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■ u^p iwi^iiiiiy. iii, T ' • ' 'V \ K Pnpl* Fmies.' L>ml, M^kantihi and mie- Ueb Printing lucatM and in tbe ^tatyMOdthe 1' to i-le I'rchJi Vol. XV!. feMk rwiaiinmi BAKfiWELL COURT HOUSE, S, C., JUt^Y 27,1893, UdMlo’ We l rlw ♦■h€» c(>ite»|) AH IllllSt tX) No' aUfer Vlianjrt.d ihv ' kd. Alliance Department. North«ni' 5 l'te^an is badly apottc<l Reports !n>m r'Otrthtreat Texas are . alnittot. n^lfont.lv loul-—I'mmil.utlt \ Adapted l “lane J. - tbe Cdiji'.ty Organ by tbe Coun- to wbWirt Ml OddiMdnlcaUoua Fatter* irttmtW be nddrerenl. AsaoctArk FiDiTda, on Alliance rlr ► L: f OMkra »r the CMNrt* AlltaDt*. It. H. Crum, President, S.C. Miller, Vice l»lw*Ut«lll. =—p- W. 8. Bambergt 8ecrt tary. A. F. Free, treasurer. O. f>. Kinard, Cbaplaln; T: 8. Weeks, County I^culter. W. A. AU, Steward «>r Assistant Lcetvtrbf. W. T. Harley, Door Reetwr. -- R. it. Harley, AssisUnt UdW Rwper. D. W. Bodiford, ttenceant-at Arms. F. H. (1e«»}h, Business A (tent. y.aectttlH Committee—0. B. Free, W. W. Patrick, W. A. Faust. - Trade Committee—O. M. Hunter, K. S wiing, J. M. Ulme.r, W. A. AH. ■ lununiUeejnn Garni n/ttii-( irdcr— Itlllan, C. M. KdenlkUl, W. T. Care, J. K •nelling, E. B. OtHSas. . , trtkkl* of RMpeeU At the last regular meeting of Si,»r n It. iiiade of drought and the plant h sled ding bad^y in Aonio neighborhoods. - _ 1*tll llwl>rili<ftint itmlsiirain in >o;i e |>oi tions but on the whole is In belter condl lon tbxi-in otliara—Worms etv.- AN ELEPHANT STORr. Uow un Intelligent I’aclirilrrui rtUired a - -~i*rthnn in the tyeiftae wetr They , wore swapping truthful talet at the hotel one evening, and by ntiani- mous-consent the man from tfirurd. was uxwanlnti the .augat-euated THE FAt Man saved them. Alary-at-a- f »atg -at A'Ionoe* Wto* AU ATkmt ropitrud iuApany Iwulitie* and farmers art* busy destroying fbem. In West Texas the long drought lias parched everything; and even with but thore is an elephant Out in Geneva, good rains now, scarcely more than a small crop can lie made. From it careful study of the renom Ss tl ftlkde it is apparent that tile Texas cotton crop is in a most critical condi tion and considerable harm lias been done already. If the present dr-y bun. . , “Pve rend a good deal,” eaid hf, ‘‘about the intelligence'of elephants, O., which is vflnterlng with a cirrus there, that la the smartest and most in telligent elephant on earth- “Once in awhile a cyclone sweeps Kver the Iluekeve sUvte that lepeTa iniildings to the ground. The elephant, whose name is Hnooier, knows as much Rnd resolutions corubietnorativc of the life and death of Brother Michael llynes were adopted and ordered to be published: Whereat!, d.'-alli has eutomfour tank* Vety suddenly, since our last meeting and removed from among us without warning our friend and brother Mi chael Hynes; and whereas we, the mem- lers of Hpringtowh Alliance, in meet ing assembled, feeling the weight of the Divine blow struck in our midst wnd feeling it a duty to olfcr some trib-i ute of respect to our departed Brother, 1 therefore be K f Resolved, That in the death of Broth er Hynes our Order sustains the loss of a true patriot, a faithful friend, a wiiv counselor, an honored member, an un tiring worker, pure citlsen and coir- etant well w islier 0»r tlm Order's good. Resolved, That as an expression of oor grief a page in our minute hook be Inscribed to Brother Hynes memory and that thia preamble and resolution tie published in Tiik Bamxwkll I’eopLk. A. F. Kara, J. F. JONKH. P. W.Saxhikkr, r . Committee. Ring •( the Riglil Xftal. Senator Kebuion B. V'AUce of North Carolina gave to the press on .Saturday An open letter which he ha* written lo the Pahriiers' Alliance. In hr* letter, Vance tays he la pleased at the action of the A I*is urr in urging Senators and ’ •■Ropresen tatl ves to stand by th* pilW* unt silver purchasing law until son.o weather dontiimes ten days longer the - dliolb crop will 1,,. imcllv damaged. abont metenro1o K lcal ^omti .ons as the \ Sponge Oiit Hie Headache. "* tuUorattiatr iii rvTTn* nvumfrii be readily relieved, and la many oases entirely cured, by removing tlm waist of one’s dress, knotting the hair high rip on the bead out of the way. ami While, leaning over a basin placing a sponge soakedTn writer as hot-as I14 town Alliance the following preamble yan-fac home on-thc buck otTtie TrerkV t 4m<> grasping an ax tn his -trmitc, ha went out to the windward of the build ing and drove a^gny stake deep in the frourtd. The cyclone was then hut a ■.uile off. and was vppidly nearing the building. Rushing Inside. Snoozer un fastened the cage ertniaining the giant python and. seizing the big snake in his trurik, trotted outside and tied his • Repeat this many times, applying the s|KMige.!)ehlnd the eavj, and the strained Inuscles and nerved that have caused so much misery will be Colt to relafc and smooth themselves out de- licioasly, and very frequently the pain promptly vanishes in cttnsoquence; Kverv witinan -knows the Aching facoand neck generAily brought dionieNl ^j! tho ^ uy sttlkp . T) ,^ n r( . arinR . from a hard day S *l»opplng, or from a] !ljnwlf on his hind ht> ihc pythou's hpad ardlind tlie center rhiinney of the building. The cyclone was now but u qilarter of a mile away. satisfactory substitute is adopted.- lie says that year* ago be urged u|ton farmers the importance of such an organisation a* would enable them to make their vast lint disjointed strength felt promptly and efficiently in legisla tion, and that the pnfservition of silver in currency is a vital issue. He declares that the u*b of silver anil gold on equal terms as die basis of our ourrcncTis necessary, ami gk»cit* it s ffetermiiiaHon to yield nodiing to the- nioiiometallists, who have errated a pioic, so Industriously adiertiscd, atitl w hich will hereafter be known its the rich maiTs panic. Vance says, in conclusion, that Hie hope of ingratiating himsejf "ith the I’lptlilent to secure patronage lias not. afTMtoff him, nor does he believe it n ill o|iente for an effort to secure a reisial -of tbe .Sherman law. loiXg-roun .1 of calls, and afternqou tens Slie regards with intense dl|*atl»fac- I Mon the he.tyy lines dran u a found'her.; Fycs and moiitli I'.v the long strain on 1 the facial in u sc lex, ami wluur slur must - carry that worn countenance to son e dinner party or evcuUtg’S amusement It rubs her of ail the pleasure to be had in it. Cosmetics are not the Cure n >r bromides, nor the many nerve sedatives to be had at thC drug-shops. i'se the sponge antHtot water again, r e rie .witH terrific force. The sujicrior iialhing the face in \\at.«T a* hot as it intelligence of the elephant was here can possibly be borne; apply the j (riQSt eTi( , ent j f ^ had taken a chain sponge nycr ami over again to tli lldcklv-populated country it is to-dny. In ithi'3 Col. Majors, then a lad of ten years, was living with hi* father in 1 Jackson county, Mo., on a farm widely is now. the Site 0# Kansas City. Then tills country was tbe frontier, and there were only a few farmhouses where now stands the great city. Twjdre 1 idles" . ■ . ^ . away was Independence, the farthest entire force of the weather bureau rora- frontier town. Biuded. Not long ago, as Snoozhr ewt | “fn the spring of '23." said Col. Ma- his weather eye out of the window of jora. *‘a farmer living near ii«. named «trng Tn "wTuch Hie iiicuagcrie James Cockrell, an uncle of Senator .wax-eontWctri be discerned 'a marked ( ockreir, started out to cross the plains change in the barometric condition of.. for thp niountains, where he the utmosphere. He also saw a cyclone hoped to catch enough beaver inTh* to the Southeast beaded dead on tiic niountain streams to bring in a UUle menagerie building. Sliptdn^hlachttiD cash, which was extremely scarce in tTmse days, f'ockrell was not heanl of for two year*. At the end of that time he returned with enough beaver skins to bring him 81,400. ^.^ockrell also brought iback a weighty silver-mine secret. He had .discovered what he supposed to lx* a wonderful silver mine, lie organized a party to return, seek out thf treasure and bring back loads of untold wealth. “My father. Benjamin Majors, was among the twenty farmers who joined a'will ■■iff ilia yMNffffHwa. TbHr A rduotm Work Ilelua the ( a»n«. The deaths of several well-known medical practitioners lately at ages , but litilu beyond the middle twrlml Of it* developihehl 'than"any oihor living Tt would pay you big to charter a vessel, life have given A shoot; to a good many man. Having spent all hi* life, in tho and head direct to Australia. Once every west he has seen it gl'ow from a wilder ness into the highly-developed and IVrlthe<< 00 the Plain*. CV>1. Alexander Majors, a Western pinned of fifty years' experience, prob ably knows more about the west and THE -AH 044 Aston FLYING FOX. tw-rtw tralia.: [ If you were offered a large sum of money for getting together an unusual collection of natural history specimen*. j-th#.-' DOCTORS AND CLERGYMEN, Thn tiillolt Xatv. Gillott collection ir lii UJTJ-GI two “iV aBil two "t’s”; ‘'an of tlieir professional brethren. Ami month or two for the past three or four no wonder! One the flr.-t thing* n years I have given a slirtrt sketch of diwtor naturally nims«» tstliepreserva- aoinc peculiar inhabitant of the thud, lion of his owu health ami lifd. if be nir oy water in and about the Antipo-, eauuot hcep liimself alive and wetl. the dean continent. The subject of the prospect is certainly not encouraging “note," the “Flying Fox," is only one for his patients, it Is commonly i’c- of the-.'many hundred paradoxical j llcvcd—that doctors are a sbort-livrxl creatures that have been added to tlie class. Istlic popular be.lief Well found-, fauna of-the world nince Tasman made c<l? It is. according t<> the Domlon his Initial exploration* in,those regions j ilospitni. only too well fftiindedr Th in -the year 1042. ThHf chief his “Vital Statistics," Dr. Arthur habitat is the hdavily-vi'ooded section i Newsliolme informs ns that of every in the vicinity of Moncton"bay. In wliat j, MKKI clergy men between the ages of 43 is usnslly set down a* South'ATintrulla. } afnTCnTTily 13.1):! '(TIo' nnTiuaTly. But of They live in great flocks or herds and every t,BOO doctors between the ages of when not engaged in shattering like a lot of monkeys, spend tlieir time in slowly wheeling about in the air on their fury,—membra nV-Hke wing*. owl, nor tread lightly abont like Renard, their terrestrial relative, but, on the contrary, they beat the air with their wings until the sound reminds you of the drumming of the pheasant or the lowing sound produced by tlie *3 and 03 no fewer than -’XfO.'l die every ^ ear. That is to say, the mortality of nedleal men is almost double that of .'lergynien. And the rate is increasing. They do not fly noiselessly Uke the Twenty years ago It was onh-gt instead of 23." .Tliesc arc facts lo make us pause. They seem to throw an ugly doubt upm t-iie competency of our pro fessional skill. It may perhaps be argued that clergymen are finuneinlly more prosperous than medical men; prairie chicken. They are wholly un- | but that would be quite fallacious, tx;- likennyanimalofthesniuenamekronm eanxe Ih-; Newi.holine ineludes in Ids to inhabit Borneo, (’cylon and s^mthern j clerical cluiCs Mu* mlnlf.tcrx of all tlie India, this last namM creature being [ honconfonnfng denominations; and, | Die expedition and ret out for the Rockies. After a long, weary journey the building, tlie intelligent pachyderm braced hi* powerful legs in the fround and put his hands against the side of the building. The cyclone was now but A hundred yards off. The next infant it struck the with terrific force. temples, throat ail 1 bchin-i the ears, where most of tlie nerves ami muscles of thd-head centre, hihI bathe .tile face fn water ninning cold from the, faucet. Color and smoothness of’outline come back to the face, and aston'slling fresh ness and <;omfort is tlie result, I-and if a nap of ten minutes can follow every trace of fatigue will vanish. The same remedy is invaluable for sunburn, and tbe worst care of tb s a diction i>f*i.iisit.ive*Uins will snecirnb 10 the hot water treatment. The cold douche should not follow in this ease; instead a light application of vaseline nr cold cream, which prevents peeling of tne .skin^a* the hot water prevented intlammation. Nothing «o good for tired eyes lias yet. I Aw-if discovered as lifithing them in liot water; and non ra'gia, nine eases but of ten, w ill yield to application of clothes wrung out in hot water in wbieh-TheTtstttti carmot tx- borne.—Fall River Herald _ •Daahing aroiiml to the leevyanl «*f the mountntns were reached and a few day*' search discovered the mine. “All the pack-horses Were loaded wdij} Ibc precious ore and the miner* xtarted on the return journey. The"' first .two or three hundred mile* rtf the menag- return trip lav through country swhito- iicM.rtnr ing with Indians and buffalo. Every ! night several of the pagt/y were left on ^(iard to see that the Indiaili* did not i get away with our horses. “One night when they had just ar- ; rivwi at thewCRtern border of KnnKn*, four hundred mile* from home. <he In- j djan* xn^aked upon them. A lot of ! them crawled along on the ground and *0 st«*iithily did they steal between the pickets that before anyone was awak ened they werp tffc thc iabfditle of the f-yump. Suyh. wbortping Ah'd j-eUing wm. never heard, but before th*?. campers were wide awake the Indians were off. simply a gigantic Vat. frisbrixik's mention of the nrM1lt.1l in | question i* interesting: “Wc were next treated tn a (tight almost equal to that of the nrlfnal which lay* egg*—n tb>cU j tif flying foxes alt hanging to home limb* In a thicket. * * * Suddenly the \yhole outfit took flight nad flapped their wing-like shies as they wheeltxl *bout in the «ir Hke heavy l»irds. Many of them fly with their young holding fast to their brensts. • • * Tim The Cot ton Crop*, Bureau at \N'*sliiiigton Kay* that the cotton crop is improving exoept in South Carolina and Texas, Hltliough Abe plant it small. It says in detsil; Tirginla—Condition* favorable to hntton; lice killed by high temperature. North Carolina—Cotton blaoming. treed (maH: drought in interior of State' damag ing crop*. South Caroli na—Bat little improve ment during the past woek; cotton ffftffgai bottom and blooming near tlie the plant' has stopped growing; not more than half crop of v'oru or cot ton promi*ed: rain needed. J- Georgia—Dronglit becoming serious; eetton ha* improve.t, but lit still small tnd inferior. * Florida—Cotton'lias improved. Alahama—More rain needed; cotton /frowlng, conJitious favorable. Misaissippi—Considerable complaint of drought; several counties report worms. -... lyOiilsMax—Cotton continue* small affd late. . _ .. .. Texiis—Cotton Is anffering for rain in the western portion of the Mate; grass hopper* are damaging the crop. Arkansas—Weather favorable for cot ton. ' Tesrn^ssee—Cotton is small, bat healthy and is suffering from drought. If (lies have managed to invade the hon*4you may rid yourself of tliein l»y mmng hatf'.a t<^spoonint ,:: of t>iack p.-p|x>r, a tcasporfi^ilbr l»Fo\\ 1, *n«r:fr ..J m’,.iiiie:-}..M-in u* oi cream, placing it on a plate and leaving it on a plate in the room. . Green Tomato IHckle.- (Tnni enough grt'eti ytAhratbc* to make a gaHoti; sprinkle over llietn half a ciji of salt, let them stand over niglit amj next morning drain ami'squeeze dry. AiM one tea-ipoonfnl ea; h eixuaiiioir, clove- wlmle inustaril seed and.,Celery seed. I’ouruu\iucgar enough to coyer and. boil twenty minutes. and fastened it to the windward side of the building it would" have been snap ped like a thread, but tlie python was elastic ami he stretched just emrngh to hold the building in place, together with the elephant's brace on tbe other side. The force of the cyclone was so great that it stretched the python ten feet and shoved Shooz.er's legs down .ut** the h*Vd• ground up to his body. “When the cj’cbme * passed over Snoozcr trotted around, untied the python, replaced it in ijs cage, pulled up the guy stake with bis trunk, re- turned-the ax to its place, slipped the chain over his forefoot, and contented ly resumed his noonday meal of hay." —Washington Star, i clas;. for class, there is no doubt that medical men arc much better off titan the body of clergyfnen nx thus consti- tuted. What h tltr renson, then, for this portentous death roll? Tt J* to ho found in the arduous nntnhe of the d<x:- tor's daily work. But then the doctor know* the arduousiu-: s of his work, and if he had, faffh In physiology lit would counteract the effect of that nrduonsness by more holidays add l>y combining..wfth his follow doctors t<> wing, of which the animal ha* perfect diminish tlie killing strain. This is a control, is a'fold.of skin reaehing from matter which is generally talked about the fore to the hind leg. like that on the and then dropped American flying squirrel.”—Nti Louis Ilott bthorai frnndglerit cohntcrfejt*," aa Oho naod .TcaJjeiEUiflJitixfl ptni iioaoa of of her« A go-xh lipnely crcitture bWtbe (ban steel |>eri r.iakcf, Who the great Tun«*r in tho tranlrk^t ot I tnixslA mid tattled 1 iw i»y tin rtituric of . crisp Uiousand |ound note*. “What will yoit take for the lotf* vi Irmlitionally tlm fr-nnfan'* question aff ho glanced id real awe Hronml the gnwt ttrUst'.-f stmlia, v. hero paintings worn fctackrsl n» if in a broker's *!u*p. “Thirty thoii^md pumf's." growle t -tho artist, who might have bom ihii liroker’s man a* far an »ppcaratu» went. , Gillottwat dovTn to emlrit hint tbo noted without another word. Bgt Tnmer frgpiKuT bhn. .-TT^r no TWaTiird the' firrist; yet the pian with tlie iiotca might havo n few. And tho pciiuiakcK carried off souu'of tlie beat picture*in triumph. Ami now these priceless Ttlmofs were exhibited at Christie'*, where all tW world ftnrkod to aoo thejfi, with other fine picture* of thp tno^rn school. Ik tvaa jnst then a high tide of commerciat prosperity, ami Pactolas seemeil to havtj been turihsl into tlie British isle*. «ml everybody, witji tlm exception of an nn- itdpottaiil liO.Win.diK) or so, had plenty vt money, add liixttncted by tbe liigh price* that fhletlfl at the U'.lk.tt rale mndu haste to in visit it in-pictures.—All thff Year Round. Republic.,, A GREAT STORM. fae Atlantic THE CAMELjS REVENGE. It If JPatkcd. and the ( amcl I>tea Oat of Pure m-KUHt. N guns, ammunition and blankets, under A very few years ago il■eiianced thaf 1 u liieii they were Meeptng. They Tui'i a, valuable camel, working in an old ho provisions whatever, and it was four mill in Africa, was severely beaten by hundred miles to coffee, sngur anO Ocean Tnrnrd Intrt * Fast *,.• Whirlpool. One of the grandest storms oij^rec-- brd. that whiclj jyreraileU up«jn the At lantic on December 22, i*V»2. lias recent ly heed made th« suliject of a speeiup Chari f^y the United State* 'hydAr- graphic Imreau. This tremendous *U*rm New- 1 laving s 4 *ihpeded every horse, both pack ahd saddle. • — , “The travelers were left ifi a terrible * C . 'T” , e / ri,rri state. They were fonf hundred miles from hmne. winter was fast coining on, I their clothes and shoes were almost in shreds from mountain usage, there was : nothing to eat and nothing to e<x>k with. All they possessed Was their HOW TO WIN AT EUCHRc. A lotilsv’.llc Pl*rer Give* llin Kovret ttt Hrr SniTrHs !,.v«t Wiiitn. There are fis many superstitious .peo ple in the world to-day as there ever were, says the Louisville ('ourier-.Jour nal. and the belief in signs, ehaiimtjuul omens has by no means pasMxl away. A charming young married woman Wfin Mlmost *11 of I lie prizx kdt tlie pr.s gressive euchre partie» she-attended lust winter. Slie plays we if. but. as a friend told her, “the bc.it players have to hold gorxl card* to win." At the cad of the sea s-m she told what she thlnlcs has been tlie cause of ali licr luck. “I never fail to cut ftfy finger nails hefere Hts driver, who, perceiving that Ihu r.Cl had treasured, i^p thw injury, mid waiting u favorable oppor- was only waning a tunity for revenge, kept a-*trict watch upon the animal. Time passed away, the Camel, perceiving that it was bread. It was n terrible.,distance, but they bravely set out. There was one man In the party named Clark Davis, who weighed two hundred and seventy- five pound*. His flesh was an awful burden to carry. It seemed as though Pat had been mi llei ing from a revere and prolonged attack of la grippe.- “ We-P, I’m,'' saiil a friend ineetfii'ir him < n tin- street, "I hcnr'-ynu’ve l>eeu itn ifig 11 Pivtl>'iinMol lime “I it-. u —“Faith an’ -J-Ht-apot-where a - liave,” * aid Pat. “Ah' i{s Hie rig it*- tiairc tlicy give to it, too, for win 11 it take* iiolt of * man it's no mind to 1-1 go. It rook me thraa unkc* to Lie I C'.tcr after I was entiroh w ell.” watehedTwas qui<‘t and obedient, and f they would have to leave him on ^be the driver bggan to,think 'th*t the beat- plains to perish. Hi* clothes rubbed ing was forgotten. J • the skin from his flesh, and his feet be- Or.o night, after the , lapse of several came so swollen he could scarcely walk, month*;" the mnu. who slept on * Re could not keep tip in the imireh. and raised platform in tlie mill, whilst, someone would have to remain behind- as is customary, the enmel j£a*- ant * bring him ns fust as he could travel, stalled in a corner, happening And the two would trudge into camp 1 remain awnke. observed by to long after the others had stopped for the bright moonlight, that when -afu,<'V u ‘ n 'Fht. was quiet the nnimal looked rtuutiously i “At first they manr^z'd to live very around, rose softly, abd stealing toward 1 here was plenty of buffalo and bundle of clothing an^ ,h '* P ioncers sh '’, f to furnish a dternous, thrown carelessly "bn the plenty of meat. T hey roasted the meat ground, reserhlded a sleeoina-' fimire. I ® l \.the lire, but* had to eat it without ANCIENT ART. 7-. __ " im, ... The Galveston New* puhliiised last treelc cotton c/Op re|>ort* from every eountjr in that great staple growing fltarle. The grente*t care was exercised lc the collection and editing of the »ta- tfatid* and they preseat the taue enndi- Mon of the TeKswcropir 011 Ale 1 th to ITth'kisC* the dates on a hich the re port* crere nad^ Tlie statement is far (roM eaoowngiag. , The bright prospect for an abundant >IHd of corn has beet* swept away by Ihe rtontinued dry weaffrer, and the ^ yield wtHiadl far short oLwhat was su ited, , it hac done a great deal of ►Mie coMeffr crop , except hi east- , where hid much rain ha* where dry weather wac just .men needed. * ^ iV T«sa«, whcVM Heather - Work Rngravlng* Of the r.ulj IVrMuti HyimutlrN. W - Behistuh, or Baghistan. is a ruined city of| P«'rsla. noted fpr a precipitous rOek'tn iis fieinity. oife side of which rises perpendicular to the height of seventeen hundred feet and bears a number of reinarkablcihseriptions, says the St. Louis Republic. It was ancient ly called Mount B(igistanus and is now known as the sacred rock of Behistun. The lines inreribed on the rock are in cuneiform •characters and were en graved by" oFder of the Persian king. Whrius Ilystaspis. about five hundred B. C. They are in three languages— Persian, Babylon lc and Scythio—and are on the perpendicular face of the took, three hundred.. feet from the ground. Examination shows that great labor Wn* expended in making the faecof tlie fOek perfectly smooth before the in scriptions were put on. Places where Ihe great »ton»-w* 11 happened to berni- even or otherryire defective were made smooth by inserting pieces o( stones, which were held in place by molten lead. After the inscriptions had been put on a coating of silica was spread over IL »hd now, after a lapse of twenty-four ' • im* 1 ' ■' '■ • carelessly on reserhbleil a sleeping figure., cast itself'With violence upon them, rolling with all its weight, ami tearing them most viciously with its teet h. 111 tl tW> -1 fire. Imf had to eat it th> luxury of *alt or other seasoning. But finally evCn the buffalo lieeame iicareo and finally disappeared alto- foundjaiid to Ireland, *nd from Labra dor t-b ihe Madeira .island*. Report* frofn nb lc** than eighty-M* ♦e**els, that Were involved in thy storm, have been received, and pitAinbly iuauy. - —,, . .. , bthers, from which no reports hare : bFen forwarded,-' were includeil iu tl.e*, ” “ *’• M, > m ightaJ elnMia storm limit*-, . ve ssels were | " ?r,ln " t f ' ,r thr comparntively near to the track of the I A P^tty IjAtlc woman wh . was visit- center. and they encounlcied some of « neighboring town, fti*" Pfftlest iiceantva vt* on record. their 1 looWed ■ »'» lrin Bly ^er own dainty heighi in some cases exceeding thirty feet. One of the lowest friist worthy tm ro- metric readings ever recorded upon Ihe j Atlantic tvas obtained iii the in hist of this storm by the captain of the Nether lands-American steamer. IVerkcndaiu. j Hi* mercurial barometer indicated a pressure o‘f only 27.75 inches, the aver; iige fair weather pre**urj at sea-level being from thirty to thirty-one inches. Tlie circular sweep of the. winds ex hibited in this great storm -is very in- , teresting. While the wind off New- , found land was from the northwest. | that off the Azores at. the same hour. wh* from the west, that off the coast 1 of Hpaln from the *qutb.. tUV) .t&J-fe l*“ tween the British inlands and Labrador from the east. Thus tlie atmospherit ocean resting upon the Atlantic was thrown into- a vast whirlpool motion, which increased in velocity toward the A Radical llcferm. At tin? last din net bt the Diu'tuiootlt elnb Profetaor Il.-mly ilescrilieil tlio only nerion* Collision hu liad ever hud wttu any tneiiiber of hi* many classes. An nmlergradtiate came into' the lec ture room* hoe da^ bind In an outra- geously wildland woolly iostnine—to wit, ^cowhide Ixvffft witll trousers tucked into’ tlieir top*, a flaiificl *WH, ho fui-ktic or boat .*m<l only one stv'pcudsf. Profexsor Ilordv. after the cloart of the ris-ltation, Ip^ko to him about, his attire, rightly, enongh UiiuHnjrjhiit the prim-iplcs of ethics Verb quite a* important «* those 6f mat hematic.*. , . , Tlie next time the cIms-i met the young hrait lipis'iiceil .Irak*! cu|ea-pio in what Mr. Hardy cullt-d “all the Nmeomitantd of modern civilization"- dre** suit. |»at- ent leatbef shoea. White' tic. lioUtonuierb (tnd. hf <ihoft, nil lho “fixings." , “1 huff never seen," said Mr. Hardy, “a more remark*l*)o instance bt irttiitVte Hie other check when the otic hod been smitten.” ' However, Hm* young man pfoixxldy #elt. a* 11 few minutes after ward ho stood at the blacklsiard •-ndeavoriiig to explnkt n somewhat advaueod orobloip which tho profeMqr craftily net tot hi professor craftily set T ,i• 7.' 1 t -j * -Hrmt* aamt, ikely trt Cotismno n 6c him. am! to' Amc fingers . and anxiously Tnquiix'd “if filing would not do as well, for ci’tUng tlie nails injure* thenf so," Imt ttye [lucky one was positive It woubi not, ami the pretty"' nails would have to Is- sacrificed If,their owner wished to win. j One of tlie beat women I know show* q piece, of (diver to tlie new mqpn each ! montii, and if rflic ha* \^to-turn back after she starts anywhere she carefully spits Ix-fiire slie sets out again. The. most cherished phascueloa of one of tlie most SHc'cessful singer* now bn tlur 1 tage is a pair of old stoclcing* she rrorel on tlie niglit of her greatest triumph, and she Is so sure that so long as they tremain with her so long her I,,- k yviil , last that slie would part sooner with her costliest gems than with there worn 'silk hose.. It is said tlie into Mr. Bel mont would bet heavily if a flight of birds crossed his path while- lie was.on ■ his wav to the race course. And so on. Satisfied that its revenge was eom- Fether. McanyV^ille the fat man had t plete. the camel was returning to its : »''«'«* vastly. He had become inured ‘ Bed the surface of the m u to a fury, corner, when the driver sat up and M 0 the ^hardship b? all day trumping , , .. . . . . , t B'lm high to losv, 'everyone has a net center, where the lashing of the air ex- ^ catcltt% bidden array or Youth's Companion. -poke. At the sound of his voice, nnd pereeiving the plistak-e it had made, the animal was so mortified at the failure and discovery of "its scheme .that it <i;\shed its head 'against the wall nnd died qu the spot.—bhelHeld Telegraph. centuries, this siliciou* covering is harder than the face of the rock itself, the curious character* of the inscription ■hining from beneath the polished sur face as if it were but the yvork of yes terday. James Watson Dawson ami Sir Henry Rayvlinson have translated the major pbrtlon of the inscriptions. According to theac twro eminent oriental scholars, it gives the genealogy of Darius Ily- stasp's for eight generatirms, recounts the province* of his empire and gives a history of his daring achievements. Beside* the letters and characters, this great atone 1xx>k of history iswell illus trated. Oije of these envious efforts of the ehrly artists represents Darius armed adtlt a bow, hi* foot upon the prostrated figure of a man, while nine others chained together by the if necks stand humbly before him. Taken all in inscription is one works of art o Ruffled. A very tall, salloyv. raw-boned youth of nl>yut twenty years shot swift ly out of an Arkansas rural abodg of slabs ami sod and raced niadTV tojBrd the thick timber-across the road. \vh«n a little, snuff-dipping elderly yvoman in a goyvn made of about four and half yards of orange yellow and green, “kaliker” came to the door, and shak ing h hickory rod toward the retreating figure, called out; “You’d better run. .Tabe Spence, but I ain't goin’ to run artor ye! But yer time 'o reek'nin' will come ji.st the same. You wait ontil you come home ter-night an’ go to, lied, am if 1 don't ylve you one larrupin' I ain't yer ana. I'll learn ye how to talk sassy to me an' say you'll git raerried yvhensoever you please. Layvdy, boy. I didn't born ye into the world ter hew ye up an' merry fore you've paid for yen raisin’. You'll ketch it later on. see if you don't."—Detroit Free Prata ;— and he could keep up with the proces sion. Scarcer grew -the game nnd a new fear grew daily on the unfortunate men —the fear of. starvation increased every day. Then it yvas that the fat man's adipose tissue came td' his- res cue. It,- was a reservoir of reserve force, supporting him while the otluffb ’ were r>tarving. And the fat which the ' rest had once Indieved would cause his death proved the solvation of the whole party. “They were now fearfully reduced 1 and etnaeiated. They lived on roots and arty little prairie animals they could jraixch. AJ last they reached t’m- l>er again, but were able to go no far ther. Davis look up his gun and said he would never come back until lie had- jaught something. In a few moments two shots brought glad tidings. Davis had killed two deer and so ravenous were the poor men that they devoured wtsof the animals raw^ Frmn..lhia- ca re fully laughingly confessed. A LAND OF PHENOMENA. tood supply they obtained enough strength to finish [heir journey. “Many a day for years I heard them •eeount tl»e perils and hardships of this iever-tjebe*forgottea journey.”—Chi- ;ago News. A l*ar*dl»e of Flowers. % The Scilly islands have in the last few years!been made a paradise of flow ers, and flower*are how almost the sol,e business of the inhabitant*. The ctop of narcissi this year was enormous. Aa many a* twenty-seven tons of these flowers were shipped to the London market in one day. The distance from the isles to Ixmdon ia three hundred and twenty-eight miles. The flowers are all shipped by ) wildest and most steamer from one port in the island of-' SL Mary's. The flowers are brought from tWPnnmberless-little islets (o St. Mary's in sailboats, and it is anlnter- esting sight to see, in the early morn ing. the dozens of these little craft.*, with their cargoes of dainty blossoms, battling ihe-rough waters that beat among the rugged islets, on their way to the steamer.—N. Y. Nun. Picture* In (Hone*. Karly I (Ton, at a- Nary. In January. 1818, an act was passed authorizing the huilding of four 74-gun ship* and nix first class frigate*, subsequent act authorized the con structlon of six aloopa-of-war and aa many ships on the lakes as tbs' presi dent might direct. Another act prom ised any person who. by torpedoes or •ther like contrivances, should bum. sink or destroy any British-armed ves sel*. half their value in money. No Shakespeare could “find tongues m •recs, books in the running Brooks, ser- nons in stones and good in everything;’’ tmt he fails to mention the possibility ^ >f finding a picture drawn by nature in 1 stone. In several of the ancient, as ^ell a* modem scientific jonmals we •ead of line* nnd markings in certain itone formation*, particularly agate*, which bear striking resemblances to the outlines of jnen,\,animal*. lahd- icapes, etc. One of thbse curiosities rtOW preserved id the ihuseum of tbe val- much enthusiasm had been created by 16411 is l * 4 perfect iWness of a crowned the naval, victories in 1M2, that in seven of the states act* were passed to build ships-of-war and present them to the government. The latter project*, however, failed.—Boston Budget. king. Many rtf the representations are to lifelike that they hare been mistaken for .medallion portraits! M> read ac- 'Trunts of several of these wonders in Albertus. One plainly shows a man in the attitude of running; another ia a Florida funner* and fruit growers perfect figure of the good St. Jerome, used JljftGO,000 worth of commercial tmt the moat remarkable of all is an fertilizer* last year. »gat« containing a representation of t Three negroe* propose to Walk from Apollo surrounded bv the Nine Musea. Darlington to the World’s Fair. A n*. Bresford-Uope collection in the prize oU.*G is flic liu’-u ement. South Kensington Muaeum, London, Edison thinks that the railway speed suntaina aoorea of these curious picture huur, Lputa-KupuWL;. Htnaiix* Kestill* I'rot'ucerf I17 Slii'ia* lu tlie Niirtbern Half uf Itorfioo. Tiie nortliern half of the"! Jand of Borqco is tlie queerest and most 0tM«V isfaetory pl;u:e to [ive that irip esn ftaiagine, says a writer in the Globe- Democrat. It is a land of constant re- Curringphenomena.wiicro cyclones arc frequent and deluge* of. water very common. The vegetation in that half is very fine, but'in all probability tlie tangled on-earth— j not even excepting thai of Africa. I The cause of all tiie trouble is the slmllov/condition of tlie si-a north o! it. ffreai shoals f»f sand existing a few I miles(Sht iriiich extend along its en- | tire northern lengtli. Tlie-^: shoals are covered by a depth of wafer not ■ over live feet deep. The Constantly reenryng winds [hut blow in that cli mate change to hurricanes and tween UkTomallcr T'.land.*' of ail visible I : fc When Mich st storm sfrTkesT"the sand shoals ndrthof Borneo it sweeps up the shallow salt water into its course and drenchc* tlie island with H. Oftea it gather* up rand, great masses of it. from the clear swept shoal and whiri* 1 over tlie ishi’ixh a.*/ a <’(inn ri xit rllHti M. 1 of time!, (hat Evening clothes were no* tery well tulnpleil to tbo onlinatyaffairY 61 thi4 Whfkaduy world.—Boaton Hc*x alii. • | ^ Aa Alligator’* Nea*> . Alligators’ neats rescnitdo Imycbekd more lhaii Art) tiling H*e to which they can Iw compaffcd. .They average about 4 feet hi iioigbt and about 3 feet In di ameter ami arc 6on*tnu'tod of fcnmet and herbage. First the motWT ’gator', fli l>o*itn one |uyi*r bf i-ggs bti a tnortor- Ifko floor, nnd having coveted thia witH a stratum of mud nnd herbage nbont inches thick lays another Set bt egg* upon tiiat, umT Soon to tbo top, there I icing toinnionly from 100 to 200 eggs in a nest.* With their tail* the parent* tbeif beat down tho tall grasa and weed* id prevent tho upiiroach of nnaeeo’ eneuliea. Tlio femalo watches fier eggk flntil they aro liatched by tlm beat of tho sun Ami then takoa her brood under her own care, defending them and providing for their lUtnktflWR, t>r. Lutzembnrg of Now Orleans rtnee hacked 6uu of theso nests for shipment to St. Petersburg, bnt the young Iv.tahed 6nt befhro they were eturted on tlie long vogugc and were kept nlxmt the doc- tor's pretuif ce'. running ali over the bouse, np and down stair*, whining tike young puppic*.—Harrison's Montldy. ■' ' ' t)p am! Down Stair*. “I wish." say* a wise old physician, ‘that women generally understrxxl hmv important it" i* to their physical welfare that they should go up and down step# ts little a* practicable, and that they ihould do it properly when at all. By properly. 1 mean slowly, never faster . . . , . , . , . than a walk, and planting the h.-.-i U into the inland at.-I . ,t -Irmly on each step. Tlie novel heroine ! wrywher?. The work of - these tripping lightly down the stairs' looks ! 1 'l° rms d°< ,s not always end with that, rraceful. hut it i* a very bad thing for 1 i:Dtlr '’ Kbf,a,s of lish ’ ,>f " 11 » i/ *- havc *er, ne»crtheles».' , -8L LouU Repub- {been swept up time and again by the - fierce wind with tiie water and sand — | and scattered utxTdt Borneo. •> In some One shvaf for the Hiraaxrr. ! places the ground would lx! literally „ ^ touching old rural custom still pre- -ovcreil with fish, enough to supply, a mils In the western part* of Frape* j hca-vy population for Weeks. But luriug the harvest season. On the edge , inch luck is no reparation fof the evil | the winds do, and crtnsequently the I northern half will never lie inhubited Lnat !I;:tf<jaKllll»n. Lord Granville, wop dkxl tn 1 Wfl. vritif a great reputation ffor * courtliness of manner, helil for mnuy years flic post of embassador nt Tam, and the only objec tion v. ljich crtuld with any show of plaus ibility Ik* brought Against him whim holding that conspicuous post was that he’was sometimes inclined to be indo lent. Ho was addicted to play apd of- ^ ten ran over to London for a little of hi* \ favorite ainusement at CYockford’*. - W hite's or Uraluun's, but ahnost aa fre quently returned to the French capital fi'ith the loss of a considerable sunf of money. lie was one of the four noble men who lout £500,000’ at fTfOckford* in' _ ^nif nfglrt, titariMn^iahihha 1 hf mUfortuiiT" \ from tho' rank* of peerage being LoreT Cliesterfielit Lord Foley nnd laird Sef- ton. Still, m spite of all his losses. Lord Granville left behind him no lees a saur in cash than (NhO.OGO.—Exchange. |f a fleid bordering the highway a sheaf It graia is left standing, to which all tie peasants of tbe village cpntriirate. \ ffnl which ia called “the HtrangeFa iheaf,” as it is fhe property of the flrat ramp or other homeless Wayfarer who nay care to carry it away and profit by ta price'—Cincinnati Times-Star. ' ,4 Winter Svrinoo. . ,. Little Boy—That colored preacher r>M everybody M “walk in de middle ib de road." Little Girl—Of tourse. -j “What for?” “ 'Cause zee sinners wot live* along we street don't ever clean zee ice off Air stdewiik*."—4*fOfi Sew* — bv those who value their live*, v I.ot* of Itoom. All the people of tho Uoitfld States could bo lodged in tlic^tbvec state* of ['alifomia, Kansas and Nebraska with* »Ut overcrowding mnl frithout produc ing n - greater “denxtry rtf than we find In England of in Italy or in Japan, or lu many of,the provinces af China. The two provlimetFof K iang- Su and Ngan ilui, in China, support between them a population ratlu-r larger, than Iliat of the United States jo k^traoh >rv less tlu*u two-thirds of ana of Caiifomla. 4a Tiiere nrc 'vtaya of gelfihg out of ilia! national ;;iurd bjforc one's time is np. and it ts imt always necessary to acquit^ s chronic illness or remove from tbo state. or become a convict, to find those ways. A young man who recently joined the' guard applied for dismissal at tbe end of his sixth week of service. He did not give his reason*, but tbe Officers leaned Hint he wanted to get out becaflfla MF best girl liad told him that uniform woe’ hot becoming to him. He wau dropped f-nifh tw*' rolls with dizsyiog suddennem. “New York Snn. UK f A" Stair— TWIml 'liiC Nankin correspondent of a Shang hai [uper my£ “A Tinnwasi man came fo this city, bringing with him a remark able free k of lyitnre iir thF Mtarpd ’ two son*, aged tl yuan. The! alike in face and fofltn, Imt ' with each other by 1 os Um face to