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IIIVEF47lKL Y ED I"?)N. WVINNS1SOIK0 S.C.. JANUARY 2O0,1891. N. oBEA ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, No.8 Law E .nge, WINNSBORO, 8. Practices in the State and United Staft Courts. E. B. AoDA.m. G. W. RAosDAnL R AGsDALE & AGSDALB, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, No.2 Law Bange, WINNSBORO, - - . 0. 0 S3"**D W. *UCAM*A, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Ne.? Law Range, WINNSBORO, - - . 0, Practices tn al United States and 5 court& seclal attention to corporation bnsrance lw. AS. GLENN M0AN'% ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, No.1 Law Baage, WINNSBORO, - - - B. 0. Practices Ia the State and Vited state Courts. SANDERS. HANARAN OALTCAME ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW WINNSBORO, S. 0. Practices In all the State and United Stat Courts. aOffce upstair in Bank building. H A. GALLA R ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, WINNSBORO. S. C. OMce up-stairs over J. M. Beaty & Bro.'s store. 5. M. MCDONALD. C. L. DoueLAss. Solicitor Sixth Circuit. MIcDONALD A DOUGLASS. Attorneys and Counsello.s at Law, Nos.3 and 4 Law Range. WINNSBORO, - - . 0. Practice in all the Stat. and United States Courts. A. ' W. D.OUGLASS. Attorneys and Counsellor at Law", ,. No.6 Law Range, WiN-LsBO3RO, - -0. Practices ID the State ad Datted Staes fcourrs CANADA proposes to spend $250,000 in encouraging immigration. HIGIIER wageS are said to be Paid for unskilh d labor in Montana than in any other state. IN G REAT BRTrAIN one-fourth of all thztse vho lve to be sixty-five years old are in the poor house. There are some 75,000 Icelanders still left In their nat ive island, notwithstand ing the fact that the emigration epidem ic has been raging there for nearly twenty years. A LAW has ieen promulgated at Har danger, mn Norway, to the effect that no girl shall be eligible fotr the marriage state until she is proficient in spin.2ing, knitting aud baking. AccOnDJrse to the Chemnit and Druggis9t there is no town on earth where patent medicines are consumed to such an enormous extent as in Con stantinople. Turkey. MAYOR CRlEIGER of Chicago has signed the ordinance appropriating five million dollars of the city's funds to the promotion of the Word-s Fair. The document has been for warded to President Harrison, who can now issue his proclamation inviting the world to participate. "'~~TBE records of members-elect or the Illinois Legislature are being pretty closely scrutinmzed by both parties. I is now alleged that a member-elect who formerly held the office of sheriff of his county was a d:efaulter, which, under the State Constitution. acts as a disqual ification for membership of the State Legisla'ure. A DISCOVERtY of petroleum is repoi te I to have been made at the foot of a hili na-ned the Puy de la Poix, four miles fron:. Clern- ont, in Auvergne. The nap s ha which exudes from the rock isequal, to Balku or Pennsylvania oil, and geolo gists a; e of the opinicn Lhat it extends in a sute ranean sheet over the vast pldain of Limagnte, and is probably to be found at a deoth of 1 600. WIL.LIA M DYCE STEw ART, a wealthy and intelligent Scotchman from Aber deen, who visited St. Louis lately, said to a newspaph r reporter: "Englishmen n.owadays feel that a trip to the States about once in five years is absolutely necessary to keep abreast of the times. This country Is growing and developmng so rapidly that it must be seen frequent ly to have an intelligent conception of it." TnEa commission appointed by Gov ernor Thayer of Nebraska to devise means for relieving the stiferingr due to the shortage of crops, reports an a'most total failure of the cropa, in twelve counties and that 10,000 families are in need or assist ance. The co.um's tion say that the de-titution is greater than wascaused byt Le JM)us'own flood or the VOYAGE TO SLU31BERLAND. c She sails away on the sea of dreams, This little skipper with eyes of brown, As the firefly's torch In twilight gleams. j And the garnish sun goes down; der bark floats over she grimy town To Slumberland and its silver sea; The spotless folds of her slumber gown Are no whit fairer than she. ft There are angel birds in the warm, still air, And the skipper laughs with her eyes o* brown, As they sing to her old songs, sweet and rare, While her bark billows up aud down; They sing of a prince of high renown, And a princess ever so young and fair; But where is the princess had ever a crowt Like the crown of her soft brown 1.air? Cometh a storm over the silver sea, Thut ebbs on the dreamer's land, And the angel birds fade out to the leo Of this singular slumber strand; Is there a harbor by angels planned, From all storms, whatever they be, From the wicked fairies of Slumberland And the waves in its silver sea? Up, like a flash, comes the little brown head, And the brown eyes only see A billowy blanket of silk outspread On an ocean of dimity; But it's fearlessly the skipper will flee, t With a soft little barefoot tread, By the chart she learned on her beaded a knee, To the haven of mother's bed. Tramp or Gentlemanl? He was a tramp undoubtedly. The solitary marshal whose business it was to represent the majesty of the law in the littLe village of Blue Rock, spotted the stranger as soon as he entered the place. The visitor was shabbily dressed. His coat was ragged and his trousers were patched. His hat was without a brim and his shoes let his feet touch the ground. "I'll shadow him, any way," said the marshal to himself. The tramp slouched along down the s"e.dy side of the street until he reached tne depot. Here he paused and took a seat on the platform. "Hello, there I You must move on," said the officer. The man thus rudely spoken to turned a weary face to the marshal. It was not a very clean face, and it bore r traces of care. But it was not a bad face, nor a very old face. On the con trary, i was rather frank and youth ful. All this the marshal took in, but he had his orders and he had to carry them out. Blue Rock had passed an ordinance subjecting all tramps to thir ty days' imprisonment at hard labor. "What are you doing here?" asked the officer roughly. "I am looking for work." "Who are you!" "I am a gentleman." "A gentleman! You look like one. What is your name and where are you from ?" The wayfarer put his hand to h's 1iead and a puzzled look came over his face. "I would give anything to be able to answer your questions, but I can't answer for I do not know." At this astounding reply the marshal raised his baton. "None of your chaff," he growled.' "Now I will give you one chance. You march out of town or I'll run you in." The stranger evidcntly understood the full purport of the threat. He leap ed from his seat with a frightened look, and without a word walked o' down the track. "He's been arrested before," said the officer, thoughtfully. "No doubt he has been in a dozen jails. Well, so he leaves here it is all right." Two hours later the guardian of the peace found his tramp occupying his former seat on the depot platform. "Now you must come with me," said the miarshal augrily.a He siezed the lounger by one arm and jerked him up. The prisoner made no resistance. He looked reproachful ty at his captor and started off~ with him in silence. At Blue Rock justice was always swift, although perhaps it was a little ir, less than an hour the tramp was y cot.~ icted and locked up in the stock- h~ ade, where was set to work breaking a The prisoner's obstinacy in asserting S that he had forgotton his name and a forr- r place of abode made the petty bi vilage officials very mad, and the poor I fellow was put to work at harder tasks y than usual. As the weeks rolled on it was notic- '] ed that the prisoner displayed no rc- o sentmnent or impatience. He went h bout his work cheerfully and without ( comnplaint.a When the prisoner's term was outu the Iirst mant he raet after his release I was the marshal. *"Get out of the town right away," was the officc rbs advice. "But I want to sta here," said the a tramp, "I want to work, and I like tl the place." "You are a blank fool to want to i stay in this town," said the other, "and i it will be my duty to arrest you again b if you don't leave. So march. Thle unfortunate wretch made no further appeal. lie limped off slowly, i and was sooni out of sight. Later in the day the marshal passed e by the depot and saw a spectacle that , made him open his eyes. The trampi was on the platform, and the superin tendent was talking to him. "Come here," said the superintend- e nt to the marshal, "and take this i vagabobd off." There was nothing to do but to make LIE m-ate. A speed conviction fo1 )wed, and the luckless victim was gain sent to the stockade for thirty. ays. At last the month came to an nd, and the prisoner was turned out. 'his time the marshal marched him eyond the town limits and left him. -He has got too inuch sense to come ack," reported the marshal to the navor. 'We may have been too hard on im," responded the mayor. "I some imes think he is wrong in the head." "Well, it is too late to talk about t," said the other. And the conversa ion ended. The tramp did not turn up again hat day nor the next. The worthy uarshal began to be worried, and the aayor a little uneasy. Blue Rock was sneh a small pitee at a sensation was always welcome, nd the unknown prisoner had been he talk of the town for sixty days. "He's hiding in the woods, and will lip in some night and burn the town," aid one. This idea found great favor, and lie villagers found it difficult to sleep. On the following day there was a ailway excursion to a point of interest ortv imiles away, and everybody of ny consequence in the town went long. The mayor and council, the uperintendent of the depot and even be marshal joined the party. The return trip was made after dark, nd the train sped along at a fearful ate of speed.' The excursionists were 11 in a jolly humor and were at the I eight of their festivities, when the rightful shrieking of the locomotive rhistle startled everybody. The train ame to a full stop, and among those rho rushed out were the mayor and aarshal of Blue Rock. At the head of the train they found lie engineer and conductor talking rith a man who held one hand to his ide, from which the blood was stream u g. "Great God! It is our tramp!" ex laimed the marshal. "You are right," said the mayor. b My poor fellow, what is the atter?" The tramp fell in a fainting-fit be are he could answer this question. I-You see," said the engineer, "this aan was tramping through the woods hen he came to the track and found F wo train-wreckers tampering with the P ails. Well, this tramp, or whatever e is, jumped on the scoundrels like & iger. He disabled one of them, but i be other stabbed him in the side and an away. See, he built a fire on the rack, and as soon as I saw it I stopped he train." J-azt then several passengerb came-, .p wi:h the wounded wrecker, who ad been seriously injured by the ramp. The villain evidently thought that he ras mortally wounded, for he made a Iull confession. "I think," said the Blue Rock mayor,It that we owe a debt of gratitude to ur preserver. Many men in this fix. ould not have turned over a hand to ave us." The poor tramp opered his eyes and miled faintly. "Did you know we were on the rain?"' asked the marshail. "Oh, yes; I saw you when youi went . p the road this morni!g, and I hung I bout here because I saw those two haps acting suspiciously. "Come now, who are you and where Syour home?" asked the marshal. I "I am a gentleman. I have forgot a my name and all about things that appened years ago. I cau tell you othing more." "By George!" said the mayor, "1 elieve he tells the truth." P . "We must take him to Blue Rock . nd care for him," said one of the ' arty. "He shall have the freedom of ,h e town and the best there is in it." i "Thank you," said the tramp, with ' smile, "I am satisfied now." I A spasm of pain contracted his feat- 0 res. A gasp, a fluttering of the breath 0 nd the unknown was dead. Tramp or gentleman, who was lhe. ad what lay back of his misfortunes?. These we're the questions that the " lue Rock exc sinit asked eaceh ~ ther on their war home. John Sm~th the World' Ole!. . in Latin he is Johuumnes Smithur, e Italians smooth 1dm off with Gro- y anni Smith; the Spaniards render i as Juan Smithus; the Hloilandere a 1opt him as Ihans Schmidt; the b rench flaitten him out as Jean b meet; the Russian sneezes and barks Il s le says Ivan Smnittowski. In China si e is known as .Joran Shimmnit; in Ice- ti md as Johne Smithso~n; in Tu'mscaroras tl o forget all about Pocahiontas and 0 'owhiatan when you hear them callf 'on Qua Smittia; in Wales they~ speak n f him as Jihon Semnidd; in Mexico n e is Jantli F'Smiitti. Among the fi ~rock ruins the guide speaks of him 1I Ion Smnikton, and in Tiurkey lie is a tterlv disguised as Voe Self.-St ouis. Re public.________ Red Heads Dangerous. t Red-headed girls are dangerous in a iore ways than one, as appears from a us item'in the Philadelphia Record: A young lady with a peachy complex- f: m and a wealth of auburn hair went si ito Gaylord's barber shop in Wilkes- a arre yesterday and let her tresses a ow to have them curled. The barber 3 ove the mass of hair around the hot k~ onj and staggered back as if he had t< en shot. The lady's hair was full ol c: lectricity, and the muscles of his arm e: rere sore for an hour." ,f Taa London authorities have put ae top to the holding of lotteries for the a enefit of charitable institutions whick d .ave heretofo-e been winked at wheo o )EPEW'S CAR SHOPS LNOTIER PULLMAN GROWN U IN NEW YORK [ow the Doctor Came to Make His Ow Cars. In the quiet way which is charactei stic of his business operations Dr ,hauncy Mitchell Depew of the Nei rork Central Railroad is creating at ther Pullman on the plain to the east rard of this city. Already he has done much to excit fr. Pullman's enr'y and alarm. It eed; the primary object of the nei ar works was to save to the CentrE considerable amount of money th ormerly went into Mr. Pullman ocket. Three years ago the Centro ad some differences of opinion wit: fr. Pullman in regard to the value o leeping cars and drawing-roop car hich the latter manufactured and th ormer purchased. This led the Cer ral people to resolve to manufactur beir own cars. The West Shore, of which the Cen ral, as is well known, is the lessee wned thirty acres of land in Eae ouffalo. Here Dr. Webb and Mr. Dc ew put their car works. The land wa D level as to be alost a swamp, ani onsiderable filling in of earth ani ravel had to be done. Three years have worked a wonder al transformation in the appearanc f that neighborhood. In place of reary expanse of fields one now see series of gigantic buildings. One o '1cm apparently would cover one o aose long city blocks between the up >wn avenues in New York. There i n enormous carpenter shop, an equal r enormous finishing shop, a boile ouse, a paint shop, a foundry, &c one also sees amid the group of bi; rick buildings the tall wooden der icks of the oil regions. Recenty tw< rewers of Buffalo bored for natura as near by in East Buffalo, and at; epth of about 1,200 feet struck th recious fluid. One of the brewers es mates that the natural gas which h aus obtained is saving him $7,001 early, which he would otherwise ex end in the purchase of coal for hi team engines. The Central, not to e outdone, will attempt to make imilar saving. Another object of in )rest near the car woiks is a pictur que building of wood, which one i >ld is a hospital for disabled railroa< mployees. This hospital is sustaine< y the money. of the-ra'ilroad .mcn 1ose employed in the car works beini icluded in the number, although it i irely that any of them find it neces iry to secure such medical attendance witchmen mainly benefit by the ex tence of the hospital. A branch o: ie Young Men's Christian Associatioi ;so has rooms at the car works, an< iese rooms, having files of newspa ers, magazines, and books, are muel requented evenings bi the workmen When the works were first establish 3, John Monahan, the general time eeper, says the names of forty-fir icn only were on his books. Now hi as to keep the time of 1,025 men. I the aim of Mr. Depew and Dr' ebb to keep these men constantly a -ork in manufacturing or repairini ir, so great are the needs of the Cen -a. Acting on this policy T. A. Bis 1ll, the superintendent of the ca orks, aims to have forty-five car >nstantly in course of construction o: eing repaired. No sooner is one fin hed or repaired than another takes it ace on the tracks in the huge finish g room. A visitor to this roon ight imagine at the first glance tha e was in a big shipyard, with half undred vessels just ready to bi unched before him. This resem lance to ships is enhanced by the colo f the unfinished cars-a dazzlinl hite. The framework of the carsi f ash, but the body is of whitewood t being preferred to pine. The out de of these $15,000 or $18,000 sleep ag and drawing-room cars is white -ood, while the interiors nowaday re lined with mahogany. It takes (od niany coats of paint to make thi -hite wood waterproof. The last coat: r~e what may be considered the stand rd color, brown. One sees in the finishing shop man: eteran sleeping cars. Ihere is the oh Eterprise," only fifty-five feet long rid with only five sections of sleeping erths. Next to it is the "Northunm erland," just now being completed is a btandarId car of the present day iventy feet long and with seven sec ons of sleeping berths. Ordinaril: ese modern sleepers cost from $15, )0 to $18,000, but one was complete< > Cornelius Vanderbilt last weel hich will cost him 5830.000. Tha: as made regardIleeS of cost, with care lly selected old oak and mahogany .contains sleeping rooms that resem le those of 3Mr. Vanderbilt's owi ame in Newv York-a purlor, bath ,omn, and .sitiingr room. Tirze wcoo< iting done on this car was the fines ic 'car works have et idone, and the arble and the g las were the best tha mldl he obtained. Electric lighting is yet a failure si r as railway cars are concerned. The orage battery system was tried upom Wagner th'at ran between New Yorl md Boston, but it was not a success ow the Central company is placing ng gas tanks, much resembling nava rpedoes, be neath each new sleeping r and beneath all cars of the sleeping r type that conme into the car worki r renovation. One great structure a thousand fee length is a carpenter shop, with sev al hundred carpenters at work. Som< :c at work making panels, other: r~ors, still others the wooden covenni f the upper berths of sleeping cars ad, in fact, all the wood carpentering eeaed in m-r.s of this character. 11 has been frequer.Lly suggested of !at 1 that special cars be made for the soli occupation of women. Superintend J ent Bissell doubts if women want ti travel alone, but is making every effbr to secure them privacy and comfort One of the chief complaints of wome regarding sleeping car management i1 that some one woman will seize upot the toilet room every morning, 1ol herself in, and take an hour to do ul her back hair. Mr. Bissell, with thI view of circumventing this selfish kind has directed his carpenters not to pu r locks on the toilet rooms of the wo men. No woman will be able to taki and hold possession of the toilet roon hereafter. Other women will be ablb . to bolt in and rout her if she is selfish y r Moreover, there will be two basins i :1 ,I every one of these toilet rooms, so tha p t two women can labor over their hail I y a and their personal appearance at the 4 1 same moment. It is hoped in this wai ;i a that the indignation which rages i f nine women out of ten as they prepare, a s or wish to prepare, for breakfast on I a sleeping car may be lessened. V - These new cars are known as com. v R partment cars. There are four o1 e them, the "Barcelona," "Normaidy,' n - "Magenta," and "Lorraine." There a are six compartments in these cart d t which extend along each car to its mid- t - dle, and there is a passageway acros: ' s the car, beyond which there are si.3 I more compartments. Actually the cal i I has six staterooms. In each staterooix a there is running water, a basin, and a 1 - closet. One is as completely cut of r from other passengers, and has at '( much privacy in these compartmenti -1 3 as though in a room in one's house :1 E There are communicating doors be f tween the compartments, so that fami. t . lies can enjoy a series of rooms if thet r desire. r AN OLD SENSATION. A Southern Account of the Plymouti Octoroon Purchase. I It may not be out of place in con. t .nection with the history of the late Henry Ward Beecher to mention at 1 - aRfiecting incident in his life, whiet may have faded from the remem- N brance of some of our older citizens v - In 1860 or 1861 a beautiful octoroor 'c 3 girl, raised and owned by a prominent 0 > citizen of this county, Mr. John ) i Churchman, attempted to make het le - escape north. She was arrested and X - brought back. Her master then de- K 5 terminied to sell her, and found-a ready S I purchaser in inother citizen, Mr. Fred d i ScheiTer. Sh'rtly after this the lat1 ,woer.-as '-resed. ''IM the beines , O that the girl i tended to 'make anohe li effort to go n rth the next opportunity I that presented. To meet the emergency U and save trouble Mr. Scheffer proposed 2 -to Sarah that she should go north and r ' raise enough money from the Aboli- W i tionists to purchase herself. This I prop->sition she eagerly accepted, and, being furnished with means by Mrs. L Scheffer to pay her fare, started. A few days after her arrival in New u - York she was taken to Mr. Beecher, and on the following Sunday morning was escorted to his pulpit in Brooklyn., She was a woman of commanding tpresence, round features and winningji face and long jet black hair, and of Scourse, under the circumustanmces, at tracted most eager attention and inter - est from the large and wealthy contgte - gation assenmbled. She was requested cto loosen her hair, and as she did so it afell in glistening waves over her shoul eders and below her waist. Robed in - teswhite, her face cri msoned, a and form heaving under the~ -excitement of the occasion, she Sstood in thaL august presence a very t Venus in form and feature. For a mno * ment Mr. Beecher remained by her Sside without uttering a word, until the - audience was brought up to a high rpitch of curiosity and excitement, and g then in his impressive way he related Sher story and her mission. Before he ,concluded his pathetic recital the vast - audience was a sea of commotion. h - Tears ran down cheeks unused to the a - melting mood, eager curiosity and ex actement pervaded the whole congre Sgation, and as the pastor announced' Sthat he wanted SS 00 for the girl be- t Sfore him to redeem her promise to pay for her freedom, costly jewelry and trinkets and notes and specie piled in0 rin stuch rapid succession that in less itime than it takes to write this down t enough and much more was contribu ted than was necessary to meet the call -that had been made. ..After she was free the ladies of thet ,church wrote a little book, in which a: -full account of her life was given .5 rWith the monmey that was obtained -from the sale of this they bought a Slittle latce for ber- at l'eekskill, where she raised fowk antd sold eggs and rbutter for a living. She is living - there still, and is now about 50 years .of age. She never married. She was. - never~ tiredl of talking abhout ho0w goodr 'i . Ikre andmi his f:,tnily hadLt beeni - to hefr. Fori sonoi titmt- s.he worked for lrs. Scoville. 31r. Beeeber's daughter. at "tanmford, Conn. 1iteA Forgetrul Lover. -Teeis onte Lansinig young moan who wishes that death would come to his relief." says a Lansing, Mich.. pa- ( per. "A week ago he loaned a gold ring to a young lady friend. Two or a three days later the absent-mimd- ~ C ed y-oung man noticed that the r-ing was missing from his tinger, and he walked straight down to police head -quarters and notitled Marshal Bates that it had been stolen, carefully de- a scribing~ the property. When thle young lady returned the rmnd to its -owner yesterday you could have knozk- " ed him down with a feather duster. The~ innocent young woman had been liable to arrest every moment of the week while wearing the borrowed ring, ~ owin er hi areful description." o DRCGGIST'S PRACTiCAL JOKE. ow He Got Even With Two Per fumery "Samplers." There is a druggist in this city, says .e Jacksonville Metropolis, who is in mnger at the hands of two young la es upon whom he recently played a ost outrageous trick. Among the other features of this -uggist's counter display is an un -ualiy fine and costly line of per imery. For the past week he no ,ed that two very vivacious, pretty id well-dressed young ladies, who ade frequent visits at his store, were the habit of n2nchalantly helping emselves to the odorous liquid. They ould drop in to make some such pur ase as 5 cents' worth of chewing im or 10 cents' worth of stamps, and hile Mr. Druggist was waiting upon em each fair one would seize a Mary uart or New-Mown-Hay bottle and lash the contents upon the dainty Lndkerchiefs of the twain. Of course these trifling thefts are oman's little privileges. but, just the me, the druggist wasn't inclined to t them go unchallenged. He deter ined to head off the vivacious young dies who were playing havoc with s profits on perfumery. And he did in the most effectual, if cruel, man r. One morning he removed all the rfumery bottles from the counter. e then substituted a large bottle beled "Breath of the Rose," or some ing of that sort, and filled it with a ost vile decoction. It contained asa tida, did this decoction, and other 3ments equally sickening. So rewdly was the mixture compound L. however, that it would not develop i nauseating effects except under the fluence of slight warmth, such as at afiorded by a pocket. That day e young ladies paid their usual call. ouncing into the store, they made a ivial purchase, hastily saturated their Lndkerchiefs and dashed out to catch passing street car, stuffing the deli ,te bits of lace and linen into their >cets. The young ladies had scarcely seated emselves before the mi >ire began get in its deadly work. The odor came sickening, but no one knew hence it came. One man mumbled mething about limberger cheese, an her made a facetious remark about a ne factory, and one and all the pa.s gers wondered and suffered. The inductor racked his brain to find a lution of the malodorous mystery. o solution. All at once one of the oresaid young ladies had to draw out r handkerchief. She dropped it, r~epa mddny~ih ashigh Oi a gasp. The mystery w asolved. moment later the car was stopped, id, amid a roar of laugher, blushing, isping and alnost fainting, the two Ifortunates got oft. The druggist as never again molested. CLEA iLY SAVAGES. any of Them Think a Daily Bath is Really a Necessity. leanliness is a virtue which is not ipposed to be practised to any large ~tent among uncivilized people. It a fact, however that sonic savage ibes are cleanly in their hab.its, and this respect are far superior to anty people who live in civilized udls. In scores of African tribes the ily bath is regarded as a necessity of e, and the first duty of the morning to bathe in the river or little stream iat flows near the native village. [any Africans, also, never think of ding without washing their hands id faces after the meal. This habit wiuely practised and has been ob ~rved not only among such advanced eople as the Waganda, but also nong small and less promising tribes a the Congo. It may surprise some people to learn >at the use of tooth-brushes is know~n i all parts of Africa. The African noted for his fine white teeth, but a does not keep them white without a effort. The tooth-brush used by the ative African consists of a short stick f fibrous wood, which is chewed un I the fibres at the end resemble bris es. The natives spend considerable me rubbing the end of the little stick ver their teeth. Mr. Ashe says that 1e Wauyamwezi, who have splendid eth, seldom have the brushes out of eir mouths. We would think it very hard lines ere we compelled to keep clean with tt soap. But many Africans have cir soap, to.>, which. though it is >ft and rathet: dirty in appearance, uwers the purpose very well. The Eagand1a. for instance, place ashes in latain leaves folded up in the form f a funnel. Water is poured in and caught as lye in another vessel. 'hen fat is added to the lye and the rhole mixture is boiled down. The rocess is almost exactly the same as at used by our farmel-s in the manu cture of soft soap. Therc is little oubt that it was introduced into equra. ,rial Africa from Egypt and the Sore A Grand Old Man. igw Hi'hop of the Episcopal I lou-e f Bi hop, is cailled --*thle grand ohd n" by thiose who know him. I Ie is ne of the most impressive mien in the )ntry physically and looks ten y'ears ounger thant he really is. ]lihop illiams~ is a great raconteur and lLa ories are famnous both in this counitrv nd in England. lie has known the ading mecn of America arnd Gret.t ritain for fifty years past, and his >ll~eion of person~tal anecdotes would sae interesting vol umei. The son of Jesse Jam s, the ntorious asperalo, is runnmin an elevalor la a RE FOUGHT AT WIN CESTEL An Old Confederate Soldier F"n Warm Friends. In the case of the state vs. John Stuart, indictment for larceny, the prisoner appeared in the conrt room, shufling along, scarcely able to walk. He wore a soiled check shirt, & verY much worn suit, and a battered hat. Appearing as state witnesses were two well-dressed, sleek-looking men who were determined to send the old man to the penitentiary. "Has the prisoner any counsel?" asked Judge Phillips. "I have none," answered Stuart. "l am a poor man and unaple to pay ap attorney." The judge saw by the man's looks that his was an unusual case, and said: "Well, go on and tell yor story." "Well, sir, I was in the Confederate army, and at the battle of Winchester I was shot through both hips. Since then itfPas been exceedingly hard for me to 'upport myself. -I went to work for this man last year upon his word to board and clothe me, and to pay me what my services were worth. During that time he paid me 10 cents, with which I bought tobacco. At the end of eight mo.ths he refused to pay me any money, and refused. to give any clothes, saying my services were worthless. Then I went into his wardrobe, took a suit of clothes to hide my nakedness and left. He had me indicted for larceny and I have been in jail ever since." As the old man finished a murmur of indignation was heard throughout the courtroom. "You say you were shot at Winches ter?" asked Judge Phillips, who was himself an officer in the splendid and memorable charge. "Yes, sir." "Were you in the second charge to the left, on the other side of the town?" The prisoner's face brightened. "Yes," he said, "I was there Rhode's division-and was shot while crossing the ravine just beljw the hill." The judge was certain that the old veteran was telling the truth, but to be certain he called the state's witness. While this witness was giving in his testimony, which was to the effect that the old man's -story was about right, but that he refused to -pay him any thing because his services were-worth less, Stuart leaned over to Solicitor Settle. "Mr. Settle," he said, "your father and I were friends. I lived in Rocko amcounty, and ur father 1 received my wound whili followiimg him. Since then it has been hard for me to keep out of-the poorhouse." By this time JudgePhillips and So licitor Settle and everybody else in the courtroom were satisfied that the old soldier had been pitilessly persecuted, and the faces of the onlookers showed the deepest pity and sympathy for the unfortunate man and the blackest in dignation for his employer. . "Mr. Solicitor," said the judge, "change your bill of indictment from larceny to trespass." This was will ingly done by Mr. Settle. "Now," he continued, "judgment is. suspended and the prisoner dis- - chi rged." Searcely had the last words been spoken before every man in the room app)lauded, and great tears were roll ing down the cheeks of strong men. As the old man who, halt an hour be fere had been friendlesq, hobbled out of the court-room, hundreds of men drew round him to shake his hand. One townsman volunteered to secure him a pension. Mr. Hollyfleld of'ered him a posidon as miller, and in less than five minutes a purse was made up to buy the old soldier a suit of clothes. The Surgeen Bird.. T wo birds were building a nest under a study window. A gentleman sat in. that study every day. He watched the birds. They were building the nest of clay. They brought round bits of wet clay in their bills. They stuck these bits upon the wall. Alter they had worked busily for a while, they would perch on a tree near by. There they would sit and look at thre nest. Sometimes they would fly down and tear away all that they built. Sometimes a part of the nest would fall down. Then the birds would sit and think how to build it better. Right in the middle of their work an accident happened. One of the birds stepped on a piece of broken glass. It cut her foot very badly. Bu t Mrs. Bird was a birave little body. Sl~he wished to keep ons with her work. Shi. did keep on until she was faint and groumnd. Then she lay down. She el.*s d her eyes. She looked very The other bird looked at her anxious B-. Then he turned around and gave threec loud, strange cries. Soon, severe] ii rasi came flying about, to see what Iwas the matter. A little surgeon bird came with them. lHe looked like the others, but he soon showed that he was a surgeon. He bronght a bit of wet clay in his bill. He ground it fine with his own little beak. Then he spread it on the bird'! sore, stiff foot, just as a surgeon spread! a p-laster. Next, he took in his bill a long green cornstock which lay near. He flew up on a tin water-pipe undet the window. One end of the corn stalk was near the lame bird. She took hold of it with her bill, and helped her self up on the water-pipe, too. Then the surgeon bird helped her into the hialf-built nest. Poor Mrs. Bird! It was very hardi to be sick, and to move into the half br it house. Whit do you suppose the surgeon Ird did next? he want to work and helped Mr. Bird finish the nest, then Le flew off home. Could the gentleman in -his study have been kinder or wiser thaa that