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?THE' J-Jomeand J^i arm Who is the Poorest Man? "Who is the poorest man in the world today ? The poorest man 1 know is Uli' man who has nothing at all but money?nothing elso 111 the world but money?onty money." It was a man with iron-gray hair and iron-gray mustache who spoke, the words, and he Bjpokc the last ones | with emotion. The speaker was .lohn I). Uookefeller, who, recently, in the parlors of the [fifth Avenue Baptist Church, N. Y., spoke to the young nu n's Bible class. Mr. Uookefeller held in bis hands a cheap-looking, yellow-backed ac count-book. "This is my ledger," he said. "My first business training was in keeping a ledger. It was at the time when I began to spend my first earnings in my first struggle to get a footing. Lt was a very bard struggle. When 1 put my head on my pillow tho con tents of this little ledger kept run ning in my mind until I awakened the next morning. "Besides the accounts I kept ill this bo '; there-were memoranda of occurrences. In after years 1 found it. I kept it more than forty-two years ago. 1 place great value upon this little book." Mr. Rockefeller's bauds trembled as he turned the pages of the vol ume. "lt w'.is important to me to be par ticular at that time about items of receipts and disbursements" he con tinued. "1 hope all you y<?ung men are careful. I bclive it is a religious duty tc get all the money you can. Get it fairly, religiously and honest ly, and give away all you can. "This book reports what I receiv ed and paid out for several years. Here is an item: 'income from De cember 20, 1855, to .limitary 20, 1850, $50.' And I lived within my income. Out of that 1 paid my washer woman, the lady with whom I boarded, and 1 saved a little and put it away. "i see that I paid in the Sunday school every {Sunday one cent. It was all 1 had to give. 1 had a large increase in revenue the next year, lt was an increase of $25 a month. "I was as independent in those days as Mr. Aster, but when I got that increase 1 felt guilty. I tell like a criminal?like a capitalist. We had no trusts or capitalists in those days. "I bought, my clothes from a cheap clothier. The clothes were good, and such as 1 could pay for. Let mo give you all a word of advice : Live within your means. "What is success ?" he continued. "Is it to get money ? Well, is that success? The poorest man 1 know is the man who has nothing but money. If I had my choice today I'd be a man with little or nothing, but a purpose in life. It is not the money itself that is so desirable. Money is good if you know how to use it. "Let me give you a little word of counsel: Know just what you i e ceive and how you spend it. Write down just what, you do with it, and don't be ashamed to let your fathers and mothers see what you have writ ten down. "In a year or two I managed to save nearly $1,000. Here is an item ni to clothes: My clothing from November, L855, to November, 1850, cost mo just $9.09. Here is one bit of extravagance which bad quite es caped my memory : Pair of fur gloves, $2. "All these little things helped me to come into sympathy with many undertakings, both religious and philanthropic.'' .My opinion is that no man can trust himself to wait un til he has accumulated a great for tune before he is charitable. He must give away some money contin ually." ? Pacific Methodist, The Pearl. The pearl is the one gem that comes to us from the hand of Na ture, and to this its antiquity as a gem is largely due. Precious stones, whose beauty and brilliance depend on polishing and cutting, would na turally be discovered and utilized later. The discovery of the diamond, for instance, probably dates within historic times. Though known earlier, it was not generally includ ed among the gem treasures of roy alty even as late as the seventh cen tury. The modern cutting of dia monds in regular facets was invent ed as recently as M56, indeed, it is quite probable that the pearl was the Ii ist gem known and treasured by prehistoric man, since the search for food must have been the lirsl oc cupation of the earliest of the race, and the shining pearl would thus have been discovered in river mus sels, if not in marine oysters. Cer tain it is that the Old Testament and tho most ancient written histor ies, allude to pearls and that remoter evidence is found in the tombs and excavated cities of still earlier eras. The Egyptians, Babylonians, and Assyrians held the pearl in an es teem verging on reverence. Not only were pearls known and prized as the most precious of gems, but they were gathered and treasured in astonishing quantities by tho early Oriental potentates. Many relics and records of those days remain The crown of the Khan of the Tar tars, captured on the Ox us by the Persians in the fifth century, was decorated with several thousand pearls. The famous crown of Chos roes, made in the sixth century, and which was strangely concealed for a thousand years in an obscure fortress among tho Lauristanian Mountains, till brought to light by Shah Abbas, is lnorusted with pearls in conjunc tion with rubies. In tho seventh century tho Arabs captured from the Persian nobles fabrics of amaz ing richness, among which was one marvelous -carpet of white brocade, ' c d and (if$ feet by nine precious stones, to represent u gar- i den of all kinds of beautiful Ilowers j ?the leaves of emeralds and other I green gems, the buds and bloss ?ms, of pearls, along with rubies and sap phires.?I'vpular {Science Monthly, Tin: BUILDKKH OF Til K Tv KAM IDS. ? A personal inspeotion of the pyra mids of Egypt, made by a quarry owner, who spent sonic time recently on the Nile, has led him to the eon elusion that the old Egyptians were better builders than those of the present day. lie states that there are blocks of stone in the pyramids which weigh three or four limes as niuch as the obelisk on the embank ment. He Paw a sto O whose esti mated weight was eight hundred and eighty toMs. But then the builders of the pyramids counted human labor lightly. They had great masses of subjects upon whom to draw, and most of their work was done by sheer manual labor and force. There arc stones in the py ramids thirty feet in length, which tit so closel y toget her that a pen knife may be run over the surface without discovering the break between them. They are not laid with mortar, cither. There is no machinery so perfect that it will make two surfaces thirty feet in length which will meet to gether in unison as these stones in the pyramids meet. It. is supposed that they were nibbed backward and forward upon eaoll o'her until the surfaces were assimilated.? London Iron. The woman who is indifferent to her looks is no true woman, (led meant woman to l>c attractive, to look well, to please, and it is one of her duties to carry out this intention of her Maker, lint that dress is to do it all, and to suffice, is more than we can be brought to believe, .lust because we do love to see girls look well, as well as live to sonic purpose, we would urge upon them such a course of reading and study as will confer such charms as no modiste can supply. A well-known author once wrote a very pretty essay on the power of education to beautify?that it absolutely chisels the features; that he had seen many a clumsy nose and a thick pair of lips so mooitied by thought awakened and active sentiment as to be unrecognizabU. Ami he put it on this ground thai we so often see people, homely and unattractive in youth,bloom,in mid dle life, into a softened Indian sum i mer of good looks and mellow tones. I?New York- Advertiser. Park Ohurch Tidings tells the story of a good man in a certain par ish who regularly gave every Sun day live dollars for the support of the Church. A pour widow, a member of the same Church, who supported herself and her six children by wash ing, was just as regular in making her offering of live cents per week, which was all she could spare from lur scant earnings. One day Illerich man came to the minister and said that the poor woman ought not to }>ay anything, and that he would pay i the five cents for her every week. When the pastor told her of the offer she replied: "Doyou want to take from me the comfort that I ox per i , euce in giving to the Lord ? Think how much I owe Him. My health is good, my children keep well, and 1 receive so many blessings that I feel that 1 could not live if 1 did not make my little offering t_> .Jesus each week." The girl queen of Holland is only fourteen years old. The other day she knocked at the door of the room of her mother, the 'pieen regen? "Who is there?" askett the regent. "It is the queen of Holland," came the impetuous reply. ?'Then you must not enter,'' said the mother. After a pause came through the key hole this, in a softer torn: "Mamma, it is your own little daugiter." "You may come in," gladly sau the queen regent. What a line illustration this beau tiful incident i.-> of the Attitude we must assume before Cl.ri.-t! He lias not called us servants, bit friends. We are joint heirs with htm. If he is King, so arc we. But never will the Cod of heaven open l\ any im perious demand. "Admit Christ's young brother, who with him is lord of all your realms?ad nit me, 1 say!" No, heaven opens only o the appeal of gratitude and mniility and love. "All to Him I ove." The following from the Episcopal Recorder ought to satisfy any me thai the fear of the number thirtoin has no justifiable basis: "Strang? as it may appear to some, there arc-many persons who arc very superstitious, and among their superstitions there is none more marked than ft\ir of the number thirteen. The New York Obscrccr has, therefore, lone well to call attention to the fuctthat Nanscn's polar voyage, the most suc cessful one ever made, began oi\the thirteenth of the mouth, his eVew was comprised of thirteen persois, all of whom got home safely; Nanvn himself was born on the thirteenth of the month ; his ship, the Fra\it got clear of the ice on the thirteenth of the month, the same day that (0 reached Tromsoe, and he was ente - tained by the Scottish O cog rap hi oil Society on its thirteenth anniversary on February thirteenth. We hear often of the patience of a camel, of its wonderful endurance. A camel travels at the rate of about four miles an hour. It can be made to go seven, but it can keep this pace for only two hours. If urged beyond that, the Asiatics say, they "break their hearts," for a camel over-driven lies down and dies. Egypt is advancing with steady pace in population and wealth, in education and civilization. The population now exceods nino mil lions?about one million in excess of the population when Egypt was at her highest pitch of prosperity in old times. British managementhas done wonders for the* " I Will Be Good. TbO nobles lowly bowed the knee Before a gentle maiden fair : "Croat Britain's scepter tails to thee The king is dead. Thou art Iiis heir." With throbbing heart Victoria stood And trembling heard her mission high; Then murmured soft, "I will be good? God help me so to live and die." The prayer was pleasing unto God, Hi- smiled her loyal faith to hear, And o'er her lifted up his rod And blessed her people everywhere. lie lengthened out her royal days He spread her realm from laud to land And filled men's lips with her rich praise Which will forever untarnished stand. ? A.N. A. Her Majesty, the Queen. Victoria was a girl only eighteen years old when she became Queen ; but. she bad been mos' carefully anil religiously reared, for since her early childhood she hud been the heir pre sumptive to the throne. Her reign, already the longest in English his tory, has been cast in an age of in vention, of discovery, of enlarging liberty, of colonization, not to be matched in all preceding centuries, she was happy in her wedded life of twenly-oue years, Prince Albert. I he Itoyal Consort, demeaning himself in his delicate and diflioult relations und de ties as a man of well-poised judgment, of singular tact, of sturdy patriotism, "Whoso glory was, redressing human wrong; Who spake no slander, no, nor listened to it; How modest, kindly, all-accomplished, wise, Weal ing the white llowerof a blameless life liefere a thousand peering littlenesses, In that fierce light which beats upon a throne, And blackens every blot.' Her davotion to her home, and the stringency of the rules which she has kept in force in her Court con cerning the domestic virtues, as well as the condign social penalties which she lias inHicted upon any within the reach of royal displeasure who have forgotten their marriage vows, have put the throne of England in these respects on a plane of (idelity and honor which it did not occupy ill other days. It. will not be easy to measure the influence which the Queen has thus exerted for tie growth of those virtues sind graces which form the buttresses of pure, peaceful and happy homes. Qlieeu V ictoria, in part at firs! through the judicious help of Prince Albert, in part because of the wisi counsellors whom she has called tc her aid, and in part through tin careful preliminary political train I ing which she enjoyed in her plastic childhood years, has always recog nized?to a greater extent perhaps than any other British sovereign,? the constitutional rights and privi leges of the English people. She has never apparently even for a mo ment forgotten that the people are the actual rulers in Great Britain, and that she has held the crown on ly in trust for their benefit. This quality is in part due, of course, to the age in which she has lived,?an age in which her subjects have gain ed many recognitions of the rights of the common people not known in the last century, but it is to her credit that she has studied her age, and has responded to its demands, instead of holding fast with despotic hand to the royal prerogatives as many of her predecessors on the English throne used to do. it needs not to be said that the Queen is admired and honored by other nations almost as much as she is by her own people, flood wishes were spoken on her birthday in many tongue-, and in many lands. Some, while they bid hei God-Speed, will recall the good wishes spoken by Tennyson in March, 1851, soon afior his appointment as i'oet Laureate, wishes which could not have bee n better phrased bad he known that time would fully justify them: ?.May you rule us long, And leave us rulers of your blood As noble till the latest day ! May children of our children say, She wrought her people lasting good; Her court was pure, her life serene; God gave her peace, her land ropOSOd ; A thousand claims to reverence closed In her as Mother Wife, and Queen. ? ? Central Christian Advocate, Dining at Windsor Castle. The peculiarities of dining with Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle? an honor which few Americans can hope to enjoy?are thus described by a recent, writer, and most readers will be interested in the description of what they can never hope to see in person: On arriving at. the visi tors' entrance of the castle, the guests are received by the pages of the chamber, who, after consulting a table on which e:ich person's looa tion is written out, conduct the guests to their respective apartments. The visitor's rooms are spacious, warm and thoroughly comfortable; they are hung with interesting pic tures, and each contains a large bath, with a perpetual hot and cold sup ply. If the guest is known to any one in waiting, he will probably be speedily looked up by Iiis friend; if ho is acquainted with a lady of the leasehold, he may be bidden to trink tea with her. In any case, he probably receives a visit from Sir ? Min ('oweII. About half pust seien it is time to prepare for the Qinen's dinner-party, as it is inilis peinable to appear at the royal table in ful dress. The old and ugly Winisor uniform if usually worn by thost\who have a right to it. Soon afterlight the visitor finds his way into tie grand corridor, where the dinner company assemble. Shortly after h\lf-past eight the Queen en ters fr?n her own private apart ments, fUlowcd by Princess Beatrice. Her Majisty speaks a word or two to the visitors, and then aM go to, din fcjjr. Tile4. private JiUninfir-yoom. winch open a f rom the corridor, is a most comfortable apartment. The Queen always lunches ill tllid room, and dines thoro when her party does not exceed sixteen. The further side , is almost all window, looking iuto I the quadrangle;-the walls on eaoh hide of the door arc covered with splendid tapestry, which was pre sented to William IV. by Louis L'hil i ippe. There are only two pictures? I the Queen (by Angell) at one end, ami the Duchess of Edinburgh at the other. The dinner is always very good, the carte being well conceived and well executed, and the diners excellently served. < Mi the menu the name of the cook who is responsible for eaoh dish is written opposite to it, SO that praise ami blame can bo equitably dispensed. (Jhampagneand claret are the wines usually taken. There is a largo cel lar of very line old port, at tho castle, but very little is now consumed, nor is sherry (which was the favorite wine of William IV.) in great re (iuc8t. In I'rince Albert's time Tokay always appealed, as he inva riably ?naiik one glass after dinner ; and as a supply was sent every Christ teas by the Kmperor of Aus tria, he got the best that could be had. The royal dining-room is quite a spectacle, and the lirsl time a visi tor "has the honor of dining," he is very likely to lose bis* dinner while ! looking round the room. John Brown, in full Highland dress, is stationed behind the Queen's cli. ir, and occasionally the other "personal servant," Lollleill (who was Prince Albert's confidential valet > is also to be seen hovering about. There arc footmen in their state liveries, pages and cellar men in their respective uniforms, and the clerks of the kitchen, who carve at the side table. On ordinary occasions they are in plain black with kuee-breeches, but at large dinners they appear in their uniform-;. While the Queen is dining, Ihe ladies and gent leinen of the house hold arc taking their meal in the large dintiing-room, under the pres idency of Sir John Cowell; this room I opens into the lirst of the three prin > 1 cipal. drawing-rooms and is at the northeast corner of t he castle, and I the finest view from the whole phwc I is obtained from its windows. The Queen dines lure when she has a i party of from twenty to thirty. On the very rare occasions wllCU the number is still larger, and it be comes an affair of u state banquet, St. George's Hall is used. 'L he Queen leaves the room with the ladies, and ? in two or thVee minutes the gontle ? men follow, and then conies the only i personal intercourse that takes place , between a guest, and the host, as her Majesty remains in the corridor for , perhaps half an hour, ami converses > for a few minutes with each visitor ? in succession, after which she bows ? to the circle and retires. Tho guests > ami household then adjourn into the Crini8on or Green Drawing-room ; (there is some wonderful Chippen dale work in this room, which would i be tho despair of ordinary dilettanti if they COIlUI sec it,) and the even ing closes with music and whist.? > Good liounekccpiny. i Biographical Sketch of Frincc Albert. r.l I'll Kl) Kit I CK SIIOHKKh, KSO. Bornas we have seen, in 1819, very few months after his royal cou sin, to whom lie is about to be united, he received the rudiments of instruc tion at the ducal palace oi* Klit'Cll burg, where he was daily attended by eminent professors of the college of Coburg, and other masters. His father, who even in a private capa city, would be considered a highly accomplished man, himself superin tended with affectionate anxiety the education of his sons; and on his separation from his consort, he was induced to place I'rince Albei t un der the care of his aunt, her Uoynl Highness, the Duchess of Kont. The I young prince then resided for some I time at Kensington and at Olarc j mont with his uncle Leopold, shar ing t he lessons gi veil to his cousin I the Princess, in music ami other sciences. An early attachment wa8 thus insei.sibly formed; each had abundant opportunity oi gaining an acquaintance with the other's char acter and qualities ; and that bond of affection which links together so closely all the members of the house of Coburg,?a house to which, through her mother, the Queen, in fact belongs?may well be supposed to have strengthened that predilec tion which she is said to have enter tained for the I'rince, ever since maturing years and judgment have led to*the serious consideration of matrimonial alliance. On the marriago of his l ather to the Princess Mary id' Wertemburg, in December, 1832, Prince Albert re 1 turned home and resumed his Studies, I agreeably to the plan of his educa tion laid down by the duke. Such I was the progress he made, that bo* ' fore he had completed Iiis seven- i teeuth year, he was deemed qualified to remove with his brother to the Prussian University at Bonn, whore these princes not. only attended pub lic lectures on tho classics and clas sical literature, moral philosophy, mathematics, political economy, his tory and statistics, but were attend ed by SOVernl private teachers of the ornamental accomplishments. Here, too, he had a most, desirable oppor tunity for improving himself in t?n? glish, the correct, accent he had al ready acquired during his previous residence in t his country. While at the University, I'rince Albert was a general favorite, for his amiable manners, his engaging conversation, ai.d the propriety of his conduct. It was during his stay nt Bonn, too, that ho published for the benefit of the poor, a collection of poems, some of which have been set to ieU8ic by his brother, I'rince < Ernest. We are assured that these ; productions are equally creditable to i the head and the heart of the youth- i fuj poet; and tho object to j\vhich i they were dedicated affords? sufli- i ?ient proof of the beiievolenoo of his i nature. f tend Hie coronation of her Majesty, and at Miohieliuas of the same year, having completed their studies at Bonn, they returned to Coburg where they were received with universal demons! rat ions of joy. Preparations were made for a tour to Italy, and in December the princes set out, attend ed by baron Stockmar, who lias been for many years confidentially ein? ployed it. the affairs of the house of (lobtirg. The travellers were accotn-1 pauicd by the Duke to Munich, where the most marked honors wer?' paid to them, puhlie rumor having already proclaimed the brilliant des tinies that awaited Prince Albert. The rest of the winter was spent in Italy, and on their way home the princes visited Vienna. The Ii ist ob ject that met Albert's eye on enter ing his apartments in the palace of Khrenburg was the portrait of Queen Victoria, arrayed in the rohes and designated with the insignia of roy- | ally, worn on the llrsfc prorogation of the British Parliament, painted at the express command of her Ma jesty, by Chalou, and engraved by Cousins. This present transmitted to Uoburg hy.'the Queen during Iiis absence, produced a surprise the more agreeable as his highness had received no previous information of iU arri vol. In bhigland, rumor had for some time pointed out Prince Albert as her Majesty's consort and the belief in the accuracy of the report, al though it was denied by the minis terial newspapers, was strengthened by a visit paid to this country by tlie King of Belgium, and the sub sequent arrival of the young prince himself, during the autumn of 1830. immediately after the departure of his highness tins question was set at rest. The Queetl caused all the mem bers of her privy council to be sum moned on the 23rd of November,and eighty-live having assembled 01 , 'aat day at Buckingham Palace, hei Ma iesty was pleased to make a commun ication <>f her intentions.'?From Southern Christian Advocate of April l;, is to. Princess Victoria and the Tramp. Mr. A. T. Story vouches for the truth of the following incident of the Queen's childhood, which he nar rates in the" London Quiver. Sin was at the time but seven or eighl years of age, and her heart was set on a certuin dell which she had seen in a shop window. She had to wait, however, until she COUid save the price, six shillings, out of her pocket money. At last the day came anil the coveted doll was paid for a> d re ceived. The story proceeds as fol lows: "And now, with the precious 1 treasure upon her arm, the little lady bade the shopkeeper good-after nooil, and was about to step from 1 the door, when a poor, miserable looking object of a man met her eye. lie was standing but a couple of feet away, and seemed as though he were . going to speak to her, attracted doubtless by the innocent kindliness of her expression and the tenderness of her blue eyes. Hut though his lips moved, no sound came from them. "lie stood a.-ule to let her pass, a mute, agonized appeal in his sunken cheeks and quivering chin, "'Did you wi.sli to speak to me?' 'asked the little lady, staying h??r I steps. I "Kncouraged by her winning voice, : the pool- tramp?for such he was? said, in trembling accents: "'1 am very hungry. 1 would not I ask for help if I were not ready to .-ink w it h hunger.' ??lie looked famine from his eyes. "'I am so sorryj I have no money or else?' "His lips trembled forth a humble 'Thank you, lady,' then he shutiled on bis way, hunger impersonate. "'.Stay! murmured the little own er of the new doll. There was a quiver in her childish voice and a moisture in her eye8 as she spoke. 'Wait a minute, please.' "She stepped back into the shop, approached the lady behind the coun ter, and said : "'Oh, please, do you mind taking the doll back and keeping it forme for a few days longer?' "'Certainly I will," replied the shopkeeper; 'and you wish me to re turn you the money ?' " 'Yes, if you please.' "This was done, and the little lady, hurrying out of the shop, placed the whole of the money in the hands of the starving man. "Hi- was like one thunderstruck. .Never had bounty rained upon him in such profusion before. "The object of her bounty mur mtfVed in a low tone, though loud enough to reaoh her ear: "'If the Almighty made you a qdeen, it would not be more than your goodness deserves!' "Then he hobbled away to satisfy his hunger."?Literary Digest. How THEY hlVH.?The life of the German Kmpcror's boys is by no means one of luxury; for they arc allowed only about an hour and a half a day to themselves, while the remaining lime, oven on holidays, is given to study and physical culture. Up to the age of nine, life for them is one grand holiday, but after that work begins. Here is the routine followed: In summer they are out of bed at six o'clock (in winter, an hour later). Breakfast is served at 7::{(), and consists of one cup of tea and a roll; from H to 0530 they are studying, then a second breakfast of bread and water, tinged with red wine, is supplied. Immediately af terward they work at their books, though the time ,s divided until 1:1.7' with some physical exercise in gymnastics and liorse exercise. After (linner, which is spent in company with the military and civil governors of the castle, they have a brief breath ing-tinic to themselves. But this soon passes, and '.hey are agaia with their tutors studying scienco and music until six o'clock. Thereupon nipper is served, and at eight o'clook ill aro in bed. The boys are-con sidered very profloient in the saddle pm in all other outdoor sports.? POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for its great leavening (strength and healthfulnoss. Assures tho food against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. liOYAL Baking PowdkrCo., Now York. BAILEY is VOlt BRYAN. The Democratic Leader of the Houso Declares lor die NobriiHkan and Um Chloafxo Platform in IUOO, Representative Joseph W. Bailey, of Fcxas, has lately returned !?? Washing ton from a stumping tour through the Ko-ft Congressional District of Mis souri. Ho announces it a* bis opinion that it would ho a serious mistake not to nominate William .). Bryan as tin; Democratic Prosldontal candidate In IUOO. Mr. Bailey is the Democratic leader in the House ami the announce ment is received with a great deal O? Interest. "It seems the almost unanimous opinion of the Domooi'ats whom I have mot," said Mr. Bailoy, " that the party should In 1001) roudopt the Chicago platform of 1800 without qualification or reservation. It will lie Impossible to disassociate Mr. llryan from the platform. He is a part of tlie light of I80U, ;md to adopt the platform of last year and refuse the noaiination of Mr. Bryan would bo a serious mistake. It is my judgment that ''Is renominat ion is a foregone conclusion. "Mr. Bryan is a bettor Domoorat now than be was when ho was nomi nated, and be apt ears to be settling down upon a basis that entitles him to tue support of ail Democrats who stand squarely upon the undying prin ciples of the party that was founded ! by JotTorson. 1 dltforod from Mr. Bryan I in many ol ins earlier opinions an.1 convictions, but siuoe bis nomination be has kept himself in ev< rything tbut he has said and done strictly wi'biu the limitations of the Chicago plat form, and that platform lb good onough for me or any other Democrat to stand on. "When Mr. Bryan first entered (Con gress six years ago. ho was a tariff specialist. Since then be has broaden ed out immensely, and I know of no man who more fully represents the popular idea of pun- Demo-racy than In; does, lie is a true American, a patriot, and a man whom the Demo crats of the country feel that they can trust. "The Democratic party today Is more united than I 1 ave ever known it to be. 'The I'opillists who left the party becuuso of Cleveland and hin policies have returned and are with us heart and soul. The middle-of-the road Populists are still against us, as they always have boon, because wc have not subscribed to Lheb extreme views, and the gold I) minerals arc still an uncertain quantity. They will I have to come to us, however, or goover [ to the Republicans. " We oat not ufford to yield to oithsr . extreme and mtisl stand upon thoplat form of Ibilii. Ninety nine per cent ol I the Democrats of the United States j hold that view." OCEAN CENTRAL STATIONS. A Novel l'lan to Insure Safety in Ocean Travel and Improve ibe Weather Service. Pittsburg Dispatch. A project, as bold as it is mug if. li cent, has just been Invented for pro viding a series of stations acres-, tho Atlantic which will enable steamers at sea tobe communicated with just as a railway train on is cry land. At certain Intervals of about I no miles.Mr. Ltoubcti Ii. P lass, for that is the inventor's name, proposes to place what be calls "central stations." They are 2-storiod structures, with quarters in which a ci rtain number of men will live, just as they do in the lightships round the coast. I'.aeb of these stations will be supplied with stores capable of lasting a long time, and is to in; equipped with a lifeboat, manned by three sailors, which is to lie available for use whenever neces sary. There are also to be attached to these stations two steam or nantha ! .'inches to petrol the interval from one station to the other, keeping a lookout for ships in distress and for wrecks, as well us icebergs. All in formation gathered on these points will be conveyed along the line by means of a telephone apparatus, with which it is proposed to connci i tho chains of vessels. Between euch cen tra) station there will be a scries of small floating lighthOUSCS at intervals of a mile. These arc to bo provided with foghorns, whose working will be by means of compressed air, stored by an automatic apparatus as the edifice rocks, while the light which they fur nb|i at night will require attention only two or three time.-, a year. Those lighthouses will ba furnished with ladders reaching to tho -i n, so that should an Individual be unfortu nate enough, through shipwreck or accident, to got Into the water h<a would be able to climb int o the lighthouse, which will contain food and the means of preparing it, us well as supplies of dry clothing. The opening of the door of any ( no of those light houses In tho chain will automatically convey a message to this effect down tho line to t he cent ral station on each side and will also in dicate the light house which has thus become the shelter of someone neodlng assistance As soon as tho storm subsides, should one be raging at the time, the lifeboat will be put oh* from the nearest station in order to take tho man oir the light house, and place, him on hoard the lir st passing Steamer going the direction in which ho was bound. While the human side of tho project is thus indicated, its utilitarian advan tages will bo by no means lost night of. i On evoiy one if these li^i thouses or buoys?for jh they will practically become AUtOUiatiO instruments will record the temperature of the air and water, the rainfall, tho velocity and direction of the wind and current, as well as other facts which it is dcsiruhlc to register. These will bo telegraphed' to both sldos cf the Atlantic, and a knowledgo [>f tho climatic conditions advancing Lo the OOaSt likely to obtain on shoro will thus bo secured several days ?hoad. Hvorytblng which can bo looo automatically will bo done in hi.i way, so that hs Httlo routine work l is possible will bo loft for tho mon at! ilr/XdlfTerent stations to look after. Tho* will thus bo able to glvo tho rroaver part of their attention to the >atrol, of their district and tho 1 avln(r work, which will morally ing thu uiloptlon of the p'un at ?11 feasible. In order to keep the lightships and lloaiiotl station in position they will, of course, have to be anohored to the bottom of the ooean. To make them us com for table and as steady a* possible for the met, living in them, huge iron tanks will form an essential feature of their construction These will be Qli ed with oil. which, in stormy weather, will he poured on the waves in order to break their force am' ko< p the sea from running too high, thus endanger lug the safety of the stations or causing them to drug their anchor*. CHARLESTON "Augusta and A she vi He short l.inc.'' Schedule in effect l?'eb. t. 1890. bv Augusta. (> 40 am 1 10 pm Ar (Jrosewood.tu IV pm _ A nderson. f! in pm I.aureus. I 15 pm 7 00 am Ureenvillo. 3 00pm 10 15am (ilenn Springs.??< 4 03 pm . Spnrtanburg.3(0 pm 0 25 am Saluda.... .....> 23 pm . lleiidersonville. .. 5M pm . Ashoville. 7 00 pm . Fv Xsheville.... .. s 2? am . Bpartanburg.n 15 pm i 00 pm (Menu Springs_11????i . Ureenvillo.n itism 4 00 pm Laureiifl. I pm v 00 cm A nderson . V 00 am Greenwood.2 28 pm .... Ar Augusta. .">'"".pm 11 1?. am l.v SpnrtnuTiurg. 11 45 am Oreeuvlllo. . 1160 am Ar Clinton. 2 10 pm Newherry. 2 57 pin Pros peril y. 3 13 pm Columbia. . I 1 pie Sumter. 'i 42 pm Charleston. 0 30 pm I.V Charleston ... 7 00 am Sumter. !' 35 am Columbia. 11 iki am Prosperity. 11 58 am Newberry. 12 10 pm Clinton. 12 ? ><? jun Ar Greenville. 3 00 pm Spart an burg ._ 3 00 pm l.v Augusta. '-' .r> > pm Ar Allondalo. ?'>?"' pm Knirfax. 5 16 pm Yoinns8ce. 030am 0 20 pm Reauforl .10 35am 7 20 pm Port Royal.1060am 7 30 pm Savannah . 8 00 pm Charleston. 8 08 pm l.v Charleston. . (I .V? am Savannah. U 60 am Port Itoval. ii 65pm 7 10 am lleaufort .7 10pm 7 60 am Yemassco . . 345pm 0 10 nm Fairfax. 10 20 am Allondalo. 10 35 am Ar Augusta. 12 40 n'n Clost.nnecliona nl (Ireonwood for all points on S. A b, and C. AC. Railway, am' at Sparlauhurg with Southern Hallway, For Information relative to tickets, rates sehcdulcs, et?'. address W. .1. I IRA I c, (icn. Pass. Agent. Angus ta. II*. F. M. NORTH, Sol. Agent, Augusta, (la J, s. Curelon, agent, c. II. Speightt , Gen. Agent,?ireonvifle. s. c ATLANTIC COAST blN? l'ABSKNGKK DFPA KTM KMT. Wilmington, N. 6'., Jan. 10,'A, is'J? fast ling: ? IIKTW HUN? Charleston ami Columbia and Uppei South Carolina, North Carr lina, and At liens and Atlanta. CON DUNSBU 8CH I DU I.K Going West. C ?oig b R?l No. 52, No. 58, 7 00am* hv_Charleston ?Ar u 3 pn 8 2?) .Lanes. 7 is ;i .Sumtor. a 't? 10 55 Ar.Columbia. l.v 5 1"> 11 :>s .Prosperity. 3 13 t'J 1' ptn .Newherry. 2 ?7 12 60 .Clinton. '2 t i 1 16 .... hiiircns .... 1 -1 ? I 33 .... Greenwood .... . 304 .Abbeville . 5 to .ktheu On. 1 45 .. Atlanta_ .... li 15pm .. Winnshoro, S, C.. 0 fiai? S_2n_ _^<'liarloite. N. <' <t 3.r> 3 36pm Ar ...Anderson, S. c.l.v 11 0-r<HD 4 20 _Oreoenvllle_ in .in 3 10 ?Spart anbury ... it 15 005 Uendorsonville N.C. H Hi 7 tNi . Ashovlllo, S.c... s ??(. ? Dail\, Nos. 52 and 53 Solid trains bei woe Charleston ami Columbia, S. C? and can through ooaoh belwocn Charleston i.t Atlanta. H, M, KM KRSON, Ass't Ccn l Passenger Agt i U. KKN FV. P. M . KM KRHON 'l?n'l MinvoT. Tradln Mamrn Southern and Western Btook >it-n Know n good thing when the.v see it. Thoro for o, for Soratohes, Sweeny, Lttnghnne, Stratos, Sprains. Bruise", Saddle and Hanif?8 cwils. ami nil ail ments of horses, they use K'eeV Goose Grease Liniment. It is (rood for man or beast. Sold und guaranteed by nil druggists and gt neral stores. AURUNSBAK w. ii. ma kt ix, AI tornoy at Law, LauKKN8, - South Carolina." Wilt practice in nil Court* of this Statu Attention givnn to collection*. r. joiinhon. JOHNSON A ATTOKN'KYs kiok h'leinln? '?v.i si.i,, nr r i! w. It. mom ky if i <-it i:v, at |iA W. ? l ? r. S' >r-l hesl ? Square ii. V. simpson. i'. i). r.akkni>.\ |,k SIMPSON ?V It A UKSD.V LI', Attorney* at Law, LAURKNS, south CAROLINA Sneoial at tention given to the Investi gation of titles and collection of claims Ii. sv. iia 1.1.. i. w. mm kins. ,v. w. 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AtlM'Ofi iuii Honi.gvrna -j> |j*BTing Wa^ii'.ujffci,? ijh >ji Snl..i r H.v . a t;i?f-.a1 a!n<ipiiii{ o*r r -a run H? .?>???!? l?.;pv?i?u W?n2t' U. ? 11 Riohnioiid Ktud O xtr t? i?. vl? ilninnl n*^? 11 itu.l ST. n.i.'tKfiicri "1) l*)i?i Ai? I.e." l<i.;>.- '.1 tun, aoiii!il;i)iin 1 n"*? 11 ini.1 J.' I td, 6? iwcou Allan:? ?n.l Moiuil Ali 1. ???.. itA?y copt SnndBv \V 11 <th::.;n, j. it ouur, (icn'i Sapi.. Tr.-vfll'' W ff't,. WaMilnjI m. O O. Wiwhh'tfton, U. a V? a turk, x H. nArti>vviil<. Qfii'l Pn?w. As't., a-' -s- i Pn*4 V7't.. Wunliiiiijton \> ' ' _j Who is Will Whitener ? He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver -IM BENDEL.L.A HOTEL. WE WANT TO EXCHANGE Pianos, Organ] or Sewing Machine] -for- - -Good Horses. 4WoT^r " & CO.