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VOL. LI. “IF FOli THE LIBEKTY OF THE WOULD WE CAN DO ANYTHIN*;.” V. i DAliLLNGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDXUSDAV, FE1JHUA1LY 10, hs‘»L». NO. 23 THE LOTTERy SURRENDERS. A HAPPY ENDING TO THE STRIFE IN LOUISIANA. J. A. Morris, the Lottery Kins;, Dis heartened by the Opposition of the People and by the Supreme t'ourt Derision Sustaining the’Anti-LolteryjPos- talj Law,; With draws from) the Con test. New Oki.ea.ss, February 3.'—A card is m»4« pnWi* tux*** Juiiu A Morris, addressed Co the people of thinltili^ of neither fear rmr favor Louisiana, m which Morris, concern ing the efforts to obtain an extension of the charter of the Louisiana Lot tery, says: Realizing thoroughly, my associates and 1 that we have been incorrect in our opinion of the public sentiment on this (piestiou of a new charter, and not desiring to see the people of the State of Ljuisiana involved in strife over this (pieslion, 1 hereby declare, upon my part and upon the part of my associates, that we would not accept or qualify under the amendment )lottery amendment to the Constitution) even were it to be adopted by the people jit the general election of April next. As the Su preme Court of the United States has decided the anti-lottery postal law to be constitutional it is my purpose and that of my associates to respect that law and abstain from violating it in any manner. Our offer was prompted as much by desire to benefit the people of Louisiana as bv the prospect of profit to ourselves from the grant as a business proposi tion. My associates and 1 are closely identified with tlic interests of ilie people of Louisiana, as we own much property within the borders of the State. Convinced that the granting of another lottery chart* rial h ■ State would be the cause of continued agitation and discontent upyn the part of a number of citizens of Ixniisiauu for the entire pcuod for which the charter might lie granted, we would be unwilling to accept such charter, even though it was given to us without * the payment of one dol lar of license tax. John A. Mourns. Speaking to Horses.* Judge I/lar’s Charge to the Ker shaw Grand Jury. Camden, February 1.—The spring term of Court was opened at 10 a. m. Judge J.L. Izlar, the presiding office, having all the jurors called be fore he came to the Court House. Mr. G. E. Taylor was appointed foreman of the jury, after which the Judge charged very nearly as follows: He explained that no one was brought to trial in the Court without the grand jury passing on the bill of indictment, so the position of a grand juror was a very important one. A juror must do his duty impartially, The horse is possessed oi as good hearing as his owner usually, writes a correspondent, and can be made to heed words of command given in moderate tone as well; s those hurl ed at him with all the strength of the driver’s lungs. Some have got ten in the habit of yelling at tluir horses as if they were half a mile away, and seem to think it is the only way to get along with a team. It may be, if the horses have been edu cated in that way, hut there is no need of teaching them in the first place. 1 notice that the horses of such men don’t mind as well as those of their milder spoken neighbors; (hey seem to have become use to the racket, and found that nothing than a terriffo howl (and may he a clod or a cut of the whip) means much. It is noticeable that children constantly scolded pay least attention to rebukes, and the same holds good with dogs and horses in obeying or ders. I believe as u rule it is best to speak to horses in a tone somewhat above the ordinary, always taking care to make the command distinct. Never give a word of command nnlcsr it is meant. Some men say boa" when they don’t mean for the horse to stop at all; result is when they say “whoa” and meao it the horse doesn’t always stop. Another tiling is necessary—when certain a horse has heard always make him obey. Some ^ 01,1 lu ' horses arc like men, they hear but! Flat irons that have been red-hot, don’t heed, and it is necessary to do not retain the heat so well after- wake them up every now and then.; ward and will alwavs he rough. Do I have never sicn a man yet that not put them on the stove too long didn't smetiuus get rattled and yell before they arc needed, if there is a at his team with all his power, nora verv hot fire. team that wouldn’t make most any . man lose his temper occasionally, but " * lea on( ' e 11 borne is regarded as there is no need of either man or only a place to eat, drink and sleep team making a habit of it.— Nation- m > the work is begun that ends in al Stockman Farmer. nor promise of reward. He then ex plained the obligation just taken, calling attention to secrecy which was defined as a wise provision, a -hicld, that all deliberations be. eerel, being a protection from dangerous men. All technical definition of of fences were lefI out, as they were con sidered confusing and hard to be un derstood and remembered by the jury. in telling of their supervision oi all offices of the county, he laid great stress on the sanitary condition in which the jail should be kept. Prisoners are not always confined foi punishment, but sometimes for secu rity, and should lie treated with bn inanity and comfort. Many jails are productive or disease and death. The prisoners must be kept warm and well fed. You should bring any ir regularities, malfeasances or non feasances in any office before Hit Court. Your trial justices should be closely looked after. Their pow ers are great. Sec that they do nn oppress the people, and that all ot their tines collected be promptly turn ed into the county treasury. The poor, whom you always have with you, must be well eared for. See that they are properly fed and cloth-' ed. Look after all violators of tin law, and present them, especially those whe carry concealed wcafmi.s. which habit causes one-lis.lf of tin murders and nine-tenth.-'of the as saults and batteries. I have never known of a party being originally brought into Court for carrying a concealed weapon. They are eithci discovered with a weapon after lie ing arrested for some other reason, oi when one neighbor is arrested on some charge the other indicts tin prosecutor for this charge to get even. Another thing to seriously look af ter is gambling. I know of no crime more detrimental to a community. It corrupts the young and beggars all, and is the cause of forgeries, em- bezzlemeuts, etc. It is your highest duty if you know of any gambling hells to have them broken up. I don’t propose after to-day to have any jurors or witnesses called. You have been summoned here to attend to Court business and it is just as important that you remain in the Court House as the Judge or solicitor. Continual howling for absent ones causes the loss of many a half hour. You don’t come to town to buy a spool of thread or paper of pins, but to attend to this business. Now let us co-operate together and see that business will be rup'dly dispatched. Courts are an expensive luxury and each minute lost must be paid for. All witnesses or jurors who have to lie called will lose that day's pay. If we attend promptly all will acknowl edge at the close of Court that the session has given satisfaction. What 1 said to the jurors and wit nesses a iplics to the attorneys also. When the solicitor reaches a case if you are absent, why the solicitor and myself will do the best we can, but the case must he tried.—News and “WIT( ^ILC1^AFT. ,, DO A .MAJORITY OF CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY RELIEVE IN IT! The Remarkable Assertion of a , •CellturJ ,, Contributor. Rev. Dr. J. M. IJuckley, in the course of an article in the Century Magazine, is responsible for the as sertion that a majority of citizens in the United States believes iy witch craft. He says: Witcbc.'aft is at the present -time believed in by a majority of the citi zens of the Uniled States. The larger number of immigrants from the con tinent of Europe are more or less in fear of sueli powers. To these must ue added no inconsiderable prupor- l ion of persons of England mid Scotch lescent; lor a strong veil, of supersti tion is discernible in many Irish, Scotch, and some English, whore •■folk-lore," diffused in nursery tales and neighborhood gossip, liascnlwin- ed itself strongly about tlie fibres oi spontaneous subconscious mental imagery. Where col nies of immigrants have remained isolated, retaining the use of their own language, the inlluente of witchcraft is more easily traced, flic interior of lYnn.-y!vania affords better illustrations of this, and on a larger ;eale, tlian any other Stale. It ias been Imi two or three years since •nil was brought by a man againsi ids mother, in erne of the counties ol i’cnnsyivania, to recover elaniages feu a dog which he charged her with having killed by witchcraft; and he not only brought suit, but obtaincu judgment from a justieceif the j.-eae'e. Various wil ue-.-iie>:iiie*d as to tlieil experience's in witchcraft, ami only one said that he Intel never hael a friend or relative who was bewitched. In divers villages in Pennsylvania, some of them in the Limkard seltle- uent, are women who tire supposed io I e v. Pclie's. Some of them tire dtrcwel enough not lei apjdy their arts or strangers, hut to I hose whom they know, as elated in an article in the New York Sun some ye'ars ago, they will seii eiie.rms to w ml off lightning from buildings, dry up the wells ol ciieiuie's of applienuta, force cows le ;ive Idoeiely milk, causo sickness in the family, eieslrov beamy, separate nan and wife, and reunite estranged lovers. In iiie' interior j uris of the Senitb- O'l! Slate's tlicrc tire “u itch doclor," vho, assuming that ail eiisease k caused by wi'.chcs, see'ure thriving practice ui counteracting llnir in ihieiice. The Philadelphia •'Times," on tin' authority of a reputable cor respondent, who gives many facts to sustain his representations, says: “For generations the poor while.- have believed in witches, and tile be lief is deep-seated and incurable.” The African population brought this belief from the Dark Continent, and it persists among them to lid,- day though tile progress of relirioi anil education is doing something It check it. I have recently noted in various jiarts of the Uniled Males more than •'><) suits instituted by persons againsi those who they claimed had bewitch ed them; but under existing laws the accused could not lie prosecuted ex cept where money had beer*obtained under false pretenses, of avert acts ol crime bad been suggested or com mitted. During jiedcslriau lours in New England, in various purls of the West, and in every Southern State, 1 havi frequently stayed for the night at ti e houses of poor farmers, laborers, fishermen and trappers. In sueli journeys I have invariably listened to the tales of the neighborhood, stimu lating them by suggestion, and have found the belief in witchcraft eroji- ping out in the oldist towns in New England, sonntiines within the very shadow of the buildings where a learned ministry hits existed front the settlement of the country, and public schools have furnished mciinsof edu cation to all classes. The horseshoes seen in nearly eviry co’.inly, and often Death Frum Wild Beasts in India. Interesting returns have just been made of the deaths due last year in India to laceration by wild beasts. It is almost entirely among the native tribes that these deaths occur; and wlicn it is considered that the vast majority of (lie rural or upland Hin doo population live in wattled huts and sleep either oil the ground or within it few inches of it, the wonder is that more of them are not killed in this way. As many as tl-HJO native Indians owes their death to wild beasts in the course of 1800, f.iS having been destroyed by tigers ittid leopards and eighty-seven by wolves, while the ea I tie that fella prey to' the's" animals numbered i;i,ii ! i;i. The returns for IS'10 give a larger proportion of d. ntli.; from '.vilti be.'.st.- —TU.M. Bui then il insist be n- membered that rewards held out fm ■very boa si slain tempt thousands of ■lathes to procure Use license to bear inns ad hoc, and (hat Use (loveni- ueni gives every encouragement to sport-iiieii, mililarv or civilian, It nil'll the tiger, Hu hi'ar, tin leopard md tile wolf; sti that Hie war of ex- !ei niination againsi I hose denizens oi the jungle may tie expected to dimin ish their number year by year. As a mailer of fact, <itl,D()0 nativi Indians hold the license !o carry inns for wild beast Jest ruction, but (it may al-o be stated) they did not ditain reward" for more Uinn 1 te'IOi >f such animals killed. Snakes art •till the most fatal enemies the In- iian intthc lias In eiieoiinti-r. Tin lea His they cmDcd in INiiti were I .- it 2, while of .-Makes Hiemst'lve: a .Uiliy as oMUtV.l were destroyed.— i’ail Mali iLidgct. -ra»- A Brilsitlt' Fray it. Tli.se beautiful lines were found inning Hie papes of one whose year were spent in iovingdevotion to hi Waster’s canst: i’ilc dav is ended; ere I sink to rest, My weary sjiirit seeks repose in Thine; Father, forgive keep This liith my trespasses, and life of mine. Thou iVilh loving kindness curtain u y bed, And cool, in rest, my burning pil grim feet. Thy pardon be Hie pillow for my bead, .N> shall my sleep be sweet. \! peace with all Hie world, deal poac Lord, ant! Thee, No fen IT' mv sours unwaverin cm. sh.d.c. All’s well, w hichever ride Hie g lor me, The morning light mnv break. fait I —Selected. Loromolivf Fiilis. The number of “exliaust v’enullei. by an ordinary locomotive is fourfor 'very revolution of the driving w heel, .nd these can be easily counted when he engine i; leaving a station with a g,otl heavy load, as it moves slowlv, a itl Hie “puffs” are distinct,and taki place as Hie crankpin pusses Hit right, upper, left and lower centers. As an example, 1 will take uMidland express engine and workout the num ber of “puffs” it. epiits in going a given distance. We will lake the i'iiii from London (St. I’uneras) to Leicester, 100 miles. The diamter of tliedriving wheel is about 7 feci, this multiplied by 3.- 1115 will give us the circumference, wliicii conics to nearly g2 feel, which we will consider ns correct. Now, it >ve divide 100 milt's (Hie distauci traversed) by '22 feet (the cireum- ferenee of driving wheel), we shall gel Hie iiumber of revolutions of Hu main wheel in running this disluuec. I'liero are 528,000 feet in 100 miles: Ibis divided by 22, gives 21,00(1 as Hie number of revolutions. Now, as there are four “puffs” In eai li revolu tion, 21,000 by 4 will give the iiuni- ber of “puffs” in running 100 miles, w hieh amounts to 111!,000. The express trains are allowed a little over two hours to do this jour ney. We find Hint Hie number of “puffs” per hour is 48,000 or an average of 800 per minute. F.ding- Improving Earth,] Roads. Earth roads are naturally unstable. In clayey soil they are almost alwavs lull of ruts besides being verv muddy in rainy weather, while on sandy soil they are always soft. Mill aline hard road can be made by a proper mixture of clay and gravel. Enough clay is put with the gravel to bind Hie particles together, the same as mortar is used to bind brick or stone, and In .about the same proportions. Sojiiotiilk's this mixture can be found in.its natural state, but it docs jusl as hioeb g(fM when put on arlibcial- lr. 'the spring is Hie best time for this, when the earth is just recover ing from (he winter upheaval, for then Hie panicles unite more clo.-ciy and a good surface will slay on all "immol'. il is a good plan to lay Ira in tile from two and oac-haif to three and one-inilf feet along tliciiiu ■d the road inside of Hie gutter and emptying at some fixed outlet. Thi.- will save from one-third to onc-imli Hie toji dressing il properlv done. Don t make the mistake of plow ing up Hk' road afii r it is oiiee hard ened down. This is often done, but it tears up the solid foundation w hieh is essential for a good read. Agairt. •lever scape Hie material at Hie mid dle. It is only fine washings. It nay make a line .surface for a few days, but tins no adhesive powers, and uia short time will be ground to powder, making miserable dust in dr\ Woman's Line. the real love that sul)(!UC'H tla- r lltll. twenty yt a.v .*UYO» 1 ,S2‘ , the love that has wronglii all inir tel'. 8 Eggs a ro i'rio l in Hie .••i::jv8 ol in a i lliut gives u • mu. ie all 1 In. \v;i\ lie,His. . i a r am! ol In r (lovirt l.v I'lOl i Hie cradle . ong to Ihe g rami means o iia n.s iia . in:.; s.i ».iv( a 1<U sy in j liony that 1 ears Ihe soul, t\va\ in llie.-e . iM.j ( 8. on w ing : of lire A love Ilia ( i? •\ Svv 'ill ii '.v nl lem.: : Kiitl a gre; ter than jiovve r sweeter than life, wat'licliain niauk from ulio ul hi: .veather and the sottest inml w hen it ruins. Il i far better til 1)0 to SOUK rravi 1 R auk or get I'resl i cio;! in earth Hid jiul ii on. Ralher coins " gravel dukes lh" be '. roads in til!' ml, am, .viiOll i i* .■■-ii is gi illy, am! v. ill make . hard road. A road scraj ei ,s good to liii in Hie rut s and smoot Ii the surf ace.—1 R'ainage Journal. Tali Girls Responsible. til two-extra iiti. ..! jin on Hie heel," order to a sln.c- iccomjianie maker. “rally another viclim of Ihe tall girl,” tliosliuemakei' ivmarkcd. “How is lliat'r” “Why, there are so many tali giris .lowa-days that there average height of men must be raised. Up to a few years ago the lowest heel w as tlie rage, but now Hie heel is deeidcly higher— I figure it between half and Hiree- (iiarters of an inch. Il is all the 'rowHi of I'ei'ent years. Il isn't Hu f ishian, eit!i"r. for vou*!! not find Hu onli high lieel among tall men. ouong the little fellows w ho !rv to idd to their height by ever so little, lint even half an inch counts in i nan's height. A few years ago : ■nan of 5 feet fi was seldom overtop ped by a lady. Now the man of 5 feet 8 is not infrequently looked dow n n. I don’t suppose any city in Hu world can show so many tall girls at ire to be seen in Broadway, Eour- 'e’.'iitli and Twenty-Hiird si reels thesi lays. They arc not thin girls either, but well proportioned and solidly built, which makes their height all Hie more exasperating to an under sized man. You see, by adding a lit tle to bis luvls and to his hat, a man just under the average can lift him self up to it.”—New York Sun. Age of Trees. The Herman Forestry Commission assigns to the pine 50(1 and TOO years is a maximum, fir, 27 125 vear- to Hiesilve years to Hie larch, 215 year.- to the rel beech,2!0 \ears to tin tsj'Oii, 200 years to the birch, ! )( vear.-i to I he ash, I t'i years l.i liieahlci .uni 130 years to Hie elm. The heart of the oak begins to rot al about Hu age of 300 years. The holly oak alom esfupes this law, and there is a speci men of this aged lit) years in exist I'licen-ar Afsi'hafi'rlmrg. in (lermaiiv But in England Hieiv ire eral Robt H. fngersol 1 pays the follow ing tribute to woman’s love: The one thing in this world that is constant, Hie one peak that rises above ail clouds, the one window in which light forever burns, the one star that darkness cannot quench is woman’s love. It arises to Ihegrent- est heights, it sinks to the lowest depths, it forgives the most cruel injuries, it is jicrri'iininl of life,and grows in every elime, ncithcreolilni'S,'- nor neglect, harshness nor cruelly can extinguish it. A woman's love is the perfume of the heart. This is and stronger Hum death. A Farting (Bust. Dear world, hov, shall I siv 1’aivwell in I lice As from I hr frieudiv house 1 go at lasti'' Lit me not like an unloved wandere! be From Iliy do.ir ea I. NO, I have been a liillo while tin guest; Mill there are light and music, down thy halls I'lie 1 mgliing iveogiiilion of a jest Rises ami falls. I’lioii hast with love ami bread m\ wants supplied, And hurried on mv lumrs in jovuiis High!: But ioiiger wilhtiue now 1 iiinnnl liide,— I eom;. lo say good nighl; B it Lave not oHier friends wlioiiini thee here, — Hi'e me thy hand and 1 am quick ly gone; 1’hy hinqis w ill light me w ith their genial cheer Until i meet Hie daw n. —Meredith Nicholson. The Mind in Hit' Fines. The mourufullcst sound in tin world is Ihe soughing of the nighl wind through the pines. And yet b those who have been raised amid Hiem-wlni have listened toil night ifter night as a child to ils niotlicr's iullaby—tlicrc is a soft and t.eiidei beauty in its sonibrcliess. To sueli un me, bearing it on somestoruiv niglil, it suggests deeji and unutterabh ;s li]> the melnorie.- 'i'beee is mi sound Hie ours do not hin t ol the fores I—il ;hings,ami liring if many years. - hat is like it. il, nor a iier Irecs lelongs alone to thejiine. High and (loomy above us we sometimes Hunk it might lie ihe sighingof some sjiirit if the air. Strange we do not a.-so- •iate it with the wind; we feel rather Hint it belongs to the great trees themselves—that it is the voice of the pines. To those who have listen 'd lo its mournful musings through Hie vicissitudes of childhood, nature •an hold no more soulful music in her realm—and they will want no b'lider requiem over them when dead. —Sylvauia Telejihone. One Little Word. disappointment. Young people musl i- every towiisliiji, upon Uie houses 1j s ion miles f -otn King’s Cross, have fun and relaxation somewhere. ”1 jieisons sugge.-leit Hieold horseslioe : ||);ii ;in i-ngine with Hie same size For a cough, boil one on nee of llav- If they don’t size find it at th ir own! ,,t "cuth whieh LmlNelson, who had driving wheel as just mentioned' seed nia pint of water, strain mid hcarth-slonc, it will bo sought at 'ong kept it nailed lo Ihe inast of Ihe | (r( „,|d give a grand total of 3115,(100 add a little honey, onei i unee of rock oilier and less profilable places. . Victory, received his death wound •‘pulls” iii accomplisniii" that dis- candy, and the juice of three lemons. iwoTu,. f lllu . I al Trilf;lI ff' ,r - ! nee.-London Engineer. Mix and boil we.l. Drink as hot us , A 1111 i . , ; xU r ’ Mt ”. " a * 11 flu:ull . v —- possible. w hieh myslitioa her friemls. When Don’t rejiress the buoyuut spirit of ——— ■» blindfolded and providi'd with a A di iiificlant mav be n adc voiir cliildreii. Half an hour of ni'r- A piano dealer says that turjienliiK* photograjili site can de.-cribe the and sweet oil, half and half, is a person or object portrayed in the famous old oaks of gigantic propor tions, and with ages variously estima ted at from TOO to 1800 years. The latter age, however, seems incredible. —New York World. • «*• Finest Hni'hnr in Hie World. Rio Janeiro, Brazil] situate.! in the bay of Hie same name, has probably the finest harbor in tin* world 11 is iniered from Hie sotilh Ibrongb a pafsage not more Hiau 1700 yards wide, between steep bills rising more Ilian 1000 foci and extending inland about fifteen miles, thus forming one of the most spacious and most beau tiful harbors in tin world. The en- iln sal in his chamber alone. The lights burned dim and Hie tire Dickered fitfully No raveii came to llutter its black wings and cast ils somber shadow >ver (be room, but il would scarcely have been out of [dace. For a i mg tinu' lie sal I beregazing iulo the lire, the very piT. unification if despair At last lie stirred uneasily and half rose from his chair. I le looked at ! he clock. the stroke of midnight. “Only an hour ago,” he "<Inly an hour and it litis year—a hundred years.” lie sank back listlessly, spirit and crushed in liape. “Due word anil a forlune is I >sl,' lie sighed de.qiairingh. “Dae liillo word of two leHels and it million o! dollars lui-t gone glimmering among the things that were.” He groaned in bis agony, and Hie lights sank lower and lower and faded away, b avin:; him in a gloom impenetrable. And gentle reader, w hy? Why? Because the wealthy widow w ith out iiieuinlirances had said “No" when he had asked her lo behi. ’ii. Many arlieles ma le of brass, nm 11 wais on nimtcrcd. seemed il broken il! (iirioiis Farts. There will be lifty-thri'c Sundays in L8!t2. Only Hiree species of reptiles exist in Ireland. The first Herman university was at Fragile. 1 n the parrot's beak both ni.iudildes arc moveable—a peculiarity iiuknwn in other species of birds. Lead pencil wood—soft cedar—all conics from Florida, and it will be ex hausted in a few years. By putting aside a qualei' of dollar every dav a New Jersey man has hi Lincoln's Queer Love Letter. own ribs, taken from hi.- body by a. surgical operation. Daniel Webster was able lo repeal the w hole ('nnslitulion of the l nit.-d States word for word, including puiicliialiou ,dojis. i’lie first coins made on tbi- e.intineiil were ma-ie in .Mexico in 1535. They v.cre called the “jv:ii," and ale now worth ■ tleaeli. I'liefameuf some men i pro.erven by their cast-oil clothes. An old hat if Dillon, Hie Irish leader, recent is sold in Australia for •■25. When Captain ( ook first xi.-ited I’aliiti the natives were using nails d wood, bone, shell and stone- When they saw from nails the fancied then, ;o he shoe!.' of some \fi c hard wooil. md, desirous of .-emmng s'.ieli ; >al.ialde eommouitv, Hie' jdanteo them in their gardens. I’ll!' Hi'isiitl UiMion of tilt' f tiloratin. I have spoken of the Hrand ( anon of Hie Colorado as a gorge in w hich allot her famous gi rges could le lo.-l. •'onie of you have ridden through Ha '•Hrand t'annon of the Arkansas," >a the i tenver and RioHrande Railway in Colorado, ami many more have : eeii Hie White .Mountain Notch and the Francome. Notch, in New Hamp shire. All three are very heautifui and noble; tint if any one of them were duplm Bed in the wall of Hie Hrand Canon of the Colorado,and you were looking from the ojij-ositc hi ink of t h.ii st ii|.i'iidous eluo ni. vou would have to have your attention c died lo"th>-' .-era!.'In V on tin • 'tiler side before vou v.oiihl ia.liei • lliem al all. If you were i-i ta.ke the lailesl mountain east of the Rockies, lig down around its base two or ■lirec thousand feet, so as to gel to sea-level (from which its height is measured), ujiroot the whole giant mass, and pitch it into the deepest ...... iart of the Hrand Canon of the Colorado, its granite top would not reach up to the dizzy crests of the cliffs which hem Hie aw ful bed of that great river. If you were on the stream, mid New Vork's noble -taiute ofl.ilerty Enlightening the World w ere upon I he cliff, it would look to you like the tiniest ot dolls; and if it were across the canon from yon, you would need a strong gia>s to see it at all. The Hrand Canon lies mainly in Arizona, though it touches also Utah. Nevada, and California. With its windings it is nearly seven hundred miles long; and in many j.laces it is over a mile and a quarterdoep. Tie width of tbi . unparalleled eliaun al the toji is from eight to (went', miles; and looked down upon from above, a river larger than the Hudson, and live times as Hug, looks like a silver thread. The Yo'emite and the Yellowstone, wonderful as they arc in Ihcir pivcijfices and the world outside of America cannot match those wondrous valleys are babie- beside this peerless gorge. As Charles Dudley Warner has said: “Tlierc is nothing elseon earth lo-iji- pron-li il. ' St. Nicholas. About Hie usual amount of cotton will be planted in this county the present year. I’hilosojiliers have noticed that when a man makes up his mind that he has to jiracticc economy he gener ally tries to begin with his wife's expenses. Abraham Lincoln’s offerof mar riage was very curious one, and, singularly enough, it has but recent ly come to light. Numerous as his biographers have been, and closely as they have gleaned for new facts ami materials, it was left for the latest one—Jesse Welk, of Greencastle, to discover this unique and charac teristic production of Air. Lincoln’s almost untutored mind. The letter ts one of several written presumably to the lady he afterward married. Addressed to “Aly Dear Marry,” it reads thus: “You must know that I cannot seeyon or tiiink of you •villi eniire imliilcreiice; a.i i vet it may l-e that you arc mistaken in regard to what I'.y real fevliu toward you are. If I tnewyoll were not I should not trouble vou with lid; letter. I’erhaps any other man would know enough without anv lurtiie: inloi'iiiation, but 1 con.-ider it my [..ceil liar right to [dead ignor- tuce and your bouudeli dutv toallow tile pk'.l. “i want in all case-io do right, and ii:o.:l parlieuiarly so in all eases with women. I want al ibis j.artie- ular time, Hunv I ban alivihine else, o do right witli you, and if I knew i would Redoing right, as I lather suspect it would, to let vou alone, 1 would do it. And for the purpose of m king Hie matter as pliiu as po - ■fide, i now say you can drop the siibj.-et, di i.iiss your thought—it “ii ever liavl any from me forever, and leave this letter unanswered without calling forth an accusing a.iiriuni'1 roin Hie. And I will even -o iuiUi.-r and say that if it will aid any tiling lo your comfort and jieaeeof nnud todo so, it is mv sincere wish that you iiould. Do not uudei'- -taml by ihis that I wish to cut you!' acquaintance. 1 mean nosuch thing'. )\ hat I do wish is that our lurthcr acquaintance shall depend 'in yourself. If sueli further ne- jtuiintancc vvoiiid (■oiitriRutc noliiing to your happiiie-s I am sure it would dot So iiiiiit*. “H vou feel yourself in any degree bound tome, 1 am now willing to relea-e you, j.rovided you wish it; w hile on Hie oilier hand, 1 am willing and even anxious to bind you faster if I can be convinced Hint it will in any degree add to your happiness. I in-, indeed, is Hie whole question with me. Nothing would make me more mi-erable than lo belive vou miserable; noliiing more happy than to know you were so. in what I have now said 1 think I cannot be niistuider.-dood, and lo make myself understood is the only object of this letter. If il suits you best not to an swer this, farewell. A long life ami a merry one attend you. But if you conclude to write back speak as jilainly as Ido. There can be neither harm nor danger in saying to me anything you think, just in the manner you think it. Your friend, A. Lin'i'oi.n.” Probably Ibis is the queerest love letter on record and the most re markable offer of marriage ever made, it is a love letter without a word of love, ami proposal of mar riage that does not propose. Beware of Auti-Pyriiif. cheaply by dissolving u bushel of salt riment around the firelight ofiihome trumc, girded on Mb sides with linos a barrel of water, and, with this, lihilsout many n care and annoyamv; of impregnable fortifications,can ho! he kept hright and free from tarnisii proper proper preparation to use m picture, and she will also describe slack a ha. rel of lime. This forms a during the day . and the best safe- made vvitlionl pilots, and Hie largest if you will cover them with a thin brig iteiiing and c.eansing a piano, the objects in any picture or print sort of chloride of lime which may 'imird they can take with them into ves-ols can anchor immedialelvat the coat of varnish made of bleached jfPF'y with a .-oil rag and polish ..ler merely rpulug Her (higer 1-ijs, lie .used freely in eellurs, outhouses . Hie world is Hie unseen influeime of a quays of the cily and enter its mag- shellac and alcolnd—w Inch may be and drains. ! bright little domestic circle. i uitievutdocks.—DelroitlTwlTess. i procured at any drugstore. with chamois skin. .iter merely 1 over the surface. The Telegram reiterates the warn ings it has lately uttered against indiscriminate and unauthorized aaiministration of powerful drugs an 1 esjiecially of aiiti-jiyrine. Wo are glad lo linfi our posiiion on this poim I lacked up by tile cabled opinion of Dr. Albert Robert, of Faris, and by Hie eoulirniatory testi mony of Dr. A. Wilbur Jackson, Hie Brookly n insanity expert. Both of these authorities go fully as fiir as the Telegram in warning indi viduals against tamnei'ing with this wonderful remedy, ami in callii g upon physicians to warn their patients not lo use it except when it is prescribed. While anti-jiyrine may have its assured place in the pharmacopoeia, uo.hing is plainer than that il should never be employed except upon com- peR ul profe-siouul uulbority and un der careful and continuous profes sional observation. 8 i the Telegram again calls on not only doctors, but the responsible beads of families, and upon other iiewspa|icrs also, to wai n In Japan archers lesl Ihcir arrows | Hie public as widely and as effcclive- by balancing Hicm on Hie nails of ly as jiossible of the dangers that uu- the second ami third lingers of. the quostinnaldy nUeud the excessive or left hand and rajiidly twirling them i ill-timed use of the nev alb'gcd reme- by the featliered end with the linger of the right hand. If the arrow makes a whirring sound, il iscivioked and must be straightened. dy for inliucuzu. Wrongly and un- advi-vdlv used, it lias often jiroved Inoi'o serious and more fatal thau the muludy lor which it was administered,