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At Work. ..firme an1 chisel nn* bnmmerl gayly they flash In the sun! An' som<?boay's wottin to weloomo mo homo when my work ts don?. Somebody's hands w e worklu' for bread for tho Dabei to eat, Somebody's eyes aro lookln' for mo eomln up the street. Plane an' chisel an' hammer I gnyly they flash in tho sun?" That's how 1 usod lo sing nt my work; but that song's done. Here 'n tho lonely workshop 1 oblsel nn ham mer an' plane, . , Not wi' tho old good heart-1 shall novor tm that ngaln. Thoro'B nobody walting at homo for me; tuo cottage is nil so lone, . An' tho babes-God bless 'em-lt breaks my heart to hour 'em moan. There's nobody nt tho window lookln out up tho vlllnKO streol. An' work do seem so hnrd now! she used to lanko lt sweet. An" the neighbors, kind hearts! they ooma an stop nt tho workshop door. And pilles nu'talks nu' tnlks-they mean all well for sure. Calmer A bit maybe I'll tfrow; but there'll still bo tho placo The empty placa in my henri, 'splto o' tho oheerlesi tao*. Somcthln' 'll fill UV What! * ? . Now that she's gone awny, 1 don't want it filled by notbln'. Nevorl that's what 1 say. Plaue an* chisel nu' hnuuucr! gnyly they flash lu tho sun ! An' nobody's wnltin' to welcome mo home when m. work is done. An'when tho v'nin' o mies, an' 1 wipe tho sweat from my brow, I stop wi'my oont on my nrm, nn' think how lonely nil ts now. 1 think of nor pince at the table an' fire, nu' her empty chair. An' tho lom-iy supper n-waUin' nie, an' she not there I Tho bnhes Hint crowed *n her nrius, an' belt, to her dress's hem, . Comm' to meet mel How proud I was of ber an' them I I stop nt tuo door as 1 mind it, an' I haven r tho heurt to go Uaok to the empty oottngc; lt makes mo UM- > her so. I see thc shndows a-guthorln', nu' the Inst o' tho seton' sun, Au' 1 wish the day weren't over an* my doy's work done; Tho shadows over tho church an* her grnve an' tho fields below, An' there on tho lonely cottnuod an' I haven't tho hen rt to go. . . . ? . . Yee! 1 jjot my work to do, thunk God? Hnm iner au' chisel nu' plano 1 'Tis work, work, work, ns steadies ono's heart nn' brain. Just thc sninn for till on ns, maiden BU' mau an'-wife I Lifo wi'out work, I reckon, nin't worthy tho name of Ufo. An'lifo wi'out hope to hold to!-why . . * belier dio n'ni"i?i ! 'Tis a Phip wi'out au anchor, I say: n gnle wi' ne'er A post. IMnne au' chisel au' hummer ! gnyiy they flash lu tho sun ! Thank God, l'vo hone niel work; 'tis Hint ns helps me on. That's what the passim iel 6Hy; but 'Us hnrd to slick to't HIOIIK!) ; "fis hard to ho left alone! Au' the babes! An' to want her so. Plane nu' chisel an' himmn i ! ynyly they Hash tn the sun ! An'nobody's walting for mo ni home when my work ls done. There's the empty chair hy the Are, an' the teni hy the window-pane; She'll never come bnok to Hiern or sit nu' work in them again. Mut tho empty piuco In my heart, there's somcthln' U6 seems to say She'll oom?' to that for ever may be, In hea ven, some dny. -1'. E. Weatherly. A IM. a Foi- lin- Hints. I have read a good deal nboui tho damago done in lalo years hy chinch bugs, ninty worms, cu reid io, borers and other insects "too numerous to men tion;'1 but fow of tho writers sonni to think or bc conscious of tho rool roason for tho increasing number and harmful? ness of these pests. But wc do not have to go far to lind tho reason, and it is found in thc widespread and outrageous destruction of our birds. Think of the. onormous number of small hirds re quired to deck ladies' bat.? nowadays; mid of tho ruined crops of hundreds of farmers and fruit growers in the United States, and ask if thc latter is not tho result of tho former. Of course it is; no one will or can dispute it. What is to bo done? Something; and no timo should bo lost in doing it. Tho Ameri can Humano Society is, 1 think, doing a good work in this direction, and would in limo blot out tho bird-killing business, especially us an adjunct to thc millinery tindo of tho country; but it cannot work a ra for m soon enough to satisfy tho pressing ueccssilics of thc agricultural interests. Wo must appeal te law to stop this indirect hutching and raising of myriads ol insects to destroy tho crops - of tho farmer, fruit grower and market gardener. 1 do not think a law against catching birds would do much good, for it would not be onforccd; but I think? law pro hibiting milliners, both wholesale und retail, from handling these ghostly orna ments would have tho desired effect, and with such a law we might, in time, have our birds ns plentiful and Useful as they woro a few years ago, before this bloody war on them bogan. lint small budd are nol tho only in sect eators that aro being exterminated for frivolous purposes. Tho prairie chickens are falling by tho thousand hy tho ruthless bund of too market sbootor -that vilo blot upon tho human race; cruel as a bond; graspiug os a miser; lary as a sloth; brainless us an idiot,and for harmfulness ranking next to tho devil himself. Why allow this low-lived specimen of humanity to ply his das tardly and destructive work under tho very nose of tho farmer ho is injuring? Why not send bim to tho poorhouse, asylum or penitentiary, whore ho could be kopt with much loss expense to thc farmers, who aro now supporting 'him? But here is a point thal puzzles mc. ls it tho shot, thc blood, tho broken bonos, or tho feathers, that makes prai rie chicken mont such a dolioaoyP If tamo fowl wore brought on tho table in tho condition in which tho prairie chicken is usually served, it would bo considered entirely unlit to oat; so 1 don't think thc epicurean public would loso much If prairie chicken shooting Should bo prohibited by law the year round, for at loast live years, and longer if tho birds woro not plentiful enough at the end of that timo. I think lhere would bo little or no objection lo ?iich a law. Kvory sportsman in tho United States would Uko it, and of course every farmer would commend it; oven tho market shooter would endorse it if bo bad brains enough to comprehend its advantages, for now ho can hardly earn fifty cents a day, owing to tho search ?. of game, while livo years of ibis law would bo likely to btiivo a Hock of tho birds on overy ten-aero lot Don't say they would iii j ure Ibo er?os then; (uroly no oandid person c oi think that. From April 1st to July 16th there la no grain for them to get, so during that timo they aro waging a war of extermina tion upon a groat many kinds of harm ful insect -, and when thc grain do.--, como they ?till prefer insects for ibo most of their foou, ami only pick a little grain to soason the insects that, but for them, would do moro damage on au sore than thc bu ds would do on lon. Then th? grain is harvested inside of two weeks after it becomes entablo for them, when they have to fall pack on insects again. Now hero is n chance for sumo law maker to cover himself all ovar with glory. ^Vho will como to thc front and save tbsiannor's crops from the ravages Of Insects, pad (he hirds from lim merci less hunier:' J. K. Mc Broom, Ut Farm, Stock and tlonu. Miss Yoitngblood of Columbus, Miss., hss been elected lo the ('hair of Modern * -.ngiisgas at Martha Washington Col Abjngiloii, Va. thc tvt.^ T?i? itoiio Cteoae. Potter* remirtds mo of phase ot th? rollo cr'azo winch presented itself to my attention tho other day. A lady, who has passed tho summer in Europe, Sent for au artist who has dono some udiulrablo and successful decorativo, wollt, and informed him that sho wish ed to give him a commission. Sho then had n servant bring in what seemed to bo about half a bushel of bits of rock, cement and similar rubbish, with two or th reo pebbles nosily wrapped in paper. .These." she explained ' ? tito as toillshed artist, "aro tho relies I gather ed abroad. They nre all labelled ami came, from famous places. 1 worked so haul fol' some of them! That stmie carno from Salisbury Out lied ral. lt was insido an iron fence, and 1 had to attract the guide's attention to tho tower by asking him tho measurements of sonto ot tho ornaments. Then I stood on the founda tion of the Tooee and leaned ovor-and I give you my word I was lamo for weeks from those dreadful nickels! -and hit it with my parasol till I could reach through and get it. And this-" And so shu ran on, while tho other sat silent in sheer amazement, until sho said: "Now, 1 want all these worked into some beautiful design; something sym bolical, you know. You do make such lovely things; and tiley can all bo set in cemoul or something. Thoso pobblos," ??ht continued, unrolling ono of tho pr 1 gos, "all conic from Abbotsford, an ' lhasa I shall have Set into stucco in tho -.h u.o of a heart-for "Tho Heart of Midlothian,1 you know- and hang it up io tue librarv." Tho unlucky designer b'laimuorod lie knew not what, but MUilulhillg whioh he said probably en? dangered his futuro welfare, since out wardly ho lied aud inwardly ho cursed; white tho lady, paying unall heed to him, opened with aa air of the utmost itv renco a small box and took out something wrapped in tissue. "This, she said, "this should be the eenier, for this is thc most precious of ali." She unrolled the tissue paper and disclosed a fragment of coarse, mod ern, brown pottery, ul whioh she gazed With a reverential air. The artist bent forward and regarded it also, endeavor ing III vain to guess wl.y it was so choice ami rare. ..What is that?" he managed to ask at length, divided botweon niiuisoinont aud impatience al her folly. "That." she answered, "ilia! is from Shakspoaro's tomb." Ho Mared at it and at her, moro pus pied than ever. "Shnkspoaro's tomb?" he ropealnd. ? Yes," sim explained with an air td restrained triumph. "Whcu I wttn there a workman was doing something lo tho wall, and he had a big pitcher ot water with ililli. Somehow or other it gol knocked down, ami this piece fell exact ly beneath the busl of Shak.-poare. (?nick as a thought 1 put my fool over n, and w hen he picked up tho pieces lid <l wi n ' I seo Ibis, and I seemed it. Did yon ever know anything SO lucky?" Now. I ri i s is ono of those things which are more absurdly strange than liclioil, and very likoly nobody will believed; but ii happens to bc n fact for nil that. One Kimi of Heading. And bow' few poisons who can devote hut an botfr or half ail hour a dav to reading and study, take dun thought as to how they can make the most of tin ir little leisure They read in a desultory way whatever cunes lo hand, and (hink thal if they bad more lime for books they would soon become much better Informed, ihit the half hour a day, il used ill Ibo wisest manaor, would make a vasj difference in one's montai growth as thc years glide by. An incident occurs lo me that weil li lustratoj ibis. A pretty maideu-haii fern, growing in a flowerpot, was given to a young girl, hopelessly ill with spinal disease, lt proved thing of hon ll ty and of inexhaustible innre'', as ibo delicate, graceful fronds came nj). one by one, and slowly uncurled, "I hole was a little pot boshio tho fern und tinder its spreading bonds, in which grow an aloe. Hv-iuul-by the sick git I noticed in the little pot sumo tiny ferns, scarce un inch high, quite unlike the lliaidoildinir. Whence came they?. Her interest was aroused. Sho was ne botanist, but she wanted to learn some thing about ferns. She contd use her eve. for reading but live minnies al a time, and not moro than twice a day. A book on ferns came to her, ami an other, und another. Prleuds, knowing h< r interest iu fortis, brought them io her ftesh and green from tho woods, or sen lief pressed specimens of rare varadlos, gathered in distant lands. Sometimes a visitor would read lo bei '.nun one of bor precious book?, hui only for four or live minutes. "1 can not remember more al a time," alic would say, "and _\oti have read onongh for mo lo think ubout for a long time.' it is now some years lince the maid* en-hair foin was given to her, and ?he has become au authority as to thc species and culturo of ferns, and is an enthusiast in regard to them, lt is true that she has become educated 111 one direction only, and is not particularly well-informed in other respect?. Hut :< it not a great gain thal she should talk about her ferns and their wonderful method of reproduction, awakening hoi listeners' interest ami leaching them many things worth remembering, rathol than to dwell chiefly on her pains and privations? lt ia ninny roars since shu waa able to slop out of doors, but when von are with her you do md think ol lier aa an invalid, so interested and in icie ding is sho. The growth of oryplOgnillOUS plants would not bo a matter ot absorbing in te tost to all persons, bul the imbil oi rending thoughtfully and carefully what wo read, and of retaining it in memory, is a great factor of mental growth. lioslon Tr av script. A QllttHtion ol'.Hperd. Jabe Mathis, of tho Thirteenth Georgia, waa a good soldior, bul ons tay, when tho Confodonites were ro ieating from tho ' gory liohl of Got tya ijt.'rg, Jabe throw his" musket on the poi nd, seated himself hy tho roadside, ind eXC WI mod With much vehemence: I'll bo dastn,'' if I walk another atop! 'rn broke do ? i! 1 can't do it!" And Tabo wa? tho nioturo of despair. "Git ip, man!" exclaimed bia captain, "don't rou know tho Yankees nro following isP They'll git you, anio!" "Can't help t," said Jabe, "I'm done for; I'll nol falk another step!" The ?'onfederatea >assed along over the crest of a bill ind lost sight of poor, dejected Jabe, n a moue-,,t thoro was a fresh rattle of nuflketry and a ronowod crash of sholl?, luddeuly Jabo appeared on the croat >f tim hill moving like a hurricane and ollowed by a cloud of dust As he lashed past his captain that officer yol la!: "Hollo, Jabe; thought you wasn't ;oing to walk any morel*" "Thuudor," opllml Jabe, as he hit the dust With snowed vigor; "you don't call this ralktng, do yon?"- Uavanmh kVeie?. WOM15N rviMMC HANOl?KS? An IlluHtrRltvo Kxmupio und lu Morn). Two sisters in Dos Moines, ta., aro professional paper-hangers, ?ml ch argo nt tho same Tato ns men Working in thnt pieturesquo but protracted calling. Tho profuso uso of tho step-ladder would make it ontiroly appropriate to call tliose women slop-sister*, but tho fact remains that their kinship is of tho in ti nmto nature moutionod. Yet it must not bo thought from this incident that not loss than two women and only blood volativos casi outer this light and airy business. Unliko tho suffrage right, the right to wield a brash, to mix paste, nudtoadiust tho elusivo room paper la open lo all women ooinevs. if (ho Dos Moi nos example should be followed and women in all parts of tho cou airy should enter this sphere of work a mighty chango would como over tho spirit of the householder's dreams. A mind which has never soared with Mil ton or Moated along tho innocuous .sur face of Tuppor's verso or climbed the rocky lioight* of Walt Whitman's wood cut sort of stanzas may yet readily im agino thc methods of luring tho woman papor?hanger and ber methods of doing the work. lt is well known that tho mau hanger is never to bo seen at bis place of busi ness. Only bis slate is there, and that (cbs that bo is elsewhere. In fact, there aro porsons willing to make hffa davit that tho ordinary paper-hanger is entirely a slate formation. How differ ent would bo tho caso if i\ woman woro to bo engaged to make tho walis attract* ive. Repairing to ber shop, sbo is found knitting her brows over a lino piece of needlework, or smiling over a novel which is ending well. A canary hird sings in a cago made out of a dis used pastc-pol. Vines run over a trellis work of miniature stop-ladders. On tho table lio carelessly the proof-sheets of "How Not to Taper a Roo ni." You ninko known your errand and a hasty consulting of tho appointment book fol lows. "Yes," says tho paper-hanger, nt last; "I can como as woll as not. Tho author's breakfast will bo over at 9 a. m., and tho Society to Provont Cruelty at tho Polls doos not moot till 7:80 p. m." Having engaged your paper-hang er in this channing nnd unconventional way, you may well bo prepared for a | novel stylo of pasto and scissors work. There will bo no going out. at ll lo j "sharpen scissors," nor repealed ab 8i neos to "gel tools." Tho remotest corner will at Inst fool that it has rights which paper-bangers tue bound to re spect. If a graduate, the employe will cheer your heart by asides, li,?o "Ten nyson has just such a paper in tho room wboro lie writes," or "Private Dakiel composes under a similar hor der.'' Thus Hie day will go pleasantly. Thc paste will bo a jewel, so weil made. Tim brush, with an embroidered handle, Will glide over thc happy walls. Tho clippings will tall like apple-parings in romantic-shapes. There will bc nothing prosaic, and tho bill will be sent in dono ill worsted work. The mos! on? cour aging fnot in tho Des Moines ouse ls that no men have yet sawed the sisters1 step-ladders, or lipped over ibo pai I sent them lo tho wrong hoitso, or in si dozen ways ivied to ais loiirego theil VOIII Uro in a calling where tho g '>><! seem lo dio Iii st. These sisters may soon lecture on "What 1 Know About Paper-!innging," and in lids way Hast? ern women may early learn of tho be.sl way to enter and work in tho business. The glad day may yet dawn w hen Mas sachusetts women will put a dado on tho State-House dome, and a bord ir in patriotic hues on Ihn leer Hill monu ment. Soldiers1 Panics. In South Africa, tho djsaslor of hv ndlhwnna gave tho soldiers' ?ervos a severe shaking, and it nilen h a pp mod that false alarms al night Iud lo tho rousing of winde ca Hips, and sometimes evon to a reckless discharge of firearms. In some oases friendly natives, or evon comrades, wore taken by tho oxoilod imagination of a sentry for enomios; in others, unoffending cattlo, evon o bush or a shrub, became tito Innocent cnu*p of a fusilado su?lclonl lo have dealt widespread destruction to a hos!, of Zulu-' An odd incident illustrative of tho slightness of tho COUSe--or oven, perhaps, of tho absonco of any cause at all-that gives riso to a pnnio, occurred on Hu1 night of Tel-cl-Kehir. amid a small coiner of Ibo force that was bivouacking on tho battlefield. Tho narrator had crawled into a marquee in which, willi other commissariat stores, wore Ibo linn casks from which Hie troops had received their liquor ration after the fatigues and excitement of the day's light and previous night march. Resides ono or two oouiini ? . a nat issuers in oliargo of tho stores, .several "odd' and ends" of o'.hcr corp? had found their way into Ibo marquee, preferring to rest under its shelter timid tho casks and biscuit boxes than under the open sky with the sand for abed. Suddenly, in the middle of tho night when lill wore sleeping, a noUo and commotion began In a bivouac outside. Before the Inhabitants of tho lent wi ro suffloiontlv awake to understand its causo tho cur tains wove thrust asido by a rod-coalid soldier, who shouted lo tn to get upi "Tho Arabs are in tho camp- they aro upon us!'' Thou lin disappeared ns rapidly as ho had como, livery ono sprang to his arms, nnd probably ex p?ril need that especially utioomfovlable sensation that is caused by a vague feeling of an unseen (bough imminent (langer against which ono is ignorant how to guard. Outsido every ono around was aroused and up, eagerly .driving to discover from what quarter attack was to be expected. Nothing, however, moro unpleasant occurred than the advent of a staff ofliccr asking tho cause of tho confusion. Probably ibo truth never did roach headquarters. Afterward, howover, a report gained ground--no other or better reason was over fortboomlllg-that tho n'.-rui arose from Um sere.nm of a sleeping soldier, who, overwrought pm ?mps by tho hor rors of tho dav", hud boon lighting bis batllo over again in bin dreams! L'funnbcr.i's Journal. . -I Don't Want um. Hal < un-. ' Il tho exclamation of thor,.ands sufTcvlrtfr 'rom catarrh. To all such wc say : Catarrh ;un lie cured hy Dr. Sage's Cs tar rh Rem :dy. It has boen done In thousands of .ose?; why not In yours? Your danger b ii delay. RnclotO a stump tn World's Die* vmsory Medical Association, Buffalo, N IT., for pumplct on thl? dleciise. rianon tool Orft-an?. AU of tho best makes. $25 cash and minnoo November 1, at spot cordi prices n a Piano. $10 cash and balance No ember 1, st spot cash prices on an hrgan. Delivered, freight free, at your f-areet depot. Fifteen days tent trial ud freight both ways if not satisfac ij. Write for oiroulars. N. W. TRUMP, ? Columbia, ?. C. Ault ku tb ito? o? tl,o Hcleutlflo Moth? od. .Cive ruo tv fulcrum." cried tho mi olont nage - "glvo ino it fulcrum, and I sin)! tnovo tiie world." "(traut mo u low postulates," sttjs tho modern rea soner, "and [shall rend you iho riddle of tho universe." An unchtdJongenble postulate, however, is almost us diilicull to lind as a stable oxtra-terrostiul Cul? I erinn. Tho scientilio "spirit of thc ugo" walks by sight and not hy faith. It ! revels in facts, lt numbers, and weighs, I and measures, it catalogues and do I scribes; it compares and elassilios. To make progress among the secrets of Nfttr I uro Its highways is expert moot, and its I watchword is demonstration. For any interpretation of a natural phenomenon j il demands proofs that eau appeal to thc senses, and it looks with wholosoiuo suspicion, if not contempt, on mero "arm-chair" speculation. Tho marvelous success in advnuolng knowlodgc, and in gaining power over the forces of Nalino that bas resulted from its use, Iscoiiviltolllgovideuce that the scientific method of Interrogation is sound, and that it should always be adopted wbot'OVor possible. But il is not always possible to anply tho method. The nearer wo approach tho region of subjective phenomena, the moro diffi cult it becomes to test particular inter pretations by an appeal to oxporiment Tho galvanometer may reveal agitation in a sensory surface, but it tells nothing about sensation. Tho convolutions of a dog's brain may bo tampered with, but ho will not describo to us his toolings. Consciousness ?lune can discriminate tho facts of consciousness; and tho char acter, or succession, or relation of these cnn only be described in terms of meta physic. * Theories of physical relation al ip hero must at first bo tentativo, and at tho best they will require to bo stated in very general terms. Tho argument must consist in tho application of gen eral principles; and, in choosing these, analogy balanced by common senso must ho our guido. In drawing our Conclusions, wo maybe satisfied if thoso < au ba nebl with some moderate degree o probability.-James Vappie, Af. D., in Popular Science Montlily. Tim ll.nulo v Wire. In one of the cities that lio over against Boston there lives a family whose masculino hoad is a man who has won considerable wealth from hum ble beginnings not unlike those of Com modore Vanderbilt, with thc difference Hint while ho, like Vanderbilt, began as n boat man, he has expanded into tho banking business instead of into the railroad business. Ever since he bo camo a banker his excellent wife hos boon smitten with tho great importaneo of lier husband's now occupation, and has advertised it on every possiblo oc casion. Tho horse-car conductors on the line, which runs into her city all know her, and smile when sho enters il e car and grandly utters her com mand: "Conductor, lot mo oft'at my hus band's bank!" One day lately a trampish-looklng old fellow with a red nose got oil the car tho banker's wile delivered her usual i rdotf lo tho conductor. The old man wntohod her performance curious ly, and then arose, pulled himself to gether, and called out with a inagnili e air that was inimitable,: "Conductor, lot mo off at my old wo man's peanut Staudt" A roar went through tho car, and "my husband's bank" nas been alluded to moro than ever since that time. With the London Ilimmon. "Sovontoon hours a day! Ono hun dred and nineteen hours a week! That's my lime. 1 loft tho yard last night at livoand-twonty minutes to '2, and 1 was Ol) my bus again this morn in' al 'uli pa M H. lt's these long hours that tell!" "But you tret a holiday sometimos?" "If WO like to pay for it. Whenovor wc aro oil' duty wo don't gel pani. Whoa, thcro!" And tho speaker, a sniarl "whip" among tho Loudon omnibus-drivers, censes his conversation concerning his long hours of labor to pull up his h or.* cs and sing out loudly thc destination of h hs omuibuH. They aro quaint and curious men, some of these bondon busmen, with a rich fund of drollery nil their own. "You see, sir," said one, "1 don't much caro for a holiday; I've been so loni; on this 'ero bus that things look . puto (llfferont like when I'm in tho -.reel below. 1 shou'idnT know my own ohildren in tiie street." "Oh, come, that's too slrong." "Fact, 1 tell yo, sir; I'm alway? away in tho morn in' afore thoy'ro up, and not homo till they're in bod nt night, mol I shouldn't know my little gal if 1 was to meet her out, especially if I was to see her ott my bus." Truly a slgnllloant remark for a mau to make in t!.:? latter half of the won derful nineteenth contury-a remark not without a touch of satire and of pathos, too; and we lind ourselves ask ing if it is a necessity of our ndvnnccd civilization that men must work so long and so continuously, day after day, that Ibo) never seo their children oxcept asleep? No sweet, simple prattlo about tho father's kimo, no little fat, dimpled arma around tho father's neck, nono of the loving, softening influences which little people know so well how to exert ovur oven tho mosl stony-hearted of men I Surely, O Christian civili-.aiion, these things aro not necessities of thy development! But yet tho bus-driver raroly com plains or grumbles. Ho doc? not strike or congi agate in ninss-tnootings, or coin mit m ts of riot, but bc works pa tiently on, day by day. steering his hoi ea marvelously woll through the Crowded Ixmdon street, and surveying life with a philosophie calm from the ahilado of his box, except when a ohihi strays in tho way of ids horses, and limn his language is. perhaps, roughor than are Iii-? real feelings. - 'Jhe Qtuver. Tho Desperate lived *r . ni.?ol.in- Dug, Tino N. V, Dep. 10-Today S. 8. adi li, formcrlv i lawyer und real estate b : lu Proy, shot his wife, lils mother 1 s um . his stepdaughter, Julia Bulkcly. and himself, at their home In Balbuc?) Bps. All aro demi. The par ti. - hud a controversy over money matters. Hts wife WIM the divorced wife of Cum dell's f cae i legal iseociate. Orandel] wa? eMii.vagant in his habita, lils wife had money ?ml thc quarrel wa? over ita control. Weak lungs, spilling of blood, eon sumption and kindred nffe/.tlons, cured without phynielan. Address for treatise, with IO cent? in stamps, World's Dlspen sary Medical Association, 00:1 Main street. Ilulfaln, N. Y. J, B? l'livsioo's Merchant Tailor Es tablishment, Columbia, H. C., hi in full [dost. Only a look will convince any ?ie. All that want a first-class fitting mit try him. A full Une of the boat rod', on hand. .Many an old t>ook ha? lo lie bound over o keep tho piece. ?fl.. 1- - _ - - - IHK VV.MIVI I, UI.I/./\Bll Ou the Ivan?*? Kronller Men. Women ii-.il < ini.i i >i i ni/ - M eu H. ut h . : ?M H % ur fuel tlvrar* Freeza lu Death While In partir??. A .peela) from Topeka, Kansas, gives a heartrending account ol iho terrible Bli ff ci lugs of thc mbabilunta OU Ibo Kansas l ion tier, on account of thc ex tl erne cold and thc scarcity of fuel. On Monday last a funner autoed Clark left ul? fumliy to go to the ncareel railroad point for the purpose of gelling coal. Ile ohlaiued the coul and started hack, uud on Tuesday morning lin woe found on thc road six miles from his borne lying hy the side of his horses frozen. The nniinals were also frtzen to death. Clark's wile and three children hud iu thc nuanliine nearly per ished and had only saved their lives by leaving their shell of a house and laking refuge in u cago. . . Two deaths are reported from Creely county, on the Colorado hue. A brother uud sibier, who lived iu au unsettled por tton of the county, fouud themselves wiili OUl fuel Sunday evening. The brother went to a town seven miles dUtunt und succeeded iu gening V0? pounds of coal, fleing obliged to travel against the fuiious wfud then alowiug, he not did reach home until nearly midnight. Ile found bis sister lu bed insensible and almost still'. She had been without tire all day. AltLough very nearly frozen himself, theyouug mau tried to revive his sister, but to no avail, Tho other death was that of an old man, who was not only without fuel, but without food. A widow and lur Iwo children perished hi the storm Monday night lu Lune couuly. They were without luci sud Ibo s tot tn came so suddenly upon them they were unable to get it. TLe woman's oldest son started out in the stonn to get teni, but was overcome by the Intense cold wind. For tunately he wandered to the bouse of a neighbor who had tire, ile was unable to speak, and his nnus, feet and ears were frozen, by strenuo.ts cftorts bis legs were saved, although be will probably lose his feet. Great suffering is reported in Clark County, on the Indiau Territory Une. A family of four were traveling overland, and being only ten miles from home when the blizzard .'.truck them, they determined to reach there that night in spite of the terrible storm. The hors-s were overcome and the family was obliged to ubntuton thc wagon mid walk some dis lance to the neatest house. A twi. year-old child fiozc to death in its fntlur's arias be fore shelter was reached. The others were bailly frozen Old Southern Home*. Tho Savannah {Ga.) Morning Nows of last Sunday bns this to say editorially : A great many of tho planbttions in diflerent parts of tho South, which were once well known for their size, tho mng niticenco of the residences upon them, tho hospitality of their owners, or on ue couut of tho prominence of tho families which possessed them, aro now falling into ruins. Tho reason of this is, per haps, that tho land hus been worked ho long without being fertilized that it bas becomo poor, or it may bo that those into whose possessions they huvo passed lack tho energy and skill whioh are re quired to make them pay under tho present system of labor. "Ono ol these famous old places in Liberty county, in this Sbtte was lately sold to a colored man for $2,500, only a part of tho purchase prico being r? quir ed at once. It is known HS Laurel \ lew, and is within two miles of thu historic town of Sunbury. It was tho homo of thu gifted John Elliott, and a very beau tiful h 3me it was. John Elliott repre sented Georgia in tho United States Sen ate from IM'20 to 1820. "The plantation contains S'~,S()() aeres, it was purchased dnring tho war of Se cession by lion. Linton Stephen . a brother of Hon. Alexander H. Stephen", and was sold to the present owner by his heirs. "Tho district in whieb tho plantation is situated was noted, from Hie lind set? Uoment of tho Stute until tho emancipa tion of the slaves, for th intelligence and wealth of it? citizens. It is now, how ever, almost ubuudoncd to thc colored people. Its great plantations havo boon divided into small lunns, and tho superb m suasions, once tito homes of men noted for wealth and culture, and of women famous for beauty and refinement, aro falling into decay, and aro being re placed by callina und huis, whoso chim neys of sticks and mud tell moro plainly than words of thu marvelous chango for tho worso which iias taken place in tho once rich and prosperous district." Commenting upon the above, tho Au gusta Cu/.et to says: This is sadly, deplorably truo. Not only in Georgia and South Carolina, but in other Southern States may bo soon any number of deserted homes, whioh were onco tho proud inheritance of rich represontivo men; where dwelt overy comfort that money could purchase; where lordly hospitality was dispensed from end to end of tho year. limn and decay aro busy with them now. The once elegant mansion is tumbling to the ground piecemeal, and a wildorneas rows where beautiful gardens and rioi. ' Ids of cotton, ?ice and cora annually flourished. Now und then gray head's that shako with tho palsy of ago move beneath the grand old oaks, and oyes are dimmed with water from full hearts as they behold what there is, and reflect upon what there was. Dimmed for glories past, for pomps and pleasures that are not. Alas, tins is one of the never healing wounds of the war-this hopeless ruin that dwells in the homos of our fathers. ll ll ll - V Ult A* HBAU, ?OTK ANO JUC.KSI. Ttl? iUy of batt 'p ina drawctb ni|di. Amt ne-un ? of ?* urkr> i ?u*ni mtlat ?tie. Oct one th aft yo I ? un ami IW?M anil lat. Ami M it ll f 4 ? ll nf llii* ami Dint. Willi li ulta anil de ]> rles nauiva make, Amt aitil |.r. ti re* and plea anil eske. Atk rririuti Mri I? inilrcil nil tu cullie Am! meet Krlit r??ele at your Imiur. Ut ma Hie tar If . of UroillttroM, Kat itu each nu 1 ' rt Mun din.i m M Herl?? the Jo Y ? ?f Yiiutliful d?ye, A H it fur tb 1 McMtnff? odor limite. Deeds arc fruits, words are but leave words ami deeds are noble companions. |> How wc printers lie, as our devil enid when he gol up too Into for breakfast. A man always ceases to be a "good fel low'' when he refuses to do os others wish. "Father, ls a parrot that talks a dumb animal?'' "My dear, children should not tail; \\ bile they are culing." The proof of n weather prediction is lr tin patient that walls long enoujv' for il to lu . mic I rue. The poor are oftener pray eil for than helped. The icaaoti is, wc believe, thal air la ( henper than bullion. The following is a transcript of a sign on a cigar store "This store ia kioscd on ac count of kreditin tho boya." In tho Volapuk language the word for tlollar ia "doab." lint lt i? Just na hard a? over to borrow one. When you eal turkey and it does not set well on yortr stomach, you will know lt is . rohbhr. A hen turkey always sets well. An oculist doesn't want au eye for an jve. and a dentist doesn't want a tooth foi t tooth. They want $-. A Western mau named Petlis swallowed .ls false teeth last week, and can't Ile down vllhout biting hlmsclt Internally. Kentucky hus a rooster with three throats, sud every time a Kentuckian takes Ids Bourbon ho wishes he was thu r. oater. A show spoken of as "a rnrc entcrddu- \ incut'' proved to tic a performance not well done. As between Ibo dude and his cane ut this | writing the Cane tooms lo have a trillo the best of ll In the shape of head. "Cristinas w i" Oil slipper round again,'' as tho unmnrii? I i 'rgymeu mournfully mid, while looking over hi assortment of slippers, An exchange states thal a clerk in a gov? Cr?ment office ut Washington was injured by an accidental discharge of his duties. It will not occur again. The latest craze among thc girls is a hair alhnun, made up of strands from tho heads el their gentlemeu friends. This is another thrust at bil 1 headed men. "('lawence, what does the expweaslOD 'without why mo or wen.sou' ?neun?" "Dnn't you knaw, rleab, boy?" "I don't, weaily." "Why, it wefers to blank verse. He who marries a pretty face only is like, a buyer of ? heap furniture-the varnish that caught the eye will not endure the tire- ' side blaze. I bo-kin says. ".Man should resemble a river." Some men do, in one respect ni least. The biggest part of them is their mouth. An exchange thinks a ghi eau he safely judged by her mind. Then we suppose when a eil l's mind is mada np it ls safe lo bet that the girl is the same ns lier mind. Thc popular song just now is: "The. Lotter that lie Longed for Never Came." The person w ho Bout it probable put fill Immediate delivery stamp on it. "Do you believe, slr. that th? dead ever ; walk after death?" "No drubt ot it. madame: I have heard the Dead March in ; anni." (loid handled umbrellas arc coming Into i fashion. The handle is so arranged that lt can bu taken off. This is an Improvement on thc. old style when the umbrella was | taken olT. A young candidate for the legal profes sion vvns faked what lie should do tirst when employed to bring an action. "Ask for money on account" was the prompt re ply. He passed. Mrs. Jones-What shall I buy you for a ?resent. Charlo?, this Christmas'.' Mr. ones-1 should llkean ulsteror a diamond , ring, bOt I suppose you will overwhelm me a lisunl with a necktie or a pair of wribtcrs. After All.-"I cannot say yes, Walter. I shall bo a .sis-" "Sister to mc? No, you wont." "Yes, Walter; your brother (Miarles proposed lo me last night and I accepted him." .loins fmCCllng Smith, with whom he ??in out ino night before)-Ha, thc boy gol heme all right? Smith (gloomily)-Yes, hilt my wife wouldn't speak to me. Joins (enviouslyl~Lucky fellow' Mine did. I' takes two months lo prepare for Christmas nndlbree to recover from it; bul wc miiil remember that thero arc seven I mondia ia tho year which are arran? cd for ? Solid comfort. A certain amount nf money is going to he spent on (Mn ist nias presents and holiday g'ioils, and those w ho plant the most attrac tive advertisement win reap the richest h li vest. It pays lo advcitise judiciously, every day in the year, but advertising is of especial v.?lue to thc merchant during the Christmas holidays. A TONGUE IN KNOTS. I contracted malaria in tho swamps of Louisiana while workiug for tho tele graph company, and used overy kind of medicino 1 could hear of without relief. I at last succeeded in breakiug tho fover, but it coat mo over $100.00, and then my System was prostrated and saturated with malaria] poison and I hocurne almost helpless, i tinnily came here, my mouth so filled with sores that I could scarcely cut, and my tongue raw and ti led with little knots. Various rem edi efl were re sorted to without oilbct. I bought two bottles of B. B. B. und it lins cured and strengthened me. All sores of my mouth are healed and my tongue entire ly clear of knots and soreness, and 1 feel like a now man. Jackson, Tenn., April '20, 188<>. A. F. BRITTON. STIFF JOINTS. A MOST 1U'.M AUK Allia: CASS OF SOHO? ULA AND BHHUMATI8M? 1 buvo a littlo boy twolvo years old whose knees bavo been drawn almost double and his joints aro perfectly stiff, and ho has been itt ibis 'oondition time years, unable to walk. D?ring that time tho medical board of London county ex amined bim nnd pronounced tho disease scrofula and prescribed, but no benefit over derived. I then used a much ad vertised preparatiou without benefit. Threo weeks ago bo became perfectly helpless and suuerod dreadfully. A friend who bad used li. B. B. ad vised its use. Ho has used ono hot ti mid all pain has ceased and ho ean now wulk. This has boen a most wonderful action, as his complaint had baflled overy thing. I shall continuo to use it on i him. Mus. FM M A GRIFFITHS. Unifia, Tenn., March ?, 1880. 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After ono trial you will join tho cry for "GILDER'S PILLS" with tho ten million people of the United States who are now using them. If your merchant ho? not got then, bend 26 cents in stamps to G. BARRETT & CO.. AUGUSTA, GA. CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE. Tho carrent . > ?sion of this Institute closes January 21st, 1888, when the Spring Seeeion begina, which ends Jane Otb, 1888. Tho present session is one of the meet prosperous in tho history of the Insti tute. There in room for only e few mos* boarding pupils. The health of th? school, thc accommodations of itoboftjrst iug department, and the efficiency ol its corps of teachers aro n naur passed MJ where in tho South. Tho first of Jancaury is a very convoniout time for entering. Pupils aro charged only from date ef entranoe. Rev. WM. if ATKINSON, Principal. Charlotte, N. C. IS A LINIMENT PERFECTLY HARMLESS AN? SHOULD BB US MD A f?W MONTHS.B?FO?E 00NFINMM?NT. 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