The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, September 13, 1883, Image 1

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TR-'EL DTO.WINNSBORO, S. C.. SEPTEMBER 13. 1883. ETBIHD14 BE TIIOU TRU E. Care not what others say, Be thou true! If they gossip to betray, Be thou true! Ile consistent and to right, Make for the truth a good lfight; Do what thou dost with all thy might; Be thou truel Be thou true! Let thy love be sincere le thou true! Only God.hast thou to fear; Be thou true! Bince our Joys must pass away, Like the dewdrop or the spray; Wherefore should our sorrows stay? Be thou true! le thou true! Friendshiii's very hard to flud, Be thou truel Truo love is not. always blind; lie thou truel Time at last makes all things strafght, Let us not despair--just wv'ait But trust not too much to t'ate, Be tiou truot le thou true! Like the sununer's fragrant flowers, Be thou true! Like the suinniur's coining showers, le thou truel Like the mountain looking high, And the river rolling by Like the blue and arching sky, le thou true! Be thou true HlEMi IRTHlDAY. "By-by Dolly, don't sit up for me I mayn't be home till late," And handsome Dick Everett, seal capped and overcoated, bent to kiss his pretty little wife. "Must you really go, Dick?" implor ingly. "Must I really go?" he repe A "What a dreadfully solemn f"- * you ridiculous darlin. T .dy mUst. ~my? u pe.,o au-an engagement ..AAt' break, dearl" a trille auilti - 'T Good gracious! what an inqisi ltttle mortal it is, ,to be sure! Don't trouble your pretty'head with business engagements; and once more, my pet, good-bye. Aud-oh, I say, Dolly," turning back and putting a furry hea:I indsie the door. "if you're in searcll of a ji b, I just wish you'd mend my other overcoat. I noticed a big tear in it for the first time to-night. Will you?" And to his rather disconnected speech, Mrs. Dick nodded, and smiled a bright tcuwesoence. The door slammed behind Dick, and she glanced round the cosy hume-hke lool. "If Dick had not been obliged to go out-and such a cold night, too." Tie gas burned brightly. The cheery fire in the erate was a bed of golden coals The French clock on the mantel tick ed musically. Towards the crimson-covered table, ,in which lay a pile of unopened maga .inse, looked two wistful blue eyes. But the bride of six months shook her dainty, bronzo-brown head with resolute determination. The rosy lips repeated the hackneyed formula "Duty first, pleasure after." So, accordingly, the little white han'l abiornt:!y lugged end hauled Dik's big ov.'rouut lute the room , turnfr it over, and commenced thiir wifely cou pation. She smiled softly to herself, for her thougits were pleasant ones as she sat and sewed. A rarely pretty picture in the parlor's lirelit glow, the childish figure in the ioft dark dress and snowy muslin apron, the busy hand flying briskly through their task. "To-morrow will be my bii thday, and 'I Dick h as forgotten it, I know. How sorr3 he( will be when I tell him to-mor row." And as it broke morrily into "Uomiin' Tihro' tihe Rye,' the French clock on the -low maurle mantel struck tein. Her task finishee, shet turned the coat over to see if it needed otheri repairs, and as she (did so, a small, square sheet of creamy paper fluttered from an inside pocket and fell upon the carpet. She uent forward and picked it up .withi a low laugh. "Which of Dick's friends is sufficient ly foppish to perfume his love letters. .I wondmIO?" * Then she turned it right side up anid Vonked ait it. And she saw-what? Nothing very alarming. * Only a thick sheet of embossed paper, stumped with a nmonogrami, in tlue and1 gold, incomprehensib)le as monograms usually are, A woman's letter, decidedly, written in a pretty, scrawling, irregular hand, S unmitakably a woimani)'B. 'The bird-like sonig died on Dolly Ev erett's liys. Tihe solt, bright color faded slowly out of her face. The bhue eyes grew wide and startled, as deliberately, though almost involuu - tarily, she road the few words on the page before her. The note ran "DmK. DALINo,-I have missed you dreadfully of hitto. Come. Exercise * diplomI3acy to-nighit, and slip away. I1 hate her for keepiing you fromi me. Be -sides Gemster is in towii. 1s the hont too broadh? in spite of all, Dick, ever EDrrn." That was all. Bu lmt, it wasl enough. F J' Ior a few momeints Dolly's eyes, bala zing, terrified, stared straight at thne fa tal sheet, as though they WOuibt skrivel it up with their blue fire. Th'ouae she flung it shudidering fromi . her as though it were a veiiomouis thing, y,and could st.ing her. Who was the womana that damed write in that munner to Diek--hor Dick? yes, she told herself, with an air of do 11am t proprietorship, hers only. She crushed her hands tightly togeth-i em, ti the dliaimond next the plain gold circlet cut the white flesh cruelly. ThIen, as a horrible suspicion leaped ito life in her brain, with a low moani she iippecd Iroma tha chair and eroucheid 'shivering against Lie great shaggy over 40 cat. Her fears took shape. For the Brst time he had evaded an wering her questions. And how guilty and hurried he had reemed-so horribly happy nad light iearted, toot A thousand words and glances, before iamost unnoticed, now flashed upon ier. She snatched up the note again and ooked at it. It was dated the evening of that day. "Oh, Dick, Dioki" she cried wildly, 'how could you- how could you? And -I loved you sol ' Then, with a sudden storm of sobs, hhe broke down altogether, and, burying fer face in the crumpled overcoat, wept md wept as if her very heart would break, the graceful little figure shaken mud so convulsed. The fire burned low in the grate under i coating of gray ashes. E even! Now she did not pause to listen tj the music, Foot;st,p i came along the sidewalk, ip the st'p i. A latch-key turncd cautiously in the loor. She neither heard nor stirred. In the hall Dick paused, a curious smile on his lips. "Dolly's al.ieep, sure as fatel" He divested himself of hat and over roat, and hummin.; a popular air, turned tte handle of the p.ir.or door. "Oooduessl Dolly, what the -* ter?" His song came to a,, "utimely end as he caught sight ,bne sobbing, shaking hittle Ii 1 r, I the hearthrug. gg,,. ,K o he stride towards her, but .. The sound of his voice she had sprung to 1 or feet with crimson checks and langerously sparkling eyes. ' St.mnd off, sirl Don't d ire to touch ne!" "Ureat Heayil Dolly " in direst bewilderment, "Don't Dolly mel" facing him like a liminutivo tigress -"don't dare to!" "Dolll I" "Don't mention my name so soon ifter hers--this 'Edith,' to whom you ire 'Dick, darling!' "Dolly " "O'n you find no other word with which to defend or viudicate youreelf except the repetition of my na:ne?" this last with unnatural calmness. The temperature had wafted round from the torrid to the frigid zone. "Have you gone-mad?" slowly. "It 1 have, find the cause-there." Scornfully she flung him the crumpled iheet. He snatched it eagerly and read every word. Then he lifted a face of, if possible, more intense, utter bewilderment than before. "Where did you get this, Dolly?" "There." She pointed dramatically to the tum bled overcoat. "There?" in blankest astonishment, "ThereI" He glanced from the note to the coat, from the oat L.o the note, then back again to Dolly. i-be was longing desperately to steady her voice and still her heart sutliciently to ask him how he liked Gerster, just to Lxhibit a piece of stinging sarcasm; but she could not to save her life. There was blank silence a moment, then Dick walked over and picked up the overcoat. Hark I what was that? Not a laugh, surely. Yes, a laugh. The maddest, merriest, wildest peal that ever rang from human lips. There on the hearthrug stood Dick, the coat fallen loosely on the floor, his hands on both hips, and laughing-well, lhe was. "Dick I" in faltering amazement, "Yes," howled Dick, "Oh, Dolly', it's the host joke of the season." 'And then lhe was roaring like a circus mad schoolboy again, '"Dick-tell me!" Then, seeing her white, anxious face, he grewv suddenly grave. ' Dolly, did you look at the envel "I saw none." lie shows d her the envelope that haut tlu'tered uInoticed( under the tab.e. She read the addlress, RionAnD HIaIvICr, EsQ , -192 Blank St. "D.dlly, (lid you p)artienlarly notice the over'oatl.?" A tremulous "Nul" "Look! See' that velvet collar, those buttons, this piooket.boo-Is this my overcoat?" "On, Ditik, miy dlearest, forgIve met No, no, no!" She was sobbing in his arms now, '"My darling!" "But," bubbling again into bioyish aumghter', "wihat a good joke! To think that I should walk home in, and that you should mend, Diok Harvey's over coat! Wonder if his folks are going through my lpockets now?" "'Who's *'dithi'?" "His swveethaeart, whom he has to sneak oil' to see, beause of a formidable heiress stayinig at his house at present, to whom his folks are trymng to marry him. He told mnc tall about it." "D)iek," -shy arms wvent creeping roundl his nook, and( blue eyes grew lu minus through their tears-i'm never oven going to lbe jealour again. I- -I'm not, gozing to ask you where you were to night," with tirmmphanit h,eroism, uin derlid by a strat,nm of nm'adden'zing enr'i osity. "My p)et, I was lust going t') tel! you, but these will speak botter than [ can. You see I had not qjuit forgotten what to-morrow was." lie had drawn a leatheotn case from his pocket, anzd touching the spring, di'zcloied a set and neokletof nulk-white pearls on turquoise-volvet bed, "Oh-h, i)iokl" A long-drawn breath, a rap)turous lighting of blue eyes, a lifting of rosy lips, and then-well, when she got through, Dick thought himself well ri. "Won't there ha fun at the oileo to morrow. Jealous of Dick ilarvey! But, hey Juniter. what a receanion I got Oh. oh-hl Dolly, Dolly, it's the best joke on recordl" And Dolly' joined him merrily; for, after all. is not the sweetest laughter that which springs from tears? Among Paris ltag-Pickers. Great precautions are being taken by the sanitary authorities o prevent the cholera from being introduced into France. The harbor-master at every port has had in structions to submit every suspected vessel to quarantine, and every guarantee has been given those who are anxious for the public health. If the cholera can only be imported, the Parisians have nothing to appiehend, but if the fell disease is of spontaneous generation, fostered by bad drainage and by the odor arising from fermenting garbage, the hot weather will soon produce an epidemic calculated to decimate the densely popula ted quarters of the city. The smell in the streets at night is becoming worse and worse, and those who venture further towards the fortifica tions on the northern side are halt suffo cated by the pestilential air they are compelled to breathe. The lodging-hoises are to be rigorously visited and disinfected by order of the Prefect of Police, but nothing is likely to be done to introduce proper sanitary measures in the 1ndustrial quarters, such as thr ltoue de la Revolte, where ee men employed in the sugar refineries mingle with the rag-pickers nuddled together in huts and surrounded by the rags, bones, etc., which make up the midnight harvest of the chiff mnier. Few have visited the celebrated assomn ?noir, which hangs like some leprous sore against the walls of a clean and smart grocery store kept by a woman who wears a silk gown in her shop of a Sunday after noon, and has the custom of all her neigh. bors. No one would ever think that such a clean, neat establishmeui as this grocery shop could adjoin the (lark, disin-t-looking bunette where the rag-picker spends his ioney in drinking and gambling. The walls are covered with roughly executed sketches. There is the portrait of the "Matelot," or sailor-the Garibaldi of the rag-pickers. He ha9 been all around the world in a mau-ot war, and had served in the coasting trade cn board a merchantman in the days when pira es swept the main and neither asked for nor gave quarter. He spun yarn on yarn, showed them his breast, arms and body covered with scars, anl told them how often he bad looked death in the face. ie was the hero of his coin rades, and when lie died they bought the tin panniken from which he had so often .0runk and hung it above his portrait sur unded by a wreath of immortelles pur chased by subscription. tobespierre, painted in colors, has his place on the walls. Henri iochetort stares at. the com pany along with Victor Hugo. M. Tiuiers and the Pope, beside the death of Louis XVI and the legend of the Wandering Jew. 'he sketches are rough and grotecrinA, hut. there is nothing unsightly or indecent, and the artist who has drawn Napoleon 1 in great coat and cocked hat has not been offended at the counter manifestation made by some rival who has given vent to his anti-Bonapartist ideas by .unning a cap of liberty and scrawling "Vive Ia Commune' underneath it. Among the customers of the assomnoir is a female ragplcker, said to have been one of the fashionable beauties who astonished the citizens of 'aris with their splendor and magnificence when Charles X sat on the thi one of the Bour hons. Bhe tells those who nsten to her how she lived, and age and misfortune have by her been attributed to the JHevo. lution of J ily. When the nattle was raging in the streets of Paris a dozen years ago she was busy among the combatants She had no flag, no preferences, and the blouse of the Communist, the red uniform of the soldier, and the gold lace and epaulettes of the officer were torn b)y her long lean claws from the dying. fler wicker basket was brought home agtain anid again tilled with spoil, with blood stamiedl shreds of clothing anid with spent bullets. Sihe is one of those who wallow in the mire of the Itoute (d0 la ltevote, or lie basking in the sun on time dlirty roadway. 11cr brillhant toilets have been philiosophmically replaced b)y rags, anid she finds her daily bread In the gutter, eat,ing up the dlry crusts which have been thrown into tihe street, or waiting for the broken victuals (distributed to thme poor at early morn at the dloors of restaurants where she was once an honored .zuest. A (J,aant.e Enterpriso. Th'Ie East and West~ India Dooks Comn pan~y of Loni'don has boldly embarked in a gigantic enteiprise, for which some commercial prophets predict a failure. This is the construc:ion of docks at Trlbiiry, on thie'Thiames, opposite Grave scud. Oil the whole, this (dock extezn tk'on p)romlises to be the most remarkable that even London has ever wituessed, and1( will leave nil other ports in the worid far bohind. They will have a ti dal basin with a dept,h of forty-thiree~ feet, and the largest vessels afloat wvil go ini iad out without regardi to the t ide. Thelu contracts call for dry doeks, with n tct d length of 1,730 feet, a floating der rick with a lifting capaity of 100 tons, sp)eciail wharves and abattoirs for the cattle trafflo, 16,000 lineal feet of quay berths, from forty to fiity miles of per. manent railroad tracks, and a large hotel for the accomodation of passengers. Tdlbury is certainly at a considerable distaneo from Londdi, b)ut with the railway facilit,ies to be organized, a few miles more or less will really be a mat ter of nio great limportanuce, while it is undeniable that, witha tho lingo ships ol the present day-and they still seem to) be contimnually advancing in dimensions -the avoidance of a few miles of river navigation, with its windings andl shal lows and fogs, antd the necessary cost of tonnage and pilotage, mlust be an 1m mnuuse advanitage. 'The eontracis call for the comletion of the work witin two years and a half, of which one year Jis already elap)sedh, NARROW ribbons of two colors are much used for trimming straw hats, ribbon loops and ends forming large rosettes having succeeded pompous. A tceeraphic cable to be laid be tween Cadiz andl the Canuary Islands is now in process of manufacture by an English firzm. The Spanish Government has ordered the work which is expected to be finished this Autumn, The length of t.he cable In ahnnt 1.000 miles 'et Cigars. "Yes sir, I don't know of a bettei judge of cigars than General Grant, and his taste is generally for a domestic cigar of a good long filling, Sumatra wrapper, rather freen, and of the shape called 'Flor do k uma,' said a dealer in Chicag.. 'The+ reporter was attracted by this talk to ask some questions about cigars and the making, as well as a few casual side talks as to who smoke goodi cigars, and the demand; and he telb us: There are many hundred factories oi all kinds in this country. and they turn out thousands on thousands of all sorts and styles. It is becoming known that these cigars are about as fine as any and even excel imported by reason of their superior make and shades. Th( flavor, however, is what t-e,me19 uan ufacturers cannot catch. - 1ihe uban, seem determined to hang on to tlhi trick or highly flavoring their brands, Tle cigar trade increases daily, and each year ios smoking tobacco sees its way into the pipe-bowl. The deland also increases for domestic cigars. It is the make and wrapper that nowaday. counts. Good manufactures use Con necticut leaf for wrapper$. It is seldom seen around a cheap cigar. The Sumna tra leaf is also largely used for high. priced cigars. It is broader than thi Connecticut, and has shorter stems. ''he Sumatra leaf is imported in bags of from 100 to 170 pounds, and the duty has lately been nearly doubled on this tobacco. It is nearly 35 cents on the dollar now. A leading thin here made quite a speculation out of it by reason of having stored a large quantity of the leaf before the duty was put on. One thing that generally misleads most smokers is that they imagine a dark colored wrapper to be a strong cigar. There is no naturally dark tobacco. It is dried properly into a brown color; that is natural. Any other color is sweat ed or colored with the juice fronm the stems, and are not natural. ''he choice of a cigar should :e a medium brown, about four and a half inches long, and either "Flor dit luna" or "Havana Stub" shaped. These are muore popular. The best judges pick out these styles of cigars in either do mestic or imported brands. On the question of wrnppers there are mhany opinions. Some think the Sumatra, others the Iiava, others Connecticut leaf the best. Wisconsin is now sending out a new style leaf. broad good stock for wrlap ers, that is now claiming attention. It is grown from Havana, and apparently does as well, if not better, than in its native laud. Some dealers predict a great future ii tobacco raising fir Wisconsin. Ohio also raises a leaf for wrappers, but it is not much in use. I t hasnot attained any great degree of perfectiun in culti vation. Outsidpp those nanmed there is only the Pennsylvania leaf that, is used for wrappers. It is claimed for this product that it is too bitter. The to bacco for illling cigars conies mostly from Conn ecticut, Wisconsii Ohm10 Cuba, and tne West Indies. iIavaa tobacco is the best, and is used in bUth bug and short illings. The former is the regular leaf filling, not cut up to any extent, while the latter is cuttings from the leaf that cannot be used for wrappers, and sometimes time stems cut up fine. A long tiller is, of course, the best, but also the most expensive. The claim is made by old dealers that the -bow York cigars are playing Harry with the trade. They are regula cheatinhg drands, very highly flavoredl and poorly made. There is a great howl going up about these cigars. ''he next thing about a cigar to coisider i: t,he binider. Th'Iis it is that holds the cigar to'gethier. VTe Connectionmi second( or ground leaf is "most,ly used for this purpose. IL is well calculatedl for binders, as it is st,rong and well lavoredI. A new feature in tihe cigar business is the introductioni here nowv of Calii fornia cigars. Th'ley get, the leaf else where and the cigars amre miade up by Chinese, who become very exp)ert iii rolling them. They can't be sold on the .Pacific coast, so they are sent, East, and are frequently rebranided and sol by large dealers as a domestic bran<d mnade East. They are cheap and him looking, and when put oni the market at less price than home-made cigars cam be sold cheaper. T1his new feature hias caused a great, deal of the bitter wai bet,ween tIhe cigar-makers' union an sonie of the factories and dealers. They~ arle denomilatedl cooliex, Th'len thier( arc thme temnent haouse~ cigara lmad(e it New York cheaply by the peopl( wh'lo live in tenennent houses, Th<I stock is measured out anid issued tI them, anmd the work is (1one at thei filthy rooms. These are someC of th thiings that, tirst-class local maninufactur er~es haive to conitendu against to coimpet< mi goodt brainds of cigars with iimportet goodls, un~ or VrUamm. Cookmng removes umuch of the acidit) from crud(e fruit and .rendIers it lighter, isll S? as more palatable. S(o treated, it is productive of goodl and( no hmarim but it is a fundamental p)riunciple that whatever fruit is eaten uncooked mush be fully ripe, andi not over-ripe. Thlub nmay sound trite, and, indeed, the prine Ciple4 is commnoinly aditted, but not, it wvouuld seem, by all, for we still 11h1( people, and nuot a few, who will them selves delibeirattely take, andl worse, wil gi ive to their children green gooseberries, greenm apples, etc., the very hardneuQss oi which, apart from their acid( jingenucy, suggests unfitness for dhigest,in. Siuel p)eopleo use as food ani acid irritant poi son1, whose necessary action Is to cause excessive intestinal secretion, with moure or less of lnllammantionm. Hlenuc arises diarrhuoa. On thme otheri hand, fruit which is overripe, in wiihi c e mnentationa has begun, is a frequent cause of this dlisordier andl equally to bi avoidled, and perhaps also more dihlcull t.o avoid because the insidious beginnmingm of decay is not easily recognIzed. 11I should never be forgot tenl by any wvh< Incline to follow the seasons in theim feeding, that time want of such precau thonus ats tIme above may p)roduce that dysenteric form of dilarrhoa, "Blritisl cholera " which is occasionally as rapid ly fatal as the more dreaded Asiatic type ofhtat disease. The 1ilcyoel and the Tiger. Forty yards, however, 1 thought was near enough for safety. The tiger was in the road behind me now; so 1 pulled myself together and began to quicken pace. Would he stop, disgusted, after the first hundred yards, and give up the chase, or would he stick to it? I quite hoped he would follow me, and already pictured in my mind the graphic description I would write home of my race with a tiger. Little did I think what a terrible race it was going to be. I looked behind me, By Jovel he was "sticking to It," I could not judge the distance; but, at any rate, I was no further from him than when we started. Now for a spurtl I rode the next half mile as hard as I could; but, on looking round, found 1 had not gained a yard. Who tignz. was on my track, moving with a long swinging trot, and going quite as quickly as I was. Fr the first time I began to feel anxious, and. thought un easily of ten long miles which separated me from safety. However, it was no good thinking now; it was my muscle and iron steed against the brute. I could only do my best, and trust in providence. Now there was no doubt about the tiger's intention; his blood was up, and on lie came, occasionally giving vent to a roar which made the ground tremble. Another mile had been traversed, and the tiger was slow ly but surely closing up. I daahed my pouch to the ground, hoping it would stop him for a ew seconds; but he kept steadily on, and I felt it was then grim earnest. 1 calculated we must be about seven miles from camp now, and before I could ride another four my pursuer, I knew, must reach me. 0, the agouy of those mnutes, which seemed to mne like long hoursl Another mile passed and then another. I could hear him behind me now--paed, pad. pad, quicker, louder and louder. I turned in my saddle for a moment, and saw thire were not twenty yards ecpariatting us! How enor mous the brute looked, and how ter riblel His huge tongue hung out, and the only sound lie made was a continual hoarse growl of rage, while his eyes seemed to literally hash tire. It was like some awful nightmare, and, with a shudder, I bent down over the handles and flew on. As I now sit quietly in my chair writing I find it hard to analyze the ert,wd of memories that went rush ing through my brain during that fear fut ride. I saw long forgotten events in which I had taken part rise up die tinctly before me, and while every muscle was racked with my terrible ex ertion my mind was clear, and my life seemed to pass before me like one long panorama. On, on, on; the slightest slip I knew would be fatal, a sudden jolt, a screw giving, and I should be hurled to instant death. Human strength would not stand miuci more: the pro longed strain had told upon me, and I felt it would soon be all over. My breath came in thick sobs, a mist gathered before my eyes-I was stop ping; my legs refused to move and a thousand fiends seemed to be flitting about me, holding me back, hackI A weight was on my chest; I won choking. I was dying. Then a few moments, which seemed ia litetime, and then crash-with a roar like thunder the tiger was on me, and I was crushed to the ground. TIen I heard shots tire, a Babel of men's voices, and all was blank. After many days of unconsciousness and raging fever, reason gradually re turned, and I learnt the particulars of my deliverance. A party of officers had started for a tiger hunt. They came up Im uoe nick of time. That was all. The WVoning of Montezuma. Tihe Indian dlance is not meorely a pleas5 ant pastime for the light-hearted and frivoLous to engage in. It is a religious rite--a p)rose poem. It p)erpetuates the history as well s the religion of the Jlda. It is a drama, a lyrical repre s'-n'ation of important events in the hIstory of a rude and uncultavated people that have no better means of perpeuntmmg their dleeds t.han through traditionary reci',al and common tolk lore. At Santa Fe 1 have witnessed a new revelation in theo history of this strange people. I have seen dances different. from any that I have soon during the last t,wenty-five years. The one that unpresses ime qa.te as mchl as any other is thme Wooing of Montezuma. It took just, one hour anid a half by my~ wvatchi to render the dance po.em. it was ski!lfu,ly, majestically beaut.fully ren dered. The (lancers we-re both Mexicans and( Pueblo Indi(ians. Tlhme numnber per formIng was twelve, not including the fair Lupeta Archiuletia, representing the love!) bride, and thme manly F"ranr,isco G.omner, peCrsonlating the mionaronm Jover, the greati Montezuma. T1he woomng of Mlontezumas 1s (lanced by twelve (hsts. On the on easlin referred to they emaphatlcally' mm~eld and hiended the ancient, and modl. ern civilizationi in dress as well as im th.. genieral features of thme da'nce. Seime enter prFising clhinig merchant had1( presenitedi t,hem wit,h a cheap Pair of pantaloons andi vest each. With these still retaining thse salssimn's cardl mark tor ornament, a enlicao shIrt, a Nivajo or '4iimh blanket, a .mhk veil worn as a n.ask, and brand now~ (5Owhlde shoes( richly ornamemnteui an) h,nly decorated,the dancers were arrayedl. lhey had1( their attendanit,s to arrange then end les~s amount, of ribbons In bright colora, pendant, from the hecad and shoulders. r'hcir faces were higidy painted, though masked. Tihe monarch lover, Mlontezmiman, was, (of course, miore gorgeouis arrayed. JII *sr->w wasa partlcularly na ticeablie ano gaudly. The lovely bride of Montezuma, Lupejita A rchumlotint, the fair Maliwelie, was, dressed in a bea-ituful whIt,e diress, lateas style, anid very expensive. lier hieadl was highly orn'umented, Shei wore a pair of nedw shioes or a ieasona'duy goodl material. Wiih so mneh civiliza I >n llxings ole Miontezuma would hardly tiave recognized his bride. She carriedl the two brililiam silk handkerchiefs In t,he same way as tic anen. A writer in one of the medical jour nals says lhe has found the application of a strong solution .of chromic soil, three .r four times a day, by means oi a camel's hair pencil, to be the best and easiest method for roemoving the *warts. A Patchwork of Life. A Chicago lady hasa quilt filled with both delightful and sorrowful stitches. The border Is made up of some grave shades. "Tiat one," she said, point ing it out, "is made from samples of the dresses which my mother and my grandmother put on after the death of their husbands. That one is from the burial dresses of my husband's mother. The one on the end t made upof pieces, sent me fromn Scotland, of an old friend of my inotler, who was twice divorced. lie pieces represent the dresses worn by her during her trouble and her free doin. It is about its checkered as was her life. The other one is made up entirely frolu samples o' the attire worn by friends of mine, who laid down in them for the last time." Here she went over the catalogue of names, telling how each one had died and where each was buried. etcween these borders and the patch work proper were four rows or strips two ot white satil--iroin her wedding dress, aiud Lwo front her 'secodt day's" dress. Tie patch work proper was what Iad ilterested her lnust, and caused her Innch trouble and vexation. '1'ins had cone about not only on account of the dillilculty in lrocuring what she wanted, but ini the haruonious blend ing of the sainne after she had secured her letloirs. TIhese patclles are frui the cravats and 11ecieLlui of her old lo vers alnd adlill"rers, anld those of at few of her girl frietids. Tie story of one of these is that, the "wearer of LhaL,'' Pointing out a crunsonl block, "was at Fort buuiLter, wiel Lie Hlag of the Union we,II down ialitier (tie Iomltibard lulenlt froni Moultrie. .11 wore Lit) tie aL t,he ttne frotti viiih1 this is taken.' Atlither was 1 rout cite tie of the n-st luau who had proposed to lier. "le is inl So Liu Anerica low, very rich," She uititled, 1ii at sort of haltl regrctful l1aui lie!r. There is aluother whici was: lltiulgget throui.o il Llie Lilies during the war irim1 it tiruliner boy wvho) wlvutt out, 11witLh ttl 1ittIi llis rtgtimeit. '"ile was a sweetltart of llili',' she sada, aitl his deat.lt rentaits a 1i11stery. We know lie weil out to rattle, but tie niever camtle back, and siligulatr, or pcr hii s not sInlar, no Oito could ever tell where, whiet rI how lie was killed or where lie was buried.' lhre 15 at littie patell cutro1u it cra vat, worl by Alran an1tj.oliu un Lbe oveltilg alter his ntntlutlat u Cital go icr the 1 restletcy. "1 obbainted chat,'' sitdl blt l.dy, '"roill Mrs. Lill coil 1ityse 1, aWill iter,e tS one from1 lle neektIu 01 Steplten A. Douglas, one 1roin thit of Juinu U. 13recnuuridgu and one froin Jolin Bull. Y ou know they were all candidates Lite saune year. 11aving retaiuedt the sa.tiple froni Mr. Lineon 's leuitae I wrot0 to catcl of the ouers valt I 1 wanted and eaol one ceiliplied iii aut,ograpln letters. You tiay be suru that, I prize the collection." Mic pointed out satiples lroin the ties Worn by several Sw1eetlearts of coin lnol-place tite; of i1ie one ler husband wue ie it le "polped ble quosuni ;" ul Lihe one lie IIad oi wilen Siu gave 111111 all atliswer; of tule 01e lie wore tie eve linlug of lileir 1uarrlat!, aitd, woven ini witi tiese, were satilius froin tll "cllt)kers" of tite InilistISLe" who tied the kitlot and of Lite "'best nneui'' preselui. "D)U you see that unu-pil -tv111 a cross 1 othed ta it wiLn binu slil't IL is very sinall. Well, Lati. cross was put in Lcere by a youtng felow whow I used Lo like atw Ully w1e1i. I attn lot sorry I ltlarried the inalt I did, Ilii, i ale Uler Oneo had spurr'ed IliumSei. u a bib I wtolikd hatve Llsit hin, 1I0 wocKed bthe cross in tere one day hiiself anid St, it to me, on te square tuponi Winch you See It, by lty litle girt, and I have never ileard oi. huna since. "T.hlat l eUi, yes; that was front my old laily phlysIctan, and tie ot walient you have rigatty surinised is turned wiong sIde ot,b is froin a new3i tie worni by liny Iiulband oni t.hu Otcitsio of ouri ulit. tiuarrei al Lur narrialge. 3N0, I didn't keep up those Siiets,"' slit. said, wiith a Imuerry t wmklo 0t Lt eye, *lJcause, y ou see, lie dmdn 'I> have enoug a Site spread thle work out on the floor amid loo,njd all Its patbels as at wiV anti would, boid a few inore stories atbout, tile coiinimatbions, andli, lohniig lipi bile speammi biuiew It it a corner, anid irtisited sOietting otil of ieu. eyes, amiid tten tautglied attoud andI ailniosi. mysteri canty. A mnotatble event, is te nmueet,ig of the Eipi)err WVilliaiin of G.eriimny andtt jial objtet of Il.be I cenI. jotliney of CJount Katlioky to Giatslin was to leamrn the pleaisir of the Eimperor Wilhiam with res!p!ct. be 1the intei view wvith the A us brian innuatrch. ThVie lForeign MIinister itiad hatlf ani htour's aimiince witht the Geiirmn lovereig, and atfterward coni lerred with the Germiani dhiplo)tmtist, I lerr von lhilow, whoi is inl attendanoiti(3 ont the EmAiperor'. Lii the afternoon unt i K(atinuky was inivitedi to the imi perial tablet anid alter dinner left, for V ieinia. 't lie Eiiiperor W illiamr stops Prtiiness cf the Netthelands(I On)i the folowing (liy ho. wvill arrive att Isch i. At the. tealtro there priepatrattions hamve been nadoe for two gala plerformtances of the Ialiet, "'Carntival Adventures In Paris,'' Im whtichi forty of th1e best dat cIrS fronii Vlinna will ap~pea1r. Isehi hais been selected isthe111 scenei of the interview, its the Giermanh Sovereign wishes to pity it visit to thte Eampr'ess ElIizatbethl iand ePrjincess Valerie, who are staying there. iThe E~mtpress, dhe siious of' spairing tile aged monarch alli unnecessary fat,igue, pr'oposd to accom pantiy her Impriil hiusbamnd to tilet uim att Samlzburg, but the Emtiper'or Wil i lam p)referr'ied to conme to Ilacht. TLhie Aust,rian limperial family is also in1 ex pectationi of entertainingt othier guests amt thtat spot, especially t,he Queeni of t'ortugal and Crown Jkrmee Carl. The hatter, it is rpte,is miaking a tour to the different Europeani Courts in search of a bride, amnd the Pricess Va lerie, although as yet but fifteeni, is mentioned as his probable fiance. THE VERDICT THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! Mlt. J. O. BoAo--Dear Sir : I bought the first Davis Machine sold by you over five years ago for mny wife, who has given it a long and fair trial. I am well pleased with it. It never stives any rouble, and is as good as when first bought. \1innsboro, S. C., AprIl 183. J-W. 11.0K. Mr. BoAO: You wish to know what t have to say in regard to the Days Machine bought of you three years ago. I feel i can't say too nluch in its favor. I eana's about $80,0 wit hin five muonths, at tines running it so fast that the needle would get per fectly hot fron fret ion. I feel cotflideni I coul I not have thine the -ame work withit as utslen ease andsi so well with any other tmacline. No time lost in adujustin attachite nts. The lightest running lilachiue I have ever treadiled. Br.usHherJaines and % ilaus' fainllles are as lnsuch pleased with their D.vis M.I(alilnes uoiglit o1 yost. I waflt no better umialh.e. As I said before, I don't think to) much can be said for lie )avis Machlne. Itespe.t fully, EI.LEN TEV'VEN5oN, Falrll'lbl County, April, 1Ss3. Mit. BoAw : My m1'Chilne gives ite perfect satis; factioni. 1 tind no fault with it. The attachmlents a, e so sisple. I wish for no better than the Davi Vert ical Feed. Rtespeetfully. M isR.. MI.LINO. Fairlield county, April, 1583. Mt. 1oA(: i W1ug9iI a I :tvts Verite"al Feed0 e-vng MI ichins' froit you fuur yeari ag.. I al* eligIte I Witi I1. It ts'ver Htis g.vem 5nc any 1ounle, aid has never beet the tc ess ont of order. it is its goil its wisell I irst bought it. I can cheerfully r,:econm-I. it. Respectfully, \Inu. M. J. KIRKL.AND.* Mont lello, Apiril 30, 1893. 'hIis 14 to -!ri try Ilhat I ltavo btelt n tn g a ).avis Vert:lI , Feed sewntg Maituiine for otvel (iv ye irs, pnr,hased of Mir. J. 0. n) ig. I havens't found i't l s.s4sed of any fault-all tise attacinents aris su Hlpiile. It nevertelise+ to worii, and is cur ainly Ih t ihhtest runnig in the m,irket. I consider it it lirst cla.s iacnun. Very respect faliy MINNIK M. W11s,Notu,A. Oaklinad, Fairileld county, 8. C. Mnli HOAO : i am wels please I in every p trlctni wit h lie uat'is Milelltne sought, of you. I think it lira -class nanitltie in ever respect. You kns w you sold several intchines of tile asse make to disierent members of our fantilsles, all of wiomu, as far as I know, are well picased wita them. - 'iteesetfutly, Mits. M. If. MOs i.KY. Fairfield county, April, 18a3. This lvto certity we tlave na in couitant u14 the Davis Machlie bought of yonasout three years ago. As we take in work, and have tmade mhe pice of it several tines over, we don't, want a'sy bettor machine. It in always ready to do any kind of work we nave to do. No puckeringor skipping stitches. We can only say we are well p:ease.A ant wish no better anthine, CATneaiNB WYLIE AND SISTES. April 25, 1S8, : I have0 no lault to amd with my 1nacin , ansd don't want lily IOtte. I have u t.le t1to price of it severa. tllies by taking a sew ing. it Is ii vays ready to do its work. I think it a tirsi-clis. m t chlue. I feel I can't say too much for the D.tvs Vertical Feed Machine. Mits. THoMAS S) :ru. Fairtleld county, April, 1883. MIt. J. O. HOAo--D1ear air: it gives mie i'tc ple.tsurit to testify to too uerits of the Davis Vr tical Fued Sewm l j Machine. The ma hlitle I got of you au. ut live years ago. has been alsuost in con. stint use ever since that litne. I cannot see that it is worn any, and has not cost sne one cent for repairs sinis we Stave tiad it. Ami ell ic~ased and don't, wvish ior ansy better. Yours trul'y, hoOt. (R t wiPOttt?, tjraniste Qu.arry, near Winnisboro 8. C. Wi e have used thei Davis Vertical Feest 8ewinsg Mtaschinie for time iast fIve ye.trs. We wvunld not have anly othier smake sat any price. T'he msachmine has gIven tis umnbuasndeil satisfaction. V'ery irespecl fully, Mulss. WV. K. TUutnlt ASu) DAuoarigs Fairilii siiunity, 8. U., Jans. 21, 1883. ilavmng bsought a Datvls Vertical Feed .9oving Machmne froins Mr. J1. 0. finag sosie thsree years agis, and it slavinug givessns me rfc suatisfaction in every respect .sSsa itiily sia,siine 1oth fors hot 'y silud I igist soinlg, asti sieves noesile(i sule least re.. pai r ini ,any way. I cian i-aeersfii lly res:o.,iuend it So isty on5e a4 a sirst-clamss amaclIsi las uvery particu lar, andt tlhk it seconi i to nione. iiIt s) 01io the sitinp.5elsiluaCitlnt. made'0 tny cliii erosn ue it, wit is sill Cit-e. lilhe attaOuilnets areO mtore easily ad jstse anit it disO , a greater ranlge of work by meians of its V'ertlicat ,'d thIant any eote mia cinlte t have over seenI or used. Mins. TisoMls Noivss. W~insbstoro, Fatirileld county, 8. C. We haave lusl osne of the Davy! Machinies absoti. four years asd Suave always founds it ready to do all kindss of worK we isave ia-l ccas on to dio. Cani'L see that the maschse is worn any, sand works as well sassil nsw. Mnit. W. J. CRtAwFoRD, Jatckston's Creek, Fasiriluid county, .9. 12. My wvlfe ia highly plesasd with the Davis Ma chhte bouight ol yell. Snmo woubit snot tsake double wat sue gave for ii. Thei sisiuime hSn not) beena 0u1, of ordezr sinlce she hsad It, anid aso can do tany kind of weak oni it. Very i(espsectfully, JAM. F. Fusait. Monstiscelio, i'alrliold counity, 8. U. TViseDIavls Sewing Machmine is simply a ra We Mis. J. A. (J00ewYN. if sdgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, 14.~. ,J, CO lIoAc, Esqj., Agent-Decar Sir: My wife hantsoen shig t uJ.avss dewint~.f Machin cosistant ly for the pant fosmr yeasrs, anm lit s.ss nieve.- neede.4 any repairs an a works juist as well as whent first baighit. Sue says it wIll udo it gleater range of piractiJal work end sdo it. eassier amid bot'er thtau alny smacmins she inas evot used. We cheerfully recommiensd it as a No. 1 famslty osachinse, Your tru.y, ~ .DVS WIna'ab aro, 8. C., Jan. 3, 1883. Mis. lIOAsi: I lhave alwvays found my Davis Ma chines readty do am ssud ot to work I hanve had oc Casioni to do. I c.mnot see that the imaaenine is * worn a particle and it works as wei as wnen new. Rtespetft.ly, MRS. R. U. uoODINqG. Winansboro, .8. C., A prIl, 1888, Mn. BeAU: My wife has been constantly using t'se Davis Misslhne bought of 3011 asout five years ato. I htavo never regretted buy.ng it, ats it ie ial ways ready for any ainld of La ., ly sewing, either tea or btgnt. 50 is never out of lix otr nesmulng Very respectfully, FaIrfIed, S.A., W. LADlD.