Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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nUTON iBALD PUBUSHED WEEKLY B’Ox* Peox>le -BY- TCRBETILLE k WILLIIIHS. VALTER B. VMM, - E4tt*r. SUWKJKIPriON KATES: (HATAHLK IN ADVANCE.) Onr Ye»r .... fl.ro BIx Month* .... .BO Three Month* - • .25 ADVERTISING KATES: Tbanhiknt Adv n ktiskments 75c. per »|iiare for flint hne-rtiou, end 50c. ] V r wjuare for each auliec«iueut li»- neltlou. Bumikhb Notices 10 cento per line for c*cll lUM’rtioll. liii’.EBAT. DisoocNT mnde <m eonlrtct or atandlnr advertisement*. Bu ib for transient *drert.»enienU will I t- promptly preaented. Bin. von OiNTEAcr a.lvertl»emenu will be preaeated every three month*. Kl MIT by Kn>ra*» Money Order, Check I'oetofHce, Postal Note, or Kegistered letter. Addbibm all communication* and re- Ta^UAKLlNGTON HERALD, Darlington, 8. C. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7, 1894. The buahiwe interetta of the Hxkald will be in the hand* of Ifeaara. O. J. Turbeville and J. J. WillhuBR, who are both prac tical printer* and well ac- qaainted with all the details of newspaper work, and feel assnred that they can publish a paper that in 'to content* and typographical appearance will be second to none in the state. They are anxious to secure reli able correspondents at every point in the county, and will make it to the interest of any responsible and intel ligent person to act in this capacity. The desire is to have the news and flx it np in presentable shape for the readers of the paper. It is with sincere gratification that we are enabled to announce that the Uebald has resnmed pub lication and will in the future be istnvd regularly. Its temporary •cipension was dne entirely to the inexcusable neglect and utter faith- Mwufws of its late business manager, who has now no connection with the paper whatever. Oar best efforts will be put forth to make the Uebald worthy of the patronage of the people and its columns are alwiys open for the disenssion of any question that affects the public welfare, but personalities will not be allowed under any circumstances. Whils proposing to be, at all times, perfectly fair, the Herald will not be nentral in politic* or on any other qneation, but will on the contrary expreaa it* opinion with periect can dor and tboae who, to serve their own ends, are stirring up strife and Biklceding the people need look for no consideration at its hands. The boys will quarrel among themselves and threaten to break np the school, bnt jnst as soon ns the bell Ups they will meekly march into the head master’* room and be lectured or cuffed until they all em brace and make friends, and expreaa ■egret for their inanbordinatioo. It is none of onr quarrel bnt we take the liberty of suggesting to those politicians who are trying to put Senator Irby into retirement that if they wish to aucceed in de moralising the aenator, that they would do well to secure the help of Hngh Farley and Jim Tillman. It would be less a menace to the liberties of our people if the streets of Charleston were pstroled by Fed eral soldiers than for ita citiaena to be at the mercy of Gov. Tillman’s irresponsible *piea. If the legislature waa in session and the majority of ita members had •ne remaining spark of manhood or independence, which unfortunately they have not, Gov. Tillman would he impeached for high crimes and miadetnaanora. The action of Gov. Tillman in pardoning one of hia apiea who had been fairly convicted of slapping a woman in the face, should bring the blnah at shame to the cheek of every aon of the atete. If an indignity of this character is repeated, the man who perpetrates it should be shot down without the least compunction er a moment's delay. We believe in absolute obedience to law, but when the arm of the law is paralysed by the act of a tyrant then we moat protect ourselves, unless we are ready to submit like cowards and ■laves to the infamons measures of a man who recognism no law except hia own wilL x ? . Senator Irby rnabee into print to prove tbat'Be did not endorse Judge Xerehaw for the petition of peat* master for Camden. Hie t ouble is entirely unnecessary as nobody would ever accuse him of doing any act that wonld reflect credit on him self. And yet it is men like Joseph B. Kershaw who have written the brightest pages of our history, while those like Irby make record* that it wonld be well for the good name of the state if tiny could be entirely blotted out During the republican regime the whole state rung with denunciation* of the gang that were plundering ns without either conscience or mercy. Bad as they were they are excelled in cold blooded wickedness by the dictator, Tillman, for while they stole onr money, he robs ns of our liberties, in comparison with which the loss of money is as nothing. The only thing that prevents hi* open assumption of absolute power is the overshadowing powe* of the Federal government Twenty years ago the people in South Carolina were denouncing the Federal courts, bnt time brings many changes and they are now be ginning to look to them for protec tion from the tyrannical aad inex cusable persecutions of a governor who while pretending to enforce the laws of the state shows a reckless disregard of any law that conflicts with his arbitrary withes. As between the two factions in the Itefonn ranks there is absolutely no choice, as they are both equally unscrupulous, and have the same end in view, keeping alive the pres ent animosity and seen ring the offices. For the prosperity of the state and the welfare of the people they care nothing, and they are per fectly welcome, so far as we are con cerned, to have a Kilkenny cat game, and rend each other to pieces. It would simplify matters a good deal if Czar Tillman would issue a proclamation abolishing trial by jury and make it a penitentiary offense to testify against any of those chivalrous and high toned gentlemen who are allowed.to insult women under the pretense of enfor cing that highly moral measure, the dispensary law. Congressman McLaurin has an nounced his determination to find out the names of the employees in the ilifferent departments of the gov ernment, with a view to finding ont how many of them are credited to South Carolina who are not resi dents of the state. He deserves high commendation for tnis and the result will be that a good many will be found who have no right to retain appointments to the exclusion of the bona fide citizens of the state. There has never been a time, in the history of our state, when there existed a greater neceuity for conr- age and self-reliance than at present, and it is of vital importance that our people, despite the depressed financial condition of the country, should resolutely face this depres sion and let its only effect be to in spire them to renewed efforts to bring about a change for the better. There can be no question but that the outlook for the Son them farmer is more hopeful than for the agri culturist of any other section of the country, and that, which is far from being the case elsewhere, his futnre financial condition rests almost abso lutely in hi* cwn hands. Even if this were not true there is nothing to be gained, bnt on the contrary much to bt lost, by despond mey, and the man who succumbs to mis fortune and gives up the battle of life is lacking in those higher at tributes of character which, dis played in the individual, tend to make a people great in the true meaning as to what constitutes real greatness. It is only trials that can bring out the latent forces of our nature, and there is no such thing as true devel opment of character that does not come through meeting and overcom ing obstacles. The swimmer cannot tell bis strength until he has battled with the waves, or the strong man the strength of his resistance until be has met adversity and straggled with it until he has wrung success from its firm but never inflexible grasp. The grandest pages of his tory have teen ♦made by those who have had to contend with difficulties that were well calculated to make the stoutest heart succumb. The mere recollection of the nn- flinebing courage which our people have displayed under former adverse circumstances furnishes the strong est proof of their ubilitity to grapple with the difficulties that now sur round them, and the man who, be cause of financial loss, sits down amid the ashes of bis fortune and complains, i* unworthy that the snulight of pnwperit.y should ever shine npon him. Tke Weekly Newspaper. To those who are disposed to un derrate the influence of the weekly papers we commend the following articles clipped from two prominent dailies. The News and Courier calls 'attentiou to the fact that the weekly papers are not supported as they should be. The mere fact that one does not agree with all he sees in his county paper is no excuse for not supporting it, provided it is honest in its expressions. The fact of the business is that if a man could, by any possible means, find a paper that always expressed his views, it would soon become so mo notonous that be would cease read ing it. “The country editor has this ad vantage over a city paper, that while his publication cannot in the nature of the case secure so wide a circula tion, every copy that is distributed has a closer and mora attentive read ing. Thousand* of copies of the city ffltpers are bonght by hasty readers who glance rapidly over the headlines, select for reading a few of the most important items of news, and then are through with them. But the country weekly stays in the home at least until the next week’s issue displaces' it, and it is read and re-read, from the bit of verse which Lads the miscellany to the last crumb of local news. “What we may call theall-around- nees of the country press is one of its most striking features. The editor knows hi* constituency fully as well as the city editor knows his, aud minister* to it with quite as much intelligence and with fully as keen a scent tor whatever will prove acceptable. He is more a master of his craft than the city editor, for, in many instances, if he is not actually editor, printer, reporter and business manager all in one, he is capable of filling any or all of those places in an emergency. Furthermore, with scarcely an exception, he may be counted on to make a sturdy defence of principle, and to stand resolutely for whatever makes for order, good government and the moral as well as the material welfare of the com- munity. “Any estimate of the New England character and civilization which ig- norea the influence of the country press must always be inadequate. The intelligence, fidelity and capac ity of the men who couduct it merit cordial recognition.” We may add that any estimate of the civilization of South Carolina which ignores the influence of the country press is misleading and in adequate. And by the country press we mean the old and well-established newspapers which have grown up with the communities which they serve and which are as much a part of the community life as the village church or school honse. We do not reckon among the country press the organs which were started for purely political purposes and represent nothing and stand for purely political purposes and rep resent nothing and stand for noth ing, which have no life or history and which will go out in darkness when the occassiou which called for them has passed. “We entertain the greatest respect for the country press, for the hard work that they are doing in thepub- jic interest, for the distinctly good influence which they exert npon so ciety. The country press of South Carolina compares favorably with the country press in any part of the Un ion—it ranks above the country press in any other Southern state. Many of the most public-spirited and competent men in the state are associated with the weekly newspa pers—men who have the oonrage of their convictions, who wonld right public opinion, who seek by every means at their command to promote the general welfare. Now and then, as notably in the case of W. H. Wal- lace,until lately the distinguished edi tor of the Newberry Observer, they are called to the performance of larger educational duties; and where- ever they are placed they give a erood account of themselves. “There is one fact which we wonld impress upon the public mind. The country press in this state is not supported as it should be. Too many men regard the country weekly news paper with a sort of charitable con sideration only. They value its merits, although they affect to dis count its influence, but they do not support it us they should. They like to see their name* in the paper, but they do not care to pay anything for the privilege. They like to read what it says, but they would rather borrow it from their neighbor than to take it themselves. They expect the paper to serve the public; they do not think it the duty of the pub lic to support the paper. And this suggests that possibly the people in the cities—the business men who have country connections—do not entertain sufficient considi ration for the country newspaper. It would pay them to patronize the country newspaper liecntise the country news paper would encourage its readers to patronize them. The sutiject is in viting. but we merely wish to sug gest to the business men of Chaales- ton that the friendship of the coun try press of this State is well worth cultivating.”—News aud Courier. THE PLOWMAN. [From the Iteport of * Plowing Match Com- mlltes in Hrrki<hirt-, Mum.. In IW.l Clear the brown paUi, to moot hi* coulter'* Klraml Lol on ho comes, behind hts emoklng team. With toll'* bright dewdrup* on hi* sunburnt brow. The lord of earth, the hero of the plow! First In the Arid before the reddeninr *m, - last In the shadows when the day le donn, Lino after line, along the homing eod, Marks the broad ucrus where his feet have trod. Still where he treads the etnblorn clods di vide; The smooth,fre-h fnrmwopensdeepsnd wide: Matted and dense the tangled turf npheavee. Mellow and dark the ridgy eornOeld rh-nves; I'p the steep hillside, where the laboring train Slante tbe long track that Korea the lerel plain; Through the moist trailer, elected with oozing elar. The patient convoy breaks Ita destined war; At every turn the loosening chains resound; The swinging plowshare circles glistening round, TUI the wide Held one billowy waste appears. And wearied luads unbind the panting steers. These are the hands whose sturdy labor brings Tbe peasant's food, the golden pomp of kings. Tills It Iht page whose Icttrre ehall be seen Changed by the eun to words of living green. This la the ecbolar whoee Immortal pen Spells the first lesson hunger taught to men. These are the lines, O heaven commanded Toll, That fill thy deed—the charter of the soil. O gracious mother, whoee benignant' breast Wakes ns to life and lulls us aU to rest. Uew Ihy sweet features, kind to every dime. Mock with their smile the wrinkled treat of timet We stain thy flowers—they blossom o’er the dead; Wa rend thy bocoia, and It tires ns bread. O'er tbe red field that trampling strifa has tern Wares tbe green plumage of thy Useeled corn. Our maddening conflicts scar thy fairest plain: Still thy soft answer Is tke growing grain. Tet. O our mother, while uncounted charms Round" tbs fresh clasp of thine embracing arms. Let not our virtues In thy love decay And thy fond weakness watt* our strength away. Not by these hills, whose banner* now dis played. In blazing cohorts antumn has arrayed. By yon twin crest, amid the sinking sphere. Last to dissolve and first to reappear; By these fair plains the mountain clrela screens And feeds in silence from Its dark ravines. True to their homo these faithful arms ehall toll To crown with peace their untainted soil. And true to God, to freedom, to mankind. If her chained bandogs faction shall unbind These stately forms, that bending even now. Bowed their strong manhood to the humble plow. Shall rise erect, the guardians of the land. The same atern Iron In tbe eame right band. Till Graylock thunders to the parting aun. The sword baa rescued what the plowshare won. —O. W. Holmes, Chairman. Ellulr of Toothful Spirits. “A* I was walking up and down my room tbe other day,” said a man, “wrapped in thought and absorbed in care, with head lowered and hands clasped behind me, I heard a tittering, and looking back I saw my children following me, each with bowed head and clasped hands. They had tried hard to be very solemn, but had found it quite impossible. I couldn't help laughing myself when I saw them, but I picked up my bur den and marched on. Promptly the children fell in again and marched after me. When I turned a comer, I saw them tagging on as before. We all laughed again, and then the chil dren and I played soldier for awhile. When wo got through with that, I found that my serious friend Care had gone away."—New York Sun. A "Wild Hair." A “wild hair" is the most annoy ing freak of nature a man can be afflicted with. It grows in from the eyelid, instead of out, and constantly brushing against the eyeball some times causes an irritation that re sults in a loos of sight. To pull it. ont gives only temporary relief, since in a few weeks it come* hock, as well grown and strong as ever. The only way to kill it is to destroy the sac from which it springs. This is done by means of the electric needle.— National Barber. The Icelandic sagas contain the earliest allusion to the distinctive character of the highland drees. They relate how Magnus Olafson, king of Norway, and his followers, when they returned from ravaging tbe weet coast of Scotland, went about bare legged, having short Ur- ties and upper wraps, and so men called him “Barelegs." This wa* in 1093. Owing to sea freight, expensive landing, carriage after arrival at port of delivery, the coal* consumed at the Kimberley diamond mines. South Africa, become the most cost ly on record—the average price per ton being £20. These coals original ly cost at the pit mouth about 10 shillings. The Kalmucks of Astrakhan, a roving people numbering about 150,- 000, have at last been freed from serfdom. When the other Bus sian serfs were freed in 1861, it was considered dangerous to extend this privilege to these people lest their wildness should lead to its abuse. The Australian aborigines appefer to be dying out Last yeartbe num ber of them in Victoria was under 500. In the 12 months there were 13 births, 29 deaths and 1 marriage of aboriginals in the colony. According to a report by the French minister of finance, 148,808 families in France have claimed exemption from certain taxes recently voted by the parliament on account of having seven or more children. Th?*higheet masts of sailing vessels are from 160 to 180 feet high and spread from 60,000 to 100,000 square feet of canvas. Lot* and Marrlafn. Yet, depend upon it, as you grow older you will see more and more in stances and proofs of the reality and the depth of the love of husbands and wives tor each other in tbe most ordinary, f immonplace couples. I have heard of marriages where love has died out from some canker of selfishness or worldliness at its heart, but I have oftener seen unexpected proofs of a love stronger than death in all sorts of people in whom 1 had never before discovered auy signs of sentiment or romance.-Sir Edward Strs»-h»y. RACE HORSES BLESSED. HE WANTED TO SEE SNAKES. A POOR MEMORY FOR DATES. Strange Cerrtunny Preceding the Annual And the Tenderfoot** Desire Waa Gratified Ur* Stajbolt'a RaHtett Emlearnr to Re* Turf Event* In Sienun. Twice each summer, in -July and August, the horse race, or “palio,” and mediaeval procession take place in the piazza at Sienna. The “pa lio" (so called from the banner giver as a prize), which has lieen run an nually since 1050—with very few modifications—is really a contest be tween the different districts of the town. These districts are called “contrade,” and each of these at the race is represented by nine or ten men an mcdkeval. costume aud a horse. Each horse entered for the race must first receive a benediction at the parish church of its contrada a few hours before it runs. The church doors are thrown open that all who wish to see the ceremony may enter, and in the sacristy are shown, hung on walls, the “palii" won by the contrada at former races, some of them a couple of cen turies old. The priest stands waiting at the altar. All eyes are turned to the door for the entrance of the horse. Possibly ho deems it “an honor to which he was not born,” for it is only after much clattering of hoofs and plunging that he can be coaxed to enter and is led up to the high al tar. Thus ho stands surrounded by the company of the contrada in full costume, the jockey, helmqt on head, the captain in full armor, standard bearer, drummer and pages. It is the most curious sight one can im agine in a church, the horses stand ing meekly lifore the altar and those brilliant costumes grouped round. There is a moment's hush; then the priest steps forward and sprin kles the horse with holy water, reads a few words of blessing in Latin and sprinkles bim again. The spectators give a lusty shout, and the horse is led triumphantly out. By half post 6 p. m. the piazza is crammed with people of all sorts and conditions, and the balconies and win dows of the houses, decorated with brilliant draperies, arc crowded. At the third gun fire the course is cleared by mounted carabineers, and tbe procession enters the piazza. First comes the town band in plain modern dark blue uniforms, cocked hats, with white plumes, playing as it marches; a pause, and then some eight or nine heralds trumpeting gallantly—they are in costume, as is all the procession. Then pass the “contrade" one by one, each in a different costume of the middle ages. Each one has its emblem- such as dragon, snail, goose, wood, wolf, owl, etc.—represented on their costumes, flags, armor and horse trappings. Tine jockeys, in costume and wearing the helmet, ride. The captains and their companies go on foot. The horses are ridden without sad dle or stirrups, and os they file out from under the archway of the pa- lazzo an official gives each jockey his nerbo. This is a Whip made of ox sinew, and it is permissible dur ing the race for a rider to strike his rival jockeys and horses with this B«jond Hill Wildest Expectations. A party of ns cowboys, seven in number, were getting ready to go out from Purcell to round up stray cattle. Preparations were completed and the hour had been set for <le parture when a stranger, a young English traveler, put in his appear ance and begged leave to go along. We finally agreed to let the tender foot come. He wanted to see rattle snakes and other vermin in abun dance and thought Indian Territory the place to go to find the object of his search. I feared he would be disappointed, but I did not toll him so. But, as the event proved, my opin ion as to the likelihood of seeing any reptiles was wholly erroneous. It seemed as though all the rattlesnakes, centipede and tarantulas for hundreds of miles around had gathered along our way to give the stranger a recep tion. It became positively danger ous to go about without a heavy walk ing stick ns a weapon of defense. But no one suffered so much from these creatures as did the English man himself, the only one of the par ty who bad any desire to see them. Once he felt sure one was crawling up his back. I tore the dothes off him. Fortunately the venomous in sect had been walking on the shirt and had not touched the skin with its poisonous legs. On another occasion I was sleeping with him and hap pened to wake early in the morning. Looking at him, I was horrified to see three large centipede in his hair, which he wore rather long. I seized an end of the blanket and brushed them away in an instant The Eng lishman fairly trembled when I told him of it A careful examination of the scalp, however, failed to reveal any of the deadly footmarks. His long hair had saved him from a frightful death. Like many other people, the Eng lishman did not learn easily by expe rience. It needed another lesson to teach him to shun poisonous insects and reptiles. The lesson came very soon. One of the boys foolishly di rected him to a cave where a great many snakes were said to be. He wont alone in search of it. He after ward told mo the experience he had there. When he entered the cave, there were no snakes in sight. This led him to wander a good distance farther in. Suddenly, as if moved by some common impulse, there was a rush of snakes out of the walls of the cavity on all sides and above. Huge reptiles fell upon the brim of his bat and dropped to the floor of the cave. Terror seized him. He wished to rush for the opening, but he was afraid lest some of the long slimy things he saw hanging between him and the mouth of the rave should coil around him. Ho stood us though rooted to the spot Fear made every muscle rigid, and it was well that it was so. for the slightest movement would have caused him to be bitten in a hundred places. Thus ho stood for nearly half an hour. At the end of that time the last of the snakes passed out of the cuvc, and he was free to go. He went di- formidable weapon—a remnant of; vectly to camp. lie never spoke of snakes again, but seemed wholly oc cupied in smoking a lung pipe. He also manifested a desire to return to middle ago brutality. Woe to the man who gets struck across the face with it The jockey hats, now worn in place of the helmets, are of metal, painted, to guard the heed against the bio ws. The horses are at the start ing point, the signal is given, and they are off—a good start. Selva, or Wood, is the favorite and leads from the first We fear he will never keep up the pace, but he does, and in the second round he is still ahead. The other nine horses are well together, the jockeys belaboring right and left with their nerbi The people are ex cited to the highest pitch. The noise is deafening, for these peasants have sturdy voices. Even the strangers, who have come to see the spectacle and care not one jot which contrada wins, are constrained ont of sympa thy to shout too. In the third round Selva has more than held his own and comes fully two.lengths ahead amid enthusiastic applause. Instantly after the race the win ning jockey is surrounded by police men, who protect him till his com pany has time to rally round him, and there is good need of it, for the partisans of the beaten contrade are hot blooded and violent in their dis appointment and would scarcely let their victorious rival escape sound of limb if they had a chance to get at him.—London Hustrated News. the railroad a* soon as possible. Evidently he had had all the experi ence with vermin that he wanted.— Chicago Times. C«aditl6ma W«ra Changed. An amusing incident is told at the expense of Norwood Johnson, super intendent of tha Manufacturers' Gas company at Canonsburg. He dis covered a good spring one day last week about a mile from his well. He was delighted and that night laid his plans to have the. water from the spring piped. Accordingly men were set to work the next day laying a pipe line to the spring. It took some time to do the work, and when the pipemen finally laid the last section leading to the spring they were chagrined to find that the spring was dry.—Washington Re porter. I« No Harry to Go. Landlord—Yon should always pay as yon go, young man. Impecunious Boarder—True, but I don't intend to go for six months yet.—Boston Gazette. A Remvdjr Far Bonn* Shoulder*. Anybody can cure round shoulders by a very simple system of exercise. The round shouldered man should go into the open air three or four times a day, let his hands drop to his sides, and then, while inhaling fresh air, raise himself on his toes as high as he can. The filling of the lungs pushes the shoulders back to their normal position, and if the practice is steadily followed for-a'couple'of months the worst pair of stoop shoul ilers iu time will become as straight as a drill sergeant s.-Philadelphia Record. A* Inhuman nxraptlon. The Japs for the most part are a non-meat-catiug race. Indeed, in cen tral Japan and in out of the way parts tiie inhabitants have never tasted such food, a fact partly due to economic reasons, a meat diet be ing an expensive luxury in the tar east. Statistics of a recent year go to prove that out of the 1,031,505 head of cattle existing in tlie coun try only the comparatively small number of 84,711 were slaughtered for the purposes of food. The tend encies of Japan being thus inclined toward vegetarianism, a case of a positively inhuman exception to this state of tilings is all the more aston ishing. It appears that quite recently in the prefecture of Meji a native was discovered digging up the body of a newly buried child, with the intent to eat its flesh. Upon arrest, the man pleaded in self defense that he had been led to believe that human flesh would cure him of a disease from which he was suffering, a cure which all unforeseen cost the credu lous believer three months’ residence in prison.—HospitaL Th« Traabl* With Jin's Oratory. Jim is a great orator, though his ideas is far apart. He's a little like that steamboat they tell about that used to run on the Tombigbee. She hod a six foot biler and a two foot whis tle, and as she had to land at every plantation on both sides of the river shehadtodoaheapof whistlin. And every time she turned the whistle loose she let all the steam out of the biler and would have to stop till more steam could be raised. That’s very much like Jim when he gets to or- atin.—“The Major” in New York Ad vertiser. Reputation. A reputation once broken may pos sibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on tbe spot where the crack was.—Josh Billings. A Family Arrangement. ‘T've had a rip in my Sunday coat for a month, but it will be fixed when I go home tonight, ” said Dumsquiz- zie. “How do you know?" asked Ski n gullet. “I bet my wife 50 cents I’d An l it there. She'll sew it to win the mou ey.” “Yon could have got.it sewed at a tailor's for that.” “I know, but 1 wanted to keep the money in the family.”—Harper s Ba n>r member Mr». Stnybolt’s IXlrthdny. "My friend Mr. Btaybolt,” said Mr. Gratebar. “has such a poor memory for dates that be cannot tell offhand what year he was burn in. Neither con he toll without a little thought how ok! he is. But the year of his enlistment in the army and his age at that time seem to lie indelibly iin- orcesed npon his mind, and reckon- Kg from that year he arrives easily at the date of his birth and at his present age. “He doesn't remember his chil dren's birthday. They would come and go without his knowledge if he were not reminded of them by his wife. Prompted by her, he takes his son George, for instance, by the hand upon the proper date and gravely wishes that 7-year-old young ster a happy birthday and many re turns of the day, and the innocent child doesn’t suspect that his father never would have thought of it at all if his mother hadn’t kept nag ging at him. “So about the date of his wife's birthday. It did *eetn to Mr. Stay- bolt as though he ought to bo able to remember that, but ho couldn't. Ho tried lor years, but he failed every time. On tbe next day his wife would say; " ‘Did you—er—forget somethingf “When Mr. Staybolt heard that year before last, he made np his mind that he wouldn’t forget it again, and he tied a string around his fin ger forthwith, and when ho got to his office ho made a memorandum. His wife's birthday is Oct. 29. He got down his book for notes payable or something of that sort that has dates away ahead in it, and he put down under the date of Oct. 29— “ ‘Cynthia’s birthday.’ “Then he laughed to himself and went on with his work. “Mouths rolled by, and Mr. Stay- bolt forgot things, as usual, but ho couldn't forget the date of Cynthia's birthday, for he had that down in the book. As the time drew near he laughed again as he saw staring at him from the top of the page for Oct. 29- “ ‘Cynthia’s birthday.' “And when he read it there on the morning of the day he made up his mind that when he went out to lunch he would buy a nice birthday present for his wife. That night he ate dinner comfortably, as usual, in his pleasant home, and in tbe morn ing. ns he was about to start for the office, his wife said: " ‘Did you—er—forget something “Ho had; he had. He had forgot ten not only the day, but tho pres ent. Then he tied another string around his finger and made another memorandum in his book, and this time he engaged a steady young clerk in the office to keep track of tho date, too, and to see that on next Oct. 29 Mr. Staybolt takes a pack age home with him, and it is unde; stood that tho clerk is not to 1c him until he has actually seen 1 deliver the package inte bolt’s hands."—New York Sun. Art Equal to the Oecaelim* A good story is told of Landseer'* “Cat's Paw.” Lord Essex suggesteil tho subject of the picture to tho arts ist and promised him 109 guineas for tho picture. Iu process of timo tho painting took its place at Cassiobury, but when next Lord Essex saw the young artist, some two years later, he complained bitterly of the {taints Landseer had employed, though he still gavo'nll praise to tho work of art itself. "You should use btKuV pigments; yours are very had: the cat is making a fuss about nothing for tho lire is out end the chesuuS cold," explained Lord Essex. I*,:*; seer thus narrates tho sequel: hired a gig from Tilbury's and droj down to Cassiobury one Suu'..:| morning when the old boy was church. With difficulty and a h. palm oil I gained admission, uiu)| half an hour I was back in my i hatiing set the tire blazing fic;^ and leaving a note for his lord to say that I hoped be would that puss had henceforth good t j son to yell, ns sho was doing.—Lhrl and White. Fro««M of Mining Postasro lliotr. •. t* j Every part of postage surn;. ing is done by hand. Thu d..sr 1 engraved on steel, 200 stamps it single plate. Thesp plates a u i’ <J by two men and then are prinie.i, 1 a girl and a man on a large ; J press. They are dried as fi.ji printed and then gummed with starch paste made from pwtatd This paste is dried by plar. ; tl sheets iu a steam fanning machin and then the stamps are subjoct-j.1 t) a pressure of 2,000 tons in ahydraulil press. Next the sheets are cut si that each one contains 100 stamps! after which the paper between till stamps is perforated, and after bciuj pressed tbe sheetsure filed awe.). a single stamp is injured, the whol sheet is burned.—St. Paul Pioneei Press. J Poorly Teeth Dlecoanted. T The most willfully eccentric freal in personal appearance is that of4 rather well known woman wbA front teeth to the number of 14 oil are of gold, not simply filled. A solid gold. The effect is all tl might be imagined of horrid glfl and unseemly show. —PhiladelpfR Press. I The Iron Age denies that Krui* at Essen, Germany, is the grcatel producer of crucible steel in thl world and gives that honor to iq Pennsylvania concern, the annual' product of the former being eaten lated at 23,750 tons, of the Ui' tor at 35,000 tons. An interesting find is- . 500 volumes, tm .a . scripts of the t ' u ; and some wiihwnn- n i i: of the fourteenth were recently disco-...... , -u oiansisi olnte+gt** tyaT Pio** irolt? 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