GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE Gentlemen of the General Assembly: Tho organic law of the Slate makes it the duty of the chief executive to lay beforo the General Assembly at each aniiunl session a reviow of the different departments of government, and to make Buch recommendations aud suggestions as may seem to him wi*o aud propor, Tho past year has been a remarkable one in many respects. Many stir ring events huvo marked tho rec ord. The tillers of iho soil in many sections of our State bnvo not had tho usual returns for their labors, and with many of them the present year is go ing to bo one of sacrifice aud self denial, and ytt they arc looking hopo fully to tho futuro and uot complain ing. Tho development and progress of the Siato in manufacturing enter prises goes steadily forward. I sotno times fear tbat theso enterprises are being built up at the expense of the rural districts. It has boon largely among the owuers and til'ers of the soil that the sinews of etrcmrth in our Stale in times of peril and of trouble have rested. The strength of a State aud tbo patriotism of a peoplo rest with the homeowners. Whatever cau be done by wise legislat ion to oucour ogo home owning will be so much con tributed to tbo patriotism of our Stnlo nud to the stability of our instiiuiious. Since your last session tho nation lies been b wed down beneath the woiaht of a grievous sorrow, caused by the dastardly blow which struck down its chief oxcedtivc, n blow aimed uot at him but at you and every- law abid ing citizen of the. lnnr", and at tho free government of which he had been cho8? n by tho American people as tho head. It was a blow at organized so ciety anil Iho victim was only an inci dent. A sentiment which gives rise to an act live this is one of the dan gers which threaten tho nation. And yet, at no time has the stability of our form of government been more clearly shown than at this crit cal period, for the life of no one man, howtver exalt ed and beloved he may be, is necessary the to contiuued prosperity and wel fare of tho people, and the fair treat ment given the murderer but served to show to his associates the etlicacy and the dignity, and tho necessity for the preservation of that law which he sought to overthrow. Within the past year three of your own members?Hon. E. 11. ltagsdalo, ofFairtlld; Hon. G. J. Redfearn, of Chesterfield, and Hon. J. B. Bates, of Barnwell?havo been called from their labors here on earth and havo gone to join tho innumerable hosts on the ol her shore. There have beon two lynchingsii the State during the past year, both of which are to bo regretted and wou d have been prevented if possible, but so loug as Mends in human form con tinue to commit outrages upon cur wo men they may expect swift and sura mar) justice, and I doubt if emergency courts or any other remedy will atop the administration of such justice when it is known the right fiend is found. The only way to stop tho pun ishment is to stop the crime. TAXATION. The quo3tion of taxation is one of the most important and difficult prob lems that will confront you and one of the most profound in political ccono my. It has been a difficult pioblem ever siuce government has been or ganized aud taxes laid, and never yet has a system been adopted wh ch is entirely equitable end just and which has not been open to fraud and eva sion and inequality. It is ca>y to lay down a theory aud apriuciplu that will 1)0 just and equitable, but when it comes to putting in motion tho machinery that will ( a *ry out in its practical op crations that theory and that will ap ply the principle to property, the ques tion becomes a vtxed one and difficult of solution. Tho constitution pro vides that all propeity t-hall be assessed at its true value and vherefore bear It* share of the burdm of taxation. This principle was laid down by Adam Smith, the celebrated Scottish philoso pher and political economist, in the early part of tho eighteenth century, and by ell writers on political economy if beforo and since his day. Equal and U just taxation, levied on all property / proportionately and it acco dance with [ its value, is the prodnet of the h'ghesi justice, and When done to meet th< demands of government, economically L administered, is never burdensome. " On the other hand, unequal and un just taxation is always burdensomo and has been the cause of many of the wats and much of the strife all through the history of tho egos. It is n< cessary to mi o a certain amount of money to meet the ex pet ho of the Stnte government and this mus be done by taxation. It makes lilth difference to the taxpayer whether the levy is high or low. The question In t< concerns him is the assessment or val uation placed upon the property to be taxed, and whether or not it is val ued at the samo ratio as other proper, (y. When the politician boasts of having reduced the tax levy he is only trying to fool the pooplo. Tho lovy must be large enough to realize a suf ficient sum to meet the appropriations and it will be large or small in propor tion to the valuation placed upon the property aud tho amount of appropria tions made by the Legislature. The only way to reduco taxution is to reduce, the nppr priations. Of course, the school tax fixed in tho constitution would roalizo more inosne if assess ments were raised, but that would be no disadvantage, for scarcely any one would object to an increase in this fond. ? (Jndor the prest o sy>ie:u tho turns are made to t?u county auditor. There is a township board of assessor?, which meets at tho l^mtt house after the auditor has tak n the returns, and undertakes to go over all of them in une or two days. Thou there, is a coonty board of equallz*ti >n, which also meets at tho c< urt ? >u??o and d;ocs over the returns for tho entire county in g.v. or two days. All of this is done in somewhat of a perfunctory mariner and Accomplishes little or nothing in securing an equitable assessr. of property. Thoro are counties in tlic Sta?e in which s >mo ot? tlic laud is as sessed at one-third or one-half its ac tual value, while other land is assessed at its rial value. In fact, there may ho two adjoining plantations, the one svorth twice as much ao tho other, and yot under our system each is assessed for taxation at tho snmu price per acre In many cases- it is the rule to assess .ivo stock at so much per head regard less of the fact that one horse may bo worth two or three limes as what another is, even in tho same county. And yet this is what township boards of assessors and tho county board of equalization understand us equalizing property for taxation. This certainly is uot tho purpose for which these boards arc created. And yet it is im possible for a township hoard to meet aud spend only one day going over the returns that have been made, and got them eqmiiz 'O. It is also as impracti cable for tho county board of equaliza tion to meet and m one or two days equalize tho assessments upon all the property in tho county. Much more could bo accomplished if tho law were amended so as to re quire that the county auditor shall after notice iutho public prints, take returns in each township, aud shall not take theso returns except while present in tho township. In caso any taxpayer fails or refuses to make return while the auditor is present in the township, the auditor and tho town-hip hoard shall ho required to assess such pro party and notify tho owner of the valua tion placed upon his property. Thlt there shall he appointed a township hoard of assessors, conals ing of three discreet freeholders, residents of the township, who shall meet With the au ditor to receive tho returns and assess the property. That this board bhall be appointed by tho county auditor aud receive compensation for its services. That all rcluiu8 shall bo made in pub lic in the prcseuce of the auditor aud the township hoard, aud that tho own er of the property shall be required to answer the quoslious as now provided by law, and make affidavit as to the correctness of his answer. If the towu ship board thinks tho return is too high or loo low it shall bo ils duly, in the presence of the owuer of tho pro perly and tha auditor, to raise or-lower tho return iu order to reach tho tiue market value of tho property. The chairmen of theso township boards ahull constitute the county hoard of equalization, and ihis hoard shall moot at the court house and go over the re turns for tho county with the county auditor and hear complaints and ap peals, their decision to be subject to appeal to the S'.ate board. Tho auditor shall not bo permitted to go into a primary, but shall hi appointed by the governor, as provided by law, so as to bo as free and independent as it is possible. In this way I believe much Will he gained toward haviug all prop erty assessed equitably. Tho honest taxpayer ivould much prefer to return his property at its truo value, if by doing so he would hoar uo more than liia juat portion of tho burden, and the man who desires to evade should he made to bear his part of the burden by having his property returned at its truo value There is no question that so much demands your earnest, youi careful, your thoughtful, and your diligent con sidcration, aiid that so much concerns every citizen of the commonwealth as this question of taxation. It has re ceived the atteution of every legi lalof who has had the interest of people it heart since tnxos have been levied und government organized, aud yet mere is no subject in which there i? more room for reform than that of equalizing taxation and placing upon the books lor taxation that, property which is now evading the officers or the law. There has been a gratifying increase in the taxable property during the yiar just c osed. In fact, the increase is greater lhan for any one year tor several yeaia past. This, of c urse, has made an increase in the amount ol taxes collected, but your npproptia tions were larger at the last session lhan tho year before, and but for the n :va in UlX^ble V. lUCS lhl'1'O WOUltl have been a deficit ai d the appropri atious could not have boon uioi out ol iho income for the year. Instead, However, of having 81811,000,000 ol taxable property wo should have n< ar 4400,000,000. oood i.'oads During tho past year there has been a general awakening throughout the country on tho question of good roads ind in every section great interest has been manifested and movements begpu 1 m k'.ng to the improvement of tho pub do highways. Theie is no qutslion that more directly ami more goncrul'y concerns the great, body of our people. The South has possibly been a httl f slow in this mat!er, and tho effects rc ;ul.ing from hor negligence are plainly to bo seen. For tho past ftw years there has been a great influx of peopl i into our towns and citios aud theso have rap idly l.uilt up at the cxponso of the Fur rounding country. This is an evil which if possible should bo remedied, for it is to tho people of the country, and not to tho towns aud cities, that the State must principally look for the pn survati >w ol po.iul itiou into tho towns und cities is to be found in tho condition of our public highways, in most of tho coun ties in thevJfeato during certain seasons of the yoar*rao of tho roads are alto gether impassable, and nil comulunica lion und tri Dir with ihe cities and railroad points aro on*, ? K >? oil condition of affair* must work groat hardships especial)/ cf ,:u tho rural districts, and tho poopi? .r. In a good many imtancos the mill ownois i he in civ cm have realized this fact, and hiivojprohiblted child la bor in their mills. Looking to tho fu ture, they know in order to have I skilled labor in the gtown up man and ( woman, It Is noceiaary that ifio child I indigestion i dyspepsia biliousness and the hundred and one simi i lar ills caused by impure blood i or inactive liver, quickly yield I to the purifying and cleansing : properties contained in I Jofynst?nS Sarsaparille QUART BOTTLB. . ; It cures permanently by acting j naturally on all organs of the ; body. Asa blood-cleanser, flesh | builder, and health-restorer, it I has no equal. Put us in Quart Bottles, and sold at $i each. "THB MICHIGAN DRUO COMPANY," Detroit, Mich. : q Tak? Uvcrcttes for Liver Ills. s$c' 9 . For Sa'o by tho L^uren-j Drug Com pany, Lauren*, S. C. of the proseut shall not only not bo dwarfed physically and mentally by close confinement aud lahor during tho tender years of youth, but that it e?lii. 11 have all tho advantages oller d by the schools of the community. In some cases the parents wh > work iu tho mills arc required to sign a con tract to force their children between cei tain ages to attend tho public schools provided. There a?*e nnll towns in ihn .Stale which are models in eventhing that goes to mi ko an ideal community. They contribute largely lor the education of the children and in suine of ihese communities you will lind as good school huil lings as in any of tho larger towns or cities. IK 8 id* s, the mill owners pay their pa l of the school tax, which gi>cn into tho genoial fund, and the most pleasant relations exist between the mill owners and the operatives. The fact that the m il owners, who aro iu tho boat possib'e position to judge by oxperienoo, rccog. nize by such action the importance ol educating and caring lor theso ehild rena is a trong argument in favor ol the necessity of a law prohibiting child labor. In many instances, howi vor, thesi rules arc not r< quired, and the mill owncts, Unding child labor the cheap est, and looking < u)y to the present, substitute the child for the man,aud Iho health and fin uro happiness of this child are sacriliced to present gain. This question is one that has to bo met in every manufacturing country, aud 111 every instance it has been found to he the part of wisdom, look ing both to the iiienlal and moral up lilting au I the material advancement of the people, to prohibit the labor of children of tendor ago. England, France, Germany, aud all the principal manufacturing countries in Europe, and all the manufacturing States in the North in our own coun try, aftor thorough investigation and long experience, have decided in this manner. The question is a new one in the South only becauso the South has within very recent years developed in to a manufacturing section. The manufacliuing industries if the South in the near future will be com pelled to meet strong competition from the people of other sections of the gl /be, particularly from the far Fast. In order to meel this competition they must have skilled and intil igont lahor, and this can only he secured in the operatives of Iho futuie by the educa tion ol the children of the present. And ihechildren of the present cannot be educated and prepared for their du ties anil good citizenship if they aro rc quireel to labor in nrlls during their tender years. Tho question is demanding solution, and the part of wisdom is to solvo i' now, for the longer it is loll alone tin moro difficult of solution it becomes This question was discussed by you a? your list session and in one branch of your body defeated by a large ma j >rity. Final action, however, wh* postponed by a coulinuaci of a bill ii tho other branch. Aftor cartful and thoughtful consid eration, it is my opinion that it is a duty which you owe to humanity and tho citizenship of your State to ptolecl theso children by prohibiting lb' ir la bor in our manuf ictoiies. [f the par ent does not feel sufficient interest in his own offspring to look after its besi interests and to prepare it for the high duties of good citizenship, then it If iho duly of tho State to step in and assett its authority by taking care o' tho li'o and the health and the btippi n< 88 of theso helpless little ones. I realize that it is a perplexing qucdion where tho authority ol the parent ends and the duty of tho Stato begins, bu in a questiou of such vital, importance to the Slate line spun theories should not be Indulged, but tho host inletests of tho commonwealth and its citizen ship should bo tho paramount issue. No child und? r 12 years of age should bo permitted to labor in tho manufae. tones of this Slate, unless it bo neces sary for tho support of a widowed nK.lher. If you should adopt such a measure, however, at least ono year should be given before it becomes id' force in order that all parlies may ad just themselves to the new conditions. KDUCATION. It is a principle now well recognized that the snfety of the government it self req liros that it givo it* citizens tho opportunity to Ht themst lves for an intelligent discharge ot th If duties to tho State. Our form of government itself, in which overy citizen is a ruler, I and overy rulor a public servant, do ponds for its preservation upon tho en lightenrneut of the great body of our people?their education and instruc tion in the "groat csemeotnl truths which elevate tho mind and puiify the honr? of man," and which render him capah'o of self .government. Subie? quont events havo provod tho irulh of the 8cuiimont expressed by Washing ton at tho very foundation of the gov ernment, that ,4lt is substantially true removes from the soil large quantities of PotasSi. The fertilizer ap plied, must furnish enough Potash, or tin.* land will lose its pro ducing power. Read carefully our liooV.s on crops?sent Jru. GERMAN KAI.I WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. that virtue or morality is a ncees-ary spring of popular government. Pro mote, Iben, ns an object of prim iry importance, institutions for Ihegeneral diffusion of knowledge, lu proporliou as ihe structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should bo en lightened." Public opinion depends for its en lightenment very largely upon the free common schools, and tho efforts of tho State should bo directed principally to the improvement and perfection of its 8)stun of common school education, for it is to the common schools that the gient majority of the children must look for thoir education. This should not interfere with our system ol higher education, but the fii>t duly of the State is to prop ire the great nnjonly of its citizens for the intcllig nlu-o of the functions of oilizoi ship. The ideal system is one properly ai'ticulutcd from the common school to the high ?chool, the college and tho university. ??It is of little use lor a republic to have higher institutions of learning moducing men of wisdom and power unless it has also a system of general, nay, of universal, education producing popul iv reaped for wisdom and power. I'ho. university at tho summit, reach log as high as human intelligence can go, tlie common school at the base, spreading as wide as human nature it self, and between them tho best at tain able system of grammar schools ind high schools and academies, and spreading out from thorn an ever-do vuloping organize tou of technical pro fessional institutions?these arc the defenses of the republic." Hut it is of lil'l i or no use to have an adequate system of free education unless it be taken advantage of by the children of the State. The attendance upon our common schools is not as largo as it should bo, No child shoul I be allowed to grow u ? to meet the high duties and responsibilities of citi zMiship without at least having nc quired tho rudiments of a good educa tion. And yet many of the children of this State aie permitted to come to the. years of maturity without being able to read or write, either because he ch'l I cannot see foi itself tho nd vantagos, or tho father is wilfully neg ligent of the welfare of his offspring, or himself ignorant of the necessity of in education. There is no greater et emy to the wi If ire of society and to republican institutions than ignorance, and the duty of the State is to require the child to take advantage of the edu cation piovidod. The question of compulsory educn limi has agitated the minds of educa tors throughout the. Statu for the pasi few yeais. Various pu'dic addresses on Ibis subject have been made, an at nearly every teachers1 ussocia'ion in he State the question has been dis cussed. It would seem that the raa jority of our best educators advocate, the system of compulsory education. The objector to compulsory educn lion will urge that every parent has tho right to determine wha' odu -alto:' diall be given bis own child and that tho Stale has no right, lo intcjf jro in ho affairs ol tho family. Whi n a con ngious disease, invades the S alo no question of this kind is r.ised, but ih ?dale takes measures to slump Out tin ? lise.iso and a<-ks not foi porml-'Slou t establish a quarantine against the spread of tho milady. The two casof are similar. Ignoianco Is tho worst >f diseases an I tho Sure has the right '.o require that the. children shtll be brought up in such a way as to inuke tho best possible citizens. It is also urged thai the cost wdl bo^too gn at. Phc State is now spending more, than a million dollars on tho education of ils childl'i n and the proper position is that eveiy child oT school ago should reap its eiiaro. But the greatest objection which is urged to compulsory oduoiti n in the South is the. over-present negro, and he fear that if ho is educated be can not be controlled. The fallacy of this argumonl is palont to every Ihoughlful man, It Is a fact known and ro oogoiz d that in this Slnto nt present, in prop ?rtlon lo the p pulatlon of ench, ?bore uro 11 great, many moro negro children than wdiiies receiving tho education provided. The negro is hero to stay, and to educate h m rightly will but tench him hs poilt on and bo of benefit in him and lo us. To lcavo him without mi oducation is but to in ii r him n to..1 in tho hands of the designing and a curse lo society. It is but suicidal not to require the white children of the State to attend the c m rnbn 8 honls for fear the negro child rcn will reccivo the same advantages. Tbli argument means that we should let the white children grow up in igno runco in ordor that the negro may not learn. In this ngo there are many problems CASTOR 1A For Infants and Children. The IM You Have Always Bought 1 Bears the Signa*' roof which confront us ami must be 6( lvcd. Education is the solution. We must ducate, not one here and there, but every child in the Stale. A eomflhlsoiy law at the beginning would probably have to encouiter dilli oultica in its enforcement, but the lime is ripe for something to be done, as iVeiy one must adm.lwlun ho con siders the per coinage of enrollment to the children of school ago, especially in tho rural districts, I All tho principal countries of En ( rope, in fact all the principal civilized i countries throughout the wo:Id, and I two thirds of the States and Toriitoros j of our own country, have adopud some system of compulsory edacation. In many of the other Staus it is being j agitated and uged. Accord in"; to the census of 181J0 the per oobtago of white? in South Caro lina over 21 join a of age who could neither read uor write was 15?.2.*{. In I POO the oensu; figures shows the percentage of whites 12 0, aud of negroes 64.7. These Qgures need no comment. Tho per centage of illiteracy among the whites has decreased in ten years 3 por cant.; negroes 10.68 per cent. The status of the public schools is about the same as it was at the time of your la?t session. The average schools term for the past year for Hie white school-*, according to the S ate superintendent's report, was 21 weeks, exactly the same as the one for the year previous; for tho negro school the term was 11 weeks, one week less than for Ihe previous vcar. It mav he I re narked ilia tho .Slate superinten dent reports thai in a few of the couu lies there aie so many Inaccuracies iu the report .submitted to linn as t > the average number of weeks as well as the other averages and totals, that the reports in his report cannot be abso lul< 1} relied upon. 1 desiie to repeat hero what 1 said lv>tyenr: The Importance of levying an additional tax for thcsupporl of the COUU try schools cannot be to > stroni-'y urged upon our people. This wi 1 en able them to employ competent teach ers lor longer terms; it will enable tin ill to give their children eleui3iilary and preparatory training at home; and it will tend to cheek the abuoinia! llow of popula ion from tho country to the town; it will be beneficial from even point of view. While it is pofSibh for the grathd schools to become too mechanical and inelastic, the irregu larity in attendance at tho country schools renders it impossible 10 have graded instruction of systematic work. I'he character of the supervision of the schools in the couulry is very poor in consequence of the inadequate salaries paid foi ihe Cou; ty .Superintendents, who must give a large portion of theii time to i ther w rk than that of super vising the schools. Some provision should be made to secure more permanent boards of trus ties and county boards of education. The tenure, of cdllco iu ihe bean's ol lru8'.003 is two years. Most of those h. aids ind being sure of iheir ootilinu ai.ee in olllco are unable to employ a teacher for more tbau one year?a veiy unfortunate system el" affairs, a* thcro can be no continuous school work fruuvyenr to year without some permanence of tenure. County boards should be elected by the people in mii b a way as not to change entirely at one time; and the boards of trustees should be ilccied on a somewhat similar plan. The Sia'.e superintendent calls at tention to a plan for securing better school houses. This shoukl be given meist careful consideration, because the best results in training children cannot be obtained in shabby and un omforluble schoi 1 houses. Tno I dal expenditure for the year for whites w as .. 4i72(>,f-'25 44 For negroes. 211,287 5? Total. $938 113 CO (lie total cxpc-udiluro for the year for whites was.. $05)3.807 0 F >i negroes. 2i-3,033 45 Told. $8?ii.841 05 IS A HUMOROUS "VEIN. ?; 'Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,' said Markley > TIi it's the golden rule, and I believe :n il too. Dou't > ou?" W I,," replied 15 ?rroughs, ?? if I did I'd be off Cling to lend you ten dol lars this minute." "I don'l know good music from bad. mvsrlf." ? ViP, Pith, d- re's a lot of ro'.ks liki , i mii- in . d um' know it."- -Puck. " My den?', Ih's is my friend, Stuig j :. , r,h .a y.have hoard mt speak " ? I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Sir ig gins. .You can haully appr- catc what a convenience your ncq-iainlaiieo is to my li'i-ha* d when be slays out lalei than he should."?Indianapolis News Mr. Surplice?Oh, Mrs Dash! The church bazaar Is not so bad;il brings the chinch people tc gelber. Mrs. D ish Mr. Surplice, after you have h> en in this parish awbilo longer jou'll understand ibat for truo peace ai.d amity our church peoplo nceel to bo kept apart.?I'uck. " It Is "ad," murmured tho Musing Thoorlztr, " to think that overy man has bis price." ?? Yes," admittod tho Intonsoly Practical Worker, ? and it is a sad fact .Hint half the feme he can't get it."? Tit-Ibis. ^ ? Don't you think that the writing of loiters to Santa CJluus is a pretty custom for children?" ?? I do," answered Senator Sorghum. "It is very much like tho practico of introducing bills in Uongress. In the innj >rity of eases there arc no prnctl cnl rosul 8. Hut the. author is gralillcd and thcro is no harm done."?Wash ington Star. During the sermon one of the quar tette fell asleep. Now's your chants," said the, or gaidsl to tho soprano. ?'Soo if you canticle tho tenor." OABTOniA. P sure us my name's l'saliu I" iem rk.il Hie boy that pumped the Oiga? ; bu', he said it aolo UO oue quin lot ? hi ft. A well dressed and attractive look iny man well kuowu on the East .Sale, b aiiled a Wells street ear to come d .wnl iwtl yebterd'iy mottling. Several uion stood on thu back platform, and among the number was a stranger. lie gaz (1 admiringly at the lino looking fellowrfor a tune, and then askid: " Who is that svvell in the eud seal?" ? ilu's Mr. IJiaiiK." " Oil! What is ho?a spor ?" 41 Why, no! lie's a lawyer." 41 l\haw!" ho answered disgustedly. 44 la that all he U?"?MiUvaukeo Sen tinel. Mrs. Browne?Ami who is tho presi dent of your club now, Mrs. Malaprop? Mrs. Malaprop (proudly)?1 am toe l>ie->out iucumbrauce, just now.?Phll a lolphta Tress. She?Is tins the insurance agency? He?Yes, ma'am. What can 1 do for you? Sin?I want an imuia* ce policy at once. My house is on lire?Chicago News. u ArcnT you glad you're through ihe holiday ru-di?" /-e atked. 41 We're not," replied the saleslady, languidly. ''The women haven't got ball' thr< ugh exchanging iheir presents yet.?Philadelphia llullelin. L* A woman has acted as Speaker ol ? ho Colorado House of Representa tives," said Kilduff. " Mrs. Tiff acts constantly as speak er of my house," added Mr. Tiff?De irolt Free Press. Crawford: Why do you think their Uliaway marriage will turn out to be i happy oue? Urabshaw: Because all their rela tives wore to angry about it that they refuse to visit lbom?Judge. u Yes, ho was arrested for luuuing m illegal laundry." "Norsonso. What's an illegal laundry ?"' " A place whul'e ihey wash tho u.n ell.itiou maikt from postage stanps." ?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Fuddy?D m't you consider it the uty of .he government to look out for he people? Daddy?It seems to nie things would ?nine out butter if the people would 1 >ok out for their government a little more ?Boston Transcript, " He gave me a message to deliver to brother (ieorgo," she explained de nurely. 11 Was it necessary to kiss 3011 in ?rder to d> that?" demanded her notlu r. " Yes," she answered; it was a Healed message :' ? Washington Star. II : lookeil despairingly into vacancy. ? 1 have had my misgivings," he Baiel 1 11 dull and passionless voice, "but ow 1 am sure. Your laugh shows no \o\i are utterly heartless." ' She turned pale. Hoavem I" she erii d iu terror, "did I open my mouth as wide as that?" After preaching a sermon on the fate of the wicked an English clergy nan met an old woman well known .or her gossiping propensities, and hi aid : " 1 hope my sermon has b >m< uit. You heard what 1 said about the 1 1 ice whore there shall be wailing md gnashing of 10011)?" " Weil, a 0 that," answered the dame, " if I 'as ni) thing to say, it bo Ibis: Lei them {uaab their teeth ns has 'ein?I ain't." Senator II. ItfvbJ is fond f German ooking. There is a little restaurant iear the Capitol that he patio ize? frequently. The olbor day ihe place hanged hands, and the S llutor Wftl .noted by a stranger when ho went in lor a luuch. " What have, you got to-day ?" he isked. " 1 have pig's feet, lamb's tongue, boar's head,deviled kidneys" ??Stop !" thuudercd the Senator. ? I don't care about your ailments; 1 can e in here to eat."?Baltimore News. - ? * ? t mtmi SrRlNKLlNO With Oil. One ot the benefits gro 'logout of the onor nous supply of crude oil which is now mind in bo many purls of the Country, ?ays the Railway and Engineering lleview, is the possibility of using u for sprinkling and (horcby not only aoing the (lust on railroads hut in dllCS, and periiups inosi of all in tin country roads in thos 5 see! ions where rain occurs only at wi lo iiterva's. Its success upon rallro.ids Ins been thoroughly demo ft rated,and although at Hist its use in cities was depreciated bocause of the supposed dc'etorioua effects upon rubber lircs, it is now claimed h >> this objection has been overcome. Quite a number of the cities in California are using oil for sprinkling purposes, and it is found much cheaper thai: water. The ad vantage t> the ra I road 8 aside from the laying ol the dust on the right ot way is that a general u tho earth, A mammoth cotton wood Ire? was ?tit a few days ago in the bottoms of the Little Wabash river, in Illinois. Lt contained 8,000 feet ol lumber. Tho tree was '21 feet in ci cumferinoo nud i 12-foot log on the first limb cut 000 feet of merchantable lumber. Wlun the tieo was felled tho tallest man in ? ho neighborhood coul 1 not sco over the logs as they lay on the ground. Knglisli sparrows continue to multi ply, despite all efforts at their extinc tion, and where they prosper, oilier oirds arc drlug out or are driven out by them. An Illinois sparrow hunt has just ended and as a result four ? ins of spirrows woro killed. The mint was indulged in by two parlies of farmers, t vontymen on each side. Pne victorious party brought in 18,000 birds, while the. losers bagged 11,000, a total of 21,000. A lump of tallow dipped in sulphur and rubbed on the bodies of trees is recommended by Mr. M. W. Ilubbard, a Missouri orchardist of note, ns a cheap and safe prevent ive of barking tho trees by rabbits and their perfora tion by borsrs. Ho takos a lump of tnllow iu one baud and a small box of the sulphur and rubs tho trees frcm tho ground as high as br'er labbit can reach. Arthur l'ue (??rm.in has been unan imously nominated by the Democratic members of the Mai)l ind Leghlftturcj for United States Senator. TO, nomi nation is equivalent tonn olcction. Trains collided in a New Yoik city tunnel. Fifteen wore killed and thirty injured. Tho responsibility for the accident hns not boen fixed. OABTOI1IA. Bean tho 1 he Kind You Havs Always Bough!