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Puwnij | Annua! Session of the General As* j sembly Convened on the 11th. PROCEEDINGS OF BOTH HOUSES. Senators and Representatives From New Counties Sworn In?Resolution > to Extend Time for Paying Taxes. HV Tbe os^cmbhas of tho Legislature on ^^"the 11th was nflj^attended by any un- j B usual incidents '^She members wore j ^ promptly in their seats and bu?iness j proceeded with the usual formalities. The .principal business of the day in , ^ both houses was the reading of the Vtoveruor's message. Below can be that part of the work accom* plijfced-in the Senate, that is of general interest to the public: THE SENATE. Tcesdat.?Pres. McSweeney called the Senate to order promptly at 13 o'clock, and spoke in part a9 follows: "Senators: After a parting of nearly a year, we meet again to discharge kthe unties of this co-ordinate branch of the Legislature of the State of South Carolina. I feol assured that we have, one and all, come to this session with ^ft the fall determination to pertorm mose BR -duties on snch a manner as to meet and -obtain the approbation of those who sent us here; whose welfare we have at HK heart and whose interest we are bonnd ^^^Lto subserve." H B The roll was called and all were ^^^Lwesent except Senators Norris, Talbird ^J^Huid Sunders, Prayer was offered by H^^Khapbiiu Wllloughby. Ho iftvoked guidance that all might realize : they were tho reprc.-eutatives of |^H^B whole po ople, thattue deliberations H^Btho present ses2.on might be ^^^^^B&c'.erized by largo wisdom, largeof heart, sympathy and liberality ment. H B following new Senators were Win. T. Jeffries, Cherokee; Mayfield, Bamberg; C. A. C. Greenwood; Bobert A Id rich, I J. H. Lesesne, Charleston; Jhanoy, Dorchester. rirf? were among the bills L. An amendment to except Kggists and their ageuts from bn of the act to prevent ftuders from plying their Bi. To facilitate and econokforcement of the criminal [mding that solicitors and fcsses shall appear at the Vrthonse on the Saturday Convening of court, so that lay ascertain snch witnesses frnal; and discharge unitenesses who shall be paid a * - * I ana mileage ior oue ubv. H Bier SOL. To make the embezzleHBl public funds a felony, making MPrTw^Miiabmest in the discretion of the ' court, etc. B A concnrrent resolution, offered by Mr. Henderson, eras adopted and sent to the House for an election on the B^BlTth, at 12 o'clock for a Chief Justice , ^^Band judges for the first, second, third, fourth and sixth circuits. wr Wednesday. ?The 6essicn of the Senate was exceedingly shoit and devoid of interest Very little was done, and the body, which convened at 11 o'olock, adjourned before 12, having ,been in session but little over half an hoar, nothing of great interest having been accomplished. Thltwdat. ?The Senate got down to business, and if the present pace is kept up, the session will not be needlessly prolonged. The House concnrrent resolution was adopted fixing Tuesday, Jan. jjs, lor Dauoung ior a United States Senator to anoceed the lata Senator Joseph H. Earle. A petition was presented from citizens of Edgefield eonnty questioning the right of senator J. M. Gaines to hold a seat an Senator from that county. The bill providing for township and local boards of health was killed. Tributes of respect to the late Gen. Hagood was adopted. Friday.?In the Senate Mr. Rags> w dale^upfci resolution proposing a con- I stitutional amendment providing for the election of circuit judges by the qualified electors of the respective circuits, and a similar joint resolution relative to the election of justices of the Supreme court, were killed after extended debate, and Mr. May field's bill to divide the State iuto judicial dis-< tricts was recommitted to a special committee. Third reading bills: A bill to amend section 31 of the Code of Procedure, so as to permit circuit judges to quaiuy before any officer authorized to administer an oath; a bill to amend section 2810 of the Bevised Statutes of tiis State, the same being a part of the Lord Campbell act; a bill to provide for the transfer and investment of the Downei fund; a bill to make the embezzlement of public funds a felony, and to fix the punishment therefor. New bills: Waller?To approve the action oi the town council of the town of Ureenwood in the matter of the contract for the countv of Greenwood and to declare the bonds issued pursuance \ of said contract a valid debt of the town of Greenwood. O'doll?An amend'ment to the road law of the ^State, increasing the commutation tax ^f^Tickens county from $150 to $3. McAbbacy?To authorize au election in thrown of St George in relation to bonding said town, and to authorize the issue Jtfbonds under prescribed conditions. M%rtield?A bill providing for V * ?9?A yvl /Inniko OT1/1 f me rfgumuoiv vi I/UU9, ucaiuo ?uu t marriages iu ttSis State. Lesesne?To autbori/e town atK(boriticr to exchange labor of town conricto w*th conntj authorities. V? ' r- THE HOUSK Tctesdat. ?In the House t^e roll call showed only twenty-four 'absentees. The proceedings were openeovwith prayer by Dr. Kinard. The sp^ker made a brief address before actual business was begun. He said: \ "We are agaiq assembled as representatives of the people of South Carolina to enact such laws as in our judg- > ment are needed. Coming as we do from every section of the State, end representing ell olasses and conditions ?. / . .'e>s. .. v /.. realize that last year hardship on the maa^^^^By look to ns to relieve them^^^Burden as far as possible. It beh^^Bf\s, therefore, to dispatch the bas^H~s. \ expeditiously and econouiicallyBL 18 insistent with good legislation. W8 Ten all know, there are a nuinber ozTjCtions to be held this session, and known that the business of the nouse is retarded until they are disposed of, and I suggest that they bo held as soon as possible." The new membars sworn in were M. P. DeBrnhl, of Abbeville; 1)% E. Hydick, of Spartanburg; F. C. West, Spartanburg; Horace E. Johnston, of York. The message was read, and then the various subjects touched upon by the Governor were referred to the proper committees. Among the new bills were: Bainsford. A joint resolution to extend the time of paying taxes without t\*a TiAnottr until VTnroVi 1.1_ ISflS. Pollock. To elect a chief justice and judges of the first, sscoud, third, fourth, sixth and eighth circuits 01^ the 14. Adopted. Goodwin. A bill to require persons holding mortgages to have it entered on record in a limited time. Follock. Joint resolution to extend the time for the payment of taxes to and including Feb. 20. Thomas. To amend section 44 of an act entitled to declare free school law, approved March 6, l$9f>, by adding thereto another subdivision to the subdivision defining the powers and prescribing the duties of boards of school trustees, so as to facilitate the acquisition of sites for school buildings; to authorize the levy and aalo under execution of personal property, notwithstanding the same may be covered by mortgage or other incumbrance. A proviso is that such sale shall not affect the lien of said mortgage or other incumb-ance. Wednesday.?The House went to j work in earnest. The calendar from last year was taken up and the following were among the sixty-three bills disposed of: Haselden's bill to equal- i ize the railroad fares of all students hereafter attending the Wiuthrop College was killed; several bills relating! to the establishment of voting precincts in various counties wore recommitted, i iu order that a general bill on the subject might be introdu* ed; the bill to in- j dude Hampton in tl provisions of a measure to regulate ti-o sale of seed cotton passed to a third reading; Mc- j Cullongh's bill relating to negotiable 1 instruments, being an act establish j a law uniform with the laws ' of other States on the subject was re- j committed after some disonssion; Patton's redisricting bill was made a special order for Tuesday next and from day to day until disposed of; Tool's bill to amend the county government bill in connection with working i the publio roads, was referred back with amendments; Cnshman's bill to regulate the speed of railroad trains and en glDes passing ccrutm ewuuus, ?<m killed on motion of Magill, though Cushman argued its necessity; Owens' bill to proride a license fee for owning and carrying a pistol was passed over on motion of the author; Thomas, of Richland, had a bill which would allow aliens to own fire thousand acres of land in the State, instead of fire hundred, as -the law allows, but it was killed; the Child's prohibition bill came next, but as the author was not present it was passed orer; Action on the bill to regulate the public printing was postponed until another day. ThiB bill was introduced last session by Mr. Reynolds and puts the public printing on a competitive basis. Mr. Reynolds moved that it be passed over for the present; the joint resolution to extend the time for the payment of taxes to Feb. 20th was nnniiHarihlA dlRrnnsirtn I pro and con. Among the bills killed were: To create the office of State geologist and to provide for a geological, mineralogical and physical survey of the State. Another bill with the same object in | view will be introduced by Mr. Lancaster, of Spartanburg; to prohibit railroad companies from employing any ; person under the age of IS years as night telegraph operator. The two bills following were among the other proceedings: The bill to require all the institutions of this State, educational, charitable and penal and State dispensary to furnish an itemized statement of all receipts and disbursements, inclusive of saloons, passed to a ! third reading; Tuesday, the 18th, was agreed upon as the day for electing judges, and Tuesday, the 23th, o elect Senator Mc Lauren. I Among the new bills introduced were: Caughman?To require railroads to proI vide sejiarat? first-Glass coaches for the accommodation ef white and colored passengers, and enforcing a penalty for [ each violation, to be recovered by suit ?jaf any citizen; McCullough?An act to amend the dispensary law; Price?To ! license the carrying of pistols, dirks, razors, trucks, knives, having a blade j over three inches in length or any deadly weapons upon the person; Rogers?to repeal the lien law. i Tupuspav.?The house putin a hard day's work, and among other things passed the committee's substitute to the Reynold's public priutiug bill, which !... (Ka annlrn/tf f n, f Ka piVTillvo Kuan IUV WUM nv? iv* .UP State printing shall go to the lowest bidder. Some amendments were made enabling the General Assembly to award the contract for the next two years at the present session. There was quite a fight over the bill of Mr. O. P. Goodwn directed against all kinds of labor on Sunday. When it was shown I that servants conld not be required under the bill to work in the household on Sundays the bill was killed. There was quite a lively racket on the third reading over the joint resolution providing for the exten; sion of the time for the payment of taxes. It did not amount to much in the end, however, for the House passed the measure and ordered it sent to the Senate. There were quite a number of now bills introduced, among them being Mr. W. S. Smith's bill to repeal the j metropolitan police act and Mr. Reynolds' bill to provide for the reorgani- 1 zation of the engrossing department The last hour of the day's proceedings J were devoted to the memorial address-j es upon the late ex-Governor Gen. JohnBon Hagood. Even while these j addresses were being delivered the sags on the building were at half-mast /out of respect to the memory of another deceased Confederate general and exState official?Jno. D. Brat ton. FkidaVv ?TheHouse had a brief ses' sion, but managed to dispose of several bills coining over from last session. 1 ? ' The public printing bill passed its third i ' reading without debate or opposition. ' j All bills relating to the dispensary i were referred to a special committee on that subject, except one by Mr. J. P. ! Thomas to provide for the sale of native ; ! wines by county dispensers which was promptly killed. : The bill to establish a bureau of labor ; for the purpose of gathering the labor statistics and inspecting the weights and measure < of South Carolina was ! withdrawn. It was a measure chain I pioued by .Mr. Ilderton during the last i session and caused a great deal of ' debate. i The bill to prohibit the reduction of i wages of operatives was killed withont debate. j The graduate license bill from last session was knocked in the head without the least commotion on motion of Idr. Yeldell. Cast year it came near j passing the house, but members after ! mature deliberation evidently felt that | the bill was one which good policy con- j ; uernueu. | A bill regulating the work of immij grant agents in the State wai?passed to i a third reading. This bill ts of great interest to furmers, and is as follows: I Section 1. That section 1 of an act | entitled "An act to prohibit emigrant i agents from plying their vocation within this State witout first obtaining a license therefor, and for other purposes," approved g4th of December, lb'Jl, and all acts amendatory thereof, be and the same are hereby, amended by striking out ali of the words between the word "State" and the wora "without" in said section, so that the same when so amended shall read as follows, towit: section 1. That from and after the approval of this act no person shall carry on the business of emigrant agent in tuis State without having tirst ob| taiued a license therefor from the State 1 treasurer. , Air. lteynolds introduced the following concurrent resolution, which went over for consideration: Unsolved, That the South Carolina Senators and llepresentatives iu the Congress of the Vnited States he, and they are hereby, requested to take such j ! action as they may deem advisable to , j inuuee mo j assage, uy congress, ux an I act .submitting to the several iStates of j the Union an amendment to the constitution of the United states, which shall I require that Senators of the United ! btates shall be chosen by a vote of the 1 people in the several States. YOUNG MEN'S BEST CHANCES OfSncccsa Arc to Be Found Outside Our Large Cities. "Business conditions of the great cities are not favorable to young men," I writes Edward W. Bok iu the Ladles' | Home Journal, advising young men | about to begin their careers against ! going to the big cities. "It is said," he I continues, "that competition develops j j men. It does, unquestionably. But to cope with present competition as it exists in the centers, calls for a vast amount of experience. That experience a man must have back of him before he can enter the competing arena. f 'But how can I better acquire that exi perlence than where there is constant need of It?' How better, my young ' friend? By serving a long apprentkreI ship in some city smaller than the ! greatest. The large cities are to-day [ poor places in which to learn the rudiI ments of business competition, for I while the young man Is learning, the j experienced man swallows him up. But that is experience,' persists the youngs maD.. It is, but a more -severe kind than thqre is need of; a kind Which, once indulged In, does not leave a pleasant remembrance. Competition | in a smaller city may be just as keen, proportionately, but, what is all-important to the young man starting out, the risks are not so great; the experience Is not apt to be so costly should he fail to succeed. It is a true saying * - -1? KliaL that a man oerore ne tunxcus iu uu?.ness must expect to measure bis height on the ground a time or two. But It is not necessary that In his first knockdown he should be knocked out I "But there is another and more Ira[ portant fact which the young man j away from the large cities does not I realize. It is that the number of pos| sible positions in the large cities is not j Increasing, despite the reiterated asI sertions constantly made to the conj traiy. The very opposite is the truth. Various causes explain thl^-higher taxes, higher prices of \$idfoT lack of building room, labor stpkqs| and lower cost of production. The i^anufaeturing Interests of this counties re constantly tending toward the smaller I cities and away from the cefaters. All j j this means fewer positions, since only j J In rare instances does the executive | I branch of a business call for a larger I I number of employes than dobs the J 1 * 1 1 Otwinmi nc tlie | i manuiuciunug siui-. v, .... change of current may seem, it is, nevertheless, a fact that the young man who to-day leaves a good-sized eity of actual manufacturing advantages, turns his back on what in a few years will be one of the industrial be<dhlvea of America." " 1 happened to remark a little while a go, in the presence of Miss Billmore, that some persons carried their fondness for cycling to extreme lengths. I'd like to know what there was in thai observation to cause her to turn red and ay, 'Sirr " "Great Scott! Don't yea know? She is engaged to a young bicyclist nearly six and a half feet high.1* ?Chicago Tribune. Before the advance of the personalty conducted globe-trotter, even the awful mysteries of Mount Slnal are not safe. It Is proposed to build a railway up the historic mountain, aud to erect a station at tlie spot wnere, accorui?s iu tradition, Moses received tbe commandments. To many people this enterprise will seem not only lneongru- i ous, but almost Irreverent. Diseases whose names end In ltls seem to multiply. Why not add to the list billitls, or a malady common to legislators? Its chief characteristic Is an apparently uncontrollable desire to multiply bills which never get beyond the stage of reference to a committee. Roseborough, of Marries Hester FATHER OTTWENT^^BEN. j The Mother of the Brld^^^Ed 96, Tfas Present?Tho Kat^^Ktf the Groom, Aged 95, Still AUv^^ The Eidgeway, Fairfield c^inty, correspondent of the News and Oonrier, re- , ports the following notable negro wedding: Near Sharp Postoffice miere was a ' remarkable marriage of an a?>d colored ; couple?Frank Poseborough to Hester Howell. A number of white and colored friends of the contracting parties witnessed the cercmouy. Tlie bride is 70 years of age. Her mother was pres- < ent. She was an old servant of the late Thomas Session, and was purchased by bim lifty-six years ago, at the age of 40; therefore, she is known to be 90 J ears of age. She is conversant and as a retentive memory. The genial Frank was owned by the Roseborough family, of Ridgeway. He was all through the campaign in Virginia with his yonng master, Mr. Thomas Roseborongh. Many of the soldiers with the old 7th batallion will recollectsrank and wish him happiness and prosperity. Frank is now 70 years of age. He is the father of twenty children by his first wife, who died about two years ago. His father aged 05, is now living near Ridgeway. He was the former slave of the late Col. II. C. Davis, claims to have known him from an infant, and he a mun-servaut of his father, the late Dr. Davis. In his youth he remembera when there was only a few stores on Main street, Columbia, which is now the business portion of the city. Against tho Cotton Seed Oil Trust. At Bennettsville on the first Alonaay i the cottoQ growers of Marlboro county j met and organized, and among the most | important business transacted was the following resolution, which was passed, 1 and the co-operation of other conntiea and States is solicited in their enforce- ' meat: "Whereas the late Cotton I ' Growers' Convention declared against ! , all trusts and combines; and whereas j the cotton oil companies have organized | a trust ofi cctton seed and meal, fixing prices on both without regard to our interests; and whereas these articles come at once into the legitimate domain of our revenue from cotton growing, and the control of their prices is undemo- ' cratic as opposed to free trade; therefore, be it Besolved, That as the bulk of seed has already passed from our hands at ruinous prices, we deem it advisable not to pay more than $13 per ton for meal delivered." Free Library for Marlon. Marion County is soon to hare a I pnblio library, which will be a gift from / Messrs. C. A. Woods and H. C. Graham. . kaa ffiwan S-IAA V*Of. W11?. i iUi. H UIAIO UCIO TVU ywv *V4 pose and this amount has been supplemented by a gift of $200 from Mr. Graham. Mr. Woods has also signified/1 his intention of giving $300 a year to the library for three years and Mr. GrahauJ will give 3100 annually for the sam^ length of time. The library will be absolutely free to all the people of tlja,, county. In connection with the library there will be well furnished club rooms, which will be kept up by membership fees. Mr. Woods and the Hank' of Marion have given the second floof^ of their buildings, which are under tha same roof, for the uses of the library and club, free of rent. This will wive the library a convenient and spacious home. Hudson on the Nimble Pistil. Ex-Judge J. H. Hudson is ou^in an able article on the cause and bore of homicides. He says the nimble' pistol and the relaxa^nof the laws aid rules relating to criminal presecntibn is at the root of all the trouble and^that all ? J 1 .1 - !l -1 1.1 * J. snorts to annui u? ovu snuum oe airected to prevent the nse of pistols end < to re-establish the efficiency of the courts in dealing with the crime. He farther says pistols should be prohibited as they are not within tbe constitutional provision regarding the right to bear arms for the common defence," and-that judges should be; allowed to instruct and aid the juries; /that criminals should not be allowed.'to testify in their own behalf, and thatf bail should be within the discretion of the judge. High Prices for KicJ"Lands. The Georgetown correspondent of the Sews and Courier, says 4hat on the first Monday there was a larger crowd of people in the city than ?or a long time. The attraction seemed t<j be the valuable rice lands to be offered/ for sale under foreclosure proceedings. The prices brought were high, as,' will be seen by the following figure^: "Annandale" was bid oft by Mr./ L. Breslauer for $34,225. This is full value at tbe present oatiook, notwithstanding the plantation is in first rates condition. The three places, "Hopefand,?' "Hopewell" and "Barony," were 4old together, and brought $13,550, b^ing bought by Mr. 1 O. R Skinner. \ syndicate of local capitalists will be formed, and a stock company chartered, which will plant 1 this valuable tra^t 'of land. ? Piedmont Kurmers Pay Up. ^ The Spartanburg banks say that the farmers have paid their notes remarkably well Ev&d with 5-cent cotton there seems to bo a living on the farm. | Perhaps, after jdi, the low price of cot* 1 ton irill prove helpful in that it will force the farmers to diversify their c crops, and to give more attention to t the raising of cattK, hog&and chickens. , Sale of broken Down Stock. At Florence, the merchants and some T V organized % c Monday in e igural day. c as well as d. Horses, t plows were J the highest * as $3. The acted every s 4 The Next '^B^BHH^H^B^^QB^^B^Bfl woa-H^H^^^B^B^^B^^B! any ^B|^HH^H^B^BB^^^H| "Oh, ri^M^^HH^^IHI "For looit^B^^B^BHB^^BBB went Rhe oiled men Then in the persp and an army hurried. managed and then began To excuses, my too dirty your eyes your excuse to offer for kings.] when upside thus she the visit she A. tired woman's "c^ ooooooooo^^9H^^^^B by ;?HHH| OSS>3333pH^^^^HH / VT / ^*mi :1 -. il. -i I A ""J uear xue close ^^$4 August, and ^ m Virginia AlJ*u stepM ped into a corner drug store to refresh herself with S&%ra* S0(la* HbJ jFa A woman is never too warm or too /( fatiRne(1 to notice liStf- another woman's V < gown, and as Virginia waited at the >* soda counter her observant eves took in every detail /of the charming summer costume) worn by a young woman who wst's standing at the telephone. Just nf>w she was a bit out of temper. "Express 280*," she called impatient ly. 4.ntl as she waited for the desired number she turned and looked at Virginia^ -who, quite overconn by the heatvor was & f?r some otl er reason ?had seated herself ai no great distance off and was wielding a palm leaf fan'energetically. The pretty woman turned abruptly to the 'phone in response to a call. "Is this Express 2804?" she said. "It is Byron's number," Virginia muttered to herself. "I thought so." ' The woman at the 'phone spoke again: , "This is Mr. Curtis, is it not?" Virginia ceased fanning and scarcely disguised the fact that the conversation interested her. "Yes, I am Miss Cleavebrook," continued the woman in the linen gown. Then, "Yes, please." A short pause ensued. The drug Btore cuckoo clock struck two. Virginia excitedly imagined what Byton Curtis must be saying at the other end of the 'phone in his office, high up in one of the downtown buildings^ Miss Cleavebrook interrupted her thoughts. "Yes," she said, and Virginia fancied perhaps that her voice took on a more tender tone. "Same place," she continued, with a little laugh. "Did you? I'm so glad. Thanks so mnch for the flowers. You really mustn't send them so often. It's too extravagant of yon." Virginia gave a little start. ' 'Theatre again this week?" questioned Miss Dleavebrook doubtingly. "I really think twice a week is too often." Bat the man with whom she was talking seemed to 'overcome her scruples, and after agreeing to go with him on Friday evening of that week, she said: "Why don't yon ask me why I ;allcd you up?" Then, seeming to forget that she was in a public place, she laughed merrily at the response that eamo back over the 'phone. Finally she said: "No, it wasn't that. I want very much to see that book of 'Alter Dinner Speeches' you spoke of. Can't pou bring it to me this evening? No? Well, to-morrow, theu. What are you going to do to-night?" - The fair questioner seemed bet little pleased at the answer she received. She tapped her foot impatiently, and it was a full minute before she spoke. Virginia fancied she heard Byron saying: "I am going to call on Miss Ul' "^night." For had he not asked f he .r.ght come over to see her Tueslay? Miss Clearebrook recovered her temper, if indeed she had lost it, and said: 'I thought I told you to drop that?" Virginia arose hurriedly and walked ;o the front of the store. "It is insupportable," she muttered to herself. 'She speaks as if uhe owned him vhen " Her thoughts overcame her as the uemory of all that had happened beween her and Byron Curtis rushed to ler mind. 1 The sharp ring of the little bell replied her to herself and she looked up o see Miss Cleavebrook leave the store ind go slowly down the street with a iappy smile dimpling her pretty face. Virginia took an impulsive step toward the telephone, heedless of the :lerk who stood behind the counter md who began to gaze at her rather luriously. / "He need not*come to see me," sh^ hought fiercely. "He would iathe/ >e with her." Her voice nearly choked ler as she answered. "Express 2804," o the inevitable "Number, please/' i The moments which followed Are re ?gony to her. Her thoughts rajf wild. ...... jLm glad I uat both hands to him. P^^irginia," he answered, "it l* ^Tuesday." "Yes," she said, softly, "it is Tuesday." "And"?questioned he. "Yes, again," she moraaared, evea lower. A drag store is not a very romantio place, but I think that thoso two told each other everything in the look they gave each other, qnite unmindfaljuri^^. the little clerk, who flippantly mixed"^^! an egg phosphate for the next cna-' 5 tomer.?Chicago Tribune. AVear Only One Shoe. v , The one-legged Jnan buys his shoes . ^ precisely like the'fwo-legged maa. At the big shops they break a pair to sell the sinarle shoe that the one legged man requires without the_ slightest hesitation, and he can any shoe he wants. The single shoe remaining is sent back to the fadozy to be matched, and this is done with perfect accuracy. Every pair of shoe* ? is numbered, and it could easily, if H were desired, be traced back to the stock from which it is made. There?%j/V i no guess work about it. The shoe required to match the shoe remaining" may not be made on the identical last upon which the original shoe waa made, but it is made upon a last of mathematically the same proportions, and the* pair thus restored is as perfectly matched as the original pair. The one-legged man who buys is this way a single shoe pays slightly more than half the price of a pair. mcu aic m vuo icxj ^ est shoe shops among the regular eu?tomers, and there they are not so unusual as to be remarkable. One-legged men, however, are not the only men who buy single shoes. There are two-legged men who sometimes buy only one shoe. For example, a man with the goal He can, if he wishes, and he sometimes doe*,, buy a single shoo. The remaining shoe is paired off in just the same manier as the remaining shoe from * the pair broken for the one-legged, man. There are two-legged men who wear > shoes of different sizes, their feet not ^ being mates. This may be due to nature or it may be that an accident has befallen one foot. For such a customer two pairs of shoes are broken. ij into and be takes one of each.?Pear- Ji son's Weekly. . Chinese Dor Farms. In Manchuria and along the Mongolian borders of China there are thousands of farms on which nothing is raised bnt dogs, of a breed peculiar,to this region. Each proprietor keeps several hundreds of them. They arm of a large size, and when eight months old are killed, usually in midwinter, for the sake of their skins. As a re- > suit of the severe climate, they ,'|mL covered almost from birth with a magnificent growth of fur! Hence they are much in demand among the North, em (Chinese as ga ate rial for winter clothing. They constitute the only wealth of this desolate ooentry. In each family a certain number of dogskins is laid aside as the daughter's marriage por- ? tion. Tet they command no very high nrice. eiffht skins being repaired for n gown about two yards long,'and worth some three or four dollar*. This would make the average value of each but little over forty cents, from which must be deducted the cost of totting and dressing; also of manufacturing the garment. The hides find their first market several main depots, whence they^Ae taken to Moukden, Fou-Tcheou, and other Cities to bo made up. Ifost year the estimated proceeds of this traffic at Newehang, a. leading emporium, amounted to 1,000*OOOf., against l,500,0d0f. the year bofore.?Popular Science New*. / A'tiu Tig* to the Front. U.v? The fig industry of Texas is developing into a paying industry. The fig is peing discussed at present, as this season has demon stated the valu^pf C th4 crop, and in a year or two nZro yon output will be large. Notwithstanding the long drought considerable money was made on the crop thia season, and the demand largely exceeded the supply. The fruit can be crated the same as strawberries and shipped for a long distance in condition. The demand is increasing aa they are introduced into distant markets.?Chicago Criterion. . < 3 ' ' y . ' ' 1