Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MARBLEHEAD NECK. Ytambr>«downlaglory to tte wmt. fVuhin* fc cTtmroo **««7 flow» •an tree, The ■rbile mUs redden on the nwn tre»1, But thou, halored. are not here \p aea. The tviU^bt «.«U>en and me inooa rtdea hlghi I Met) Re etlTer trace nod think of thee; Ood keep thy path ae bright frotn earth to toy. When L briored. nm not tore to err —(tornfe K Cott-ui In Home Journal. TTh-a Saaetrnke U Prevaleat. - We gritorkJly find that when annetroke la preralent tbe ntmorphene euadition* are of a certain and de'ialte ci.^moter Tbeer are found not tady In ar. tdev.Ood temhoruture. but a cirat tittgrw of bu tnidlty or moisture <■{ the air As lohg as we have dry air tb® decree of beet that we can endure without tnacb direolDlort U very cothtiderable comj>arud to loat when tho air is full of c.olstur<. ihoax plaiiatiou of this is simply due to the f irt Utat evaporation and loos cf h"a: fn» the akin and lun^n is luarkeuiy uiterfered with, the alreadv moist air bri.ii( utiable to take up and relieve us of the nsaal amount of mole turn. This, coupled a itii tbe Increased beat. Is placing us in a po sition where oar Internal production is very apt to bo doddodiy increased The only way we have of compensating under thee* conditions U by leaet .ilng exertion, light or modified diet and light clothing. These, coupled with the ever present in flncnce from the heat center, under nor mal conditions, will usually urotect us.— Globe-Democrat. Kto an Agreeable Toplo, A Chinaman dislikes to say that his friend is dead, but wtli tell you that "bis name has been added to the muster roll of ghosts," or that "he has become one of tbe ancients ** "lie has returned to the shades," "ho has taken farewell of the world." "he has gone a long journey," are expressions all very frequ ntly used when speaking of the dead. The mutter is not alwava treated with reverence, how ever. for they will sometimes say: "He has swallowed his breath," or ‘ slipped his akin" “Tbe mountain has col lapsed" refers to a dead emperor, and "tne dream la over' mean* that a prince is dead.—Boston Budget. Advaaee at ClviUastloa. Don Alphouso. brother of Don Carlos of Spain, traveling as "Don Juan de Huelva. Count de Bourbon,” is In Turke stan and is astonished at the progress made there along the Transcaspian rail way At Merv, which five years ago was a crowd of felt tents and mud huts, he found brick houses and macadamized and paved streets, and at the railway etation at Bokhara was a luxuriously fit tod up buffet with a voting and pretty Russian barmaid speaking French and German as fluently aa her native language. Twenty years ago no Christian would have been safe in Bokhara.—New York Son. The Skaraa Indiana. The Skeeos Indiana are described as of low stature and degraded morals They are all heathens and sturdily refuse to embrace Christianity. They are wild and lawless, with no more notion of fairness then a wolf, whose character they exactly parallel, inasmuch as when they oomo to the store alone they are almost vexo- Uoosly meek and lowly, but when collect in numbers they ere load moth sad menacing Their faces consist msinly of mouth and cheek bones, with email, flat nosea.—Chicago Herald. A TWe to a erustv old an office in ooe of the tall La Balia street IDs pel book caavaaasr, although be has of minor aversion*, all of which serve to bring out the rough side of hia nature Tbe other day he was visited by a modest looking young lady, a bo was solu-iting Hubv nptloua for the ‘Art Trca*urea of Italy.' In the endeavor to provide for the wants of her widowed mother and her self As she entered the door the old man looked up. and. without waiting to learn the misaiou of his fair visitor, veiled out “1 haven't any money to give sway for charity today, and went on with hia writing Tho young lady ad vanoed still further into the room, and again the oid fellow called out ‘And 1 never buy any tickets for Sunday school excursions, either." By this time the young lady bad approached tbe desk and modestly informed him of the object of her visit "What! A book peddler! No. ma’m, no books for me Haven't time to talk to you. Go away and don't come here any more." The girl turned away somewhat angry and senouslv disappointed, but she said quietly, "There is one jH»k. sir. yon ought to buy and atndy well." "What’s thatr gruffly inquired tho old man “ 'Tho Klblea of True Politeness,'" was ‘the reply. "How’s thatf sputtered the old gen tleman, and his race grew rod. "Como here, youn£ woman; leva see what you’ve WHAT 18 LITERARY MERITt j VALUE OF MESMERISM. rrill I Uterarr WovCA. -rue v-urBLaciiaiu ne MVONDTIS got to sell. And In leas than ten minutes thereafter the name of the crusty old man adorned her subscription booL—Chicago Herald. United State* Army Scoot*. United States army scouts may be di vided into two classes: white men, who rank as chief of scouts, and Indian scouts, who are organized as milltarv companies Tho white scouts are usually men who have been employes of the Sen Carlos and I Mescalero Apache reservations, or Indian agencies They are, from constant associ ; atiou with the Indians, well acquainted with their character and habits, and fro ouently speak a little Apache The Apaches, with few exceptions, speak Spanish, and H Is usually tbe languMs they use In communicating with the In dian agent and the employes of the agency. A white man who makes himself useful to the Indians by doing them little favors Is, in time, taugnt "to read sign.” This may be said to complete the education of a chief of scouts. It would bo beyond the scope of a news paper article to describe bow 'sign” is read, nor would anything save practical demonstration convey any comprehensive idea to the reader. A scout who can read "sign” can tell you by examining a trail over which horses have passed If they were ridden or led, and if both, tho num ber ridden and the number led. Even when shod ho can tell whether the horses were Ameri. an or Mexican If the trail be made by men on foot, he can tell if it be an Indian trail, or simply the trail of Mexicans wearing moccasins. In a hostile party be can tell by the trail how many are bucks and how many arc squaws and children, and so on over a field of observa tion as extensive as interesting. The scout time qualified finds no difficulty in obtaining employment in tbe southwest, where Apache outbreaks ore of almost A Mahon y in What constitutes 'literary mevitT Each editor thinks he known So does each literary critic 8o do the people who will tell yon that the poems or assays or books tliat live are po«-ses*«i of It There is a sort of agreed upon standard, known in s vague way by liicmrv p«-<-ple and represented by our best periodicals By a!i nanis keep this xtutuiard high, and keep yourvdvr* up to the standard: but at the same time, once in a while, let yonr mind dwell upon tbe lesson coo tained in tbe parable of ths widow i> mlt.- if poems o> prose wrirings bod intelli gence. and could think for ibemtolves. there would be one iutaliible test for in- trin.de value that they might append to themselves after they had stood the fur ther test of time "Only remsicbered for what I have done ~ For instance, several years ago a little poem appeared in ono of our daily paper* from a k* ai author 1 annot think bo w*s paid for it. nor cun I think any other paper ever thought it worth copying for l:.i own columns. I well remember glancing over it with a little bit of ccnu-mpi in mv mind and a good deal of Indifltrence. and feeling sure it was quite without "literary merit ” It woe about the "baby boy." a very hack netod subject, vou will all agree. \Veii, the otLer day my pride of Judg ment received a humiliating blow. A woman, good and true. In the humble ranks of life, liad seen this poem Her THE THERkPEUSIS OF HYPNOTISM AS A MEDICAL STUDY. great grtrf or fear, it might prove iuiu ottsor • vm fatal, just as it might in Lis Aa Aanttx-tle a* Pertoct a* Etker. Story at tho Scrca Headed Cow Hr tM-ltloua Itrapatcivea —Can Crime Ho Commit cd tij the Md of Me»nterlua? It is cooectv.ibie that mcMnerism might injure cn invalid If Ise bare heart dis ease. for instance, an exciting or violent episode, a rupture of Joy or a convulsion o?j rioii normal coedition Tlii* |o. siWMty is abundantly offset by the value of tuerrr.erism aa a therapeutic s^ent The responsive can bo made so intoxicated on water, which ho lias been told is whiskv. a: to exhibit all symptoms of t tireme Inebriety; can bo cade dis gustingly sea si'k by beiBg; told that ho U at sea to a storm, and can bo ut ouco ph> sisal !y affected by an imagin iry modi cine ills ‘temperature can be chanjptd, bu cyo dilated and his pulse quickened. Mesmerism 1* #j perfect un aii.-rstbc-tio its ether, and ti* narmh-ss as water Any mesmerized pc -son can at «>i. by a single stroke of t'-e Laud, to ron-lcred to tally Insensible to paiu, and con nave a tooth drawn, a cataract removed, a can cer cut out. or an arm cut off without ! feeling tho slightest pain This has been OMofUtotMtnmof ths ^ OMi IhitaU Is ths bank system lt b very pop largely patronized by tho public. Its fulness Is bevond all question. United States Consul Walling, at Liverpool, has boon Investtgmtixi# tills subject and bus j given some very interesting farts about „ ; Us workings in a report to the socretary of slate 'Tho begiuning of tho govern raent postal savings banka was under a bill prepared and presented by Mr Gladstone- It was entitled "an act affording additional foddities for deposit- lug nmall oaviugs at Uttered witb the security of the government for the due repayment thereof. On tho day of the openW of the first banks under this art 4;>3 deposits were received One year afterward tho number had increased so greatly that there were 2,635 office* open for the accommodation cf the public. In ItftiC tbe depositors had Increased to num ber to 3."<51.4-1. and the funount of money on deposit was £50.074.333. This in American money would be (‘250.00,000 Ix-potii* of one shUling or any number of shillings are received up to (150 or £30. The interest paid is 84 per cent, a year full ponnd Should the sum RECLAIMING WASTE REGIONS BY MEANS OF IRRIGATION. VWIT TO THE "UNIVERSAL ViDER" OF LAoirvwo LONDON. Mr T C Henry, formerly of Kansas, and now one of tho most prominent men in Colorado, who has been Instrumental in building several large canal ; In ths state, in discussing this question, says "Of tbe 40.000 square miles of the tend fci 1801 to 1 ? iu this state east of tbe foothllb lass bv than 8.000 square miles are actually t.:;d systematically formed. It Is my tleStbor- ale conviction that were all tbe ' ‘e-r of all tbe stream* covering these ;.l dns ab solutely preserved for domes‘.'.c and ini gating purposes and spp'.lm^ with lira skill and I'conomy displayed even In India I from the jiarloc on a Epypt, wo could irrigate and make doors. VI hut in tb Whiieiev’s wonders of the tivoly few A awry from what is cuu beat—i. a. hotel to the to tho trade a tingle proprietor, rules, such mere overgrown stores as tho Louvre ana the ] from . the,—rci the Compaq over wkL£ URam Whit- Bi ry I in 1‘aris are but simple affairs. Whit. ley’s Is I- t a store, but a whole comrarll of stores, oach aa accessible to but iu»2I tbtet from the other aa the dining rcoah with folffia* or Krrpt. wo coma iirigaie mm nia*<- i uoors. »> ua» in me usual nm of drv fruitful every acre of this immense area goods stores occupies a counter or a —en area capable of supporting hu ugri j most but a room—such aa the silk deport, cultural population, urban bj: i rural, of I meat, tho linen department, the coxim— 8,OOO.tXki people, and yet it would bo less j deportment, etc.—has at Whiteky'* . ’ “ J aa ' huge uni imposing store to itself ou deposit rea'-b £200 tbe Interest there- o. u UO,, b., r onW . rJTX M ■ iSCSS of a harden, with poverty and hard work t °Wa 8 * pressing upon her each Ly. Tbe UtUe 0 P l >* G-action of patients poem ?on of patients will bo found _ I,; —v>a» eligible ss candidates for this anniuilator that, and the tune of' her thoughts grew | . lt3 f nlUit yjfllnf?“ko eweeter Bbe cut It out of the papeFand ^ ^ aedrat tucked it Into tbe sewing machine drawer, apd learned it, a line at a time, as she cat ' at work. Nor did It stop there; around | among the neighbors it went, and brought many a blessing to the little babies in the poor, crowded nonses Question: "Did tbe poem have literary meritf Certainly; Its simple phraseology, its bumble truth. Its honest purpose, spoke to the mind as well as the ueart of those people as one of Browning’s sonnets could not have done. Again: There I* a housekeeping paper published In one of our we: toru cities "Very ordinary," I have been wont to pro nounce it, and after a cursory, indifferent perusal I have up the therepeusis of mesmerism as a serious study, and army surgeons will be required to have as prartiesl a knowl edge of it as of any part of the pharma copals. It is quite erroneous to suppose that the conduct of tbe resposive Is directed In detail by the operator. He only sug gests the general line of thought, and each responsive pursues it according to ipOB his own Knowledge, experience or preju dices. I say to my responslvea, for in stance, that I have a wonderful educated i cow with seven heads. They all want i to see It 1 call their attention to the imaginary stable door near by, they look | toward it, and when I snap my fingers they’all eee a seven beaded cow enter. It becomes they alf see a different cow. Unless 1 have designated her color one sees a white cow, another a red cow, and so on Then 1 tell them that she can dance, can waltz and keep time with music. I vnt away my numbers to a hubs housekeeper ou a Virginia farm. , , ,, She is a bravo little woman. Toft, at the N °"‘ b y them age of 14. by the death of her mother, to obvloufl thftt tlM * bring up the three younger children and do the Itousework. Very limited was her schooling, of course For two years, now, she has had this botisekeeplng journal, and 1 have had her occasional letters. And , . ... ., ... „ , bow she ha.-, grown mentally 1 It must ! h “ d ™ e , a c , ane ’ teldn « bim it is a flute « . v • .. . Ann that Ixa I a on AminAnr. nAnrrrannAw onn on every full pound iposit reart ou will cease until the amount has been reduced The government has made pro vision for the investment of larger sums in Its securities. Tho banks will receive deposits from parents or other relatives on behalf of minor children. Married women can also moke deposits which ar* beyond the control of tbe husbands. Another feature of tbe British system is that the government guarantee* the repayment of all moneys on deposit with j inlereet, and also any life insurances or annuities granted under the act creating ; tljese banka. The results of the measure , of Mr. Gladstone have boon such os to recommend it to the good will of the people of Groat Britain. That thev do : appreciate It is shown by their liberal i patronage. The cost of maintaining it is very little, being about five-eighths of 1 per cent. Tho guarantee of the govern moot makes the system absolutely eafo. It is in every respect a well regulated financial institntion. Great Britain is not the only nation which has those postal savings bonks. They are a feature of the American and Australian British colonies They have been engrafted upon the political system of France, Ger many. Austria. Italy, Belgium, Holland and Japan—DetroU Free Pn rress. yearly occurrence- —Con Inter 1 Ocean of Hind IWdla*. Tbe English Boaiety for Psychical Bo- Search does uoi hesitate to accept the theory called telepathy as an approval} and demonstnvUxi fact. It Is onankioosly accepted as the simplest method of ex- a great many psychological aa. Brushing away a vast > of fraud, these men of sefcuce do > to say that it is demoustra- bie that mind eon Met directly on mind, apart from such organic oommunicatlon y is furnished by the body.—Giobe- long A novel case baa been brought to the •ottee of the Boris Academy of Medicine. A man's breast bone was nearly all re moved, with ports of several rin*, in or der to atop tbe progress of bone disease. The experiment resulted not only in ear ing the patient's life, but has given several physiologists an opportunity for direct investigation of the living heart sad great tu-tory, parts of which have ^Mn^nodc readily ooceoslhle — Arkansaw How Mr*. Shaw Whlstlea "The vocal rhorde, which act as vibrat ing roads, form, in conjunction with the mouth as a resonateur or hollow rever brating sphere, the only musical ap- r atus that can boast of "perfection, and Is certain that this Instrument, sweet and effective in speech and < can be medo equally eo when its sou ore made to taene at the self adjusting lips. ” This is The .Saturday Review's ex- plumtion.—Homs Journal. Profanttj Amoac the Enxllah. I heard on Englishman say, not ago, that the reason be liked to be elated with a certain man in business, al though that man was not very prompt In paying him his salary, was. that ho always spoke to him os a gentleman, and never swore at him. Another man who offered hhn a better position, he ho*listed to go with because he peppered his con versation with oaths. Not that Che Englishman was such a tenderfoot, but he aid not like such rough language He ■aid that It irritated him to have a man ■A/ to him, even though he meant to be perfectly amiable, "Whore tho h— have you been all this timer It was a form of greeting which, while Intended to be cor dial, was unpleasant He did not deny that Englishmen swore, bat be mid he never heard oaths among the same class of Englishmen aa were used by Americans of the some set Of course you do not expect to hear a woman use profane expressions, but an English woman will not use any of the violent words that even an American lady bos in her vocabulary. You may offend an Eng llsh woman to the last point of her en durance, but she will only be "vexed," or, under unusually strong emotion, "very vexed." I notice that the young Ameri cans whose lives ale devoted to imitating 'llsh manners are very soft spoken, their great aim seems to be self sup pression. They consider it bad form tc show anv emotion at all—Now York Han. have l»ecn the “literary merit” in that paper that 1 called ordinary, and could not waste my time upon. There is apparent literary value and on intrinsic one. 1 feol bound to admit. There may be two ways of considering whether a poem or a book lives If it U printed over mud over again at the de mand of the people, all the world knows it lives But it sometimes happens that it la printed only once, is caugnt up by some heart, passed on and on Tn word or influence, and the good it docs never dies, la It not really "literary merit” that makes it live—tbe mode of it* expression as well as Its Inherent thought! I am asking; for at ths very end of my remarks, with a full recognition of tne value of high standards, with a just respect for editors, critics and cultivated readers, but with on equally ardent appreciation of com ative value, I humbly confess that not know what "literary merit" really is —Juniata Stafford In Bel ford's Magazine. uper- I do and that lie is an eminent performer, and he goes through tbe motions of playing to the dancing cow. They all bear differ ent tunes, but tho exhibition Is satisfac tory I now add that the cow can sing- can sing a different part with each mouth —eon sing seven ballads at once. At this it there is some Incredulity expressed, icy see the cow stand up on nor hind j legs and hear the seven ballads—and this, I may as well add, is tbe narrative of an , actual experiment Five of the six mesmerized persons be lieved that she song. "She ia tinging •Tit Willow,’" sold one. "And 'A War rior Bold,' ” said another. "I hear singing," said the Incredulous one, turning to me. " ‘Annie Laurie,’ isn't itl How do you work her—the machinery, I mean?” The others laughed at him “Why, the cow sings,” soul a voting lady "Can’t you hear tier sing! Can't you see her I ho Cao*e* of Poor Hair. The first and great reason is that women do not keep their heads clean. Oftcnerthey ore too busy with house keeping and children to give tho hair the weekly shampooing and nightly brushing it needs. Still oftener they are too neglf ■ut or do not know that on strict chin of the scalp depends their chances of having good Lair at 85. Housework i should be done with a muslin cap or towel than onc-iiulf os densely populated Belgium or the agricultural sections Frai.ce. "The area east of the mountains Is practically all agricultural laud, and if peopled as densely as is Belgium would contain a popu.ntlon of more than B.OiKi, 000 of people Or if provided with water for irrigation, skillfully appliad.oaoh forty acres would support a family of five per sons, aggregating a population of more than 8.000.000, not including the directly dependent urban population. On ths same basis, the groat San Luis valley would sustain a population of 1,000,000; tbe San Juan country in the southwest nearly 1,000,000; tho Gunnison and the Lower Grande, 750,000, and the White, the Yompah and the almost unknown North west, 1.000,000 more. Before tho close of another century there will have been elaborated a system of agriculture sur passing that wonderful civilization which MoorUn power planted in tho irrigated valleys oi Spain ten centuries ago, main taining the millions then populating our grand commonwealth. There are not less than 80,000,000 acres of agricultural lands In this state which only need tho applies- 1 tion of irrigation to be made as valuable and product!vea* any already cultivated.” Carry these some predictions Into west ern Nebraska and Kansas, into Wyoming and New Mexico, Idaho. Utan and throughout tho west, by utilizing the waste waters saved iu reservoirs, and the future greatness of the west is almost in conceivable. These things are possible. The ruins of the Aztecs and Pueblo In dians, and great nations that are only known in the dim past'by the desolation of mighty cities, tell us how densely pop ulated were vast regions in the west In an almost unknown antiquity. WHh these ruins are old canals and irrignthm ditches, and in some of them there is said to have boon used a kind of cement that is now a tost art. These ruins ore found in arid sections where it would have been impossible for a great population and jewelry store is a superb establish i tbo furniture house is magnificent, china ; glasti. ironmongery, dressmaking, am3S . machines. rolRures, toys, Japanese and Indian curios, each and all have stores devoted exclusively to themselves, lain | OTHjnings giving communication tliroogk the entire series of establishments, j ADDITIONAL E8TA ItUSHUKSTS. I Tlits would bo wonderful enough, bat i these are surprises at WhiUdey s; a m>- i vision store of extensive dimensions ad- j joins an excellent restaurant, the resta* rant leads into the aviary, conservatory'’ and live stock establishments. There j* a well supplied wood and coal office. PI- ones are upstairs in a store of their own; near them is a largo hall, decorated with flags, statuary, tables and chairs in pro. fusion, Here a dinner of several hundred covers may be given, or ordered for tire place, town or country, with every tccee- sory, from the banquet itself to thr waiter who serves it; all provided by Whlteley. I had nearly forgotten to n*«re a charming picture gallery, where many original works of great beauty are dis played, and where orders are taken for copies of any masterpiece on the walls of any cf the great galleries of Europe Vt hiteloy Is also a banker. You may baj or sell money on his premises. You mq take your passage by any steamer for any port. You may hire a t- rvant; bury a de ceased friend; put your belongings up at idown auction; purchase, boll, build or take a house. In short, there is not a sini as on i folded to cover the hair to the roots. ily d matter thrown off by clotning and bods. folded to cover the hair to House dust, which is mainly dead animal ' ng< Housemaid’s tn • Mvzloan Market Msnara. Passing ou through the markot place 1 conceded )t pi: exit Into t'-Cypt» Mo**W» Type*. Now tbit they have demolished Golnm- boa’ pretension* we ore quite prepared to hear that Gutenberg did not hi rent print lag. A Professor Ivorabcccti has recently demount re btl. at a conference at the mu seum of Vienna, that movable types of wood, both for letter press and onus- meets, wore- in use in Egypt 500 years be fore the printer of Mayen e —Boston Transcript qnll too opii "I ! Not Truly CtorrmtnL Citizen—VYell. deacon. 1 s'posc fbecaoH » meeting was a great esfcocss? Deacon (dubiously>—Weil. J duuno. Stare wrre forty eight converts Crttzcn—Why. that's glorious! Deaeott—Y»-c«. but thirty-soven of 'em rot for root beer on' bandwUkcs Herald Butler* XVIttMur ICIrvI* A German manufacturer is now making • boiler In which no rivets are used The Mute are welded, end tbe coat Is aid to W slightly tn excess of the rivet work. Prepared for All KmeraoBctre Tho city cousin hod gone down to tbs farm to spend a month, and appeared on tho morning after his arrival, "ready for action,” at tbe picnic which stood first in the order of events, lie carried a cone, and stowed away on umbrella In the wagon; his hat was attached by a ribbon to his buttonhole, another cord secured his colored glasses, and a field glass was slung upon his bock. I do hope there won't be many mus- iltoes," sold ono of tbe party waiting ua ilazza. have a bottle of camphor in my pocket," replied the city cousin, calmly. "If they are very troublesome we con make a smudge. I have matches. ” "Don't cork up the tea a* if you never meant it to be opened I” called Kate to her aistcr, as they took a isst look at the lunch basket. "Never mind, I have a corkscrew,” an nounced tbo provident guest. Just then the r.aqghty boy of the family walked up to him. drew bun mysteriously aside, and asked him confidentially: "I ssyt I hope you've got a rope ladder tn your pocket in case of fire, and a can of pemmlcan to use if we get wrecked on an kebergT"—Youth’s Companion j on tiirougb the marl emerged suddenly from a side ex! the markot square Just iu front of me sat four or five groups surrounding a bunch of smoking faggots, and as 1 ap proached them a little girl or boy would step forward and offer for sale strings of glass hood* or bsokete of Images mode by Indians from clay. I bought several of these images and narrowly escaped being cheated iu the pn'cees, for the little r who are playing merchants know wl they have a stranger to deal with, and, although they bmilo at vou. showing their white, pearly teeth, they will give you the wrong change If they con Just beyond these groups l bow other groups seated about large, sq.iaro holes, which hod been dug in the ground. At first I could not understand this, but after awhile I found out that they were engaged in roasting the century plant. The bolt-e in tho ground were apparently three feet deep and perhaps four feet ocroae the top Inside these boles they hod placed a half dozen stalks of tho plant over smoking faggots, and from the smoldering fire there Issued a volume of smoke ana tbe sound of oscaping pulque. By and by a Mexican strode up, threw down a three cent piece, and, without a word, ono of the ngilo boys jumped into the hole, dtsjfpcd oil a bit of the wood and dt-uvred It to tho purchaser, who went away munching on it as though it was the log of a chicken. Tho juice of tho maguey is sweet and Intoxicating, and a great many of tho Mexican people are, I regret to say. slaves of its power.—"R. M. Y.” in St. Louis Republic. ri” per to When a Bum Is deemed reliable out in Montana they say. "Ue1l Btaud without hitebiu' "—Omaha UentM. Tbe greater Texas S Presence at Mind. Willie—What makes you come to our bouse eo often, Mr. Ilanklndont Do you wont to marry our Irene! Miss Irene (token by surprise, but real izing with rare presence of mind that Mr. Honkinson has got to say something now) —Willto, you impertinent boy, leave the room!—Chicago Tribune. who rulctu bis owv Reuse is than ho who paiutetb s town.— Siftings There are OO.OOO.CCO cattle of ail kinds ht this eouetry. and but COu.COO of the > breed ths bu.«v man.— Fllea don't bother Mlodeluhia Call Geo. Howavi. a New Yo'k imposter, wort t» AtisiiU recantty and then* p«*scd himself off •» George V*«derh>!t. He w*» wised end dined by m-my of the swelU of that city, from wh m 1<* borrowed snmt He a!*e swindled t butc'ier in asta sad tried to p!»v ths same game a batebsr in August*, hut was Ut up with asd srrestsd Meta bridge was left sisndin* in 8d**- fltld Coast/ by lb* reeent floods, and it is led tbst tb* 4>uiisg< is thie respect will feet up »o IHMXKY For tbe of replseing the bridge. H i. as Act of the Leg slsture will boriaisg tbe county Kaey Enough. There U a controversy going on in the columns of our sgncultural contem poraries with reference to the best method of telling tbe age of s bog. The man who takes up two seats In a railroad oar could probably tell the age of a hog by looking In his family mble.—Boston Courier Most of the rsiiro*d* Jatoaged by the freshets have been repaired and traffic upon them baa sgsin ootumtaoed. The Albany Exprtu is our authority (or tho statement that oz-Governor Daniel H Chamberlain, af South Carolina, has ah«n doned protection and Repubiiotunun for free trade and Democracy, and is iduaip- ing New York Slate for Cieyeiaud and Thurman. At Nysok he favored tbe Mi 1 la bill and added : "I wilt aot attempt to oenooa! my belief that free trade, as ao ol- tiuiate principle, is the ttue doctrine." Tin- New Yerk Sum, in noting tbi* flop, says ; * When a scamp like Chamberlain abandons one party for another, the party be aban dons may be grateful for tb* tat, and tbe psety ho adopts ha* so reason to be on.." Slnnuon Kundav School. It is cosy to see bow largely the foreign element prevails ben* among tho Mor mons. Thero were iu Utah in IbbQ about 44,000 foreigners to 100,000 natives, and filneo then there hare been about 18,000 Mormom Immigrants. Those Immigrants ore chiefly English and Scandinavians, and you may see Swedish faces every where. In the Sunday school which I visited there was a Swedish class which was taught tn tho Swedish language. This Sunday school is worthy of men tion. After the administration of the sacrament the school divided up into classes, sod in these classes tho sexes were always bo Derated. During my visit one of the learners kept constantly wjth me ae 1 went from class to class, and It seemed to me that tho teaching was largely for the benefit of the visitors rather than for the ecbolors. 1 was offered the “Book of Mormon” and asked to read with the pupils in turn os the reading went around the class. After reading a chapter a young man explained it much as we Gentiles ao In one of our Christian prayer meetings, and bo told us how a brunch of the Israelites come to the American continent and how the Lord again appeared upon the earth and chose hut apostles hers. He told how the rec ord of his teachings In America among ths aboriginal tribe* was transcribed u the golden plates of the "Book of ” mv* “ *“ upon mou," and how these were found in the atate of New York. It was interesting a* a romance, but I grew tired before he was through and left.—Salt Lake Letter. Dock Dar-'nn. (Mora l, the miHerar of young WitKsm N Coze. «*• hanged at Beancttavill* Urt Fridav. • The execution wa* very qniet and orderly, none of the murderer’ll family even brine prerant. Tbe Gordan Riflf-* guardld the tail the previous n'gbt, but there was no treuhlc. Fred Nix. a Barnwell Republic in. spoke a! a mas* meeting of his party at that place cn Saturday last Is the eon ran of hi* remark* be told the negrone that they need never expect to gain political suprem acy again, but that if they eeudaeted tbem- relves properly they could got representa tion. Tbi* wo* wholesome advise aid one remarked that tb* aelorsd people bettor off with tbe GevsnaHBt In Iks heads of the whit* n*«nU he looks as if she sang,” Incredulous. “I see bar mouths move all around She sounds os If she song; but aho doesn’t sing Cows don’t sing. "Very well, what Is It, theiK" asked one of tbe others. "A tube and a hole tn tho floor," said Incredulous, "or perhaps ventriloquism." “Aw!” exclaimed the first, derisively, "ventriloquism does not work like that I’ve made a study of ventrilpoulsm.” "Well. I’ve made a studv of cow Stated the scoffer obstinately Sometimes 1 turn the responsives tntc children, and hare them play school with infinite fun; sometimes transport them over ocean to Africa or Japan un the en chanted carpet, where for s brief space they eujoy all the delights of travel; sometimes we participate in battles, in political campaigus. in exciting tirade, and sometimes Socrates. Moses or Con- - fucins is introduced and Interviewed, tho Intelligent responsive furnishing both questions and answers In a curious dual ‘ action of ths mind that is highly enter j tain Ing. Not only the reason sometimes rebels as shove, but tho confidence also. As a rule responsives con be completely dominated and made to do anythiugof which they are physically capable They could gen- | erallv be induced to take poison, or jump off the house, or throw themselves under s locomotive, or attack ono another witb deadly weapons. But there are some ox ceptlons. I was unable to overcome the fear of one of mv responsives. whom I sent to assault an Imaginary Indian in tho park. Ho refused to go, and said it was “difficult to kill on Indian.” A young lady, one of tho brightest sen sitives 1 have ever seen, steadfastly re fuses to play cards. I tell hot sho is Buffalo Bill, and easily Induce her to as sume his character, but when cards are suggested, “No, I never play cards. It is wrong!" she says, and I cannot move her. I could make her lump out through tho window or put hor hands In the fire, but play cards she will not. I was puz- tled by it till, inquiring, I ascertained that her religious parents had brought her up very strictly and taught her it was "wicked to play cards.” And this brings ua to tbe question much mooted of late, whether crime con bo com mitted by tho old of mesmerism If so, It to brought into relation, not only with medicine, but with jurisprudence; not only with tbe pltarmacopaia, but the pen- itentinry It it obvious that if cases of this kind occur tho ono to whom punish ment must be dealt out is the mesmerist. I could probably Induce any one of my responsives to toko his life in my pres ence or to assault anybody within reach, but the mind wanders curiously in this strange condition, end generally takes little cognizance of surrounding objects. I have used the word "probably” in this sentence because the conduct of mes merized persons cannot be positively pre dicted. The mental impression may cot In a given case be aufficiently vivid and dominating to Induce action, or tbe In tention may be counteracted by the trained moral sense asserting itself and overbalancing the confused hypnotic ten dency.—W. A Croffut In North American Bevlcw. to deadly to lungs and hair, consumption to generally due to breathing tho dust and flue of Ill-kept chambers, md tho layer whMi collects at the roots of the hair kills it and cause* the most of the falling out of which matrons com plain before 40. When women comprehend the baleful . influence of dust ou the health, hair and , complexion, they will banish carpets, up | hototoring and un washing draperies, at I once and forever, as the great receptacles ! and absorbents of dust When curtains ! and carpets or large mots are used the air . constantly receives floating dust at each ] movement; not much, it to true, in care fully kept Reuses, but quite enough aa it ' gathers on the scalp, week after week, to form with Its natural oil and sweat a thin | malignant crust in which the root of the | hair slowly decoys and drops. As the mart of women weuh their heads not ofteoer than onoe in six weeks, the effect to best left indefinite. Scalp Irritations are not unknown, causing months and years of trouble. But oftener the skin : of the head, clogged and loaded with dead ; scales of matter, Io.vm its fnr.'-'Uou* and the hair drops out.—Shirley Dure. population ithout vast! liata on ttoo.xl Bhln. tiiway* toil," said ) e-terday ..ft my vos- “We can niway* loll,” said a West India capttdt:. h peak mg of the plague of , rate Lt port now, “when we have a tow j or tunny of tlie pests cn boerd Tho ruts ; do not. of one would tsoppose, remain on ' tho chip, but they get off at various ports, ’ and. after rcnialiditg awhile, ship on some i other vessel for another voyage The ! water rats, or wharf rots, are greet trev elan, and make frequent voyages around tho world 'i liore are here now rot * from j almost every part of titc- globe. Why, I ; saw four rn| >.'oal .Tiucalca ruis, with their ! white bellies, skipping about in the moonlight tho other eight, and I killedt’.*^ India - ) male rots I, sol. “Rato are great climbers v.ben they I find it necessary to do fio Upon one of 1 ray voyages not long ago wo hud a lung f.pcll of warm weather, and there wu? no : wttor in t iw hold which tho small r.rauy of rata on boar 1 , could got at Ono night ! wo put some M ater up at the C“ora trees and waited fer tho result. Well, the rats lust swarmed up the r?.ttlings and wont for that water Wo killed as many of 1 i them rh wo could cs they camo down, i and some of them jumped overboard and i were drowned. But wo could not kill | them all, and a few made tho satire voyage with us.”—Philadelphia Record. Fashlnoa to ffandwritlng. There ure fashions In everything nowa days Tbo latest to in handwriting. At least, I fieo that aA instructor In that ext advertises at a stylish stationer's that he 1 will Impart to our aristocracy, and I pre sume any ono else vlio can pay for in- ' atruction, tbo latest styles of fashionable callgrnphy. It used to be charged againat tho old fashioned writing master that his method of instruction deprived tho pupil of all individuality in tho us© of tho pen. : The writing master taught writing after | tho fashion of a copperplate. The newer style insists on an oqcol suppreealon of ; Individuality without the componeotion of elegunco. The thing in handwriting ! now to apparently to make it aa illegible as possible. The extent to which the people succeed Is certainly a credit to th* master.—John Preston Beecher In New York New*. cities to have thrived without vast irri E tion schemes These great imtious ye been swept away. Uowi' No one knows, blit from Uio dim borderland of that aimoet hidden antiquity there como up facts that when first considered soem almost like a dream. Bat it to Jilstory, and let liistory repeat itself Tb© public domain will soon be s thing of the post, end the present must look to tbo future, and if this great water question to grasped by our statesmen as it should be. It will lay the foundation for at ill now and mighty commonwealths. to tho rain bolt gradually moving west ward! This is a much disputed question. Irrigating ditches make more surface water, and hence there Is more evapora tion That proposition cannot be denied, although it must be admitted that the rain does not always fall in the same lo cality where the water was taken up by evaporation. It Is also claim 'd by some that tree planting does not materially In- crcaso tho rainfall. In tho January number of Science, Henry Garnet^ soys: "Over 100,000 square miles of aimoet treeless oroirie in Northern Missouri, Southern Minnesota and porta of Illinois and Indiana have been reforested since tlicir settlement, and furnish an cx- smpto of reforesting uneouulod elsewhere upon tlie f.voe of the glebe, and yet the rainfall htw not tncresfied On the ether band, there Im'-o beau imav acres of land denuded of forest tn tho United Stoics within a ecnturv than anywhere tlr-e ia the world, yet there is no evidence of s diminished rainfall" Professor Sargent, of Ilurrard coHoge, Bays: "Tho removal of s fort A from any reirton will nci diminish the atr.caut of rzhi i Jllng upon it; nor can tho increase of forest In » slightly wooded or treeless country increase its rainfall Tho gradual drying «n of countries once for; do, within U.o history of the human rece, but now ixuTCn aiul almost uuinb&bi table, must be traced to gradual gtoiot.ical changes, of coarse entirely bevond tho roach of human con: rol, atri not to the mere do- atr.intioii cf ;he forest. " But there are able men who have thor- o;. jkiv studied tho ouch; ion and who elate tb..t luo rain belt is surely coming west- w.u-d Amu«g tho number ore Professors Wilber. Anjriiev. Snow, nud ex-Governor Puruss. of t>\ Imtsku and Kansas. The ok-iv: rations token fit Fort Leavenworth cn - ir.r: r. period of thirty eight years are sela to into, at© an annual tnov. ae la the Mini.all cf ft."I Incbro; thirty years at Port Idloy. twenty-four at tbo State /igi"’.:ull. r :i;> ctltogc. and ucveutccu years at tbo Bret© diversity, Lawrence, Kan., ore mid to give figures showing an in- crcrpo in eli© n.infall of 8.05 and 11.06 inches per nuntuu. The data is very valuable, nud fiocnaa alruret indisputable. Dut tliero to still a stronger authority, the- farmers themselves. In Western Kansas and Nebraska and Eastern Col- oi^uo. fanners aro now raiding crops on wbat was formerly kn ia* ns the Great Am.Than Desert. They claim that there to u groat future few that section, and they rat e crops without irrigation, de pending Buiely on the rainfall ‘And so while ftena acientisU an- liunbtbtg the otatcui.ut that tho ratu b it is coming wegt farrjcTB ore rebdag crops If, In that section, they can rui-uo tne cereals without Irrigation, so much tb© better, but ; haro aro many millions of acres of laud that can never be made productive without irrigation, and let us h&vo reser voirs and groat canals, and from what are now arid regions in th© west now empires aro posslbilitios —Will 0. tn Kansas transaction in life relating to trade wl Whlteley Is not willing to mako for you. No wonder he calls himself “the univer sal provider. ” Such a business as W hit#- ley’s most speedily make a man a bank rupt or a millionaire; and as disaster hu not overtaken him, it to presumed that Whiteloy has a good account at his own and other bauks Hto catabltehment hu suffered frequently from tires, whoa* strangely persistent recurrence Irresist ibly suggests iuevudiarism. In tho matter of cheapness I find very little difference between White-ley's sod other establi:ihi.:cuts which ere not es pecially devoted to wealthy customers, as aro GtUor.-'s iu tbe funuturu 11ns, and Lewis A Allcnby in tho dty goods. An honest price prevails, and if on Americas visiter oeca anything ho or she likes at Whlteley'a. I would advise him or her to purchase it without further ado, as It would be a waste of time to ruu all over London to try to find tho some article at a lower price. AT TH* BOH XABTITK. For one American who has beard of Whitclcy's in London, ninety and nine have heard of the Bon Mai-clte in Paris. Persons who know Do other single word In French are aware that ban march* means “cheep." This famous store is in deed a marvelous place. Outride of e few little knickknacas known us article* de Paris, the vast ©stabltohiucnt to en tirely devoted to tho sale of dry goods No wonder the American woman, with her national lovo for shopping, revels in hours spent in flitting from one counter to another. Glovco are W> Hie right of her, flowers to tho toft of her. silks nro in front of her. loco is beyond Aw Bics* beautiful tilings really, or (Ally in ap pearance. cheap! Why. the truth to they are sold at tho market price. Examine well anything that to one red below the current rates, and you will discover e reason. I will coll the attention of Americas ladies to a custom which prevails at the larger shops in Paris, by which our coun try women arc misled, though no deceit is willfully nut'upou them; it ariies/imply from a difference of custom between the French and American merchant. When a price to scon ujion a remnant iu America, the purchaser knows that the narked figure to tho price of the whole remnant, while in France the marked figure- means per yard or rather meter, according to tb* French mi-asui-emeiit. Thus, if un Ameri can lady sees some attractive pieces of lace or silk, marked variously from £2 to f 10. and decides to toko son;© or many of these remnants. It coin oh. aa a very dis agreeable Htirprise. to find out that th* Articles were at eo much per yard, and that the shopkeeper will now measure the yards. Often tho price to but a few sons reduction per yard on tbe original figure asked, and tlie purchaser finds herself with awkward lengths of goods sho wa* lengths r only in the Mrs. Toodle* mpted to buy ( , „ iirit. To be euro, at tbe Bon Marche temp Bpirl _ tne privilege is given of exchanging articles which s purchaser may he die- oatisfied with—If no harm has come to them. Even money is, under certain dr eam stances, returned.—London Cor. Bos ton Transcript Tbe Prince of Wales continue* tp gain 1b flesh, much to bis chagrin. Hon. William H Perry, of Greenville, was renominated for Coiigres* in tbe Fourth Dijtriet, at a primary hell on tb* 11th, in it, by a ban-lsome majority over bia opponent, Col David R. Duncan, of Spartanburg. Tbe last leaua of the Abbeville Preit and Bmwtr contains as article headed, "01-v*. lamt'a Wedding. Tbe Marriage to Taka Place on Saturday, Juae 19th ” In the same paper.to also * report of "Mis* Fol som* Retura from Europe." This la not the result of Rip You Winkleiam o i the part of its editor, as ths articles appear as the patent aide. Bat it does acam that thsse whs prist tbtas page* might have eh- talaed this bswi a Utti* earlier.— VarUor* Sacgeotion far Railway Oooipanlea. Tb© Boston Transcript wants to knew why railway companies do not haag a p in several prominent places tn af a plainly printed list of fazes to different places. Till# would save a great deal of time, as many passengers could have ths exact amount of money ready. In fact, In large stations like those in this city, a money changing office in addition to the ticket office might be established, so that people could provide themaaivea with the exact change If they did not have it.— New York Tribune. i City JournaL Fcrril Tbe Cause at U. First Citizen—Yonr wife seems to have aged greatly of lata. Wbat to tbe matteri Second Citizen—She got that way wait ing for change in one of oar big trimming stone.—Pittsburg Bulletin. Con cress has pMsed a joist resolution appropriating $200 000 to suppress th* spread of yellow fever inTtorida. Durinc the recent frtshat aa old laiy named Mr*. Clark was drowned at Dysoa’a. in Abhsvllle county by the capsizing of the boat iu which she aad her eon were baffling with the torreat. * . A passenger train, bearing paaaeagers from th * Grand Army of th* Republio Encampment at CelambBS, Ohio, collided with a freight trais at Orkneytown, la the sam*0Ute, an Friday last. Two railroad emnloycee were killed asd iwo oihertand » lady ware fatally injures, Th* total ■amber af ipjurad was thirty-two, Us of whom are members of rt* n A Prevailing HaMuiUnc Fad. A prevailing masculiuo “crazo” to fer each man of fashion to wear a distlnctlv* flower. This to a notion from “across seaa.' Tne Emperor Frederick wore con tinually, In his buttonhole, a modest cluster ol violets, Just aa his father was always decorated with the corn flower. A well known society man of today la never men without a single ivy leaf on tbe lapel of bis coat, andanot hor wean, invariably, a white reee, ao small as to bs barely noticeable. By fall It to prophs- sted that military fashions fur man will be tbe rage. Thu ia also a "fad” bor rowed from our foreign cousin*, who are ■porting extenzivelywhat they term "La Revsucho’'styles. Th* cams'.km. tbs M than of ' glory," glows in trt ut-.ph on ths breast of every patriotic Frenchman.— Table Talk. At the "Jack’s Williamsburg's complete Coenty ticket »* (he reouli of »h e primary I* ** foil"** : Legislator*. John A. Kelly, J B Chandler, nod E-iwin Harper; Sheriff, Jos. E Brock- inloo ; Clerk of Court, C W. McCI*» I Treasurer, J. M Cooper; Auditor. H. Z. Hanns y School Commissioner, 8 D- Ne- GiH: Coroner F. E. Jey* ; Probate Judlrt W. W. Gravson : C«*ii tty f*am • i»desert Lrsesne, W. I) MoCr.ltongh, ** j Brown. Of G-n. R II. Ayer* of th© irtill. ry it i* related that h© was in commao'l of * de* tachment of Union troops who during to* civil war burned the hens* of * Virgi*" Confederate. The wife of th* Ylrziniaa fled from the honee with her baby •» h* arms, and reeking refuge is the n, *f® quarter* was foreed lo fly again when th# torch waa applied lo them is enleen years afterward lb* Union oncer. Gen. Ayer©, married (he bsby, wb 0 “Jr grown into a charming young womanhc**. G. 0, , who hns removed hiJ st'ok °* GENERAL MERCHANDISE, to the Htumi opposite hi* form®* —FLAGS ON— PEA RLE STREET, offom n well selected v»rioty of fruit* of this mmoo. Apple., Malaga. Conoerd, sad CeU»h* grape*, banannaa, peer*. vorebty with sap' "Yas, It Uriah Topic*. jost id It 1 * letter rtf SO soft you tat th* envelope.