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ESTABlISH TN) IN 1865. ~NEWBERRlY, S. C., TIIIURSI)AY , OCTR1 3,18.PRC0150A:A NOT TOO NOBLE TO WORK. An Artistic Baron Who Preferred La bor and Independence. An interesting figure in the Ameri can world of art is the Baron Vor Jske, an Austrian by birth, and al though a resident of this country foi a comparatively short time, a mar thoroughly imbued with republican - i leas. The Baron has made rapid progress since he began to devote himself to art as a profession, and his studio in this city is a most at. tractive spot to visit. His "Ameri canization" dates from his marriage to Miss Ida Brenneman, an event not entirely devoid of romance. The Brennemans have always lived at Lancaster, Pa. They are people of wealth and social prominence, and are connected with many of the best families in the United States. Cas. sius Brenneman died a few years ago, leaving a large fortune to his wife in trust for his daughter Ida, who is an exceedingly handsome brunette. Miss Brenneman made up her miud in 1SS that she would en joy a long European tour, and tried to induce her mother to take her across the ocean. At first Mrs. Brenneman was not willing to go. She-offered some ob jections to the trip, and teased her daughter by saying she probably wanted to marry some good-for-noth ing foreigner with a title. The young lady indignantly denied this. and, upon a repetition of the taunt, s )lemnly pledged herself not to plight her troth to any nobleman. Not long after they started for France. One- evening Mrs. Brenneman and her daugher attended a dinner party given by one of the leaders of the American colony at Paris. Among the other guests present on that occasion was a handsome young fellow, the Baron Von Oske, who re quested an introduction to Ia jolie Americaine, Miss Brenueman. - and immediately ingratiated himself into her favor. It was- a.case of love at first sight, as the Baron was so deep. ly smitten that he forthwith began an ardent courtship. Very soon he proposed. The young lady knew very well what she would like to do, but rather hesitated about accepting him at once, not because of any objection to him personally,. but on account of his title. He belonged to the highest Austrian nobility and - ~-.was heir to vast estates in his own country, but she remembered her -promise to her mother. Mrs. Bren neman was spoken to on the subject and she gl-adly allowed herdaughter * 4 to withdraw the promise as she had taken a great figucy to the Amustrian. -As there were no objections offered by either family the marriage took place without that tedious delay which so often cools the ardor of fian ces. A few days after the ceremony, C while the newly-wedded pair were enjoying their honeymoon, the Ba ron's mother called on Mrs. Brenne man with great formality and re quested a business interview. After t le usual complimentar'y prelimi naries, she announced that her object in calling was to take charge of her daughter-in-law's estate, it being the continental custom for the ladies to settle all matrimonial arrangements. She announced that the money would be invested in the most judicious manner on the future estates of her husband. This plan did not suit Mrs. Brennemnans ideas. She em pnatically stated that she did not propose to make any change in the existingx arrangem ents, and as the money was well invested it could re main as it was. The Baroness re tired angrily announcing that under the Circumstances she thought it would be proper to withdraw the handsome allowance she had hitherto given her son-a threat she forth with carried out. Soon after this rupture Mrs. Brenneman, her daugh ter and her son-in-law returned to Lancaster to live in the family man sion there-a beautiful place, filled with rare artistic bric-a-brac. Thec Baron \on Oske soon discov ered that the life of an American gentleman is quite different from that to which he had been accustomed. As he had a great deal of spare time on his hands, he began to pay great - attention to painting, having studied art abroad, and being passionately - fond of it as a pastime. The society people of Lancaster were somewhat * surprised during the winter of 1885 * ~ when they received cards inviting them to attend the opening of the Bar.on's studio. When the day fixed came the large suite of rooms that had beeu leased for the purpose were thronged with guests. Between the beautiful decorations on every side the paintings appeared on the walls and on easels. When everybody had arrived the Baron made a neat little speech of welcome. lie informed his friends that he was much pleased with America. What had particu larly astonished him upon his arrival was to find that everybody seemed to have an occupation. He had imme diately made up his mind to follow the universal example and to make his own living-to leave the ranks of! amateurs and join the professional crew. An excellent supper was .served, and the guests left much pleased with their reception. New York is the American art cen ter, and Baron Von Oske decided to open a studio in this city. He came here last spring and displayed his 1 finished pictures. To his great sat- 1 isfaction and surprise, all were sold and he was given a sufficient number of commissions to keep him busy for a year. Baron Von Oske, with his wife and infant, are spending the summer in Europe. Going for Joe Brown. ATLANTA, October 6.-Special: In the Legislature to-day a l':vely attack was made 'on. Senstor Joe Brown by Representative Huff. He said : "The last committee that went to the Dade coal mines had one end of the i coach filled with whiskey and cham pagne and the other end with cigars, I and one member of the committee I got maudlin drunk and fell out of his bunk. Now you can imagine what i kind of a report a committee like this I would get up." In the Senate Mr. 'James, refer. i ring to this statement, said : "As chairman of that committee 1 desire to s:ate that so far as I am individually conc-erned I did not drink arybody's whiskey or cham pagne, or smoke anybody's cigars. I desire to say in behalf of the com mittee that the attack on them is un t just and untrue." - Representative Huff, in the House, t replied to this thus: "When I made the proposition. to . put the question to the people I i could see young men crawling under I their desks. They are afraid of Joe i Brown and his gang. . I call the f present system an infamous one, and ] I mean every word I say. These young men, who were in their swad dling clothes when this infamous 1 swindling system was put on the State, are here bowing their heads to 1 Joe Brown and his nefarious gangi of' money changers. Some of them t want to be solicitors and the others want to go to Congress.'t He saidl that some men denied that Joe Brown influenced them, when it< was known that they were skirmish- ' ing around with free tickets in their pcockts riding on Joe Brown's "chain pagne excursions." The Peabody Fund. The trustees of the Peabody edu cation fund held their twenty-sixth an nual meeting at the Fifth Avenue ho. tel in New York on Wednesday. According to Secretary Green's re port, the fund amounts to $2,000,000 and the income therefore $70,000. The income is distributed as follows: Scholarshiips, $22,800; normal schools, $13,000; institutes, $11,700; public schools, $13,000; normal col lege -at Nashville, ~$9,500. The States now receiving money from the fund are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennesse~e, Texas, t Virginia and West Virginia. The reports show very favorable results. The scholarships are alloted as fol lows: Alabama 13, Arkansas 10, Georgia 14, Louisiana 8, North Car olina 14. South Carolina 10, Tennes- t see 14. Texas 9, Virginia 14. WVest Virginia R. The scholarships are t 8200 each. Practical Cattle Raising. .Americus ( Ga.) Recorder. The most successful way to raise Jerseys, or any other fine breed of cattle, is to cross the common breed with a locomotive. This has been t accomplished in Americus witlh flat- I tering success as the following will clearly show. A wide-awake citizen i purchased a little measly calf recent- 1 ly, paying $3 there for, which he just- r ly considered full value for the bo- I vine. A few days afterward, as the a calf was grazing upon the railroad t track. it was run over and killed byi a passing train, whereupon the dis- I consolate owner put in a claim for 1 $40 against the company, which was t paid. Any one owning a pasture t alongside a good railroad can easilyi acquire a fortune in this manner, and I this simple means of "improving"r common stock is as rapid as it is cer-i THE THREE C'S ROAD. B rrack Laying Commenced-Wonder ful Work ofa Monster Machine. of. Special to the News and Courier. CAMDEN, October 5.-Track lay- fo ng has commenced in earnest on the at charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago th Railroad. The machine seemed to pr -un well this morning, and then a fo stop was made to make some chang- O as. In a few days everything will ha >e running like clock work. This nachine is a gre. help to track lay- tu ng. The ties and iron are carried T] )ut in tdvance of th cars loaded with the track laying material, and it co s there met by hands, who lay the ;ies in proper position, at the meas. co ired distances apart, and the iron is U: piked down and jointed by another rit ,rowd. The ties are carried out on ro -ollers that are kept in motion by a by tationary engine on the forward flat ch :ar. The rollers, suspended by wire -opes, reach out several yards ahead th )f the car, and can receive the ties. ta )laced on the rollers by hand, seven ob >r eight car lengths in the rear, or as ar as there are sections to reach. [IDLAND BRANCH OF TIE THREE C'S. frc BLACK'S STATION, October 5. [he corps of engineers which has sur eyed the line of the Three C's Rail- te] oad from Union to this place ar- It ived- here yesterday, and the line fiv ias been connected with the main te ne at Boykins. Capt. 0. A. Ram eur is the chief of the corps, apd it ty s likely that a line will now be run thl 'rom Newberry to Augusta, which rill complete the line of the proposed th ,ailroad. 01 Gen. Lee's Bible. ne up Boston Globe. mE Twenty-five years ago a regiment w f Maine soldiers were encamped on .rlisgton Heights, and the boys, un lerstanding that anything belonging Te o the Rebels was common property and, therefore, subject to confisca- - ion, ransacted the old Lee mansion iretty thoroughly. They captured in, >d pipes and cigars and wines and th iictures and everythigg that was lei >ortable. Of course, they did not eed many of these things. Such le3 .rticles which bad belonged to Gen. bil ee had a peculiar interest and were thi ery desirable. One soldier, who Te .rrived after the desirable articles to Lad been taken, found the old family tis 2ible, and sent it down East to his ome in Maine. There were Bibles frc n Maine, but none like this. After ba he war was over this soldier return- foi d home, and found to his surprise ex bat the Bible contained all the usu. Ini ~l ingredients, including the ten Y( ommandments and Apocrypha, but gu n addition to these, between the Old G< nd the New Testaments, was a com- P lete family record, giving the histo- elf y of the Lee family for the past two ap undred years. The soldier was sorry that be had aken the book, but too proud to ac :nowledge-the fault, and so held his eace. In the meanwhile biograpers th rere at work on the life of Gen. Lee, nd certain dates regarding the birth mn ,nd marriage of his ancestors were ranting. If an old family Bible na ould be found iti would afford the Ulf ecessary information. - Advertise- a bo ents were inserted in all the papers,b .nd by and by came a letter from sa daine saying the Bible was in the o ossession of a soldier's widow, who ~ rould gladly restore it to the owner. ar lefore the property could be recov red, however, the widow died, and .1p1 hen camne another .long wait untilth he estate was settled. But at last a he book was fully identified and ch urned over to a messenger, who assed through .Boston yesterday. arrying it to its old place at Arling on IIeights. The foolish act of a sc: oy soldier has hindered the comnple- g ion of an important. historical work an or years, but the Bible is at last re- c tored to its owner, and the biogra- ea her can now complete his task. . o, The Historian's Last Dlays CO in Home Journal. A Mr. Brancroft, the historian, said ou o a Louisville reporter, who asked m< im if his life work was at an end, us A man who is in sight of ninety can me romise the world nothing. I have be ft mortal affairs behind me. All the y thoughts are on eternity. But an owever useful my life has been- me nd, withcut pride, I think I can say po at I have done my share of good Shas at least been one of hard work. f, as some peop)le have said, I am or as a genius, my genius-which, by be way, is a word of vague sugges. on ions-lay wholly in my unremitting dustry and application. And, my li1 oy, I will tell you, though there are* many hard workers who are not gen ases, there -never was a genius who er. ,as,, a ha wo,ke,, on and 0. Telegraph Lines-BourK by the Western Union. NEW YoRK, Oct. 6.-Although the 5cials of the Western Union tele aph decline to make any statement rmally in regard to the Baltimore d Ohio matters, it is given out by em in an informal way. under a omise to use no names, that papers r the transfer of the Baltimore and io telegraph to the Western Union ye been signed and the wires of e former company.are already vir ally under Western Union control. ie contract signed includes not ly Baltimore and Ohio telegraph mpanies' lines, but the wires and elusive right of way of the railroad mpany. This gives the Western ion the right of way as well as the ,ht to the wires on the West Shore id. All the-avenues to New York, the trunk lines, are now owned by a Western Unior., the only other res entering the city coming by 3 highway. The price or other de. Is of the transfer cannot yet be I tained. b THE REPORT AT BALTIMORE. BALTIMORE, Oct. 6.-A dispatch m New York announcing the com- e tion of the deal of the Western 1 >ion for the Baltimore and Ohio t egraph created no surprise here. a is understood that the terzas are f e million dollars stock of the Wes- l n Union and cash payment an- e ally by the Western Union of six. S thousand dollars. It is thought t Baltimore and Ohio telegraph I be conducted without change for p present. The Baltimore and t io dirf ctors will meet Wednesday a xt, when the matter will be acted n on. As soon as the announce- n ut was made at the Stock Board estern Union stock advanced from l tto793. legraphing on a Train While in t Motion. NEW YORK, Oct. 6-The follow dispatch has been received from special train on the Lebigh Val road : . 'On board the special Lehigh Val train October 6, a special extti ion of train telegraphy was given s afternoon by the Consolidated legraph Company of New York, ' large number of proninent-scien ts and electricians." The special train was running m New York to Easton, Pa., and ek over the Lehigh Valley railroad this purpose, and telegrams were changed between the swiftly mov Strain and the company's New ~rk office. Among the prominent ests on board the train are P'rof. ~orge Barker, of the University of nnsylvania, Thomas A. Edison, ctrician, E. J. Gilliland, of Indian ois. Boycotting a Whole Town. Several months ago the authorities Wellsville, 0., took advantage of SDow law and closed the saloons that place. An organization was -med and efforts to have the ordi nce repealed were made, but wereJ sucessful. Then the organization ~ opted new tactics and decided to ycott the 'whole town unless the ~ oo'ns were opened. In following t their plan they bave sought the ~ rkets at another place, and now buying groceries and meats, and I en dry goods and clothes are being ~ rchased there. The members of s club say that they will not buy single article of Wellsville's mer ints 'until the salooris are opened. Money in~ Cuba. Mney in Santiago de Cuba is a < trce article, and to change a $5f Id piece would take a day's travel, d invariably the change (if Amern.r a) would have a hole punched in g ah piece. This is done, I am in- C -ned, to keep the money in the r antry. I do not reniember of see- e Son the island -of Cuba a piece of a nerican money in circulation with- t t a hole in it. American paper i mey is of no value for general t e in Santiago, and Cuban paper f mey will not pass at all. Money ing so scarce the greater part of i Strade is carried on by barter C ong the general public, and the i mey is firmly held by the few ex- C rters and larger dealers. C A Kinder Horse Never Lived. Passenger on front platform-That , e looks like a pretty good horse. Driver-A kinder animal never ed. Eind ! How so? Driver-He kin,der bites and kind- t kicks and kinder wants to run r ce in a while. . A MARRIAGE EXCHANGE. )rgantzed 'Assistance for People Wish ing to Wed-A New Thing in American Social .Economy. From the New Yrk Sun. Many startling innovations upon stablished usage, especially in so ial matters, have had their begin ing in this city, but anything quite o startling as the regular, public nd organized assistance of emigra ion into the state of matrimony it as remained for the past year and he efforts of a New Hampshire ankee and his wife to introduce to be metropolis. In France there have long been egular matrimonial bureaus, but heir general reputation has not been .bove reproach, and at best they ave been but markets for trading in eiresses and other desirable goods n the marriage line. Germany has ,few bureaus, and there is one large ne-probably the largest in the orld-at London. This one paid 10,000 rent last year, and is said to e a very excellent institution in its ray. It would probably startle the ay rage citizen to be told that men and romen by the thousand have come o make the getting of a husband or wife a matter of business, going or what they want to a regular mar :et, where the wares are displayed, ither in person or by written de cription, and picking out what they hink will suit them. Yet, if the statements of the su erintendent of a marriage market hat is now in existence in this city ,re to be believed, not only this but Duch more is true. Men and wo aen are all the time coming from all arts of the country, from New Eng and, Colorado, Kansas and the ;outh, with the distinct object of etting a mate to take home with bem. They engage board in New "ork, put themselves on the market, s it were, and remain here for days r weeks, until they get what they ant and can return home married, r, at any rate, engaged. There are aid to be at least twenty-five .per ons, m.pstly women, staying in New ork at the present time with that bject in view, and they are coming nd going all the time. This is aside rom a brisk local market, in which he trading is constant and lively. The superintendent's wife, who is .ssistant superintendent, is a little voman in a plain, gray dress, with right gray eyes and a dimple in ither cheek. When she gets to talk. og on the subject of business her nthusiasm makes her cheeks rosy, ,nd between her dimples and her right eyes, and the magnetism of er smile, it is almost possible to for. et that she wears her dark hair in a ery unbecoming knot on the top of er 'head. She would make, for ooks, an ideal Yankee school marm. Her husband is H. B. Wellman, nd for enthusiasm he fairly matches er. He is of -the blue-eyed New ingland type, with rather long brown air brushed back from his forehead, fter the style of a reformer. He is List as shrewd-looking as his wife,and alks witLh an ;ggressive, straight .head air that goes to verify his tatemnent that he studied for A~he Linistry at Williams College, and ras only prevented from becoming a egular clergyman by the fact that is eye-s gave out, and a New York culist told him the only thing that rouldi save them would be for him to rop books and devote himself to >pen air work. Hie bought some and in the West for $7 an acre, and armed it until he sold it for $42 a'n cre. Then he invested in a stock arm, lie says, in Missouri, and lived n it until it was prosperous. lie ound the present Mrs. WVellman at )over, fell in love' with her and mar. ied her. She was not the kind of a irl that would take kindly to living n a stock ranch thirty miles from a ailroad, and, besides, was an enthu iast on the subject of painting, and o the day after they were married bey came to New York. She stud ed painting and he looked for some hing to employ his time, and didnt nd it. Callers are welcomed by a shiny [ttle colored boy, and with an air of onfidential mystery ushered into a rivate room up stairs, where pres ntly either Mr. or Mrs. Wellman omes and opens c.onversation with confidential air that says, "I un erstand your situation exactly; now ilk it right out, plain and nobody rill ever know." The caller if he-supposing it is a e--wants a wife or to know how to et one, is told to fill up the blanks a alarge printed sheet, which he ells his age, personal appearanc,, ationality, religion, occupation, in ome, expected inheritance, health, habits with regard to the use of al coholic drinks or tobacco, and a lot of other things that will make inter esting reading to any girl who thinks of taking him for a husband. He al so writes some deseription of the sort of girl that he thinks he would like. This sheet is numbered and filed away in a book with several thousand others. Then, when he has paid a fee, a similar book is shown to him, containing the descriptions similarly obtained of the several thousand wo men who are anxious or willing to marry. There is also a lot of photo graphs which mry assist him in a choice. IIe picks out samples that be thinks would do. and -writes a let ter for each of them in whateyer fashion he things suitable for the opening of a correspondence under such circumstances. He may use an assume l name if he pleases, but the person to whom he writes must be told that it is assumed. These let ters are forwarded by the bureau to the ladies whose description he has fancied, and their answers go to him. From the lot he is expected to select one cr a dozen with whom he cares to keep up the correspondence with an idea to ultimate matrimony. He drops them as they prove unsatisfac tory, and if finally he does not hit on one that suits him he can get a new batch in the same way he got the first. This sort of introduction and courtship by letter is usually carried on between persons living in differ ent' parts of the country, and as a general thing the man or the woman does not bother to personally pick out the ones to whom their letters shall. be sent, but simply gives the bureau a lot of letters to'be sent to those whose descriptions nearly fill the requirements made by the seeker after a mate. .Where persons live in this city the method of personal introduction is more commonly employed. After the descriptions are filed each of two parties whom the bureau thinks might be suited for one another re ceives a printed notice to call at the market at a cetain time. There they are introduced and left to paddle their own canoe. When. the market has a demand for goods of a sort that it has not in stock it advertises for them, and its business seems to be chiefly built up and pushed in other. ways by adver tising. What it Costs to Raise a Boy. -Buffalo Fxpren. "My father never did anything for me," recently remarked a young man who, a few weeks ago, finished his school lire and is now seeking a good business opening. Judging by the words and the complaining tone in which they were uttered, the mem ber of the firm who heard them is prone to the belief that the young man's idea of "doing something" is an outright gift of $1,000 in a lump, or the purchase~ of a pArtnership in an established concern. The young man, to the knowledge of the writer, has never done one mouth's actual work for others in his entire life. His; life has been passed in the pleasant! pastimes of the home circle, in read ing, studying,. .hunting-, fishing, ball playing, yachting and other employ ments not particularly beneficial to others. He-is a type of that class of boys whose parents are sufficiently well-to-do to keep serv-ants to attend the household drudgery and whose fathers follow vocations in which no use can be made of the boy's spare time. Like most boys of his class he ldoks upon his board and clothes| for twenty years, together with his pony, jewelry, bicycle, etc.. as mat ters of course. The writer, while the complaining remark was still ringing in his ears, had the curiosity to make a conservative compilation of what it costs to raise an ordinary boy for the first twenty years of his life, and here it is: 100 per year for the first five years....... s0 $150 per year for the second five years...750) ~20 per year for the third five years..... .0 Wei per year for the next three years...900 $500 per year for the next two years...1,000 Tota1,............................................4,1.50 This is a moderate estimate of the financial balance against tbe boy who complains that his father has never done anything for him. A Big Primary in Richmond. RicHMOso, VA., October 6.-The Democrats' held their primary meet ing to-day for the nomination of four caudidates for the House ot Delegates. The Reformers made strenuous ef forts to keep the workingmen from the polls, but signally failed, for, notwithstanding the fact that there was little or no rivally among the candidates, nearly five thousand votes were cast, and the following candi dates were nominated : A. S. Buford, Henry L. Carter, John A. Curtis and Lyon G. Tyler. This is the next argest legislative primary ever held in this city. JENNY LIND AT HOME. How the Quaint Little Old Woman Lives-Her Ronrantic Marriage and Her Charities. Everybedy will be pained to know that Jenny Lind, the once famous Swedish nightingale, has become paralyzed, and that her death is looked, for at any day. Her great triumphs in the United States in 1845 are parts of the history of this coun try, and when she shall,have passed away many Americans will feel as if a great fellow countrywoman has gone. On September 19, the Philadelphia Press published the following letter from London, which will now be read with Eeculiar and painful inter. est: It haidly seems possible that the quaint little old lady, Mme Lind Goldschmidt,; with whom I have re cently spent so charming an evening, is really the same "Jenny Lind" who thrilled the world with her unparal leled voice and made it ring with her ] praises a gener4tion or more ago. Although never a truly beautiful wo man, the great cantitrice, judging from the many different portraits that are hanging tractive and engag ing in her appearance, but to-day she is the plainest, most old-fashioned little body imaginable, dressing in the style of thirty-five years ago, with 1 a funny little cape folded over her t shoulders and a curiously fashioned cap on her head, underneath which i her hair is drawn down smoothly on l her face over her ears. Added to these peculiarities, she wears a dress made in a perfectly plain manner, t "gathered" into a belt at the waist I and with no attempt whatever at or- 1 namentation in the way of trimming g or overskirt. Few people, I fancy, save her very t intimate friends, are aware of the ex- 1 ceedingly romantic nature of Jenny Lind's marriage, not so many years t ago, to Mr. Otto Goldschmidt, who t is. perhaps fully 'fifteen years her : junior, and although a bald-headed, i rather elderly looking gentleman, i still appears to be much younger I than his talented wife. When Jenny < Lind came to America Sir Jules Ben- < edict also came as her accompanist. ! He was oblighed to return for some ? reason suddenly to England. and the great singer bethought her of a poor young German musician, whom sbe had met some time before in Ger-1 many, and, as soon as possible, se cured his services in the place of Siri Jules Benedict's. The young man, I like all who came within sound of the magical voice, soon became Jenny Lind's admirer and presently her slave. Never dresming that he might in any way hope for a return of his passion, he determined to leave her, and, upon announcing this fact, and telling her he could no longer endure her perfect indifference to him, she told him of her concealed1 love for him, and they soon went together to England, where they mar ried and have since lived.4 Their present residence is 1 Mor-. ton Gardens, Bolton. S. V., and is . a comfortable rather than a preten tious abode. It is full of souvenirs of Jenny Lind's esrly triumphs, and there are also many valuable pic. turca. A large portrait of the Prin cess Christian is hung in a conspic ous place, and is the gift of her Royal Highness, who was a favorite pupil and is now a warm friend of Mmne Lind-Goldschmidt, often com ing to visit her in the most informal way. Jenny Lind is also a great I a vorite with the Queen and the royal family generally. ine Lind-Gold schmidt has three children,one daugh ter and two sons, none of them, how ever, having the least muisical talent. One is'in the army. There is little left of the once glo rious voice of Jenny Lind, and she rarely uses it at all except in in structing some pupil how to render a passag'e of a song. She is a most charitable woman, and for some years has had a class of ten poor girls whom ehe teaches twice a week at her own home and prepares for opera and concert. She is, however, very careful in selecting for this class on ly those~ who have very decided tal-t ent and unusul natural voice. The i failing health of the "greatest singer that has ever lived" will deprive a many a poor girl of her valuaple in struction and, perhaps, the musicalt world of some brilliant stars. Sumter'as New Bank. The new national bank in Sumter, it is said, will be called the Simonds National Bank, in honor of Dr. An drew Simonds, who will also be the president. The capital stock; has all been paid up and Capt James M. Carson will be the cahier. ALL FOR GOLD. [hey'll robe me in my bridal gown, Ah me, ah me! Cbey'll robe me in my bridal gown, Che orange buds will be my crown, Che white veil will go floating down; and I shall bear the splendor meet, .nd wish it were my winding sheet, Ahme,ah me! Chey'll twine white gems about my neck, Ah me, ah me ! Chey'll twine white gems about my neck knd I shall give no sign, no check, lut well enough I, too, shall rec*c Chat dewy pearls are for m teprs, he deadly opals for my tears. Ah me, ah me ! "hey'll lay my prayer book in my hand Ah me, ah me ! 'hey'll lay my prayer book in my.hand vbile I shall calm and stately stand, Lnd hear the organ pealing grand ; Lnd I shall neither faint nor fall, Wut live and smile on t.rough it all - Ah me, ahme ! Ahey'll lead me to the alter rail, Ah me, ah me ! "hey'll lead me to the altar rail, knd my false lips will never fail, for my false heart will ever quall; Ls I breath o'er those words of old, Lnd sell myself for love of gold, Ah me, ah me ! Art of Instantaneous Photography: Luke Sharp in Detroit Free Pre,s. Instantaneous photography is sn Art that is very easy to learn. Even he cheapest of instruments will do o take exceedingly good instanta ieous pictures. As the Waterbury - ratch is a marvel of cheapness in:ts >articular line, so there is a Water >ary camera that costs only a few ? lollars, and yet gives excellent pic= ures. 1 saw the -other day .som ihotos taken with a camera ,thaki rorn under the vest. It looks liie n oid-fashioned warming pan with ut the handle, and the lens tak he place of one of the vest buttons. 'all a string in the vest pocket rou take a picture. Six pictures are aken on one plate. They are roun nd about an inch and a half in . 6meter. The beauty of this de. s. that you can go along the rith your hands in your p hotographing while the plate .holi ut. I have never tried one of oncealed cameras, but I should gine there would be a difficulty' ,etting any particular personr on late. Perh%ps practice would t possible to hit the mark evey ime. In - the detective came rhich are also a recent in:wenti' rou can see the picture youa are4 ngon a little glass plate set in.th op of the box. Then you run no isk in the matter of marksmanshi Her Bustle Rang the Alarm. - An American lady residing inP lel Norte on the Mexican side of* lio Grande, bought in El Pasoi >ther day a handsome little ~lock, with an alarm attachmefz, ['o avoid custom house dues shehi, he clock in her bustle and or home, much delighted with br lever device. Just as the Mex' ~ollector of tariff stepped up to a~ f she had any dutiable articles n ier possession the alarm 'meal rent off. The Mexican gallant~ ithdreir. The lady almost fain md was assisted to her residence riends who happily. met her it the md of the bridge. Tribulations of a Country Editor. j Our old complaint, rheumatisied ias been fooling with us.lately, and~ t is possible that it may lay us on. >ur back again. Should the Hew all to appear at any time for a week' >r so you will know- what the s, and-can govern your prayers n mprecations accordingly. If busI iess men were only doing the square~ hingewith us it would not matter~ rhether we were able to attend-te >usiness or not, as we could afford to ave the work done by-others.'-B uch not being the case, when we sier aid up the paper is ditto. The G reat Tower at Paris. London Telegraph. The works on the Ch.amp de Mars for'% he exhibition of 1889 are going .pace. The foundation for severalo he large buildings have been laidan. he mnodern'I'ower of Babel, which isbe rig constructed under the auspic o. 1. Eiffel hopes that it will be quitefi shed by October next year. -ri Th tory, about -180 feet in height, wiI1' ,11 probability be completed at die if December, and we shall thnabe o form a fair conception of the er of the entire structure., nough the workmen engaged nig the centre of the Champ d ave met with unexpected dfi~ iwing to the fact that portions oie~ ild exhibition buildings have not >roperly removed. They have biged to have recourse to blasting.2? ear, by the way, that most he men, about 600 in number, arc loyed at the rate of 2jd. to &d. our. These are low wages for P ,ut the behavior of the laborers has xcellent, and their zeal and - ave already won for them no mount of commendation.