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p In tho Osarle Region. " "I wish that 8OU10 of you follows who Uko to talk about tho sport you haye hunting hore tn tho cold east could just Eack up your traps about now and go ack with mo to a country that a chap can livo in with pleasure ami comfort while tho gales and snow and frost of this Atlantic climato aro getting their work m to tho host kimi of Advantage ?aid "Chip" Macguiro, of Spriugttold, Mo., at tho Morion House tho other night. "(lamo is always plonty in southern Missouri," said ho, "hut this year it scorns to have outdone itself in nbundaneo. I carno over tho old Kan sas City, Fort Scott and (hilf Ualltoad last week, ami although that was carly in tho season for tho birds to he making thomsclvos conspicuous, I'll bet that 1 counted a hundred Hocks of wild tur koys. and there wasn't a Hock out of which I couldn't have shot one or moro of tho splendid birds from my window in tho car. Tho railroad in one place runs on trestles over a swamp for several milos, and in tho extensivo ponds and bayous of that wild stretch of country thousands upon thousands of wibi ducks und geeso of all varieties wero feeding, somo of tho water being covered for acres with tho fowl, undi their groups looked like islands in the lakes. Those fowl seemed to no 80 used to tho noiso of tho trains that 1 did not sec ono move its position through being startled by the cars in all that distance. "Tho day beforo 1 left Springfield I saw a bushwhacker come into town with n mule-toam load of dcor carcasses of the finest kind. I bought one simply to obtain tho magnificent head and ant lers, and ali 1 paid for tho whole busi ness was $3.20. There were nt least two hundred pounds of tho best venison included in thc purchase. You could not get dist head Mid those horns hero for loss than $10. Among the other large? game reported plenty and walting for tho bunter is bear. This gentle, creaturo moro particularly affects the jungles and swamps of northern Arkan sas, and if an uususpectin sportsman is going into theso parts he will have to keep his oyo skinned to lind thorough fares unobstructed by bruin. Tho lynx, anti now and then that relic of tho days wdicn tho country belonged to two-leg ged as well as four-fooled savages, tho American pan!lier, still hold as land tenure in that garden spot of thc south west, and, I am told, greet visitors after thc manner of their kind. 1 never dally with gamo of this kind, but I know men who do, and what they say may ho depended on. "1 went out for a rabbit bunt n few days before I left homo, and I gol tired of tripping over them. That is no ex aggeration, for I give you my word that they jumped out from every bunch of brush ami leaves that lay in our path. After bagging all 1 could carry I went to shooting (?nail for a friend who was with nu to hack homo. Theso birds actually paid no attention to the pun at all. but tlic Hocks 1 shot into kept right on feeding ns if nothing had happened, and rather objected to my picking up thc ones I hail shot. Wc speak of gray and black squirrels out there as you might refer to sparrows hero, for tiley take possession of towns and villages in nbout tho sauio way. "Tho beauty of it all is that tho Inter the season grows tho better tho weather gets, and suv of you fellows can come out Ibero Now Year's and strike it right, and spend the remainder of the winter in clover. You won't bo apt to see ranch snow. Tho Ozark rogion is tho greatest country 1 know of, and thc water out there is immense. If yon want to hmo a good hunt como out and sec mc. and leave all your medicino at homo."-A'. Y. Sun. Tho Kuti of a I Lona nee. Tho St Louis Republican has a story showing how a romaneo in tho life of Stanley, tho explorer, carno to nu un timely end through tho greed of his affianced t "During a visit to Athens," tho writer says, "I don't remember what year, bc mado tho acquaintance of a then hand some Greek girl, Virginia Ampela hy namo. They fell in love with each other, and as it was understood that he had some moans, ho had no difficulty in obtaining thc consent of her parents. Kvorything was arranged excepting the financial part of the programma Vir ginia's mother pretended to object to his going to America, and, thinking she would receive somo recompenso for tho groat loss sho would sustain, proposed that Stanley deposit 60,000 francs in thc National hank in her daughter's name, Stanley saw through the old lady's mercenary wiles anti was very indig nant. It appeared to him as if he was asked to buy her outright. Still ho was confident that his Virginia would not bo a party to such a transaction, and hastened to impart to her thc suhstanco of tho conversation with lier mother. Tho young lady, 'iowovor, loved tho ex plorer's money hotter than she tlid him, and had received the valuable advice of her excellent motlier beforehand. Sho, therefore, calmly informed tho ardent lovor that her mothor had only asked what was proper, and that her views upon thc matter coincided with th oso of the estimable old lady. Stanley with drew in anger, and tho engagement was broken oft" Cow ami Gander. A combat between a cow and a gan der is described by a newspaper of Albany, Qa. Tho cow mado a violent attack on tho gander, when, with much deliberation and coolness, tho bird, as thc cow rushed on bim, caught a strong hold with his beak on Uni hair and hide between tho horns and Happed his wings furiously. Tho astonished cow was glad to shake her antagonist oil'. Hut, after retreating a few feet and looking upon the proud nock and in significant form of I ho haughty hird, sho concluded to try him another round, and again dashed at tho gander, who was a lillie moro deliberate if possible in taking his hold, ami, with swift, and strong wings, ho showcrod his blows on tho oyos of tho foo. The cow hail evi dently miscalculated tho prowess of her diminutivo enemy, and, after considera ble effort, shook tho pugnacious bird off and bent n retreat. Fogg has conceived tho idea that tho original Tower of Habel was a bonnet This shows, thorcfore, if ho h not astray, that the fair sex had bogun to mako themselves obnoxious at a very carly era.-Boston Transcript. .?Liberty's a hoss," remarked a slangy Now York girl who was praising the statue to a "Washington girl. "Yos," replied tho Washington girl, who had been to tho races .occasionally herself. "O, yes, a dark bay boss." ?.When New-Yorkers," says n writor, ..beeomo too scientific and litorary, they are apt to beeomo, at the samo time, too irreligious." At this distance it looks as if the New-Yorkors wore becoming too scientific and literary.-Norristown Herald Adv min?eos of tho Solontl?o Moth* od. (".?ve mo n fn!ci mn," cried the an cient sago-"givo mo a fulcrum, and I shall movo tho world." "Grant mo a few postulates," 6ays tho modern rea soner, "and 1 shall read you tho riddle of tho universe." An unchallongoahTo postulate, howovor, is almost as difficult to (ind as a stable oxtrn-terrcstial ful crum. Tho scientific "spirit of tho ago" walks by sight and not hy faith, lt rereis lu facts, lt numbera, and weighs, and measures, it catalogues and de scribes; it compares and classifies. To make progress among the secrets of Nat ure its highways is experiment, and its watchword is demonstration. For any interpretation of a natural phenomonon it demands proofs that can appeal to tho senses, and it looks with wholosomo Buspiolon, if not contempt, on moro .'arrti-ehair" speculation. Tho marvelous success in advancing know ledge, and In gaining powor over thc forces of Nature that has resulted from its uso, is convincing evidonco that tho scientific method of interrogation is sound, and that it should always be adopted wherever possible Hut it is not always possible, to apply the method. Thc nearer wo approach tho region of subjective phenomena, tho moro diffi cult it becomes to test particular inter pretations by an appeal to experiment. Tho galvanometer may reveal agitation in a sensor}- 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 feolings. Consciousness alone can discriminate the facts of consciousness; and tho char acter, or succession, or relation of thoso can only be described in terms of meta physic. Theories of physical relation ship hore must at first bo tentative, and at the best they will rcqu'uo to bo stated in very general terms. Tho argument must consist in tho application of gen eral principios; and, in choosing these, analogy balanced by common sonso must bo our guido, in drawing our conclusions, we may bo satisfied if thoso can bc held with somo moderato degroo of probability.-James Cappic, Af. D.% in Popular Science Monthly. New Rritain nml Its People. New Britain is one of the most beauti ful countries in tho world. Tho con tours of the lofty mountains aro very graceful, and the variety of tints of the rich tropical verdure is as attractive as it is unusual. Thc dense foliage is In terspersed with patches of grass of an emerald hue. At M a tupi in Hlancho liay there is an activo volcano, a cur ious volcanic island, and n region of hot springs. 1 traveled by land once from Nodup to Hlancho Hay, and tho heat and fatigue were moro than com pensated by tho boautf and varied character of thc scenery traversed. Tho New Britain people go entirely naked. They arc not a line race, and want tho activity and vigor of tho Solomon-U lan.lers. Foreigners bavo introduced n good many lire-arms among the inhab itants of Hlancho Hay and Kamboirah, but as a rule the spear, usually adorned with brightly colored feathers, is their make excellent nota and ingenious fish ing basket?. They aro tho only can nibals 1 know who are not ashamed of their fondness for human llesh. A Gor nian settler told me that overtures wore made to him to arrange the purchaso of tho body of a man who had been acci dentally killed by a neighboring tribo with whom thc would-be buyers wore not friendly. Tho reason given was a desire to eat what otherwise might be wastell in a commonplace- interment. The curious and little understood ceremonies of the duk-ditk are extensive ly performed in New Britain and tho neighboring Duke of York group. Ono thing about them is certain, and that is, that those who aro initiated into tho mysteries obtain considerable influence o. er the rest of their tribesmen. There is another very remarkable custom, about which I was given information by tho Kev. Mr. Boonoy of thc Wesleyan .Mission, which labors in this part of Melanesia. lt may be described as fol lows: If A injures H, H burns down C's hut, or makes a bolo in his canoe, or sticks a spear in the pathway so that C is nearly sure to run against it. H lets C know that ho has injured him, and the reason of it; when C is expected to sodio tho account with A, tho first ag gressor. On tho whole the New Britain people aro tho least attractive of nil Melanesians whom 1 know. They aro very dirty, and do not possess tho skill in fashioning pottery, or carving wood en bowls, of their neighbors in the Solomons and tho Admiralty Islands. Captain Cyprian Bridge, in Popular Kctcncc Month'y. Gell. Ilclkillip'H I'cen 11.tc Toe. A party of old soldiers stood on the platform of the panorama of Hull Run tho other day, discussing an anecdoto 1 told recently of tho idiosyncrasies of Stonewall Jackson, and a famous ex con federate, remarked: "I saw a good deal of Gen. Jackson before and during tho war, and noticed his peculiarities as overy ono olso did. I have heard him assort that his right leg was hollow and his left leg solid. Ho used to imagino thal he could fool his blood passing down tho cavity, and if it had boon any other man I would bavo said that ho was crazy." "I'm thc other man," responded Gen. Helknap, who stood by, "for I never take a glass of Burgundy without fool ing it run down insido my log to my great too." "And I know a man," obsorved an other, "who oannot tako even so much as a glass of beor without feeling a numbness in his arm from his wrist to his elbow." "Sam Randall," said a third, "always has a swelling of his ankles whenever he takes wine of any sort, but that's gout, of course?" "And 1 know a groat many mon,*' continued a fourth, "who cannot take n drink of whisky without fooling it in both legs, but I never thought thor? was anything strange about it. -for. Chi cago Aictvs. , Tho nirtbplnco of Abraham. Not fat- from Aleppo is situated tho little town of Otfuh (tho ancient Ur of tho Cha'dees) which is of great historic al interest, it having booti tho birth place of tho patriaron Al -. .ham. There aro few Jews in tho place, but tho Arabs still point out a small building lying outsido tho town which they declaro to bo tho houso wherein Abraham first saw tho light, and which tlioy thorofore term Belt ol C'halil (tho houso of the friend of god). It is most Improbable that tho actual houso should havo stood for thousands of years; but the building In question is of groat antiquity. By its prosont ownor, an Arab peasant, as well as by tho Arabs goner al ly, it is hold in tho utmost veneration-the more so since it is fearod that within a few years it will fall to the ground. Jewish Chronicle. . .1 houses and ?JIN KU VI- Mi WH NOTKH. Item ot '.latorett Uathery* from Varlou* After thirteen years' litigation an Albany estate has realized 85 cents ap?ceo for thc heirs. Thc lawyers got about $11,000 each. The Crown Prince's breathing having be come difficult, tho doctors have success fully performed tracheotomy. Hois doiug well. American potatoes are scarce In Chicago and thousands of sacks arc being imported from Rotterdam. A recent assiguuicut was 2,500 sacks. At Adrian, Mich., au epidemic of typhoid fever has broken out In thc State Industrial Home for Girls, and thirteen or fourteen arc already sick. Thc charities of Loudon last year amount ed to $22,000,000. They wero devoted chletly to religious purposes, $5,000,000 being on foreign missions. Thc gilded dome of tho Massachusetts State Ilouse is said to bc settling, and it is feared that it will bo so much weakened that lt will have to bo takeu down. Tho Commercial Printing Company, of Chattanooga, Tenn, W. T. Burkina, president and general mauager, pulishcrs of the Daily Commercial, have failed. As sets arc given at $1:1,928 and liabilities at $25,033. Australia has pent to this country for bees with which to fertilize clover blossoms and to make possible thc growth of that grass in thc country. A large shipment of bumble-bees ls to bc made from Kentucky next summer. Four frame dwellings at Kutztowti, Pa., were totally destroyed by lire carly yesterday morning, and John Hopp and Ins daughter, aged 15, and a son aged 9 years, were burned to death. Thc Marquis of Lansdowne, Governor General of Canada, will succeed the Karl of DulTcrln as Governor General of India at thc cud of thc present year. Lord Stanley, of Preston, will bc Lord Landsdownc's successor. Secretary Fairchild has ordered thc New York collector to seize tlc yacht Marion for filibustering on thc coast of Cuba. Thc yacht has just returned from a pleasure cruise and it is said that thc Secretary is thc victim of a joke. Miss Iicwic M. Boyce, of Plainview, Neb., a school teacher, who lay on thc prairie all night during thc recent blizzard, with three of her pupils, all of whom died in her arms, has had both feet amputated. lier left arm ls badly deformed by large pieces of flesh dropping off. but her phy sician says it will probably not bc neces sary to amputate it. Sixty shares of Baltimore and Ohio Kail road stock sold in Baltimore yesterday at 95. This is thc lowest figure reached for a number of years aud it said to result from thc probability that thc road maj- not declare a dividend for several years to como, lt ls thought that thc shares will go still lower. The city council of Spartanburg has ap propriated $1,000 for tho entertainment ot thc military encampment provided Spartan burg bc selected. This will bc heavily in creased by private subscription if nocessaryl A choleo ( amping place will be provided, tents (inched and all arrangements made at thc expense of the Morgan Rifles. A big collision occurred on thc Georgia railroad, at Bonesvill, thirty-three miles from Augusta, yesterday morning, between and cast-bound through and west-bound way freight. Both engines were thrown oil thc track and struck a third locomotive on a siding and badly damaged it. All three locomotives arc damaged, but nobody was hurt. Thc Draper Colliery at Gilberton, Pa., has resumed operations on the same terme as thc William Penn Colliery. Prepara tiens arc also being made for thc rcsunip lion of work at Kealy Run Colliery. Su perintendeut Williams has notified tho em ployes of Shenandoah City Colliery that il a sufficient number of them desire to begin work again thc company will guarantee them protection. A bill is now pending in Congress to ap propri?t? $800,000 to furnish the posl offices of thc country with a machine tr delect the weight of gold and silver coin. Thc machine is u balance with a long arni containing gradated slots, which determine accurately thc weight, diameter and thick ness of Blandard gold and silver United States coins. Any coin below the least le gal weight is readily detected. The .?gro Minuter to Liberia, Thc Hon. Charles H. J. Taylor, LI..I)., l inted Males Minister and Consul General lo Liberia, Africa, whose salary ls $.>,(MM a year, has recently honored us with hlf views on several point?. lie says: "I am opposed to a black man'? being called col ored. Black is thc absence of color. Il we oro anything we arc negroes. I am t negro and don't wish any man to call nu colored. I was born a slave and com monccd as a bootblack. I lived in Bevan nab eighteen years ago, though a native ol Alabama. I nm only 81 year? of age and ava the youngest diplomat In tho service. 1 wish lo say that thc negro has been moved almost solely by emotion or passion, bul he will gradually learn lietter. Again, tin negro is naturally happy, and spends bb last ?V0 cents as if he were a millionaire. I am nfruid that thc tendency with ni) race is to imitate the vices of whites and shun their virtues. Tell the readers of thc Iieligiou? DeraUl to treat the negro fairly and throw him on his own resources, ll ho can't lux; his own row and tote his own skillet, let him go to thc wall. Llboria it thc richest country I ever saw, but ucgroci raised herc can't live there. Thc failure of Liberia does not prove the negro Inca pablo of self government. Thc liest nc groes have not been sent there. There arc only 2,375 voters In all Liberia, and 1,331! of them hold offices. " That ls what Mr. Cleveland's minister to Liberia tells us, but he may lie mistaken on some point*.- Hichmontl Religion* JleraUl. A lilt Of I'lill...<.,,,hy. An old negro, observing thc greediness exhibited by a white boy, said: "Come heah er minit, mer son, an' lemme tell ycr cr little story." The boy approached and thc negro continued: "Ono day dar wuz er hoy bout yor size gwino along de street. Ile como ter er Bto' whar dar wuz er bar'l o' apples, an' ho says, says'ho, 'Mister, gin mo or apple?' Do Mo' man looked at him or minit an' 'plied: " 'Think yer ken toko Jes one?' " 'YOB, sah.' " 'An' yer won't tako but ono?' " 'No, sah.' " 'Wall, go tor de bar'l dar an' git yor ono.'" "De hoy hopped up ter dr flarl an' f;untcr fumble or mong de apples, han' in' fust ouc an' den do under, ter git der bigges' ono. Arter er laung time ho tuck do bigges' one he could lino an' hop ped cr woy frum de bar'l or gigglin' an' or grinnln* case ho had beat dor man, but when ho stuck his teeth In do apple ho foun' dat all de inside WD? rotton. Den his law dropped an' flingin' de no count apple cr way ho says, says ho: " 'Mistor, please, ssh, gin mo ono mo' an' I'll take dor littles' one I ken fine.' " 'Oh, no,' says do man, 'ycr can't bab no rdo'. Dar wu? or timo when yer could er got er good little ono 'stead o' er big bad one, but dat timo is past.' Botter think or bout dat, my son, fur one o' dese days lt mont be too late fur i yor to uko er leetie one."-Arka/uau VkM.U. . 1 HU ll '-A-llll Xi'. OUK CHOICE. Soino lx>ys Uko tko malden with saucy blue eyes, Or fancy tho girl with gold hnlr; Some chai? Uko the lass ot diminutivo size, Or midden with a scholarly stare; Some youths arc quite partial to tender youug dears Or beauties who weightily crash; But meu are convinced through thc know ledge of years There's naught Uko the girl with the cash. Tho telephone operator has a perpetual holler day For w. iolis that are dark commend us to the coal scales. Thc cold wave Hag carries a black lozenge lu the centre. This is for bronchitis. A sailor is a lightning clmuge man. In twinkling be can turu into a hammock. The mathematician's favorite season is thc 8um-mer. The milkman's is thc spring. Song of thc emancipated debtor-"We do not sneak as wc puss by." 'Man wanta but little here below." But bc geh* lt below /ero too often for comfort. Thousand-dollar clerks who live at thc rate of ten arc the (?nea from whom thc safe combination should be kept. A Greek wedding ceremony lasts all day. The duration of thc divorce ceremony Isn't tated. The coat tall flirtation is thc latest. A wrinkled coat tail bearing dusty toe marks means, "I have spoken to your father." 'That remains to be seen," ls what the young lady remarked when she left some thing on the plate "for manners." The woman whomaketh agooil pudding in silence is better than she who maketh tart reply. One hundred and eleven years must elapse before thc next row of three figures will stand in line to designate the year. When a fire in a kitchen stove goes out lt often leaves undone those things which it should have ?lone Thc dog is nat much of a pedestrian, but he can make an unlimited number of laps in a very short space "Don't dance" young men should par take of "kop bitters.* lt might lubricate their limbs a little lt ls a great honor to bc a rear admiral, hut, curiously enough, wc never beer of a rerr general ora rear high private. There is a certain corset factor}' that turns out two corsets a minute This is a striking illustration of haste making waist. Sec that your animals are made comfort able when the mercury is playing about the zero point. Of all dark traits that disfigure the hu man race, that of wishing to belittle ?a de grade the charatcrof another is the lowest. Au Investigator has come to the conclu sion that women have a larger proportion of brown eyes than men. There ls nothing under the face of tho sky that can bo quite BO stuck up as a sheet of postage stamps w hen il tries to. The girls have formed a "kiss trust," and now the boys arc talking of prosecuting them under tho law which prohita the fore stalling of necessaries of lifo. "Oh, very beautiful are little girls, And goodly to the sight," So .lohn (?. Saxe wrote years ago, And .lohn (J. Saxe was right. Quite beautiful arc liltlo girls, And pleasing to the view; Their ros}' cheeks and clustering curls I like to see. Dou't you? Yes, very beautiful are little girls, And yet the dullest prig Will willingly agree w ilh me They're prettier when they're big. Wife-O, ?lector, Ueojamtn seems to be wandering in his mind! Dudor (who knows Benjamin)- Don't trouble about that; he can't go far. The age of a tree is determined by the number of Its rings, but it is not safe to apply this rule to tho bejewelled overripe mabbin ??r tho overgrown monopoly. Sometimes it ls hard to tell whether a man is linn In principle or simply obstinate, bul the man himself never expresses any doubt. lt was the young tailor who said, referr ing to a rival for the affections of a young lady, that he thought bc knew enough to he able to cut him out. When you see two dogs growling and gelling nady lo fight, remembe that it is only a joint debate, and the liveliest do? will get away with the joint. "Yes," said Smith, "when the United Suites gives away lands to railroad corpo rations ll sinks to tin-level of a colporteur.' "How is that?" asked .Jones. "Because lt becomes a traci distributor." A girl who weighs one hundred anti twenty pounds and tl OS thirty thousand dollars in lier own right, no matter how homely, unattractive or cross temper??1 she may be, la worth her weight in gold. "What Is ymir employment?" asked his Honor of a prisoner ari signed for vagrancy thc ot bur day. "Walking, sir." "Where do you walk?" "Well, that's according lo Which way thc policeman is coming from. Physician (to patient) - \ our case is a very serious one, sir, and I think a consul talion bad belter bc held. Patient uoo sick to care for anything)-Very well, ?lector; have as manv accomplices ns you like "I began With nothing," boasted a mil lionaire who liad made his money in crooked ways. "And that is the condition In Which you have left those who dealt with you,' was Uie blunt response of bystander. *It is Biiiit that women arc not naturally financiers. This ls just about ns true the statement that all crows aro white. Hand a live dollar bill to the fair occupant of a bazaar at a church fair, and sec how much change you get back. O no, women arc not financiers! () nol A beautiful girl in San Francisco hus been Bound asleep for seventy-three days. Well, don't fool with ber, Isvys. These pretty yirls turn out to lie mighty wide awake sometimes when their eyes seem to be shut. "('onie and ?linc with mc today, Grind' stone," sahl KU jordan; "tho bill of fare will ^jusl suit you. 'Calves brains is the principal dish. "I'll come, Kiljordan," said Grindstone, "hi order that you may have one man at thu table who can ? at calves' bruins without making a cannibal of himself." A Indy ncnt a luxurious easy chair back to thc factory three limes to have tho seat made "a little softer," then "a little harder,' and BO on. Finally it suited ber exactly, and she paid for lt. Thc chair seal had not been touched. This is the way our mothers fooled our fathers when their shirts tlid not m. Take a teaspoonful of Knglisb, A modicum of Dutch, Of italian just a trifle, And of Gaelic not too much; Some of Russian and Egyptian, Add them unto thc whole, With just enough to flavor Of tho lingo of thc Pole, Some (.'Ingalese and Hottentot, A suspicion, too, of French, Of native Scandinavian A pretty thorough drench; Hungarian nnd Syrian, A pinch of .Japanese, With just as much of OJIbbewny And Turkish ss you please. Now stir it gently, boll it wei!, And If you've docent luck Tho ult?mate residuum You'll find ls Volapukl M .W VIVIL M lt \ U l lt I I ! Tho New York Star gives thc following statement touching tho now Civil Service rulos: "Tho now Civil Servlco rules seem to meet with general approbation. Those who consider themselves tho particular champions of thc new system express their satisfaction with thc speolflo penalties pro vided for violation of the laws rogardlug political pressure and partisan assessments In Government offices. But thc execution of these provisions will merely enforce enactments that are already very specific, aud, In fact, the rules cousist mainly of a condensation of the statutes. As long as these statutory provisions exist, their rigid eu forcement can cause no surprise. "Practical men will welcome most of the new matter In the revised rules. The limitations of age are changed so as to abolish thc absurd provislou that prevented persons over 45 years old from competing for positions, while the agc of eligibility is raised to 26 years, in order that mere Schoolboys may bc no longer employed to the exclusion of citizens of voting age. The standard of eligibility ls raised from (15 per cent, to 70 for all except veteran soldiers and sailors, aud the veterans arc favored lu many other ways lu all compe titions. A most important and beneficial chango is thc one conceding to appointing officers the absolute right to reject nomi nees of tho Civil Service Commission, Thc former practice in this matter was of ques tionable constitutionality, and tho return to sound methods will go tar to remove thc objections of friends of good govern ment to Civil Service administration. "In the Post Office thc agc for letter car riers ls raised from 10 to 21 years as a minimum, and from ?15 to 40 years for the maximum; and for general employes the minimum l8 advanced from Ki to 18 years, and the 45 year harrier is abolished, as in other departments. The list of oil i curs ex empted from Civil Service classification is made definite, and ls increased by tho ad dition of chief clerks and heads of di visions; and in many other ways the ten dency of the new departure is to render Civil Service reform more acceptable to the people." Talked Willi Her llrnd llimtiand. A North Adams, Mass., special to thc New York World stvys: "Mothet ls dead; come at once." was the message telegraphed by Dexter M. Bishop, of Readshoro, Vt., a few days ago. The message had to be contradicted, for Mrs. bois M. Bishop, aged 80, had not died. After lying un conscious for hours, she revived and to day is apparently restored lo ber former health. Mrs. Bishop says that while she was unconscious she heard a voice say, "Mother." and she recognized it as the voice of her eldest son, Franklin Sylvester, who died fifty years ago. She also recog nized thc voice of ber husband, who died thirty-five years ago. He asked her what she wanted, and if she was coming to him, and slit; replied, "Yes, William, I have been in great affliction." After having seen and talked with her dead husband and son, the old lady says she doesn't want to live any longer, bul wants to go lo them. She has no doubt that lt was bcaveu where they were, with all its glories and brightness. Just lx-forc she was laid on her bed her hands became purple and the coloring crept nearly up to lier wrists, and then nearly the whole length of lier arms. Her feet became icy cold and the same purple coloring began lo show in tho body. While this discolora tion was taking place, Mrs. Bishop called each of her three daughters, her bon, Dex ter, her son-in-law, Truman Qrccnslet, and ber ten grandchildren and gave them ti farewell message. Soon after she was dead, io all appearances, ami thc fact ol her death was communicated to the neigh hors. The story of ber coining to lift reached the village of Readshoro, and cu riosity seekers arc coming in force to set ber. Whv ll<> Nm, .i for Lamar. Senator Standford, of California, bas written thc following letter to a constituent who asked his reasons for voting for thc confirmation of Mr. Lamar as Justice ot thc l ulled Stales Supreme Court: "Your letter asking my reasons for vot ing for Lamar received. I voted for him because I considered him one of thc best men in the South for the place, Ile is, in my judgment, a broad, liberal-minded man. of a great deni of learning. He was professor of law lu the University in Mis sissippi. I think he is a thoroughly con verted Unionist, and I do not think it wise lo reject any one on thc ground alone that thc}' were engaged in the late rebellion. I think that we want to bc one people, DO"'! cally and socially. Cen. tirant expressed the idea when he said: 'Lot us have peace.' "Lamar's loyalty and integrity to thc Union was passed upon most conclusively when both houses of Congress provided for the succession to the Presidency and made him an heir, only a few removes from the Presidency. I am reluctant lo And myself not in harmony with all thc Republican Senators, but it wns a case, so far ns my ac tion was concerned, entirely for my own judgment and conscience, ami I voted accordingly." A Umiitllul Ul ri'? Had Fair. I1AI.TI.MOUK, February 7.-A pitiful spec lacie was presented at tho Southern police station this morning when a patrolman led in a beautiful apparently not more than 1H years old, and so scantily clad that she had Inn! found nearly frozen to death, huddled in an unused ash carl in an alley. From the wild stare in ber black eyes and ber strange actions lt was evident that she was Insane. Her black hair hung down her back and the drizzling rain on it bad matted it and frozen. Her scant calico dress was covered with sleet and her feet were almost bare. No one know her. She did not ap pear to IK- a vagrant, but was likely n stranger hero. At limes there waa a gleam of Intelli gence in ber beautiful face and then she would talk lo those about lier. Once she said ber name was Maggie and that her husband was an army officer who had a pension of $:i,000 a year. It is not believed that she ls a married woman. Thc police are trying to find lier friends. She ap|ieara to be refined. During her insane wander ings she freeiuenty exclaimed, "Oh, my brain, my brain," and putting her hand to ber head seemed trying to force her mind to respond to the questions asked as to nor identity. A .Morel Ile!. A novel bet was lately decided in a rcs taurnnt in Philadelphia. A gentleman as -(Ked that the majority of men did not know what they were drinking, and offered to bet Hint ho could confound anyone so that he could not tell water from whisky. One of the party ncccptcd the wager and thc preparations began. The man was first blindfolded anti then a Dumber of glasses, containing water, milk, whisky shorty, claret. Rhine wine and gin, were set out on thc bar. Tin y were handed to the blindfolded man one nt a time ami la was told to name the Honor after tasting it He got through thc list bravely until he came to the gin, which he called ts,rt wine Then the man ?tarted him back, but it WAI soon ?cry evident that his palate had been knocked silly. He eallcel milk water, anti finally was forced to admit that all thc liquors tasted alika and that he had lost his bot. - Ml - Speaking of encyclopedias, thc academy ?t Pekin bas got up ono of those treasuries of human knowlrdge which leaves ihe Britannica far behind, so far as bulk is concerned, being lo 160,000 volumes TUB BRUTAL WMIXB OAl'H. A Man Who Weat Agalait Their Wlihe- lt Whipped Nearly lo Death. EVANSVILLE, IND., Feb. 5.- A report bas reached this city of a dastardly out race by White Cans, committed ou ? ridav night near Marengo, Howard conn ty. Ind. In that locality reside Thomas \\ lilburn aud wife, who were subjected last year to great indignities, so it Is said, at the hands of thc White Caps. At thc time Williams claimed to have recognized among his as sailants n prominent young man,'i bomas Courtney, Jr., thc sou of one of thc lead ing physicians of thc county. He hume dlatcly sought thc arrest ol young Court ney, who, fearing trouble, left for patts unknown. "Nothing further was heard of thc young man, though It transpires that he had located with his father at Fort Scott, Kaiisa?, and n telegram from that point yesterday announced that he had been arrested upon a requisition from thc Governor of Indiana and was back bi Crawford county. This news seemed to have enraged thc friends of the young leader and they determined to wreuk'thoir vengeance on Williams, who was supposed to have encompassed the arrest of Court ney. Reports received state that they went to his bouse last night at a Into hour and de mnuded admittance, which was refused, when they broke down thc door just as Williams bred three shots into thc crowd from bis revolver. It is not known If any one wns hurt, but it seemed to infuriate tho masked men, who proceeded to tie Mrs. Williams to the bedstead and took Williams Into tho yard, where bc was bound to a tree. They then told bim that they had come for his written and sworn statement exonerating Courtney from all participation tn thc crime charged against bim and that bis refusal would result in bis being put out of the way. Though thus intimated, he refused to do lt, and their leader ordered that bc should be Hogged until be agreed to sign the .state ment. lie wns therefore stripped and bound closely to thc tree, with bis face turned Inward. Thc lash was applied vigorously, bringing thc blood for some moments, when the bend of thc poor man was no ticed to fall backward, and it was usc cr fained that bc bad fainted. At that mo ment tho sound of approaching horsemen caused tho miscreants to decamp. Wil Hams was cut down and thc usual reme dies applied, but be failed to regain con sciousncss, and ut last accounts was re ported hi a dying condition. Thc White Caps made good their escape. Thc wife slates that during thc parley with ber husband in (he yard, and while sin; was fastened to tho bed, one of Ibo miscreants would have subjected her lo grosser indignities had he not bern pre vented by a companion. The outrage is said to have aroused that section of conn try, where a very strong feeling has sprung up against thc repeated crimes of the White Caps. nh .1 for ?300,000. NEW YOUK, February 7.-A trial that is attracting considerable attention is the sui! of Frederick H. Smith against the National Hcnelit Society. He claims a policy for $10,0(H) on Ibo lifo of John Tyler. The case Ison trial in Brooklyn. Tyler died In a hotel In South Norwalk, Conn., in November, issi!. The insur ance companies got their beads together and discovered that they were stuck to the amount of $300,000. They decided lo light, and claimed that Tylor bad entend hilo a conspiracy with persons whom ho bad persuaded to Insure his life to a large amount for their benefit, with thc Inten tion, in case he found be could not pay his obligations to them in any other way, to Commit suicide and thus "enable them to realize on thc Insurance policies. Tyler was found iliad in a chair in bis hotel room, and the Insurance companies ure trying to prove that bc took poison. For the blood, usc B. B. B. For scrofula, uso B. B, B. For catarrh, uso B, B. B. For rheumatism, uso I?. B. ll. For kidney troubles, uso B. B. ll. For skin diseases, uso B. li. B. For eruptions, uno B. B. B. For all blood poisons, uso 15. B. B, Ask your noighbor who has used B. B. B, of it? morita, (let our book freo lilied with cortilieatos of wonderful euros. DIAL ENGINE WORKS. A COMPANY HAH BEEN FORMED that arc now operating thepo works, manufacturing tho Celebrate 1 TOZER PATENT ??RIOULTURAL AND STATIONARY ENOINFS, noted for thoir groot durability, simplicity and economy in fuel. Excollcnt workmanship nnd design. Return Tubulor Hollers n npooialty. Also Haw Mill Shafting and boxes. Most convenient shop in tho Htato for having your repairs ilono. All work guaranteed. Foundry work in Iron and Brass. Write us for estimates. W. 1\ LESTER, Superintendent. THORN WELL MoM ASTER, Business Manager. PITTS CARMINATIVE! KOll IM A M M AND TEETHING CHILDREN. An instant roliof for colic of infants. Cores Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera Infantum or any diseases of tho stomach ^bowels. Makes tho oritical i?criod of Icothiug ?afc and easy. I? a safe and pleasant tonio. For sale by all druggists, andfur wholosaloby How Alto, WlLuS & Co., Augusta, Ga. CHARLOTTE* ?IEMALE INSTI run;. Tho current sossion of this Instituto closes January 21st, 1888, when thc 6& im**^n ?giU8'wbich on,lB June Tho present session is ono of tho most prosperous m tho history of tho Insti "?f . i Th0re lfl,room ior only a few moro larding pupils. The health of thc behool, the accommodations of its lx>ard mg department, UA thc efficiency of ita corps of teachers aro unsurpas.^1 aUy whore in tho South. Tho Ural of January is a very convenient timo for entering. onUancT ?Dlj 'r0m Rev. WM. R. ATKINSON, Charlotte, N. C. Tneipal. 6H OW?A6i?. W?LTOAABII DE8K8 OFFICE FURNITURE ANO FIXTURES. flIKICH AU. HUMORS, from a common lllotcli, or I'riiiHloii. to tho wornt Scrofula. Salt - rhea in, ? ??vor-?oro?," **??>y *?r Ko??K? Sli I ii. 1? short, nil dlHcaws caused by bo'? blood aro eompieic?! by thin powerful, purl Ivliitr, find Invbforuthiir medicine y.r<?.nt i nillir Ulcers rapidly heal nuder Its be nian hilluenee. Kapeela liv. IIUH lt manifested its potency In curbur M'eMer, Kose KUHII Holls, onrbuiirlos, Sore Ilyes, s? i < \ ? liions Sores nii?l Swelling", a,,?? Joint Disease, Willie Swelling", bolire* or Tbtok Nook? and Eularared ( iinii. Semi ten cents In stamps for a lilllie treatise, with colored plate?, on Skin Diseases, or thc Kaine amount for a treatise on BerorulOU? Aihs tlons. ""riii: m oon is run MFR.? Thoroughly oTeanso it by uslug Or. iMorco'n ?.olden ?Vied leal ?l?coycry, and f o o ti digestion, a fair ?Ulli, buoyant "l?lr.. Its, and vital stroiiRlli, will bo established. CONSUMPTION, whlob 1B Scrofula ??f tho laings, is ar rested and l ined by this remedy. If taken l.e fore tito last BtagOBOf tho disease are reached. From its marvelous power over tills terribly f uul disease, when in-st offering this now celebrated remedy to tito.publlo,l?t,l'imn n ttimmiit scriousiv ot calling lt his "Con? Miiiiptlou tlnre?*? but abandoned tim* inline ns too limited for n medicine Which, from itu wonderful combination ?d' tonic, or RtretiRtiiciniiK. alterative, or blooo?cloati8lng, anti-bilious, p' lionii, und nutritivo proper? ties la uncqtialedi nol oui} ns a remedy for consumption, but for nil Chronic ?>IN . CIIHCS Of tile Liver, BioGil, and Lungs. Tf you fool dull, drowsy, debilitated, Imvo sallow color of skin, or yonowlsh-browii spoin on face or body, fre?|iionl boad?otio qr di/./.i iiess, bad taste in mouth, internal lieut or chills, alternaiwith hot iluslies, ?ow spirits and K"l"?uiy forebodings, hrcKiilar appetite, and coated tongue, you arc Buffering from T. n ?I i e ? i o 11. Dypepsln, and Torpid I.lier, or . ' ll . I > <? o ? o i ?..-..'< ]n many casca only part ol these symptoms' arc expe rienced. Aa a remedy for all mich case?, Hr. I'ler?io's GoldfOII Itlcdteal Dis covery is unsurpassed. . For Weah I.ii UK", Spliting of niood, SliortllCNN of Hr? olli. Ilion. < lilli?, AHUIIIIII, Severe Coughs, ami kindred affections, it is an etiicicnt remedy. Bot.n nv IUU-IUIIKTH. at $1.U0, or Six DOTTI. TH for ii*."..tit). Bend len couta in stamps for nr. Pierce's i ink on Consumption. Address, World's DlMpciiNury Medical Asno clatlon, MK) .Minn Mint, inn AI.o, N. V. $500 REWARD is offered by the proprietors of Hr. Sago's Catarrh ftcmcdy for a ease ot catarrh which they ?'11111101 cure. If yon havo a ?liHcbiii?rc flinn tho noan, offcnslVO er otherwise, partial loss ol' gnu ll. laste, <>r hearing, weak eye?, dull pain or pressure in bead, you have Catarrh. Thou* samls ol cases teruunnto in consumption. Dr Sage's CATAititu ItRMP.UY on rcs tho worst i i we "i Catarrh* ??Cold In iii? Head,*? and Gatarrlial Headache. SO cents. MUTATE BOA H DIN G. ON TUE FIRST OF OCTOBER, tho undersigned opened a FIRST CLASS HOARDING HOUSE in Charleston, for tho accommodation of both Transient and Permanent Boardora. Tho Building, loo'i*?d on tho northeast corner of Wentworth and (Hobo streets, is conveniently near tho business portion of King street, yet froo from tho noino of thc t borough iiinvs. It is within easy roach (rom tho Academy of Mimic anil from Churches of ull tho different ilo nominatione. Tho house has boon thoroughly re paired, and fitted np in good stylo with now furniture and fixtures. Terms reasonable. For furl lier information address Mun. E. E. ll ABELL, or MIBH H.*H. EDWARDS, idf Charleston, S. C. WE DO WEAR THE N. Y. STANDARD $3.00 C&SATD?em PANTS ll Ul UVM ?"m.lhlng t...T. ll.?n 1 >w tiri'?? lu Bini, fur I 1*1 ll f?.t aa -.cn n.aka ll.fin op. >\ .only a*. ?II "?;'.'Li'V.?.,h" '?""Ol'Ofn ?n.l |.iurn?.Il I. A MIMI t I lt MI-, nit lo feell |t lt Ann (ni ,. /iridio*. Nol. ..in, te. .i..o ci ibu wiry, u*ht i.i.t "(Ul. wool. Ii W?aft) IA. latin*/, * BXT.MS lo nurloiv ?triera. "? i..t < .. .. 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