Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE WONDER BALL. SM Ingenious Mwnin-r of Milking Ctiris* Bias Olfta COOtlon? Their Interest. A? tho season for gift making draws near ingenuity in that direction will no doubt bring forth a host of novelties which tho eager feminine mind will bc quick to grasp. One called the "wonder ball" ls already rolling on its way. Tall is of German origin, as the motivo con nected with it will show, for, as a peo ple, tho Germans, more than any other, bivcst tho common alTairs of life with aa atmosphere of sentiment. The wonder hall is a form of gift many gifts in one. The friends of tho ono who is to receive it nre in amiable cahoots together, and hy their united ef forts it is produced. An amount of bright wool is bought, say enough for a shoulder shawl, or even for nu afghan. The gifts, which should beef small bulk, are wrapped in paper, with the giver's name, a note, or any other personal re membrance affixed, and then thc yarn is wound about until il is covered, when another is added and the same process repeated. This goes on until nil thc gifts are in cluded in the package, one at a time, each interwoven with its concealing weh of threads. Now comes the charin! Thc receiver is requested to knit from that hall or to crochet any article they may choose to liv upon, and not hy any chance to un wind the yarn only so fast as tho work progresses. It is like undoing a long Christmas stocking with presents in it down to thc very toe. And sec what a stimulus to industry! Curiosity will grow stronger as each gift appears, and the work i.i pretty certain to he swift and soon completed. Here is nu example of one wonder ball. A lady had a birthday, and her friends decided to give a handsome work-basket und its furniture. German knitting yarn was bought for ll skirt -two colors, four hanks of blue and two of pink. This of itself would make a huge ball, but in separate packets were inclosed a thimble, a case of scissors, an elaborate assort nvcnl of needles, needle leaves, a Spool box, spools of every number and colorid thread and silk, an emery strawberry, a tape measure, and other trilles. These were interwound until the hall was of formidable proportions. Then it was presentetl in the basket anti the lady given to understand she was to work herself into a knowledge of her presents or to remain in Ignorance. Al lowing for this work t>nly such chance minutes of leisure as a busy woman eau snatch from more pressing duties, it would take a month to get at the henri of that wonder hall. An Odd Poker Slorj Thomas ll. Davis for many yt*rs waa one of Barnum's foroigll agents, and his duties called him to all parts Ol ibo world. Vesterdav .Mr. Davis leaned back ill a chair and in a <pii--l voice in quired: "Did you ever hear the story of the big poker game played between Deafy Gaylord and myself?" Nobody bad. and so Mr. Davis proceeded to lei! the story: "Well, Gaylord ami 1, who wero at that time iii Barnum's employ, were ; u rouie from Suez, l?gypt, to Bombay, India. We were passengers on tho steamer Uo ll i I hi. Peing unacquainted with any of our fellow-passengers, wo were at s,.:i :l.s u, h<)W to pass ll Wily the time. Finally wc. hit it. Quietly seat ing ourselves at a table and drawing a tieck of ennis wo commenced to play Imker. No one noticed us for a time, mt when they heard tho bolting 'I'll see you fifty and raise you a hundred' tho passengers, mostly (englishmen, gathered about the table. i was ap parently as cool as a sherry cobbler in midsummer, and dealt ibo cuds from the lop and bottom so boldly that some of the bystanders look pity on Gaylord, and, taking him one side, gave h m a pointer. Gaylord lei them have their Bay, but would not bo convinced but that bis partner was 'a dead square mau.' .* *Do you know him?' they queried of Gaylord. " 'Never met him before in my life,' was the reply, mid then resuming his seat, proceeded to be robbe I as opon ly ns ever a man w as. '?'he game ended by Gaylord being $10,000 loser. "When tho oilier passengers were not about 1 would return Gay ?ord his losings. "'The following dav I was oyod suspi ciously and Gaylord pitied as Ibo p ?or victim. Wo continued to aol as strangers toward each otiior, and <? tau* ally meeting in front of thu table w here wos? tho night before, politely bowod, and with a wave of our bands lownrd tho ?hairs, took our seals. Again did thf. stakes run high, and 1 kent cheat ing and raking in tho molloy. Tin spectators became excited, and mur murs of disfavor filled Ibo air. " 'Ten thousand lo a cab,' said Gay lord. *. 'I'll visit you,' was my rejoinder, and, showing down a straight flush, prooocded to take in the < ash. "Then Gaylord was again taken nsule. and told bc was being literally robbed by a S ll ar por. "'I don't squeal,1 said Gaylord: '1 can afford to los... toil thousand or s<> a dav just for thc amusement thc fellow gives me. I'm out about a 'plai ter of a million now, but t?lat's merely a baga telle. I'm looking for white, elephants for Barnum, and theao trilling iucidents don't count.' "lt was several days before Ibo trip was ended,'1 addod tho agent, "and l was looked upon by thc passengers a? the millionaire gambler of tho world.'1 -St. Lotlis Republican. A Boston man tolls how few in Eng. . and understand American Kllglisll "J bad not been in Liverpool an hour." ho says, "when I beca mo convinced thal 1 bad Mich to b-.uii about tho Kng language When I entered my hotel I asked the young woman who rec lived me. 'What aro) our tor ms?' and had 1 i.po,.eu Choctaw she could not have understood mo less. 'What do you charge a day ?' 1 next ventured. 'Charge: elie replied, vaguely, and ! tried turill ll. .Ab! you want the tariff?1 she said ;.. last, and sure enough 1 dill. ' Now. if I had used tho word 'tariff' ill that SOnSS in Boston it would have been considered shin"'. 1 tried in vain to pol a pair-id suspenders, as (hey would show ino none but those for stockings, hut .suc ceeded finally In buying Rome 'braces.' 1 might prolong tho Hal ad infinitum, but enough is shown lo warrant thc publication of an English-American dictionary of synonyms for tho usu ot travelers. " One of tho most Important industries of the day ia tho canning trade, and Maryland and California aro tho prin cipal canning stales. Maryland alone givos employment to (10,000 persons in canning fruits and oysters, tho estimate being J60.000,OOO cans nunnally. The principal oanning m California la fruit aud salmon. Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida aro also assuming some importance in the earn ing of pineap ple..!, oranges anti similar products. A DIAMOND STORY. Ti?o Clover Work Now Accoiiii>lltihetl bj Dishonest Lapidaries. A well known diamond dealer, wh? has become an expert from many years' handling of precious stones, was noar lv taken lu a few days ago by a shrewd diamond il h ark, whoso new scheine do serve? attention, as it is likely to bo at tempted in sonio other quarter. Tho dodge consists in trying to palin off a cleverly "doctored" diamond as a very valuable stono and in telling a plausible and picturesque, story to givo it coun tenance. Tho short, stout man, with a grizzlod, gray mustache, who tried to vietIniizo the jeweler in question, brought to hint an elegant-looking solitaire ring, pur porting to contain a diamond of unusual ji/.e and brilliancy. To tho oyo even af the expert tho steno looked nil right, and the man tried hard to make a bar gain with him at once, without pro ceeding any further. As it looked, tho diamond was easily worth ?200, and thc man. who told a lido of dire noces sil v, odored to sell it for A," 100. The story <>f the diamond as tobi by die man. who gave Hie namo of Charlea Harwood, was that it belonged origin ally lo '.he (b and Duke Alexis of Russia. In December 1871, when tho Grand Duke, w ho was young und handsome, attended the reception given in his honor in the Academy of Music, an cpi-odo aceurtvd that attracted consid erable attention at the timo and has been much talked of since. Some time after the. promenade, and when everything was in motion, tho at tention ot the Duke, who had gone up stairs with two of tho gentleman of tho committee, was attracted by a lady in imo of tho corner rows of curial neil balcony boxes. There were hut two ladies Ul Ibo box, one of them an obi or ly lady and tho other a tall, beautiful young woman, about 20 years of ago, w ho had remarkably lino eyes, which could not fail lo be noticed. Thc (?rand Duke expressed a desiro tu bo introduced, which was soon gratified, and after standing for a few moments in front of the box he asked permission lo go inside. In a little while In: asked tho lady to go on tho promenade, and otherwise showed his pleasure at moot ing her, but she mildly and persistently refused. As he rose t > go, tho Dilke, holding her hand a moment and slipping from one of his lingers a diamond ring, pre sented it to her and asked her lo koop it as a souvenir of the occasion. Tho lady di l so, ami kept it for several veers, mi!il at lasl situ fell into reduced circumstances and determined to got rid of thc ring in spite of its associa tions. Such, in substance, are thc facts of an occurrence upon which lite man with the diamond to seil told his story. Ho represented that the diamond ho had was the one given to tins lady, ?iud he endeavored very dourly to trace its his tory (u her. 'Tho jeweler, however, in sisted upon removing tho stone from the setting to examine it, and this the nmn allowed him to do. Tho man's willingness lo do this very nearly I brow tho jowelor off Iiis guard at the last moment, especially as upon removing lim stone he cunio see nothing wrong with it. Taking up a microscope, however, he was abie lo del eel, with a i ci?se scrutiny, a slight variation in the quality and levine of lim ?tone between thc muidlo portions and (he ends. I'hon ho held the stone near a lamp, and in a fow minutes tho whole, natur" of thc ingenious fraud dawned upon him. A small real diamond of Inferior quality formod Ibo lop and b itloin, and i lino piece of cry.ital had been sand wiched between ;heiu. adding nearly ton times ,o the value of the stone, it nail been s> cloverly and Ingeniously put together willi a colorless cemoni that il Was alnjo.U beyond the pow er ol ilclocli'm. Tho man, of iou-.', express ed sn: prise, and asserted thal the dia mond was just :<s ho received it. - Y'iu UUs. Coal-Mincis1 Wages, Tho Pennsylvania miner has no cot '. goor garden, unless in) lives a long I ?it HUCO boin Iiis work. His home ia usually in a i iinnplj built wooden house, one of a long row just alike, with oiii-ide unpainted and inside un finished, no collar, no door-yard, no phado trees about thom. Most of thoso houses have but two rooms, one up stairs ?ind one dow n, tin: lon er serving for kitchen and siltiug-room and, some timos, win n the family is large, for bed room a - weil, lie lives in a company liou.se o.i company land and pays rent for Ibo sumo at vary ing rates, ?4 to ???y nor moil I h. Ills rent is always taken from his wages boforo he is paid. I bi must also, as a t ine, pay for the coal he burns in his house, in some, localities as high ?is $2.7o per ton. Ile works in darkness. In Hie summer he goes into tho mino just as tim sun is rising and conies om just as it is setting. In winter he ra roly secs daylight at all. It is often so wet in the pill lory that hid dollies ?ne soaked from morning lill night. Sometimos Um vein is only throe or four fool thick, and ho must work in a.siting or reclining position. He is exposed to constant danger from falling ruck. lit'O damp, explosions, or of being buried a.ive. His work is hard, it is dangerous, ii requires skill, ?ind ought lo he well paid. In fact, however, ii ?.i very poorly paid. Tho average of minors1 wages is not greater than those of thu ordinary dav laborer in Massachusetts. Miners who work on eontraol -thal is, who aro p.dd hy tho ton of Coal rill nod in lae. anthracite mines, earned, in 1881, on an average, (8.84 per week; tho-e who worked by the day, .*7 per week; lu the bituminous mines, $7.10 per we k. Out of tli080 scanty oarnings ho must buy his own tools and pay for keeping them in re pair, ami must also buy the oil and the wloks for his lamps and the powder or >thor explosives ho uses. - (j cor ge A. i>i uisuu, m Work and Wages, Holyoke^ t?Ut ?, Hbo Lovell McPherson. Regularly once a month, says a Washington letter, the figure of a wom an, closely veiled, ts seen in McPherson square, usually about twilight. Sho is of good figuro and quito prepossessing. She will sit on ono of tho park settees for ?i fow momenta, whilo her gaze is riveted upon tito magnificent equestrian statue ol tho deceased go nora!. Twen ty-six years ago Miss Ktnily Hollinan, ano of tho richest bellos of Ihiltimore, while Visiting out west, met and fell in love with Qon, McPhorson, and they became affianced. Thegcnoral wns en gaged in tho war and could not spnrvt time for tho wedding, beides tho woll known southern sympathies of tho Hoffmans proved another causo of tho postponement of tho wedding. Tho nark day* of strife continued, and tho general fell in baltlo with tho miniature of his sweetheart prossed to his breast. Tho lady novor recovered from tho shock, and regularly visits tho statuo of hor hera null - V un ve. A TRANSFORMATION SCENE. yee the portly citizen Coming down the street; Prosperous, respectable, Exquisitely neat. Bec his smiling countenance, Philanthropie, bland; Note his pleasant, well-bred air, Easy, graceful, grnud. Sec ids shining beaver hal, See his ulster brown, t) but see his heels go up, And his bead conic down! What a fearful miracle Fate wrought i" a trice When tho portly burgher's heel Found that blt of iee. Tina away! Don't look at him, Lying prostrate there, Dignity and grace all gone, Whew! just hear him swear! A bud sign-Au illegible signature. Phil Sheridan's mother says she doesn't want him to run for President. Ile is happy who takes the weather as it comes cheerfully. Nothing 80 vividly remuais us of the brevity of life as n thirty-day note Water from thc river Styx should be good mutcdiil for mucilage manufacturers. Occupants of top floor flats arc not al ways "high livers." "Let her slide" is thc Biting thal goes with tobogganing. Man never hus tho same faith in thc eter nal UtllCSS of things after his wife bas made him a shirt. Electricity lu its various forms of oppll cation ls said hi give employment to 5,000, ? Out) persons. idleness ls the hotbed of temptation, the eradh of disease, thc waste ol lime, the canker worm of felicity. When "thc boy stood on the burning deck" it is presumed Ito resolved never to play curds llguitl., The be l lorin of responsive servie.- is that which consists in putting a good ser mon Into geml practice. The hustle must not and will not go, (hough it is entirely willing to be so fur eclipsed ?isle lake a back seat. Ile is happy who comes with healthy body into Ibo world; nun li more bc w ho goes with healthy spit il out of lt. "What's tin-, waiter'.'' Railroad soup, slr." "Queer nanio for soup." "Yes, sir; Block's been watered so often, sir. A i hi being asked by her teacher what kind of a noun "kiss" was, replied, with a blush, Hud is was both proper and common. The llritish Govcrmenl propose- lo grant a loan lo tho local authorities (o tide thc crofters over the present period of distress. SlrtlllgO that thc price of coal should al ways bc going up when lhere are so many more cellars than buyers. Tho bald-headed man may not earn any more hoad than liierest of us. hui with his vast glacial perlotl brow ho could sweat for a whole family. The lire lesses of 1SS7 were in excess of HlOSC of any previous year in the history of tho Country, except I hose of tllC Chicago and lindon conflagrations. It is n maxim that for every man thal docs not work, and for ? very woman who is idle, somebody must suffer cold or hunger. A medical journal tells people' how to catch a cold," bul wh it they want lo know is how lo prevent a cold from catching them. Thc girls hate slang phrases, whatcvei liny aro; Rut they hate in degrees, for they say That thc maid who "gets loft" is moro ancry hy far Than tito maid who gets "given away."' For tho most p, * Yd good breeding ob serve I lie manne!-, ol' two ladies who halo each oilier. Fach is on guard against tho slightest slip. It is the habitual thought thal frames It self intoour lives < Mir confidential friends have not as much lo do lu shaping our lives as the thoughts which we harbor. "Charley, didn't you h ave Miss Smith rather Midden! v ibo other evening?" "Well, yes. Tn tell I ho truth, she was beginning to get (entier, and I got frightened." The Appellate Court of Illinois has mi non need Its long looked for decisions in Ibo Chicago boodle cases. Dolli cases inc n 111 rmed, Thc Governor of Florida has demanded thc resignation of Sheriff Holland, of Jack* Millville, holding him responsible for Hu esea pc nf Carpenter, I ho alleged New York forger. Tho Philadelphia Publie ?Mlger, Mr. (?coree W. Cllllds's naper, says that Mr Childs is not ml will not he a candidate for the Presidency, and would not serve if cl dod lu view of tho inulo's high reputation II s a kicker, it is singular thal ho is not secured 1er soine (d' thc college fool hall elevens; but perhaps they have got all Hie mules they want II.e.V. Twenty live per CCUt. of tllC Coko OVCI1S in Hu- Comicllsvillc (Penn ) region have h.cn >hnt down fm- tho purpose of restrict ing production. This will (brow 1,500 mea out of employment. Thc fisheries commission have signed a treaty which, it is generally believed, will proven! all future difllcillties between tho United States and Hrent Britain on this subject, .lames Curtice, colored, a palace ear con ductor, has brought suit against Hie man agement of the Windsor Hotel, at .Mon tn al, charging that h.- was forcibly ejected from the hotel on account of his color. First Speaker-Say, fellows, you don't know what u bore this thing of wearing classes is; and I never have been able lo gel a pair that suited both my eyes and nose, [second Speaker-Well, you can't CXpCCl Hie nyes und noe? to la- unanimous for a thing., "What ls il you have against .Miss Smartly? She isn't so had, you know, and besides, sim is entitled to credit for more than halt supporting thc family." "Well, Hint's something in her favor, but she's quite unsupportable herself." When a Boston girl ls presented with a bouquet she says, "() how deliciously s Weet I hs fragrance Impregnates ibo en tire atmosphere of thc room." A down Fast girl simply says, "It smells scriunpli ons; Hianks, iteub. Rtycnuo olllccis in the past few days have captured several illicit stills in Clay and Randolph counties. Ala., and destroyed them, willi shout 'JU,(KIO gallons of boer and mush. Six of the distillers were taken to Montgomery ind arc now In jaii, await ing trial. A SAM rt M THAOKDV, Fast hil the flakes upon thc ground As he glided Into view "Is this thc editor?" "It ls," "Sir, w ill you publish Hean-" Hut crche could pronounce the rest, The i|tier?Ht met lils fate - lie dotilded up and calmly died, Struck wilh a paper weight! He perished in the nick of time, For well thc editor know' Thal ho meant to add "tiful Snow" When bc cut him olT at "Beau-" Mr. Lawton, United States minister at Vienna, has Accepted from Harry Farber, a rich American, a relative of President Cleveland, who is studying law at thc Vienna University, the offer of $1,000,000 to the American 'Government, with which to endow a university at Chicago on tho Vienna model. - - ? ....... Tho ilotiso Committee on Agriculture has decided to report favorubly tue Hatch hill to create a new executive department of agriculture. The portions relating to tho labor bureau iu thc proposed new de partment arc omitted at the request of the labor committee. ll is reported In Wall street that thc Sully party will soon retire from thc Richmond Terminal directory, .fohn P. Inman is named as Bully's probable successor. Pre vious to the last election Sully offered the 1 residency of thc Richmond Terminal to luman, but he declined to serve. The Bouse Committee on Territories has agreed to report one hill for the admission of Dakota, Montana, Washington and New Mexico as States. The committee reports unfavorably upon the division of Dakota and tho admission of the two parts as States. Dr. Mackenzie has protested against the course of treatment pursued hy Hie Ger man doctors in thc case ?if thc Crown Prince. Much surprise has been caused by the Emperor William having ordered Dr. bergman to make a special report on the condition of UlO Crown Prince's larynx. A West l'oint. Miss , special to thc New Oilcans Ti meit Ik moer itt says: "MahaiTiK Sturtcvaut, of Kansas, have made arrange ments to move their entire plant to this place. They have contracted to have tin lr works in operation by the lirst of .lune. This will he the lirst tile I aclory ever estab lished In Mississippi. Immigrants are pouring into this section from the North wes*." u\8ic irn.i. A uno AU. I'M -nb m \ on der Ml? IVnttU lo Tuite a lr ii m io Knrouo. President Chris Von der Abo, of Ibo st. Louis Club, arrived in Philadelphia Tues tiny from New York. Ile has just com pleted an ex ton si ve lour of Ku rope and ho says he is more In love with thc United States than ever. ' 'European countries arc about two hun died years behind America," he said. Everywhere I went I was questioned about thc A mei ?can national gamo ol baseball, lu England tho people seemed lo under stand something shout the points of thc linnie, but in Prance and Germany they know nothing ?d' it, When I told a sport lug man In Paris Ilia) somellmes as many as '.Vi,ono or 150,000 people witnessed one game, be not only expressed surprise, but lie w ss incredulous." "Have you any intention of laldngu team 10 Europe? ' "1 am thinking scrli usly of ii, and 1 will certainly send a bam I h rough England, France and Germany if any other malinger will embark in thc enterprise with mc. 1 am informed that President Day. of (he New York Club, thinks favorably of the projci t. and ii he conchies to send a team I will send one also." "How alien I Milligan?" "1 have offered Millican $2,700 lo play in St. bonis,'' replied Presiden! Von der Alie, "and Unit is as milch as he is. worth. 11 Is an increase of $000 over what bc rc c. ived from the Athletics Ins! season, He wants $0,000, hui 1 will not give il. If he wants to play at my ligures he i an sign a contrae! at any lime, ll he don't he can einain idle." HEALTHIER THAN BEER. An IIHIIIM!rions l.iilim-fr Wim Mukcx Oat meal Iii. Suits! Ulli? l<ir .Mall. "No i ? i r. thanks." "ll will do you good, after working in thc stree! all morning," ?aid the foreman of a party of laborers from tho Public Works Department lo one ol tho mos! intelligent of Ids workmen during a nooning on an up-low n sll'COl the oilier day. "Pd rallier driul; what I've gol in my blicket." ..What's thal :J" "Oatmeal and w aler 1 "What do you drink I hat for?" '.To keep.l, same as you drink water." "li doesn't ri -i you like beer, though.'' "Tri il once and see. When I bc* gan drinking oat-meal in my water, the wife had ni most io maka me lake it. Now I wouldn't he without it. 1 used to drink a glass of beer every noon, two before supper and 'work I ho giow 1er' lu hue going lo sleep al night. Thal COS? al on! IWCiltt COIltS a dav Now 1 save all thai .iud gel along just as well as before. 1 don't know what there is lihou I lin' meal, but when I have bad a drink of ii i don't caro for beer or any t bing else io drink. You'd lad ter try it yourself." "Oat-meal in wa(-r," explained a physician lo n roportor w ho Incl over heard the above-recorded dhlloglio, "is one of fhn best drinks iii Ibo world for a working-man, especially in warm weather. ll is nutritive, satisfying and agreeable lo the stomach, loi laborers ii makes a useful addition io the diel, costs but lillie, ami repays (he small outlay in tlc form of in creased ability io perform labor, eilhei physical or mental." .V. ) . Mail and Ejtpti ss. l in- ('onitttutlonal Amendment, Heartily concurring with Mr. Hoar'i amendment as to a chongo ot Innugiuatloi day and willi Mr. ('rain's excellent propo sinon to reform our present Coilgrcsslonn elidion system, lt ia to lie hoped that n< prolonged contention w ill .stand in thc waj of their adoption. With slight change1 they cnn bc conjoined in one aniciidincnl that will be certain to meet popular np pro val,, and do away with many BCriotll objections to existing methods. The Oritit would suggest that Mr. Hoar's ilincndmonl as to the day of in igiir.ition be ncccplci without application to thc commencement sr expiration of tho terms of mom hors ol tho lioii8e, and Mr. Crain's accented as ti changing the date o? expiration fron March I to Dcfcinhcr.il. Blich ail amend tncnl being agreed upon and ratified prloi to .March I. 1880, tho Congress elected ii November next would begin Its official OX Inlonce on tho last Tuesday In April, 1880, and December 81, 1800. Thereafter thon WOllld be no Irregularity in the series Tin Congress elected In November, is'.io. wonk extend from December, 81, lsim, tn f) eec rn lwr 81, 1802; tho Congress of 1802 fron December 81, IMYi, to December81, ls!M and so on. Congress would meei within ? few weeks after ils election, and Hie shot session would IM- permanently abolished. Washington Ci ?(ic. Si II.o.i? Mn ruin II billill i. A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch lays: "Hen alor .lohn Sherman, who ls in tlu* elly, or hearing that Mr. blaine would not allow lill namo to bo used before the Chicago ( on Vondon, said that he liad been cxpectin/! some such utterance from Mr. blaine fm some time. He had understood it would lie forthcoming, Mr. blaine wo? one ()| thc foremost Americans whom the Hepub Heans would delight to honor. Mr. Sher man did not care to talk much about tin Blaine letter, but. thought it would cause a Dumber of other candidates to come lo thc front. He proposed to make Hie race foi tho Ohio delegation and would contest hon orably for tho nomination. Mr. Ulai nt was a Republican who could sweep tin country ir nominated, but bo had andei stood all along that ho would not again seek Hie nomination. Il was on thin hypothesis that ho (Sherman) had entered the lists. soi I ll CAHOI.INA'K ATTUACTIOK*. Inquiri?* a? lo tho Coy Malden'* Ilmourcea Donning from nil i'nrta or Hit, Union. Inquiries continu? to como to tho De partment of Agriculture regarding the re sources of thc State. The gentleman from Ohio who, some weeks ago, Inquired about grazing lands writes that he will visit South Carolina in Hie course of a few months and examine some of the numerous farms thal have been offered him. He luis made a visit lo Tennessee, but returned home somewhat disappointed with tho result of his investigations there, lie evidently ex pects to lind better grazing lands in South Carolina, and refers particularly to the coast region of tho State. The gentleman who Inquired about thc growth of rushes, with a view of estab lishing a $260,000 factory to manufacturo them into summer matting, acknowledges tho receipt of information sent hito; and has opened correspondence with parties who eau furnish the rushes in abundance. A gentleman In New York city writes for a copy of thc Department's special re port on thc Slate's exhibit nt New Dillans. The report, lie says, contains valuable in formation that lit; desires to use in his studies on natural history. A party in Philadelphia desires informa Hon about tho mineral, timber and agricul tural resources of thc Stale.-Columbia Daily Itecord. yin. ui,\i.\i: IN M:\V YOIIII. ll is interesting to ubscrvo the t liniments of tito leading New York papers np nt Mr. ?James G. Blaine's recent letter purporting to bo a declination to ho the Republican Candidate for President. The Times remarks thal "if win n thc Chicago convention adjourns Mr, Diable shall discover that ho is its nominee, nulli lng will bo easier than for him Ul write another letter to Mr. Jones, or lo Mr. JoilCS's SUCCCSSOr, explaining that when hr was ?a Florence he ready did not under stand the weight and potency and Irrosisli hie character ol the popular demand for .laun s 0. Ulallie." The World expresses itself idler Ihis fashion: "This letter has tho ear of shicer! ty. lt is plain that Mr. Diablo has made up his mimi that he cannot he again nomi nated for ['resident, and thal If nominated ho cannot lie ch et. d. This is th?- Interpre tation thal will bo placid upon the docu ment, ilk friends, who have doubled (he policy of hringing him Into thc contest again, will gladly accopl their rolcaso, Tiny will sick oilier allllialions, and be fore twenty four hours there will ho a gcucral reorganization in the llepublicaii camp." Tlie Tribu ne professes lo be sorry, and lo moko known this feeling, says: "Wc it grot the decision pr? foundry, since wc have believed ihal he would command moro votes in Hie doubtful Slates than any other Republican yet proposed. Dui various candidates, all ext client nun ami deserving well ol tho Republican party, aro actively in the Held, and the next few weeks may be expected lo present sonic unusually live ly polities, May tho bes! man win!" Tho Herald, which has always aspired lo bc al once independ? ut ami sagacious in its judgments til public men, their actions, and tho effect of these upon the course of public affairs, approves Mr. Dlalne's step as a wisc OUO, giving Ibo following reasons: "Wc accept lin action of Mr. HI .inc as conclusive, and looketl at from a Republi can point of view, it must ho regarded n* wise, and we mu ni even say magnanimous. The singular personal attractions of Mr. Blaine; tho alertness and audacity of his inti lice!: his Skill in d scovt ring the man ageablc points of politi .: his innate knowl edge of thc workings of the government sim i the wat ; the truuqillllly Ol his genius: thc fact ih-ii as a leafier he was without en mities, friendships, gratitude or fear; his alisohito command of his parly, looking upon rivals and aspirants only as so many chess nu n in thc great game of which he was master; and added lo these thc clo uuence of Henry clay ami the keen, por sistcnl bushiest sense of Timi low Weed ai! combined to mako Mr. Blaine, BO lom as lu- remained in Republican leadership, like Mr. McGregor in Hie novel. Whorevoi In-sui was die heat! ef the table." The Philadelphia Pre** affects to liol love that Mr. Blaine's formal withdrawal ls fully in keeping with what has long in n known to be hi^ preference In the matter. I Pre an- its reasons: "No tina familiar wit li lin- felling which he has repeatedly antiinn reservedly expressed to his friends will be surprised at this utterance. n is only thc public expression of what ho has privatch declared for many months, and it ls ba.-rd", not upon political, but upon personal con shh rations. IP- own determination hoing clear, he has fell that il is was due to thc patty thal il should llO advised of the lad in ample linn-to govern I (sell atc rdlngly. Had Mr. Ulallie remained in thc Held his nomination w ould have been certain." i lu- mnIr inn I'monet Ihr Hennir, Tho Blair Educational hill passed thc I ailed Sinti -- Somite Wodnstlny by a vote of 80 yeas to .>', nays. Senator I lampton voled lor the luli and Senator Butler against ?I. Tho hill appropriates anim illy for eight years the following Minis to he "expended to set ure the hem lit i f common school ed neat lon to ad children of school age. living in Hie I'nite \ States;" First year, $7,000,000; second year $10, OOO,000; third year. $15,000,000; 4th year, $18,000,000; fifth year, $11,000,000; sixth year. $0,000.000; seventh year, $7,000,000; eight li year. $5,000,000. The money ls to bc divided among tin- several states and Tcrrltorli s ami the District ol (lolumbla in proportion to Illiteracy tho computation to he made according to the census of 1880, and (tlfterwari -i 1800. There arc to he BOparalO schools for w hite and colon tl ( hil dren. No Stato or Territory is io re?oive the nionoy under Hie Ai l until its Govcrnm -hall have flied w ith tin- secretary of the Interior a slaloment showing thc common school system In force in thc Suie, the amount of money expended during the pre ending school year for the support of com mon schools; Du- number of w hite and col orcd children between the ages of lu and ?I; tin numbor of schools in operation, average attendance of scholars, Sec. No amount is to h? paid lo any State or Tcrti lory in any year Creator Utan the amount expended ont of its own revenues in the preceding year for the maintenance of com mon school No part of thc fund is to he used for the erection or rent of school buildings, hut an additional fund o? $3, 000,000 is io he allotted in the lust year for school houses, cither tor construction or renting; In sparsely populated districts m,t more than $160 for inch building. . - Tut. operation of trac" colomy, recently Dor for med on thc Crown Prince of (?er in any, is not directed to thc cure of his malady, hut is simply a measure of relict. The tumor or Inflammation within bis larynx had so increased as to obstruct rcs pl ration, mid an artificial oponln* was therefore made in his windpipe, as h ften dom: in the caso of children with membran ous orotip, and a lube inserted in this open lng admits air to thc lungs. Of course this has no effect upon the diseased organ. In case of acute disease, tracheotomy lillows lime for recovery; in tho Crown Prince's case lt will prolong his iife, w hich must otherwise have ended by suffocation hui the course of the disease w ithin the larynx will probably Ix: neither hastened nor re tarded hy thc operation. if? tnay live in this way foi months, under favorable con ditions, hut there seems lillie ground for hope of any huta fatal result at lust. Tho Railroad Commission have decided against the Georgia "Jim Crow" ear They hold that accommodations must IHJ the saino for all who pay tho ?ame faro though separate cars may bo provided for different passengers. ..FIGHTING DICK AN ?Bil SON." An Appeal from thc Committee Chared With Kreellng o? Monument to l'ernetunle III? memory. (nom tho Nows und Courier.) The following circular lotter has hoon prepared l?y tho committee appointed to raise funds for tho erection of a monument to tho memory of Lieut. Ooo. Richard II. Anderson, of South Carolina: At a mooting of thc Survivors' Associa tion of Charleston district, held In Novem her last, thc following resolution was unan IniOUaly adopted: "ItetOtoed, That a com mittee of live be appointed by Ibo Chair, in rC8pOU80tOth08Ugg08lionoj! Capt. Sims, Of tho Beaufort Artillery, winch committee shall take such steps us shall seem expedient to raise funds for thc erection of a suitable monument to thc memory of Lieut. Gen. Richard H. Anderson, of South Carolina, and that this committee shall invite thc CO op?ration of the several associatioos of sur vivors, and of individuals, lu this State and in either Stales." Under this resolution tho following com mittee was appointed: (Jen. I!. II. Kilt lodge, chairman; Col. ll. M. Sims, Major K. N. Thurston, Capt. 15. R, White, Capt. F. \V. Dawson. . Cen. Anderson was buried at Rcaufort, South Carolina, where ho died, and his grave is marked by a plain head-board. Thoro is no other visible memorial of him who rendered so tu toie service lo his State and thc; Souihertt Coufcdoracy, ami who deservedly held au exalted position In the renard and confidence 0? the troops ho coin mantled and ol lila illustrious commander, Gen. H. IO. Leo. Cen. Anderson first commanded a bri gade of South Carolinians. In his division lu the Anny of Northern Virginia, wore troops from Georgia, Virginia, Florida, Mississippi and Alabama, Al different times, he commanded troops from every Soul horn Stales. Everywhere, anti on all occasions, he proved tho lil nos; of the name hy which he was best known, that of "Fighting Dick Anderson " Tho committee feel that ii would bc un nccccssiiry, and perhaps unbecoming, to enlarge upon tho reasons why tho last ret I; lng place of Cen. Anderson should lie mar ked hy a monumental shnfl which, In ils length and simplicity, shall Illly symbol ize tho character ol thc dc id soldier, and. al the same time, shall hear witness to I lit loving remembrance of Ids comrade! in arms, lt is proper lo say, however, that there i< no desire to incur any considerable expenso, orlo go beyond thc bonds of what is proper asa mark of thc affection of his contradi s und of his own undisputed worth. lt is ileslrablo thai Un- monument shall bo cneted without delny, and ii is urged, therefore, thal subscriptions io Un-inonu mint fund ho for warded at once lo Capt. F. NV. Dawson, Treasuror, Charleston, S. C It Is proposed lo close tho list al Hie end ol April next. Newspapers which approve of tho oh je; t for widt h the committee was appointed arc requested lo give this ein ular such pilli Hoity as they doom appropriate. lt. M. SIMS, K. N. Till ItsroN, 15. lt, Win n-.. F. W. DAWSON, I!. II. Hi M.KIM.i., Chairman. The press of Hie Southern stati s aro In vited to direct tho attention of their road en lo tho circular of tho Anderson Memo rial Cuinn Ittoo, and the different organiza tions "I Bx ( oufederates are earnestly rc quested lo give tho circular their carly and favorable consideration. Tho hard was nskod lo compose a little poem upon his childhood, and lids \$ w hat he produced: "How th ar lo my heart is tho school I attendee!, and how I rona tuber, so distant ami dim, iii it red In uded Hid and tlx- pin that I Pended, and carefully put on thc hench Hilder him. Ami how I recall the surprise of thc master, when Hill gave a yell ind sprang lip from the pin, M> high Ililli Ills hld Iel head smashed lip the plaster iihove, and tho scholars all set np a din. That active hoy Pilly, I hat Inch leaping Hilly, thal lout) shouting Hilly v. h ? sal . ha pin." for the blood, use 15. H. H, For scrofula, USO H. H. I'-. For catarrh, uso Ik H, H. For rheumatism, use Ik P.. p.. For kidney troubles, ure Ik U, I!. For skin diseases, use P.. H, H. l'or t motions, nse P.. ii. p. For all blood poisons, use H. Ik Ik Ask your neighbor who lu.s used Ik H. B. of it?mor ts. (itt our book freo filled with certificates of wonderful cures. DIAL KN (il NH WOK Ks. A COMPANY HAS HI5F.N FORMED that nr.- now operating these works, manufacturing tho Celebrated To/.i.H PATEN I' AURIC! I. i URAL AND STATIONARY ENGINES, n .t.,i for their great durability, simplicity ami economy in fuel. Excellent workmanship and design. Return Tubulor Hoilors a speoialty, Also Saw Mill Shafting ami boxes. Most convenient shop in thc State for having your repairs none. All work guaranteed. Foundry work in iron ami Brass. Write UH for e-Htimateo. W. I'. LESTER, Superintendent. THORN WELL MCMASTER, Business Manager. CHAHbOni 1 i:.M AU. INS I I 11 l i;. Tho current acssion of this Institute clop s January 21 et, 1888, when Hu sfSnng Session begins, winch ends June Otb, 1 SHH. The jut sent BOSSion is one of the most prosperous in the history of tho tnsti ?ute. There is room for only a few more boarding pupils. The health of the school, the accommodations ol it? board ing department-, and tho ofllolenoy of it;, corps e.f teaohorsare unsurpassed any where in th,, South. The first of January is a very convenient time for entering l'ujnlsaro clmrgeel only from dat? of outrance. Rov. WM. R. ATKINSON, Charlotte, N. C. 1>r?n??I,ftl' PITTS CAIUilNATlVKj FOH INFANTS A!\? TEETHING OHIL DR IO N. An instant roliof for Oolft of infants Cures Dysontory, Diarrhroa, Cholera Infantum or any dioceses of tim stomach Md bowel?, Makes tho critical period of 1 ??thing safo and easy. JH a ?afc and pleasant tonio. For salo hy all dni?vist? and for wholesale by HOWAHD, V^Sf? * Co., Augusta, (ia. DESKS, OFFICE FURNITURE ANO FIXTURES. nvaliils' Hotel and Surgical Institut binti of Kiuittcoii Bxperleneod ?uu >?aii?? rui Pbjralclnna nud Hmnooiw. ALL CHRONIC DISEASES A 8PECIALTY. Paticnts treated boro or at their koines. Many treated at homo, ihroiiKh correspondence,at suco sslullv ns if lien- lu purnoo. Come u ni j pc- ns. or s* ml ion couta In Htamps l'or ?no " Invalids' Guidc-8ook," willoh Rives all partit} ,?? n . Vddn : VVOIMoD'S DlSl'KNSAUY Ml DJ t \i, A v-ot l.vrioN. CU Main :>t., llanillo, N.Y. id-"worn-out." "run-down?" debilitad prlu ?ol teachers, milliners, seams) rosses, house* keepers, mid overworked womiirt generali , in-. Pierce's Favorito Proscription ts UK- bcsl ol all rest ornt Ivo tonics, lt ls not n "Curo-alt." hut udmlrtibly fuilllla a singleness ot' purijoso, being a most potent Bpoclflo fm- all tl? - Chronic Weaknesses and Diseases pooulliu- to women. Tho treatmonl of many tbousanrti Ol such CAW s ni tl?'' Invalids' Unti l nial Burg h al Instituto hos afforded a Inrgo oxporleuoo lu adopting remedies u>r their euro, and Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription ia tho rosall of this vast pxporlonco. For Internal congestion, I ii fla ..mini lo? mid ulceration, IC in a specific, ll IH a powerful general, ns won as no rino, tenir nnd norville, and Imparts vigor and Ptreiigtii l<> tho wbolo Bystcm. it enron weakness o? Hiernach, indigestion, bloating, weak back, norvous prostmtlon, i vhaustlon, di milty iud eli ppii sari -. in oltlicrsex. Pavo rite l*n scrip linn is sold ny drugglsta under om- pond ive guarantcCi Boo w rapper around bottle. _, . OK HiX 11 OTT f. Kr PRICE $1nOQ, ron $0.00 Pond io rent-; In stamps fm; i?r. Pion o's largi) Treati*-. Diseases of Women (kW paxes. pnper-covered). Addn ss, Woimn's DISTEN, BA a Y MEDICA n As o< IATION, wa Malu Street, Uuffalo, N. v. _ LITTLE \ott?aVt LIVER ANTI-BILIOUS nud CATHARTIC! SICK HEADACHE J llllioun nominelle? Dlz?Inosn.CoiisUptt lio;l. Hld IllOHtlOtlj ami iHlioohAn.ii ICN, pron olly cured by I'1", pion ?*n 1*1 ou -a ni ?.urmo i ve I?oll?l ? p ut a vi d, by Druggists. PK1VATK BOAKDINU. 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