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1 I lliMSiJ , i J : t Hon, John L. McLaurin Declared; ! Elected Senator. kt'a tJLjbmatory. ' K lee ted Comptroller-General fl^^J^^Rcced Norton?Hazclden and Elected Members State Control?Two PenitcuElected Also?Other General Honso elected Mr. ^^^H^^H^^^ktroller General the Governor's ap defeating Mr. Epton. Hazelden and Cooper were to the positions on the State of Control. vote for United States Senator, the two houses the preceding canvassed in the usual manner 4Ua ?**iAnI/l ^lta Qanofn Isxr?cn?rrrc?uiuaiu 1 u Jon. McLaurin ; 3d United State? ired term of the >. The voto was 1 for George W. trris, of Colleton, Orangeburg, were members of the the^pftitentiacj. the work of both Assembly, in de V LATE. e most interestheir second readre Reynolds' bill gnldte the publio tending the time the commutation cu 1. ? making the provisions ,tiug to liens on lands for labor and material, itiroads came up for a Aldrich amended so as ants of railroad comluctors engineers, etc., iroperty of said roads, cted to the amendment id be as logical to give mts liens on the house oJked. The bill passed ' lis to pass third reading were: ifagill ?To approve the action of the town council of the town of Greenwood in the matter of the contract for the errction of a court house and jail. Dennis?To devolve the duties of the master in Berkeley oounty upon the clerk of the court of common pleas. Waller?To alter the county line of Greenwood oounty so as to include portions of Abbeville and Edgefield counties. Lesesne?To authorize town authorities to exchange labor of town oonviots -with oounty authorities. Love?To require the county treasurers of York, GiH and Spartanburg bounties to turnwer to the treasurer of Cherokee oounty certain school and other funds. ; Tussdst, 85th.?In the Senate Conusor's bill to regulate the manufacture, inspeotion, shipment and sale of fertilizers and to reduoe the privilege tax from 35 to 10 cants, was killed, as was adso Buist'sbill defining and regulating primary elections of political parses in South Carolina. A mesaage from the Governor was re ^ W1 CPWHIIMPMUmg >UH* r u? MMaw Tights ip Castle Pinckney, Charleston Jiarbor, be ceded to the United States for the purpose of eetabliehing a sana l tarium. Today being the day for the election of a United States Senator, the Senate at the hour of noon prooeeded to bailor in its chamber. Pettigrew, in a flvem in ale speoch, placed in nomination the name of the Hon. John L. MclAurin. The nomination was seconded in , turn by Aldrich, Stackhouse, Dean, If ay field and Lesesne. May field, an Cmocessful opponent of McLaurin in Democratic primary of last summer, said he took pleasure in seconding the nomination of the man for whom the people had expressed their preference. The ballot was then taken and resulted in MoLanrin receiving 85 votes. Every Senator not abrient from the city voted AajfoLanrin. A^Bthe night session the following ^^BB among the third reading bills: HHtr-A bill to amend an act to es Hk Greenwood county, fixing the of commutation tax and salaries I^^Hranty supervisor and his olerk. ^H^Bae?To repeal section 229 of the I^^Hbd statutes of 1895, being seotion the general statntes, as to special ^B^Hns by merchants for taxation. A joint resolution to extend for the payment of the oomH^Htion\road tax until March 1, 1898. HHll?TVamend an act so faras it rethe forking and maintaining Iias ana Highways xq inis state. liel?Fixing service for convicts ) county cfiaingang. Lesesne? gnlate charge* for advertising lotices. \ jy's bill to amend Vn act to require pervisors -of the SU<e to publish rly reports by striking out secand substituting another section f, was killed. x ss' concnrrent resolution provid the appointment, of a com.iis[ Ave citizens who shall set we it pay to procure information,, view to the establishment of a latory for youthful criminals ip for a second reading aud was pBSDAT, 23th. ?The following among the third reeding bills: Be bill making the provisions of A. r ?? article .3, chapter A^^^^Hblating to liens on lands and bt^^^^H.for labor and material of the r^^^^watntes of IS !3, applicable to laiS^^H H. P. tioodwia ? Tj^Wqnire the county supervisors and the* county boards of commissioners to furnish a duplicate copy of all approved claims to tbeir representatives when required to do so; to amend sections 1 ami '2~ of au act to provide a system of county government of the several counties of this State, so far as it relates to the working and maintaining the reads and highways in this State. Moses?Joint resolution for appointment of a commission to gather information looking to the establishment of a reformatory. At the night session the public print- i ing question was thoroughly ventilated I and Reynolds' bill was passed. ! Buist asked that bis bill providing j for the ceding to the United States cer- J tain lands in Charleston harbor for the ' purpose of establishing a home and : sanitarium thereon, be taken up for ; consideration. The bill was therefore 1 taken up and passed without opposition. Mayfieid called up his bill amending' the act establishing Bamberg county and to provide for the election of a clerk of the board of commissioners. ; The bill passed with no opposition. Thursday, 27th.?The following bills passed their third reading: Henderson?To facilitate and econo- . mize the enforcement of the criminal law in this State. Aldrioh?To amend section 44 of an ' act entitled to declare the free school law of the State, by adding thereto another subdivision defining the powers and prescribing the duties of boards of school trustees, so as to facilitate the . acquisition of sites for school buildings. umov A V tcuo Uii 11/ IUO u UUCU tnaico i of America certain lands in the harbor J of Charleston for the purpose of estab- j lishing and maintaining a home and sanatariuui thereon. Among the new bills introduced were Moses' bill to incorporate the Sumter and Wateree Railroad company; Gaiaes' to provide for the adjustment of the bonded indebtedness of Pickens township in Edgefield county, and to declare; fix and establish the amount of 6nch indebtedness upon the bonds and coupons issued in aid of the Augusta, Edgefield and Newberry railroad company, and to provide for the payment of and funding the same at maturity of said bonds; Jefferson's bill to amend an act to declare the free school law of the State. At 1 o'clock the senate met in joint assembly with the house to electa public printer for the remainder of this session. After the nomination of Mr. J. T. Parks, of Orangeburg, and Mr. Charles Calvo, Jr., the vote was taken, resulting in the election of Mr. Parks. The total vote cast was 142, of which Mr. Parks received 89, Mr. Calvo 52 and the I^ryan Printing Company 1. Friday, 28th.?The Senate discussed Henderson's bill to provide for the county government of the various { oounties of the State for over an hour and then recommitted it to a special committee of tire, consisting 01 Henderson, Qsines, Lesesne, Dean and Dennis, to perfect by incorporating in it numerous amendments. This bill is one of the most important introduced into either branch of the General Assembly. It goes back to the old form of three oounty commissioners and does away with the office of county supervisor. In the debate Henderson lucidly reviewed the scope of the bill. Gaines favored the bill, but wished it amended in oartain particulars. Lesesne expressed his views on the measure and Dean told of the admirable county government law of Greenville, whioh differ materially from the general law for county government Mayfield and Archer also expressed their opinions of the bill. After this discussion the bill was the recommitted. The House and 8enate met together and ratified the following acts: To provide for the creation and disbursement of a publio school teachers' retirement fund in the oity of Charleston. To extend the time for the payment of the commutation road tax till March 1, 1898. To repeal section 177 of the general statutes as to special returns by mer chants for taxation. To amend an act to apportion the road fnnd derived from the special county levy, by adding an additional section. To extend the time for the payment of taxes for the fiscal year ending December 81, 1897. To require the oonntv supervisors or county boards of commissioners to furnish a duplicate oopy of all approved claims to their representatives, when Required. To approve the action of the town council of Greenwood in the oontract for the erection of a court house and C'l far that oounty and to deolare the nd^eaned a valid debt of the town of Greenwood. To am \d the revised statutes relating to potscm. To amend revised statutes relating to the arrest of a felon. The Senate being up with its work, adjourned until 11 o'olock Monday. THE HOUSE. Satubd at, fito.?The feature of the session of the house Whs the introduction of a bill bj Pollock, of Chesterfield, looking to the control of original paokage agents and agencies. The bill Kts dispensers and 0. P. agents on a ttingand requires the agencies to pive up 20 per cent. of their gross profW. 8k. Smith made a strong fight on his bill to repeal the metropolitan police act, which he characterized as most odnoxiousand contrary to the rigbts of self-government Tinkler took the po, sition that it was on the books merely to secure a better enforcement and observance of law. On a roll call the bill wae killed by a vole of 51 to 34. The bill to regulate building and loan a*sociatione was discussed a while and then the debate was adjourned. McCullough's bill requiring notes and mortgages to be listed for taxation was discussed at length and then killed by n vote of 46 to 43. Monday, 24th.?The feature of the TTnnoa xtm tVi? roiootion of Gasane's i conourrent'resolntion providing for the adjournment of the body tine die on Bli. 12, and the introduction by Mr. Cau^hman of another resolution before the daw's session was over filing the final a<r Kournraent for Feb. 15. Then I there wasVonsiderable debate over Mr. Ashley's bill to require nomination of f I all State, county and township officers in primary elections before a vote was J reached and the bill killed. Among I the new bills was one by Childs provid- 1 ing for the instruction of school children a3 to the effects of alcoholic and in- j toricating liquors upon the human sys- i tpnv Alagill's bill to niter the county lino ! of Greenwood county so as to include portions of Abbevilio and Edgefield J connties was taken up. Mr. Magill J made somo immaterial amendments. The bill merely adds to,the new county ! some small sections that have voted j themselves into Greenwood. The bill i went through without a word of discussion. When Lancasters' bill "to make it a J misdemeanor to fail to return money on demand, paid by mistake," unfavor- I ably reported, was taken up, the House i killed it in summary manner. Hfcdrick's bill, fixing the punishment ; of manslaughter, was ordered to a third j reading. Tckspat, 25th.?In the House con- , siderable debate was bad on the bill to give the landlords liens for supplies furnished as well as for rent. On this bill the House shewed that it was pret- ! ty evenly divided and when the hour for j adjournment came the House had recommitted the measare. During the day Simkins announced ; that he would introduce a bill to leave : the liquor question to the several coun ties. A number of bills were passed, the most important regulating tbo transmitting and delivery of dispatches by telegraph companies, which occasioned no debate. The House declined to consider at once a resolution 6toppinn the introduction of bills savo ; through committees after Monday next. A favorable report was presented on Childs' bill to require instruction in the public schools as to the effect of intoxicating liquors on the human sys- ; tern. Among the new bills was one by ) "Wyche to provide for the inspection cf : foods, drugs, and ull kinds of liquors. .^message from the Governor was received by the House asking the attention to the movement now being made to establish a sanitarium, or soldiers' home at the port of Charleston. The matter was referred to the proper committee. The following were among the third reading bills ordered sent to the Senate: . MogUl's bill as to inclnding certain portions of Abbeville and Edgefield counties in the new county of Green-. wood; Hydrick's bill relating to punishment for manslaughter; Henderson's bill to amend section 18 of the code so far as it relates to Berkeley county; Limehouso's bill to amend the lt w as to the height of fences, so far as it relate. to Berkeley county. The hour of noon having arrived the ' House proceeded to the election of a United States Senator to succeed the lute General Earle. Livingston said that they had simply met to ratify what the people had alreadv done. He nominated the Hon. John L. McLaurin and the vote was taken upon aroll call.' McLaurin received all the 101 votes cast, save ono for George W. Murray^ that of the colored member. Henderson's bill to amend the act to provide a poor house and farm in Berkeley county was taken up out of its order and ordered to a third reading without debate. At the request of Eibler. Ilderion s bUl to require the branding and labeling of adulterated flour was recommittal Townsend's bill to amend the aQt providing for the appointment of magistrate*, bo far aa it relatee to Union county, was ordered to a third reading without debate. Wednesday, 23th.?In the House Magill introduced a new bill to require executive appointment* to be madeupon the recommendations of Senators and Representative*. Gage's eounl - government bill was taken up, - Ually debated and then laid over fo. .uture consideration. The following were among the bills sent to the Senate: McCullou; t'a bill to amend section 7 of the code .slating to the service of summons in magistrate's courts. Towpsend's bill relating to magistrates in Union county. Wingo's bill to prescribe the duty of electrio telegraph companies as to receiving and transmitting dispatches and to prescribe penalties for violationa DeBruhl's bill to proteot boarding house and inn keepers. Magill's bill toamend the act to establish Greenwood county and fixing the amount bf commutation tax and salaries of county supervisor and his clerk. Henderson's bill to amendHhg' act providing for a poor house sod farm in Berkeley county. s~ The house passed the concurrent resolution to allow a bill to be introduced chartering the Saluda Railroad company. The House passed to a third reading the joint resolution to authorix <. asa direct the Comptroller General of this State to draw his warrant Stat* treasurer hi i>ujr iu uio mun v> r ? , Courtenay the sum of $350 for 10) full bound copies of the History of South Carolina under the proprietary government, 1670-1719, to become the property of the State and to be placed in the libraries audbther publio institutions of the State and in all oolleges'.ol, th? State, male and female. Among the bills unfavorably repeated were: t Smith's bill to give physicians a ien for their services; de Loach's joint r sso lution relating to biennial sessioni oi the General Assembly; Me White's bill to amend the fish law so far as itreli itei to Florenoe county; Witherspoon's oil! to prohibit person's from hunting on lands of another without permissionL Thursday, 27th. ?During the day tb< general appropriation bill came from the committee on ways and means, jit cuts down contingent funns, reduce! the militia appropriation to j8,000 aid makes some other reduction from tL? - - j a;?k.v. estimates proposeu. Ul. uiwaiua >utrodaced a very important joint resolution to hare the whole liquor quest id i referred to the people in a popula. election, permitting all to have a voice as to the system they desire. Daring the day the special committee to whom I all concealed vreapon bills were re-| ferred made its report presenting s| general bill on the all-important subject A large number of new bills were presented among them being the following-. Bedon?To enforce the listing ol taxable property at its trne value and prescribing penalties in case of failure to do so. Perritt?To enable the county board of commissioners of Darlington county to enlarge, repair and improve the court hous^nd levy a tax therefor. Kibler?To authorize and empower [ the county board of commissioners ol j r - ' f ' v - \'K ' ? 4 ^nn the counties tublish Hydries?To amend t^H^^^^BHEE eminent These passed their third Fenato bill to nicorj>orate ton and Seashore iiailroad^^^H^Hj Winkler's bill amending the deposit ict. J Merlon's bill t^^B^^H the act relating to the cstnblisl^^^H^J a new school district in the cot^H^H Darwin. Hie committee's bill $3o0 for 100 boond copies of the hil^^H of Hon:h Carolina. ^BB Feidax, 'JSth.?The public printl^B matter was the feature of today's e^M sion of the Honse. The question ot concurring in the immaterial amend! ment of the Se: ato ua< the matter bJ fore the House, but a great many speak> ers went into the merits of claiming its provisions had beeiflBunderstood. Finally a vote was t&jEi aud the House refused to concur mi tile amendment. Dr. Wyche said this withe only way that there was any chance of getting changes in the bill. The building and loan association bill .? / ( i r..n? .1.1 1..1 .1 ; a* xuiiv ueuaicu uuuu^ T . tlJe morning and the bill was finally killetl. Then the bill of l'attou on the same subject was voted upou and passed. A good many minor bills wete rushed over and passed. Among them was Stevonson's resolution to provide for the paving of the capital courtyard. At the night session the house by a vote cf 4* to ?6 ordered the nriuting bill to be eni oiled fo ntificatio . The committee s substitute bill for Hydrick's bill to amend the county government act, was taken up and ordered to a third reading. This bill gives circuit judges the right to send convicts to the chaingangs for five-year terms. The maximum at present is two years. Tho senato joint resolution to require the county treasurer of Edgefield county to pay over to the county treasurers of Saluda and Greenwood connties certain school funds, and to au thorize the school officers of said counties, to apportion ami check out same ?as called up and Mr. Yeldell offered an amendment requiring "ouch other funds as are ju tly due or may bet^ine due" also to be turned over by tbejeonnty treasurer of Edgefield. This was agreed to and the bill passed. Robinson's bill to repeal the antifreo pass act was taken up and Winkler moved to strike out the enacting words xf the bill. Robinson didn't think he would have to say anything on the bill. This act remaining on the books was an insult to the members of the house. What would their granddadies say if they could come back here and see that act on the books. The lionse refused to strike out the enacting words. After the vote was declared C'aughman iusiated on the record being taken on the roll call. This was done and the vote was declared?aye 32, nay 45. The bill was then ordered to a third reading and Ashley had the clincher put on. The House hilled the resolution look ing to hoidiug November session ot the General Assembly by a yote of 40 to 33. HIS MIND IS CLEAR. Bt. Louis Mnn Turning to Chalk Talks of His infirmity. Frank Ritter. the St. Louis saloonkeeper who is turning Into chalk, doesn't let his prospective fate sour his disposition. He said: "Yes, I am eontent. What's the use qf being any other way? It can't be helped, so we might as well make the best of It I am glad that I'm alive; there are a whole lot dead, and I'm only half dead," and Ritter laughed at his own Joke. "Yes, if these pieces of chalk were taken from my hand now and exposed a while to the air you could readily write your name on a blackboards 1 What brought It? I don't know. Th^ v doctors don't know, and I guess ft I mobn mtinh ^fffnronpp nnrwflr I never think about it. I have got plenty of friends, and I am getting along In life when a man hasn't miny more years to live. "I was bom in 1831, and came to St. Louis from Paducah, Ky., in 1845. From that date until 18061 was on the river, working up from a cabin hoy to steward. 1 was at the battle of Vicks TBAXK BITTKB. burg?that is, on-it steamer, and didn't takp part in It. i This disease of mine began about fifteen years ago. It didn't amount to much at first, but it grew right along. I hare had my leg cut j eight times, aj^d then the doctor shook his head one day. I told him I knew what he was? thinking about. It was about taking the leg off. lie said yes, and I told him to go ahead. So there you are. It -came off. Oh, yes, it goes right along, I don't know what it will amount to, v 1 Rltter in now in a condintion that , prevents ; him from moving around without assistance, but is still Jovial and Is gjad that he is living. fof the hammock " she'asked. "I jy arms," he anGet ready," she impulsiveness.? Hortrection I HEROES Charleston Study Senator McLaurin ihe senate the folio memorials: (1) Petition sundry other citizens praying that an appro for the erection a B. Travis, James Bowie, and Pierce M. the Mexican war, which the committee on the libra^^^HH^H (2) Petition of the boar^^^^^^^H Charleston, praying thorize the President States to send a commissioi^H^^H^H to Habana to study the of yellow fever, ferred to the committee and national qtmrantine.^^^^^^^^^H (3) Petition the merce of Charleston, enactment legislatic^^^^^^^^^H sufficient force of trai^^^^J^j^jBI for the proper new seacoast defenses; which ^Weferred to the committee o'i Ov,*st dt^nses. (4) Memorial of t e Chamber of Commerce of Charles n, remonstrating against the enactment of any legislation which will interfere 'vith the operation of the present law regulating the civil service system; whiph was referred to the committee on civil service and retrenchment (5) Memorial of /G. H. Wilson and divers other citizens of South Carolina remonstratihg^g'ainst the passage of the anti-scalping' ticket bill, or any similar measure;'/which was referred to the committee oa interstate commerce. A Flremyn'a tournament. The board of'dremastersof Columbia held a meeting a few nights since in the city council chamber for the purpose of arranging for aliremen's tournament in that city next spring. The question has been agitated before and this meeting was simply/ to consnlt with business men as toj^hat was to be done in the matter. Tue board decided to have the tournament, and appointed a committee consisting of Mayor Sloan, J. C. liobertsoii, J. JL. jnimnaugn, u. u. i Habonicljlt, B. A. Bawls, Witie Jones to solicit subscriptions. The time for the holding of the tournament will be determined later. Jt is the intention of the hremasters to have a programme which/will attract a large number of visitors, and the event will be ehe which will be a great attraction for the citv as wc>l as a pleasant one for the people of the State. Abbeville's Clerk Indicted. A special to the State from Abbeville sa^a: Quite a sensation was sprang in court here when the grand jury made a special presentment charging Mr. W. B. Bullock, elerk of the Circuit Court, guilty of forging in foor different instances. He it charged with forging Judge 0. W. Buchanan's name to two witness pay certificates and td two constable pay certificates; and the grand jury, in making the presentment, urged that the case be tried immediately, as the people demanded investigation. Mr. Bnllock wi>l be tried at this term I of court and will be represented by i Gray don 3c Graydon and W. 0. MojGowaa, of this oar. Acting Solicitor fr. A. Mooney, of Green yille, will prosecute for tha State. ? 1 , Dispenser Holtzclaw la Jail, i A special from Greenville to the Columbia Register says: R. P. G. Holu> cl aw, the flrnt dispenser convicted in th e State, will hare to serre a term in th e penitentiary unless he can pay a fin e of $500. He was indioted on several co\inta and convicted of misappropriating: and misusing the fnnds of the State at the July term of court Judge Watts sentenced him to pay a fine of $500 or serje nine months in the penitentiary. Hisl attorney appealed to the Supreme Court and the appeal was dismissed. It is n4>t probable that he will pay the fine;, so he will go to the penitentiary. Want Lien Law Repealed. Thqre is a growing disposition among farmers and merchants to have the lien law repealed. At a meeting of the Marlboro County Cotton Growers' Association last week a resolution was passed urging legislators to use their innuenoe in tha^ direction. The Association also decide^ to curtail cotton acreage, and not to pay mcge than $15 per ton for cotton seed meal Bennettsville correspondent News and Courier. -The Redisricting Bill. Mr. jPatton's redisricting bill will come my again before the Legislature adjourns^ It has been introduced in the Senalte, and the committee has decided byja vote of five to one to report it favorably. Mr. Patton thinks that it will iiass the Senate fnd that the proapectei are good for its passage in the Honsle when it comes up again. ? The Register. New Enterprises. Secretary of State Tompkins has granted a charter to the Brown Crockery Company, of Charleston. The capital stock u $5,000, divided into 00 shares at par value of $100. Also inincrease of capital stock to the Excelsior Knittihg Mills of Union. The stock has ha en increased to $20,000. Looking be ck on the hard times, It ls > pleasing to n?c?ll that during the four* years from 1393 to lS96 the rich men of the United (States gave, to found apd endow public, Institutions?college's^ libraries. musetinjs and hospltalfr-no less than one hundred and twenty-one million dollars*' The New Yory Times Is responsible/ for the figures/ which lend a good-^leal of force tor that old proverb sk/out the cloud anJ Its silver lining. Jf / ( i. The official reports show that tha " highest temperature ever recorded ia California was ISO degrees, this being at Mammoth.Task, in the cfeaeri- y ot San Diego countr. Close to it vm / 1*28 degrees, at Indio, in the same ^ t, ^ '" M > "V | A new method of testing steel bol- , V lets has been devised in Germany.N., \ rl The balls are dropped from a fixed height onto a glass plate set at an. angle. If properly tempered, they rebound into one receptacle; if they are too soft, they drop into another. Electricity, where unretarded by atmospheric influences, travels attha rate of 288,000 miles a second. Along a w ire it is, of course, vastly slower and a perceptible period of time is occupied by the electric current in , sending telegrams over long distaneeat. vf{ A proposal has been made by 1C Gabriel Viand, a French chemist, to * obtain easily assimilable iron ton$qt from vegetables by feeding the plants judiciously with iron manures.. I*;' would be interesting to know whether a suitable amount of ^ron could absorbed in this manner. According to the experiments uv a rtn^ni it" V im<Twt"fri iU*U. UCJJUJ AUU ?J. . ? cause' dangerous palpitation* at the heart. The experiments .were mud# on medical students and npon themselves, and thej describe the palpitations as violent afcd unendurable mmMm less the rajs were1 intercepted. ^ metallic plate. Paper has been used for a lefts* Ar.?': variety of purposes, but one of the . newest is for the glaring (if one- taay nse the term) of windows. The no* ' , -, paper panes have the appearance, of v'. JSgig "milky glass." They inter apt the. light rays while letting the 'heat rmy? through. This feature is considered v by the inventors to be a great ad van- ^H| tage for greenhouses. Paper "glass** is cheap and is sa&Jto last for years* r An article in the Lancet gives some ? '*?J: hints on the inducing of sleep whisk ' will,he of interest to aU' .width** <?. . insomnia. So vital is the necessity for sleep that any method by which ft may be secured is worthy of attention. The means employed is to prodnoe weariness by musculdr exprcise nftnr' retiring. "Lying on the back mA patient first'retches for the foot and ' lead board at the same time. then raises his head half an irikTrt wlB the same time he breathes slowly and- ' , deeply about eight inspirations to the * j minnte which are counted. After about twenty inspirations the head, ytjj which begins to feel heavy,is dropped. The right foot is then raided (the reaching for the boards and counting being continued)and similarly dropped. ^ ^ when fatigued. The left foot goeathrougt the same process. The . muscles which are used in reaching for the head and foot boards are than \ relieved, and the body is elevated ae . that it rests on the head and'heela* ' \ 'J He then turns on the right side and' , > reaches for the head and foot boards again, and raises flyst the bead and , the foot, as before./ The wan * . jy$ process as gone through on the other ' - % side. Thus eight positions have been assumed,' and a large number of I muscles used. If pfleep has not bee* *. induced the seme cycle is gone orer gain.?The Ledger. Tree Premonition of Kolm. / J? How often, we hear the remade* , "We shall hare rain, the atmosphere is so heavy/' The reverse is trne. When one s tea smoke hanging from a chimney \^ih a tendency to sinkta the grouiw, it indicates that the atmospher#i? light?in fact, too light to floatye smoke. When the smoke . rises IiMca. the chimney it indfoates a he?vj#iatmosphere. A column eg < smojp is not a bad barometer, for a / :* barometer simply records the preesure of the atmosphere. When tha atmosphere is light and the smoke * * j settles, the pressure of the mercury is light and the column falls, indicating storm. When the atmosphere' ia heavy and the smoke rises, the pre*- ' v? 'V1 sure is greater and the oolomn rises* indicating fair weather. Knew What He Deserved. ' *.* r' "I don't know what I would hava done if it hadn't been for you!" ex claimed the discharge^ prisoner. "Well, yon would probably hava done time," said the proud lawyer.w Boeton Traveler. , - J y&-*l * . " A J