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?HK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850? Consolidated luz. 2, 1881.1 "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Alms'* at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1893. tfferfe T'RtT? S??1THK3K, Established ?vfr, izfr Sew S?rf?s-Yal. XII. No. 39. mr f -y-linn rmiiTTTQ A PuUisbed 07077 'Srodnos&ay, 3T N. Gr. OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TKRMS: Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ADV X RT I S ? MK HTS . Sqttlre, first insertrwi*m\*.$1 00 S very su&sequen t insertion.......... 50 Ooatracts for three months, or longer will 3fe made at red aced rate& A ' 1 com rc u ni tritio n w hich ?abserve private Dieresis will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be narced for. f - THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANE, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITV ANO COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$75SU00 00 Barplus Fund. 11,500 00 Transacts a G?nent] Bankin? Business. Careful nitration given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits .>t"$1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per inn?sa. PayaMe quarterly, ou first days of January, April, July and October. R. M. WALLACE, President. L. S. CARSON, Aug. 7 Cashier. NE W LUMBER Y ABB. IBEG TO IN PO RM MY FRIENDS AND th? public generally that my Saw Mill located on the CS & N. R. R., just back of lay residence, is now ia full operation, and I am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow Pine Lamber from un bled timber, &t prices according to grades Yard accessible on North s:?de of residence. J. B ROACH. Feb 1ft_ NEW MARBLE WORKS. COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing tarts, TomMones. Etc., And doieg a General Business in that Hoe. A complete workshop has been fitted up on LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with promptness ali! orders consigned to us. Satis? faction guaranteed OlXain our uric? before placing an order elsewhere W H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON Jone 16 FOR -FULL ASSORTMENT BEST NEW GARDEN SEED, -FULL.LJN&-- " " Purest Drop anfl taicals, CA LL ON J. S. H?8HS0N & CO., Monaghan Block. MAI STREET, Fe?? 8 SUMTER. S. C. Liberty Street Next to P. O. j SPECIAL ATTENTION Given to Compounding Prescriptions If you want A FIRST-CLASS EASY KIDING Road Cart, AT A REASONABLE PRICE, GET A i f. STEFFINS & SI, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C. FERTILIZERS ! FERTILIZERS! FERTILIZERS ! Having bought largely, roa CASH, a full as? sortment of, Fgrtita, Aci?s and other GB? . We are prepared to fill orders for such at low figures aod on reasonable terra. C. WULBERN & CO.. Wholesale Grocers, 171 an?i -73 East Bay, Nov. 19._Charleston. S. C NOTICK THE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRA? TION will be in his office on Salesday of each month, for the purpose of issuing certifi? cates of Registration to all persons who have, become twenty-one y*-ars of age since the last General election Also trausfers to those wno ba?e changed place of residerce. W. S. JAMES. Supervisor of Registration. Dec. 7. 2-t. JOS. F. RH A M E. WM. C. DAVIS. ?HAME & DAVIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Manning, S. C, Attend to business io ?my part of tb State. Practice in C. b. Courts. Sept. 21-x. O. W. DICK, D. D. S. Office over Bogio's New Store, SMTRAMCB OS MAIM STaSBT SUMTER, S. C. Office Hoars.-9 to 1;30 ; 2:30 to 5. SeDt 8 Bi E. ALVA DENTIST. Office OVER BROWNS k PURDY'S STORE. Entrance on Main Street, j$ei ween 3rowns A Purdy and Durant * So? OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. Sumter, S. C., April 29. _ Kipans Tabules cure colic Ripons Tabules cure iajatUce* ?HK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850? Consolidated luz. 2, 1881.1 "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Alms'* at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1893. tfferfe T'RtT? S??1THK3K, Established ?vfr, izfr Sew S?rf?s-Yal. XII. No. 39. mr f -y-linn rmiiTTTQ A Highest of all in Leavening Power.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report AB?QULTW?t PURE Ill IM W HUH, SUMTER, S C. CITY" AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Also hf?8 & Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at tbe rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, W. F. RHAXE, President. Cashier. Au? 21. J. B# CARRj Contractor and Builder. Sumter, S, C, DEALER IN Rough and Planed Lumber, Doors, Blinds, Sash, Laths, i Cypress Shingles, Lim?, Glass and Genera] Building Supplies. IOU Work of all kinds made to order, such as MANTLES, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES, STORE FRONTS, MOULDINGS AND TURNED WORK, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. J. k A , ?Ld C. S. & N. R. Rs. GINS! INSURE YOUR GINS -IN THE Assurance^ompany^ j OF LONDON. THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD That takes fire risks on Gins. For particulars, etc., apply to ALTAMONT MOSES, AGENT. P. S.-We do also a Gene? ral Fire Insurance Business, and represent the MUTUAL LIKE INSURANCE of New York, the largest in the world. Aug. 17: - v. x ANNOUNCEMENT. _r~_ ROBERT T. CARR, Desires to ;nform the public that he ii fully eouippni and prepared to do TIN ROOFING, PLUMBING, REPAIRING PUMPS, j and anything usually done in a first-class plumbing and tiuoiog shop. -Also SETTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE MANTLES. TILE HEARTHS, FACINGS AND GRATES Makes a specialty of putting in Electric Bells, Annunciators, Speaking tubes, Ac. ROBT. T. CARR Shop at J. B. Carr's Mill. Communications left at Walen k Co's Shoe Store or through post office will receive prompt at tent iou Oct 26-o THE Sumter Institute. THE INSTITUTE has opened it? wssions und?T very auspicious circumstances. The boarding department is well appointed and the rooms are rapidly filling up. Those desiring rooms should apply at an early day The Art room has been enlarged and refitted, affording ample light, and ali necessary facili? ties for good work. Sped*! lessons in Painting and Drawing, each $15 a term; in Book-keeping, Steno? graphy, Typewriting and Penmanship, each $10 a term ; Instrumental and Vocal Music eace $20 a term, with $3 for use of i ns tu me nt for practice. Elocution $7 50 a term. Students will be received for any of these special course? at any time during the year, and we somit patronage of the young ladies of ibe city not regularly entered tn the school. For further information applv to H. FRANK'WILSON, Ptestdent. H. B. WllIlyOE.il, WEST END CALHOUN ST., CHARLESTON, 8. C. General Agent for South Carolin*, RELAY BICYCLES. Self-heniuiE or ottier Pneumatic Tyres. PRICES $110.00 ?od $125.00. Exclusive agencies gl?en at unoccupied points. Correspondence solicited. Feb. 15-v. = RECKLING = THE COLUMBIA PHOTOGRAPH ARTIST, Offers Special Intaftmtnt to all who hare sever had a good pietra. Old pictures copied tas? eslarg*4.. Suv LG-x, Why Donaldson was Biacl listed. Governor Tillman baa published t folio wing extraordinary reply to ti Alliance men who asked bim vhy I : blacklisted President Donaldson : The effort appears to be made to lit Mr. Donaldson as a citizen with M Donaldson as president of the Alliano and I premise my answer by sayit tbat the Alliance bas nothing to < with it, either directly or indirect! except in so far as I felt justified preventing its further betrayal. 1 answer jour questions categoricaly, did ask Mr. Cleveland not to appuii Mr. Donaldson to office. My reasons were these-and agai they have no reference to Mr Donah son's private character, but to b public acts, and I disclaim any feelio of personal resentment or desire injure bim : Last spring when delegates wei eleoted to the May State Con ven tic Mr. Donldson wag repudiated by tl Democracy of Greenville and be faile to be elected a de.ega te either to h county convention or to the State coi v< ntion. He appealed to bis friends i j other parts of the State to beip him n trieve his failing political fortuoe, an ( a small caucus of leading Alliance me from other counties went to work an had bim eleoted member of the uatiot al committee. It was presumed by th convention at least that he was iu fu sympathy with its opposition to Mi Cleveland, and certainly he neither sai i nor did anything to undeceive the me j who voted for him. You are familia with thc instructions given our delega j tioos to Chicago and our action unde ! those instructions. We not ooly vote j against Mr. Cleveland, bat worke against him with two exception; Judge then our surprix, ou reachin Chicago, to see Mr. Donaldson in ope affiliation with the Cleveland leaders striving with might and main to defea the purpose of the convention whic had elected him on the national com arittee. Again, when the State Alliance me fhorrly afterward, to my suprise I sat him elected president of the Stat Alliance. When I asked ao explana tion I was told that it was the onl; possible way to defeat the candidacy of an avowed "Third Party mao,1 and that Mr Donaldson bad pledge? himself not to eeok any office, but t devote his energies to building up th' AlliaBce I was not surprised, how ever when, two weeks later be enterer the field as a candidate for State Sen ator from Greenville, feeling, I suppose that the double endorsement of th? State Convention in May and tbe Stati Alliance in July, would reinstate bio \ at home. But tbe people of Green j ville were true to themselves and h< ! wa? not pieced It will thus be seen that Mr. Donald son played faUe with the May Conrea tionby hts actiou at Chicago, and brok? bis pledge to the ieadiog Alliance mee not to seek office. Now, io addition to that, when ] remind you that Mr. Donaldson, ai Senator, was tbe means of incorporating io the railroad bill in 1891 tbe twe objectionable features which caused mc to veto it you cannot be surprised at wy action. It was upon bis motion, at thc suggestion, as I was told, of Buoch McBee, that the right of appeal to the Courts was put in the bill. He also championed that feature of the bill which kept the election of railroad com? missioner in the bands of the General Assembly contrary to tbe "Mareil platform," thus showing his willingness to stifle the will of the people. AH of these thing taken together are sufficient, as I take it, to warrant my opposing bis appointment as a repre? sentative of the "Reform party" ur of the Alliance. Self-interest rather than patriotism appears to have governed his actions, and as the Alliance has been side-tracked in nearly every other State by self-seekers, and bas been seri ously injured in this State from the same cause, I could not conscientiously stand silent without protesting against bis being rewarded for treachery to the people and to the Alliance. Regretting the neoessity which has forced a rehearsal of these undisputed facts, which of themselves ought to bave prevented Mr. Donaldson's ele? vation to tbe position be holds, I will submit to tbe verdict of the Reformers and Alliance men of the States as to tho wisdom and propriety of my action Respectfully, B. R. Tillman. ----?mmwakr- .*>*>. Hmm Brawley's View of lt. Representative frawley in couver sation recently with a reporter of the Charleston Sun *sia :? "I have declined to go into any combination ibat would undertake to dippotte cf tbe oftces 1 have not yet determined 1'oally what persoo ] will recommend for any nt tb*m and don't know whether my ad? vice will be af ked. If it is ! will ad? vise that no man be appointed to a fed eral of&ce who does not held allegiance TO the democratic party to be para? mount to allegiance to the demaftd nf any other organisation, f do not think that our local divisions shouldenlit into this consideration and that any man's appointment should be determined by the. qeftion tfbeteer he supported Ti?mat? or was against him. Many of Gov Till man's supporters were as good demo ! orats as any io tbe laud, bnt there are ; a great many men Who are tn sympathy i ir th thc people's parti, and Jet claim J to be democrats. I do not think tbat j the democratic administration should I appoint them.' _ --??Mtf[ ^aa*"^-? Drink Glenn Springs Water fur rck head I iirh*, indigestion anri g?nerai debfJity. For alVoy Vr: A. Jp Chiaav. i DEPARTED GLOBY. A Formerly Groat Mining Town That Is Now Deserted. Where Th<mt?ndn of Miners Once Deg Ont Forton?? There Arp Now Only ? ?ew Chin?*? Makio? ? Bare Liria ?. After the tourist on the Canadian Pacific railroad has passed through the fjcenic wonders of the Rocky mountains and thc Selkirk range, says a Yale (B. C.) letter, and has hung for hours above the precipices in th? Fraser river canyon, the train suddenly shoots out into a level apace In the river valley and brings up at a station called Yale. At present Yale is inhabited only by a handful o? white men and several hundred Chinese and Flathead Indians, whom the trav? eler sccs upon the station platform with their baskets of tempting fruit. Yale is dull enough to-day, but some thousands of people once lived in the little place, for it was the greatest placer gold washing- field on the lower Fraser and thc center of attraction in British Columbia as long as it yielded large quantities of placer gold dust. The train stops long enough to enablo the tourist to become enthusiastic over the beautiful scenery that surrounds it. East of the town is a mountain several thousand feet in height, down whose aides in rainy weather the loveliest of cascades foam and tumble till they reach the river. In front is the swift* flowing Fraser, which here is calm and placid in comparison with the roaring stream the tourist saw a little earlier as the Fraser tumbled down its rocky can? yon to tho level country. Looking across the river, the tourist sees far to the southwest Mount Hope, whose top, nine thousand feet above the sea, is covered with snow. In ?he fliih and sixth decades of thia century, when several thousands of miners were panning gold dust, Yale saw its best days. After yielding for years an average of fifteen dollars a day to each man, the placer mines gave out and then came decadence. Several years ago the few white men in the town believed its old prosperity was to return. The Queen mine was opened in a neighboring mountain, and it was thought that fortunes would be taken from the gold lead discovered there. The prospect, however, did not prove to be what it promised, and the mine was given up. A little gold is still found along the river banks and among the sands near the shore. As the train leaves town, tourists often see a few Chinese dig-gin JJ ia the sand on the left sido of the river. They aro satisfied if they make an average of two dollars a day. They monopolize the left shore, but on the right bank, where the di? lapidated town lies, ia a German named Edward Stout, who has been panning gold dust there for several years. He uses thee radie and quicksilver process, and is well eoS??St--i? he_secures an_ average of fifteen dollars a week. He keeps bachelor hall, and is satisfied to make a living. Gold washing is pos? sible only during a few months in the year. The Chinese work only from July till November. At most other periods of the year the water is too high to admit of digging in the sand* where gold is found. DINNER IS AN OLD INSTITUTION. tt Ha? Always Enjoyed th? DUttnetlon of Bein* the Chief Meah It is believed by some that the word dinner springs from a corruption of the word "dixheures," indicating the time at which, in the old Norman days, this meal was taken. The mere idea, says the Chicago Tribune, of having dinner at the barbarous .hour of ten o'clock in the morning would in all probability send a modern chef into a fit, yet it was at this early time that persons of quality, both in England and France, partook of the meaL Froissart mentions waiting up? on the duke of Lancaster at five o'clock* in the afternoon, after he had supped, and during the reign of Francis I. and Louis XII. of France fashionable peo? ple dined at half past ten and supped at the latest at six o'clock in the evening. From a Northumberland household book bearing date 1512 one learns that the family rose at six o'clock, break? fasted at seven, dined at ten, supped at four and shut the gates at nine p. m. Louis XIV. did not dine till twelve, while h is con temporaries. Cromwell and Charles IL, took the meal at one. In 1700 the hour was advanced to two, and in 1751 the duchess of Somerset's din? ner time was three. In 1760 Cowper speaks of four o'clock as the then fash? ionable time. After the battle of Waterloo six p. m. was the time at which the beau monde took their sub? stantial meal, while at the present day many of the nobility do not dine until eight or nine. The Romans in the time of Cicero and Augustus took breakfast: /rom three to four in the morning, a luncheon at twelve or one, and at abo9t 3 o'clock the coena or principal meal of the day, corresponding with our dinner". A Ro? man dinner at the house of a wealthy man consisted chiefly of three courses. All sorts of stimulants to t?fe' appetite were firs' served up and eggs were in? dispensable to the first course Among the various dishes we may instance the guinea hen, pheasant, nightingale and the thrush as birds most in repute: The Roman gourmands held peacocks in great estimation, especially their tongues. Macfobius states they were first eaten by Hortensias, thc orator, and acquired such repute'that a single peacock was sold at fift}' denarii, the denariu* being equal to abou? Seven? teen cents of our money. A Hot Water Slot Machine. Paris is now supplied with a novel sort of fountain for furnishing hot water to the people. An automatic machine is used, to which the water is conducted by means of subterranean pipes. It runs through a coiled-up cop? per tubing three hundred feet long, and Ls heated during its progress through this by gas, which is turned on by a coin equivalent in value to one cent. Thc amount of hot water supplied is about eight quarts. OLD VIRGINIA HOSPITALITY. TH? Hetti* May Tie Combi?-**. Dn< the Welcome* I? Nene th? I>rm Heart/* On a br?gn-? &itiitft?r morning early in foe eighties,- with! alf father, I left Ber ryvillc, in? Clarke' tvaiiiy< and drove east across the' She^atrdoarf river, up the road to Snicker's ftap', m the Blue Ridge, says Bi triter' hi ??M Richmond ?Mspatch. There Wo' turned south to ?felt a point where ? shooting affair had occurred, r?f ^hieh1 my father was in? terested as- an attorney. On account of the it??ny Winding' rb*>ds wo rWcame ?ost au'di drove beyond the place' we ex^ pected to reacfr. tri a' short time, how- ! ever, we' heard ? rooster crowing, and, j going* a ?hort' distance,- saw * mountain j farm, ^e drove 'kt and were greeted t?y an old gentlenian- who was at least ^ur. score and; two. His homo waa. a> s?mp?e trae, but the right royal freie* that h? gave us was as cheering as fock ir! a weary land," and as free fi deception as dross is foreign lo t< pe red steel. The patriot was a gi admiref of "Old Hickory," and 1 strong views about the affairs of day. There hung his trusty rifle 0 the door, ?nd everything showed a s of rural independence. ? large dag was sticking between the upper ? and one of the joists. "1 had t made," said he, "for some of out J diers, but lt was never used. 0 wimmcn folks got hold of it here 1 spring and chopped pea-sticks wit! and dulled it all up. Just like '< though." The next morning when we arose were unable to find a comb or bru When we asked our friend about it, said: "Why. can't you find it? bought a comb directly after the w but I reckon the wimmen have been ut it, and there's no tellin' where it Wimmen are a heap o' trouble ab< such things.'* Despite these facts, tl afternoon dinner, supper by ea candle-light, and breakfast near 1 rising of the sun, will long be verne bered. That old ham, oven-baked I cuits, solid butter, clover honey, ri milk, blackberry preserves, iee-c< water from the mountain spring, a those kind hearts have ever since be tempting us to return once again to t spot where we learned that "old V ginia hospitality** is as native to c humble homes as it is to our richly fi nlshed mansions with their marl halls. _ FEAR THAT LIFTS THE HAIF Numerous Referentes to This Peculiar J feet by Old Writers. When the teller of a panther sto wishes you to understand that thc he or victim was badly scared he ave that his hair rose, or "raised," or "rh or stood on end, or lifted his hat, sa Forest and Stream. The notion-iii it be a notion-th fright caused bj a panther or by son: thing else, lifts the hair is certainly i old one and venerable for its antiquit This "hair on end" may be said to hoary with age. Job Iv., 14-15 reads: "Fear came upon me, and trembling, -PT ii i made all my bones to shake. Then a spi passed before my face: the nair ot my fie stood up." Does not Virgil make his hero's ha stand on end in that vox faucibus hess passage? Thus Conington's transl tion: While thus in agony 1 pressed From bouse to bouse the ?n?lesa ?ue^rt, Tbe pale, sad specter of my wife Confronts me, larger than In life. I stood appalled, my bair exact. And fear my tongue- tied utterances checked. We have Macbeth's testimony: Wby do I yield to fhat suggest! Whose horrid Image doth unfix my hair ?nd make my seated heart knock at' my ribs. Against the use of nature? And says the ghost in Hamlet: t obaid a talc unfold, whose lightest word* Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy yon: blood; . Mals?nf?yTwo eyes, i?ke starsTs^t?SJ?i^ ?pbereS: Thy knotted and combined locks to part. And each particular hair to stand on end Like Quills upon the fretful porcupine. No doubt a thousand and one i stances of rising of hair might be cit? from literature, ancient and moder, from the book of Job to this day. But doe? fright raise the hair? Tl scientific authorities assure ?? that tl hair-raising belief is a notion without substantial basis, in fact; but the ai thors of text books, presumably, ha-* never had an opportunity to' note fa what does happen toa man's hair whe he encounters a panther. GILDED BREAD. Looked Pretty, Bat It Cannot Raw Tasted Any Too Well. It was the custom at one time in Vei ice, according to the Boston Globe, t gild the rolls of bread and the oyster on the supper table. The candles wer also coated with gold. We read of dir ners of state which lasted four hours In 1553 ?he Patriarch of' ?quilet feted Ranuccio Farnese, the pope' nephew, in his palace on the Giudecca The rooms were decked with extraoi dinary sumptuousness; cloth of gold paintings and illuminations adding t< the effect produced by the patriarcb/i cooks. Among the gcests were twelve gen fcl?men in fancy marine costume o: green satin with red lining, wearing caps of the same colors, and each ac companied by ladies dressed hf white". This repast also' Fasted four hours varied by music and the professiona entertainers of the day. It ended witt the cutting up of certain large pies from which live birds flew out into tht room. The guests strove with eaci Cather" to catch those birds. But, perhaps., the most expansive banquet ever given in Venice was thal to Henry III., of France. He was feast? ed in the great hall of the Doge's palace' and there were silver plates for three thousand guests. At another time the s-?f?e* toon?ir'ek was entertained at a sugar banquet; the napkins, plates, knives, forks ?rt& even thc bread (so-called) were all of sugar. The Venetians were mightily pleased when Henry took his napkin in his hands, and, to his surprise, found that it broke to pieces. At least one thousand two hundred and sixty different dishes were"served, and three hundred sugar effigies were distributed ?&ong the ladies: SEA G?&L AS MESSENGER New? of a Fan?oti? Disaster Carried to the LMri? by a G?ll. "Thc news of a famous disaster on the great Indian ocean was lately brought *o thte living by a sea gull," said a traveled who was on his way to New Zealand, according to thc St. Louis G lobe- Democrat "Some years ago the Indian liner At? lantis, plying between Liverpool and Calcutta, was lost in the Indian sea and all on board perished. At that time I was sailing from London to Kew South Wales via the Red and tho Iridian sea?. The boat I was on was the Tri* tonia, a good sound vessel, and t hatihn enjoyable trip. While sailing in the Indian sea a sea gull was one day cap? tured and about its neck w'?<r fr>d a small note, which read: " 'Atlantw struck on the f?arad1 rock. We are all- lost. Father Co?tbe/ "TMs Remarkable roess?ge was al? that ev<*r found. The" ?J?T?? had sailed so^^ Uve ?nontf?? -brevlrous,- -fre?r stocked tohh mere ri find iso ?nd passei* gera, and ?'ffd1 been f?ftf inspected and? pronounced seawortfry. H rrfnst have' been a terrific shock thf?<T caused lier to' sink. But ihe message was strange. Who Father Coathe was* and how ne" happened to have a Sea gull a't? hand will always remain a mystery. \Yhav wonderful courage he must have had, standing as he did on the brink of eter? nity and there writing a message to the living. "We continued our journey to Sidney, where the note and sea gull were both delivered to the harbormaster. togRther with, the evidence of' the ere.w. Thia-: wa* afterward sent to England, where the knowledge was distributed. It seems to nie that ? few stich' facts as these would serve to build a narrative upon, and you can easily believe that ii would be fhor? interesting than fictionV' DOG TRAINED TO STEAL* The Latest Ctixiosiiy ot Crime in the World5? Metropolis. This curious account of the depreda? tion of a felonous dog is from the Lon? don ?Daily Graphic^ Frederick Hamp? ton, forty-fiv?; described as a fishV monger, of London road, Croydon, was charged on remand recently before* Mr. Biron, at the Lambeth police court, with stealing" ?iid receiving a lady's* silk umbrella, value seven shillings si? pence, the property of Louisa Squires. The evidence already given showed that on Saturday the prosecutrix was walking* along Kensington park roa? with au umbrella in her hand; She saw a trap coming along and a dog run? ning behind. The dog came toward her, took ho'd of the umbrella and shook it, and she had to let go. The dog then ran off with the um? brella in the same direction as the trap. The prisoner, who was driving, was ki terward arrested, and upon searching the trap the policeman found seven um? brellas, including the one identified by Miss Squires. A second case was gone rrfto'. Mrs? Henrietta Ray, the wife of Dr. Ray, of East Croydon, stated that at the begin? ning of last month she was walking along London road, Croydon, in com? pany with two other ladies. The wib ness was carrying a sunshade; a dog suddenly ran up to her, snatched her sunshade and ran after thc trap, in which there were two persons. That morning she saw the sunshade at the court. Other victims testified. Eight um? brellas were found at Hampton's lodg? ings. Thc prisoner was committed. CITY COUNCIL OF KEMPEN.? Dutch Simplicity Was Their Strong Y??a?i Like That of Some Other Connells. Kempen, s town ?rf Holland- on the' lower Rhine (th? birthplace Of Thomas a Kempis), is a famous residence of peo? ple with small incomes. The imagina? tion of these Dutchmen must be as lim? ited as their incomes, judging f rom* the droll stories that are told of them, says Harper's Young People. At one time a fire broke out, an'tf much damage was done because the en? gines were out of repair. The council met, and after much argument it was voted that on the eve preceding every* fire the town: o&ccrs should carefully examine the engines, pumps, etc. One of the greatest profits of the town was the toll exacted at the gates. The council wished to increase the income, and instead of increasing the toll it voted to double the* number of gates. This same council also ordered the suit-" dial to be taken from the courthouse' common and placed under cover, where rt would be protected from the weather. But of ail ?he queer* things {hat are lola of foilipeu and ils^^lej^^Dg is so absurd as this: Grass grew oh tB&~ top of a very high tower, and the only way these' drolr Dutchmen could think of to get it off was to hoist a cow up* and let her eat it. The Palmetto Proving Useful. Thc graceful palmetto, that grows so profusely in the lower tiers of the southern states, has recently become a factor in the industries of the south', for its wood is hard enough' ??* carve* audits ?ber is* strbn^ enough to* irak?* excellent cordage and a useful substi? tute for sponges. In Jacksonville, Fla., a factory has been started for the pur*-" pose of making brushes and brooms of the fiber, and elsewhere sink brushes are being maxie of the wood, half of whose thickness is being converted into' bristling points. The young leaves o? the tree make a salad that the people are beginning to appreciate, and the taste of it fe likened to that of chest? nuts. Bears knew ?bout it long before' the people did, and it ia a favorite arti? cle of diet among them - the black bears climbing the trees and browsing on the fresh shoots as eagerly as they browse on watermelons. The Stranger's Sheaf. An old custom still prevails in the western parts of France during the har- ! vest season. On the edge of a field bor? dering the highway * sheaf of grain fe left standing, i o' which all the peasants of the viii aire contribute, a nd which is called' "the stranger's sheaf,-" as it is the property of the first tramp or other' homeless wayfarer who may care to carry it away and profit by its price. HE HAD" TIGHT ?HQB& Why Geii." Jim LcWla Did Not Rise at th?" Troper Time. Gen. Jim Lewis, as he is familiarly called, is said by his friends to believe* in the efficae}- of eccentric habits with the fair sex, and many acts of a smile provoking character are told of himv His most recent act in this line, accord? ing to the St. Louis Republic, occurred a short time since at a diuncr party given by a lady friend. During thc course of the dinner the' general,- so the story goes, was noticed to lean over and reach down toward the floor, first on one side, then on the other. The movement was noted, but was thought to bc only one of his pe? culiarities. At the close of thc dinner, j when the' ?adies' rose to retire and al-' lbw thc gentlemen to solace themselves1 with an indulgence of good cigars,-th?* general did not rise. This action produced- an awkward* pause, and mode the general thc ob? served of all observers, noting which, together with thc look of inquiry and expectancy with which* ftc was re= garded. he made prompt explanation tc thc effect that his remaining seated was due to'his shoes not being wholly* on his feet. He did not, however.- have Explain" that their not being so was due to his peculiar side movements at the table, when he had-partially removed them to* ease the pressure upon thc supernu? merary excrescences on his pedal ap* pondages for-the ladies had Hedi lUjr Tip? Going Ont. The daj's of big tips arc said to be nfriubored, and in consequeT?c? sadness* reigns among thc waiters in the promi? nent hotels and fashionable Restaurants <rf the tx?& A writer iu the' Ne w York Commercial Advertiser says: "Where a rich rr*arf wouid give a tip of ofae doliar he now gives, OT ordinary o^v*?s?bns. a? quarte:* ot a dollar. ArW? .tomb ever? condescend fc?ffei a* dime! X-5 first the" waiters-rt sed to show by the cokl- stare" on" their* faces ?hat they di^n'of care* for such- ti sn?Hir*ip. but now they" take* it with a ?ain? attempt at amiability. Where a parry\ however, hus a sWelF champagne lunch :vf ter thc fWeate^ th"e waiter is never tipped less thatv fifty cents. Ile is not- surprised tb receive one dollar. A* certain millionaire has a' habit- of putting the amount of his pour boire on the corner of the table as* soon as he sits dowri! Th?? waiters-do' not- oons'drr "r iro^d'fornK** How to Raise a Colt. Editor Rchmoud Dispatch *f f have a valuable colt just weaned, aod I: should be glad it you1 would Write aa article io one of your issues upou bow to rafee i Soft ?rcfdr' waining time ?uti? he ia Shears oldne ti ?re we breafc tbein. What feed is necessary, bow much', tfbether f? sl?o?ld bte handled any, what kind of bindii og, etc? Au article bj some experienced st?c& mau will (fe appreciated vefy nrocfn by myself ?cd Sotae of toy ff rends. ft. ? D. 3ir. F ?uy. of fTeorico, bas been* kind enough to aub wer this question ?OT us as follows : Colts should be fed with a very Kttlo* coro iu? bul? tM-fen iu tfefy rjbfd weath-* er f once f?d 2 beaned colt oo gla? *d' oat? that bad uot been thrashed for six months This furnished him boto** grain and forage, fie grew very fat and k?pt in tine order. Oat? I loos upon a? t?ie o'est feed for colts. I would give a colt two quarts of clean oats twice uaily and as uiticti nice hay or fodder as it would eat all day, unless lhere was a grass plot that it could ruo on itr good weSth?r ;" tbeu I would give oats tw?c? daily, lr oats are not to be had mix lour quarts* of wheat bran or brown-stuff with one: of cornmeal and divide this iu ttf?' fee?f?* for one day. Bone and muscle ?ri? what, you want and out so much fat. Colts ?hould be handled almost daily. B*giu with them early, and teach f&ecf tu know and uot be afraid of you. Ac IS mouths old put oo a halter' and teach it to lead and t> stand tiedV but do not keep it tied up long at first, but ?radually t?re h ttf be tied Sod yod can soon* teacb rt to stafvd by frre aalt?f all tfrgbt, and longer if necessary *f hui I prefer a b ? stall aod tc leave the" headstall on tif* Cult ?od tffce rbosc the* reio. At t#o years teacb ft to we?ff t&?" harness, to take the bridle, and drive if aiouud loose; then hitch it to a limper, then lead ft awhile, then drivj i; around*, slowly at fir.-.t. and by giving it a les? son of an hour daily you will soot? make rt work gently. Do not fight it, but coax ana pet it, and it will soon- leam to tn iud you, buff be very pam ?t and do cot rose yow tem? per, and all will be welt. Io mild weather there is nothing like* a nice gr 28 s tot for th6 cort. The l?te?for of T?e ??r?to? temple. The interior of tire Teni pie Bas af? air of mystery afbuot it. tjp to date^ none bul the faithful have been admit? ted to its sacred precincts, aod a's none' of the induisit rv s gentile reporters are "^rlfri?Tr?i f" *llter- the newspaper descrip-* tioos of the II IT* jffe itf'iliA'itf^ 11 chit fly the result of the imaginaUon*lu^J the ubiquitous scribes. As a matte? t?le fact there are portions of tbe interior which are as sacred as vfas lVF!re Holy of Holies" iu the days of the Templa constructed by tho wise sod of ?)atf$. The basemeot is divided ioto severaf apartments, the largest one beiog 57r 35 feet, containing vt baptiserai font. The tour is tned with marble, jiolwb'et? to the highest degree of perfe^wov while the ceHrrrg is of ?f ?&***-b!2?e rTClf. The foot is of bronze, and, like that itf the Temple at Jerusalem, retf&cTr" foV backs of i wei ve oxen, also of bronzV.? which stand with their faces* to the east,* west, north, and South. Grand int? impressive as this apartment is*, it iff mediocre wheo compared with some of those ou the upper floors. 'O'ae fe par? ticular is deserving of special mention. Resplendent in blue aod gold is this magic chamber, while the floor is of blocks of wood not more than- av rncS >q?uaie. Brought from* ?'ll rjoftio&ro? ?*W world by the missionaries sent ont by the Ch OTC h. Aootber apartment ad-' joining is still more beautiful. Whits' and gold are used, and rho eflfect & fe* dazzle the eye. The tapestries are alf of the purest White, aod are rare aodf sorrily. All the basins-and ewers are of the ?uest onyx, delicate in tint, and ft? stich prof ovino that the sigh* wooli drive a- deaier* io this product rm?ane* with ?t:vy To be permitted tfo took? upon the magnificent woik for so; hon* is said to be worth a y?ar Of On*-/* life and' ft tri? across the worl?. The beehive rs the emblem of thw* Church', together with clasped a?n<3s*? and the motto *'Holiness to the Lord.*' livery handle cf door" and window har tbis ffesign, ill having beeo especially made for the purpose, in the basement all the fixtures, including th'e locks off the doors, the bolts, and hinges"" SfS ot brass. On the ir.st 9ocr they are of plated gold:* on the second, plated ailvcr** on the third, old-silvet; and above that bronze. The wood-work is of oak, alf seasoned and massive in appearance* The cost of the Tem?le is a qoestroo* which eveu ?lie most astute fbritrwer of Brigham hesitates to answer. It has been estimated all" the Way from $6,000.?" COt) to $fcMt?? 5t?9. The latter figure is believed by those who are in a posi?*" tioo to know to be the correct oae.-C.* M. Jackson, iu Harper's Weekly. Ina recent damage suit iu Milwaukee* the jury a\*farcred tbe piarntiff ?ot)0 for slander, but the jndge reduced tl?* amount to $$00*00 the gfroobdthat the* complainant was only a common work*" ing:-Aoui30. There are scaejudges itf thi^ country w*ho shooid be sent the* luuatic ssyldm or the penitentiary. I'uri.-.ji the prev?:euce ut ?he tirifips tHc paslf ita M. im K ^?O? A not ice? Ole t?CI tbttl t!l?'>? who* dependeJ Upttu br. l^iri^'.- N\?* *)ifftf?iverjr, n?t oii'.y hn<i H ?pe?ity r?c>v*?rv, but e^ct^i ?ll ??f thu troftbl???me *ft*i iifecl* vi the malady' rbis ieu-e?ly >e*rn?.? tf> ha\*e a peculiar p>>wer itf ciT-ctiti^ rapid ?'*:??.<? IYWI only in u?>es' ?>f ti ripple. r?ni in nil Irifi-'.-??? vt Thn-at, Oboe ami Lnii js. ai.er ba.-corre.1 c-^e^of AMlitna ?n?!* liaj Fexeri.t i??n^ ?t*1t*iif? Try it' ;rtid W coi?*HneeJ ti wut*i <ii.-*anpo??!t.- fic? riia?* Buttlts'at J. F W. l>?I.<>riu?V Drug Sturts. g^-tfkr^'* "*<rVe> Tl?f BeM Salve in th? ^?rl?l t?>r Ootf , Sr?is?# Sores ?lcer*. fflilt R?- rm. ?et?r Sores, T?tteV Cbapp? HanJV ChHblaftiSi O^rbs and ai? Skin hruptions. and p?isiticelV coihe*s Piles, of no pny required- It ite ^darant'Se?i to giVe p?r? feet ?atisfa'pti^?f, or o?uney r**Turid?d. PTH^ ?Scont* per box. For1 ?ale by J? F. W. D?-"* Lort?? -i tmh i i" K'ia?wi I.ADIF;S Ke^ain'it a*wni?, or cbiWreO who want build* injrun. sbcold isk? . ??r*.0*?V N*S IH&\ B^lTEItS*.- . .. It is'pleasant tn taVe.'-nin'f Mkiarf*: indi?* ???tica; -?iliOUMitiS O??i ' LVft?t- CO?sp^??t?ff?