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Cj)? SSia?ciji?taii at? jsonijjroii WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16, 1895. ITEMS. The term "thick-headed," as applied to stupid people, has its foundation io a fact of nature. It ofteo happens that the brain shrinks, and as it does so the skull sometimes thickens. People sniff the air to locate an odor, because by distending the nostrils a larger quantity of air is drawn in, the nerves are better exposed, and the odor more clearly perceived. The braio is not affected by the movements of the body, even though these are sometimes very violect, be? cause it rests oo a basis of soft cashions between the bones of the spine. The form of the skull may be * changed, as io the ease of fiat-headed Indians!, without injury to the braio, be? cause this body adapts itself io shape to the cavity it is designed to fill. Mr. O'Conoer, the English minister of China, who presented bis credentials to the emperor io 1892, claims to be & descendant of the Irish king, Roder? ick O'Connor. Miss Naocy Baker, daughter of the late Gov. Conrad Baker, has announced herself as a candidate for the office of state librarian, subject to the Repub? lican cancos of the Iodiao a Legisla? ture. Justin McCarthy, the Irish parlia? mentarian whose novels have beeo so widely read io this county is io his sixty-second year, but eveo at this age it is no unusual thing for him to sit op all night over his typewriter. Miss Frances E. Willard is the third woman to have the right to write doc? tor of laws after her name. Maria Mitchell, the astronomer, aod Amelia B. Edwards, the Egyptologist, were the others. Baroness Ida von Barnekow, of San Francisco, has left for Germany, where she will look up & fortune which is said to have beeo left her. She claims to be a grand-daughter of Countess voo Moltke. A girl's taste differs according to her age, says a cyoic. At 16 she wants a dude with toothoick shoes aod m?8croscope mustache ; at 20 a chief justice with a pile of t?o ; at 25 she'll be satisfied with a member of congress; at 30 a country doctor or a preacher will do; aod at 35 aoything in the male Hoe, from ao editor down. A well koowo Washington horseman has discovered a fact io natural history wbich may oot be generally known, lt is that all four-footed beasts, in walking, running, or aoy sort of forward motion, always employ the left hied leg as a starter. Even a child, if put down on all fours and bidden to advance io tbat position, will make the first move with his ?eft leg, bis hands at the time occupying the place of an animal's forelegs. For the past week Stanley Hussey, Amsie Burk and Albert Johnson, three young clerks at Muncie, Ind , have partaken of no food or other nourishment except milk. The young men made a very peculiar wager on New Year's Eve, to the effect that none of them shall eat or drink any nourish? ment except milk during the year 1895 This they can drink only once every boor, and then not over a pint at a time. At this rate, if all remain true to their pledge, it will require about twelve barrels of milk to supply them, at a cost of about $100, wbich would he very cheap living. "lt is to the Tartars who conquered China several centuries ago that we are indebted for this much discussed queue," said Wing Lock, a prominent Chinaman, to a writer for the Pittsburg Dispatch. "You hear a great deal about the laws of China relating to the wearing of queues : how a Chinaman cannot return to his country without his queue, and all that. Well, it is all bosh. The wearing of a queue is no j more required by law than'your gentle- j man wearing whiskers. It is a custom and a style, and a Chinaman realizes some truth in the saying that you j might as well be out of the earth as out of style. A Chinaman retains his j queue simply because if he should ? ever return to his native land he would not care to go about among his friends and make himself conspicuous by such a radical departure from the style of so many millions of people. Strange too, that the Chinaman should hold to his queue with such tenacity when it was originally imposed upon him as a mark of subjection. When the Tartars came over and set a ruler on our throne they decreed that every Cbinaman should wear a queue such as they did. Of oourse, this was at first galling to ! them, for they could not see or touch I their plaited hair without being re? minded of their conquest. But time heals all wounds and it was not long before the Chinamen began to cheerish the marks of subjection as a good fashion or style. Ibis was also true about the style of dress the Chinamen now wear. It is in the queue that a Chinaman wears his badge of mourn ?DO\ When a Chinaman's father or mother dies there is sent to htm, as to all the members of the family, colored garters. These are not garters, as we understand, but sort of ribbons, white, green or blue, vrhich are plaited with the hair. White, green and blue are the colors of mourning, while the ribbon that is ordinarily plaited in the queue is black. These blue and green garters are worn in the hair for one year after the death of a parent." Many hu?dreds of manuscripts have ] been recovered at Pompeii. They were ! charred rolls, but by the exercise of pa i tience and ingenuity some have been un I rolled and read. Nothing of tmport ! ance bas been discovered in their con? tents. An Irishman, having been arraigned and convicted upon full and unmistaka? ble evidence of some flagrant misde? meanor, being asked by the judge if he had anything to say for himself, re? plied, with the characteristic humor of! his country, "Never a single word, your honor ! And it's my real opinion there's been a great deal too much said as !t is." Robert Louis Stevenson told a Wash? ington writer that his story of "Dr. Jekyll aad Mr. Hyde" had for its foundation an incident told to him by a London doctor, who made diseases of the brain a specialty. None of his work was absolute fiction, and most of it had a basis io actual experience. "I do not believe," he said, "that any mao ever evolved a really good story from bis inner consciousness unaided by some personal experience or incident in life." Living io a log cabin close to White Hall, the home of General Cassius Marcellus Clay, Kentucky's duelist and abolitionist, is the oldest woman in Ken? tucky, who ?6 known all over Fayette and Madison counties as "Old Aunt Hannah White." She is a negro wom? an, and in the best of health, doing her own bouse work at the advanced ago 118 years. Aunt Hannah is the mother of fourteen children, and has 124 grand and great grandchildren. She was one of the first slaves in Kentucky, having been solo -t auction four times. Her youngest son, now an old man, resides with her. Say! You Bee-Keeper! Send for a free sample copy of Root's handsomely illustrated 36-page, Gleanings io Bee-Cniture, Semi-Monthly, (Si.00 a year) asd his 52-pages illus, catalog of Bee Keeper's Supplies free for your name and address on a postal. His A B C of Bee Culture, 400 double-column pp price $1.25, is just the book for you. Mention this paper. Address A. I. Root, the Bee-Man, Medina, 0. TO We Otter a Remedy Which. 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TAKE DUE NOTICE THEREOF AND GOVERN YOURSELF AC? CORDING! Y. SPECIMENS OF THE WORK NOW ON exhibition at the Studio, and we ask all the ladies of the town who are interested in this work to call and examine these speci? mens. We desire particularly to interest the married ladies in this beautiful home decora? tive Art. The paintedj china will be fired at the Institute. A kiln has been ordered for this purpose Come and see what we can do in this line. H. F. WILSON, Pres, Sept. 19. Sumter, S. C. PATRICK MILITARY IITITUTE, ANDERSON, S. C. Seventeenth Session OPENS SEPTEMBER 12TH. ("^ <?<>i> COURSE in English, Mathematics T Latin, Greek, German, French, Draw ing, Book-Keeping, and Tactics. Send for Catalogue COL. JOHN 15. PATRICK, Aug 15. Supt. A LEADER. JAMES MEANS' SHOES are leaders. Why? Because they have an established reputa? tion, and never fail tb give satisfaction. Perfect in style, qualitv, and tit. 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