Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

«apK igM' THt DARLING rON NEWS, fUBGUHKL SVBRYTHCUSfiAV JIOBNINO HENRY F, THOMPSON. rtior^urou. i‘ — fEri*si-.$a Per Annum in Advance. One Square, fir»t inscriion $I.(H> One Square, second tnsrvllon .50 gtery subseqent insertion .*9 Coatraet adrertiseioentsineeried i^pon the b»'jsi reasonab’eterns. Marriage Notices and Ohiluaries, net *« tediug six lioes. inserted free. "im “Foil US PIUNCIFLE IS PRINCIPLE—RIGHT IS RIGHT—YI'sTKl’.DAY, TO-DAV, TO-MORRO.W, FOREVER. VOL. XV. NO 7. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1889. WHOLE NO 735. THE SPECTER. | mule a iffarc dei'p down In my heart For u lore tUat was dumb ucd dead; »Tbere, darkly buri xl on I te r apurt It ntil rest In pmi'”." ! raid: tlai I It away without sorrow or smarL And never.. tear t .tr.iL And now that 1 would tu i:/ Ir'urt raf'. <i Another loro fair r.s th” May There ha. ri e.t u «>.' . .u-.ove f t '. J, A *|K-cter wvitvl'and!, v And lay so eel )N>a:v; l;,ve wUb he. hair’s sof 1 god. Shos.rroo- uad tlira* r-Ry —Sootkir I tu Huaie J urtud ROME HOTEL HAWKSHAWS. T»» TYPES OF BEAUTY. So PmalbUlty of Arrlrlng at Any SUuuL. art!—Soma Odd Ideas, luarviwouB penect ct * lutAmpolitau jeers tiw private pe na indispeusc Men Who Have Become Indispens* -able to Our Bonifaces, “Oh, lie’s a hotel detective, is he? Well, what on earth good is a hotel de tective? What do hotels want wth de tectives, anyhow?” This remark, made In a petulant tone, was uttered in the corridor of the Hoff- tnan house the other afternoon by a wester* man who was on a visit to the metropolis and had been looking at the pit treasures of the cafe. He eyed in a contemptuous way the well dressed little man, with a slouch hat, who was lean ing against a pile of trunks near the ele vator. A friend showing the western man the city sights had happened inci dentally to point out Detective Jacobs as one of the features of a big metropolitan fcoteL Ten minutes later the westerner saw the little detective step up to a well dressed man In a group of three who had just sauntered into the art gallery. “1*11 have to ask you to move on, sir,” the detective eaid. ••Who are you?” growled the man, angrily, “what do you mean by talking to mo that way?” “Just what I say, and I mean It,” the little man replied, undaunted, “and here’s who I am, and l know you per- ! fectly well.’' Tho little detective threw open his coot and showed his glistening detective ghicUL The well dressed man cut short i |ik bluster Instantly, and walked quickly out into the street. He was a local bunko man, who had 1 casually dropped into the hotel cafe with two out of town crooks. The conversa tion with the little detective was anima ted, but not so loud that anybody in the art gallery could understand it Th<-' Gothamite who was showing the west erner aniund knew what was up, though, pud turning to his friend said playfully: “Tliat’s some good a hotel detective is. That was a confidence man that he talked to. Maybe he’d have caught on 1 tp you If it hadn't been for the detec- ; #TV.- It was an apt illustration of one of the ; duties of the hotel detective. In tho j marvelous perfection of the equipment itan hotel in the last few detective has come to indispensable detail, and today j tlM>o Is not a hotel in town that enjoys Any select patronage at all that does not | employ a guardian, who is empowered | S mako arrests if necessity arises. Some I the detectives are men specially as- glcned from the police .force, and whose Salary is guaranteed by the hotel in con- j (Adoration of the policeman’s exclusive , service. Often, however, the special ; guardians ore regular private detectives. , They are men well trained in detective fist bods, and enjoy the advantage of a Bride and itoried acquaintance with the j faces of metropolitan rascals and the , Confidence operators of the country. Keeping the hotel clear pf this class of prooks, however,is only a small part of the hotel detective’s work. Vpon theta de volves In most cases the supervision of |ho porters and liall boys, and all the grmy of help (hat A big Gotham inn has Jo emjdby. If a guest loses anything in Ihc hotel, or outside of it either, he is (rut nt once to the hotel detective to con- fult about its recovery; and if chamber- lids or porters find articles that have icen mislaid gr lost, they are expected to i the hotel detective, ids them over to the cl proprietor, or his representative, to i delivered to the owner. It is also tho detective’s duty to pro tect his employen from the numeroin gnd persistent army of pests known os the liotel beat, and it is due to the pres ence of detectives, in every well regulated city hotel, that New York has ceased to ho u spot where this peculiar gentry can thrive. The petty thieverv of guests' valuables has also come to be a rarity, god nowadays the mao of means, stop ping at any well regulated New York ho tel, can feel as secure as If he were trav eling with a private station house of bis few* in tow. Hare than all, however, |ho old time (Wkvest of victims that Hun- py Joe gnd his pals used to gather from notel corridors is all cut off. AH this the detective has to do for the salary, bat he hto legitimate per- Msites. These are the more or lees lib eral fees that good natured out-of- towners, who want to see what tho life of a big city really is after dark, pay for jBffkUMtlia fin ths place* Wheih the sie- ** ^ ‘ ^ -- '-'-i most flamboyant and It is worth a hand- the hotel detective who strangers through the ) more or less pfciur faque maze of after dark spectacl e known to the experienced man about town as “the sights.” And there arc few more experienced men about town -N Hmyaur quickwitted hotel i pmr York Sun. Various, indeed, are the opinions held by a wide diversity of races regarding their beauties, though it is often difficult for people bred under another sky tc share their enthusiasm. The Circassian women, who have a sort of conventional reputation for loveliness, are affirmed by those who know them best to be far front worthy of their celebrity. Short legs, glaring red hair, faces so long and nar row that their heads seem to have been Squeezed between two boards and flat tened, noses out of proportion to tho rest of tho features and complexions of a dull, lead like hue, scarcely constitute beauty according to. our standard. The Moors and (he TunLtan Jews regard cor pulence as absolutely essential to beauty, and the inmates of rich men’s harems are stuffed with nutritious food, like Stras- IxHirg geese for the market. The Chi nese poets sing of tho deformed feet as “golden lilies,” and tho rocking of their women in attempting to walk as tho “waving of a willow.” Other races have equally odd ideas of what constitutes loveliness, for they “im prove” their persons by flattening their foreheads, tattooing their skins, cutting <>(T their fingers, filing their teeth or dyeing them black, blue or tartan, paint ing their bodies, slitting their ears, com pressing their waists, putting stones, bone or metal through their lips, cheeks, or ears, and in a dozen other ways trying to enhance the poor ’prentice work of nature. A Felatah lady dyes her hands and feet with hennah, stains her teeth alternately blue, yellow aud purple, one here and there being left of its natural color, pen- ; cils her eyelids with sulphuret of anti mony, and dyes her locks with indigo. The Ilydah woman inserts a plug of wood or ivory through her lower lip until it represents the hideous appearance of a tleshy shelf over her chin. A Chinese or i a Siamese lady cultivates long nails. A ' Hottentot beUe cannot get her nost* flat 1 enough, or a Parsian beauty hers high ynougli, On the northwest coast of America tie reproach is more bitter than for one In dian girl to tell another that “your mo- i ther was too lazy to flatten your head.” j Tattooing is almost universal among half - civilized or savage races; in New Zea- , land tho Maori women, before they began | to imbilie European prejudices, even tat- I t >oed their li{)8, lest they should have too reproach of being red. Some races slit their ears until they hang in I mps on their shoulders. Others insert huge rings and other ornaments through Hie cartilage of their noses. The Louisi- adc Islanders regard the lid of a sardine box as a particularly neat piece of jew elry, and even European women hare not yet. ceased to suspend bits of stone and nietal through the lolies of their cal's There is, in truth, no possibility of ac riving at any standard of beauty, the ••points” of which would not do injustice to soma of the competitors. Even among tho whites there ore various ideas of r.’baf constitutes good looks. lake man ners and morals, beauty is very r.mcli u matter of sky. Just as an Indian told a traveler what a comfort his son was to him, because “hocould steal more horses ?h.aii any boy of his age,” so a western frontiersman assured a visitor that hla daughter was the “finest girl” in tho s< ttlonicnt, for she could “heft a barrel | of (Kirk and lick her weight in wild pats.’’—London Standard. Physiological rearing of Corset*. In the biological section the vexed question of stays and tight lacing was discussed in a separate department Tho attendance of the fair sex was especially large. The general expectation iqlucii they apparently entertained that the pa|>er would condemn the wearing of stays was, however, agreeably disap pointed, Mr. C. S. Roy, professor of pathology at Cambridge, and Mr. J. G. Adams, university administrator of pathology, who had annqmiced a joint |iaper “On the Physiological Bearing of W.fl.t Belts and Stays," blessed instead of ha uling these articles. They i\uve lately been making some patliolngio.il experiments, and had found that a good deal of the blood stored use lessly in the alxlominal veins is. by slight pressure, placed advantageously at the disjiosal of the. muscles, brain, and skin. This explains how men, as well as women, instinctively employ some method of ab dominal compression, wearing waistbands or lielts, or the more elaborate corsets, at l>criods of increased activity. No doubt fashion has sometimes led to the distor tion of the female figure by means of stays, but if not laced too tight the mod ern corset, by clasping the waist and sup- jHirting the bosom ami buck, constitutes a convenient combination of the different forms of girdle which have been found useful by the women of all civilized uati >ns from the remotest times. Of course, during sleep they are put off, but during hours of exertion, social or other wise, reasonable tight lacing is fitted to Increase mental and physical activity. They, however, cautioned young ladies against carrying this to an injudicious extreme. By tho way, i| was suggested to train ers of horses that if they girthed on the racing saddle behind the ribs instead of over them they would thereby gain for the horse the same advantage as was cx- nerience<| by the long distance runner from his broad tight leather belt. Several physicians immediately at tacked the paper. Dr. Wilberforce Hmith coivddered it a most dangerous one to l>o rend to an assembly like that. He de clared the evils of tight lacing to bu man ifold and terrible, and that it is perfectly rcfre-hing to find a girl the muscles of whose back have not been withered by wearing stays. Miss Becker took tho other side, and advocated rigid and not elastic stays, at tho same time giving her approval of modern fashions as belter than soiqo dress, reforms.—Igmdon Tele graph. THE CAUSE OF LANGUOR. id gr lost, t firing thtm direct to | and no, In turn, band some sum to me 9 fsque maze of a ctive. Plant. * film rttnorkabla specimen of tho vege table world, tbe “weather plant,” con to ejccite considerable interest. who on its flrat discover.' iwuiihg to express an opinion on Its prognosticating virtues, now agree, after extensive experiments, that tin is in troth prophetic. Thirty-two t Made durinsr the last to prove'its infallibility. Is * legume, commonly ^ Tpea,” but knov.n Pereginu*. It D ! Tunis. Its leaf resemble those if The pooro delicate leaves of aches foretell the state < f forty-eight hours ia ci lia tower And hardier lenvr* atmospheric changes thru J-efotviiand. Tiro indications con- «M la u dii.u (J o iu the position of tho Inm.and la tho riso and fall of the and branchlots.—Kll liall Ga- «Iie nt^iPKt Inhabited Valley. Presently, directly in out front, stood a giant high hill, and it seemed at first ghinco os though further progress wo? impossible, But man’s ingenuity over comes mighty obstacles, and as this (me c >uld not bo turned the road had been made to ascend its steep side by a series of zigzags or swing this way and that woy and that no fewer than nineteen times ere the top is reached. From where wo left the torrent bed to its sum mit this barrier is at least 1,200 feet higb, and when we had reached tire top I found myself at tho western end of the upper lyigadine. Tills is the loftiest, most extensive high valley in Europe, and perhaps tho high est inhabited valley in tho world. Its average height is 5,400 feet above the level of tho sea, and that is higher than (lie top of famous Rigi, near Lucerne, which everybody thinks a wonderful al- tit tde. It is a plain forty or fifty miles loi.g and a mile or so in width, which which l ,as many largo towns, luxurious meadow lands, and several Alpine Lakes thet finally flow off into the Inn rjvcr, and the whole inclosed in majestic moun ts i’is so awfully high that they are for ever covered with snow and colossal gleciers, all so fantastically shaped and glittering that the spot lias quite a i>olav • aspect. In other parts of Switzerland ('Ti imal snow is never found below an al titude of about 8,000 feet, but this limit is not reached on tho borders of the En- gadine until we ascend as high as 0,000. —Henry Ilaynie in New Orleans Picay une. Roofs of EnglUh Hoosea. Shingled roofs are unknown in Eng land and on the continent I talked with two men, intelligent English working men, about the construction of buildings in their country, and they both asked me (when I told them hoyr they made roofs in America) what shingles were; they had never seen or heard of them, gmi laughed, when I described them, at the Yankee notion oL making “#oodgn loof slate.” They thought their thatched poofs must bo much better, every way, then our shingled ones. In YVhittleaea I saw square topped garden walls sur mounted by caps of thatch, to shed tho rain. In all this town I did not see a veranda, a piazza or a porch—no place v.-hcro one could sit out of doors and bo protected from the rays of the sun—pot own an awning.—William T. Tidsley in L.' ous Republican. f twig i i acacia. I upper h rai ~ •w; nil Tho Croaker sad the Kicker. Vl T ; ie kickt r is a developer; the croaker 14 on incubus. The kicker incites to im provement; the croaktr to indication gud resentment. The kicker only is heard v-ficn ho is-given one dollar accommoda tion) ct tinea dollar rates; the (maker would bo just as noisy if he was getting three dollar accommodations and paying in .thing. Tho kicker is c lively, jovll, progressive fellow; tho cracker is a ms- rial n lirnre-'. who lag* superfluous ou «L'. trj 1 . -Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. Dow to Fini&h a Rook* S<» I hold a book is only just half writ ten when the author and the printer and binder are through with it. It is hardly that. It is only when the readers hav< annotated it that it is done. The 1.. edition should include the marks raid marks of reputable Readers, ar i turn t.i book would be finished. This is ttie way it would read: “This passage is mere eloquent than true—the facts in the Case are these;’'and “this point the author should rewrite in the light of modern psyc!K'l’>gy," r.:»! “here we have a noble illustration of how a great mind grap ples with delicate questions often hi vain.” or “this passage is written under the influence of the bigotry that thn author supposes he has escaped. ” So a running commentary is made, and flic reader gets the advantage of both what he reads and what he writes. 11 \v is that? yqu say. I will tell you. You will never think a matter through and through until you write it down, and as yog write you are compelled to sift your general notions and make them par ticular and accurate. So that when you are well through a volume you ha - . < written a book if you are a good anno tutor. Really, there are many of our best authors who never wrote any other sort of book.—“E. P. P.” in Globe-Deni- pc rat. » Superstitious Concerning Her Jewel*. Jewels liave at all periods of history formed the most common and diver: foundations for peculiar superstitions. There is a lady of wealth and position iu New York who is the happy possessor o! an exquisite pair of diamond earrings They were given to her by her father on the occasion of her marriage. In any general sense pf the word nobody would ever think of declaring this woman to be superstitious. She would probably in dignantly deny such an imputation. Yet. tince those solitaires were presented t i her, more than twenty years ago, they have never been removed from her ears, not because of their great value, but ow jug to the fact that she is confident some horrible disaster will overtake her should she take them out. Night and day, therefore, with an utter disregard for the illness of things, whether slie he clad in etdieopr arrayed like Solomon in purple and fine linen and glorious apparel, these immense white stones, brilliant as min iature suns, gleam in her ears. At tho mere mention of their possible removal ;-ho turns |>alo and immediately changes the subject. I verily believe rite would die of fright if by any chance some one chould surreptitiously take them out.— Clara Lanza. Net to Bo Confounded with True Fattguo. Cure and Prevention. Is. ordinary states of health the strong est persons arc apt to feel sensations or fits of languor which they call fatigue, and (or which they can give no reason able explanation either to themselves or to others. The weather largely inllo ences this condition. A nmi-t and warm atmosphere always increases thu disjxvri tion to languor; a moderately i-pi l anti dry atmosphere always prevents it The sense of relaxation and disposition to sleep must not be confounded with true A.tigue, arising from hard or prolonged physical or mental work, but must be taken as simply duo to a condition in w hich there is weariness without a suf ficcnt reason for it. When this condition is strongly pres ent. it is marked by one particular sign, which is of itself characteristic: it comes on after rqxMio. The affected (xTson ex pcriences it most on rising in tho mom- ing, end even after a good night's ileep is still oppressed by a sense of weariness, a feeling as if the day, with all its cores ;:nd anxieties, could not be passed through. The desire, almost irresistible, y to go to sleep again, a desire which, if gratified, increases the evil and makes \he day heavier than it otherwise would be. That it Is not real fatigue or exhaus tion which causes tho’sense of languor now being described is clearly shown, not only by the fact that the feeling comes on after long repose, but that it is dispersed in tho day, after it has boon present in the morning, bv the exercL-e and duties of the day. I nave no doubt that it is caused by tho accumulation in tho body of some diffusible and light chemical substance, which acts after the manner of an intoxicant and is a true in toxicant to the nervous system. Tho probable physiology of the condition is plain, but what is to lie the cure, and, above ail, what is t ■ the prevention? The cure is exm i and the wearing pf clothing which w ill give free libera tion to the exhalations of the skin. Every one who is affected with the sense of languor is soon conversant with the knowledge that if he resolves to throw off the load which oppresses him and takes a short, sharp walk or other good and wholesome exercise, he is always re lieved, and many find this mode of cure so certain that they invariably follow it. Others, and I fear tho majority, are so pppressed that they feel ns if they could not bring themselves to the effort of {browing off tho sense of weariness by resorting to anything like active motion. When the oppression is the strongest and cxertlsn is most demanded, they try to lialance betwixt the two modes of treat ment. the sharp exertion and the seduc live bleep. They give way to the sleep; flie giving way becomes a habit; in a .-cry short time the habit lapses into a pootirniod method, and with the habit stjuctural changes in vital organs of tlu Ixxly are soon set up, and add rapidly to the evil. The Ixxly becomes obese, tL :• liver becomes inactive, the mind becomes (lull, and a short life is, of necessity, de termined. . The treatment of languor in the healthy consists, then, iu taking exercise in due, |/Ut in moderate amount. To go in for desperate exercise, ns some do, is t i frustrate, not to asbist, cure; for deeper ;;tc pxcrcise produces actual fatigue, which nothing except rest will cure, pn 1 then thu weariness from actual work an i ;he weariness from underwork get cot fused the one with tho other, and pH gcx.. wrong. Rightly conducted, the cure i exercise, and tho prevention is continued t xercise carried out daily and regularly, P'hatcvcr the temptation maybe to gi i e it up. fjecond to this is light and poroUJ clothing, ns I have many years taught. Whatever holds or takes up tho fluid o::- halalions from the skin is not clothing fit to wear. Whatever cannot be cosily breathed through is not clothing that is jit tq wear. No kind of clothing for the human Ixxly u so good as that which ad:ri;-J freely into and through its uwstics ti.; most ptrfcct purifier and the meet per fect non-conductor and hi-alihy equahzer of temperature known — utmoeplierlr air. Patients sometimes come to me fit- crally l-orne down with the weight < f their own clothing. They are coated with three or four layers of heavy and glose materials. These materials are pat mated with the moisture from the ski.i. pro unduly heavy, are always damp, if takeu off for a short time leave excessive cold, mid if kept on too long induce op pressive beat; all round mischiefs of sure and certain development. A fairly Jiealtby person who takes reasonable out door exercise daily, and whorlothes him- r< If lightly in porous material, will feel }u> weariness except that which conn n naturally from healthy fatigue.—Dr. jlichordsoq in The Asclepiad. Tlio Book* Hist CiieuUte, The books that are most widely read are novels; and after them come works of travel and adventure, histories, biog raphies and autobiographies, and pic- turctipf current manners and customs. Popular poetry treats of love, effort and dUippointment; while moral and phil osophical essay s and religious treatises— unless concerning some new sensational religion—are found, if anywhere, on th< shelves of the bookseller. In short, tbe l»oks that circulate are books that treat pf human relations and activities; they kip us in mind thereof, and therefore tiny serve to augment and forward them. They maintain the heat of die- cu.- ions, the sharpness of rivalries, the ruur * of success; they spur us on when wo li-ig, invite us when we linger, and as sure un when we doubt; we return from ro:d<:iei tq them, and they drive us back with fresh impulse to realities. For tho books that would k**P us at borne we have uo taste nor leisure.—Arkansaw Traveler. fas* MM* KstMa* If people only knew bow much better they would sleep by going oat of doors, just before retiring, and taking five or six or a do?on deep, strong breaths, they would ro more omit it than they would their supper.—Youth’s (Vimpanion. bl than tu • wax r of the v uo’ . , .lists c.. i hardly tr-tv interest Mi The Fhoaocrmpb la the Army. A distinguished officer said to me, after we had inspected Edison's phonograph at the Press club by favor o! Col. Oou- raud, “1 wonder can that be adapted tc naval and military use?" Subsequent conversation with him developed these ideas. There is hardly a campaign of which we have a complete record, there is hardly an accident at sea of which we have ever heard, or tliat did not give p-e to the question of the exact wording aid precise emphasis on the wording of an order. The most conspicuous instance in modern times of a misunderstanding was |H-rhai>s the case of the charge at Balakluva. but the ceaseless flow of bat tle papers in the American magazines goes to show that what happened in .he case of our Light brigade happened in substance pretty often in your great war. Now, if there were a portable form of the phonograph there could bo a record of the orders given, whether in case of an action ashore or an accident afloat. Perhaps Mr. Edison will condescend to give the subject his attention. But meanwhile 1 have “spotted” a use for the phonograph that probably luis occurred to no one else. It hak 1 m my lot in days gone by to attend perhaps a greater number of artillery ex|xTi- nuiits than any pne pise not an artillery officer, and I can see how if a number of phonographs, synchronized, were placed along a range there would lx* a bp.t r and clearer record of the (inth of ash": or shell than there is at Present when the use of screens inevitably causes som ■ deflection and some loss of energy, how ever light. But in applying the pho nograph to military and - aval ^ui’immc.. it does seem to be necessary that tin re iiould be found son • more dura ... even f less sensitive, iu i inder as the recen Tu.it such m materia doubted; otlt it ...onto know that already some of the smartest military maids in England are considering his invention with ft view to its adoption for, or adaptation to. mill tary purposes. I do not feel at liberty to say more on i o matter nt present. London for New York Times. Swinmii;.-, Cxa: ti> t.»r Sc'. One of lilt ::H> U it: H L« guluuonx is that at 1 n wi.e •. sp that only those <v . who i. la- • t swim shall i ngage in boatm,, Atot iu. the school authorities did not inn m • all in overseeing the oarsmen no; dents on the water were not ;• uti u usual. In 1840, however, when a ' ' drowned, the law was made that no should bo allowed to enter a I v. had not passed an examination in s« ini ming. One or two teachers were . pointed liver masters, bathing plat o were specified, and watermen were en gaged, both to leach swimming, and to lx) at hand with punts, in order to pre vent accident. Bathing is jx'vmittod as soon af„r the Easter holidays as the weather will low, and twice a week the river luastc. - :, are present at Cuckoo weir to condur the swimming examination. “Boati . of the Badminton library, describes tin- ceremony : “A number of the boys thought by th ’ watermen to l» sufficiently proficient appear, undressed, in a punt. Atx,. thirty yards off a pole is stuck up in tL water. Tho piaster stands on • liig place palled the urropoiis, and as he e !x one name after another each pupil ta.e a header and swims once or twi round the pole. It is not sufTicien merely to take the header and accom plish the specified distances he c t swim in approved form, k> ; to be ciq . ble of swimming in his domes.’’ Since these formalities have bee: * tabiished only one hoy lias been drot at Eton, though many I oats are sw;. . d under all sorts of circumstances. Th-r ■ who have not passed belong to the cla's called ‘•non nant."—Youth’s Companion. The Making of Cheap Book*. Tbe cheap libraries have given amuse- ment and instruction to thousands, but it is the opinion of the shrewdest men in l lie trade that they have injured book pul dishing. After all we are creatures pf habit, and wo have become accus tomed to buying a novel for 20 or 25 cents. People are unwilling to pay 75 cents or a dollar now. At 20 or 25 cents, unless an enormous number of copies are sold, there is not much money for tho author, nor, in fact, for any one. Out pt the cheap reprint has grown the sum- pier novel, cheaply but tastefully got up, and intended to pass away an idle hour. jSomo of the hundreds which are pule l!ahcd are good, but tho majority are be neath contempt They make one simply weary while reading them, and yet the publication goes on. “Of the making of lxx>ks there is no end.”—Current Lit erature. WatCTiwooftiig Ft of— for Leather. It will not be long before the shoc- piakn* can add to his stock of raw mate rials n waterproof leather. The process, which has bran recently perfected, is not poly cf service on the uncut leather, but can b:> used in rendering worthless leather valuable by plumping, stiffening and (waterproofing it far insoles, counter*, box toes, etc. Every part of a boot or shoe pan bo' •♦waterproofed” either be* tor* or after H is finished.—Chicago New*. q tapping fruit trees with doth to keep tbam from being injured by sunburn end insects has proved disastrous to the trees ip Shav.a utntr. Col. Trno to Her Promise. As illustrative of the average negr > character a gentleman said that an o! negro woman made application for il. loan of $5. He lent her tbe money ar , true to her promise, she returred i. That was several yean since, and ne-..rh every time she has seen him sii t-e riv would accost him with the soluiatt m “Mr. Blank, you loaned me $5', dula *. youf” “Yea.”' “Well, I paid it b«..k didn’t If” ‘•That you did.” •W. don’t you think you oughter j^iv^mo night« grow cooler all i arf ia tlie leant rheumatic err’. Ron till ninti* for Wcvu- vn* •men whe- lould sleep in blanket wraps over the night gown. preventing nclir* r.ndcol-is • aught by tosain;' ylie arms over the li< ;id. as well as tiir low) < J sleep that of ter cpmeu of dixuirbed circulat ion. People who use llirir lnutn-i luibituailv, tcnchere, writers, artists, tme-i keep warm os the saving of l!:rir abilities. They nnift have fires early. ur.J r e fa. iwarnnrs by day and night .Irrss like Esquimaux if neces sary. or congestion of the brain rv lungs L ilk* I'cralty. The inflammation of tho Lings which carried off George Eilat and Mr a. Browning wrs dorcendcd ft\ m the chd'ini is raid porr cireulatici which ti. - e brain woiketa had Ixwne foi ycora. t'.i.-e must be taken, with tdl this heat ing. to have a eurr- nt oi warm, fr -:h air circulating in tlie nom* and ‘o have it I nLhiiy moist, finch precaution!- give r, »x>fl and lovely complexion, equal to the famous Newport bloom. Tlielx'st ■.■•ay to !-• cure lids ooty tunt vcntiLii.V;i without d r.ft is by having the top of the window L.trd with a jierfoiatcd board, pierced by t. :a y finical Ix'rings, only a quarter as wi.ieai the ccnicr a t at each strface of the bole. This j.ifrs a fine, forcible play i f minute rnrnpnl* t iiretlgh the room in- ► a r.d of a dangerous large drr.yg! t. It is a vvo-nun'.-iiutc'.ition.amla yet y clever one f r Lv>eping rooms jierfocll” healthy end (Te h. It a littlerrninrkr.liie that n plain Ai '.eiicun woman should have worked rat a plan of cheap, eflicient ventilation cm <hit same principles as tlie Fre::cli in- v cut ion which drew the applause of ‘-v ionlilic men years later. • To Lis-;) ih<t tJr moist the simplest way B to keen n j'an pf water in the heatreg- i.-tcr. with a l.,rge F]x>ngc in it, or a wet towel hung with ends in the water, giv ing off ion 1sture to (lie air which floats cv»r it. Pans of water alone do very littl • good, though better than nothing. Tito moisture must be directly in the jxitl: of the air to lx? adsorbed by it. Tho y.at.'r cans for stoves should bo largo enough to cover the whole top and be Iti-pt clean and full of fresh water. Such water pans purify tho air as well ns kee it moist, as they absorb impurity, ntllti niter, iodine and salt in tho water is ver Ktixngtliening to breatlie, luiving a ir.—Shirk A CUhmI Kind of Fact*. Memory of Events.—This i* siiov. a wide, full forehead in the center. Reasoning Power.—A high, long . well defined noso ami a broad face < • bibits this great faculty. Moral Courage.—This faculty mar fests itself by wide nostrils, short net. and eyes set directly in front. Language.—This faculty is {exhibited in many parts of tho face, particularly b;, a largo mouth and large, full eye , opened wide. Self Esteem.—This faculty shows its ' in a long or deep upper lip. Large i ill esteem gives one dignity, self control a.id perfect independence. Firmness.—The presence of this fee i*y. when very large is indicated L. long, broad chin. Firmness is synoi:; - mons with willfulness, perseverance am stability. Perception of Character.—This is indi cat'd by a long, high nose at the lower end or tip. This faculty is very useful if not indispensable, to a judge hi tin exercise of the functions of his office. Power of Observation.—The situation of this faculty is in tho face just above tho top of the nose, filling out the f rc head to a level with the pa; is on t -ch side of the nose. It is a faculty .hiol enables one to concentrate the mind U|xm the subject being discussed. Conscientiousness- This is shown ii the face by a square jaw, a be ay chin, prominent cheek bones and a grm squareness of the features of the enh. face. To be conscientious means th. one has a sense of justice, honesty <. purpose, rectitude of character and moral courage.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Ourjob-lej artnw)!l i* r'uppti* djgrb .v Li'y :ireesM..ry l«i enable u» lajiuai'i* both os to; l ie*! atuluimlity »f wo^k. wilti t\*r those enlic cities, slid we gaMrvniee ettie fsciion in every parlicularareliarge notbin^ for our work. We *re slwsys prepared t*^ fill order* nt short notice for tiiaats, Bi^ Ihids, Letter (leadi. Cards, hand biMq Fosters. Circulars, I’aniphlels, Ac. All job r ork tun St be paid for Cash on Delrversr SYSTEMS O.-’ “CHECKAGE.” 1 mild effect I-oiter. of sea air. ley Dare’s Preparing a Nerve Skeleton. One of the most interesting features of the convention of state homeopathic Jm) llowun) T!ilnk„ The; Are a N alas nee, Follcy of lloncaty. Are we a nation of liars, thieves, cheats? If not, what is the meaning ot the universal suspicion which poisons, every brnthiT’s cup? Mfiiy 'hesc checks, in street cars them nuvhanical contriv- tmcc* in banoouitt. these private detift ive ngeiH'ic:.? Y'o'i tvmember what hubbub w;.« created year.-* Ago when con ductors w ;e e.iaqx'lled to wear masslva, tuovlnllii!::-, uitli itiiricute mochanistn, supposed tosliow correctly tt><' number fares taken. Tii- v l. ola d hke t» many Jap.iiic-x' go !s with liuiigling, oiieroua, burdvusom - or nirnents aixuit tliem. The directors sitrqxvtisl that the conductors were stealing, and every time tho con ductor pnllcd the spring that rang the, bell lie challenged puhlk* scrutiny, ant^ the su,-r:p*s!ion cniue lofviry mind, “the, ooni|xtny susjx*c:s this man to lx?a thief,’’ ami to tiiy did susiM-ct every tuun to lx? a thi'f, anti they doubted the accuracy of their uiechunkau us well, because co_ verily anil secretly they sent (gotten?, old men. young ladies, tender childrea,' workingmen in every possible disguise, to keep tally of the numher of peopld. who rod# tt;x)n the cars and paid faro, for the privilege. As it was in Boston ! so it was in New York and in all th^' great centers. The system i f yhcekage, in use upon cur railways today is not only ox’iensive to the companies and an intolerable nuisance to tho traveling pn* be, but n direct impugning of the teg’ ity of every nyiu in tlio employ. 1 buy a ticket from hero to Boston, and | ay in advance. I pay $4 for my. ticket, and $1.00, or whatever, fora seat in a drawing room car. It should bo’ quite sufficient for mo fo give up tny. ticket to a ga toman as I enter thode|x>r, tiiul my other ticket to the porter in charge of the drawing r<x>m car, as I enter tho car. Instead of which, I am ctopixvl nt the gate us I enter tho. ■ de|k>t, in order that a gnteman may. i punch tho ticket. I tako my sent in the, i car. In comes a train conductor, vvhq ; takes my ticket and punches it in Uireoi j or four different places. I settle down I to load my ikijxt or my book, and along comes the ilruWlng nxnn conductor, who takes my ticket aud gives me another in its place, on which ho ]mnchestlio year, the month, tho day of the month, the number of the train, tho number of thq car, the number of the seat, my destir tion and tho amount paid, all of wl totinq- ybvMcians is the completion by Dr. R. , , , , - , , U 'Weaver, demonstrator of anatomy at 1 f a ;is tiuio and gives him unm^sary. ibc Haaicppathic college, of a piece of 'v e pass beyond New Haven, unt^ work which lias occupied his close at- j another conductor comes, anu he hast?; i. ntion for six months. It is a complete ' my ticket, and anotlier condiKsto* e-uoscof all the nerves of the human ; cxHucsat Woroeeter, and he has topnacii body, exactly in tho position ti'oy occupy i the ticket. Then they corno along again curing life. Some ide* can bo formed j alK * ,a -° U P ?l lfa tickets. c*f the labor involved when it is remem- | ^ onu; ' v l^ 1 . 1,10 1,ltQ w»y o; our bar- Lered that tlx? buman bodv contains up- j.^oms, pur restaurants, our cafes. Timq wanl« f a million nerves of variou; rorts. " nj w l ,cn a n,aa could go with Ids friend Dr. Weaver, who lately traveled in Eurp}**, wnq struck with the want of xouio sjK*ci:no;i of niiHtomy sho wing tho ii.rvrs otdy. Pnxmring tlio body of n colored woman, who bad died in q very rtu-.xmted condition, Dr. Weaver, work ing tea hours a day for upward of six months, ami chiseling the hones away ; into a cafe, order his lemonade or wliat- evtr he wanted, generally thn latter, throw his money on titq pouiimr un<| yvalk out. Nitfi he has to ix-rfunu tlx; ,.i rviec of a waiter. Having taken his refill*!iment he waits while ihontteiuhuit turn? to a niticidno nt tho Ixick of the in” cl :.-ure. fr.m which he drg?vs‘a card. ;<ti nicer* by piece, managed to get tv hat he ^ V s bta,a r >e ^ at^ouqt tvt W paj ], A® we*** tho nthor Hfiv thn . i ? a-*h uiuQUiit ia shown iii jjlanng Icttor# reen tho other day, figure, pinned to p blackboard in a pcl- j.ilio) fjamt*, looked at a distance like a very delicafo drawing in white of tho pert es of tlte human figure. A close in flection. however, revealed tho fact that the ihdicate lines were really nerves, eomo as delicate and fine as silk. Tho dura mater of the skull and backbone are retained and al.so tho eyes. Tlio nerves ct tho spinal cord are so fine and n?- eloeo together that a very fine needle hail to bo ti ed t.» separate them. Portions of tho fkin are alsq preserved, but every piardclo of bone e.nJ tissue lias’ been removed.— Philadelphia Inquirer. Vimgc.T In Water Filters. A most astounding revelation hnannio fp fho. e who have been confidently trust ing to appliances for purifying their drinking water. It seems that the ordinary filter, instead of rendering tlio v. nUr pure and safe, is actually tlio means of producing just tho opposite re- u;!t. The Rhixle Island Medical society, i.’irotfcgh Dr. 8warts, shows that somo fi’t'TS when first used do remove a pro portion of disease germs. But after be- i. g jii u-c only a few days there is a narked irifreflafi in tlie number of col onies of germs in tlio filtered ns com- pare l with die unfilUred water. In ouo itirtance tlx? uufiltered water showed tho |.;’t>scncc of thirty-six colonies, while tho f. l t?‘;?<l contained the enormous number ?» 2.000. 0,000, 0,000, and even more, hliap is, the poison caught up by tho filter tlie first few days becomes tho f u ‘ ot a vast midtiplication ot tho da igeroua element. So look to your precautions, and then bo on your guard. 1’ you cannot constantly cleanse your .. u is you had hotter destroy them.— C i«bc-Dt'!i:ocraL quarter?” the gentleman orally thought so, and that he sponded to her calls cheerfully.—. (Ga.) Nears. Tho ordinary Is tbs necesMry; tbs ex traordinary we can do without. Yet, by a strange paradox, men value most arbat; they least need. ’s.-Z*. 1 , Sltiitlotoe on .Telegreph Wire*. A travel r in Brazil writes to a horti- » ultarcl I'jiprr telling of the crop of mis- that he found growing on tcle- wires near Rio Janeiro. When ho t saw it ho thought that floods had t weeds hanging tq the wires, but a re; inspccti?>n and the height of tho res convinced him that tho apparent rv'.s .vere thouoinds of little mistletoes ■ fixe?l to the wires. Many species litis plant grow in Brazil, and some, .. J ■•bird weeds,” bear berries which • oaten by birds. The seeds are dc- h.-d cu tlte telegraph wires mid taka They tin,* rhort lived, of oource, •I'.' ccnstant deposits of seed clothe wires with this curious fringe.—New k Sun. I'll Ulna Oat Fire*. « n Englis!) fireman write# to Tlie Lou- i I'irenuia his belief that fires may be ' it cut by a mixture of plaster cf {taria < -1 ijuru. His plau is to throw the-mix- ., ruined iu a combustiMe ting u;x*n • ti u. An Incoq^bq^iblQ pulley block, -11 up the has. must necessarily be x <1 to every building to render bis . . i iacticabl*.—Frank Leslie’s. pliksh muotuit is shown in glare u; on the machine ns the impression L, madu. Till? tho customer u comjieUc?) to carry sometimes a dL?taucj of a huu- dnxl feet. At all event;) ije intist carrv |t wherever the cashier changes‘;'q Li wnteil. lit? Imnds tlie check anil tliq jmatey to the c:'j..hiir. wirxxt his moutl; amt walk* away, la otiicr words, the buikivixT u dutinclly infornwd by this proc?.*ilitpj that Ids employer h:;» no f.d'.U i:! Vini. and lioth be and the cashier u l donned hr this mechanism, which reg- wl< rx the muouut, tluit U'eir employer in; ti nritiier uf them. And. after all, do checks clieck) Thicvio;; conductors were supplied by Ingenious michanics with little arrango- men ■> by which, while pretending to n-gh t^r, they in reality pockfted tho fare witiioitt re;;*, tvring. Barkeepers, by col la-.to;i •.rltli cashiers, can, if they wish di'iTuud their employ tiS. This very weet one of our railroad auditors tumbled ovgf p | l.in by which fares collected on steam railways wire retained by conductors, tlv y having du; licote slips furnislied t! *• i hy the accountant in tho offioo. 1 Inman inj^enuhy Is pertain tq be met by liuin.-m iug? iniiiy. In the long rut), tak; i:i;; nge after age, accumulated facts lutve cni tallized themselves intoapro- vith, “Honesty is tlie Ixrst policy,” and disiHxicst men know just os well as thq ►do. I and true that tho path to success lies Li tint direction, and tliat leaving all qa- iionof morals out of considera- ti xi. t::.- Utt "policy,” the truest way i:i wlik li to servo one’s splfish purpose, is to l»* lionest. Ti.ete 11,10-1 lx> responsibility soma- when?, fioiiielxxly must bo trusted, and tdl tliL? intricate system of checkagq doe? n't nmount to shucks. If a man is I d -!;<i!u>t and Ims not brains enougli tq know that, in spite of his dishonest ten : d -t'ey. xneix-ss can bu obtained hy honest in<'thuds uioni*. no power this side of Itecvi-n can keep him from cheating, and cheating foi a while without detection.-^ Joe iloA^oi in Boston Globe. A Very Curious Cw. A highly intelligent lady known to oa* dtx-tor ri’lated to bim that one day sb# was walking past a public instituttOQ :;ml •-'-erved a child, in whom she was jv-trtK tilarly interested, ooming out through an (ton gate. She saw tliat he 1.1 g i tljc gate after ojx'niug it. and tliat it F^-jiH-d fikcly to close uvon him, aqd com lusi.d i'.i;:; it would do so with l i •?• as i.. crush his ankle; bowever, this did not I.uTtjxim -It was ini possible," ►he said, ••by word or ac( to lx? quick (•tu-ugh to me. t ilie supposed emergeucy; t;id. in fait. I found 1 could no; movo, lix (.ich inu-f.s!- |»ain came on in tbf) auk.?-. ?•? rnvjMtidinK to tlie onv whi<‘U j /bought iU.‘ ‘*>y would have mjurel. 1 I Dll 1,1 ‘ !r |n;t mv hand on it Jo lessen !;h extreme p:auliilrAv-.L 1 c.m snro 1 in l moves:. :.s to >tiT.i:i cr r^tiUll pi. .’Pic wu!k I tome, a iiLgaucs cf about a A Powerful Are Light. V'U?,t Englishmen say is the most • 'werful arc light in tho world is in a i g . hcu'te m the bio of Wight. It is of DOO c. uu-’a power, ino-cased by con- « ■-: fati*or- lenacs to C,C00,Ct.) * caudls power.-—Ix *w York bun. mm LifA .-f ;i»-artiT »>( a mile, was wry lattoclorj, .'nd no i.dtiiig oil my sttickt.'T 1 found q pi:) 1“ riMii.d tin* i'lil.ii*. i:.x if U IsuJ Irttij lainiel uith vi-il «-isrranl juice, with a 1 ir:r»* *,.■?;} • 'i ;,,)• fkime on ihe outer p.ut. By un •►.i*ig tin* wholef*xH w;-. irl’.r.v.L'd, and | 'v. . < a [ftsoBcr to my l» l many days ' v." U. kfawley in Itojwu Ulub& '• : ■ 7 fitUil? « ■ 11 tlte hutuan »*wy r; .