TUE IK JEWELS. The Diamond* Worn by Prominent New j York Politicians. Politicians who flourished in "Boss" Tweed's timo were considered small fry indeed if they put in an ttppcaranco on momentous stato occasions without diamond ornaments. Tito decoration that proved a citizen to bo a truo bino of tho Tammany tribe was tho Amoricus Club tiger, with eyes of flashing bril liants, but if tho golden tiger wore there it mado little ditl'eronco whothor his eyes wero diamonds, rubies, opals, or emeralds. Diamonds have always been in moro gonoral uso among Democratic states men than among Republicans, ami young aspirants for power and placo aro moro partial to them than tho old veterans. John Kelly never woro a diamond ornament, and in his lalo years Samuel J. Tilden decked his per son with no other jewels than plain ! pearl studs. When a young man ho woro diamonds in profusion of tho most beautiful and expensive types, but he always kept within tho Inuits of the severest toste. Abram S. Hewitt never wears dia monds, and neither does Thcodoro Roosevelt nor Henry George. In fact, tho men who have lilied the mayoralty chair during the last twenty years were, with scarcely' an exception, remarkable for tho simplicity of their dress and tho absence of jewel ornaments of a showy or expensive character. Mayors Grace, Cooper, Ely, and Haveineyer never ap peared at tho City Hall in diamond Studs. Mayor Wickham "displayed dia mond studs and collar buttons very fre quently, but Mayor Ellson never wore them except in full evening dress. Roswell P. l'lower is a sworn enemy to diamonds as n?tidos of personal ornament Ho has been frequently heard to say: "Persons who require jewels to show olT their points, or lo draw off attention from natural defects, aro to be pitied rallier than complimented. Diamonds aro all very well for sporting men and horse-jockoys." Notwithstanding this very positive expression of opinion, Mr. l'lower is thc owner of a beautiful diamond of thc purest water, which ho wears everj day. It is set in a heavy gold rim worn on tho second huger of his lei hand. Tho diamond is always carrie? on thc inside, and cannot be seen un less thc hand is opened out. His inti mato friends suppose it to be notion; moro than a plain gold ring. Mi Flower wears it because it is a presen from his wdc. None of tho judges of the hight courts in this jurisdiction make a slioi of jowolry, but it is diff?rent among th magistrates who presido in the polie courts. J. Henry l ord bas the reputa lion of being the best dressed man ol tho police bench. Ho is a good jung of diamonds and owns many val lia Dil sets. Justice Hattcrson wears diamoni studs regularly, and Jusliccs Murra; and Duffy occasionally. John J. O'Brien, Robert G. MeCord and Barney Biglin, ibo celebrated "bo; trio" of Republican?, emulate on another in tho si/.c and quality of th diamonds they display. ".Shed'* Shook the Republican leader in tho Fiftcent district, carries off tho palm from theil all. Everybody who frequents th Morton House must hnvo neon and ac mired his $4,000 solitaire, which weigh lour and a half carats. Several of tho statesmen who wei elected to Congress recently m wearers of costly jewols. "Tim" Cam bell's shirt-front is covered over with cluster an inch squaro. His frionds st tho cluster is composed of diamonds i pure water valued at $(J,7U0, but h political foes declaro they mo pas towels which can bc duplicated in tl lowery for 60 cents. Congressman-elect Amos J. din minga appears in very small and nci diamond studs on dress occasions, bi Congressman Truman A. Morri?as thinks ho is a big diamond himself ar nooda no foreign adornments. Houri Cockran has a liking for diamond stud Gen. Sj.?nola r.nd Lloyd Bryce are sat Hod with diamond collar-buttons. Per Belmont rarely displays a dianion and thon only very small studs in eve ing dress. "Tom" Grady will spc diamonds in 1888. Tho most gorgeous and beautiful di monds worn by public men in this cit which cannot bo classed as loud, a probably thoso which dock tho porso of Polico Commissioner John J. M Clavo and Richard M. Walters, tl Tammany bravo. Mrs. McClave wen a pair of diamond oar-rings whit arouse envy in tho breast of every lat in tho house when sho enters a thontr As sho twists her pretty hoad arout when tho lights aro turned low th glittor and sparkle liko a lantern in t chamber of a coal minc. They arogei of rare beauty and high vah?o. Captain Williams wears big dianion in the evening, ns does also ox-Poli Superintendent Kelso. Sheriff Gra cares nothing 'for diamonds, but Rc istor John Reilly, Tom Costigan. Ni Muller, Jim Barker, Rollin M. Squii and Martin B. Brown love them dear Me. Charles Stockier, brother of t Judgo, wears a diamond solitairo v ued at $1,500. Lawyer William Ilowo wears a cluster not quito ns L ns a buckwheat cake, and little Lnwy Hnmmol wears very noat diamom Ho roceivod a present of a now set frc I/Ord Lonsdale. Joseph J. O'Donoht tho Tammany chieftain, wears vo prottv diamond studs. Robert B. Noe ey, tho President of tho Board of Abb mon, nnd Henry W. Beckman, t presiden t-olect, both gr nco their boso: with glittering gems.-N. Y. Journal. ?f Oeings? How i? it that tho pooplo who aro f>c. mint ont in giving advice aro gonor y the ones who need it most? Ev? street corner has a crowd of ab!o-bod loafers who never could make a livii but every loafor in tho crowd is a ropi ?tory of ad vico and information as to I best way for you to mako a living. There is tho fiend who tolls you tba you would quit smoking cigars y . would savo $:100 in a yoar. Ilo has I figures and statistics to provo it, a points with pride to tho fact that does not chew or smoko. When y ask him if ho saves $:)00 a yoar by abstinence hu will bo obliged to adi blushingly that ho nevor saw $300 his life and would fool rich if you wot lend him a quarter. The man who has failed atovorythi from pounding sand lo sawing wood always tho one who oan tell bow a gi eminent should bo opera led. Ho C show conclusively that if ho woro prc dent overybody would bo rich and hi py in three months, but he cannot sh conclusively that ho is of any use in I world furthor than to consume prov ions and koop beor from growing sta A man of brains and business mo neeils tho advice of these moral wre< and wjmn it is forced npon him un rited it can scarcely be wondered that he sighs for tho absence of the f< fciber.-SLL?MnfAip. . .... i, .i un a Horse Trade. Half a doZOD farmers woro yesterday ?.talking shop" at a hotel not far from tho market Among othor subjects of rural Interest that of horse-thieves was introducad. ?Said ono of thom: "1 loam od a good sehemo by mighty dear experience, whieh I think was worth the price. About six months ago a young fellow drovo up lo my gale with as likely a hay colt as you'd seo in a month) hitched to a light spring wag on. Ho got out, and, walking over to mo, nskeil tho way to tho nearest black smith-shop. I tobi him tl was live miles and by the timo ho got there tho shop would be olosed. You'll soo, as 1 goon, how nicely 1 bit. Well, ho said ho was a bnrbod-wiro-fonco man and ho'd bought a colt which he was afraid was too young to stand tho long drives bo had to lake. Anyway, she'd cast a shoo, an' he'd got to make Pontiac that nitrht, so he'd trade for my waleh-oyod Chestnut that was In tho barnyard and to boot, unsight an' unseen. "My boss was a good looker, an' his asking such a hoot fooled ino complete ly. Wo stood there dickorln' for half an hour an' ho ti tinily como down to $16 boot an' I took him up. We made tho swap an' ho drove away. "I kept tho colt for ten days, just liekin' my chops over the bargain Pd made, when ono day up drives two men, with a big bay team. Tiley gol out an' catno in, an' ono ot 'cm said: " 'My name's-; I live up in La ncer County. This man is the Sherill'. We've come down tonkin' for a bay colt, 4 years past, fifteen itu1 an inch, white star in forehead, clean galled and high headed; stolon from my farm three weeks ago. 1 understand you've bought such a coll.' "With that ho gave me a dodger, des cribing tho colt to a hair. " 'Well, gentlemen,' says 1, *1 have bought a colt that lits that, an' if you can con vi nco mo she's your'n, you can have her. for I'm a square man.' ??Thou thc man that dono thc tullun' bofore M poke up an' says: '? qi that colt ain't gota threo-oont plo e in lier neck, sho ain't mine.' " -I lone,' says 1. ??Wu all walked out to thc barn to gether; lie kind o' felt ulong tho colt's neck, look out a penknife, cut through tho skin like n Hash ami then showed mo, in his hand, a silver three cen I piece all over blood. " 'i always nuuk my colts that way," says he. '"I liked lind coll so well thal 1 just went down in my pocket an' bought her over again for $100. 1 ??That's a lliuiidorin1 good way to mark a boss," said a b\ slander. "Did you ever catch thc fellow von trndod willi?" ??Yes," was tho answer; "aboill a week lalor- bo drew up to my doer with tho chestnut and mnduan awful kick bo cause the critter had the staggers. 1 jumped on him for trad in1 nie a stolen noss and inside of two hours bc took mo to a bunk in town and proved to mo who bo was ami that he owned thc < ?ll fair and squaro. I've always thought since that tho three-cent picea came out o' the ulan's Docket.-Detroit Tribuna. The Hare in Hie Moon. There is a common superstition against pointing tho linger at tho now moon; and ill Swabia children arc not allowed to make the shadow figuro of a hare on the walls with their lingers, in Imitation of the. hare Bomolimos sup posed to be visiblo in tho moon. This Inlier custom is curious, because in China, India, and Ceylon lhere is also thought lo bc n nani in tho moon, and in connection willi definite traditions. In Indian mythology tho god of thc moon curries a tiaro; III Ceylon Ibo story is that tho hare, meeting buddha in a wood, bade lum light a lire, and then proceeded lo jump into it. for her lo bo cooked for his benefit; whereupon Bud dha snatchec tho good animal from tho fiamos and translated him to thc moon. And tho Chin?se hold that the hare's Kgtiro was placed ill tho moon to com mcmorato thc notion ot tho littler ol Heavon, who once changed himself into a bare to assuage the pangs ot a hungry traveler: Some such story must under lie tho Swabian custom, whieh, like other customs in connection with the moon, is sometimos thought lo be n survival of an old system of moon wor ship. But bow carno it that thc sun and moon were over worshiped at all? Is it not, with greater probability, be cause human attributes were 01100 as cribed to them with fear and (hoad than booaUSO they were regarded as the sym bols of light, or tire, or beat? Prom tho belief in their humanity lo bollol in their divinity thc transition would ho natural and obvious, and, in fnct, on no other theory can wc under stand all thc propitiatory saeriliees con nected with their worship.-- deutle man's Magazine. Burprletug Change in Tony. When A. Usina loft for New York n few weeks si nco bo pun based a rom d trip ticket via the Charleston Line, bul niter getting lo thc metropolis ho took a notion to come back by rail, and dis posed of bis ticket to a scalper. Thc scalper, in order to make things work straight, 1'Oquired Tony to leavo Iiis business card, so that il could bo given to whoever might purchase the ticket. lt was not iong before a little short, red-headed man walked into tho SCalpor's and asked for u ticket toPtllat ka, when Tony's was sold him. Tho fellow got along all right until after ho left Charleston. When ho presented Tony's ticket to Purser Morgan, of the steamship City of Monticello, who hap pened to bo un acquaintance of Tony's, that olliccr asked: "Is your nanto A. Usina?" ' Yes, sir," replied tho tourist "Where do you livo?" asked tho purser. "At Palatka." "What do you do tboreP" "Well, Pm in business down there. Hero's my card," at thc sumo timo pro ducing tiio card of our well-known crockery dealer. Purser Morgan rend it over und care fully eyed tho stranger, when Captain McKee happened along, and on being informed of tho above conversation looked ut Die lillie fellow and said: .?Well, Tony, you mud have bad a 'hades' of a limo in Now York lo have shortened you up about a foot, and to have your hair turn from un inky blackness to a fiery red."-I'alalku {fla.) St:u>a. Very singular is tho discovery in Rome of a romarkablo statue, a little largor than life size, of Antinous, tho famous favorite of Hadrian, who was dei Hod af ter his death by tho Emperor, and wor shipped under the form of a now Bac chus. Tho statue is of Crock marble. Tho hoad hos not boon separated from tho trunk, and tho figuro is in an excel lent state of persorvation, oxcopt only the tip of tho nose and the forearms. It is entirely node, and the loft leg rests against a vine stem with ita tendrils and bu nobes oj grape*. ^ A KHW POWTI?AI? BtlllBMB. Chsndler'a lleeontlrurtlon Bill for ?he Regula fon uf Ulecltem >?> Souita carolina. WASUIKCTON, January IC-Thc hill in troducid in tho Senate today by Senator Chandler, to aller the regulation enacted hy the Legislature of South Carolina, pro scribing tia; limes, places and manner of holding elidions for Representatives in Congress, directs the county supervisors of rec ist ration of Soulh Carolina to make each July and August, before thc Congres sional election, bi glutting willi UvSS, anew, full and complete registrations of all elec tors qualified to vote for Representatives in Congr? ss. If any voting precinct is greater in size than five miles from thc center to any point thereof, the supervisor is required t<> reduce its size. The certifi cate of registration required by thc South Carolina statute .shall not have attached any voling condition incident lo properly or other qualifications. All registration re cords -shall be public and thc names ol elect ors shall bo published lu one of thc county papers Thc Governor of thc State Is re quired, thirty days before each Congres atonal election, to appoint four commission ors of election for each county, to be ap portioned equally among political parlies, and thc commissioners arc in like manner to appoint four managers of election for ca.C'1 prcclucl, win se duty it shall be to conduct ibc election, protect voters, pre serve peace, and before adjournment de clare thc result of the election. The Con gressional polling place shall not he the same place as Ibo State polling place, and all ballots lo be legal shall be distinctively marked by tho uiuuagcrs of election, In ei der to .nive all an equal chance to vote, it is provided thal when live members of l ither party cast their vole un opportunity shall bo given lo tho other political purl\ to casi five votes, lt is made a misdemeanor for the olllcor appointed io ref usc lo servo and ii is made felony for any person to attempt lo Influence the election by fraud or intimida tion, or for olllccrs of election to wilfully refuse to register any person or to strike his mime from the register, or to refuse Ibo vote of any qualified elector. It ls turtln r provided that no elector shall be imprisoned on election day for refusal to pay Ills poll tax. - -??i*- --- DIV OOM) t 11,1.1) si* Ml KS. linke uni t ' i II li M Preparing for Un- benson, The hopes tor a good strong league eire brightening. Four clubs arc ready. Thc ol her (eur arc trying to gel ready, lu Chullaiioogn tho subscription list is being liberally signed; Atlanta is waking un lo lu r interest in forming a club, and In both Cities Ibo Sporting men ?daim there will he (lue clubs As to tho remaining two clubs, lhere ale such cities as Montgomery, Mobile and Greenville, each of them anxious for il club. New Orleans, it is said, has promised to lake cue of .M? bile, but she does not SCCIll to bc doing much low ?inls putting a club in thal city. It is very questionable if a club, formed under thc auspices and hythe II sis!?nico of another Southern League c lub, would bo ?my addition to tho strength or ?elvince ?he Interest of the League, lt would seem very hard if tho Mobilo nine should, undor such circumstances, persist in bealing the descents, if able to do so The attempt lo work up a leam in Mont* goincry is niedin'' with local encourage ment, hut ls baldly likely lo result in thc for mat ion ol a strong club. This elly would make a nice Stopping place, how ever, in the mn to and from New Oilcans and .Memphis, and the expenses of thc Lcngut w nhl he greatly reduced, Mont gomery eau tilford u club ns well as Bir mingham or Chattanooga; perhaps better, us the nov< Ity of the game there would almost insure success for thc first year. Willi a little assistance she might organize ?i good club. Greenville is becoming interested in thc national gnuie, and a strong elTort is being mudo liiere to have a ( bib In the Southern League. The Greenville News is at work on thc plan and there is no doubt that a lively ellort will bo made to form a club, (brenville lukes fl wholesome interest in everything that promises to render her moro attractive. Baso ball will do Hud, and thc Mountain City knows it. A club there would make thc chain completo, n series of links running from tho sea lo thc Mississippi, li will be pleasant lo watch Wbal (brenville is going lo do in the mal ler. Why couldn't Charleston look after her a little? Two (.lobs in South Carolina would help us herc as well us the League. The talk about Louisville is dying out, as was expected. Louisville would hardly (nier ibo Southern League with a high priced nine und fcuch nice little jumps. Tlie uniform of the Southern League umpires will bo as follows: Navy blue kmc pauls, shills and stockings, willi w hile mps and hells. R will be a very l-l el ly dress. Charleston has signed Lon .Meyers, Voss's catt her, mid this fine battery will bc together again this season. The Southern papers haven't gol c??ales tor's leam down right yet. Herc it is: Catchers -Childs, Nicholas, Movers; pilch ers-Knowlton, behn, Brown, voss; base men- Bowell, beak, Strief; sher: slop, Sadie Houck; fielders -Glenn, Carl, WU . hams. A. \V. Saunders and Ed. S. Hough, of Chicago, lia vi been appointed umpires foi the Southern Longue, Sporting Life says thal Sadie Houck is waiting anxiously for his advance money. Capt. Young states (but $250 was sent lo Houck sonic weeks ugo. Powell holds Sadie's receipt for Ibo money. Perhaps Saille wants more. - Charleston Sun. . Cleveland'! oin io Leo XIII. BAI.TI.UOUK, January 20.-The Sn? says that tho dispatch purporting loi onie from London, and published in (he Philadelphia l*rtss and other nev. spapers, reflecting upon the gentleman who took tho President's gift to Romo, is false. The bearer of tho gift was not un envoy from thc President. ?md no envoy was sent from Washington to the Vatican, Simply asa personal mal ter tko sp?cial correspondent of the Sun carried the gift lo Home at the request of Cardinal Gibbons, and delivered it lo thc rector <>f tho American Coll?ge. There bis services ( lided. These facts have al ready been authoritatively stated, and the assertions in the so culled special disput?las rcfened to display Ignorance and malevo lonco of tho lowtBt kind. Tm. KEP0HT8 to the National Govern ment make a fine showing of our grOAh si industries dining thc year 1887. Thc yield of w heat was 450,000,000 bushels; corn, 1.458,000,000 bushels: cotton, 0,650, OOO bales: pig iron, 700,000 tons greater than in 1880; nnthncilc conl, li.oiO.OO) tons moro than (luting thc previous your, and of bituminous 'i,700,000 tons grouter; petroleum, -1,500,000 gallons less, with (100,000 gallons loss delivered, caused by curtailing the supply. Tho production of steel rails was increased 400,000 lons; 18, 000 moro milos of railway were construct ed, 2.044 locomotives, 10,145 freight nial 14,050 coal cars were built-more than hi any previous year. Thc exchanges of thc clearing houses in thc United States aggre gated $5l,ord,818,74:$, a gain of nearly *\>.,000,000,000 over 1880. Outside of New York, which showed a loss, tho gain was 18.21 per cent. Barring exchanges, duo to Stock Lx( hange operations Ibero, ile gain of tho whole country reflects a greater ac tivity In general business of fully 25 per cont, over 1880. Sick mid billions headache, and all dc nrngemonts of stomach and bowels, cured by Dr. Pierce's "Pellets"-or antiblllous granules. 25 cents a vial. No cheap boxes to allow waste of virtues, By druggists. ii K N KU V I. NKYVH IS'OTKH, ll?tiu? ot Inti-n nt 4 2 a I hp reid fruin Vartou* i (?Hurt, i i j Al Opelousas, Ln., thc ground is covered ' tm indi deep with ice. S K. C. Wallhidl has been rc elected United .Stales Senator from Mississippi. Tho Ohio Republicans are organizing a < Bhormon League. At Brownsville, Texas, the mercury has i fallen t?> ts degrees, the coldest s'.nce issi). The old business part of Thomson, (Ja., i was burned yesterday. Loss $30,000. A new Home Rule paper, the London ; livening Star, made its appearance yester day. The issue was 143,000 copies. Thc trial of thc Piekons lynchers lias been postponed till thc summer term of Court. A young negro boy four years old was run over on tho Georgia Central railroad yesterday and his body eut in halve-. Thc Turkish Ministor of War luis been enjoined to hasten tho completion of the defenses ot Adrianople. Governor Scmplc has signed the bill giving tho ballot to Hie women of Washing? ton Territory. A meeting of thc ctttztus of Cincinnati luis enthusiastically endorsed .lohn Sher man for President. Mahon" has obtained control <>f tho Re publican League of Virginia-Rlddleborgcr heuig left out. Light suicides occurred In Vienna yester day, among them Contain Doschnuor, <>t the Austrian navy, and Paymaster Fuchs, ol the army. At Birmingham, Ala., yestcrdnj', II. II. Scarhough, a detective was dangerously shot by Tom EUH, editor of thc fiann I. in a saloon row. * .Milton Voting's stallion Pizarro, by Ad venturer, dam Milcncr by Rataplan, valued nt $15,000, died Wednesday night ut Lex ington, ivy., of pneumonia. A lire at Fort Miicklnway, Wyoming Territory, destroyed $100,000 worth of pro visions, ?mil thc garrison lias been put on half radons. The Ashland steel works, about twenty miles north of Ballimore, have; stopped woik, the Rending strike causing a scan i'\ of coal. Fire al St. Puul, Minn., yesterday de stroyed two buildings occupied by a largo wholesale grocer. Loss $?100,000. Insured, Fire in Montreal yesterday morning de stroyed $100,0(10 worth of properly, lt was so cold thai the lire ladders froze lo th walls. The schooner Myra ?'rall. Sherman nee ter, of Mobile, was wrecked <>u Tampico bar on Sunday, and two lives were li t. Pari of the i nigo i ! crosstics was saved. The Iowa Legislature, voling separately yesterday, re elected Senator Wilson as bis own successor. Thc joint convention will ratify Ibis action. The Delaware rolling mill al Phillips burg, I?. J., shut down on Monday, owing lo thc scarcity of con! and dulncss In tho iron trade. Three hundred hands are thus thrown out of employment. At Chippewa Falls. Wis., on Sunday morning, the thermometer stood 50 degrees below zero, and yesterday morning it ranged from 55 to 02 degrees below. Tho Charleston colton mill was offered for sale yesterday, but as nobody would hid $?35,000 over the debts of thc concern, the property was withdrawn. The long strike of shoemakers!!! Roches tor, N. V., which has continued Bhico NH vember l, has collapsed, tho men returning lo work on tho manufacturers' linns. both branches of tho Legislature of Washington Territory have rc-ennctcd thc woman'.-, BU ff rage law, but have exempted women from jury duty. Thc annual afternoon performance for the benefit of Hie Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, at the .Metropolitan opera House, New Vi o k, Helled $10,000. l.very bo.\ s 'hi al $18. Pour thousand people v.clr refused admission. An old man o.lined Tndgray, living lihou, six miles from Lntonia, Ti xas, on Saturday started home, facing tho blizzard. lils boise Wen) up to his gate and Stopped. Thc man had literally fro/.CII to death in the saddle (111(1 sal Stiff and upright. Mack .Innes, colored, formerly an em ployee of the Savannah, Floiida and Wed cm Railroad Company, sued tho company for live thousand dollars for thc loss ol a thumb. The jury give Jiim one hundred dollars. Reports from different sections of Ti xus note thc cessation of thc blizzard, but tho temperature continue.- very low for that latitude. Thc weather .has been unprece dented, boih In respect to low thermometer and snow and sh et. Reports of loss of lifo in last week's Storm in the West continue to come In. One list now numbers 153, and another i.v.i. li would seem probable thal tho final sum mary, If such can ever bo made, will show quite 200 names. Mi-s (billi ia Bostlc, u distant cousin of Senator L ..1er, was married last night nt St. John's ('butch, Washington, lo En sign Wilkerson, of thc v.ivy. A brilliant reception took place afterward at tho house of ihc bride's sister, Mrs. Charles Sydney Whitman. .lohn Mutiny, ol Now York, 125pounds, and lid. Daly, of Providence, 115 pounds, fought in Now Jersey yesterday with bare knuckles for $200. At the end of nine ?nelly lively rounds, Daly was knocked fie e 1 ess by a light hander under the ear. Murray was declared w inner. At butler, Pa., Wednesday morning -lohn Matllio, a Frenchman, and a belgian named Alix, foreman altin: Standard Pinto Glass Works, were almost instantly killed while placing a sheol of glass in position on thc grind table. Thc wheel turned sud (h illy and they fell on it ami were ground to death. A shocking fatal accident occurred at Aiuiek Brothers' FIIW mill, in Lexington, Charles Quails, a voting w hile man was moving a slab, which come in contact willi tho circular saw and was thrown against Ills body with terrible force, knocking him down, breaking his neck and killing him almost instantly, (?nails was from Poon sylvania, and was about nineteen years Of age. A collision between two snow plough angines look nineo Monday near Hosking", Nel)., in which an engineer was instantly killed and several other men injin cd. The engineer was working his snow plough Ins cut and got stalled. He thoron pon backed bis engine nod started down grade ut a rapid speed. A drag out engine was coming around thc curve und they (ame together. Thc other injured men will rt. covor. Talmugo on N.-n sju.jicr Mon. Tho Rov. Mr. Talmago wonders that nowspaper mon behove anything. Thoy seo moro of tho sham and moannoes of tho world than thc mombers of any other profession. They aro bored by oran ks, mock moralists and pestilent humbugs ovory day in tho wook, and thoy soo tho follies and shams of tho world through disguises that aro as opon as tho day to thoir practiced and disgusted oyo. All this is ti ne, but Mr. Talmago should re member that nowspaper mon aro fairly bubbling ovor with charity and good natnro. They seo the good as weil as tho ovil in tho world.-Cincinnati Com mercial Gazette. A fow oyster sholls will remove clinkers from tho grate. Why is your hat Uko an ndvauco agent? Because It goos on a head, of course. UHU-A-lill \( . 'Give ino a kiss, mv darling, do," [lo sr ns ho gazed lo her oyes so blue. T wt n't," she Bald; "you Is/.y elf, screw up your lip* ano help yourself." A letter head-The poslagc-st?nip. No man should be n judge lu his own .Muse. There is not much colortogln, yet il ? an ICarCOly be called a sober tint. Strange as it may appear, it is usually a [.old day for a man when lie is "fired." "Woman feels where man thinks," : ays il writer. Yes, that's why man is h ?M. The Virginia Republicanshnvo organized n State League. A year of time laings wisdom. Tho trees arc. not so grecu as tboy were last sum./cr. y If then s anything more contrary than an obstinate woman il is a right handed lock on lt loft li uidcd door. Coal Is so high in Chattanooga that tho coal dealer barely speaks to an ordinary editor or colonel. Looking at it from a feminin? point of view, a bridegroom is always Insignificant until ho becomes u widower. Many a man "mount? tho rostt'ltm" now adays who hasn't real ability enough to Warran) his "going on tlc stump." lt is true thal thc hush t man is thc hap plcst man. hid lie often doe n't have lime to realize it. A cold is now defined ns a slate of ner vous collapse, and a stimulating plan of treatment is advised. It is not the cloven tool hut the cloven breath that gives a mail away after In- has been out to .see another man. "Yes," said tho landlady, endly, "ap pearances arc deceitful, hut di- ippcamnces arc still more so." Thc days bogil) to lengthen, and so does the face of tile man who looks at his emptying coal bin. Economy Is thc road to wealth, hu! a great many people keep wearing tlicmscl vt s (mt mion tho road after tin y get lhere. This iv leap year, ami the favorite excla mation of Ino waiting maiden Is; "Why don't you speak for yourself, .lohn ." A man cannot always remember a thing hy pasting ii in his lid. Some method Should bc ( outlived to paste it in his head. "What is more lovely than a peaceful grandmother?" asks un exchange ?1er granddaughter, lt 'Iii; ls not tho righi answer, we give it up. Tho woman who married ber husband for money novor complains thal he doesn't; kiss her as much as le- did before the wed ding took place Ile -This must bc tho place. She-St op; don t line: (his doesn't look like a hoard hlg-hoitSO. Ile <>, yes it is. 1 smell tim onions. For every len hundred dol?ais expended for flour {ii this country, il is said that Dftccn hundred dol?ais inc spent for to bacco. Teacher-Correct Hie sentence: "Tia' liquor which thc man b andit was dian!.." Sinait Hoy-The man Which bought tho liquor was drunk. The t old was so revere ul Monterey, Mexb . a few days since, thal a circus proprietor had to build a lire around his elephant to Keep lum from freezing. "I don't mime matters I can tell you," observed .Mts. Urown at dinner yesterday. "I should say no!, judging from this mince pie," Grumbled Brown. ( Md Mau (calling down Stairs to tlsUglltOI i -Clara: Daughter Yes, papa? Old Man -Ask that young man in tho parlor which he prefers for breakfast, milk rolls or Vienna bread .' A Florida paper complains thal lhere arc in that Stale "too many lawyers, doctors, preachers, editors, and tramps, and not enough men who carn Huh living hy tho sweat of their brow." Nervous lady passenger (111 hain, after passing a temporary brid, i ) -Thank good ness, weare now on terra Urina! Facetious gentleman-Yes, ma'am: less terror and moro firmer, hast year bread and butter < osl li M s than in the previous year, but cheese, pork and canned goods were higher. C?lico, which advanced it erice, decreased largely in con sumption; while tea, which declined in prlco, Increased len percent, in use. Mattcr-of Fact Molla r (lo fashionable daughter who ls going out)-Clara, I think your bustle is altogether too large to look well. Fashionable Daughter- I know, mama: bul you have no Iden how sllppi ry thc sidewalks arc. A Chicago woman, the wife of a police man, rigged up in her hie band's uniform, and nobody dOtCCtcd tlie disguise until she allowed herself lo 1)0 found when .. row was going on. Then they know she WflSU'l one of the fore,.-. rio- Deadly mw./.nrd. The terrible storm which has swept over the Northwest, blockading railroads in live States, is now over, and the victims of il* fury are being counted, Thc pitiful Hst i> growing almost every hour, It Is not Im probable when the record is complete ?I will show a hundred lives sacrillcd lo tho aw ful fury of the blizzard. Next to this, tho worst ullzzftrd Hint tho Northwest ever experienced occurred January 7, 8 and 0, ls?:', in that storm seventy people were frozen lo* death and thousands of dollars' worth of property destroyed. Tho recent storm promises to bc evin moro terrible In Ils results. lt Came without warning. Thc mercury foll rapidly, and by ? o'clock on Wednesday evening it was fifteen dc grecs below zero, and the next morning it registered thirty dignes below. All tho while the wind increased in fury, snow foll thicker, mid the largo quantity of siiow that was already on Ino ground was blown into powder and hurled atong by thc wind. The sufferings of ?tho victims wert Intense and the death li-t was appalling. A ic vised list of the fatalities BllOWS ninety seven dead in Dakota, twa ?ve in Minnesota, six in Iowa, seventeen in Nebraska and three in .Montana-total ono hundred and Ihirt) live, he- id's fifty live reported miss lng. Additions are constantly being made to tin; list. Railroad travel has" boon blocked for sonic days. Will I HHH bs a \ ? ur of \\ at I The present year is thc fifth year of ino.lern times In which Ibo aggregate of the figures ls twenty live, and there will be but live inure years in which Blich a combina nali m is possible prior to the year 2000. Probably few have ever heard*of the old prophecy, Which runs BJ follows: in every future year of our i.ord, When tho Niim Of tho HKIUCH is lw- ntv llve, Sonto warliko kuiKdom win draw tho sword. Bul pea/Ofnl nations In pi-iu-e shall Un iv o. Students of modern history will readily recall how faithfully this prophecy has been fulfilled In the four previous years to which ii applied. In 1600, Rust?a, Denmark nm! Poland formed tho coalition against Sweden whieh Inaugurated thc great war that ended in Um lisaatrous defeat of Charles XII. at Pul Iowa. Thc year 17H0 will ever be memorable on recount of thc breaking out of thc French Revolution. The year 1708 witnessed tho campaign if Bonaparte in Egypt and tho formation >f the second Kuiopmii coalition against Errant \ In 1870 war broke out between Hnglaml ind Afghanistan, followed by Hm Invasion A thu latter country by llritlsh troops. Inwh.it manner the prediction IS to bo rarifled In 1898 remains yet to be seen, bul Je- prosent condition of Europe seems to promise nn abundant fulfilment of tho prophecy. TUB HILLS. After K?gar Allen Poe-About a Mile AfUtr. Seo tho postman with thc bills New Yeav's bills What a world of tribulation Now their sending out fulfils! . How they ranklo, rankle, rankle, lu lix- Startled dreams ol night, As tho creditors' procession of thc chamber takes possossiou With n brutalized delight; Calling "Tlttlt I" "'rime!rune! In a sort ot prize-ring rhyme. To the dark and deep domnltlon That so gradually kills. From the hills, hills, hills, hills hills. From tho tailors' and the bailors ItUlo bills, Hills! Hills! Hills! Se the big bill8 for my wife Tailor-made in styles now rile, if thc present fashion grows We can wear each other's cloe?, Dropping frills and rurbolows, Dropping furl? lows and frills, And rt du. bur tailors' bills Hills' Hills! Hill-' Sec thc fearful grocery bills - Kating bills! What exceeding co-' to people ls tin- food thai stomach IIIU. Do? tors' bhfs For (l i ir pills. Potions, squills Ami sub hiing all \\ Idell kills. How w<- died lo draw Inc money When recovered from our ills' Plumbers' lillis For stoppim rills In thc pipes bene..lb the sill-. Wild! we tell them for their pay To take thc ItOUBO and all away. They but answer'twould ?ot meet Their ?.Htilo" bills Theil extortionate and bank SUI pending bills! Bills! Bills! Pills1 ?-"nets About Itiilufiilb Tho subject of tho rainfall i.s an inter v. ting one this winter. Tho American Meteorological Journal iuforms us that "the precipitation in Iho tom poroto zone oxtromeiy voriahlo from ..ison to sea son," whioh inspires hopo that other wiutors may dim l a liltlo from this one. The discussion of Hie weather journal is, however, chiefly devoted to tho rainfall OU tho Western plains, which is rceogni/. ed as a most important element in esti mating tho agricultural futuro of our country by such competent authorities os General .Monow, Mr. Charles Franois Adam.., Professor t?. 1!. Thompson and ox-Senator Dorsey. In investigating tho climatology of thc United States, allow ance bas to bo made for tho difficulty of placing rain ganges in exposed localities so as to ohtaiu accurate results. Snow drifts and inequalities o? oxposuro play an important part In upsetting tho rn casu n meals by gauges; and much caro if necessary to provont inexactness iu a result in which accuracy is essential. Mr. Mark W. Harrington, in tho Met? urological -loin eal, recommends the iiapH (f Lorin Hiodgett as tim best standard for comparison ari a basis of sar Uer observation, and those ol' Dr. Charles Donnison, of Donvir, for the later dates. With these as standards, Mr. Harrington conolndoa thal there isa sion hut gradual gain iu tho rainfall in the West, which argues well for thc in creased fertility of our great developing agricultural regions. I'nlroulxo linnie. Vc-, patronize home fichools and home i ivory th lng. 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