Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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(Tin' pnrlinnfon JTpiifi. HENRY T. THOMPSON, I zations, military and civil,turn ed out. Great was the people’s —7' chagrin and disappointment on Editor fi n dmg that the whole thing —~was a hoax. THURSDAY,DEC. 1 iw 1 . „ , . . . v ^ Everybody predic.s and ex- — poets that the shoat session of TO OilR i'ORRfi^TO'tDEVj Congress which conventd on h vlMiitu. i v.tlMt.t l Mondav wi]l b( . ; froni „ne and another cause, one of the most him to othe just whet the five per cent law will do. If on- the Pcots, tho Horooa and th« Ia4Im Arc Romemberod by Skln^r.. —♦— Only a few of the great name* of HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE. history adorn the wave kissed counters tl u i of deep sea craft. The divine William aut i< of Avon does not seem to have Tiio corrcs-xHulonts «)1 1 UK exciting in our history, as vstdl as one of the mos^important in its effect upon tho political fu ture of the three great political i-vp. IVvkmngtox News through tit the County are particularly rmnested to bear in mind t hat parties, for it is now conceded * by all shrewed observers that we greatly desire to have man j t | ie Farmers Alliance is one of them as often as possible, (the the great political parties of the „ . , , country, and that it will take a oftener the better), Uic local prominent part in the great events of their respective sec- national battle of 18!»2. tions. We want the new; Loading Republicans, such as 'i-- Speaker Reed and Represent- ■ ative McKinley, say that there will he no financial legislation at this session of Congress; but there is a strong element in the i Republican party that will de- Congress met on 1 uesday , m{ £ d jn lou Jj to ^. s that a free ast- coinage hill be passed or that United Senator Jas. L. Pugh I something be done to largely lias been re-elected by the Ala- increase the volume of currency bama legislature. ; in circulation. It is an import- We learn from an tative source that Dr. J. C. V.'il!- |oox, who has filled the office of Mayor of Darlington for the | past four years, will not be a j candidate for rt-eleetion. It ; would ho rather a difficult mat ter for one to discharge properly the complex duties of that office without making a greater or every week, if it is only Editorial .Xotrs. » big place In the memory of his nautical kinsmen of the tight little Uand he has immortalized. One little British bark bean his name, with all the let- Icro allowable—Shakespeeit On two German ships he appeals as Shakspeare and Shukspcre. Another German ship, originally a Yankee clipper, was also christened in his honor. She went to pieces after a frightful struggle with a hurricane. Her captain and a part of Severe earthquake shocks ant end interesting question, • ,. i . ’ and it is certain to be beard wore felt last week, along tbc f l hi vi both iu and Danube valley in Austria. ConRress . Tho hotile actions of the -—•»— Northwest Indians have about CAROLINA'S MOST DISTINGUISHED ceased. Starvation has brought son. the aborigines to terms. lf the members of the General John Gebhard, his '^ife and Assembly prefer to be governed killed by a train, at Chester by the wishes of their eonstitu- New jersey, last Thursday onts rather than yield to the night. ignoble promptings of partisan The State Board of Canvassers prejudice, Wade Hampton will has decided that Col. William succeed himself as United Elliott was elected Congressman , State8 Senator on Tuesday next, from the Seventh, (-‘black, Congressional District. Should they have <my reason T . . , , ,, . ■, T to doubt the correctness of this It is reported that M. L. _ . , Donaldson, of Greenville, will assertion, let the Senator s also be a candidate against friends convince them of it by , . , . , i ber crew, who were rescued by a paw- less number of enemies, and Dr. j j n g steamer after several day* of great Willcox has proved no excep-j suffering, said they never wanted to tion to the rule. The Darling ton News has not always agreed with the Mayor on ques tions of public policy, but on this, the eve of his retirement, it affords us pleasure to state our honest conviction that his entire official career has been marked by a conscientious de- j sire to act with the very highest | regard for the oath which he j took when he was installed into (office. Under his progressive | administration, countless im- I provements have taken place in | the town, and while it might be possible to obtain the services j of a chief executive, who would | make himself more popular with his constituents, it will be many a day before Darling ton will have a more efficient Mavor than James C. Willcox. Hampton for the United States Senatorship. Mr. Donaldson is manager of the State Alliance Exchange. arranging for a regular old- fashioned ’70 “Hampton’sDay” in Columbia on Monday next. ^ , | Let the various railroad com- While five or six small bovs . , ,• were digging into a sand bank, P anies throughout the .tale at Atlantic Iowa, on Thursday offer excursion rates to Col- of last week, the bank caved in and three of the boys were buried in the sand. When their bodies were dug out, in each case life was extinct. Capt. Tillman will be inaugu- umbia, and the people of South Carolina will assemble from the mountains to the sea to give evidence of their continued in terest in all that concerns the rated as Governor to-day with welfare of their grand qld chief- imposing ceremonies. The dif- tain bv such a rally as the capi- ferent roads running into Co- t j f ' the state has never before lumbia have given excursion rates and it is thought that W1 tnessed. large crowds will witness the Wade Hampton is undoubted- inauguration. ly the most distinguished Carolinian since John C. Cal- The annual meeting Jof the National Fanners Alliance and Industrial Union is in session at Ocala, Florida. The South Carolina delegation is composed of State President Stokes, W. J. Tolbert, Dr. Jarnigan and Dr. A. C. Latimer. On lust Thursday two thous and persons had mounted a stand in Brooklyn to witness a game of foot ball between the Yale and Princeton teams, when the stand gave way and the people were hurled pell mell to the ground. Some fifty orsixty persons were seriously hurt, but no one was killed. houn, and his name is known far and wide throughout the American continent. Not to speak of what he has done for South Carolina and the debt of gratitude which her people owe him, the mere fact that we have such a man as United States Senator is an honor and a credit to the state. How then can the General Assembly calmly put him aside for no tangible reason other than the political preju dice of the hour, and advance in wmm a T j * his stead one whose name is not hunting birds in Mississippi on known North of the latitude of Paris mountain or West of the Savannah river? Noble old Hampton! God grant that in his old age he may Wednesday of last week with his son McDuffie Hampton, the latter accidentally shot him. Two or three of the pellets en tered his head, one going., through the ball of the eye, but not have to drink the cup of not touching tho pupil. The man’s ingratitude to the dregs! wound is not considered danger-! ol,s - MONEY AT FIVE PER CENT. The site of tho old Anderson-1 Representative Fowler, of ville Confederate prison, in Union, has introduced into the Georgia, has been purchased Instate House of Representatives a post of tho Grand J rmy of 1 , , the Republic. It will be con-1 a 1,111 to reduce the U ‘S al rate of verted into a park. The land interest to five per cent. The purchased covers eighty acres, present rate is eight per cent., to on which were located the stock- which point it was reduced from ade, fortifications, ride nits etc. t * i i i. t • lu i * * • I 1 ,,,, ten per cent, bv the last Legis- of the historic prison. The j, 1 property was bought from Geo. atl,re ' Kennedy, a negro, for $1,500. In our opinion this is a very I he wealthy electric light . , . . , . companies might spend their ls money and it is a fact of com- surplus cash in a more philan- mon sense as well as political thropic-way than in employing economy, that money will seek lawyers to argue before the cbanne i 8 that promise the most United States Supreme Court . ,, * , , against the constitutionality of • favor . able return - Aa loD « as the electric execution of mur- or >P party must borrow and the derers urovided for by the law other lend, the lender must have >f the State of New A ork. 1 be sufficient remuneration for his THE FORCE BILL. The Republican programme has been announced for the present session of Congress. It embraces the passage of an ap portionment bill,the circuit court bill, a shipping bill, the regular appropriation bills and tho Federal election bill. To carry out this programme two things will bo absolutely neces sary—a change in the rules of the Senate and the presence of a constant quorum of Republicans in the House, as the Democrats | Eva*, i have announced their intention to oppose evei$' one of these measures except the regular ap- j propriation bills. There is said to be in existence a written agreement signed by forty-three { Republican Senators to change the rules and pass the election ! bill before the Christmas holi days. PROSECUTE THE “BOODLERS.” The biennial election of the Mayor and Aldermen of the (town of Darlington will be held on Tuesday, Dec. ICth. It will he the duty of evesjy good citi zen of the town to see to it on that occasion that none of the scenes which have disgraced the town in previous years shall be re-enacted. Should there be two tickets in the field, let the i election be conducted on the i highest plane possible no unfair means used, no bribery of the colored vote. Let the officers (of the law keep their eyes open, and prosecute to the very full est extent anyone who indulges in these disgraceful practices, : for in this way only can the fair name of Darlington be pre served. — • •*- -•• sunllinrntal uml t oii.Ic Souga. An interesting fm t cl-out > it. ecssfu! song* may So noted, mid that is, only sentimental ! songs make any money. Lumoiouj songs ! liecome very popular. They are applauded in tho theatre when a favorite linger sings them, and are laughed (it unrestrainedly, but very fewr in tho audience ever think ot buy- i ing copies ot them. This is peculiarly true of | that description of humorous ditty known as the topical song. It maybe explained that ; tliis is n song in which the materal cf tho different verses is arranged to give [joint to a significant phrase' which invnrnitjh forms the last line of tho verse. The performauee prac tically amounts to piggltng with language, the effect ooiniug from the humorous and un cx]icctcd illustration which eon bo adduced of the ilea embodied ia tho adopted phrase. Given on the stage by an expert singer, wlio enforces the points of the verses by ap propriate action and facial expression, these songs are very e ffective. Bung in the [larlor ^by an ordinal y vocalist and without thcoilect hoar the bard’s name again. A modem poet and dramatist, Hen drik Ibsen, has achieved nearly a* much sea glory as Shakespeare. Two Nor wegian barks are called after him. Norway also honors Longfellow with two barks, and America dedicates a schooner and a steamer to his memory. Nova Scotia rescues Mark Twain from utter oblivion on the main by naming a bark after him. One American schooner curries the name of Whittier to many domestic ports. John Wesley traverses the season an American bark- entino and a Norwegian bark. John Bunyan makes progress as a sea pil grim only on a Yankee coaster. The mermaids see the name of Wellington under the stem of a British steamship. Tho great Napoleon is remembered only by tho owners of an American schooner and a Norwegian bark. A British steamship, a Norwegian bark and a British schooner carry the fame of Byron around tho world. Tenny son is not caressed by waves in any port. Oliver Cromwell sails along our coasts on two schooners and Bobert Emmett on one. George Washington lias international sea fame. His name appears on a French and Italian steam ship, three American schooners, a Ger man ship and an Italian bark. Three Norwegian barks, a Chilian schooner and three American schooners are named after Franklin. Feminine names are, ns they have been since men first went to sea, the most popular on sailing vessels. There arc only two Nancy* (the name dear in song to tho sailor’s heart) and |ust as many Susans in the record. There are three Mauds, fourteen Emmas, four Rebeccas, three Roees, five 8s- meraldas, six Estellas, five Eleanors, seven Doras, six Ediths, five Mary Janes, eight Mary Ellens, one Minnie, four Mirandas, two Mariannes, four Eve lyns, nine Maggies, eight Helens, four one Lulu, ten Helens, eight Helenes, twelve Louises and four Lou isas, three Lucilles, ten Elizabeths and eight Lizzies, fifteen Berthas, twenty- foncerntHg Advert 1stBf OkU*% Every sectio i of the country ia wib- i js< ‘ to a [M-riedical raid by the slick gentleman with tho ad vertuing chart, j ia which lie will sell the adverliaer a ; choice position at from $2 to |10, ac- cordiuj; to the credulity of the patron and the estimated size of hi* pocket- book. Of these charts, all tho w*y from twenty-five to fifty, or occasion ally one hundred, may bo scattered about. Sometimes they aro not even scattered about, but are printed and dis|HMcd of in bulk, where they will never do any one any harm or good. A case Ifus recently come to our at tention of one of these chart gentle men who had an edition of two hun dred of these cash absorbers printed, and whose solicitude for the gentle men who had patronised him wa» »o slight that ho did not even “lift" the edition from tho office in which it was printed. Ti.e oily gentleman who manipulated the chart scheme left a copy with each manufacturer or firm represented thereon, collected his money, and skipped from town be tween two days. It was afterward learned that he had promised to issue 1,000 copies and distribute them all aver the state. Borne firms paid as high as $10 for a small space. He claimed to have netted about $220 in six days. Most of his victims, without doubt, were the manufacturers who “did not believe iu newspaper adver tising.” He did not catch a single re tail dealer who was posted as to adrer- tisingaud the mediums through which it pays to operate. The advertising chart deal is only one of almost numberless devices re sorted to by plausible but iadolent fel lows, who find it easier to skip about the country working up schemes of this kind than to settle down to any le gitimate line of work. The merchant or manufacturer who puts his money into an advertising chart could usually save valuable time and secure the same results by thrusting the same amount of hard cash into his office stove. The result would be precisely the same — his inouey would be gone without any compensating return. Court lias again decided the law is constitutional.* that Campaign expenditures are money or else he will use it where it can he of more service always exaggerated and magni ! to him ' T1,is if! as blaia aR de fied. Nobody believes for an The money lenders will invest instant that as much as a mil- their money in cotton mills and ion of dollars were spent in! other joint stock companies, or any one state, indeed it is vorv . , . . . „ doubtful if so much was spent bu - v U > J lai ’’d aml ront d’ 51 * 1 or any in the entire country during °f which will be more rem*.nern- the recent Congressional cam- tive to him than to lend the money to his neighbor and get believe that Senator Stanford , ’ *. . . . disbursed that m ieh in Cali- only hvp ! >er c ‘“ nt ’ " ltert ' st ,)n fornia. 'his loan. The farmer neces- The Republican majority in saH,v lins to ,K)rrow aml he wiU New York at the Congraisional,find it a difficult matter to ob- election in 18N8 was .’)2.7ti7, tain a loan at five per cent , be whilst at the. recent election tho Democratic majority was 7s’.s I .■>. a change of 131,682. In Wis consin the revolution was remarkable. In that State in 1888 the Republican nuijorifv on the Congressional vote w..? 23,037. This was reversed ;•,* the November eiectn n. fin- Democratic majority beiuir jp. 198, a change of 47.23.'). ^ast week an actor f t-irt*,! from Atlanta for New (fib-ans and some wag telegraphed ; liead along the ro id ih :t I!■ President Cleveland would pars through the country on the train. At almost every station now that the capitalist seems crowds gathered to get a sight i disposed to meet us half way, Organ!-, we certainly should not drive . • seven Annas and eleven Annies, twenty- two Alices, eight Agneses, twenty-five Maries and thirteen Lauras. Sam Wel ler has an American schooner named after him. Two sailing craft are called White Wings, one Top Gallant, one Big Bonanza and one Jay Eye See. —Rertird of Shipping. Didn’t Know When lie Was Well Off. “There aro men,” said the melan choly looking individual, “who never know when they are well off. I speak frcr.il experience, for I am one of them. I onco paid attention to a lovely young woman. She was so sweet that the (lies would all go to her and leave me unmolested, and I used to sit with her for hours of a summer evening, and while the flies swarmed upon her I en joyed perfect immunity from the ras cals. But, alas! I didn’t know when 1 was well off. In an evil moment 1 asked her hand in marriage, and she shook her head so decidedly when she replied in tho negative that she shook all tho flies off her, and then stalked out of tho room, leaving me to be preyed upon by tho varmints. If I had only been satisfied to let tilings remain as they were I might have passed through life peaceful and contented. But, as I said, there aro men who never know when they aro well off.—Boston Transcript. Confession Good for the Son!. A music dealer in New Brunswick, N. J., tho other day received an un signed letter, written in red ink, eon- taining tho following letter: “Sir- Seven years ago I stole a concertina from your workshop, which was get ting repaired. Some time ago I joined the Salvation army, and Christ has par doned all my sins. I think it right 1 should let you know. May God bless you, and meet me in heaven." It will bo seen that tho penitent fails to return tho concertina, or an equivalent there for, but makes up this omission by liberality in blessing. “Wc have heard of r.uch penitents before.”—New York Tribune. A Poor Sort of Cow. Stranger (at Mr. Citiman’s new suburban villa)—Momin’, my little dear! Is your papa at home? I hear ho wants to buy a cow, and I’ve got one I think would suit him. It’s a Jer sey cow. Little Miss—Oh, I don’t think papa 'wlik-h comes from llio assembly of a large Mould want that kind of a cow. They number of people, tbtwi songs almost invsria- don't give anything but skim milk. We used to board in Jersey.—New York Weekly. Pointers Without Charge. Tiio dealer who says advertising does not [my lias expected it to make a for tune for him in a few weeks. When a newspaper once gets the reputation of not being a paying medi um for the advertiser its race is run. Advertising is a gear in the ma chine of a well regulated store. It can not sell tho goods itself, it only dcliv- ei-s the customer, as it were. More business men attribute their success to the judicious use of pi-inters' ink Ilian to any other one thing. Are you doing all you can to secure trade? Eternal advertising is the price of trude. Some argue that it is expensi ve I to advertise. It is the mast profitable expense you can have if you handle it i properly. Always move a little ahead of the ! trade. As one local advertiser is wont 1 to suy: “Anticipate their wants.” Don't wait until Christmas before you advertise holiday goods. Always get in your announcements in season. It is a mistake to think that any rep utable newspaper is indifferent as to its advertising bringing the investor a profit Tliis [taper would not receive a cent from a dissatisfied patron who had given its columns a thorough test Your business won’t move along un less you keep pushing it One way to ' push it is by advertising. Select a newspaper with a large and growing circulation, like this paper, for in stance. Change your ad. at least twice a week and leave nothing to what is culled “luck,” and you will always be what U called “lucky.” Did you ever know that there is au anti-advertising society? Well, there is. It is composed of doctors, and some doctors in this city are members of it, too. Still you often sbe tho names of doctors in tiio newspapers, don’t yon? and mostly in connection with cases of theirs. These members are not opposed to having their names in the papers iu the way of free “puffs,” buttoadver rise, they hold, isan evidence of weak ness. Now, how’s thatl A Hew TsIuphoM Altashment. A Fort Dodge man baa Invented a telephone attachment In the shape of a clockwork de\ ice. by the use of which a man ringing up a person who has left lit* office or room can lie informed automatically at what time he will re turn. A dial similar to that of a clock Is provided, and when the pci-son is about to leave the vicinity of the tele phone ho turns the hands on the clock to the hour nt which he will rotum. Tliis hour is communicated to the ringer by a series of taps. —New York Telegram. ■syoad tho Limit. He (piqued)—It seems to me that your last remark rather indicated that yon consider me stupid. She—Was it so obvious os that?— Epoch. UMuMful sad Expennivr Fans. The late Mrs. John Jacob Asti r had probably tho finest collection of fans in tiio country. There were among the number many charming specimens of that famous Vends Martin, which time lias not robbed of its soft luster. Tiio mounts aro of paper, silk and vellum, exquisitely painted, one representing tiie "Toilet of Venus." The sticks, in ivory, arc overspread witli tiio Vends Martin, showing a surface of great brill iancy. Another dainty one in Mrs. Aster’s collection represents a cham- petre group of youths and maidens upon a crag overhanging a bit of sum mer sea. Perhaps one of the choicest fans is one lielouging to Mrs. NeVbold Morris. It is oi erepe lissc, delicately painted, edged witli point d'Alcncon and mounted on sticks of mother-of- pearl. Of other fans belonging to New York ladies one is a regency fan, with a scriptural subject painted upon tho mount, the sticks being decorated with Chinese enamel faces in cartouches. Mrs. Jesse Scligmun has many costly fans. One of tho Louis Quinze period has depicted upon it a scene from linreni life, and is decorated with gilt and sil ver medallions upon kid. A regal fan made over a hundred years ago for some almond eyed empress of the Flow ery Kingdom is now nt the Metropoli tan Museum of Art. where tills “thing of beauty and joy forever” lias a largo case devoted exclusively to its own royal use. This fan is mi airy, fairy combi nation of gauze, ivory, Jade and many other precious metals of exquisite work- mansliip.—New Y’ork World. Z* — J s-* O Cl C* ~ C (= « g'2-*ri - o o T. 2.2 2. , f ;. ^ cr3. ;r y J ' z fFd?’ w V.’ , . X ►Te. Q % p-S ? C *"*-• c*- sh* ? * ^ -t 5C ~ z Z* i- 1 ^ i 1 V. d bly fall flat. Jn vonseijneaeo they aro very seldom sung there, mul tiio music publishers who give them to the world find tho world un grateful, much to tho publishers pecuniary grief. On the other hand, a sentimental song may be rang in the home circle by au inex- [■erieiKcd t-ingcr w ith very fair effect Some how or eithi r Ibc underlying sentiment sur vives the mwt outrageous treatment. It has te tter staying qualities than humor bar. Tho uie-loflie* are simple, tho thoughts expressed find a welcome luncug ail classes of people, and the sheet Music finds ifciway totbousunus of piano racks throughout tho land; and so the publisher liccumcs happy and afiluer.t— New York Mail and Express. Tho lirat electrical railway in Swe den has lieen completed. It is situated •4 the Eoxliolm iron foundry, and works capitally. The whole installa tion lias only cost £750, of which the locomotive absorbed £390. It is work ed through dynamos already in use for the electric light, which accounts for its cheapness. A troiKlrrfnl Itrlilfe. David Gowan, who lives in the north- om part of Gila county, A. T., in what is known as “the Tonto Basin,” is the owner of one of the jrreatert natural curiosities in tho United States, if not in tile world. Cowan’s wonder is the famous natural bridge which spans Pine Dome Paper tor Boom Advertisers. What is it in all of us that gives such a glitter and beauty to that which is afar off, and suck* sombemess and tameness to the near by f It is not al together, nor very much, that we can the better see defects on account of the closeness of the object; we should bo able to see the merits better, tea It is the disposition to undervalue the familiar, the commonplace, that besets us. Now, take a certain class of ad vertisers. They will hunt all around for a medium that is far away, quite overlooking the paper at home, which they could use with a result mueh more profitable, in many coses, than the one chosen. Or they will provide "dodgers” and ’“guttersnipes” that no- | body looks at for free distribution, taking all chances of their being “dis tributed" in a single delivery from the bridge over stream or canal. No doubt much of this sort of advertising matter bus met with such a fate as this. But the near-by newspaper ia the medium that ougiit to be used. It is an old personal acquaintance of every man in the community. Its voice is familiar and listened for. Its state ments aro trusted as those of a stranger would not be. Moreover, its circula tion is among the very people who compose the class from which the cus tom desired must be obtaiued. The homo paper is, by all odds, the me dium for homo advertiser*. will he told by those who have the money that i# has sought more profitable investments. South Carolina is peculiarly situated: she i.; less fortunate tliiin in*;- sister States in that li ■ is just rorlnimititf her credit from the stump of tie- lonjj mis- iiilcof ;!io Rndirals :md h is sl.;i; U iurge pivdomiil Hire of " lu'ifro nop ihitloii. Th ‘.-o fuels have marie capitalists very ivluctunt to hriii'r their money to us. We need tiie money aml Il3'grin in tho Dog Duy*. Wliilc nmiiiiating over a pipe on the even ing of one of the clog days, tho tbemometer Icing above eighty degrees in the shade, I have wondered what tho goddess ETygeia would have done, and what sho would have | recommended under the circumstances, for - r pur])oaeii of lit ulth and comfort, she wouldn’t * creek by u single arch of 200 feet, tho ii.iv -1 uten roust duck I know; but how would walls on either side rising to a height of Ua Uavo ii.mbatej tbc lic-roo teat, by way of from 700 to 800 foet. on ono side fonn- of the ex-President. keeping liora-U cool? Would aho have swal lowed Irnggi* and eockleskio iu north Britain, bam and Uvf in Y'orlndiire, and tripe and onions in London? Not a bit of it. Ilygcia bad too much reaped for herself as a goddess to indul^o iu sueli plelx inn and delnsivo ileiu- tkii in but weather. lean just see her inn sciviiful attitude, on the top of a marble column such as Aliua Tadciuainvcstopaint— she waves her Jupid over file smoking viands oar go»sl»oofcs an- seuduig up forourdelwta- ti*S!. Idle pleachesntotcation hi a way that makes one feel creepy, ai her words stem to come down froni tiio cold iiinrhk Kbo Li (oinuianding her foUuwetw to keep cool with milk uml wate r, and grapes and sii-awlicrrk'S, cud to have r.ll the fdcobol and wine mid i vxv for other oocmioua 1 beg Uygeia’a pardon, and tlufii renounce beat producers on hot days in future, although they are very good, ami like cvcrytliing else, unfortunately w] dysjicptios like best —Chambers’ Journal. ing a perpendicular precipice. The bridge is C00'foet in width; from tiie bottom of the arch to the top It aver ages 10 feet; span, as above mentioned. 200 feet; lower side of arch. 150 feet The action of tiie water which lias poured under this natural span for ages has worn it as smooth as though it had been chiseled and sandpapered by n stonemason. Although this arch, which is solid limestone, averages about it-.ri.y feet in thickness, there is one place near the top of the urch where tho thickness scarcely exceeds six foet; near tiio center of this thin place there is a semi-circular hole two feet in diam eter through which oi»; may watch the ) rater* swiftly gliding 200 feet below.— St Louis Republic. Not long ago a mother looked over the shoulder of her little girl who was groaning about a difficult leasofi. The book was open at the map of Africa, ai.d the mother exclaimed: “'•Yiiy, how that map has changed since I was a child! Then it had only a few towns about the coast, and all the middle was a blank. We didn’t have to learn much ahoat the map of Africa in those days.” “‘I know it” cried th* little girl, al most in tears, "and it’s all the fault of tliat dreadful Mr. Stanley I"—Ex change. A Imoky Fallow. Mrs. Sharptongu* (querulously) — Here you are earning next to nothing, mid our old neighbor, Mr. Quiekwit is making $10,000 a year. Mr. a-Lucky fellow, that Quick- wit. He’s got a job a* traveling sale* man, and is away from home ten months in tiie year. —New York Weekly. The longest day of the year has It hours at St. Petersburg, 12 hour* at Hamburg, II l-l hour* at Loudon, U hour* at New York, and $ 14 month* ut flpltrtjiyn. 3 O H £ X CD m 5"* 3 OQ O* Si’tJ 5’ °' ■ c..®* ^ I? f~i.§ w o O "i q, -^j _ o c Sc C c W tiK H X > I O S’ -i P 5! 01 C* * , A Mexican Itellr. Among the many articles of interest in the new Natural History museum at Vienna perhaps notliing has been more discussed than an old Mexican relic whicli is preserved with great care un der glass. Tliis relic, which is now known as the field badge of King Montezuma, had lain for 300 years in the Ambrose collection, where it was at first cata logued as a Moorish hat of long, heavy, glistening groen and gold feathers. One investigator held that It was an Indian liat, another an Indian apron; but in 1820 it was at last known to bp a Mexican badge of high rank, and through Ferdinand Iloclistcttor it was proved to be the genuine field decora tion of King Montezuma, captured by Cortez in 152<J after the 1 Kittle of Otumba. This battle was followed by tiie wild flight of the Mexicans and the robbing of the land by Cortez, who sent tiie standard and wardrobe of tiie king, with much gold, to the Emperor Charles V. of Spain. The latter gave tiie standard to Pope Clement VII, who sent it to Grand Duke Ferdinand, of Tyrol, for the Ambrase collection. It is shaped like a fan, and is uiad^ from tail feathers of the bird of Para dise, wliieli have a glitter I ike gold over their red, green and blue colors. The motlis liad partly destroyed it, but of the five hundred original feathers only forty-one were muoh injured, and those have been replaced by new ones, and the former beauty is fully restored.— Youth's Companion. The Extremely Low Prices! •I’KC.A.T 1FBM EARLY, Has Lmhmi sc’liiurat tliis fall hascaused an uii)>r<i. «'.m trade. He has ioniid it necessary to order almost p.n ent ie N.'w| Stock of lOIES.ES^JRS GtOOjOSS, CLOTHING, SHOES, WOODEN-WARE. ETC., Groceries coming in by almost every train. The attention cf the farmers is called t ) a large lot of IrS.ULst-IPjroof Oetts. , Nomt Si Co. H ave just received New Lines of The Patient Car Conductor. "There was a time not long ago when I used to kick off every boy who ‘caught on behind' my car,” said a Third avenue conductor. "I was more green then than 1 am now,” lie con tinued, "and I considered tliat it was my duty to do so. But I don’t do it any more. I have been cured of such cruelty. Tiie lesson was so lufpressive tliat I shall never forget it. It occurred late one night. A little chap ran after my car and hung on the platform. 1 rushed back and stepped on his fingers. He let go and fell upon the track. He was seriously hurt. I picked him up and found blood upon his head. I left tho car in tiie care of tiio driver and carried him home. "Two days later my car was stopped by a funeral procession, and I learned that it was tho funeral of the boy who had sat on my car two evenings before. Yee, sir, every boy in Park row can ride on my car now. I wouldn't put ono of them off if 1 loet my job the next day. There is such a thing, you know, sir, as being too strict.”—Ernest Jarrnld in New York Journal. Kre you readimg Bret Harte’s Jew Story? VELVETS, PLUSHES, BUCKLES, GILT CORDS, AMD BRAIDS AND LADItS FANCY HOSIERY, GLOVES, LADIES2SCARFS, FANCY BAGS AND NECKWEAR. Also New Lines of Heiser's and Reed’s Shoes. Mens' and Boy's Clothing. These Goods are all New and Fresh and will be sold at old prices. Respectfully. EDWARDS, NORMENT & CO. September 18, 1890. AT GOST! * Owing to the death of the late proprietor, and the consequent necessity for closing out the business, the stock of SKI S. mi Din GOODS AND HAHDWAIili AT THE If Not, Commence It Now! It will bo Fcund in Another Column of " Is Paper. Enterprise Grocery IS BEING SOLD OUT POSITIVELY AT COST. o :o: o Heavy Groceries, such as Bacon, Flour, Salt &c., are offered at the very closest margins. _ O O O 0 iBAJ'lM AT 6 1«4©TO. --o- NOTIOE. Notice is hereby given tliat a mort gage from C. Pate to W. A. Garrigan, which has been lost, Is not negotiable and will be valueless in hand of Under. W. A. CARRIGAN. Nettles Ac Nettles, Att’vs., Nov. 27, tf For C. Pate. Our Flour at $5.50 is unsurpassed in qual ity for that price. Specialty : line of “clippeer” plows at cost. Octobers, 1890. ,