Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Egtabiished April,.1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Eftds thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TXCE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, 136? Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. New Series-Vol. XIV. No. 25. Published Srery Wednesday, -BT KT. Gr. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C, TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Square first insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. A SENSIBLE F?R TREE. Said a saucy little Maple To her cousin, Willow Tree: "Hiss Fir has no new mantle This spring, lite you and me. "She ?wears the same old garment That she's worn since I was born. I should think she'd .feel so shabby With no new bonnet on. ' ' As she tossed her head and nodded At the Fir Tree's old style clothes Willow laughed-she couldn't help it At the turned up, pea green nose. The Fir Tree, staid and modest, Answered Maple not a word, Though I'm very sure-yes, certain . Everything was overheard. She only softly murmured As she rearranged her clothes, "I'm glad my friends don't leave me With every wind that blows." -A. F. Caldwell in Christian UTation. BRIGHTY'S PRESENCE OF MIND. It Saves Many Lives In the Trainload of Sleeping Passengers. Harry J. Brighty, night yardmaster of the Big Four railroad, has well earn? ed a place in the galaxy of heroes. To bim are dne credit, honor and praise for saving the lives of a score and per? haps a hundred passengers last night At the same place and under similar circumstances an accident occurred a little more than a year ago that result? ed in the death of, several persons. In that instance, as in this, a runaway train was the cause of the horror. De? structive as was the frightful wreck in May, 1893, it is apparent to every one familiar with the circumstances that it would hare been rendered insignificant; in comparison with that of last night but far the promptness of one man. The stillness of the night was sud? denly disturbed by a roar that may be likened to the approach of a raging cy? clone. From the southeast it approached with almost lightninglike rapidity, the ominous rumble filling the sleeping val? ley with tumult and awakening thun? derous reverberations on the frowning bluffs beyond. The grim men with lan? terns flitting about the yard were not slow at divining the cause. The human night owls-hackmen, policemen and hotel runners-were quick to grasp the ominous significance of the roar that was awakening the echoes and increas? ing in fury as it came nearer and near? er, like a mighty monster mad and bent on destruction. They appreciated the fact that the horrible rumble was the warning of a runaway train. Most of them had passed through one experience of the kind, and they were quick to re? call the fate of companions whose lives had been crushed out on the spot where they then *ttc*xL A monster locomotive stood just out? side the station building, the glare of its headlight penetrating the gloom to the south, from whence came the thun? dering noise. Behind the panting en? gine was a long train of coaches, in which 200 or more passengers were peacefully sleeping, unconscious that they were even then almost in the very jaws of death. The night owls, keenly sensitive of their danger, fled in wild confusion, all but one escaping. The sit? uation at that moment was awful to contemplate. But one man stood be? tween the hundreds of sleeping passen? gers and eternity. They were in a ver? itable deathtrap. But a few paces to the rear was the yawning river. In front and dangerously near was the run? away train, rushing on with the veloci? ty of a whirlwind and gathering mo? mentum at every rail length as it sped down from the hilltops. Xo human agency was powerful enough to check the velocity of the swiftly turning wheels. The men about the station who appreciated the situation were almost palsied with fear. The passenger train seemed to be inevitably doomed to de? struction. But there was one man there with a cool head and with nerves of steeL That man was Harry Brighty. There was not a moment to be lost. Thoroughly famil? iar with the intricate system of tracks in the yards, he rushed to a switch. Before a watch could have ticked a doz? en times the runaway train would be upon the sleeping passengers. That would have meant death, to all of them. In his anxiety to reach the switch Har? ry Brighty fell. The accident was al? most fatal. But, rolling over, bruised and almost frenzied, he threw the switch just in the nick of time. A sec? ond later the runaway train passed with a mighty roar. A high embankment of earth at the end of the switch offered hut little resistance. The heavily laden cars sped on, cutting through the stone and brick walls of the station building, passing through and across the street, leaving a passageway through the ma? sonry from roof to foundation, cut as with a knife. A most disastrous wreck it was, but it is almost providential that it was not worse. But for Harry Brighty's thoughtfuless and promptness the deathtrap would have been convert? ed into a veritable slaughter house. Lafayette Courier. COMPETITION IN BABIES. I Wherein a Word to a Wise Papa Ought to Be Sufficient. "I am getting to be the most bare? faced and versatile liar on earth," said the bachelor, "and it's all on account of two little innocent babies. Two of my friends at the office have recently been invested with the honor of pater? nity-both boys. Prouder papas you never saw. One of them, Jones, is an amateur photographer, and the other day he took a picture of his baby and brought it to the office. "Of course you know how intelligent a child of one month looks," continued &e bachelor, stroking his bald head with the air of a connoisseur in infan? cy, "but the boys in the office were loyal. They swore it was the brightest looking kid they had ever seen and that it was the image of Jones. 1 'If it had been any one else's child, Jones would have knocked somebody down for the insult, but he took it as a great compliment and stuck the pic? ture up in a frame on his desk, "This was too much for Smith-the other papa. He hasn't any camera of his own, so he got a young man who lives nest door to come in and take his baby's picture, and he brought it down to the office as an opposition to Jones'. Really I'm sorry for Smith if his baby looks like that picture, but I rather tnink the amateur artist libeled the child and made it the monster it ap? pears. "The picture was not focused prop? erly. It represents Smith in the back? ground holding on his knee a mammoth infant nearly as big as he is. The ba? by's hands a^?? stretched toward tba camera aEx^?BunU-riior:gh they might belong t^j^^Hgi'aps ions cr Mr. Cor bett. JLW [some a^vas beautiful, and^? Biafcoa), pe?ed that the boy loS I better. *e him ?e or? dered dril^BHL-tjgtc^ and put the pic? ture np on n?PfL~?."as a further opposi? tion to Jones'. "Every time I come into the office I have to stop and admire those pictures, and I'm acquiring great s?lf.. control by keeping a straight face whenever Jones' or Smith says, 'And still you will re? main a bachelor, will you?' "-New York Herald. BREAKFAST IN BED. This Is the Way In Which to Enjoy the Height of Luxury. There is nothing which gives one quite the same feeling of luxury and afflu? ence as breakfasting in bed-that is, unless one is forced to do it. Then it seems merely an annoyance. But when the woman whom unkind fate and do? mestic or business duties usually force to be up with the lark can lie In bed and have a daintily appointed breakfast tray brought up to her she feels that the final joy of sybaritism is hers. Sunday morning is the best time for the daughter of toil to indulge in this luxurious habit. If she is a churchgo? ing woman, she may manage by having breakfast at 9:45. If she desires to be both pious and lazy, there are those who compromise by reading morning service in bed, and their method is per? haps not to be despised. The first step toward enjoying this luxury is to have one's warm bath, hair brushing and the like. Then slipping on a bath robe or a dressing sack, the seeker after luxury should slip back into bed, adjust her pillows comfortably and proceed to enjoy her breakfast. It should be an unusually dainty one and served with the most appetizing regard for appearances. The tray should be covered with a delicately embroidered cloth. The china pot in which the coffee comes up should be as pretty as coffee? pots can be, the sugar basin and cream jug the ver? perfection of daintiness. There should be a little glass bowl of mignonette or violets, or a couple of car? nations, or even some fragrant green geranium stalks. A bunch of grapes, duskily purple or pink and op3L coffee clear as amber and fragrant as only cof? fee can be, toast, a slice of bacon and an egg or .eggs boiled form a breakfast fit to serve on the pretty tray. If the woman who breakfasts in bed will proceed to spend the rest of the day there, sleeping when sho can, read? ing a little, entirely undisturbed by the cares of her household, she will ward off the approach of hideous old age half a decade.-Philadelphia Press She Didn't Guess. Like many other things, an alarm clock is a good thing when confined to its own sphure. But a young man who j lives in Tioga had an experience with j one the other day which, to say the ! least, was embarrassing. Being a heavy sleeper, it was not uncommon for him j to miss his train to the city in the morning, so he resolved to invest in an j alarm clock. One experience with it was enough, and that occurred while he was taking his purchase home. Walking through the train, he chanced to see a certain young lady sitting in a seat, the other half of which was unoccupied. The young man knew the young lady in fact, he is said to have had enter? tained serious hopes before the alarm got in its little work. He sat down be? side her, with his package in his lap, and smiled his sweetest. She asked him what he was taking home, and he play? fully bid her guess. "Candy? Cigars? Neckties?'* No, it was none of these. Just as she was about to venture a fourth guess there was a muffled sound from the interior of tho pacakge and then a loud clang that resounded weird? ly through the car. The young man blushed, the young lady giggled, and the passengers roared. It seemed as thoggfa >brj fe??g~vv^uTar^ever stop, and it didn't until the disgusted youth hurl edit to the other end of the car.-Phil ia Record. DAWSON'S NARROW ESCAPE. He Couldn't Be Expelled From a Nt* Work Club For Obvious Reasons, Bailey Dawson was in danger of be? ing expelled from the Society of Chris? tian Repose. The object of the society, as its name indicates, is to discourage endeavor of any character, and its mem? bers, who comprise such well known old residents as Colonel A. M. Babcock, A. N. Kellogg, founder of the newspa? per publishing concern; Frank Parme lee of the bus line, and others, are men who think they have done their work in life and now only ask for rest. They meet at the Grand Pacific hotel and do not even talk much, preferring to sit in the easy chairs in the rotunda and look at each other. But last week Colonel Babcock brought a serious charge against Bailey. He said he had gone to work; what is more, he had the evidence to prove it. Things looked really badly for Bai? ley. The work was no harder than that involved in drawing the pay attached to a political office, but it was work, and he could not deny it. So he took refuge in technicalities. Mr. Kellogg was trying the case, and to him Bailey made this plea: "If it pleases the court," he said, "the members of this society must not do any work cf any kind?" "They must not," replied Colonel Babcock sternly. "They should not indulge in any kind of effort?" "Certainly not," again interjected the colonel. "They cannot consistently take action of any description?" s . "They assuredly cannot. " "Then," said Bailey triumphantly, "I would like to know how they are going to expel a member; that means action." And President Kellogg sus? tained him, holding that it would bo impossible constitutionally to even take a vote on the charges. -Chicago Trib? une. MONOCLES IN EUROPE. Their Use Believed to Have Originated In the British Army. is fvery^capital of Europe the mono? cle is common ~eno3gh, It attracts no attention on the street. In"^T?Wj>f_men at the theater a considerable proport??ir-l are sure to have it Perhaps half the officers in the German army wear mono? cles. They are to be seen in abundance at any meeting of the French academy. Even socialist deputies in France are not ashamed to go among their constit? uents wearing them. A session of the English house cf commons glitters with solitary eyeglasses. The single eyeglass is said tc have originated among the officers of the British army. About the beginning of the century an order was issued that army officers should not wear eyeglasses or specta? cles. It was supposed that they gave the wearers an unmilitary appearance. The order caused severe inconvenience tc many short sighted officers, and one of them, belonging to a crack regiment, invented the single eyeglass. He claimed that, being an eyeglass, its use was no contravention of the order which prohibited spectacles and eyeglasses. It soon became very popular in the army and was afterward adopted. On account probably cf this origin the single eye? glass is very generally worn in Europe by army officers. It is by some thought to give an as? pect of determination and ferocity to the wearer, whereas eyeglasses lend an air of feebleness.-New York World. Lincoln's Views on Assassination. That night as we walked back to the White Hor.be through the grounds be? tween the war department buildings and the house I fancied that I saw in the misty moonlight a man dodging be? hind one of the trees. My heart for a moment stood still, but as we passed in safety I came to the conclusion that the dodging figure was a creature of the imagination. Nevertheless as I parted from the president at the door of the White House I could not help saying that I thought his going to and fro in the darkness of tho night, as it was usually his custom, often alone and un? attended, was dangerous recklessness. That night, in deference to his wife's auxious appeal, he had provided him? self with a thick oaken stick, f?e laugh? ed as he showed me this slight weapon and said, but with some seriousness: "I long ago made up my mind that if any? body wants to kill me he will do it. If I wore a shirt of mail and kept myself surrounded by a bodyguard, it would be all the same. There are a thousand ways of getting at a man if it is de? sired that he should be killed. Besides in this case it seems to me the man who would come after me would be just as objectionable to my enemies-if I havo any."-Noah Brooks in Century. Kow to Read. We cannot too strongly impress every ! daughter with tho fact that habits of reading are wonderfully powerful, i Early learn to read only good books, j and read them critically and thought? fully. The purpose for which we read a I book must not be mere pleasure. We ? must aim to obtain and retain the au- f thor's thought and meaning. Few good ; books do not have some particular ques- I tion upon which they dwell strongly. ! A few well directed questions from fa- { thor, mother or brother will help to ; bring this te light, and in addition will ? enforce the fact that an opinion of oneV, own is of moro value than a dozen that ! were begged, borrowed or stolen from j some eminent man or woman. Many people regret that they were not early j taught to coaster the author's name a ? porticjiofthetfc^)f his book and are J cou^m k '?h'1 can t re~ member wao^ ^t book.'' > VALUABLE WOODS. 3Iany of tho Finest Kinds In Existence Plentiful, but Almost Unknown Many of the finest woods in existence are yet unknown or only slightly known to the manufacturers of wood in the civilized world. The woods of Central and South America are perhaps the most remarkable as well as the best known. In the yet untouched forests of this continent are many woods far finer than any of those now in use. These woods range from pure white to jet black in color, and many of them are most beautifully marked and veined. Some of them are so hard that they turn the edges of axes, chisels and other tools, while the band saw cuts them only slowly. In the Columbian exposition there were many displays of little known woods, and the finest of them were those from Argentine Republic, Brazil and other South American countries. Some of these southern woods yielded to the teeth of the band saw not the ordinary sawdust, but fine powder, fine as the finest flour, so hard were the woods. Some of them burned but slowly. Oth? ers possess qualities that keep them free from insects. Some of them seem to be practically indestructible by air and water. All along the eastern slopes of the Andes, up to the snow line on those great elevations, throughout all the great river valleys and in some of thc wide areas of level country in South America aro great forests of fine woods that are specially fit for the finest cabi? net and furniture work, and als\) for shipbuilding, carpentry and other in? dustrial arts in which wood is the raw material. These great forests are now an unknown quantity in the commercial world, but they will come rapidly into the knowledge of men and into indus? trial use when once tho railroad has reached them. Before many years, it is safe to pre? dict, the South American and Central American republics will be threaded by railroads, and then those wonderful woods will bo drawn upon to supply the demand for new and fine woods in all civilized countries.-Lumber World. Overheard In the Restaurant. She-I went to see a beautiful play "w1irte>S^vrere in New York. He--Wn^wsS^s it? She-Well, I^c^t remember the nam6 exactly. It sou?daKri]^4'Dr. Deppety. " ^-~> He-Who took the leading character? She-A man of the name of Willard. Francis Willard. Oh, he's just elegant! Magnificent! He doesn't speak very plainly, and he can't sing a little bit; but, oh, he's just perfectly grand. He-Was it a olay or an opera? She-Oh, something of that sort! I had a qnarrel with Herbert about you that night and didn't notice much. He-Why did you quarrel about me? She-Well, I told him of our engage? ment that night before we started for the theater and then asked him if he still wanted to taite me out, and he laughed and said, "Certainly, I would just as soon take an engaged girl to an entertainment as any kind of a girl." horrid thing! He-Why was he horrid? She-I just revenged myself by sit? ting and thinking of you all the even? ing. Oh, say, those are actors sitting at that table over there. He (suspiciously)-How do you know? She-Why, because they keep looking around to see if people are watching them. Actors always do that to adver? tise themselves, you know. And the waiter brought the checks. Boston Journal. Hardiness of the Crape Myrtle. Philadelphia is about as far north as the crape myrtlo proves hardy. Though killed to the ground, it will push up and flower like a herbaceous plant. Possibly it would give an attrac? tion to gardens, in this herbaceous way, much farther north than Philadelphia. Several correspondents write that it is not always killed down even so far north as Philadelphia. Ono at Chestnut Hill, a part of Philadelphia', instances a specimen, 5 to 6 feet high, which must have passed several wintesr un? harmed.-Meehan 's Monthly. It Went Off. A story is told of a certain showman who combined with the ordinary circus performance a display of fireworks. At ono town he advertised thc "Battle of Trafalgar, " with burning ships, blazing oceans and other magnificent effects. Ho drew such a vivid picture of that great naval encounter that thc people from the entire countryside were at? tracted to see it. When the time arrived, the showman brought his guiding hand to bear on tho set piece, applied the match in the usual manner and retired to await results. Several minutes passed, but no battle ensued. The showman then stepped forward and addressed the crowd. "It has not went off," he remarked and proceeded to investigate. Again the same result followed, and again. "It has not went off, ladies and gen? tlemen, " continued tho showman. "I will now show you the great earthquake of Lisbon. " He gathered the fireworks together and filled a barrel with them. Ho poured turpentine over them and sprinkled the lot freely with gunpow? der. Once more he applied the torch, with astonishing results. There was an explosion, ?and when all was over he gave a parting address. "It has went off, ladies and gentle? men, and so has three fingers of my hand. Good evening, and many thanks. The earthquake will not be repeated." -Pittsburg Dispatch. QUEEN AGAINST HER WILL, Margaret Young Reluctantly Rales Ove? Some South Sea Islands. Tho bark Helen N. Almy, just re? turned to San Francisco from a trading voyage among the islands of tho south Pacific, brings the story of a princess who rules over the Manna group against her wishes, though her subjects worship her much after the fashion that the Pe? ruvians humbled themselves before the virgins of the sun. Margaret Young is the granddaugh? ter of Francis Young, an English sailor who landed at the island of Tau nearly 100 years ago and married the native queen. Through the death of all the heirs apparent to the throne of the Man? nas Margaret found herself called upon to rule. The news was conveyed to her at Apia some months ago by a delega? tion of chiefs from Manua, and she was forced by the laws of heredity obtain? ing in the southern archipelago to ac? company them back to Tau, where she was installed as queen. She is 22 years of age and highly ed? ucated. At the timo of her sudden call from Apia she was pursuing her studies at a Catholic conwent. Captain Luttrell of the Almy and his wife, who accompanied him on his last trip, were the first white people permit? ted to interview the queen. She told them that her life was one of misery in spite of the great respect shown her by her native subjects. The sanctity of her dwelling is rigidly preserved by war? riors, who stand ready to decapitate the intruder who dares to enter her pres? ence without first being especially sum? moned. ''The grand chief of thc group is the only man that is allowed to approach the queen, ' ' explained Captain Luttrell. "He attends to her wants, assisted by two maids, who never leave her side, except when they are called upon to do her bidding. Should any native desire to pay tribute to her in the shape of fish or fowl, he must fasten his gift upon the end of a bamboo pole, advance with closed eyes and thrust the stick through the doorway of the palace. She is not allowed to walk outside her cabin's limits. She must be carried on a litter by her maids, and when she ventures forth upon such a journey- subjects are ordered under pain of death to keep hidden in their respective domiciles. ' ' j The queen explained to Captain Lut? trell that she desired to be freed, but ? had never dared to say so to those who Thc Snow Flower! ^" A traveler in Siberia tells us about a wonderful plant found in the northern part of that country, where the ground is perpetually covered with a coating of frost and snow. It is called the snow flower, and the description of its birth and its short life reads like a fairy tale. He says it shoots out of the frozen soil on the first day of the year and attains a height of 3 feet. On the third day it blooms, remaining open for only 24 hours. Then the stem, the leaves and the flower are converted into snow-in other words, the plant goes back into its . original elements. The leaves are three in number and the flower is star shaped. On the third day, the day the bloom appears, little glistening specks appear on the extremi? ties of the leaves. They are about the size of the head of a pin and are the seeds of the flower. It is said that some of these seeds were gathered once and taken to St. Pe? tersburg, where they were buried in a bed of snow. The first of the following year the plant burst forth and bloomed, just as it does in Siberia. -Philadelphia Times. Themistocles. Themistocles, the hero of Salamis, was sent into banishment by the prac? tice, of ostracism. This was a purely Athenian device to prevent any citizen becoming too great. When any man ac? quired such prominence as to be unsafe to the state, a number of citizens de? manded a vote, which was taken by writing on shells th^ name of the toe prominent citizen. If a majority voted against- him, he was sent into exile, nut because lie had done anything, but for fear he might do something. Ho staid away from five to ten years, then re? turned and resumed his standing as a citizen without loss of property or rep? utation. Themistocles was ostracized and went into exile, where he was soon accused of treasonable correspond ri] ce >.virh the Persians. He was about to be arrested, but fled to Persia. He gained great influence at the Persian court and projected an invasion of Greece, but died, it is supposed by poison, before his plaus could be realized.-Exchange. F.c-ho Versos. Echo verses were sometimes used ef fectively for epigrams and squibs. Thus ; a critic once wrote: I'd fain praise your poem- but, toll me, how is it When I cry out "exquisite," echo cries, ''Quiz j it?" And when, in 1831, Paganini was ? drawing crowds to the opera house at j extravagant prices, The Sunday Times ; printed the following lines: What are they who pay three puineas To hear a tune of Paganini's? Echo-Pack o' ninnies! -Ali tho Year Round. "THE LEAST OF THESE." She had little of earthly beauty; She had lr-ss of earthly lore ; She climbed by a path so narrow, Such wearisome burdens bore ! And she came- with heart a-tr<-mbling To the warden at heaven's door. And sa^d, "There were hearts of heroes.'" She said: "There were hands of might. I had only my little children, That call to me day and night. I could only soothe their sorrows, Their childish hearts make light." And she bowed her head in silence, And she hid her face in shame, When, out from a blaze of glory, A form majestic came, And sweeter than all heaven's music, Lo, some one called her name! -Christian Herald. LET THE HUNTER DON GAY COLORS. ! It Lessens the Chances of Somebody Tak? ing a Shot at Him. i "You would naturally think that the ; hunter out for game would wear clothes I of soft, unobtrusive colors harmonizing I with the landscape. ' ' said the veteran ! sportsman. "Yet, stalking moose and ! deer in the Maine woods, I select ap ! parel pronounced in hue and often wear ? a red necktie or hatband. This I do to j lessen the danger of being shot through I mistake. "Of the great army of hunters that j each fall range the woods of the Pine I Tree State there are few that will not ! sometimes venture a shot into moving j'bushes on the chances that the invisible i object that rustles them may be a deer, j The fool sportsman, who is largely in I evidence in the shooting season, will do J so every time. If it be a man in the j bushes, any striking colors of his cos ! turne are apt to catch the eye cf tho ene i preparing to fire and prevent the shot j being fired. "The danger of alarming game by j such costume? That is not enough to j be taken into account. Everything strik I ing in color is more likely than not to excite their curiosity and draw them ; toward the hunter if he work with prop j er slowness and caution. Besides that all the antlered game trust almost wholly to their senses of hearing and smelling to warn them of the approach of danger, and if you can baffle those faculties you need have little fear of their taking alarm from the sight of you. "But, speaking of costume, don't wear black, else every ninny, and even some experienced sportsman, seeing you among the trees, would letdriyea?rou, I ^^i?^r^^t?^M -fogabearT ^..??ewYork Sun. Scotch Terms and Customs. i Everybody knows that the word mac ! (pronounced in Gaelic machk) means i son, so that, for example, MacDonald ! literally means the son of Donald. But i it is not generally known that when a : womai: is spoken of the highlanders j substitute for mac the feminine nich, ! which means daughter; chat the voca ; tive of mac is vichk (we spell phonet ! ically). which always replaces mac when o person is addressed, and that the nominative plural is michk (sons) or claun (children!. Sir Walter Scott's ignorance of Gaelic frequently led him into error upon these points, both in his poetry and in his novels. The meaning of thc Gaelic word clan. 3s just stated, is children, and the obe? dience which clansmen owed to their chief was considered by them rather as the affectionate obedience due by chil? dren to a father than as that due by sub? jects to a ruler. They believed them? selves to be all blood relations descend? ed from a common ancestor, cf which their chief was the living representa? tive. The clansman who hesitated to , save his chief's life ar the expense of his own was regarded as ii coward who fled from his father's side in the hour of peril. On the other hand, the chief was expected at all times to acknowl? edge the meanest of his clan as his re? lation and to shake hands with him wherever they might happen to meet. Subordinate to the chief and generally related to him were the chieftains and tacksmen.-London Spectator. Turning Up the Tro::>?>rs. I doubt not through the ages one in? creasing purpose runs, and that is why I have always feit sure that there must be somo reason for tile ''asrrornary and asccntric*' behavior of people who rain up the bottoms of their trousers in dry wcather. The New Youl; exquisites who copied the fashion from London will be disgusted at the vulgar origin of the practice, for 1 understand that- it had its rise in the inventive brains of some bank clerks, who used to go dowu to the city on those bad old "razor back'" buses. They found that their nether garments got frayed by rubbing against the woodwork under the seats until one day one of them exclaimed, "Go to, and let us turn up our trousers.'' And they did so. And having turned them up it didn't seem worth while to turn them down a?ain, so the custom '-Tame crys? tallized. If only somebody would now inform us why we wear silk hats and have pockets in our coattails which we never use, we might even yet be moder? ately happy.-London Figaro. The Indian name of the Schuylkill river was Manyunk; hence the nantfe of a Pennsylvania town. / Highest of all in Leavening Power.-Latest U.S. Gov't Report Powder