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The law!:* are now open for huh
the Macon Art Exhibition.
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BjTho We item I T nion Telegraph Company op-
erMos SjO.OOO miles of wire.
The House passed * Mil grunt! ng a pension of
Daniel Slate, the "Dan" o! Murk Twaln’i
" Innocents Abroad," is dead.
The average full bearingcoeoanut Ireeof Flor
ida yields from ICO to 200 nuts.
Corkhlll has been banqueted by some news
paper men for convicting Uuiteau.
Maggie Lanahan, of Rock Island, la., killed
her father becanse he opposed her marriage.
A Louisville 1 telle has in her parlor a beaut!
fully embroidered motto. "Kplmlbunpumpum.'
The Natural bridge property in Virginia, con
sisting of 1.200 acres, has been sold for 155,000.
While two horses were playing near Dublin,
tia.. one of the animals tore the other's tongue
out by the roots.
a Germau astronomer hot found a now plan
et. Anybody who misses any of his planets
should make a note of this.
A negro lost year in Louisiana, on rented land
and with the help of hit own family, made 60
bales of cotton on 75 acres of laud.
•TE/ffroreaiM
We learn the cat!* aTe already running nine
miles on the Gainesville A Jug Tavern railroad.
They are to reach Jug Tavern by theStbof July.
It is reported from Jerusalem that a bund of
Chaldeans have desecrated the holy graves slid
destroyed the Armenian altar and images of,
"%be saints.
While a Forsyth audience was patiently wait
ing a few evenings ugo for a promised lecture
from Luther Henson ho was talking to a crowd
ed house in Milledgevillc.
Kig*. pineapples, coffee, almonds, dates, tara-
rind*. pomegrauites. citrons, mango, sappu-
I ' . sugar apple, oranges, lemons and limes
*o\vn in South Florida.
it is said that kerosene will remove stains
from furniture. It has also been known to re
move the furniture, stains and all, with a stove
and a red headed servant girl thrown in.
l'art of bald Mountain fell with a terrible
eras’, last week, and slid into the valley. A
panie ensued among the citisena, who thought
U was an earthquake, but no one was hurt.
A w riter from Talbotton says Hill Arp’s lec
ture was a very poor thing, abounding In vul
gar language and Indecent expressions. The
ladies present were disgusted and indignant.
The Mormons have placed four handsome,
educated Knglish females at work in the Wash
ington lobby in their behalf. The Mormons
know where to strike the average Congressman.
The following prise question has been pro
pounded by the New York debating club: If n
fifty cent piece with a hole in it is worth thirty-
five cents, w hat is the value of the hole without
the half a dollar.
Nelson Brown, while going home near Nova
Scot la, was set upon by u pack of wolves aud
saved his life by climbing into a tree. His horse
was eaten up. and Brown next morning rescued
by a baud of passing Indians.
I)r. Willis, of McDudie county, killed a cow
for beef a few days ago, and found in her maw
four freight receipts, a yard of cotton baggiug.
a return ticket to kfessenn. a section of a cross-
tie and three railroad spikes. She had been
browsing about the depot.
A gentleman in Ottawa, Canada, gave an or
der for a silver-mounted claret ^ug to a Mon ire
nl dealer. Instructing him to send it by express
marked C. O. I). A couple of days ago the jug
arrived, having engraved on it in beautiful
large letters, **C. O. I).’’
Col. Seaton, superintendent of me census,
thinks that it will be between tight and twelve
months before the census work is completed.
The printed reports will be very voluminous.
There will be about 20,000 pages of them, divid
ed of course into volumes.
Sylvan!* Telephone: We are informed that a
certain young man in thia county, who has not
been married over a month, became tired of hli>
wife, and a few days since actually sold her to
auoUtur party for fifty cents, believing that ho
had the legal right to make th® sale. . .*
A young man named David V. Neal,- of Augus
ta, who, a short time since worked in the
Watchman office, while under the influence of
liquor, wan*Wcd off last Wednesday night and
was run over and killed by a train on the Geor
gia railroad, sixteen miles above Augusta.
Several years ago Ericsson predicted that the
Nile and Ganges would be lined with cottou and
other factories driven by solar heat. J. French
engineer in Algiers has already contributed to
the fulfillment of thia prediction by pumping
water and mukiug it boil by solar forct alone.
Two little brothers broke through the ice on
which they were skating in Cincinnati. While
they were clinging desperately to the edge of
the ice and efforts were being made to reach
them, the elder one cried out: "Be aurc and
take out Willie first." But both Willie and his
geucrous brother were lost.
Of all the cowardly persecutions that have
been heaped upon the miserable head of tho
assassin Guiteau, tho basest and vilest has re
cently developed. Some fiend has been sending
him letters infected with small pox. There is
no record of human nature getting down any
lower than that
All part* of the oleander are deadly. A very
small quantity of the leaves has been known to
kill a horse. The flowers have produced death
in those persons who carelessly picked and ate
them. Tho branches, divested of their bark
ami used as skewers, have poisoned tho meat
roosted on them and killod seven out of twelve
people who partook of it.
Wc informed that the people of Houston
county are more than delighted with the opera
tions of their whisky law. Many who voted for
whisky and thought it was an outrage to pro
hibit its sale, are now gratified at the result,
and would in another contest vote for no whis
ky The beneficial results have been very mark
ed even in ond month and a half, and greater
blessings are expected to come before the year
closes.
One reading of tho sufferings of the crew of
the Jcanette-lheir wandering sick and sore
over a suow covered desert, in search of food
and shelter: some of them finding neither, and
their fate unknown; others of them probably
dead from exposure and starvation; a gallant
officer like Danedhowor stricken blind, with
Chlpp and DcLong victims possibly of a worse
fate—should cure anybody and everybody of the
mania for polar explorations.
John Gyumber, who got a great deal of space
in the newspapers last year, by his long sleep
at l<eMgh, !»**, Is novr well aud at work in an
iron mill. Ills first remarkable sleep was sev
enty days in unbroken duration. Then he
awoke, leaped from a window, and fell asleep
again for four weeks. After that his sleeps grew
gradually shorter. His memory is left a little
defective, but in other respects he has recover
ed from his ailment, whatever it was.
Misses Minnie Madden and Grace Crary, Illi
nois girl o! 18 ami 19, are making a tour of the
Wcid on bicycles. They started early iu the fall,
and when cold weather set in at the North they
had reached Texts They are not doing la lor
purposes, but for health and diversion. A man
servant attends them, and they carry them a
small quantity of baggage their trunks being
sent ahead by express. They intend to cross
the eountry to Florida by spring, and then move
up along the coast. •
Baby Insurance has taken the place of grave
yard insurance in Pennsylvania. The head of a
family at Pottsville recently- insured two of his
children, the eldest 9 years and the youngest
16 months. The latter died, and the father re
ceived ta, the agreement being that he wag to
pay five cent* a week on the child, and it It died
inside of six months he pros to rsceiVe $8, and If
it did not die until the expiration of a year be
was to get 116. It Is said that In xnsnp Cafes large
families of children have Wu insured. '*
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In rerlewlnt th. different newspapers In on
StatetlieAmericas Recorder saps; ‘"Thefirst
one to attract th* attention of the practical prin
ter is the Athens Vimmis. _lt ja often said
that a newspaper cannot he printed nlcaFrT
made op with taste, and keep oat Me display
type and hare a good advertising patronage;
hut we think the moet skeptical will be convin
ced when they aee the Watchman, in the way
olloealthis paper ta par eieellaux, and regular
ly icnre* vip to lu reader* from elz to seven col
umns ol homdinews, well written up. Its edl-
toriala are always clean and bright; wall chosen
•ad well written. It is a paper that daservaa
patronage, because It te a piper ol procma.’’
Even the independents «n in tevbgpl
loxalnating cour*—*—• *
—to ctfcijmvent
M6*1 . ,
I was invited to
one of tS9 inland
aed by the appearance of one of
the younger ladies present. She was
not beautiful, but united the striking
characteristics of a brilliant, fresh
complexion and a profusion of hair,
white as snow, which was wound on
the top of her head. She was very
merry, a good talker, and, Imustcon-
fess, I contrived to occupy tho larger
part of her attention which that ten.
deucy towards monopolizing the best
which the moments affords that I am
told is often observed by my famil
iars.
After bidding adieu to the ladies, I
turned to the obliging friend who bad
been ray sponsewnt these incidental
gayetles of , and cosnnlly remark
ed, after talklngsomewhatof my new
acquaintance: 5isu ...
“By Jove, what hnir! It accents
her whole appearance. Wasn’t she
lucky to achieve it young?”
My friend removed his cigar.
“That depends on how you ipok at
it. I am incliued to think, taking
things big aifdlKrft^ that she was. I
doubt, however, if she wouldn’t say
to-day that the price was rasher large.
And it was a pretty big price. Do you
like stories? I’m minded to tell you
one, if you like, about that white hair
you admire so much.”
We went over to the hotel and some
thing like this my friend told me:
You have no idea, you city people,
the interest we country people take
in the courtships of youngfolks. Front
the time Harry Wells began to slide
up to Mamie Clausen at church so
cials until their marriage in the- First
Presbyterian Church the entire com
munity gave minute consideration to
their nfihirs. Mamie’s father, John
Clausen, was and is now a prominent
commission merchant, generally con
sidered wealthy,and has always lived
at least like a man of means. Mamie
wtis pretty, dashing, a local belie and
a great favorite. Harry’s family lived
a few miles from town, and they, too,
are people of reputation In the coun
ty. Old Jack Wells represented us a
few times in the Legislature and has
accumulated in one way and another
a handsome property.
The marriage was in every way a
suitable one. Harry was cducuted at
Princeton and although he had at one
time the reputation of being wild, he
had sobered down, and was at any
rate such a frank, manly young fellow
that he was generously forgiven any
indiscretion.
As I say, tho marriage was the occa
sion of general rejoicing. Mamie's
futher gave her an unusually good
send off, and the details were sent far
and wide through the State. Harry-
had studied law, although he didn’t
have much natural inclination for it,
the old man thinking his political ex
perience might serve Harry in that
way, and had settled down into a
country notary, drawing up deeds and
doing up hack work of that sort. They
lived about five miles out of town and
two miles from old Jack’s. He built
them a pretty modern cottage on a de
tached ]>ortion of his farm. Harry had
l»is office, an ornamental little struct
ure, a few rods from tho house, and
there they- lived as happy as two birds.
Gradually Harry picked up business
and Anally through his father he be
came trustee for the minor heirs.
They were an odd lot of children,with
a half-crazy mother, and no end of
coal landB and mining investments.
It was a good thing for Har^-, al
though it gave a naturally lazy man
some additional work. You may im
agine that there was a good deal of
visiting at the house of two such pop
ular young people, and that four-mile
stretch of road was generally kept
pretty warm. When Harry had te go
away Mamie would get in her phae
ton and drive to town, and there was
always some of the young people
ready to go out and. keep her compa
ny. Harry always insisted that she
musn’t stay alone?. For a law-abiding
State we have a yiretty rough element
in it, and although we haven’t had
much to compla in of here, there is a
general sense ott uneasiness.
One August afternoon Harry had an
unexpected summons to go to Scran
ton about a suit connected with the
minor heirs. He had recently sold
some of their property and had been
making various collections, which left
in his hands about $4,600.
When he found he had to go off at a
few moments’ notice lie wrapped up a
bundle of papers and this money and
took them into the house. Mamie
was making preparations for a picnic
they were to go to the next day and
begged him to wait until the dny af
ter.
“But, my dear child, I haven’t time
even to go down and put these in the
bank, so you’ll have to taksnre of
them. I’ll try and get back in two
days at the furthest; meanwhile no
body will know’ that the money is
here.”
Then he explained to her the value
of the papers and handed her a can
vas bag, in which was the $4,800 be
longing to tho minor heirs.
“Where will I keep It, Harry ? Be
tween the mattresses?”
“Just like a woman! No; but I de
clare I don’t know where to tell yon.
Tho most Insecure place apparently is
often the most secure. Any place,
dear, but between the mattresses. I
leave that to you. But you must
guard it, If necessary, with your life,
for remember the money is not ours,
and at all hazards l am responsible. I
don’t really suppose there is the least
danger, for no one knows I have it.
But one ought to take proper precau
tions, and I beg of you not to admit
any tramps while I un done. Tell Sa
rah not to even to allow them to -stop
long enough to eat a biscuit.”
“All right, dear; 1wo won’t let the
tramps have a drink even, and I’ll
take care of the money, you may be
sure."
ed home, and every day came adisap-
.pointing telegram. By this tiqio she
ne accustomed to her charge
She flew up the stairs, unlocked the
pfcdl<>c£j»ijil opened the trap. Th®
man sprang up at tbe.aonnd.
Harry bade his wife good-bye and
Mamie gave up the picnic. At the end
of two days she received a telegram
ton$bim t a»yihghehadbeen detain
ed, and telling, her to get some one to
stay with her for two days, when l^a
would be at home, She drove into
town and one of her old friends went
out with her. At the and oftwo days
she had another telegram, saying he
was detained until the next day. Her-
* tff^nt ^iome, and in place of
io»$hird telegram, and so
idays he waa cxpoct-
lTn *yfraB»X6»a
opening from her room.
The afternoon of the tenth day was
a hot, murky afternoou. Mamie had
gone up stairs to take a nap and re
fresh before dressing to meet Harry,
who was expected home after the
longest absence he had ever made
from her. **
After a time Sarah came up and
told her there was a tramp down stairs
who wanted soniethingtoeatand who
wouldn’t be dri ven off.
“Yon oughtn’t to leave him a- min
ute alone, Surah. Go down and watch
him and I will come down and send
him off.” •*
She dressed herself quickly and
went down stairs surprised to lind
how late it had grown. When she
reached the kitchen she found also a
messenger with another telegram an
nouncing another •isnppoint ment, but
the next day without fail, Harry wrote
he would lie home. As Mamie turned
into the kitchen she heard the tramp
and Sarah incident dispute. „
“Yes,” said the fellow, “when that
time conies your mistress will have I
anotlrer ironing table, helping you, |
instead of wearing her Sunday clothes
every day.”
“An’ spoilin' everything for me to
do over. I think I see her. I’ve work
enoagli to do,” answered honest Sa
rah., not indisposed to have a chat
over her work.
Mamie found a graceless-looking
fellow, unshaven and ill-dressed, who
with a certain gentlemanly .instinct
rose up as site eainc in.
“I suppose my girl told you we had
nothing for you, and that it will be a
great kindness if you will leave as
soon as possible.”
“Yes, she did just that, madam, but
I took it upon myself to believe it
wasn't so urgent. The truth is, I’m
very hungry and dead tired, and I
didn’t believe but that you would give
me something to eat; at least I have
waited to ask you in person.”
Women are soft-headed creatures.
Mamie went and got something to
eat, herself. The darkness that had
been increasing for sometime came
tlown rapidly, and there burst one of
those terrific thunder storms that
gather so suddenly and with such
force in thiscouutry. Afterits strength
was spent—and I remember that it
was the most violent of the season—
there fell steady glioets of rain that
brought Roek Creek over the bridges
before mornin:
“Madam, it’s no use talking. You
can’t mean to send a fellow out in
such a storm,” said the tramp as the
three stood on tho porch watching
the storm.
“I’m sorry, but I’ve no place for
you.”
What, in a house like this? It's a
pity there Isn’t a cranny for a stowa
way. I was walking around it, wait
ing for the girl, and it seems to me it
ought to he able to hold at least three
people.”
“You are very impertinent. I tell
you I have no place for you, and the
storm is already breaking away.’ -
As she spoke even the rain came
down in blinding sheets, and light
ning streaked the heavens.
“Well,” he said, carelessly, “we
don’t go much on manners on the
road, but I know I wouldn’t send a
dog out such a night as this. I’m not
a particular chap, leastwise not now
adays, and I’ll have to insist on your
giving me some sort of shelter, if its
only your dog kennel.”
The man 8]>oke with decision. Ma
mie felt that after all they were really
in his power, and possibly it might
be worth while to do civilly what
she would probably have to do at
last.
“I will keep you on one condition,”
she said. “There is a loft to the house,
a sort of garret, which is very com
fortable. It is closed with a trap-door,
and you may sleep on the lounge
there, if you will allow us to lock the
door on the outside.”
Bless my stars and garters!’’he
said, looking at her curiously, “I don’t
care when you lock the door.”
They took him up stairs, and he
climed up the steep attic stairs. The
women shut the door as he politely
bade them good night, and they fast
ened the padlock, hearing him chuck
le to himself as he kicked off his old
boots.
“I’d take the key, mum,” said Sa
rah.
Mamie took the key with her, and
the two descended to shut up the
house. After they had made every
thing secure they went back upstairs.
“You must sleep in my room to
night, Sarah,” the mistress said.
Sarah dragged in her bedding and
made a pallet on the floor, and then,
after the custom of women, they ex
amined the closets, looked under the
bed and piled the chairs against the
back door. — - - — *
The rain was still falling heavily
and the night black as ink. The mis
tress and maid went to bed, and al
though worried and anxious, finally
wont to sleep.
After midnight Mamie found her
self awake and a bright light shining
in the room. She started up and saw
that it was the moonlight. The storm
had cleared away at last. She got up,
unable to compose herself immedi
ately, and went to the window. Thl
moon was indeed shining brightly.
As she stood looking at the peaceful
scene before her she saw way down
to the road, for it was as bright as day,
several horsemen. It was such an un
usual sight at this hour that she stood
watching them as they came nearer.
To her surprise they turned up the
lane leading towards their house, and
on reaching the gate came into the
yard. Now, almost paralyzed with
fear, she saw that they were masked.
The truth almost blinded her. They
knew that site was alone, that she had
this money, and they had come to get
it. Ffj £ n*6m«itr staff WUs paralyzed.
She remembered Harry’s last words:
“You must guard it with your’life
if necessary.* 1
She ran to the sleeping Sarah and
awalfenetf her. She gotdow:
rifle, which he had loaded and taught,
her to use. The sleeping. $rl was soon
thoroughly Awake, and she explained
to her their condition.
‘It’s the tramp that's done It”
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...sown senses alert, and hearing
the noise of the horses below and steps
about the house, he followed her with
out a word. At the foot of the stairs
she stopped.
“I have a large sum of money in the
house and those men have come to get
it, thinking I am alone. If they kill
rue that money must be guarded.”
"What have you, pistols, gunsT” he
whispered, taking In the whole situa
tion. ’
“Here is my husband’s rifle. It is
loaded.
“Get behind me. I will fire at the
first man that enters. How many
barrels are there?"
“Six, all loaded.”
“Very well. Keep this cane for me
in case I need it."
There was no storming of shutters.
They heard the key applied to the
door softly. It opened and a man fol
lowed by two others confidently en
tered. The first figure walked direct
ly to the stairs. He had taken but a
step when three shots came in rapid
sufehssron'/ The¥e was a-ffeavy"
this man dropped and the other two
turned and lied. Sarah ran to the
window and two horses galloped down
the lane.
•‘Don’t faint, madam; there’s work
yet to do,” said the tramp.
Mamie caught hold of tho rail for
support, and then went into the room.
“Get a candle, Sarah.”
They lighted’a candle and gave it
to the tramp, who went down stairs,
the two women following with bran
dy and ammonia. The man had fallen
backward and lay with his face up
and head toward the door.
“Raise the mask and give him air
first, madam.”
Mamie raised the mask and fell
back with a wild shriek
“Do you want to know now why
her hair is white?” he asked.
“It was Harry Wells!" I answered
“It was that smiling and popular
young scamp.”
“It’s no use to ask why he did It.
don’t care. Motives don’t matter in
8ucha case. But she, Mamie—Mrs,
Wells—she has her gray hair, but
there is no trace of the midnight trag
edy in her face.
I believe she was ill for a long
time," answered my friend. “They
say small-pox cures one of other dis
eases. Well, some griefs are like the
small-pox; they cure you of lesser
weakness—tenderness of the heart,
for example. This, I think, was one
of them.”
“And the tramp?”
“He and Sarah were, of course, the
witnesses at the inquest. The next
day he was off on his journey, and I
have never heard of him since.”
-Ti* better to commence arKreAr ; , 'i? - >
And Irom that point begin.
We have no rizht to judge a man
T'ntTnie'* fairly triettr
Should wc nut like h i* company,
We know* the world La wide.
Some may have fault*—and who has not?
The eld as well as young;
Perhaps we may, foranght we know.
Have fifty to their one.
I’ll tell you ofe better plan.
And find it works full well:
To try rfiv own defect* to cure
. Ero uier'a faults 1 tell;.
And though I sometimes nope tote ' -'
No worse than some I know.
ilv ownahortcomiugs bid me let
The faults of others go.
Then let us all, when we begin
To slander friend or foe.
Think of the harm oi\e word may do
To those we little know.
Remember—curses, sometimes like,
our chickens—roost at home;
Don’t speak of other's faults until
We have none of our own.
VALUE OF THE COTTON SEED CROP.
Tlie cotton boll, as brought In from
the field, is one-third lint and two-
thirds seed. For every bale of cotton
weighingoOO pounds .sent to market,
,000 pounds of seed were formerly
left about the gin-house to rot, or at
, best to be hauled out over the planta-
f "years ugo
man ot large proportions was carried into
the clinic room of the University Hospi
tal yesterday afternoon, where Dr, Wil
liam Goodell waa busy arranging a case
of glittering surgical Instruments subse
quently employed in on operation of an
unusual character. The subject was a
woman 31 years of age, the mother of
three children, who had come from her
home In the little hamlet of Blanchard,
Centre county, to have determined by
the kuife tlie question of her existence.
There were about 30 physicians pres
ent, including Dr. CareHo, TJ. S. N., Dr.
Parker, U. S. N., and Drs. G. W. Smith
and Rolla of Hollidaysburg, and a group
of students, whe watched the operation
with interest. The patient was about 5
feet 5 Indies in height, and by actual
measurement 5 feet inches in girth,
or *ithin 3 inches as great around as she
was In stature. Ths cause of her abnor
mal condition was au ovarian tumor,
which had already attained a weight
much greater than her body and was
slowly and surely sapping t\,er vitality
DOMESTIC GREETINGS.
As homeward comei the married man
He's met by his wife at the door.
With fond embrace and loving kiss.
And—** Baby’s throat is sorei
And did you think to stop at Brown'a
And get that marabout
I ordered yesterday? And dear,
Fred’s boots are uli worn out.
"I'm plad you are so early. John—^
So much I miss you, dear—
I’ve hud u letter from mama:
Nhe's comim? to live here.
How very you look, dear John:
I knew that you would be—
Tlie flour’s out. the butter, and
You must bring home some tea.
"Tlie plumber’s been here again—
If you don't pay he’ll sue;
And Mr. Fcndergast called in
To say your rent is due.
Fred’s trousers are all cotton, John;
You thought they were all woslf
Oh! that reminds me that your son
Was whipped to-day at school.
** The roof lias leaked and spoiled the rugs
r ou the upper hall;
Jane must go, the c
.She let the mirror full
To-day when she was moving— .
(The largest one, dear John).
Of course it broke: it also broke
The lamp it fell upon.
" What makes you look so grave, my love?
Take off your tilings aud wipe
Your feet—and only think, to-day
Jane broke your meerschaum pipe!
Oh, John: that horrid, horrid word!
You do not love, ine dear;
1 wish that 1—boo hoo—were dead;
You’re cross as any bear!"
other use for it was scarcely dreamed
of.' Now it is known to contain a
large number of valuable constituents
and new developments of its utility
are constantly being brought to light.
A correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun shows that in the last two years
over fifty mills have sprung up for
the manipulation of tiie seed into the
various products for which there is a
large and increasiug demand. A no
table effect of the new industry has
been au advance in the price of cotton
seed within tlie year past from six to
twelve dollars per ton. This means,
of course, for each bale’ of cotton an
additional profit to the planter of six
dollars. From the 1,000 pounds of
seed, costing six dollars, the manu
facturer gets about 17>j gallons of oil,
worth to-day 40 cents per gallon,
while the resldumoako is considered
more valuable as a fertilizer than the
seed from which It is mode, and sells
for as much as the seed costs. ' The oil
has met with a-’strong demand at
Marseilles and Xihcoa, where skillful
manufacturers have devised refining
processes which convert it into ihi ar
ticle hardly to be distinguished from
the best olive orf. As such It is said
to be largely imported into this coun
try. There is no reason,’ of coarse,
why it should not be used as a substi
tute for the French or Italian product
if it shows in Use no difference of taste
or properties, especially as It is much
cheaper. An oleomargarine using
people will certainly not object to the
purj, clean product of the snow white
cotton boll. The refined oil, under
the name of cotton butter, is already
taking the place of lard for cooking
purposes, according to our Southern
correspondent’s showing, and from
an economical point ofvlcw, with the
happiest results.. Tlie crude oil sells
at 50 cents, but the “butter” Is worth
over a dollar per gallon. It is free
from the water which forms part of
the weight of ordinary 1 lard, and is
consequently, all things considered,
some SO per cent, cheaper. The but
ter made from the seed accompanying
one bale of cotton is worth $16—an al
most net addition to the value of the
cotton crop. It Is of interest, also, In
this connection, to mention the use in
the Northwest of cotton seed oil to
adulterate cheese. The utilities in
volved in the new cotton seed indus
tries may be comprehended when it
Is stated that they add 25 per cent, to
the value of tho cotton crop. The
crop for the census year 1870-80 was
5,787,257 bales, worth $280,862,850, to
which, if the figures of our corres
pondent be correct, the new cotton
seed industries add a value of $72,713,'
210.
The tumor made its appearance nine
years ago ; and from the start grew with
amazing rapidity. For sometime tlie
woman has teen absolutely unable to
assume any other than a sitting posture,
tlie very act of lying down making death
certain by suffocation.
Dr. Goodell, after administering ether,
placed the insensible subject In the best
position her great bulk would permit
and made the incision. The keen edged
knife sank deep into the flesh and the
deft fingers of the skilled surgeon were
busy in separating the tumor from the
life it was feeding upon. When the
mass liad teen completely taken away it
was placed in a tub of the largest size
and filled tlie vessel within three Inches
of the top. The tumor was then placed
upon the scales and was ascertained to
weigh 112 pounds, the largest, it is be
lieved, ever removed from a human be
ing. Subsequently the patient, now re
duced to a mere skeleton and hangitig to
life by tlie merest thread, was gently
lifted to the scales and was found to
weigh but 75 pounds, or 37 less than the
mass just taken from her body.
On recovering consciousness the pa
tient could scarcely express the sense of
relief experienced. The absence of the
weight that had been a burden to her
for so many years was so novel and yet
so pleasant that she was comparatively
bouyant in spirit. Dr. Goodell, when
the woman had been.placed in bed, ex
pressed tlie belief that she would live,
favor.
-fjjDoufelc-breaafed sacques are out of
tine ;plnk’ Is a. new shade for
spring.";
WGrtb )a bringing plain stuffs into-
foahlon. .
perado of Eastern literature. r
mountains are, of coarse, dimly dite I > ! cotton satinettes areas lustrous
cernible in the distance, although the I 11 1
tenderfoot la not always exactly cer-1 Jersey dresses are fashionable for
tain whether they are the eternal billsd little girls.
or only an insubstantial bank or cloud. Colored Spanish laces ornament
A similar hallucination Is apt to be | new bonnets.
terr" 0 ' - -
wheel hat, wlio is looked upon as em-1 _ ..
bodying all of the characteristics of a I,, braid tt,,d 8 oId lac e trim new
dime novel or literary weekly here, I ac onne ts.
generally turns out to be no more a I Stained glass designs are copied in
man slayer than the clouds are com-1 new spring goods.
P ™* t £p e “ ,n * dicsoShetT e fe Tastes ar0 W>m b> '
station has encouraged the bold, bad |
men who kill foj fun to emigrate, and I Sleeves made of fine flowers are
the wide hatted, long haired, Bangui- j new on evening dresses,
nary looking fellows who hang around
the Denver street comers are for the I ers, appear on nevv- bailTresses'
most part hollow Imitations of the!
blood thirsty heroes of fiction. Most , und lar « e P°lkn spots will he
of them, however, are quite willing to I 8 J slfor B Pring dresses,
be mistaken for “Buffalo Bills,” and I Small mantles of figured India ■>y r K
use no little braggadocio of aharmless J mere are worn with black dresses.
klnd,withaviewofglvlngtheraselves|
a reputation for homicide tendencies. . . . eather rosettes, in pale
This desire to appear terrible Is well {bonnets ^ U8Wly ir,lportcd
understood among themselves and |-
when one of them wishes to say some- Maiden hair fern Is mixed with or-
thing particularly flattering of anoth- | au (?c blossoms for brides’ dresses
'£Z'SZt'ZlSSn ™‘" COmrU ■•“»>» 1-
wmen oj manj would be looked upon 8 , gI1 for camlirk . s d ,
as extremely libelous. J
Two of these worthies recently enter-I ^ ew riding habits have narrowc.
ed a railway car in which a News man I ^J.^ orter s ^* rts tnan those hitherto
was seated, They were picturesquely
attired in soraberos, rubber boots, I Foulard handkerchiefs have large
and pearl colored suits of military cut. j balls of three colors on a white ground.
They glowered around the car a mo- j Vo _ , , ,
ment and then seated themselves and I . .| c ° a vS * avu a PPliques of
commenceda whispered conversation. PlUSh aU over the satln
Thoughts of train robbers flashed Jasmine and white lilacs are min-
througli the minds of the tenderfeet I 8^ ed with orange blossoms in bridal
in the train, and a conservative look- I wreaths.
Ing old gentleman was noticed to sur- Quarter trains are more stilish than
reP w°S 8li P hla goW watch and either short skirts or demi-tmin,
pocket book under the cushion. Sud-
denly one of the “Wild Bills” stood- iNa J' r f u ’ b »nds or Greek fillets of all-
up and thefe wasagenerai movement J ver ribbon are worn on tlie hnir.
among the tenderfeet to throw up their Berthas, tabllcrs and wide flounces
hands and to allow the supposed des- of lace are used on full dress toilets,
peradoesto get through with their] ...
work of acquiring their booty as expe-l , J? be,ow the hack of the
dltiously as possible. But a general 1 8 on 116 nuWest ,lreMSt ‘ s -
feelingof relief was experienced when | Gilt nails, with flat square heads
it was found that the blood thirsty I are used to fasten cloth dresses instead
looking fellows merely wanted to bor- °f buttons.
row a chew ol’“navy” from an ac- Lenten costumes will be made of
qualntance in the opposite end of the flue black wool( trlmmed
cor - or with lace.
He had scarcely left his seat, how- j *
PAUL MORPHY'S MEMORY.
When to Stop Advertising.
HOME EDUCATION.
When every man has become so
thoroughly a creature of habit that he
will certainly buy this year where he
bought last year. ' .
When younger, fresher and spunk
ier concerns in your line cease start
ing up and using the newspapers ’ iu
telling tlie people how much better
they can do for them than you can.
When nobody else thinks “it pays
to advertise.”
When population ceases to multiply
and the generations that crowd on af
ter you, and never heard of you, stop
coming on.
When you have convinced • every
body whose life will touch yours, that
you have better goods and lower
prices than they can ever get any
where outside of your store.
When you perceive it to be the rule
that men who never did advertise are
outstripping their neighbors in the
same line of business.
When men stop making fortunes in
your very sight, solely through the
discreet use of this mighty agent.
When you can forget the words of
the shrewdest and most successful
business men concerning the main
cause of their prosperity.
When you would rather have your
own way and fail than take advice
and win. \
When yon want to go out of busi
ness with a stock on hand.
When you want ta get rid of waiting
on customers. ’ - - . —
Big Things.
The largest deposits of anthracite
coal in the world are in .Pennsylva
nia. * 1 y J ‘—* '-a
The greatest river in the world is
the Mississippi, which is 4,100 miles
long. t I .7*
The largest lake in the world Is Lake
Superior, being 430 miles long and
1,000 feet deep.
The largest cave in the world is the
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, con
taining a navigable lake with eyeless
fish.
JO
th
10 koy .of.the 43 ion at3 Cif-er
500,000 square miles.
The greatest mass of solid iron in
the world Is the great Iron Mountain
In Missouri; It is 450 feet high and
two miles in circuit.
The greatest cataract itr the world
is the falls of Niagara, which plunges
over the rocks in two columns, to the
depth of 170 feet each.
’ ThaJMSSfi* jMtond bridge In the
world la the hunral bridge ovei r Ce*
darcreek, in Virginia; itextolifeovir
a chasm 80 feet wide and about 250
feet deep.
LA
The following rules are worthy of
being printed in letters of gold, and
placed in a conspicuous place In every
household:
1. From your childrens earliest in
fancy, inculcate tho necessity of in-
stajit obedience.
2. Unite firmness with gentleness.
Let your children always understand
tfiat you mean what you say.
3. Never promise them anything,
unless you are quite sure you can give
what you say.
4. If you tell a child todo something
show him how to do it and see that it
is done.
5. ' Always punish your child for
willfully disobeying you, hut never
punish him in anger.
6. Never let them know tliat they
vex you, or make you lose your self-
command.
7. If they give way to petulance or
ill temper wait till they are calm,
then gently reason with them on the
impropriety of their conduct.
8. Remember that a little present
punishment, >-hen occasion arises, is
much more effectual than the threat
ening of a greater punishment, should
the fault be renewed.
9. Never givo your children any
th! ng because' they cry for it.
10. On no account allow them todo
at one time what you have forbidden
under the same circumstances, at an
other.
11. Teach them that the only sore
and easy way to appear good is to be
good
12. Accustom them to make thfelr
little recitals with perfect truth.
13. Never allow tale bearing.
14. Teach them self-denial, not self-
Intfulgence.
A State for a State House.
Chicago, Feb. 13.—The immense tract
of land set aside by the State of Texas to
pay lor the erection of a new State
House has been trantferred by tlie State
during tbe past two days to Abner Tay-
ever, when his companion turned to BURIED CONTINENTS-CHANGES IN
hiB nearest elbow passenger and re- j jfjE MAP OF EUROPE
marked: j
“That’s the hardest man in Color-'I phUa - Evening star.
ado.” j the indications of buried continents
“Has he killed anybody?" in the Atlantic, moreover, are so mark-
allied anybody? You betcher life. I ed as to establish a presumption that
More’n you’ve got fingers and toes on | * be Atlantis of Plato was a solid geo-
you. Why, that’s Dead Shot Bill. I graphical reality. In fact, according
Never lias to waste a second cartridge. I bes t calculations, it will take only
Always takes ’em an inch above the j * million years for the Mississippi
right eye.” I river to fill the Gulf of Mexico. Com-"
“Is he a robber?” hesitatingly In- j menting on these and kindred facts
quired the passenger whom Dead I In a review of Professor WjncheU’jr
Sliot Bill’s companion had taken Into I last work, the- New Ybrk’fltar says: *"
his confidence. I G ne of our difficulties, growing out of
“Naw! be ain’t nothin’of that sort, the limitations of the human mind,in
He kills for sport. Would not steal dealing with' the phenomena of tlie
nothin’. globe, is to grasp geological time—aud
“Might I enquire if he has shot any °ne of the essays in the volume deals
one quite recently?” I wit h this subject in a fresh and help-
“Waal, no; not since a week ago | ful way. People found it hard to real-
Friday, that I can recollect on.” I lze tb at they are living in the midst
This was carefully noted down by a | of terrestrial revolutions; that the Ori-
stout, tat gentleman, who appeared to ent and Occident were united by an
be all ears, and looked as though he isthmus which held the place of Beh-
might be an English tourist. ring Strait; that the Yellow Sea was
enthali I asked him to stor, a mn- “Well, don’t the authorities make (dryland; that Since man first appear-
® any attempt to—to restrict his amuse- j ed in Europe the Nortli Sea lias been
ment?” solid ground and that Great Britain
“Authorities? Guess not; why he’s I has been joined to the Continent twice
Sheriff himself of this comity, and or more. Europe was populated ltefore
since he shot the last Judge lining him | the beginning of continental glacia-
for contempt of court when he shot a ] tion, when Great Britain was a part of
lawyer that had the impudence to say the Continent. A subsidence of from
that a fellow the Sheriff had taken in 11,200 to 1,300 Isolated Great Britain
for stealing a horse was not the right I from the Continent. The next change
man there hasn’t been anybody felt annexed it to France and Holland
like taking his place.” 1 and made the bottom of the North Sea
Then he rose and joined his bloody dry, and Scandinavia was a continua-
named companion. tlon of Scotland. Continental Europe
“Do you know these men?” asked stretched to Icelapd, Greenland ana
the News man of a quiet looking stock Spitzbergen, where the climnte was
man, who had got on at the same sta-1 mild and the vegetation of the tem-
"Mon. peratg zone flourished. The rivers of
Know them? Well, yes. I’ve England were branches of the Rhine,
known them for a few weeks, since whi ch joined the ocean in the latitudo
they came from the East, and I hired of the Faroe isIands . Afterward tho
them to look after a flock of sheep, but continental glaciers dissolved, a subsl-
I’ve had to let them go because they dence 8UCCe eded, the climate grew
were afraid to leave the rancho on ae- cold and humk , t lmmenBe marahes
count of the Indlans-in their minds.’ formed !n Northern Europe, and Great
Wild Cat Banka. [ Britain became insular. Another ele-
- , „ vatlon was followed by another subsi-
The banks of the various States d8nC e, and prehistoric times slowly
quoted as uncertain, broken or below i me rge into the historic period. It is
par, are in number as follows: New hard for men who live by minutes,
York, three, including the bank of and often by seconds, to take such
Albany, quoted at Jf; Massachusetts, va8t periods np into thought,
all its banks except two at *£, includ- j
ing Boston, Springfield, Birmingham
and Nantucket; Rhode Island, one
broken, all others ; Delaware, >one
uncertain, all others }£; Maryland,
Baltimore *£, all others from % to *4;
Brentano’s Chess Monthly recalls
this instance of the remarkable mem
ory of the greatest chess-player the
world has ever known: Of Morphy’s
gigantic memory I had indubitable
proof from my own observatioq at the
time he was playing his celebrated
match with Lowenthal. Both oppo
nents had agreed to regard the games
played as their intellectual private
property, not to be published. I was
aj the time editing the chess columns
of the Sunday Times, and anxious to
reproduce them there. In order to ob
tain the requisite information, I had
to apply to one of the contesting par
ties. I first went to Morphy, who re
ceived me cordially, and declared his
entire willingness to dictate forme
the last partie, played the day before.
I begged him to repeat the game on
the board, as I would in this manner
be better able to follow the progress of
the contest. Morphy consented, and
at the tenth move of his black (Low-
ment, since it seemed to me that at
tliis particular point abetter move
might have been made. “Oh, you
probably mean the move which you
yourself made In one of your contests
with Dufresne?” answered Morphy
in his simple, artless way of speaking.
I was startled. The partie mentioned
bad been played in Berlin in 1851,
seven years before, and I had totally
forgotten all its details. On observing
this, Morphy called ft*- a second board,
and began, without the least hesita
tion, to repeat that game from the
first to the last move without a single
mistake. I was speechless from sur
prise. Here was a.man, whoso atten
tion was constantly distracted by
countless demands on his memory,
and yet he had perfectly retained for
seven years all the details of a game
insignificantJn itself, and, moreover,
printed in a language entirely un
known to him.
Southern Bourbons.
- The following is an extract from an
article in the AUantio .Monthly, written
by an independent and thoughtful gen
tleman, whose letters to the New York
Tribune last year attracted so much at
tention :
“As used, In the North, this word
’Bourbon’ designates a class of white
men, composed chiefly of the leading
citizens of the Southern States. The
Bourbons are the principal business
men,, lawyers, physicians, teachers, cler
gymen, merchants and farmers of the
South. They are everywhere the leaders
of society, in the best sense of the word-
They sustain the churches/and glvo.effi-
clency to the moral-activities and disclp
line of the local communities as they,
have thus far attained. Taken broadly
or generally, tho class includes the best
people of the South or most of them.
They are Bourbons because in politics
’they are Democrats, and act in oppoei*.
tion to the principles, policy or methods
of the Republican party, which has ad
ministered -the National Government
since the time of our civil war.” .
The largest valley in the world Is
that of tbe Mississippi;.It contains" lor, Bon. C. B. Farwell and John R.
/ » i i - FarfreU, of Chicago, and A. O. Babcbct
of Canton, Illinois, who will furnish the
necessary funds for ereoting the build
ing. This domain is larger than the
1*444
west corner tbe State, and the survey
extends south 197 miles, With an average
width of 27 rolies., Two railways afe
alrt ady projected through this seatloh of
tbe State. The transfer of these lands
is probably tlie largest sale ever made to
private individuals, and the purchasers
aiti the largest land owners in tbe world;
j-ijia'.*(. t, '
} A Welsh lady named Broderick, for
many years a resident of Ansonla, and
for over 40 of America, had the mis
fortune when a child of 10 or 12 to step
upon somb glass by which the sole of
one of her feetVas filled with the' bro
ken pieces, which, however, were, ait;
was supposed at the time, .all extract
ed. '* ’ ' ' .” {.r.V
A few weeks since she began to
have a soreness In the foot, and it in
creased until It was found necessary
to consults physician—Dr. S. R. Ba-
State of Connecticut, and five times lar- ker, who; upon pressing the' finger
ger than Rhode Island. It is in the north- upon aeertain place, found a hard
upon
spefeugiioh was very sensitive _tojhe
touch. An incision was made'ahd a
piece of glass over an Theh long and
three-quarters of an Inch wide at the’
base, tapering to a sharp point,.yr|£
snugly hldden.under the bones of the
Instep, where it had.probably lain for
ne^riy or quite fifit years.
i L. . t-v-.-w ...Jrexa.«-4<:s<
**. —
Tho Development of Taste.
The Independent.
Iu tho natural growth of the world,
taste has been rapidly developed, aud
Virginia, Bank ot Virginia and its I tbe people of all nations are now produ-
branclies, Leesburg, Charleston and I cin 8 each its own peculiar and wonder-
all others, £4 to 1; District of Colum- j ful treasnres. Who can remember or
bia, Merchants’ and Farmers’ Bank ] describe them? AVho can tell tho extent
of Alexandria broken, Bank of Col* j tbe riches or the beauty of the gold-
umbia 25 to 30. Maine, six banks en, jeweled ornaments now admired and
broken, all others 10 to 12; Vermont, I worn by a thousand million people?
all banks %; New Jersey, one broken, What pen can describe all that is seen iu
two uncertain and a score or more I cultivated gardens and parks adorned
from to >£; Pennsylvania, banka of with trees, shrubs, plants, and flowers?
Philadelphia and ten others % to &
Greensburg' broken, Gettysburg,
ChaxnbersbUrg, Carlisle and Pitts
burgh, all others 5 to 50; South Car
olina, Charleston Hi Georgia, Augus
ta, Savannah afld Darien, from 8% to
3 and 4; Ohio, five banks 5; Kentucky,
Bank of Kentucky and branches and
all othen uncertain; Tennessee, State
and ^aiihyUle banks uncertain ; Lou
isiana, New Orleans 5 to 6; Mississip
pi and Alabama, 0; North Carolina, 2
to 2%; Canada, Kingston uncertain,
all others3H to 3 - „ .... ,
We learn that a gentleman in Barns-
ville initiated a colored a man as a ser
vant'last week. The negro was instruct
ed, aa one ottha first orders, to make a
fire in the grate in the parlor. He arm
ed.himself, with fuel and proceeded to
the paj-lor. After thoroughly examining
the room for a fire-place in which to
raise a fire, he discovered the open space
"**■“' ^^“ “'"^led’bythepedkls as
He fixed iu tho luel, and was about to
Introduce fire when the gentleinau who
gave the order for the fire happened to
walk Into the parlor, \Ve. will not toll
what ensued; •
V! ■ i?' t't.da
Where can we learn, in books or else*
where, tlie names of all that is beautiful
that blossoms from the whole earth; all
that is beautiful that the brush produces
oncanvos; all that the weaver’s shuttle
and loom produce; all that tlie skilled
Is ol the carver on wood, stone, and
marble produce; all that the combined
colors of the rainbow have produced, as
shown in fabrics, ol silk and satin, and
cotton and wool; all that is beautiful in
architecture, and in tlie adornments of
tbe world’s most renowned cathedrals,
and beautiful in all its famous kingly
palaces. Bat life is too short to -search
out and see all that is beautiful. We
can only get a glimpse, now and then,
at some of the world’s greatest treas
ures. The most favored season for such
sight-seeing is Christmas.
A New Banking Institution.
Mr. David Rikanl, who ‘lives near
--tnwxwat tv - cj — - t Prosperity, Newberry county, 8. C., hid
the 'only thing'resembling! a fire-place, away $240 in gold and $700 in green-
TTn Avnrl Aiwa 1 - _* a Y t 1 1*1 . k 1. I S
; 5««
M, slvjw --tfr-r.
.... --jMe » .*•»*: Kuti«r .**«* ».$» |
AM* mill add «,! «n-'i oi «ciu'<Y-i fihrfww
bqqks in % potato bonk for safe keeping.
Some thieves who were after potatoes
made a raid on the hank aud carried off
tho gold, but somehow, left the green-
bWkv. >
ttyou/xaim .-no.vi'^Avc'j',
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