Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W?SBIM6T0M NEWS NOTES. It8m$ of Current Gossip Ga!herod by Our Regular Correspondent. _ Washington, May 7.-Looking into the House of Representatives yesterday % I found two members still lingering in their seats, pulling out letters from their desks and strewing the floor with fragments. They looked lone some and probably felt "like one who treads lone the banquet hall deserved. " A dozen or two Democratic Congressmen are still in the city conferring and a score or two of Republicans whose seats are not in danger still hang round the White House and offer valuable sug? gestions concerning the campaign. It is generally agreed that the House got ahead of the Senate in the wind? up, Uncle Joe and other prominent members having seconded the indig? nant speech of Bourke Cockran con? cerning the supurations of the Presi? dent and Senate. The Senate bill pro? viding an elaborate scheme of govern? ment for the Panama canal zone was relentlessly turned down by the House and the great river and harbor bill was flung into the waste basket just aa it came from the Senate. These evidences of resentment on the part of the House made an impression and it is conceded that the good result was largely due to the vigorous coopera? tion of the Democrats. In personnel the Senate is much more masterful than the House. Indeed, people are inquiring what is to become of the House unless the present leaders are superseded by stronger men. Cannon, never a great leader, like Reed, is now off the floor ; Grosvenor is a sort of inane clown; Hill is dominating only in his specialty, banking ; Dalzell pipes only in falsetto; Tawney, the blacksmith, has not forged any thun? derbolts yet, and Hepburn and Little field are so independent of party tram? mels that they are always considered insurgents by the Republican captains. Even Payne, chairman of ways and means, and ex-ofKcio leader, is always in the attitude of a sluggish follower. "The old lead Steers'9 of Roosevelt's ranch badly reed reinforcing if they would hold thur own. Secretary Taft, ia an interview with your correspondent a few months ago, attempted to justify the subju? gation of the Philippines by "the seiz? ure of Louisiana under the purchase," as he termed it. I suggested that the Louisiana province was not seized, but was appropriated with the full consent of the people who dwelt there. I see that the Governor is out again exploiting the Louisiana Purchase as - a justification of our criminal aggres? sion in the east. Does he not remem? ber that Jefferson refused to use force , in Louisiana and that he sent Gover? nor Claiborne as a commissioner to as? certain the wishes of the people? Gov? ernor Claiborne went to New Orleans and consulted the population, and, after obtaining authority to exchange the French flag for the America, re? ported to President Jefferson. "We raised the stars and stripes yesterday amid the .acclamations of the inhabi? tants." ^ Governor Taft knows perfectly well that that is not the way the stars and stripes were raised in various parts of the Philippine Islands while he was governor there. Acclamations instead j of execrations. Does he really think there is at least resemblance between ' the two ? There is no doubt that the tariff question in its various phases will be prominent in the platforms of both parties and in the fall campaign. The Republicans will exclaim "We stand pat ! But when we think the tariff needs revision, we'll revise it." The Democrats will retort that a party which has maintained an unjust law is not a party to be trusted to amend it in the interest of justice. Senator Aldrich, the Senate leader of finance, was greatly annoyed by Charles M. Schwab's letter demonstrating that steel rails sold to Americans for $28 a ton were, under the tariff, delivered in England for $19 a ton, a clear rob? bery of the American consumer of fifty per cent. Aldrich fumed, perspired, quibbled, and even denied but made no effort whatever to disprove the as? sertion. This revelation will enter into the campaign as well as the po? tency of the tariff as a trust-breeder. The-Hearst boomers met with a Wat? erloo defeat yesterday at the precinct election here. It seems odd that in the capital of this great republic that is the only kind of election that is ever held-an expression about as val? uable as the straw vote taken on rail? road cars. Self government does not exist in this district. We are taken care of like helpless children by three nurses cal.'ed commissoners appointed by the President who tax us and spend ten million dollars every year ostensi? bly for our health and comfort. There are signs of a revolt against this state of things as a good many of our people are willing to face the perils of self government rather than to continue the meek and helpless subjects of an oligarchy. Mr. Hearst is a particularly busy man. He spends some time every day at the spacious residence on Lafayette Park, where a boy bab* looks up from a cradle and calls him "papa," or will, as soon as he makes use of that gift of expression which he must have i abe ri red from his father. He spent some time in his suite of rooms in the Post building planning bi> campaign. We bear of him every day in New York. Yesterday he was in Baltimore with his mother. He answers several hundred telegrams a day and runs four daily newspapers by sc-^A^method which is inscrutable. It is very curious that, although Porto Rica is said to belong to the United States, a Porto Rican has none of the privileges of a citizen of the United Srates. A native of Porto Rico who is a graduate of Cornell Univer? sity and Law School, writes me that he is denied the right to be examined for the New York bar on the sole ground that he is not a citizen of the United States. Neither a Porto Rican nor Filipino can be admitted to the bar in thia city. I inquired at the State Department vesterday if a Porto Rican could get a passport to enable him to travel in Europe and they said no ; the only protection he could have would be a passport lrom the Governor of Porto Rico about as much protection in Russia or Tnrfcev as a passport from the Gov? ernor of Arizona would be. And this is jastice! ^ The hammock season lias arrived. A jar^e stock to select from at Osteen's Bo? k Store. JAPANESE: POETRY. I? In Ceaf ?.?.?! to t vrlenl Epaulons o? i !?. t ime M Bx'evii;. Japanese poetry is absolutely confined to lyrical effusions vt the utmost brev? ity. The Japanese poem is generally limited to three, four or rive lines and seldom exceeds a few dozen. One would look in vain for a poem of the length ! of Bryant's "Thanatopsis." Japanese ; literature has never invaded the epic I ! field and knows no metrical form which j even remotely resembles an ode, a bal lad or a long poetic narrative like "The j Ancient Mariner." Also minor metrical arrangements like the rondel, triolet, villanelle, etc., are absent Of what, then, does Japanese poetry consist? If one discusses (ts apparent lack of scope and resources with a Japanese, he is sure to point to the "Manyoshiu Kogi" (Collection of Myriad Leaves). True enough, its bulkiness is most alarming, as it extends to 122 volumes. But it proves to be only an anthology of short poems, each complete, bearing no rela? tion to other stanzas, except in the choice of subject, the work being di? vided into poems of spring, summer, autumn, winter, poems of parting, love, sorrow, etc. Collections of this kind, admirably printed and supplied with numerous indexes and elaborate commentaries, are publisned at inter? vals under the auspices of the govern? ment. They represent the classical poetry of Japan.-The Header. FEMININE INTUITION. The Philosophy of the Girl at the Candy Counter. The girl at the bonbon counter put up five large boxes of judiciously se? lected candy under the personal super? vision of a nervous young man. He ?fft a card for each of them, handed over a list of addresses for their deliv? ery, paid his bill and walked out look? ing decidedly glum. "Ought to bag a sweetheart out of that broadside," remarked the .cashier. "Guess again," said the salesgirl. "It's caramels to car fare that he has a sweetheart and that he has quarreled with her, their first probably. Ile is sending that candy to his ladylove's dearest friends, because lie knows they will not fail to tell her about it. "A candy counter is the horoscope of the human heart to girls who can read it When a young man buys a pound of candy, any old thing handy, without looking twice at it, his affections are not very deep set. When he begins to get particular in his selections, Cupid is getting in his tine work. The lovers' quarrel inevitably ends in such a reck? less display as you saw just now. .When the reconciliation takes place, we shall have nothing in stock good enough for j that fellow. When he's married, he'll stop coming."-New York Press. \ ANIMALS WITH HANDS. The Use of the Paxrs In Conveying Food to tte Honth. Kangaroos use their hands very readily to hold food in and to put it to ' theirsmouths. As their fore legs are so short that they have to browse in a stooping position, they seem pleased ? when able to secure a large bunch of cabbage or other vegetable provender and to hold lt ia their hands to eat Sometimes the young kangaroo, look? ing out of the pouch, catches one or two of the leaves which the old ono drops, and the pair may be seen each nibbling at the salad held in their ha nils, one, so to speak, "one floor" above the other. In "Alice In Wonder? land" the lizard is always making notes on a slate and then trying to rub ihem out again with his fingers. Many lizards' feet are so like hands that it is rather surprising that they are only used for running and climbiug. Hut that is the main purpose to which lizards apply them. The slow, delib? erate clasping and unclasping of a chameleon's feet look like the move? ments which the hands of a sleep? walker might make were he trying to creep down the banisters. The chame? leon's dre> almost deformed hands, yet they have a certain superficial resem? blance to the feet of the parrots, which more than other birds use the foot for many of the purposes of a hand when feeding. ^ To see many of the smaller rodents ground squirrels, prairie dogs ami mar? mots-hold their food, usually in both paws, is to learn a lesson in the dex? terous use of hands without thumbs. Rats and mice do not. as a rule, "clinch" v.-hat they hold, but merely support it in their paws, the move? ments being much less human than they appear. Nothing more readily sug? gests the momentary impression that a pretty little monkey is remotely "a man and a brother" than when lie stretches out his neat little palm, fin? gers and thumb, and with all the move? ments proper to the civilized mode of greeting insists on slinking ha mis. lint no one feels in the least inclined to grasp the ela weil digits of any of the rodents which use their paws to hold food. They are only "holders." not hands.--London Spectator. Beat Fed Sa'.lorn In the World. The navy ration is of course provid pd for by law. and the daily diet of th?-* ??nlinted man must conform in some de? gree to this prescribed regime, but In finite is the variety and ample is the dietary realm of Jack, the sailor. As compared with the daily bill of fare of the workingman on shore the odds ?re proa riv in favor of the sailor. Should he IK? Inclined to grumble at his dally fare it must be from caprice of appe ! tite. for what laboring man enjoys lat? ter and more wholesome food? Hi* fowl must be well cooked, for no bad cooks are allowed in the navy. Where a cook is incompetent he is reported, for Jack Tar's stomach must be kept I In a healthy condition if our ships are 1 to be manned with a sturdy lot of sail j ors. His food must lie of the best qual? ity, for it is no secret that Uncle Sr.tr demands the best article in the market and gets it-Gunton".? Magazine. Av i)Ll CHURCH BELL ll CAME F OM L?S30N fi ND HANGS IN A NANTCW.CET CHURCH. 1'L*: 5to?*y of ?t.? Parclmae by Captata Cia*b? ii uti lix Transportation to This Conairy-A A ery Good Cloei? and a Very Fine Bell. Beneath Hie outlook iu a Nantucket eburcb is the belfry, in which swines the "old Spanish bell." Knowing tfcat this is now :t Unitarian church, the vis? itor will bc surprised to see a Catholic cross on thc bell. If he could read Por? tuguese and had not previously ac? quainted himself with the history of thc bell he would be still more sur? prised at the inscription on it. The translation of this inscription is as fol? lows: "To the Good Jesus of the Moun? tain the devotees of Lisbon direct their prayers, offering Him one complete set of six bells, to call the people to adore him in his sanctuary. Jose Domingos Dacos?a has made it in Lisbon in the year 1S1?." Of course the bell must have au interesting history to account for this inscription. That history is briefly as follows: A plague was raging in Lisbon and certain people in that city prayed to the Virgin Mary for the cessation of the plague ind vowed to place a set of six bells iu. the Church of the Good Jesus of the Mountain if their prayers were heard. "The Mountain" is the name of a certain district in the city of Lisbon in which there is a very ven j erable church called as above. Shortly after this 1 lie plague ceased, and, ac ? cepting this as the answer to their : prayers, these devotees of Lisbon pro? ceeded to fulfill their vows. The work of casting these six bells was intrusted to Jose Domingos Dacosta, the best bell founder in Lisbon. The six bells had been cast, the mas? ter's labors had been crowned with success, when Captain Clasby of the Nantucket whaling fleet chancoti to visit Lisbon. He had long wished to buy a bell for use in his native town. In company with Captain Cary he visited the bell foundry of Jose Do? mingos Dacosta. Captain Cary, it seems, was ii connoisseur in bells. Da? costa applied the lever to one bell after another as Le struck each to ascertain its peculiar tone or tone quality, but each time Captain Cary sak'. "That will not do." At last Dacosta raised and struck the bell whose history we are describ? ing. Captain Cary was delighted with the result. "Ah, Clasby," he said, "you need look no further. That's the bell you want. She is a beauty. She sounds on B "Well, sir," remarked Dacosta, "we consider that to be the finest bell that we have in our foundry." At first Dacosta demurred and could not see his way clear to selling the bell, since it belonged to the set of chimes designed for the Church of the Good Jesus of the Mountain and was appropriately inscribed and all, but Captain Clasby would have no other. Finally Dacosta decided, since the bell had not yet been consecrated and sinco he could cast another to take its place, that it would be all right to sell. So Captai a Clasby bought the bell, and it was brought to Nantucket by Captain Cary, whose vessel was going home first. In Lisbon, just before ho set sail, Captain Cary heard of thc dec? laration of war with Great Britain, for it was now thc year 1812. On the way over they were spoken by a Brit? ish sloop of war. Fortunately the Brit? isher had been at sea for some time and had no1; yet heard of the declara? tion of war. "The commander asked Captain Cary the news, but Captain Cary says lue took especial pains not to tell all he knew. If he had told, our precious boil would probably never have seen Nantucket. It might now be either at the bottom of the sea or it might be swinging in the tower of some English church. . The bell .vas landed in Nantucket and placed in the store cellar of Sam? uel Cary, where it remained until ISL;, when it was purchased aud placed iu the tower where it now hangs. About $500 was given for the bell-the society paid about $350 and the rest wes raised by subscription. Even some Friends ar Quakers subscribed. % After the b?il had been in use a little while the agents of the historic Old South church in Boston heard of it. and they sent a letter lo the agents of the ?South church in Nantucket, saying that they had a very good clock in their tower, but no hell; that they had heard hat the South church in Nantucket lad a very lino bell, and they would ?ike to know for how much the heil could be bought. The Nantueketers replied that they had a very fine hell in their tower, but no clock: that they had heard that the Old Sent h church had a very line tower (lock, and that they would like te know the price of the clock. The agents offered to pay $1 n pound for the bell. Since the bell weighs J.575 pounds, ibis would have made the price -SI..".", making a net profit of .$1.075 :ii?ove the price paid for the bell ami $1.225 above the amount contrib? uted by the society. It seems that the old Nantueketers must have had some sentiment sifter nil and were not purely mercantile in their spirit. If the Nantueketers had agreed to sell, MS they might have done, our bell would probably be linnging in Hie his? toric tower af Old South church i:i Posion ioil:?y. Thal tuijrht b:ive been H great honor for the bell, but it would have been a irreal deprivation for Nan? tucket. Moreover, ii would ?tow be srKMtding its lime ?II elegant leisure in? stead of being a very useful bell wh"?re ll is. Thc history (lf this hell is Irk* a veritable parable of human hiv. '.'.<.' possibilities which occur in the history of tie* ;?...! r 'mimi n< nf the possibilities which a hon Ml lu every life. -Cor. S.:??*in?fieM Iiepublican. The hk'hesi shot rower i:t th ? worM li in Villaeh. \us'~*n. ilij!! <:s fron: tie -..,(... } ,V.., M L . , ,-..(.F ! GERMAN WORK PEOPLE. Their Ain u nemer :* Are Few and Mo*tl> Confix <rd to Snnilay. Amusements pl..,.- a comparatively small part In the lives of Germ..n \v?ck people, and such as they have ar . most? ly confined to Sunday. Carnes have not taken hold cf them; they go to no football or cricket matches, although there are matches, and other classes iu Germany show a growing taste for games and sports. I went to see a football match between Dusseldorf and a neighboring manufacturing town. A similar match anywhere in manufac? turing England would have attracted from 10,000 to 20,000 sons of toil, who would have shouted themselves hoarse from beginning to end. At the Ger? man match not one put in an appear? ance. When I left the field toward the close of the game the spectators, who had slowly increased during the after? noon, numbered exactly sixty-five. They were not workingmen, and they show? ed no excitement whatever. They played the association game, not very well. The national game in Germany is kegel, a kind of skittles, and it is played at public houses, but not by workingmen or seldom by them. They play cards sometimes, but not a great deal. In short, games may be ruied out as an item in industrial life. Thea? ters and music halls count for more, but for nothing like so much as in Eng? land and in America. They are less numerous in proportion to population and are only visited by 4he working classes to a limited extent on Saturday and Sunday.-Detroit News and Trib? une. HERBERT SPENCER. He "Was a Great Phrane 3laker end Had Sonic Odd Way?. Herbert Spencer was .no linguist. Because of eye strain which affected his health he did not even know Ger? man. His pamphlet on education was, however, translated into fifteen lan? guages, including Japanese. Spencer was a great phrase maker. It was he who popularized the word "evolution" and explained one,of the phases of the Darwinian doctrine as "the survival of the fittest." Ile also introduced Comte's coined word "so? ciology." He was a bachelor and long lived in boarding houses. Finally he set up an establishment of his own, where he could have about him people of his own choosing. A favorite relaxation in his later years was to sit in the open doorway of his house and listen to a piano played in a distant apart? ment. He had the player trained. A thump of his stick was the signal for her to stop, another thump for the mu? sic to proceed where it broke off. Spencer was fond of playing billiards. Once at Brighton he invited a smart youth to a game. The philosopher had four strokes and scored two while the youth ran out. Mr. Spencer put away his cue with deliberation and said to his opponent: "A moderate degree of expertness in a game of skill is agree? able and even creditable. Such dexter? ity as you show is evidence of a mis? spent youth. Good afternoon." Drinking; Healths. This was a Roman custom. The drinking was accompanied by some such words as "Here's to myself," "Here's to rou" and "Herc's to I shan't say who." The ancient Greeks also drank healths. When Theramerus was condemned to drink hemlock he said, uHoc pulcro Critia?." The ancient Saxons also had the same custom. Hengist invited King Vorti gern to a banquet to see the new levies. After the dishes were removed Rowe? na, the beautiful daughter of Hengist, appeared before the scene holding in her hand a golden cup full of wine. She then made obeisance and said, which in modern English means, "Lord king, your health." The king drank and replied. "Here's to you." The Greeks handed the cups to the person they toasted and said, "This to thee." Our custom of holding out the cup comes to us from ancient Greece. American Queen. Thistles. In the fourteenth century thistles were used as food for cattle, and they were considered as a crop. In the old priory of Lindisfarne there is a note in the archives of 3344-45 of thick leather gloves required for the harvest? ers of the thistle crop. It is curious that, though the thistle is the emblem of Scotland, the Scot never seems able to say which kind of thistle is the true national emblem, lt is said that a thistle which resembles Carduus mari? anus was figured on the old coinage of the daj' of Janies V.. who was first tc put thistles on the Scotch money. The horn spoons sold in Edinburgh some? times have little silver thistles on the ena of the handles. What Did Sh? Mean? Kitty-Do you think Nellie Breese is real nice? Bessie- I don't know. Why? Kitty-1 told her Fred Simmons gave me a very Haltering compliment, and she said any compliment that >'red could give me must be flattering.-Bos? ton Transcript. The Dominant Janitor. Mrs. McCall-And what did you say your eldest boy's full name was? Mrs. De Coursey-Michael Brannigan De Coursey. Mrs. McCall-Well-cr-that's rather odd. Mrs. De Coursey-Yes: but. .von see, when he was born we were living in a fiat and we didn't want to move out. Mr. Michael Brannigan was the jani? tor.-Philadelphia Press, Tlie Same llrand. "1 really must send the cook away. George: she uses such dreadful lan gnnjrc sometimes." "What kimi of language, dear?" "Well-oh. thc same ;:s you use. yon kuftw!" Brooklyn I.i fr. KEYS OF THE BASTILLE. These Historic Relit*? of Old Peri* Own-.-d by an /. ct erica?. Thc keys which locked tue great gates of the Bastille at the time of its fall have been in America'for a num? ber of y eji i's. For nearly a cen tu ry they reinained in the possession of tho family ol' the Frenchman who took them from the famous prison, though they have recently come into the pos? session of an Englishman living in Quebec. When the mob stormed the prison ou Jilly 14, 1780, a Parisian. Carrier Lechastel, is said to have been the first to rush over the drawbridge as it fell. It was he. at any rate, who over? took a fleeing jailer and took the keys from him. The mob immediately stuck the keys on the end of a spike, and an immense throng paraded with them through the streets. They were con? sidered one of the most valuable tro? phies of the revolution. Lechastel kept the keys, and they remained in his family until 1859. when a descendant of the family emi? grated to America, taking them with him. Eventually the keys were sold to John Hamilton of St. Louis, who kept them for twenty-five years, ex? hibiting them from time to time, when they were sold to a Canadian. One of the keys was obtained in France by General Lafayette and was presented by him to George Washing? ton a year or two before his death. It hangs in the mansion at Mount Ver? non and has Ueen seen by thousands of visitors there. The keys at present are very old and rusty. The largest of them is twelve inches long and is quite hea%y. The smallest is of fine workmanship, the socket being shaped like the ace of clubs, and is supposed to have belong? ed to the treasure rooms. This and an? other key measure six inches in length, while the other two are about ten inches and much heavier.-Washington Times. Really Antique. An excellent plaster of paris cast may be seen in one of the Egyptian galleries of the British museum of the famous sycamore statuette known as the "Shcikh-el-Beled," or "Village Sheikh." The original dates from 3900 I?. C. aud is still in perfect condition, although it is the oldest known speci? men of wood carving. It represents an overseer of the workmen engaged in building the pyramids close to Sakka rao, where it was discovered.-London News. Killing Sharks by Electricity. In the British navy the engineers have a curious way of killing sharks. They seal up a dynamite cartridge in an empty can andx put the can inside a lump of pork. The pork is thrown overboard on a w.re which has been connected with an electric battery. When the shark takes the bait, the engineer presses a button, which ex? plodes the cartridge and kills the fish. Willing to Waive That. "Miss Angeline," began the poor but proud young man, "if I were in a posi? tion to ask you to be my wife" "Good gracious, Mr. Throgson!" she exclaimed. "In a position? Tho idea! Do you think I would want you to get down on your knees?"-Exchange. When a man is determined to rise in the world, it is better not to interfere with him too much. IC his purpose is righi, he will be a dangerous wrestler. ?-Schoolmaster. A Shari* Dig*. Mrs. Buxom-That hateful Mrs. Knox made a very mean comment up? on my age today. Mr. Buxom-Did she say you were getting old? Mrs. Buxom-Xo, indeed! She said I "still looked quite young."-Exchange. Ii en peek ed. "Hi Peck hed ter git out o' bed *n' mail a letter fer thet sharp tongued wife o' hisn." '.Pore feller! Driv from piller ter pos'!"-Princeton Tiger. l p ai Mjrht. Parke-Does your baby keep you np nights? Laue-I should say so. Why. I haven't been home before midnight fora month. -Life. Pitting:. "What's your idea in beginning wi;!, pie .'ind eating your dinner backward?" "My stomach's upset."-Cornell Wi.i ow. ill fortune never crushed that m. whom good fortune deceived not.-B .Jonson. BB PRIDE OF NOF 5-YEAR OLD C Direct From Dlsti The public has lit*? tntthfxriclaimsofun.se t:i?tillcrs. We com nu the most rigid exam in We art- the largest Whiskies iu the ['nil Carolina thai guarant' smallest. We are <>:ie direct from the I)i>tili alike the possibilities Middleman. We ship 'Priile of securely packed ir. pla your order reaches us. .I Jul! tjuart 1 doz. tull i .J doz full t 4doz lull ' Plots and hall' pint 1 ti? 41; ^a?lons, <*?.3tl packing. l.et the almve 6gn\ Mean, thieving "bust-] this old Honest Hand-; what your father used anything you ever had return thc goods and y mail. The D. I J.af SeJisbury. Reference!: First Nat Dun or B THE SLED BOAT. insren'ous Combination Devised TOT tac Fire Island Life Savers. Tho life savers attached to Unete Sam's stations on Fire island encoun? tered great difficulties ard dangers in crossing the Great South bay to ti? Long Island shore, either by water craft or iee craft. Still, naturally enough, they had a longing to visit family and friends wk2n the great Is? land sea was choked with drift ice or partly frozen over. These ingenious people long ago realized the needs c? a vehicle capable of traveling on eitbet ice or water safely, and years ago they launched the first "scooter," a boat con? structed to travel on boin ice and in water. It was a small boat, made fast to a sled, which was pushed on the Ice and rowed on the water. This crude mode of travel, with the wind against or across the boat, made the trip one of tremendous exertion. ?n the course of time a sail was tried, at first square rigged and very small, but it was used only when the wind was fair. Then a special boat was built which was par? tially decked, and the sled was made lighter until at last the scooter of the present day came about, With nothing left of the sled but the bottom of the runners, shod with iron, or, better still, as experience has shown,, with brass. And so has developed the wonderful scooter of the Long Island lakes an-; bays, a swift iceboat that will sail In the water and from one element to the other quickly without a jar.-Exchange. GOLD NUGGETS. The Process In Nature by Whick They Are Formed. That gold is formed from solution is generally recognized. The miner re? ceives the theory because it explains the making of gold to him, but he 01 ten wonders how it is done, so here IS what has been seen: Daintree once pre? pared a solution of gold and left in it a small piece cf metallic gold. Acci? dentally a small piece of wood fell inte the solution. Thc solution decomposed, the gold assumed a metallic state and collected and held to the small piece of undissolved gold, which increased in size. Another investigator heard of this and made a dilute gold solution, in which he immersed a piece of iron pyrites and left it there a month. He added also organic matter, and at the month's end the pyrites were covered with a film oi" metallic gold. Pyrite* and galena were next tried, and each was- covered with gold. Gold, copper pyrites, arsenical pyrites, galena and wolfram v. ere'alsc tried, with similar results. Metallic precipitates were tried, and while they threw down the gold as a metallic powder they did not cause it to cohere nor to plate any of the substances tried. Organic mat? ter thus seemed the necessary chemical agent. Through the wood used in these experiments gold was disseminated in fine particles. Imagine these experi? ments conducted by nature through ages and the result comd be a nugget. -Mines and Minerals. The Coote Approved. Out in Columbia road lives a gentle woman ot' ample mean?, who recently advertised for a cook. The establish 1 mont is entirely in accord with an ex? cellent social position, but is by no means pretentious, so when a well rec? ommended cook called and mentioned her pri?e as ?43 a month the lady oS the house answered that a wage of that: figure was quite out of die question. The cook dwelt a little cu her su? perior ability in the matter cf gettim;, up smart luncheons and dinners, but the mistress of the house answered that she wouldn't think for a moment-, of paying $40 for a cook. The chef lady rose to depart. She was perfectly affable, and the gentlewoman's deter ? mination evidently impressed her as most commendable. "I see how it is,*' she said approv? ingly. "You arc trying to live within your income."' And she departed, doubtless to find somebody who isn't making that cf fort.-Washington Post. --ii Kean and Maoready. When Edmund Kean and Maeready, intense rivals, played in the same pieces at Drury Lane it was usual tc consult them in the course of the even? ing i'.s to what they would appear in next. One night when the prompter was sent to ask Mr. Maeready what he would play with Mr. Kean the great tragedian frowned upon him till he blushed. -Sir.*' he roared, "how should I knew what the man would like V j play?" The prompter retired to seek I the desired information from Mr. Kean. "Sir." said Mr. K^an sharply, "how should I know what the fellow can play?"' ?TH CAROLINA ORN WHISKEY_g Ilory to Consumer. Ex-resr- Pr<*pr?id ".\ frequent?v misled tw exirnvr-gai.t ami un? rapa lous dealers who ! iv*?cui thcms?-*ve> ss .nd this fact to vow ?.??iv :?!. t: dei ..nd ??< ?lt at ion of our et:*tm di>tiller? and distributers e.?" .>;>' .? \-. C. Cons ;eti States an?! the only cviK-ern in North rcs r\rrv package, from thc 'arftCst to thc ot*thc ri--it rirms in N. C. to furnish whiskey lery ti? thc Consumer \ on lhere y avoid of Adulterations and the Profits of thc North Carolina". Express charges prepaid, lin case so n?? one can teil contents same ?lay at thc following price?: <. ii icc Iv Iat<clcd, pt r ?-a?e |ts " ' " <S.(M) ?ts. .. C9.00 ?2 ]>ts. . $?(J.0U ts titled with cork rings In .?v^s hold from per gallon. No extra charge for ji'.Rs or :es on North ?aro!ina\s Ttcsl ia">k lo you. head" stn?T will cost you more. Tiya case of Made Corn and it will give \on a taste of to enjoy. If you don't find it better than in your life and are not more than please**, our money will come back to you by fir*t Yours to command, -u Arey Distilling Co. aycttc and Green Streets . , NortK Caroline?. ional Rank, of Salisbury. N. C. radstrcet Mercantile Agencies. ?T