EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. <'<>>! M iv net AI, i i:i;ni i/i KS. HOM I ai Titi \ ure l'toltlul)!,. to rill'llivi'ii-- \ tJotiil Arti, lt ?,n ?in I m pm laut Slll>.|t'tt. (KIMMI IllO KolllllONl < llttlvatul' ) lt i.s quito common to hear complaints Of tlio worthlessness of n largo proper? tion of tho ooinmoroiul fertilizers sold to fanners. That sonio of thesocomplaint aro well fouuiloil Ihoro is little clouhl. That many moro aro unreasonable nud unjust ia (puti- probable. Many l'armera insist that the fertilizers o? late years are not so good aa those >>i ten or twelve year? or moro hack, la l us look into the matter a little. The average farmer j ml goa of tho merita or quality of u fertilizer hy tho oliects of the same on the crop to which it was applied, indeed, this is tho on ly way he can safely determine whether a fertilizer lias returned a fair percontage on thc invostuiont. Hut how 'dieu is it true thal tho ?Mop grows oil' uiecl\ and everything appears to promit1 a good yield, and at last some casually ol drought, or wet or frost, outs .'t?' the crop. Duriug tho early, a:;.i probably the middle Binges of growth, the farmer is pleased with the fertilizer; but when ho gathci'8 his Orop lind tin- guano man wants his pay, and the bacon and Hour ami dry goods bills, the doctor's hill, Otc., must bo met tin cotton won't go round. The dry weat in r, or I he worms, or tho "storm in t?optombor," or some ono or more of tho many o.iMialtiea h. which cotton is liable, lias out oil thc crop. .May he the fertilizer was to blame. Ihlt tho fertilizer did nOt cause tlie storm, nor thu drought, nor the worms; neither could it prevent the e casualties. On tho other hand, ii the plant starts oil" well and the seasons and other con ditions continue IlllSpioioil to lue end ol tho harvest, ami the farmor gathers a largo crop, he is apt to be pleased with tho forttlizor lu; used, as well as ? v. ry thing that was connected w ith tho crop. Ono very importnut preeaittioii is over looked by a large majority of farmers who Uso commercial fertilizers, viz! :i i test of the scales, lt is unreasonable to insist that a fertilizer has "doue the crop ? no good" when no test or experiment rows have been std apart, ile fertilizer carefully weighed ami distributed, and the yield ol the crop gathered ami weighed umhr the very eye ot thc pro prietor. With such a test plat, or sev eral of them, accurately .: :. ? i :. t tl, . it is possible to easily and certainly determ ine what has been the ?conomie result. On diflbrent soils ami with il ill) nie sea sons and other conditions, tho results will ho discordant or dillbreutj even whoo the identical fertilize! ins been used. One of tho most important con ditions-or rather circumstance* that offcots tho question of pr III ivhen the money has been paid, 01 is to ho paid for tin; fertilizer, is the price of cotton. Bllt if to he paid lor in cotton .' doe , .HU ulled the question at all. Now, what is a lair pretil ou the in vestment in a fertilizer? A farmer ought to bo well content to realizo H or lo per cent, per annum profit oil ai. tlie li a il anti winking capital employed in his business -alter allow iug a n .;. oil iblo sum for his services and lor wear iud U ar. insuranco, otc. Ile would gladly rent out bis laud, or a portion of it, on nell , terms, ami devote his personal atti m.ou ? to something else. J In n why should ho expect any greater pol' cent, protlt, "tine year with another," on his invest ment ni a fertilizer? Ono ton of standard fertilizers, lauded and distributed io Ibo soil, costs, say thirty ($30) dollars cash. '1 he money is paid--say April bl und Ile- crop is harvested and nady for mai kel I-a\ October 1st six mouths. Suppose thc increased yield of cotton, aftor deducting tho extra oxponses of packing amt ginning, and adding' the value ol the oxtra seed, is thirty-ti ve dollars, or live dollars clear profit, i iv. dollars net in crease in thc valm , ; tin- crop dm- to uso td a ton of fertilizer would not bo considered unusual; it is prol ably much below tho average results, hut llvo dol lars on thirty dollars, for six months, is 1(1 per cent., or '.'.'< pei i nt. nor annum! Or suppose B;iU pounds ol lint cotton is the price agreed upon tor the fertilizer, payable November 1st, and that tho increased yiold is i-"> pounds. We now havo 7f> pounds ol Hut cotton more than enough to pay for the ter tilizer. No reasonable man will he liki ly to deny tho fairness o? the above ligures, The per cout. inorease credited to tho fertilizer is probably loss than tin- aver age results (d' tin- usc "i commercial fer tili/.crs ill gian ral good, had and in difToront for a sories ot y< ara togotlior, say for tho last ten years, lt i tim-that they aro not so groat is for tlc pr.ii ing period of ton years, or, .n other words, that commercial fertilizers do !">t yield as good results on the same Holds as they did ton or fifi? en years ago. This may bo accounted for without assuming that the quality oi' commercial fortillzora has been lowered. Chemical analysis shows that they have not. L u id t< st OU similar lands that h.ive not bjOU "inn to death" in cotton with concentrated fertilizers provo that tin same results can now be scoured as before, with nw r ago fertilizers of the present tum . More over, the price of standard fortiliZ< I - bo? steadily declined tho cost ol' material and manipulation bung lest amt Compe tition reducing the profits O? the manu facturers amt dealers. What, then, is tho diflloulty? Do those farmers who refrain from tho USO of commercial fertilize ! succeed any I better? If the/ do, is their prosperity doe to their polioy in this respect, or m it not in spite of it, ami because of ex ceptional skill, industry, CCOllOUiy especially in tho utilizing homo luanuri al resources? Winn the lat*., r policy is supplemented by thc judicious (and liberal) uso of the best grades of com mercial fertilizing mat rials, composted or mixed-as far aa possible at home, wo almost invariably seo tho l>cst results. Nearly all of the most prosperous farm cl's in tho country are those who do not depend on bought fertilizers aime, hut who bring intelligence, skill, industry and sound judgment to bear in all Itu details of farming. Tho foot is, too much is expected oi fertilizers. Uuuno cannot oompenMh for the ahsonoo of tho qualities abd habits, otc., that oharaclciizc tho suo OOflSfni farmer. if a farmer, without using guano, falls behind ut the rate ol thirty dollars to tho mule, it is not rea sonable to oxptjot that ho will "como out oven," much loss "ahead," by using ? tou of fertilizer to tko mulo, without comph ing with tho othor conditions of successful farming. Ho might, as woll oxpccl to imtlica musician ol his son by simply buying lum a (hullo. Thu Cotton Rlovumuiit. Tho New York financial Chronicle, reviewing tito cotton movomont, says thill for tho week cmling Pritluy, March 18, tho total receipts have reached 57,7Ui huies, against 72,953 last weeli. 79,051 the previous week, and 05,018 thrco wicks since; making the total receipts since l.-,t Hoptembor, 1880, 1,050,07-1 bnloa, against 4,727,174 tor the same pe riod of 1885 \MI showing an inorenst since Beptcmbor i, 1880, of 282,-100 hales. Tho exports for tho week ending Fri day evening reach a total of 187,730 hales, ol* which 77,800 were tn (beat Urihun, 1,170 to France, and 55,870 to tho tesl of tho continent. The total .ales fol" forward delivery for tho week art 502,700 bales. For immediate deliv ery the totlll sales fool Up this week 1,2IN bales, including 1,218 for consump tion. The imports into continental ports this week have been 50,000 bales. There wa ; a decrease in tho cotton in si-;M Friday night of 00,7-11 bahs as compared with the same date of ISM!, an increase ol' 1 (0,081 lades as compared with tho corresponding dale ol' 1885, ami a decrease ol' P.'S,7OS hales as com pared with 1881. Tho old interior stocks lane decreased during tho weak 05,312 bales, and aro to night 100,382 bales less than at the same peri nl last year. The receipts ut He- sumo towns have been ... 101 bales nun c than the l anie week last year, and since September 1 the receipts at all the towns are 00,-185 bales more thai! tor thc same time in INS.", M",. Tho tidal receipts Irani the plantations since September 1, ISSI'., were 5,112,428 bales; in 1885 si; were 5,101,010; in 1881 85 were 1,075,300. Although tho receipts ?it the Olltports the past week were ?7,7li'> hales, tho actual movement from plantations waa only 21,008, tho balance being taken from thc stocks ut tlc; interior towns. I,asl year roooipts from tho plantations for tim saint! week were 28,720 bales, and lor 1885 they wen 21,008. Tho increase in the amount in sight Friday night, ns compared willi last year, was 50,-181 bales, tho increase ns compared with issi s5 was 028,573, and tin-increase over )ss:{ si was 094, 07'.). The Chronicle thinks thal, these ligures may be a little inaccurate, because, bo ho eu the 1st September, issn, and tho 1st March, |SS7, cotton which passed through Havannah, consigned to Charles ton, was inch, lcd bi thc receipts of euch pori wei o t w icc eouuti d. Tin s,- twice counted shipments aggregated 27,280 biles. \ T\ m- ut \\ IIHIIIIIKIOII. Ono td' tin most conspicuous, aud con K< ipu idly, ?is thing:, aro estimated herc, mo;,I successful ol all the host of these aspiran ta for social laurels is tho widow nf a Kooky Mountain milling camp bar keeper. She herself was a washer woman, ?md in spite ol' several veins' i, i ! ie ,, in "Yurriip," ret lins much nf lin- hroglK lind many ol' Un- characteris tics i-i lo r formerly highly honorable ami useful avocation, lint what matters ii thal she cailUOt niter :l RCUtOllCO nf re sp, ct .bio F.nglihhV What, though in resplendent Parisian creations bf satin, velvet and feathers, sh?- looks like tho ip leen ol .i Biddle's masquerade? She is rich na a Bho-Crrosus, ami "entertains'' like a Bho-Jjiictilhis ''entertainment" in this city ot cxeerablc taverns referring largi ly to punch ami salad bowls, cro quette philters and wilie bottles. ?She gorges the not-too-fastidious leaders of tin Washington "Vanity Fair" with tho highest priced vitlinls, and swills them with tho du doest vintogos nf Burgundy ?uni champagne. (Mu- of her recent "blowouts," 0S slid would call it, brought together many of the must noted people in the capital and guests nf distinction from distant parts nf thc country. That miracle of municipal modesty, Chicago, contributed a pair of those gilded olbowers and pushers, whose grotesque, gold-plated antics have for two or three years allbrded amusement to oii-f lifting gods and men. Nothing is too extravagant for their CllicagollOSC nerve ur check. They went into oflloial mourning o year or so ago for a person they bad never met, and there seems little reason to doubt that if her Majesty, Yictot iu, by tho grace of God (?ticen of England and Empress of India, should happen tu pass in her royal checks their brOWn-StOIlO castle would lly a buick tlag for thirty days and discount Hie British Minister's residence in profuseness of emblematic woe.- Washington la tter tu St. Loi.is (.iiobo-Dcnioeriit. A lloro ol American llei'OOM. "lt wus once my fortuno," lie says, "to see a young mini take an ax in his hand ami walk alone across 2(H) yards of open ground nuder the lire of loi) dis monnted troopers, and deliberately cut down a telegraph pole. While he was chopping away at the tough cedar wood 1 could plainly set- tho spun tors whirling ,.u-.iy from Hit! pule fruin tup tu bottom, ns the whizzing bullets aimed at him orashi ii through it, or seamed its aides with ragged scars. Near by stootl a brick chimney, where a house had bi eu Inn md down; a twelve pound shut struck tho pile, and it went tumbling b> i ai th, scattering its bricks about, BOmo of them ?triking tho young soldier's legs. Ile did not waver. As regularas tho beat nf a pendulum was the swing of that ax, and when tho pule fell friends ami foes vied together in yelling their admiration Of the young man as Ito de liberately shouldered his ax ami returned to his place in his command." -Maurice Thompson in thc Independent. lt Wan .ni Old Story. A boy about niuo years old aat on a door ntt-p on Clinton street yesterday, and a -patrolman w ho ht ard a great noise up stairs in tho house inquired of him: "Isn't that a row going on up stairs?" "Yea." "Who is it?" "Dad and ma'am." "Why didn't you toll mo they wore ' ^"Wofl, they liegun corly yesterday moi mug, audtho thing has got so old that I thought you would yell 'choanutal' ai mo if I said anything."- Detroit Freo i l'/OBS. I I I PH? I lilli ?Ml? IIH?HIIII MW ll-HIX IHM -i: in.AM? \M> hlMIIKU. liiHlriu'lloim (<>r ltn th? outor window-sill, hut they should not bo so placed while there ia a cold win?l blowing, nor must they remain out ail night. The very best time to pul tho plants out for thu llrsl timo is w hen a w arm, gentle rain is falling, aptly termed "grow in?'," weather. Now is tho tim?' to make preparations for spring potting, n very uecossary operation. The plants to bc shifted, or repotted, should l>0 watereil thoroughly two ?lays previous to thc ?lay the opera tion is to la- performed, an that the soil may ho in a proper state, neither wet nor dry, and the frosh conquis) used should h?' in a similar condition. If new pots are to be used, let them be Soaked in wate r an hour or SO before tin plants ar?- pul into them; if tho pots employed bo old ones, they should la Well washed inside und out and allowed to becomo perfectly dry. Tho drainage should be perfect, and each plant should haVO a pot Suitable to its si/.e. Over tho hob- in tho eoutro of tho hase of tho pol i largo piece of broken llower pot, or a small oyster shell, should ho placed, tho concave shle downwards; tin n smaller pieces of ilowor pot should bo add? ?I or small, olean Inls of broken brick w ill lo to the depth of at ll ast ali inch; the plant that is to b<- repotted should bo taken upside down in tho loft hand, the dem ol' tho plant between thc middle (lngors, the rim of tho pot gently tapped upon tho edgo of th?- table or other con venient solid substance, when tho pot may bo lifted willi tile righi hand as easily as tho extinguisher from a candi?. The ball of soil about iii?- roots should ho examined; if healthy lin- plants may be put into a pot a size larger than tim ono from which it lias just been taken; if any decayed roots present thomsolvca these should bo nearly out oil'. Tho re potting should bo done (irmly, tin. sod being brought up to within half au inch of tho t?>p of thu i ?rn of the pot ; tili - will lonve spaco suflleionl for wat? ring pur poses. lu the matters of situation, S?ll and potting, plants require a cousidi rabh diversity of treatment, yet although I beso point:-, are very essential in propa gatton, they are. not vital in respect ? plants purchased during their season ol bloom; tho cultivation, or lather. I should say, th?- after treat mont, lies tn : nutshell. They must receive water am air in plenty, but tin- supplies mus; lu regulated according to the season an? naturi' of the plant. With thc e.xcoptioi of such subj? els thirsty subjects I ma; say us musk, India-rubber plant am Arum cthiopieum, no plants ordinarily grown in rooms, should stand in saucer full of water, and those plants I havi luontioncd should only bo allowed lo th so during their season of activo growth With otho! plaids the proper plan i never to give water until the soil is dry Iben give plenty, sulllcioiit, indeed, l< saturate every particle of soil, root ; libre, und when tho surplus waler ha passed through into tho saucer, th latter, ftftor tho expiration of ll quarto nf un hour or so, should bo emptied wined dry und roplnccd, When the weutiier is favorable, that i to say, when neither torrents of rain frost or cutting winds prevail tho plant should he taken from thc room into th open air, bringing them back as I lmv dreaily saul towards cv? tiing. \\ nilli'll lu .lour lil? I illl. Tin- woman who would become journalist must Ht into the organ! ?t?o w in rever she is needed. Sh?' may I Asked to rend articles and preparo thei for tho printer, to condense a paper < [>,000 words into I,uno without omittin il point or Weakening an argument, rea proof, hold copy for tho proof-read? w rite advertising paragraphs, attend i editorial correspondence, look utter ti make-up o? tho "forms.' prepare adv? Using circulars, review bo? ks, wri obituaries, roport events, write Ina lines, answer questions, look aller tl exchanges, naiko clippings, compile ari ?des, write editorials, or ?lo a hu tired other things. If she cari.: a pi maUOUt pince sh? must do some o? th? things better than any other uvada! porson, and before she rises to au edit rial position she ought to know how ?lo them all, and what is moro km when others are doing them rigl .Journalism is by no nu ans purely litoi ry work, nor is it without its disadvai ages. Tho halo which surrounds it largely fictitious. Every department thc work has moro or loss drudgery c? ncete.l with it; the editor-in-chief kno what ho wants and docs not want, a all work must be done in accordai W*th his views, often in direct opp?. i m t?; personal tastes; tho hurry ol t work, particularly OU daily and wool papers, is a heavy strain; tho assoc tions in reportorial positions sro > always pleasant? advancement ia oft slow, a . oven a person woll titted for I work is u long timo obtaining thoron command of his resources. Tho dis; vantages peculiar to women are i many. A greater liberality of ideas n rulo characterizes journalists thuu ot? professional men, and tin- question ability is usually thc only one rois There aro certain kinds of reporting, police and morguo nows, impossible a woman; but it is a kimi ol news wh advancing civilization makes more . moro unpopular.- ida M. Tarbell iu Chau tauquau. - ??. - S]?Sfl]>l0KH People? Sleepless people, ;.;iys Health li?me, should court tho HUH. Tho ^ worst . op, ollie is laudanum, mid the \ best is sunshine. Therefore it is p tba he poor sleepers should pan many hours of tho ?lay in tho suns] und as few in tho shade as possible, injurious effect of the aliado is i noticeable in plants growing in sec h places und ladies w ho aro acciistome carry sunshades. Tho invigorating pi of sunlight is Infinite, and lie who e is tawny seldom requires a pill. STY I.KS I N l'A ms. lil I ll i'll i ll |?l Still |>|UI' l-'OPIMM-lil-?IJ ll??* l-'uvoi-ltu Color-Ol hoi" lllf.-*. A cabio dispatch to thc- Now York Herald say.-: "Tho fashions for thc present spring promise to roturo to grout bimplioity ol Form- For ladies' drosses tho elaborate loopings and draperies of bygone seasons havu given place to Hat, straight folds, to trhnmiugsof ouibroid orii and bmiding, and to slight drapery at tim back of tho skirt. Thurn is also n return of tho 'princess1 style for the i>; < ;. . ?.1 dresses, thu shirt fronts alni cor ige fronts being composed of hua*. "Liuco rulllos aro worn in val ions fan tastic styles, either oblhpioly or fol ioing points with an ornament in bea.I passe menterie, placed at the apex <>t' each point an.I matching il) color tho material of tho dress, Very wide and ologaui sashes lu soft materials, i nch as crape or surah, will be worn later in tho Boa son, euugl t in large loops and with long wido cuds failing over the shirt. They can bo worn at the hack or ut ono side, according to fancy, and uro shown oilhor plain or embroidered and trimmed with large silk fringes. "i'h? favorite color for this spring will bo gray in all shades, from the darke il stci I gray to ll delicate silvery tone. I Hack silk dresses are becoming popular, owing to tho introduction of a now* silk fabric known ns peau do solo, and which is nt once thick and soft and promises to wear well. 'Lia re is a de termined i Hort on fool for the suppres sion ol fringes of hair over tho forehead, or at ' asl lo diminish the volume amt width of the frizzled eui Is over tue bl'OW. Wo are thr< doned'with a OhinesC stylo ?>l e. inure, bill very few ftlCCS can stand tho straining of tho hair at thu huck of tho lo ad. The very high pull's, loops and aigrettes that at ono time threatened to make a lady's ooilTo.ro in tho ovoning rival tho very highest of her street huts have now almost wholly disappeared, "livening dress dippers are now worn with scarcely any trimming. A .small buckle of binn.-stones, coolbung n tiny bow of ribbon i alono admissible, Black or bronze kid slippers aro worn with dark dresses for domi-toilotto, Tho slip per is now cut very low over tho instep, tho . tocking laing embroidered with silk or i pen worked in a lino lace like pattern. Sl'lUN'O BONSETH IN [.ONDON, Cousin Madge write; in London Truth: "There was such a very pretty wedding al St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, on Saturday afternoon, thal wo did w ish foi you to bo thereto see it. Tho luido wat L ly Alicia Lions, and she looked charm lng iii her marriage gown of whin moire, with a small wreath Of oran gt blossoi is fastened on witd m nit it ml i note diamond .tars, and ti inagnilleeiit boa ?mot of lilies and other w hite flowers I ho bouquet, 1 nm glad to say, was not oumbroilsly largo, as some br.des bon queti have beeil of late, and the arrunge ment ol the lovely blooms was perfect Tlu train of tim wedding dress was car i ii d by two of the very tiniest pages have over seen, They were dressed ii w hit.- satin. The bi ulesmnids wore reall; lash l id dresses of some pule I duo o eausdo-Xil material, relieved with browi velvet, Their hats had high Crowns o either straw or brown velvet, but th brims were blue. Their bouquets wer azah ii -, ni lovely loues of pink and eora intermingled. This attire look. I warn ami comfortable. ? always think thu white or ci 'clint-colored drosses io bridesmaids look cold and chilling a any time, save summer and carly au tamil. .I have never seen such lion nets a those worn by thu smart people in th congregation. One lady sppoarcd iii very spring-like bonnet of white straw trimmed with a high linnell of Naph violets. A large l inster of similar how II . was tucked in tito bosom of her dur heliotrope-velvet bodice. A necklet < cut umbel' lay upon folds of white lac? which came doun in points upon tl sombro velvet. The ear rings wei amethysts, just a little too blue ?a lou to assort comfortably with tho pa mauve o? tho violets, Tin -lady earrie a delicious little wrap made of tiger ski just the sort ol' thing that only a M I wealthy woman dare buy, for it cou not possibly bc worn more than bub do/.en limes in thc year, being too co spicuous. "A handsome brunette had a rill \ ol vet jacket, quito tight-titting, cdg< with beaver, lier boil liol was led, ai BO was hoi' gown, but the former w velvet, the latter silk. A tall ni splendid blonde, with glorious coils pale brown glossy hait, von: a bodi and overdress ol' putty colored ottoin over n Bkirt und plastron of bright striped silk. Tho collar and cull's wt of the stripe.-. T hc small bonnet w embroidered and odged with a Huff silk chenille, just a shade darker and tone richer than tho putty tint ol' t silk, it was trimmed with a group red roses or poppies. The eur rings wi very long and very old-fashioned, 1 they were of diamonds and pearls of I rarest. A short ruby velvet mani trimmed with sable tails, just motel tho Mowers in the bonnet. "Two sisters in haif mourning w beautifully dressed, om" in block vel\ trimmed with chinchilla, und bonnet match; thc other, also in black veb with trimmings of rieh, finely cut st< A handsome hut moroso looking won hud no less than tlll'CO diamond stars her bonnet strings. A blondo who 1 present had something black in her li Wo could not make out what it was, decided that she had trulHed ber hair a refreshing novelty." Girts Thal aro Lovable. (?iris without an undesirable love liberty and craze for Individualisms { win- will h t themselves he guided; (. who havo the lilial sentiment well veloped and who feed tho love c daughter for the woman who neb their mother; girls who know that m day and all day long cannot be devi to holiday-making without the inter tion of duties moro or loss irksome; j wlio, when they can gather them, ac tin ir roses ti .tn fnmk and girlish cority of pleasure, and when they dollied, submit without repining to inevitable hardship of eiiciimstanc these are tho girls whoso companion gladdens and does not oppress or , tract tho old, whose sweetness and r submission to tho rensonnblo contre I aut hority make lifo so ploasant and charge so light to those whoao care I aro. KA i s i : i ; w i i.i i iti.u. I How th? (Ivriiiuii I'ooplu C'elchruled Ills I Ninetieth llirtluluy-Itrllllmii Pageantry , alni Imposing Ceremonies! Bum.IN, Mureil 22.-Tho ninetieth an- ? nivcrsnry ol* Emperor William's birth was ushered in by tho pealing ol' joy ? bells in all lin- churches and Hu- lou or ol < tho town bail, ami tho sounding ol'j choral chimes. The city i.--. decorated as it never was before. Uurlttuds, H i; , laurels, festoons nf ovorgroou, banners, ] bright drapery and brilliant carpets aro hunt; on ovcry conspicuous pot where ornament eau be made to add tn the joy ouu appoaruueoof tin town. Conspicu ous by the extreme elegance o? their decorations arc the Kuy;.I Academy ?uni 1 University buildings, aud the city resi dence of tho Crown Prince Frederick I William, l ho monument . bust or statue of Ute Kmporor in it shop window or other expo.1 ed place it is buried m Howers. People ure all out in holiday attire and thu streets an th rouged. Farly in tlie day special memorial re ligious services were held in nil Un churches ?ind synagogue.., tun] (Ices wore crowded in every case. Chil dren from all the schools in tho city ' went in processions, accompanied by bands ol'music, lo tlie chu rc fi service . Thc students' procession past ;:. palace wasa grund affair. They wont m carriages, nf which tllOl'0 were SOVOl'lll hutulred in line, oarricd bright banners nf the Various sciiool and CoilcgO socie ties and associations, ami were accom panied by muuy bauds playing music i ami arranged in gorgeous medieval cos- ! tunics, 'lin; long line ol carriages was 1 preceded and followed by students nu ! horseback. Passing tin palace hands played national anthem, "Froussonlicd" aud "Wucht nm Pdiioli," tho students nil , singing tn Hie music. The Emperor ap pealed at a window as the procession was moving past, and bowed, remaining ! there u considerable time. Tho great crowd in Hie street gave him mi ovation, the multitude cheeriu?, itsoll In ursc mn I tiring itself out waving huts and hand-j kerchiefs. All the members ol thc imperial ian.;.;, and all Hu ir princely guests drove in I procession to the palace ;llj,| j,, rsonally tendered their congratulation to thu I?mporor. The procession was cheered ! by the crowds in tin streets, A rain storm which sci in at ! o'clock and lasted until 15 had scarcely any elli l upon the crowd'- ol utithusi elie ( lennans who throng? d the strci ts. The illumi nations to-night throughout the ?jjy uro superb. An especially striking feature is a piel ure, oho hundred y ardi !";. \ anti twenty yards wide, ni hom Of thc Academy ?d' Arts, depicting events in tiie Emperor's life. Bismarck ?uni Von Moltko say that they have received a Wonderful reward for their services, the character ol which is as yet unknown. Al! tho secretario* of departments were decorated by Ibo I.inptTor. lu receiving a household deputation tlie Emperor said: "I have reached this ago by lin- grnco of (ind, ind if tho Lord helps me, ?md wants un to, I may live lo Seo another year." Hein ii n- St dil i it* nita ' iVSpvhigi ??Iienrico! Dost thou scent Hie gentle spring?" "Mo nostrils du attest thc sumo in .Iced, lor dust thal'.-; to me neighbor's .arpe! weil, already yields io his athletic strokes." "Nay, ilo not cuni at cleaning indus try, nor thus ingrain Hue with such worsted thoughts, Tho spring! the gen tle spring is ?it tho door! "Let bim not in, Andromeda, I pray, [ill he hath purified his breath il bit, and purged bis raiment ol' its rubbish tan ,'." "Dost thou not liku thc spriug, thou testy niic?" "Aye, if thc same wor? bot loo long i springing. This spriug liait makes mo hoarse with berco protest ., ?uni studs nie through willi lllly-ments ol wrath." ..I wonder, ?- i t i i thy stable wi I I hear, that thou ilo.-.l favor not this leeming lime." "This steaming time i-. <-d thou cun ning conjurer, for thro' the seams and sewers of snil dntli 0OS0 obnoxious ot In rs that proclaim tilt! steaming prOCi si ol this vernal change. And man. thc imita tor that ho is, contents him nol with watching nature's whims, hilt linds frcsli fuel for this gaseous glow in heaping high tho garbage funeral pyro. I won der nut, when ?rst tho liverwort uprear* the dainty crest above thc globo, ami scents the garden truck's (diluvium, III hies to silent saucttini of the soil ami saith: 'My dainty redolence will seen obscure in atmosphere so froight witl fumes.' " "Anti to thy sense is'l only scoots thu makes thee sentient of spring's senti nient?" "Nay, bc mo troth; [talia's wandorint genius of tim crank, tho booming husi ness of Esculapinns, thu school boj biking furlough from his book tn inter view tho .spiral angleworm, tho homel; hen that hums her humble hymn O Baster emblems, and tho housowifo' howl as with thc molli she holds he annual joust, these be some sympl. that assert to me the year's conjunct io witli thu wanton spring," \\ until Malo a 4.mid tine. Tho report that Hoverhof FitzliUg Lee made his recent visit t<' Minnosot aa part of a plan to give bim tin: sccon place on the next national Hckct orig neted, of course, in a Chicago pape There is not Hit! slightest basis for th imputation. Gonoral Leo is not tl man to go around hunting for oflloo,at! it is di ll Unlit to see how n Hying trip, < any other trip, to St. Paul or attywhoi else, could promote such au objoo (fOVCmor LiCO Came here lt) dine wit the President anti Mrs. Cleveland, at at tho last moment decided to accomp ny some friends to Hie northwest--a lilt rest from tho worry of ollice. At the - an timi! WO again Insist that ho would mal a model vice-President. W'ashingtt Port, A City ol Unautlful Women, Detroit, Mich., is noted for its hcaltl and handsomo ladios, which tho leadii physicians and druggists there uttribu to tho gonoral uso ami popularity of 1. Hurter's Iron Tonic. "'Wisely improve the present' is go advice," said the newly married man, rta sold Bj duplicate wedding gift. grvwwrWAIKOI IWMIH?IIIII III -iavMnHBMH THU KOItUOW.S or i. i; A \ i i> i <,<.mes. j l in \ All Div Pour-Their Woos Tohl bj Oin ul till- ( I.(lt. (I lom ilir Now Vorlc star.* Duryingtho (load in Calvary c< uiotory has corno to lie a disagreeable job bi Ibo union o? grave-diggers, but us no walk big delegate- nppeurcd in the cemetery yesterday, tho grave-diggors were kopi busy ail liny with pick ami BIIOVOI, digging ISAS graves, 'lin' annouuconiont that the Vorick association lnul struck was promut ure. lt has presented ita ultima tum to thc authorities ot' Calvary cemo ii ry. and it awaits their answer. Olio nt tl.e grave-diggers, a very intelligent l ian, li Hin d mi his spade in tho cemete ry yesterday and said to u reporter ol' Ibu Star: "( o ivi.-digging is about us hurd und uuhcalthful un occuptition us tin re is. J j - ipposo Unit thu average torin < t wido ut 11 io top to prevent Ibo sides rom billing in. In the winter Ibo frost . mietimcs two foot deep, and digging In grave is Uko cutting through granite. I take., iron: hull to ihrccipiurlc; H ol' u lay to dig u grave, and, as our follow vorkmui SUNS, i: Hamlet, 'it lasts for ?vcr.' U takes a skilled man to inakoo 'ray-'. .Vu unskilled baud would bo .erv likely lo bury himsoll. Nearly ab he peoi ... We uvi . . 0 ItOlO are ill tears, ind, considering the bard, disugreeablo ml uuhiu tbs character of the work we li-, we think we obglit to bo recently ?nd tor il. At prosont wo got ;'1.7? n lay, and lose tho rainy afternoons, In linter w e are laid oil'about one WOOk ill our, ?md lose nduy days h.wide-. My .ay last mouth iva? only .le. l in v ure tho longshoremen, bod arri : . carpenters, masons and brick lyei s ol New Vork. 'J'hey do UOt want 0 lie ia cheap labor graves. I "The good llisbop MoTionghliii, ol Irooklyn, pay . $2 a day lo the gravi iiggers in L'iatbush cemetery, and lu mys it every day-rain or shine. i lie \\ foiin w um nu, An amusing incident occurred no eng since at the close . ! an ovoiUUj neeting ut one of our churches. A wei mown citi/.eii ?md Iiis wile attended Un ervic, going thither us was their cns Hom in their own vehicle. When th? netting wns over, tito husband told Un 1 il'e to be out at thc door so as to bi cady to go home when he came olbnj villi the horto und sleigh. She wa .rom pt ly on time urn! a lenin came up i mae held ont bis hand und helped he n und drove off with her. They hm lot gone a gn at way when she said: "I il lus to me you got the horse quick, lin man looked ?it her n moment i urprisc ci In aiing n strange voice, nu .xcluimcd: "Good gracious! I httvC gi Hbo wrong womuii." Ile turned th .o?.i around and droVO bach to th ? I i s' oi meeting, while un rxohuug vus mude, and he shirted homo om nore with tho right woman. Concor Monitor. l.ifa'M Mardon*. I A largo part of life's burdens uro sol inposed ami wholly needless. Fears i ?alunnties which never huppen, u dolofl nibil of looking at the worst, a SU ricinus disposition, u jealous turn * iiind these are the tyrants that loud i villi burdens heuvy to boar und m edic o curry. If we should honestly exumii iie various burdens of ?mr lives, \ ivould be surprised to lind how ninny hem ?ne ol this character. Not on nay we drop them if we will, but i US ti io others demands Unit we should, man <>r wotnun habitually unhappy .sseiitiully Hellish, and is alway a tho ill the community. There ure OllOUj jrosses and trials in life which must ?.orne, without manufacturing artillo ind needless ones; and the more tin .Highly wo rid ourselves of the lat b r, t moro energy and spirit we eau bring bear upon tho former. . V. IMiynle, Mr. in Mlnel1 A good -tory C?111CH Iron; a boys' bon lug-school In "Jeraey." The (liol was n notonous and constipating, and the lean Principal decided to Introduce some o ?lylo physic in thu apple sanco, und nw Hie happy results. One bright hid, siuiirtc.it in school, discovered the sci mine in his sauce, und pushing hack plato, shouted to thc p?dagogue, " physic, sir, in mina. .My duo told nu usc nuihin' bul Dr. Pierce's 'Pleasant 1 native Pellets,' nnd they aro n doing tl duty like ii charm! ' They ure anti Ililli und purely vegetable. Thc Persian proverb, "Woe auto nation where thc. young have already vi? ? s ol foW, and the aged retain Hie fo of youth, might, heroincmliercd profit! by lids part?cula) nation, TH? INTEK-STATK /nirer%