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Of perfect law to guard our liberties.
Bow bright to air the peaks Olympian
Girt with their golden chain of
Of whom ore they who rule the awens
And load the warm earth's breast with
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Who lay the quarry’s st rength and store the min*
With gold and potent Jewels; who the keys
Of science hold, and tfpeak their mysteries
Through tongue* of men and genial arts dirina.
Aloft, like islands bung In purple air,
Their'bright homes lie and float, on tag our
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With mist of happy tears divinely shed;
Filling our thought* with dreams and visions
fair.
Our be..rtx and homes with songs and Joyous
cries,
Our temphi- with a solemn light and dread.
-O. 0. Auringer in The Critic,
iTamstien.
At Fort Davis Capt Knees was em
ployed by tin* Butterfield company, and
put in charge of the supply train as
wagon inuwor. the train consisting of
Are eight mule teams and eleven well
armed men n- escort and teamsters.
On his return from El Paso, Knees en
camped for the night at tho South Con
cho station. The freight mules were
herded in a separate bunch from the
stage stock, and were placed in charge of
five well armed and resolute men. Early
the next morning a band of Mescaleroe
swooped down upon the stage herd and
killed two herders. When the station
keeper heard the firing he caught up his
gun and ran for the herd, but waa soon
shot down and his body horribly out to
pieces. The Indians drove off all the
stage stock before Capt Knees could
give help. A few days afterwards the
same band of Indiana attacked
Grape creek station, and drove off all
the stock, but killed no one. Two weeks
later, however, Mr. Ramstien, station
agent at La Muerto, or Dead Man’s Hole,
In company with a Mexican, had gone
on a buckhoard to Van Horn’s Wells,
about twenty-seven miles to the west on
business connected with the mail line;
aud on his return some Comanches
killed him, captured the mules and de
stroyed the buckboard. The Mexican
made his escape, but was afterward
killed by some of the stagernen, who ac
cused him of having “stood in” with the
savages.
This Ramstien, an educated German,
bad emigrated to Texas during her revo
lutionary struggles with Mexico for In
dependence. and had been a ranger un
der Gen. Houston. He was by nature
cool and calculating, and his long career
on tlio frontlet had won for him the rep
utation of being one of the most daring
and skillful Indian fighters of his day.
His invariable success in outwitting them
made them dread him all the more, and
whenever “Ram’s Horn,” as they called
him, was about, they were in
constant dread. Frequently when
they made a big stock steal
Ramstien would go alone and dog
them for days and weeks until they be
came careless; then he would charge upon
the stock single handed and drive it off
in triumph. This he did several times,
until the Indians believed that “Ram’s
Horn” spirited the stock away, as they
were never able to come up with it, or to
get sight of tlteir dreaded enemy, to kill
whops they were willing to take desperate
chances. After they had murdered "him,
his murderers fled from his dead body as
thuggh from some dreadful impending
calamity.
One of Ramstien’s exploits is worth
stopping to tell here. During the July
of IBol, tho Comanches killed a German
family living in one of the frontier settle
ments of Texas, end carried away cap
tive tho only daughter, a girl of about
14. Ramstien, learning of the outrage,
resolved to rescue her if possible, and
being then on friendly terms with the
principal chief of the Comanches, he de
termined to utilize the chief's good will
to accomplish his designs. Accordingly,
towards the last of August he mounted
his horse and set out alone across the
trackless plains to visit the Comanche
rancheria, situated at the time on the
Salt Fork of the Brazos. Over 230 miles
had to be traversed through a country
continually beset with wild tribes of In
dians to reach tho Comanclie camp, but
the daring Ramv.ien cared not a whit
for the danger and hardships; they only
lent enchantment to the forlorn hope he
had undertaken. Onward he sped over
the green sward and the barren plains,
ready for anything, and luckily for him
without encountering any roving bands
of Indians until ho reached tho vicinity
of the rancheria. Here he suddenly en
countered a band of Comanches under a
sub-chief, who, knowing of the friend
ship between “Ram’s Horn” and hfa
superior chief, volunteered to accompany
him to the camp. The offer was gra
ciously accepted, and on reaching the
tepee of the chief Ramstien was cordially
received and a sumptuous Indian repast
was soon spread before him.
One day and night had passed before
he dared broach the subject of the cap
tive girL The chief readily consented to
allow her to be returned to her own peo
ple upon the payment of 100 ponies as a
ransom, bat refused to tell him where
she was, or to allow him to see her. The
required ransom was by far too large a
sum for Ramstien’s puree, and he at oned
resolved to resort to strategy as a cheap
er means of effecting her release.
Five long days of intense anxiety had
Passed, and nothing accomplished, and
he began to despair of success. Several
hundred Comanche warriors thronged the
rancheria, who cast suspicious looks upon
Bamstien as he passed to and fro over the
ground, on purpose to learn who had the
girl in charge. He did not lose courage,
however, relying upon his own ability to
outwit them, even should they learn his
object in visiting their camp, which he
thought not likely, as the old chief was
very cautious and reticent
More by good fortune than design
Bamstien bad with him a very fine scar
let silk scarf, such as is frequently worn
by royal arch Masons. This scarf, by a
mere whim, he chanced to tie about his
forehead, letting the flashy tassels dangle
CVer his back and shoulders as he passed
round the rancheria. He had not made
tnore than two or three perambulations
to this way when he was approached by
S old hag of a squaw, who begged him
give bar the scarf. Ramstien saw at
Wtos Ida chance, and entered into con-
*pn*ttaa with tha» squaw, for he waa
•“e to apeak many words in the Co
tonAi flhhui. Ha told her that if she
tooulidwr him where the captive girl
i Inph he would gtre bar the scarf.
’ fV&rithat she herself had the girl
show her to
otuflc nugni
As a reward for this piece of
wu-elsssiy wandered back to the old
enters quarters.
Itomstien now feK sure of final
access and was himself again.
Next day ha again met thi
L? ike 'L her P*™ 1 * 10 " to
ca P tiF *’ but was indignantly
wfuaed. To ouiet her apprehensions, lw
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Wf htoWv prised by the Comanches.
Bhe took them, and then offered to show
him the tepee in which the girl lodged,
ky* i r epe ^ ed th * t be could not see the
prl herself, as she was ke]
by orders from the ok
closely con
, , chief. Ram-
stten s heart nearly leaped Into his mouth
as he followed tho old Indian hag to the
rmserable hut in which the captive was
confined. He could not get sight of the
object of his search, however, and at
onoe withdrew.
An anxious week had now passed since
ho entered the Comanche rancheria, and
from certain gruff words dropped by the
old chief, Ramstien grew nervous, and
fearing that that august personage had
grown suspicious of his long delay among
thorn, he determined to act at once, and
trust to fortune for results. To plan an
Interview with the captive was a more
easy matter by far than to carry it out, and
he accordingly waited until an hour or so
after dark, lioping its friendly shelter
would favor his plans. When the moon
bad just begun to shine over the plains,
and the shadows began to stalk forth, he
cautiously made his way to the old hag’s
tepee, and concealed himetlfsin a clump
of live oaks near by. “Heaven help
me! ' he breathed, as he crouched in the
shades of the friendly thicket awaiting
developments. * Ramstien’s knowledge (3
human nature led him naturally to think
that the poor captive, instead of going
early to sleep, was lying awake thinking
over her terrible condition and of the
fate that awaited her. “Can it be pos
sible that the poor girl thinks of escape
or of being rescued f” he asked himself.
In the course of a couple of hours,
when all was still, he cautiously crept
from his place of concealment up to the
tepee, but could discern nothing as to
what was going on within. The gloomy
stillness tliat pervaded the camp now
thoroughly aroused him to the danger of
his position should be be discovered by
lookouts who might perchance be prowl
ing round the camp; the result would
doubtless be his death by torture, and
perhans a worse fate for the girl, the
very thought of which made him shiver
and recoil from his own shadow, which
seemed to menace him; and just how to
proceed ho for the moment knew not.
tie stood motionless by the side of the
tepee. Lapse of moments lent courage
to his resolve, and he determined to do
at once or die.
Feeling almost certain that the girl was
awake or would be easily aroused by the
slightest noise from without, he resolved
to speak, hoping that she might recog
nize the sounds as coming from a friend;
so in good German he distinctly but
softly said: “A friend—to aid you to es
cape. Come out to the live oaks.”
By the time the words were spoken
Ram stein *8 heart seemed to All his mouth.
Never before had his own voice sounded
so strongs to him; but he waited. Pres
ently he heard a alight rustling on tho
inside of tho tepee and then softly the
words: “Yea, if t can;’’ then all was
silent as death.
“Your life depends upon it.” he re
plied In undertones, and crept softly
back to the live oaks.
Minutes now dragged into boon as he
sat awaiting the appearance of the cap
tive. Just as he was about to give up
all os loot, he saw a form by the aide of
the tepee, and presently an object
crouching in the deep shadow, that
slowly moved round opposite to where
Ramstien sot concealed. Directly, as if
gaining strength under a desperate re
solve to escape If possible, tho object
stood erect, and by the moonlight Ram
stien recognized the form of a woman,
though so disfigured by tattoos, paint,
soot and rags, that he was still in doubt.
Tiie figure stood motionless, as if rooted
to tho spot—poised between hopo and
terror, and to relieve her mind of any
suspicions of treachery, Ramstien stood
up in plain view, and said: “Now is your,
chance for escape.”
In an instant the trembling girl was
by his side, and seizing her unresisting,
emaciated body in his strong arms, ke
darted toward a thick chaparral sev
eral hundred yards away, and de
positing his precious prize in a secure
place, bade her remain quiet till he
could come with his horse, when they
would flee the camp. Only a few mo
ments passed, and he rode proudly up, the
captive girl was seated upon the splendid
horse, and off they bounded over the
plains.
“Tliank God I” sobbed the child, cling
ing to Ramstien’s waist as the noble
animal cleared the outskirts of the
rancheria.
“Be quiet and hold fast,” returned
Ramstein. “We’re safe,” be added, as
they swept over the plains.
‘Yes, safe, safe,” she broke out
hysterically. Bhe began to realize that
life was restored to her, but homeless,
friendless, and alone in the world. Ram
stien, deeply moved by her condition-
comforted the sobbing girl, and promised
to bo her friend.
Half starved already, the poor child
had to make the long ride without a
mouthful of food; but her deliverer put
the horse to his utmost strength, and by
daylight they were fifty miles out in the
plains. Here they halted for water and
to rest
By the tinta the rising sun lit up the
Comanche rancheria the whole camp was
astir. The old squaw tore her hair In
savage agony, and as the old chief ap
proached her tepee her haggard old eyes
E large and larger, exreting instant
i for the par* she, though uncon
sciously, had played in the escape of the
captive. In half an hour a hundred
armed warriors were on the trail thirst
ing for the blood of “Ram’s Horn,” who
had played so adroit a trick upon them
in their very midst. Off they swept over
tiie plains like a tornado, rending the air
with their savage yells. The old squaw
was charged with having sold the captive
to the rescuer, and was stoned to death
by order of the chief. Ramstien had so
much the start of the savages that they
could not overtake him, and ho reached
the settlements long before night set in.
True to savage instinct, they swept
down upon the settlements the next day,
but the Inhabitants bad fled, believing the
Comanches would seek revenge and
make a desperate effort to recapture tbs
German girl. They burned every house
they‘came to and carried off many horses.
When Ramstien had left tbs glri among
her acquaintances, lie procured another
horse, and raised twunty-flve men to fol
low tbs Ihdlaaa. w-l if possible retake
the stock. After traveling same thirty
isoovsrttl camp fives some
Resting an hour, the pur
suit was continued, honing to reach the
before dayUght; 1
y and. the trail difficult to
mUsKthey <
distance off.
I aootfft told them ‘bTcoil mTtokger
seethe enemy’s camp fires. After a hard
eights march they reached the Tiwiu w
oamp,onlv to find that the enemy had fled,
j A council was held as to whether they
would proceed to >tho rancheria or re
turn. The latter opinion prevailed and
tbey^ returned to their smoldering
Rosaline Huglemire, the rescued cap
tive, soon recovered her usual health and
bloom, and to the day of her death
Wessed the name of Ramstien, her deliv
erer; and wlien she heard of his death at
hand8 of Comanches she cried bit-
iorty, saying that she would never marry
since God had taken her dear Ramstien
away. She kept her word, and died sin
gle not many years oftewards.-Jesse
Edward Thompson in Overland Monthly.
—From'“Staging in the Fifties.”
Boles for I’aing Books.
Never hold a book near a fire.
Never drop a book upon the floor.
Never turn leaves with the thumb.
Never lean or rest upon an open book.
Never turn down the corners of leaves.
Never touch a book with damp or soiled
hands.
Always keep your place with a thin
book mark.
Always place a large book upon a table
before opening it
Always turn leaves from the top with
the middle or forefinger.
Never puil a book from a shelf by the
binding at tho top, but by tbe back.
Never touch a book with a damp cloth,
nor with a sponge in any form.
Never place another book or anything
else upon tho leaves of an open book.
Never rub dust from books, but brush
it off with a soft, dry cloth or duster.
Never close a book with a pencil, a pad
of paper or anything else between tho
leaves.
Never open a book further than to
bring Iwth sides of the cover into tho
same plane.
Always open a largo book from the
middle, and never from tbe ends or
cover.
To avoid injuring the leaves of books
never put a pencil mark In a library
book.
Always keep your books out of the
reach of small children, and in a clean,
dry place.
Always keep any neatly bound, bor
rowed book covered with paper while in
your possession.
Never attempt to dry a book accidently
wetjby a fire, but wipe off the moisture
with a soft, dry cloth.
GEOGRAPHY OF INTELLECT.
Never write upon a paper laid upon tho
leaves of an open book, as the pencil or
G n point will either scratch or cut the
ok leaves.
Never lend a borrowed book,, but re
turn it as soon as you are through with
it, so that tbe owner may not be deprived
of its use.
Never cut ths leaves of a book or maga
zine with a sharp knife, as the edge Is
sure to mn into the print, nor with tho
finger, but with a paper cutter or ordi
nary table knife.
Never hold a small book with the
thumb pressed into tho binding at the
lower back, but hold it with the thumb
and little finger upon the leaves and
three fingers upon the back.—Boeton
Budget.
Be Got His Priesb
The discoverer of the Drum Lummon
was Mr. Thomas Cruse. In the days be
fore ho sold his property and returned to
lit leua a much honored millionaire Mr.
Cruso was locally known aa “old
Tommy,” and waa looked upon aa a
somewhat visionary man. None ques
tioned after n time that his mine, whore
lie lived and labored alone, was valuable,
but few placed its worth so high as did
the patient owner. When he refused
half a million for his mine the people of
Helena called him foolish, and when he
turned away from the offer of a million
tltey called him u foot
But the miner was wiser than Ms
friends, an.l eventually received his price.
?11,500,000, and a goodly number of
chares in the new company. Then, as
often is the case, the old familiarity was
dropped, and the “Tommy” of by-gone
days became Mr. Thomas Cruse, “capi
talist. ” A kind, thoroughly honest man,
of wliom all who know him are ready to
say a good word, he is a familiar figure
on the streets of Helena, and today is
president of a savings bank in the city
where a few years ago he was not sure
of getting trusted for enough to keep
himself alive. As an illustration of the
ups and downs of a miner’s life be L a
notable example.—Edwards Roberta
Harpci ’b Magazine.
The Mockingbird Disappearing.
Florida mourns tho loss of the sweet
notes of the mockingbird. Formcriy
hundreds of them could be heard singing,
bat their nests have been so systemati
cally broken up or robbed of their young
that they are rapidly disappearing.—
Chicago Herald.
Hot Springs of Colorado.
A ride of forty-three miles from Aspen
to Glen wood Springs descends 2,000 feet,
with a corresponding rise in temperature.
Here the Grand river, emerging from the
wonderful canyon, is joined by Roaring
Fork. Here, by the side of the Grand
river«are sulpho-saline springs which for
volume and heat beat the world. A cir
cular wall, 00 or 60 feet in diameter,
encloses bubbling springs which send up
a volume of water, which is carried in a
stone aqueduct, along the side of a walled
In swimming pool, 650 feet long and 100
feet wide, into which the aqueduct has
several inlets, besides discharging a
strong stream below.
This great swimming pond of strong
sulpbo-saline water is kept warm summer
and winter by these springs. The salt
water is so heavy as to make swimming
easy. The pond is three feet deep at one
end, deepening to five feet at the other
end, and there is a row of dressing rooms
for bathers. Here tho population, male
and female, disport of evenings under an
electric flare. The statement that this
great pond is kept hot all winter is hard
to believe, but travelers have to believe
much. Below the pond is a bathing
house into which tbe water is brought by
a pipe, still too hot for use without a cool
ing mixture. On the town side, by the
edge of the Grand, is a hot spring and a
bath house, the property of the town and
free to all
A little above, near the entrance to
tbe canyon of the Grand, is a natural
cave of hot vapor, called the sweating
cave, having accommodations for strip
ping and dressing. This is a short order
Turkish bath. The person to be sweated
strips in an apartment and then passes
through a narrow way in the rocks into
the natural cavern at the base of the
mountain, and the door is abut upon
him, making tbe cavern tight A small
aperture at the top lets in a faint light
through a glass. The heat and vapor
are made by hot sulpboeallne springs in
the bottom of the cavern. A finer is laid
over these to stand on. A spring in a
basin at tiie side of tbe cavern < ffers for
a dash. Here the sweater stands in the
hot air as long aa he can—say tan or flf-
tsen mlnutas, sweating for all a sweat is
wutiL-r-Cloctnnati Pamnwcifll Qaaetto,
ywta ■soma to Jttsy—« Cpen
Ik. A. Conan Doyle has contributed an
article entitled “The Geological Distribu
tion of Britiah Intellect” to The Nine
teenth Century. He takes the n.imes
given In a popular biographical diction
ary and In a book entitled “Men of the
Time,” gives the birthplace of each and
then adds up the number that belong to
each of the grand divisions of the United
Kingdom, to each country and to each
of the large cities. He finds that the
proportion of celebrities to the entire
population of the four main divisions m
as follows: Scotland, one in 22,000; Eng
land, one in 80,000; Ireland, one In 49,-
000: Wales, one in 58,000. London has
a celebrity for every 16,000 inhahitanta,
Dublin one In each 8,500 and Edinburgh
one in 5,500.
An attempt is made to show that the
development of intellect depends largely
on the geological formation of a country,
climatic conditions, and other outward
circumstances. A pretty good showing
is made for the truth of the statement
that “tbe very highest intellects appear
to be developed in the p aceful atmos
phere of country villages and the -mall
. provincial towns,” an.! t.>r another state- |
ment that “music, poetry and art reach
their highest development in tho south,
! w hilo theology, science and engineering
predominate in higher latitudes.” Ob
servation shows tliat the latter statement
is true of Europe as n whole. Music,
poetry and art have flour ished in Italy,
while theology, science and engineering
have predominated in Scotland, northern
Germany and the Scandinavian countries.
An American geography of intellect
would show that nearly all our dis
tinguished thinkers, authors and scholars
were bom within sight of the White
mountains and within a distance of 100
miles of the Atlantic coast. Nearly all
our poetry has been written within this
territory. Half of our noted wits and
humorists were born in Maine. The lit
tle town of Concord, Mass., has produced
more men of tho highest order of intel
lect than all the southwestern states.
Tho south lias produced several dis
til) gui.-hed orators and soldiers, but no
great poet, painter or novelist. The
prairies have yet to show what they
are capable of doing in the matter of
producing great men.
The topography of a country and its
climatic conditions appear to exercise a
groat influence in the development of in
tellect. South America and the West
India islands have produced very few
persons who have gained celebrity in any
line of human great mas. Africa is far
behind South America in this matter.
The southern hemisphere is apparently
deficient in the conditions requisite for
high intellectual development
Perbaiw a popular biogiaphloal diction
ary is not tlio beet work to use in prepar
ing a geography of intellect. A man
may gam celebrity without being intel
lectually great. Most of our cemixnind-
ers of patent modicinea, pugilists, jock
eys, circus riders, and accidentally rich
men have gained celebrity, but it u of a
kind that no man of intellect would care
to attain. Many profound scholars and
careful Investigators never become fa
mous enough to get their names in a pop
ular biographical dictionary, but their in
tellectual work is written in the progress
of society.—Chicago Times.
The Exiled Queen of Mnplee.
Marie, the exiled queen of Naples,
lives the year round in Paris, in hired
apartments on a third floor, for which
she pays $1,200 a year rent. Tiie house
is retired and unfashionable, and the
rooms are furnished with almost meager
simplicity. This recluse like life is Al
lowed by the queen’s own desire, to
which her husband readily accedes. Sho
feels that she is an outcast from her for
mer estate, and therefore is determined
to live like an outcast. “If,” the once
remarked, “I remain at the bottom of
the ladder, I shall at least have no fear
of falling farther. If I cherish no hopes
I shall suffer no disappointments. If I
set my heart on nothing I sliall not be
bereaved. I went to Naples a queen,
and in a year I left it an exile. My
rooms iu tho palace there were scarcely
put in order for mo when I was driven
out by tho revolution. Then wo went to
Rome. My husband owned a palace
there, gnd we made it our home. What
tbenf In a few years Victor Emmanuel
drove us out of ft. We fled to England
and then to Fiance. Wo were about to
make a peAanent home and devote our
selves to eacn other a ad to our only child,
when that child died. Has not misfor
tune pressed us cruelly f Doubtless, if
we were to purchase a house aud seek to
make a permanent home it would be
takeu from us. If wo were to make
friends we would lose them. No, wo are
exiles and wanderers, and such wo must
ever remain. ”—Boston Transcript,
Interesting European Ststlstfos.
Dr. Alice Vickery, of England, alleges
that France must bo the happiest country
in Europe. Blio says that while the sur
plus in women in Great Britain and Ger
many amounts to nearly three-quarters
of a million and one million rivpectively,
France hi 1881 had a surplus of only
92,000 wopen, and marriages are more
prevalent in proportion to the population
in France than elsewhere. She also al
leges that France has the smallest propor
tion of illegitimate births. From 1825
to 1867 the percentage of all illegitimate
births was 7.2 in France, 8.2 in Prussia,
10 in Sweden, 11 in Austria and 22 in
Bavaria. France bos the lowest birth
rate of all European countries, 28.8 to
1,000, against 81 for Great Britain and
88 for Germany. The average number
of children in a French family is now
6.8, against 4.6 in England and Wales,
5.25 in Scotland and 5.4 in Ireland.
Germany has nearly 5 to a family.
France has a greater proportion of
grown up persons than any other nation
hi Europe, the number of persons in each
10,000 between the ages of 15 and 60
being, in France, 5,878; in Holland,
4,964; in Sweden, 4,954; in Great Britain,
4,782; in the United States, 4,896.
France has the highest average ages of
the living, 81.06 years, against Holland,
27.76; Sweden, 27.66; Great Britain,
86.5; the United States, 23.1. In France,
out of every 100 deaths, those of persons
over tbe age of 60 are 86; in Switzer
land, 84; England, 80; Belgium, 28;
Wurtemburg, 81; Prussia, 19; Austria,
17.—New York Sun. . * *-
i; «*•
■toots of tho Eucalyptus.
The inhahitanta of Oakland, Cal., who
a few years ago imported large numbers
of gum and eucalyptus trees from Aus
tralia as fever destroyers, have come to
the conclusion that the roots of these
Australasian monsters do more harm
under ground than tbe branches do good
above, and have set to work to destroy
them. The roots have a playful pay of
strangling those of other treea within
their reach, breaking drain pipro. crack
ing pavements, and loosening founda
tions in an extremely alarming fashion.
—New York Tribune.
THE USE OF PERFUMES.
A Dellfhtfol Prsrties, If Me* Over I*.
«slcefl In—A Pitiable Mistake.
The refinements of the ancients varied
In almost every way from those of a
modem age, except, perhape, in some of
the usee appertaining to the t.ulet, and
the Scriptures, as well as other records
of ancient customs, bear testimony
baths and clean lineu, perfumes and
sweet odors were regarded quite as much
of a luxury then as now. Few are, per
haps, aware that the origin of the use of
manufactured perfumes had a sacred
character, yet they were an invention of
the priests who officiated at the sacrificial
altars in tbe olden temples, aud, doubt-
leas, great necessity must have been the
mother of invention, for from the
slaughtered beasts must have arisen moat
noxious emanations, which all the water
In the land would not have washed
without the aid of the perfumes of Ara
bia. Moses leaves a record of the exact
perfumes and incense which were used
In the temples, although in biblical days
tho latter was termed frankincense, and
was, moreover, with myrrh and gold,
tiie most v;Ju*d article of commerce.
The incv:ujo which contained myrrh
was ftqxx-iuJly reserved for the purifica
tion of the body after sacrifice mid used
by both men and women, though, of
course, the latter were only an«ihit<d by
the former. It has a very aromatic
odor. For other purposes frai kiuoonae
was nrixrd with cliaruoal and a little
saltpeter. The same burning of ivrenso
continues to this day to be a pan of the
ceremonious rites in certain religi. trt,
Moivw r. the sale of pastiles (oi little
cones or flicks of incense) for burning in
private houses Is growing largely, and
many of our rich fumiliee live in an at
mosphere ns heavily laden with cv. eet,
subtle odors os Cardinal Richelieu of
Pompey. Moses is also said to have in
structed the Egyptian priests in tire
science of extracting scents, and they
grew most proficient in tire art of |ter-
fumery and invented a most extraordi
nary variety. Iu fact, to this day lias
descended the custom of declaring any
faint, sweet, strange odor to bo like an
Egyptian perfume.
Opinions differ about tiie use and abuse
of sweet scents. Certainly there is an
incongruity in their use by men, but a
woman who leaves behind her a subtle
sense of redolence carries always a double
charm. Strong, active, energetic natures
are apt to scorn an Indulgence in what is
so grateful to their opposites—Languid,
luxury loving people. Yet tho natural
odor of flowers about tho bouse are grate
ful to all for tlieir sweetness, as well os
for their beauty, and to tlroso flowers to
which Motlrer Earth has refused a fra
grance we give but half tbe cans which
fa showered upon those tliat can gratify
n double sense. To some poor unfortu
nates the scent of certain odors, aud even
of flowers, is distasteful, and not always
from association. Even further than
that, the disliked odors render some per
sons ouite ill.
With ago the sense of smell is affected,
and, like the other senses, grows weak,
and some elderly ladies, especially those
who have been beautiful, worldly women,
much fluttered and admired, absolutely
reek with the strong bouquet of snens
perfumery. Their unconsciousness is
pitiable, their vanity deplorable, for it
would wound them too greatly to sug
gest a leeaening of their indulgence, and
they must be ulk>w< d to reek on. The
olfactory nerves are capricious things,
and tiie aroma which makes them dilate
with pleasure at one time is quite disa-
greeai ile at another. They easily become
surfeited with an overdose.
Women generally have a habit of tuck
ing little bags of sachet powder in their
bureau drawers and pinning them in
their dresses, but they as generally ore
indiscriminate in choosing the odors,
sometimes buying heliotrope, sometimes
violet, and again rose. There is much
mure refinement and daintiness of feel
ing, beside a quaint, and certainly sweet,
coquetry, In keeping always a perfume
of one's own; it Ix-comes then always a
part of one’s being. If one is fond of
the flngrancc of tho rose an investment
in a few of the long peculiar vials con
taining attar of rose and keeping them in
various places amid the possessions is a
much more enduring way of perfuming
than using sachet [owder.—“S. S. E
M. ” in Chicago Herald
Beat When Ton ore Tiled.
I believe it is a common error to in
crease fatigue. There are cases where it
should be diminished. Tho thing is due
to diminished vitality. Increased fatigue
further reduces the vitality. I have
often found, to my surprise, a good night
follow a day’s absolute rest
Any one who lias ever done what, to a
nmn of his inches round the chest, is
forced marching fourteen days together,
knows tho nervous irritation with which
he flings himself on the grass for the
next three days, unable either to move or
to lie still. The same nervous irritation
punishes over work within the four seas,
though tho work may not be so obviously
excessive as it is to leave the camp before
sunrise and pitch your tent after dark.
This nervous irritation can only be dealt
with by ubeolute repose—flat—by day as
well no by night, with the minimum of
food.
When the dav is begun without a 1 tight
voluntary craving for work, day rt$t la
indicated; and if it is not forthcoming
insomnia will result. Perhape it is part
of the same principle that neuralgia at
tacks you when you are low. Personally,
I should advise—give up tobacco. But I
know my ignoranoe of other men, so I
limit myself to this—never use tobacco
as a spur.—London Spectator.
IniniigT..ti<m into Canada from Europe
thu» far this year has reached 54,000.
Of this number 40.000 liavo proceeded
direct to-tho United States.
The Sun is Sliming 1 !
Salesman Wanted.
Energetic men to canvass Dar
lington County with a heautifal line
of jewelry and watches, in a baud
some sampl case; 850 to $75 per
montli gnaraineed to energetic men,
and more than that can be ea«ii>
made. Security required. For
farther partieulars, apply at
MASON’S JEWELKY 8T08B.
Aug 23, ’SS-if
School Notice
Miss A. C. I'isytr wilt re-open lbs
•stool at tbe 8chi ol House ce oupied last
Session by tbs I’ublie School, on Oetubnr
111, 1888.
8*pL 30, ’88—ip.
■Ws—1 -'O’ . 1Z J.X.IU.'Ji
McCullough, Blackwell
& Co.,
PEALERSIN
WAGONS, HARNESS.
ked Rust Troof Seed Oats (wd
NOW HAVt ON HAND AS FINE A LOT OF HORSES AS 1ST0
BE SEEN ANYWHERE IN
SOUTH CAROLINA,
NOTICE,
Tbe Stockholder* of the Peopl*'* Bank of
Dtrlington will roiet si the office of the
said Bank, on tbe 8th da; of October,
proximo, at 12 o’clock. M., for tbe pur
pose of nutbori linpr so iocreare of tbe cap
ital stock of said Bank By order of the
Board of Dir ctors,
E. KEITH DA ROAN, Pres.
J. E. NETTLES. Seo’iy.
Sep 6, ’88-61
There li.ts been au Euormous Rod act iou in ulo in the Friooa of lip)
IMS AND WAGONS,
Which they handle, and they only ASK that all who may contemplate
making any purchaaea iu th a line will examine their Stock before
doing no, aesuiing them that they will thereby save mouey.
THE FIRM HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED 3 CAR
LOADS OF
B XT <3- <3- I E S
And Oue Car Load of
Old Hickory Wagons.
Having purchased in such large lots, they are now prepar.
ed to sell at the Very Lowest Rates.
They nol only SdY this, but MEAN it l
These Gentlemen are the Local Agents fo~.
THE CELEBRATED
X13U.S1 Bt
Of Columbus, Ohio.
THE
WATERTOWN BUGGIES.
Of Watertown, N, J.
THE WELL KNOWN
Hackney Buggies,
Of Wilson, N. C.
In Addition to a Large and Varied Stock of beautiful
H -A. E. 3ST E S S
This House is prepared to make to order at their place of
business the most Elegant Sets or parts of Sets,
BUY
mmm, win i no,
FOR BY SO DOING YOU WILL SAJTE MONEY, AND BE
TPJ v
Darlington, S. C., Sept. 13,1888,