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'~ Ak, I H ESTABLISHED 1865. TEWB 1'RRY, S. C., TIIURSDAY, JULY , 18.PIE~.OAY~ HARRISON AND MORTON. The Press and the Politittans on the Kc pubican Nominations-What They Think of Tippecanoe, "and Boo die Too." James G.~Blaine: "It isa good nonm ination." Mrs. James G. Blaine: "I am a ittli disappointed, but I am glad it is over I know Mr. Harrison- He is a ver goxl man. He comes of a fine famil; ana has a very good record as a publi man. When I said I was disappointe< I merely indicate a thought of my owr I would like to have seen Mr. Blain nominated if it could have been don unanimously, but not otherwise. Mr w Blaine did not desire to 'be a candidat and so that consideration was enou-l to sink all one's personal wishes." Miss Dodge (Gail Hamilton): " like Mr. Harrison, but would have pre ferred Mr. Blaine." Miss Margaret Blaine: "I am gla< the convention is over." Measures, not Men. New York Herald (Ind): The tw' Republican candidates, Messrs. Har rison and Morton, are, like the Demo cratie candidates, upright and honora ble men. That fact is a great gain t( the countrv. There can be no excus on either side for a mere personal can vass. "A tariff for protection, 'with in cideital revenue," as McKinley, o Ohio, the writer of the Republical tariff plank, has often put it, is the Re publican demand. A tariff for revenue with incidental protection, is the Dem, ocratic ground, as practically laid dowi in the Mills bill and in the Clevelan< message. The time is ripe for the pec ple to consider how much they want t( be taxed. The Fitting Representative. New York Tribune (Rep.): In hi whole career as soldier and statesmal Benjamin Harrison has displayed : sound judgment, a well-balanced mind and a character of the highest merit He has led no ;faction, gained no ste] by denying to any the honors they ha< earned, relied not at all upon the art of the demagogue, and sought no pre ferment save through the triumph o genuine Republican principles. Not b; sudden or sensational surprises, not b; startling brilliancy of achievements o false professions of zeal for reiorm, bu by stesf force of intellectual anc moral superiority, he has won the pro found regard of the people. In privat life he is the sort of person reputabl people would be glad to see in th -White ; House: A gentleman in th best ense, pure in personal .character spotleEAir-conduct, high and honora ble afms, he is a fitting representativ of Republican principles. Principles, Not Personalites. Baltimore Sun (Dem.): While iot man of commanding intellect, or h-re tofore a recognized leader of his pi't: in or out of the Senate, General HJardI son has nevertheless been regarded as: gentlegan of excellent parts and of il reprog 'Lble private life. It is a relie to the whole country to find that th convention at last had the decency tF turn down the unwise and persisten politicians .who resorted to so muel p)olitical jugglery to force the conven tionl to appeal to M1r. Blaine. Th election in November will turn no upon the personal surroundings o qjualificaitionls of the con didates so muel as upon the p)rinciples they represen1 A Clean Campaign. A. K. MceClure, in Philadelphmi TiesrInd. ): It is only just to say tha (Gen. Harrison is a clean, creditabl Presidential candidate, and his nomint tionl invites the country to turn fror ghe fiendish jackals of low grade politic to s.'berly consider and decide th grave national issues which are to bi deLcided by the American people i: November next. I beleive that th failure to nmina te Judge GIreshar was the surrender of nearly certai victory by the Republicans, and wit all General Harrison's admitted purit of public and lprivate character an' tested ability he starts in the race wit) onlv a chance for success and the odd . largely against hinm. He is a Know-Nothing. New York Herald (Ind.): Thre are the Irishm enwho clung to Blaini thirougrh thick and thin. They ar evenl now ready to follow tihe Plume Knight, but Harrison, never! Thos "Know-Nothing" speeches of year gone by are as hard to swallow as a fis bone. You can searcely expect a ma to vote for you if you tell him that b had no business to come to this countr in the first place, and the sooner he get out of it the better. Fears the Republican Party. New York Times (Ind.): Albeit n< a great muan, G;eneral Harrison is a ci mrzen of the republic, who has don wvorthily such a share of public work a has devolved upon him. He was, i tile first place, a brave soldier. At R< seca and Peachtree creek he won nm meagre title to military renown. Thern if nowhere else, lie has shown himse whnorthyv of his granldsire. In civil lii tihe record of his service is confinedt the faithful p)erformlance of the duti( of a mninor ottice in Indiana, and to single term in the United States Senat< Mir. MIorton's qjualifications are amp] for any duties he will be called to pe form ini conisequen~ce of this nominatior But the people of this country wi pass judgment upon01 the Republica party, not upon the Republican cand dates. The New York Times mnigi not find it a distasteful task to suppo the candidates, commnonplace as the are, who were put iln nornmiationi ye terday. But we have no faith in ti party, or in its leadership or tendencie TIhe Times wvill give Cleveland ar' I' rnnn: it hearty sup>ort, and wi do what lies in its power, and it is not _ commonly an inactive newspaper in 2 Presidential contest, to make their ma jority such that there will be no doubt about it the morning after election. What the Issue Is. New York World (Unknown): While e Mr. Harrison would make an honora ble and acceptable President, he will he - beaten, and he ought to be beaten, he cause he represents the interests of the favored few against the interests of the i many; because he stands pledged to a policy of retrogression instead of pro a gression; because he is the candidate of a a party which would make the war taxes higher and the cost of living greater in stead of reducing taxation by a tariff re visionwhich would lessen the price of ar ticles of necessity. Thusthe contest is not [ between Mr. Cleveland and Gen. Har - rison, but between extreme protection and honest tariff revision; between a I Chinese wall of prohibitory duties and a freer trade with all the world. The tight is one of principle, not of persons, and the World's opposition to Mr. Har . rison is because he represents a princi . ple which we believe to be antagonistic . to the prosperity of the country and the welfare and happiness of the peo ple. A Strong Ticket. Baltimore American (Rep.): The f ticket is a strong one-as strong, per haps, as could have been selected. Its conservative character is not its least re commendation, nor will the personality of Mr. Blaine be absent from the can paign. Before the dog days are over his clarion voice will be heard, and - the gallant soldier, successful business man and America's greatest statesman will form a triumvirate before which the British notions, interjected into the contest through the fatuity, of a Demo 1 cratic administration, will be swept 1 away like the mists of the morning. The Washington Politicians. Representative McDonald (Demt.), of Minnesota-"The Democrats of Minne sota can now organize and. carry their state." Representative Spinola (Deni.), of New York-"We -will 'knock him out in the first round.'" Representative Morrow (Rep.), of r Califoria-"Strong on the slope, Har rison's Chinese record is 'all right. The slope people demand 'protection. He will win." Representative Thompson (Dem.), of California-"No man with Harrison's record-can.earry California." Speaker Carlisle-"We can beat him -could have beaten any one they nomi nated." Representative Randall declined an opinion. Representative W. C. P. Brecken i ridge (Dem.), of Kentucky-"I am sat - isfied. I think we can beat the ticket.' 'Chairman Mills-"We will beat it. - The ;workingmen of .the country will Snot vote for him. He can't carry Indi - ana." f Senator McPherson, of New Jersey "Weak. He can't carry Indiana. He >sha'n't carry New Jersey. Cleveland twill beat 100,000K votes in New York.' 1 Representative Wilson (Demn.), oi - Iowa-'"Not strong;no enthusiasm. Per 3 feet mockery to cry out protection to. t working people wvith such a Chinese r record." SRepresentative Reed (Rep.), o - Maine-"Satisfactory. We figtht the battle for protection. Harrison and pro r tectoin can carry Indiana, the Pacific t states and the great industrial wvest.' e Congressman S. S. Cox was at Man - hiatton.. beach when a World reporter 1 told him of the nomination. "So it's s Harrison, is it? Well, Harrison in the Sfirst plac is a good deal more of an e Ohioan than Indianian. As we all 1 know, he is the great-grandson of a 'Old TippecanoeC.' His father, Johni 1 Scott Harrison, was a muember of Con 1gress from Indiana in my day. ThE ison made his career ini Indiana, too I don't see, however, how Harrison I can muake any headway in New York 1 against our admirable ,ticket, nor in s our sympathetic suburbs-New Jersey and Connecticut. TIhe coming contest is to be upon economic questions rather than persons, although the personality of our ticket is unusually strong. Look Sing the wihole field over. I should say teDmcratic p)arty has no0 walk-over. e Harrison is perhaps the strongest ma that could have been selected unde: the circumstances. I should not be Ssurprised if the Democrats carried Cal ifornia. The record of Cleveland and Thurman as to the restriction of Chinese Simmigration is pronounced. This ques tion is a matter of life and death on thi Pacific coast." What Other People Say. -Abrami S. Hewitt: "The Two Geni e tlemien of Verona' (laughing). Mr. s Harrison is a very good-looking and 2 pleasant gentleman and has been ~warm friend of mine for many years, o He is a good fellow and always votes with his party on political issues. H( f is a clean man to whomi no fair-minded e person can take exception, but I can't o say how he will run. Your opinion o1 s that is as good as mine. Politically hi a and I have not agreed for over forty .Years." e Congressman W. Bourke Cochran :-"Harrison is a second-hand choice, bu1 t.I suppose they saw they were in a bat 1 place and could do nothing else. Trherq n is now no doubt that the Demiocratic tticket wvill be elect ed." it Russell Sage: "It is a good nomiina -t ion. Harrison is a clean mxan and y man of ability. I believe Mr. Blaint 3-will come over andl work for hiim in thi: .e state and carry it for him." 3 lfred Sullv: "I knowv Mr. Harr-isor d and he is not only an able lawyer but: nation requires. His record is good." Mr. Edward L. Carey, prominently known as an Irish nationalist, was found presidingover a meeting of the Ancient Order of Hibernians at Cen tral Hall; Forty-seventh street and Second avenue, New York. He said: "I do not think that Harrison can glean anything of importance from the Irish vote. Irish Republican.-, to the best of my knowledge and belief, exist mainly on paper. The report that they control a large vote is bugaboo, pure and simple. As to myself, I would vote for the devil if he would restore our commerce. The Republicans have been talking ship for over two decades, but what have they done? Nothing at all. Our wharves are lined with British, Scandinavian, German and Italian shipping, and our flag is a rarity. Our shipowners have dwindled down to a handful. Cleveland wants to revive our commerce, and he gets my vote. Blaine had magnetism, and was con sidered by many thousands of Irishmen to be a 'manly man.' Harrison's good qualities are little known here." Levi P. Morton: "I regard General Harrison's nomination as the strongest that could have been made by the nutional Republican convention. It will place Indiana in the Republican colUmnI11, and with the Republican party in New York united, as it is to-day, i cannot for a moment doubt a Republi can victory in November. Beyond this expression regarding the effect of the nomination of General Harrison you must excuse me from any further re sponse to your qi.uestions." Mr. Mor ton declined to speak of his own elee tion. "Isn't that nice?" ejaculated Mrs. Morton when told the news. Leon Abbett, of New Jersey: "It is an easy ticket to beat. I don't say it is the easiest to beat, but quite easy, and Cleveland will be elected." "How about New Jersey? Will not that state go for Harrison?" "No, sir. New Jersey is I)emo eratic." Ex-Mayor Edward Cooper, of New York-I am rather surprised to hear of Harrison's nomination. I would not care to make any statement for publica tion off-hand until the full Republican ticket has been known long enough to give time for consideration. Ex-Mayor Grace, of New York-I have nothing to say. Mr. Henry George was seen at the Standard office. "What do I think of Harrison's nomination?" said he. "It is almost too soon for me to say. I don't consider him a strong nomina tion. He will do well enough, I sup pose, to make a protection fight on and be beaten by Cleveland. That's all I care to say at present." Dr. Burchard declares for Cleveland. Ton Ochiltree (Rep)-"It is N. G." "Gath" (Rep.): The present Har rison is a moderate man with Southern traditions and Northern bias, partly of New Jersey stock, like George H. Pen dleton, and he has had the reserve to keep out of common associations, so that his hurrahers are a little afraid of him. But the supp)ositionls tempera ment of old General Harrison will be the tipple of the campaign. He is the only scion of a Southern President ever nominatedl for that big office, except Donelson, the adopted son of Andrewv Jackson, who ran for Vice President in 1856. Representa.tive Brown (Rep.), of Ini diana: "Indiana will repeat 1840. With Porter for g ovenor Republican success in the state is assured. It was a happy solution." Represen ative Outh waite (D)emn.), of Ohio: "It will be hard for us to carry either Indiana or Ohio. Blut (Clevelandl will be chosen.'' Representative Burrows (Rep.), of Mliebigan: "'Harrison can carry every state that Blaine carried in '84. He will swe 1Indiana. New Jersey and( (Con necticut will fall in line under the ban ner of protection. Tfhe soldliers will suppor't himl enthusiastically.'' Represenltative Bynum (D)emn.), of Indian: "The be.-t they could make. But we w.~ill carry indiana. TIhe Pacific coast is lost to the Republicans." Replresentative 3Iilliken (Rep.), of M ane "The very strongest. He will mnake at great run on that platform.' Representative Springer (D)em.), of Illhnois: "I am relieved. Indiana and Newv York are certain tosup)port C'leve Sena.tor Frye( Rep.), of Mlaine: "Good. I see no reason why he should not be elected." Senator 31orrill (Rep.), of Verm~ont: "Good. His nomiinationi will not lose the Republican party a single vote." Senator Chandler (Rep.), of New HamLlpshlire: "He will carry Indiana and he will carry the country." Senator Faulkner (Dema.), of WVest Virginia--"No, sir; lhe can't carry West Virginia." Senator Wade Hampton-"It is the very best nomination that could be Imade for the D)emocratic party. It is the weakest nomination the Republi cans could have mxade." Senator Hawley (Rep.), of ('onnecti cut-"I can imaginie nothing to pre vent himn from receiving the votes of every mian wvho believes in the p~rini eiples of the Republican party." ISenator Butler, of South Carolina "I think it is the weakest nomination that could have been made. I know Gen. Harrison well, and regard him as the weakest man of prominence in the Republlicani party. I servedl with him six vears ini the committee oni territo ries. He has fewer of the elements of statesmiansh ip andl great ness about him Sthan any other man I ever met in Spublic life." land: "General Harrison is the next President." Senator Dolph (Rep.), of Oregon "Harrison comes from a doubtful state, which he can carry, which will insui' his election." Senator Cockrell (Dew.), of Mis souri-"I do not see where he can add strength to the ticket in the doubtful states. Very naturally, having been before the Indiana people so imany times and in so many hot contests, he cannot be expected to capture any Democratic votes. He will only get the Republican strength-and that is not enough to secure Indiana's elee toral vote." Senator Vance (Demt.), of North Carolina-"I ant a Democrat, and it suits me. We'll beat hin so badly his mama won't recognize him." Senator Vest'(I)emi.), of Missouri "Admiratiou shudders and shrinks into the coattail pocket of chagrin in the presence of Harrison. We will beat hitt easily.'' Senator Turpi(-, of Indiana-"I sue ceeded (en. Harrison in the Senate and hoped that his defeat in Indiana would etdl his anlitious efforts. Certainly it never occurred to mne that it would be my duty to strike him after he was down, but now that he comes up for a bigger fight, I shall, of course take the stumip against him and help to defeat him. Indiana will show her 'love for Harrison, by giving Cleveland a pro nouuced majority." Don Diekinson-"That temperance plank in the twelfth hour defeated them." Secretary Vilas-"Cleveland ?ill be re-elected." Secretary Bayard-"I don't see why Harrison should have been selected. He is a man of fair abilities, against whoi nothing can be said, but still, it seems to ie like a surprising nomination." Gen. William Tecuimselh Sherman, "Every i:mt who was true to his color in 1S61, 'U5 can go straight through paradise when I keep the gates there. Gen. Harrison is a good and faithful man, and is better than all the copper heads between here and Lake Ontario. Of course he will pop his party's vote. His position on the Chinese qluestion is a snall matter. The fight this fall will be upon the question of protection. There is no free trade in this country the plain and simple issue is: Shall we have lesser or greater duties? It means union or disunion. Yes, General Har rison was a Know-nothing, and was he not a brave soldier at a time when the country's life was jeopardized? I do not believe General Harrison was the strongest -man the party -could -nomi nate. I don't suppose it is proper for me to say,.but I consider John Serman the strongest man whose name was mentioned; in that convention. Out side of any family relationship, and judging him from the standpoint of pure statesmanship), I believe .John Shermian to have been the biggest nman who polled a vote there." A ltemiarkable U)lscovery. Paluts June 24.-Just lately (on th( coast of Britany one of these geological discoveries has been made, which sug gests to the mtind periods of tirme mak ing the longest hunman life appear but spatn, and exhibhit ing processes qit t dwarfing",the most ambitious humarm achieventents. This is the disclosure by the displacement of a mass of sand during the last high tides, of a fores1 that must have beeni b)uried for som11 twenty centuries at least. .Its situatior is just opposite Saint Malo, at the fool of the cliffs of Saint Enogat and Satin1 Lunaire. The forest is sup)posed t< have once extendeCd from.tSaintt MaIo t< bevond Mount Saint Michael. Thlir discovery is considered of great scient i th In terest, as it af fords a renmarkable illus tratio,n of thme gradual sinking of th< French Ishore. The progress of this sinking duirintg the last 2,0004 years is clearly found ii an old mapt fotutd at thme abbey of tlu Mounit Saint Michael. Within mt more than seven centuries batck as man' as seven parishes are said to have dis. appeared by the subsidence of this re gion, andl in the Bay of Daoarnene: there is known to have existed in the fifth century q1uite a flourishing towr called "Is,'" the scene (of a famous trag ical legend. Even now at low wate may be seen the old walls of Is, whiel are called by the inhabitants "'Mogbe Greghi," (wall of the Greeks.) Th people of tile counitry p)retend that the: can sonme times hear the old hells of th< submerged city ringing with thme nmotio: of the current. French geologists est imate that t h gradlual sinking of the soil of Britany Normantdy, A rtios, Beilgiumt and Hol land is not less thtan seven feet a een tury. At this rate it is calculated tha~ in about tent centuries all the Channte ports wvill be destroyed, and Paris itsel will have become a maritime city. Il another ten centuries it's p)redicte< that the French capital will have be conme entirely submerged, except ing perhaps, that the tops of the Pantheon of the Arc de Triomtthe and other suel monuments, may be discernable at lo' water by the peole who will then bi living. D)oesn't W1ant to Join. (Snmithville News.] We have been asked to join a debai ing society, but declined the hono) We have a relative whmo walks oi rutches and wears t wo glass eyes--a of which he got for being on the neg: tive side of the question. "Shall n know each other there?" And u dn't take one~ risks like that. THE SCIENCE OF NAMES. Parentw May Give Their Children Names Worth Money. Writers spend mnucil tinle and thought in selecting a namie for a play or novel, for they know that success largely depends on it. I'aren:s, how ever, are strangely careless an,d unisci elltitic in giving Iames to child ren. In the Harvard and Yale catalogues of last year I find but two or three really good comlinations. Usually, when a new comer arrives, sonic old family name is taken; or, if the parents exercise an original choi ', they are too much ex cited to be guided by any sound euphonic principles. They forget that not only from the social point of view it is very advantageous to have one's name remembered, but that from the business point of view notoriety is cap ital, and must be obtained by persist ent and ingenious advertising. But if a certain anount of notoriety could he obtained for John Smith by an expend iture of time, mlloney :1iw1l inlgenulity represented by .c, and spread over a period of three years, it is s:. fe to say that the same am1iouit could be oh tained for Hans Arrowsnitlh by - : 4 eighteen months. Nor is the saving of tile and Imonev on the part of the knocker at the gate of notoriety the only thing to he considered, for, from the altruistic point of view, the lessen ing of the effort of recollection on the part of the world is far more important. The economy of the public stock of en ergy wasted in innumerable uncon scions efforts to reneniber a name without any corners for tne menory to grasp, but persistently thrust before it, wouli result in an increase of available mental force applicable to settling the question of future probation, or to rais ing the ethical standard, or to reform ing the tarift or to disposing of the surplus. The importance of the sub ject leads mle to suggest one or two of tile chief fundamental principk-s of the science of naming children. The sys ten is silple, and any provident pa rent can easily master and apply it. (1) Avoid odd, or eccentric, poetic combinations, and be guided by euphonic quality only. It is true that an old name may be remembered, but the associations with it will not be pleasing. The oddity or aflection may attach to the shadowy personality built up in the niind of the public. Under this rule, hyphenated names, especially hyphenated Christian names, like Floyd-Jones . .Robinson, are to be avoided. Writing the first given name with an initial and the second in full is also evidently opposed to correct scien tific principles. (2) The best form of name is a dactyl and a spondee, like "Jereny Taylor." Every one has heard of the "Shakes peare of divines," andl has a dim idea of an agreeable p)ersonality attached to the name. Had his name been Charles Taylor, it is far with in bounds to say that his rep)utation wvould b)e about one third of what it is now. (3) I f the surnlamei is nlot one that cani be treated accordling to the above rule, it should be fitted with a given name, such as to bring the comibination as lnearly as5 possib]e to the ab.ove length and cadence, as, Sidney D)obell, Ellery \anue, Henry Wardl Beecher. D)ante Rosset ti, Theodore W'atts, and the like; or, otherwise, to two long syllables like MIark Twain or Bret Hlarte. Trhe sub divisions of this branch of the subject are too nunmerous to be given, but all rest on p)riniiple No. :3. The phonic value oif the surnanme is, under our cus tomn the controlling elemnent in practic ally applyingz the science of naniles. The great value of inmes be(giningli wviII th 1ae or0( is evident, becuause they so readily comubine with the ordinary (1iristiall nlneils. Any'. onie wouldl be favorably disposed to Arilliur ( )'oli!ior, for iinstanice. A boy p)ervaudes our quiet neighborhood simpilly because his nmle is .Joh nny 31acWhuorter. Hie is not in any respect a r'emaurkale boy, but his naeforces himi into proininIenlce by its phlonie value. There are sonic ten or twelve boys who are corniradles, but lhe and antothecr dactl-spondieec boy, Enm cry Wts~on, are the onily ones ever spoken oif. No doubt there are o)thers who do as muchI miischiief andl( make -more noise, but these two reapj aill the~ The uicknamxes given by children ranid base-ball players wvilIl)be found to coniformi p)retty closely to the true pin eip)les of the art. I have formed names for miy three boys ini accordlanc with these rules, which will give the youngsters-if they ever appear-a start in life equivalent to a cash cap)itail of at least fifteen Ithousand dollars. A s their appellations -will prol ably constitute their entire tpatrinmny, I cannlot be expecCted to mencltion them uutril thyare seurely Sattached to the incehoate personlalites. I have indicatedl the outlines of the Smethod, so that any young parent can, with a lit tle thought, construct as many names as he is likely to need. :iEx-Governor Alger, of Micehigan hais a son six years of age. When the news of Harrison's nomination reached De troit the little fellowv remarked. "Well, everybody can't be nominated." "You're pretty young for a philoso pher," remarked his defeated father. Queen Victoria has imported a hard up Indian prince to reach her Hindus Stani. He is to receive 1/01) rup)ees pe-r 1month for his services. andi the govern mnent is asked to foot the bill. Lcently speaking on the nature of mian as distinguished from the lower orders of creation. "'lani,' lie remarked, "is a progressive being: the others are stationary.'" Though somie of themi can ..tanl on the.ir heads. THE HEAD STEWARD'S FIGURES. What it Takes to Satisfy the Appetites of Ocean Steamship 'assengers. "There cane in over that gang-plank last year,'' said the stewards of one of the popular bigtransatlantic steamilships the other day, "4, ->fisheep, 2,474 oxen, I ,S() lambs, 4,23 ducks. 2,-0i turkeys, 00)INgeese and a good ainy hundred calves, quail, chicken and grouse." "What did you do with them-throw themi overboard?'" "Ate 'em," was the reply. "My language is a little figurative perhaps, but comie and look at my books and be convinced. I tell you people who 'go down to the sea in ships, or those of whom at least who travel by the big transatlantie liners. accept with con p)lacenhcy and as a matter of course the refinem ents, conveniences and luxuries found on board from day to day, and fail to grasp, in most Cases, the extent of the advan,;e which has been made in the last twenty-five years ill catering to their wants, as well as overlook the intricate machinery winch is required to be constantly and quietly in motion for the maintenance of order and regu larity. They hlave little idea of the vastness anl variety of the stores neces sary for the ship herself and her crew, and also of that more varied and quite as astonishingly big supply of fish, flesh, fowl, vegetables, fruit and liquor, now considered indispensable for the crowd of passengers the good ship car ries, whose insatiable sea appetites are at once the tourists'joy and the stew ard's despair. "That sad procession of slaughtered animals I picture-l to you, did not really come abroad in th eilesh--that is to say -I mean-alive, nor all at once, but we consuiied here over 2.000,000 pounds of meat in the last twelve months, which represents, as you will see by looking at these columns, the number of carca.sses I ientioncd. Meat is the chief item, ofcourse, but man does not live by meat alone, and last year oui passengers ate a ton of nustard, three quarters of a ton of pepper, 7,314 bot tIes of pickels, about .300 tons of flour, about 900 tons of potatoes, more than 50,001) loaves of bread and twenty tons of biscuits. "These are the necessaries of life, now for the luxuries-they make a pretty good showing, too. Look here, 5,000 jars jam of all kinds, a dozen tons of mnarnialade-the bitter taste of marna lade is never so well appreciated as on recovery from sea-sickness-twenty tons raisins, currants, figs, dates, etc.; thousands of crates of grapes, peaches, apples, oranges, banannas and other fresh fruits. That's a pretty good list of solids, isn't it? Everybody eats, of course, while everybody doesn't drink or smoke, yet the drinkers keep tip their end of the balance sheet fairly well. See this: "Ini onie year they drank 15,001) quarts of champagne, the same of claret and other light wines, 175,000 bottles min eral waters, 35,000 bottles of sp)irits, and the thumping total of half a million bottles of ale, beer and porter. While all this is going down, 75,000 cigars and 50,00)0 cigarettes are going up, besides what the gentlemen bring with thiem. We also consume a bout 75,000) poundls oif chewing tobaceo, of wvhich the crew and the steerage use the greater part. Then he~re is 21,801) pounds tea, andl 75,00)0 pounids ofeoiece, with no0 end of cond(enIsed milk and almost 300,000) pou"ds of sugar to sweeten it. Fresh fish in shoals, sardines in banks, and more than three-quarters of a million of eggs, cooked ini every conceivable style, round the list out in asatisfactory mianner and give y'ou sonme idea of the duties andl resp onsibilitics of the head steward of a slii> like this."' An Atlanta L.awyer Well Spattered With Ink. [Speciail to thie Augusta Chronicle.] A-T.LANT, GA., .1 une 2;u-Thiere was a lively scene ini the Superior court room this morning. in whiich a young A tlanta lawyver received the contenlts of an ink stand. Someitime ago Mr. Mar tiln severly chastised a negro for hav ing made an ind(ecent p)rop)osal to his wife. TIhe negro had him arrested, and in the case the negro p)rodued( a colored witness by the namle of Flemiming who under oath made dlamaginig statemeuts regardig Mrs. Martin's character. As soon as the ease was over, Mrs. Martin had Flemming arrested on the charge of p)erjury. The ease came up this morning, and Col. Frank Walker in pleading Flemmning's case used someC very plain language regarding Mrs. Martin's character. She stood it for a while, but at last her temper got the best of her, and she grabbed an ink stand filled with ink and threw it at him with all her might, scattering ink over his clothes p)romniscuously. Mr. Walker sniatch~edI a book, evidently in tending to throw it at her, but was caught by some one present, just in time to prevent its being thirowni. In the meantime, Mr. Martin, the woman's husband, had drawvn a knife and was trying to get at Walker, anld Judge Clarke's voice could he heard above the din, as lie sentenced Martin to ten days in prison for contempt of court, sent the woman from the room until she could regain Iher equilibrium, land re p)roved Col. Walker for the severe at tack up)on the woman's reputation. It was some time before thinigs assumed an even tenmor. The succesful Farmer. Statistics prove that a larger per cnt. of farmers acquire better compe tencee to sustain them in their declhin THE LIGHTNING-ROD MYTH. :lectricians Now Declare that More Barn than Good Comes from Their Use. [Philadelphia Record.] "Lightning-rods are going out o use. Why? Because they are nol believed to be the protection that il was once thought they were." Thi was what an electrician told a reporter Fificen years ago the lightning-rod agent was everywhere in the land, and more especially at every farmer's door. To-day, it is claimed, their number ha, materially decreased, and farmers are distinuing the use of the rods. What is your opinion upon the sub ject of lightning-rods?" was asked o Chief Walker, of the City Electrical Department. "Candidly, in nine cases out of ten,' he r plied, "I think they are humbugs. I-believe it is a fact that more barns are struck and burned that have lightning rods on than with them off. In the first place. it is best to keep electricity as far away from a building as possible. The object of the lightning-rod is to attract it. The rod is supposed to act a, a conduetor of the electrical current tc the earth. but instead of being carried ofl, the current, in consequence o1 faulty construction of the rod or at tachients, is frequently switched intc the building. The end of the wire i~ supposed to be buried in moist earth, the moisture acting as a good conductor. Without strict attention the iron be. comies oxidized and rusts off, and thee the rod is worse than nothing. It is E positive danger under such circum stances, attracting the electricity of the atmosphere and having no -adequate outlet for it. Then, again, the sant danger arises when the insulators upor the sides of the building become de fective. The lightning is attracted from the -itmosphere, where it nighl have remained but for the rod, and ii turned loose against the building on it, way to the earth. If, for instance, the attachments on a barn are poor or worn out the current may be deflected and set tire to the building. This is n< uncommon occurrence. In this city some years ago the rod on the Belnion1 Water Works was struck, and it fused The current flowed on down and played about the machinery in the livelies1 kind of a way. A big stone was knock ed off the Washington monument by lightning. When the ground contac1 is good and the lightning is about t< strike a building a rod may be of use but I think the rods do more barn than good. There was a time when farmers were scared into rodding theii barns and houses, but I think they an getting over that." The July Grade. When Professor K- reached th< rostrum for prayers, he found his watel about two minutes slower, and himsel as much later, than he expected. Look ing at his watch, he exclaimed: ". shall have no faith in my watch afte: this!" "It is not faith,:Ibut works, yoi need," was the quick response of Pro fessor. Examiination.-Professor: "Hov many legs have insects!" Candidate "S53 pe cent. of insects have no legs n all; 11 per cent. have one; 14 per cent two or three; 10 per cent, four and five but none six." Professor: "How ii the world (lid you get this answer. Candidate: "By carefully examinin the collection belonging to the unive: Young Wife; "John, I wish yo would rock the baby." Young Hu band: "WVhat'll I rock the baby for? Y. WV.: "Because he is not ver well. And what's nmore, half of hi, belongs to you, and you should n<4 object to rock him." Y. H.: "We] don't half belong to you?" Y. W. "Yes." Y. H.: "Well, you ceii roc your half, and let my half holler." An English schoolboy was suddenl: and sternly asked by an examine: "Who sign ed Magna Charta?" an though he knew very wvell that he pe sonially was guiltless, lie couldn't he] trenmbliug at being suspected of an3 thing which could be spoken of in sue a tone, and at once renounced the a< with alarm and indignation. "Pleas sir, I didn't," adding to make sure safety, "and if I did, I'll never do again." "Why, you stupid fellow, said the master, "nobody said the: was any harm in it. On the contrar: it was a very proper thing to do. "Please, sir," called out another bo: "it was mie, sir. I done it myself, sir. How to Make Successful Young Farmer: G;ood parental advice and encou ragi mnent arc much needed by farmers' sor during the first year or two upon ti farm. It would be a great gain1 young men, and much lessen the nun ber of failures, if farmers would allo their soins to begin farming for then selves at an early age, say at 14 or 1. Give them a field, and time and mear to work it, advise them what to do, al show them how to avoid mistake This course would give the your greater experience, they would g-a confidence in themselves, and by tl time they arrive at man's estate, woul be competent to manage any farm su eessfully. Three Tailors. Three tailors established themselv in the same street in Glasgow. T first wrote on his sign, "The best tail in this town." The second adopted his motto, "The best tailor in theworld But the third, who was the cleverest the lot, got away with them all I putting on his sign, "The best tailor th is stret." S;MITHVILLE HUMOR. Editor Stanton Straddles the Vari Weath er and is Happy. [FROM THE: SMITHVILLE. GA., NEWS.] f Between measles, mumps and melons, we're having a lively time down this way. The world owes every man a living, and is never slack in paying it to a good I collector. If the people want us to "blow" the town, they must help us raise the wind. We return thanks to Tom Burton for the gift of a new linen duster. But un less we can get a railroad ticket it won't be of much use to us. The editor will leave tomorrow for parts (heretofore) unknown. He is going to church, and hopes to return with grace enough to keep him till Christ comes in. A Georgia poet writes: "I go to strike the lie." If the fish season is on, he needn't go far; for the liar will come to him. A Texas pony, a quart of rye whis key and something that looked like a man passed through Smithville yester day. This was the first cyclone that has visited us this season. We were not in last Monday when Colonel Jenkins, of the Forks, called to settle his bill. It is strange that he always calls when we are out, and leaves nothing for us but his "regards." "Fellow citizens!" exclaimed a Smithville orator, "when; the war-cry rang over this broad land-" "You was in the barn loft, under six foot of fodder!" shouted a man in the crowd who knew him. A certain young man, who is a first class grocery clerk, asked us yesterday how long it would take him to be an editor. It's according to what kind of a constitution he has, and just how much malaria he can stand before he weakens. The Emperor of China and His Mystery. [New York Sun.] During the recent journey of the em peror of China through the streets of Pekin to perform his annual devotions in the Temple of Heaven the most ex traordinary precautions were taken to prevent his people from catching a glimpse of his sacred person. High screens of natting, covered with blue eloth, hid the imperial procession from the vulgar gaze, and the windows along the route were all screened to prevent any illegal peeping. The fact that it Is sure death to be caught1looking at this young man is an excelHent reason wby seats along the line of march did not command a premium. As long as the mikado of JLpan was kept immured in his palace under the belief that he was too sacred a person age to be seen by common folks he was a mere puppet in the hands of the f tycoons. .Now his subjects may have - his majesty's photograph if they want [it, may sometimes get a glance of him, e and the tycoons have gone out of busi Sness. There is at least one indication - that the mystery which shrouds the em peror of China may some day be dis Spelled. A Shanghainewspaper printed 'a full report of the solemn rites which ta privileged spectator was willing to - supply, and all Shanghai has been re Sgaling itself with the story of his majes .1 ty's genuflexions and the description of the gorgeous clothes he wore. Worrying the Cow. aWhen Henry Ward Beecher was a, young man he lived 0on a farm in the , outskirts of the city. Fences were poor and straying cattle often gave the family much annoyance. One day Henry, to his immense dis I gust, found a cow quietly resting in the Smiddle of the barn-floor. With the ,accumulated indignation aroused by . numerous chases which these poachers of the highway had led him by many ~tramplings across flower-beds and de d struction of garden vegetables, he drove rher out and chased her down the street. Coming in hot and tired from his run, he threw himself on the sofa, saying, h"There, I guess I've t*ught one old cow tto know where she belongs." "What do you mean?" said his father, looking up apprehensively from his paper. it "Why, I found another cow in the ,barn, and I have turned her out and .e chased her clear down the street, and eI think she will stay away now." ,"Well," said Dr. Beecher, "you- have done it. I have just bought that cow, ,and I had to wade the Ohio River twice to get her home; and, after I have got her safely into the barn, you have - 'turned her out. You have done it now, and no mistake. "And the chasing of that cow was renewed. e Harrison Gets a Kiss. 1-[From the Chicago Times.] w General 1{arrison has a typewriter in i- his law ofiee. When she heard the. 5. news she put her arms about his neck = is and kissed him, (vide the despatches). d Look out, Mr. Cleveland, for the Type s. writers' Harrison club. n To GENERAL HAExRISoN: The de*. e spatches say that a lady hissed you td when she heard of your nomination. c- Yum! Yum! You old rascal. W. TECUMSEH. In the domestic circle at Indianap ols after the crowd had gone: "General!" ie "Yes, Carrie." or"What is this I hear about a woman a,ksin o to-day?" '"Carrie, my dear, that's a campaign ofli. 7y "General, I think you had better de in cine. Campaign lies are contage ous.'