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C$PTUR?fG A: MAfi- EATER. ^ v Honting the Sharks, in H?tra?i-Noosing .^ith?> Moi?ster"While AsK ^p. ^? ;V ': ;Th??gh it not take us long to reach tie sp?r^nere the mah eater was known tobe, vet night had fallen on them, and it was by the light of torches made of the : baked kernels of the candle nut strang - "ripon cocoa leaf fiber that we drew near the fleet, As-we did so the dip of pact?les "was^noiseless; and it was by signs alone gv' that the ?<runa,T>f?r head fisherman, gayo fe^ 'di^^ B^the smoky, red light of the torch?s we could see men busily scattering about the baked meat .tiiey had brought? and also half chewed ^si^3e^?ipii? awaioot. As they did so ^p^^tter?: was. the gleam, of the fins and tails liligi- "of hnh<rreds of fish darting to and fro ; for ttefoed. V \ i Theold fisherrnan stationed near tis * "Buddenly crouched down, and, touching ? : tfie^octcr with ene. Jean, brown hand, ?pj pointed to the water near-the stem of the g^;V:"c?noe next to us. Wejthere saw, gleam? ing in the opalescent depths, two bright spots that shone witina malignant, green ish light. They were^set 4B a monstrous ? shadowy head, beyond which we could dimly see -a huge -brown body. Below the coot, cruel eyes'^cere traced the out? lines of a: ?^rmid?bie" mouth, that, even ' as we looiedi-o^5?d "slowly, disclosing row vipoii^^rofjstr(x^lj booked, pearly : white tee^srith ??epky serrated edges. As this fretfulmon tb opened the mon? s?errolted l?^by?rar^ ? 'y ? at a bundle OT'??O? sinkmg near him. It 'was the nmni, t3ae ikiroest and most vo - ' racious of his*tnbeVand. as he moved l^-r~e?o?gfb? crowd of, fish darted away in terror. Even tie great wMte shark sui - lenly gave placeto this riger of the sea, X -who swam slowly about, swallowing the food the fishermen kept* throwing if '"^ ^to him. As he thus moved from place to place his whole body seemed to exhale a "peculiar light, that streamed from- the ' tips of. ms fins and long, unevenly lobed w< tail By the "gleam of this peculiar ^bosj^r^cence Iiis motion could be ^cioseiy watched, and finally the experi? enced fisherman, saw thal he was becom? ing gorged. So intent ' had we been .: watching his movements t?rat we had not ; Bot?ced that while he was being fed the ifleet of canoes had been sOentiy moved in i- nearer the. shore.. Now, looking down, : - . we could dimly see the white, sandy bot J * . tom, and in a few minutes were in quite . shallow water, opposite an opening ruthe . .reef w^ieretr^ surf did not break. Our ' progress had been very slow, and now ' for &^iale the canoes halted, wh?e hovr ?zing ^beneath them was the man eater, - ?v??entry somewhat stupefied by "the ... awa he had swallowed with the food so ? freely given him. ' . The old Kahuna had, during the whole j /I" - performance, kept up his pantomimic j - -display, though in a guarded, -quiet man- j ' uer, while the fishermen kept close watch j upon tie shark. Be gorged to repletion, j ^'".^'. 'infMe??y intend-d to tafe a nap, and so j - i settled -dowry down o? the white sandy . ? bottom. He was the perfect (sub-ma- j line) picture of overfed helplessness, and j f. it seemed as though we could almost hear ; bini snore. And then commenced a curious exhib?- j lion of skili and daring. A noose had | been made in the end of a long, strong j togpe,. and this was taken by an experi- j ?need o?d fisherman, who quietly slid overboard from his canoe and allowed frrmsplf to sink to where the man eater was resting, his body enveloped in that strange weird light. That was the mo , ment when, if the shark had been Bbarfirnrng sleep, he would with one vigorous sweep of his tail and a snap cf . " his jaws have earned his name'of "man ] eater." But no; he was for the time j . being powerless, and with infinite dex- ! texity and skill the native sue- j ceeded rn passing the noose over the \ brute's head and about his middle. He [ then quickly rose to the surface and j clambered into his canoe, and the fleet was again set in motion. The canoe to j which the line about the.sharks body j -was attached moved very slowly and j carefully,-just enough strain being kept ? on the line.to raise the captive's body j dear of the bot Lom. Sometimes the j shark wouidbe' a little restive, and then j we all waited "untU," as the doctor said, j **he ToBed over and went to sleep t sgsin-" Ai length we were close in to the j beach, and all but two canoes were, j drawn up on the sands to wait for day- ! light. The two remaining ones lay over j tile sleeping mani, the extd of the line to i which he was secured being taken on ! the beach, -and then all hands took turns, j in watching and sleeping. The job ! might hare been completed that night, j but this the^Xahuna forbade. - ". j, **We have the right to snare the man | eater in the night, while he is drunk/* : be said,' *'but_wemust..wait for daylight, ; when he is sober, before we kill Jiim. " j . By dayi^fct a crowd of people had as- j sembied oh ibo bench, and the signal j was given from tuP canoes that the niuhi > was awake and get?i*?i'e?tive. - So the j Jong line was seized by ?^u^dred hands; j it straightened out, and then, amidst the ? triumphant song of the Kahm;.? (*vho j took immense credit to himself for The" \* capture) and the yells and laughter of ? the crowd tramping^way with the rope, ; the enraged man eater., thrashing and i plunging about, was drawn out of the *| water and over the yellow sands. As. j his huge body plunged hillier and thither j he snapped savagely at every tiring, but j .in vain- A crowd of the fishermen were j -always about him, raining a shower of blows on Iiis ugly head, until lie lay, | beaten to death, on the shore.-F. L. -Clarke in San Francisco Chronicle. M arri a by Captare. Among savage tribes some very strange j rules of etiquette appear to govern the j matrimonial relationship. Convention ! prevents a Yoruba wife from either speak- ? ing to, or even seeing, ber husband if it | -oas be avoided, and the rude Aieurian j islanders have the same regulation aix>ut speaking. In parts of the Fiji islands a j husband and wife, if they wish to meet, must meet in secret; a similar secrecy is or was obligatory - mocg the Circassians, 'and even among the Hottentots. But the ..African kingdom of Futa bears off the j .palm in these respects, if an old traveler is to be credited, who assures us that | ^wives there were so bashful as never to let their husbands see them without a vefl for three years after marriage. The . same sort of feeling is manifest in other curious customs. Among the Esquimaux, even in cases ~where the course of true love ran its smoothest and accorded fully with pa- j rental settlements, certain old women j had to be sent to drag the bride forcibly ?fi> her husband's hut, she being obliged .under the penalty of an ill name to **make as if it went against the grain, .and as if she were much ruffled at it.*' A Kamschadal girl (and the people of Kamschatka are among the rudest of the oarth), however well disposed she may be to her future sporne, makes it a point of honor to pretend to refuse lum, and the form of force on his sid? and of r?? sistance on hers has in any case W be ! regularly performed. And the wil?T) tribe, the Hos of India, regard it as the | correct tiring for a wife to run -away j from her husbacd and to tell her friends j that she neither 'loves him nor will ever ? see him again, while he in his turn is ex- j pected. to display great anxiety for his j loss, and when he has found his wife j after dirigent search to csrry her home j again by main force.-Gentleman's Hag- ? Tbc Thunderbolt j* Myth. Mr. G. J. Symons, F. R. S., has en-, deavored to track the so called thunder? bolts wherever he could hear of them, bot- they have vanished before the man of science like ghosts before the daylight. fl? inquiries showed that ibero was no traasamiEsion of a thunderbolt, or of any ?ther ?lid body, when an electric spark -?-~* -*v the air, than there is in t of a rrjaterial substance when a message is-telegr^phed across, or rather under, the Atlantic ocean. Some? times a lightning flash appears to strike the ground anda spheric^ nodule of iron pyrites is found near the spot. It was there before. Still the ignorant imagine it came from the clouds and with the lightning. Beleranites, which are really fossil animals, are found similarly, and in Webster's dictionary are described as "thunder stones,'* and as such are often preserved. Cta^ona??y a heavy discharge of lightning falk on a bed of sand, pene? trates it for several feet and melts the silex in its path, fue mg it into a Mud of glass, which is known as fulgurite-some fine specimens of which are to be found in the British museum. This, and this only, could have any pretense to be con? sidered a thunderbolt, but then it does not descend from the clouds, and is caused solely by the intense heat of the Ughtning, Mr. Symons did not deny that solid bodies do at times come down from the sky and strike the earth, but these are meteorites and aerolites-sub? stances ejected from volcanoes or falling upon the earth from planetary space. New York Commercial Advertiser. Salaries of High To red Cooks. The salaries of leading chefs in private families "already in New York range from $156 to $300 a month. They, too, re? ceive commissions, and in large places employ their own assistants. Consisting of a meat and pastry cook and a kitchen girl to peel vegitables and do other work . of a similar character. And it is not an unusual thing for the chef to get a percent? age out of the wages which are paid to these subordinates. The - chief cook at Deimonico's receives $S,000? year and a share of the profits of the establishment after they have passed $200.000. He shares these supplementary profits with the acting manager of the establishment, and they are said to be very considerable. His income is supposed to be somewhere between $12,000 and $15,000 annually. like all enthusiastic chefs he is de? voted to those, patrons of the establish? ment who give good dinners and who understand them. And .he caters .to them ia a way tha? no presents cf money could possibly secure. When such patrons come along the waiter receives a card with the two letters, inscribed cn it, **S. A.." meaning- special attention, and this is done not only to favor the patron i but to satisfy the cook, who insists on j having his favorite dishes properly served, j just as a poet desires io have his poems I recited witiTa proper emphasis and ap- j predation, -New York World. Treatment of Pauper Consumptives. No hospital or dispensary physician in j our large cities can fail to recognize the j utter feebleness and inurihty of the pres- j ent methods of treating pauper and indi- ! gent consumptives. Dr. Seibert has i averred that among poor Germars dis? pensary treatment not only fails to cure, but" even sensibly to relieve this "class. Dr. Paul H. Kretzschmar conf esseed to an experience nearly similar. In the hospitals the story is not quite so bad. Many patients in the first stage improve for a time, but the percentage of cures is extremely small, and most cases progress rapidly to the worse. In New York city there are some 30,000 cases of consump? tion, with 5.000-annual deaths. If soci- ? ety provided sufficient means of treat- j ment, at least 15 or 20 per cent, of them j could be cured and restored to useful citizenship.-Medical Record. -_- f Why Money ?oosn't Count. There are abundant reasons why money shou'd count for less in society here than it does abroad. Rich men are ! numerous among us. - Wealth is accu- j mulaied with ease, and dissipated with i rapidity. Millionaires are almost as j ?plcntifcl as English sparrows: We are j familiar with their presence and familiar ' also with the fact that riches are often ! found without tile qualities that afford | pleasure to intelligent people. Those who j are the joy and pride of the most select ? society are frequently people of moderato estate. The parlor in w?iich it is most j difficult to obtain,, admission is not gea er- j ally that of the richest man in the city.- j James Breck Perkins in Cosmopolitan. Oyster* at Feeding Ti coe. Oysters cannot be kept without a ! knowledge of their habits. They feed twice in a day of twenty-four hours, and : then just at that stillness preceding the tum of . the tide! At no other time, ex- . cept when feeding, do. they open their i mouths. When taken out of the water j they naturally attempt to feed at regular ; intervals, and as soon as their mouths j ?re open - the -liquor is all lost, the air ' takes its place, and the oyster i$ covered : with a. thick coating of slime. .This is . the first stage of decompoitlon, after j which the ovster is of no account.-Seat- j . tie (W. T.) .Post-Intelligencer. ; The French Soldier's Defects. A French military writer. M. De j H?tres, in an essay :>n che education of 1 .the French infantry, makes some- very ! esrio?is^charges against the French sol- I ?fer. The latter, he says in effect, has i serous morai as well as- physical defects: ! gros?-V abuses his officers when >ut of j hearing." ic careless and slovenly, has no \ heart for mah uirj service, and, when op- j portunity comes.^>t^?eals ali trace of its j insignia.-Scientific American. j "Water ?"araiae ia "Soglnnd. There is in alarming scarcity of water j in many of :he large owns of Srre.Tt j Britain, and Liverpool and Mancnester I are threatened with a water famine. In ! view of this state cf things it is proposed ! * to bring sea *-ater to be used for baths, j closets, watering streets, flushing sewers and extmguishing fires. The scheme j meets with uiuch favor.-Chicago Herald. ? -.- i Birds for tb.e? MttHo?rs. The trade m birds for women's hats was ?o enormous last year tiiat a single I London ds^er admitted ;hat he sold I 2,000, )i)0 >f imall birds :>f every kind j and color Ac jne auction in one week j there were ?old 5.000 birds ot* paradise, j 5,000 Impeyan pheasants, i00p00-hum- ! ming birds ind >zher birds from North : and. South America, md 360.000 feath- j ered skins from India.-New York Sun. j Xii o American Thorough br? J. Like his master, the America thorough- . bred horse Ls fast becoming .4 distinct species. Like him. tco. the best strains may come from his English prototype, but the air of the western world 'ias toughened his muscle, stimulated his nerve and made him distinctive.-Judge Tourgee in 4,Biack Ice." Mi.-icral I>eposlti? in Arizona. - In Death valley, Arizona, cher 3 pre J thousands of acras covered with a deposit ? of borax two feet thick, and near by im- i mense quantities of salt, lime and ?odo. j The locality is ninety feet below tho Ie~ei ! of the sea, and is evidently the bed cf a j .?ried up sea.-New York Tribune. TTaSrr. <?,??i foi Pipes. Careful experiments n**/<\ shown that j waste sUk is th9 most effective o^..^-' r*oi:" j conducting covering for steam pipc? feC^ ? the demand for this purpose promises to i be great, notwithstanding tue high price, | -Boston Budget _ . __ i ' Do not ask, will this do me any harm? j Ask, will it do me any good? . The com- j panionshipofmuchofwhatweca.il "so- j ciety" is little or no better. There are thirty-seven tunnels cf more j than 1:000 yards in England, tho longest ! being that of the Severn-7,G64 yartla. A skipping rope has been patented which SP43 m motion a snaali a?ta?icai box fa one of tho handles. IGNORANCE OF MEDICINE. Tho Sarest Way to Eradicate Quackery. Amulets and .?Infallible** Remedies. The first step in education is a convic? tion of our ignorance. This is especially true in medicine. So long as men had a perfect faith in charms there was no use to teach them hygiene. Of what use was chemistry when alchemy was in general favor?. A distinguished medical writer said years ago that the only way to eradicate quackery permanently was by teaching physiology and anatomy in the schools, because quackery was not founded on the shrewdness of its profes? sors, but the ignorance of its victims. Yet it is snrprlsing how much of that old time ignorance which made witch? craft possible and profitable yet ex? ists. Dr. Fordyce Barker, while at? tending Mr. Conkiing, was constantly annoyed by worthy people who wanted him to try' some ridiculous nostrum on his distinguished patient. They were of exactly the same ^iass as that very re? spectable gentleman who carries about a small potato or an onion in his pocket to w -d off rheumatism. He does not be? lieve in signs, nqr omens, nor isms; but how does lie diSe'r from the poor darky who carries about a rabbit foot in his pocket to shield him from the evil eye? He smiles deprecatingly, but carries the potato and assures you confidentially that, however it may be, in his particu? lar case it has worked wonders. The miserable wretch who killed an inof? fensive Chinaman the other day "for fun,'*' was more anxious to keep an amu? let he had in his pocket than his liberty, and he reasoned about as well as the man who carries a potato in his pocket, but not a particle of the knowledge of the laws of life and health in bis head. "Hie public discussion of the afflictions of Garfield, Grant, Colliding and Kaiser Frederick have done much good by un? covering a vast amount of popular ignor? ance even where it was not suspected. It showed that many who were ready to cure all diseases in the body politic did not know the first symptom of disease in their own bodies. Men with their fingers always on the public pulse did not know where to feel for their own pulse. Men conversant with all other history knew absolutely nothing of the history of medi? cine. Men able to trace the cause of political convulsions never were able to account for that first stroke of paralysis. Such men were sure they could have cured Mr. Conkling's disease by the steam of a hot potato. They knew that Garfield could have been saved if they had been given cliarge of him in time, though the post mortem proved that his wound was fatal from the first. The number cf infallible remedies sent to Gen. Grant was legion. Half of the old women" in Germany are seriously grieved because they are not allowed to save the kaiser from his doctors by a remedy that came down to them from their great grandmothers. AH of tliis proves that so far as medi? cine is concerned we are in the middle ages yet. No proper provision is made in schools for the prevention of quackery, as begins to be made for the prevention of intemperance by teaching the effects of alcohol Many a graduate is not ex? actly clear as to which side bis heart is ort, or what it is there for. When it come3 to the spleen, the colon, the nerves, he better understands the geography of interior Africa. Tho science of medicine advances un? der di Acuities, the greatest of which is popular ignorance. When we learn fo know hew little we know then we will commence to advance. Then fairly edu? cated men will bot commence to prescribe for a friend and suggest doubts as to his physician before knowing any tiling moro of. the disease than of the doctor. No greater boon could be bestowed cn the coming doctor than a generation thor? oughly-educated in physiology, anatomy and hygiene.. We will never be rid of i quacks and quackery until.we stop breed- j Lng the one and- encouraging the other, j by turning over the whole subject.of dis- j ease, as of old, to a special class, whether sorcerers or doctors.-Chicago Times. Why Orators Aro Few. The age in winch" we live 13 progres? sive and aggressive, but it ; will not pro? duce such orators and preachers as there were forty and fifty years ago. It pro- ; duces better doctors, arid teachers, and [ farmers, and merchants, and mechanics, I but not such statesmen or pulpit orators, j Kentucky has no longer a Clay, iind j Breckinridge, and Marshall. Tennessee has no Gentry, or Maynard, or Johnson, or Haskell.- Mississippi no- Foote or Prentiss. Alabama no Yancey. Georgia no Toora bs, or Kill, or Stephens, or j Johnston, or Cobb. South Carolina-no j Calhoun, or Cheves, of Kayne, or Rut- j ledge. North Carolina no Macon, or j Mangain, or Badger. Virginia no Jef- j fersoa, or Patrick Henry, or Madison. I- know that tile masses of the people j have advanced, and therefore ibero is j not such a- contrast between thom and j the great, men as there used to bo, but it j is still cen tin that the most notable men i cf tlie day will not. compare with those I ! have mentioned. We have some great i preachers, but none to compare with Capers, and Styles, and Pearce, and Baa comb, and the blind preacher, Waddell* whom William Wirt made famous. This ts a utilitarian age, and everybody is in a j hurry. There was a time when men of brains had leisure, and Solomon says that in leisure there is wisdom.-Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution. Wonderful Mountains in lodia. . There aro some wonderful mountains ? in the vicinity cf A j mera, India. A j {reveler describes them thus: "AH of j these j^osntains seem to be metamorphic, j of marble au i quartz and fissured sand stone. Often thc crests of tho lulls were ! great ledges of quartz, which gleamed in j the hot sim and looked as if they were j masses of ice. The road was ballasted with this stone, and thc plated vrero cov? ered with it in broken bits, which <dist ened and sparkled like a thousand pcr33 of diamonds. I do not exaggerate wheK I say that at one time, for a good many ' miks, the evo was pained by the spark- j ling of these quart/, or micacious stone. ! We entered these mountains and found a ? most wonderful formation. As far as ! my glass would enable rue lo seo the hills, j rising several hundred feet, were a mass i of granite, here broken, piled up, and I there in huge natural masses, and ali ? water worn as if a mighty torrent had i tumbled-over them for countless millions ! of years." --Chicago Herald. Ttolic* in n Fvrlss >Tn<=eiim. The museum in Neuchatel is an una- j eually interesting ono, and tho traveler j docs not experience, that sensation of j weariness which is often felt in visits to similar places. One room is filled with j animals, stuffed of course, which are j found in thc higher Alps, many of which j ! are now extinct. Wolves, white and : brown bears, foxes, white hares, chamois j Steinbocks, ail are there, most beautifully j j stuffed and preserved. I have sui-i that \ j some of these animals are n?? longer to ; j be found in the rnouutaius, but it would 1 have been more correct to have suited ? I that they have retreated before the civil- j j izing hand of man. for it is believed that j i bears, and certainly wolves, are to bo | I found on the higher peaks, where 110 foot ! 0jT Alpine climber has penetrated. TM A n rext room are the models of the i lake houses an?'-J'10 curious relics of tue ; ages of stone and bi!^'^^^ebeen found imbedded in the t?^jm^ s>me at the bottom of ti 10 lalee. Th* v- ' these remains cannot bo deterrm*^'1. ? Opinions diiTer, but all agree on ono j point-thai they certainly existed boforo ; the time of Julius C?esar. Tho houses ' were cleverly built on four iron rods ; sunk deeply in the mud at the bottom of j the lake and supporting a kind of plat- j fenn, on which the hut rested, and the ! inhabitants reached the shore by means j 'o?.canoes .made of' hollowed tras. The reason apparently of their choosing tho lake as a dwelling place was to protect themselves from the numbers of wild and fierce animals with winch the country was infested. Indeed it is evident that it was then little more than a vast marsh or morass. In the same room with tho models ore seine grotesque ornaments worn by the woman and some equally extraordinary weapons worn by the men. Ia another room are the skulls of some of these an? cient beings. Very" fiat and receding are they, and the inspection goes far to strengthen one's belief in Darwin's theory that their possible ancestors may have been an ape like tribe. There is no national costume worn by the Neuchatel peasantry now, but in many of the cottages you may see old pictures, roughly but brightly colored, representing the dress worn in days long gone by. A delightful excursion ?3 by the little lake steamer as far as Morat, a quaint old world town about three hours' distance from Neuchatel. Here are funny cid streets, narrow and furnished with arcades built of stone, under which are tho oddest little shops imaginable. Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. Gluttony Versus Intellectuality. Gluttony tends to cynicism. Coarse? ness and extravagance of speech and manners go hand in hand with dietetic excesses, as, for cognate reasons, the re? pulsiveness of voracious animals is gen? erally aggravated by a want of cleanli? ness. . Among the natives of the Arctic regions, where climatic causes make gluttony a pandemic vice, personal clean? liness is an almost unknown virtue, and Kane's anecdotes of polar household hab? its depict a degree of squalor that would appall .a gorilla. Habitual abstemious? ness, on the other hand, is the concomi? tant of modesty, thrift, self control and evenness of temper, and is compatible j with heroic perseverance, though hardly I with great energy of vital vigor. The dietetic self, denials of Luigi Cornaro, a Venetian nobleman of the Sixteenth cen tory, enabled him to outlive the third j generation of his epicurean relatives. ! During the latter decades of his long life he boasts of having enjoyed a peace of mind unattainable by other means. There are intellectual voluptuaries whose enjoyment of mental triumphs in j controversy or cogitation seem, for tho time being, actually to deaden their crav- I ing for material food- Isaac Newton, on j the track of a cosmic secret, would send j back plate after plate of untasted meals. Percy Shelley, in the words of his sprightly biographer, "indignantly re? fused to alloy the nectar of poetic inspira? tion with boarding house .soup," and in his creative moods rarely answered a dinner call without a sigh of regret Benedict; Spinoza, amid the parchment piles of his bachelor den, would fast for days in the ecstasy of his "Gott trunk? enen"-'*God intoxicated"-meditations. -Dr. Felix L. Oswaid in Open Court. _Medical Value bf Feppermlat OIL In addition to being, from its potency and other, advantages, the best of sur? gical antiseptics, it is possible that there hes in oil of peppermint avower for good and a field of therapeutic utility vaster in extent and importance than any yet known or suspected. Some cases of ph.tlris.is, in which I have employed it a3 an inhalation, lead - me to hope that we may find in it a remedy against the scourge to which we pay annually a tribute of 10,000 lives. In diphtheria, the greatest of all de? siderata has always been such an anti? septic as this-one which may be fear? lessly applied in the greatest quantity and the greatest frequency; which is in? nocuous, whether it be swallowed during its application, or be respired into tho air passages, and winch, by its absorp? tion into thc blood and its ready vola? tility, is enabled to penetrate to every re? cess, and be carried through all the tis? sues. Two cases of typical diphtheria in male adults, part cf a smaii epidemic^ some among the victims of which died with its worst features, have been treated by applications of oil of peppermint. These cases afford ground for believing, therefore, tliat this drug may be also a potent weapon in diphtheria. Recover? ing so completely and so speedily'as they did, their progress resembles neither that of "ordinary'' ulcerated pharyngitis, treated or r.ot by the usual means, nor of diphtheria as it has progressed in cases I lia ve seen treated by the mefneieut local antiseptics in vogue.-London Lancet. Belief for Ivy Poisoning. I was repeatedly poisoned by ivy when a boy, and . found no relief till an undo told my mother to give me a tablespoon? ful of thorcughwort lea each morning before earing during the month of May, and I never would bc poisoned again. She followed his directions, and the re? sult was I never have been poisoned since, although I war exposed to it more or less each summer for a number of years afterward. The above may not be. a sure cure in all cases, but it is worth trying, as it can do no harm if it does no good.- Albert S. Trask in Scientific American. A "Bung Whittling" Contest. Ono of thc most successful features of a recent .'literary entertainment" in a town the other evening was a "bung whittling contest by ladies." Each of the contestants received a square bit of wood from which td whittle a bung to fit a large stone jug. They could ail see the hole to be filled, but none could measure it. Prizes were given for the best and for the poorest bung, and then they were all sold at auction. One of them neatly fitted the bunghole.-New York Sun. Cost of Bein?; Crippled. A table prepared for a workingman's society in Leipsic represents that the loss of different parts of the body reduces tho capacity of gaining a living in the fol? lowing prec?htages: Loss of both eyes, or arms, or hands, or legs, or feet, 100; 'ess of right hand, 40; of the right liurnb, 2? 1-3; of ono eye, 22; of tho left tbun??>. r'r right index linger, 14; of left index, or cny other finger of the left bandi 3.-Ark^usaw Traveler. Before; O ?. Camera. Women aro general ty willing to ha VG their photographs taken7, and in country placer, ? have frequently had them cluster around the camera for this object; ! ut men are lei's eager, and in many ( asc3 when requested to become part of a group I have seen their, stand in tho background and so overshadow the face as to make their picture unrecognizable. -Philadelphia News. Too ty Potatoes; It is Faid that visitors to Ireland are struck with the "pot bellied*' appearance of the natives, men and women. This abnormal distension r.f the abdominal walis is due to ??he enormous amount <>f potatoes which th? y are called u;>on to consume in <>:-'<.:. to maintain a tolerable degree of health.-Boston Budrrct. A >*<.'.-.. I >\< nfc' t.? A powerful disinfectant, adapted to nil purples, has been obtained in Paris from coal oil. I: is a syrupy bro\rn liquid of a not disagreeable ?:?!? -r, resulting from a peculiar snponiiicution of the oil ly a caustic soda. It destroys moss and fungus on trees, and sponging with a weak solution keeps ines from horses. San Francisco Chronicle; -- IBU ~P-^- GTJmm. - "JIACKM KTACK," n lasting ami fragrant pcrfuTuc. price 25 aral 50 cts. ta Pr. China's. c;1*Th01i",?; CURE wiil immediately relieve Croup. SV^Piog C.ngb and Bronchitis. . FOI' DY>Pr",>s*A uUl1 L?ver CoD3P''i,int 3"?" bare a printed ?oar^ on 5T? bottle of Shiloh'e Vitalisen It never fails tc curo.^ A NASAL INJECTOR fr5ce *\'h "caJ bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh ReK^y- Tpco oO ct*. At ?r. China's, >..?..._ WORK Or PREHISTORIC MAN. Remar2raT>Ic Relics of RH Ancient Civill? sation io California. In many parts along, the coast and in Mexico can still be seen relics and re? markable evidence of some of the most skillful arte prac'icti by the so called '?ignorant savages" that once inhabited this land, wlii?h, by forcibly dispossessing them, we now inhabit, unless, perhaps, some more civilized race possessed this Country prior to its discovery by Christo? pher Columbus, whoso tribe has long since been exterminated and whose record is lost One of the most wonderful of these relics is the indication of a solid pavement road in Arizona-, made of granite blocks or slabs about too fe<H long, hewn square, conveyed and placed j' side by sido by some means unknown to the spectator. This pavement or road was undoubted? ly built thousands of years ago, as these blocks and indications can be traced fer miles along the mountain sides, through which deep canyons have washed their way. Some of those slabs are said to weigh nearly two tons, and there being no granite lodges nearer than several miles from where they are now situated indicates that they must have had some powerful mode of conveyance, as well as powerful machinery to shape and locate them. To these ancient people also was known a process of tempering brass so it could be converted into tools equal to the best cf steel. Numerous specimens of this tempered brass have been found where the city of Mexico now stands, as well as on the Pacific slope, and while the chemise has no difficulty in removing the temper, yet he cannot return it. For the redis? covery of this tempering process scientists and chemists have labored and the United States government has offered a premium in vain. Nor can they even by having tempered metal before them gain the least fight on the subject. Bringing the discourse a little nearer home, on the edge of the Carisa plains, but a short distance from the stock ranch of C. R. Erumiey, can be seen what is known as the 'Tainted Rock." Thia rock is in a horseshoe shape, about eighty feet high and 1,000 feet in circumfer? ence. The inside being hollowed cut gives it the appearance of a natural fort, which has frequently been used by stock? men as a sheep corral, and is capable of holding comfortably 3,000 head cf sheep. The inside walls on the south are very abrupt and overhanging, and are cov? ered with many ancient paintings, j roughly resembling sketches of men, j dogs, snakes, lizards, tortoises and vari ! ons characters, the significahce of which I was, perhaps, even unknown to the j painter. So we are inclined to think j that each character is a record of some j historical event, and that, if we but un I derstood them, they would be very inter j esting to us. The paints used are of j tluree distinct colors-red, white and ! black. And, although we know nothing ! of their mode of manufacture or mate ! rials used, we can say this much, that ! they have a power of" durability and of j retaining their color unsurpassed by I modern productions. In the western part of this county, at j the outlet of the Antelope valley, on the j Tularo plains, is what is called the i ^Pointof Rocks." On top of the most j prominent of these rocks is a large, I beautiful water tank about .7 feet deep and 20 feet long by 12 feet wide. Its capacity is between 4,0C0 and 5,000 gal? lons of water, and although evidently it ! has been formed by nature, still judging j by its location being such as to catch all j the rain water that falls to the surface, j one can l>e led to believe that it wa3 i human art and design. The height of j the rock is about 100 feet and its walls j are quito steep, but by the aid of steps j cl?seied into it, is no difficult task to a3 j cend and return with a pail of water, i From on top of the rock one has a mag ! niflcent view of the surrounding country j for miles -and miles. There being no j other water for a long distance makes it i a very convenient resort for stockmen j and travelers. On adjoining rocks can j be found a great many similar tanlts; j ?Iso two small ancient paintings. Scores j of mortars " and pestles are- found in ; various places. Some are made very ! roughly and others are shaped out of a fine quality of stone with elegant taste. Marvelous-skill is displayed in the art of making arrow heads and knives of the hardest fiint. How thoy can give a de? sired shape to so brittle a substance by chipping off bits is easier to think about than to accomplish.-Cor. Bakersfield (Cal ) Echo. The Sc-m:;d rjand Kook Trade Ono cf tire many pecuiiaritiv5a of the j second hand book trade is that tho sales j ; are heavier on days of siorrny weather, j j The business men find slow ?ales on in- j j clement days, and Chose of a literary ; j tum of mind, or those who have a pcu ! chant for coil eating books on any special I subject, will drop into a 6eccnd liand I book store and while away several hours ! in looking over the stock. I remember i one snowy day . last winter a prominent ! gentleman of this city came into my I store, and, v.-hile vt-ai ring for the storm j to pass by, he became interested hi sev j eral volumes of books on a line he was ! collecting, and I sold him' $65 worth bo ? fore he left Customers who have a I hobby to which they are devoting atten i tion will find a book sometimes which to j the eye is only worth ten cents, but they : will value it at ?0. and if a dealer asks i that price they will readily pay it.-Ed ? ward Mills in G lobe-Democrat Electrical Derretir? Camcnv The relation of electricity to crime, j which began with die invention of bur I glar alarm devices, has been extended j in the shape of an electrical detective j camera, invented by two Newark men. Their idea is to have the device fixed in '. the walls of banking houses behind thc ; tellers, and so arranged as to photograph j whoever stands at the teller's window, in ? case the man's picture is wanted. The ! little burton that dixrs thc work of open? ing tlie camera shutter, making the ex? posure, dropping the plate and putting in i a new plate, will l>e under- the teller's i desk, so that he can, without betraying j himself, instantly take thc picture of any . one who excites lu's suspicion. This same ! camera can be put tip in police stations j in tho same way, and as the prisoners \ aro brought in they can be photographed I without knowing ft and having a chance , to distort their features when sitting for ! tho Rogues' Gallery.-New York .San. ; Jiy tho V. ro;:rr N.--Kirri. We designate "Espa?a ns Spain. Palia j as Italy, Deutschland (or Germanin poeti? cally) as Germany, Prenden as Prussia, j Bairn as Bavaria, Ungarn as Hungary, j nissen as Hesse, Uossiya as Russia, ? Polska ns Poland, and so on and so on.-* ! Cor. Chicago Tribune. --msas* 4? A Woman** Pis? ovrr y. ! "Another wonderful discover) lins been mr.do i j arid rh;ti. :....) by ?I !";i:Jv i!, lin- rouVf?*. D?SCaSC ' j !7i5tcnc;l i:- rli!?-'!:"$ U[f ?i )>>-T and fvT .-rv. n ! j years ?.he ?rirbety -1 ?'j> ?^x'ei-c-iJ IC??S, '>..'?; bet* i : \ ital organs ?vere iir.u'-i ??.iiivd au.d Jc?*!i ?Cf'.O- ! cd Ji?KiiiiKM.t. three m'".i:?h.? cyiigte.d 1 incessantlyand .\.t:M ?s.i See i...:-.-"*,! ?.f I ! ti-: bottle cf I>r. Klux's New ld-every for j j Co;?scti:n?:?ii ? ml was m much r-elicv?d ?vn . f:ik'?'? fl?>J dos? rh:,; ?j,,. >,;.?:f :)?; n??h. ::-,? j j with "'ic hortic has hoer! mlntciibms?y curcil; ? j Mer n::?:r? i< Mrs. Lnthcr huts " Tims write W. j I C. Matiirif k A <-o.. of Sh??!l?y. N. C.- i-?cl a free j j triai bottle :it Ur. '.>e?,?rin?%*s I.?ni?: Store. Tho Verdict Unanimous. ' | W: L?. Suit, bnipiris?. Hippos, Ind.. lesli Ses i '.I recorr? ix cn J Electric Wt! er? :?.- the 'erv j Vest r< inc'i;.-. Every bottle sohl ??ns pi vcr? relief ? in every cuse, One mar? t"<-k six bot iles, ;i r : < 1 ; was eureal?f Ulieuuvati?ai r?r^fl years''standing;*' j Abra bato fiare, dr:ipg>r. Belleville. Ohio, af j firms: "Xhe f>cst selling medicine I have ever i handled in my 20 years' experience, H Electric Bitters " Thousands of other.? have added their tesbmnny, so that thc verdict is unnni -cious tbn.t Electric Bitters do evre nil disensos of the '.iver. Kidneys or Bj^^^nly a half dollar a bottle at J. F. W^fl H?L ?TV% LOCKS OF GOLDEN HAIR. Legendary Lore Concerning Hair of San? quinary Tint-Old Proveros. Witty paragraphers are at present ac? customed to satirize in many ways the red lia ired girl, lier appearance being sa:d to !>e connected with the proximate vision of a white horse. It is perhaps impossi? ble to say when thia idea (jriginated, but it Ls probable that it had- its rise in tfce ancient aversion to roi haired persons, very wide spread. Various reasons have been assigned for this curious antipathy. Mythologists claim that red hair repre? sents the dangerous iigbtnmg stroke, or the withering rays of the summer sun. Indra, god of the eJjherrts. has golden hair, and Loki, a mischievous imp, was red haired The mermaid is often repre? sented a.s corni >ing her golden locks, and red bearded demons are not uncommon. "Rothl>an.. Temelsart? (red beard, devil's kind,, is an old German proverb. Others -ia:ni that the origin of the supersuiiou that red haired men were tiT*aeh?:rf>:u?. erune from a notion that Judas \v as rod haired. Nothing is said as to the color of his hair in the New Testament, and he is shown with black hair in most of the pamt-ed representa? tions of the Middle Ages. A German fresco of the Twelfth century, however, pictures the arch traitor as a red haired man. It is probable that Christian ra? fi uenee in Teutonic lands brought about this great antipathy to red bair, as many of the liea then gods and goddesses wore golden ioc!:s. Red hasalwaysbeen a de? tested color It was the hue of the pirate Mag, and its sanguinary tint has coen chosen for the banner of the An arcliists. lt was for a long time an un? fashionable color in England, and auburn locks were, therefore, a disadvantage to the possessor. Again, it ia probable that much of this odium laid upon, red haired men arose from traditional hatred against Teutonic conquerors, tire yellow haired Goths, the red bearded Danes and the ruddy North? men alike oppressing Ko tn an, Saxon and Gaul. In the old romances of the Round Table, the red knight of the Hod Lands representa death, whom Sir .Gawain finally conquers in combat. Shakespeare alludes to the prevalent superstition on this subject in **As You Like lt." Nor is it yet entirely extinct in parts of Eng? land. In Devonshire it is thought un? lucky to have a red haired person first enter the house on New Year's day, and black haired lads go tl*e rounds, and are rewarded by presents. There is a proverb among Scotch Highlanders, *'Avoid the red head and the steep rock.'* In other European lands this dislike also exists. There is a Danish proverb that 'Ted heads and elders do not fiourish in good soiL" A red cavalier figures in many folk lore tales, and it is said that "evil speakers and the red cavalier cause men much distress.v Similar ideas formerly existed ih Ger? many. An old poem has it that "Red haired men and cider trees are rare in fertile soiL* * Another writer about 1000 A. D.. advises the reader, "Not to thee a red man for a special friend." William ot' Tyre, writing in the Twelfth century, 3ay of Fulk, of Jerusalem, who wa? red haired "Ho was affable, benignant, and, contrary to the rule of that color, kind and merciful.'* French proverbs carry the antipathy to animals. "He ?3 wicked as a red asa," isa saying in many places. Rochefort, in an editorial in his pip<.-r. calls a political opponent a "red ass." Another French proverb says, "Red haired men and woolly logs are better dead tiiau known," and chere is an Italian jsiying to the same effect. The Chinese antipathy to red hair is a-ol? known One of their farniliar ap? pellations for foreigners is "red haired devils. '' A Slavic proverb also illustrates the s:ime superstition: "At the sight of a bearded woman and red haired men one tiees away'.'' Among a certain tribe of l&douin Arabs there is a saying against 'evil bringen* like Qodar the red haired. '* Qodar traditionally caused great evils to the tribe, and henea all red headed men are regarded as malevolent. -F. S. Bassett in Globe-Democrat. School r?yglono In Australia. It is an interesting fact, especially in view of certain comparisons nearer home that it suggests, that in Australia the subject of school hygiene bas received special attention for some years in the state or public schools. The teachers arc particularly instructed to be careful about the spread of infectious diseases, and the public health law is sufficiently Etriagent to secure thc exclusion of scholars and teachers from houses in which communicable diseases exist. In the state schools of Victoria, new for a cumiar of years, a system of ob? ject lessons has been giveu, with a view to itu porting ciemcri tory instruction bear feig upon the h?altri vf the people; these tessons generally include such subjects as fool, clothing, ventilation, cleanliness ?nd thc prevention of if?fectiotis diseases. They h aro nl?K> boen given at stated times lessons for tho treatment of snake bite, for the resuscitation of the drowned ?nd for the first aid to tho injured. The department of education requires also some elementary krtowledgo on the part cf teachers upon the subjects of sanita? tion and physiology.-New York Trib? une. Teaching tao Creir a Lesson. <~>n a recent cruise of the United States man of war Michigan a sailor, who is a Chicago mar:, attempted to throw an ex? hausted quid of tobacbo over the rail inte the water. His aim was bad. and the quid fell on the deck. An cukcr ob? served it. ile would not allow the sailor to touch it, but ordered Ute entire crow" to rig np a gun tackle. The gun tackle is a hawser three and a half inches thick and weighs 2,500 pounds. Being seldom if ever used, it was slowed away in the hold and hovered up. To" get jt on deck and r:?r it up is a long, hard task. But the gun tackle was rigged up, and thc commanding officer attached to it a silk .bread. la^v-ed tho quid of tobacco, made it fast, ad hands f,ave a long pull and a ?trong pull, and the enid of tobacco was hoist ci overboard. Ilten tho gun tackle was taken down and stowed away ia thc hold, ff required cloven hour.? of hard work to get tlio tn! cvo overboard, and it U the opinion of die commanding ??& ocr iliac no more quids of tobacco will be thrown on tho deck of the Michigan for scree time to come. -???waukcc Wi -icon stou . ... tho 1'hy ; loser.:. The Economiste Francaise estimates the loss suiferod hy the French wino growers through tho phylloxera at 10. 000,000,000 francs, or double the amount of the war indemnity of IS?I. Tho little town of IC'iningen. in fda varia, is a perfect example of a fxcial istic community, ail ?he land Mug the nroMortv ct" the '"cit irons in common. The v.*. "'d's annual consumption of whr-rri ?'* estimated fit ?.!G.)',000,000 bushels;_ A Fren? h workman has succeeded in oroducin? artificial side. A .-??a?- -?Sa- - For the heit Ci fr?', rs, Che\V!n?r .-ind Smoking Tobacco, call upon us mi<l be ron rt need. E. G. CREES & ?ox. Tll?? !t KV. <;i-:o. H. TH AYKH. of Bourbon, In'., snvi*: "K.>t;-. myself ?nd Wile owe our lives to SHH.oil'; CO "SUMPTION CURE." For sale hy Dr A. J China. A it E YOU M A ?. d miserable by Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness. I ?O?S ?? Appetite, \cl low Skin ? Shiloh's Vitalize!" is a positive cure. For sale by Dr. China. WHY WILL Y0I? cough when Shiloh'? Care will givo immediate relief. Price JO cts., 50 ct*\, and SI. Sold by Dr. A. J. China. SHILOH'S CATA It RH REMEDY-a positive care 1er Catarrh. Dtptheriu and Caaker dVIoalh. ~-0:NE OF THE Largest Assortments -OF PLAIN AND FANCY CRACKER; EYER SHOWN IN T?IIS C?TY. These goods are from a celebrated cracker house and they are guar? anteed to please the most fastidious. We have just received a large LOT OF THE CELEBRATED m nra AI mm. Pickles in Plain, Mixed, Chow Chow and Sweet. CANNED GOODS in thc greatest variety. Is one of the finest and best assorted in the city. We handle nothing but the best brands, and all goods guaranteed as rep? resented or money refunded. Green Coffee from 14 to 22? c. Roasted " " 25 to 35 c. Our Hams and Breakfast Strips are the choicest on the market. Try Our 25c. Butter. N It is guaranteed. The finest Flour shown 25 lbs. for 90 cents. . Choice Tea 50 cents. Best Tea 85 cents. All goods delivered free to any part of the city. Give us a trial. We guarantee to please you and you can rest assured that you are buying the best goods for the least money. mmm & eo. Mainstreet, next to C. E. Stubbs. Hay 9 CONSTANTLY ON HAND A Full Supply of the Celebrated "?0LTI? 0??AR." Warranted full Havana filler. The best 5 cent Cigar In America. KINGMAN & CO , . Sole Agents for Somter, S. C. Feb 29 x FOR SALE. y^QW PRICES AND EASY TERMS. 3 Dwellings and Lots on Church Street. 1 DweiliDg arjd Lot on Haynswortb Street. 1 Dwelling aed Lot on Corner Magnolia and Mill Sts. Apply to H. BARBY, March 27, 1SS8. Sumter, S. C. GUHtS WfitHt ALL tl?fc MUA, BcstCousrh Syrup. Tastes good. Use intiine. SoldbrdruiKists. I believe Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life.-A. H. DOWEIA, Editor Enquirer, Eden ton, N. C., April 23,18S7. The BEST Cough Medi? cine is Piso's CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. Children take it without objection. Ey all druggists. 2&L tel GURESWHERE ALL ELSE FAILS, feb Best OoB?h Syrup. Tastes pood. ?50 t33 intime. Sold by druggists. C. I. Hoir. H. A. Her? C.1. UQtT &. ERO. ^ //X Gold and "Silver Watches, Clcc^s, -Tc^rcliT, Spectacles, ^EIUDEX BRITANIA SiLVEuWAHE, kc RBPAlKIriG A SPECIALTY. SrO RT I NO M ATERI AL, Shells. Wads and Everything Pertain? ing to Ihccsh-Loading (ians. Fob f _~_ WATCHMM AP SOUTHRON -ANO The Great Farm, Industrial a$$ gtock Jornal I F. W. BELOME -~BSAT.BR m_: **** ICOS iliiii TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY AND ALL OF ' - " - Druggist's Sundris USUALLY KEPT 1?^ FIRST-CLASS BRU? Tobacco, S?mfet??d Seg?r^ GARDEN SE??S5 &ar -ALSO Paints, Oils, Variis&es, ?J,ASS; PUTTY, DYE STUFJFS. \ Physician's Prescriptions carefully^ compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. .> The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted jenn? ine, and of the best quality. . Call and see for yogreelvra._. r ?. S. SE?LTS * 'rug "?t6r?y Not a Branch House. . Under Mssic Ha% SUMTEB, a a POSE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS c?nstanly on hand. A fine assortment of v' TOILET ARTICLES, PATENT MEDI? CINES; LADIES' REQUISITES/ and all articles kept bj first class druggists,. Personal attention given to tbe compound* ing of physicians* prescriptions. Cold, sparkling Soda Water,, with chote* - cream syrups. Sarsaparilla" Meade,"and Mi?e Shakes io suit the most fastidious. G. S. SEALY, Apr 13_Graduate of Pharmacy. " A. J. ?BIN?y DEALER IN" . Brags, Medicines and FINE TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND T$OTH BRUSHES, PERFUMERY ANDiFANCY TOILET ARTICLES, ?c.. Ac PAINTS. OILS, VARNISHES AND DYE STUFFS, GL ASS,. PUT? Y, fe. Fzdl supply of Fresh Garden Seeds. : April 9_ ; PAINT YOUR BUGGY ?*b? ~? One coat gives an old buggy the blackest*, black you ever saw and a handsome glossy without varnishing. It dries bard in * few hours. No rubbing! No varnishingK-Np* extra trouble. Each can contains more than enough to paint a carriage. . .... Retailed ai One Dollar per Can. For Sale by- 'H , PR. A. J* CHINA, r F. H. Folsom. Ii. W. Folsoro. : F. H. FOLSOM & BRO? Established in 186$. - -Dealers in jMXttOj&r WATCHES,. CLQC?B; STERLING SILVER and FrLATED WARl?f Jewelry, Optical Gooda, "Gol* Pens, Pencils, Machine Needles, &c. . ; -,r Repairing promptly done and warrantediy practical workmen, . ., v . Orders from the conn try will receive oor careful attention. Try us. t Nov 9 o ' ? - . PARKER'S HAS8 SALSAM ton saa &sd bera taies tbe hair J Fromotes^luxuriantgraw^i. I Viever Fails to Restore Orra Hair ic its Ycuf?fu? Color. Jv -^pdi<w!39esan<n!airf?a?an: 5.V. st Drncristss * ?av?Uuab!e fer Cc?ghi, Colds, Inward Pains, ExhOTtttoBE ? ' IMsrP??NTINfi^ Ia rixst Class Strls;/ i-? IAM PREPARED. TO FURNISH MAT?k ria! cf the hes: kind and .finish up jobsi?fc workmanlike manner, and no money required until work is compietcd. j? Any kind of work in the Kouse-paintinj. line, such as Walnut Graining, Oak Graining, Mauleing, J^nrbleizinfr, Wall and Fancx, Painting-iS ?.u or glos* work, Grauitcring^ Rough-casting, Gold .. or- Brass . Bronzing, Staining, and Varnishing in any shade. All jobs will be prompt!}* dealt with. Address LEMUEL R. DAVIS, May 19 _Snmter,-S.O. .Oiiiarvd. said at! 1'-* 1 ? >' . > :* ''-*:*? tl}V t.-:t?U-?? to for !-iot).Fh'? TR KKK*. ?**?*r >^Hee is ,-."pnr>si;c t?ie V. s. |-:r-;.:.:.o:;;<v. :KI<1 wo ? <>!? I titi ivtteixls KI !<*ss tlKx: J: :": lh'*e p mole rrol4*? lv.tamxGTrtx. s.!...: ? ,>l* PHOTO of invent.:-. We aKvf^- ?.> !--Uoi?t; a??:;itv freeof ?-i?ars.- .:::?. w? '< 'ke tx.'.-M?Oi? I y /.??- I'ATRXr is SI? < /.;.'. For cfrciiinr. .. u-rn* ?.:.! r^?.-T*ecs t-v actual-'c?ioHtS ?n v -?r'nrn .-<;.;?. t ' ^t?ty < Ky "f tow,, ^ -.gg^g^gg^ jNQ. T. Gilli; Attorney and Counsellor af SUMTER, C. H., S. C. jS?* Col lection of cUims a specialty. June 20. . . GIO. L. COOK, J, 265 KING STREETS CHARLESTON, S. C. Aug 10 6 t PAVILION HOTELS CHARLESTON, S. C.% First Class in all its Appointments?' Supplied with all Modern Improvements.' Excellent Cuisine. Large Airy Rooms,* Otis Passenger Elevator, Elec? tric Bells and Lights. Heat? ed Rotunda. s ", \ RATES $2 00, ?2.50 ANO ?3.00/, Rooms Reserved hy Mail or Telegraph.' Sent 16 WRIGHT'S HOTEL*' \ COLUMBIX, 8. Ci . . ; ;