Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. 'VflWSY LETTERS FROM Ol'It SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. om of Interval From all Pur!? of (tam<T an<l Adjoining Counties. NOTICE T< ? i OH UNDICXTS. Mall your Utters to th?t they will vch this office not later than Mon? te*? when Intended for Wednesdays an per und not later than Thursday ffor Saturday's Issue. This, of course, ??piles only to regular correspond nnce. In cam of i**ms of unusual value, send In Immediately hy 1. telephone or telegraph. Such we stories are acceptable up to the of going to press. Wednesday's Is printed Tuesday afternoon Saturday's paper Friday after WIKACKY. icky. May 4.?Not many farm of this section are getting good stands of cotton and corn, the cotton ts turning red and dying out In places. Mr. W. W. Player his ploughed up entire cotton crop, and planted r. and some few are planting a part etf their corn crop over. The rains state been general all over the county have been very beneflclak There was a slight frost Sunday the 2nd, not much damage The gardens are doing nicely. The >t for a peach crop In this see? ls very good so far. health of the community Is im graving. The family and friends, of K J. Williams, are rejoiced to saw she is improving from her re? set extreme Illness. Rev.. J. 8. Cason preached a fine raon Sunday afternoon at the Ivan sa Sunday school. Desale Smlti? of the Ivanhoe iy school was elected a delegate 9a the Sunday school convention of tony Preebytery, which meets In iter on May 4, I, I. The super lent of the school will also go 4M a delegate. public term of the Ivanhoe ?I eloaed yeaterday, and Miss Tla has been given a private school ?while. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, May 3 --Nothing ex Is going on In this corner at this We have hsd three very good since my last; so our cotton Is up nicely, though the weather rather cool for the season. Some they saw frost yesterday morn I never saw any or the sign of All of our sick are better. The Oreenland Savannah Sunday arhool has reorganised with Mr. J. M. Kolb as superintendent, and Miss Men tee K. Oeteen secretary. It has as or 10 pupils enrolled. There was m wall attended meeting of said school .yesterday. Mr. and M*s. Joe M. Ardls visited Mr. and Mrs ?enry Oeddings at Pax *ille le*t Saturday, returning home Sunday morning. Dud Weeks visited at Mr. Joe M. Ardls' yesterday. Mrs. W. J. Ardls and Mrs. Ben Oed? ding* vtnited at Mr. Hamp 3cott'a Tsaterday. I spent the 30th ult. in your city at County Hoard of Equalisation meet ana. We tried to give everyone jus? tice without regard to color or stand Whll* in your city last Friday I was kindly treated by our populur Clark of Court. L. I. Parrott. who Save me a pleasant ride behing his bay horse. A sumptuous dinner, another pleasant side around to iy brothers at 10H Haynsworth St.. of which was highly appreciated hy this unworthy scribe. I wan also treated white '*y my old friends, Mr. aad Mrs O. E. Richardson. Mr. Richardson Is one man that Is always ready to ?et up a good word for the dead. I expect he could be got |o set n* a good word for you or I Mr. Edi? tor, for a little money. If we should out before he does, inds of corn are pretty good, rh the birds have bothered us to extent. Farmern have commenced to plough corn, though some are not done planting cotton yet. while somo ready to commence to chop. But will get there Just the same for first shall be last and the last 11 be first. 8MITIIYILLE. Smlthvllle. May 4.? We have had abnn.l.inoe of rain and Indications this morning of more soon. Vegeta? tion has taken on new life and every? thing looks bright and fresh, except cotton. It shows the effect of so much tatad snd and cool days and nights. I thought perhaps we would have os'm, quiet weather when May came ist but Saturday equalled any day in March for high wind. I truly hope ft waa not a harMnget of whnt Is to fo?ow thl? ?ummer. Oats are fairly good. The dry woath ar Injured them to a large ext? rit. Mr. T. C. Robertson was more f or? dinale than his neighbors. He has about two acres of oats planted In a of wet bottom !?nd. The dry I weather didn't Injure them like tnosc on high land, consequently they are Ititastj fine. Cotton chopping has begun in earn *> t this morning. Cultivation of corn was begun last week. i ..in- correspondent from Plsgah voiced my sentiments in regard to ">o? er's" version of the whiskey sell? er. What about the sin of putting the ! < ttJe to your neighbor's mouth? The whiskey seller may flourish like a |Tt?Jfl hay tree hut nine times out of ten he dies almost, If not, a pauper. Clod's curse seems to follow him or at least It over takes him and his last days are spent In poverty. The makers of ladies' hats have out done themselves In showing lack of taste and good sense. In all my ex? perience I have never seen anything like the monstrosities called ladies' hats this season. The woman that wants something pronounced can cer? tainly get it. But what are the dis? criminating and conservative ones go? ing to do? I think the legislature will have to paas a law to force ladles to take off their hats in church. That is If we really want to enjoy preach* lng any more. Mrs. Joe Wilson and her mother, Mrs. Sal Ina White spent last Tuesday with Mrs. James Robertson. Mr. L. A. White, of Egypt, spent Thursday with Mr. S. B. Hatfleld, 8r., who is still critically 111. Mrs. W. H. Shiver Is very 111. Miss Letha McLeod, of Mlzpah, visited relatives at this place last week. Mrs. C. T. Watson, Mrs. Henry Wei? den, Miss Janie Prlvett. of Herrlots. and Mrs. Joe Wilson of this place called on Mrs. T. C. Robertson last Wednesday afternoon. WEDGEFTELP. Wedgefleld, May 4.?From what one can learn It looks like there Is no doubt about the fate of the dispen? sary when the election comes off thir summer. Most of the planters around here report good stands of cotton, and chopping will become general In a few days. The Wedgefleld boys played the orangeburg Collegiate Institute team from Orangeburg on last Thursday, and lost to them. Orangeburg 5, Wedgefleld 0. The home boys played a good game, though they had had no practice before the game and Orange? burg played two professionals against them. After the fatal second Inning Strange struck out ten men. Dr. M. L. Parier has the material on the ground and will begin the erection of his residence in a few day-. Mrs. R. A. Johnson, nee Miss Beat? rice Melley, of Birmingham, Ala., visiting relatives here. Miss Aline Whltlock, of Fort Mill. Is visiting her brother, Rev. N. O. Whltlock. Rev. F. M. Satterwhlte, of Sumter spent the da> here with friends. Mrs. Willie Jones, of Rocky Moun* X. Oh Is visiting her mother, Mrs Cleo Troutman. Miss Martha Platte, who has been teaching near Indlantown, Berkely County, has returned home much to the delight of her friends. Mrs. A. E. Aycock is visiting rela? tive?, in Columbia. MAX. Max, May 6.?Mr. Muldrow Mo Elveen and Miss Leila Oliver were married at the home and by the pus tor of Bethel church last Sunday af? ternoon. Mr. McElveen said he believed that a crowd of boys stood at Rev. True luck's on Sunday afternoon to see who would come to be married. Rev. Graves preached a tine sermon at Nazareth last Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Graham and their children have been very sick with measels, also several other chil? dren of the community Miller Sauls says says water is get? ting low in the mill bay. consequently he does not grind but throe days I week. William Xero'h wife, an aged and respected colored woman, was found dead In bed last Sunday nlrht. Cotton chopping is propres ?lng. Oats are doing well. Rabbits, moles, birds and Insects haw baai destructive to gardens this Spring, but by perseverence we will ' tl have good gardens. Cabbage and Irlnh Potatoes have ceased to be a rarity. Strawherries are enjoyed by those abO take the tremble to cultivate th*m. Mr. A. J. Goodman and his niece. Miss Mary P. HurKess went to Sumter last Monday. Mary Itee spent a very pleasant visit to her aunt, Mrs. Pearson. Messrs. M. A. Thomas and L, R. Truluek, of Ijike City, attended ser \ lees at Bethel last Sunday morn? ing. The (armor WbO sells cotton for fall delivery hurts himself and all other cotton growers. Some of the chronic baseball fans still want ball, although the town Is getting along very well without It. Woman's Curiosity. "Woman's curiosity," said Mr. Fletcher, "is n quality of mind beyond human understanding." "Yes," said Mrs. Fletcher. "What made you think of that?" "The fool actions of a woman that 1 saw downtown today, She followed o man ten blocks just to get to read a placard that was fattened to his back. Sho spotted him At Thirty-fourth street. Th?.t was realty the end of her trip?I made that out from something she said to another woman who was too fat to join in the chase?but when ehe caught sight of that flaming red poster tied to the man's back her cu? riosity got tbe betterVof her and she set out after hint. He led her quite a chase across towu and downtown and back again, but she never weakened. She tagged faithfully along in his wake, and finally she got close enough to read that notice." Mrs. Fletcher reflected a moment. "What did It say?" she asked. "It advised her to get her teeth pull? ed somewhere on Sixth avenue." Mrs. Fletcher thought again. "Where were you all the time she was trying to find that out?" "Me?" said Fletcher. "Oh, I was following the woman. I wanted to see If she finally caught up with the man." ?New York Times. The Porcelain Secret. The porcelalu industry of Germany is comparatively young, says the Berlin Morgen Post, and Its development was rapid. Although It Is generally believed that the Chinese kept their processes of manufacture secret Julian's transla? tions of their voluminous encyc lopedia show that this is not true. All who could have read the work might have known also the poroelain secret. But evidently no German fathomed the me? chanical mystery until the apothecary's apprentice Boethgar, 200 years ago, made tbe first German porcelain at Dresden. Some years before he had attracted attention by proclaiming the discovery of a method of changing base metal into gold. Hing Frederick I. gave him orders for the precious metal, which the sixteen-year-old In? ventor could not execute, and in fear he fled to Dresden and became a sub? ject of King August the Strong. While endeavoring to make gold he discover? ed the porcelain secret and Inscribed his door thus: "Into a potter was changed by Almighty God a man who thought he could make gold." A Purxle In Figures. Take any number of three different figures, as 471, under It place the same figures In reverse order, subtract the lesser number and you will find that the middle figure of the result is in? variably 0. Why It is so Is something that only the most learned mathemat? ical scholars can explain. Here is oar case worked out: Taking any number, say.471 Reversing figures.174 Subtracting, we have. 297 Further still, we can now reverse this number 297 In the same way and add the two numbers and the result will always come K'8J. Thus: Taking . 197 Reversing. 792 Adding, we have.1069 Why should the answer always come out the same? Here's something for you to work over. A Friend In Need. A speaker In the recent Shropshire (Englaud) election relates the follow? ing incident: One night be spoke in the poultry market at Whltchurch. The next morning a young man stop? ped him In the street and said: "I was looking well after you last nicht." The speaker expressed surprise at the necessity. The young man continued his story: "I saw a yo\mg man come into the meeting with his coat pockets bulging out iu a way tbat made mo suspicious. Two of us followed him In. He stood at the back of the* room, and wo stood one on each .slue of him. Gently but firmly we Dragged agltttSt him. There was a faint crackling sound of break lug eggs, and the man was out of ac? tion." Getting Even. "You are half an hour late this morning," said a schoolmaster to a scholar. "Yes, sir," replied tbe boy, who had been "kept In" the day before. "It was late yesterday when I got home!" -London Tlt-Blts. Uses For Baby Carriages. East siders in New York use their baby carriages until they literally fall apart. Of course the primary purpose Is served well and often, as the fam? ily Is generally a good sized one. Then the carriage Is used for a market and shopping wagon, being idled high with potatoes, greens, fruit and household goods of all kinds from neighboring stores and push carts. The east skier doesn't often have his thlugs ucnt home. He's not sure he would get what be had bought. Then the little boys are sent out to hover around new buildings or old ones being demolished and gather In wood to be pushed home In the baby carriage. On other occa? sions It Is piled high with garments being rushed to or from the sweatshop. Sometimes packages of laundry are delivered from It, and, again, It Is filled with coal. When It Is finally worn out It furnishes a little fuel and four hoops for the children to play with.?New York Press. Her Object Attained. "Forgive me, my dear," said the gos? sip humbly, "but I thoughtlessly men? tioned to Mrs. Brown the things that you told me lu strict confidence." "There is nothing to forgive." replied the wise woman pleasantly. Mtt was for that very purpose that I told them to you In strict confidence."?Chicago Poet Absurd Stage Businest. Theatrical production is full of ab? surdities in business. A situation is required, a situation is thrown in. It makes not the slightest difference if it be a trolley car crew of song and dance broihcrs maiming a yacht in the desert of Sahara. You have the trolley crew and the yacht, and if the scene hap? pens to be a section of the arid west where typhoons take the place of wa? terspouts? well, so much the worts foi the scene. And if the conductors col? lect fares from the sailors to carry out the business of the song. "We Are Jol? ly, Jolly Street Car Men," the audience must be prepared to submit calmly to a sandstorm Immediately following, which is necessary to bring on the wind machine and stereopticon. When a comic opera (heaven save the mark!? opened at Madison Square roof with Japanese costumes. Broadway dialogue, a Martian setting and Irish comedy there were absurdities enough to de? light a dozen stage directors.?FJenry E. Warner In Bohemian Magazine. He Couldn't See the Joke. 'The mother-in-law Joke Isn't half as funny to me as It was when I was a bachelor," said a young New Yorker to his old chnm. "I've got a pretty gocd mother-in-law myself, and she's visiting us now. That's all right too. But here's my grouch: "Whenever we go out in a bunch, as we generally do, ma grubs the baby every time we sit down?subway, ele? vated, bridge, surface or ferryboat. Just grabs the kid. you know, as if it was her private property; exhibits It in a way to everybody near by. tells the woman next to her all about how to raise children and what she's doing for this particular one; attracts gen? eral attention, you see. with my baby as a star performer and my wife and I Bitting there without a chance to say a word and looking as If we wanted to apologize for being on earth." "Don't think that* funny. eh?" said his friend. "How your sense of humor has shrunk!"?New York Globe. Running For the Car. If you feel like emulating Sherlock Holmes try your luck occasionally when you eee some one run for a street car. It's a good, easy way to deter? mine the previous training and the present occupation of the subject "You will see one fellow dash easily toward the car with a long, swinging stride that usually means athletics, but n-j special training in the sprint The old time college runuer can be picked out by the way he throws his knees in front, like a high bred trotter. Some waddle, and you must relegate them to the general category of "busy business men" whose duty to the desk has robbed them of wind and waist. Others ere gettlug more than their share of avoirdupois, but in spite of that mahacre to show you that they are not out of it by any means. To that type it is a veritable triumph to over? haul a moving car and to swing on without the assistance of the conduct? or.?Louisville Courier-Jourual. The Joys cf -ifc In Africa. You must never walk barefoot on the floor, no matter how clean It is, or an odious worm called a Jigger will enter your foot to raise n numerous family and a painful swelling. Ou the other hand, be sure when you put on boots or shoos that, however hurried, you turn them upside down and look Inside lest a scorpion, a small snake or a perfectly frightful kind of cent! ped may be lying in ambush. Never throw your clothes carelessly upon the ground, but put them away at once in a tin box and shut It tight or a per? fect colony of fierce biting creatures will beset them. And. above all, qui nine'.-Winston Churchill. M. P., in London Strand. The Telltale Hand. A writer In an English weekly de? clares that if we waut to know what the other person is thinking we must look at his or her hands. Even un practiced lips cau lie, as every one knows. Long practice in self control will enable one to keep one's voice sweetly cordial when there is nothing hut Indifference or cold dislike behind it. The eyes can be made to shoot glances which are uot at all a register for the emotions. But the hands, It Is asserted, are utterly beyond the con? trol of those to whom they belong. Evon people who hardly gesticulate at oil?and to keep the hands still Is con ildeitd by the Anglo-Saxon a most es sentlal nart of good breeding?even these people are. It seems, constantly revealing themselves in little move? ments of the hands. The immortal Mill ruuey has put It on record that a wo? man's truth or untruth can be dis? cerned by the action of her hands. Of course it takes n practiced reader to Interpret what the hands are saying. It Is not a case of "he who runs may r-iid." uovlrtK on the Inatallinrot rua An exprwssmau who called at Ninety-second street boarding house 'or two trunks was asked by the land ady where they were going. "I don't know," he said. "You seo, 1 do only half the hauling. I will taki the things to our otiice. and somebody else will take them t!;e rest of the way The boss at the desk will know the ad dress. The moving Is done on the In 'tallment plan to keep you folks here 'rom finding out where the other poo nie went. They were afraid to trust rm> with the number for fear you might worm It out of me, so they told It to lobody but the manager. Ix)ts of pea pie who move often make the trip lo sections like that. Half the time when I take a trunk away from a boarding house I don't know where It will wind up. That Is generally done when tin ?*e ?ins been a row and the folks who leave don't want to be followed. Been a lit? tle trouble here, I Imagine," he added tentatively. "Yes." sighed the landlady, "a litt:?' -New Y*rk Sun. A Civitirn of Purpose, gome jtars tt* 1 1 ' Tankt ? w !mnor tally Aro. under eoimuuud "f captain Spoonci. w:ls iHUttlllfl >:p t!:e Cmue. ti CQt river, Mr. Couistock, lbs mate, was at Iiis station forward According to his notion of things ibn * boonei was getting si '*leetle" too near certain mad flats vrhlch lay along ti!?? larboard shore. So aft US went to the captain and, with his hat cocked on one si.1..-, said: "Cnp'n Spooner. you're getting ;i lee tie too dose to thcui Hats. Ha in't yor better go aboout?" The captain glared at him "Mr. Comstoek. jest you go for'nid and tend to your part of the skur.er I'll tend to mine." Mr. Comstoek went for'ard lu high dudgeon. "Boys." he bellowed out, "see that that er mud hook's all clear for lettln' go." "Aye, aye. sir!" "Let go. then!" be roarei. Down went the anchor, out rattled the chains, and like a flash the Sally Ann came luffing Into the wind and then brought up all standing. Mr. Comstoc'v walked aft and touched his bat "Well, enp'n. my part of the skunor Is to anchor."?Everybody's. Men Should Brush Their Hair Mora. "Very few men brush their hair enough." said a downtowu barber. "Fact Most Ills of tbe scalp can be traced to that fault. You see It's this way: A man is generally In a hurry when he dresses, and he never takes time to brush his hair?simply smooths it down, generally only with a comb? and as a result daDdruff Is allowed to accumulate and trouble begins. Now. with a woman It's different A woman has to carefully brush her hair at least once a day. If she didn't It would be a pretty mess. It's very length saves her, for In brushing it each day she gets out all sorts of impurities, dan? druff and the like, all of which is for her own good. Now, that is the chief reason why fewer women suffer from dandruff than the unfortunate mem? bers of the opposite sex. and It is also the reason why the hair Is a woman's crowning glory even If she is fair, fat and forty. So brash your hair every morning thoroughly if you want to keep in the swim."?Philadelphia Record. 80 Bad as That! A young medical student who was calling upon a girl volunteered to sing and help entertain the company which arrived unexpectedly. At the end of his second solo be turned to tbe young lady and rerinrked: "I am thinking of taking vocal lessons. Do you know of a good teacter?" "Yes, indeed." was the quick reply. "I know the very one for you. nere is his address." and she scribbled the name on a >ard. giving It to the stu deut Next day l.e called up the teacher by telephone: 4 Is this the' Instructor of vocal music'" "The what 7* was the answer. "The voca teacher?" was repeated. "Naw." ca ne the reply, "I don't teach nothing. I ale saws!"?Ladies' Home Journal. Mos-. Northern Canada. Of the possibilities of extreme north ern Canada a traveler writes: "The country that one passes through from Athabasca Landing down to the Arctic Red river is full of vegetation and will, in my opinion, one day be settled. In all the miss on gardens nt the different posts that passed I saw wheat and barley growing, potatoes, lettuces, tur? nips, carrot? and every kind of vegeta? ble that one grows in one's own garden at home. The country is thickly tim? bered near the banks of the river, and there are few places In which you do not find large patches of prairie. You pass by a great outrush of natural gas. and oil Is oozing out for miles along the river bank." A Sense of Propriety. "So you stole this man's ax?" said the Judge. "Yessah. I reckons dar ain' no use tryin' tor spute de facts." "What did you do that for? He said he would have beeu perfectly willing to lend you the ax." "Yes; but you see. Jedge, dat man's on'y jes' moved In de neighborhood. 1 doesn" know him wel enough tor go ?roun' ter his house borryin'."?Wash lngtou Star. Her Limitations. ?"These pianos look too cheap," said tne young woman, her brows contract? ing bllghtly. "Show me some of the best you've got." "Yes. ma'am," said the salesman. ?May I ask how high you care to go?" "Me? Oh, I only go to G, but I want one with all the octaves Just the same,"?Chicago Tribune. The Unmaking. He (boastlngly)?It takes six genera? tions to make a gentleman, you know. She (calml. -Yes, and what a pity that It only takes one generation to un? make him!?Exchange. A Straight Tip. Customer?Quick shave, please. Bar? ber?Close, sir? Customer?See here, what business Is It of yours whether I'm close or not ? I'll tell you one thing, young man?1 don't tip. If that's what you want to know .?Puck. Then She Misted It. Wlggs?Poor old soul! She doesn't believe as much In the efficacy of pray? er as she did. Waggs-You surprise me. She lias always been so extreme? ly religious. Wlggs?Yes. but the oth? er day she got ready to go into the pfty, and then she discovered that she had onlj ten minutes In which to catch the train. So she knelt down be? fore she started and for five minutes prayed fervently that she might catch It?Catholic Standard aud Times. A One. r Flay In Itaaebsll. Here is a play in baseball that hap? pened long a?0. Perhaps ft never will hapi>eu again. Did any one erer hear of a base runner scoring from first base on a line drive that was caught by a third baseman and when the ball never left the third baseman's hand? The play happened In this way: Andy Moynihan was playing third base for the Pastimes of Chicago In 1808 when a tournament was held. The Occidm tals of Psorla were ihe opposing team. In the first iuning, with a runner on fir.^t, the butter drove a Iner straight over third. Moynihan shaved up his b.tnd, the ball struck It and stuck fast in the hand. The crowd cheered. An Instant later they saw something was wrong. Moynihan, writhing with pain, was running around Cj'.rd base. The base runner at first saw something was the matter and ran down to sec? ond. Then he ran to third and finally trotted home unmolested. The trouble was that the ball, strik? ing Moynlhan's hand, paralyzed the nerves. The ball was stuck tight In his band. It was five minutes before his fellow players could pry his fin? gers open and get the ball out?Chica? go Tribune. Two Lads. At one time, when De Quincey was living at Lasswade in simple and friendly relations with the people, who respected him not ss a writer, but as a good neighbor, he formed a very de? lightful friendship with a little child, a boy of four years. This lad, a nephew of one of the housemaids, was the constant companion of the great man and would forsake any amuse? ment for the pleasure of walking round a dull little garden with him. One day somebody beard this conver* sation between the two comrades: "What <Tye call tbon tree?" asked the child. De Quincey considered and then said, with careful deliberation, "I am not sure, my dear, but I think it may be a laurustinu8." The child Interrupted him with some scorn: "A laurustinus! Lad, d'ye na ken a rhododendron T" At that time the "lad" must have been about seventy years old. Made n Gordln Kins. The craze unions > ? ty women for queer pets Is an oM story. It usuaPy ends through being carried too far. There Is the case of Andromeda, for In? stance, and there is that other affair of the decadent Roman emperor's daugh ter. who had a pet gorilla, procured for her at greet-cost by an Arabian trader who supplied strange beasts for the amphitheater. One day the Praetorian g-.ard arose and ? mrd re 1 t e caesar. The gorilla, who ^appcued to be pres? ent, strangled the ringleader, who wa? to have assumed the Imperial purple himself, with Its bare hands. This s > delighted the Praetorians that they unanimously elected the gorilla, whom they took for a barbarian from North Britain, to the vacant throne. On the mistake being explained by a zoologic? ally minded patrician, the dlvus caesar had to be killed and another one cho? sen.?London News. Chinese Gambier*? Penanca. A Chinese cook named Chin Kan had been engaged by a wealthy Chinese in Ho In street In Canton. All the money be earned had been lost In gambling. On one occasion his master paid bin some money for the provisions he sup? plied. The cook lost all the money at one stake. Finding that his debts were accumulating day by day, on the twenty-fourth day he went into the kitchen and chopped off the forefinger of his left hand as a self punishment and warning In order to relinquish this evil habit of gambling in the future. He became unconscious through the pain, but was brought round again In a few minutes.?Singapore Times. "Xamtna;" a Membei. It Is an ancient belief that a mar*? name has some mysterious sympathy with his nature, whence srise such stories as that of Rumpelstlltsldn, whose power over a human being van? ishes the moment that his name Is pro oounced aloud. It has been suggested with some show of reason that t?e modern practice of "naming" a refrac? tory member of the British house of commons Is merely a survival of this belief, which the Norsemen brought into England. The lfeirborn and the Dead. Lavater In his "Physiognomy" makss the following curious remarks: MI hare had occasion to observe some lnfarts Immediately on their births and bare found nn astonishing resemblance tie tween their profile and those of their father. A few days after this resell blance almost entirely disappeared. The Influence of the air and food aid probably the change of posture had SO altered the design of the face that you could have believed it a different In II vldual. I afterward saw two of thtee children die, one at six weeks and the other at four years of age, aud about twelve heirs after their death they Im? mediately recovered the profile which had strwa me so much nt their birth, only the profile of the dead child wis, as might be expected, more strongly marked and more terso than that of the living." _ _ The Modern Hutband. Mrs. Knicker We are to have a thou? sand foot skyscraper. Mrs. Bocker?I supi>ose that means that Henry will be detained at the office 500 feet later.? Harper's Weekly. Jaded. The Lady?Little l>oy, don't you know smokln? will shorten your life? The Kid?Shucks! Wot do I care? I've seen ereryt'Ing dere is.?Boston Trav? eler. What maintains one vice would bring up two children. ? Benjamin Franklin.