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—K t X > corn n nf^itlon l>uMi#h< d unless o o( nunie of tbe i We are not r<s(«>n><li>te Ic tile views or «rrci>jxm<ient*. ' All tomract adrertiaemmir must be setfWS for quarterly;' n > mivem-eiit'm siH t« ' twaUi tnr «• ek. .BARNWELL COURT HOUSE,P < 30 MARCH, 1803. No. 31 * Alliance Department. iiotigh buyer as by it ly can btiy at a certain gnr , “ u(1i7and the next gnute higher sell it again at] . v ThlOs hut at DESEKTED VILLAGES. .■.■Xw.Jw.WfJ'WWJ WOMEN -THAI MEN L|K2L Adnpto<l as the County Organ by thc Couu* *upj>ovitioti. It is a fact w hH - ,l( can he. $002.1 ly AHiance July5th, IWi. , verified hy an inspection of flie Imbts; Al. J. 1 Al ii., Aenbct.ori Ehnoit, I of t ( ie hiajuritv of the Cotton' bnver* in 1 Matters should be addressed.! . , Towns of tho West That Arj Now Disofttto. OHerrs of (Mt Cesstr AJIlasce tV. H. Dnnk-aft, President. -L. It. Toole, Vico President. W. 8. Itamliorg, Secretary. A. V. Free, Treasurer. W. (1 Britton, ClmpUin. T. S. Weeks, County Lecturer \V., A. All, Steward or Assi^*knt Lecturer. Sv. K. Sadler, Door lieepet. K. K Harley. Aadstant Door Keeper. I). W. llodilord, Scnteant at Arms. F. II. Crccch, Business Aaunt. Executive Committee—(J. B. Free, W. W. Patrick, W. A. Faust. Trade Committee—<>. M. Hunter, E Dowling, J. M. Ulmer, VV. A. AH- . Committee on floml of the Order—J. C. Me Mi Han, C. M. Eilmiflekl, | W. T. Cave, J. K Rnelliug, E. B.'Guess. different cottoa niarjyeta. Even titp agents Sent from Knglaml and othVi' tionMiming points to purchase aiul shlpl to their principal* make 11*0 of tljo I present grading system in the way stated; v - " ' '' . • -y ^ •' ^ _ 1 It is quite apparent, tli ere fore, that Tho Itlso a:i<I ImU of Ml-lng Ca*>>p(i Whirii Once IIimI T.'ioiv*n'ul* of l*,-,,- ple,- ISut.Are Xx.w tlio'vAbodos of r0wU ami Snakes. T;.e Sort That Aro Smart I’.ut Not Mlmlod. Mon do not like strong-minded, irdo 1 pendent vroinott, but they do tlnsrouph ,'ly admire oti«‘. who, though she Js uivo enbugh to let them Sw how grand and givct r,:ie thinks tlH-r.i. is n-c erne wiut overawed liy their superiority. A wom an need not be* flippant to sh ivy that. 1 she Is not afraid, hat there fin* many * little notions t]iat prove, she is respeci- ful yet at the- same time thorough I v aware that the sujierior inns ailitie en-a- It; [f 01iv('r Goldsmith were nlivn to make a tour of the far wcstern~states and of sotnc sections of the south, lie I thisxda's of cotton dealer* would 'use L could find many a deserted village there .« , .i , . Hint wasomsi tho liveliest if not, IRte hvery elfort to prevent a viiHi'ge 111 the f , . , ^ * his beloved Auburn, the loveliest of tho g adlng system. I ho present, one , pla}n f n Kansas alone, uecording to ; allow* many loophole* by whieli .Tt 1* ,the New York World, where it .would poR*lhIe to . reduce losses' mIiouid the ' appear that towns fts well as individuals -Contrary, the Philadelphia Times I market catch'thonii or to add to profits | have felt thq dtsastrous results of ’hat there nre some most diJi PAINTINCj MEAT. ' I'rtrltbtii Hotaiiraul Ilaio It r.<*. diK-ert.fu h I inn , ‘TM^ | yen ever cat pnlhted. n crtV” istunl a Parisian ti e otker day, <>f a st i.mi? (ilolK'-lk-uiorrat niua. 4 the.ro h> quvh a thiug t'our Ameiie.u - artists in theiK uol ' TLo >th,* I’r.ris now employ nn sirtist, vvhos roll- opupation is to paint heefstea’ vhops and joints.' A‘incat artist" ju*t now i* an important in.lividual i i ta Lit me cxpla'n DICALAHNING THi ItI’ciK tHfii (»ravel V * *{>xi 1 i lo ■ -'Tksr M. AiVtONG THE bi -j* •'i : . t’vairti-u tiravclv 11 a f urncr V .--S itir Vmlc nr I'nrtarr. • • 'jT-itl'er' ife 1 *<vl that' 'my siste; Klui v : 1 I ’l in'd tench 'the p lk i f>'cp to him ami Mr. ■ Lee lu" writ's;, ?-iuene Itleken;! iq the LudU'.s" if v 't* rivn t'r.tturlc 1 Csi-k iil(o Cia l*a*t 1.1 *8 .Ma ijr lluar s It is ttCffrly-flve hours rlnee leaving and yet horj we mvi teniy Had J cun.i lytev in tl»0 midst of-irvqltc t it^lly 1 (dltererit from thetoj with whom 4?# \ Ppalh,. tam-t h(> tvnuld r witiiml ; tnre is. after all, only'a very liutruvn l>e- t ing. who in ntf prafeabiMty-is-irwfwwt rtiitrr.;ry departme:rt,^ deal more afraid of her little frininine it to you. ‘ . ways than she is of him. .Notwith—j ‘"TMiere wan n party ftf diners'atofTc if standing nil e.vnicul nssertiohs to the HhcWg cafes, (mittthv^y Insisted 'uj oh holds having a leg of mutton toasted <>;• a •inful , 'Pit- The enterer alremly luid a fr sk of per will be held at;1 r *’ The regular yuarterly Meeting the County Alliance Barnwell on* the u«ei>n^ Friday in . ,,M> D ftpril, 14tb <t»y of said month. ; fHI btate I.ecturhr J. JL Jellriesof Union t,,e Qastdh, of i w hiclrnntghtniiint ! Intors, hut the fact 1 on othtr occasions. Hut to the planter P'debotomv. thOre are fully twenty sneh .. . j , 1.. . , . - K - ubomlonod villages and In Nevada, women tha , It t* a soutce 01 vefy material- !o*«\ ' r^rnux, C.eorgia and. A1al,ama th-y -f U,ve. -T 1 differctipe of only one-tenth of a cent ^re'hnmerrms. Qnee thrivine- mirdu'g as v. el) as pound hetwi'en grades would • camps like HckHc ang lit mm and AVhite Pine tliat friendships existing between men ajj^l j lgg of-iputttin roasted in the pan. 'I his women that'have in tlieuv-Ao tHouglvt ['he \v,iuited-Wdispose of. and eallec on here is a mental congeniality j hfs merit artist t<V make* it Tr.r.P' as ns an attraction of j>p;><i^iles though ’twore rousted 011 a spit. ITrst, that provds verv delight ful to nluir^ a the chef t nirisflxisT Tt \\1 pnietii-e gravity in a Corn ‘‘dber partner or mnsje, imd f r m. i 1 b T one enld wint- r-s night his tuvak n- 4tnf vrHH tlw: fear 1 hat die had forgnttm ttie step s' 1 strong up m him that, jump ing out of l»ed, by the sea 'll i flneiiua- b'lU 1 if the oid-fftshiotisd- ritshlvgTd. and tohisVHvn whist ling, he dili tvhearseil its ‘one. two, pne., .two,’ until he wasoftee moye sei-aiM in his knovrl- eilffin ^v' .i-> - ■'No one can imagine ovTr l yeTtement and nervonstie ;h yvlu a the evening (*ame writer in H •rilvrier., dhT< rijBg fr nnonnjeiVes ! >n, ■ to our age nne. fun in sit., pa thy with ns is ani tliought,” say* a -ed. V.Tutc mrrt bla?k; tr'iiirter; have Ik*- “ . hithtj tnrtnns, cat'^e- *'At noon ul j have h--ome ^Krtr-r v j ' 1,')*.- V 1 *v.ik.i cn- 1 gh ten mat. (larktievw Clvdi-atlon has lie n l.-ft hehind. and in flic little hours, . tur llyoaorc tluuone ml^htgiasa at thp ' opera, trir.nhip brer Vmih tfa haeirwant~ ‘ along the ptith of .Ua*e ad'many cento* ft—i“ -rfrert-TT77* wetrd.-fantanlc, — ftiwl District Lecturer J. T. Aiken, nre to lie present. vj Trrrr rcinni appreciable proportion ot the cotton crop is lost to the through . the middlemen's juggltiy To the Sub Alliances of BarnWell County: 4 s ’ T ' In aecordanee with resolutions adopt ed by the State Board of Alliance- Lec turers some time ago in Columbia, I earnestly Invite all Sub Ijecturcrs, an,d 1 quality to the spinner. bold UlMru- | uays the most li'nl~'ii'Ldnl to'vrn ''hiuT hrawf ntHubs ur in nlMee*.— A "man th sin* that HIV-prospective metropolia of ! llghtifTb' the oopfaron; the keen. clevt the value o|, scores of these dee;Ved iminicipali.ties insight of a compiiifkmnble woman an and -•ipali farmer f^nwlie abandoned ti?td desolate, “their the rotuly wit that punctuates liercjsn- houscs empty of human tenants and versa!ion la to him us nhampUgne .eom- . . , rotting away, theif stri'ets thick with .a pored With potter when hg thinks of wit 1 grade*. _ . rank growth of weeds, and only a few some of tin* prosy alheittrnthfu! senti- 1 hd iiasis npon which cotton should old tiineni, or.In some cases only a s<ill- 1 eients issuing from the lips of niemhi-rs ' be gra^Ieilj.s the relative value of eaeh | tary prwtmastcr, left to tell nKm uif the | of-lu.r^d^lrt'iscx. .^Such women are the I ti t he operation P r * 4 ^'nt genpr;ilu'iri ~df' Their IHraict especially those from defunct Alii- «l a cotton factory the pfesCtib grades • bustle and prosperity.' In various in- ance*, to meet me at the regular meet-[ are 1)r . l0licHlIv (1Nl . ,. M . (|(l(1 o'f eoursei 51 ’ 1 .^*’ | lS » at ,,( ' t0, ' v;1 ’ ,ir /’ int h-orgia, lug of the County Alliance in Barinmi ‘ 1hpre nmst aI \ V! ,„ be H WI . tltil| 8ep | nothing but mounds of earth and a r ; a Himdier nd., sizes, f.l t h '-.E populous eelnetery remain to testify to tlic townVdeparted glory. Especially mournful has been the j fate of those abandoned towns’ whose only inhabitants toylav are the animals State Lecturer, has consented to ad- work" of the 'in,'- S r?h; ’“in W"' 1 " ^ on the Jnd Friday of April, 14th, a* matter* of iinportance will be brought before you for consideration. I a ration into] grades, but the number ; uoivMn use is so great that to discern 1 any difl'erence hitiveen two samples' in eqitnls. «nd|Lr>wrfliytases ^ spfieri- ors, of hinRK'd.'i of their mafr'-TtfSb* elates, yet they never act -uS though; they knew their own worth. Therein lies the4r*greitcKt charm. A COSTLY COLLECTION.- At my aolicltatioij Ol. Talbert, Ex- #nv .- ()f thL> illlillite 1 , milbt , r of Hllb . Many Itnro ,Tr*rrU Oivnahl an«l At om by tlic I’rrsviit Cmr'of Kinuiia. dre** us on that day and i bespeak for him a large attendance. * J All pa [ter* in the. County fHeudly to our caiisje are requested to copy this notice. * _* T. S. Wfkks, * . County T.ecnircr. Bamberg. March '27th IHU.'l. Bamberg. 3. C., March 23il, 1SH.1. To the Secretaries of Sub-Alliance*: The Barnwell County Alliance. «iH meet, at tbe C. II., on Friday 14th of Apjlt at II ohdock a. in. Bros 4 . Jeffrie*, Talbert and Ga«ton will be with us and deliver lectures. All Allianceineii in good standing arr requested to he present. Suh-Seeretarles will please send in tliei-r reports not later than Jth April, a« I will have no time on day of meet ing to receive ie|*ort *. AY. S. B.\mtit'ltd, Seety. agj ation, tia>ed upon iiothing more tangible than a more or less vague recollection of a certain samplelwlxicki? seen possibly once a year lu tlw rooms of the Cotton Exelrangc. ^89* * NO MORE BRAGGING. ge ill tlie deserted dwellings. Thiio lias pluyed one of his most fantastic tricks with huiftan for- tunejn pennitting owls to flit about tiudcr the rafti re that echnerFtili the night through to thv Kiiste'roifs revedry. of owl clubs, and snakes to squirm un der tile very tallies at which barkeepers dealt out biting red ej’fi in exchange for Carlo yuhc.m Leavitt A dm It* Having ftern while wolves prowl through 1 nn"iii h krrioiis i.iMson. * j iho for:-ak< 1 ii lair of the tiger. 11 is like “Tlie brightest mindsluw lK*en known P' un P^ n 5 an htmosjfhore of gloom to git.astr. v onct in awhile," Isgifn I visit these blighted cities, fir on Uncle Naliuiu Leavitt, -ami the fact Pvery side stand mute remih.kusjof the that l sIopjH-d over onct is jest as much ^''vc r ’ s * 1 activity of the past to intensify a sign of genius as "tis of a fool. Fur's Li Sa ,^ Rt '’' ne: ' s tlie present, know, it woms so." His- neighbor, who K;it with him in tho great bam<\oor, noikhtl his head very vigorously, as mnch a* to h,‘v<- th;ft*tJttcle Nahum’s sago Tranork was AM too weighty for imtne- iiate. tlnjeussirm. “The thm> I clijqied up the elm trees front the house was an awful upset ter to me." — sr- T ut her lirnslies of various apes, kinds and dcgrvt. of stiif- The ‘artist’ studied the leg 'of for a minute, mm 1< ns one, Jitiidy n lands iipe .he w as about to copy. Tjlieh passing his h. nd acroxs Ids l*row. to nid Hs tiiinkinir. orolialdv, -b« thmsHtiS brush into ji giwl. f pulut eallcd ris^jjo and piiinLVl ove • the deep-- brown*parts of the m-ittdr. that laid n.'.utf . n wdukbst •*»‘> of 'on i-' 1 ■ \ 1 fe gn iii; id 1 - at the tiuish-of inn 1 ilmrcn applause which was more u.:U and iiensiit ion for tin © expended titvm i* wtirk which had lieen s learning. “My father was certaiii.y not. what in tlie opijinarv ni'ccptalion ,,f the term ivould ln> ciillcil a “h-kkI ,dar.c< r." I doubt- whether he had ever received afly Instruction in "the nolle art'’ other my. ^ w ere eri-eWr7 nrc4r,| npiishorHt, teit never tinware eti- w it h a heaity i I K ‘ I ’h'ii''c.l *!a' t erfsatiorr of- b-j suddenly.. porting xvith tiro e’hitjries. ThereTa much of cmrso ti remind ns of pui* ersi' H -tlievillas, tlie flags, the st**amer t our -. lves hut it is far t x> lilflu to dls- than a eom- rtik^i come -fixim--the- ovrir.—^Plfr ne* t -~rhaTrttnfrtrt1[rdi—fnT~k1“T, i T r "a~i' : rT~g;i~ve tiung he did was to ti.'.e ft cloth and him. In lahir ye.4'. I iviucmlxT tryhig sprinkle over the mm hm ijKiwderof enrbonizeil meat. This is eulculated u> make the morsel ernekle under the 8b*eth, ami lends a crisp, h-ittlc surface to the flesh. The.11 he applied Ii mixture called natural hi.hhI. VVitli this he tha '• ^ mi***.A!*, pri^fm-n wldvl, admirer of precious stones, auTd^hts b , r , *„ ’1 iieliA'ln' It g | in purchasing rare and costly speck ; mops, jfjs unifonn^und military trap pings, says, the Jeweler’s Review, ar* <locorat.ed v. tth gems of great value, and his jewels are probably the most gor geous in nil Europe. In the* Russian scepter is the famous OrlofT diamond, weighing 1 IMcarats. This stone is rose cut, rescmhlirig half a pigeon’s egg. It is supp.'st 1 to have been the al undiioce. i henjplie it g ivits jmss t > the sculli m, wTTo jxmivd a* few spoonfuls of eonsbtffmc tn flie'dish aml added a little T>eW juice. '1!. r . taking ii stnqjj s'j pfiige. Up pi. rccd tlivitfi* Ijol.-s in the meqt. Next he '.•ariegatett tlu> wholo witii a quantity ^(Jf J*"iling tfrense. \\ ith tht*se liuiJWn;; touches M.t iareon placed At- before th't■ diners, to tea-.'h him liie wduit tiselu*. a tkuv wlift h he»partumlarly etlinipetl and'de- f.iml to learn. But, niltfi<nigh he was so f Hid of dancing, except (il family gatherings at his' own or his most i.uti- »JU.Tle friiv.KI*’ b ius' s. I never remember hag him ititrVi it-vre."- - - ANOTHER ORIGIN K. M New SabLJti) i:^ a u <ylojlal CurTaptlon of 1 v Hrkr.tr ti.. ilnfiti tVv’x Maui-. Oy’lv.ris viatiijti- Hicanii g t T v ., , , , . . i.and with n‘ flourish an noun ‘‘d that il ,eve«»f an Indian id,d,xrineh after iH-ing | ba)l C( , I11( . . jllst froIn , , it . q- h , stalen by , a Ireneh dcserk-r, p;isst.sl J I’erhaps the most strikingof accounts of ruined boom towns arc those w hich j relate the untow ard fate of Fierce City 1 and Kit Carson. Less than a genera-, lion ago Fierce City, with its lawless population of pi-enty, thousand miners hnd. gamblers, was one of the most. [ notable settlements . between Denver land the coast. Its inhabitants to-day V through many hands, until it u us pur chased by- Count Orloff for Empress Catherine. The..,price paid the. Arme nian merchant who then owned it was ninety thousand pounds sterling, an annuity of four thousand rubles and a royal title. The czar’s private eollec tion contain* numerous large and valu able diamonds and pearl*. * ~ fh-inco GuSsupow < f Russia, who tiled a few years .ago, ownetba eol lection of precious stones, many of which were pojuilar Ai icri aq ablire- all light." used ntit only In enrn nt. talk,but in serious busi ness, as in th,t nisrlring of ^di^ uments, etc. Il ia plitualhly hekLJhy tlti- Brook, lyn Ecglc that in early colonial ckiys tlif b. t r;«ri in 1 t iliac, .1 wre im- p'rtt 0 from Ali-X C ycs, in Nan Domin go. lienee the b, ,.t 1 f anything came lobe known locally as As* t ayes or O. K. Thd^en-.i tlitl r.nt, liottewr, p:css use until the prtcdiiciitluT iHCs. when the Smith, the humori d, avritiiqr under tho* line bf rnterropitioti “Well. I don't mind relatin an expori- enro that was a imtty gtoitl Itwin hr me, nn tliat did more toward reducin my Belf esteem ta<'kled." He rose cantiopsly and peered rontid the oernwf of the iiam t<> assure hims, it' they were not overlieard; then, rttfehe ! that no one was near, he moved the ’ . Bamberg, S. ’ <’ohniil Diin.an, sctTepijy of the Na tional Allianee.Jiaiv by,all getting alftklr psper* nrranged. and now hg* the oflice iq full hla«t in this city. At present hi* correspondence i* small, hut when a. new quarter begins in April hi* work will he heavv. lie has retxMvrd il letter - * -* ' > f from Yirginia saying that the Alliain e lu that Nlatc w as rapidly getting out oF polities. Col. Duncan-said that that was true in a great many State*.—Co lumbia Register. : -so ^ Mr. J. \V. Hardy, 0110 of» the ean- Vft**eri for the Farmer*’ Mutual Fire Insurance Gompany, of this county, , inform* us that poll ie* amounting to nearly >300.000 have already been - taken in Kdgeth M, - The one essential feature to the success of this company will he the prompt payment of the aisesMiient. Otherwise tlie venture must prove a failure. The- agents should impress this, fact upon the mind* of their jiolicy holders. _ . — Kdgclleld Monitor. (Jiaitin? ('ntton. A movement i* on foot'to Inaugurate a revolution in the present system of gradlngootton tliat is practiced through out the country. I ' ™It ha* long been an open socret that tin* method is more in the nature of an invention Of- the buyer* for the purpose Of mys’lTying the producer* in order to give tliein as many oppojtimities as possible of buying cotton at llrst hands- ut one grade and then of reselling at the next grade higher; and niany of them frankly admit that the cotton spin ner*; the consumers pay little or - ho 're gard whatever to the flue distinction Htul slight difference . made. ill the grade*. This is a very important matter to every farmer In the cotton growing Statos. While tlie amount lost to the average individual cotton producer may he regarded a* a aihall matter, when the aggregate, however, i*,.taken Into consideration, & vast amount of money that would otherwise be in their hand, is found to have been thus j ain - t nevcr MjeyCi] wrongfully 1 wrested from them Youth's Companion, annnally. The following remarks on the subject a h.-in.lfwb„ 1,; .. i. h^tcric. The eol IwnvcrsTay uVstTy h T Uc>1 ^ tmliinn mbtes, or seven- thousand restless s-mls. whiS | hundred tlmusnnd dollars. tliaii most anything 1 ever twenty years ago sought gold and revelry by night. fine of . 1 1 - . ' • p* —j ■ , by cay largest pearls in Eurc'pe is the pnipcrt.v I ,s ' t ' h '' vihratious may 1m< CIG HAILSTONES IN TEXAS. I.uru;)« Six ftwhrs In DlaAictor Saltl to IfilVf' Kallora In a Kcr^nt stonn* “A recjgnt Uailstorm near Day HB1 oc- •urretl about 4::?0' p. 'm, ALiit tw,. p. m. heavy clouds appearetl in tho west, and as they - slowly approached a roaring so and was heard, such as usually Indicates a coining hailstorm. Lightning, accompanied- by distant i Of -4he Russian PHtiCc Von: souixtfT. It is poar-sTuipi-tl and weighs 524 grains. This pt-firl, in 1(150, was purchased by Fhilip I Y. of Spain, for eighty thousand ducats, a. siim equal to about .seventy- : live thousand dollars. pitl, guests ntc it xvith n edish. ami do not know the differenec yet. <ih, it is per fectly harmless, but you never know what you eat. you kp >w-. H NOT HEARD BY HUMAN EARS. Sonmlx Which flense .Ynlma(s Often' fn- alK!khle to Man. Animals may hea. sound* that arc In- andlbloto us, says Chambers* Jouraal I‘name of “Major .Jack Downing." start.si ( ertainly the sound* that give the keen- the story that Jn-kson in.hWd ids pa- , est p.easiire to inuny aiiiinals- eat-,. f v r ' perm 1. K..c ■' r k. tmm<{ - l ; 11 ;.t th, v to^sre seldom canabk: of .gii .jig formal the i&ttbiiraf “Uil KorK-et “ ii ^ courin.*. . 1,. nafc7impf.4li4»bi. tJial, 4d«c giAi.enil did or too high use this indyrsoim ut and il was used hy t<K ’ | other peojdc als i. But Mr. Furtoii dls- r to Ixr ititcSihlt'to flic* 1 1 .1./. tinman ear^ Jait If -doC.^n- f follow that they are is [i I ally-1 qa ud l f 11 e" to different ly timed ears. The lb its <>f iiudiltlc sound arc not invarialtle even in tlm human ear; women ca;i. usually hear turh the illiif.ion—we anti the rest are merely ana'-hrorflMuY., Incongruous and mft of plii’-o. “'1 lie city 1* ah absurd relic of -nu-sik yaljlfe, and it la diflieult to Lilttl It seriou ,ly. Tt mu J Is-, in its homely, everyday life, but little changed from what it was one thousand year* ago— ft>r, notwithstanding Itaelotie proximity to the advancing civilization of Europe, with the indolent contentment of tha degenerate Moslem—It has not only do- "Htie.l t> Ih> influeh'yvt thereby, but, from a total lack of any native Inclina tion Ut keep abreast of the world, it has failed even to hold Its own'and is Utility far i t leevynnl of the positioa it oe- -upietF’t^v'TStl eenturies ago. It is 65l.t' a- lop Va 11 Winlvk- “ % _ AN ANCIENT GIRDLAND. TUoiixantlt or <lrr»t Wl iKtess BirtU OnoS U.tiimxl ( rtttetl^wtt-tl I-* Nrw /.rtilund. For ago* before its nccupatlon by man, says t.luf Selcntiflc Ameriedn. New /.••alantl swannetl xvith great xvingl ,, R» Hi'tls, whieh found here no carnivorous .'iiemies, buf aq abnndiiitcc of vegetable food. Tho moil* not only existed in vast niinilKTS. anti for thousand* of very mu h years, hnt h.i-l su di-diversity of formi into gvifl'rul e-itrpingn , f la'itbnv.Ldll Andrew .loekson, , to cmhnyn no Im.* than seven gonera, f t I'e tlemot f.itie eandhlate, was the sU*;k cont iuong twenty-five specie*—a ro- m trade o# hi* whig opponents. Net,a mark&hl* fact which b» unparalleled In any other i*art o< the world. Thi* com mon,' .t kinds In the North island were ■nly fro m two and one-half to four feet high. v ivert d in t]i whit records of the .Nashville, court, of \-Iim Ii .1k . 11 was judge ho- foro ho hecniat! presitk at, numerous documerfL hidor't'tl o. R., meaning<.r- ilerrecorded. Up urges, tkerefriTP, ttial' veston News man’s poiiTt of oliservation toow the etouds divided. “A T I i ght'-colorcd” ni-nv dense small krg which s-rred as a seat nvaivr to his listener and iH'gau: "Well, one momin I says ter Mary; 'Them elm trees front the house ought,t ... be trumnod ujf. .That jiarlor has got the thirnder, ; uggestod an umuimal st >nn. chill uh damp o’ the tomb in it,’ says I." A* v>ut S ' N tniles <11 .taut from ^b.e Cal- “Mbldy?" quickly asked his listener. “Y’is, ’txvus. ' Well, 1 hunted rip a *axv an got up on the fenco- an dim up ter the lower limbs. Jest ri; I got set tled Mary come ter tlT doer air ‘X oy, v ~i ! AtRH, — she aTTt'rs called fhe father .after the children couut-n'iiow don’t bo too venturesome, fur you ain’t so young as you was onct, and you can’t do as the boys do.’ L. - "— "Woll v t f . alh rs riled me tor bo called old, np ^ytyke up putty-sharp an s-ys. T m old hi.nigh tt r-’tend tir-my own af fairs nu' not ■nieddle! ,4 I Bays, T neye- hev threw yor age in yor face )it, though it be apparent to all!’ "It wr.a putty sarcastic, I knem-, an .she Wont in nn diet the door.* Nhe didn't slam it,Tmt jx'st diet it oasy^ like fhe could hide her time. Prague, are tlie famous diamonds onct owned by Count I<uboXv'itz.. Tlie .col lec tion is orn* of the finest In tho world, arid contains,si.x hundred and sixty-aiy specimens. ears are not. as a rnTe, equrilly keen, sound miiy bo quite inamlible to one p erson and plaitSyTieard'by liriother. U si- ,1. . . r ■ • . , . • It was a re mxlof that cmart wlilLi nac In the monoateryutf (ripnehins, in ; n k r ner sound than-men, ami the two beTrrte l hnsim'ss u hkli M:ij-.r A Downing saw ,".:i tile denk of t!ic tlenlial eanditlnte. However this may, - he. thetleintsTato. in lieu of ,leaving the Irof. Lloyd-Morgui^mmtions meaning ,I W giv«i,l,»pte,T the letters 'O.* K. a eof thif4Tt cdNe In xvhioh. th,v ,,f •NCjPrcs THE BARON tt lx PfCjiit rrti NiTT? OF for >hr,l. BEEF, e , * tlio •tan iug of some /rog*. in Africa \va i hita as almost to tlr »wn hi> oiee. but of xvhieli Id's friend 1 liiU4v*H)thiwy; s'1 loud their hanatio. friead'-s . V.- ,— card ah- A3 VICWED Pftsl I tie icu-ers ,1. lv. a., a parly cry and fastciie l theia on Few.'Un tray bled Americans fiavo ever sc*on a royal baron t-rf-l»(;ef. Die- available half ttfr-wtniife l,eef creature’ anti the roasting of this, aneje^t. Ynte- tidc joint still 'kept up with much state nnd.ceremnn Tl.if sn-n • rmpg-mny snx^in! i>.issesking the be observed by Utile . instrument kfhown a v.’histle. TJie s ,nnd made ^Tc rnorvi the moon. < la j tom's 1 >.v this whistle ,'an lie made more and more shrill, until at last it ccaoes tn be heard at nil by mast jKTs.ons. Some cau_ Our ILirth li-i-ikt S|.xly-I-'gur Time* Larger ••■'y Tir, 1 the Nub. - ire favorable to, it--U-oe a<n'rtuin If Tut ■itiiiiiaii ir conditions ; t.'.x.latea.a>. a.ul Prei' r,. until they reached the size of small hen eggs. After falling for alxout fifteen minutes the hail and r:ii;i ceased for probpT>1 y two minutes. Then it com menced again to rain heavily arid con tinued for probably ten minutes, with a ! higher wind, and it was during tins in- j torval that this wonderfully largo hail stones fell. „« x, h . . , , . This remarkable kail fell In large I s pc. o I was kinder fluatratp,! by itHumps, ranging from three to' r ix inches an upset, an I begun sawm like any- in <li; ,meter. I heard of one picee eight thing r.n not noHcm what I xvas doin' - till I heard h big crack, an fust I knexv 1 was n-hangin by my vo.ri ter the stub end of a limb ’bunt 10 foo> from fhe ground. I lusl sawed off the limb I was a-setfin on! “Mary heard, the crash a’ii come run-, nin out lively, hut when slio see I xva'n't in no close ,langcr.,^ho says, ‘Pull yev doud parsed out from the iloud toward the southeast, while the T COIltill .‘art, hnt fqmhnx-e it at a l.iizli altitiulo-, was another cloud of a pinkish east, which movetl also toward tl;e yaat. A , ■ pMutvor am fc3v.mi»utos af.t'.’r.ll).c rain. commenced and. ceremony in the householiLof . f-,' 1 ,, _ U 7’- 1,10 ^ “I'lL Btill v )f *- ; ,;| vrrv ,. bt ,, r small dia.i 1st,nies fell, ami each nr nr-nt her gra-i.ius innj, sty at Winds • ! ; r '-n t hey , to Ae-ar. .The . vu ., tbift'"';; ’ x pre'ee-ling, The bamn having' been ^elected is h h- '' ! . n r ; u,:!t 1s ' ueh vmitasfe grouj,, roasted in front of the great kitchen air ml to vi- (>r< , ba1/iy Cr , t ^ v lire at \\ indsor, taH-. while the giant forms reaching tivelvo and thfr- tct ti feet were always rare. -Immenso dyp<!sits Of mud iKines have been found in localities to xxdiich they appear to hayivljeen washed from tho hills in ter tiary timeo. Nkcletors on the surface of the grouritT, with skin and ligatnenU still rittochetl, liuxv givenH|i impres sion that these bird* have Men exter minated in Very, recent wapT but other 1 facts point to a different conclusion. Tradition Hcein* to fdioxv that tho m xv Ix-aiht'. extinct in the North island soon after the arrival j>f the Maoris In New Zealan'd —tliat Is, not less Hhan four to five hundred years' a^b—arid in tho South IslaiiiI nlwint one hunilreti yea«>a later. Thl* fresh appearing akin and ligaments are Riin;io*6'| to have been preserved by imur.tially favorahlo coa- WONDERFUL TRANSFORMATTOff. that they are rtnt, and yerrOTfitr Te transported to the t ip of lieo'orEnmtrf- tljcr tall p<Mk or ro-k. on tb'c ;.;u ia. o ,n -'e''** ly '-.i--* * Comglct* ' Wprjd.•' how do ; * itorix wal of LIJ* larger ones fell, than the two cooks being' kept busy- bast in grit* -Bides.^ The, ceremony always attracts a small’croxvd of pri.vi- 1 edged persoris from the household, who watch with i.nterixst the priKTess of the jojnt which, on Christinas day, xvilj np- brorte, but so rapidly that ,otir ears no longer-rcctignizc it. 'though the exist: cnCebf these inaudible vibrations is dc\ tected by a ‘‘sensitive flam'.” as xvas Brst shown by Prof. Barrett in ls77.- self right up ter tho next limb, tho wax the boys do,’ ' . “I Kiiy*. pretty hasty: T ain't no boy. Run an git 11 ladder!’ ,‘Tm ’most too infirm ter run,’cays she, ‘hut I’D call for some one.’ “Putty soon she come hack vrifli a man nn a latlder, an when I was 01 ^ inches in tliameter,' wblfh weighed four ixninds. They xvere, ns a rnle, spheri cal hi form, but somy .were somewhat flat, and nearly all W ore covered with aval knob*. They fell in small ureas about two feet apart, xvliilo in other places only 0110 would fall in a space twenty feet square. The average un- ler my observation xvas about one hailstone to every throe feet square. The earth xvas thoroughly saturated with water, and some of the largo pieces penetrated th07ground in soft pTaccs altouj, threi* inches. I gathered ibout'n bushel of the largest pieces af- A ISoom fof Urunettr*. ' « The brunette type is begohiing morff numerous in England and <,:i the eolith nent gemTally. Mr. (dadstom observes .most things, said some years ago that light* haired people xvere far pear cold on the * royal sideboard at Os borne. 4 ' . ■ One of the boars .fcoin the queen's herd in Windsor’s Great park must also fall a sacrifice to Christmas griyety, for the boar's lira,1 xvill flank the baron of , ., ... beef on the royal MtlcUmrd. * ■ ' s t nu - ,u ® r(> “ K t 1 han ln llls yoath. Thlt In the ©Men day the ceremony of - | P'^lts bringing in the baron of beef was as ? the suw^eal inquiry undertaken by pr. Beddtw', who examined 7X.w,;m- cn and found that W/J wi'ro ‘l)ri4notti ancfr BaT blonde^, (^irr^ying’ this in<pviry It xvas formerly aeeompanied by the Drel^thltTe Teafricl tliat * .* ^ • . ' . 73.5 pere«it. of the bninettcs had liu.s- Wohld hyk froiit; id? ’irsTf xx’ould tour eye’s in the ; (Uroctiqh of ourtarth, the xviglityou had p; t quitted., but toy >11 it xvouhl t«.- ii htrangcr. In pl.iet 1 tif the sdniher globe you xvouhl naturally .expect to heboid yotrr eyes Would be gr.s-tcd xvith a most wonderful, sigltt. The earth, xvould ap;)C.'u' t'>. y-'eLrthr be fliTies larger than the sen npyx 1. . , , ’ ,< i resident* of this mundiitiex-pliere; - tll „ ( arth ,.^.1-times the diameter ,if the m-*)ii, ih* 1 mmjtxnvct'ri.snvily show tin A most remarkable thing, says an c~- ebanf'F, is r, ported toliave oecurre.l si (f!BI).J>5'FF,ril.hV.,*,«!|^*..l , ’k:ri‘ii«e) in liie year 1->HI. Antonio Prizzcttl, a Legs gar, -xvhn had formerly resided at Tarer.tvin, but xvhri on account of age had brerfrsent to a'home for the aged at one or the , tVr • f the places raen- tionotl, e.vperi 'ti •, il a Complete renewal sJxffdtkfr ■■■"te'&r- irsV) } - lllt beginning of the transforma- • wa^ Iittie less than ninety ysKtra fltit ihing noticed which six,ty-f,Hir timCs as nmeh .‘.’.irfatie picturesque and entertaining as that now assoeiatod x’. itlv tho boar's bead, but in time it died out. 1 long pro Tn.lro Elected by Otic Vole. Only, one man xvas ex-or txvicc elected governor" of an American stole "liy hi : ingle vote, and ho was Mare ns M or pin doxvn she says, mighty perlite: ^ while I ‘placed them in a suck, which I ton. TTie Bostori Ilefultl retails tlie ‘Ihcre, now, don’t play any of them boy- put In a box and packed hoi - around fact tliat he was not only elected by ish tricks ngth-aa stare ifie. My nerves without 6i>eeial care. Some -tyf the y the people in 1651) by one vote, as is aln t bo strong as ypn young people’s!’ | pieces 4 exhibited in Brcnhani, for tho “Well, sir, whilst I wrre a-hangin | reason that I preferred to gix'e ocular there tho conceit'jest dripped off m ,- j demonftratiun in poof of the state sinking of aTdntl of musical grace, nnrf , 1 ° . H ; ,rn,H ‘ W * !S ,,:l • the sxVvants. includiftg the cot.ks and? y , , > '‘ r <, “ nt ^ of - tl10 hasten;, followed it in a long procession. , blo5 “’’ M ^ ,m thiV 11 a-ste;)- ter the rain ceased and in a very little —bootlegs, I xvhb glad 'riongh tor feel the j merit l made in relation to the size of ground agin. I can tell xt, an pence then tllc Aft °r forty-two hour* several generally remembtred, but that lie wns also elected by the legislature in L'l" by a single votev-He xvas a camlidate twelve years ia succession -bef;,i-o his first election appem-s that in England a brunette bus ten chances of bring xvedjdqd tp the nine chances of the blonde; -and Dr. Ih.'ikloe. went on to argue tlmf ‘-‘tlio English are becoming darker beuatwo the ineii persist m^scL ting the dark haired xVomen as xvives.” The name filing is happening in Germany, in 1' ranee, in Switzerland and elsewhere on the continent. A, liKHUi slmx'ia, uh. '1'lte'su hand, would appear no lu;’;.Vr,t >you from y n.r obserxutory on tlie m *,n , L-iharj it ,i-,es from .our globe. The eartli’s iltiouaphere. being blue it has U-en deeileil -.Unit the ear ill must nji- pear as a blue bull to all out'idcon- I'M.kers.. AY hat. w 4 lori, m* si'rlif it mast be tn our lunarian neigh ink** to ■•took • upyii a bright^ blue,'swifLrevolving be!j bi.vtj'-four times larger than tbs Vun! - ■ ", TAKINGDTHE HUSBAND’S NAME. ’ * 7—\ - • , ■ Tito Custom Orl prmte.l with I HemaiiK. The pracrJce t,f lhexvife,a.‘. husband’s name at mnrriagi originated from a Roman e; fore:»be -| SU .F>''!' ' ,1<V • that st tine thing cx tra<-nlinary -mnmirtefr u i‘ l >“ut to taltc place xvoa in hi* akin, .age as the "'W-l* cracked and came off just liko n“v^'Gw other 5hat of . a . toild or su:ik ‘i» leaving a soft new skin in place of,the. xvrinkled Oltl cuticle that had t«‘en worn for four score yeararind a half. Within a snr- 'pristngly short time his flaccid old raav des' became strong ami pluinp, the xvhifle hair* fell from hi* head, ami curly black hair appeared,, similar to that which had s-> delighted the maid- ETTR-pevetity years before. His eyesight also returned with all the vigor of youth; hia completion seemed fresh anti rosy; in fiu-t, he^was a new man from the soles of hi« feet to the crown of his beffd, He lived sixty years after this transformation and died at the agririf one hundred and fifty. a d<•;« nt tVelJ Kciupinijercti. becalm* the common custom uTler Some years ago an oh f gen Horn nn fell Roman riccunatlbn. nritfA tlie it i.» ;.ji<l, ■tom, ami t’le in. brnggin.’*— Is an editorial] extract from the latest Issue of the Manufacturer's Record: It Is to be hoped that the inspeelioir of the many samples of cotton which will appear at tlie World’s Fair may lend to tome - aetion relative to tni- „ Soon there wn.s a terrific rambling, a clatter and a “°' v t' 10 ^ ff et t ^ ere ‘ > thump. “There, gentleman,”, said the proving;, the. present unsatisfactory genial profewor, “that's tho l»eginning. riystenrof grading in vogue thnonghout Now yon ran hoar the dvnamo running A Yarmouth captain thought himself -the country. Polly <10 per cent., or down Bridget I a han.lv fellow «ith . we.,.K n» even more, of the grade* now ■ / The :if t 'iit„in K . Professor Osikc xvas talking about electririty at Harvard end sent his as sistant to start up the dynamo. “Wait n moment, gentlemen,!- ho • smiled, “and tho experiment will Ix-gin. of the pieces were seven inches in cir cumference., At this date (eleven day* after it fell)_about a quart of tho halt remains. Its density is so great that I belie.v»4t-xviU keep should you wish a sample. A most remarkable fact in connection xvith these large hailstones is that some of them have particles of dirt ’ in the center. Tho question is: v P ~ ? r Kvcry Sian to-III* Trade. tho echoes with a campaign long xvhieli ran Tliia- way, to the tune of “Yankee Doodle:” : , \ Jttlao Mortpn now rovcrfior — I'll tell son how 't* *s done, sir: They pwc him Ul the spurtous v„u s ■7. . And bqueezed him hi by i>ue. sir. Htslorjt from Ifoty*. The limes tone care* of MalVi containx lie lied nDryly fact. It is not ever saw the old gentleman, InU a fexv weeks ago lib; solicitor called and in formed her that he had died and l e- /tucathcd to'Jier the sum of seven- hun dred anti fifty titouhantl dollars. A Mlrtr of Wraith. ^cog nized have no bearing toward the ' It takes a dong time for the cocoanut high enough from a float and did not Huufc trcfl-tn atfsiti Us f.,n wish to sxTin^ a mtafre. ho ^ giving an opportunity to reduce Die yedYw—but when this time has naaacd it the boxv and thus did the lettering. He be V‘ a W r ,Ml,ne .j»- a min© of wealth, and liappy ho who a i armomn captain tnongnt mmseir i neumestone cares at AlalVi eon tain a liandy fellow with a paint brush. Ho the bones of various extinct species of “decided to put theuinmc of his schooner ’elephant, hippopotamus, stag, tortoise on her boxv, and as he could not reach the boxv and thus did the lettering, went ashore^ after doing the Worlf on „ riage, aiul lasts only abtJut three days and other animals. Fyoin the fact ihaY* filter ceremony. 'Micro is no “spotm- fainted, which xv;itho signeri tbcir-urrm-ts t 11 4ht-*amc-maym—r, kn >wn that NDs;. Bir -li but omitted the “of.” Against this view may be mentioned that during the s'.ntwnth'nn>l even at tin* b»' , j'iiining ot the seveutcentb com lury tlie irisgt' n ■nis'Thtubtftil,' nind: , we find L'a’.ht rinx; F-yr t.i^fatftg Ticr- ”“W'“ - rt-lf after-she'l.c.d ilifceritxvuC mamctli Katrlnonlai M.trhe. n, ( hi a. and xve always hcarof Igwly JaneGrey In China, love making folloXv* mar- (iie-t It.a!’ey)and Arabella Ntaart (not St ym», jrf many of these bones wi-re pnaxved it mEBA. taiffiTCd . Uut some qi^ivprmi* brtitM he.s' solve. mg ’ previous to tnarriagS. acqua 1 iifa nee betw xi'c, person* thfiik that the cuSb>m ivlunin 1 ! .» ' . H can r , aH'ffpts:JIf7[Trori‘<>f k hundred acrea wrierte-Tiew tho effect ‘from-a dts- ‘*^»arth>taa''VuTC, on -theeastern- aid© of K • h ')»tt.mri»W)e stronghold of the kis own.—Frank Leslie's Monthly tance, nud this is what bis astonished MaLto', remains of the brown bear and a , , -• sy v* bchsiar^a*] uDVIlT^ Wifi^ contemporaries. John Cook femaJo prevents them from marriage. It xva* vC<| the tuySery. by finding in the For this reatoa a man seldom we,Is a Smith,-1 *• , ^.r specips tzrwonr" girl of-, bis.own- t-nv-n. stoa^i of the young! : society. A'-previ yu* originated from Uj^^riptural- t >ach- imd0 Ttek;tmtiliW»d att*l.wiie-4urn. J oa&_ as dcchled in the ca-e of Byn vs. BPBBB in the reign of Klizi et h. that a OiJ vv;iueji, in- xxomaa by marriage loses,her. f.-rver her. Nl.c xvas like tie- greatC are tbe belles of amine and k-galiy rweeivet ike. n-amripf r who tjeatle t' *' p;tinter pvt on ■ ‘her husband. Ilonorablo Xi'rinklcs. A peep inside a photographer s den shows that hi* art is a Cue lert in the Irfit'sC'senAc of tho word. Much of it is too fine to be seen by tho casual ob-' server. In linishingup people arc usual ly made much - finer than'they really are. Very carefully tho artist goes over tho negative and takes out tb« . imjM'rfe-thins and roughness of feature v.T.i h the truthful glass has laid down. According to the Lewiston Journal this xva;; recently done «p in .central Maine, xvhen a lady who had liwd over one hundred years xvas pho- togrep lied. NIkj, xvas very much wrinkled, of court#, and the artist r thought to improve the picture by tak ing the creases out of the negative. 7,Hot the rid woman protested strongly against tlie change. She hadn't "lived one hundred year* for nothing," ghq fiensibly said, ami she wanted to be rep resented “jost as she was.” So the wrinkles'were all put bask to plesAS "Walt toe wan ha ■r Mi