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V'Vtf. BAHNWBLL COURT ROUSE, S. C.) AUorfst 17,189^ ... JS ^ ww n- ■M AtthHce teyartment. r—t ■' 1 f 1 *.® 0 ???? «•<*»» >*r u»c«m- Edito*, MET AllUnce tfar fiill in f c. lUlten Vtoe IVwlttent. '■UtZXLZT”' NOgM** . A. All, Steward or AnHiftaptieetarer. k T. Ikttom Rvor Keeper. Harley, AMMaat Hoot Keeper. ModUard, Aerveaatat Ann*. Creech, Burlnexx Axeut. ^ Hr* Cemmtnee-C. «. Efhr, W. W. w. A.rwwt. "OemnHtt**—0. M. fleeter, E. II. ■f. W. lflewr,#. A?AMi — nflnwl of the Order—J. C. Me- »,-C. «. AdenAekl, W.\T. , K. K. We—. rcirerjrr V?l*fGr*y, O. h W.A. AU*8r., C.K, .dny Ai Hush, dition of cotton tie over 2 point* U tlje lowcftt nverege for Augu*t ever given out by the department. Averages hy 8t*te« are: Ko? Virginia, 88; North Carolina, 84* Sontli Carolina, 75; Geor- Tor the pnrpoSeof ar- gtaTtWr^WRiarh^^laiiama! T'.C, Hl*- 8?»i; Texas, Ti «.. <>.. .vx4aytbn, ■). A. Woodward, J. B. Kates. W. tl. Dun can, lliram Nunn,. W. T. Cave. Brethren: , Tott are Invited to meet at the Court i in it»rr>wfell tfh the 21st of Au- “ w hanging •aerie*of Alliance meeting* » the county. Fraternally vour*, T. 8. tVcKta, • •*. ciisirdten Committee, ftemberg Augn*t 14,a89*» \ C-yesflSTpAilk' Bg*Coa| pwasmih George T. Barnf*, of Augtuta, Ua., in an interview with a ChioMoie repotter, rive* the following •• ta his opinion the cause* of the bavkd* 1883. ‘-The Uli tli+flec* copie* ifrora Wife rl*e of cold. ’ Sit t hi* ha* tended somewhat to i^reak the fiili in price.a. But til the nifettn- ^ wlriie demouetixation of siivei' has wn- i tinned in other countrte*. The McratuDlc for gold Jo Europe ha* increased Aus tria Hungary entered the market last year and llu**lAseek« the accumula tion bf gold. Gold Continue* to advance and price* continue to fall. The uncon ditional repeal of the Slifefinan jict means that the United State* must dis card furj inAKd tatfe'5 fl fiirther advance In goli still further decline hi prhd:*. We are to fljit bdt the tire by adding fuel to the flaiitei. f . 8 LllmL Vllvt'flj IllvvU otrtW?® Ill U8u tllff* Further coinage of silver and join ) $fiefit! (Nwambie. Thhi nece**i- it fiirther advance in gold and a SUNDAY AMUSEMENT; IN MEXICO A PhlEST HIS BIRDS TO A C0C»< flQttf. jtt Hit Cief«. 'tfashington Aug. 10.—The crop' re port M the department of agriculture for tho month of t Aj|guat m^KM forth to. investigate^lie feathered regi- mfo, b decline oT a ft- faent TheTar^ohurch tvaa TmTlt ont i since list month. Till* , . i: " „ It i aih MU I (temandt for »*t fmr or two. it iiaalriaeii In part from the demand of Austria-Hungary, which ha* adopted Hm gold standard, and from the Itua- shtn loan of j|10<) t OOO.OUO for war purposes. - iVeee' ‘unusual demand* ware supplemented by the difference of $800,008^X10 between our exjiortM and ternorta In excess of what they werfe (jfcr|eMr praidoMa..^ Tim trade balance was agsintett* *ntl gold was exported «o Kettle it. Our export* are now in- WMlwlMg and tiiagwkl in this country mAMm'treasury i* increasing. The**; tinancial trvebie* exist nearly all JChristendoni An bntiiifalasite Enver of OnniA itetoaten Entrrtaln* Hta C»«arex«tioa Wllk Rare bontMt* Between Itelligerent Cocks, One Sunitnjr'* Sport. “It was in » Mexican village,” said the explorer, ‘‘Great liad been onr surprise the evening before \vherf a tittle after 5 o'clock we rode into the public square up to the ^oor of the convent and ol>- served a long lihe of game cocks guard ing one side of tho-great church; Well, that was onr first impression. Closer inspection made things plainer. In the cohtkfif; residence of only, the priest and i hill relations, we hung onr hammocks, lice YOU NO MAN, BUT A FOOti ^ r - . . _ — . » „ Me la oUiify To* (lend, and Mis WKk li ——;— Sick »f Hrr Rnrcnta. One of ihe beet girts any fellow ever knew and the pride of a village not a mile* front Pittsburg made a mistake when the fannied. rl, etf lenstbik bested awhile, refreshed the innet man with tortillas and Jdack beans, thetl went :ea M such a happy girl, a# lensiblk and so nihtdt aonght after by tEk, beat young men in tiid neighborhood, every one con fidently expected her Jo make a great catch. Bnt she didn’t, Add now her neighbors are wondering how it all hap pened. She married a /ool. That ex- plflUnfl ft Ml. .No need to go igfo details. The fact that he dressed well and that he moved in good society and was known as a ‘‘very nice yonng man” will not inake the case Any plainet. Ho fat A fool, and that k all there is obont it. , Hfs foolishness consisted lAfgmy in believing that thS world wa* not made HHh* VASSAR'S MAfrtEMATlci. Eve Aetki*|e fcver ••Mcrctr’ i flnbelr mankind has sufficient laMlta' r r «lTi——•. fin! failings of it* pwn to answer for <*•+< o«Mlm*u. T.. t kt Tkai r.tgki flltlSSibdng efilfed hoqu to assume the ’ cw _ «muMakc.n*» fMpmriHiH,ofAAJ.mopawcu.I £*?**£***K ▲n American anthar has discovered that come to vieit her sister. The sister jnat domestic animals, such as cats or dogs. •“M- tlmo <■ Pfft •ra not onlv snbiect to ennui, bnt also tiOh AO * very small girl wli nlar atten- Mho will call . . Tke Rvrfeet Piece (• thveii I . We had always been hafattng We hail always felt sate that i where, some [day, wA sboold perfect place trhich was to Combine I charm bf the middle agra faith the bt fort of the nineteenth centnry—the are not oalyfnbfrCT to enfawl, but also bert Drtrrt towd which cmHd be ‘ •2E5[??S In a railtvuy trniri.falfh mefliwva *i««ippl, 81; l.oui*iana, Tex**, ? Arkansas, Hi*; Tennessee,^!. The gen eral averages'In August fof several vesrsare a* follows: 18i>2, 82.3; 1891, 88.JM 1890, Sfiji; 1889, 89.3; 188s, 87.3; and In 1887, It was 9.1.3. The jlreaent condition .1* in conse quence of an excess of rain in the early part of the season, followed by hot, dry weather during the month of July. Host is reported a* the cause of injury t6‘tnfc cftfpt Iff the State* of Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, and the boll worm and caterpillar have damaged the crop*, more or less, throughout the States of Alabama, I/ouisiaua Texas and Arkansas. Shedding is also re jtorted as occurring In some localities. Since the first of August the drought has broken, and ralh ha* visited the cot ton belt, excepting part* of Tennessee, kti.-sittipjtl .'tud TeEaj, W here it is badly needed in some portion* of Mississip pi and Alabama too much rain for the good of the cotton i* announced. - H#w to Kill Nut Grass. Fleming, Gg., Aug. 3.—I have seen Ifok at th. i..nUmteil^mVn Au««: j MiiaeiU mcn-lal di*aa- killing K r M*. * y*ed to think the ^auewt commercial di*aa- ^pt rid Otlt wtw to move off anti leave It, hut have found a better methiMlof tvratiug it. 1 Lad about one acre of rc y rich garden land thorough ly seeded down with it. 1 could raise a winterer early spring crop, but it would choke out any cor* or ootton crop I could plant. Five year* ago I raised a crop "f Irish potattte* on it, then plant ed It in corn. Before it was large enough to hoe it wa* a mass of green nut grass, and to get It out of the hill pulled up nearly-all the corn, it wai very dry at the time, aud by the time I was through iny corn was nearly all dead, but tpe gras* was doing finely. 1 concluded to try heroic treatment on it So I took A FIanet (Ar.) enHir*t«r a*mU As Well As wrong beaded, and that it ia the doty of every fane .to array himself mil 1 Against every thing iia.lt Afitetl i^ia keep into the square, so that its rear wall wa* : up a constant grumbling, groWlittg ftfad on a line with the convent and other | complaining. This yonng rq*n was very struct nres forming that aide 61 the roligiona in a sense. He honestly and square. j tditfitSujf Endeavored to keep himself “Along the wall that stood at right an- tlnspotted from the world by avoidin Who could dare<l to utilize for snch n puri>ose the Shade afforded by Hie wall of the aacred e<lifice? Another instant and we should , ftttd voiced thfrf thought. It i* general ly a mistake to speak in a hurry. The good old ptiett had followed ns and was display their feelings under that inflic .... Hon After very lunch the same fashion *** talk. Beside* tho as their human friends, a fact whic h no ■ F™ nientione,! females them were in one who has kept tame animals will be tempted to deny. , Bnt from this fact onr contemporary, 'the News, leaps to A perfectly unwar rantable fcwtcinskm and boldly a**ert» that onrs is the fault, that mankind has husband (who didn’t Eonnt this jnnctnre) and a hired faas empress of all she wr- the family a 'hr tnnch girl wno veyctl " One morning tHE himl girl thought it was just about time for iiet to visit tho World's fair. Accordingly she packed inoculated tho boost feteatiyn with Its ,, , . - A , own particular disease anct that it i, j W trunk and walked out; first putting ^civilization “which prcsTfat-.^ ennui, not A large linking of bread and two cakes in only in men. women and children, hot OTW - Two or three hoars later the • - -’ ■ * • - ’ •• i Vassar girl strollecUont bito the kitchen for something or other and discovered the bread and cakes bnmed to A crisp. even in cats and dogs, blush,” it eonttnne*, “when w# t wrong heartad K,>w man has demoralized thie dog. have tanght the dog to be Ixirec^ Wo Wo have cormpted him by onr society And again. “Ennni tf bno of man's many , . .. Inventions, hat he ha* taught the. up- tenrily consultation profitable iice to the domestic^ or nt least to the honselihld animals—pupils only Along me wan huh suxxi arngni an- tlnspotted from the world by avoiding • ... gles with tho front of the tuiueiil small contact with it. He went not into baiLtd wooden stakes had been driven In the company; not did he,patronize picnics ground. To^ach a plumed warrior wo* evening parties, bnt staid at hoipe securely attJtclied at wife distance from rending good books and thinking how he his valiant compeers. Who could have ; CO nld spin for himself • cocoort that would keep the outside World Away from him. He did not realize the fact that he -?Wi6 has himself for compariton and friend ia in:ireiy»t > u< :, t' COtopatfy. It was this sort of chap that onr model girl married. 8h* ought to have known t i 1 . the consequent eomniercial di*a# (or* te England; consider tiie closing of cotton Mill* in Lancashire, the uonven- timiwr manufacturer- iu Manchester to investigate the cause* of distress, the assemblage of agriculturist*, in London for the same purpose, the meeting not to* day* ago at the Mansion house, the «>filelai rcMdence o f the Lord Mayor of Ia>mlon, of the buKinc** men of Uiat great city* for the same purjMise, whore they were addressed by the Kt. Hon X. 1. Balfour; the extraordinary tinancial dists*M8 in Russia and Italy, and'we ran not bnt conclude (hat such universal ible isnUVir a universal it to a I i 1 a -* ■* pre- dis* lone in mmuc interior «0*<b : ^ • r-— That general or universal cause I be- iteveto befalling prioes. Now 1 do not mean low price*, but 1 mean what i say falling price* that D, price* going, going lower constantly.*’ Increase or diiuuiutiou of production may soine- tintus chock or accelerate th* decline, Mat poor alter year the decline con tinues. We see it in the. sUrinkagi in the Wtlhe of seeuritie*, in theeonstant fall In the price of cotton, of wheat aad pork, in all commodities ami in all the u( coonuerigs. l[or years it to'go IIUOU* pedes cap- re {* :> any shop, i the t the sold, tl not »tor a reasonable profit, hoard, capital elite}• Is constantly made the laws of supply ••d demand regulate trade. Where the natural prices. But the action of government nometiine* intervene* auJ alters the natnral supply or the natural demand- A high protecth-e tariff gi *g»y Mmits the lasportailoa- of some artlehMwf foreign meswhandiee. The natural supply 1* cut off, bat the nat- wtal domaad eonUnnos, and the price I* deter mi nod by the artificially reduced pgpply -and the natural -demand. Of eowrsfi the price U advanced a* long a* .tlmae eawaea operate. This jle equally true a* to theteaoeaec or decrease In the sraiam an extra supply of ’thbaipi being equal price* tad why/) we have « diminished «upply JontraeUon on*n • ad prices MM. *e»»e, after the d eoveris* la Australia and California, of gold- there being an Increase in metal 'jMapqy on whlob ail credit money is ■MMmrily based price* gradually ad- eawbsfi ITielnvestor (^>uld reasonably look for an advance in price upon the ,-ost above hi* investment. There wa* a natprAl increase *nd hence, from this gatmearoeea imriodof prosperity un- •xaaipied in the bktory of the world bring to nee oapltall world uaml (• Mgeifae *ion«y provided' by .ffihUU at« *ned ratio their parity with Aach other was preserved. There whs • ngtvrbntePply of money and a natural drmaTui, the nctural supply and detnfind for pyodufU preserved liatural price. But governniem action “ ‘ ‘ io ttermnny and the tore »n> every blade of corn an cl gras* In the field, using a hoc around the fence*. In about four d*y* a new crop came up. Then I cultivated It the other way, al ways In the hot sun. The fourth tlim- I plowed it deep and I got another pret- t ’ good crop' of gras* started, which 1 cultivated as before In one month, I think, I had sprouted and killed every vestige of it, a* not a stalk ha* appeared since, and it ha* l»een planted t» corn or sweet potatoes every year sin.-e. Y ou can take this for wlm it I* wortji, but the only way to get rid of it is to keep 4 from soqdihg, either top or njot, and cultivate and germinate all dormant seed aud kill them by cultivation in the dry, hot.weather of Slay and June. Joux AxTKI.L, better, but she mistook his knowledge of books for an evidence of brains and of learning, while the fellow really hadn't two ideas of his own about anything. Tlit Inside history of this case shows that she did not loft him, any better than she had other men, bnt he w.lfi snc$i a nice yonng fallow that she thought there wonltJ be no risk taking him. In fact, ttie tbok him in the hope of escaping the very pifcery she is now snffering. He doesfa'i beat hef With AcWh. nor floes he t drank smash the lutViHure, farrt tires he^ life but by lecturing her, finding fault continually and never com mending, and trying to make her nflder- $t;md that lu r plains.fa at home and that n^r duty to to hifai. TheifboWo ts dreary and chiily, And their Uveqabont the ftJime. Tliey arc both safisfied (hat marriage is a failure, and they cannot be made to believe otherwise. It isn’t the ban who the Vast-book Kfferwledge that is'the t fool, nor are those wbfl Ate elicit >1 information to be classed isknlls. Some of the most do- eple one may meet are those who are blessed faith an abundance yf common sense. They knW Absolo'tely ffiSThrng of Darwin nor of Briggs and not a great deal about electrical science, and they may even eat with their knives, their yoffeo irftef fiMcete find, e soup to' coot fa, yet with all shortcomings add defects they are the most delightful people to know. Their and'- they nnder- scienceof life to know how to live comfortably them selves and to make others happy.—Pitts burg Commercial Gazette. What Coxgress Is Being. Congress appears to be getting down to It* work more quickly than usual. OkfiViduy Mr. Wilson of West Virginia introduced in Hie House a bill to re|>eul part of the act approved July 14, 181K) (Mhermauaet) Itprovides that so much of the ac.t approved July 14, 18'JO, a* di rect* the Secretary of the. ’fren-ury to purchase fiom time to time silver bul lion to the aggregate ahiount of 4,500,- 000 Oouccs. or so mudi tiicreol as inay lie offered in eaeh moutii at the market price thereof, not exceeding 41 'or 371 grain* of pure silver, and to issue in payment tor such purchase* treasury notes of United buttes, be, and tho same 1* hereby repealed. But this n-poai •hail not impair nor in any manner af fect the legal tender quality of standard •liver dollar* heretofore coined, and the faith And credit of the United State* are hereby pie Igt d to maintain the par ity of ihi silver coin of the United States at the present legal ratio, or su m •ther ratio.-is may beestabli-h d by law. Th« silver and geld w ings have made aWagreement which limits debate to foUrteen days, the session continuing from 11 o'clock a. ni.To A o’clock p. m., ami with night sessions for debate only, If desired. The vote first to lie taken to bq on thf t’iH t° be presented as asuh- sMtuAkfor Mr. Wilson’* bill, providing for fifae-cftihage at the ratio of Hi to 1. If that fail- then at ratio* running from 17 to 1 Hp to 20 to 1. If they all fall, then a vote on the revival of the Bland- Allison act of 1878; and then ou origi nal measure*. Under thi* programme the vote wi'l be taken August 28th, and then we will begtu to kuow “where we are at.” k The Canoed Frail* of Pompeii. to Pompeit for the -tf o afp great industry oT ciuiiecMruns. Year* when the excavation* were just be- wimiUkg.A party of Ctfadlnnatlan* found, Th what had been the pantry of the house, many jar* of preserved fig*. One was opened and they w ere found lo be frt*h and good. Investigation showed that the fig* had been put into jar* in a heated state, an aperture left lor the a.< atsoti* t£ escape ami then sealed w ith io' vear now at our side. Pointing n lean brown finger at a very proufl lotdting rooster, f he laid: ‘That isrihe prince of this lot, though they will all prove themselves ‘ splendid fighters, I know! J have not studied the creatures 40 rears for nothing” Sol They were hi* own projiertyj Y'es, I another five minutes’ talk made It plain that the pet hobby of thixlioly man was I cock fighting! We will call him Father F. beennite if .is not necessary to give the name of onr kind host. Fairly launched on his favorite topic, he talked away for a full hofar and w*s fat- terly amazed, not to say somewhat In credulous, when Informed that had netof loen a professional tussle liefwfcen those birds so flear to his heart and purse, and which he loved to see fighting In the ring. ‘But you must come with mo tomorrow afternoon,’ said he; ‘Hie people here all like it, and wo enjoy the harmless sport every .Sunday afternoon.' He intended no earcusm. w •^Nolens volenti, when Sunday after noon came, cm host, having laid aside his sacerdotal mWs after celebrating , high tnflss, piloted us to tho scene of ac tion. The pit was in the interior court- ? ard of a private house. A circular mce of slender sticks siyrounded the j carefully leveled ground dedicated to the carnage. Chairs surrounded it, and a abed, thatched With palm leaves, sheh~ | tered the spot-from the scorching ray* ‘ of the sun. In gay attire the most re- ' o . spected matrons and maidens of ‘the 1 hearts aro all right, place were there, the performance being stand enough of the countenanced and partly provided by the priest. A lively conversation was kept np, nH present being acquainted. The roosters had l>eeiY shorn of their feathers, save those of the wings and tail. Each bird was weighed; then curved steel spurs were secured to the stnmits of those provided by nature, but which had been cut off. Quite suddenly conversation ccas***. Two birds are in the ring. • The straggle commences. Heads lowered, eyes glaring, quivering with rage, tlio hertjes fly at each other. “Calculating that his opponent has jumped too high, the other one crouches, avoids the blow and turns upon his foe, who stands firm. Both rise in the air, breast striking against breast, each striv ing to deal his adversary a mortal blow. One is stabbed—ho staggers. Profiting by this weakness, his adversary follows np the attack, bnt the^,wounded one keep* an eye on his enemy, niid not be ing ready for him dodges, regains his pfasition and inflicts a wound. Both now have difficulty in keeping on their feet, though neither will yi«*ld. More wounds are dealt. Both fall exhausted. One recovers, sees his foe prostrate, so does not attack, bnt shakes his lowered head and claws the ground in his fury. Im- patiei tly he thirsts for the life of his opponent, who, no less savage, regains his feet, and with glaring eyes watches every move of hia adversary. t ; _ “The enthusiasm of their owners and backers increases as the wounds become i more numerous—the excitement is in- I tense,ami bets ran high. The creatnres engaged in deadly strife keep cooler than ( the audience, A moment arrives when all the backers talk at once. ‘Five dol- ! lars more on the whiter ‘Ten on the canelo’ (cinnamon color). The stakes do i not exceed $50. At last oho warrior falls. Dead silence follows, so great is, ! the srfspense. Will he rise once more? j Victor examines victim very distrust fully, makes sure he is dead, then monnt- ing on tl»e prostrate foffri draws himself up with an exultant cry of victor}*, just like some gladiator of olden times. —- “All through the long summer after- . noon one battle succeeded another. The ' birds that anrvived were taken home to bq carefully loaded until featured enough to fight again. Even tlmae thathad lost t one or bolh eyes Would fight if a* oppor- ‘ in evil.” < as ever so iritftistrons a charge lev- oled aguinit oar innocence! The next thing we shall be, told is that wr ore tho $anse that flogs <1b lurk and bite ^t»d that whatever may have (won trio inor- AMty of Dr. Wyatts his nnthrnl history is no better than his poetry. The News, If it is so assured of tbe flemotalizlng In fluence ft has exercised upon dog*-, is Jrelcorac to blush for itself. We prefer to maintain . that dogs sorrow nnder i»«l _ ___ throtigh which the fllrifief bell would make A pleasant bound, wbete them! faonld tie plenty bf picthresque dirt in btbfr peturie’* houses, plenty tit trmh watef niul c-lean ropms in onr bwfa faotel. 'Perhaps this D a buufgeoia Idefa. But then 1 that is out affair; . , ^ Eight years id WiiAflettng faarl brought us no closer to 6faf fatlfllteoverrr! coun try. flhen. last summer; as wa werfa traveling In the mountains of—bui not why shu'fld we tell the name? Why bteak ihb Aetenity of iis. billy a^raeta faith the rush of jpersotially conducted ifW.fal of edn Wlfti nrttota? Why i (tfaother BwrMron 8i La. guorte’s;, another Uhe»tc} or Ndtein- berg? BcsWes, we. have expLiitcil ad Then she said severs! things in Xireek - And Instfafatcd k .’SeArrH fhr the emiwss, Bnt the empress was ho more. TImv family—consultation- -which‘ followeili.- ” i. ■ V". i . : • ^Kj**"* ; hp f . nrt $^£53 IE Into the breach and declared that Watet Started These Two Fire*. N6 principle of natural philosophy is more familiar titan the power of water to extinguish fire. And yet. strange to eay, water has Iteen known to cause de structive fires, no^ by . an accident/ bnt by direct chemical action. One case of the kind was in a large factory. A flood caused the water to rise to a pile of iron filings, which oxidized so rapidly that they developed great heat and set fire to the nearby woodwork. The building was entirely destroyed. Another case is atill more remarkable. Several engine* were throwing water upon a burning building, and the water found its way to another building, which contained qnicklime. The slaking of the lime, caused of course by the contact of the water, generated intense heat, and the heat set fire to tho building. That was a sarcasm of cir cumstances, wasn't it?—Philadelphia Times. . Tli-’MIirt wnsialtei!, Hiid4.be next year fruit canning wa* Introduced into altered the naturHfl|lpKH«t!iflkl Bute*, tb« process being s' Identical With ihst In Vogue at l* ompei! twenty centuries ago.—American jJiug- K!* 1 - * Y , - Amply «nd denrttruf. Silvef wa* de- ripinetixed at tbwt tltbe 1^ ftiese fiation*. Am increased •train wiur put on g»»ld to dtechhrge 0c money fimeiion 1 and the Amply of Afoney Bfotel HnHued to r For a tjhu extent of the exclusion* of silver. | of insect the value of gold aa a money meul ibg bntet than the 6ld-ta*liioned rein tunity was given-to them, for these Irird* are so ferociously brave that unless wanted to fight they .have to be kept out of each .other's reach. “At the 5 o'clock dinner in .the ceu- vent onr reverend host talked of nothing but hi* triumphant roosters and called on ua to bear witness that the very one he bad pointed out had proved itself that day the greatest hero of them all."—New York Tribune. iW*ce*(rtrily advanced. 1‘here was •contraction fn njohey and* Aonce a fall in priced. A*‘ JI r. Uoathen rae former chkn-iellor of the gictequer of Waud, aid a* far Space. r 11 The human aaiud usually reaches a i mosquito bite or* f.rr anv «ting J**? ^ ii or shiai I erupflou there is iiotl* f * Uttk ‘ »•) ear - - - ■ -■ **--•• • old Philadelphia girl A more precocious. ▲ few day* ago in tho' midst of her edy of otir nuaher*; soJa mixed with vinegar until it foams well. ’J liis'iian-'l aeea has the further merit of being al most always'at baud' for itislciut appll- cation. „ play she bei ama thoughtful, and after a flew moment* bpoke out: “Mamins, what ih it that 1 things are iMF*—¥ oath's Coinpttuibtt. Value of Good Cooking. We masculine* have yet V) learn that the kitchen i* the most important end of the household. If that goes wrong, the whole establishment is wrong. It de cides the health of the household, and health settles almost everything. Heavy bread, too great frequency of plum pud ding, mingling of lemonade and cus tards, nnmasticablo beef, have decided the fate of sermons, legislative hills and destiny of empires. The kitchen knife has often cut off the brightest prospects. The kitchen gridiron has often consumed a commercial enterprise. The kitchen kettle has kept many a good man in hot water. It will- never be fully known hoW ranch the history pf the world was affected by good or bid cookery.—Nash ville Advocate. > Wfcjr m3drawt TIM War. When Charles Dudley Warner was the editor of the Hartford Frees, bock in the sixties, arousing the patriotism of the state by his vigorous appeals, one of the typesetters'cane in from the com posing room, and ptectef himself before* pm editor decided to mMst in ttaf sffmy.” With mingled sensations of pride and respon sibility Mr. Warner replied enomrag Ingly that he wqs glad to see that the man felt -the caH of duty. "Oh, K isn't that/’ said the tiuthfnl compositor, “bnt I’d rather be shot than try to set any more of your cop}’.”—San Francisco Ar gonaut. • ~ - ■ . ~ Pareharitog Safety Mr. Oldtjiuer—I think the pay of legis lator* nowadays l» outrageously liigh- Jlr. NowadMa—Nonsenae, man! Yon don’t kootr when ren aw well off. Wish they were paid more.- "MoreP* , . “CWtamiy. Psy ’em enough to Sport fleam yachts and teee' horn*. Then they faront Be ao eternally anxious to alt 4% thrip desle' ittd’ s^oil cHur laW*;’’—NdW | bore<loni for the same simple f ease>n that ffaey delight Io l>ark And bite, “for ’tia their nature to."—London Spectator. -J ;■ A<irlsr<! For HI* Good. They are neighbor* on Second avenne, anfl ss they walked down town tho other morning one of them observed: “My wif< is crazy to have me bny new milk CoW. What do you think of the Wear “Magnificent! You couldn’t Invest $10 teawfl, |r to l>ring yon better returns." "Mufti bother And expense?’’ “Hardly an^.’ Your hillk won’t cost you over a cent si quart, and it will lie pure milk too. If I had u barn, I’d keep two cows.” - - - “Two’ of three of iny inefa'ds have tether disconrageil me.” "Don’t Hateri to ’em. Rich cream for dtrtwbetefes ami coffee—pure, swfl-t fflilk fof tl»e children and kitchen! I’vo often wondered that yon didn’t keep a qopr. No care, no ftonble, no expense. ITi guarantee yonll ftever regret It. In fact, it is really your duty toward your children." '‘Yes, T suppose so. I guess I'll go over to the hay market and buy one and send her np. Ten minutes Inter tho man who ad vised was -telephoning to a cariieuter shop: w —_“8ay^yrm! One of yqnf men was np at tho house yesterday measuring door* ami windows" for fly screens. I toid him to go ahead at $43,' but I want to coun termand the order. Sol 7 out? Oli. no! My ndghlior's going to keep a cow, and that lets eight or ten of ns ont on (he fly question!"—Detroit Freo Pn iX - - _ How^lo F*e Chareoal In Plnre of Ire. For keeping large) i)i««ces of meat and puiiutry is.a simple device: Have a large barrel or hogshead half filled witli charcoal. Put meat hooks in a strip of joist and place ncrost the top of Hie Imr- ret Havp a netting to sjirend over this. Tliis barref ntity tie k(q.it in a cool place ami pieces of meat fib hung op (he books. The charcoal will keep the ntlniospln-re diy amksweet, and the netting will be a protection against insects. .Should there be danger from rat* or mico use wire netting. Fresh fish may bo rubbed with salt, wrapped in paper ami buried in a lied of charcoal. Of course the charcoal In boxes and barrel* should bo changed at least once a month. It can be used for tfshtfhg fires or for hrofling meat* or fishv good supply of charcoal, the old can bo purified by putting it into the stove with a few lighted chips and allowing it to burn nutil redhot. At this stage open all the windows to let the gas pas* off; then close the drafts of the stove, remove the covers and leave the room. When the charcoal becomes cold, it • will lie ready for use again. — Ladies’ Home Journal. _ she wonld cook. She pushed back the bangs from her classic brow, riffled up the sleevespf her empire gown riiid began io rook. Things ran smoothly nntiPit came time to make the coffee. Now, it *o happens that tho husliAfid Is a ernfik ribont his coffee. He likes it strong^ The Vassaf girl knew this, and she weht~ln toTu r Sister iftd (hiked for instruetions. The sister gave the iiutmcttons verj- niiiinfMt. There were a certain iiutnlx r of gills 6'f Water to be nsed and a certalft numlier of ta- blenpoonfnls of coffee. Dftmef time' i'fitne, and when, (he coffee was {wared out it was fouml to lie that palp, old gold color so much affected by the coft^c of ! hoarding houses. Not a word was said, ft but hi tbe next meal the Vasssr girl was nervons. Coffee Was poured ont, and it was very, very blond. ’ , ; “Say," said the husband, who still .con tinued to count for but very little, “what's the matter with this coffee?” ^ “I’m sure I don’t know," said tho Yas- snr girl. “I inadfc' ft Just as I wad told to." Thfe (•offeo was paler than ever at ! he next ttieal. Tlie husband ventured o kiek, l>ut was promptly sqnelchiri. At tho next fatenj H p?as so weak that the flavor could not be Andled, to jmy nothing of being tasted. The Tassar girl was low in her mind, but she still maintained a bold front. “I’m follow ing your wife's recipe," she said chill- ipgly to the husband. 1 don't kuow that it’s my fanlt that it isn’t strong." Dinner time came around and with it the coffee, which wa* hut a ghost of what coffee should bo. The husband looked at that which had been poured ont for •him rind remarked, “Sure you make this •tuff right, sis?" . “Certainly," replied the Vassar girl. “Don’t you suppose I kuow enough to follow simple directions?” “DunnO,” said the husband. « “■What do yW tnean?” asked the Yus-' sar girl, with fine indignation. "Oh, nothing," replied tho husband pacifically, ‘‘only it's blamed fnnny." f .The Vassar girf looked nnntterabW things, and the ug nl procwnlwl in Silence. Finally Hie husband broke ont. “Sar, sis, do }-on use that gill cup hi mensnr- fog the water?" , “Yes,’’ replied (ho Ta.»:iaf gifi ahtetly.' “Well, how many gill* are there in a pint down at Vassar?" “I* this u hindcrgr.rten?” c^ked the Vasse^girl; “No, but T Just thon’gfit I would ask you." ' : The Vassar girl mniled a r.milo of infi nite seorn.’ “At Vassar, just aa every where else.'' she wiiih loftily/ “mere are eight gills in a to”?-’’ And the hnsbnml was brute enough' to laugh.—Buffalo Egress. c, in our DM..,Sottul ifiore motives tluin they can exhaust bi 4 getiefitifon^ we have, by onr- enter prise, deteloiietl thb cycling tra/le to an ♦ncsleulab)*. extent, anfl by bur Arrab** __ . made tho fortufae Of half the liotei keep ers' In Provence. And the remftt for u*? Not a cyclc/WWfafacturef wfaub} give qs A machine if we askc<1 fof fa, faro 4 land- (oril would throw qa a crn*t were we kturving, not an art flrident would find A «parc moment to thank ua. ltd; the name bf,/ho most pictnreaque place in retf td ourselve*. li the world fae SVrilf ki Is foolish deliberately to court J f Columbus‘of Stanley.—rff. a ennell lit Oeiftury. the fatu Mrs. ,, The UssljU** Arbitral toe.' With intertationsl arbitratioU we conferig to having eomparatively little sympathy, rf nations fncafa to fight; nothing will prevent their so doin^, an | agreements to arbitrate will be of my little serrioe. The' Miggeetioa of an agreement between. England and th^ United States to establish a permanent S aclUnery for regulating their dfaputea* , (uhrever, quite different. Nations iff whom th6' sum* racial eharacteri dies are to l>e found; who are influenced by the same ideas, who talk tbe same laa- gnage, read the same books ami possess the samepolitite! tradition^ are capubk) of making an agreement to acute dis pute* by arbitration a reaHty. Again, au agreement not to fight tin (he question in dispute has been referrea to A body exereising tbe functiou of si court of law is-aste# fn the direction of that allianee between the United States aud England ^tfakh, tee trust and hm Hove, is the destiny of tbe tfatpcountriee. If we begin by an aiclrnowIc%m«Mt that we am not in the poritfan fif powers—i. e.j liable to war , ment—we may toon rite to a race alliance, and lastly to that declara tion of a common ( .. ^ prevent any ITngltekman from being aW alien iff America of any Affferiean an alien in England and wonld hete tl breai-b In the unity of the race eaaasd by the folly of Qeorge III And hi* ndateteoa. —London Spectator. The Original M’eildtog Cake. Our wedding cake is the remains of a Jfrhoweveiv ii -itAifficnlLto get » custom whereby a Roman bride held in . . her left hand thret! wheat car*, and nmny Centuries later an Englinh liridc wore on her head a chaplet of wlveat. The at tendant girl* threw corn, either in grain* or in small bit* of biscuit or cake, npon the head* of the newly married couple, and the gnests picked up the pieces and ate them. Such wa* the lieginntng of the wedding cuke, which did not come Into general use until the eighteenth centnry and was then cimqiofled of solid block*, laid together and iced all over 9o* Weekly. Strange Esperlenee of n Letter. A lady In London wished to coinmnni- cate with a friend in America, whose ad dress she did not know. In order to ob tain the needed information «hc wrote to another friend, who al»o lived in the world. Tho. letter was duly dis patched, but the ship which carried it was wrecked, and the mail* went to the ta bottom. They were eventually recovered, how ever. and the letter in question, tom and discolored, fonnd its way hack to the sender. .While subjecting it to a minute examination, the lady wa* surprised to find part of another letter adlieriug to it, tepOh which epistle was the full ml- j dress of the friend with whom she, wished to correspond. In thi* strange way, without having reached its destiua-, Hon. her letter had brought to her the answer desired —London Tit-Bits. ■i-,—y- — A ftodSra End «fk OThWt Grate. In the spring of 1789 a “fattish” lady —the epithet is not mine—was playing »t cards at ap assembly. Her partner •creamed out: “Dear me, madasn, what are yon doing! What can you be dreaming about? You have tbe ace in yonr hand, and you suffer the adver sary's king to pas*:" A glance at the lady soon showed that any explanation of her misoonflvet wa* impossible. She bad been seized with a Arokc of “apo plexy, which put an end to both her aud the ASbber.”—Temple Bar. fatetaf • Xaecaonjr In MratnckV. , Obt guests fail! observe that, notwith- stsnding slander* to the confrary. then it aa abundanoe of water in Kentucky. Mint doesn’t lloniish srtthont plenty of faff ter. —LouisViik CaaritT-Journal. with sugar, so that when the outer crust was broken over the bride’s head the cakes inaido fell on the flour, and they (fete then distributed among the com pany.—New York Sun. j, Hie Itoll Was Hc^r»<T. .. An amusing inWdcMt to said to have Occurred recently when one of tbe Ar mours, the great beef and pofk packers J ^ of Chicago, was traveling in Spqin. He ' many leaves as a fu|l sized edition, but was taken by a grandee of Madrid to see J fitting into a walnut."—Boston Colli* , llldroas AartrUwrata It is said that a salmon, whoa quite devoid of appetite, may he worried into taking » fly, If only flies be presefalefl W him with irritating pertinacity, itr ho cxclaitdk, “I cannot be tf with this Jock Scott ttny flrtnke* an irritable snap at 11 Poasibry Iff flte sattte faay paraffin ate driven nearly wild by seeing thte or that Smimodity thrust on their notice In railway Atstion*. in trains, In tha streeta, in tho fields, on fhW fop of Ben Macdhui. Then they may purchase a sample in flespair, may Ilka it and go on wing fa. This may be the theory M frantte and hideous advertisements, bnt on ^the whole it might seem ibore likely to' work its own destruction. “Whaterew I Imy I will not buy that," tew can con ceive the citizen remarking and looking out for a less obstrufrive article. But ft mlrcrtising did not pay people would fibf Advertise.—London Saturday Kte vTow. . ^ . Very Fine llaedlwork. Dr. Hoy tin, in hte “Life of King Charles," records that during tbe reign of (fluecn Elizabeth “there was one who wrote Utt Jen Commandment*, tbe creed, the pater neuter, the queen's name, and the prayer of onr Lord within the con*, puss of a penny and gave her majrotff a pair of spectacka of snch an artificial making that by the help thereof she dW plainly and distiuctly discerit every tet ter.” A somefahgt similar teat MW that “rare^iece of fatoflk brought ffftoaa by Peter Bales, an Englishman^' wbo ateo exhibited before her mAjesty the entire' Bible written in a book, containing as the national sport. When the bnll came in, he sank on hte knee* and refnsed to move. Then the director called tho toreador and inquired the canse of tho trouble, to which the toreador repltot, “Ah! senor, ze hall ’ave seen ze great Armonr of Chicago sitting with yonr ex cellency, and zere is no fight left in him. —London Tit- Bit*. —— ' —^ monwealth. Dancer In ISesnen^anSute, Anytbingont of the commtm’lta i r Adi of late Gradation* ef Cetor. A very styliah yonng lady, taken nn- awareF sent Battista, her manservant, to Imf her a pair of gloves with, all dis- patch. . \ . “Let them give yop '• pair of flesh colored ones." Battista returned with a pair of dork brown gloves. “Bid I not tell yon to bring a flesh colored pair?" , , “Well," said Battista, holding out hia hand*.—Ulnstrazione Pupolare. ^nclature runs the risk of losing bur lesqued by unskilled tougnea. Thonnrai who called her chargw. Miaa “Burial" I and' MR* “Jones" mariTflare made their ——fawther wish had never chrittenetl them Beryl and Joan- As BeUp aud Jstie they would have eofate off pH'rifhCT HerseS' foo, with fine names get sf^ffige- ly ifafs^altol Rf ttrf itabfs. .(0m pair known by their master a* Rudeb i * Sohrab, degenerated first into “1 and Soreback," and foil nlttmately I the commonplace as ’‘the tittle hone an# the Ftocthor. "—London Glbbe. Me Cratpertara. are cats," snapped Jar ley “Women viciously. “Nonsense." said Dawson. “Did you ever see a woman trying to climb a fianceT—Brooklyn Life. ' : Booth*# Foodnefl Edwin Booth had for waffles, ment in Boston waffles at a i tton great evening, am semfited to forced to go Fra' ■iff:/'