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Rates oi •}—* — Om iaflh, one insertion ... 1100 etch subeeqaent insertion. M cU Quarterly, semi-annual or yearly cons tracts made on liberal terms. On tract advertising is payable 80 days after first insertion, unleu other wise stipnlated. ^ No commanication will be published unless accompanied by the name and ad- dram of' the writer, not neoeesaiily for jiublication, bat asw guaranty of good Address, TJE PEOPLE, : Barnwell 0. H., 8 0. ,^r FAITH evu B> sots TKBBT COOKS. J- • tr* ^ A long bare ward In the hospital; 'T^.: A dying girl In the narrow bad; A nurse, whose footsteps lightly fall, Soothing softly that restless head. Blaln by the than she learned to Iotb— ftsaton, murdered and flung away; None beheld tt bat Oo4 Shore,. „ And.ebe who bore It And there ahe laj. ** A tittle drink of water, dear ?" Hlowly the white )lpe gaep and sip. _ ** Let me turn you orer so yon can hear. While I let the toe on your temple drip.’* ""A look of terror disturb* her fsoe; Firm and silent those pals Ups oloss; __ A stranger stands in the nurse's place; ** Tell us who hurt you, for no out knows.” 1 A slitter of Joy Is la her eye;, Faintly she whispers : “ K^hody did." ! tear christens the teftng Its From tbs heart In that wounded boaom hid. “ Nobody did ft I” ahe says again ; “ Nobody hurt mSf ller syce grew dim; But la that spasm of mortel pain Hhe say* to herself: •• I re saved you, Jim!” Say by day, aa tbs sod draws near, To senile gueattoo or stern demand. Only that one response they hoar, - Tbuusti rba Itft I “ Netssty hurt ms!" They see her die. Tbs aania word still on her latest breath; With a tranquil am He she tells bar His A ad glad goes dowa to tbs gates of death. VOL. IV. NO. 35. BARNWELL, C. H,. S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 5. 1881. $2 a Year. 8. .Article* for pubUoftfon ibowM to written in a elenr, legible band, end on ooljr one «t<ie of the pege. 4 All changes ia i reach us oa Friday. J i,tore with his eyes bent on the floor be fore him until he reached the street; then, after easting his eyea aearohingly on the ground, he walked over to the dock and gazed for a few moments into the water in a thoughtful manner. When he returned to the store and rejoined the others in the office it was with a grave countenance; — - — ■ ardrrwd, hut faithful still, > Losing ahovw all wrong and wos, If afesbas sons to a world of tit, Wbarr, O mist, .hall ws osbera go f K»*n. I iblnt, that ml maa Has Imp* ,.f a better Ufa la blm •ban aha so tessd blm bar <• ** Bubudy but ms I I'ss saved yon. Jim! A DOUBLE CHIME, Tlic wholesale produce ate.u store el Mr. Purvis, on avenue, Philadelphia, was uigbt of Oct 17. 18& The safe had Iteea o|»ened appareotly by false keys and upward of fWO in gr—toot* were shs trusted. A of btetde to the amount of fl.OUO Two rlerka, both young mrn, usually sle|A >a the a tore. Augtwt Yeriu* hau l«eeB is the employ of Mr. Hamaua P»rne ahtml four yean and enjoyed the i of hia employer. Pembroke the other clerk, had only re- cesiUy been taken, bat the which he took hold of the Mr. Parria ao meh la hia favor predteied a aoeeeaaful future f<« the young man aa a vary —‘ 1 —mnn and ultimate prentnaot merchant. Un der thia uaprsasiim ha |4aeed implia* inot in Bhama, and selerted Mm as a ncnpaiiiun of Terkoa in the a tors at night. Doth of these young men were in the atcre on the night the rotdiery occurred, tint when the place waa opened in the morning Hhamu waa missing and Yerfces lay on the Anar near the safe with a severe gash on the aide of hia head, which had been bleeding profusely, judging by the amount of blood ou the door. The unfortunate young man had evi dently endeavored lo staunch the blood, for both hia hands were stained, aa also were his ciothea. By the disorder in the office, and the numerous blood stains both ou the floor and walla it was evi dent that a desperate struggle must have taken place. It was conjcoured from thia that Bliaron, having provided himself with false keys, had opened the safe and been anriirwed by his fellow clerk in the midst of his work, who, in turn, dealt him the blow near the temple, Bud (hen, after a severe struggle between them, Yerkee fainted from loss’ of blood, and ■i* robber fled with hia booty. ▼arnoe, the detective^ and a physician were at once sent for, and while Dr. Ed- son attended to his patient the detective examined the premises with his usual carefulness, particularly the second floor, and, returning to the lower floor, found that Yerkee had recovered and sat in an arm-chair with a bandage around hia head. ' “ Well, Mr. Varnoe, what have you discovered ?” asked Mr. Purvis. “ I And that the robber has been to the second floor,” replied the detectivef '‘possibly he has token some valuables from there aa well” .... / The merchant hastened up stairs, bnt presently returned, saying nothing had been disturbed or removed as !ar as he could see. • “ Whatever his object may have been. I am positive that he visited the second floor after the bloody struggle had taken place. Then Yerkes gave the following a<> count: He awoke suddenly and found that Bharon had left the bed, and fearing that anme mishap had overtaken him he lit a paraffine candle by the small gas-jet in The room and liegan to search for him. Not finding him on the second flow: he descended to the first floor, and found him liefore the open aife- Ibey saw each other at the same 'moment, and Bharao waa spell-bound at being dicoov- in IDs criminal act Then began i of “ Mr. Purvis, the robber has evident ly escaped by way of the river, as the blood tracks reach to th^ dock. All eyas were now directed toward the wounded man, who had suddenly grown very pale. He v opened his mouth as if to aay something, bpt fell back in hia seat with a groan and fainted away. . While the doctor was applying restor atives to his charge the detective drew Mr. Purvis away to the rear of the store and remained there for half an hour in conversation with him, and, jndging by hia frequent exclamations, he to been greatly astonished at what the de tective told him. Itte-entering the office,- they found Yerkes still unconscious, and, at the suggestion of Varnoe, he was conveyed m th*4 irnnilitiaa to III# "Now, Mr. Purvis," said Varnoe, "you willplcMBJlQUlt oat to ids which are the clothes usually worn by Mr. Sharon while on duty at Uie store." Certainly, sir,” replied the gentle- i “ that ia readily doae," and to went to a closet where the clerks kept their outer garments and opened it He took piece after piece from the hooka, •an exclamation m if of surprise escaping Ipm as he did so, " What is itr asked Varnoe, when Mr. Purvis laid the garments oo the bed. " Why, as I live, Hhereo bee not only Ml Ins east and vest behind, but also his pants 1" aaid Mr. Puma, with a look of bewildsrmeat “ That is singular,** remarked the de tectors, exchanging significant with the doctor; "the more ao you bear in mind that Mr. Yerkes, foond. had uu lua oust, vest, pants sod. the'rubber even left hie him,” pouting to n pair In a moment he was surrounded by the trio, who congratulated him on his escape from death. He requested per mission to resume his proper dress, after which he would tell exactly what oc curred during the past night His story was very similar to the one told by Yerkes, with this differenoe: the positions were changed. It waa Sharon ■who surprised the other before the ojiened safe just in Uie act of stowing in his pocket the package of greenbacks alluded to. It was Sharon who de nounced the act and Yfirkearbpth angry and frightened to be thus detected, THE "Yoa Mr. Htiaruo baa left anything of valaa in hia purketa.” Every |«»-kot waa inatnntly divested • •f ita run tenia. Ttu-re was found a tain aide gold watch and chau, a wallet eun- laiaing a tnrtr over |fi, a penknife, pen- nl and meoioraiMiiun book, etc. " IL tain Uie artirlea, Mr. Purvia, and reabwe U>« rlutliea to the eloaet," said V«rn«e. “ I have another sorjtfM* in Btore for you, I think.” When Uiia waa ilooe, Varuoo took off all the lied-ohithaa and threw them on the floor, leaving the mattrnw bare. An cxclamattem ut snqiriso burst from Mr. Pnrvis aa he pointed to.(he maUfrK* where a number of bloody finger-marks stained it along a scam about ten inchca in length. " Now I see what you are driving sf," cried Mr. Purvis, scanning the seam. " You mean to say that the rnhlter has bidden his booty in Uie mattress ?" "I think so^ at all •vents," was his reply, as he took out hia knifs and opened the s«am. Then inserting his hand into tlie open- iug, hs jirosenUy drew furth the pack age of greenliackA, They were intact, ao Mr. Purvis announced, after examin ing Uie fastenings and seals. “ What am I to think of this ?" asked the gentleman, in a helpless tone. " I declare that my head aches trying to divine the motive of thia most extraordi nary robbery.” "Think as I do.” ,» What ia that? " . "Why, that Pembroke Sharon, in- atoad of being the robber, ia the victim of the robber, which accounts for his leaving all his outer garments behind He evidently surprised the robber at his work, and in the enoonutor that took place he murdered poor Bharon, dragged him across the street, as the trail showed to me, and tossed him into the river." _ “ Then you really suspect August Yerkes as the robber ? ” asked the mer chant, greatly agitated. "lam sure he is not only the robber, but possibly also a murderer,” was the reply. "Oh, the wretch!” cried the mer chant, passionately; " and in my heart I admired his bravery, while I pitied him for what ha bad endured for en deavoring to protect my property.” "lam convinced that you have hit on the right man,” said Mr. Purvia. "H he knew of this he might give ns the slip. The next thing to be done is to use every means in our power to recover the body of poor Sharon." " Poor, indeed, rinoe all the ciothea he has on his beck are act hia own, 1 spoke a voice behind them. All looked at the speaker, who wore an old seaman's suit, and looked hs bed just recovered from ■ severe spell d in the tow of I in the breast el picked up a paper-weight and hurled it at hia fellow clerk, striking Sharon on the head, inflicting a ghastly wound, from which he Minted, and knew no more until he awoke on board a vessel lying near the Navy Yard. He was told that they picked him up in the river. The Captain and two of his men had >ee» to the Uieater, and were returning in a boat to Uie vessel, when a white object floating on the water attracted their attention, and they made fur it, anil drew the ap|iarcntiy dead man in Uie boat, and took him on board the vessel, where his wants were at once at- tomlod to. . When Yerkes* version of Uie affair was related to him he laughed derisively, and *KS on the point of making a remark when familiar footsteps were heard as cending the stair*. -" By Hraveu 1 I believe it is August Yerkm!" whispered Hharrm, as he hast ily entered the doaet ami drew the dorw to. He was none too soon, fur the next moment Yerkm walked briskly np to •here the three geaUemeu were stand ing. H< sue thing in their faces told him that aometliing waa amiaa—aomotliint to hia disadvantage, too. " You are probably surprised to me here again T rasnached be, for of aaytbiag elm to any. " We are, indeed," aaid Mr. Purvia, reganlaag him with an esniaons " Yoa all appear to be anything bnt |4saaed to aer me ? " rubl-v and woold-tw " On the cnotmry, we are very gtad to are yoa," hers spoke Varooe, with an amhigonoa EXT1SCTIOK OF MALK. . In an interesting article on thia sub ject in a French jonmal, M. Yignes shows that those species which exceed their fellows in height or bulk are more than ever at the present day threatened with extinction. Since the recent geol ogical epochs thd' progressive diminu tion of their nnmlier has become all the more rapid that they must now count man among the numerous competitors that dispute with them the surface of the earth, TThul the present age may be called upon to witness the accom plishment of their extinction. In ths straggle which they have to maintain against this new competitor, • they pre sent, in comparison with species of Urol air, Yerkes walked to the doaet be ottered a fearful shriek and started bark with his hair standing end and hia face the color of He had seen (as his guilty told him) the gitewt of hia vietim, for Bharon remained standing in the closet |ierfee«Jy immovalile. hia eyes Died re- |>n*chtally on the guilty wretch. The horrid vtato® was too m^h for hia brain to endure. Yerkm raving maniac ami behaved ao violecUy that Varnoe waa obliged to manacle him band and foot ami again ret ora lam to the hospital, from whence he waa short ly afterward conveyed to the insane de- liartiiK’Ut of the alrub hooac. Pembroke Kharon was generously rec onqienaed by his employer for his heroic attcm|>t to prevent the robbery, am promoted to a responsible position in the store, which he filled with credit both to himself ami hia grateful em ployer. * Yerkm lived a year or ao after his con finement, ami died a raving maniac, a terrible retribution for hia attempt to fasten a crime ou an innocent person and thru rob him Imth of his reputation and life at one fell blow. eahiiiohaulk afeectio*. There is occasionally a good deal of mutuality in people not wanting to see each other. Yesterday a handsomely- dressed lady called at a fashionable resi dence on Galveston avenue. There was the inevitable small boy playing in the front yard. "Your mother is not in, ia she?’ asked the visitor. " Yes, she is in the parlor. ” " I thought she always went out aboul; this time in the afternoon.”' " I reckon she would have gone out if she had known you waa coming; she said so the other day.” Just then the front door opened and the lady of the house appeared. They rushed into each other’s arms—smack smack fyum—yum—yum—how glad 1 am to see you! Yum—you have not been to see me for an age I have been wanting to see you so bad I etc.—Gaf. veston Newt. i am THEBE THINGS. ^ Three things to do—think, live act Three things to think of—life, death and eternity. Three things to love—courage, gentie- »s and affection. Three things to admire—inteUeot, dignity and gracefulness. Three things to hate—cruelty, arro gance and ingratitadn. Three things to delight in—beauty, frankness and freedom. ' Thtae things to wish for—health, LANGE ANI- BOVTWELUa HOLE IN THE SKY, ‘‘Searching for did bones and leav t ings, I presume ? " from this famous trial so full of Interest "Yea,” waa Hi® humble reply, —that relating to Gov. Bout well’s " Hole moderate or small size, two disadvant ages, The mass of their body being more developed, they require more abundant nourishment, and are thus Ha. ble to be deprived of sufficient suheist- ened Beside, their multiplication be ing comparatively alow, they only repair their losses with great difficulty. Cer tain small species— rats, mice, insects, etc.—against which there ia universal war, with no hope of exterminating them, owe their safety to their extraor dinary fecumlTIy; whereas, the losaei among ths larger animals can be but (isrtially filled up by reproduction. If does not make haste to pleto her knowledge of these great mala, ahe will by and by find heraellda- prived of subjects. It ia mrtatnly net rash to maintain that I tins, dugoags, walrus, certain species of seals and otariea, the great white bear of the Arcttes coasts, ths eomaaoa M great carnivora (lions tigers, etc.), gonllar, the giant armadil- lu, giraffes, elands phant, hippopotamus, turtle. birds of The ostrich group, the Arctic Ac., are all threaten*! with esotly are only re- Sttiaot birds are specially will seon follow the epiornM, sir. All the great animals, in geteral, tend after their kind to disappear, ia ooo- arqtte-nce of human cntnpetiUuo. The only core which man will allow tosorvive will be those from which he can, without much trouble, draw some profit, either by n regulated pursuit or by —Ltmdom Ames. Ar Amusing Bpi—Am of ths Grom* Imponrh- *6 mmi TrimL A writer m an Eastern publication, in ginng some reminiscences of the, im- )>eaobnient of Premdent Johnson, says: I Vish to give one other description THE LION AND THE JACKAL—A BLE FLEA 8ANTRIES. One day a Hyena, who waa out of a job and had a buzz-saw feeling toward all the world, met a Jackal on the .plain and began : 1 >i As in the Sky.” Having had the good fort- one. to be present, I can say, jrith all trutbfulneas, that I never have, before or since, witnessed a large audience ao convulsed with laughter as was the whole Senate and the immense crowd of spectators on the occasion of Mr Evarta’ reply to Gov. Boutwell, touch- ini' this astronomical wonder. In the Course of his elaborate and able argument. Gov, Boutwell said: •Travelers and astronomers inform us that in the southern heavens, near near the Southern Cross, there ia a vast s|woe which the uneducated call the hide in the sky, where the eye at man, with Uie aid of the powers of the telescope, has been unable to discorer nebnlr, or asteroid, or comet, or planet, star or sun. In that dreary, cold, dark region of space, which is only known to be Ires than inftmta by the evidences of crea tion elsewhere, the Great Author of ee- Uwtial mechanism has left the chare which wan in the beginning. If this earth were capable of the sentiments and amotioas of jasttoa and vurtua, which in human mortal beings are the evidences and the pledge of oar divine origin end immortal deatiny, it heave and throat with the energy of I am not able to kill for myself I must eat after others have been satisfied. I am, however, fat, healthy and.in geod spirits.” " See here," continued the Hyena aa he sat down in the shade, " you have aa much right to be a Lion as the Lion has. I see no reason why h® should live off the fat of the land and you off the bones." "I never thought of that before," posed the JtakaL AMI* really, that • tbe Savior of VITAL STATISTICS. Whoro omd mf Wkmt Wo DU. Daring 1880 sixty-eight cities of ths United States made weekly death re porta to the National Board of Health. It aftprani that Vallejo, OaL, waa the healthiest place reported, and Norfolk, Va., the unhealthieet. The average Ufs in Vallejo waa -89.5 years, and only one ignorant of. But, person in 1,000 of population died of consumption, while in Norfolk the a 1 age life was only 27.9 years, and person in 241 of popnlation died of con sumption. The aggregate population of three sixty-eight cities ia 7,360,987; the averagu duration of life in them waa 44.5 years, and there wsa one death from consumption for every 826 of pop ulation, and one death from acute dis ease of the lungs for every 429 of popu- lation. In other words, of every 100 deaths 24.4 were from lung diseases, and of these 14 were from consumption and 10.4 from acute diseases of the lungs. Four of the heat cities for health were Yonkers, N. Y., average life TO years; Omaha, Neb., average 68 years; Utica, N. Y., 67.6 years; Keokuk, Iowa, 67.1 years; and four of the worst cities were Jacksonville, Flo., 35 years; Vicksburg, Miss., 34.8 years; Charleston, 8. C., 31.3 years, and Savannah, Ga., 30.6 years. In Boston the average life was 42.5 years, deaths by consumption 1 in 246, by acute lung disease 1 in 336 of I>opulation; in New York average life 37 years, death by consumption 1 in 254, Philadelphia life 47.8 years, consump tion 1 in 315, acute disease one in 844; in Cincinnati life 47.8, consumption 346, acute disease 494; Louisville life 47.6, consumption 300, acute disease 410; In dianapolis life 47.8, consumption 447, acute disease 381; Chicago life 48, con sumption 693, acute disease 463; St. Paul life 68.5, consumption 661, scute disease 715; San Francis Ob life 51.8, consumption 296, acute disease 459; New Orleans life 41.3, oonsumptiou 266, acute disease 684; St, Louie life 52, con sumption 447, acute diaeeas 680. The difference between New York and Phil adelphia in the general death rate and in that from consumption is great; in that from acute lung dfaeaas it fe strik ing. Next to hug disorders canae the greater number of Mr. to thia novel eaaa of Oirero, ia, who says that a lawyer everything, far, sootier or is no feet ia hietory, ia rof haaaa knowledge that will not -intoplay in hie argument Painfully i of my without eavy the evinced by the honorable manager. In deed, upon my aool, I belter® he is aware of an aatronomioal fact which of that eoienoe are A " stop order”—Whoa 1 " Sold short”—Pea-jaoketa. 11 Long on stalks”—Sorghum. Wild onte are the only crop grows by ga^ght^ r Tat watch repairer ia always engaged in spring cleaning. "A bird in the hand is worth two"— dollars and a half; if it happens to be n canary, Proi-li who harbor evil thoughts should apply to Congress for harbor lin- provementa, ' p't _ > "Wen, you are very footiah to be hunting bones when yoa might aa well ie a Lion. I wouldn't stand it if I you. The Jackal thought the matter over, and went to a Liou who dwelt on the hillside and aaid : I have just aa good a right to be a Lion aa yoa have." ,, I second the motion,” waa the grave reply. "And I'm going to be, the." " Bully for yoa I" growled tho kingof "And win yoa toll me bow - .. "Certainly, Taka thia path e lull, and whenever yoa meet s mel yoa mast paw and roar and ©Icmeatal forces of nature, and project The Jackal moved away in h%h tfir- this enemy at room of men into that Ha, and had notgome far bsdsee he met vast regiua, there forever to exiet in a n troop ef Ms kind, la bapm to pnw aolitode m eternal aa hfe. or m the ari and roar and swell np, and when he arnoe of life, emblematical of. if not litei i.r.4 lnu.~.f out U*e leader of Urn 'Any tool aa* ana that yoa arei who thinks the !*»y who t-r-i lives next door to him is n good boy has not been foond. Lrr it be recorded," said a Layer when he saspeeted that hie wood-dealer waa bringing-short i [ ntTVDBBD AND doss not resemble a j*air of lovers on n aufa, because there is one at sack end. Tessa mom ■ roeaf follow of 004 • TalnrttM to I UwfmwlM Jt is aaserted that Vennor at < woe a phunhrr. WeU, he’s not the only plumber that makes a profit Tu old lady whs with a s patch to 1 Go while acme of hia honorable paying attention to an nnooonpiad and unappropriated island on the ear- face of the seas, Mr. Manager Boutwell, more ambitions, had diaooverod aa un- U nantod and unappropriated region in the skies, reserved, he would have ns think, in the final councils of the Al mighty as the place of puniahment for convicted and deposed American Presi dents. "At first I thought that hia mind hod become so 'enlarged' that it waa not ‘ sharp enough to discover the constitu tion had limited the puniahment, but on reflection I saw that he was as legal and logical as he was ambitious and astron omical, for the constitution has aaid 're moval from office,’ and has put no limit to the distance of the removal, so that it may be, without shedding a drop 'of his blood, or taking a penny of his property, or confining his limbs, instant removai from office and transportation to the skies. of your sentence of deposition and re- , . . , „„„ . moval from office, the honor&ble and ™i ol Uo 360; m manner thoU «k. into hi. own hands the execution of the sentence. With the President made fast to his broad and strong shoulders, and, having riready essayed the flight by imagina tion, better prepared than anybody else to execute it in form, taking the advan tage of ladders as far ss ladders will go to the top of this great Capitol, and, spurning then with his foot the crest of lilierty, let him set out upon his flight; while the two houses of Congress and all the people of the United Staten shall about ‘ Sic Uur ad osfra.' " But here a diatreasing doubt strikes see; bow will- the manager gat back? He will have got far beyond the reach of gravitation to reatom toas, and ao am- a wing aa hie eookl never stoop l> s d. Buword flight.” * n aee of myrelf believe I was a Leon, t here birds would hare known by the meet that I woes Jackal” Morel -Ten Boost be whi it yao are to have the eonfldenea of fri* ods or r®- sped at foaa. Btore etcthai •rive the eye. -/Vee /Vees. 1 mlj da- THE QEBAT HI’*, In response to the inquiries of respondent, the Niagara Falla the history of the grant bridges : In 1848 Charles Ellet, a brill iant rather than a profeaaiooai engineer, built ths first suspension brid| the Niagara, on the sita of the railroad bridge. The bridge waa only for carriages and foot-paawngem. The towers were of wood, and the roadway waa only about six feet in width, just wide enough for one team. Mr. Ellet in the beginning had offered a reward of $5 to the first person who should get a string over the river. Ths next windy day a large number of boys assembled on the bank with kites, and before night one of them, a former townsman, Ho man J. Walsh, then a boy of 18 yean of age, landed hia kite on the Canadian side and received the promised reward. By meapa of thia string larger cords, then xtraa, and then iron cables, small at flM^bni increasing in sine, were drawn across, until the large cables wore thus stretched. This structure served as a most excellent auxiliary in the con struction of the present bridge. This was built by America's great engineer, John S. Roebling, and hat Always beau gfiiS f considered one of the greatest of his works. It was commenced in 1862, the first locomotive crossed it in 1864. way you vow that I will and, when an honest man pledges yoa hie ward shoot anything, that is the end of ftl” The iron basket now hanging under the railroad track near the American end of the bridge was first used by Mr. and in it the first person who ever crossed the chasm alive, and of his own Will, was cross.-d over. There is an old Indian tradition that a restating chief wrps once canied to the opposite side by a large bald-headed eagle who swooped down on the great warrior aa he lay in amboah on the ground and bore him over. TffBAioB have also crossed in this basket The suspension bridge by Brock’s mon- ameot was bail! in 1866 by T. E. Serret The ice jam in 1806 tar® the gays frees the rocks to Which they wem fastened, and before they were replaced a terrific ptie broke the railway, and left the in the sir. The M it is called, wee built m 1868, <S'ta *• Its length n wns worn ci Impossible as it may be to the survival or persistence of fashion ia dress, the use gf felfe hair has been rr’©gated to the gentler ocx of this, the last quartan of the nineteenth century. Unless for the abeolnte protection of a bead utterly bereft ef hair, men to-day rarely wear wigs. The prosperona days of the barber waned when ha ao longer found a supplementary calling in wig*, making. If that preponderance ol false hair on women’s heads, in vogue soma few years ago, has been curtailed, small tags of sham curls, fastened ou netting, flattened on female foreheads, has been fer some time a la mode. There ia, however, one fashion getting into vogue which common sense and the least appreciation of the fitness of things might to abolish. If ridicule could kill it, it deserves to be laughed out of exist- cnce. You are paming a house, and a child is seen asTf set in the frame of the window. You admire the beauty of the child, apd expatiate <>u a glory of hair tumbling down on the rounded xhouldare. Your wife, who has noticed year expen- ■uvenoss, will not be moved, for she nr ffiarks in a dry, matter-of-fact way, "It is a wig. Why, dou’f you know that any number of children weer wigs ? You can buy a wig of that kind fofl^25. Vary nice ones, assarted to a child’s complex ion, made to order, come higher." You look horror-stricken, and yoa ask re proachfully, '* Have yoa ’been shopping . for children’s wigs ? Is oar own UUle innocent to wear a wig ?” " No,” ia the reply, " I only asked the price. Where was the harm ? Why, there are tbou *ands of little girls in New York Waring wigs. I shook! not be ourpneea if in tune all of them ttosMi oi -S3