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ESABISED185*NEAVBERRY,_. S,C., THURSDAY, JA'NUAY8 81 A RETROSPECT. A Review of the Past Year. The Results of the Reform Movement. [News and Courier.] We are all familiar with the methods which were adopted in the March Con vention to anticipate the Convention of the regular Democracy of the State, and by which a candidate was "sug gest ed" for Governor. The plan upon which the campaign, after the March Convention, was conducted has not been forgotten, and should not be for gotten, by anyone who cherishes a pro per respect for the honesty and integri ty of the men who have been honored by the people of this State in the past and by those who believe that the civilization of South Carolina has been presented through the Democratic par ty. WYNe do not care to recall any of the bitterness '.hich existed during the long and wea-- months when from one end of the Stat, to another all that was highest and holiest and best, in the his tory of South Carolina, was kicked about in the d'ist of the political arena, as an unclean thing. We simply de_ire, now that the "change" has been made in the Gov ernment of the State, to show that the campaign was conducted by the domi nant faction of the Democratic party not as it claimed, to secure a government of the Deople and for the people, but to secure the honors and emoluments of official station for those who embraced this opportunity to elevate themselves by discrediting the party and the State. - That there has been a "change," no one can deny. That it has been made "in the inte;est of a few families, and for the benefit of a selfish ring of politi cians," is not a violent assumption in view of the record which has been made since the old "ring," if indeed it ever existed, was turned out, and the "new ring" went in. It was the cons tant claim of the spokesmen of the dominart Democratic faction in the campaign that the oflices in this State had been confined to "a few "families." In his speech at Spartanburg on June 11, 1890, Capt. Tillman, now Governor Tillman, said : "Heretofore the ring run everything. It was heads I win, tails you lose." On the same occasion Col. Gary, now Lieutenant Governor Gary, said: "Don't let there be any cornering of offices in South Carolina. * - eThis is a contest of office holders against the people." These, or similar statements, were frequently made by these or other speakers during the campaign, and it was as little, per haps, as their supporters could have hoped for that the new government would indeed be a government of the people and fo:: the people, and that there should not be a ring any more ! What has been the result of the re cent campaign ? Mr. Tillman is Gov ernor in place of Mr. Richardson, Mr. Gary is Lieutenant Governor in place of Dr. Mauldin, Gen. Pope is Attorney General in place of Mr. Earle, Capt. Parley is Adjutant General in place of Gen. Bonham, and so on throughout the other State offices in Columbia. The State Government has been turned over bag and baggage, and is now be ing run "in the interest of a few famni lies and for the benefit of a selfish ring of politicians." There has been a clean sweep of the "Oligarchy," and the "Autocracy" is fully.in control. The new Administration has been safely installed in office, its policy has been outlined, and so- far as time allowed and Governor Tillmran's influence went, it has been carried out by the Legislature. Whether this policy will prove benefi cial to the State, or only to the faction in power, time alone will show. To be entirely frank, we do not expect that the "change" which has been eflected wili promote the best interests of the State and all its people. The ieaders of "the movement," who claimed that they were moved only by the highest political considerations an d did not specially hanker after the hont ors and emoluments of official station, have nearly all been provided for at the expense of the taxpayers, and those who have not vet been rewarded for their work are cooling their heels in the ante room of the Administration while they are waiting for something to turn up. There now appears to be no doubt that "the Movement" was designed prima rily for the benefit of the politicians who are reaping the rewards for which they worked so hard during the cam paign. It will be interesting to note how fully the victors, in spite of all their p)atriotic pretensions, have ae cepted the Jacksonian theory of a Republican form of Government, and have agreed among themselves that they, and their heirs and assigns for ever, are the people, and that unto themi pertain the spoils of office. The list that we give is nieither official nor comiplete, but it will show that the drift of the "Reformers," is towards the public crib. The relatives, friends and acquaintances of the Ad ministration, it wVill be seen, have been very well piovided for in the short time since the revolution was accomplished. Here is a part of the record to which additions can be made from time to time as "the 3lovement" unfolds it self: Benjamin lRyan Tillmnan, of Edge field, salary $:;,5.'0 a year, two years Them Hon. Geoge D. Tillman, of Edgetield, brother of Governor Tillman, CongressmaUn, salary $5 ,i00 a year and O. W. Bachaan, of Fairfield, son in-law of C'ougressman Tillman, $150 and mileage as member of the Leoisla ture, and $1,500 as private secretary to United States Senator Irby, $9,200. T:-.e Hon. J. L. M. Irby of Laurens County, $150 and mileage as member of the House, and United States Sena tor for six years at a salary of $5,000 a year, mileage and perquisites, $35,000. J. P. Bean, of Edgefield, private sec retary of Governor Tillman, of Edge field, salary $1,500 a year, S3,000. Eugene B. Gary, of Abbeville, Lieu tenant Governor, $10 a day and mile age, about $1,000. Ernest Gary, of Edgefield, brother of the Lieutenant Governor, chairman of the House committee on the judiciary, $150 and mileage, about $400. Frank B. Gary, of Abbeville, bro ther of the Lieutenant Governor, $150 and mileage as members of the House, about $400. J. Gary Evans, of Aiken, cousin of the Lieutenant Governor, $150 and mileage as membe: of the House, about $400. The Hon. Y. J. Pope, of Newberry, Attorney General, salary $2,100 a year, $4,200. Dr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry, brother of Gen. Pope, clerk of the Sen ate, salary $1,000 a session, $2,000. Gen. J. Walter Gray, of Greenville, formerly of Edgefield, and a school mate of Governor Tillman, clerk of the House, at a salary of $1,000 a session, $2,000. J. E. Tindal, Secretary of State, at a salary of $2,100 a year as secretary and $500 a year as keeper of the State House, $5,200. Capt. H. L. Farley, of Spartanburg, a relative or intimate friend of the late. Gen. M. W. Gary, of Efigefield, Adju tant and Inspector General at a salary of $1,500 a year, $3,000. Capt. G. W. Shell, of Laurens, puta tive author of the March Manifesto, member of Congress at a salary of $5, 000 a year and mileage, say $11,000. Gen. E. T. Stackhouse, of Marion, member of Congress at a salary of $5, 000 a year and mileage, about $11,000. W. J. Talbert, of Edgefield, president of the March Convention, president o the September Convention, campaign speaker and political worker, Super intendent -.f the Penitentiary, say $4, 500. WALLACE'S GR.AT BRAVERY. How th. Dead Indian Fighter Saved One of his Men. [From the New York Herald.] ST. PAL, MINN., December 30. The death of Capt. Wallace was re ceived at army headquarters with pro found regret, for he was well known here, has hosts of friends and was noted as one of the most popular men in the service. He was a gallant officer and a thorough gentleman. He entered West Point in 1868, graduating with honors in 1872, and was only about 40 years of age. Trhere were ties in later years which bound him firmly to St. Paul and the Northwest, for eight years ago he was married to Carrie M. Otis, daughter of the late George L. Otis. Capt. Wallace displayed his matce:less heroism to splendid advantage a.t the battle of the Little Big Horn. During the engagement one of his men was shot and fe:1 from the saddle. In piteous accents he besought his com miander to kill him, but the offcer, for getting everything sa ve the peril of one of his men, sprang from his horse at the risk of his life, a:1d throwing the wounded man across. the pummel of his saddle, rescued him. THE FIRST IN THE STATE. A Full-Fledged Colored Bankc Started at Florence. [.Special to News and Cou:ier.] FLOR ENCE, December 31.-The South Carolina Banking Association, the first colored bank ever forined in this State, wa formally organized at Florence on Tuesday night last urnder very favora ble circumstances. The books of sub scription to the capitr.l stock had only been open for a short ';hile when nearly four hundred of the authorized capital of five hundred shares were found to be taken. Only a payment of $350, as the first instalment os the shares, was required, but the stockholders were so enthusiastic that they paid in nearly $700. These shares are to be paid in month ly instalments until f.illy paid up, and then a general bankitng business will be started. A strong set of by-laws was adopted, after wbicai the following were elected a boardi of directors to serve for one year, to wit: J. E. Wilson, D. M. Minus, F. L. Baxter, S. W. Wil liams, J. B. Middleton, E. H. Deas, W. R. Jejvey and F. D. Smith. A t a meeting of the board of directors held shortly after the adjournment of the stockholderd' meeting Dr. J. E. Wilson, formerly of Chai: 3 ton, was unanimously chosen president of the bank and WV. R. Jervey secretary and treasurer. Dr. Wilson is regard~ed here as a ca pable financier, and such was the con fidence the citizens have in the honesty and business tact of the head and in Ithe success of the enterprise that most of our most prominent white citizens have taken shares, one of them as high as ten shares, with a view of giving help and encouragement to such a laud able undertaking. The few remaining shares will no doubt be taken in a very short while. To allay pains, subdue infiammation, heal foul sores and ulcers the most prompt and satisfactory results are ob ained by using that old reliable reme dy, Dr. J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil T.iniment_ THE FINAL ACCOUNTING. The Agricultural Department Affairs For mally Transferred to Clemson College. [Columbia Register.] Dr. P. H. E. Sloan, treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Clemson Agri cultural College, was ia Columbia yes terday for the purpose of receiving the transfer to the Trustees of Clemson College of all of the property pertaining to the Department of Agriculture. An inventory of everything had been pre viously made out by Chief Clerk A. E. Gonzales and it was as complete aad as accurate as possible, containing everything from the least to the great est. Dr. Sloan, with Messrs. Gonzales and Withers, the clerks of the old de partment, checked off everything in the offices, the laboratory and the museum, and receipted for the same. The inven tory contained several thousand ar ticles, and it was necessarily the work of many hours to make the trans fer. Colonel Butler was not present at all, Mr. Gonzales representing him. He will be here, however, to-day on private business, after the settlement of which he will return to his farm in Aiken County and devote himself once more to farming pursuits, which he will no doubt conduct with his accustomed success. The laboratory is now in charge of Professor Hartin, who has been elected Professor of Chemistry in the Clemson College, and the analyses of fertilizers will be made here for the present under his supervisicn, with the aid of the present assistants, Mrs. C. W. Sims and H. Shiver. It will be a great gratification to the people of Columbia and to many others throughout the State to learn that it has been decided to leave here perma neLtly, the magnificent museum which bas been collected with so much care and labor by the late department, and that when the present building in which it is located shall be sold some provision will be made for its location either there or elsewhere. The trustees of the Clemson College, meet in the Governor's office this morn ing to decide as to the manner in which the phosphate business of the depart ment shall be conducted. It is said to be likely that Mr. J. L. Withers, assis tant clerk of the old department, will be appointed to collect the privilege tax on fertilizers, having as his office we one neretorore occupied by Mr. A. E. Gonzales as Chief Clerk under Colo nel A. P. Butler. The weather service remains for the present at least, in the charge of Cap tain Angus P. Brown, whose long and faithful service in the Department of Agriculture are well known throughout the State, and his friends all unite in the hope that this branch of service will be continued and that he will re ain at the head of it. Chief Clerk A. E. Gonzale, retires with his chief, Colonel Butler, and ex pects to go shortly to New York to en age in business. In his retirement he arries with him the best wishes of the ewspapei fraternity, all of whom have ecognized in him one of the most cour eous and obliging, as well as one of the ost efficient, offiuials in the publi: ervice. The Old Soldiers do Not Forget. [Pickens Sentinel.] We take pleasue in .publishing the following preamble and resolutions ent to us from the Bowen Mill Alli ace: "Whereas, We the Bowen Mill Alli ance, No. S92, believe in the great prin iples as set forth in the constitution of ur order : "Whereas, We as an Alliance have positively refused heretofore to take part in nominating candidates for ffice, or endorsing men or measures, elieving it to be unconstitutional and nwise : "Whereas, We believe the action of he Alliance in some counties of our State in the recent campaign by the lamor of some who hoped to gain for hemselves big public places by hold ng out a scheme so enticing to the asses who could not understaud their otives has been the prime cause of he defeat of our beloved Hampto)n: "Whereas, We believe that a majority f the members of the Alliance if left o exercise their own :preferment by :allot would have done honor to whom 'onor is due; "Whereas, 'We believe the action of he Legislature to be both unwise and ngrateful; therefore be it "Resolved, By the Bowen Mill Alli ane, No. 892, that we hereby express ur disapproval, unanimously of the ation of the Legislature in failing to e-elect Wade Hampton to the United States Senate. R. E. BOwEN, Sec'y. Spring medicine is now wanted, for, f you are out of sorts and feel badly, P. P. P. is the remedy to take and get strong and invigorated. A Noisy Process. Petroleum-What's all that racket in your saloon? Saloon keeper-Nothing; only just a ew New Year's resolutions a-breaking If you suffer from any affection :aused by impure blood, such as scrof ula. salt rheum, sores, boils, pimples, tetter, ringworm, take Dr. J.' H. Mc Lean's Sarsaparilla. If you suffer pricking pains on mov ing the eyes. or cannot bear bright ight, and find your sight weak and failing, you should promptly use Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthmng Eye Salve. 25 cents aox.m FIRE IN THE FOUNTAIN CITY. A Hundred Thousanda'Do1lars.Destroyer by the Flames. [Special to News and Courier.] AcUSTA, GA., December 31.-Au gusta was visited by the secoud $100,0K. tire during the month of December al 5 o'clock this morning. The handsomE and almost new Kahr's brick building, three stories high, with an ornamental iron front, extending from Broad tc Ellis street, second door east of Camp bell street, was completely destroyed by fire just. before dawn to-day. WherE the fire originated and how it caught is unknown. The first floor of the building on Broad street was occupied by L. A. It Reab, wholesale liquor dealer, who had over 500 barrels of wbiskey stored away in the store. The second and third floors overhead were tenanted by James G. Bailie & Co.'s carpet and household furnishing establishment, On the Ellis street side the ground floor was occupied by N. Kahrs, the owner of the proper!y, who conducted a wholesale grocery business. The see ond and third floors were used as a boarding house, of which Mrs. _Mary E. Teppy was proprietress. There was a delay in sounding the alarm and when the fire department reached the scene the flames had got ten full headway and were beyond their control. It was only a. short while before the fire spread and en veloped the entire building from top to bottom and fron end to end. It was hard work, and all the firemen could do to fight the fire and keep it from spreading to the handsome D'Antig nac building adjoining, which had a narrow escape. About half an hour after the fire had been discovered about sixty feet of the west brick wall of the destroyed build ing collapsed. The wall fell on the gro cery warehouse of Loflin & Myers and crushed in about fifty feet of the build ing, causing a heavy loss of groceries. Mr. L. A. R. Reab lost about 504) bar rels of whiskey, which filled the air with alcohol, and it almost made one drunk to stand by and inhale the odor. Not a dollar of goods were saved as everybody was afraid to enter the build ing on account of so much combustible matter being stored in it. The destruction was complete. The building belonged to Mr. N. Kahrs, and cost him S30.Cn(. k m tr -l-" 000 insurance, and be had a $15,000 stock of groceries, with only 87,000 in surance on it. Mr. L. A. R. Reab had $30,000 worth of whiskey in his store; all lost, and only covered by $20,000 insurance. James G. Bailie & Co. had a $15,000 stock of carpets, but only carried $7,000 insurance. Mrs. Teppy, proprietress of the board ing house, will not save a thing, and she had her rooms all well-furnishe~d. Her loss is about $2,000 without a dol lar of insurance. The partial destruction of Loflin & Myers' ware house,and the loss of some goods by water, will increase the losses $2,000. Fireman P. C. Phillips was badly burnt in jumping off a roof when the walls collapsed. He broke no limbs, but it is feared that lie was internially in jured. How the States Rank. The following table shows the rela tive rank in population of the States and Territories in 1800 and 1880. 1s90.180 1 New York, e ok 2 P'ennsylvania, 2Pnslan, 3 Illinois,3Oho 4 Ohi,10 iios 5 Missouri., isui 6 Massachusetts, 6idaa 7 Texas. 7Msahsts 8 Indiana, Ketc, 9 Michigan, 9MIhgn 10 Iowa, 1 oa 11 Kentucky, 1 e.e 12 Georgia.,2Tnese 13 Tennessee, '3eoia 14 Wisconsin, 1 ~gna 15 Virginia, ot aoia 16 North CarolIna, l ~iosn 17 Alabama, I'aaa 38 New .Jersey, 5Missspi 19 Kansas. t e esy 20 Min nesota, 2 ass 21 Mississippi, "tt aoia 22 Caifornia. ~ otsaa 23 South Carolina, IMrrad 24 Arkansas, 2 aiona 25 Louisiana, ras, 26 Yebraske, %Mneoa 27 Maryland. 27aIe 23 West Virgin ia, 25oneict 2!I Connecticut, 29Wsviina :0 Maine,:JNersa 31 Colorado, 31ew aphi, :2 Florida, ~ Vrot 8'8 New H am pshire,:tRhd sad 34 Washington, 4Foia 3.5 Rhode island, :;Co'a, 36 Vermont., ;11t f oun,a "South Dakota, Oron as Oregon, : eaae :N Dist, of Columbia, tUah 40 Utah,41Dao. 41 North Dakota, 41Nweio 43 Delaware. 4 ahntn 43 New Mexico, 4 eaa 41 Montana, 41rIna 45 Idaho.,SMnaa -16 Oklahoma, 16Iao 47 wyoming, 47\ynng 48 Arizona, 4f1NeweYark, by~~~~ Pennsylvania,adIlni changs in he lit th mliost ar are hoseof Txas whischursets,fon No. 11 o No. 7 Kentucky,ihrp from to 1; Mnnesta,chich e fro 30to 6; aryan0 owhihdrp fro 42to 4; elaare wo'hCrop from to42; Nvada whsichippi, ~~~~~3South Carolina, lbeosre thouh se i, aterall oinare bottom now tha sheka n ss, she still astwenty-ix nStae, eo herermnt forms, by P. P Rho,sand,uwil1 strong ad heath inFlort, b theDist. of C.lu.bi. GIANT TRIEEs IN CALIFORNIA. Forty-four Found that Are Over Eighty Feet in Circumference. [New York Sun.] WAsiINGTON. Dee. :".-Andrew Cauidwell, the special agent of the General Land oflice, appointed to make an investigation as to the location, con dition, IUmber, &c., of giant (&quo)a gigairaI trees in the Stockton and Visalia land districts in California, has made his report to the Commissioner of the General Land Office. These trees, the special agent says, grow in detach ed clusters on the top or sides of the Sierra Nevada lountain range in the districts named, and always at an ele vation of from (,jo to 7,oof) feet. Ac cess to them is, as a rule, very difficult, on account of th( extreme roughness of the monntain lasses and canons. The Mariposa grove, in the stocktozi land district, is the largest in that vicinity. It contains about 22' trees of all sizes, and seems to be pr;per,y gualled from I forest fires by the stage company, which as the monopoly of carrying tourists through that part to the YoSe mite valley. The Tuol,unne and Merced groves cont:in eighteen and forty trees respectively. These groves are in danger of mountain fires careless ly set by sheep herders. The Fresno grove at one time eontainel between 3.50 and 41)1 trees. Some years ago 'he Madera Flume and Trading Company, the report says, ereCted a sawmill, into whose maw the giant sequoias are rapidly disappearing, and now only about 100 remain. They stand on the patented land, and are under the control of the Madea conipa ny. The largest trees, however, have been spared, because they cannot be prolitably handled. In the Visalia district there is one small and one large grove of giant trees. The latter is virgin forest, and contains over 1,200 giant sequoias and many more small trees. Some five years ago a co-operative colony located about forty entries in this neighbor hood, and is constructing a road to this timber belt. The colony, it is asserted, numbers about 600 members, and has recently engrafted the Bellamy idea as its leading attraction. There is danger, the special agent believes that these people if unmolested, will soon destroy this most wonderful antd perfect ebody of sequoia gigan tea in the world. size of the trees in the groves visited, only those 45 feet in circumference and I more, measured 3 feet froi the ground are classed as giants. Of these, ,575 were found. Forty-four are over 8O feet in circumference and several are more than a hundred. One is 106 feet in circumference, or a littit more tan 35 feet in diameter. .Secretary Noble has requested the Secretary of War to station a company of cavalry in the Sequoia National Park and another in the Yosemite Park to prevent depredations on the mamn mlothl tree groves. It is said the so-called lBellamy colo nists, who have in part perfected title to lands on which these trees stand, have exp)ressed a purpose to hold their claims in spite of opposi t ion. Gary as a Presiding Officer. [A bbeville Medium.] "The Senate has cert ainly dispatched the business before it this se.ssion in a most commendable manner. Thlree great factors are to he lauded for this result: First, the facility and intelli gence of technique with which P resi dent Eugene B. Gary has discharged his duties; second, tile intelligence and experience of the more pronminent members of the Senate, andI third, the undoub)ted rapidity andm' ease with which Reading Clerk (aughmian gets over the ground. H-e is a lirst-class man for the p)lace. "There is no disguising t he fact either that Lieutenant Governor Gary has impressed the Senate favorably. Mr. Gary is now perfectly at home ill the chair of the Senate, and has filled his position impartially on all mneasu res and in all debates. Personally he is very highly esteemed, and will be an all-round success." The ab)ove extract is from the (Column bia letter of the correspondent of theI News anu Courier. His estimate of Lieutenant Governor GJary. does not vary from that of others wvho are qual itied to speak on such matters. Senator Meetze says that in his long legislative experience he has never seen business transacted with greater dis patch and accuracy than during the recent session of tihe Senate. HIe re gardls Lieutenant Governor Gary as a capital p)residlinmg otlicer. Senator Buist says hie never saw busi ness carried on wvithi less friction: that Lieutenant-Gov. Gary was quick and correct in his rulings and just and im partial in hia decisions. Senator Buist regards him as the eqiual of his distini guished p)redecessors. All tile senators w ith w ho:n' we conl versed ont the subject conenr in this estimate. He was always on timec to the miun ute to call tile Senate to order andi re mnained to the last at earb session. Ninety Thou-and for Atlanta. Thle Uniited States census, taken JTune 1st, gave Atlanta a popPulatio~n in round figures of 6>,nn0, but tihe dlireetory canvass, made by careful and experi enced men and taken live months later, shows the population at this time to be S4,640 within the city limits. Add to this the suburban inhabitants and we find a total ofeconsiderably over TALL, TALLER. TALLEST. How Three A:nericans Illustrated an En lishmian's Lecture. [From The Christian Nation.] Mr. Robinson, six feet high, buildei of Tremont Temple, and the Rev. Phil lips Brooks, six feet two inches high, both of Boston, and the Rev. Dr. Mc Vicker, six feet four inches high, of Philadelphia, in company made a trip over the water. En route thev determined that when they should arrive on the other side they would travel apart, lest three such tall inei in company would provoke re mark. But, arriving at Leeds and learning that -i lecture was to be de livered to working ien on America, our frnds determined to hear the lec ture. 1'nterinig the lill separately they o -eats apart. As the lecturer pro ko his utter ignorance of America soon became n.auifest to the three Amercans. Fina'ly. however, a state ment conicer%ing the si/e of Ameri (,.ns was too absurd to be endured in silence. The speaker had barely time to conclude a sentence asserting that Americans are proverbially short of stature, never exceeding at the utmost live f.:-t ten inches, when Mr. Robin son arose and said : "My friends, I am an American, and, as you can see, Ii measure fully six feet. If there is any other American in the house I re quest him to stand up." An expres siou )f surprise was followed by roars of laughter as Dr. BrooKs arose and said: "I am an American, and my size, six feet two inches. occasions no particular remark in America. If there is any other American in the house I in turn re!juest him to stand up." Af ter a lapse of a few seconds, in order to give the lecturer a little time to re cover himself, Dr. McVicker slowly raised his majestic figure to its full height of six fe--t four, and began : "I an an Am " But he got no fur ther. The audience had lost all con trol of themselves, and the speaker's disappearance from the stage brought the entertainment to a close. Snow Two Miles Deep. LNew York Tribune.] "Yes, I have been in a country where the snow is two miile. deep," said N. B. Lazard, a mining expert from Tomb I aimer nouse yesterday. M%r. Lazard was in the East during the recent snow storm, and was speaking about what the people in Pennsylv.nia called Blizzard. "They ulought the two-foat fall of snow was something to talk about," continued the visitor, "but if they would visit Alaska about two hun dred miles up the Yukon river they would find snow that for miles is so thick that the banks almost reach the skies. 'If it keeps on accumulating as fast as it has during the last ten years, scientific men will not be able to say truthfully the earth is round. "I wa in Alaska in the Conson flake region, in 18853, and that year the snowfall was quite beavy. Snow that falls there remains, for it never melts. A prospector named Jim Thomas was with me that trip, and one beautiful morning he fell from a glacier about one hundred feet. The fall broke both of his legs, one of his arms, and crushed in several ribs, besides injuring him internally. "ewas conscious when I reached him:, an'd he told me that he knew he was going to die. He begged me to see that his mother and sister in the Eas received all the property he had left in Harrisburg. I promised and have fulfilled the trust. "Just before he (lied he asked me to pray for him, and for the first time since I had knelt beside my mother when a little boy, I got down on my knees and asked God to receive the soul that was about to depart. I prayed as I never have since, and I meant all I said. There was a smile on poor Thomas' face when I said 'A men,' and, withb a most peaceful expression on his countenance, he breathed his last. I buried him in the snow, and to-dlay, if his body could be found, I know it would look as natural as the mlomlenit he died- peaceful expression and all."' CowA and Workingmnen. [From the Labor Tribune.] Every time a cow moves her tail to switch~a fly she exerts a force of three pounds. .in the course of the summer a single cow wasts .5,0,000(H pounds of energy. Thle cows of America throw away power enough to move every piece ot' mrachinery in the world. So reports a statistically inclined ex change. The queerest feature suggested by this figure work is that no stumf speaker during the present political ampaign has claimed that his part3 if successful at the polls, wvill utilize thih waste for the benefit of the working. man. F-requently accidlents occur in tht hou.se-hiold which cause burns, cuts sprains and bruises; for use in suec cases Dr. .J. H-. McLean% Volcanic 0i Liniment has for many years been the co nst ant favorite famnily remedy. Youi cannot accomplish any work 0] business unless vou feel well. If yot feel used up-tired out-take D)r. .J. H 31cLean's Sarsaparilla. It will give yoL health, strengthz and vitality. I.; 1ivorce a railure. [F-rom the Globe Democrat.] The revelation concerning the prae tices of the bogus divorce lawyers it New York form an interesting and in structive contribution to the literatur of the marriae problem. DR. KOCH'S PRIVATE LIFE. Dr. Biewend Talks Entertainingly of his Distinguished Kinsman. LBoston Advertiser.] Dr. Robert Koch, the suddenly fa mous anti-consumption discoverer, has several relatives living in this country. One a cousin, who resides in Boston, is the Rev. Adolph Biewend, pastor of the German Lutheran Church on Par ker Street, Roxbury. Mr. Biewend sr-s that Dr. Koch had eleven brothers and one sister. The sister and three of the brothers live at St. Louis and another brother lives in Iowa. As Mr. Biewend's mother lives at Fort Waye, Ind., Dr. Koch has a great many ties binding him to this country, and it is his intention to make his relatives a visit in 1893, when he comes to see the World's Fair. Mr. Biewend hopes he- will make a long stay in Boston. He describes Dr. Koch as follows: Personally he is of mediam size, with a very broad chest, blue eyes, rather prominent nose, on which is always seen a pair of spectacles ; high fore head, full auburn beard and-auburn hair. He talks with a noticeable lisp. He dresses neatly neither elegantly nor in the slovenly way that many Ger man doctors do. To look at him one would never imagine that he would set the world talking about him. He is without exception the most quiet and modest man I have ever seen. I sent him a congratulatory letter yes terday, with a copy of the cartoon in Saturday's Record, in which the Thanksgiving turkey is asking for his cure for consumption, and I have no doubt it will cause him a great deal of amusement. My wife and I visited Germany in 1866, when he had just made his fa mous researches into the nature of cholera. He was then living in~a flat at No. 16 Magazinstrasse, Berlin, and came to the depot to meet us. As I was born in this country and had never before seen him, we failed to ree ognize each other by our picture, so my wife and I took a droshky to his home, and when he returned he found us there. He thought this little thing characteristic of the Americans, their ability to take care of themselves in a strange city. We sat down to dinner, and he jokingly asked where my re volver was. I retorted by asking where S-m1Mre na was, for I never saw-ml German, nen or pour,-Come na1urA country without an umbrella, black, brown, green, blue or yellow. He took me through his hygienic institute, where the dogs, monkeys and other an imals were being inoculated with the cholera germs. He was receiving vis its from great physicians all over the world then as now, and was very fa mous and very busy, but he took us all over Berlin. Germans who like each other say du, or thou, not sie, or you, when they speak to each other. It was always du with us. We used to sit and smoke together a great deal, though the German cigars are not good. They are just like straw. Between 1870 and 187.5 he first be gan to receive aid from the govern ment to assist him in his scientific re searches. He was appointed physi cian of a circuit which, among other duties, involved the study of t:1e symp toms of any new disease which might appear. A book he published about this time, embodying some of his scientific theories and discoveries, at tracted the attention of Prince Bis marck, and paved the way for further government recognition. His life has been published pretty nearly in full with that exception. I never heard of his connection with the Speichart poisoning case before 1 saw it in your paper. I am afraid the report that his health has been injured is true. When he was sent out to India to investigate the cholera he bent day and night, over the corpses in the dissecting room. He told me that he never feit the slightest fear of contagion. He was too busy and too intent to think of the danger. He was more bent than he ought to be when I saw him last. I have several letters from him written in business like script. The first was dated 18.51, when he was eight years old and he sent some toys to me. He is two years older than I am. His only 0ister married my cousin, Bergrath Riewend, of Klansthal, and his brother Wilhelm was engaged to my cousin, Matilda Biewend, when he died, so we are very closely bound together. He married Emma Franz, daughter of a Lutheran clergyman, and has a single child, a (laughter, who is married to one of his assistants. That "Tired Feeling." The newspapers are having a good deal of fun nowadays over that "tired feeling," so imuch spoken of in medical adv2r;isements, in connection with the ill-health of females. It may be a source of'hilarity to witty paragraphers, but not so to suffering women, who by overwork, and a disregard of the laws of health, have lapsed into a condition bordering on invalidism. What most women need is to be relieved of some of the slavish work that is piled on them, and a free, but judicious use of strenghtening tonics, such as?P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potas sium), the greatest blood purifier and invigorator in use. Superb as a builder up of women, bringing back lost energy to the body,and color to faded cheeks,re storing the appetite, and thus renewing In her that healthy vitality long lost. P. P. P. cures all blood diseases, such as Rheumatism, Syphilis, Gout Scro fula, and all ulcerous affections, even vanquishing that melancholy enemy of man, Dys: epsia. All druggists sell it. For weak back, chest pains, use Dr. J. H. McLean's Wonderful Healing Plaster (porous.) FAD OF BOSTON'S DUSKY BELLES. They are Learning How to Take the Kink ont of Their Hair. [Roston Globe.] The colored women of this city have learned that it is pnrsible to take the kink out of their bair, and there isquite a sensation over the discovery. The rush to have crisp locks straightened is becoming general, altbough bat few of those who have successfully been smoothed ot t are willing to admit that their hair was ever otherwise than straight and glossy. The fad as yet has not reached the male sex, and at the Sunday evening meeting of the A. M. E. church one of the deacons wara ed the sisters against their sinful pride in attempting to improve on the Lord's handiwork. He was followed by an aged sister, who said: "If God had intended us to have straight hair He would have given it to us in the beginning. God never in tended it, and I, for one, shall be con tented with what I've got. It's a sin before the Lord and a vanity to have your hair straightened." The idea was introduced by aoung colored woman from Virginia. She herself has a glossy bang and back hair as straight as that of the late Sitting Bull. She says her own hair was for merly crisp and kinky, but that an old Canadian woman told her how to make it straight, and this information she is now impart'ing for a consideration. The customer is told first to wash her hair and come with it well dried. She does so, and then the operation begins. A preparation that is amber-colored and of the consistency of cream is taken from a large jar and rubbed thoroughly into the hair, and where it was entirely lustreless before it begins to assume a gloss. This is rubbed so thoroughly into the scal that none of the hairs can fail to have received a portion. Then vigo rous brushing is restored to, and the short hair begins to lengthen. If it were an inch long before, it is full two inches long, and if before it had been done up in what old fashioned South ern people term "plaits," it is now ready to be rolled into a loose coil at the back. The operation takes about four hours and is permanent in its effects. It gives the colored woman a very Indian like appe:,rance, and the few who will admit having been treat ed claim they did it merely to make the the easier. One of them said: "One thing I know, find that is that it is ter ribly convenient to have straight hair. T never before realized what a blessing it was. Before, I dreaded the task of combing it, and now I don't mind it at all." Hair straightening promises to be the fad for the winter among the colored women of Boston. The Outcomne of Organization. [From the Monache Tidings.] The organizations of the Knights of Labor and its kindred societies, have been feared more by capitalists on ac count ot the intelligence they bring to the laboring element, than for the organization and formidable members. The Knights, the Farmers' Alliance, and other organizations may become disorganized and disbandedi, but the enlightenment they have evolved will reorganize on still more progressive platforms, more firmly uniting all trades and all people on a more econo mic basis of equity, until all govern ments as now organized will be aban doned. Once justice is done between men, people will be born less and less inclined to rob others for a livelihood. Most of our unconscionable legal thieves and brutal murderers are hereditary criminals against other's rights. The intelligence of the age is more rapidly progressive than the laboring element of the country is aware of. Haste and Leisure. [From the Chicago Tribune.] "When I was in London," said Col. Cody, "I was going to dinner one night and told my driver to get me there as quickly as possible. As my carriage clattered along over the cobblestones of a narrow street we overtook a fune ral procession. "Immediately my driver got into a dispute with the driver of the hearse over the right of way. I told my driver to keep straight on the trail, and not* cut through the funeral, showing my deep religious inclination, and he said he wouldn't. He said he'd beat the hearse if it took a year. 'Well, we rat tled on. The race was growing inter esting and exciting. My driver, I feared, - was getting the worst of it. Presently, however, they stopped to argue the matter, and I heard my man say; to the cheerful driver of the hearse: "'Here, my man's in a hurry; yours isn't." What a Canuon Costs. [From the Twentieth Century.] A one-hundred-and-ten-ton ca.non costs about $S2,00)0 to build; it r-an I e shot about 95 times: it requires for ea"h discharge about 1,000) pounds of powder, about 2,000 pounds of ball and H worth of silk for the cartridge. Every time it is shot. counting the price of wear and tear, powder, ball and silk, it costs about $l,700. Tiy Advice. [From the Minneapolis Tribune.] Ring out the old! Ling in the new! Blest is the year that's well begun. And when you write your billet-douX Scratch out the 0! Scratch in thelI