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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. < KIMMI IK I Al. |." KIWI 1,1 /.KU?, How I ur rilCJ .rr I'tolltulllU ttl I armers--A <io?ul A l l I. I? on an I m pin l ani Slllijct't. (KIMIII lliu?outhom i ulllviitur > lt is quito common to hoar complaints Ol tho worthlessness o? a large propor tion of Hie comm. /cial fertilizers sol.I to farmers. That Boroo ot' theso complaints arc well founded thoro is little doubt. That many more are unreasonable ami unjust ia quito probable. .Many farmers insist that the fertilizers of late years are not SO gOOtl 08 those ol' ten or twelve years tn-more hack. I,el us look into the matter a little. The average farmer judges of tho morita or quality ot n fertilizer hy th. effects of tin', ?ame on the ciop to which it was applied. Indeed, this is tho ou ly way he can safely doter Uli Ui win (her u fertilizer has returned a lair poi'COUtage on the investment. Hut how often is "il true that the crop grows oil niel ly anti everything appears lo promise a good yield, and at last some ca nally ol drought, er wet or frost, cuts ott Ibo crop. During the i.oly, ami probably tho middle stngei ol growth, thu farmer is pleased with tho fertilizer; hui when he gathers his crop amt lise guano man wants his pay, aud tho bacon and Hour ami dry goods bills, the doctor's bill, etc., must be nu t the cotton won't go round. The thy weat ht r, or Ibo worms, or tho "storm in September," or some one or more of the many ca unities to which cotton is liable, lins out oil tho crop. .May he tho teri il i/.er was to blame. But tho fertilizer did not cause the storm, nor tile drought, nor tho worms; neither could it previ nt these casualties. On tho other hand, it the plant shirts off Well aud tho seasons ami oilier con ditions continue auspicious to the end ol the harvest, anti the larmer gathers n large crop, he is apt to be pleased with tho fertilizer bo used, ns wall i- every thing that was connected with tho crop. One very importaut pit caution is over looked by a l ng.- majority ol farmers wile use oom tue roiu fertilizers, vi/.-, tia test of the scales, ll is .e.r. nsonablo to insist that a fertilizer has "duitu thc crop , uogood" when no nst or experiment tows have been sot apart, thc fertilizer carefully weighed and distributed, ?iud thc yiold ol the crop gathered amt weighed under tho very oyo ol tho pro prietor. With such a lest plat, or s. \ oral of them, accurately cundill t d,-it ?fi possible to easily aud certainly tit term ine what has Im n thc economic i suit. On difforoul soils ami with dil?'t reul -ca sons and othor conditions, ; .. rt suits will b-> discordant or dill? rent, \ u whon tho identical fertilize! bas boon used. One of tho most im] i rtnnt con ditions-or ratler circumstances iii it j affects tho question of pruitt > hen thc money lias bcoti paid, 01 is to bc paid for the fertilizer, ?a tho pi icc i .' cotton. But if to be pant for ni cottou i docs liol .affect Hie ipa Stioil at all. Now, what is a fair probt on the In vestment tn a feitilizct V A farmer ought to bo well c intent to realizo H . .:. lo per cent, per annum profit on al: thc llxod and working capital employed in bis business after allowing a red ho tl iblc sum for his services mid tor wear nut b ar, insurance, tte. lb would gladly reid out his land, or a portion of > . on neb terms, mid d' \ otc In . personal dteittioii to something ele. i lien why should ho expect auy greater pur eout. probt. "one year w?th another, ' tm bis invest ment ni a ii rtilizer? One ton of Btoudiu 1 f oil iii/, i rs, hauled and distributed in thc soil, costs, say thirty fjj?'0) dollars cash. Thc money ts paid-sa) April Isl und the orop is barvosied amt ready for market .say October 1st six mouths, Suppose thu iucreasetl yield of cotton, lifter deducting thu extra expenses of packing amt ginning, amt lidding the value td tin extra seed, is thirty-live dollars, or live dollars clear profit, five dollars not in crease in the value ol the crop due to uso of a ton of fertilizer would not be considered unusual; it is probably much below the average ri ult.-. Dui nv. dol lars on thirty dollars, for six mouths, is If. per cent., or ?ii per cunt, per annum I or suppose H >U pounds of but cotton is tho price agreed upon for tho fertilizer, payable November 1st, ami that tho increased yiold is 125 pounds. Wo now havo 75 pounds of lint cotton more than enough to pay for the fer tilizer. No reasonable man will be lila ly to deny the fairness of the above ligures. The per cent, in?rense credited io the fertilizer is probably loss than UlO aver age results ol the iee of commercial for tUiZOrfl in geln nd good, bad amt in different -for a series >>t y< ara together. say for tho last ten years, lt i true timi they arc not so groat as for thu pit ced lpg period of ten years, or, m othor wonts, that commercial fertilizers do iud yield aa good results on the same Holds ns they ititi ton or lift' cn >< ara ago. This may bo accounted for without assuming that the quality td' commercial fertilizers has been lowered. Chemical analysis shows that they bave not. Field tests on similar lands that have not bach "mn to death" in cotton willi concentrated fertilizers prove that tin same results can now bo sooured as boforc, with av< r ago fertilizers of thc present time. .More over, the price of standard i? 11 il ./.cr . has steadily declined tho cost .d' material and naanipulatioo being less and compe tition reducing the profits ol' thc manu facturers and deniers. What, then, ifl the difficulty / Do those farmers wbo refrain from tho UM of commercial fertilizers succeed any I botter? If they do, is their prosperity duo to their policy In thia respect, 6r is it not in spite of it, and because of ex ceptional skill, industry, economy especially in tho utilizing homo manon al resources? Win n tho latter policy is supplemented by tho judicious (and ?bend) USO of thu best grades cf com mercial fertilizing materials, composted or mizod-os far iva possible at home, wo almost invariably soe the best resal?s. Nearly all of tho most prosperous farm ors in tho country arc those who do not depend on bought fertiliziis a. ne, but who bring intelligence, skill, industry ami sound judgment to bear in all Hu details of farming. Tho feet is, bm much i - expected ol fertiliser'!, (dunno cannot oompensah for the absence of tho qualities S?d habib?, oto., that characieiize tho sue oossfni fariuor. If a farmer, without using guano, falls behind ut the late ol thirty dollars to tho mulo, it is not rea sonable to expect that bu will "come ont ovoii," tuuoh loss "ahead," by using a ' ton of fertilizer to the mule, without ! compiling with tho other conditions of successful farming. Ho might us well expect to muko ?1 musician ol his son by simply buying him a liddle. 'lilt' Coll un Mm ?milli. ! Tho New York Financial Chronicle, ! reviewing tho cotton movement, Bays that for tho week ending friday. March 18, tho total receipts have reached .">7.7ir. i indes, against 72,008 last wich. 711,051 tho previous week, ami U5,0Ul three weeks since; making tho total receipts si nco 1st September, 1880, 1,059,071 huh s. ngain8t 4,727,174 for tho samo pe riod of 1885 8(1, showing un increase since September 1, 188(1, of 282,11)0 hales. Tho exports for tho week ending Fri day evening reach a total ol' 187,7815 bides, oi winch 77,:i'.H'> were to Cn at li'?tain, 1,17?? t<> F rance, und 50 ,870 to (lu- resl ol' tlie continent. The t iti! al, s tor forward doUvcry for tin-week are 582,700 hales, for im mediato delis cry the total sales foot up this week 1,218 hale.-, including 1,218 for consump tion. The imports into continental ports this week have been 011,000 bales. There was S decrease in the cotton ill sight Friday night of (il'>,7ll bahs as compared with thu samo date of 188(5, au increase of 110,081 huh s ns compared with tin.rrespondiug date of 1885, and a decrease of 108,708 hales as com pared with Issi. The old interior stocks have decreased during tho wcok 80,812 hales, and are to night 100,882 hales less t lian ut the same period last year. Thc rece i phi at tho same towns have been ?. I'd bales more than the same week last year, und since September l tin- receipts at all the towns are 00,185 bales moro than hu- the same time in 1885 80. Tin- total receipts from the plantations sim e September 1, 188(5, were 5,112,128 h iles-, in 1885 si; were 5,101,010; in Issi SO were 1,070,800. Although tho receipts nt tho out ports tho past week Were -. T,V11? hales, tho actual movement from plantations wan only 21,008, thc balance hoing taken from tho stocks ut Ibo interior towns. fittSt year receipts from tho plantations for the same week wei.- 'js,7.?'.i huhs, und for 1885 they were 21,008. Tho increase in tho amount ill sight Friday night, as compared willi last year, was 00,181 bales, tho in?rense ns compared with 1881 80 was 628,578, and tho incrouso over 1888 st was <.?>!, 870. Tho Chronicle thinks that tin se ligures may bu n little inaccurate, because, be twocil tho 1st September, 1880, and thc 1st March, 1887, cotton which passed through Havannah i consigned to Charles ton, was included in tho receipts of each port were twico eouuted. These twice counted shipments aggregated 27,280 hiles. -- ?nr? *?- -- - - \ Type ut' Withlilngtoii. ( Ino of thc most conspicuous, and cou sci piont ly, as things are estimated lure, loo: l SUCCCSSful ni all the host of tllC8C aspirants for sooinl laurels is Ibo widow of a ll icky Mountain mining camp bar keeper, bbc herself was a washer woman, und in spite of several years' n i ! nco in "Yurrup," retains much of (hu brogue mid many of the characteris tic^ ol her formerly highly honorable und u etui avocation, lint what mattem it thal she cannot utter a sentence of ru Hpccbibiu KnglishV What, though in resplendent I'arisiau creations of satin, velvet nud feathers, she looks like thc (jileen of a biddle's mnsquonulo? She if rich ns n sho-CTresits, and "entertains' like a SIIO-IJUCIIIIUS "t n tort alu mont" in this city ol execrable taverns referring larg! ly to punch and Babul howls, ero ipiotte platters and wine hot? les. Sin gorges tho not-too-fastidious leadors ol the Washington .'Vanity Fair" with tin highest priced vituals, and swills then with tho choicest vintages of IhirgumVj and champagne. Ono of her rcccni "blowouts," us sin- would call it, brough! together many ol tho most noted people in the capital ami guests of distillctlOl from distant parts ol' the country. That mirado of municipal modesty chicago, contributed n pair of thosi gilded olbowors and pushors, whosi grotesque, gold-plated antics have fo two or three years nllbrdcd amusomoii to on-gn/.ing gods und men. Nothing i too oxtravngnnt for their Cliicagoncsi nervo Ol' cheek. They wont into oilloio mourning i? year or so ugo for a porSOl they had never met, and there scorn little reason to doubtfire, if her Majesty Victoria, by tho grace of God Queen o langland ami Empress ol india, shouli happen to pass in her royal checks tlici brown-stono castle would fly a liiiu-k lim lor thirty days ami discount the lintis .Minister's r?sidence in profuseness c omblomntio woe.- Washington la tter t St. Louis Clobo-Deiuoerat. .??.. 9- - A Hem nf .Vinci I? an IfOI'OOKi "lt was once my fortune," he sayi - to sut u young mun toko in ax in li hand and walk alone across 200 yards ( open ground under the lire of 100 iii mounted troopers, and deliberately ci down a telegraph pole. While ho WI chopping away ut tho tough cedar won I could plainly HU- the splinters w billin away from tho pole from top to botton us tho whizzing Indicts aimed at hil crashed through i. or Beamed its sid with rugged sears. Near by stood brick chimney, where a house had bo< bumed down; ii twelve pound sin struck tho pile, and it went tumbling earth, scattering its bricks about, fcon of them striking tho young soldioj legs. Ile did not waver. AM regular tho beat of a pendulum was tho swing that nx, and when tho polo fell frioin and foes vied together iu yelling tin admiration o! tho young mnn OH ho d liberatoly shouldered hisa\ and return te his piuco in his command,"-Mauri rhompson in tho Independent. ii Was an OW Story. A boy about nino years old sut on door step on Clinton street yesterdii ?nd a putrolman who heard a ?rent no: nj* stairs in tho houso inquirodof him: "Isn't that a row going on up stair* "Yes." "Who is it?" "Pud and ma'am." "Why didn't you toll mo they wi lighting?" "Weil, they begun early yostortl morning, und tho thing has got KO < that 1 thought you would yell 'choaonl at mo if I ?aid anything." Detroit V , Pros?. ' HOUSE l'I.A.M? VMI blMIIMJ lllHlrUt'llOIIM tor lt??|>ottltlf( nilli latin,.- I.it I'lniilM nt Mil? Meomni. (Krollt Uni Loudon QUOOII ) Wkoro plants hovo boon wiutorotl in tko dwelling house tboy will need care ful attention dining tin; month of Mareil. WhoU tho weather is BU Moil nt ly mihi iiu> plants should bo bilton from Mu ir winter qttartors and any dust that may have UCOttmulutod on the foliage should be washed oil' willi sponge and water, and every dead ur decaying leal should he removed. Those subjects stiflleiontly bardy lo bear exposure may, with great advantage, be placet) <>n Hu outer window-sill, but they should iud bo SO placed while there is n cold wind blowing, nor must they remain out all night. Tho very best timo to pul tho plants Otlt for tile lir.st time is when u warm, goiltlc rain is falling, aptly termed "grow inp,'- weather. Now is HU? lime to make pr?parations for spring potting, ii very necessary opi iation. The plants to be shifted, or ropottcd, should be watered thoroughly two days previous to the day the opera tion is to bc performed, so that tho soil may ho in ii proper stale, neither wet nor dry, and the fresh compos! used should be in a similar condition, lt' new pots are to lu> used, lot them bc soaked in water an hour or so before tho plants are put into thom; il' Hie pots employed be old ones, they should he well washed inside and out and allowed to become perfectly dry. Thc drainage should bo perfect, ami Clich plant should have a pot .suitable to its size. Over Hie hole in the centre of tho luise of tho pol a largo piece <*f broken ilowor pot, or n --mall oyster shell, should bc placed, tho concave side downwards; then smaller pieces of Ilowor pol should be added or small, clean bits of broken brick will do to the depth of at Iciisl an inch; Hie plant that i-- to be repotted should be taken upside down in Hie left bund, the stein of thc plant between the middle lingers, Hu: rim of tin; pot gently tapped Upon the edge of the tallie or olin l" con venient solid substance, when tho pol may be lilted witli the right band us i easily as thu extinguisher from a caudle. , Tho ball of soil about the roots sb.?nhl' bo examined; if healthy tbo plants may be put into ii pot a size larger than tho ono 'rom which it luis just been taken; if tiny decayed roots prese nt themselves these should bo nearly cut oil'. The re potting should bo done thinly, tho soil ' Fleing brought up to within half an inch of tho top >f tho ?'im of tho pol ; this will ! leave splice SUfttoiout foi wahring pur-! poses. In Hie matter:i of situation, soil and: potting, plants require a considerable j ? diversity of treatment, yet alt lu.ugh these points arc very essential In propa- . gatton, they are not vital in respect to . niants purchased during their . ' .ison of 1 bloom; the cultivation, or rather, 1 i should say, tho aller treatment, lies in a i nutshell. They must receive water and air in plenty, but tho .supplies must bo regulated according t?> tho season and naturi! of tho plant. With tho exception of such subject.') thirsty subjects I may say-ns musk, India-rubber plant and Arum cthiopicum, no plants ordinarily grown in rooms, should .stand in saucers full of water, and thoso plants I ?nive mentioned should only bc allowed to do i so during their season of active growth. ; Willi otficr plants the proper plan ?sj never to give water until the soil is dry, ? then give plenty, BUllloioilt, indeed, to saturate ovory particle of soil, root and libre, and when the surplus water has ? passed through into tho saucer, the i latter, alter tho expiration of a quarter of au hour or so, should he emptied, i willed dry and replaced. i When tho WOtttllor is favorable, that is to say, when neither torrents of rain, 1 frost or cutting winds prevail tho plants should bc taken from the room into thc . open air, bringing them back as 1 have idrcadysi.i l towards evening. i \\ dun n tn ?luiimni -.m. The woman who would become a ? journalist must fit into tho organization wherever she ia needed. She may bo Asked to read articles and prepare them . for thi! printer, to condense a paper of r>,000 words into I,uni) without omitting A point or Weakening an argument, read proof, hold copy for tho prout reader, 1 write advertising paragraphs, attend to ? editorial correspondence, look utter tho make-up ot" tin: "forms." pr?paie adver tising circulars, review books, write obituaries, roport events, write head lines, answer questions, had; inter the exchanges, make clippings, compile arti cles, write editorials, or do a hun dred otkor things, lishe earns n per manent place she must do some of Hu o things better tlinn any other available person, and before she ri es to au edito rial position she ought to know bow to do them all, and what is more know when others uro doing them right. Journalism ?shy no means purely litera ry work, nor is it without its disadvant ages. Tho halo which surrounds it is largely fictitious. Every department of tho work has more or less drudgery con nected with it; the editor-in-chief knows what ho wants and does not want, and all work must he dono in accordance With bis views, often in direct opposi tion to personal tastes; the hurry ol' the work, particularly on daily and weekly papers, is a heavy strain; the associa tions 111 reportorial positions are not always pleasant ; advancement ia often slow, OS even a person well titted for the work is a long tune obtaining thorough command of bis resources. Tho disad vantages peculiar to women are not ninny. A greater liberality of ideas as a rulo characterizes journalists than other professional men, and the question of ability is usually thc only one raised. 'Ibero aro certain kinds of reporting, 08 police and morgue news, Impossible to a woman; but it ia a kind of news which advancing civilization makes more and moro unpopular.-ida M. Tarbell in the Cbaubuupian. 4 + ajeopleM People. HlooplcRS people, says Health and Home, should court tho sun. Tho very worst soporific is laudanum, and tho \ cry beet ia sunshine, Thoroforo it is plain that tho poor sleepers should pass as many hours of the day iu tho sunshine and aa few in thc shade aa possible. Thc Injurious effect of the shade la verj noticeable in plaids growing in Secluded places and ladies who are accustomed to carry sunshades. Tho invigorating pown of sunlight is infinito, and he whose skin is tawny seldom requires a pill. STA l-KS IN VA Kls. I?< I m illn;; lu Sllll|>loi' I orni^--l. i ?1.% lin i iivurtta Color-Ot hov lill?. A cabio dispatch to tho Now iTork il? ralii says: "Tho fashions for thol pros< a; np vi og pi omino to rotuiii togrcal simplicity of lorin. For ladies' dresses tho elaborate loopings ami draperies of bygone Bensons have niven placo to Hat, straight feltis, to trimmings o? cmbroid eric? ami braiding, and to blight drupory at tia back ol'tho skirt. Thoro is also a return of thu 'priuccas' stylo lor tho hi oks of dresses, tho shirt fronts and coi igo trouts being composed ot laco. "laico milles are worn in valions lau- ; last ie styles, either obliquely or forming point' with au ornaineui in bead pasao mouturie, placed at tho apex of each ; point ami mulching in color the material ol tho ?1res.;. Very wide alni ologaut sashes lu soft materials, such as crape! or Moah, will bo worn later in tho sea- j son, caught ?ll larg?' loops and with long wide i mia railing over tito shirt. Thoy can !??. Morn at tho buck or at ono side, according to laney, and are shown oilhor plain or embroidered and trimmed with large silk fringes. 1 "Tho favorite color for this spring < will bo gray in all shades, from tho ! I darkest steel gray to n delicate silvery tone, black silk dresses uro becoming A popular, owiug to tho introduction of a I m w Uk lalnic known as penn do sole, and which is at once thick lind soft and 1 promises to wear well, 'llu ro is a dc- * [ermined effort ou fool for tho supprcs- ' sion of fringes of hair over tho forehead, < or .it ! iud lo diminish tho volume and I width ol' the frizzled OUl'lsOVOr tho brow. 1 Wo are threatened watha Chinese style 0 0? CoilfiU'0, bill very low hua s can stand t tho straining o? tho hair at thu back of 11 tho head. The very high pull's, loops li' and aigrettes that at one time threatened 11 to make a lady's coiffure in tho owning rival Hie very highest of her stn ct huts have now almost wholly disappeared, "livening dress slippers ure now worn with scarcely any trimming. A small huckle o? Ultim alones, confining a tiny ! <; bow of ribbon i itlouo admissible, lilacs 11 or bronze ki?! slippers aro worn with I dark drosses for domi-toilottc. Tho slip* I ^ per is now out very low over tho instep, | tho .locking being embroidered with silk or < nen worked in a Quo ?ace like pattern. sriuxo soxNiSTS IN LONDON. Cousin Mudgo writes in London Truth: "Thora wits such a vory pretty wedding at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, on Saturday afternoon, thal wodid wish for von I > 00 there to KOO it. The hiide was Lady / lula Kons, and sho looked charm ing in her man iago g. .wu ot whiro moire, with n small wreath 6? orange blossoi IS fastened on wild multitudinous diamond .t.uv, lind II inngniilcenl bou ipe i ol lilies ami olla r white Howers, i he bouquet, I am glad tu say, was not uumhrotisly largo, aa some hr.Ties bou*lt quot? have boen ot late, and tin-arrunge-j j UH nt ot the lovely blooms Was perfect. Tho train o? thu wcdilillg dress was car* ri^il by two of tho very tiniest pi res l havo over aeon, They were du x I in white satin. The bi idesmaids wore really hlStcflll dresses ol' sollie pule lillie or muisdo-Xil material, relieved with brown velvet. Thuir hats had high crowns ot Dither .straw or brown velvet, but the brims Mere Line. Their bouquets were azaleas, ?ll lovely tones of pink and coral intermingled, 'lilia attire look. I warm uni comfortable. I always think thal j white or cream-colored dresses iori" bridesmaids look Cold and chilling ut'1' illly tillie, save slimmer and early au-j h tiimn. . J have never soon suoh bonnets as those worn by tho sm ut people in the congregation. One lady appeared in a very spring-like bound of white straw, trimmed with a high bunch of Naples violets. A largo cluster of similar bow 11 ? was tucked in tho bosom of her dark lieliotropo-velvet h.-.lice. A necklet o? mil amber lay upon folds o? white lace, which came down in points upon thc sombre velvet. Thc cir rings were un. Iliyuts, just a little too hine in tone to assort comfortably with (hu palo] milllVO of tho violets. Tin .lady carried ? II delicious little wrap made of ligor skin ' just the sort of thing that only rt very wealthy woman ?larc buy, for it COllld not possibly bo worn more than hali a dozen (?mos in tho year, being too con spicuous. "A handsome brunette had a ruby velvet jacket, quite light-lltting, odged with beaver, flor bonnet was red, ami BO was her gown, bul tho former was velvet, th?- latter silk. A tall and splendid blonde, with glorious coils o? pale brown glossy bair, voie a bodiCO and overdress o? putty colored ottoman over a skirl and plastron ol' brightly striped silk. Tho collar and eulin were of tho stripes, Tho small bonnet was embroidered und odged with ft Huff o? silk chenille, just a shade darker und u tom- richer than the putty tint of the silk, lt WOS trimmed with a group of red rot-OS or poppios. Tho oar rings were very long and very oUMasllionod, but they WOW O? diamouds und pearls ol the rarest. A short ruby volVot mantle, trimmed w ?th sable tails, just matched tho dowers in tho bonnet. " Two .-isters in half mourning woro beautifully dressed, one in bia? k velvet, trimmed with chinchilla, und bonnet to lUatcli; tho other, also in black velvet, with trimmings of rich, lindy cut steel. A handsome hut morose looking woman had no less than three diamond stars in her bonnet strings. A blondo who was present IIIKI something black in her hair. Wo could not make out what it was, so decided that she had trutlled ber hair aa a refreshing novelty." Giris Timi ure Lovnhlo. (?iris without an undesirable love of liberty and craze for individualism; girls who will let themselves he guided; girls who have tho filial sentiment well de veloped mid who feed tho love of a daughter for tho woman who acts as their mother; girls who know that overy day and all day long cannot bo devoted to holiday-making without tho interven tion of duties moro or loss irksome; girls who, when they can gather thom, accept their roses with frank and girlish sin cerity of pleasure, and when thoy are denied, submit without repining to tho inevitable hardship of ohcumstanoca H.. e uro tho girls whose companionship gladdens and does not oppress or dis tract tho old, whose sweetness and ready . ubini .ion to tho reasonable control ol' authority make life so pleasant and their obarge HO light to those whoso caro they are. ICAISKlt WI I.II ia.H. I low tilt- (IVI'IIIUII r?'i>i>i?' Cclcbi'iil?s?l ui Kliiullulli lllrlluluy-lli'llllunl 1'iigoiiiili'y ?uni llll|tWKlll{| Ol I'limnics. JjiaiMN, Mardi 22. Thc ninetieth an niversary of Emperor William'? )>?rlli was ushered iu hy thc pealing of joy 'oells in all the churohos ami thotowor ol the town hall, nial tho sounding ol' choral chimes. Thc city is decorated as il never was before. Uarlauds, ii i . laurels, festoons of evergreen, banners, bright drapery and brilliant carpets are hung on overy COUSpiCUOUS pot w here ornament can he made to add to the joy nm; appearance of the tow n. Conspicu ous hy the extreme elegance of their decorations aro tho lloyal Academy and University buildings, and the city resi dence ?d' the Crow n i'rince L'rcdorick William. Tho monument of Frederick tho Oreat is covered with wreaths and Howers. Wherever there is a bust or statu? of tia IJniperor in a shop wiudow jr other expo cd pkice it i-, buried in Howers. People aro all out in holiday iltiro. and the streets ar? thronged. Early in tho day special memorial ro igioiis service; were helli in all tho ihurches and synagogues, and the edi iccs wore orowdod in every caso. ChiI IrOU (rom all the schools in tho city vent in processions, accompanied by ianda of music, to tho church sorvices. Tho students' procession past thc inlaco was a grand adair. Tiley WCUl ni .alliages, ol' which tllOt'O WOro SOVOllli Kindred in lino, carried brigid banners d' the valions school and COllcgO SOCio ies ami associations, and wore accom lailicd hy many bands playing music .ml arranged in gorgeous medioval cos nines. The lon-: lin?- ol carriages was ?receded and followed by studonts on lorsoback. Passing tho palace bands ?laved national anthem, "Preussoniiod" nd "Wacht am ithiuu," the students all luging lo tim music. The limperor ap ?eared at a window as tue procession ras moving past, and bowed, remaining lien-a considerable time. Tho gretil row?l in the stru t gave him an ovation, he multitude cheering itsoll hoarse and iring itself out waving hats (Hld hand torchiefs. All tho members oi the imperial family ml all their princely gu? st? drove iii irocessiou to the palaco and personally L'iidered their congratulations to thu Emperor. The procession was cheered ?y the crowds in tho street'. A rain storm willoh set in ut '> o'clock nd lasted until IS had scarcely any clleot ipon the crowds ol enthusiastic < lennans dio thronged tho streets. Tile illumi iittiolis to-night throughout th" eily are uperb. An especially striking feature i a picture, ono hundred yards lon;1; and wents yards wide, m froid Ol the ii'iulemy ?d' Arts, depicting events in the imperdr's life, Jiismuick ami Voil Moltke say thai hoy have received a wonderful reward ur their serviccSj tia: character of which 4 as yet unknown, Al! the sccrctaricti f depart men I were decoraleil by the Emperor. lu recciviug a household lepiitatiou Hie Emperor said: "I have cached this age by the grace ol (hui, nd if th?' Lord helps me, and wants mu ii, 1 may live to seo another yoilr." -?a ? ? li, in un < Senti un ii I H ?m s pi i H ^. ..Ib u!!"?'! Dost thou scent the gentle pring?" "Mc nostril.! do attest the sumo in ou?, for ?hist that's to mu neighbor's arpe' weil, already fields to his athletic I robes." "Nay, do not carp at cleaning indus ry, nor thus ingrain tine with such .orsteil thoughts, Hie spring! tile g? .. 10 spring is at tho door! "hi t him not in, Andromeda, I pray, ill he hath purified his breath ;.. bit, ami urged his raiment of its rubbish tang.' "Dost thou not like tho spring, thou .sty one?" "Aye, if th?' same w? rc not loo long .springing. This spring halt malu m' nurse with tierce protests, and studs rn? 11 rough with lllly-ments ol v rath." "1 wonder, sith thy Stable wit I hear liai thou dost favor not this tcciuiuf dui'." "This steaming limo is goo.I thou cnn ing conjurer, for thro' thc seams an? rivers of soil d?dh ?>osc obnoxious odor hat proclaim the steaming process o Iiis vernal chango. And man, the imita i>r that lu; is, contents hin. not wit! Hitching nature's whims, but linds ins] ucl for this gaseous glow in luapinj ligli tho gnrbago funeral pyre. I won 1er md, when lust th?- liverwort uprear lu- dainty cres! above the globo, an. cents the garden truck s etlluvilini, li ties bi silent sanctum of tho soil am aith: 'My dainty redolence will sooi ibscuro in atmosphere so m ight wit unies.' " "Ami to thy SOUSC is't only -cents thu uakes thee sentient of spring's sent neut ?" "Nay, be mc troth; (talia's wandorin ;oilius of th?' crank, the booming bus less ?d' Esculapians, th?' school bo aking furlough from his books to inte ?ow the spiral angleworm, the homo] ion that hums lier humble bunn ? Caster emblems, ami Um housowifo lowl as with th?' moth sh?- holds bi .mimd joust, these be some sympton bat assert t?> me the year's COlljlinctii vit li Hie wanton spring." U oill.l Mllkt] a 0?IO?l ?lil? . Th?) n-jiort that Oovomor Fitzhuf lico matlo his recent visit to Minnoso LS part of a plan to give him tho sccoi dace on tho next national ticket ont lated, of ?'ourso, ia a Chicago pnpi Lhere is not thc slightest basis for tl mpntation, Qonoral Loo is not tl mm to go around hunting for ofllOO,al t is difltOUlt to BOO how a Using tup, my other trip, to Ht. Paul or any win ilse, could promote nindi an obj?? lovomor Leo carno lu re to dine wi he President and Mrs. Cleveland, a it tho last moment decided to ueoomi iy some friends to tho northwest- a lit ?est from the worry of ollice. At tho sal .imo wo again insist that ho would ina i model Vioo-Prosident, Washingt L'ost. A ruy ol itrauillul Womeai Detroit, Mich., is noted for ita hcalt ind liaudhonio lath?*, which tho loath physicians and druggists there attribi lo tho gem i il usc ?nd iMipularity of 1 Harter 's Iron T\>nic. '"Wisely Improve the present is m wlvlco," said the newly inarilcd man, a' mid a duplicate wedtlhig gift. THU NOKIiOWS Ol (UtAVI-MMIiUKltS. 'lin j All Din I'.x.i .- I lu li Wins Told bj Olli ul Ul?) ? rall. (KlOlll I hu Now Voi'll >lar. J bu ying i ho dead in Calvary cemetery has como to bo o disagreeable job t<> tho union of grave-diggers, but us no walk ing delegate appeared in the comotery yentl 'lay, tho grave-diggers were kept bu y all da v witil pick and shovel, digging HOW grave.;. The announcement that tin' yorick association had struck was premature, lt hos presented its ultima tum to thu authorities of Calvary como tery, and it awaits their answer. One o? tho grave-diggers, II very intelligent man, leauod on his spade in thc cemete ry yesterday and said to a reporter of the Star: "O; ave digging is about us hard and unhealthful au occupation as tin ro is. 1 suppose that the average term of lifo ol' a grave-digger is much loss than that of most other workmen. Wc don't go off as quickly as they do ni a powder mill, bul wo go fast enough. Every day wo work we are digging our own graves. ! ( i rave-diggers do not last more than live I <>r six years. They (jet crippled by! working in t he damp ground, and ba vol to go to thu poorhouse, ami sometimes their families have lo go along with them. 1'neumonia gels its grip on them i in these cold, wet graves, and m a fow days tin; grave digger's fellow-workmen ! aro digging bis grave, aud rattling tho clods down him. 'l here are only two old grave-digger- in the cemetery, and. after they have worked so many yean at ' the trade their wages have 'neon .educed; from Si ,75 to Si ,50 a day, beean: o they ave so old. One id' tin lat n bas bc?ll digging graves for about thirty years. Ile may be said to have lived in thc cemetery. "A grave is 0 feet deep, 7 foi ? long und 2 loot wide al the bottom. Sonic-j times wo have to make it tin or twelve ?et t wide at thc top to prevent Ibo sides from hdliug in. lu thu winter thc frost ii som limos two foot deep, and digging thc grave is liko cutting through grunite. i !t take., front hall to Hirco-quarters of al lay to dig il grav. , and, as our follow workman KIN a in Hamlet, 'it lasts for liver.1 ll take.1 a skilled man to make a grave. An unskilled hand would bo t eery likely ti, bury himself. Nearly ab i tin: pi.opie wc ever si o here arc in tears, iud, considering tho hard, disagreeable 11 md nubia thy character of the work wo! '. lo, we think we ought to bc dcccuUy i paid tor it. At '.present wc get ?i? 1.75 ul lay, and lose tho rainy afternoons, lull winter we are laid oil*about one week in j ? four, und lose rainy days besides:. My l pay las t immth \Vtis only s'M, which is h ?nit a fraction over si u day for every j i lay i't the mouth. ; M "We lue alway, in debt to tilt bake |l lunl tho butcher, und it is impossible for I is it. put by any money tor tho time j i nilen we shall be loo old to dig graves. ! t I'he : uperinU udold of t h-. cemetery gets 11 -' 1,500 a year, or about s70 a week. Of i ?o?ase he is loth to advance our wages, lu summer wi make about .Sb? a week. \ lt has been said that WO own our houses, i Iben isn't a gmV0-digger in Calvary .emeterywln owns his house or will j . ..ver g t money i Hough to own one. : .< ?Thc cemetery gels S7 for every full j i ?/.cd grave that s dug, and it gets Si,OOO j t mni tho s ide hill lhere for a plot ol' ground j t Kxh cu feet by t ightcoli, il can certain-1 ly alford to pay s:J a day to the grave- i Biiggt rs, and tin y carn that muco. Most j di the people buried here are poor peo-i 1 ?le. t hey aro thc longshoremen, hod .arrie-rs, cur pewters, masons and brick ayers ol Ni w York. They do not want j 0 lie in eiu ap labor graves. j ] ''Tin good Bishop McLtOUghiiu, <>i'!i llrooktyn, pay.:.-.! \\ day to tho grave li liggers in I'latbush cemetery, and he h mys it e very day -rain Or shine. 11 i :i<- \\ rinnt \\ ...nun. Ah amusing incid? nt occurred liol I , ung since at the close ol' an evening!, Hnccling ai one ol' our churches. A well I , viiown citi/.eii ililli his wife attended the j j ?ervice, going thither us was their cits- , Una in til r <>?:i vehicle. When the , mee ling was over the luisbaud told Hie j a i fe to be out ut tho door so as to be . ready to go homo when ho cune ulong I | kvith the horse and sleigh. ?She was L promptly on time and a team came up, > 1 man held out his blind and helped her j in and drove oil' with her. They had not gone great way when she said: "lt . eeius t. nu: you got Hu horse quick." ( I'lic man looked at her a moment ill j itirpri.se on hearing ii strange voice, und j . .xcl,limed: "ti ott gracious! 1 have got :he wrong woman." Ho turned the , liorsc around and drove back to thc ?ilact: ol meeting, where an exchange ikiis made, and he started home once moro with the right woman. Concord Monitor. Life's Hardens. A largo pari of life's bulliens aro soif imposed and wholly needless. Fears of calamities which never happen, a doleful habit of looking at the worst, a sus- ! picious disposition, a jealous turn >f tu.lid these are the tyrants that load us with burdons heavy to bear und m etllcss lo carry. If wo should honestly examine the various burdens of our lives, we would bc surprised to lind how ninny of them arc of ibis character. Not. only may we drop them if we will, but justice to others demands that wo should. A man or woman habitually unhappy is essentially sottish, and is alway- a thorn in tim community. There are enough crosses and trials in life whioll must be borne, without manufacturing artificial and needless ones; and the more thor oughly WO rid ourselves of the. latter, thc mole energy and spirit we can bring to bear upon the former. "Sa I'liy-lf. Mr. ni ?line! 1 A good story conies from a boys bonni lng hot?! in "Jersey." The diet was ino llOtonoUS unit Constipating, ami the learned Principal decided to Introduce some old ?lylo physic in tho applesauce, and await tho happy results. One bright lad, the smartest In school, discovered Hu: secret mine in his sauce, and pushing back his piale, shouted to the pedagogue, "No physic, sir, in mine.. My dun told mo te use; mithin' but Dr. Pierce's 'Pleasant Pur galivo Pellets,' and they arc a doing their duty like a charm' They are anti bilious, and purely Vegetable. Thc Persian proverb, "Woe UUt? that nation whore thc young have already thc viCCS Of SM, und thc r.ged retain tho follies of youth,!; might, he romcmherod profitably hy I hts pnrlleuhu nation. THE INTKK-STATK COMMISSION. 'rtic Hon A |i|iwiiitotl l*y tlio 1'rosldeut to Uvgultito the ItnUroaUs. 'lin1 following is ?t Bkotoh of tko public CUR i rs of tho mou composing tho oom* mission, oxcopting Morrison, whoso pub lic M I S ici s ure sn gener-'.ly known us to need no description: THOMAS M. COOLEY wns bom ut Attica, N. Y., in 182-1, simlieil law in that Stub: and removed to Michigan in 1818, whore he hus since resided. In 1*07 bo wits elected com piler of tho State laws und in 1858 re porter for tho Supremo Court. In 185'J bo was ohoson by tho regente ns com missioner to organizo tho law depart ment of tho University ol Michigan, and iic lias ever .since been connected with it. In 18?J ho was elected Just ico of tho Supremo CoiU't and was re-elected in 1801)and 1877. Ile was nominated by the Republican for re-election in 1885 and was defeated. .Judge Cooley is tho author of numerous standard legal works. Ho was recently appointed by United States Judgo Gresham receiver of tho Wabash Railroad Company, AtiUACU r. wAi.Kr.n is a Vermont lawyor, about 11 years old, a Republican in politics, who studied law with Senator Edmunds, served as colonel in tho I ' 11 i t m anny and has since then practiced law at Rutland. In tho Vermont Senate ho lias taken a leading part in framing legislation lu solve tho railway problem, and has given much study to tho question. AUOUST SCU00NMAKEH, pf Kingston, N. V., was born in Ulster county, March :\ 1828, and is a lawyer m active practice. Helias tdways been a Democrat in politics. Ile liiis been county judge o? his county, and candi date, of hi party for Supremo Court Judge, lb vas State Senator during Governor Tildeu's tenn as Govornor, and was one ot the lenders in the Legis lature on whom Tilden rolied to carry out Iiis ref? nia measures, lie was al ways a close personal and political friend of Tilden'.-. Schoonmakor was attorney general of New Voil, state in 1878 and ?870. ID 187(1 he was presented by tho Anti-Tammany dolcgation from New York, in tho Democratic state Conven tion, us their candidate for Govornor, md lie was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention hi 1870 and 1880, iud also to tho Chicago Convention in 1881. Ile is now a mei dior ol' tho civil service commission of New York State, laving been appointed by Governor [ loveland and retained in ollice by (Jov iruor Hill. WA Wi KI; !.. UllAOU AUS born in Alabama in 18?38, but resided u Arkansas from l*i;> to 18bT, Ho was -ducatcd at Harvard University and Cambridge baw School, and practiced .aw iii Arkansas for some years. At the sloso of tho war ho settled in Alabama, md for some years w us the law partner ol Senator Morgan. Ho has been a lending Democrat in thut State for some years, and has served as national dole rite, Presidential elector and a member d' the D?mocratie national committee. In Issi ho was made president of thc Alabama State railroad commission and served ia that position four years, dtir Ug which tune many important quos ions arising botwocil railroads and their aistoinors were satisfactorily adjusted. THU I'll KS1 DKNTI AI. I ?OOM, m.One am! sharman CotitiiiidliiK loc the Kcpn lil ii an I tun e. ( Lot tor to Mu? ( i nd mini i Knuuiror.) Tho play for the Presidential position ms begun carly. Sherman will soon be n tho South making speeches, more with t view to make an impression in his ow n political interest than to advance views .nlciilutcd to aid tho development of the section he visits. I think I can anticipate M r. Sherman's .uleiilntions. If i Haine wants a rononii ilitioil Sherman behoves ho can have it Altland reaching out ids hand. Ultimo iViints it, ho think-, only in the event hat he feels nssiucd of his election. He .viii nguiu take no chances. Sherman s ill come in as a commanding quantity I blaine should decide not to seek the loininatiou. If thaine attempts to con roi tho convention in tho interest of a .andidate of his own choice rather than iinisclf, Mr. Shorman will then au tagoni/e him. Ile will md give way for Mr. Allison or anybody else. In snort, Siiennan will endeavor to place his can bilney in such position as to make it impossible to repeat snell a deal as re sulted in thc nomination of Garfield. Mr. Blaine is now more apprehensive td the prohibition than of the mug wump vote. In his own State, ill Now York, in Ohio, and in tho northwestern States prohibition is growing. The voto, too, is in political conti sts becoming moro gregarious, lt largely draws its strength from thc Republican party, as does tho labor vote from the Democratic party, in his own mind tho problem now being revolved by Mr. Ultimo is "Will there bo enough votes cast out side of tho Republican i ..rty for a pro hibition candidate to jeopardize Now Yorker any otho Republican State?" li ho comes to tho conclusion there will aol bc, Mr. blaine will bon Richmond in the Held. Mr. Sherman s candidacy this timo means more and looks more portentous than it ever did before. Tho Camerons, of Pennsylvania, Simon and Don, are allied with it. They arc afraid Klnine in power would cut that wing. They aro for Shorman because of martial alliances which binds thc house of Sherman with their own, and because, while they might not get all they asked from him, tlicy would never get the cold shoulder. However, it doubtless is true thnt in I'cnnsj K ania Blaine is si ronger than tho Camerons, tn Ohio he has iieretoforo shown more strength than Sherman. Uuit? of VlcA-l*re*ldentN. in accordance with tho law enacted hy congress providing for tho purchase of white marble bust's ol thc Vice-Presidents, to bo placed in thc aicllCf <>f thc Senate Chamber, tho library committee luis solic ited proposlUons from sculptors for thc work, commencing with tho late Vicc l'resJdonl Hendricks. Not moro than f?oo is to be paid for n singh, bust, mid prefer ence is to l?e given in cadi case lo an artist from tin; Stale from which Mle Vice Pres! dont cams. Thc first responso from the < .tmiiiiltce's Invitation assures tho orna mentation of ilie Chamber with tho bust of .lohn C. CalhOUO, hy Theodore .Mills, ol' this city, son of Clark Mills, who produced the equestrian statua of Jackson in Liv? fayotte square. Cur. Vin Eivpiirtr,