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ESTABLISHED -186 5,_ 1 Y NEWBERAY, SY -,~ n . &nu wsurQN AS CIVIL SERVICE COM]IISSIONER. An Agreeable Surprise to the Appointee. [Special to the News ond Courier.] WASHIEGTON, May 8.-It must be very gratifying to South Carolinians to know that Ex-Governor Thompson's appointment as a member of the civil service commission is approved gen erally by Republicans as well as Dem ocrats. His popularity in this city is so well established and his acquain tance with public men so large and also agreeable that the Presidez t is warmly commended for reinstating him in the public service. Mr. Thompson returned to Washington this morning from For tress Monroe and was overwhelmed with congratulations. He went down to the rooms of the commission to-day l ing for Mr. Lyman, who for sev ths has been the commission. was away from the office 4~hompson was wel comed to his newoffice by Mr. Doyle, the secretary of the commission. Mr. Thompson had not yet received his commission. "I returned to the city this morning from Fortress Mon roe," he said, "and I knew nothing of this appointment until I got the morn ing papers at Alexandria. It came rather unexpectedly, for 1 had ceased to think of it as a probability. I was coming to arrange to remove my fam ily from the city. If it had not been for sickness I would have had my fam ily away before the 1st of May." "You will not have to move now ?" said Mr. Doyle. "No," said Mr. Thompson, with a smile. "I don't know that iought to act on the newspaper statement, but I thought I would come in to see Mr. Lyman and tell him that I am ready to go to work. I understand that there is a good deal of work to do. Mr. Lv man, you know, has been all alone for some time. I am ready to go to work, bbut of course, I am in no hurry." "How are the commissions sent to a civil service commissioner, anyhow ?'" he asked of Mr. Doyle. "I suppose he gets notice somehow ofhis appointment." t Secretary Doyle said that the com .issons were, he thought, generaily Lsent to the office of the commissioner. t e made inquiry at the State depart- e nt .and fo:nd that the cnimission being filled out and would be sent the office this afternoon. Mr. C mpson said he would be there when e e. Talking of his appointment r :Thompson said he had. eard and .i it eo orless Dem- - would' be appointed to the place. e said he did not consider himself at kind of a Democrat and did believe any one in his State would speak of him as such. He believed in -*flvi1 service reform. he said, and in his i natiguraLl address as Governor of Sot Carolina in 1882 he- had ex pressed hisvis wsuponl the subject, and1 in h is administration of the office had1 given practical effect to his views. It (-was his record on the. subject, he thought, that led to Mr. Cleveland's '( electing him for the office of assistant s~cre tary of the treasury. He thought $be would find the work of the office to which he had been appointed con 'genial. W. E. Earle is the only South Caro lina Republican here who is willing to express an. opinmiouI concerning Mr. Thompson's appointment. Mr. Earle says-he is delighted that his old school -mate has b'een selected as the Demo eratie -represent ative on the commnis stoner. He is in every way qualified' for the position, an d his selection is an admirable one. THRoUGH A REPC'BLICAN'S INFLUENCE [News aiid Courier, 4th.] - It will probably be surprise to many of the readers of the News and Courier to learn, what is nevertheless a fact, that among the men who worked hard est to secure for Governor Thompson the appointment which he has just re ceived as civil service commissioner is a well-known Republican of this city, wh aenever abused publcofc o their own advantage, although he has occupiedl responsible positionls under the Federal State and municipal gov ernments, viz: D)r. M. H. Collins. Dr. Collins says that be never forgets a friend, and that during Governor Thompson's administration he had oc casion to apply to the sinking fund commision for a reduction of the i's sesments made on his property for tax. ation. That on that occasion an effort made to prejudice his case by stating was tthat he was a Republican, and an ag Lgressive Republican,~ but that the Gov Sernor said that politics had nothing to do with the matter and the claim must m be decided on its merits, and the claim was granted. Governor Thompson, of T.course, was only doing a plain and sim pIe duty, but, Dr. Collins seems to con ar sider himself as having ever since been ~un.der obligations for the Governor's anon-partisan decision. When he heard that Hendrix McLane was slandering Governor Thompson he posted off to n Washington to counteract McLane's tie influence. He remained in Washing a ton five weeks. He has a good Repub lea lican record, and as Federal appraiser, a as alderman of Charleston, as acting iti mayor and as coroner of the county, he ry has done good and faithful service, not ci to the party as such, but for the com re unity. He carries tne documents d proving his record in a big pocketbook, Sand these documents secured him au lik diin~ees with Secretaries Windom, fo( Blaine candidate for Presidential elec* bc tor and thatstrengthened his influence. The following letter from Mr. Blaine's priate sceary, sincennppinted con sul to Liverpool, shows Dr. Collin's in fluence and how he used it: DEPARTMEXT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, March 28,18S9. Dear Sir: I have carefully examined the papers which so fully show your history and your sterling character, and I have acquainted 31r. Blaine with the object of your visit to Washington, which is to secure the appointment of Mr. Thompson as civil service com missioner. After what I have seen and heard of your efforts here, I do not hesitate to say that you have done everything in your power to advance Mr. Thompson's interests, which you have so much at heart. Very truly yours, THOS H. SHERMAN. Dr. M. H. Collins, City. Dr. Collins says that the President was very much predjudiced against Governor Thompson when he fist spoke to him on the subject, but that when he explained Governor Thomp son's course as Governor, and when he showed what a hypocrite McLane was, the President was much impressed with his arguments. Certainly no man in Charleston was more elated at the news of Governor Thompson's success than Dr. Collins, and he is quite satisfied with the re sult of his five weeks' visit to the Capi tal. His record so struck one of the officials high in power that he asked him if he .wanted the collectorship, but he said that all he wanted at that time was to see Governor Thompson ap pointed on the civil service coni mission. The Beverage of Samoa. From a profusely illustrated series of articles on Samoa in the May Century we quote the following: "Hospitality is a part of the Samoan religion, polite ness one of their chief characteristics, md a dishonest act exception. Food md shelter are vouchsafed to every one entering their homes or villages, and the stranger has but to consult his own wishes when he is ready to depart. kttached to every village is a Faletale, >r guest-house, set apart foi the recep ion, lodging, and entertainment of risitors. Generally this is situated in he middle of the village, and is also t rsed as a council-house on occasions vhen the chief and the people assemble o discuss subjects of importance. For igners and visitors from other villags s re at once conducted to this house set part for their occupation, a journey of c onsiderable distance often being made specially to meet them, when they are fi yceived by the chief of the town and p ie maid whose duty it is to look after n le welfare of the guests. During the s liminary conversation, in which the s; ents of the day are exchanged b expenditure of personal t 0mph1t ialavia, -bowl is produced, and e lattery, the ka .. bange of compli- s vhile the free inte.. v.itching nut- a neuts continues, the stance of her s >rown maid, with the ass.-~ lusky attendants, begins to~ 9r9 4 he seductive root. In the rifkntimie he villagers, being advised of tp?e arri rai of the visitors. have assembled in mother part of the village, collented trticles of food, and begun to sing and narch in procession towards the Fale ~ale. Boys and girls, young and old, naking a festive display, their persons mointed with cocoanut oil and arrayed am scanty toilets of leaves and flowers, oin in demonstrationi of songs of praise mnd welcome. The music of their well ttuned voices, first heard faintly in t.he distance and increasing in sweet ness and volume as they approach nearer and nearer, produces a charming eff'ect, the impression of which is long retained by strangers. In the mean time the guest, who have remained seated and silent, as if unconscious of what is going on, preserve a wonderful solemnity of countenance as each donor in turn modestly places his off'ering at the feet of the most honored one, with salutations inimitable in gracefulness. On such occasions food, consisting of fruits, fish-, and sucking-pigs, -is some times given in sufficient qua'htities to sustain a visiting party for days and weeks. "NO oc.si>)n of ceremiony or . im portance takes place without the use of kava, a root of the pepper family, and all exchanges of sociability are con ducted under its intiuence. The con coction of the seductive beverage made from this root is attended with so many ceremniouiOs observances and acclama tions of approval that an account of the customs of these people would bein complete without reference to the man ner in.which the drink is prepared. "A wooden bowl,acocoanutcup, and a strainer are the Implements used in making the brew. That personage of the chief social importance in Samioa, 'the maid of the village,' is invariably called upon to brew the beverage, which ceremony, with her attendants, she conducts with becoming dignity. After carefully washing out her mouth in thc presence of all assembled, she seats herself upon the matted floor with the bowl in front of her, and with resigned manner and preoccupied countenance begins to masticate the bits of root handed her by the attendants. Piece after piece is chewed suntil the mouth is full and the cheeks bulging, when the mass is ejected into the palm of her hand and with. a graceful swing de posited in the bowl. This operation is repeated until the proper quantity of the root is secured. Then her hands are washed scrupulously clean, and an attendant having poured the required amount of water into the bowl, the maid proceeds with the compounding. With a graceful rolling and twisting move ment of the hands she mixes all the undissolved portions of the root in the 'fou,' or strainer, which, after wringing, is shaken out, and the straining repeat edl until the brew is finished." YORK CO'NTY'S HON )S. The County Conmnisionere Dlismiv a Peti tion Asking them to Pay Over the Bonds to the Railroad Authoritles. [Special to News and Courier,] BLACKSBURG, May 7.-At a stock holders' .neetin;of the Magnetic Iron and Steel Ore Company, lteld here on May 4, the capital stock of said com pany was increased to $437,>00. Gen. J. T. Wilder, of Johnson City, Tenn., and Dr. N. A. Pratt and son, of Atlan ta, Ga., were at the meeting of the sto, kholders. The people of Cherokee township got up and circulated several petitions, which were addressed to the county commissioners of York county. On these petitions there were 2.50 names. representing the most intelligent citi zens and a majority of the property holders in the township. The follow ing is the petition, a copy of which has been handed me: "To the honorable hoard of county commissioners of Yoik county, S. C.: We, your petitioners, would respect fully repr,,srit to youi- body that we, the people of Cherokee township, hav ing voted a supseription in aid of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, which subscription was de clared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the State on account of defec tive legislation, this defect was healed by a curative Act of 1SS, which Act has been held constutional, fixing the debt upon the townships respectively, which must be paid. "We, therefore, respectively ask that you sign the certificate, or take such thersteps, as the corporate agent of Cherokee township, to have the bond lelivered, in accordance with the pro visions of a trust agreement made by four body, in our behalf. We, being :he parties interested, feel that we have he right to be heard in this matter." These petitions were presented by a lelegation of ten of the representative c itizens from different parts of the ownship. The position taken by the lelegation before the board of comniis ioners was that the citizens by peti- s ion asked the commissioners to order c n election voting aid bonds to the harleston, Cincinnati and Chicago a tailroad as the corporate agents of " aid township. The election was or ered, bonds voted, and after two de- " isions of the Supreme Court and an tl Let of the legislature the debt was d xed upon them, and they had it to ay. The delegation showed that a iajority of the property-owners de- s red the bonds delivered, that they de- c( red to pay tbew, that it would be a enefit to, the township and county; iat the railroad had complied with all el )nditions precedent to the delivery of tid bonds, and that they wer nd legally bound to.:-n n morally b gning the ns wind ay the debt. By sE v ~ catenow the people u*ld'save all interest prior to January ,iS88, which amounts to about $6,000 or the county. They also showed that if the certifi ~ate was not delivered to the Boston ~ safe Deposit and Trust Company, pur ~uant to the provisions of a trust agree neut existing between the county ~ommissionlers of York county as the ~orporate agents of Cherokee town ;hip, that there was danger of themi aaving to pay all back interest for the ast two years; tha'> they would be :axed to pay cost and lawyers' fees in ~he Uniited States Courts; that innce -nt purchasers of a part of the bonds would suffer great loss, and that the progress >)f the railroad which was doing so miuch towards building up~ the county would be retarded. The commzrissioniers disn.issed thei petition, stating that they had nioth ing to do with the matter. It is be lieved here that damage suits will be brought in the United States Circuit Court at once, and that the people will have endless trouble and expense in consequence of the arbitrary condluct of the commissioners of York county. A RAILROAD vIEw OF THlE MATTER. To the Editor of The News and Courier: Notwithstandinmg the decis ion of the Supreme Court affirming the validity of the towuship bonds sub scribed to the capital stock of the Charleston, Cinicinnat i and Chicago Railroad Company, and fixing them as debts upon the several townships 'con cerned, and the general desire expressed by the people most interested to meet those obligations, there is a determined effort on the part of the commissioners of York county and their clerk and counsel, Mr. D). E. Finley, to keep the bonds from goinig into the p,ossession of the railroad company. At the regular monthly meeting of the coniuissioners, held here to-day, a delegation of ten or more of the leading citizens of Cherokee tow nshi p appeared before the board with a p)etitioni signed by a maujority, both in number and in property interest, of the taxpayers of the township, asking the board to or der the signing of the certificates affirming the completion of the Char leston, Cincinnati and Chicago Rail road, through Cherokee township, and to direct the delivery of the bonds. After the petition had been p)resented and explained by Mr. Felix Dover, Col. W. ID. Camp, another member of the delegation, addressed the board. He said that the railroad company had fully complied with its contract with the people, the bonds had been declared valid by the Supreme Court, and the debt was binding upon the township. This being the case and having the debt to pay anyhow, the people desired the full benefit off the bonds to accrue to the railroad company. The taxpay *ers repudiated any attempt to depreci ate the value of the bonds as a blow at the jcredit of the townships. While injuring the railroad such i course would more than e<qually injure the township and could bene:it only a few private speculators. Mr. J. Whisnant, of Whisnant Bros., of Blacksburg, followe-1 in the sarne strain. Mr. N. W. Hardin, representing the petitioners, said that under the Act of 1883 the people of Cherokee petitioned the commiissioners for an election. The commissioners ordered it and became the corporate agents of the township. As the result of that election Cherokee township subscribed t:35,000 in town ship bonds foran equal amount of the capital stock of the ('Iarlestmon, Cii cinnati and Chicago' tailroad Coni pany. The people, who are the prin cipals, by a petition signed by L>4 pro perty owners, a majority of the proper ty owners of the township, now ask their agents, the commissioners, to. sign the certificate to t he Boston Safe Deposit and Trust ('o,yany securingj the delivery of the bonds in accor dance with the agreement made by the I omnnissioners, as the corporate agents >f the people. A majority of the tax payers in interest and in number asked I that the debt they had themiselves con- t tracted be fixed upon them awd paid. Major James F. Hart, after a lengthy egal argument, said that the company 3ad a right to the bonds and to all of hem, in accordance with the contract v )etween it and the people, and should iot be asked to make a proposition to ccept less. It regarded the bonds as north par and the commissioners had io right to say that they were worth , ess. But how, he tsked, were the 14 ommissioners to borrow the money e vith which to .buy in the bonds at a n iscount? o Mr. Finley remarked that (lhe ole: k p f the board had arranged to take care Q f that. Mr. Culp, the chairman of the board it iid that he would not sign the certifi- r ate as requested by the petition and % be delegation, but would ask the in- w sntions of the other members. U Mr. Ross said that he did not under :and the question and would let the tc erk vote for him. Mr. Whitesides said: "Well, we have lawyer and whatever he tells us to do iu ill be right, I suppose." cc Mr. Finley made a long speech, in ,1 hic he claimed that the decision 0; n ie Supreme Court was only an obitei ctum, and that many questions re- Ge ailled to be settled. He had no doubt o at a majority of tht taxpayers had gned the petition, but he advis mmissioners to dismiss it. T )ard did. is the w The action of th . :cited m,, ..-- commissioners has Lt eh feeling and coniment. P a ly claim that they and their at- a rney never intended to buy in the j onds for the benefit of the townships; i r the reason that the townships have , o funds or basis of credit upon which j .)raise money, and it is clear that the ounty could not use its credit for the j a enefit of the townships. So there j ould be no other result of the commis-| e joners' refusal to obey the Sumpremo ourt except to depreciate the bonds, .nd thus enable private speculators to uy them up at less than their real val e and thus realize a handsonme profit -a profit made, too, at the expense of he credit and good faith of thefeveral >wnships. A RAiLacAD MAN. Yorkville, May 6. International Y. M. C. A. PHILADELPHIA. May 8.-The twen y-eighth International Convention of he Y. M. C. A. was called to order at .1 o'clock this morning in the Associa ~ion hall by Gen. 0. 0. Howard, of Sew York, vice president of the last Tonvention, in the presence of the most ,rominent laymen of Evangelical ~hurches not only of the United States nd Canada but from England, Ger nany, Sweden, Switzerland and other .ountries. There are about one thous und delegates present. Among those from foreign countries are WV. H. Hod ~es, London; Baron Von Starck, Berlin; Karl Fries, Stockholm; E. Hoffer, se -retary of the Zurich Association; Robert Burns, secretary of the Alders gate branch of the London Association: Robert McCann, national secretary for Ireland; Viscount Michini, a Ja panese mobleman of Tokio, and John T. Swift, corresponding member of the interna tional committee of the Association of Japan. Physicians Confess. All honest, conscientious physicians who give B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) a trial, frankly admit its superiority over all ether blood medi cines. Dr. WV. J. Adair. Rockmart, Ga., Writes: "I regard B. B. B. as one of the best blood medicines." Dr. A. H. Roscoe, Nashville, Tenn., writes: "All reports of B. B. B. are favorable, and its speedy action..is truly wonderful." IDr. J. W. Rhodes, Crawfordsville, Ga., writes: "I confess B. B. B. is the best and quickest medicine for rheu ma tism I have ever tried." Dr. S. J. Farner, Crawfordsville, Ga., writes: "I cheerfully recommend B. B. B. as a fine tonic alterative. Its use cured an excrescence of the neck after other remedies effected no perceptible good." ~Dr. C. H. Montgomery, Jackson ville. Ala., writes: "My mother. insisted on my getting B. B. B. for her rheumna tism, as her case stubbornly resisted the usual remedies. She experienced im mediate relief and her improvement has been truly wonderful." A prominent physician whd wishes his name not given, says: "A patient of mine whose case of tertiary syphilis was surely killing him, and which no treatment seemed to check, was en tirely cured with about twelve bottles of B. B. B. He was fairly made up of skin and bones and terrible ulcers." HOW WASHINGTON REBUKED HAR IIsON. 1 Letter Written to Benjamin Harrison's Great Grandfather by George Wash ington, in 1789. [From the New York World.] The brave Bishop of New York, standing in the pulpit of historic old St. Paul's, on Centennial Day, giving utterance as with tongue of fire to sol enin words of warning and condemna tion, might have been compared to oie stern prophet of ancient days re buking the world of sin. The echoes if that voice are still ringing in the mars and hearts of men, and they will ae remembered as long as the great .elebration. The words spoken by the Bishop must have been true from the vay in which they struck home. The ;torm of criticism as well as the notes )f approval they have brought forth Lre testimony to this end. The galled ade of plutocracy winced, her withers vrung with the consciousness that she as been exposed in all her hideous iakedness. The historians of the scene at St. aul's record with unanimous pens hat the President ard other members f his administration who owe their 'laces to the plutocratic spirit were 'isibly moved. The sermon which bey had hoped to find of honeyed cords and glittering generalities was istead the plain, unvarnished truth all and wormwood to them. One of the most telling features of ishop Potter's sermon, it will be re ienmbered, was the quotation from a tter written by Washing to some one -ho, urging the claims of friendship, ad applied to him during the progress f the "presidetial campaign" for the romise of an appointment to office. ly a portion of the letter was given y Dr. Potter, but as the Bishop put it, foreshadowed the loathing, the out ged majesty with which Washington ould have hidden one begone who ould have ventured to approach him >on the basis of "practical politics." To whom was that letter of Washing n addressed? To whom that reproof, delicately couched, given? _ Pr..b.aLy no one in that company of telligent, well read men, with the ex ption of the Bishop himuselfand possi y one other man, knew. Doubtless me cared to inquires- To theaudience ] was nothin" are thaii a letter writ n by s ington to some pestering E -eeker. Perhaps those in author ' who were present thought Wash gton's answer bad politics, for he rote that he would never suffer con ;ctions of blood or friendship to have e slightest sway on decisions of a iblic nature. Such sentiments were )surd to Bishop Potter's hearers. hey would "not work nowadays." ihat would become of a man, politi LdIy, who did not look out for his iends? It is stated above-.that possibly one an present besides the Bishop might ave known to whomr Washington rote the pointed letter. If that man id not know, there was no cause for onder that a look of surprise and bit erness should creep over his face, for ie man to whom that letter was writ m was his great grandfather and he ore the same name as himself-Ben timin Harrison. Yes, Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia, ne of the signers of the Declaration of ndependence, the father of President Villiam Henry Harrison, and the reatgrandfather of the present occu ant of the White House. The full ext of the letter can be fonnd in Jared ~parks' "Writtings of Washington," -olume IX., page 475. Benjamin Harrison's letter to ;which his is a reply, no historian seems to iave deemed worthy of preservation. ,Vhat the oflice was or in what manner he elder Benjamin Harrison urged iis claimns upon it.-all is shrouded in he dinm past. Nothing remains save he noble reply of Washington, an ex Lmi)e and rebuke to those who were to :ome after. It may have been that Benjamlin Harrison urged that he )ught to hav'e the place because he was :onnected by nmarriage with Washing on's family, for he had married a .iiece of Mrs. Washington, Miss ElIza eth Bassett. The fact of such a con 'iection might wvork strongly in one's avor in these days. but it avalhied noth ng a hundred years ago. In the first portion of the letter, which is here omitted as not bearing :n the case, -Washington assured his 2orrespondent that his friendship for him is not lessened on account of a difference wvieh has taken place in their political sentiments. The writer also compliments Harrison on the en deavors he has made to prevent in flammatory measures from being adop ted. Washington complains that he finds that the sentiments extracted from him in reply to letters or comn municated orally find their way into the public gazettes. Then comes the portion from which Bishop Potter quoted so effectively. The letter is headed: "To( BENJAMIx HARRIsoN, ."Mount Vernon, "9 March, 1789. The concluding portion reads: "In touching upon the more delicate part of your letter, the communicatiorn of which fills me with deep concern, I wvill deal with you with all that frank ness which is due to friendship, and which I wish should be a characteris tic feature in my conduct through life "I will therefore declare to you that if it should be my inevitable fate to ad minister the government (for heaver knows that no event can be less de sired by me, and that no earthly con sieration short of so greneral a call together Swith a desire to reconcile contending parties as far as in me lies, could again bring me into pub.ic life), I will go to the chair under no pre engagement of any kind or nature whatsoever. But when in it I will, to the best of my judgment, discharge the duties of my office with that impar tiality and zeal for the public good which ought never to suffer connexions of blood or friendship to intermingle so as to have the least sway on decis ions of a public nature. "I may err, notwithstanding my most strenuous efforts to execute the difficult trust with fidelity and unex ceptionably, but my errors shall be of the head, not of the heart, "For all recommendations for ap pointments, so far as they may de pend upon or come from me, a due re gard shall be had to ths fitness of characters, the pretensions of different candidates, and, so far as is proper, to political considerations, These shall be invariably my governing motives. "You will preceive then, my dear sir, that I cannot with propriety say anything more on the subject than that several applications have been made to me for the office immediately in question without having received any answer. "I wish you had pursued the same policy which the gentleman who occu pies it now has done, of obtaining the appointment from the Executive of this State. Although that gentleman was an officer, he is quite unknown to me, and therefore I cannot speak at all upon the ground of comparative claims of personal merits. I conceive, however, that it will be found po pleasant thing, possibly very much the reverse to displace one man, under these circumstances of actnal occu pancy, merely to make room for an other, however considerable nis abili ties or unimpeached his integrity may 1 appear in the public eye. "I am, sir, &c., "G. WASHINGTON.' I The elder Benjamin Harrison was a prominent man. He had been. }g times elected to Congress. He the i w hole House who introduce the reso- r ntion on June 10, 1776, declaring the r [ndependence .of tle American Colo- r lies and reported on July 4 the Dec- a aration of Independence, of which he s was one of the signers. ' He was twice F ,lected Governor of Virginia. a C Ruskin. on Lade& Dreses. John Ruskin, when appealed to by >ome young ladies relative to how they hould dress, said: "Dress as plainly as your parents will allow you but in >right colors (if they become you) and tu the best materials, that is to say, in 1 those that will wear the longest. When yon are really in want of a new dress buy it (or make it) in the fashion, but never quit an old one merely because it bas become unfashionable. "And if the fashion be costly you must not follow it. You may wear broad stripes or narrow, bright colors or dark, short petticoats or long (in moderation), as the public wish you, but you must not buy yards of useless stuff to make a knot or a flounce of, nor drag them behind you over the ground. And your walking dress must never touch the ground at all. I have lost much of the faith I once had in the common sense and personal delicacy of' the average woman by seeing how she will allow her dresses to sweep the streets, if it is the fashion to be a scav enger. .-/ "If you can afford it get your dresses made by a good dressmaker, with ut most attainable precision and perfec tion." Danger in the Postoffice. The Sanitary News calls attention to the fact that a postage stamp may in various ways convey contagion. One of the simplest and most plausible is that in which a postage stamp, parti ally attached to a letter to pay return postage, is sent by a person infected with some disease to another person. The disease is transferred, in the first place, to the adhesive stamp through the saliva, and in being attached to the letter by the receiver the poison may be transmitted to him in turn through the saliva. Another cause m a be thbe infection of the stamp with disease germs. The stamp, having been exposed in a room where a dis eased person lies, may become slightly moistened, and thus retain the germ. That this is true can be proved very simply by a microscopical examina tion. We often see a person holding change for a moment in the mouth, probably not knowing that investiga tion has shown that disease germs can be carried by money. If one could see through what hands the money has passed, he would besitateibefore using such a third hand. Silver money is as bad as paper money; but, while many would hesitate to hold a dirty bank note in their mouth, they think that a silver piece, because bright, is appar ently clean. A Fiat Contradiction. Sonme one has told you that your catarrh is incurable. It is not so. Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will cure it. It is pleasant to use and it always does its work thoroughly. We have yet to hear of a case in which it did not accom -plish a cure when faithfully used. C2atarrh is a disease which it is dan.ger ous to neglect. A certain remedy is at -your command. Avail yourself of it before the complaint assumes a more serious form. All druggists. The Arizona Kicker. [From the Detroit Free Preee.] The last issue of the Arizona Kicker contains the following cheerful para graphs: "Not a Success.--Last Saturday night, soon after eleven o'clock, some gentleman, whose identity is unknown to us, fired a charge of buckshot throngh the side window of our editor ial room directly at the spot where our cot is usually placed. Had tne cot been there we should have been inquested on ere this. But the cot wasn't -there. We are not party, but we are no hay seed. We haven't slept twice in the same spot for the past twelve weeks. We have learned the ways of this com munity at considerable cost and trouble and we don't propose to plant ourselves as a midnight target. "We feel sorry for the gent who wasted his energies and ammunition. He doubtless went away from the win dow feeling that he was entitled to credit for doing a smart thing. Come again, old chap." "Errata-We find we were in error last week in regard to the shooting affray between the Hon. Bill Dakin and Col. Jones. We supposed at the time that Colonel Jones was a regular subscriber to this paper, but a look through our list proves that we have never had his name at all. On the con trary the Hon. Dakin has subscribed for five copies. We were misinformed as to the following: "1. Dakin did not call Jones a liar. "2. Dakin did not draw his gun first. "3. Jones did not offer to apologize. "We were hasty in saying that Dakin ught to swing from a limb, and that 3e had long been a terror to the town. We found him to be a mild, courteous, ,enteel citizen, full of push and enter rise, and his presence is a credit to the own. Colonel Jones had better travel or his health as soon as able, and in ase he findsa town-to suit him better e should buy it a 6d settle there." "NOT THE Y%AB.-A correspondent nowrB t e ato the Board of Aldermen for its cor uption, and he adds that every aither's son of them could.be sent to rison for a thief. We don't doubt this ssertion in the least, but we are not iying anything. We have the city tinting this year at a good, fat price, nd are not saying a word." "RETURNED.-Major Jim Smith reated quite a sensation by descend ng from the stage as it reached town ast Fridayevening. We had no sooner iotified him that his subscription to be Kicker had expired than he handed s two big silver dollars for a renewal. "The Major has put in the past year n State Prison, having been sent there )y mistake, as his friends are con inced. He served his term like a nari, and has returned to the bosom >f his family and society. He has ~ards out for a 'high coffee' day after o-morrow, and the elite will be there n legions." He Did Get off. "I'm gwine to Staunton to my grandson's, Pete Rawlins," said an old man in a long yellow coat and a billy goat beard. "Know him?" "Nope," said the conductor. "Know any of his folks down in Staunton ?" Just then the whistle blew, and the old man jumped up and tried to get past the conductor, who held him down by main strength. The white hair of the old "cracker" fairly stood on end, and it was several minutes be fore he calmed down enough to count his change. At the next station, when the train stopped, he gathered up his belongings and made for the door, but was stopped before he could get off. This attem~pt he made at every station, and finally the conductor went to him saying: "Look here, old man, youjust set still and don't move till you hear the brake man holler Staunton, then you get off!~ See ?" He sat there awhile quietly and then began to question the rest of the pas sengers as to their acquaintance with Staunton and its people. Thinking I could derive some enter tainment from him I cbanged my seat to the front of his, and, turning around, addressed some words to him with an amiable and seductive smile. He looked at me a moment and solemnly took his musty leather wallet from his side pocket and thrust it deep down into his boot, saying: "Now, then, young. man, what do you want to know, ehb?" This action set the entire car full of people roaring with laughter,andalmost brought a blush to my cheek, which sensation had scarcely gone when the brakeman opened the door and yelled "Staunton !" We were at the moment crossing a trestle, ibout fifty feet in height, upon the slanting, heavily wooded side of a mountain. We could look down the hillside over the tree tops and see a silvery stream threading its winding way through a black and dark swamp. The old settler rose quickly at the sound of the brakeman's voice, picked up his belongings and going to the plat form stepped right off. As we passed we got one glimpse of him sailing down. Somebody, pulled the bell rope, stopping the train at once, and a relief party was organized, which went down the mountain side until we came to the spot where he struck first, a tall hemlock. It looked like a gigantic Christmas tree. Pending from its branches were socks, collars, handkerchiefs, chewing tobae. co, chickens, rolls of butter, fancy goods, ham sandwiches, boots and shoes, notions, suspenders, shoe laces, band-boxes, samples of cloth, hardware, and gents' furnishing goods. Further down the hillside we found iome patent medicine bottles, the old urr brella, the butter crock and the plug i hat. Then we reached the old man, who was up to his waist in black mud; busily engaged in washing the same mud from a whiskey flask which be had somehow managed to retain in his pocket through all his exciting flight He was as cool as a cucumber, and when we yanked him out of the .mud,-, remarked: "This yere railroad travel ing .do beat.hell, don'tit' . We elimded up the hil4 gathered. belongings as we proceeded, and when we arrived at the train the conduetor _.= angrily inquired, "What in the than der did you mean by junping off like that?" "Why, my friend," blandly answered he of the goat-like beard and shattered garments, "you told meyourself to get off when I heard the brakeman holler : 'Staunton,' and I got )" Mr. Inman Does Not Resign. A> NEW YORK, May 8.-The Richmond Terminal directors met to-day, but President Inman did not resign. He . had fully determined to do so, and recommend Mr. Patrick Calhoun ashis _ successor, but all the directors and many large stockholders have urged him so earnestly to continue in ofe that he has been induced to subordl= nate his inclination to their will. This action on the part of the direc tors was in no sense a lack of endorse ment of Mr. Calhoun. OL the on-' . trary a majority of the board have said Dpenly that if Mr. Inman could not b induced to withhold his resignatio = v.ir. Calhoun was unquestionably .$e best man to succeed him, and that would heartily support hi It is argued by >..ge n the presi - nsed - from Mr. Inman's Stness for the position at all imes, it is just now especially advan tgeous to the company for him to re nain as its official head, owing to im iortant negotiations at present being onducted, which it is thought his iame and prestige will facilitate. In this view no one more heartp ;_ oncurs than Mr. Calhoun himself, nor 1 as any one been more emphatic than . ie in urging Mr. Inman not to resign. .EUNAWAY MARRIAGE, En Which aSouthern Girl Figured asbdde WASHINGTON, May 9.-Helen Mor= ;an Trenholm, 18 years of age, a: niece of ex-Comptroler Trenholm, let tier home in Georgetown this morning net by appointment Wilson W. Bred man, a young man 22 years of age employed in a real .estate office An4? the two were united in wedlock. They went to Philadelphia, where they are now staying at the Lafayette HoteE Messages informing their parents oi~ their marriage were sent home.-Yondlk Brenman is a nephew of A. A. Wilson United States Marshal for the Distict. of Columadia.. The reason for the run away wedding was the opposition -of Brenman's mother to his marriage. Saloon Attractions. The New York Star in speakingo one of the saloon's greatatatlp says: "Did it ever occur to ourpol bition friends that one great cause of the- growth and prosperity of the saloon is-its almost unbounded hospi tality and the comforts afforded all persons who choose to drop in? There T are in this city scores of beer halls which afford the laborers in a hundred< outdoor occupations their only facill-i ties for warming up andgettingcom- . fortable food at dinner time in the wintry weather.. There is warmth and rest, and fel lowship all dispensed freely and with' out show of affectation. Now, where else, in what line of business are patrons so welcome to come and stay or go when they please ? Surely not in any store or restaurant or othershop thatI ever saw. Even in the coffee house, ~ with which good people have en- ' deavored to supplant the saloon as a workingman's resort, the hospitality Is generally cramped for room, if nothing else. What is the remedy? On the Word "Them" Hangs $150,005. COrUMans, 0., May 5.-State School Commisioner Bancack has been sub pssnaed to appear in the Supreme Court as an expert witness in a contest ed will case brough fram Butler .Coun ty, in which $15000is involved. The wh'ole case turns upon the grammatical construction^ of one word, the word "them," i?a one sentence. A Scared Edit. A rugged farmer stalked into the sanctum with a big whip under his "Be you the editor?" he asked. "I am," was the half apprehensive reply. "Here's two dollars-sen-d me your paper, for life," he said. "You see," he went on, "ourdag ter was sick and liked to die; h drooped and grew weak and paehad headaches, no appetite,bakced feet and hands like ice, couldn't hacked with cough, and we t she had consumption. No helped her till we tried- Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription tioned in your paper, when shebea to mend in notime and is now well and handsome as a ,rose-put me down as a life subscriber." Now the editor is looking for an. other scare. The medicine has cured scores afflicted- as was the fnw~-v daughte restoring the femae~n tionsto haty action, andrmo the obstructions and which caused her trouble. is~Is ___ anteed to gve satisfaction, or ($1) refuned