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••roa U8 PRINCIPLR 18 PRINCIPLE—RlflHT 18 R1QUT—YESTERDAY, TO-DAT. TO-MORROW, FOREVER."
VOL m NO 44.
DARLINGTON, S. 0.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1886.
WHOLE NO 617.
Yours in Haste,
I love u»t dninty BonogroB,
With thro* oUb 1 otter* Lntorlnood,
Abof* tfc* bo to* oho mod to writ*—
Signing thoB oror, “Your* In hnato.’
The world wn* young,
* think
nud *o wn* I;
How rweet to think thnt in t ho whirl
She kept one BOBent nil for me.
To glnd ay honrt—my mdinnt girl!
The world ia old, nnd oo na I;
And (inoe ay loro beena* ay wife
Jt mom to a* IWe *OB*how been
Too into for everything in life.
With ribbon* tying, gown *wnj.
With pen ting brenth nnd booU nnlnood,
True to her row* of yor*, •he’* been.
Both now nnd over—mine “in hoot*.”
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Charge to the Grand Jury by Judge J.
S. Cothran at the October Term of
the Court of General Sessions for
Darlington County.
Jfr. Forman and Gentlemen of the
Grand Jury:
By n change in the lav of com
paratively recent date grand| juries
are drawn to serve fora year. It
was not always eo. Formerly the
grand juries were drawn to serve
for only one term of the ooart. The
present system is better, just as
skilled labor is better than unskill
ed labor. It is to be supposed that
a body of intelligent men, having
the advantage of their eaooeasive
terms with instructions from the
presiding Judge would become more
familiar with thoir duties, and be
able to diaobarge them more satis
factorily to themselveo and the pub
lic than a body drawn fresh from
the people at each torn of ooort.
Besides your term of office not
being limited to a single ooart, you
are the grand jury after the court
adjourns t not sitting it is true, in an
organised capacity bat still grand
jurors, and while not in actual at
tendance upon the ooart, the datiee
nod responsibilities of the office rest
upon yoa.
Mr. Foreman, yon form a very
erroneous conception of tbe impor-
tanoe of the grand jury, and of tbe
qualifications of these who should
sit upon it, if yon judge of those
qualifications by tbe obaraeter of
persons yon sometimes see on grand
juries.
Tbe only qualifications required
for u grand juror is that be should
be a man of good moral obaracier
and of sound judgment and under
standing. and whenever a man is
found upon tbe grand jury who
does not possess these necessary
ualifioations it is the fault of the
ary Commissioner,
A man or good moral obaraoter
and of sound judgment is a first-
class man, and it is the privilege
and duty of the Jury Commissionei
to draw snob men to form tbe grand
j ury of your county. I know that
the practice of great carelessness
has grown up in our State in this
regard on tbe part of tbe J ury <Jo“'
miasiouers. It ia of tbe highest im-
portauoe that tbe grand jurors, who
have the general supervision of
^Bounty affairs, and the petit jurors,
who sit lu judgment upon tbe life,
liberty end property of citizens
should be men of good moral char
acter and sound judgment and un-
der&tandiug, and tbe Jury Commis
sioner fails in the conception of bis
duty if such men soif are not round
upon the juries
You, Mr. Foreman, and Gentle-
men are the general guardians of
the public welfaia. Every officer
from the presiding Judge who vis
its you at stated periods to tbe
hum Meet constable of tbe humblest
Trial Justice In your county are all
under year supervision, and it is
your duty to see that each perform
his duties faitbfhiiy.
Ia many respects the office of pub-
lie iatormer ia an odious one. You
have very lit tic respect for a man
who officiously intermeddles with
the alelra of his neighbors. Ton
don’t like tbat class ot people who
Inform eu offenders ef the law just
for the sake of getting half of tbe
reward of eonvictioo; therefore, I
dare say, many u grand juror fails
to bring eases before the court be
cause he does not like tbe reputa
tion of being n meddler. But you
are hound by your oaths that you
>*will diligently inquire aad tree
presentment make of nil such mat-
torn as come to your attention, 4 ’ re
specting the pubUe peace and wel
fare. xou get ne reward upon con
viction and therefore yonr action is
relieved from the saspicioo of mer
canary motive.
A great many matters witl come
fio your attention through bills of
todietmeut which will bs handed to
you by tbe Solicitor. A bill of ia-
dtotmeot is nothing more than a
saesioct statement of a srimo that
has been committed or sop# duty
loft unperformed. But your duties
an not limited to passing on
* “ These indictments
be found to comprise
i^pred. All
five, but
crimes tost corns
jto you tout ia the shape of these in
aoumsof
.dividual is
arson bunglary and larceny, rape,
tn&licioas injury to personal prop
erty, sqd violation of contracts. All
that olass of crimes afiects an indi
vidnal directly. Alter a horse is
stolen it belongs to somebody; if
arson is committed or a contract
violated it affects an individual. In
tbat class of crimes yon may rely
with great oonfidenoa npon the as
surance that the person injared will
go to tbe nearest Trial Justice, have
a warrant issned and the offending
party apprehended and bronght be
fore the proper tribunal for trial.
So you need not give yourselves
any sort of concern abont that olass
of oritnes, if they fall within the
jurisdiction of this coart yoa will
puss npon them in the shape of in
dictments.
Bat there is another class of
crimes, snd, Mr. Foreman, it is a
larger class than st first biash yoa
would suppose, which does not af
fect one individual more than an
other, bnt,affeot tbe welfare order,
peace and prosperity of the ooaoty
st large. To this class belong va
grancy, retailing spiritnoas liquors
without license and carrying con
oealed weapons These yon ob
serve do not affect one individnal
more than another, and you might
as an individnal say (( it is not my
business to report this, I am not a
a public informer, a busy-body, an
intermeddler in my neighbors, af
fairs; it is not my bosiness and I’ll
not do it." Therefore it being every
body’s business it is nobody’s busi
ness, and this large class of offend
ers wonld go unwbipped of justice
if tbe law did not make it tbe doty
of tbe grand jury to report them.
It is yonr business, the law requires
this duty at yonr hands and you can
do it without any odium attaching
to its performanoe.
Now we come to the orime of va
grancy. Who is a vagrant T The
law says be is one who lives with-
oat any visible means ot support.
In other words be is a mao that
lives upon the frdtts of yonr honest
toil. He doeso’t work aod yet he
lives. You don’t find him lying in
yonr pnblic highways dead from
starvation. He lives and bow does
he live T He lives npon the sweet
of your face While you, after the
toils of the day, are in yonr homes,
perchance asleep, he, like the beast
of prey tbat he is, is prowling about
appropriating to his own enjoy
ment tbe fruits of your thrift. He
is violating tbe statute law and the
Divine Law which says, “by the
sweat of thy faoe shall tbou eat
bread,” What more prolific source
of crime than idleness f It is said
that “an idle brain is the devil’s
woiksbop.” It is better that you
cut short this crop of vagrants be
fore it ripens with graver crimes.
His Honor then reviewed the law
prohibiting the carrying ot conceal
ed weapons, and allowed that it was
a wholesome one. The convenient
pistol he showed subserved no use
ful purpose, and was nothing more
nor less than a life-destroyer,
that it was useless as a fowling
piece, could not be used for any agi i
cultural or mechanical purpose and
that tbe practice of carrying con
oealed weapons coaid only be con
strued into a purpose to take bu
man life. In relerence to this law
he said if a law is a good one it
ought to be enforced, if a bad one
it ought to be enfcrced so that
when it is seen tbqt it is not a good
law it will be repealed.
Of the public officers of the coun
ty, His Honor said: “As 1 have
said, tbe grand jnry have general
super? siou of ail the public offices
in tbe county. Tbe presumption
now is tbat all the public officers
are faithful in the discharge of their
dutiea. This was not always so.
You remember tbe time when tbe
presumption was tbat tbe officers
wepBOOt faithful. Tbat state of
ibiugs is happily changed, and un-
esa you hear some complaint yon
not now go into an examina
tion. Let them rest uuder tbe pre
sumption that they are all doing
uhejr duty faithfully.”
In regard to tbe care of tbe poor,
His Honor said: ‘’Ido not know
what provisions you hare made for
tbe poor is this county. It nay be
you farm them out or keep them in
• poor house. However tbe ease
nay be you cannot e*3ape as a
grand jnry tbe responsibility ef see-
i ug fbe poor properly provided for.
It is e groat misfortune to be poor,
but U is no erime. Bat from whet
1 know of toe condition of the poor
id many of tbe counties of tbe
State, if it were not for the die-
graoe which attaches to crime, I
would as aeon see a friend of mine
go to the State penitentiary as to
poor bouse. Their condition
may have been brought about by
their improvidence or by tbe finger
of God, bat to whatever cease their
condition ia due, their misfortunes
call for your sympathies aod tfioir
helplessness demands that provi
sion be mad* tor thair ueeessitios.
You shoula not have such an at
tractive poor bouse that people will
throw down the implements nf toil
and dock there to he supported;
but the noor ought to he weB doth-
adL well fed, well doctored and (to
e^tlybortod- They deserve that
auy of us get, to be well cloth d,
well fed, well doctored and decent
ly bnried. I don’t care if yon are
worth a million of dollars that is all
yon will get oat of life, so far as tbe
oom forts ef tbe body is concerned.
It is the doty of a civilised Chris
tian community to look closely af
ter the condition of their poor, and
I dare say yon pay no part of yonr
taxes more cbeerfnlly than tbat por
tion which will be used in provid
ing for tbe poor of your county.
‘‘There is a class of officers, Mr.
Foreman, who have been tbe sub
ject of a great deal of criticism—in
some instances just and, in many
instances nnjnst criticism. I refer
to Trial Justices. Perhaps this
office is one of tbe most important
in the county. These are the ofif-
cers with whom yon have to deal
constantly. It is only once in four
months yon have to deal with this
court, but tbe Trial Justice you
have with yon always. They are
in yonr neighborhood, in yonr town
ship. Wbat sort of a Trial Juatioe
have yon got f Trial Justices are
like other people, there are some
good ones and some bad ones.
There are persons in that office ca
pable of bolding higher positions,
faithful, trae, intelligent men. Tbe
oommnnity that has that sort of a
Trial Justice is very mneb to be
congratulated. If be is a frithtal
officer be does not foment disoort
and quarrels between neighbors, b#
represses ar d settles all that be can.
He is a peacemaker, and blessed is
a oommnnity tbat has such a peace
maker in it. Tbe law requires tbat
Trial Justices should every forty
days report to tbe County Auditor
and turn over into the biiuds of tbe
County Treasurer all the fines col
lected during tbe preceding forty
days. They are required to pro-
dace their books at eaub term of
court tor yonr inspection. A good
Trial Justice will not object to do
ing this, a bad Trial Juatije should
be made to do it,”
Hia Honor then reviewed the bills
of indictment which bad just been
ottered by tbe Solieitor, explaining
to tbe grand jury the nature of the
crime charged in each.
tbe nitrates—the bare soil let it go.
Bat this is not all Tbe frequent
plowing and stirring of the soil en
courages tbe formation of nitrates
—the insoluble, inert forms of ni
trogen in tbe soil, are thereby
changed into soluble nitrates.
Hence in autumn tbe soils of our
cotton fields are comparatively rich
in nitrates, and aontiune so nutil
tbe winter rein leaches them out.
A notion field is not only, therefore,
most liable to washing, but most
exposed also to greatest leaching.
Above other fields it needs tbe pro
tection of a growing orop through
tbe winter and early spring. It is
not too late yet to give it (his pro
tection. Sow rye now, and con
tinue to sow, if need be, till tbe
first of December Sow Southern
raised or home seed—that from the
northwest will not give satisfactory
results. Bven if a field js intended
for corn tbe next year, sow it in rye
and taro it under next spring Far
mers think it right to sow and plow
in peaa for enriebing land in sum-
•j let them try tbe same thing
with rye in winter. It will cost no
more, and probably do more good.
Peas increase tbe supply of availa
ble nitrogen in the noil; rye will
hold tbat already preaeot and pre
vent its loss. Fields covered with
winter grasses are neither washed
nor leached—they increase in fertil
sty. Let as bring our summer cal-
tivated lands as nearly as posaibta
into the same condition by clothing
them iu winter with a
green.
■_ j- a-M—vew . - ■ i
Ocean on tbe west to the Valley of
tbe Nile on the east. The length
from east to west is abont 3,000
milea, its average breadth about.
900 miles, ita area about 2,000,000
square milea Bain falls iu torrents
in tbe Sahara at intervals of five,
ten and twenty years. In summer
tbe beat during tbe day ia exces
sive. but the nights are often oold.
In winter the terntmratare is some
times below freesiug point. The
greatest pyramid ia that ot Cheops,
one ot the three pyramids forming
the Memphis group, situated on a
plateau all>ut one hundred and
thirty-soveu feat above tbe level of
the highest rse in tbe Nile. Its
dimensions have been reduced by
tbe removal of the outer portions to
furnish atone for tbe city of Cairo.
Its masonry consisted originally of
89,029,000 cubic feet and still
amounts to 82,111,000 feet. The
present vertical height is 450 feet,
against 479 feet originally. Tbe
total weight of tne stone is estima
ted at 6,3ifi.090 tons, The largest
bell in the world is the great bell
of Moscow, at the foot of the Krem
lin. Its circumference at the bot
tom is nearly 68 feet and its height
more than 21 feet. In its stoutest
part it is 23 inches thick, and its
weight has been computed to be
443,722 pounds. It baa never been
hung.
Timely Talk fur Farmers.
(W. L. J., in AlUuto Constitution.)
Tbe hardier small grains, such as
rye and barley, may bo son u dur
ing this and the next mouth. They
are valuable as soiling crops iu ear
ly spring; barley richer and more
relished by stock, rye hardier and
better adapted to poor land. Where
there ia more rye than can be fed
iu ita green state, it js cat sod cur
ed as bay, provided it ia cat before
the heads are out. It becomes
woody and and bard soon after the
heads form, and is then of little
value. Barley may be allowed to
ripen, and be harvested aud fed
like oats. There is a general
impression that the beard is in the
way of doing this, bat a gentleman
recently informed us that be baa fed
barley in tbe sheaf to his horses lor
twenty years without injury; tbat
sometimes the beards collect be
tween the li|» aud jaws, but are
easily removed by thp finger, aud
the animal suffers uo special iuoou-
veuieuue. We are also reliably iu-
formed that uutbreshed barley is
quite oommouly fed to horses in
Califoruia. Where one has pretty
good laud, therefore, barley might
be sown as a substitute for fall oats
iu localities where the latter is very
liable to be winter killed,
Bat onr special object in calling
ttentiou to these cro|>s is to pre
sent their claims as means for pre
serving the fertility of soils. In tbe
first place, a very large portion of
onr lanffs are left bare through tbe
winter, with nothiog to protect
them from being washed away by
tbe he*tvy rains of that season. A
growing crop, especially one with
numerous roots, tends to hold the
soil firmly. For this reason alone,
were there oo other, it would pay a
farmer to sow from a half bushel to
three pecks of rye per acre in his
cotton fields at the last ploughing
of the crop. Tbe rye, after having
done its work of bolding tbe soil,
might be graced, or put iu spring
tor soiling purposes, or might be
plowed uuder to enrich tbe soil.
Bat there is another very impor
tant work which a green, growing
crop baa to perform, which is not
generally or folly appreciated. It
ia a great anti-leacher: it prevents
the washing out of toe available
nitrogen in tbe soil by rain water.
The ultimate form which nitrogen
assumes in the soil is nitric acid
{aqua fortis) and is found in com
bination with fotosh, soda, lime,
etc., forming salts known as nitrates.
Now all nitrates are soluble iu
water, and besides sre not held by
rocks as phosphoric acid aod potash
are. The nitrates are very easily
The Biggest Things.
The largest theatre in tbe world
is tbe new Opera House iu Paris,
It covers nearly three acres of
ground; its cubic mass is 4,287,000
feet; it oost about 100,000,000
francs. Tbe largest snspenaiou
bridge is the one between New
York City aud Brooklyn ; the leug
th of tbe main span is 1,595 feet 6
inches; tbe entire length of tbe
bridge is 5,980 feet, Tbe loftiest ac
tive volcano is Fopooatapetl—
‘’smoking mountain” — thirty-five
miles southwest ot Puebla, Mexico;
it is 17,748 feet above the sea level
and has a crater three miles iu cir
cumference and a thousand feet
deep The longest span of wire in
the world is used for a telegraph iu
India over the River Kistuab. It
is more than 6,000 feet in length
aud is 1,200 feel high. The largest
ship in the world is the Great East
ero. 8bo |s 68(j feet long, 83 feet
broad and 60 feet deep, being 28,
627 tons burden, 18,915 gross and
13,344 net regicter.
The greatest fortress, from a
strategical |N>int of view, is tbe
famous stronghold of Gibraltar. It
occupies a rocky peninsula jutting
out into the sea, about three miles
long aod three-quarters of a mile
wide. One central rock ri**** to *
height of 1,435 feet above tbe sea
level. Its northern face is almost
|»erpend)cular, while its east side is
tall of tremendous precipices. Oj
the south it terminates iu what is
called Europa Point. The west
side is less steep than the eaat, aud
between its base and the sea is the
uairow, almost level span on which
tbe town of Gibraltar is built. The
fortress iscousideretl impregnable
to military assanlt. Ttie regu ar
garrjsou iu time of peace unmbers
abont seven thousand.
The biggest cavern is the Mam
moth Gave in Edmonson County,
Kentucky. It is near Green Kiver,
about six miles from Gave City, and
twenty-eight from Bowling Green
Tbe oave consists of a succession
of irregular chambers, some of
which are larga, situated on dif
ferent levels, Gome ot these sre
traversed by navigable branches of
the subterranean Echo River, Blind
fish are found in its waters.
The longest tonne! in the world
is that of the St, Gotham}, on the
line of railroad between Lucerne
aud Milan. Tbe sommit of tbe ton
uel is 660 feet below tbo surface at
Andermatt, and 6,600 feet beneath
the peak of Kastelhorn of tbe St.
Gothacd group. The tunnel is
twenty-six aud a half feet wide, and
is eighteen feet ten inches from tbe
floor to tbe crown of tbe arched
roof. It is nine and a half miles
long, one mile aud five eighths long
er than the Mont Genis Tunnel.
The biggest trees in the world
•re the mammoth trees of Oalifor-
nia. One of a grove iu TaJare Goan
ty, according to measurements
made by members of the State
Eli Perkins in Chinatown.
The Chinese quarter on Mott
carpet of | street is getting to look as mneb
like a Chinese city as Sacramento
street iu San Francisco, jn New
York the Chinese are fully protect
ed by the police, ami most ot them
are earnest scholars iu Sabbath
schools, They are watched over
carefully by tbe churches. There
is no species of liaentiousuess visi
ble iu tbe entire quarter. They hare
their JOss bouaes or God hooaes
they go to pray,as we goto church.
Their faith ia about like the
Unitarian or Jewish faith. They
believe iu one God, who has snub
attributes as oniniacepce, omnipres
ence and potentiality. They reject
all propfiets who claim to have a
spiritual couuectiou with God- They
say God is too great to need a pro
phet or assistant. Their food is
usually rjee, peauuts, oil, sugar and
cb< ese. They live ou about eight
cents per day, aud are healthy ami
fat. They ate all K-arniug to talk
English. They never fight unless
first assaulted, aud then it is for
proteotiou. The Irish are fighting
all around them, but Ghiuamea js
only a curious s|>ectstor. Yester
day au Irishman aud his wife were
fighting iu front of tbe Joss house
A leporter asked oue of the twenty
Chinamen who watching the scrim
mage why tfie Chjuameu didn't
fight too.
“You wantee know why Jlisb-
tnao aud Melicau man likee Ugh-
teef” asked Jobu, avoiding the
spirit of the question.
‘No, I want, to know why you
Chi lamen ' op'i fight T”
“Ilishman and M^icao man,”
said John, still avoiding the ques
tion, “him tigutee ’can-e he fiaid of
him wifee. Melicau vellv fond stay
out latee. Him wifee getee b> ap
mad—taka a poke—say, ‘Me giveu
him til’—takee pitchee lice wata—
say, ‘Me coolee him off ’ Bimeby
Meiican man comes home, takee off
him shoe, stealee upstay -say, ‘Me
too lee ole woman.’ Alle same him
wifee open him eye—say. ‘Ha ! why
you be so iatee f What tune yon
think him bef Den Meiican man
him say, ‘Yon betta leavee tqe lone
—me velly bad man. Me see figh-
tee ajle night—Patape Hogoe—Pad-
day Lyau, Hm heap sabe Sullivan
—knock you out iu a minute. Me
sabe Muldoon—givee you fait—
bleakee you neck. You let up; me
velly tough mau—muchee wosee
mau Bullivan.’*
“What does bis wife do then,
John f” asked the reporter.
“Den him wifee catehee poka.
Hittee him velly bold. Flo licee
wata all ovel him. Takee him wipe
de tio. Meiican man yelle, Mud-
da! fi ( fi I pieece!”
“And then what f”
“Nexa day newspapa heap ranch
eo talkee, velly bad on Meiican
man-a-Melioan man, him go Chica
go, geh divolce, catebee uudda wi
lee, sabe heap money, All velly nap
His First Marriage Fee.
It was the first wedding. The
groom was “new,” so was tbe bride,
and tbe Congregational clergyman
had committed matrimony only in
his imagination. Finally, however
it was all over; the twain was one
flesh and tbe little wile was weep
ing iu the arms of the mother. The
groom slipped up to the m-rvuns
minister, and as that gentleman
was about to pass out into the night
pressed a coin into his hand,
“A twenty dollar gold piece,”
thought the young preacher, ills
heart beat faster now tbuu when he
was t fijciatiug at the wedding. He
needed the money so mpeh. Indeed
he often u ished his meagre salary
was only half its size, lie bail such
a difficulty iu collecting it. And
now to receive $20 al) at once. Whv
it —. Then it occurred to him that
it was customary for the minister
to make tbe bride a present of his
first marriage fee, The good man
sighed as be remeved his thin over
coat and returned to the room
where the guests were offering their
oongratulatious to the newly wed
ded couple.
“1 forgot something,” said he as
he-approached the bride. “This is
the first marriage fee that I have
ever received. It is yours It
should be kept sea reminder of this
occasion,”
Tbe young bride stretched out
her hand aud the coin laug as it
touched her marriage ring, The
guests looked up; the uncouscious
wife did not close her hand upon
tbe fifty cent piece that lay there
and all saw it. The minister was
glad it was his first marriage, the
guests tried to appear as if they did
not see the half dollar and tbe re
porter quietly smiled aud thought
perhaps tbe young husband was
saving up to buy the divorce.
One Way iu Which it Oau be Done.
1 nsed to think tbat-~ was
a real nice young mao, but I just
hate him now,” said one young lady
to Huotjier the other day. ♦‘Why,
what has he done t” “He’s treated
me shamefully. That’s what.’ “In
what way.’ “Why, the other even
ing at a party 1 said to him ; ‘Let’s
eat pbilupoe na, and if i say ‘.yes’ or
‘no* to auy oue of your questions,
i’ll i we you a box of candy, aud il
you say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ you’ll give me
a box.” “Then what f “After the
party he took me home, aud all the
way there he talked just as sweet
as pould be, about love iu a cottage
ami men should not live alone aud
all that. And when we got to the
trout gate, he said ; ‘ , “I have
waited for this opportunity a long
time, will you marry me?’ 1 whis
pered ‘yes’ in a low voice—and—
and—” Here her sobs choked her
voice. “Aud what did he do thetil”
inquired her listener, eagerly. “He
—just—hollowed ‘pbiioiKieua !’ with
all his might. “That's what he did,”
and she wept afresh aud would not
be comtorted.-rT-Anderson Intelli
gencer.
JOB BmiliT.
Our job Uopartnout u»up|>li««l wiih*T*r|
facULy ueces*ary to euublt u* it, romp*.*
both os toprice outi quality of work, siih orto
thoao ef the citie*, ou<i we guerentee eel'**
footion in every pnrticulurorelisrge uetbiiig
for our work. Wetreelwoys prepared te
fill order* at abort notice for Blank*, Bij
Heads, Letter HeaiL, Cards, ii*n4 hi! 1 *
Poster*. Circulars, Panipblete, Ac.
All job work must It; aid for
Cash on Delivery,
i_ *■■■ . 8 , ij j, ^
‘'W!mf a Pity!"
(From tbe Queenslander.)
Old Gentleman ; “And how is
your fttlicr, John t"
John : “He is dead, sir.’ 4
Old Gentleman: “Dead! Dear
me! What a pity! Aud how iq
your mother f”
John : “She is dead, too.’*
Old Gentleman : “indeed !
me! What a pity, what a
But how is your wife, John V'
John : She died last week, sir.”
Old Gentleman: “Why, good
ness me—what a pity ! And ycut:
mother in law, how’s site f”
John : “She’s heartt, sir.”
Old Gentleman (abstractedly :)
“D*ar me, what a pity.”
Oue day Beauregard, with sev,
eral lesser lights, came upon a sen
tinel who had takei) his guu en
tirely to pieces aud was greasing
lock, stock and barrel. Tbe great
general looked like a thunder cloud,
but neither his dashing unifoiu)
nor the scowl ou his face bad any
effect on the sentinel, who quietly
proceeded to mb a pie^e of his
gun.
“Say,” remarked tin officer,
“that’s Beauregard there; he’s u
sort of a gr neral
“All right,’' said the unabashed
Dear
.pity |
sentinel; “if he’ll
this guu together
sort of a salute ”
wait ’rill I get
I’ll give bioi q
v/aAAwra, YSVillkM'l AiF.—A
cate of honorary membership iu
St. Ananias Club, of Topeka, K
pee/'
Demonstrations Daring the Fajjr.
The Fair Committee of tbe Co
lumbia Board of Trade has ordered
Geological Survey, was shown to I a large quantity of flags and bunt
be 976 feet in height, 108 feet in cir ing and will swing them oyer Rich
cumferenoe at base, and 79 feet at ardson street during fair week
a point 12 feet above git nod. Some They have also ordered a larse num
of the trees are 376 feet high aud | her of various Uued glass globes
34 feet in diameter. Some of tbe
largest that have been felled in
dteate an agg of from ?,000 to 2,5006
years.
The largest library ia the Biblio-
| aod will erect three arsbea of ga*
pipe at tbe principal street corners
in orifor to illuminate them at night.
| Tbe globes will give lights of var
ions colors aud will impart a strik-
washed or leached oat. This is not tbeque National in Paris, founded ing appearance to the city at night.
i in a by Louie XIV. It contains 1,400,- Each arch will contain 85 lights
only capable of deuomatratiou
Ubratory, but baa bare abundantly
shown by collecting the water from
underdrains {tiles) and analysing
them. It baa been found tbat where
the water came from tiles under a
Rare, naked piece of laud, tbe nit
rates in it exceeded by a considera
ble quantity that form tiles over-
000 volumes, 300,000 pamphlets,
175,000 manuecriptH, 300,000 maps
and charts, aod 150,000 coins and
medal% The collection of eograv
ynga exceeds 1,300,000, contained in
some 10,000 volumes. Tbe portraits
uamber about 100,000.
Tbe largest desert -is that of 8a-
Uid by a green, growing orop. The bare, a Fast region of Northern
and will bee reeled reepeptive’y at
tbe corners of Washington, Plain
and Taylor streets.
Thursday night will be make the
gala night of the week. It ia pro
posed to make a magnificent dja
B iy of ^reworks from oue aud o
chard son street to the other, ant
to present other features tbat wil
(Wttch,
Andui jjBdCftd is Ml feat growing crop appropriated and held • Africa, extending from too Atlantic 1 make au e*hjbritou wurth string..
A Compliment to Wiggins.
Ottawa, October 19.-A cvrtifi-
tbe
Kan:
sail, arrived for Prof, E. Stone
''^•ggina to-day. 8urr<>ui;(iiug the
seal arc the words “St Ananias
iJlub, (‘Topeka,” and in tbe centre
is the picture of the instrameiri
inown as the lyre. If is said that
the professor Ijah received notice
from the authorities that he mnsi
either stop prophesying or quit tbg
service.
4 Kecomiu^datioUf
Johnson—Po you know young
Jones t
O’Kelly—Yis, sor, I know him.
Johnson—Can a person beiieve
what he says f
Pat—Faitlj, an’ it’s jist this way j
Whin ho tel s ye tbe truth, ye can
belave ivery word he says; Out
whin he lies to ycz, ye bettber have
no confidiuce it him at all.—/Jelrotf
Free Prejf.
Oue day last week, Count Ren.-
tern, au aide to tbe Czar ot Russia,
wumiu the Pulaoc a*uiiiug there:
turn ofhis royal master The weath
er being warm, the Count unbut-
totmo bis tunic. Tbe Czar return
ed sooner than was expected, aud
ieuteru arose hurriedly and began
to rebutton his tunic, wberetipoi!
the Czar, thinking tbat the otfim'i'
was abont to draw a ueaimn, shot
lim dead.
“I’uffiT aud “Pants-'’
Jones—“Ha! old felfow, how are
rou ? Just heard that you had gone
ij to the newspaper business.
Binitb—“Yes. Just bought a
conntry pa|u*r."
Joppa—“Glad to hear it, old man.
Hope yon will succeed. Where is
your office situated f
Smith—“Why, right here iu tbe
suburbs/
Jones—“Tbat so f G> od enough.
Why, I guess you cau give me au
occasional puff', then.”
Smith—“Certainly. Wba{ are
you busy with now f”
Jones—‘‘I’m in the clothing bu
siness—ready-made clothing.”
Smith—“Ha! Then 1 guess you
can give me au occasional pair of
pants, then.”
Jone» x -“Well l I dnnuo abont
tbat. It costs tnotiey to mauufac
ture clothing, yon know.”
Smrib—“That's true, aod it co^ts
nothing to manulactpro uewspa
pere.”
Then they part.—Bonto* Courier.
Now that the gentle mosquito
has reached the liveliest stage of her
business life, it should be a comfort
to refiud minds aud tender bodies
to read the a pi tended extract from
Thoreaa : “1 was as much affected
by tbe faint bom of a mosquito
making ita invisible and pi im»g>u
able tear through my apartment at
earliest ffawn, when I was sitting
with my doore and windows open
as 1 canid be by any trumpet that
ever sang of fame. D was Homer’s
requiem ; itself an llllad and Ody s
aey iu the air, singing its own wrath
aud wanderings. There was some
thing comical about ii ; a standing
advertisement, till forbidden, of the
everlasting vigor and fertility of the
world.
On the 2Ut instant, President
Cleveland, accompanied by several
members of bis Cabinet, attended
the Statu Fair at Richmund. Gov.
Lee made an address of welcome,
which was appropriately res|K>ud
ed to by tbe President. Among the
ladies on the portici Irum which
the speaking took place was Miss
Winnie, tbe dsugbter oi Jefferson
Dayi*,
An Inner View-
First young lady : “And how dq
yon like Mr. Brisk f 1 saw liiiq
with you a moment,*’ Sepoud young
ady : “Am not impressed; nan not
abide bald-headed men” “Bald-
headed! Why, his head is not bald.”
•Qb, yes, it is—inside.”
A Boon for Bookkeepers,
There is absolutely no ground
upon which to doubt tbe splendid
virtues of Calisaya Tonic. The
most cynical admit tlnu it is tbe
very best tonic made. When a
gentleman of iutegri-y, who is as
widely known iu this locality as
any oue, *i>eaks in puch unqualified
praise, who cau question the sterl
ing character of Calisaya t
Gueevillk, Jane 1.
Messrs. Westmoreland Bros.—
Gentlemen: About two mouths
ago my health bad ruu down so low
tbat I weighed only 137 pounds,
appetite all gone, and so weak that
1 could scarcely walk from my bouse
to my p'ace of business. } tried
several kinds of tonio pilboqt re
ceiving any benefit—was induced
to try y our Calisaya Tonic, which
acted like a charm upon me. I now
weigh 148 pounds and e*n eat Any
thing. ami would advise all who
are suffering from debility to try
your Tonic.
T. A. PACK,
Bookkeeper Ferguson 4 Miller.
Look out for frands and imita
tions. Take uo other. Westmore
land's Calisaya Tonio is tbs only
genuine preparation called Calisaya
Tonic. Stw that you get Wrotmore-
laud’s of your Druggist, at f 1.00
per bottle.
Buckleu’s Arnica Salve.
The B&st jSaku In the world for
Cots, Bruises, Bores, Dicers, Salt
Kbeum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Coras, and
all Skin Ki options, and positively
cureaTiles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satis-
tautiou, or money refrinded. Prion
25 cents |M*r bog. Fur sale by
WillcwffPo.
Merit will tell. Bay the genuine
article aud do not expend y'lir
means ou vile trash. Shriiifi’*
Indian V-r-nifuge is auarauteed if
token according to tbe direction*