Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. VSW8Y LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. IMbu of Interest From ?II Parts of ftumtcr mail Adjoining Counties. KOTICB TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your letters to that tluy vlll Sea oh this ortiee not later than lion day when intended for Wednesday's Bsptr and not later than Thursday 4sr Saturday's issue. This, of course, supplies only to regular correspond eojos. In case of items of unusual sows value, send in Immediately by SaoJl. telephone or telegraph. Such savers stories are acceptable up to the hour of going to press. Wednesday's paper is printed Tuesday afternoon ?sad Saturday's paper Friday after WISACKY. Wlsacky. April 10 ?It la late, but not too late to tell of the beautiful Kantor service at St. Luke'i church. The church was filled with M Intelli? gent and refined audience. Decorat ?4 In tho most artistic style, wl.h ejvergreen. lllllee and other beautiful flower*. The whole exercise was con? ducted by the Sunday school children, under the direction of Mltis Lottie DesChamp. The whole school en? tered the church in alngle ills. The hoys up one aisle and the girls up the other alale. all were dresed In pure white and tinging sn appropriate song, accompanied by the or.tan, pre? sided over by Miss Anna belle Du Rant. our accomplished organist. The musle by the choir was of the highest order. Our pastor not being obi* to attend. Rev. H. R. Murchlson of Blshopvllle made an excellent ad? dress which closed the service. At 7:10 p. m.. the Wells Sunday school celebrated Easter with a slm ftmr service under the efBclent train? ing and direction of Miss Jessie Play? er, one of our m ot charmlgg young and was a grand success. Pi Friday marked the seventh berth day of Minnie S. Oreen and DuRant. Jr. Being friends and ibora, they Invited all of their friends to Join them in a party sit Mr. T. D. DuRant's home. Quite ? number accepted, each bringing an ssaosptable present. They were noon engaged In childish play and amuse ssonu until called to enjoy the re? freshments provided for the occasion spacious dining room was hand ?ly decorated with ferns, ever* >n* and flowers and darkened and Illuminated with candles, lamp* snsd wax tapers. Seven tapers on eoch cake were used to express their The cotton crop la about planted, of It up. Oats are doing nicely sod promise well. We have good stands of corn. And toe most ct mlng westher. LYNCHBURG. Ljmchburg. April 10.?Mise Annie M. Miller, who hsa been In this town ow an extended visit to her brother. Mr. John M. Miller, for quite a while, after a long Illness breathed her last today about II m. Miss Miller, though of quiet and estremety modeat manner, made many friends in this place. She wa3 70 years old. and her home was In Bennett* vl lie. She will be Interred Orrow st her old home. SMITH VILLE. aithvlHe. April 20.?Cotton plant will soon be over. Quite a num planted the larger portion of their crop Isat week. Others planted their entire crop. Mrs. H. E. Robertson spent Satur? day olght and Sunday with Mrs. Tom Caughman. Dr. Foxworth and family spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Robsrtaon. Mr. J. W. Weldon passed through this burg Isat Frtdsy. Mr B. H Hatfield was in Camden Haturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Robertson spent Hund.iv with Dr. and Mrs. Foxworth. DALZELL. Dalsell. April It.?Ws are having beautiful spring weather and all na? ture seems to have put on its new spring suit. I don't think any sea? son of ths yesr will compare with opting for beauty. The woods and the fields have a new awakening. The young ladles and and young men. aa well as a good many of th? older onsa, were out yesterday in their new apring aults, all looking their be*t and all aeemed to be enjoy? ing the beautiful day. The farmera are now rushing their work. Some have flnlehed planting cotton, while othera have Just com raced. We see e??mo cotton up IS stand. C??rn la generally up to a atand and Is looking well. OStfl are doing well, he members of Tlrznh church hove been having the < bur, h rOSOTSr* od and som* other repairs done on the building lately. Thsrs is a part of the lumber and hrlcka on the new Methodist hureh lot st Dalsell to commence the build log The building committee hope to soon have all the necessary material on the ground to commence Un? building. The protracted meeting at Horeb Baptist church last week was well attended. The pastor was assisted by Rev. Mr. Huggins, whose sermons were highly complimented. Rev. S. F. Whltlock was at his best yesterday, and preached a good sermon at Providence to an attentive congregation. Mrs. H. L. Scarborough, of Sumter, visited Col. and Mm. W. D. Scar? borough on Saturday. Mr. Rrlgman, our popular railroad agent, went to Sumter on Satur? day afternoon. He goes right often on Saturday. Guess he has some at? traction down there. Messrs. W. S. Boykin and H. B. Boy kin were In Sumter taking In the Carnival on Saturday. MAX. Max. April 22.?Misses Vlvie and Destle Brocklngton, while on their way to Lake City last Wednesday driving a gentle horse, wan frighten? ed by the horse dashing olf in a run Just as they were entering a bad place in the road. Fortunately they were in calling distance of gent leinen ae qualntenances and It was found that broken harness and muddy hats and cloaks were the worst damages. Rev. B. K. Truluck's lecture last Friday night at the close of Miss An? nie Brocklngton's school was made up of the sublime and ridiculous and was entertaining and laughable. He gave Illustrations of how to keep wrinkles at bey; that worry had kill? ed more than the Spanish-American war; that when other nationalities wanted to go to a better place they came to our beautiful America and If Americans go to a better place they go to heaven. Several accidents happened around here recently. A young man walking In the dark, struck his face against some projection and was hurt. A girl mounted a horse intending to take a ride. The horse went off on a run and she was thrown oX sprain? ing one of her ankles. One little boy fell on a snag and was seriously hurt. Another little boy fell against a pitchfork which stuck In his leg and he had to have help be? fore he could get It out. All are do? ing well. John Mac Truluck Is convalescing from a severe spell of meaales. Mr. Oeo. Graham's children have measles. Mr. J. C. Truluck went to Black River Tuesday and brought back a lot of fine shad and other llsh. The blossom;*, greenery, and the balmy air, brings to mind that every? thing Is lovely and only man Is vile. Cotton Is coming up rapidly. Tobacco la set. STATEBURG. Stateburg. April 20.?Seldom, if ever, has there been a more beautiful marriage In Stateburg, than was cele? brated on last Tuesday, when Miss Julia A. Holmes and Mr. Francis Bar? ton Harris were united in that holy bond of matrimony. The ceremony was to have been at the historic old church, but owing to the Indisposition of her mother, il was held at "Brookland," the home of her parents. The rooms were gorge? ously decorated with roses of every hue; carnations and amilax arranged b> the artistic hands of her sisters, and it looked indeed, a veritable cu pid's bower, where naught but love and happiness could be found Promptly at 12 o'clock the strains of Lohengrin were heard, played by Miss Emma .T. Barn well, and from the west room her two sisters, IflMOfl Amelia and Annie Holmes, marched in and took their places at the left of the pretty footstools, bedecked with ribbon and lace, where the expectant bride and groom were to kneel for the final blessing. Then Mr. and Mrs. Holmes came In, and following them, the bride upon the arm of the groom, both calm and collected. Mr. Harnwell, the rector, stood In his im? maculate robes, ready to receive them, and In the presence of a few friends, the two were made one. The bride was attired In a lovely lingerie' and lace directolre gown, with veil and orange blossoms. She carried a boquet of exquisite white carnations, ferns and satin ribbon. The groom wore the conventional wedding suit of black. The short but beautiful MftOMMiy Vtl soon over. I and congratulations were shower* .1 upon them by all present. Delightful cake anl wine was served by fair hands and Mr. Barnwell gave an np pioprlate tonst to the newly wedd.-d couple, |0 which every one add- d their boot wishes. The presents of sliver, cut glass Jew. dry and 1 tie *a bia. WOfO many and hand-ome. They were most beautifully displayed in the reception room among ? wealth ?f roses. As tb?-re was to ?.?? | roooptlotl that iftornooA, Um g u est s nil left with ? WWCtt i ??membranot (,f Ulf beautiful .??one they bad Just witnessed and a fervent hope thaf their future llVOI ?.vould never have a shadow of a ?are. Mr. and Mrs. Harris remain? ed for a few days with her parent" and left for Thomasville, Ga., where they expect to reside. Those who were present at the 04 lemony were: Mrs. W. H. Barn ell, Miss Emma E. Barnwell, Mrs. W. R. Flud. Miss Tillie Flud, Mr. and [rs. DeSaussure Bull, Mrs. James S. Pickney and Mrs. A. S. Flud. DARK CORXFJt. Dark Corner April 22.?it's warm nd dry here today, rain is greatly eeded as the gardens ere suffering. egetables are withering for the want f moisture, and then we are needing rain to moisten the ground, so our cotton can come up. Some farmers are done planting cotton while others have not started to plant. Mrs. Blanding Ardis was bitten by heir own dog, which was supposed to have been mad, last Thursday night, he 15th. The dog was killed by Mr. Ardis. Mr. Ardis carried his wife to Dr. Sally at Pinewood Friday morn ng who advised him to either send his wife to the Pasteur Institute or send for the Dr. Koon treatment So he sent for the treatment on Fri? day morning and received it Sunday morning. Dr. Birnie of your city, was here ast Thursday night In his automobile on a visit to Geo. W. Mackey, colored. Mackey died Friday night. He was a hard working, honest negro, so far as I knew, and one far above the average In intelligence. All of our sick are better. A Presbytery met at Pinewood last Sunday night, the 18th, and organiz? ed the Pinewood Baptist church witlt thirty-three members. The Presbytery consisted of Dr. T. M. Bailey, of Greenville, chairman; Rev. Wm. Haynsworth, of Bethel, Priva? teer, secretary; Revs. J. N. Tolar. of Summerton, M. J. Kizer, of Pax ville, with Deacons W. E. Kolb, H. H. Wells and W. E>. Lynam, of Bethel ; J. J. Broadway and W. L. Tisdale, of Paxvllle and Louis Broadway, of Homebranch. Rev. J. X. Tolar was elected pastor, and Brother Silas B. Kolb, clerk of the church. At the next meeting election of deacons will be held. Dr. Bailey said that made the one hundred and ninety-second church he had assisted In organizing in the last twenty-four years in this State, and that there was one hun? dred and twenty-three thousand white Baptists in tihs State. A pretty large family isn't It. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Osteen and daughter, Miss Eunice, of the Syca? mores, and W. J. Ardis, of Elm Hill, attended the organizing at Pinewood Sunday night. W. J. Ardis visited Mr. L. A. Gra? ham at Pinewood last Sunday even? ing. It was my privilege to hear a fine sermon by the Rev. Waddy Duncan of your city, at the Methodist church In Pinewood, last Sunday evening at 4 o'clock. There were fine congregations at the Methodist church and at the organa Iton of the Baptist church in Pine? wood Sunday evening and night. Dr. Bailey preached at the Baptist church Sunday night and Calvaiy Sunday a. m. Three Sf.Lb -<hs Each Week In T?n;ie Morocc? Is a eonutr; of many Rot bathi. Tilt first three dA.ve 1 spent h 7nnrdr?r were nil Sabbaths. Arrlvln on a Thursday ntfrbt. the next day v.;v Friduy. the Mohammedan Sabbath w'llcb W?S followed by the Jewlftl1 Sabbath?the Hebrew element In Tail clor 1? con IdcruLl? s'.nd strict In r ? Mtrious observant* and thnt in turv by the Christian f'unday. Subsequent comparison, however, revealed little difference between an." days of tbt week. On the Mohi ivnedan Sabbath a black flag is hoisted on the minarets st the prayer of dawn. Instead of the white flus tint announces the time 0! devotions on Other flays. It remain.' up until the middle of the forenoon by which time everybody is supposed to have found out what day It ls. New York Tost Odd Blander*. Anthony Trollope was heartily laugh ?d at by his acquaintances for causlnj Andy Scott to "come whistling up tht ?treet with a cigar in his mouth." Bui what Is n slight error of this sort it comparison with Amelia B. Edwards description in "Hand and (I lore" 0? her hero "passing backward and for ward like an overseer 00 a Mass* ?huaetts cotton plantation." ta This the Avernjre Mnnf The average mnu Is still Jealous 01 his helpmeet and partner. His ideal at heart is still the farmyard coca, strutting nbout with all his worshipful hens around him. He Is willing to find them nice little bits, but they must not be nblo to find them for themselves.? London Saturday Review. Stuck to It. Ilcr nusbaud?If a man steals, no matter what it Is, he will live to re gret it. Ills Wife?During our court? ship you used to steal kisses from me. Qer Husband -Well, you heard what 1 said. Easy. Jack?Tht fortune teller said 1 would marry a blond Belle -Did she snj how soon? Jack?In six mouths. Bell (eojrlyi 1 can easily be a blond by tbni ?hue. .lac':.-sketch. Any man may make a mistake None but a lool will stick to It. Sc< Ond thoughts are la?st. as the proven say?.?CUc??. Poor Air and Poor Living. When Jim Bridger, the one time fa? mous scout of the plains, grew old he thought he would like to retire from the somewhat arduous life of a plains? man nnd settle down to the ease of "the east" which to him meant Mis? souri. So he used his best endeavor to find a competent man to fill his place and went buck to Mlssourt. A year or two passed, and one day Captain Russell, the commandant of the post which Bridger had left, was surprised to see the old scout heave in sight When he came in the cap? tain asked: "Well, Bridger, what brings you back here?" "Captain," said Rridpor, "I want to go back to scouting agnin." "Indeed? Why, I thought you had settled down In the east for the rest of your life!" "WTell, cairn, I'll tell you how it is. I went back to old Missouri, and if you'll believe it they've got a railroad station within ten mile o* the old place ?yes, sir, a railroad station! And. what's more, they've got a ranch now In every four mile. I tell you what cap'n, the air ain't pure down there no more!" 'Is that possible? But I thought you'd like the good things to eat they have down there. You like good things to eat. I remember." "Good things to eat! Why. cap'n, I didn't have n br'iled beaver tall the whole time I was there!" The First Cookbook. To the Romans belong the honor of having produced the first European cookery book, nnd. though the author? ship is uncertain, it is generally attrib? uted to Caelius Aplcus, who lived un? der Trajan, 114 A. D. Here are two recipes from this ancient collection: "First for a sauce to be eaten with boiled fowl, put the following Ingredi? ents Into a mortar: Aniseed, dried mint and Infer root Cover them with vine? gar, add dates and pour in liquamen (a distilled liquor made from large fish which were salted and allowed to turn putrid In the sun), oil and t small quantity of mustard seeds. Reduce all to a proper thickness with sweet wine warmed, and then pour this same over your chicken, which should previously be boiled In aniseed water." The second recipe shows the same queer mixture of ingredients: "Take a wheelbarrow of rose leaves and pound in a mortar; add to it brains of two pigs and two thrushes boiled and mixed with the chopped up yoke of egg, on, vinegar, pepper and wine. Mix and pour these together and stew them steadily and slowly till the per? fume Is developed."?Chambers' Joorv Dal Which Foot Walks Faster? You may think thi3 a very silly ques? tion to ask. bat It lent It Is a simple, demonstrable fact which you can prove to your own satisfaction In a very few minutes. If you will take a pavement that is clear, so that there will be no Interference, and walk brisk? ly In the center, you will find that be? fore you have gone fifty yards you have veered very much to one side. Yon must not make any effort of course, to keep in the center, but If you will think of something and endeavor to walk naturally you cannot keep n direct line. The explanation of this lies In the propensity of one foot to walk faster than the other, or one leg takes a longer stride than the other, causing one to walk to one side. You can try an experiment In this way by placing two sticks about eight feet apart then stand of! about sixty feet blindfold yourself and endeavor to walk between thorn. You will find it almost impos? sible. Why Not Bo an Egotist? There is much mistaken sentiment as to the slit of egotism. The fact is ego? tism is not a sin. On the other hand, it is somewhat of a virtue and au in? dispensable element in all real prog? ress. Some phases of egotism are un? pleasant to the beholder and unfor? tunate for the possessor, but if all of self love. or. rather, the love of other people's admiration and good will, were to be extinguished there would be little to hold society together and less to give impetus to the great enterprises which spring from Individual thought nnd culminate in personal profit?Les? lie's Weekly. The Jews and Thirteen. Commeutlng on the thirteen super? stitions In the Oestereicbisue Wochen schnift, Jacob E. Ehrlich, a Jewish writer, says: "The number thirteen Is surely not a bad one for us. The holy writ tells of the thirteen attri? butes of the Most nigh, and we have thirteen feast days in each year. Our gnat arch enemy, Hainan, was hang? ed on the 13lh of Abas. The thirteenth birthday of our sons is a day of Joy because ou that day the child becomes a member of the religious community. The dream of Joseph was of thirteen ?the sun, the moon and eleven stars-? and Jacob had thirteen children." Southern Spoon Corn Bread. Pour two cupfuls boiling water over a cupful cornmeal; cook five minutes, stirring continually; add a tablespoou ful butter, two eggs well beaten, a cup? ful milk, a teaspoonful salt; beat thor? oughly, pour Into a well greased bak? ing dish nnd bake thirty-five minutes in hot oven. Servo from the dish in which it is baked.?What to Eat Tho Word "Charlatan." "Charlatan." says a writer in the London C hronicle, "is companion to 'quack' In our vocabulary, and of this word the origin Is certainly Italian. It Is 'clarlatano,' merely a chatterer, and describes the traveling doctor In his cart who used to offer In an over? whelming torrent of talk his pills to villagers In the market place. He was a dentist as well as n physician and wrenched out the tooth in public. The genus Is not yet entirely extinct." Spider Cur??. In China spiders are highly esteemed In the treatment of croup. You get from an old wall the webs of seven black spiders?two of which must have the owners sitting in the middle?and pound them up in a mortar with a lit? tle powdered alum. The resulting mixture must then be set on fire, and the ashes, when squirted into the throat of the patient by means of a bamboo tube, are said to eifect a cer? tain and immediate cure. Black spiders are evidently foil of medicinal virtue, for they are largely employed in the treatment of ague as well. In Somersetshire, if one is af? flicted with the unpleasant ailment, i the way to get well Is to shut up a ! large black spider lu a box and leave it there till it dies. At the moment of its disease the ague should disap? pear. In Sussex the treatment Is more heroic; the patient must swallow the spider. Perhaps, after all, this remedy may not be so disagreeable ns it appears, for a German lady who was In the habit of picking out spiders from their webs as she walked through the woods and eating them after first depriving them of their legs declared that they were very nice Indeed and tasted like nuts.?London Chronicle. Asked Too Much. In It. F. Johnson's book, "From Pe klu to Mandalay," the author tells the story of a poor Chinese scholar noted for his piety, who heard the voice of an Invisible being who spoke to him thus: "Your piety has found favor in the sight of heaven. Ask now for what you most long to possess, for I am the messenger of the gods, and they have sworn to grant your heart's desire." "I ask/' said the poor scholar, "for the coarsest clothes and food, Just enough for my daily wants, and I beg that I may have freedom to wander at my will over mountain and fell and woodland stream, free from all world? ly cares, till my life's end. That Is all I ask."' Hardly had he spoken than the sky seemed to be filled with the laughter of myriads of unearthly voices. "All you ask," cried the mes? senger of the gods. "Know you not that what you demanded Is the high? est happiness of the beings that dwell In heaven? Ask for wealth or rank or what earthly happiness you will, but not for yon are the holiest joys of the gods." The Ungrateful Cuckoo. To bear the cuckoo's cheery note 5*00 might think be had the clearest con? science In the world. He can have nei? ther memory nor moinl sense or he would not carry ft off so gayly. We say nothing of the '*raptores," who are a race apart but the most disreputable of birds, as a rule, are guilty of noth? ing worse than peccadillos. The Jack? daw will steal fcr the mere fun of the thing, for he can make no possible use of plate or Jewelry, and sometimes un? der temptation may make a snatch at a pheasant chick. Sparrows are, of course, notorious thieves, but they rank no higher In crime than the sneaking pickpockets. But the cuckoo, so to speak. Is a murderer from his cradle. He violates the sanctity of a hospitable hearth. His first victims are his own foster brothers, and before he tries his wings on the first flight be Is Imbrued in fraternal blood, like any Amurath or Baxajet?London Saturday Review. Expected Some Cussing,. A West Philadelphia husband had Just comfortably seated himself for his after dinner cigar the other even? ing when his good wife arose and took the parrot from the room. This done, she picked up a couple of envelopes and approached the old man, all of which occasioned that gent consider? able surprise, "Mary," said he, "what in the world did you take that parrot out of the toom for?" "I was afraid that you might set him a bad example," answered wlfey. "What do you mean?" demanded the wondering husband. "I mean," answered wlfey, banding father the envelope, "that I have Just received my dressmaking and millinery bills."?Philadelphia Telegraph. The Diving Bell. The celebrated philosopher Aristotle speaks of a diving bell which was put over the head of the diver, but there is no proof of the use of the bell in ancient times. John Jaesnier, who lived In the early part of the sixteenth century, makes the earliest mention of the practical use of the diving bell In Europe. In all probability the first real practical use of the diving bell was In the attempt at rescuing the treasures of the Spanish armada off the English coast 1500 and on. Six His Limit To the mau who has a horse to sell considerable leeway is allowed in the matter of setting forth the animal's merits. "I've got the very horse you want" said Gideon Lane, the Bushby livery stable keeper, to one of the summer residents. "He has no bad tricks?" queried the gentleman. "Safe for the family?" I "Lauzee, yes," returned Mr. Lane heartily. "Any lady can drive him, and half a dozen children could get ou his back and he'd never notice 'em. Not u trick to his name." "Ah," said the summer resident, "I don't wish a horse without any spirit." "Spirit'." echoed Mr. Lane. "Well, you just ought to see him ou circus day, that's nil. And I'll tell you con? fidentially 'twouldn't be well for too ninny people to get ou that horse at once."?Youth's Companion. Overburdened With Memory. i "Your son tells me that he Is going to take lessons to cultivate his memory." "I hope not," answered Farmer Corn tossel. "He can remember every fool tune that was ever whistled."?Wash? ington Star. Another Way Out of It Nobody had ever had reasou to ac? cuse Abel Fond of being dishonest, but he was as sharp a man in a bargain ! as could be found in the county. When the building committee applied to him for a site for the new library he was ready to sell them a desirable lot but not at their price. "I couldn't feel to let it go under $000," he said, with the mild obstinacy that characterized all his dealings with his fellow men. "It wouldn't be right." "You ought to be willing to contrib? ute something for such an object." said the chairman of the committee. "If it's worth six hundred, why not let ns have it for five hundred and call it you've given the other hundred7* "M'm?no, I couldn't do that," said Mr. Pond, stroking his chlu, "but I tell you what I will do. You give me seven hundred for It and I'll make out a check for a hundred and hand It over to you. so's you can head the list of subscriptions with a good round sum and kind of wake up folks to their duty."?Youth's Companion. A Real Apology. "When the late Joel Chandler Har? ris was an editor here among us." said an Atlantan, "I called on him one day aud found him very willing to correct an error about me that crept into his columns. "We talked about newspaper contra? dictions, public apologies and the like, and 'Uncle Remus' took down a scrap book and read me an apology that was an apology indeed. It had happened, he said, in a Transvaal paper. I'll nev? er forget it. I agreed with Mr. Har? ris that it was the finest specimen of the public apology and retraction ex? tant. It ?*aid: "I, the undersigned, A. C. du Plessls. retract hereby everything I have said against the Innocent Mr. O. P. Bezulden hout calling myself an mfamous liar and striking my mouth with the exclamation: 'You mendacious mouth! Why do you lie soT I declare, further, that I know noth? ing against the character of Mr. G. P. Bezuidenhout. I call myself, besides, m genuine liar of the first class. "A. C. DU PLESSIS." His Cough Cure. "In my boyhood there came to our town/* said a clergyman, "a gentle min ister who, the very first Sunday of his Incumbency, stopped effectually his coughing congregation. "It was a congregation, too, singu? larly addicted to coughing. Rattling volleys of coughs ran over it every few minutes. The minister, indeed, that first Sunday could hardly make himself heard. He had rather a weak voice. "Well, after his sermon had proceed? ed for ten or twelve minutes, now au? dible enough, now drowned under great I waves of cough? N? t^o"; n resolution, and when the flex! outbreak Wae at its height he ceased prvaching. "At once the cougning ceased. There was a profound silence. The minister smiled. " 'My friends,' said he. It seems that when I stop you stop.' "From that day In that church they coughed no more." Queer Wedding Effigy. There is a curious custom still prev? alent in the Bellary district of India in connection with the weddiug cere? monies among certain Brahman fam? ilies. Just prior to the close of the feasting a hideous efflgy of a male figure, fantastically robed In rags, sup? posed to represent the bridegroom's fa? ther, is carried along the streets in procession under the shade of a sieve adorned with tassels of onions and margosa leaves. Every few yards dur? ing the procession the feet of the effigy Lave to be reverently washed and its forehead decorated with a caste mark ty its living spouse, the bridegroom's mother. The bridegroom's other fe? male relations have several mock at? tentions paid to them by the women of the bride's party.?St James* Ga? se tte. Restaurant Affiliation. The waiter in the light lunch cafo looked expectantly at the first of five men who had Just entered. "Bring me a coffee cake and a cup of coffee," ordered the first man. "I'll take some milk biscuit and a glass of milk," said the second. "Tea buns and a cup of tea, please," remarked the third. "A piece of cocoauut pie and a cup of \ cocoa." said the fourth. The waiter passed on to the fifth man. "Don't say it. don't say it!" he plead? ed. "I know what you want. You want a slice of chocolate cake and a cup of chocolate." "No; I do not** protested the fifth man. "I want a plate of ice cream and a glass of ice water."?Judge s Library. An Odd Legacy. Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the Jefferson family of actors, was re? membered curiously in the will of Weston, who was himself an esteemed member of Garrick's company. Wes ! ton's will contained this item: "I have played under the manage? ment of Mr. Jefferson at Richmond ! and received from him every polite? ness. I therefore leave him all my stock of prudence. It being the only good quality I think he stands in nee* of." A Source cf Jo/. "What seems to be the matter witn Mrs. Brown that she's ailing so?"* "Why, poor thing, she's got one of those newfangled diseases." "She has? My, how fortunate she Is, to be sure. Here I've had nothing more stylish than lumbago, and I'm three years older than she is."?Detroit Free Press. - Smart Set English. The speech of the smart man and woman sufficiently betrays the mod? ern attitude. To speak good English Is middle class. The modern vocabu? lary is very small, and the greater part of it is composed of slang.?Black and White.