelled that powerful, not, that I thought shuro It were dead, sor, and I wint and buried it, manin’ no harnu”—Boston Courier. . ! , It Mnut He Stopped. Something 'will have to be done to stop this drain.’ It h:is been figured ont that thirty-six American girls have with- S in the lust few years married impecun ious foreign prince&fdukes and counts, and carried away to Enrope upward of 044,OOO ( ouO cold, clammy cash. Nothing js easier than to pass a general law forbidding American girls who marry abroad taking more than aboat $1,900 off with them. The government should confiscate tha renuurulir of their inher itance for the benefit of educational fund*—Nebraska State JouraaL — Chenp I.iter*turn. Rome’ idea of the quality of what is known ns “jienny dreadfiiKlitersturo in England may be obtained from the state-j ment that n lady, tho wife o^Sa. well known physician, had occasion tc plain several times that her codk t lected her duty. Finally this negligence became so gross th<at tho mistress was ipelled to haul her over the coals. What was her amazement to bo calmly informed by tho young woman that sho was so much occupied with the novel she was writing for « weekly paper that che had'no time to attend: to her duties in tho kjtchen!—Pittsbu r g Bulletin.-1 " 1,_ " ' i A Little Rti«tjr on OxIdet« Professor Flogg—l-called. Mr. Grubb, to inquire aboul your son James. I haven’t seen him'at tho academy lately* l hope you have not decided to keep hitif out of school if, ,.1 : , Farmer Grubb—Well, Ijdanno. I’ve set Jimmie to blasting out stumps for awhile till he gets his bearings again, i guess wo can save him. but he was purty badly out o’ plumb. Came home t'other night and commenced tp talk to toe about iron omhides.—Chicago Times. How U^uliful la She—What a wonderful thing is nat- urol How grand! How cotnprehcn- sivel Ha—Yaas; even the smallest phut ot tha amalkvt insect hat got aLaUtonxms. Ph»»to(;rnphlng » IUrd In Its Jfeat. * Mr. John Watson, nt n moating of tho Krndal Natural History society, do- scrilNH] tho manner in which he had been able to procure a photograph of a wbod- cookaitting on it* nest. w:is walk ing in the neighborhood of. Am side, a rilingo on tlio shore of Morecambe bay, and observed one of tho birds on its nest, which was iJaeSd in an open situa tion. Ho watched it for some minutes, and wished that ho had some means of transferring the picture to 1 wiper. HO shortly afterward -fell in with a friend fortunately had with him his cam era. In the course of an hour and a half, during which the bird sat'ft* if Un conscious of thoir presence, they secured four negatives. A picture of the nest and eggs, after tho bird hod been driven off, wiia fdao obtained.—New York Telor gram. i. - ’ ' , An rntluicljr DI»eoarsr. >.x A man' CO years old w'ae married re cently in a sir.all' German town to a woman ten year,-, bis senior’. The ‘ ’youth ful” bride insisted upon having a great wedding, with the addition of a “spe cial” marriage sermon from the lips of her beloved pastor. The groom, after useless protestations, assented* to the wishes qf hi* future better half. His feelings, however, can be imagined mere easily than described when the beloved pastor began his sermon with the text; ‘.’Father, fwgive them, for they know not whiA they-do. "—New York Tribune. hind the ear. and thmoefufth. it la. all plain sailing. It Is very different with «« ( otqmlent ami stardy Tom. who. though, ba may hart luxuriated la cxebfnrtabls nuarten al! bis life, had hit ramT experiences tbiito of fbe,worst kida ot hnmau nature. ♦lisaWrvons boy* hare heaved hall hrirfcnat him. IU brad wad uasytupw tl stic servant* hare rearatad his patrv oUu manner*, expelling bias wtfth Igwo- miny from Uw towaa thnea punching Ida master, who, la th# aisniae. may nrrer haWi aocovdlag to fd* a rat of that mfcanthrepie ami he nibUrt uererthelsai. there fct • foto# which WHMla*4|ati ears ami makra him visibly rigidity of his tall —fiatnrday TW Smell la tb* five homaU mama. Taka ginak—aaust powerful of Irav* It where tha afmulphere la pttIL open oa a table, for 0 yedr. At the rad of that time, having'-ibr fail twelvg pnontlis rendmftd odorosA th# whole alt hi its neighborhood, the mast dalrat# sen la* cannot detect that It haa bat# particl# In weight Ygl Urn M»aU ha# $een ui finitely diet n bated, mietpaviipic (turtloaa of t|*ama*k floating off and eXf citing inipnaaiun* upon t%i uefft ei pm pillar under tha deiicat# liuing iV nasal passages; Cor this It what srorif mt'uns. | The senae haa grown ataaoMt ru- divnentary in human beings through want of neceadty for ita nawjadar ei vtl- iaed conditions, but it la hi^ly probable that the cafe men had it quit# aa arelj developeil as the sharpest noted —New York Telegram. An lmpo~t*il)*r. 1 ; Mr*. Brown—You shouldn't wear jov hat on one side. '» Littla Jidiunh- AYeT., how could 1 ■ jr++-m’ <. • •v *•' C ■ ■ t r ■ mm 1 wsgf it off both >'h* Trice t f HU tlsadaiHlea. Gn0 of the mittlest and most popular of American writsn tella of hiadkatio# in the buddkig days of his authorship When he, saw hU naiae ia a long list of "Autographs of distlnguiahed men foe sale" dismayed in a shqp window. En tering with an air of indifference, be asked, “How do you sell Blank's auto* graphs?' naming himself. , "Tw© for three cents, six." fra# the jrenupt xoply.i .d •• » itd’l Ipft tfie shop," he say*, “a sadder sad wiser umn. s If tliey had said ‘a cent apiece’ 1 could have, borne it But *twu tor three,' like a rotten banana! Front that hour 1 adjured popular applause.* —Youth's Communion. ,«' • « . — * . • . ill* I ICfiw Turk *• Oroeemme*#^ The groceressS# of New York, to coin a feminine term, number 82U.. Nearly all are widows* .;Mi> Catherine Egbert, - of No. <M7 Wastongton street, the wife cf a skilled mechanic, .preferring to be independent, conducts a retail grocery; business by herself, and ; is proud ami happy in the success she is milking of it. More, sweet things are done by this pretty, grey eyed, raven haired mer chant than tho world will ever know. Her ledger is block with bills that sin* has no expectation of collecting, but that duet* not harden h$r, hi the least, and qy woman or child is fvff denied the crf-dLiV c^wtgt her counter.—New Yp^l^ , j. ’’ } ,. *1 . " , ,,r 1*- > DeMeodanU of Creak Men. It is,a singular fait that great men seldom leave direct descendants. Na poleon, Wellington. Washington, all prove this rule. Shakespeare left only two daughters, whose children die t without issue. Probably the nearest relative to the great poet now living one Thomas Hart, a resident of Ann* tralla, who ia said to be the eighth m decent from Shakespeare’s fustax Joan. Waiter Scott's line coded with theaeu- ond or third generation. . } >♦’ ^A NagreW ’ ' Abner poreett.’; Mouutaui' the hwi United { gives Abner * t m %